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VOL. 47.—No. 42. NOME, ALASKA. APRIL 12, 1944. PER COPY—1
NAVAL BILL
SAID LARGEST
IN HISTORY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12.—(AP)
—The largest naval appropriation
bill in American history went to
the House floor today.
This help would aid the world’s
greatest fleet win the war on the
seven seas and carries $32,647,
000,000 obligations voted in the to
tal war effort since July 1st.
In the program which these
new funds will help financially
are the use of 6.630 self-propelled
vessels, 74,925 non-self-propelled
vessels, 19,000 naval planes, ex
clusive of training planes, 3,
657,000 sailors marines and coast
guardsmen.
Admiral King told the appropri
ation committee:
“Whatever the cost, we know
the Japs well enough to realize
that we cannot regard victory on
the Pacific anything short of des
truction of the entire Japanese
Empire.”
James Forrestal, the navy un
dersecretary, told the committee
that the appropriation was a prel
ude to the major operations in
both the Pacific and the Atlantic
and urged that no cuts be made
to the navy funds.
He said.
‘‘Until the middle of this sum*
mer you will not be able to see
what the next 90 days will bring
forth.”
Forrestal added the major event
which he had in mind, ‘‘will, I
think, occure by the end of that
period.
Whe'her he meant the coming
invasion of Western Europe, he
did not state.
FURS SENT
OUTSIDE TO
BE TAXED
WASHINGTON. Apr. 12.—fAP*
—The Internal Revenue Bureau
has bad news for servicemen in
Alaska who have sent home ani
mal skins, fur coats and rugs to
mothers, sisters, and sweethearts
and wives, it was reported today
by Representative Norman of
Washington, a republican
He said:
‘‘The men will have to pay a
20 per cent tax on the full value
of the finished products.”
‘‘The question was brought up,”
he added, ‘‘by a furrier in Seat
tle, who said he was unable to
complete his orders before the tax
went into effect April 1st, and
asked if the servicemen would
have to pay the tax on the goods
not completed at that time ”
Norman concluded.
‘‘The Bureau said the service
man must pay the tax, and the
furrier is responsible to collect
it.”
AIRWAYS
\ .
Alaska Airlines
The Lockheed Lodestar arrived
from Anchorage with Capt. Larry
Flahart and Pilot Larry Curry.
Passengers were L. W. Maddila,
Wm. BrtWn,W. Erickson; C.
Hensen, G. Allsburg, G. Redder,
M. Hanson, J. Jacobsen, Bob Pen
nington, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Nich
olson, Gus Carlson. The return
trip was made to Fairbanks with
Mr. Monroe and Miss Helen
Frost.
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CORSAIR IN PRACriC" £_ \ Corsair from the British fleet air arm, in training in New
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CASUALTIES
ANNOUNCED
BY MacARTHUR
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.
/ pr. 12.—<APi—Today. Gen. Mac
Arthur announced the casualties
for the New Britain campaign as
t hailing 1500, as against estimat
el enemy killed and wounded at
0,000. , _
The report followed the an
nouncement that the Japs were
i i full retreat to Rabaul for a
robable last stand on the island.
Destroyers moved into the har
or to shell Hansa Bay ins’alla
t ons and the Madang area.
Two hundred American planes
gain pounded Rabaul without
pposition.
OFFICIALS !
STATE VIEWS |
AT TRIAL
HONOLULU, T. H—Apr. 12.
—fAP)—Admiral Nimitz and Gen
eral Richardson, top-ranking mil
iary commanders in the mid-Pa
cfic, testified in federal court
tiat Japanese attacks on Oahu Is
lmd were a highly possible and
constantly impending” threat to
Pearl Harbor.
The Honolulu commanders gave
heir views in a hearing of ha
beus corpus proceedings against
Iloyd Duncan, who fought with
wo U. S. marine guards, and the
proceedings are said to constitute
test of martial law in the is
ands.
WALLACE TO
MAKE VISIT
TO CHINA !
WASHINGTON. Apr. 12.—fAP>
-Vice-President Henry A. Wal
ace announced unexpectedly that
e expects to take a trip to China
n the near future, and his aides
aid he would probably go as an
fficial representative of Presi
ent Roosevelt.
The brief announcement gave
o details, but started speculation
s to whether he would be out of
he country July 19th, when the
>emocratic convention:'.would con
vene, and whether he /was paving
he way for easing hiipself out of
eing the running mate for Roose
velt, or if the trip was to increase
his own prestige.
( STY COUNCIL
MET MONDAY
EVENING
The Nome City Council met in
the Ci’y Hall last Monday with
all members present
The Last Will and Testamen*
of J. G. fCappy) MacDougall. de
ceased, was read for the reason
that the trustees of the adminis
trator’s have institujjpd t 4^ suit
against the City of Nome and the
Mayor in order to ascertain the
xtent of their powers 01 execu
tion in the distribution of 'he es
tate.
City Attorney C. C. Tanner ad
vised the council to enter a court
stay of execution, in order to hold
off any action until-the arrival of
the attorney for the plaintiffs in
Nome. The Council then turned
over the proposi'ion to the city
attorney for a follow-through
The resolution regarding the
outcome of the municipal election
held April 4th, was read and ap
proved.
A report on the volun'eer fire-,
Pen was read and an excerpt o'
the report was the inclusion ol
the entire City Council as mem
bers of the organization until the,
membership reaches the minimum
allowed by the group insurance'
which covers members of the de
partment.
To be discussed at the next
meeting of the City Council will
be the Health Department, which
is under the supervision of A11-;
nette Kitzmiller wife of Ralph;
Kitzmiller, one of the councilmen.
A discussion regarding the re
moval of the M. P. Station on <‘E”
Street and West Third Avenue
to a point outside the city limits
also took place. The reason was
stated that many of the citizens
of Nome have been inconven
ienced by not having passes to
the part of town in which they
reside or wish to visit or have a I
right to be in on business.
The meeting then adjourned.
POUND SITE
IN KURILES
SEATTLE, Apr..l2,—(AP^—Lib
erator bombers, flying out from
the Aleutians, rounded Matsuwa
in the Kuriles in a series of as
saults which now number 25
times. ~ .
Other bombers battered the
Jap base £t Truk. . ;0.
Large fires were seen after an
explosion at Dublon which is on
one of the largest islands in the
group.
ALASKA MINE
ANNOUNCES
ITS CLOSING
JUNEAU, Apr 12.—<AP>—The
Alaska Juneau Mine, the largest
low grade ore mine in the world
ceased operations at the close of
the afternoon shift last Saturday.
General Superintendent Joe Wil
1 jms announced.
14e- .■♦ak4 here writ- be -an in
definite shutdown in all depart
ments, affecting 225 men."
Williams added:
‘‘The shutdown was necessitated
by the awarding of an increase of
14c per hour, which increased the
operating deficit to the prohibi
tive point."
ASKS FOR AN
ALLOCATION
OF NEWSPRINT
CHICAGO, Apr. 12.—'AP>—'The
Chicago Tribune announced that
t had applied to the WPB for
ewsprint allocation to start a
ew morning newspaper in Mil
/aukee, Wis., where so the Trib
une story s’ated, Willkie failed
o get a single delegate, although
e was supported by a number of
t te state papers.
REFINERY IS
DEDICATED IN
EDMONTON
EDMONTON, Alta., Apr. 12.—
AP>—The oil refinery built here
y the U. S. army will be dedi
cded April 30th. The operation
f the refinery will be the final
ink in the plan to supply oil to
he coastal area of Alaska and
Canada.
The oil from Norman Wells, the
oil fields in northwestern Can
da, is piped 595 miles to the re
inery at Whitehorse.
The refined products, can be
distributed from Whiffchoi-se by a
network of pipelines/1<£ airports
long the Alaska highway, to the
oast at Skagway fo? redistribu
ion, or to Fairbanks;
ATG EVENTS
Non-Commissioned ' officers
meeting Friday night.
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CLEAR JAP
INVADERS
FROM IMPHAL
NEW DELHI, India,, Apr, 12.—
(AP>—Allied forces fighting very
hard, cleared the Jap invaders
from Imphal in Kohima on the
Dimapur road and developed their
operations to the point where the
enemy pressure at Kohima has
been decreased.
Allied headquarters said, in a
communique, that no important
change has taken place in Kohi
ma, which guards 35 miles of the
Dimapur road on the American
operated Bengal Assam railroad.
Jap snipers have already in
filtrated along this route accord
ing to a Tokyo broadcast. The
Japs had previously blocked about
15 miles of the Imphal Kohima
road, south of Imphal, but the
Allies have cleared out the last
enemy road blocks in the Tamu
Pa lei section of the highway,
thus the troops fighting south of
this area on the road to Tiddim
had a clear line to supply rein
forcements in the far nothern
Burma area.
American-Chinese drives to
ward Mytkyinas, which is the
enemy’s main base, made prog
ress.
The Chinese 38 th Division
"fliT’TfiW \logating Val
ley and occupied the village of
Tingring.
NAZIS LAUNCH
SMALL ATTACK
NEAR CASSINO
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES. Apr. 12.—iAP'—'The
Germans launched a small attack
against the allied troops who were
defending the hill north of Cassi
no.
They stepped up their tempo
in their shell ;ng and mortaring
of the hill just behind the rubbled
town.
The attack was thrown back
hard and allied guns answered the
barrage with sharp fire.
Their own headquarters an
nounced that Castle Hill, over
looking almost all of Cassino, has
been a thorn in the side of the
Germans and they have tried re
peatedly to take it The Castle i:
now but a pile of rocks from the
months of shelling.
A small enemy party attempt
ed a minor thrust three miles
southwest of Carroeeto, where
two or three parties tried to cross
the Moletta river near the coast;
but all of these thrusts were re-,
pulsed.
German guns continued toj
shell the rear ports and 12 planes
made what is described as an in- j
effectual raid on the port.
Allied planes flew about 11001
sorties yesterday, blasting rail
yards, bridges, supply dumps rail
way stations and motor transports
in a wide area in Italy.
BOYINCTON
SAID MISSING
WASHINGTON, Apr 12.—fAPV
—Major Gregory Boyington, aged
31 v from Okanagan, Wash., a
marine ace, is missing in action
after shooting down 26 Jap fight
er planes and was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor,
the navy announced.
ITALIAN HEAD
YIELDS THRON
ON PRESSURE
NAPLES, Apr. 12. -
(AP)—King V i t t o r
Emanuel. III., proclain
ed that he has turne
over the power of tE
throne to his son Umbei
to, a six-footer, aged 3
years, who was th
Prince of Piedmont. Th
monarch is 74 years oh
and declared that he lu
appointed his son to b
“Lieut. General of th
Realm."
The king stated thj
he would retire entirel
from public affairs an
that his decision was “f
nal and irrevocable”,
Thus, King Vittorla Emani
whose 43-year reign was the lo
est in Europe since that of Qu
Victoria of I3ritain) yeilded p
visionally to the pressure of
Italian liberal leaders, who
fused to form a democratic g
ernment in Italy while he remr
■ed on the throne.
The king said:
“The day shall come when
deep wounds will be healed :
we shall take once more
place as free people among f
nations.”
The announcement came
day after representatives of
allied governments closed a t'
day conference in a southern I
ian town, where the king ha
villa.
The king's action took place
soon after the conference tha
is suggested the king took act
with the approval of the ai'
conference.
It was foreshadowed just
week ago by Umbert> who fi
the beginning opposed the Fas
disposed Mussolini, and never
garded it as a permanent th
NEW RETREAT
BY GERMANS
IN CRIMEA
LONDON, Apr 12.—<AP>
German communique told
fresh retreats in both the eas
and northern Crimea where 1
German and Rumanian trt
disengaged themselves in h
fighting toward positions fur
south.”
Some 240 miles to the no
west, the Russians said that 1
fought into the streets of Ti
pol, a port rail junction on
Dnester river, while on the r
die of the Dneister the Gern
crashed through the Russian
ridor around the remnants o
trapped divisions.
In a concerted drive from
east and north Crimea, Gen
Yeremenko captured Kerch
swept nineteen miles to the v.
ward, overrunning 40 settlerm
The Fourth Ukrainian arm,
the north, beat past the nortl
rail bottleneck at Bzhankoi, w
is 85 miles north of jSevastc
and seized 50 more towns.
Germans asserted that they
troyed a large number of b
in the retreat in the Crimea
terday and that hand fighting
tinued on both fronts.