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CARRIER - BASED
PLANES DOWN
290 JAP UNITS
PEARL HARBOR, Nov . 1.—
* (AP)—Carrier planes wiped out
1259 enemy aircraft, it) was report
ed today, and perhaps 252 more
in the two months dating from
the time the task forces opened
up on August 13t)h with the Phil
ippine pre-invasion raids, and
extending through the trio of
naval battles in the Philippine
area during the same period.
Dating from Bonin’s assault on
through the Palau Ryukyus and
Formosa Islands, to October 21,
* attacking planes of the Seventh
and Third fleets lost approxi
mately 300 planes.
Admiral Nimitz announced that
many American pilots and crews
of the downed planes were res
cued.
The assessment of the enemy’s
staggering air losses is also in
the communique, the report being
that Japan suffered at least 60
warships sunk or damaged with
4 in the past week, along with 35,
000 naval personnel, including a
few admirals and high officers.
Inasmuch as the Japanese plane
production is estimated to be from
1200 to 1500 planes a month, this
action has just about rubbed out
all of Japan’s aircraft the factor
ies could turn out in the same
period.
Admiral Nimitz suggested
that the total Japanese aircraft
losses should be around 2,594, but
that that figure would probably
be revised upwards as that is
only a conservative recapitula
tion.
The enemy was caught repeat
edly with his planes down on the
ground, and it is estimated that
probably 1132 wtere bagged in
this manner.
Two American submarines
have sunk 18 more Jap vessels,
including a destroyer, the navy
+ has announced.
The navy department’s official
statement was that after the bat
tles in the Philippines, the Nip
ponese fleet is a -‘dead bird”.
LEHMAN IMPROVING
PROPERTY WITH GARAGE
T. C. Lehmann has been im
^ proving his property on First
Avenue, with a new two-car gar
age at the rear of his home. The
structure is well under way and
it will be ready for the winter
* housing of his car.
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NAZIS LEAVE
GREEK CITY
OF SALONIKA
ROME Nov. 1.—(AP>—The
German command announced
that its forces evacuated Saloni
ka today. Salonika is the princi
pal Balkan seaport, and the sec
ond city of Greece.
Allied headquarters disclosed
earlier that British patrols had
reached the city and that a pall
of smoke hung over Salonika for
several days as the Germans car
ried out demolitions there.
Pressure is being maintained
by the allied forward patrols
against the enemy rear guards,
just north of Kozane.
VIOLET POLET COMES
TO NOME ON VISIT
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Louis
Polet of Seattle arrived in Nome
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via the Alaska Airlines, to be
with her husband, who arrived
last month. Mr. and Mrs. Polet
are planning to stay in Nome un
til after the Xmas Holidays, vis
iting with Mr, and Mrs. A. Polet.
The Louis Polets will stay in one
of the Polet apartments, just west
of Polet’s Store.
CHILDREN TO
BE CULTURED
BEFORE TRAVEL
All children under 12 years of
age, expecting to leave the city,
must have throat cultures made
before being permitted to travel.
It takes at least 24 hours to make
the throat culture test and should
the test prove positive, the child
will not be released for travel.
A few more cases of exposure
have been found, and the homes
quarantined in the matter of the
diphtheria epidemic, and it be
behooves each and everyone of
us to cooperate to the fullest ex
tent in order that it will not
become more serious.
Although the list of the diph
theria cases has not been made
public, and merchants have been
notified as to the homes now un
der quarantine.
LADIES AID MEETING
IS CANCELLED
The meeting of the Ladies Aid
of the Federated Church, prev
iousyl scheduled for Friday, has
been cancelled because of t/he
epidemic.
Read it in The Nugget.
PARIS ROCKED
BY SEVERE
REPERCUSSIONS
PARIS, Nov. I.—(AP>—An ex
plosion rocked Paris and its su
burbs today, and it was be
lieved that it had possibly come
from Vincennes.
The explosion occurred 15
minutes after Gen. DeGaulle
made an All Saints Day speech
there. It is believed that it might
have been an attempt on De
Gaulle’s life.
French officials expressed the
view that sabotage could only
be coincidental to the speech.
The French War Ministry said
that considerable damage and
some casualties resulted.
JOE BELLEVUE IN
FROM DRY CREEK
Joe Bellevue of the Drq Creek
Dredging Co., now operating in
Deering, has completed his sum
mer season and is in town await
in transportation to the States.
NOTICE!
On account of the epidemic
no meetings of the Blue Lodge
will be held until further no
tice.—Luther Dunbar. Master.
24TH DIVISION
TROOPS ROLL
NORTHWEST
Gen. MacARTHUR’S QUAR
TERS IN THE PHILIPPINES,
Nov. 1.—CAP)—The American
24th Division troops, aided by
powerful mechanical units, roll
ed northwest through Leyte Val
ley today, above Jaro, within
eight miles of Carigara Bay, to
the positions that the Japanese
have been reinforcing for the
last week.
Final enemy suicidal counter
attacks in that area are expected
any time within the next few
days, stated Major General
Franklin C. Sibert, who is com
mander of the 10th Corps.
The Japanese are persistently
sneaking in barges at Ormoc Bay
in the islands of the west coast,
despite the destruction of the
prowling nigst air patrols.
Headquarters spokesmen say
they are either planning to make
a stand at Ormac, and another
spot, 20 miles north_ around Cari
gara, or setting up a perimeter
defense with fresh troops in an
attempt to evacuate the remains
of the Japanese 16th Divsiion.
The same Nipponese who or
ganized these battles, organized
the “March of Death”, is it said.
The same communique which
announced this gathering for a
fight also reported that trapped
Japanese forces further south of
Leyte Valley, near Dagami, were
killed by American flame throw
ers.
About 1500 to 2000 were killed
in the attack, and scores of pill
boxes were found, as the First
Cavalry Division battled west
toward Carigara positions, which
is less than five miles away from
the captured Burigo, on the coast.
JAMES DONOVAN
FOUND DEAD MONDAY
James Donovan, old-timer of
the Kobuk, and formerly of
Nome, was found in his cabin on
the Kobuk, shot through the
head.
A gun was found near the
body, which was discovered, Mon
day.
According to the authorities,
there are indications of suicide,
but the fact that he was known
to have on his persion more than
$0.00 before going home to his
cabin and later no money was
found' on the body, is leading to
a thorough investigation in the
i matter.