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VOL. 47. No. 35.NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY MARCH 21. 1945PEKCOPY^15£
Whirlwind Gains
In Rich Valley
Saar Cities Taken
PARIS, March —</P)—Third Army
columns fought to within 6 miles
p of hte great chemical center of
Ludwigshafen, and Manneheim,
and the Hessian capital of Mainz,
in a whirlwind conquest of the
Saarland, which has already cost
the Germans more ithan 80,000
casualties in the rich Saar valley.
The steel mills, the vast coal
* deposits won by the allies, now
takes from Germany, her third
largest industrian sector.
Important cities, such as Saar
bruecken, Kaiserlantem, Worms,
and Zweibruecken were captured
• by the surging American Third
and Seventh Armies, some div
isions of which have advanced
15 miles or more in a day.
The destruction of the German
forces is so complete, it seems
doubtful that Hitler’s army could
rally for a stand in strength.
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East of the Rhine, where the
Fifth Army has extended it’s
bridgehead 24 miles wide and 9
miles wide, are endeavoring to
make a clearcut threat to the
Ruhr.
The Ruhr is now being invaded
from the west by General Hod
ge’s troops who are in the sub
urbs of Beuel and Bonn, 14 miles
south of Ruhr..
General Eisenhower said he
wanted the Ruhr because it was
nearly 75 percent of all German
^ war production.
The next line of conquest al
shows a lack in punching power
east of the Rhine.
German prisoners plodded de
jectedly to the rear in uncounted
thousands.
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The enemy has thrown his best
troops into the Remagen bridge
head but failed to check its ex
pansion, and are now falling back
upon the narrow Sief and Wied
rivers, plainly despairing of driv
the Americans from the east bank
of the Rhine.
• To the north the American 9th
and the British 2nd. and the Can*
U. S. TROOPS
SIEZE AIRFIELD
ON PANAY ISLE
MANILA, March 21, —(£>)—Maj.<
General Rapp Brush’s division ofj
infantrymen captured the impor-1
tant Iloilo airdrome on Panay is
land Monday, in a swift eastward
drive into the outskirts of the
capital city.
Another column spearing 25
miles northward from the beach
head overran the broad coastal
plains and captured three towns
establishing contact with the
strong guerrilla band which has
done so much to clear the south
east sector of the big central
Philippines island.
Heavy fires were observed in
Iloilo indicating that the enemy
is putting the torch to the city.
Luzon guerrillas meanwhile
scored an important triumph in '
capturing San Fernando, the vital i
Japanese shipping port.
0. P. A. ORDERS
NOT AFFECT
ALASKA
WASHINGTON, March 21, —<^P)
—The Office of Price Adminis
tration today announced that
Alaska would be unaffected by
clothing and other ceilings
EIGHTH ARMY
ADVANCES ON
MEZZANO ,,
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ROME, March, 21,—{/P)~Eighth
Army troops in the Adriatic sec
tor improved their positions to
the northeast of Ravenna and
made a local advance on Mezzano
yesterday, otherwise activity along
the Italian front was limited to
patrol operations.
adian 1st. stood opposite the cit
ies of the Dusseldorf area, and
are engaged in vigorous patrolling
over the lower reaches of the
Rhine, gaining ground with the
favorably improving weather.
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BIG ATTACK
MENACE BERLIN
GROWS HOURLY
MOSCOW, March 21, —i#)—'The
First White Russian Army is now
in possession of nearly all of the
east bank of the Oder river from
the Baltic Sea to it’s confluence.
Siege artillery is crowded to the
very edge of Stettin after wiping
out the enemy’s Altdamm bridge
head.
The menace to Berlin grows
hourly as MarshalZhukov’s for
ces probed many places along the
river, seeking springboards for
his next, big attack.
Ease and northeast of ruined
BerlinMarshal Konev is still en
gaged in liquidating trapped Ger
man garrisons at Breslau and Glo
gau on the upper Oder, but moved
some of his First Ukrainian troops
linto Neisse, on the line southeast
of Berlin.
LOCAL BUSINESSMAN
RETURNS FROM VACATION
Ed Gross, local tin-shop owner,
returned this week from an ex
tended vacation at Serpentine
Hot Springs, where he enjoyed
bathing in the hot mineral waters
of the springs.
Eddie also did a little prospect
ing on the side.
EASTERN STARS
CONFER DEGREES
Alaska Chapter No. 1, O. E. S.
met Monday evening and confer
red degrees on Olive Fults.
The Worthy Matron Mrs. Joe
Wallace surprised everyone by
having beautiful fresh-cut flow
ers, brought from Seattle by air,
for the occasion.
HEAD REINDEER SERVICE
HERE TAld§fs VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Johnson,
left on a vacation trip to the
States, expecting to be gone at
least a month.
Mr. Johnson is in charge on the
Reindeer Service in this district
and has spent 5 years in Alaska.
Placer Location NotScaa now on
tala at The Noma Nugget,
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U.S.S. BARBEL
IS REPORTED
LOST AT SEA
WASHINGTON, March 21,—(JF)
—The submarine BARBEL, is over
due on patrol, and must be pre
sumed lost with it’s officers and
crew of about 65 men, the navy
communique announced.
The vessel was commanded by
Lt. Commander LeRoy Raguet,
and was the 34t’n American sub
reported overdue, and the 40th
reported lost from all causes, in
cluding 4 sunk 2 destroyed to pre
vent capture. It is the 273rd
naval vessel of all types lose in
this war.
Moscow Proposes
New Treoty
With Turkey
MOSCOW, March 21, -(/P)—Sov
iet Russia last night announced
that the 1925 treaty of friendship
and neutrality with Turkey was
in serious improvements, and
must be considered null and void.
They admit the value of a Sov
iet treaty with Turkey for the
purpose of upholding friendly re
lations, but inasmuch as this trea
ty does not connesuond any long
er the new situations.
CARL ANDERSON RETURNS
WITH NEW BRIDE
Carl D. Anderson, genial man
ager of Lomen Commercial office,
slipped out of town last week
to Fairbanks, and returned Mon
day with a new bride.
The bride, formerly Miss Eun
ice Wallen, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Olaf Wallen of Minne
apolis .Minnesota, and has been
employed in the Lomen company
Seattle office.
The couple was married in the
Lutheran church in Fairbanks
The bride carried beautiful red
roses and pink carnations, from
the States for the occasion.
The Andersons will make their
home in the Lomen residence on
First Avenue.
U. S. NAVY HITS
JAP FLEET IN
HOME WATERS
By Morrie Landsbaxg
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Guam, March 21,—
(JP)—American aircraft flying
the greatest task force carier
fleet ever assmbld, attacked the
Japanese fleet in that empire's
inland seas Monday in one of the
boldest exploits of the war, and
damaged 15 to 17 warships, in
cluding 1 or 2 battleships des
troyed and at least 475 planes.
Vjne UI tile uatucaiu^a uania^vvA
is known to be of the Yamoto
class, 45,000 ton dreadnaught, the
mightiest in the Japanese navy.
Admiral Nimitz announced the
daring attack in a communique
which said that preliminary sur
veys of the damage showed two
or three aircraft carriers, four
light carriers, two cuises, fou des
troyers, and various other war
vessels. Included in the bag
weresix freighters sunk, and a
number of ground installations
destroyed.
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WEST'S IN NOME ON
BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. John West, at
i Solomon, are visiting in Nome
| this week, combining a business
and pleasure trip.
—
NOTICE!
OF ELECTION
.Notice is hereby given that
the Annual Municipal and School
Board election will be held on
Tuesday, April 3, 1945, at the
City Hall, Nome, Alaska, for the
purpose of electing the following
officers viz:
Mayor; three members of the
Common Council for two years;
City Treasurer; City Attorney;
City Clerk; and a member of the
School-Board.
Polls will open at 8:00 aon^
and close at 6:00 p.m«
Carrie M. McLain.
City Clerk.
Pub. Mar. 21-23.
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