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DEWEY SPEAKS
GOING WEST
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SNROUTE WEST, Sept.,8, —(API
—World peace, based on a frame
work of international organization
in which small nations will have
proportionate voice, is expected
to be urged tonight in Gov Thom
as E. Dewey’s address at Louis
ville.
This is the second address, since
being closeted with his advisors
as the campaign rolled toward
politically doubtful Kentucky.
Dewey asserted in Philadelphia
that the administration is afraid
that America is getting all set for
another depression. He told the
cheering, audience of 13,000, that
this basic issue was clearly reveal
f* ed with the recent announcement
by the director of he Selecive Ser
vice, that when Germany and Jap
an are defeated, it will still be
necessary to demobilize very slow
ly He charges that the reason
for this is that it will be just as
cheap to keep the people in the
army as to create a new agency
for them when they are out. He
further charged that the new deal
had been power 7 straight years
(NK. ending in 1940, and still three weer
10,000,000 persons unemployed
He further claimed that we
would all be set for anothre de
ptfession if they intend to keep the
jbung men in the army
- ROOSEVELT
3 GIVES ANSWER
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WASHINGTON, Sept., 8. —CAP)
4. —president Roosevelt, in eom
N. meeting on Dewey’s accusation of
• the administatioa, and that he
was k tired quarrelsome defeatist.
The president said, “I would
like to go back to Hyde Park,
but not because I am tired or
defeated”.
ft answer to a barrage of ques
tions about Dewey’s speech, he
said he had not listened to it, but
f£ a member of his family told him
about it, and he did not feel up
to a competent comment.
J. WANDERS TO
VISIT NOME
* v Mr. John E. Wanders, candidate j
for delegate to Congress, on the j
republican ticket, was reported due
in Nome some time today. If fly®€
I conditions are favorable.
—- French patriots raise s tricolor over a six-barreled German mortar,
nicknamed “Moaning Minnie,’* abandoned by the enemy in the mouth of a cave.
U. S. PLANES
STRIKE PALAU
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U S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
By Wm Worden, Sept, 8, —(AP)
' —American planes struck Palau
island in force Tuesday, wrecking
and destroying grounded planes j
and defenses on the island which
forms one of Japan's links itie
[Philippines. This thrust was to
help clear theway for ft possible
ihvasoio.
U. S. BOMBERS
RAID JAP BASES
LONDON, Sept., 8, —<AP)—Ber
lin radio said that American
bombers and fighters raided the
Jap bases of Palau and Yap forj
the third day in a row.
Quoting Tokyo, advicesf said
nearly 500 carrier-based bombers j
struck Palau Wednesday and
Thursday while about 300 attacked
Yap. The Japanese reports also
said that U. S. heavy bombers
attacked two Jima and Kavieag,
New Ireland, and that the attack
ers ■ lost 10 planet. j
DOWD TO BE
COMMISSIONER
Jack Dowd is home again aften
an extended trip winding up the
business of the Civilian Food Res
erve, as the offices are being clo
sed all over the Territory.
Mr Dowd has been appointed
U. S. Commissioner for Nome.
„ .TWs office waa toayrutty fitted
by Mrs. Ome McCarthy, and O. D.
Cochran
ADVANCE TO
MARRANO RIVER
ROME. Sept., 8, — <AP>—Eighth
army tanks and infantry fought
their way forward another mile
on the Adriatic coast and reached
the banks of the Marrano river
only 4 miles tom Rimini.
The Oemans are fiecely count
erattacking and have brought the
allied offensive to a standstill.
• Near the other end of the Italian
front, Americans have today fin
ished * solid year of fighting on
Italian soil.
<Foday their positions are ad
vanced to within two miles of
Ffstaia, the last important city
south of the Gohic line
NO PEACE ASKED
SAYS PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, Sept., 8, — (AP>—
“There have been no peace over
tures to the allies, from inside Ger
many,” said President. Roosevelt.
He also remarked in answer to
to a reporter's question^ “The Dum
barton Oaks International Security
conversations were nearly through
and that they had made excellent
17 th. NAVAL DIST
HAS NEW C O.
By Norman Bell
ALEUTIAN BASE, Sept., 8, —(API
—Rear Admiral Ralph Wood, vet*
eran air war commander in the
Pacific, will be commandant of
the 17th., Naval District, to suc
ceed Rear Admiral Kem Whiting.
He served as commander of the
airforce in the southwest Pacific
when the Japanese threat to Aus
tralia was beaten back.
Admiral Wood will have direct
charge of the Alaskan and Aleut
ian Naval establishments, which
will be stepping stones to the
future course of the war It is
predicted .thatl Japan will be beat
en by a combination of air, sea
and land farces.
SIEGFRIED LINE
T O BE FORCD
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FOR
CES, France, Septy 8, — (AP>—
General"“‘Eisenhower’s great as
sault line is now bulging within
25| miles of the vaunted Siegfried
Line in three places
The blackout ban was again
put into effect tonight to mask
he final massive assault to burst
open the way to Berlin
No further announcements of
positions or troop movements may
be made for the-Time being.
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U S. AIRBASE
LOST TO JAPS
8, •—<AP>—
, The American air "base at Ling
j ling has - been lost to five Jap
.! Divisions, which are advancing in
| the southern Hunan Province, the
j Chinese High-command- announced
This base is 75 miles southwest of
Hengyang where another U S air
base was lost.
! The Japanese forces are driving
forward on a 60 mile front, less
than 100 miles from Kweilin.
GERMANS FLEE
BELFORT GAP
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ROME, Sept., 8. — (AP>—The Am«*
ican 7th army Ls pushing 4160 Bes
ancon in southern France, after a
quick shift advance from Arboik
and ia engaged in heavy lighting
with the Nazi forces who are at
tempting to cover heir retreat
The battered German 19b army
remnants are fleeing from Belfort
Gap and are in an area where 00
mountain* block them.
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SOVIETS TRAP
MORE GERMANS
i MOSCOW, Sept., 8, —<AP>-^TH«
Red Army slashed through the
Balkans in a three-pronged offens
ive and promised to smash Hitter's
fcst weakening held on that vital
area The advancing Russian for
ces have trapped thousands of Nazi
troops and cut their communica
tions to the homeland.
Other units are advancing ta
the west toward a juncion with
Tito's forces, and Allied roops ia
Yugoslavia, while yet another unit
advanced steadily toward im
portant road and communicate*
center of Siblu. la Transylvania.
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