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CONFERENCE
IS CALLED
HUGE SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept.
29. —(AP)—Dumbarton Oaks se
curity conferees announced that
they had reached “a large meas
ure agreement” in their plans for
world organizaion, it was report
ed today.
The Russian phase of the con
ference after Russian talks, which
lasted six weeks, failed to settle
all the issues. They were con
cluded yesterday with a series of
speeches by the British American
and Soviet delegation.
The chairman or the American
and British delegates is schedule
to meet with the Chinese group
* this afternoon, concluding the se
curity tasks. The meeing is ex
pected to last about 10 days, ac
cording to Under-secretary of
State Sited teaiius, conference
. chairman; Sir Alexander Cadog
an, the British chairman, and the
Soviet ambassador, Gromyko.
Ambassador Gromyko is quot
ed as saying that the conversa
tions had been useful and led to
a large measure agreement rec
ommendation in the general
framework of the organization in
particular, the machinery requir
ed to maintain peace and secur
ity. .
The reports will now go to their
respective governments
HUNGARY TO
SEEK PEACE,
IS REPORT
MOSCOW. Sept. 29—(AP)—
The Red Army’s three way of
fensive against Hungary from
Romania and Yugoslavia, develop
ed swiftly, it was reported to
« day.
Rumors of peace by feelers
from the Budapest government in
dicated that Hitler’s last import
ant saellite was desering.
* Soviet troops took Vydran, a
Czechoslovak rail station,( three
miles inside the frontier.
Bupkow, on the Polish side of
the Lupkow Pass, was also ta
ken
RETURNS FROM
ANCHORAGE
♦ Mrs. Alvin Polet, who has been
employed by the Sommers Cojv
structton Co,, returned from »
two weeks’ vacation spent in An
chorage. She saw many Nome
ites and former mends, but is
glad to be home again.
DOES STINT _ silent
screen star Constance Talma dga
does her bit by working u
dietician’s aide for the Red Cross.
Here she weighs used fat at a
New York hospital.,
FIFTH ARMY
BATTI.ES IN
MUD. RAIN
ALLIED HEADJUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept. 29.—(AP)—The
American Fifth Army battered to
the northeast today, through
mud and rain, and capured north
Battaglia, which is 11 miles from
I Imola, it was reported,
j Allied headquarters announced
i also that they had seized three
; key heights, commanding a di
i rect route to north Bologna in
the Adriatic sector.
The British Eighth Army gain
ed the southeast edges of the Po
j Valley.
FDR TO MAKE
TWO SPEECHES
WASHINGTON, D C., Sept.
29.—President Roosevelt today
said that he had no political
speaking plans now beyond a ra
dio broadcast to the democratic
party workers on October 5th.
The President said that he
might make two speeches in New
York before the election.
TELLER RETURNS
MAKE NO CHANGE
The political situation remains
unchanged with Hie precinct of
Teller now in. When the report
from Kiana is received, the com
plete. totals will be announced.••• |
ROOSEVELT I
OUTLINES 8
BASIC POINTS
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WASH^GTON, Sept. 29.— j
(AP1)—President Roosevelt an
nounced an outline with • eight
basic points controlling the post- i
war Germany, so the German na- •
tion “does not become a menace
again in succeeding generations." (
The President wrote a letter!
to "Leo Crowley, foreign economic i
administrator, outlining what is
termed as major policies which
are to be put into effect after
the German military resistance
collapses. He stated that it had
the approval down the line, state,
army and treasury deoartments.
Among the things directed are
continued lendlease, after the
collapse to whatever degree to
wind up the war. It also stated
that the administration should
work for reconstruction and re
conversion to industry on a ba
sis of mutual understanding
among the allies in the direction
of international trade and that it
j should be on as free a basis as
possible.
The report that the cabinet is
split over the Morganthau plan to
de-industrialize Germany, is es
sentially untrue as to basic facts,
it was reported.
SEVEN-SHIP
CONVOY SUNK
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW GUINEA, Sept. 29.—At
| tacking a seven-ship convoy, an
American patrol plane sank a 10,
000-ton Japanese transport and
I badly damaged another small
er troopship.
This was the first allied strike
over Sulu Archipelago in the
southwestern Philippines.
Headquarters reported today
that this brought the total to 15
Japanese ships sunk or damaged
in the last six days in the south
west Pacific.
The plane attacks marked a
continually expanding aerial
blockade in the southwest.
Planes for several weeks have
roamed virtually unchallenged in
; southern Philippine waters.
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RETURNS FROM
BUSINESS TfclP
Alvin Polet, manager of the
Alaska Airlines, Returned from a
business trip to Anchorage and
Fairbanks.
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Eveyone reads The Nugget.
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NURSE — Lt. Phyllis Hansen
(above) of Oswego, N. Y.. a U. S.
Army nurse, catches up on her
reading while off duty at an
Army hospital near Florence*
Italy.
AMERICANS IN
LORRAINE
—
LONDON, Sept. 29.—(AP>—!
American Third and Seventh;
Armies surged forward from j
three to five miles though fierce
German esistance in Alsace Lor
raine.
It was announced today that
the Third Army knocked out 82
German tanks.
The two armies are prying at
Belfort Gap, only 11 miles* away,
and are knocking at four main
passes through Vosges to the
Rhine. They shredded half a
sault to the German frontier, cap
tured eight to 10 villages.
The German commander at
Calais asked for surrender terms.
Lt. Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey
combined the British Second
Army with the parachute troops
and closed in to the Meuse river,j
on a 20mile front from the Ni
jemegen corridor to Holland. The
United States First Army, which
is in the middle, pushed the as
sault t othe German fronier, cap
turing Remic in Luxemburg.
The Ninteteenth Tactical Air
Force directly supporting Gen.
Patton, destroyed 58 locomotives,
147 railway cars, seven barges,
and made 72 cuts in the railway
lines.
Most of the great routes of in
ternal transportaion in he Unit* j
ed States were surveyed by army:
engineers.
SIX WARSHIPS
INCLUDED IN
RAIDERS’ SCORE
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS AT PEARL HAR
PLANES ‘
BOR, Sept. 29 —(AP>—Planes of
the American task force sank or
damaged upwards of 90 Japanese
surface craft, including six war
ships, and wiped out 36 planes
in the central Philippines, it was
reported today.
Such powerhouse attacks scour
ged the invasion and menaced the
archipelago.
The southern headquarters an
nounced further results for
Thursday by raising the devasta
tion of wrecked planes by raids
to 894 planes destroyed and at
least 160 surface craf tsunk.
Also there were more than 200
sunk or damaged by the planes
were prowling in Philippine wa
ters unchallenged by the Japan
ese navy.
Admiral William Halsey’s Third
Fleet sent planes over the islands
ringing the Visayan Sea. e» raid
ers, a destroyer and three des
troyer escorts were lost.
Among ships definitely sunk
were a troop transport, three
large oil tankers and six medium
craft and five small cargo ships.
COMMISSION
A WADED SCOTT
Robert Scott, younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert Scott, has
just received his commission as
a lieutenant. Bob joined the ca
dets and trained at the West State
College in Texas.
He was graduated at the head
of his class of 80.
'Bob” then transferred into a
navigation school for several
months. An announcement to his
family here from the Army Air
Forces Navigation School at
Hondo, Texas, states that he has
graduated as a lieutenant from
that school on September 18th.
Bob is now on furlough in
New York visiting his older bro
ther Wilson, who is also in the
service.
His father, Tolbert Scott, of this
city was recently elected o the
position of Territorial senator in
the elections held in the Territory
two weeks ago.
The refrigerator railway car
used in transportation of perish
able vegetables was devised in
1857.