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BATTLE STIFF I
1 JAPANESE i
* RESISTANCE
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA,
May 24.—(AP»—United States
Sixth Army units battled,
through stiff Japanese resistance
to reach Maffin Bay airfield ou
Dutch New Guinea, about 12
miles northwest of Hollandia, it
was announced today by head-:
quarters.
The report covered the advance
scored Wednesday west of th
Tor r ver, under support of Kit
tyhawk planes, tanks and field
artillery, including the destruc
tion of 11 parked enemy planes
on Noemfoor Island, north of
Geelvink Bay. ,
Headquarters also announced
the latest compiled figures of
Japanese casualties in the Hol
landia-Aitaps area, which totalled
3,222.
No opposition was encountered
Wednesday when escorted Boston
bombers attacked Noemfoor, one
of a nest of enemy airbases in
the Geelvink Bay area, where
four enemy grounded planes
were damaged.
To get to the edge of the in
complete enemy Maffin airfield,
the Yanks had to overcome strong
^ opposition by Japanese small
arms, automatic weapons and
mortars. The Americans encoun
tered their toughest fighting in
making the crossing of the Tir
foam river on the east side of the
•i airfield.
The Japanese held the advance
slightly with concentrated fire
> from small-arms and lobbed 75
.mm shells at medium tanks of
the attackers.
When the American artillery
opened fire, the Yanks pushed
! ahead to take the airfield.
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* U. S. NOW HAS
65 AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS
»
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.
—(AP>—Artemus L. Gates, assist
ant secretary of 4 he navy for the
air service, disclosed that the
United States now has 65 aircraft
carriers in service and in action
with the fleet.
• The secretary said, in a pre
pared speech for the March of
Time program, picturing the mag
nitude of the carrier fleet, the
combined flight deck area would
equal the area of 120 football
fields, or an airstrip seven miles
long.
Gates also disclosed that the
navy’s airplanes of all types
would soon total some 37,700.
“The thousand-plane raids
* against the Japanese,” he said,’’
by carrier based planes, has only
just begun.”
COMPANY OF WACS
FOR NOME GARRISON
Today, Nome Garrison was vis
ited by Lt. Ellen Gilbert, of the
WAC’s, who made the trip as part
of a survey of local conditions,
at Edmonton, Fairbanks and
Noflne. t>t. Gilbert, after looking
over the situation, took off for
Edmonton via the Alaska Trans
port Command. She is eiwoute
V to the State? and wiH probably
assist in the recruiting of WAC’s
specially requisitioned for the
m tfcwm bmm m ihe transport;
route. 1
ALLOCATES
ELECTRIC FIND
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2d
—<AP)—Tii* Federal Works
Agency today announc«fri the allo
cation of move than $2,000,000 o
fourteen .public works projects,
including the extension o£ hyiro'
electric phWer facilities at Ketchi
kan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan project wiii
cos* $125,000.
OFFENSIVES
DWINDLE TO
SMALL RAIDS
LONDON, May 24.—(AP>—'The
allied pre-invasion air offensive
today dwindled to smaller raid
as bad weather over the conti
nent grounded most of the air
forces.
The Vichy radio said Lyon
and Stetienne regions in France,
were attacked this morning and
this was followed by an alert over
most of central France, indicating
some air activity over the areas.
The lull came after the heavy
raids uf yesterday, when more
than 7,000 allied planes hammer
ed airdromes and transportation
centers on the continent with
over 8,000 tons of bombs, made
by attacking planes based in Brit
ain, and in Italy, demolishing at
least 21 rail centers and 15 air
fields, ranging from Toulon, in
southern France, to Berlin, itself.
ROOSEVELT
CALLS SESSION
ON FINANCE
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 26.
—1AP1—President Roosevelt call
ed the International Monetary
conference to meet at Bretton
Woods, New Hampshire, in the
beginning of July, to discuss post
war financial problems.
InvPations were issued to 12
countries, including the French
Committee on National Libera
tion.
The American delegation will
be headed by Henry Morgenthau,
Jr.
All agreements were worked
out and submitted to the respec
tive governments for their ap
proval last month.
Morgenthau presented to con
gress the informal study of the
broad principles proposed in the
eight billion dollar gold-based
stabilization fund, to be used to
restore international finance and
to promote world trade.
The main outline was agreed
upon by treasury technicians of
34 nations, and under which the
United States would put up $2,
5000,00; Great Britain $1,250,000;
Russia, $1,000,000; and the balance
to come from other participating
nations.
OFFICIAL OF U. S. BUREAU
OF MIKES HERE
H. E. Heide, mining supervisor
for the United States Bureau of
Mines, arrived in Home Wednes
day via tee Wien Alaska Air
lines. Mr. Heide Is plapninf to
open the Bureau of Mine?' office
pnd hopes in the near future to
present a plan of aetion tor post
war activity, before tee N. W. A.
Chamber of Commerce, for their
consideration and approval.
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‘ASH CAN’ EXPLODE S—Sailors receiving insiruciion at the U. S. Navy small craft train*
ing center, Roosevelt Base, San Pedro, Calif., watch a depth charge explosion. W
ALLIES ROLL
BACK GERMAN
ADVANCES
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, I'aly, May 24.—(AP>—
Ail ed forces rolled back the Ger
mans in new advances toward
Rome today, with both ends of
the Italian battle line fanning ou‘
swiftly from the former Anzio
beachhead area, which is now
linked with *he main front of the
Fifth Army troops, and have cap
tured Cisterna, and plunged for
ward an additional three miles
beyond the town, cutting the two
impor'ant roads leading north
ward and slightly to the west.
On the north end of the line
the British have captured Aquino
and Piedmonte, the last remain
ing s’rongpoints in the vaunted
Hitler line.
i Canadian troops won a bridge
head across the Melfa river, in
the Liri Valley, 13 miles west of
Cassino, and just southwest of
Cisterna. .. .
The Fifth Army occupied Lit
toria, Mussolini’s model town, in
the ancient Pontine Marshes,
without opposition as the Ger
mans pulled back to new defenses
in the Alban hills.
The allied air forces continued
to smash the fleeing enemy ve
hicles, headquarters said, with
more than 1,755 vehicles damag
ed in the past 48 hours.
POSTOFFICE TO BE
CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY
S. David Mazen, postmaster, an
nounces that the postoffice will
be closed all day on May 30th,
, Memorial Day, except, however,
■ that should a mail plane arrive
that day, the air mail will be
distributed.
RUTH REAT RETURNS
FROM BUSINESS TRIP
Ruth Reat returned to Nome
Wednesday via the Alaska Air
lines. Miss Reat is secretary and
office manager for the Lomen
Commercial Company at Nome,
and has been away on business
for the company for the past few
months, during which time busi
ness took her ftp Washington, D,
C.
FITCH RETURNS
TO CAPITAL
WASHINGTON’. D. C.. May 24.
— \ VP1—Newly-appointbd Sec*|
tary of the Navy, James V. For
res* al today announced that Vice
Admiral Aubrey Fitch lias return
ed to Washington, after four
years of duty in the Pacific, to
become deputy chief of naval op
erations in the air.
Memorial Day
Event To Be
Held Tuesday
J
A mili'ary Memorial Day cere
mony will be held in the Terri
, torial High School gymnasium,
Tuesday evening of next week, by
the officers and men of the Alas
ka Territorial Guard.
Participating in the event will
be Rev. Vernon Booker, pastor of
the Federated Church here; Miss
Constance Erickson, pastor of the
Lavinia Wallace Young Mission,
and the Junior choir of the Fed
erated Church.
Chaplain Anabel will conduct
the exercises, which will begin
promptly-at 7:30 on that evening.
You are requested to attend the
exercises.
8,500 JAPANESE
SAID KILLED
IN INDIA AREA
f .and e vnror mart ahtarta
KANDY, Ceylon, May 26.—
(AP>—Allied headquarters etimat
ed a total of 8,500 Japanese troops
were killed in the Manipur area
in northeastern India. where
heavy fighting is said to be con
tinuing in the Bishenpur sector.
I southwest of Imphal.
The communique said the Japs
: failed to penetrate the allied por
tions on the southwest e^ge ot
the Imphal plains, throwing the
Japanese into disorderly retreat
on the Tamu'f’elel road, and
leaving 200 dead and abandoning
eight machine guns.
EISENHOWER
INSPECTS MEN
IN ENGLAND
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN ENGLAND. May
24.—<AP>—General Dwight Eisen
hower returned from an inspec
*ion of British ground forces in
his supreme invasion command,
and announced that he w-as high
ly pleased with the thoroughness
of their training.
Soon afterwards he audienced
the king in Buckingham Palace,
It was disclosed that all allied
vehicles and tanks would keep
*he invasion w'hite star, which
has been the symbol of the Amer
ican fighting forces on land and
in the air, but it is understood
that this will not be extended to
the RAF, which will still be us
ing the red-white-and-blue target,
as insignia.
The use of the American white
star for all forces follows the
precedent set by the campaigns
in North Africa and Italy
Miners Retum
For Season of
Much Activity
J
This spring has brought in
many of the private mining
groups, which will be able to op
erate this season with the new
regulations permitting them a lim
ited personnel.
Harvey Grant, William McDon
ald and Henry Worner are ready
to leave for Kougarok when the
field is in condition for them to
land there. They will be accom
panied by their wiyes
Barney Rolando will be operat
ing on a limited scale at Ameri
can Creek.
A. paue, manager for the
Keenan & Castletpp Co, is en
route to asmime operations at
'Taylor Greek.
Other mining men such as Ben
Gillette and At Carey, whp win
tered here, have already gone to
work
WASHINGTON
REPUBLICANS
UNINSTRUCTED
SEATTLE, May 26.—'API—.
With the convention only a month
away, the opposing Republican
factions replowed the field of ’40
and ’42, and publicly uncommit
*ed the delegates, in search of
support to offset if possible, the
395 votes pledged for Dewey, and
the disavowal of Hoover, and any
participation in selection of
nominees gave indication of
warmth.
The pre-convention campaign
now appears to have taken on the
aspect in some quarters of a con
certed “check Dewey” drive by
other potential candidates.
In a formal statement, Herbert
Hoover said, “some ill-informed
persons at*empted to link his
name with various possible nomi
nees, including Dewey, Bricker
and Gen. MacArthur.”
Hoover said:
“I am taking, and expect to
take no part in the selection of
a republican nominee for the peo
ple. It is the du*y of their duly
elected delegates to take care of
that themselves.”
This came about because of a
statement made by Governor Ar
nall of Georgia, that “Hoover will
select the republican nominee.”
LUMBER STRIKE
EFFECTS LOSS
OF MATERIAL
SEATTLE, May 24 —<AP>—In
the general lumber tie-up through
the country, the War Production
Board officials estimate a daily
production loss of nearly ten mil
lion board feet heading the list
in at least eight walkouts through
®ut the nation.
The estimated total of idle
on the Pacific coast is due large
ly to wage demands.
De’roit is said to be virtually
without bread or bakery goods
on account of a drivers’ tie-up in
one of four Michigan walkouts,
which kept about 7,000 idle.
The walkout in East St. Louis,
111., and the St. Louis, Mo., oil
refineries of the Socony Vacuum
Oil Co., left 608 men idle, with
the company producing 100 oc
tane gasoline for our airplanes.
W. F. Burt, company manufac
turing director, telegraphed the
President to help, and termed the
walkout, “unthinkable on the eve
of our invasion of Europe.’’
Union officials made no com
ment. Meanwhile, about 4,700
workers from at least six other
plants had either returned to
work or planned to return to work
pending the settlements.
The warehousemen of the di
vision of CIO, International Long
shoremen’s and Warehousemen’s
Union of San Francisco, pledged
abandonment of strikes, as an eco
nomic weapon, for the duration
of the war, “and indefinitely
thereafter.”
In Washington. Chairman
Ramspeck of the House commit
tee in the investigation of the
government seizure of the Mont
gomery-Ward Chicago properties,
declared that his position whs un
changed.
He said: “J do not approve
of Ward's conduct in defying the
government in time of wy."
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