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•soviet leader
SAYS NIPS ARE
LOSING -WAR
MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—(AP>—
Col. Ivan Tolchenov, Soviet mili
tary authority, said today that the
^ war in the Pacific is developing
unfavorably for Japan, and re
called to his lecture audience that
the Japanese had attacked and
raided the Soviet Union several
times.
His listeners included a Japan
ese correspondent.
The Red Army colonel’s ad
dress came nine days after Mar
shal Stalin declared Japan an ag
gressive nation and that Japan
and Russia were at peace under
♦ a non-aggression pact.
The veteran Red Army officer
said the Pacific war was passing
the first stage and that the allied
• counter offensive declared the
Japanese sea and air forces were
now inferior to them. He added,
the Japanese fleet has not as yet
sfufered blows sufficient to par
alyze its activity, but its losses
will greatly affect its possibilities
of resistance.
THREE BILLS
INTRODUCED
BY DIMOND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov.
15.—(AP)—Three bills were intro
duced by Delegate Dimond of
Alaska, it has been reported.
One of these bills would allow
federal employees to be eligible
^ for Alaska postmasterships, an
other would permit armed forces
to provide transportation from
the United States for federal em
ployees in Alaska who had work
ed there for two years or more.
The third bill would authorize
the Alaska territorial district
court to grant certificates of cit
izenship to Metlakatla Indians
who have met the requirmeents.
A, J. STEINWHANDEL
NEW BOARD MEMBER
Nels Strand, who resigned from
the Nome school board sometime
in September, has been replaced
by the City Council with A. J.
Steinwhandel. Mr. Steinwandel
has been a member of the Nome
4| city council and is familiar with
the work of the board and will
carry on until election time in
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BRIDGEHEAD
LIQUIDATED
ON DANUBE
LONDON, Nov. 15.—(AP)—
The Red Army liquidated the
enemy bridgehead east of the
banks of the Danube river, in the
southern part of Budapest, and
straightened itt lines with ad
vances in the south, it was re
ported today.
Northeast of Budapest the Red
forces also succeeded in netting
an additional 30 towns.
Moscow announced that Mar
shal Malinovsky and his troops
were holding fast to the position
with artillery range of Budapest.
Spearing north from Nonor, ;
they captured the towns of Uria
and Peteri in gains of three to
five miles.
The Moscow dispatch added
that Hungary seemed likely to
remain the main theater of action
on the eastern front, for there is
little hint that any attempt will
be made to break the stalemate
in Poland or East Prussia .
Marshal Tito announced that
Yugoslavia partisans captured
Koplje, which is an important
rail junction in southeast Yugo- |
slavia, and the key to the Var
dar Valley route through the j
Balkans.
Everybody ve'\ds The Nugget.
EIGHTH ARMY
CROSSES RIVER
NORTH OF FORLI
ROME, Nov. 15.—(AP)—Eighth
Army forces crossed the Montona
river, at a point more than two
miles northwest of Forli, on the
highway to Bologna, Allied head
quarters said today.
In the Apenine foothills to the
south, the Germans made a slight
withdrawal.
It is believed the enemy will
attempt to hold their positions
along the canalized river of Cosi
na, which the highway passes
just west of the Montone river.
GENDARMES
MOVE INTO
ANDORRA
PARIS, Nov. 15.—(AP)—French
gendarmes occupied the little au
tonomous state of Andorra, in the
Pyrenees, late on Tuesday, the
foreign office said today.
The spokesman said that Gen.
DeGaulle had made the decision
as an ex-officio official.
This action was a preventive
measure to insure security to
maintain order throughout the
winter months.
The spokesman added there
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THIRD FLEET
HIGHLY ACTIVE
IN PHILIPPINES
By CHARLES H. McMURTY
U. S. PHILIPPINE FIELD
HEADQUARTERS, Nov. 15.—
(AP)—The American Third Fleet,
with carriers and carrier planes,
sank or damaged 14 Japanese
ships, one floating dock and
downed 28 planes, it has been
reported today.
The unit strafed 130 more in
renewed raids in the Manila area
on Sunday.
The enemy counter-attacked
the carrier task group and one
American ship was damaged.
Admiral Nimitz’s communique
reported that 800 American
planes struck Manila Bay ship
ping, hitting Cavite Navy Yard
and airfield. Both Tokyo and the
Japanese controlled Manila ra
dio had announced this informa
tion earlier.
Tokyo caimed one American
battleship was sunk by suicide
pilots in the East Luzon islands.
Admira Nimitz summed up the
damage inflicted by the Hellcats
Avengers and Helldivers as fol
lows: More than eight cruisers
damaged, two destroyers explod
ed: an estimated eleven cargo
ships and oilers sunk or left
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Cavite Navy Yard struck there.
There is no indication whether
any of these ships were previous
ly damaged in the October naval
action in the Philippines or by
carrier forces, or whether they
are newly arrived from Luzon,
and thus may be added to the
r>~*vious high toll of Japanese
shipping.
THIRD ARMY
OFFENSIVE NOW
IN FINAL STAGE
LONDON, Nov. 15.—(AP)—
| Three more vaunted forts guard
ing Metz, fell as the American
Thid Army offensive closed
I with a mile and three quarters
of the citadel city, it has been
reported.
From the south, Subert fell, as
did Jussy, just west of Metz, to
| the 95th Infantry. This division
j reached a point to within three
| miles of the city, south of Thion
ville, where Fort Illange and its
garrison surrendered.
American troops also captured
the forts of Laisn and Lyer, and
met stiffening resistance on the
high ridge there.
Other Americans seized Peltre,
21 miles southeast of Metz.
The German radio said that
Gen. Patton’s troops opened an
assault on two more of the great
Metz forts at Driant, which the
enemy had successfully defended
for two months.
British troops smashed across
Noord Wessen Canal, west of
Roermond, and established the
first bridgehead.
Flame-throwers and more than
400 heavy guns paced the assault
and two German counter-attacks
were repulsed by the Americans
southeast of Metz, and one at the
' Peltr Pouilly sector, another in
1 the vicinity of Arriance,, where
units of the Sixth Armored Di
vision is spearheading the attack
I beyond the Nied river, despite
signs that the Germans don’t
seem to be planning a suicide
stand.
The Metz resistance had been
spotty along the entire front and
many fronts have been captured
from which the Germans have
stripped their big guns.
In Berlin it was announced the
civilian population in that area
! has been ordered evacuated.
Statisticians figure that if all
the lumber cut in the United
States during the past 135 years
were stacked, it would make a
j cube exactly one mile in each di
mension.