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VOL. 44. No. 140. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 23, 1942 Per Co
Two Cooks Arrested In Oregon Hospital Poisoning
Allies Pen Axis In Small
Corner Tunisian Coast And
Split Tunis and Libyan Groups
UNDATED, Nov. 21 (/P) — American and British
troops, scoring a five-mile advance in one direction,
pitched into the Germans’ outer defenses of B;zcrte
and Turds and Flying Fortresses raided, with deadly
punishment, the enemy hemmed in along the 30-mile
wide coastal strio. A Nazi broadcast. Quoting Allied
sources in Spanish Morocco, said Allied forces reached
the area of Hammamet, 40 miles southeast of Tunis, on
the Gulf of Gabes. If confirmed, it would mean that
the Allies have penned the Axis into a small corner |
of the northeast Tunisian coast and cut off their route 1
of retreat to Italian Tripolitania, also that the two main j
Axis forces in Tunisia and Libya have been split. i
The Algiers radio said French troops have beaten
off a new German attempt to land on the coast below
Tunis ; :• i captured some Nazis.
German reports said Hitler is rushing a stream.
of air-borne reinforcements, including tanks, across:
the Mediterannean.
One Allied vanguard is reported to have driven
to a point 25 miles southeast of Tunis, lighting over
the an:lent battlefields of the Carthagenian Empire.
is ah an headquarters asserted that a battle is de
velop!!.- un the Tunisian-Algerian border, about 50
k mil- - wt.se of the scene described by Allied dispatches.
War May
Be Turning
Point Now
Wa -! i i n <i to n, Nov.—P resi
dent Roosevelt believes
that the turning point of
the war may have been
reached, but he warns that
this i- no time for exulta
tion and that the United
Nations still face a long,
uphill light to win victory.
Mr. Roosevelt made the
declaration as part of the!
closing address over the
New New York Herald
Tribuno Forum of the Air.
The President said that
there has been much good
news from the fighting
fronts in the past 2 weeks
but this should not result
in any false beliefs that
the way will be easy. He j
poined out that American
lines are spread out from
Kiska, in Alaska, to Mur
mansk in Russia, and that
they may yet still be fur
ther dispersed.
The President praised
the gallant men in the arm
ed services.
He defended the govern- i
ment’s policy of withhold
ing news of Navy losess
until definitely such infor
mation is no longer of bene
fit to the enemy.
He urged people to keep
their lips tight, asserting
that the poster which de
clare “loose talk costs liv
es” are not exaggerations.
He stressed the gigantic
job of keeping lines intact,
and added “these lines will
grow longer as our forces
advance.”
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Platinum
Wedding Rings
lnder Ran
Washington, Nov.—Fash
; ionable or not, the platin
, um wedding ring is about
; out.
The War Production
Board has prohibited the
use of platinum in making
'ewelry. Platinum articles
already manufactured,
however, may be sold.
Platinum is needed for a
number of war purposes,
such as the manufacture of
nitric acid and radio tubes.
President
Gets Reply
From Franco
Washington, Nov. —Presi
dent Roosevelt said he had
received a very satisfac
tory reply from General
Francisco Franco, head of
the Spanish State, in re
sponse to a message assur
ing Spain that the Ameri-|
can expedition to North
Africa in no way is direct-1
ed against Spanish terri
tory.
He told newsmen there
are no details on Franco’s
reply. He also said he had
no information as to wrhe
oher the Bey cf Tunis had
answered the message re-1
questing permission to
send troops across French
Tunisia.
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Two Cooks
Arrested In
Poisoning Case
SALEM, Ore.. Nov. 22
(/P) — The Stale Police to
day arrested two cooks at
the Oregon State Hospital
for the Insane, where 47
patients died last week, of
poisoning. The police held
Mrs. Mary O’Hare, chief
cook in cusody and placed
A B. McKellop in jail.
The cooks admitted they
sent patient George A.
Nosen into the basement
T' eroom to get. some pow
dered milk. Nosen went in
to the wrong storeroom
and brought back f> pounds
! of roach powder.
RAF Makes
Ripest Attack
cc
Oil Italy
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LONDON, Nov. 21 (/P)—
j The arsenal city of Turin
was attacked by RAF
i bombers in what authorit
ative British sources term
, ed "the heaviest yet made
; on Italy.”
Out of scores of Stirlings
Halifaxes, Lancasters and
Wellingtons assigned to
.the mission, three failed
to return.
British Army
Occupied Bengasi I
Yesterday
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CAIRO. Nov. 21 (/P) —I
The British Eighth Army.
oceuDied the Libyan port;
and former Axis strong-!
ohld of Bengasi yesterday,1
joint British headquarters
and RAF communiques
said.
E. J. JESSEN APPOINT
ED TO ALASKA POST
The appointment of Er
nest J. Jessen, Fairbanks, i
as a member of the Unem
ployment Com pensation !
Commission of Alaska was j
announced by Acting Gov
ernor E. L. Bartlett. Jessen
will fill the post made va
cant by the death of Harry
Phillips of Fairbanks.
The new member of the
commission is a pioneer
resident of Alaska. Now
editor and publisher of
Jessen’s Weekly at Fair
banks, he formerly was;
editor of the Seward Gate
way and before that was a
newspaper man in Anchor
age.
His appointment is for
the period ending March 7,
1945. He will be the Re
publican member of the
commisison. i
Navy Reports
Loss Additional
Destroyer
Washington, Nov. 22 (/P)
— The sinking of an addi
tional American destroy
er in the great naval bat
tle of the Solomons was an
nounced by the Navy,
bringing the total Ameri
can losses, in the action
which smashed the Japan
ese invasion armada, to 2
light cruisers and 7 de-1
stroyers. The officers and
crew were rescued by an
other ship. No loss of life
was reported.
Japs Make
Futile Effort
At New Guinea
Allied Headquarters in
i Australia, Nov. 22 (/P) —
; Monday — The Japanese
lost one destroyer, 19 plan
es and two small landing
craft Sunday in a futile
11th hour effort to break
the stranglehold of Al
lied ground and air forces,
| tightening relentlessly ar
ound the weakened but
still hard hitting Nippon
i ese on the northeastern
New Guinea coast.
Latest reports said the
Allies are attacking Buna
; Mission, 1 mile from Buna.
' and the main landing field
i on the outskirts.
i
Churchill
Is Criticized
By Willkie
j
New York, Nov. — Wen
dell Willkie, Republican
candidate for the presiden
cy in 1940, speaking on the
New York Herald Tribun
e’s newspaper forum sharp
ly criticized as shock to the
world the recent state
ment of British Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill,
who said:
“We (the British Em
pire) mean to hold our
own” (colonies and posses
sions).
Willkie charged t h e
Prime Minister with de
fending “the old imperial
istic order.” Willkie declar
ed that all peoples must ag
ree on why they are fight
ing. He said:
“A war without purpose
is a war without victory.”
He defended his criticism
of the leaders without any
expressed agreement.
“If we fight in silence.” |
he asserted, “those same
experts will in the end,
even after winning the
war, will win nothing but
blood and ashes.”
Vincent Astor Begins Switching
His Huge Real h -state Holdings
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BELIEVES "PLUSH AGE" HAS PASSED
New York, Nov. — Vincent Astor is shifting his
vast real estate fortune, valued from $50,000,000 to
$75,000,000 from the swank sections of high rents and
30-room apartments to properties catering to the fam
ilies with small incomes.
The famous sportsman and financier believes that the
“plush age” has passed and because of taxation and de
velopments growing out of the war. He has just sold
a large Park Ave. apartment site valued at $1,500,00)
( and has purchased a Flushing, N. Y., bus terminal
' property which is assessed a $725,000.
In that connection it is recalled that when President
R' ,-evelt first proposed that all incomes in this country
. be limited to a ceiling of $25,000. annually through
wartime taxation, many wealthy persons in the fash
ionable sections of New York City asserted that they
rculd not maintained their present living quarters on
. such an income and would be forced not only to sees,
more modest quarters, but also to dismiss many of
their servants.
Leases Yacht To Navy For $1 A Year
Astor is a friend of President Roosevelt. He report
ely has talked over the changing economic situation
with the President on his mans- visits to the Whit-1
House and in the period before the United States en
tered the war when the President used the Astor
yacht, Nourmahsi. for some of his vacations. Astor
has leased the Nourmahal to the Navy tor SI a year
and is now in naval service himself.
His associates report that he is at present not
handling his immense estate personally but is having
it administered by a committee. The committee will
make the changes from fine apartment house buildings
and other real esate dependent upon wealth for its
income to properties in the industrial sections of the
country.
Believes in Great Fixture For New York City
While he plans to sell many of his New York City
holdings. Astor hasn’t lost faith in New York although
it is said he is convinced the city has lost its appeal
for industry. He believes the city will become the
style center of the world, replacing Paris, that it w ill
inherit the diamond cutting and jewelry industries
from Holland; that it will continue to be the show
rooms and office center of the world; and that it will
remain the leader in the amusement and cultural fields.
Astor Fortune Dates Back To Early Days of Nation
The name of Astor dates back to the early history
of the nation. Old John Jacob Astor budded his real
estate fortune on the fur business and had the fore
sight to abandon property in downtown New York and
move uptown, a revolutionary venture in his,day. Tc
, day the heir to his vast fortune, or.e of the largest in
1 real estate in the nation, is making an equally revolu
ionary decision in geting away from the swank areas
to the laboring class sections which are making the
money from the war effort.
Astor doesn't plan to get out of New Rork Civ en
irely, it is reliably reported. Neither does he plan to
go into other fields of investment than real estate. He
now owns about 40 large real estate properties in the
metropolitan area. Some of these date back to revo
lutionary times and a few once were held by Aaron
Burr.
Thanksgn ing Proclamation
In conformity with proclamation of the
President of the United States of America, and
he Governor of the Territory of Alaska, I. Edward
Anderson, Mayor of the City of Nome, hereby
proclaim. Thursday, November 26th. as a general
holiday, to lay aside our every-day duties, and
devote our minds anti thoughts in thanks to Al
mighty God for all blessings besowed upon us as
a nation. And also pray for his guidance, in our
duty to preserve liberty, freedom and happiness.
EDWARD ANDERSON, Mayor