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GERMANS TRY |
. BOLSTERING
DEFENSE LINE j
PARIS, an. 24.—(AP)Masses of
German troops have been spot
ted deep in Germany apparetn
ly rushing to he faltering east
ern front from the ashes of the
* Ardennes salient in Belgium,
which is virtually released by the
capture by the Americans of St. ■
Vith.
In the last two day the Brti
tish pilots have attacked 165
packed troop trains on hree dif
ferent lines traveling from Dus- j
seldorf to Hanover.
# The higheways are also choked
full of thousands of vicheles
moving from Ardennes and are
under constant American aerial
assault.
Despite the huge scale German
movement which must be weak
ening the Reich’s western defense i
* here is no immediate signs of the
enemy faltering.
AP Correspondent Roger Green
who has been close to Montgom
ery’s headquarters, reports that
momentous events are in the off
ing as American First and Third
Armies pushed ahead in pursuit
of the withdrawing Germans.
The Germans are retreating to
ward he original line from which
Field Marshad von Rundstedt
start stared his drive almost six
weeks ago.
Gen. Eisenhower’s communique
listed 11 towns as captured far- |
ther south and that the U. S. Sev
enth Army has made a limited
withdrawal in the genera 1 area
east and norh of Hagenau.
Supreme headquarters an
nounced that they had yielded
most of he Hagenau Forest, but
no large towns.
Five or six German divisions
have been exerting pressure in
this scetion.
In Alsace the French First
Army has attacked Colmar from
the north and south below Stras
bourg.
The front line dispatch said
that he French have advanced
several kilometers north of Col
mar and have crossed the 111 riv
er, which is a tributary of the
Rhine.
From several points the pocket j
of more than 300 surrounded
Germans are being mopped up.
In norh Strasbourg hte Ger
mans are firing 280-milimeter
shells which are dropping on
Hagenau and Brumath in a
« hreat to northern Alsace.
* Considerable German move- '
.ionise:: s . .
%K. T. — K. T. Stevens, daugh
ter of Producer - Director S?m
^ d, and herself a movie ac
tress, dons a playsuit to bask in
California sunshine.
ments are noted at the Biche
saliena to the west opposite Mass.
The British Second Army has
fought into Heinsverg, which is
the last important German road
center west of the Rohr river.
These atacks carried more than
seven miles into northeast Ger
many.
These British troops struck
within four miles of Roermund
and 32 miles of Dusseldorf.
TO LEAVE NOME
AND VICINITY
r
W. H. Merritt, mining man of l
Bluff and one of the oldestt resi
dents there is in Nome, is saying
farewell to his many friends
here. He has just learned of an
inheritance of a large estate in
Sheridan, Montana, and is Rav
ing to make his home there. Mr.
Merritt is famed for the enor
mous library which he has ac
cumulated during his many years
spent in Bluff. Two years ago,
Mr. Merritt generously donated
over 100 books to the K. K. pub- j
lie library here.
-“i
.. .The average horse-power., of
the automobile engine has . in
creased 300 per cent since 1920..
OKERLUND j
HERE ON
SURVEY
Herbert Okerlund, industrial
relaions official for the Pan
American World Airways, re- j
turned to Nome this week for a j
survey on federal and public- j
housing problems, scoring an as
sist in he general survey of Alas- !
ka.
Mr. Okerlund made the trip for j
George W. Coplen, the regional '
representative for the National j
Housing agency, firs because of j
Nome having been cut off from ;
the itinerary of the survey by the i
housing representatove, and sec- ;
ondlyy because of the importance
of the survey to the future devel
opment of the Territory.
jn addition, to the information !
which Mr. Okerlund is gathering
for the report to Mr. Coplen, who
is now in Fairbanks, Mr. A. Pol
et has agreed to make further
reports through he Chamber of
Commerce, o the National Hous
ing Agency.
18 ANGLO
AMERICANS
SHOT BY NAZIS
LONDON, Jan. 24.—((AP)—
The Germans announced the
execution of 18 Anglo-American
agents charged with being sent
to Slovakia to carry out sabo
tage.
Berlin said in a broadcast that
the men were captured in the
rear of he Gefrman front. They
were sentenced to death by mil
itary ribunal and executed by
shooting.
CITIZENS, ATTENTION!
All persons interested in the
purchase of surplus properties of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration are invited o attend a
meeting in which Corporal Harry
B. Palmer will explain the meth
ods of obtaining this equipment.
All surplus properties fitted for
mining, domestic, pubic ulities,
etc., will be sold.
The meeting will be held at
the City Hall at 8:00 p. m. Fri
day evening.
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PRINTERS PAY
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PRINTING
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DANCER— Lubov Rouder.ko
(above), newly recruited motion
picture actress, was in the Ballet
Russe de Monte Carlo for years,
and has been a specialty dancer
in New York City.
APPOINTED
DEPUTY
COMMANDS
PARIS, Jan. 24.—(AP)—Lt.
Gen. Ben Lear has been appoint
ed deputy commander of the Eu
ropean theater and is in charge
of the administrative matters of
he U. S. roops.
Supreme headquarters an
nounced hat G n. Lear’s new as
signment pertais purely to Amer
ican adminisrration and is not
in any way connected with the
direction of the campaign which
is on an allied basis. He has been
commander of the U. S. army
ground forces.
BROUGHT TO NOME
FOR OPERATION
Mr. and Mrs. W. Dodge of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
also teachers at Koyok, were,
brought to Nome by a Seach and
Rescue plane, as Mr. Dodge had
had acute attack of appendicitis.
Mr. Dodge is now in the Maynard
Columbus Hospital receiving
treatment.
CAPTURE TWO-t
CITIES IN
NAZILAND
LONDON, an. 24.—(AP)—Sov
iet troops have broken into the
sre°ts of the key Silesian cities
of Oppeln and Glewitz. Berlin
said the assault troops of Mar
shal Kovev’s First Ukraine Army
are massed along the Oder river
for nearly 50 miles, ready for a
crossing of that water barrier.
One report said that the Rus
sians had already crossed at an
undisclosed point.
The Germans permitted Stock
holm correspondents to report
hat every able-bodied German
male has been ordered to remain
at his post and fight the Red
Army.
Advance streams of refugees
are said to be moving westward
through Berline.
The Nazis reported there were
already street batttles in Oppeln,
which has a population of 44,$$$
The souhern Silesian capital
of Oders is on the east bank, 51
miles southeast of Breslau.
The industrial Glewitz has a
population of 111.900 and is an
other 50 miles southeast.
The Germans told of bitter
fighing near Poznan, 137 miles
from Berlin.
It is here Moscow said, tha^. the
Germans apparently staked out
the defense of Berlin. t
Forty-six miles from the bor
der a big battle is said to be in
prospect.
In the south another Soviet
blow has been given below the
captured Krakow.
It was reported bzy a German
communique hat the Russians had
battered within 40 miles of Jab
lunka Pass, which is a naural
gateway to the R°ich in the
northwestern corner of he old
Moravian fronier.
In the north the Russians in
East Prussia are driving close to
t the last German escape railway
! to the homeland.
Big Russian guns began shell
ing the cities on the Oders west
bank and are moving in from the
southeast. Marshal’s Konev’s men
raked he fortifications before
Breslau, the Silesian capital of
650,000 people, from points 10 to
12 miles away, and threatened to
envelop the Volkssturm troops
which are defending he Oder line
and are being swep aside like
ninepins.
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