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*U. S. AIR BASE j
AT LUICHOW
IS DESTROYED
CHUNGKING, Nov. 13.—(AP)_
The United States air base at
Luichbw was destroyed and
evacuated, Major General Wed
emeyer’s headquarters announced
today.
The U. S. 14th Air Force struck
all fronts over the week-end, des
troying a Japanese navy tender,
13 river steamers, 14 locomotives,
and three rail bridges in French
Indo-China.
The communique said that
three radar stations were dis- 1
abled in Yochow.
Japs in the Kwangi province,
however, appeared on the verge
of meeting from the north and 1
# northeast, and will provide a con
tinuous land route from Canton
to Manchuria.
The Japs are already in Lui
chow, which is the last-known
American air base in southeast
China.
Gen. Wedemeyer’s communique
said that the B-41’s drew fire in
Luichow, when they attacked the
Jap positions in support of the
Chinese ground forces.
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FIGHTINGEST
COLONEL IS
SAID MISSING
A U. S. FIGHTER BASE IN
ENGLAND, Nov. 13.—(AP)—Col.
Hubert Zemte, age 31, from Mis
soula Mont., who Is known as the
fightingest American fighter pi
lot commander in Europe is
missing in action, it has been re
+■- ported /today.
Col. Zemke turned down a desk
job, with possible promotion to
General in order to keep on fly
ing. He was shot down inside
Germany on October 10th while
leading a Lightning and Mustang
fighter group as a bomber escort.
On this mission that Zemke
was leading, 28 planes were des
royed in the air and six on the
ground.
VISITING WITH
DAUGHTER
Mrs. Harry Nelson, mother of
Mrs. A. Johansen, and formerly
of Nome, is visiting with her
daughter for a few weeks. Her
home is now in Anchorage, where
her husband is employed by the
CAA.
I
From War Front Via Flying Ambulance
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17 ■ '’ A VD_One of the reasons «»hy thrt fatalities from wounds in this war among American ttoof^
lias bee itf id down to 3 per cent is the speed with which casual; ies are ga. cn '.e .0^ ‘R*rf»
cai science has to offer The wounded are flown from the? front in many cjises > ■ - *• . .
s flying ambulance is discharging a load of wrtunded at an EngiiSii a*r*. I
RED ARMY IN
OUTSKIRTS OF
BUDAPEST
LONDON, Nov, 11.—(AP)—The
Red Army, already on the south
ern outskirts of Budapest, in
creased its pressure on the be
seiged Danube river capital to
day, and captured Monor, 14
miles to the southeast, it has been
reported.
This seizure is within 30 miles
of the enemy’s positions.
A Moscow communique an
nounced the fall of Monor meant
that the Russians had swept the
Germans nearly all of 50 miles.
In a rush from the east the
Soviet troops fanned out from
the the captured Ujszaaz Junc
tion on the second Budapest
Szolnok Railway and drove 11
miles through Tapiogyorgye Tap
ioszelle and captured Farmos.
There was no word from the
Red Army troops which are stall
ed in Budapest’s southern Yugo
slavia front on the Belgrade
Athens Railway, which is an im
portant German position protect
ing the southern corridor through
which some of the 100,000 enemy
troops were threatened with en
trapment as they fled to the
southern Balkans.
The Rocky mountains
once caPed the Stone mo'.r'.t-xiny.
BRIDGEHEAD
ENLARGED
BY PATTON
LONDON, Nov. 13.-(API
General Patton expanded a new
bridgehead across the Moselle
river, north of Metz today,
threatening the Germans on their
only usable railway connecting
that forrtess city with Saar, it
has been reported.
Developing pincers to crimp
the enemy-held port of Thion
ville, the German command said
American troops are penetrating
into Thionville.
Armored spearheads are swing
ing around Metz from the south
and have punched forward 20
miles on a 18-mile front. One of
these wedges by-passed the
stronghold of Dieuze on its south
flank and fanned out behind the
famous World War battle town of
Morhange on its north side.
On the south the Seventh
Army is fighting 15 miles from
East Rambervillers and Bruyers,
and have captured villages only
a miles west of St. Die, entrance
to Vosgres.
Reports said that the Germans
are pulling the guns out of Metz
itself, but supreme headquarters
believed it was unlikely that it
is a real evacuation.
Th»re ir» no reoort of of
tV-e American Fie t Army in the
PATROLS CROSS;
CHIASA BELOW
RAVENNA
ROME, Nov. 11.—(AP)—Patrois
of the Eighth Army are crossing
the Chiasa Canal below Ravenna
and have moved into thick pine
forests, four miles south of the
city, and hove advanced two
j mies, a bulletin said today.
The advance was made after
the German troops who are guard
ing the southern approaches to
the big city on, the Adriatic coast
withdrew some positions on the
canal.
Further progress was made also
in the northwest despite very
strong resistance.
REV. CARLSON
IMPROVING HOME
Rev. Paul Carlson has been
busy improving his home on the
corner of Front and B streets.
With the addition of a basement
and another wing under con
struction this will be a big im
provement for the corner, and
general appearance of this busy
street.
German sector of Aachen or in
Holland, a$ bad weather restrict
ed air operations along that
front. ;
SQUEEZE IS
TIGHTENED
AGAINST NIPS
By MURLIN SPENCER
GENERAL MacARTHUR’S
HEADQUARTERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES, Nov. 13.—CAP)—
Driving through jungles and
mountains against bitter opposi
tion today, the American forces
made gains ranging from a few
hundred yards to three miles, in
a tightening squeeze against the
reinforced Japanese troops, which
i crammed the western side of Ley
te Island.
The 24th Division made the
longest jump in the difficult
route from Cariga Bay to Ormoc.
These infantrymen plunged
through uiiiicuit terrain w,
ture the heighsts of Mount Cat
abaran, with a 2,300-foot peak
dominating the Ormoc roadway.
The main column of the 24th
was supported by heavy tank and
! aerial fire and made good prog
ress against heavy opposition.
Along the main road to the
southward from Ligon the com
munique reported, General Tom
oyuki Yamashita’s fanatical forc
es continued their attempts to
break the American vise and
were pressing aS«liTSt the batter
ed city of Ormoc, but a head
quarters spokesman said the
Americans still had both a pre
ponderance in numbers and in
initiative.
The Nipponese made no new
attempt to send fresh troops
ashore after losing four trans
ports, six destroyers and most of
their 8,000 reinforcements in a
complete destruction of the con
voy off of Ormoc, on Saturday
by American carrier planes.
The communique also reported
that the Third Fleet of carrier
planes downed 13 enemy fighters
during the convoy destruction as
sault.
TO AID NURSES
IN NOME
Mildred Keaton, nurse for the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
well known to both Whites and
Natives from Pt. Barrow through
out the Territory, arrived in
Nome to assist the nurses who
have been working day and night
to fight the epidemic of diphther
ia. Miss Keaton has served for
the Bureau as nurse, not only on
the mainland, but most recently
on St. Lawrence Island.
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