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VOL. 46.—No. 112. NOME, ALASKA, DECEMBER 31, 1943 PER COPY—15c.
CURBSTONING
ALONG MAIN
STREET
BY JAY RAYMOND
Once upon a time there lived
an old humbug who didn’t be
lieve in the many enjoyable va
garies we indulge in each day
of our existence, but rather lived
unto himself, promptly died and
was just as promptly buried un
der the proverbial six foot of
sod.
Today, too. there are humbugs,
but we fail to know of, or know
any of this vintage. But we do
know another class of people,
commonly known as E-guys.
Now an E-guy, isn’t a nincom
poop—or anything like that. No,
sir! He’s one of the guys who has
helped transform Alaska and its
suburbs into a real haven of
living.
Take, for instance, some of the
many changes noted in Nome and
vicinity in the past few years—
and who do you think has been
the cause of them—why natural
ly. E-guys.
The same has been noted all
throughout the Territory and has
been noted to the Territory’s ad
vantage, not only for the nonce,
but in years to come.
Along with their many pecu
liarities, an E-guy, in some in
stances. leans heavily towards
the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde man
ner of living. One minute, he’s
out there building things, the
next he’s conniving.
And what I mean—conniving.
Ye scribe has his own ideas of
conniving — mayhap, we’ll
have occasion to connive one of
these days too!
Anyway—the staff of The Nug
get wishes to greet all the E-guys
in the Territory with a wish they
all participate in a most Happy
New Year festivity, and through
the days to follow—enjoy the best
in everything.
Brevities of the Week
Flowers to “Ma" Rowe for her
graciousness during our illness . .
the little niceties brought back
thoughts of another mother . . .
the same to Norm Henderson,
Paul Galloway, “Bill” Luther,
Tiny Wharton, Bill Lauglin, Don
Pearce, Elmer Morris and Bill
Hall (Connivers) for their nice
ties, also . . . The visit with Mat
tie Tim was appreciated too . . .
may we have another? Rev.
Booker, calling the Linotype ma
chine an “educated mill” . . . All
of Us wishing the other fellow “A
Happy New Year’—and meaning
it . . . Fred doing business at the
same old stand after an attack of
the f- (censored) . . .
Yours,
JAY RAYMOND
CAPTURE
VILLAGE
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—(AP)—
The Italian Bari radio said the
Allied Fifth Army captured the
fortified village of San Vittore
near Cassino, on the road to
Rome.
^tf^he Bari radio is controlled by
the Bagdolio government.
ARCHIE FERGUSON
VISITOR IN NOME
Archie Ferguson was in Nome
Thursday evening and returned |
to Kotzebue this morning.
... HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!...
Pictures Highlight America's Fighting Role in Global War
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CAPTURE
VITAL CAPE
GLOUCESTER
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS LN NEW GUINEA,
Dec. 31.—Friday, hard-hitting
United States marines cracked the
stubborn Japanese defenses to
capture the vital Cape Gloucester
airdrome at New Britain.
The leathernecks’ final assault
gained full possession of the two
airstrips at noon Thursday, just
four days after Sunday’s invasion
landing.
Details of the final hours of the
battle were meager.
MacArthur's communique said,
“Following an intense air prep
aration our ground forces took
the positions by assault.”
The headquarters spokesman
said an air assault of two suc
cessive days softened the Japan
ese pilLboxes for the marines,
who used flame throwers, clear
ing the strong points and found
“many hundred Japanese dead in
the area.”
The spokesman added that
American losses were “slight.”
The communique wording in
dicated the high command felt
the seizure of the airdrome ended
also the battle for Cape Glou
cester.
Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger
sent a message to MacArthur
which stated: “I praise gallantly
the marines whose splendid co
operation with the air and naval
DOWN 113
JAP PLANES
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Dec. 31.
1—(AP)—Admiral Halsey’s head
quarters report that the Solomon
based fighters downed 113 Jap
fighter planes over Rabaul in a
week’s time.
Paratroopers were used in
helping to clean up the Japanese
strong point at the upper end of
Bougainville beachhead.
COLD TURNS
TO GRIPPE
_
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.—(AP)
—President Roosevelt’s cold turn
ed to grippe today the White
House announced. According to
this information he suffered a
half degree of fever.
Rear Admiral Mclntire order
ed him to stay In bed and said he
would probably remain there to
morrow.
The regular Friday afternoon
cabinet meeting was cancelled,
along with his press conference.
IN NOME
THIS WEEK
B. W. Neilly, marshal of Kot
zebue, was in Nome this week on
business for his office.
units in this conquest, for their
splendid New Year’s gift to their
commander-in-chief.”
ROYAL NAVY
ACTIVE IN
PACIFIC
LONDON, Dec. 31.—(AP)—The
Royal navy, which climaxed a
most successful year with the
sinking of the German battleship
Schornhorst and three destroyers
in the past week, is now being
employed in the increasing force
in the Pacific because of the
heartening turn of the battle of
the Atlantic, the admiralty an
nounced.
A review of the year’s opera
tions reiterated “Britain’s world
wide commitments extend to the
Pacific and the strength of the
royal navy is being brought in
creasingly to bear in this thea
ter’'.
According to the statement, the
royal navy has completed a fourth
yea!' of war without the loss of
a capital ship or a carrier.
* The royal airforce said the al
lies achieved air supremacy in
every theater of the war, and
said further, more submarines
were destroyed by coastal corn
man in 1943 than in the three
previous years together.
PASSENGERS TO
ANCHORAGE
Gene Jack, Ferguson Airways
pilot, and Robert Cannon, were
passengers with the Alaska Air
lines to Anchorage this morning.
SMASH TARGETS
IN FRANCE
LONDON. Dec. 31—(AP)—
American heavy bombers, sup
ported by Americans and RAF
fighters smashed targets in
France today.
Paris radio announced that
bombs rained on the suburbs of
that city.
The exact nature of the day
light assaults were not an
announced, but American head
quarters announced as the year
ended, aerial offensive sent more
than 2,000 planes thundering
against enemy targets during the
previous twenty hours, which
raged on to a climatic finish on
Paris, the administration center of
German occupation authorities
and also the Nazi war production
center.
Today’s assaults were in the
wake of an assault on an objec
tive not yet announced, but which
may have been a poison gas
works in Germany’s Ludwig
shafen deep in southwestern Ger
many.
This attack was the result of1
a raid by the greatest fleet of
United States bombers and fight
ers, of perhaps a strength of
1,500.. It was the largest ever
sent against the Reich.
Twenty-two bombers an d 12
fighters were lost.
RAF Mosquitoes last night hit
targets in western Germany and
northern France and returned to
t their bases with no plane losses.
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ONIONS TORN ,
DOWN IDEA OF
ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.—(AP)
—Fifteen non-operating unions of
the various railroads, today re
jected President Roosevelt’s pro
posed basis for arbitrating the
dispute with their employers, and
insisted that they be entitled to
a ruling on overtime independent
of every other consideration.
In a letter in reply to one
from the President yesterday, the
unions said “Wo don’t agree to
the artibration on the basis you
proposed.” They said the sliding
scale of increases from four to
10c which they accepted, was al
lowed to correct sub-standard
wages and don’t depend on the
rates paid for overtime to now,
and suggests the possibility that
non-operating employes should
directly or indirectly purchase
time and one-half after 40 hours
by giving up part time overtime
or reducing the meager wage rate
adjustments granted by stabiliza
tion Director Vinson, and would,
in our opinion, be gross injustice
to prevailing wage determina
tion policies".
The President had lumped to
gether the sliding scale increases
and overtime, but the unions con
tend the sliding scale increases
removed the area from arbitration
by their acceptance of them.