THE SIGNS
OF WAR «
AP Features
/N THE two years since Pearl
Harbor, the face of every
community in America has
*aken on the unmistakable
complexion of war. Here are
the signs —commonplace in
streets and shops throughout
the nation —to prove it.
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NOTICE!
Due to labor shortage and
circumstances beyond our con
trol, we are compelled to dis
continue all-night telephone
service between the hours of
U P. M. and 8 A. H. Wt wlD
resume this service when help
is available.
ALASKA TELEPHONE ft
TELEGRAPH CO.
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VOL. 45.—No. 78. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1943 PER COPY—15c
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RUSSIANS ADVANCE
IN SURPRISE MOVE
WEST OF RIVER
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MOSCOW, Oct. 8.—(AP)—The Red Army, press
ing a new surprise offensive on fronts extending all
the way from White Russia to the Black Sea, is re
ported to be expanding three bridgeheads west of the
Dneiper river, particularly the one below Kiev, which
is threatening to cave in the entire German eastern
front. Front-line dispatches to the Russian Army
newspaper, Red Star, said that major crossings of the
Dneiper river, south of Oereyaslav, 50 miles below
Kiev, was completed and may prove to be one of the
decisive operations of the war, caught the Germans
completely by surprise. The move was carried out in
four hour under cover of darkness.
VALUABLES TAKEN FROM
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
IN FAIRBANKS ROBBERY
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Fairbanks Agency Robbery Dis
covered Late Monday;
Loss Unknown
In one of the smoothest safe
cracking jobs ever perpetrated in
the Territory, some person or
persons rifled 90 safe deposit
boxes in the vault of the Fair
banks Agency Company in the
Empress Theater Building over
the week-end and escaped unde
tected with an unknown amount
of cash and valuables, possibly
running into thousands of dol
lars.
The amount of the loot cannot
be estimated until the owners of
the contents of the boxes have
determined their individual loss
es. Apparently money chiefly
was taken, since bonds and a con
siderable quantity of jewelry
were left behind.
Discovery Late Sunday
The robbery was discovered
about 4:10 Sunday afternoon, but j
of course, it had occurred many
hours earlier. Police were called
by Mrs. Louise Alldred, who has
charge of the Agency office, after
A1 J. Pierce, Canadian Pacific
Air Lines representative, had
looked into the vault and seen
the safe-deposit boxes on the
floor.
According to Mrs. Alldred, the
combination on the steel door
leading to the basement vault
had failed to work when she tried
to open the vault at 10 o’clock
Monday morning. She tried the
combination several times during
the day but was unable to open
the door, and finally she left the
combination set on the opening
point and went on about her
business.
Door Opens
Along about 4 p. m., Pierce,
who has an office opening off
the Agency office, was talking
with Mrs. Alldred about the dif
ficulty and jokingly grabbed the
handle of the vault door. To their
surprise the door opened easily.
Pierce glanced down the stairs
into the safe-deposit room and
saw the look-boxes scattered on
the floor. He called Mrs. Alldred,
who immediately telephoned the
City Police.
90 Boxes Rifled
Officers found that two units
of 45 boxes each—Nos. 1 to 45
and 101 to 146—had been lifted
from their places. The backs of
the units had been removed and
the boxes taken out from the
rear.
1 Every box had been sorted over
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and there was no money left in |
any of them. One Canadian $10
note was found lying on the
floor.
Since each unit of boxes weighs
in the neighborhood of 600
pounds, it was estimated that at
least two husky men were involv
ed in the burglary. One unit
was lifted from its place on the >
top tier and lowered to the floor j
without scarring the linoleum.
The other was left resting on a
table.
Plates Welded On
It was noted also that consider
able skill was required to re
move the ’steel backs from the
units. These heavy plates are se
cured by interlocking steel lugs
and are then welded in place.
Although the combination to
the vault door had failed to work
all day Monday, officers deter
mined that it had not been dam
aged and has been working per
fectly ever since. There was no
evidence to show that forcible
means had been employed to en
ter the office itself.
Federal and city officers were
busily investigating all angles of
the affair today, interviewing
those who might be able to pro
vide clues. They declined to in
dicate what line their investiga
tions were taking or what hopes
they had of solving the case.
Others Untouched
The Agency office announced
that all holders of the rifled box
es had been notified and that
none of the other boxes in the
200-box vault had been touched.
No one will be permitted to enter
the vault until the officers have
finished their investigations.
Regular safe deposit procedure
is followed by the Agency com
pany. No one is permitted to en
ter the vault who is not known
and anyone going into the vault
is accompanied by one of the
office force. A record is kept of
those coming and going.
Richard Wood, head of the
Fairbanks Agency Company, has
been in the hospital since last
Monday, receiving treatment for
burns received in an accident at
his home.—(Fairbanks News
Siner).
RECENT ARRIVAL ■ -
IN NOME
W. R. (Bill) Anderson, a recent
arrival in Nome from the Kouig
arok, is working in the Nevada
for its new owner, Harry Gab
rielson. Glad to see you back,
i BilL
YANKEES TAKE
THIRD GAME
OF SERIES
YANKEE STADIUM, Oct. 1—
(AP)—The Yankees saved th£
day by good work in the eighth
inning yesterday, when they
broke loose with a five-run blast
to down the St. Louis Cards 6
to 2 in the third tilt of the World
Series, before an all-time record
crowd for a series game. 69,992
fans greeted the Yankees as they
garnered the second tilt in the
fall classic.
After being handcuffed com
pletely for six of the first seven
innings of the game by the coot
workmanship of south-slant
Rookie Alpha Brazle, the Yanks
took advantage of two bad breaks
in the Cards’ defense, to come to
life suddenly and before the
Cards could tighten up they drove
Brazle and his successor, Howie
Knst, to the showers. The Yankee
bombers blasted out five hits to
put the game on ice.
The play in the eighth inning
was sudden and thrilled the tre- j
mendous throng which turned
out to erase all old series attend- \
ance records and most of the folks j
at the ballyard came convinced'
that the Yanks were on the way
for the second straight defeat,
after taking the opener.
Before the Yanks’ slugging
streak in the eighth, the Cards
scored two runs in the fourth
frame. With Bank and Borowy
on in the fourth, Danny Lith
whiler knocked both of them1
home with a single. After Stan
Musal singled, White Kurowski
doubled.
The Yanks came along to chalk
up one run in the sixth on Bor
owy’s double to the outfield, on
one of the two errors the two
third sackers made and one of
the four the Cards made during
the contest. ,
The summary:
R H E
Cardinals .2 6 4 i
Brazle, Krist and Brecheen,
Walker Cooper.
R H E
Yankees ... fi ft O
Borowy, Murphy and Ed.
Dickey.
Winning pitcher: Borowy.
Losing pitcher: Brazle.
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KELSEYS DOING
WELL IN
STANWOOD, WASH.
In a letter received by Reta
Harper, from Amelia Kelsey, she
gives quite a nice item of news
which we are more than pleased
to pass on to her many friends
in Nome.
Horace Kelsey now owns the
Stanwood Shipyards, having pur
chased the interest of his part
ner.
William (Bill) Kelsey is as
sistant manager and purchasing
agent for the yards. This partic
ular shipyard is building ocean
going barges and launched their
first on July 25 of this year. The
company is doing extremely well.
Amelia added in her letter,
that Lars and Inga Rynning vis
ited them on September 27. Also
she and Bill met Vic Novak and
His tvife. She is a welder at the
Vancouver, Wash., shipyard, and
he is working at the Portland
shipyard.
Amelia and Bill closed with
regards to their many Nome
friends. (That’s fine, Amelia,
give us more anytime.—Ed.)
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CLARK’S ARMY PLOWS!
ON DESPITE HEAVY
RAINS AIN MUD
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
Oct. 8.—(AP)—Battling in heavy rain and mud,
Clark’s Fifth American Army forged ahead and reach
ed the Voltumo river, where the Germans have set
up their defense line north of Naples, on a 16-rail<l
front from Capua to the sea. In the advance Allied
headquarters said in the communique, that they had
captured Cavel and Volturno on the south side of the
river where important crossings are being made, 97
airline miles from Capua, the main town on the Maz
zoni plain, where the first phase of General Clark’s
battle for Rome is being waged. Cavel was taken in
the 10-mile advance today, via Casalina on one of the
two main highways to Rome. The other is the Appian
Way and is nearer to the coast on the right side of the
Italian boot, where the British Eight Army is fighting
another battle for the approaches to the side door of
Rome. Montgomery’s forces beat back more fierce Ger
man counter-attacks and took the offensive to occupy,
important high areas north and above Termoli, along
the Adriatic. Six German divisions are now fighting
along the Italian front.
BOMBERS ARE ACTIVE IN •:
RAIDS ON THREE IMPORTANT <
CITIES IN GERMANY - i
LONDON-., Oct. 8.—(AP)—Ranging over a great
area in southern Germany last night, a powerful RAjj!
fleet of bombers pounded three important German
cities, Stuttgart, Fredrichshafen and Munich, while a
much weaker force of German bombers struck at Lon
don and southeast England. This was the sharpest
retaliation blow received in many months. The Brit
ish report stated that heavy cloud formations prevent
ed full observation of the results of Royal Air Force
operations but German radio said “extensive damage”
was inflicted on Stuttgart, where the junction of eight
mainline railways rivals its industries in importance,
and bombing targets. _
BRITISH TROOPS OCCUPY
ISLAND OF SIMI TODAY |
CAIRO, Oct. 8.—AP)—British troops today occupied
the Island of Simi, only 25 miles north of the German*
held Island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, communi
ques disclosed. Announcement that German attempts
to retake the island were beaten off with heavy losses
Middle East communiques made no mention;
of the situation on the Coo Island in the Dodecanese,
occupied recently by the Allies and severely attacked
over the week-end by strong German forces, who lateo
claimed control of Simi, the 23-mile-long island about
half way between the Islands of Coo and Rhodes, off
western Turkey. _i
GLOBE-TROTTING SENATORS
GIVE REPORT OF FINDINGS
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—(AP) ,
—The Senate received a bomb
bay view of the fightings fronts
as they listened to reports from
the three globe-circling senators,
noting the concensus of opinion
was that an estimated million
American lives could be saved in
the conquering of Japan by the
opening by Russia, of Siberian
airbases to Allied bombers.
According to Senator Henry\
Cabot Lodge, Jr„ republican from
Massachusetts, and Senator Al
bert B. Chandler, democrat, of
Kentucky, four routes to Japan
are possible. Striking down
from the Aleutians is difficult
because of adverse weather con*
ditions prevailing.
From Hawaii to Wake Island
to Japan is difficult because of
long supply lines. From the
Russian bases, if they could be
obtained would be the third way.
Lastly, MaoArthur’s way seems
at present, to be the best way,
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