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The Democratic Party was founded in 1796 by
Thomas Jefferson, the man who wrote the Declaration of
Independence — who become the third President of the
I’nited States in 1801.
Since its beginning, the Democratic Party has been
tiie Partv of the People — it so remains. Progressive—
Liberal—Guardian of the Rights of a Free Citizenry, it
has stood through the years as a staunch bulwark, against
the encroachments of special interests and the grabs of
special privileges.
By voting for the Democratic candidates whose
‘ names appear below, you will assist in maintaining a
Peoples Government.
Delegate to Congress
Anthony J. Dimond |
Territorial Treasurer
Oscar G. Olson §
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Commissioner of Labor
Walter P. Sharpe
Territorial Senator
Howard Lyng
House of Representatives
Wallace Porter
Christian A. Roust I
Tolbert Scott I
Frank W haley I
GENERAL ELECTION SEPTEMBER 8. 194’ I
WIEN AIRLINES
Aug 22 — A1 Davis and Rob
ert D ckerson were passengers
with Bill Paine to Moses Pt.
Aug. 23—Bill Paine took Boris
Magids, Henry Coffin and Alice
Baar from Kotzebue to Deering.
Pilot Sig Wien was scheduled
to leave Pt. Barrow for Kotze
bue and Fairbanks.
Tokyo Reports
U.S. Raid On
!\Iakin Repulsed
UNDATED. Aug. 20 </P) —De
laved—Tokyo headquarters assert
ed a small forces of U. S. troops
effected a landing at dawn on
August 17th on Makin Island in
, the Gilberts. 2400 miles south
i w est of Hawaii, but were "re
pulsed completely," by the Jap
garrison. The Jap report, uncon
firmed elsewhere, said the land
ing party consisted of about 200
troops.
Seiz'd by the Japs at the out
et of the war, the former Brit
i. -h-owned Gilberts lie at the
■quator just below the powerful
1 enemy bases in the Marshalls.
1103 miles northeast of the Solo
1 mons.
Such a raid is presumably lit
tle more than a Commando t
thrust to test out the enemy’s
bases. I
In the battle of the Solomons, j
MacArthur’s air scouts searched 1
the vast island-dotted South Seas
in quest of Jap naval activity.
Striking at Jap supply bases in ,
the far west. Allied bombers
gain attacked enemy forces on
■v. r Island and touched off;
it explosions at the town of I
U.nb -se, MaoArthur’s headquar
rs announced.
On the China war front, the
( unese announced the recapture
■ f the powerful Jap strong hold
f Kwangfeng in Kiang.si prov- |
nee, thereby diminishing the j
vi re at of a Jap invasion to Fu- 1
ii. en Province.
12 Indicted For
Mail Fraud
CHICAGO. Aug. 22 </P> — John '
| Jake, the barber who made mil
| lions by his “With including a ,
few bucks at cards from the
Duke of Windsor," faced a fed
| eral indictment charging him and
II other' with a million dollar '
mail fraud. A 24-count indict
, ment was returned in Cedar Rap
. ids, Iowa, and alleges that the 12
defendants swindled some 300
persons, mostly Midwesterners,
of a million dollars since 1939, in
whiskey warehouse receipt trans
actions.
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to anyone returning my Contax
III Zeiss camera to me. No ques
tions asked.
Grant Jackson
VV ARMING
There will he artillery
firing Thurday, Friday and
Saturday of this week. All
person arc cautioned to
keep out of the area bound
ed by Cape Nome Road.
Nome River, Osborn Road
and Cape Nome.
OPA REPRESENTATIVE
POOL IS IN TOWN
Calvin Pool, former superin
i tend- nt of schools here, return
I ed Saturday on price control
work for the Territorial Office of
Price Administration.
A meeting to acquaint mer
chants and retailers with the
technical provisions of the price
| control law will be held at 8:00
; o’clock Tuesday evening in the |
City Hall. A second meeting for
| consumers is scheduled for Wed
• nesday evening at the same time.
“Tie price control measure,
Mr P-.ol staled, “is intended to
d/e prices of retail goods and
< rvices at their present levels
and hold them fast for examina
tion and adustment.”
The OPA representative will
r main in town several days to
assist merchants in complying
with the law.
Red Cross Barn Dance
Is Huge Success
As the result of splendid co- j
operation on behalf of the local
military authorities, the Nome
•Rod Cross Chapter opened the j
portals of their new recreation
bu: d ng and entertained the men '
of the armed forces with a barn
dance on Saturday evening, Aug.
2'nd. Music for the occasion was
furnished by a newly organized
string band among the local
Army command. Revelry reigned
throughout the entire evening. &
an evening of marvelous relaxa
tion and entertainment was thor
oughly enjoyed by one and all.
The Nome Red Cross chapter
is to be congratuled on establish
:ng such a fine haven of rest and
relaxation for the brave men of
our armed forces, and it is sin
cerely hoped that this will mark
the beginning of many mnr^ such
worthy achievements. Mrs. Yen
ney, chairman cf the dance com- j
mittee as well as Mrs. Harry j
Gabrielson, have done a splendid
job in providing refreshments j
and decorations for the evening.
Both committees have worked
hard in their pndeavor. The peo- j|
pie of Nome and the Army join ^
in extending their heart felt
thanks to them.
Russian Army Takes
Initiative in Four Battles
On Central Front
MOSCOW, Aug. 20 (JP) — De
layed — The Red Army has tak
en the initiative in battles devel
oping on four key, central Rus
sian fronts along the 400 miles
from Bryansk to Lake Ilmen, 1
while holding doggedly before
Stalingrad in the Caucasus battle j
front, dispatches reported. Cen-j
ters of Russian attack were list
ed as: the Bryansk front, 210
miles southwest of the Moscow
alient; 130 miles northwest of
Moscow in the Vyazma area; on :
the Kalinin-Rzhev salient, 130 ;
miles northwest of the capital; '
on the Lake Ilmen front, and i
south of Leningrad. This is the ’
first specific mention of Red !
.Army offensives on these fronts !
m Russian dispatches, although j
German communiques, for days, j
told of desperate resistance there
by Nazi forces, hurled onto the
defensive by strong Soviet at
tacks.
Marines Engaged In
Mopping Up Remnants
Japs In Solomons
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 i/P) _ |
Delayed — The Navy reported
i (hat U. S. Marines are engaged
i m “mopping up” remnants of Jap
i forces in the islands recently cap
tured in the Solomon Archipel
ago in the South Pacific.
The Navy reported that an en
emy destroyer or cruiser was
bombed and set afire by aerial
forces.
Opposition by the enemy, re
ported in the first communique
on the Solomons in three days,
consisted of “casual bombard
ments” of Marine shore positions
by Jap planes, destroyers and
subs. Only minor damage was in
flicted, the Navy said.
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secure our usual winter’s supply of coal.
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