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VOL. 47.—No. 44 NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY,APRIL 19, 1944 PER COPY—13c
NIPPONESE
MADE MILITARY
MISTAKE
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 19,
<AP>—Representative Magnuson
told the House of Representatives
upon his return from the Aleu’ians
that the Japanese made a military
mistake by siezing Kiska instead
of Adak.
He said ‘‘Why the Japs didn’t
establish themselves there is a
military mys’ery. Possibly the
best explanation is that for many
yeavs all our maps deyjgnateu
Kiska as a naval reserve from
which they had to keep out, and
therefore in a very subtle way
must have led the Japanese to
Kiska ins ead of one of the most
potent bases in the Aleutians.”
Magnuson made this public in
a report to the naval affairs com
mittee during a recent inspection
of the Aleutians. He said, ‘‘The
army air field at Adak is unique
in that a young engineer discov
ered a lagoon, drained it, and
built a dam across the narrow en
trance. The army now drams the
water in or out at will and when
the water is out leaves a fine
hard surfaced field.
The Representative praised the
. work of the army and navy in
■ construction of defenses in tihe
Aleutians since the removal of
the Japanese at Attu. It will
serve as a post-wrar springboard
for American air rou’es to the
entire orient.”
He further stated, "The navy
; has an excellent air field there
and hopes for further develop
ment ant the army will be permit
ted to use it.
Magnuson recommends that the
naval air base at Sitka be reduced
in size as it is too big and the
expenditure of money was excess
. ive and extravagant. He also
recommends that no new projects
be started, as the ‘‘war has moved
to the westward", but various
points will be of importance along
the Aleutian air route. He added,
“at Kodiak, there appeared to be
a waste of army personnel.” And;
urged Private air lines should be
used to furnish transportation to
Attu from Seattle. That means;
be found to obtain furloughs to
men stationed for many months in
the Aleutians. In conclusion he
stated, ‘‘Except for lack of rec
- reational facilities, they seemed
content and well cared for."
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BILL MUNZ BAGS
FOUR HUGE WOLVES
While flying from Deering to
Nome Monday, Bill Munz saw a
pack of Wolves singling out part
of a herd of reindeer for a killing.
He circled the herd and one of
his passengers, Pete Reader pre
pared to take a try with a shot
gun.
With a combination of expert
flying and skillful marksmanship
four wolves were killed and the
balance of the pack scattered- The
plane was then landed on the snow
and the carcasses picked up and
^ brought to Nome where they are
on display in front of Munz Air
Service office.
Camera fans were busy all day
getting pictures of these animals
each of which measured well over
eight feet, and are probably the
largest caught in this part of the
country.
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LEDO CONVOY_a convoy of trucks from tlic Chinese division winds along through the
jungle on the Ledo road in Burma, carrying supplies to workers at head of road.
INVASION OF
JAP KURILES
IMMINENT
WASHINGTON. D. 19.
<AP>—An invasion of the Kurile
island chain which reaches north
from the enemy homeland, may
be expected at any time, said Sec
retary of the Navy Knox in' a
press conference. When asked
would the United States at'empt
to take the Kuriles he replied,
‘‘Sometime I'm sure, but nobody
knows just when.”
The discussion was prompted
by the • increasing regularity of
the bombing raids on the island
group, particularly during the
past five days t heattacks on Mat
suwa which is less than 500 miles
from the main island of Japan
Other frequently bombed bases
are Chimsu, Paramushiro and Ko-1
tan.
Knox said in conclusion, ‘ Dev
elopments in the war in the Pac
ific have been confined to cutting;
off supply routes to the eastern
Marshalls, by regular bombing of
of the enemy supply bases in the
Carolines including Truk, and
Ponape.”
ALLIES TAKE
THREE POINTS
IN INDIA
K ANDY, Ceylon, April 19. iAP*—
Allied forces lashed out in a tank
offensive against the Japanese in
northwest India taking three Jap
positions in the area northeast of
Imphai. Bitter fighting continues
for a hill overlooking the plains.
Headquarters announced action
west of Bishenpur south of Im
phai, on one of the Allied lifelines.
No change was announced in
the Kohima area, but 35 miles of
the Bengal-Assam railline atDim
apur, fell to the Allies.
ATC EVENTS
Friday night Non-commissioned
officers will meet at the Hi-school
Gym. .
Saturday nite a dance at the
Native school for members and
prospective mem bars. .
, t . . . T A R CIT —A rocket target is released fro— a
| wheeled projector designed to be fired at varying angles to gtv* I
J v. 8. anti-aircraft gunners practice with a target closely Simula!*.*,
i W ••••* Uttayr aircraft. This devios t spies— stove urges*. |
FALL OF PORT
SEVASTOPOL
IMMINENT
MOSCOW, April lg, <AP'—A So
i vie* communique said that the
Axis troops were ‘‘resisting" des
perately as' crack Russian Mar
ines pushed through valleysto the
i southeast of Se^ist*>pol, appar
ently on the verg^ of a junction
with the main body of the Fourth
Ukrainian army, in a combined
assault on the Grimean port
"The Gerrmj*** are heaping as
many obst^cJeS as possible in the
way of oh:r troops and blowing
up bridges across mountain rivers.”
The Nazi machine-gunners were
firing on their Rumanian allies if
they dared show the least sign
of retreat or surrender.
The marines under Yeremenkos,
yesterday captured the coast town
of Kalaktlava. Today one arm
of the force advanced along the
road to Sevastopol, and is less than
seven miles from the port city
itself. Another column moved
toward the city along the road
from Yalta.
The Crimean seaport is threat
ened from all directions by land.
I
CIO AND AFL
JOIN HANDS
IN PLEA
.WASHINGTON, D. C. April 19.
, AP)—'The CIO and AF of L joined
hands in a call upon Congress to1
! continue—“without weakening of
amendments”—the federal system
of price controls, in an unusual
joint statement, which was also
concurred in by the Railway labor
executives association. :
The union organizations declared
also that ‘‘Restoration or relation
ships between prices and wages
which existed Sept. 15, 1942, were
essential, to make the law work
equitably and to build the morale
of American lobor to the highest
degree of efficiency”. i$
The Statement was read to the
Senate Banking Committee by AF
of L’s Green, during a conference
on the legislation to continue price
controls for another year after
June 30th.
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REPULSE FOUR
RAIDS
AT ANZIO
ALLIES HEADQUARTERS NA
PLES, April l«, (API—Allied
troops yes'erday repulsed four
raids against one position at the
Anzio beachhead and inflicted
heavy loss to the enemy.
Headquarters 3lso announced
that allied patrols and artillery
were active along the entire It
alian front. The artillery des
troyed an amunition dump but in
clement weather and poor vis
ibility curtailed major operations
Allied fighters and bombers
flew nearly 1000 sorties striking
at German planes or. fhe ground
in noli the r- Itab\ hitting iNazi
communications and patrolling the
the entire battlefront.
Nine enemy planes were des
troyed, wh Le eigh* of our planes
failed to return
LARGE ALLIED
AIR FLEET HITS
HEAVIEST BLOW
LONDON, April 19, iAP)—Send
ing out more than 5000 war planes
the Allies blasted a new roadto
ward ‘‘D" day by dropping more
than 7000 tons of explosves on
Hitler’s Europe in the past 24
hours.
Nearly 2000 Allied bombers
and lighters took over the air today
smashing fighter plane factories
following the example set by the
great armada of yesterday
The British also sandwiched a
night raid between the two huge
assaults, attacking French rail
centers.
More than a thousand British
bombers of the heavy class, one
of the largest forces ever sent by
the RAF against occupied territory
Vichy said, the Cathedral, as
well as another town of 15000 pop
ulation was left in ruins.
Lightning and Mustang fighters
accompanying the heavy bombers
struck at airplane factories and
aircraft parking fields in West
ern Germany at Kassel, Paderborn
Gutersloh and Werl.
NAZIS WRECK
LARGE BRITISH
HOSPITAL
LONDON, April 19, <"AP>—Rescue
workers dug through the wreckage
of one of London’s largest hos
pitals after the building was blast
ed and set afire by a direct hit
during a German air raid on the!
capital early this morning.
Nearly 2000 patients were in
the hospital and it is feared that,
most of them were buried in the
debris. The ward housing male
patients was completely destroyed.
This was the third attack this,
month and started about one in j
the morning, and lasting about an
hour.
Thirteen raiders were shot down i
by antiaircraft fire.
ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION I
The I. O. O. F. will hold their
regular meeting Friday evening
at 8.00 o'clock, at tha Masonic
ample.
CORK BOTTLED
BY BRITISH
EMBARGO
LONDON, April 19, <AP —Tha
British adopted new security meas
ures to isolate neutral Ireland and
; its potential Axis spy posts by
suspending all shipping between
Cork, on the southern coast of
Eire, and Britain and curtailing
of railway traffic between north
ern and southern Ireland
The suspension of shipping out
of Cork, bottled up one of Irelands
main ouSlets fort livestock send
, agricultlra! produce
The war ministry refused to
divulge the extent of the reduc
tion of the ser%’ice between Eire
and northern Ireland
FATE OF ROME
IN HAM) OF
GERMANS
i LONDON, April 19 (AP —Re
plying to a plea feiora Prime Min
ister DeVaiera that Rome be Spar
ed, 'he President told the E re
Minister that the fatK of that
city depends on the Germans al
though the Germans have sought
unilaterally again to declare tha
city of Rome, an open city
The President's message, dated
April 3rd was made public in Dub
lin today, and said, ‘‘If the Ger
man forces were not intrenched
at Rome there would be no ques
tion arising concerning the city’s
preservation.”
President Roosevelt's message
added, “The allies, often at con
siderable sacrifice, have tried
scrupulonsly to spare these re
ligious and cultural monuments
even in Germany.
Allied headquarters had an
nounced that heavy German traffic
was moving to Rome from the
northwest which probably sug
gested to DeVaiera that the Brit
ish and Americans should refrtain
from ‘senseless" air attacks.
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•TICIR GIRL'—s enti I
Actress Dolores Moran (above)
has received word from Chinn
that a group of pilots In the^
famed “Flying Tigers’* hafj
given her the title “Tiger Girl."1]