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VOL. 46.—No. 94. • ■ NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1943. PER COPY—15c
A “G-EYE VIEW
K OF NOME
By CPL. W. D. STARNES
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One can hardly realize the
things that it takes to keep an
army in operation until they have
had the chance to really take a
peek behind the scenes and see
with their own eyes the various
phases of army life.
During a recent swing around
the post this columnist had the
pleasure of seeing the inside
workings of an outfit under the
command of Lieut. Ogilvie. These
fellows under the capable guid
ance of First Sergeant Downs,
# a peach of a chap who really
gets the job done, have practical
ly accomplished miracles. You
might say that they have used
ingenuity but a closer look shows
that the boys have combined this
with plenty of hard work. There
should never be moments of
* loneliness for these fellows as
long as they have the same spfrft
that is so prevalent at the pres_
ent time. One of the outstand
ing points of interest in this sef
up is the recreation room . . .
truly one that should be the
envy of every organization in this
part of the world. When confront
ed with the problem of soft
seats these boys managed to get
their hands on a few old vehicle
seats and with a lew boards and
a little work these chairs would
run an overstuffed davenport a
good race in any domain. They,
^ too, have their own PK and a li
brary that is really operated
with a system. It’s well worth
seeing and if you’re ever in the
vicinity . . . don’t fail to take a
look inside.
Another chap in this outfit
that deserves mention and a lot
of credit is Sgt. Randall. This
fellow is in charge with the ra
dio section and what he has done
with a few old pieces of eurpment
toward providing entertainment
for the boys is amazing. These
men have an attitude that means
first “get the job done’’ . . .sec
ondly, “have a darn good time
fr.. ■ —" when it’s dorre' and you carr take
it from me . . . they’re doing top
notch job of both.
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Football
scores
Notre Dame 25, Northwestern
6.
North Carolina 9, Penn 6.
Temple 0, Penn State 13.
Wisconsin 0, Michigan 27.
Cornell 0, Dartmouth 20.
Rutgers 20, Lehigh 0.
Sampson Naval 7, Army 16.
Navy 61, Columbia 0.
North Carolina State 20, David
son 0.
Great Lakes 21, Indiana 7.
^ Case 13, Bucknell 19.
Tufts 13, Harvard 7.
Oklahoma 20, Missouri 13.
Princeton 6, Yale 27.
Iowa 14, Minnesota 33.
28.
Camp Grant 13, Iowa Sehawks
Coast Guard 31, Brown 34.
Illinois 26, Oh'io State 29.
Texas Christian 7, Texas 46.
California 13, UCLA 13.
March Field 35, Southern Cali
fornia 0.
• Colorado College 64, Utah 0.
New Mexico 33, Denver 13.
Penn State 13, Temple 0.
Colgate 26, Rensselaer Poly 0.
Georgia 46, Virginia Military
7.
Georgia Pre-Flight 32 Clemson
6.
Duke 46, Virginia 0.
Georgia Tech 33, Tulana 0.
* Carolina Pre-Flight 14, Camp
LeJeune 14.
Iowa State 20, Drake 0.
Fort Riley 14, Fort Warren 7.
Kansas 13, Warrensburg Teach
ers 12.
Argansas 14, Methodist 12.
North Texas Aggies 4, Texas
Tech 14.
Texas A. & M. 20, Nice 0.
PIONEER MEETING
The Pioneers will hold
meeting Wednesday, November
17th. Matters of importance
will be discussed and initiation
► will be held. Refreshments will
be served. A full attendance
is desired.
“RINKS” SEIFFERT.
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SLOGAN IS
GIVEN TO
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-^A
new slogan was given the na
tion’s capital today by Chairman
Doughton, when he said “You
can shear sheep every year, but
you can skin him but .once. '
Meanwhile the Ways apd Means
committee'of "the house approved
a tav bill for $2,142,900.
Rep. Carlson, member pf the
committee, predicted the- “House
and country” would accept this
second war-time revenue meas_
ure which is about one-fifth of
the teh billion and one half ask.
ed for by the administration.
The bill ..provides ffjf; a’.neW
federal revenue supplement of
approximately 38 billions col
lected under present tax laws.
Here’s how it affect individual
incomes:
It .repeals the Victory tax and
increases normal tax rates from
six to ten-percent and retains, the
present persbnal exemptions. It
"credits dependents, adopts a re
adjustment surtax schedule cal
culated to help facilitate a mer.
ger of Victory income levies.
It suspends for the duration
earned income credits and re
quires married persons filing sep
arate returns to take single per.
son’s exemptions.
The bill provides the tax bill
be not less than three percent of
the net income in excess of pr
sonal exemption of $500 for sin
gle persons and $700 for married
persons, and $100 credit for each
dependent.
It is expected this bill will
return nine million Victory tax
payers not now subject to regu
i lar income levies while it retains
the existing overall tax limit of
90 percent of the' largest incomes.
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BRICKER TO
RUN FOR
PRESIDENCY
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Nov. 13—
(AP)—Announcement came to
day from Governor Bricker of
Ohio, that he would not run
again far the governorship of
that state, but instead would seek
the republican presidential nom.
ination. .
The governor said, “I shall be
a candidate for president of the
United States at the Ohio pri
maries and before the republican
national convention.”
Gov. Bricker said last week his
action ‘ in the other states will
be determined by events “as
they come pass”:
GENERAL IS
REMOVED
FROM OFFICE
ALGIERS, Nov. 15.—Gent TMaJ
rio Roatta, dhief of staff 'of 'the
Italian army, whomiv Yugoslavs
charged was a war criminal, was
removed from his post it was an_
nounced officially.
TTie Yugoslav government - in
exile charged Roatta with 'being
responsible for the reign of ter
ror during the Italian occupation
of Yugoslavia and asked the Al
lies to have Gen. Badoglio dis.
miss him, it was reported.
Italy is a land »f fine winter fighting weather—if the arm
ies keep out of the ‘*T”, .formed by the rocky spine o lhe
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Apennines reaching far pown the peninsula and the region
between the Alps and the trans-Apennines. This ‘*1"' ptands
for trouble because snows and frosts come early and. rains
are (sometimes heavy. Only Important exception in this
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mountainous land of bad weather are the plains from the Po
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valley to |the Apennines, where conditions ps ideal ps foot
ball weather psually prevail. ,
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LEBANON
SITUATION
IS ‘GRAVE’
CAIRO, Nov. 15.—The situa
tion at Lebanon remains “poten
tially grave’’, as as a real clash
between natives and the French
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“might come any time. No one
knows when’’.
Curtis Ryan comptroller of the
British Ministry of Information
on the Middle East, said on his
return from Beirut that casual,
ties from the political contro
versy already hav totaled 140,
He asserted future armed
struggles migh toccur either in
Lebanon or Syria.
Richard Casey, British Minis
ter of State from the Middle
East, returned from Beirut last]
night and explained Britain’s
position in the Franoo.Lebanese
dispute. . - 4
• General Gatroux, empowered
by the French committee for Na
tional Liberation seeks settle
ment. Casey, who conferred in
Beirut yesterday with Sir Ed.
ward Spears, British Minister to
Lebanon, Lyria, urged that Cat
roux reach Beirut quickly. Cat
roux, in 1941, promised Lebanon
full independence.
BRITISH
IMPROVE
POSITIONS
CAIRO, Nov. 15.—(AP)—Brit
ish troops improved their posi
tions in central and northern
sectors on the Dodedenese Is_
lands at Leros yesterday. in_
flicting substantial casualties on
the Germans and capturing a
number of prisoners.
A communique said fierce
fighting for the island was im
portant because of its strategic
location on the Aegean Sea and
because of it being an important
sub base.
The operations in this sector
was accompanied by continual
aerial blows which long range
fighters carried bombing assaults
over German positions.
The battle of LeJEtos is still in
conclusive. However, official re
ports yesterday said Germans
established a numerical superior
ity force straddling the island at
its narrowest point, virtually di
viding the British and Italian
defending forces in the north
and south, although the Allies
still held Lerosfi, chief town in
that sector.
HIGHWAY IS
USED FOR
BUS TRAVEL
WTCITEHORSE. Nov. 15.—The
farthest north through bus ser
vice ir. the world was put into
operation when buses chartered
by the American army began
rolling into Faiiiflaanks on the
Alcan highway today.
For the past three months bus- j
es have been plying between
Dawson Creek, British Columbia,
southern terminus of the road,
and Whitehorse, Yukon Terri
tory over a stretch covering ap_
proximateiy 1,000 miles.
This week service was ex
tendeded to Fairbanks lengthen
ing the trip to 1.630 miles.
Travel over the Alcan highway
in these buses has been confined
to military personnel and civilian
construction workers, and others
associated in the war effort. No
commercial tourist traffic is al
lowed ais a result of a joint agree,
merit of the governments of the
United States and Canada.
Coi. Joseph Clandon, in charge !
of transportation over the Alaska [
highway, released figures for the !
present traffic during the month
of September, nocording to these
totals 6.500 individual passengers ;
i traveled 2.159,622 passenger
1 Passengers included troops going ,
on duty or on furlough, civilian
workers traveling from or to vi
tal construction jobs between Ed
monton and Fairbanks and on the
i Canol pipe line project.
This line goes through the
I three sovereignities, the province
I of 3ritish Columbia, Yukon Ter- :
ritory and the Territory of Alas
;ka '
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253 TONS OF
BOMBS ARE
DROPPED
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
' Nov. 10.—Liberator and Mitchell I
I bombers, following up strafing \
' raids made by fighter planes,:
plastered Alexishafen, Mandang, j
using 253 tons of bombs Sautrday !
, in the heaviest aerial assault yet j
! thrown against the Japanese on
j New Guinea islands.
P-40 and P-39 fighters swept
airstrips at Alexishafen, leaving
fires at the expense of one craft
shot down. j
Then waves of Liberators at
medium height follow-ed Mit
chells at a three-top height, to
give the enemy a thorough going
over.
A strong force was on hand
protecting the target, but not Jap.
anese planes, since their air
force had been weaken consider
ably from earliers attacks. ... j
Airstrips at Wewak, Mandang, I
kept the Japanese from any aer
ial interference.
The Australians were progress,
ing up the Markham and down
Ramu valley, presumed as a
giant assault intended to hamper
the enemy’s aerial supply troops
in forward areas.
The only heavier attack was
the bomb tonnage October 12, on
the raid at Rabaul, when 350
tons were dropped.
No new word has been receiv
ed as to the ground situation at
Empress of Augusta Bay on Bou
gaincille island. The bridgehead
secured by the marines Nov 1
seemed quiet.
A Catalina bomber aimed a tor
BULGARIA
IS SCENE OF
ATTACKS l
y
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS. Nov. 15—(AP)—
American Mitchell bombers rang
ed over Sofia yesterday, making
the first air attack on the BuL.
garian capital in this theater.
The blow was designed to dis
locate traffic over the whole
Balkan rail system while on the 1
ground Italy battlelines remained
virtually unchanged.
Other bombers swept over
France in the third crack at im
portant Antheor, a raiway via
duct near Cannes.
Light bombers shot up the har„
bor of Civitavecchia, on the west
coast of Italy.
Escorted by Lightning bomb
ers, Mitchel bombers dipped over
Sofia’s railway yards in two big
formations, dropping tons of ex
plosives on the target, scoring
nine hits out of approximately 24
German intercepting fighters
downed in a fierce air battle.
Unofficial reports described
the bombing as “extremely ac
idulate’’, exjplopivSs smais|iing
down squarely on the locomotive
repair shops and car assembly
shops on the main line, ripping
up tracks in the yards.
The announcement said “this
successful opening of the Balkan
iffensive would have far-reaching
consequences through this im
mensely important rail center in:
regard to the German supplies
being transported to Greece and
down to the islands in the Ae
gean.”
It was also reported western
Balkan’s Sofia railway yards link
up with rail routes through Hun
gary, Rumania, Bugaria, with the
congestion at Sofia having th eef
fect of dislocating traffic over
the whole Balkan rail system.’’
Concerning ground fighting in
Italy, a communique said only
the Eighth Army carried out suc
cessful patrol actions, while one
Fifth Army front maintained a
firm defense on the enemy.
FISHERIES
OFFICIALS TO «
BE NAMED
SEATTLE. Nov. 10.—(AP)—
According to information receiv
ed from Ralph Ferrandini, field
administrator for Alaska fisher
ies, Dr. Ira Gabrielson, deputy
coordinator of the Office of Co
ordinator of Fisheries revealed
appointments for fishery indus.,
try consultants to serve during
1944 on the AJaAka Salmon Con
tration Committee would be an
nounced within a few days bjr
Secretary of the Interior tckes.
The chief ffnction of the com- •.
mittee is to brepare to asssist in
executing and operating a plan
which to result in the largest pos„
sifole production of Alaska can
ned salmon and to obtain most
efficient utilization of vaailable
plants, equipment and manpower.
pedo at an anchored cargo ship
south of Kavient, New Ireland,
Friday, and reported 10 other
vessels in the area. The bomber
met intense anti-aircraft fire,
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