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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 47.—No. 8.
Russians
Say Germans
In Rout
LONpON, Jan. 21.—<AP>—Rus
sia’s northern armies were engage
W ed in two tremendous drives
which in six days has lifted the
two-year’ siege of Leningrad, cap
tured the ancient bastion of Nov
gorod, and slain 40,000 Germans,
and rolled on in an effort to
complete the entrapment of over
a quarter of a million other Ger
mans in that sector.
Moscow dispatches indicated
that the Germans were facing one
Qf the worst disasters since Stal
ingrad.
Moscow radio declared jubilant
ly: “The Germans have now been
driven far away from Leningrad,
the German forces are bleeding
profusely, and they are panic
stricken.”
The capture of Novgorod, 100
miles southeast of Leningrad, by
troops of General Meretskov s
army, opened the road to Lake
Peipus, in southern Esthonia.
i .'CONFESSES
* AXE MURDERS
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SPOKANE, Jan. 21 .—Prosecutor
Leslie Carrol said Woodrow Clark,
27, confessed to have killed three
persons and critically injuring an
I ther in an axe attack Saturday in
\ the living quarters attached to the
' East Side Sign Shop.
The confession and signed
- statement followed Carrol’s return
i. from Portland, as a result of lab
, oratory examination of stained
|> clothing which he whs- 'wiearihgi'
He. admitted attending the Fri
■ day night patty with his' victihis,
T. P. Dillon, the shop owner; his
,’ wife, Mrs. Jane: Staples,', tt\f
‘ fourth, Frank 'Wihnett, Who is
f1 still in a critical condition.
PIONEERS HAVE
FINE PARTY
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The Pioneers of Alaska held-a
meeting Wednesday at which they
initiated three new members, Rich
’f
' ard McLain, and Peter tCaas of
g Nome, and Harry Bourne of Tell
er.
Following the meeting a card
party was held in which first
, prizes were won by Mrs. Joe Wal
lace and Jack Dowd. Second priz
es went to Mrs. Pete Sather and
Guy Boyd; third prizes to Mr.^ Ole
Hay and Peter X. Peterson.
Refreshmenst followed in proper
time, and were served by Mrs. A.
Polet, Mrs. Pete Sather, and Mrs.
^ V. G. Seiffert. They were highly
praised for their efforts.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS!
^ The city shall pick up all loose
dogs on the public streets which
shall be impounded for 48 hours,
disposal of which shall be made
upon failure of identification.
THE CITY OP NOME,
By Carrie M. McClain,
City Clerk.
NOME, ALASKA, JANUARY 21, 1944
RAF FICHTS MUD IN ITALY —Clad in rubber boots, members of the RAP move a SpU
'• tire across waterlogged ground at an airfield somewhere in Italy.
Dimond Fishing
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Resources Legislation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—<AP>
—Opposition to the bill dealing
; with fish resources of Alaska, was
; expressed to the Senate Commerce
sub-committee, by Delegate An
thony J. Dimond, who asserted it
would set up a monopoly of own
ship of fish traps.
W. C. Arnold, Ketchikan attor
! pey, told . the cotjrupittee that he.
' favored the bill, and felt that it
wag ffrir;t© all..fishermen.
The measure was introduced
by ;Seoatpr Mon C. Wallgreii of
Washington, .and would establish
a food fish code for the Territory,':s
a system licensing fishermen and
gear, under authority of the Fish
and W’ildlife Service of the^Pb
partment df Interior, and would
give the present holders of fish
traps the right to continue their
use. • .
Dimond testified that this
would give trap owners vested
rights to that portion of the sea
in which the traps are located. He
opposed the use of fish traps in
Alaskan waters.
“Everything in the bill is ad
verse to the interest of the people
of Alaska,” Dimond added
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ACCOUNT FOR
12 MORE SHIPS
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21— (AP)
—Submarines accounted for the
sinking of 12 more Japanese mer
chant vessels, bringing the total
up to date, 558 vessels known to
have been sunk or damaged by
submarines.
These sinkings cut further into
the badly depleted Jap cargo fleet,
which has been so severely re
duced that barges are being used
in. some areas.
Refinery Project Nears
Completion In Canada
EDMONTON, Alta., Jan. 21.—
(AP)—The American financed
“Canol” pipeline and refinery at
Whitehorse “will be definitely
opened and be in operation with
in the time limit set for comple
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tion,” Major General W. W. Foster
Canadian Commissioner of Defense
Project*'in-the Northwest, said, .
He added: “It is estimated that
it will be completed early in Feb
ruary .”
Just back from a 12-day trip in
northern Canada and Alaska, he
reported that work was progress
ing satisfactorily in the piping of
fuel to airports along the Alaska
Highway.
“This one feature will greatly
relieve transportation facilities.”
PROPOSES
ONE UNION
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—<AP>—
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land,
chairman of the United States
Maritime Commission, proposed an
international shipping conference
with labor representatives, to for
mulate a universal maritime pol
icy before final peace terms are
decided.
Addressing the national coun
cil meeting with the maritime un
ion, he said:
“We want a strong merchant
marine after the war We don’t
want to see the standards lowered.
We need one union in this coun
try, not three or four.’’
RECAPTURE
TOWN OF JAJKE
LONDON, Jan. 21.—(AP)—Mar
shal Broz announced that Yugo
slav Partisan' fhodps recaptured
the town of Jajke, ‘ headquarters
of the patriot .army, tn the moun
tains west of Bosnia, which the
Germans had reported captured
oh January L2th.
Smashing on to the west, the
patriots cleared a 30-miie area of;
German troops, including the units
of the First German Alpine Divi
sion—a motorized division.
The war bulletin, broadcast, said
the partisans had gone over to the
offensive in several other sectors.
HEARINGS
OPENED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—<APi
—The House Military Committee
opened hearing Thursday, delving
into the building maintenance of
Camp Shank's army base at
Orangebum, New York
Ralph Burton, counsel, told re
porters and investigators he had j
the situation under observation for j
more than a year.
The New York Daily News said ;
in a copyrighted story today, they I
had found “a shocking story of
corruption in building mainte
nance.” to the $30,000,000 installa
tion, in which “high army officers
worked with civilians in the ig
nominious graft.”
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PER COPY—15c
Only 76 Miles
Separate Allies
From Objective
YOUTH TELLS
OF TRAGEDY
IN BLIZZARD
Edward Penetuck, 13, is in the
hospital at Nome, suffering from
exposure to one of the cruel
storms of the North.
Several days ago, at home on
St. Lawrence Island, the little
adopted boy lived with his foster
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Timkaru,
elderly Eskimos, about 30 miles
from Gambel, one of the main
towns on the island.
The eld man was ill with the
flu, and the mother had no way to
care for him, so she and the boy
bundled him into the dogsled,
nitcheu up the dog> and started
on- their way,
Tney r.ad traveled but* 4. short
distance when an Arctic ..storm
broke upon them in full fury. The
dogs were struggling to keep into
the wind, but finally gave up ex
hausted. burying themselves in
the snow. The old folks and the
boy left the dogs and proceeded
blindly on their way. The old
man was getting weaker and
weaker, gradually his legs would
no longer carry him.
He said to his wife: “You take
the boy, but go on." But they re
mained with him until he died.
Then, going on, stumbling in
blinding blizzard, they had trav
V
eled, it seemed, many miles.
The old woman, realizing she
could not go farther, told the boy
to keep on to the village, and get j
help The last the. boy saw of his.1
foster mother, she was stumbling,
falling and crawling in the snow
The little boy had by this time.
lost his mittens, his hands were
very cold, and he was trying to
keep them back in the sleeves of
his parka, but every time he fell
in the snow, his hands would have
to come out to protect himself.
It seemed he had been traveling
for days when the weather clear
ed. He did not know where he
was, which way to go. He was lost.
A resident of Gambel v/as trav
eling via the little used inland
route by dogteam, and happened
upon the little boy. half frozen in
the snow. Returning with him to
Gambel, Miss Keaton, nurse on the
island, cared for him until he
could be sent to Nome for treat
ment.
It is believed that the boy was
on the trail for at least two days,
which is accounted for by the
weather, the storm breaking just
after he, with his parents, left
home, and the time he was found
after the two-day blizzard cleared
away.
After such a harrowing exper
ience, the little boy will prohjtbly
be in fair condition. He may lose
the use of part of his left hand.
Some people of Nome will re
member a few years ago when
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Jan 21 ,—iAPi—Brit
ish forces, supported by fire from
cruisers and destroyers, smashed
forward along the Appian Way,
i capturing Minturno, 76 miles from
Rome, and taking 300 prisoners,
and are now assaulting the twin
Nazi defensive villages of Castel•
forte and Ventosa on the slopes of
a mountain six miles inland, in
weather which the German pris
oners called "worse than Lenin
grad."
American patrols smashed
across the Rapido river below
Cassino, on scouting expeditions.
Heavy and medium bombers
again concentrated their full
power on German airfields and
communications in central Italy,
striking at airfields near Rome.
SINKS FOUFr
JAP SHIPS
LONDON, Jan 21 —<AP»—Lt,
Comdr. L. W. Bennington, 31,
submarine skipper famed for his
exploits in the Mediterranean, is
credited with the daring sinking
of a Jap cruiser of the 5,100 ton
Kuma class, and three large sup
ply ships, in the northern ap
proaches of the narrow Malacca
Straits, near Sumatra.
He approached within “suicide
range" of one mile, to score the
first such sinking in the Indian
Ocean
He was former commander of
the Porpoise, which made naval
history carrying supplies to Mai
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RAF RAIDS IN
GERMANY
LONDON, Jan. 21—(AP>—One
of the RAF's heaviest raids ir>
force of over 700 bombers, thun
dered 600 miles at dusk last night
in a renewed "Battle of Berlin”,
in the eleventh great blow on the
Reich capital.
The heart of Nazidom, with
probably three-fourths of its im
portant facilities already destroy
ed, was drummed by a bombload
which in all probability surpassed
the record of 2300 long tons on
November 22.
This new raid on Berlin set a
new record of concentration of 100
tons a minute
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS
All members are requested to
attend meeting Friday, 8:00 p.
m. Special business and install
ation of officers. Refreshments.
D. D. G. M. W. BOUCHER.
Edward, the son of Ida Frame,
who was Mrs. Bergomaski, wa3
adopted by the elderly couple and
taken to St. Lawrence Island,
where they have since made him a
nice home
: PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BALL--JAN. 29
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM—ADMSSION $1.00 BUY YOUR TICKET! NOW PROCEEDS GO FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS CURE
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