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VOL. 47.—No. 15.
KWAJALEIN
VIRTUALLY IN
ALLIES’ HANDS
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PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 7—<AP)
—Today the Kwajalein is vir
tually in the hands of American
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occupation forces, as announced
by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
Several of the islands were un
defended, and others captured
after moderate resistance.
The army 7th Division and the
marines’ 4th Division are contin
uing with the mopping-up pro:
cess.
The navy also announced that
the 7th Army air force and navy
carrier-based planes struck again
at Jaluit, Eniwetok, Wotje, Maleo
lap, Milim and Ujeland atolls in
the Marshall Islands.
The practice has been to subject
^ the island to be invaded to se
vere bombardment before the
preliminary ground attack.
The attack, on Ujeland, wltfch
is 400 miles west of Kwajalein, is
only 250 miles north of the near
I est of the Caroline Islands, indi
I cates that the Japanese airfield
I located on Ujeland, should be put
I out of action to protect the Mar
S shall invasion.
I REFUELING
* BASE S
BOMBED
I ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
I Peb. 7.—CAP)—Japan’s big supply
I and refueling base at Cape Hoe
j kins, on the northwestern coast of
I ^New Britain. took a terrific bomb
ing yesterday.
Other heavy units hit New Gui
nea, noting the sinking of a 3,000
ton vessel.
General MadArthur’s conun|n
0 kjue also said that American
heavy and medium bombers of
the 13th air force scored another
heavy mid-day strike on Rabaul,
Japan’s New Britain air and sea
base, and found only minor re
sistance. Four intercepting planes
were downed. We lost two planes.
The enemy aircraft included a
new type which we dubbed the
‘‘Tojo”. It is powered with a ra
dial engine, and looks like our
Brewster Buffalo”.
MacArthur said the heavy
^ bombers hit Cape Hoskins, scat
tered heavy bomb loads on the
airdrome and dispersal areas,
causing large fires.
Japanese shipping was also hard
hit-in Hansa Bay, New Guinea,
where escorted medium allied
bombers and attack planes, sank
a 1,000-ton freighter, a smaller
cargo ship, and several barges
ARRIVES IN NOME
J" | * FOR RED CROSS
Helen Shubert, a Red Cross
worker, arrived Saturday by
plane, to relieve Dora Hagerty,
’•slAo is leaving soon on a vacation
to the states to visit her folks in
Seattle.
Miss Shubert has been in charge
of Red Cross and welfare work
at the Cordova post, but that post
has now been abandoned and she
has been transferred to Nome.
Miss Shubert has made her
home In San Francisco for several
years, but previously resided with
her folks on a small ranch in Eu
gene Oregon.
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NOME, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 7, 1944
I
1 SCRAMB LE—This is the war U. S. Marin* Corps fishier pilots dash for their Corsair* When
T enemy aircraft threaten in the Pacific. Photoerapta is by li. S. Marine Corps.
NEARS POINT
OF INVASION
RATTLE LINE
MOSCOW. Feb 7 —(AP>—Th-»
Russian army has reached a point
on the front less than 40 miles
from the battle line where Hitler
launched his invasion on the
j Soviet Union All along the 1.200
I mile front, the Germans are suf
fering some of the worst defeats
of the war
' Russian forces are pushing for
ward along the lower reaches of
the Dnieper river with advances
up to 40 miles through a 100-mile
gap
General Malinovsky’s Third Uk
ranian Army ruthlessly went to
work on the job of destroying five
trapped German divisions, of nor
mally 75.000 men.
In the Nikopol sector about 150
miles to the north, more Nazi cor
pses littered the thawing Ukrain
ian earth as the armies of General
Vatutin and General Konev drew
ever tighter, the ring of death
around the remnants of 10 divi
sions near Cherkasy.
The loss of Nikopol, which has
reportedly been furnishing the
| German industries with a major
amount of the manganese, used in
the Reich’s war production of
equipment, will probably be the
hardest blow suffered by German
industry, in the entire Russian
offensive.
HULL SAYS PEACE
TERMS BEING STUDIED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—<AP»—
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
said in a press conference, the
posed upon Germany, and does
state department is constantly ex
ploring armistice terms to be im
not know whether any informa
tion has thus far been submitted
by the allied commission in Lon
don.
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF
THE ARCTIC CL OB
The annual meeting of the
Arctic Club (of Nome), Inc., will
be held in the court room of the
Federal building, Monday eve
ning, February 14th, at 9:00 p.
m.
REPULSE
ATTACKS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS. Feb. 7.!—(API— Amer
[ icons in the Anzio beachhead area
repulsed strong German attacks
which broke through the allied
perimeter about three miles west
of the vital highway and rail cen
ter of Cistema, and restored the
line to its original position.
The attack began near Carro
ceto with infantry, tanks, and ar
tillery’ Saturday night advancing
till yesterday when tehy were
thrown back to their original
positions, with considerable loss to
the Nar.i forces.
' Daniel Daruce, on the beachhead,
. Daniel Daruce, on thebeachhead,
I said: ‘ The American forces were
driven back about 500 yards Sat
urday night, but recovered
ground."
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RESCUES TWO
NAVY FLIERS
ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC
BASE, Feb 7.—<AP'—A rescue
plane picked up two crew mem
bers of a navy torpedo bomber
Thursday, after 27 days afloat in
a rubber boat, and an additional
14 days on a tiny island off the
coast of New Ireland.
The survivors were Lieutenant
Junior Grade H. C. Carby, pilot,
and C. A. Marken, gunner.
During the Christmas day at- i
tack by carrier-based planes on
Kavieng, New Ireland, they made
a crash landing.
The radioman, R. C. Reynolds,
I injured by gunfire during the
I raid, was killed in the landing.
APPROVES
NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—(AP)
—The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee approved the nomination of
Anthony J. Dimond as district U.
S.judge for the Third Judicial Di
vision, and also recommended
confirmation of L. J. Gemmill,
district attorney for the First Di
vision.
JUNEAU
DRUGGIST
DIES AT 53
JUNEAU, Feb. 7.—<AP>—Rus
sell Ft Hermann, 53, Juneau drug
store owner, died here after a
long illness.
Hermann came here to Alaska
in 1913, settling in Valdez after
serving in World War I. He later
moved to Anchorage and then to
Juneau.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mildred Hermann, OPA ad
ministrator for Alaska, a son and
a daughter, who are also in the
service. , <
RUSSIANS RAID
HELSINKI
n
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 7.
—<AP'—A Russian air formation,
totalling more than 1700 planes,
blasted Helsinki in a raid which
kept the residents of the Finnish
capital under cover for at least
three hours.
The Swedish newspaper, esti
mated unofficially that at least 15
persons were killed and 30 in
jured.
Finns in Stockholm expressed
the opinion that the attack was a
signal by the Russian air offen
sive, probably with a view to drive
Finland out of the war.
SIDETRACK
PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—<AP)—
The administration beat off a sec
ond attempt to sidetrack the Fed
eral Ballot bill, defeating the op
position move to take up “tfie
state rights” proposal which
leaves armed service voting to
the states. The motion was reject
ed 44 to 42.
The move il backed by coalition
of southern democrats, and a few
republicans who lost the vote Fri
day.
The sponsors said they would
try again and effect a vote to
keep the Senate at work on the
Green-Lucas Federal Ballot Bill,
which has been in debate for morg
than two weeks.
PER COPY—15c
Warships And
Planes Bombard
Jap Installations
SMALLEST
STATE HITS
BOND QUOTA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—<AP)
—Rhode Island, smallest state of
the Union; was' the first one over
the top in the 14 billion Fourth
War Loan Drive, the treasury de
partment announced recently.
It was reported 60 per cent of
the fund had been reached, or
| a total of $8,502„000,000.
Rhode Island met their $80,000,
1000.00 quota February 3rd.
It was later reported by the
treasury department that Alaska
toppi>d its $2,000,000 quota.
TOKYO RADIO
CLAIM SHIP v
SUNK FEB. 3
UNDATED — Tokyo radio quot
ed Imperial headquarters saying
| that a Japanese submarine sank
i “a large enemy cruiser,” off Wot
je, February 3rd, and that anti
: aircraft guns shot down a total of
92 planes during the bombing
i raids on Rabaul since Thursday,
American advices on the Mar
i shalls activity indicated no ship
j losses and only light losses on
I Rabaul raids.
I
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! SPEND TIME IN
PASADENA
I
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Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gaffney
j left Seattle this week to spend the
holidays in Pasadena with Mrs.
Joe V. Sheldon, the former Vest^
Storey, whom they have known
since she was six years of age in
Nome, where all formerly lived
On Monday of this week several
oldtime Nome friends entertained
“Jim" at lunch. They included Will
Clark, formerly of Tanner and
Clark; W. A. Gilmore, Nome’s first
mayor and a Seattle Attorney; G.
P. Goggin who owned a furniUire
store in Nome; W. W. Ewing, a
wholesale grocer of the early
1900’s and his son, Bill; Ralph Lo
men, still engaged in business in
the North, with stores in the four
judicial divisions, and Ira D. Or
ton, well known Nome-Seattle at
torney. The Gaffneys expect to
return to Seattle in the spring,
when Mr. Gaffney will open an
office to represent eastern manu
facturers.—(Alsaka Weekly).
LADIES AID MEET
AT LEHMANN HOME
The Ladies Aid met at the home
of Mrs. Thorulf I^ehmann las*,
week. It was decided to hold the
annual Easter Food Sale, the com
mittee to be appointed later.
Among the guests present was
Mrs. Rockne, teacher from St.
Lawrence Island, who is in town
for medical treatment and who
plans to return to the island very
soon.
Nugget Classified Ads pay big
dividends.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.—<AFV
—The navy confirmed the com*
munique that warships bombard*
ed Jap installations on Paramualt*.
iro Island, with aircraft following
up in sharp attack.
All vessels and planes escaped)
without damage in the daring for
ay, obvious caught the Japanese
by surprise in their own waters.
. The official report was expand
ed by eye witness accounts made,
public.
The American bombers also at
tacked Shimushu, a small island
lying in the straits between Pare
mushiro and Kamchatka penin
sula. starting numerous fires, and
one enemy ship was hit and
beached on the southeast coast af
Paramushiro.
Enemy coast guns returned fire
but our vessels sustained no dam
age.
Kurabu point is at the oortK
side of a 30- mile straight, sep
arating Paramushlro from the
next island to the south. >
(By Norman Bell)
ABOARD DESTROYER m
THE NORTH PACIFIC, Feb. 7 —
(AP)—Warships bombarded the
Japanese at home for the first
time, and caught them *'riat en
their pants” looking skyward.
The attack lasted about 30 min
utes and battered harbor and
land installations at Kurahu
Point, on the southern tip of Pare
mushiro Island.
Enemy gunners were either srur
prised or attempting to put **t.
star shells which preceded the
heavy blasting, and were firing;
into the air when the attack first
started, then giving evidence to
becoming more startled, they fired
along their own beaches and into
the Pacific ocean, and the sea *f
Ohkotsk
No ship of the attacking force,
which steamed under bright moon
light within five miles of the
shore batteries was hit
The task force was commanded
by Rear Admiral Wilder Baker,
operating under Vice Admiral
Fletcher, and both congratulated
the ships’ crews in the first bom
bardment of Japanese home ter
ritory.
The army was represented on
board the flagship by General
Johnson, commander of the 11th
Air Force, and General Post, chie?
of staff to General Buckner
ATG Activities
..... ' »
Baseball practice at Native
school gym, 7:00 p. m. tonight.
Tuesday, February 8.—Regu
lar meeting at high school.
Friday night—Baseball game
at high school gym. Free admis
sion to public.
CAPT. BRONSON,
Adjutant.
An Arctic Club Dinner-Dance
at $2.50 per plate, will be held
at the Nevada Lounge, Friday.
February 11. at 7:30 p. m. All
reservations must be in by Tues
day evening. February 8th. Call
' Main 129 or Red 44. Member*
only. Single members with 88
‘ cort or lady.