CHILD STAR AND PAL — Seven - year - old Sharyn
Moffett, star of a new movie, poses on the set with Grey Shadow,
C riant German shepherd featured in a wolf role in the film, j \
COLLISION IS
CAUSE OF SHIP
BEING SUNK
VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 13.
—'AP)—A dynamite laden ship
sunk off Pt. Grey early today,
after it had been rammed by the
Canadian Pacific steamer Princess
Joan.
The freighter “Squid”, carrying
400 cases of dynamite, was badly
holed by the impact in a light fog,
and went down in 10 minutes.
The five-man crew escaped to
the Princess Joan.
The explosives remained inac
tive.
RED TANKS ARE
9 MILES FROM
TOWN OF TILSIT
MOSCOW, Oct. 13.—(AP)—
Russian tanks and infantry storm
ed the century old Junkers Land
in East Prussia, which is barely
nine miles northeast of the im
portant city of Tilsit, it was re
ported today.
In doomed Hungary the vic
torious Red Army raced to the
Austrian frontier, 160 miles dis
tant. Hungary’s admission of de
feat is expected hourly.
Russian columns are also con
verging on Budapest, along the
main rail lines.
All major communications to
Hungary and Serbia are reported
in Russian hands.
SAYS HIGHWAY
WILL REMAIN
WITH ARMY
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 13.—<AP)
—Clarence Werthan, manager of
the Rocky Mountain ourists, Inc.,
an affiliate of the American Au
sociation, said today, he was as
sured by the Army that the
Alaska Highway would not be
abaidoned.
The Army plans to turn over
the maintenance of the highway
to the Public Roads Administra
tion, but that the Army would
continue to exercise supervision.
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HELPING THE CAUS E—The Wong sisters, Carole, 6,
and Corinne, 12, lend a hand in the campaign to salvage used
household fat for the war effort. In their kitchen in New York’s
LuinaiMwn they add to their store.
NILLSSON SENT
TO PEN FOR
YEAR AND DAY
In court this week, 'Richard
Nilsson was convicted of larceny,
and sentenced to one year anu a
day in the penitentiary.
A1 Allockeok pleaded guilty of ,
a charge of attempted rape, and i
was sentenced to six months in
the federal jail.
A jury was completed for the
trial of Teddy Amarok, on char
ges of manslaughter, and the trial
began this morning.
AIRWAYS
Alaska Airlines
Pilot Weaver flew to Moses Pt.
and Unalakleet with Drafin Del
quette for Unalakleet.
Weaver also flew to Kotzebue
on the mail run with Joe God
ding as a round trip passenger.
Pan American Airways
An Electra came in to Nome
yesterday with Erma Taylor as a
passenger. It also carried mail. It
returned to his Fairbanks base
shortly later.
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FORMOSA IS
AGAIN SCENE
OF FIGHTING
PEARL HARBOR. Oct. 13.—
(AP(AP) — The Halsey-Mitscher
naval air team returned to For
mosa Thursday and destroyed 175
more Japanese planes, sank 11
more ships, probably sank 14
more and damaged six others,
giving the powerful Third Fleet
quite a box score, near Formosa
and the Pescadores.
Admiral Nimitz said small
groups of enemy aircraft made
repeated attempts to bomb or tor
pedo the aircraft carriers, but no
damage was done to our surface
ships .
Our losses were 45 planes dur
ing the past two days.
SEASON TO
CLOSE NOV. 30
ON HALIBUT *
SEATTLE, Oct. 13.—<AP)—Re
gardless of the amount of the
halibut catch, fishing area No. 3,
will close November 30, according
to the Fisheries Commission.
The catch to date is 5,320,000
pounds short of the 27,500,000 al’
lowed for the area.
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