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VOL. 46—No. 68. NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1944 PEJf* COPY—15c.
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Heavy Bombers
Hail Bombs On
German Defenses
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN ENGLAND. June
12 —(AP)— American heavy
bombers and streams of lighter
craft poured a hail of bombs
and lead into German defenses
in the greatest of aerial blows (
to date, supporting the French i
liberation forces, it was re
ported today.
Flying in fine weather, the al
lied air forces had by noon, run
up more sorties than in all day
yesterday, when 7,000 planes
slammed the Germans.
From dawn on, after a night in
which the RAF bombers, heavies,
mediums, lights and fighter bomb
ers and fighters raced over the
battlelines far in‘o France, bomb
ing and strafing.
A significant new point of sup
port in the campaign became ap
parent when squadrons of RAF
fighters were at4acking specific
targets in rapid fire order on
calls from the ground units,
which meant that the newly-es
tablished bases and airfields on
French soil were clicking.
Besides the speedy knockout of
particular objectives immediately
in front of them, the campaign
is proceeding along two main
lines. The disruption of trans
port lines within a 100-mile rad
ius of the battle line over which
Marshal Rommel is trying to
bring up tactical reserves, and
bombardment of rail centers be
yond the 100-mile limit through
which the Germans might draw
strategic reserves from southern
France.
The German air force is re
sponding in heightening strength,
with 100 enemy planes over the
battle area last night.
American Thunderbolt fighter
and bomber pilo's, returning from
the early morning foray, reported
opposition “the roughest yet.”
The Thunderbolts were jumped
by about 50 German fighters, but;
the allied pilots said “enemy flak
is by far the biggest hazard." ,
The Germans claimed to have
sunk a small troop transport in
Heine Bay last night.
Changsha Site Of
Jap Encirclement j
CHUNGKING, June 12.—(AP>
—Indication that the city of
Changsha was encircled, was con
tained in tonight’s communique
of the Chinese high command,
which announced the Japs were
assaulting the Hunan province
capital incessantly, “from all di
rections.”
The invaders attacking from the
east reached a point only six
miles from the beleaguered Can
ton-Hankow railway to the city,
but attempts to cross the Lieuyang
river, directly to the east, were
repulsed, the communique said.
SKIN SEWERS TO MEET!
Nome Skin Sev^ers'Coopera
tive Association will hold a
meeting for all members and
active sewers on Thursday,
June 15th, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.
m.
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NOTICE, PIONEERS!
Igloo No. 1, Pioneers of Alas
ka, will meet Wednesday eve
ning, June 14th, at 8:00 p. m.,
in the Masonic Templet.
ROBERT BALDWIN.
Secretary.
Earthquake Felt
In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 12
—(AP)—A distinct earthquake ol
about one second's duration,
shook Los Angeles at 4:17 a. m
today, following by one-half hour
a sharp shock felt at Legun:
Beach, Pasadena, and numerou
other portions of Los Angele
county.
No immediate reports of damage1
from the' shock are available.
The second shock was also
felt at Pasadena, with lesser in
tensity.
Long Beach police said the
quakes were not felt in Santa
Barbara, officials there reported.
Meeting In The
Making For Four
Party Conference
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 12.
—(AP>—The midsummer meeting
in Washington of the American,
British, Russian and Chinese rep
resenta'ives to discuss the form
ation of an international security
organization, was apparently in
the making, as the State Depart
ment received informal assur
rances from Britain and China,
that they were ready to talk
business on implementing the
Moscow pact. Russian acceptance
is expected as soon as it can be
cleared through diplomaitc chan
nels.
Andrei Gromyko, the Russian
ambassador, is returning to Mos
1 cow, and officials here expect
that he will report on the matter
there.
Meanwhile allied diplomats are
known to be working on the
agreement for handling the de
feated Germany in the time im
mediately following the fighting.
While no evidence of an early
collapse of Germany is in sight,
the attitude is to “be prepared for
any possibility.”
“The terms for Germany are
understood to call for complete
industrial demobilization and dis
mantling of all war plants which
cannot be devoted to peaceful
production.
Pimples can be caused by grit
i ty, sooty hands touching the face.
Fifth Army Troops
Occupy Town Of
Monte Fiascone
ROME. Italy, June 12.—<AP;—!
Fifth Army troops occupied Mon
te Fiascone, an important road
iunction near the shores of Lake
Bolsena.
Other columns pushed along
he Italian west coast approach
ing Orbe’ello, 71 miles northwest
of Rome.
Allied headquarters said the
Eighth Army columns advancing
up both sides of the Tiber river,
have neared Bango Reggio, west
of th eriver, and Rieti, east of the
river.
In the mountains of the cen'ral
sector, Avezzano and its neigh
boring villages were occupied,
while in the Adria'ic sector, ail
Germans were cleared from th?
area south of the Pescara river;
and allied troops pushed ahead
to main’ain contact with the re
treating Germans.
A gain of 15 miles was an
nounced by the Fifth Army units
along the west coast.
Near Nunziatillo, the Germans
counterattacked with two com
panies, but the Americans beat
them back and continued the
drive.
Among the areas to fall into
allied hands Is Lake Ficino, near
Avezzano, which some years ago
was drained, and now' is a 45,000
acre tract of rich farmland.
Headquarters said: "It is now
quite clear that the original 14th
Army, under Von Mackenson,
has been dispersed to the four
winds, and all that remains are a
few' scattered remnants mainly
engaged in stealing one another’s
transportation to get away as fast j
as possible. I
“Prisoners described the situa
tion as wholly chaotic.”
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TELLERITES RETURN
TO THEIR HOME
Due to the incorrect spelling
on the passenger list of one of
the recent planes from Juneau,
we did not learn until yesterday1
that the Misses Evelyn and Phyl
lis Tweet had arrived in Nome en
route to their home in Teller.
These young Tellerites have been
attending school in Juneau and
are home again for the summer. |
They Hew no^th with Munz Air
Service.
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GUADALCANAL REFLECTIO N—Marine residents j
'-'of this tent on Guadalcanal have a real. Job keeping dry during
the rainy season. Marines report that as much as eight Inches
of water sometimes falls during a 24-hour period.
CLOSER TO TOKYO —Sgt. Wallace C. Moore, F.denton.
N. C., packs Tony, Seventh Army Air Force mascot, into a bar
| racks bagr for a journey closer to Tokyo as United States forces
i occupy new bases in the Marshall Islands. .
Red Army Said
To Be Launching
Finn Offensive
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MOSCOW, June 12.—<AP>—
The Red Army is reported to be
launching an offensive of major
proportions, which is des gned to
knock Finland out of the war, and
to isolate approximately 100,000
Nazi troops in the northern part
of that country.
Russian troops and armored
forces are rolling forward along
the Karelian Isthmus above Len
: ingrad, after cracking the Fin
| nish defenses along a 25-mile
front, and there is every indica
tion that, the Red Army is mov
ing forward with everything in
high gear.
A communique from the front
last night announced the new
■ drive and said the Soviet troops
had already advanced 12 to 25
miles.
This offensive is evidently co
ordinated with the allied opera
tions in Fiance and is represented
as a step in the grand allied
strategy worked out at the Tehe
ran conferences.
Troops under Colonel General
Govorov, who lifted the siege of
Leningrad, launched the push
Friday, just one month after the
fall of Sevastopol, a month de
void of any major activity along
the long front.
The Soviet communique said
the Russian forces had captured
82 towns and villages, including
the rail junction of Terijoki, 27
airline miles northwest of Lenin
grad, and 160 miles east of the
Finnish capital of Helsinki.
Also captured, the bulletin said,
was Yappilya, described as "an
important strong point” seven
miles northeast of Terojoki.
ARRIVES IN NOME
FROM HAYCOCK
Mrs. C. Bowles arrived in Nome
from Haycock, where she has
been teaching this past season.'
Mrs. Bowles has served Seward
Peninsula periodically as teacher
for 20 years, first in the Nome
Public School and then in other j
parts of the Second Division.
The more thoroughly plates are
scraped the easier the dish wash
ing job will be, requiring less
soap and water.
Japanese Success
In China Marks
Much Activity
WASHINGTON, D C., June 12.
—iAP>—The current Japanese
successes on the Asiatic mainland
gives the successes in the Ameri
can campaign in the Pacific a
significance beyond their imme
diate value.
Studying the forceful offensive
of the Japanese in Hunan prov
ince, some military obser%ers see
the outside possibility that the
enemy might succeed in establish
ing himself firmly across China,
cutting off the allied approach to
the Asiatic coast from Burma and
India.
This would mean that the
Japanese mainland would be open
only to one direct approach from
the Pacific.
American, British and Chinese
troops are pushing forward for a
juncture of the Ledo and Burma
roads, but the roadheads are still
far apart.
Meanwhile, China must fight
wiht what equipment she can re
ceive by air, and make in their
own scanty arsenals.
Who’s Your
Neighbor?
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Audett have
taken the former residence of'
Harry Gabrielson, on First Ave-j
nue West.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bankkej
have moved to their own house'
next door to the Bill Lehmann
residence.
Miss Alice Yeagle, employee of
the Maintenance Department of
the C. A. A., has taken an apart
ment in the Rowe Apartments.
PIONEER WOMEN
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
The Pioneer Women of Alaska
met at the home of Mrs. T. Leh
man, Sr., Friday evening. Alter
the regular meeting the members
indulged in cards, the winners of.
which were Mrs. M. J. Walsh,
Mrs. Norvin Lewis and Miss Mar
jorie McLain.
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Capture Main
Stronghold On
Cherbourg Strip
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN ENGLAND. June
12 —(AP)— American troopi
captured Carentan, the main
stronghold guarding the nar
rowest neck of the Cherbourg
Peninsula, today.
The German command conceded
that British forces had battered
j their way through, nine miles
east of Caen, threatening encir
j clement of that eastern hinge of
I the Normandy front.
' American soldiers are not only
cracking the Cherbourg penin
I sula line at the center and pound
ing half-way across the cape, but
i are within 14 miles, just south
j east of the great funnel port it
. self.
The Berlin radio said today that
“Sea-borne troops poured ashore
I at St. Vaast and Cap de la Hogue,
15 miles west of Cherbourg.”
( A German communique said
Carentan, whose floodgates con
trol the main peninsular water de
fense system, was evacuated on
an order to con’inue the stand on
ground less exposed to allied nav
al guns.
As for the Caen area, the Ger
man broadcasts said the British
drive has reached nearly to Tro
arn, nine miles due east of that
bastion.
Allied parachutist have landed
south of Caen, and British troops
driving down on the east flank of
Caen are threatening final encir
clement of that city.
. Field Marshal Rommel has
mounted his fiercest armored
counterattacks in this Caen sec
tor.
Berlin said the British forces
are concentrating on a full
fledged assault on the town.
In the center of the 55-mile
front, American troops are ad
vancing toward St. Lo, a prize
communications hub, 20 miles in
land, and about the center of the
heavy part of the peninsula. At
I the same time the American
forces are pushing a frontal at
tack across the Merebet river on
the Cherbourg peninsula, and
have reached within 12 miles of
the west coast of the peninsula,
which when captured, w'ill seal
off all escape routes by land from
Cherbourg.
The Vichy radio announced that
the doughboys had pushed into
I Quineville, on the east coast. This
put Gen. Bradley’s flank within
i 14 miles of Cherbourg, on a four
j mile front between Quineville
and Monteburg, where street
fighting is reported.
ATC EVENTS
Regular meeting of the Alas
ka Territorial Guard, Tuesday
evening at 1900 hours. AU
members are requested to be
in attendance at this time.
MAJOR BRONSON,
Commander.
McCalloway given
THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL
Fred McCalloway was given 30
days in the Federal jail for dis
turbing the peace.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
ISSUED
A marriage license was issued
today in the names of Audrey
Henderson and W. E. Saunders.
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