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REASONS ARE
EXPLAINED
IX) COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—CAP)
—Japanese naval forces, lurking
lurking off Pearl Harbor, just be
fore making a sneak attack, prob
ably got military weather infor
mation through regular cable
channels not censored at the time,
Chairman Fly of the FCC testified
today.
The commission maintained a
constant surveillance for many
weeks before the attack, without
finding any illicit short-wave ra
dio stations, Fly told the House
committee investigating FCC.
Rep. Magnusson said Jap work
men employed in the navy yard
at Pearl Harbor were there until
the attack.
Fly added any one of them could
have kept the Jap consul informed
of all details.
Rep. Magnusson disclosed the
navy was “Now checking” on all
angles and expects to make a re
port “on what is found out about
the whole matter* as soon as pos
sible.
Representative Miller asked Mr.1
Fly what he knew about “What
happened to the American forces'
destroyers and -light cruisers in
Alaska waters as a result of in
formation sent out by the FCC”
Mr. Fly said he had no know
ledge of such incident and knew
of no further development in what
he meant.
REPUBLICANS
CELEBRATE
VICTORY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8—(AP)
—National republican leaders
hailed jubilantly the victory of
Mayor Gillespie of Denver.
A democratic spokesman made
no effort to minimize his party’s
loss but saiid the local factory in
volved in the contest made it dif
ficult to detect the general trends
of the victor.
Hunt Harding, secretary of the
House Democratic campaign com
mittee, said the heavy vote was
encouraging and showed the peo
ple were thinking of, rather than
> letting elections “go by default”
Rep. Halleck. chairman of the
national republican congressional
committee, said “That American
people through the New Deal have
evidenced again yesterday the
Denver election was an unmis
takable language of votes”.
Harrison Spangler, national chair
man, said, “We have forecast be
fore the nominee of the Repub
lican National Convention would
be the next president of the Unit
ed States on the basis of recent
election returns in Colorado and
New York. I repeat the state
ment.”
I'AIRBANKS
GIVEN AWARD
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Mar. 8.—(AP)—Lt.
Com. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., re
ceived the silver star for work
during the Salerno landing, it was
► announced today.
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TROOPS NOW
Et CHARGE OF
LOS NEGROS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN*
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Mar 8.—(AP)—Today American
troops were in complete control
of Los Negros Island in the Ad
miralty group, and United States
Marines landed near Talasea on
Willaumez Peninsula, midway on
the north coast of New Britain.
Gen. MacArthur announced the
Los Negros successes gave the
Americans possession of the beach
on the west coast of Seadler at
the harbor, and clinches possession
of the Momote airdrome which the
communique said was ready to
receive the allied planes and
troops making the conquest.
The invading troops had buried
over 1200 Jap dead since the week
end marine advance tightened the
noose around Rabaul garrison and
the Gasmata base.
Rabaul was again the target for
98 tons of bombs as where two
ships in the harbor hit and beach
ed.
Six barges were destroyed, also.
ABANDONS
CONTEMPT
CITATION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8.—(AP)
—The Senate agricultural sub
committee abandoned the move to
cite the presidential assistant
Jonathan Daniels for contempt,
Senator Gillette said, after execu
tive session proceedings had been
abandoned because Daniels an
swered satisfactorily all the ques
tions about the unsuccessful ef
forts to oust the Rural Electrifi
cation Administrator Slattery.
Daniels appeared again before
the committee this morning. Gil
lette said the sub-committee
agreed probably there would be
nothing pertinent about the Presi
dent’s files on REA and “decided
therefore no effort would be made
to supoena those files.”
DRAMA TO BE
STAGED
Operating on the theory that a
third time is a charm, or it's strike
three and you’re out, stationWXLN
has definitely scheduled the Dog
Face Drama production, “She
Died Slowly” for 9:00 p. m. <2100
hours) tonight.
“She Died Slowly” is an original
play by William Winn. In the cast
are players familiar to followers
of Dog Face Drama: Lt. Larry
Lansing, Miss Helen Shubert,
Frank Trumpeter, Francis Womak,
<the boy with the Irish accent—
for his first time in a featured
rule>, Jack Knox and Jonas R.
Jones.
The background music which
forms an important part of the
play is done by pianist Captain
Anatole Rappaport.
RED CROSS
TRAIN ACTIVE
CAIRO, Mar 8.—A Red Cross
“Trainmobile”, comprising a ca
boose and a freight car equipped
with a stove, hot and cold running
water, and a library is now pound
ing the tracks of the strategic
Trans-Irianian railroad, visiting
all of the outlying and distant
army installations along the line.
“It sure was a sight for sore eyes
when we saw the trainmobile
making its first run,” writes an
American soldier. “It had been
months since any of us had seen
a white woman, and the two girls
who work with the Trainmobile
supervisor are swell sports. They
stop at our camp twice a month
and help us forget the terrific heat
and sun. They’re like a "little
bit of home’ to us.”*
JAP BASE
WASHINGTON, Mar( 8— (AP)
—Navy bombers, flying heavy
equipment, attacked a Japanase
base at Paramishura and returned
safely to their base, the Navy de
partment reported today.
According to the communique,
the attacks were made on the
evening of March 5th and 6th.
CONFERS ON
ARMISTICE
———
STOCKHOLM. Mar. 8.—<AP»—
The paper, Aftonbladt reported
today that Richard Lindstrom,
Swedish editor of the Morgen Tid
ingen, conferred with the Russian
legation officials over the Finnish
armistice terms and was expected
to leave shortly for Helsinki.
Lindstrom s paper, organ of the
Social Democratic party, has close
ties with the Social Democratic
Party in Finland.
He was unavailable for comment
as was the Russian legation spoke
man.
Neither confirmed nor deny the
report referring to questioners of I
Lindstrom.
ACTRESS TO
SEEK DIVORCE
NEW YORK. Mar. 8.—<AP>— (
Myrna Loy, screen star, soon to
divorce her wealthy hubby, John
D. Hertz, Jr., will return to Holly
wood to make another ‘"Thin
Man” picture, the MGM publicity
department announced,
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BILL SMITH VISITS
FRIENDS IN NOME
Bill Smith, son of Leonard
Smith, who is attending the Uni- (
versity of Alaska, paid Nome a j
flying visit to see his many friends
and will return to Fairbanks this !
week.
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NOTICE!
The Midnight Sun Bebeccah
Lodge will hold its regular meet
ing Wednesday. March 8th.
There will be initiation. All
members are reguested to at
tend.
NANCY SMITH.
Noble Grand.
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CONVALESCING
SERGEANTiS
NO. 1 MAN
CHICAGO, Ma. 8.—'AP)—5gt.
Francis Murphy, 26, convalescing
veteran of Guadalcanal, found a
veteran of Guadalcanal, found a
walked into the Chicago Service
Men’s Center No. 1, as the 3,000,
000th service man to cross the
threshhold.
The happenstance netted him
a week of free lunches, dinners
and suppers at the city’s swankiest
hotels and night spots. Also tic
kets for the most popular stage
plays, hockey games, prize fights,
circuses, rodeos, roller skating
arena, ice carnival, dances and
luncheon.
Also with Major Edward Kelly,
introducing actress Joan Blondell.
All tickets were) for for two
yet the GI said “Have no girl
friend here but expect some bids
when news gets around.”
WELSH MINERS
STRIKE
LONDON, Mar. 8 — (AP)-The
flow of coal from the Welsh
mines, which British war indus
tries are largely dependent on,
dwindled to a trickle as a wage
strike spread steadily throughout
the area.
Indications that production
might be halted entirely by night
fall were likely.
The best of estimates said 60,
000 or 70,000 out of the 100,000
miners in the Welsh fields had
already walked out.
ATC EVENTS"
Special meeting called for Fri
day night at 1930 hours. All
members requested to attend.
A. T. G. Benefit Ball at the
high school Saturday night. Or
chestra and entertainment.
CAPT. BRONSON.
RESULTS ARE
OVER PERIOD
OF A WEEK
LONDON, Mar. 8 <APU
Strong forces of U. S. heavy bomb
ers attacked Berlin today in the
third American attack of the week
against the capital.
Liberator-Fortress formations
bombed Berlin and planted more
than 350,000 incendiary bombs and
10,000 explosive bombs on it
American heavy bombers in the
eighth big assault in ten days,
came after only one day’s interval
since the last heavy attack ei>
Berlin.
The German radio reported
heavy air battles in progress over
northwestern Germany.
The West Hanover radio said
the aerial combat started about
1:00 p. m., about a half hour after
the American Armada crossed! the
German frontier at mid-morning.
German radio stations were
I blacked out to avoid giving the
I invaders a direction beam in at
tacking yet it failed to keep the
allies from their round-the-clock
bombing campaign, after the
RAF’s second successive night at
tack on Nazi railroad centers in
France during the day
S’skrift United States Marauder
medium homers joined the at
tack on the continent flying over
Holland and striking unspecified
targets in an area where many
German airfields were bombed.
GILLESPIE IS
VICTOR IN
DENVER AREA
DENVER, Mar 8—(APk—Dean
Gillei»p:e, 59, republican businesa
man, defeated Major Carl Wuer
tele, 30, World War hero II, in
Denver’s race for the vacant con
gressional seat in Tuesday’s spec
ial election.
Gillespie, a truck dealer and oil
man received a margin of 2,978
votes over hia democratic oppon
ent.
On the bases of unofficial tabu
lations, he is the first republican
congressman Denver has had since
1932. The vote was heavier than
anticipated.
Gillespie received 31,418. Wuer
tele, 38,440.
“1 think results of the election
prove the people are tired of tha
democratic N’ew Deal stuff, and
business men are coming awake,’*
he said.
Gillespie said that Wuertele,
holder of the silver star, the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, and
wounded and retired, said Al
though I’ve lost, I’ll keep on
fighting for American ideals and
institutions, our way of life, and
our boys’ and girls’ uniforms ’’
creditsITs.
PRICE CONTROL
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8—iAP>
—OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles credited price controls sav
ing the nation 89 billions of dol
lars through last year.
Bowles made the statement in a
radio address and will go before
Congress soon to n k for an ex
tension of the price control pro
gram past June 30.