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Col. Bagby
Says Troops
‘Raised Hell’
By JUDSON O. QUINN
WITH THE U. S. NINTH AIE
FORCE TROOP CARRIER, BAS
ED IN ENGLAND, June 9.— (AP)
... —Col. Ralph Bagby, of Evanston,
111.,,, was the first parachute in
. vader to return to England to
France.
Bagby told official interrogators
. that his group carried out their
>. mission successfully and “raised
*. hell in general:”
• J' The unit under Colonel Bagby
were dropped from troop-carry
ing planes, four hours before the
. landing barges touched the inva
• sion coast of France.
Bagby and his men move dim
• mediately to positions assigned,
blowing up bridges, putting enemy
guns out of action and blocking
the roads.
The men assembled in combat
teams and moved out to take their
objectives, which they did with
very little opposition.
Col. Bagby concluded his re
port, as follows:
“Casualties among the boys
were so light as to i>e almost un
believable. The whole thing was
carried out with a lot less con
fusion than during training exer
cises.”
He added:
“The parachute and glider
borne units linked with the ground
troops, who made landings from
the sea, several hours later.”
Japanese Cruiser
Damaged In Air
Duel In Pacific
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW GUINEA, June 9.—<AP>—
Today, in a sharp air duel off
the northwestern New Guinea
coast, an American Liberator
bomber damaged a Japanese
cruiser, sending two 500-pound
bombs crashing into its bow.
Headquarters announced the pa
troling bombers attacked a war
ship Tuesday in War Parin Bay,
on the southern part of Waigeo
Island, off the northern New
Guinea coast, and then repulsed
12 enemy fighters, proljably
downing one.
Ground troops on the Biak Is
land, in the Schouten group, have
concentrated on clearing the ene
my pocketed in caves and cliffs
to the east of American-held
Mokmer airfield.
Under a triple barrage of artil
lery, tanks and destroyers, the
Japanese resistance groups left in
a hurry when the Americans be
gan to encircle the field from the
north.
The Americans are now less
than two miles from the Boroke
airstrip, the second main objec
tive on Biak Island.
Widespread Americans raids in
cluded attacks on Faleu and
fcr Tonelik Islands in the Truk
group Tuesday night, and on We
wak on the coast of British New
Guinea, and Noemfoor Island in
Geelwink Bay.
The cruiser attack marked a
strike on Japanese warships in
the recently upsurged southwest
Pacific air war.
A few days ago, headquarters
reported the sinking or a destroy
er, the first destruction of a Nip
ponese vessel since March 21.
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NAZI FORCES
START RETREAT
IN ADRIATIC
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! German forces guarding the
Adriatic sector, have star‘ed to
retreat in order to avoid encircle
ment, for the first time since the
launching of the offensive nearly
a month ago
Allied forces are rolling for
ward along the entire Italian
front, striving to maintain close
contact with the fleeing enemy,
who have shown no disposition
yat to make a determined stand.
The Allied Fif*h Army raced
steadily north and northwest of
Rome.
Gen. Clark's columns, driving
north, occupied the entire area
around Bi’acciano, and moved on
to capture Capraloa, 34 miles
north of Rome, on the east side
of Lake Pi Vico, about 10 miles
from ‘he ^southern highway junc
tion town of Viterbo.
In the northwest sector allied
unhs ar eracing beyond captured
Civita Vecchia and are repor‘ed.
from dispatches, to be shelling
Tarquina, 55 airlines miles from
Rome, and about three miles in
land from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
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Roosevelt Says
•War Is Making
Good Progress
1 WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 9.
—(APThe President today said the
war in France was making prog
ress in spite of resistance and
rough seas.
Mr. Roosevelt also said a thous
and F.uropean war refugees would
be brought to the United States
to be housed in unused military
establishments at Fort Ontario,
near Oswego, N. Y.
They represented, he said, the
total number now destined for
1 the United States.
1 In a cablegram from Ambassa
dor Robert Murphy, in Algiers,
*
' the President revealed that refu
gees from southern Italy w'ere
being moved to temporary havens
in the Mediterranean area.
: Wallace Hears
1 News Of Invasion
—
MOSCOW, June 9.—(AP)—A
! Tass dispatch of June 8th, from
' Irkutsk, in south central Siberia,
5 said that “Henry Wallace, while
l on his way to other places”, re
ceived the invasion news June
• 6th from the chairman of the
! Khabarovsk Provincial Executive
1 Committee.
“Wallace received the news
!,with emotion,” the dispatch said.
i PIANO RECITAL AT
1 8:00 P. M. SATURDAY
Miss Constance Erickson will
present her piano students in a
recital at the Native Church at
l 8:00 p. m. Saturday. The Feder
: ated Junior Choir and girls’ quar-'
tet will sing selections, and guest
soloist will be William Foster.
All are welcome to attend.
ATG EVENTS
i
Non - Commissioned Officers'
meeting et the High School
Armory tonight at 1800 hours.
Dance Saturday at the Native
School, beginning at the usual
time.
CAMOUFLAGE —Allied snipers rehearsing in England for the operations on the continent of
Europe cover themselves and their weapons with netting as camouflage. *
TROOPS MAKE
PROGRESS IN
FRENCH AREA
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
;OF THE AEF IN ENGLAND.
June 9.—British and Canadian
troops were continuing to make
progress against repeated enemy
coun'er-attacks the Supreme
Headquarters of the American
Expeditionary Forces announced
tonight, in a communique.
Six American bridgeheads were
being gradually enlarged in spite
of fierce enemy resistance, bring
ing in reserves' into the action
along the whole front, with safe,
timely arrivals of convoys,
i The improvement in the weath
er was an asset in the unloading
of supplies, which were proceed
| ing satisfactorily.
176 enemy planes were downed
from dawn on June 6th, until
noon Thursday, while our losses
were 289.
| Stewart Elevated
In Armv Rank
J
AT A U. S. LIBERATOR STA
TION IN ENGLAND, June 9 —
• (APi—Jimmie Stweart, former
movie star, was promoted from
major to lieutenant colonel, Briga
dier General James Hodges, com
manding general or the Heavy
Bimbardment Division, announc
ed.
Roosevelt To See
Gen. DeGaulle
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9
—(API—President Roosevelt said
he was expecting a visit from
; Gen. DeGaulle, the French Na
tional Committee on Liberation
; leader.
The President told the corres
pondents in the news conference
he had sent word to DeGaulle,
who is now' in London at the in
| vitation of Prime Minister Win
ston S. Churchill, he would be
glad to see him this summer, and
j suggested two dates, between June
j 22 and 30th, or July 6th and 14th.
The Carpathian mountains have
i no peak that tops 10,000 fee.t
Germans Claim
l
Churchill Capture
LONDON, June 9th.—iAP>—A
German high command communi
que said a British Lt. Col. Tom
Churchill, described as command
an4 of the Island of Lussino in
the Adriatic, was taken prisoner.
Ber'in identified him as the
nephew of the prime minister of
England.
Major Randolph Churchill, son
of the prime minister, was in
Yugoslavia, but he was last re
ported on the mainland.
London dispa4ches reported
nothing was known about a Tom
Churchill.
AIRWAYS ~
Alaska Airlines
Pilot SchuPz flew to Unaiaklet
and Fairbanks with Archie
Wheeler and Loren Gonongnan
for Unalakleet.
Pilot Weaver flew to Council
with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Glass
and child, and L. E. Ost.
Pan American Airways
A Pan American plane arrived
Thursday with passengers and U.
S. mail. Passengers were Norman
i C. Stines, War Production Board
chairman for Alaska; Ira D. Or
ton, Nome attorney, and Carl
Stolberg, Airways Engineer for
PAA. Outbound was Cris John
son, going south for his health.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pilot Peterson, who has been
doing charter work for the U. S
C. & G. S., between Kewalik
and Teller, returned to Nome yes
terday with Father Tom Cunning
ham from Teller
Pilot Peterson also made a
trip to Solomon and returned
with Mrs. John Daliluk and se
lectee, Peter Komakhuk.
Frank Whaley made a round
trip to Tin City with express and
Tom Christianson and Otto Worm
, for the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
NOTICE!
Civilians, other than War
Departmen tor Lomen employ
ees, having business at the dock
or hauling from the Lomen :
warehouses, must first obtain
identification badges from the
infantry dock office, located at
the southeast corner ef First
and E Streets. Badges will be
turned in when business is com
^ pleted.
BOMBERS HIT
PRIME TARGETS
IN MUNICH AREA
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF THE A. E. F„ June 9.—(AP>
—U. S. heavy bombers, striking
from the south. 500 to 750 strong,
battered prime targets in the
Munich area in Germany, in a
new pincers attack on the Nazi
war machine, and coordinated
with disruptive blows to German
positions in France from the west.
Bombers flying in the Munich
area for the first time from Italy,
battled their way through clouds
of German fighters to reach the
targets.
Swiss dispatches reported ex
plosions in the Munich and Augs
burg areas.
A BBS broadcast from London,
said the allied whip-lash had des
troyed all the bridges on the Seine
river from Paris to the sea.
Other American heavy bomb
ers attacked Porto Marghera near
Venice, on the Adriatic Sea
Fighter bombers harried the
German retreat north of Rome.
Allied planes of all types struck
from Britain against Nazi posi
tions n France for the first time
since “D” Day, however, official
reports made no mention of al
lied airborne operations last
night.
During operations in the past
24 hours. 52 German planes were
destroyed in the air, and 20 others
on the ground, against an allied
loss of 35 fighters and five bomb
ers.
Weather cut down the scope of
aerial operations supporting the
invasion.
Childrens Dav
Services Sunday
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Special Children's Day services
will be held at the Federated
Church Sunday evening, .Tune 11,
at. 7:45 o’clock. The sacrament of
baptism for infants will be ob
served at the Sunday school hour
at 11:00 o’clock, and for the older
children at th eevening service.
The Junior Choir will sing the
responses and special numbers.
There will be a special Com
i munion Prayer Service at the
Federated Church Thursday eve
ning, June 15, at 8:00 o’clock.
St. Marie Eglise
One of Manv
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Towns Captured
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF TH EAEF, TN ENGLAND.
June 9 —fAP)—American troops,
hammering toward Cherbourg,
captured ' St. Marie Eglrse. and
are advancing within 18 miles qf
Shat strategic port, the . German
! radio said today. although allied
headquarters made no mention of
’ the specific incident
Supreme headquarters declqr
[ ed the allied forces were making
j progress in all sectors, despite
fierce Nazi army counter-attacks
| over the green wheatftelds and
orchards of Normandy
The German communique con
ceded the loss of St Marie £g
lise, astride one of the main ar
| teries leading to Cherbourg, spy
ing the Americans were pushing
"north and south from the land
ing head there."
Later, a Berlin broadcast said
American troops hac advanced a
mile beyond the town, toward
, Vaiognes, 12 miles southwest qf
j Cherbourg, which would form a
great funnel for allied reinforce
ments and supplies for the battle
in France.
American Rear Admiral Jqtyi
Leslie Hall, Jr., after j tour of
the beachheads, told correspon
dents the operations were going
well, but stressed ‘he necessity
for quickly building up forces.
At least 1,000 Nazi prisoners
were taken in the first days of
the attack.
Our doughboys occupied Form
igny, on the road from Caen to
Caren*an, and filed a dispatch.
Formigny is one of the few
towns identified in the many re
ported taken, and is nine miles
northwest of Bayeux and three
( miles from the coast
Troops Capture
North End Of
Miytkyina Field
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KANDY. Ceylon. June 9—CAP)
—General Stillwell’s troops cap
tured the north end of the Myit
kyina's north airdrome in Burma,
a dispatch from that front re
ported today.
British forces, driving the Jap
anese forces out of India, pushed
14 miles southward on the road
from Kohima toward Imphal.
Allied headquarters said that
Major General Lentaignes’ air
borne C’hindits also captured the
village of Hola. two miles north
east of Myitkyina, while Chinese
troops captured new positions in
side the town Itself and drove
off the Jap night attack.
To the west in the Mogaung
Valley, the Chines eforces have
closed the gap between road
blocks they established west of
Lachiga, six miles northwest of
Kamaing,
In Kohima fight, the British
[captured positions five and seven
miles southeast of Kohima, as
well as 14 miles south of the al
lied communications hub.
ALASKA AIRPLANE MAKES
FORCED LANDING AT CURRY
An Alaska Airlines plane was
forced to make an emergency
landing on June 7th, enroute from
Fairbanks to Anchorage. A land
ing was made at Curry along the
Alaska Railroad. Neither passen
gers nor pilot received serious
injuries.