A “C-EYE VIEW
OF NOME
By CPL. W. D. STARNES
Just about the time everything
starts running serenely things
are bound to happen. This time
it was the“Needle Brigade” and
believe you me this small com
posite group of "shot expediters” 1
under the capable direction of
Staff Sergeant Dale Rupert and
Sergeant Gernon Erickson can
do more visible emotional dam- j
age within a fifteen minute span !
than an Alaskan soldier topping *
off his fifteen days in the States, j
Viewing a "shot” lineup is quite (
amusing ... as a matter of fact |
it 'is the exact opposite of the ]
“chow line” . . . Instead of mov- j
ing toward the front of the line i
the trend of movement is defi- |
nitely to the rear until each in- !
dividual hears the sound of his
name . . . this means, -‘Brother
. . . you’re next!” But then it
happens quite quickly and it
isn’t nearly as bad as all of those
thoughts and vivid imaginations
that have been running wil.*y
through the mind. Who knows,
. . . Maybe that was the one that
will save your life in the future.
So with this in mind you don the
shirt once more and struggle
back to work. What a relief
The men at the Base Service
Club had quite an evening of it
last week when the club was
given its christening. The place
was jam-packed full by the time
the Special Service movie hit the
screen but there always seemed
to be room for one more partici
pant. “Handlebar Hank” arriv
ed a wee bit late for the film fare
but did manage to lend his ef
forts to a bit of the manuai labor
that always lies in the waike of
these affairs. A lot of First Ser
geant Edward Anthony’s boys
were on hand and one might say
they had the situation “well in
hand”, especially Staff Ser
geant John Edwards, Corporal
Clements Lean and Manny
Thune, Privates, First Class
Paul FinWlestein, Bernardo
Sceri, Francis McCann and Pri
vates Bob Vonderleith. “Tom”
Thompson and Chester Hendrick
son. The club also has a new
manager these days. His name is
Sergeant Edward “Jack-of-all
Trades” Felton ... a swell fel
low and from the reports circu
lating around, he’s doing a fine
job.
SEIZE TWO
TOWNS IN
OFFENSIVE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Nov. 22—(AP)—Ad
vancing in the mountainous cen
tral sector on the Italian front,
the Eighth Army seized two more
towns operlooking the main
highway to Rome, and moved to
positions from which a full of
fensive against the enemy winter
defense can be launched.
San Pietro and Vastogairardi,
important junctions on the road
to Rome, were taken.
Pushing back before the on
slaught, the Germans were firing
the towns of Alfedena and Caltel
De Sangro, in apparent determi
nation to leave no shelter when
forced to give up those places.
General Sir Harold Alexander
announced that the ground forces
in Italy have recently been re
inforced by large numbers of
Canadians.
The heavy rains kept other
sectors down to patrol actions
and artillery duels.
DeWITT IS
> GIVEN AWARD
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—
(AP)—Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt
was awarded the distinguished
service medal, and the citation
said:
“DeWitt collaborated with the
Pacific fleet in the North Pa
cific, providing great assistance
and counsel and suggestions with
operations which resulted in
ejecting Japanese from the Aleu
tians.
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MAGAZINE
RAKES !
THE JAPS
MOSCOW, Nov. 22.—CAP)—
The Soviet Labor Magazine for
the war and working classes, as
serts that the extremists’ element
in Japan worked against Russia
in behalf of Germany.
Without elaborating,( the pub
lication said yesterday, Japan has
been pushed into war deapite
shortage of war materials, then
added: “in hopes of victory for
fascist Germany over Europe.’’’
These extremists in Japan also
inspired various anti-Soviet
plans.
This statement is the' strong- !
est which has come through Rus- ,
sian censorship in recent months.
The magazine, in discussing the
war in'the Pacific, said the ini
[tiative rests completely in the
i hands of the American armed
forces. The situation is far from
: favorable to the Japanese at
home, and declared Tojo replaced
; the policy of brute fonee, with
| one of skillful demagoguery,
through attempted appeasement
of the moderately financial aris
tocrat elements. The new policy
was being designed to draw the
people of conquered countries of
east Asia, to their side.
MORE MONEY
THAN NEEDED
IS REPORT
(AP)—The army’s disclosure
that it had more money than was
needed, touched off a series of
developments and comment
which gave an entirely new com
plexion to the nation’s war pro
duction effort to date, and what
as needed in the future
Out of the announcement by
the War Department turning
back thirteen billion to the Bud
get Bureau, came these things—
1. Army pictured considering
the might of production effort
at its expansion peak, and some
drastic cut-backs have been
made, notably in the small arms
ammunition, either because
enough material was on hand or
that battle experience dictated
the changes.
2. The Army’s manpower needs
have been revised downwards by
more than 500,000 men, so op
ponents of the fathers’ draft
bill in congress, promptly seized
upon this as another point in
their favor.
3. It was disclosed that pre
liminary steps are already under
consideration by the government
and industry, to work out a ten
tative plan to reconvert war fac
tories to peace-time production.
THANKSGIVING CONCERT
GIVEN BY MISSION
A Thanksgiving concert was
given by the choir of the Metho
dist Mission Sunday evening and
was well attended. A very good
response to the white gifts and
offerings was made. Appreciation
is hereby acknowledged to the
choir, and in particular to Pri
vate Parten, in making the con
cert a success. s
AN EDITORIAL
Nome isn’t the prettiest city in the world. It isn’t
exactly the ugliest, nor the most boring, nor has it the
most “savage” weather in the world.
When “G-I” folk who are stationed here at the
present time, first heard of their proposed destination
where they would be destined to become the defend
ers of northern Alaska, there is little doubt their an
ticipation was keen and their adventurous desires;
whetted on learning they were to be stationed in the'
North’s last frontier town. To say the least, our opin
ion is, they eagerly awaited the departure day.
The long voyage to this distant land, from the Out
side, was interesting to a great degree, no doubt.
Thoughts which have a habit of centering in one’s mind
when a new trek has been started, we imagine ratted
to quite an extent.
Recalling our first visit to Nome, we anticipated
viewing a frontier town wholly unlike that which we
landed in. A town shorn of all the modern facilities
of life; whose every advertisement was “rip-roaring”,
and in which few “whites” resided, was our interpre
tation of the visit. We expected a high adventure and
we were totally disappointed.
When the “G-I” folk arrived here that personnel
found just exactly what we found on our arrival. Of
a certainty, the spread-out features of the city do ap
pear, on the surface, as a frontier layout. The wooden
sidewalks and a few other “features” indicated that the
town still had carried some of the frontier aspects.
But the days, the weeks and the months which have
followed their arrival here, we venture to say, proved
the town far from a frontier town and more along the
lines of an up-to-date, progressive city.
“G-I” folk didn’t exactly find Nome a “headache”.
“G-I” folk found in Nome, the kind of a city any other
city proves to be.
They found the city managed in the same respect that
other cities carry on with. On the same plane with
cities much larger than Nome, the “G-I” boys found an
efficient Chamber of Commerce in operation, whose
chief aim was to make of the city one which eventually
would prove to be the pride of the North.
The military personnel found many things of interest
because of the workings of this same Chamber of Com
merce. Summer and winter sports of divers kind,
were in abundance, and the “G-I” folk enjoyed taking
part in these recreations.
Of a certainty, there were many of the popular di-:
versions lacking in Nome. There were no bowling al
leys, no pool halls, nor any of the visiting places of
the cities, other than the saloons gracing the streets of
the town. But since, there has been originated, on
their own military area, service clubs, theaters and
other places, for the recreation of the boys. Only
lately there has been opened in the area one of the
finest appointed clubs in the Territory.
“G-I” boys found in Nome a humming behive of ac
tivity upon their arrival. The vast amount of con
struction work underway at that time, has since en
hanced their positions and has added to their recrea-;
tion to no mean degree. In later days, after their ar
rival, these same boys have played an important part
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MARRIED LAST
SATURDAY
Grace Kungesuk and David
Escholt were married Saturday,
November 20, in a double ring
ceremony, by Miss Constance
Erickson, at the parsonage of the
Lovinia Wallace Young Mission.
Ferns and lighted candles dec
orated the room. Lena Brown
and Jasper Brown, friends of the
bride and groom., attended. The
bride wore a beautiful sheer blue
gown.
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD WEDNESDAY
The funeral of Mrs. David Ma*
loney, who died this morning,
will be held Wednesday afternoon
t 2:00 o’clock.
PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE A REALITY
JUNEAU, Nov. 22.—(AP)—
At long-last a U. S. Public Health
Service is established in Alaska.
It was noted by the arrival of
Dr. Edgar Norris to serve as di
rector of the district.
As liason officer in Alaska.
Dr. Norris recommends the al
lotment of federal funds for var
ious health problems in the Ter
ritory.
DIES THIS
MORNING
Mrs. Bert Merrill died this
morning and funeral arrange
ments will be announced at a la
ter date.
SEC. ICKES
DEMANDS AN
EXAMINATION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—
(AP)—Harold Ickes, secretary of
the Interior, today demanded
re-examinatron of the contracts
through which the United States
financed $130,000,000 to Canol
projects in Canada, which he
said, the War Wepartment un
dertook without prior consulta
tion of his office,
Ickes told the Truman commit
tee that in return for the enor
mous investments and risJks
which we alone assumed, the na
tion should be accorded perma
nent peacetime share in the oil
and by-products to be produced
upon terms commensurate with
with the magnitude of the con
tribution this government made.
The project consists of experi
mental drilling, and pipeline from
Fort Norman to Whitehorse, an
oil refinery at Whitehorse, roads
and other facilities being buifl
for the Canadian Oil Company. I
ISLAND OF
SAMOS FALLS
TO GERMANS
LONDON, Nov. 22.—(AP)—
Berlin radio said the Island oi
Samos has capitulated to German
forces this morning. Castel Rosso
is still believed to be in Allied
hands.
Samos has been under attack
since last Saturday according to
reports from Ankara, Turkey.
The broadcast was obviously
hinting that the British were at
tempting to withdraw from the
island.
Yesterday the first refugees ar
rived in Turkey.
RUSSIANS
SMASH HEAVY
RESISTANCE
MOSCOW, Nov. 22.—(AP)—
Front line dispatches said the la
test Russian assaults south of
Kremenchug, one of the original
bridgeheads on the west bank of
the Dnieper river, smashed enemy
resistance yeterday and overran
Nazi deoense bases there. About
3,000 Germans were reported
killed and 60 tanks knocked out.
The Germans in the Zhitomir
sector were attacking with large
forces of troops, tanks and
planes, while Russians absorbed
the blows with widely ckstributed
fories, and struck back in other
areas.
AWARDS ARE
MADE TO 3
(AP)—The Carnegie Hero Com
mission awarded medals and $500
to three AJaskan employees of the
GAA, for saving the lives of
four of the crew of a crashed
Canadian bomber in September
of last year.
The awards went to Chas. R.
Marchant, Jack R. Bassett, both
of Wenatchee, Wash., and Loren
H. Sasseen of Anchorage Alaska.
The rescue occurred at Metla
katla, Alaska.
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SOLON IS
VICTIM OF
ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-,
(AP)—Two sudden deaths among
the House membership, delayed
at least one day, the showdown
vote on the administration con
sumer subsidy program, and re
moved from the scene one of the
leading figures in the bitter sub
sidy dispute.
Shortly after the House had ar
ranged to suspend business for
24 hours in respect to Represen
tative J. William Ditter, Repub
lican of Ambler, Pennsylvania, a
powerful figure in his party’s
counsels, killed in a navy plane
crash near Columbus, Pa.
The plane circled helplessly,
dropping flares through thel
heavy rain, then crashed and
burned.
Lieutenant Commander J. J.
Mansure was also killed in the
crash.
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Steagall Dies Friday
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-^
CAP)—Henry B. Steagall, chair*
man of the House Banking Com*
mittee, died suddenly in Wash*
ington Friday.
The House physician, Dr,
George Calver, said he suffered
from a heart attack after mak
ing a speech.
Steagall was a leader in the
House battle against the admin*
istration’s food subsidy program.
He was a widower, but thre^
children survive him.
Henry B. Steagall, a democrat
of Ozark Alabama, represented
the third district for almost thir
ty years. He was a graduate of
the law department of the Uni
versity of Alabama, and since
graduation was a state prosecut
ing attorney for several years
prior to his nomination for con
gress in 1914, in which capacity
he served until his death.
The death of Representative
Henry Bascom Steagall automat
ically elevated Representative
Brent Spence, Democrat, from
Paris, Ky., to chairmanship in
the banking committee. Spence
had taken the position that the
subsidies should be sustained,
under present circumstances, in
view of the fact that Congress' in
structions to the President, wefe
to hold the line.
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ALASKA COED
NAMED QUEEN
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Nov.
22.—Saturday, Nov. 20 1943,
should be a red letter day in thd
life of Miss Marie Eines, of Ket
chikan, Alaska, one of the bus
iest co-eds in a western Wash
ington college.
Miss Eines was elected queen
of the annual home-coming day,
also she christened a ship, but
she missed the boat when she
swung the champaign bottle, sa
accompanied by army officers,
she ferried with the coast guard
out to the hull in the bay, arul
victoriously splattered champagne
all over the bow, retuminy in
the evening to the ceremonies on
the campus.
‘ Queening’’ is just a day in th«
life of an .Alaska coed.