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[Wallace Returns From Mission
Is Enthused As
To Post-War
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SEATTLE. July 10. —CAP'—
The post-war world will be
dominated economically by the |
development of the vast resour
ces of the great territories bound
ing the north Pacific ocean,” en
visioned Vice-President Henry A.
Wallace today, upon his return to
the United States from China and j
Siberian Russia.
“The pos*-war period," he pre
dicted, “will be known as the >ra
'■ of the Pacific’, an era marked by!
■ tremendous international airline!
*nd communications, and the de-1
" veldpment of great airports where j
there are now but thinly populat-!
vl areas.”
“I am convinced,” he went on,;
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‘♦hat the main area of develoo
ment after the war of new en
terprise, new development of in- j
flustries, new investments, new
trades and new accomplishments
Will be in the ‘new world’ of the j
north Pacific and eastern Asia.'V
Before the broadcast of the.
speech, Wallace was discussing j
the problem with Representative'
Wagnuson of Washington and as
*erted:
“I believe the development of
the northwest area, meaning!
Alaska .western Canada and thei
western United States, should be
a matter of permanent national
policy."
“Wallace definitely approved:
the early construction of the Pa-j
cific link to the Alaska Highway,'
nad advoca*ed the development of!
the Canadian northwest territor
ies, ..
Bond Sales Are
: Totalled for June
Total Fifth War Loan Bond
; sales reported for the' morith of
June in Alaska were $1,717,034.
75. his Included all series, of
which Series “E” sales totalled
$771,335.75. '
Sales in Nome for “E” series of
the bonds totalled $45,431.25.
HONORED — Sun Valley,
Idaho, fit. Bernard and peace
time member of a ski patrol,
Thnmfe beams Joyfally as she
fete a taste of military life by
J..» wearing a WAV* hat *
CARRYING INVASION SUPPLIE S—Pictured from the bridge of a Coast Guard
manned assault transport, cargo and troop ships move eastward across the Atlantic.
Battles Cost I
Many Casualties |
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS ON NEW GUINEA, *
July 10.—(AP>—The savage “no
quarter” mopping-up battles in
which the American troops are
hunting down the remaining ene-!
my remnants on Biak Island, cost
the Japanese an additional 213
dead in the first week of July,
headquarters announced today.
Repeated minor engagements
with Japanese stragglers on the
Schouten Islands of northern
Dutch New Guinea, brought ene
my casualties, since the start of,
the Biak campaign, to 3,268 dead. ’
Rabaul, the enemy base on New,
Britain, which was by-passed I
long ago, was, Again heavily bomb
ed with 103 tons of explosives.
Other southwest Pacific planes
attacked Palau, Woleai, Buka,
Bougainville, and New Ireland in
wide-spread raids. 58 tons of
bombs were also dropped on We
wdk, New Guinea area.
Many Candidates
In Primary Race
SEATTLE, July 10.—(API
Fourteen candidates for nomina
as U. S. Senator and 18 aspirants
for U. S. Represen'ative in a sin
gle district, offered Washington
voters plenty of variety but no
outstanding issues, in the state’s
first mid-summer primary tomor
row. Three democrats and 11
republicans seek nomination to
the senate job.
Democrat Scott T. Bone has
been appointed to the federal
circuit court, but as yet has not
withdrawn from the race. Magnu
son’s entry into the senatorial race
left the first district open to 10
republicans and eight democrats.
The only other contest is the
republican governorship race in
which Gov. Langlie and Louis
Wasmer, owner of the Spokane
radio station, and two others are
entered. * •
Otto Geist to J>c
Stationed Here
This morning we bumped into
an old friend who dropped in on
Nome unexpectedly via the army
transport system.
Otto Wm. Geist will be remem
bered by the many Nome friends
he made on his previous trips to
Nome and to St. Lawrence Is
land, while he was professor of
archeaology at the University of
Alaska.
Mr. Geist will be attached to
the Alaska Territorial Guard as
quartermaster for the Second Di
vision, and will be stationed in
Nome.
NOTICE!
The Provost Marshal has been
instructed to kill an stray dogs
found on the Air Baso as this
constitutes a hasard to the ef
ficient operations of aircraft of
this station."
EDMOND M. BRANAND.
tnd Li., Air Corps,
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^P ^MAND Y B ATT L E C R 0 tyN D — Base map Lives closeup of the Normandy pcnin* I
v sula to sortbtra France, where Allies established first foothold In western Europe. ■ 1
Saipan Island
In Possession of
U. S. Troops
By CHARLES McMURTY
(AP Correspondent)
UNITED STATES PACIFIC
FLEET HEADQUARTERS AT
PEARL HARBOR, July 10._
“Our forces are in complete con
trol of Saipan,” Admiral Nimitz
said today, in referring to the is
land, as the “crossroads of Japan’s!
Pacific supply lines”.
The admiral announced in his
communique, that “Organized re
| sistance collapsed Saturday after
' noon, ending the four-weeks’
campaign in the southern Mari
! anas Islands, which cost the Jap
| anese at least 58 ships, 900 planes
arH more than 12,000 soldiers,
in the longest, bitterest and most
costly campaign of the central
j western Pacific.”
The report continued:
“The elimination of scattered
and disorganized remnan's of the
enemy force was progressing rap
' idly "
| The dangerous process of clean
; ing up the few thousand enemy
troops scattered in caves and
' crevices, still faces the U. S. ma
rines and soldiers.
In the actual ground campaign
of 25 days, an estima’ed garrison
of 20,000 Japanese troops (nearly
five times as many as have been
encountered in any atoll in the
Gilbert or Marshall Islands) were
, encountered.
During the campaign, carrier
' based planes bombed, strafed and
showered rocket bombs on Guam
and Rota Islands, which flank
Saipan in the Marianas chain.
During the last two days of the
■ ground campaign the fighter
i planes shot down nine of the Jap
. anese fighter planes which at
! tempted to fly from Guam and
I also shot down six twin-engined
craft and probably two more on
1 the ground.
Allied Bombers
; Stream Across
English Channel
! LONDON, July 10— <AP>—A
large force of allied bombers and
fighters streamed across the Eng- j
lish Channel with the improving
weather in support of the Brit-1
ish and American troops advanc
ing on the Normandy battlefront.
During the night RAF Mos
' quitos and Boston bombers rang-1
ed deep into France and attacked!
18 trains, on railroads leading to;
the German front, along withj
highways and convoys and Seine
river bridges.
The Mosquitos bombed a syn-,
thetic oil plant in the Ruhr, while;
Lancasters attacked unidentified
military objectives in northern'
France.
Other RAF planes laid mines in
enemy waters.
Not one aircraft was lost in
the night operations. Thirty-five
enemy planes were down in yes
terday’s raids.
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The French national anthem,
La Marseillaise, was written in
1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget
de Lisle.
Officials of Circus
Held On Charges
Of Manslaughter
HARTFORD, Conn., July 10.—
(AP>—Investigators pressed their
inquiries into the origin of the
blaze which destroyed the main
top of the Ringling Brothers’ cir
cus and from which 6.000 panic
stricken spectators fought to es
cape the enveloping shrouds of
burning canvas.
One hundred sixty-one bodies
have been taken from the hola
caust and placed in the huge state
armory, where streams of weary
relatives passed through the grim
aisles of dead.
Officials of the circus were ar
raigned in court and charged with
manslaughter. Bail was set at
$15,000.00 for J. A. Haley, vice
president, and George Smith,
general manager, and at $10,000
for Leonard Aylesworth Ross,
canvasman; Edward Versteig,
chief electrician, and David
Blanchfield. chief wagonman.
They were released after spend
ing a night in jail.
The investigators are seeking
to establish a reason for 'he start
, lingly rapid spread of the blaze,
which all eye-witnesses agreed
"mush roamed with incredible
speed, from u tiny finger of flame
i near the main tent, to a gigantic
inferno of flame and smoke.
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i BASEBALL
RESULTS
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Sunday's Games
American League
St. Louis 10, Washington 0.
I Washington 4, St. Louis 0.
Cleveland 8, Boston 2.
Boston 4, Cleveland 2.
Chicago 4, Philadelphia 3.
Philadelphia 8, Chicago 2.
New York 4, Detroit 3.
New York 8, Detroit 2.
National League
Pittsburgh 10, Brooklyn 1.
Pittbsurgh 9, Brooklyn 7 (called
in the eighth inning—Sunday
law).
St. Louis 1, Boston 0.
St. Louis 9, Boston 0.
Cincinnati 9, Philadelphia 5.
Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 5.
Chicago a. New York 2.
Chicago 1, New York 0
Pacific Coast League
Seattle 6, Portland 1.
Seattle 5, Portland 0.
Los Angeles 3, Hollywood 2. •
Los Angeles 7, Hollywood 5.
San Francisco 10, Oakland 6.
Oakland 2, San Francisco 1.
San Diego 10, Sacramento 7.
San Diego 5, Sacramento 3.
Staurday's Games
National League
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2.
Boston 0, St. Louis 4.
New York 6, Chicago 3.
Brooklyn 5, Pittsburgh 9.
American League
Detroit 6, New York 2.
Cleveland 7, Boston 11.
Chicago 1, Philadelphia 3.
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 3, Oakland 1.
Los Angeles 6, Hollywood 0.
Portland 1, Seattle 0.
Sacramento 3, San Diego 2.
American League
St. Louis 5, Washington 4.
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