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BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 3.—<AP)
—The Argentine foreign ministry
announced the formal recognition
of the new Bolivian government,
under Major Villarroel, who was
put into the presidency Decem
ber 21 by a coup d'etat.
Argentina is thus the first
American republic to recognize
the new regime.
Alaska Airlines
January 2nd. Pilot Weaver
arrived from the north with
Katherine Mendenhall and Elsie
Adams as passengers and a load
of Kotzebue mail.
Pan American Airway*
Captain Herman Josiyn arrived
this morning from Fairbanks with
a full load of mail. He left at
once with Captain Ci. R. Van
Dyke, and endell Shy. The bal
ance of the load was mail.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Sig Wien is weather bound at
Barrow.
H.rb Hager, with the Trimotor,
is scheduled from Fairbanks with
express.
CALL MADE
ON BANKS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—(AP)
—The comptroller of currency
-sued a call for the statement of
condition of all national banks at
the close of business December
31st. The Federal Reserve Bank,
at the same time, issued a call to
all state banks which are mem
bers of the Federal Reserve sys
tem federal dt posit insurance
corporation and also issued a call
to insured banks not members of
the Federal Reserve.
WENDELL SHY LEAVES
TO JOIN NAVY
Wendell Shy. the pharmacist
and general manager for the
Nome Drug Store, left today for
the outside, on the PAA with res
ervations through to Seattle.
Wendell is entering the navy, in
the pharmacy department.
Tell them you saw it advertised
in The Nugget.
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MOSCOW. Jan. 3.—(AP)--Ad
vance columns of Vatutin’s Uk
rainian army smashed into all
approaches of the Novograd
Volynsk railway, about 15 miles J
from the old Polish border, the
.ast important obstacle between
Soviet forces in the Zhitomir sec
tor and the pre-war boundary.
Farther to the north in the
drive northwest of Korosten, the
latest communique from Moscow
placed another Red Army col
umn within Poyaski, a railway
i town only 10 miles from the old
Polish frontier.
Fortifications along the rail-1
way line extending into Novograd
Volynsk was reported under at
tack today by Red Star.
Several stations within junc
tions of the suburbs have already
been captured.
Red Star termed the situat;o’
there ‘‘very serious” for the G
j mans, and said the Germans w^rc
counterattacking desperately w'th
large tanks ad infantry for*” -
hut were being forced to f’ll
back before a flanking attack b
small mobile units of Russia1'
forces.’
Both Markslevik, 22 miles fr
the southeast, and Vershnit^, ’h
miles to the northeast of Novo
grad-Volynsk were captured b"
Vatutin’s forces yesterday.
The latest advance marked e
penatration into the dense
swamps on the southern edge Pri
i pet marshes.
NEW HOURS
FOR POSTOFFICE
Because of the lack of help at
the present time, it has been1 an
nounced by the po<rtmaster that
the office will now be open only
from 10 a. m. until 4:00 p. m.,
instead of the later hours as here
tofore.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — So
you have a hard time finding
four-leaf clovers? Mrs. J. L.
Clark doesn’t bother with four
leaf ones now—she discovered
one with six leaves.
DESTROYER |
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OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Jan. 3.—(AP)—
A United States destroyer sank
in lower New York Bay after an
explosion of undertermined or g
i.n, which shook many sections of
the metropolitan area here, and
awakened thousands before dawn
this morning.
There were at least 163 known
survivors, including 108 injured. I
54 of whom received many third
degree burns. They were taken
to the army hospital at Fort Han
cock.
The announcement regarding
the loss of life of the wartime
nlement of the destroyer,
' ’'ceding on the type, varies
frcm 150 to 300 men.
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The explosion occurred at 6:18
a. m.
'”uc ship had anchored three
beers earlier six miles northeast
r ^endyhook, N. J., preparing to
move. 1
NOTICE!
To all purchasers of tickets to
the hieh school play, “Alias San
ta Claus”, which was to be pre
sent'd December 23, will be held
T’ ur dav, Jan. 6, at 7:30. A mati
nee is scheduled for Thursday af
ternoon at 2:30 for grade school
children and mothers with small
children. Tickets will also be sold
at the door. i
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Service Command headquarters
in Baltimore mailed a dozen con- 4
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The funeral of Isaac Okbock, 9- 3
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Wallace Young Mission Wednes- 4
day, at 2:00 p. m. 4
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