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VOL. 47.—No. 40. NOME, ALASKA, APRIL 7. 1944 PER COPY— 15c
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BOMBERS
IN ATTACK ON
BALKAN AREA
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, Apr. 7.—<AP)—Heavy
bombers of the United States 15th
Air Force, attacked a Balkan tar
get yesterday, hSfnmering this
time the German airfield at the
Croa+ian capital of Zagreb.
Zagreb was vigorously defended
by some 120 German frianes, of
which 16 were shot down in bat
tles over northern Yugoslavia,
with the loss of three heavy
bombers.
As ground action on all Italian
fronts remained at a virtual stand
still, headquarters said, strong
German patrols attacked allied
positions on the Anzio beachhead,
a mile and a half south of Carre
ceto, last night, but were driven
back with grenades and small
arms fire.
In all our air operations yester
day, 28 enemy craft were reported
destroyed.
In Cassino, the Germans made
a tentative push, but their infan
try was immediately brought into
the fire of allied artillery.
KING HITES
HELD LAST
WEDNESDAY
SEATTLE, Apr. 7.—'APp—On a
mission of love, the home family
ties and relatives of Mrs. Maur
ice King gathered round and held
? hands as she was buried in near
by North Bend yesterday.
Mary King died last week at
the home of her husband’s par
ents, Mr. and Mte. F. G. King
of North Bend, Wash.
Her husband, Maurice King, is
an Alaska Airlines pilot, and their
3-year-old son has been living in
Nome with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J.' Walsh, where Mr.
Walsh has until recently, been
city clerk, and has been mining
for the past 40 years.
Her parents and all her brothers
and sisters attended the funeral.
Maurice King left today for
Alaska to resume his position!
in the North.
TO RE MARRY
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 7.—(AP> '
—Rtd Skelton, *he radio and film
funnyman, and Muriel Chase, the
honey-haired film actress, applied
for a marriage license today. Skel
ton was divorced from his first
wife, February 18th.
PRESIDENT
GIVES REPORT
WASHINGTON, APr. 7.—<AP>
—The President released the re
port today that the stabilization
program had maintained living
costs held Substantially unchang
ed for the year ending tomorrow,
oh the “hold the line" order.
Roosevelt described this as sig
nificant ancj showed how the gov
ernment was trying to keep prices
from going up through the roof
and ultimately bahkrup* iftg
everybody, .including the country.
The report said the cost of liv
ing as a wtoinle was slightly be
low the lev*# of a year ago.
250 PLANES
IN 50-MINUTE
BLASTING
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN I
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Aor. 7.—<AP»—More than 250 al
lied planes were striking contin- 1
uously for 50 minutes Wednesday j
and tore the town and harbor of
Hollandia, with 320 tons of ex- ;
plosives and 250,000 rounds of
ammunition.
The Newr Guinta base was un
able lo resist the assault after the
400-ton raid the previous Sunday, |
which cratered to uselessness, the
airfields, and wiped out at least J
288 planes, leaving Hollandia ripe
for the kill, which General Mac
Arthur had announced.
No enemy planes were encoun
tered in the mid-day attack, and
not one of our attacking planes
was lost.
There was moderate anti-air- j
craft fire at first, but it soon i
dwindled, while the quickly burn-j
ing fuel supply dump sent out
huge flames and fired a ship in ,
the harbor.
Supply luggers and barges were
destroyed at the same time all
along the coast
RUSSIAN DRIVE
GOING WELL
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—TAP) i
—In a press conference, President
Roosevelt stated today the Russian
military drive has been going ex
tremely well and now places a
great deal more of German-held
territory in jeopardy, and that he
believed that Germany will find
it more difficult to decide where
to make a stand, since Russia can
choose any direction west, south,
or southwest in her camp?||pn
^ ^ ^ T yf ® ^ ^ ® R— Atlantic winds blow strong in the A cores, where this RAF crewman
_legmens the guy ropes of his tent to make sure he keeos a “roof" over his head.
DEWEY SAYS
HE IS NOT
A CANDIDATE
ALBANY, N. Y., Apr. 7.—-<AP>
—Governor Thomas Dewey stuck
diligently to state duties after in
dicating strongly today that he
would not be stampeded into a
declaraion that he wants or will
accept the republican nomination,
in the first press conference since
Willkie’s withdrawal.
Dewey stood last night upon his
previous statements that he was
not a candidate for nomination.
REJECTS USE
OF EQUIPMENT
. WASHINGTON.. Apr 7.'—('Api
—The war depar*ment put thumbs
down on *he suggestion of Repre
sentative Magnuson, democrat of
Washington, that army airplanes
and personnel be used to hunt
wolves in Alaska, and reduce the
danger to reindeer herds.
The army said the fundamental
principle of men and supplies
useful for the mili’ary effort,
were not to be diverted to less
vital activities.
However, the Alaska Army
Command said they were fully
aware of the danger to the rein
deer herds from the increased
wolf packs, and have been grant
ing leaves to soldiers for the pur
pose of hunting wolves.
Bake Sale Saturday at Leh
mann's. Hot Cross buns.
BOEING
MAKES NEW
CONVERSIONS
SEATTLE Apr. 7 —A?'—The
Boeing Airplane Company an
nounced plans for conversion of
»he big Seattle plant and 26 Wash
ington branches, from '‘Fortress"
production, to building the new
senr-secret B-29 Suffcjr-Fortresses.
President Johnson said, "The
conversion will be s'arted immed
ii.Hy, and will extend over a per
iod of several months, but pro
duction of Flying Fortresses will
be continued in California, by the
Douglas and Lockheed plants,
which have been building them in
cooperation with 3oeings, for al
most two years.
ARMY IS NOW
CONSIDERED
FULL STRENGTH
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—<AP) .
—-The army has reached its full
strength of 7,700,000 out of the
fact that we have not changed the i
present rapid tempo of drafting.
The OWI announced that draft
calls must continue at high levels
sufficient to expand the navy,
which will reach its peak strength
of 3,600,000 men, including ma
rines and coast guard, by Sep
tember 1st.
Men are also needed to replace
men discharged from the army
and navy.
WILLRIE QUITS
BID FOR HIS
NOMINATION
NEW YORK, Apr 7.—(AP>—
Cheerful. but non-committal,
about his political future, Wendell
Willkie came home fr9hn a cam
paign tour on which he had stak
ed and lost the bid for republi
can presidential nomination
He declined to add anything to
the s'atement he made in Omaha,
that he was withdrawing from the
candidacy because ‘‘ft is obvious
that I cannot be nominated.”
DEFENDS
RADIO REVIEW
WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.—<AP>
—Chairman Burton K. Wheeler of
the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee, defended the Federal
Communica'ions Commission in
the review of radio broadcasting,
as a protection for the abuse of
‘‘freedom of speech”.
He said:
‘As long as I am in the Senate.
I am going to raise my voice
against a radio station being per
mitted *o put one side of a ques
tion, without giving any other a
right to be heard.”
Wheeler concluded
‘I am going to oppose the privi
lege of any radio station to put a
commentator who uses inuendos,
and will lie about somebody, and
not give that person an opportun
ity to be heard.”
ANTONESCU
SAID TO BE IN
NEGOTIATIONS
NEW YORK, Apr. 7.—<AP>—
The Blue Network recorded a
i broadcast from London, which
quoted dispatches from Turkey
saying Premier Antonescu of Ru
mania, was seeking an armistice
with Washington, London and
Moscow.
Thomas Grandin, correspondent
for the network, said that sueh a
course was urged upon the prem
ier by the emissary he sent to
Cairo to negotiate with the Unit
fed Nations, and said the time was
near when the Germans could no
longer hold the Balkans.
Berlin radio said that Antones
cu issued a proclamation deplor
ing the United States’ attack on
Bucharest, and called upon his
people to stand firm.
REPULSE JAP
ATTACKS IN
IMPHAL
NEW DELHI, India, Apr. 7 —
(UP*—Allied troops repulsed sev
eral small scattered and isolated
attacks by Japanese troops in the
Imphal area in northern India,
while further to the south allied
patrols were hacking at enemy
communications lines west of the
Chidwin river. Lord Mountbat
ten’s headquarters announced
To the north, however, Japan
ese troops who had earlier erect
ed roadblocks between Imphal
and Kohima were reported to have
filtered into territory west of the
road where allied troops engaged
them in battle.
American heavy bombers at
tacked the newly-built Japanese
Burma-Siam railway Wednesday,
with the planes com ng in a 300
to 600-foot level, destroying three
bridges, and probably destroying
five others with direct hits which
scattered long sections of track
Allied tanks supported the
troops on the Arakan front and
cap'ured the eastern tunnel on
the Maungdaw-Buthedaung road
yesterday and proceeded to make
progress toward the central ridge
in the Mayu mountain range
Chinese troops were driving
down the Mogaung valley in cen
tral Burma, attacking the Japan -
ese-occupied village of Wakwang,
between Shaduzup and Kamang.
Remember the dale—Saturday
at 10:00 a. m—The Ladies Aid
of the Federated CHurch, will,
hold a bake sale al Lehmann's
Fifth Avenue Easter Parade . . . Over the Years!