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VOL. 47.—No. 10. I, NOME, ALASKA, JANUARY 26. 1944 PER COPY— 15c
Roosevelt
“ Criticizes
Legislation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—<AP)
—President Roosevelt again step
0 ped into the congressional wran
gle over the soldier vote, with
sharp criticism of the measure
which was passed by the Senate
to soothe the demand for ade
quate legislation.
In his message to congress he
described the bill approved by the
senate December 3, and now pend
ing in the house as absolutely
meaningless.
It would turn the whole job of
implementing the soldier balloting
over to the states.
^ “I consider such proposed legis
lation as a fraud, committed on
soldiers, sailors, and marines now
training and fighting for us, and
our sacred rights. It is a fraud
upon the American people.”
Endorsing substitute measures
proposed by Senators Green and
Lucas, Representative Worley said,
‘‘What is needed is a complete
change in the machinery for ab
sentee voting, which will give me7n
bers in the armed forces, and the
merchant marine all over the
| world, opportunity to cast ballots
without time consuming corres
pondence, and without waiting for
each separate state to hold pri
maries and print ballots, and send
them out for voting."
KAPERS’ TO BE
BROADCAST
TOMORROW
G. I. Show Troupe No. 2. “Ko
diak Kapers”, including seven U
* S. army soldiers, will entertain at
6:30 p. m. tomorrow evening, over
Station WXLN.
G. I. Show Troupe No.' 2 con
sists of seven G. I.’s whose hrwve
post is at Kodiak. Five of the
troupe’s members were successful
professional entertainers in civil
ian life; two are army-born per
formers. All seven have had two
years' experience providing enter
tainment for troops, both in the
states and Alaska. All seven have
served in a line outfit in Alaska
i All seven have the G I. attitude
toward entertainment.
Following are the members of
“Kodiak Kapers”, or as they refer
to themselves, “The Sad Sacks
from Kodiak”:
George Vieira, of North Holly
wood; Joe Denney, of Seattle;
Jack Fitzsimmons, Hollywood;
Tommy Miller, Chicago; Frank
Orsolini, Oakland, California;
^ Spud Storey, Spokane, Wash., and
Wales Williamson, Minneapolis.
Listen in when the boys per
form tomorrow. It’s rated to be
a great show.
REPUBLICANS!
Meeting Sunday, January 30 i
at 3:00 P. M., in the Federal
Building. Important!
Nome republican club
Ben F. Gillette President. '
PRESENTATION — Hundreds of airmen watch Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Dcvers present the Con
gressional Medal of 1r «r to Col. I .eon W Johnson of Moline Kansas, jt an aisfinW in England.
Republic of Argentina
Severs Axis Relations
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 26.—<AP>
—Argentina severed diplomatic re
jlaiions with Germany and Japan,
to complete the belatedly solid
stand of the Western Hemisphere
against the Axis.
It is the last of 21 American re
publics to take the step.
Action was taken after a long
mght of conferences with leaders
of the government of General Ted
ro Ramirez, and while discussions
were in progress, the police were
busy rounding up many persons,
some of whom were reported to
be members pf an extensive espi
onage jing
Ramirez arranged to broadcast
the government’s decision to the
people following his signing of the
decree.
He announced that the German
and Japanese ambassadors would
be handed passports immediately.
The action of the government
took place nearly two years after
most of the other Latin-American
countries had cut their connec
tions. and followed the announce
ment of the arrest by British Ar
gentine consul of Omar Helmut’s
last week when the boat stopped i
at Trinidad, enroute to Europe.
He was on his way to Barcelona,
and was charged with spying on
evidence the British secret ser
vice had supplied.
NOTICE REBEKAHS
At the regular meeting of the
Midnight Sun Rebekah Lodge
tonight at 8:00 o'clock, the of
ficer! for the new year will be
installed. All members are
urged to attend.
ROSA B. HAGEN. Secy.
NOTICE!
The Nevada Cocktail Lounge
is closed for the winter, except
to parties making special ar
rangements_Adv.
OFFENSIVE
REACHES TWO
RAILROADS
MOSCOW, Jan. 26.—<AP*—The
great Russian northern offensive
reached two main railroads run
ning east and south of Leningrad,
cutting off about 250,000 German
troops from direct communication
with the rest of the German army.
The communique said last night
that General Govorov's army
fought their way Into the strate
gic rail hub of Krasnogvardeisk,
30 miles southwest of Russia’s Sec
ond city.
General Mereskov's troops cap
tured Ostrov on the Leningrad
Vitebsk railway, placing that es
cape valve within the range of
Soviet big guns,
BOND SALES
TOTALS GIVEN
_ I
The following aggregate totals j
of the recent War Loan drive was j
received by Garnet Martin from
Juneau headquarters yesterday:
Juneau, $28,293.75.
Nome, $18,102.50.
Cordova, $11,868.50.
Petersburg, $11,250.00.
Sitka, $9,206.25.
Skagway, $7,406.25.
Wrangell, $4,518.75.
Haines, $3,731.25.
Kodiak, $2,250.00.
Valdez. $1,837.50.
All others, $5,762050.
Grand total for the Territory of
Series “E” bonds was $581,254.00.
All other purchased securities
reached the total of $767,961.00.
RIVER RAPIDO
CROSSED BY
U. S. SOLDIEi J
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Jan. 26.—<AP>—United
States troops stormeql across the
Rapido river in renewed battle tor
Cassino which field dispatches
said some patrols had already en
tered.
The Fifth Army invasion forces
below' Rome speared deeper
against the increasing resistance
of the Nazis, wrho were apparently
pulling units from the Cassino
front in order to meet the great
threat to their rear.
It now seems certain that the
invasion thrust at least cut the
Appian Way, seriously threatening
those remaining on the lower end
of the Cassino-Rome highway.
Cairo radio said the Allies were
19 miles from Rome, and it seems
the troops had been spurred on
by a recent visit from General
Clark to the front lines.
HOSPITAL SHIP
SAID SUNK
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Colum
bia Broadcasting System’s corres
pondent John Daly, said in a
broadcast from Allied advanced
headquarters in Italy, that three
hospital ships were lighted up $ke
Christmas trees, in Anzio Bay,
about 30 miles south of Rome,
when the German air force bomb
ed the area.
One of the ships,, the St. Da
vid, was sunk.
Rabaul Bombed
Twice Within
24-Hour Period
BLUFF MINER
LOSES CABIN
IN FLAMES
!
—
Mike Powers. 88, an old prospec
tor and miner in the Bluff area,
' on the Eldorado, stepped out of
j his cabin for a few minutes, for a
' short walk, when all his earthly
, belongings went up in smoke.
Mike was busying himself
the cabin, cleaning up the lunch
| dishes, melting snow for his wa
j ter and tidying his place up a bit,
I then decided to fix the fire and
| ttien go for a walk.
A few minutes later he was
| walking on the hillside, when,
1 turning, he saw his cabin in
| flames.
i There appeared no way to save
j it. No water was available. The
j cabin was old and dry, and burned
i with fury. Nothing was saved. He
! had lost everything except the
scanty clothing he had on, and a
little tin box with five small nug
! gets, which had melted together,
: the first gold from his first min
ing venture many years ago.
Mike is now staying with one of
his neighbors, Martin Marion, who
lives across the Eldorado from
Mike’s place.
The story was brought to Nome
by Mrs. Herb Jenks, who with
her husband, was visiting with
Carl Olson, about a mile and a
j half up the river.
ATTACK JAP
CONVOY
CHUNGKING, Jan. 26—Mit
chell bombers of the Chinese
American wing of the 14th Air
Force attacked a Japanese convoy
off Fuchow, on the east China
coast Monday and sank five ves
sels totalling 9,900 tons, Gen
eral Stillwell’s headquarters an
nounced today.
According to the report another
freighter was damaged and a Jap
anese seaplane shot down
HESSE NOT TO
BE CANDIDATE
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 26.—Ter
ritorial Highway Engineer Will
liam Hesse, elected four times to
his position, today announced that
jhe would not be a candidate for
re-election to the office he now
holds.
Mr. Hesse gratefully acknow
ledges the honors previous confer
red on hum, but is withdrawing
entirely from the political scene,
at the present time.
( ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
1 NEW GUINEA, Jan. 26.—<AP>—
| Allied planes, making the second
i visit in one day on the enentj
stronghold at Rabaul, New Brit
ain, shot down 46 Japanese planes
over the Lakunai airdrome, bring
ing to 64 the number of Nips nip
ped in the two attacks, against a
loss of 11 allied planes.
Gen. MacArthur’s communique
j reported the latest visits made by
i medium bombers, ranged to the
i Admiralty Islands, northwest of
! New Britain, and set three med
ium-sized enemy ships afire.
The communique reported the
Aussies were making a complete
success of the r campaign in the
Ramu Valley, .mlting the Japs off
the im or*nn* r'.dge on the north
ern side of the valley.
A military spokesman at the
front lines, said the new United
States secret rapid-fire rocket
gun, which practically pulveritos
everything within 50 yards of a
hit, has been used with telling
effect in the invasion landings at
Arawe, Cape Gloucester and Sai
dor, on New Guinea.
SOVIETS BLAME
GERMANY FOR
MASSACRE
LONDON, Jan. 26—(APR-A
special Soviet investigation com*
mission placed the blame squarely
against the Germans for the Kat
yn forest massacre, where 11,004
Polish war prisoners were slain.
The incident led to the break in
diplomatic relations between the
Soviet and Polish government in
London, when the latter had ask
ed the International Red Cross to
investigate, after the Germans had
blamed the Russians for the atro
city.
The report may have much
bearing on the Russian-Polish
border dispute. An issue which re
echoed in the House of Commons,
when Eden was sidestepping the
showdown, he reaffirmed Britain’s
policy of refusing to recognize
war-time changes in the map of
Europe.
severaTITle
FOR PRIMARY
The election race this season,
in all probability, will be one to
be remembered. An interesting
primary will be at hand with the
following candidates, already fil
ed:
C. D. Jones, Republican, for
senator.
Edgar Tweet, of Teller, Repub
lican, for representative
Frank Whaley, Democrat; O D.
Cochrane, Democrat; Tolbert
Scott, Democrat; and Howard
Lyng, Democrat, all have filed for
the Senate.
PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY BALUJAN. 29
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