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VOL. 46,—No. 120. ' NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1944._PER COPY—15c.
INVADERS HIT
1 CENTER OF
EASTERN FLANK
UNDATED — American ex
peditionary forces invading the
- Philippines was reported by
Tokyo radio as striking the very
center and vulnerable eastern
flank of the Archipelago of Do
met and had begun the re-in
vasion of the Philippines, sup
ported by powerful units of the
Pacific Fleet. China-based sea
forces and also naval fleet, sup
ported the invasion, the Japan
ese report added.
They also stated that the ene
my fleet accompanied transports
^ into the spacious Leyte Gulf on
Tuesday and have, for two days,
been bombarding the shore de
fenses, and that part of the forc
es seem to have landed on Su
luan Island, in the entrance to
the Gulf of Domei. They assert
ed that Adm. Mitscher’s powerful
task force was not participaing
in the invasions because of losses
suffered off Formosa. This has
since been denied by Admiral
Nimitz.
The broadcast continued to
say that the enemy had organ
ized a new large task force and
were grouping together the Fifth
Fleet, under Adm. Spruance,
which did not participate in the
air battle off Formosa.
The naval fleet under com
mand of Gen. MacArthur, and
other naval forces of the Pacific,
excluding the 58th Task Force,
are confronting the enemy forces
Undaunted, to take the crucial
steps to fulfill the pledge made
W by Gen. MacArthur two and one
half years ago, to retrun to the
Philippines.
The broadcast from Tokyo was
recorded by the FCC.
AACHEN FALLS
TO INVADING
YANK FORCES
London, oct 2o.~(ap>—
Ruined Aachen lays sprawling in
death and destruction today,
j after falling to General Hodges’
First Army at he end of a seven
I day siege, it has been reported.
Tonight, the victorious Yanks
I ^ started mopping up the last rem
I nants of the Nazi garrison, which
I is trapped on the outskirts of the
1 city'
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PARACHUTE TEST-j. Floyd Smith, vice president and chief engineer of the Pioneer
Parachute Ce. at Manchester, Conn., uses a new parachute tester he has invented. Here the para
chute, lines are fastened to the floor under 20 lbs. of radial pressure. In background Is a plywood
form over which ’chutes are fastened. Up to 18,190 lbs. of pressure are then applied. w
BRICKER TELLS
RENO AUDIENCE
OF PLATFORM
RENO. Nev., Oct. 20.—(AP)-*
Gov. Bricker, of Ohio, republican
nominee for vice-president, made
a speech here last evening and
offered a three-point formula
guaranteeing jobs in peace time.
First, he proposed to provide
stability in the government; sec
ond, to maintain our system of
private enterprise, and third, to
repudiate those alien forces
which, if given a chance, would
make of workers economic slaves
and servants of the state.
The nominee rolled into Neva
da after a six-day campaign in
California.
LAVAL UNDER
DEATH DECREE
LONDON, Oct. 20.—(AP—
Pierre Laval has been sentenced
to death in absentia by the Mar
sielle Tribunal, it was announced
over the Paris radio today.
Sensitivity in radio is a term
used to define the degree to which
a radio receiving set responds to
signals of the frequency to which
it is turned.
MacARTHUR
ADDRESSES
THE FILIPINOS
UJNDAjljED — "I have re
lumed," General MacArthur
today told the Filipino people,
in a broadcast calling them to
rise and strike," it has been re
ported.
Broadcasting his message to
the people of the Philippines,
MacArthur spoke over the newly
constructed station “Voice of
Freedom,” on the beachhead of
Leyte.
The general continued:
“By the grace of Almighty
God, our forces stand again on
Philippine soil, consecrated in the
blood of our two people. We have
come here dedicated and commit
ted to the task of destroying
every vestige of enemy control
over your daily lives, and restor
ing upon a foundation of inde
structible strength, the liberties
of our people. At my side is your
great President Serrio Osmena,
the worthy successor of that
great patriot, Manuel Quezon.”
METEOR AWAITING
FAVORABLE WEATHER
The Meteor is awaiting weath
er conditions before making its
final run to the northward with
stops at Tiler and Wales.
TRUMAN TO
SPEAK TONIGHT
IN MONTANA
WITH SEN. TRUMAN EN
ROUTE TO BUTTE, Oct. 20.—
(AP)—Sen. Harry Truman, demo
cratic nominee for the vice presi
dency, last night renewed the at
tack on Gov. Thomas Dewejy’s
foreign policy views in a special
campaign in Montana. His car is
headed for Butte, where he will
speak over the radio tonight.
Truman prepared the address
in Seattle last night, and assert
ed that he did not believe the re
publican standard bearer has the
intestinal fortitude to read the
isolationists out of the party.
“It has taken him six long
years to tell us that he is not an
isolationist, hut he is still a satis
factory candidate," Truman stat
ed.
“Willie Hearst and Bertie Mc
Cormack placed the administra
tion on record as fostering pri
vate industry with the use of the
nation’s $20,000,000,000 war plant
investment to stimulate post-war
production employment,” the
nominee added.
The name Marine comes from
an old French word “marin,”
l meaning sea soldier.
FOOTHOLD IS
GAINED IN
PHILIPPINES
GEN. MacARTHUR’S
HEADQUARTERS IN
THE PHILIPPINES,
Oct. 20. —(Army Radio
Pool Broadcast) — Gen.
MacArthur is making
good his vow that he
would return to the
Philippines, it was an
nounced today from
those islands.
His navy air support
ed forces have invaded
and secured expanding
beachheads in the cen
tral Philippines, in a ma
jor amphibious opera
tion. They have seized
the eastern coast of Ley
te Island in the Philip
pines, which is 600 miles
north of Moratai, and
2500 miles from Milne
Bay in New Guinea.
This special communique dra
matically was proclaimed from
the invasion scene, where their
position quickly cut off the Island
of Luzon, on which Manila is
situated, from Mindanoa, on the
south.
MacArthur poured supplies
ashore in preparation for a show
down, it was repoted.
It is estimated that thert are
225,000 Japanese, under command
of Field Marshal Jicihi Terauchi,
on the islands.
General MacArthur was aboard
a warship which went along with
a huge convoy from N v Guinea,
within four hours afte. his forces
landed, and began making plans
to go ashore.
This proved to be the greatest
moment to date in the Pacific
war.
Acclamation from President
Roosevelt in Washington, stated
in part: “The whole American
nation today exults at the news
of your gallant men, under your
command, who have landed on
Philippine soil.”
On Leyte there is a suitable
air base, 300 miles to the south
east of Manila. The invaders have
also secured Tacroban on the
northeast end of the island, with
only minor casualties being re-<
ported.
Tokyo also recorded landings
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