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Ease Off
On Travel
* Restrictions
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HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT, Feb. 1*.—“Liber
alized travel control procedure,
designed to simplify and expedite
travel of Alaskan residents, be
| came effective today, according to
an announcement by Lt Gen. Si
mon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., com
manding general of the Alaskan
Department.
The new procedure in no way
weakens the safeguards establish
ed to maintain Alaska’s military
security.
A new Zone “I” travel permit
is the principal feature of the
streamlined plan just adopted.
These wallet-sized cards, issued
upon approval of the application,
f will be valid permanently, unless
cancelled or revoked by the com
manding general of the Alaskan
Department. The cards will be
kept by the travelers and present
ed at trvael control stations for
travel in, and out of Alaska.
“It is General Buckner's policy
to make travel clearance for Alas
khns as convenient as possible,’’
siid Lt Col. Roy W. Riegle, the
ptovddt marshal of the Alaskan
Department “The revised proced
ure Will greatly reduce restrictions
* on the traveling public without
undue lessening or security re
quirements."
‘Presentation of the wallet-sized
permit at any travel control sta
tion will be the only action re
quired of travelers entering or de
parting Zone "I”. This zone in
cludes all of mainland Alaska and
the Alaska peninsula west to a
point midway between Naknek
and Port Heiden.
Notarization of the application
forms will not be required under
the new procedure Instead, the
travelers’ application and signs -
i ture will be witnessed by desig
nated officials at each travel con
trol station.
Dependents of military person
nel, persons of Japanese ances
try, enemy aliens and persons ex
cluded by other regulations still
are denied permission to travel
within Alaska.
All zones remain as outlmed in
Public Proclamation No. 8, issued
November 15, 1913. Travelers into
Zones “B” and “C" will continue
to register for each separate trip
t contemplated.”
APPROVE
FISH BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb 13.— fAP)
—The Senate Commerce Commit
tee approved the bill directing the
Fish and Wildlife Service to in
vestigate all fish resources of the
United States and report back to
Congress by January 1, 1945.
The committee also approved
the bill to establish a new fishing
code for Alaska.
v * The measure to extend the jur
isdiction of the United States to
all waters off the Alaska coast,
and places all fishing in Territor
ial waters under the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and provided li
censing of fishermen and gear, the
present holders of fishing rights
to receive first preference.
The bill was introduced by
Senator Wallgren.
R U N N E R—VV inner of
coveted Sullivan athletic trophy,
ace trackman Gil Dodds gets
down to work on his studies at
the Gordon College, of Theology
and Missions in Boston. Mass.
BEAT DOWN ;
HEAD-ON
ATTACKS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES. Feb 43-— AP>—Allied
headquarters to.iav announced that
; American and British troops on
the beachhead below Rome, with
I the aid of one of the greatest air
umbrellas ever raised over the
Mediterranean, have beaten down
the head-on attacks made by the
Germans in terrific efforts to
drive the allies into the sea at any
cost.
Allied troops in the Cassino
area were moving up under one
of the most intense barrages of
gunfire of the Mediterranean war,
and attacked the town and Mt.
Cassino fortifications before dawn
this morning.
The artillery fire switched like
a whip from the town to mou
tain and back again. Where the
Germans were holding out in the
I town “pillboxes”, battle-blackened
houses, and the ruined monastery
on Mt. Cassino.
PASSES LEND
LEASE ACT
WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.—(AP>
— The Senate passed and sent to
the White House the bill amend
ing the coal Lend-Lease Act of
Alaska, to permit any individual,
association or corporation to hold
more than one lease, but not to
aggrgeate more than 2560 acres.
The present law provided for
only one lease with a maximum
of 2560 acres.
RAIDERS HIT
SIX JAP SHIPS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Feb. 18.—Allied air raiders hit six
Japanese ships caught in a convoy
off Nassau Islands, northwest of
New Ireland.
The allied planes sighted ,the
convoy which was attempting to
supply the beleaguered enemy gar
risons in the Bismark Islands.
The attack was continuing, ac
cording to a communique from
General MacArthur.
Mechanized
Forces Now
Being Ueed
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—(AP>—
Tokyo radio said that powerful
mechanized units, as well as air
power were being used by the
Americans in the attack on Truk,
but added that it seems the at
tack by the enemy is not the real
thing as it does not go beyond the
scope of reconnalsance.
A Domei dispatch announced,
“This is the main force and our
‘Invincible Navy’ is biding its time/
until the very end and coordinat
ing it with supply difficulties with
increasing distances, and we are
now looking for the golden op
Lportunity to destroy the enemy in
i one stroke.”
NBC quoted Japan as saying Hie
’■ “Japanese army and navy units
are engaged in fierce fighting with
. American concentrations on
Truk.”
I
There is no explanation as yet.
I what Tokyo meant by “mechaniz
j c-d units,” and nothing in any other
j source to support the implication
that American forces had landed.
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The Bioldgy Class of the Nome
High School, will present the fii^st
in their series of plays over Sta
tion WXLN on Sunday at 6:30 p.
m. The play, “The Third Horse*
. man," is a step to further the
, health campaign of the Biology
' class.
The play will be produced un
der the direction of Miss E.
Foote. The students in the play
; are Corinne Snyder, Paul McCar
thy, Erik Hay, Percy Blatchford,
Walter McCarthy, Johnny Viera.
Lillian Silverman is the assistant
| director.
ARCTIC CLUB
HOLDS MEETING
Monday evening the Nome Arc
! tic Club held its annual meeting
1 for the purpose of electing new
; board members and discussing the
year’s program.
Agnbs GMvin and Loren Leach
were reelected to the board and
Duke Mitrovitch was elected to
place Emma Bellows.
Sid Rood, chairman of the ten
nis committee reported the nec
| essary expenses incurred in the
j cleaning and maintenance of the
I tennis court.
Guy Boyd, chairman of the
Badminton committee, reported
1 the badminton has been resumed
i on Tuesday nights for members of
the club.
Wilfred Boucher reported on
the results of the Carnival and
Queen Contest held last spring.
Bill Cameron, chairman of the
ski committee, reported last
year’s program and plans for this
year to be discussed at the meet
ing.
In the absence of Edna O’Leary,
Bill Cameron also reported on the
results of the dinner dances.
In order to familiarize the new
members with the functions of the
Club, the president, Gerry Har
ney, gave a resume of the pur
poses and activities of the club.
bat transport, manned by coast guardsmen, to enter landing
barges at Empress Augusta bay on Bougainville Island.
GERMANY
EXPECT TO BE
DISSOLVED
LONDON, Feb. 18.—(AP»—
"Germany and other enemy na
tions can expect dismemberment
after their defeat." Anthony Eden
indicated to the Commons, stating
that "the Atlantic Charter clause
opposes territorial changes not in
accord with the freely expressed
wishes of the peoples concerned,
but that l\e regarded it as not ap
plying to enemy countries.”
His statements came in reply to
1 questions on the situation.
Meanwhile, Russia’s proposals
for handling defeated Germany
were reported and presented to
the European advisory committee.
British and American views
have already been given to the
committee, which acts merely in
an advisory capacity to the Big
Three governments.
PLANE SAID
LOST ON TRIP
SEATTLE, Feb. 18.—(AP)—The
13th Naval District announced
that a navy transport plane was
missing on an Alaskan military
flight.
The plane carried five crew
members and nine passengers.
Planes from southeastern and
southwestern Alaskan bases are
searching.
BUTLER NAMED
DEPUTY
COM ANDER
LONDON, Feb. la.—(API
Major General William O. Butler,
commander of the army and nvay
air forces in Alaska, has been
named depqt^ commander-in
chief, of the allied expeditionary
air force, in the new alignment in
allied air strength for pre-invasion
plans.
NINTH AIR
FORCE BEING
REORGANIZED
—
LONDON, Feb. 18—<AP>—The
U. S. Ninth Air Force, whose orig
inal elements wrote victorious air
war history in the Middle East and
[Asia, now established in Britain,
j is being reorganized and greatly
; expanded, as the American spear
i head for the invasion of Europe.
It has been united with the
RAF ground support units to form
an allied expeditionary force un
der Air Chief Marshal Trafford
Leigh Mallory.
ALLIED SHIP
SUNK BY NAZIS
WASHINGTON, Feb 18.—tAP)
—The sinking of an allied troop
ship in European waters with the
loss of thousands of American
soldiers, was announced by the
War Department today
The date of the sinking was un
disclosed, but the ship was lost at
night, sinking rapidly in the heavy
sea.
COMPLETE
PIPELINE IN
CANADA
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., Feb. 18.
—(AP)—The final links in the
American-financed Canol (Can
adian Oil Co.) project pipeline
from Norman Wells to Whitehorse,
was welded near MacMillan Pass,
astride the Arctic continental di
vide in the deep MacKenzie
Mountain range.
The welding completed one of
the most vital parts of the 130
million dollar project.
“The pipeline project was com
pleted as of today, and we hope
soon to make the first test run
into Whitehorse,” said Brig. Gen.
Worsham, commanding general of
the Northwest Service Command
Obstacle to
Philippines
On Decline
PEARL HARBOR, Feb It.—
CAP)—Several hundred carrier'
based navy planes bombarded
Truk, the Japanese "Pearl Har
bor", in the Carolines.
The communique did not state
whether the attack was still going
on, but announced:
"At daylight yesterday mom
ing, powerful naval task forces
of the United States Pacific Fleet
Command attacked Truk with
several hundred of our planes par
ticipating. No further details."
The mere fact that Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz was lumself,
without information or details, net
only demonstrated the tightness ef
the radio silence, but indicated
that the attack was continuing.
The meager content of the
communique did not make clear
that the warships which natural
ly accompany the carriers, had ac
tually taken part in the bombard
meat
The carriers approached within
200 miles to release the planes fw
the - attack on Truk.
WASHINGTON, Feb 18—(Af>
—The navy's attack on Truk It
land marks the end of unchal
lenged domination of a huge arm
of the Pacific ocean.
Whether it will be siezed *r
merely neutralized, this enemy
i"Pearl Harbor", goes into the de
cline as a major obstacle block
ing the drive to the Philippine*.
Now that American sea and air
power proved its ability to at
tack it directly, it u doubtful
whether Japan’s shipping can
bring the necessary materials to
repair the damage caused and re
place material destroyed when the
task forces hit Truk Wednesday
and ail day yesterday, and it ‘con
sidered that the strategic situation
has permanently changed, in that
the Japanese navy will not he
able to use Truk with the secur
ity previously maintained,- in-th*
first essential of the great bilge,
Truk’s usefulness1 is greatly im
paired and effective enemy domi
nation of the wide area protected
by it, is no longer possible
GERMANS
ANNOUNCE
EVACUATION
/
LONDON, Feb 18.—AP)—The
Germans announced their evacua
tion from Staraya-Russa, their
mightiest base between Leningrad
and Smolensk, in a broadening
crackup of defenses which seemed
to presage the complete German
abandonment of northern Russia.
This Red Army triumph came
on the day following the com
plete liquidation of the German
Eighth army around Korsun in the
Dnieper Bend, inflicting on the
enemy the worst single disaster
since Stalingrad.
52,000 ,were killed and 11,008
captured from one sector, and an
other 21,900 killed in a futile at
tempt to break open the trap,
bringing the total Germans killed
in the Korsun area to over 85,
000
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