FORTRESSES
STRIKE DOUBLE
BLOW AT JAPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 11.
—(AP)—B-29 Super-Fortresses of
the 20th Bomber Command,
struck a double blow against Ja
pan today, hitting in medium
strength the industrial city of
Nagasaki, on the Japanese main
land, and smashed the oil refin
eries at Palembang, on Sumatra,
in the Netherlands East Indies.
Nagasaki is one of the Japs’
most important shipbuilding and
repair centers.
The major military port on the
island of Kyushu, and a highly
industrialized area, has already
been hit twice by Super-Fortress
es based in China.
Palembang is the site of the
Pladjoe oil refinery, the largest in
the Orient, and the principal
source of aviation gasoline for
the enemy.
Three of the planes of the two
Super-Fortress groups were not
accounted for, but one was forced
down in friendly territory. ■< '■ ;
Headquarters of the 20th Bomb
er Command reported “good”
bombing results at both targets.
At Nagasaki, weak opposition
was encountered and one Jap
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plane was destroyed.
No fighter opposition was en
countered at Palembang.
Anti-aircraft fire was fairly
weak at both targets.
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COMMITEE TO
VISIT IN NOME
A legislative committee of nine
members, including six democrats
and three republicans, accompan
ied by Dr. E. P. Warner, chair
man of the Civil Aeronautics
Board, and his secretary, Mr.
Layton, are scheduled to arrive in
Nome this afternoon.
Members of the committee are
Representative Alfred Bulwinkle, |
democrat, of North Carolina; Rep-1
resentative Virgil Chapman, dem
ocrat of Paris, Kentucky; Rep
resentative Lyle H. Boren, demo-'
crat, of Seminole, Oklahoma: Rep
resentative Lindley Beckwor'h,
democrat, of Upper County, Tex
as; Representative J. Percy Priest,
democrat, of Nashville, Tenn.;
Representative Richard F. Har
liss, democrat, of Phoenix," Ariz.;
Representative Carl Hinshaw, re
publican, of Pasadena Calif.;
Repr6sen*ative Evan Howell, re
publican, of Springfield, 111.; Rep
resentative P. O’Hara, republican,
of Glencoe, Minn.
The committee plans to meet
wtih groups of the various Alas-,
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ritory.
The latest word received here
was to the effect that the plane
on which the committee is travel
ing will arrive in Nome at 4:00
p. m. Alaska Airlines manager,
Alvin Polet, has made arrange
ments for a dinner at 7‘flG ,p. m,
at the airbase, with many of the
prominent Nome businessmen,, for
the purpose of discussing aviation
problems.
The group plans ‘o leave on the
return trip tomorrow.
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
Wednesday:
Captain Duggen and Pilot Kola
arrived from Anchorage with Max
Trymucha, George Jones, Loret
ta Kurawsky, A. Polet, Beverly
Morgan, Max Gray, Sharon Da
vis, and Alice DeJurnett. Outgo
ing passenger to Anchorage.. was
Lisle Slagle. • - -r- *
Thursday:
Pilot Bliss flew to Deering with
A. V. Cordovado and H W. Sla
ter.
Pilot Bliss flew to Golovin with
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dodge and
Carl Apak to White Mountain.
Today the mail run was made
to Deering, Candle, Kotzebue
with Gene Jack as a passenger to
Candle.
Pan American Airways
Captain John Olsen and First
Officer Wes Monsen arrived from
Fairbanks Thursday with George
Miller and Mrs. Uiah Dodge. De
parting passengers were Mrs. R
J. Sommers for Juneau; D M
Gietzer, Henry B. Owen, Jr., and
Mrs. Henry B. Owen, Jr,, for
Fairbanks.
Wien Alaska Airlines
On Wednesday, Pilot Whaley
made several trips into Toiler.
Tin City, Arctic Circle and Lost
River for the U. S. C. & G S.
Daniel Singyke was a passenger
to Teller and Joe Skidmore came
j in from Tin City.
Pilot Whaley was in Teller.. Ke
t walik. Candle and American Ri
ver for the U. S. C. & G. S. Her
bert Hadley and Robert Newlin
came in from Candle. Aimer Ry
deen and Chris O’Leary and Gene
Jack were also passengers from
Candle.
Pilot Peterson has been busy in
Teller and Kewalik vicinity yes
terday and today for the U. S. C.
& G. S.
Pilot Rex Pilling and Pilot
Herb Hager arrived from Fair
banks this afternoon in the Boe
ing with the following passen
gers: Mrs. Edith Robertson of
White Mountain, Dorothy Ann
Simpson, M. S. Jorgenson, Fred
Chaney, Herman Swanson and
Mrs. Mildred Webb. The Boeing
departed for Fairbanks at three
o’clock with Sara Chapman, Mrs.
Webb and Miss Simpson.
31-MONTH HUNT BY
JAPS ENDED ON GUAM
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR
TERS AT PEARL HARBOR. Aug
11. —hAP)— Chief Radioman
George Tweed, graying, 42-year
old service man, of Portland,
Ore., outlasted the Jap squads who
remorselessly hunted him for 31
nightmare months on the now
liberated Guam, escaped ten days
before the American invasion on
July 20th.
HEAVIES USED
IN PARIS RAIDS
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LONDON, Aug. IX.—<AP)—
American heavies, in part of a
i rapidly shaping campaign to iso
j late Paris, smashed oil dumps and
railyards and airfields near Paris,
railyards near the German border
city of Saarbrucken, Alsace Lor
aine cities of Strasbourg, Mul
house and Belfor, it has been re
ported.
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The weather was clear and
“good results” were noted.
All railyards were bottlenecks,
where German troops were mov' I
Ing up to the westward.
Rail facilities at Antwerp, Brut
sels, Metz, Lille and Sedan were ^
bombed last night.
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Saturday. August 12th. at Lah^
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go to tho children's summer
playground.
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