THE NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 46—No. 88. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1944. PER COPY—15c
Maury Maverick
Winds Up Alaska
* Four in Nome !
*
—
Winding up a three weeks’ tour!
of investigation, former Congress
man Maui|y Maverick of Texas,
now chairman of the Smaller War
Plants division of the War Pro-1
duction Board, told in a press con-1
H ference at Nome yesterday.
“I have spoken to and question
ed business men and business or-;
ganizations and chambers of com- j
merce from Texas to Nome in1
search of information which j
might be useful in planning for,
post-war unity in all countries
bordering on the Pacific ocean.”
‘‘I am not here to tell the peo- j
pie of Alaska what to do,” he.
• said, “But from what I see of
Alaska, I have formulated what
may be termed, a ‘five point plan’ |
■m to link economically, the entire
Pacific area:
1. To unify Alaska with the
western United States, by more
ideal transportation systems, by
ocean route, highway, and air
routes.” |
The particular features of his
plan seem to include long-range,
large-capacity planes to serve from
Seattle and Chicago, and compe
tition among freight carriers to
reduce rates to a reasonable fig
ure
k ' “2 Hydro-electric development
* of water power for homes and in
dustry
“3. Construction of new homes
and industrial plants to further
Alaska’s development. More com
fortable and better buildings and
homes means a bigger and better
population. The Texan feels that
the Department of Interior should
establish $25,000,000 or more in
tourist hotels and lodges through
out Alaska, similar to Sun Valley
in Idaho and Timberline in Ore
gon.
“4. Expansion of tourist traf
fic. The linking of all travel ac
commodations with every mode of
transportation would greatly in
crease Alaska’s economic set-up.
Alternating the tourist seasons
between Alaska and Mexico, an
all-*year-round profitable business
could be created, Maverick said.
“The purpose of the trip was
to survey,” the ex-congressman
said, “the possibilities for devel
opment of Alaska’s economy.”
“The gold mining industry holds
no great difficulties in returning
to production after the war, in
► as much as there will not be a
conversion from war production,”
Mr. Maverick said.
It is impossible for any man to
predict the exact course of events
following the war’s end, but there
are definite aims, yes, goals at
which to shoot, which, reduced to
simple terms, are to retain the
new highs created by war-time
measures, in order that in this
particular field of endeavor, the
freedom from want will be attain
and preserved.
Confidence in the future is a
powerful stimulant in creating
effective demand. Assurance of
employment creates confidence.
Contract termination will tem
poraril|y cut employment levels,
but plans for necessary public
works have been announced.
All of these factors would pro
vide a high level of business after
the war. That is, if the question
of adjustments is faced at once,
and preparations made, with clear
objectives based on the American
system.
Various programs must be de
COMBS FOR RAIDS ON JAPAN— At a IT. S. Arny 20th bomber eoi' '*nand base in
India, bombs for the B-29 superfortress mids on «r*u »r« stacked in Its.
Bradley s Forces
V
Advance Nearer
Coutances'* France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITION
ARY FORCES IN ENGLAND,
July 28.—<AP)—General Brad
ley’s forces today advanced to
within two miles of Coutances,
Normandy, field dispatches re
ported.
Headquarters predicted the fall
of that city soon.
Coutances is a key point for
the Germans attempting to escape
from Lessay and Periers areas.
The tank break-through plung
ed the spearhead more than -1
miles deep into the heart of the
enemy defenses, and mushroomed
into a front 17 miles broad be
hind the enemy flanks, threaten
ing entrapment of most of the
German forces in the western
half of the Normandy front.
American flyers supporting the
break-through, said the Germans
were falling back in greater dis
order than during the Rommel de
bacle in North Africa.
London speculated that General
Patton of Sicily fame, was send
ing a huge stream of men and
armor through the gap.
Newspapers declared 50,000 to
75,000 are threatened with being
caught in the trap.
On his third voyage, Columbus
settled near Ciudad Trujillo (for
merly Santo Domingo), in the
Dominican republic.
veloped, and all plans must be co
ordinated.
Summing up, Mr. Maverick
stated, "Alaska will not suffer
because of re-conversion, as the
mining and fishing industries will
take up where they left off, and
Alaska will be back to normal
sooner than the western states,
or other parts of the United
States.”
With Maury Maverick on the
survey is Paul Jordan, director of
information for the corporation,
and W. A. Castleton, regional di
rector.
The party left on the return
trip to Washington, D. C., Thurs
day noon.
Ten Japanese
Ships And One
Destroyer Sunk
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS AT PEARL HAR
BOR, July 28.—<APi—Ten Japan
ese ships and one destroyer were
sunk and 26 planes wiped out, in
the two-day American task force
assault on Palau, the gateway to
the Philippines, Admiral Nimitz
announced today.
Confirming the earlier Tokyo
report, Nimitz said: “Carrier
planes routed the Palau air force
the first day, when the raiders
lost only five planes and only one
pilot. There were no enemy
planes on the second day.”
In addition the enemy lost a
destroyer, an oiler, a destroyer
escort, and several smaller ves
sels, sunk in the attack which
took in Yap, and the Ulithi Is
lands.
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The sinkings increased to 52,;
the total of enemy ships of all
categories from carriers on down
to destroyers, sent to the bottom
since the beginning of the Mar-1
iannas drive on June 10th.
Four others were probably
sunk and 17 damaged.
Try cornmeal mixed with meat
patties—it makes more meat pat
ties and makes the most of the
meat?
Fortresses Used
In Attack On
Centra! Germany
LONDON, July 28.—«AP>—Fly
ing Fortresses, 1.000 strong,
smashed at targets :n central Ger
many today, along with an escort
of an equal number of fighters.
The Berlin radio reported great
aerial battles raging, despite the
continued cloudy weather which
restricted operations.
Italy-based bombers last night
hit the Rumanian oil center of
Ploesti.
RAF Mosquitos pasted Stuttgart
for the third time in four nights.
Bombers and fighters of the
Mediterranean air force pushed
the total of enemy planes destroy
ed in the last four days to well
past the 200 mark.
Bulgaria Suing
For Peace Terms
ANKARA, Turkey — (Delayed)
—Bulgaria reprted that nation was
negotiating with the allies in an
effort to get out of the war.
This is significant, coming si
multaneously with the Turkish
developments, which includes the
stopping soon of all movements
of Turkish shipping in the Medi
terranean.
FLYING HOM E—Cpl. Robert E. Otto (left) of Carlisle. Pa.,
paratrooper wounded in Normandy invasion, talks with T/3 Roy
A. Vanhof, Rochester, N. Y.. on Air Transport Command plane
_brineina wounded from Scotland to New York. <4- ■ -
Bombs Wreck
Havoc in South
England Area
—
LONDON, July 2fr—<AP>— j
Nazi flying bombs increased in
ferocity today, spreading death
and destruction throughout south
ern England, setting Britons to (
pondering the possibility of worse!
things to come.
Perhaps huge explosive rockets,
the prospect of Germany’s new
secret would be the 10-ton ex
plosive rocket robot-bomb, 10
times the size of the one now In j
use “may not be sheer propa- j
ganda,” it was stated.
A commentator at an allied ad
vanced base said British Lancas
ter and Sterling bombers were
using six-ton bombs to smash two
robot launching sites in Nazi ter
ritory.
War Manpower
Director To Talk
At Meeting Here
Mr .Peter Wood, regional di
rector of the War Manpower Com
mission, with offices in Fairbanks,
arrived in Nome this morning on
a survey of labor conditions in
this area.
Mr Wood will talk with various
empic/ ers and erct.'1-v.Jgcs in an
effort to get a complete picture
of the situation, in order to be of
assistance in meeting the prob
lems of employment for the post
war as well as the present period.
“It is apparent,” he said, “that
many of the war contracts are
being terminated, and an unem
: ployment problem will result in
the near future, which can only
i be lessened by the return to for
mer occupations, of those labor
ers, who are far seeing enough,
1 to take up the jobs of lesser pay
now in order to be assured a
job, in the reconversion period to
follow the cancellation of war
time jobs.”
“The War Manpower Commis
sion will help 100 per cent", he
added, “in all labor problems.
Mr. Wood wishes to speak to
both employers and employees,
; and the Chamber of Commerce is
arranging for a meeting to be held
in the court room of the federal
building this evening at 8:00
I o’clock.
Argentine People
Approve Foreign
Policy of Leaders
—
I BUENOS AIRES. Argentina,
July 28.—fAP)—A crowd of sev
eral thousand, voicing approval of
the foreign policy of the govern
ment, with shouts of “Argentines,
Yes; Yankees, No!” participated
in last night’s orderly demonstra
tion here.
A noise bomb exploded in front
of the building occupied by the
newspaper, “La Nacion”.
The crowd first assembled in
front of the U. S. embassy build
ing. Women employees of the le
gation were sent home early as
a precautionary measure.
Although 89 per cent of its pop
ulation lives an entirely rural
life, India is one of the eight
leading industrial countries of the
world.
Bombings Take
Place South of
Island of Truk
ALLIED ADVANCE HEAD
QUARTERS ON NEW GUINEA.
July 28.—(AP)—(Today’s com
munique reports the smashing of
a five-ship convoy south of Truk,
and comprehensive bombings of
objectives in the strategic Manok
wari area of Dutch New Guinea.
Among widespread aerial at
tacks reported today by headquar
ters, was one small freighter and
three lugger type vessels set afire
and probably sunk.
Ventura bombers intercepted
the convoy Wednesday, 160 miles
south of Truk, in the Caroline
islands, with one of the ships es
caping.
Three of the important air
dromes at Manokwari were blast
ed with 59 tons of high explosives.
A large fuel dump was blown up,
and huge fires were started.
Liberator bombers dropped 30
tons of bombs on Woleai in the
Carolines.
The Japanese forces in the Ai
tape area on British New Guinea
continued their attempts to envel
op the right flank of he American
lines, but the fruitless efforts cost
them hundreds of men.
American Tanks
Used In Battle
Of Normandy
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By WES GALLAGHER
OUTSIDE COUTANCES, NOR
MANDY, July 28.—(AP)—With
American tanks and doughboys in
columns miles long the American
advance proceeded down the
Cherbourg Peninsula in pursuit
of the fleeing Germans, today.
Every road in this fluid front,
25 miles wide, was choked with
the First Army on the march and
with advanced units within two
miles of this bottleneck town.
Another column, 20 miles to
the southeast, was reported only
a mile and a half outside Tilly
Siir Seulles.
Prisoners of six different Ger
man divisions were taken at one
advance command post in the last
fifteen minutes of the fight, with
indications that many of the Nazi
84th army corps slipped out of
the trap last night, in a wild night
of fighting.
Submarines Sink
21 Supply Ships
LONDON, July 28.—(AP>—Brit
ish submarines destroyed 21 Jap
anese supply ships and other
craft in eastern waters, it was re
ported today, and recently dam
aged and shelled several other
vessels by torpedo and gunfire.
EMPLOYERS' NOTICEI
A meeting has been arranged
by the Chamber of Commerce for
the purpose of discussing with Mr.
Peter Wood, regional director of
the War Xmpower Commission,
the requirements of this area. All
employers and persons interested
may attend the meeting at 8:0Q
p. m. this evening, Friday, in the
court room of the Federal Build
ing. Mr. Wood will discuss plans
for both the present and the post
war period.