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BATTERED HUNS
FLEE ACROSS
TO SEINE RIVER
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug
25.—(AP>—Communiques today
•reported disorganized and batter
ed German forces making a las1
ditch attempt) to flee across tht
few remaining miles to the Seine
river, where it joins the seacoasl
of northern France.
Front line dispatches said tha1
fighting in *he area was virtually
finished.
RAF air observers said there
were indications that General vor
Kluge was planning to make hi«
next stand along the Somme and
I^Marne rivers, on a line from Ab
beville on the Channel coas<
through Rheims.
A sharp Canadian 20-mile ad
vance last night drove the Ger
mans into an area 25 miles lonp
ft by 15 miles wide, from Elbeuf, on
the Seine river, where there has
been heavy fighting in progress
today, southwest to Bernay. then
to the coast, four miles from Hon
fleur, on the mouth of the Seine,
f# There are very strong indica
tions that the trapped Germans
may be wiped out within the next
24 hours.
On the approaches to the rocket
launching area of the French
coast, the RAF reported that the
Germans were fleeing toward
Amiens with all the light vehicles
available.
Last night, a front-line dispatch
said: “It seems that there is rea
son for a fair assumption that
there will soon be an end to the
^ Tmzz-bomb’ terror.”
Headquarters continued reticent
on the movements of General
Patton’s forces, southeast of Pa
ris, except that his forces had oc
cupied Mantereau.
VANDERGRIFT
TELLS OF NIPS
"ENDEAVOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug
25.—(AP)—Lt. Gen. A. A. Vander
grift, commandant of the U. S
> marines, said today that The
Japanese soldier does not knov.
the meaning of the word ‘quit’ ”
m Speaking in a news conference
he told of his visit to Saipan
Tinian and Guam, and said. ]
want to stress the fact that the
people in those engagements thor
♦ oughly realized they were fightin*
an enemy who did not know Uu
meaning of the word ‘quit’
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ROOSEVELT AND
WILLKIE DEAL
STILL IN AIR
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 25
—(API—President Roosevelt told,
today in a news conference, that
he had been in private communi-i
cation with Wendell Willkie, but)
that he did not know of any plans
for an immediate meeting. He in
dicated the newsmen might see
his former GOP foe and thereby
cut off further questioning. j
At a press conference in New
{York, Willkie said, “Once again,!
no comment.”
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BOMBERS HIT
ROBOT BASE
LONDON. Aug. 25.—(API—
; More than 1100 bombers, with ;
■heavy fighter escort, smashed at
north German objectives today,
including Peenemunde V2, the ro
' bot experimental base, Wismaw,
1 Lubeck, Rostock, Politz, Anklam.
Schwerin and Neubrandenburg.
the day’s communique reported.
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POPE TO AIR !
VIEWS ON RADIO
i
VATICAN CITY, Italy, Aug.
25.—(AP)—The Pope will make a
world-wide broadcast Friday,!
September 1st, on the fifth an-i
niversary of the war, it was an
nounced today.
ROMANIA AT !
WAR WITH NAZIS
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NEW YORK. Aug. 25.—(APt—
Cai roradio today formally an- ^
nounced that Romania had de- j
dared war against Germany, and!
that in retaliation, German j
planes bombed Bucharest, the
Romanian capital.
MRS. DELLA BARKER
DIES IN WASHINGTON
1 Mrs. Della Barker, 78, after a
short illness died at Retsil, Wash-|
ington. She was the widow of|
| Thomas Barker, who drove the1
, first live cattle into Dawson in
the fall of 1897. With her hu*- i
band, daughter, Manda, and son.i
Arthur, she reaped Circle City (
in 1894, the first white woman)
to re^dh that camp. From 19011
i to 1907 she lived in Nome, then’
in Valdez and Ketchikan. She
is survived by her two children.
The son now lives on RFD No.
4, Box 1358, Bremerton, Wash.
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AIR CONDITIONED —Inside a Jap storage tank on a
Marshall Island base now held by the 7th Air Force, Flight N
Eisiec Fleming of Middletown, Mo., and Major Robert lfaub; a
of Columbus. O., inspect damage done during the C. S. attach.
PORTUGAL
AT OUTS WITH
GERMANY
LISBON, Spam, Aug. 25.—(AP)
—Portugal today ceased diplomat
ic relations with the Vichy gov
ernment of the Nazis, and report
ed that Marshal Petain considered
i
himself a German prisoner.
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PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTROLLED
RY ALLIES
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 25 —
(API—“The major part of the
Pacific ocean is now under allied
control,” said Admiral Chester W. ■
Nimitz, today, in a broadcast from
Pearl Harbor.
He added:
“The navy search planes on pa
trol, make it necessary for the
Japanese io enter the* portion left
them at their own peril.”
The admiral said tho Pacific
offensive was attaining its essen
tial objective, and gaining control
of the sea approaches to the Jap
anese Empire, in order to sever,
the ocean routes over which our
enemy must move men and sup
plies.
SAY INVASION
ATTEMPT IS
REPULSED
LONDON, Aug. 25 — (AP)—Tok
yo radio, in a broadcast today,
said, “The allies attempted a
landing on the Mapia, or St. Da
vid Islands, northwest of New
Guinea, but were repulsed.”
Allied communiques made no
mention of this engagement, but
thore is every reason to believe
that the invasion, if there was
one, was successful
JANET BOSS TO
WORK IN VALDEZ
It has been heard in Nome that
Janet Boss, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Ross, a business man
of Nome over 30 years ago, is;
now working in Valdez for Jack|
Sutherland, a former Nomeite, i
who is how contracting for the
army.
LIFE REPRESENTATIVE
VISITS IN NOME
Louis Jacobin, associate editor
of Alaska Life, periodical well
known throughout the Territory,
is in Nome for his publication, ga
thering data and interviewing
interested citizens in preparation
for a compilation of pertinent
publicity in the interests of post
war prosperity for Alaska.
ALLIED TROOPS
LAUNCH DRIVE
ON NAZI POINTS
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French Palriois reported the
occupation of Lyons, about 184
miles north of Marseilles, the
Associated Press reported today.
ROME, Aug 25.—<AP>—Allied
headquarters reported ‘he occupa
tion of Cannes and Grasse, as
troops launched a smash ng at
tack on the four remam'ng strong
points in Marseilles, where *hev
have caphired two generals and
5.000 Nazi soldiers in the oast 72
hours.
American f: rres arr» "e-s than
1P miles ea*t of Arles ori tfte
Rhone river.
Aircraft meanwhile, are ham
mering at enemy communications
over the entire rron‘ in southern
France.
Prisoners In the area now ag
gregate more than 20,000.
Allied headquarters continues
reticent on the activities of col
umns operating beyond- Grenoble,
and toward Avignon, apparently
to keep the Germans guessing, on
available escape routes to the
northwest.
BOMBING RAH)
ON HALMAHEKA
SUCESSFUL
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Aug. 25—(AP)—Today comes the
report of the heaviest .single raid
on Halmahera Island, the south
ern guardian of the Philippines.
Headquarters also reported an
unusually strong series of aerial
thrusts, which unloaded a total of
316 tons of bombs on the Japan
ese defenses.
An undisclosed number of
raiders dumped 156 tons of bombs
on Halmahera, making a total of
over 400 tons In the last three
days.
More than 200 allied fighters
ranged over Vogelkop peninsula,
on Dutch New Guinea, and left
the runways at Babo, Nabire, and
Otawari airdromes unserviceable.
Liberators smashed and set fires
to bivouac and supply areas at im
portant Galela, in the northern
part of Halmahera, and no Jap
anese interception was encounter
ed.
General MacArthur had prev
iously reported that the enemy
had drawn its aerial defense gar
risons from Halmahera, to safer
areas farther to the westward.