THIRD DAY
BOMBING OF
JAP KURILES
I—
f PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR
At PEARL HARBOR, Mar. 20.—
<jAP)—The third bombing strike j
in three days on Paramushiro,
Japan’s northern base in the Kur- j
ijes, was reported by Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz.
' The island base was hit by
Ventura search planes of the
Navy Fleet Airwing Four, based j
In the Aleutians.
Several large fires were started j
by the exploding bombs.
None of the American planes
were damaged
Seventh Air Force Liberators!
cart-ied out a steady aerial bat- j
tering on Ponape, and Kusaie,
outposts of Truk, in the central i
Pacific, about half-way from Wot- i
}e, in the lower Marshalls.
One United States dive bomber
was lost in the attack.
Th,ree enemy atolls in the east
ern Marshalls were bombed by
army, marine and navy air units.
Admiral Nimitz, im a press re
lease, did not say how many
planes were damaged in the cen- ;
tral Pacific actions.
US- TROOPS
CAPTURE |
LORENGAU
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN!
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.!
Mar. 20.—(AP>—American troops ‘
overcame the stiff resistance of;
; the Japanese pillbox defenses to;
i -capture Lorengau, enemy head- j
Quarters in the Admiralty Islands
{ Saturday.
i' General MacArthur announced: ;
I: ’This completes occupation of all j
; vital areas in the Admiralties.” j
), MacArthur told of the First j
t'Cavalry’s latest triumph on Man
Vus Island, whera 7$ enemy bunk- i
ers were destroyed and much ma
■ terial taken. < j
Th enemy abandoned several,
J^hundred dead in the town, and the
Remaining Japanese scattered -to
; the hills about the town.
ir Allied bombers'continued wide
ly spread attacks. 200 tons of i
JbombSf wet edropped on Wewak.
• and other allied raids hit Rabaul,
Kavieng. and the former Dutch
‘ base of Soeradaja, in the Java
I East Indies.
$ This was the second attack this
j- week on Soeradaja. with the
V bombers Hying more than 2300
miles round trip to make the
i“ strike.
£ Allied night air patrols report
! ed a 3,000-ton cargo ship sunk.
j. and an enemy destroyer and an
>: other freighter damaged, when a
/ convoy was discovered bound for
Wewak, -the enemy base on New
Guinea. ....
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j FIVE SLOOPS
; SINK SIX SUBS
<• LONDON, Mar. 20.—< API—Five '
r_ _
<•. British naval sloops scored the
r, war’s greatest single patrol vic
t tory in a battle in the Atlantic,
j; when they sunk six German U
<; boats (in 20 ^lay.s, the Admiralty
f announced, acclaiming the tri
‘r umph as “a modern battle of Tra
J falgar."
j ?ive of the un.der-sea maraud
•; ers' were sent to the bottom with
*all crews aboard, while the sixth
victim’s 51 crewmen were cap-|
itured before it stink from gun
\ fire after being driven to the sur- !
>; face by depth charges,
r Only one sloop failed to return, i
foundering in heavy weather after
^sustaining a torpedo hit. All
••members of the crew were saved.
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* — —
* < BOARD MEETING CALLED
K FOR TUESDAY EVENING
>' A Board, mooting of tho
t; Northwestern Alaska Chamber
*• of Commerce has been called
for Tuesday evening at 8:00
^o'clock in the cotyri room in the
’! F«deral building, to form com*
mittees and take up miydi new
‘ business.
*• f t LOREN LEACH
>* _
** Secretary.
THE
NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 47.—No. 33. NOME, ALASKA MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1944 ' PER COPY—lie"
RUSSIAN ARMY
DRIVES THRU
BESSARABIA
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MOSCOW. Mar. 20 — (AP>— Red
Army troops driving west through
the Ukraine, and south through
Bessarabia, advanced to within
sight of the Carpathian mountains,
the great eastern European moun
tain chain which separates Rus
sia from the Balkans.
Pravda, Red newspaper, said
the Germans were driven to the
verge of chaos and the time wa*
ripe for decisive blow's from the
east, west and south—'Meaning
the allied invasion of Europe.
After smashing the German
fortress at Krements in the west
crossing of the Dneister River,
the Soviet forces faced the immed
iate objective of clearing the Ger
mans out ot the Ukraine.
The Russians, with 3 Ukrainian
armies w'heeled in a southwesterly
direction along a 500 mile front
from the high hills of the western
Ukraine, to the Black Sea, grad
ually folding back the entire Ger
man force.
Krements was taken ye. .erdaj
by a quick encirclement maneuver
with the Russians pressing on to
ward Lwow, 70 miles to the west.
On the eastern end of the line
the Germans were left with only
one single line of retreat into
Roumania.
FISHERMEN
ALLOWED MORE
RATION POINTS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 20.—<AP>
—Commercial fishermen and per
sons employed in inland waters
may obtain ration points for four
meals a day, the OPA announced.
Applications for the extra allow
ance should be made to the local
rationing boards.
»
NURSE VISITS IN NOME
FROM ST LAWRENCE
Miss Mildred Keaton arrived
yesterday from St Lawrence Is
land. and is visiting friends here.
Miss keaton will return to the
island tomorrow, wp.
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STRATEGIC ISLAND S—These are the Admiralty Islands, north of Northeast New Guinea
•ad northwest of New Britain. They were part of an Australian mandate but were seised by the
Japanese foliowinp the outbreak of the present war.
ORGANIZED IN NOME
The Couples Club of Nome met I
at the Federated church Friday
evening, March 17th, for a St.
Patrick’s Day party.
Twenty-two people enjoyed an
evening of games and other so
cial activities.
This being the first meeting of
the club, officers were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Charles
Fagerstrom; vice-president, Mrs.
Ruth Towner; secretary, Pfc. John
Timmer, and treasurer. Norman
Lee.
It was voted that the regular
meeting of the club would be held
| the third Friday of every month.
THE DAUGHERTYS
LEAVE FOR HOME -
Mrs Frank Daugherty and son
Neil, who has been in the May
nard Columbus Hospital, returned
to Gambel, St Lawrence Island
yesterday. ' ’’ ' j
I
BEN YOUNG RETURNS
TO NOME ON FURLOUGH
Bennett Young, pfc., is visiting
in Nome for a few days on fur
lough from the Aleutians, where
he has been stationed for the past
two years.
SHORT SOLDIE R—it’s tough to see in a barracks mirror
if you’re as short as Pvt. John N. Roberts (right) or Thalia, Tex.,
4-foot 10-inch soldier stationed at Foster Field. Tex.. AAF train
ing command advanced tighter pilot school.
SNOW SHOE RACE FOR tarc
•I Bowdoinhain. Me. The Url ‘comp^u^’l. *£££*U awtauA^U‘^Ur* * “^oe, race
; GERMANS '
ANNOUNCE
WITHDRAWAL ■
LONDON, Mar. 20—iAP>—Th*
German high command announc
ed the evacuation of outflanked
defenses at Vinitsa in the north,
and the German withdrawal wid
ened the Red Army break through
in the middle Bug river sector,
chopping off part of the Nazi late
east of Proskurov. ,
BIG BATTLE
i DEVELOPING
INDIA FRONT ,
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NEW DELHI, India. Mar. 20.—
(AP—The biggest battle fought in
Burma since the allies were driv
en out two years ago, is apparent
ly developing along the Chin
Hills frontier in India, where tho
Japs crossed the Chidwin river in
force at several points, after fc«
| ing stung with the loss of th*
i Hpkwang valley and -1,000 e»»
ualties by Gen. Stillwell’s vietce
■ous four-month campaign in
northern Burma.
The Japs are trying to break
through to our supply lines and
; are advancing in two directions,
The American and Chinese
forces were mopping up remnant
| in the Hukwang valley, where the
allies hav eoccupied over 1*00
square miles in four months.
ARFNI) TO BE
I S ATTORNEY
FOURTH DIY
WASHINGTON, Mar 20.— 'AP>
—President Roosevelt nominated
; Harry O. Arend, U. S. attorney for
the Fourth Division in Alaska,
succeeding Ralph Rivers, whQ fe
signed as attorney in Fairbanks,
' to enter the primaries (or attorney
•general of Alaska . - * ,
WILL BE MARRIED TT
TOMORROW EVENING
Andrew C, Miller and Hannah
Alexine will be married in the
Lovinia Wallace Young mission
church, by Miss Constance
Erickson, pastor. ' ''
CANADA TABLES
PAA REQUEST
TRAVEL PERMIT
OTTAWA, Canada, Mar. 20._
(API—Prime Minister McKenzie
King tabled the House of Com
mons notes between Canada and
the United States, renewing* the
Pan American Airways perminMu
for the six-month period to fly
over Canada to Juneau and Se
attle.
ARCTIC CLUB MEMUERSI
A club dinner-danee for
members will be given at xhm
Nevada Lounge Thursday.
March 23r<L Time: 8:30 p. m.
Tickets. $3.00 each. Phone
club secretary at Main 129 for
reservations before March 21st,