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WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 13,
—-(AP>—Battleships and cruisers
of the Pacific fleet turned their
big guns on Palau yesterday.
^ The barrage is starting out as
such bombardments which pre
ceeded the invasion moves
against other islands in the Pac
ific, adn are now in allied hands.
The navy reported that carrier
based aircraft were joining in
the pounding.
U.S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor, Sept.,
L3, —(AP)—The mighty battle
wagons of the Pocif;C Fleet add
£ ed their heavy guns to the weight
to the barrage already in prog
ress against Palau, 600 miles east
of the Philippines.
,Admiral Nimitz announcement
came less than one day after the
report that the third fleet under
Admiral Halsey struck the first
blow against the enemy in the
southern Philippines.
Carrier based planes made con
tinuous sorties Saturday and Sun
> day dropping 120 tons of bombs
at Babelthuap, on North Angu
qar island in the southern Pe
peiu islands. The planes also fired
more than 150 rocket shells in
the same attack
Japanese losses were 89 sur
face craft and 68 aircraft.
5th Army h 1-mile
From Fufa. ITALY
^ ROME, Sept., 13. —<AP/—The 5th j
army forces are driving against
the central sector of the Gothic
line northeast of Florence within
a mile of Futa Pass.
Futa Pass is one of the main
avenues through the German de
fense line barring the path to
northern Italy.
The pass is described as being
more heavily derended than Cas
sino.
Meanwhile the positions at Cor
iano and San Savino remain un-,
changed.
On the west coast allied troops
drove ahead three miles to Be^
lanacca canal and San Tippolitb.
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....Attention Pioneers of Alaska
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....The Pioneer men will meet at
the Masonic Temple. Wednesdiy
evening at 8:00 pm. — —
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FANCY S WI M M E R S — Swimming stars at Los Angeles Athletic club are (left to right)
{Marian Frock; Lou Ann IMcCIosky, Jr., 3-foot diving champ; Wave Winters, member of junior relay
team; Ruth Nurmi, former junior 10-foot diving champ; Virginia Hunt, ex-free style champ,
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Rear Adni. Trexel
Has Two Titles
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 13.—
/The transfer of Rear Admiral C
A. Trexel from the Chicago of
fice as chief of naval operations,
to Seattle, to take charge of tihe
naval public works in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Alaska,
was announced by the 13th Nav
al District.
Admiral Trexel was previously
Jin the Logistics Pkans division
of the office of chief naval op
erations, and in that capacity, he
attended the Cairo and Quebec
conferences
In his present capacity he will
have two titles. Director of Alaska
Division of Yardd and Docks, and
Superv:sing Engineer tn Area 8,
which comprises Washington,
Oregon and Idaho.
Douglibovs Push I
Beyond Rotgen
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By William Smith White
ROTGEN, Delayed,—(AP>—Amer
ican tanks and doughboys have
quickly broken through the de- i
fenses in this area and are now
assailing obstacles and pillboxes
just beyond'this town.
Rotgen is just across the Bel
g'ura border from EUPEN. 1
U. S. Tanks Troops
Gouge wHoly Soil"
LONDON. Sept., 13— <AP>—Rein
forced American forces are push
ing within 30 miles of the Rhone
river, while other U. S. columns
crossed the German frontier and
gouged “holy soil”.
Supreme headquarters imposed
a strict silence on the two main
thrusts northeast of Trier.
The biggest disclosed gain was
in the Chervauz area, showing
an advance of 15 miles..
Another breakthrough in the
Albert canal zone is flanking
within 60 miles of Dusseldorf, a
large Dutch road center.
Canadian forces have advanced
to the Leopold canal.
As the battles for Brest, Bou- j
logne, Callais and Dunkerque, the !
prisoner count rose to 8000.
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Polet Hears of
Brother’s Death
Word has been received of the'
death of Frank Polet, at his home
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in Seattle. j
He was a former Nomeite, and !
a brother of A. Polet of this city, j
He is survived by his wife,1
two daughters and a son in the
Navy.
' Death was due to heart failure.
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PLANES POUNCE
On Dutch Celebes
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By C. Yates McDaniels
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN ,
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sept. 13, —(API—Snowballing al
lied air power pounced on the
I Dutch Celebes with; a record load
of two-ton bombs, laying waste
Helmahera’s airdrome and sup
ply dumps, in another of their
steady, unrelenting attacks, which
are easing the way for the return
of MacArthur to the Philippines.
Air force planes also struck
elsewhere with power and pre
cision deed in the Molluccas.
One medium sized freighter was
forced ashore and four others
damaged in the Dutch Celebes.
LOZMA. Key City
Taken by Soviets
LONDON, Sept., 13, —(AP—
Lozma, the key rail center, 20
miles southeast of East Prussia,
and one of the strongest German
points in Poland, has given up,
says a German communique.
Lozma lies on the Narew rivre,
77 miles northeast of Warsaw.
The fall of this key city, opens
the way to the wide Masurian
lake region in East Prussia.
Wih Nome and 4 other pre
cinctson the official records, two
of them for the first time, Gam
bel and Savoonga, on St Law
rence island.
Nome polled a 444 vote to give
E. L. < Bob) Bartlett 254, as
against John Manders 152. for
Delegate to Congress.
Leonard Smith, for territorial
engineer, polled the popular vote
with a score of 75 percent of the
votes cast.
Totals at present with returns
from the five precincts, which in
clude Little Creek and Haycock,
Bartlett 403, Manders 183, McCain
227, Rivers 145, Boyle, 371, Chase
280, Smith 481, Wann 109, Coch
ran 316, Jones 310, Miller 158,
Scott 331, Ost 181, Whaley 393,
Lyng, 329, Warner 252, Anderson
311, Baker 321, Bayne 164, Bell
210, Cross 210, Morris 150. Porter
288, Taylor 207, Walsh 414.
All of hte highest numbers in
the votes thus far tallied go to
the democratic office seekers
ANCHORAGE, Sept., 13, From
16 out of 57 precincts in the
Third Division the vote are tallied
as follows;Bartlett, 1290, Manders
924, McCain 869, Rivers 1277,
Boyle 1224, Chase 936, Smith
1203, Wann 881, .
The democrats are leading for
all of the Senate seats, but three
republicans are among the top
seven for election to the House.
WRAUGELL, Alaska, Sept., 13, —
(Special to the Nugget)—The re
sults of the election held in Wran
gell, with 157 votes cast,- Bartlett
96, Manders 59, McCain 81, Riv
ers 66, Boyle 81, Chase 62, South
68, Wann 51.
In 1(he Stikine precinct, there
were some 43 votes cast, giving
Bartlett 22, Manders 14, McCain
15, Rivers 24, Boyle 27, Chase
12, Smith 25, Wann 12.
Absentee ballotts 8.
U.S. 9lh. Army is
Now in France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE Sept., 13, — <AP>—The
American 9th army has taken its
place in operations with the com
mand in France, alongside the
1st., 3rd. and 7th. armies.
This combination makes the
mightiest American fighting force
ever assembled on one fighting
front.
Lt. General William Simpson
has not disclosed in what sector
the 9th army is operating, nor
its relation to the overall com
mand set-up.