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ADVANCES
NORTH OF
BUDAPEST
LONDON, Jan. 8.—(AP>—Rus
sian forces .have been ousted
from the key Danube bastion
of Eszterstrom by powerful
Nazi counter-attacks, bent upon
relieving the trapped Axis gar
rison at Budapest, 20 miles to
the south, but have registered a
12^-mUg gain north of the Dan
ube in an outflanking threat to
the attacking Germans, Moscow
said in a broadcast today.
The Russian communique said
that 1,400 Germans were killed
and 300 captured, along with 49
tanks, 16 armored troop carriers,
put out of action before evacu_
ating Esztergom.
The report said that German
progress was checked below that
city.
Front line communiques re
ported the Red Army crossing
the Hron river to the north and
driving along the Danube to a
point 10 miles from the com*
munications hub of Komarom.
In Budapest, the German gar
! rison launched 12 consecutive
I counter-attocks in an attempt to
spring the Russian armored vise,
pressing them back to the Dan
ube river in both parts of the
city.
CANADIANS
DRIVE ABOVE
RAVENNA
ROME, Jan. 8.—(AP)—Canad
ian troops of th° Eighth Army
have driven along the Adriatic
Sea coast to a point about 10
miles above Ravenna, and in
four*' days have pushed the Na
zis out of 50 square miles of
marshy land between that city
and Valli di Commachio.
Fanning out to the east and
west, along the highway from
captured San Alberto, the Can
adians reached the sea a* Casa
Borsetti, at the base of a sPit J
of land which separates the
Commachio lagoon from the
Adriatic Sea.
MONTGOMERY
TAKES CHARGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — The
command of one American army
and most of another front has
been turned over to General
Montgomery in what President
Roosevelt describes as regular
field operation of the armies,
including the U. S. Ninth and a
major portion of the First.
President Roosevelt told in a
news conference that the shift;
was made by General Eisenhow- j
er. As a result of the change,
the President declined to give
further details, but said the
shift was due to the emergency;
caused by the German break
through, which gives Montgom-1
ery command of all forces north;
of the Gern^an salient, and Gen
eral Omar Bradley, command of
all forces to the south.
FIRE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON
The fire department promptly
responded to an alarm! yesterday
afternoon. The call came from
the vicinity of the CAA houses,
where rolls of oily smoke were
to be seen. It turned out to be
a large bulldozer which was
stalled on B Street and which
was smoking from being over
heated.
PURCHASE INTERESTS
OF TOM SHAW
Mr. and Mrs. Qhester Milli
gan, who have mined in the
Second Division for many years,
have purchased the Tom Shaw
interests in Council and will be
mining in that area next season.
Su titie to Hie Nugget
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OBJECTIVE: GERMANY —IT. S. bombers of the Eighth Air Force slide into formation for
a massive strike at German oil refineries, railroads, and other military objectives.
JAPANESE FORT
UNDERGOES
BOMB RAID
UNDATED — Tokyo radio re_
ported today that a long line
American warships and great
swarms of carrier planes were
i pouring bombs and shells into
j the Japanese Fort Lining on Lin
j gayen Gulf, 120 miles north of
Manila, in the hottest reception
ever recorded in the annals of
war, as recorded by the FCC.
The Japanese broadcast said
“The enemy’s usual tactics pre
ceding landings, is a forecast that
Yank assault troops might storm
ashore at any time.”
A Domei dispatch said ‘‘The
whole gulf roared with blasts of
gunfire from both sides through
jout Saturday and Sunday.”
! Other broadcasts reported three
! powerful American convoys
I
speeding northward to join in the
assault.
An Imperial communique claim
that since last Wednesday the
Japanese have sunk seven first
line warships, 16 transports and
dantaged nine other vessels.
NEW PATIENTS
AT HOSPITAL
Jackie Fagerstrom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnny Fagerstrom,
was brought to Nome for medi
cal attention from Golovin.
Jeremian Casey arrived at the
hospital from Candle.
SIX—Arthur MacArthur
(above), son of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur, celebrated his sixth
birthday anniversary Feb. 21.
He is living in Australia with
hfs mo' ; rr
[BRITS BOMB I
[MUNICH FOR
SECOND TIME
LONDON, Jan. 8.—AP)—Amer
' ican heavy bombers struck Ger
[ many at daylight today, after two
i fleets of British night bombers
| hit Munich twice within two
| hours last night, it has been re
ported.
Enemy reports indicated that
heavy bombers were again sup
porting allied troops in the
snow-swept western front, by
bombing supply channels behind
enemy lines yesterday, when
more than 2,100 heavies unload-j
ed ov°r 3,000 tons of bombs on
I
| five freight yards, two Rhine
bridges and six rail yards be
I tween Hamm and Karlshure in
! western Germany.
Nine bombers and one fighter
' plane are missing.
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ENROUTE TO
THE STATES
Mrs. George Goshaw arrived
from Shishmaref enroute to thei
States for a visit with her fam
i
ily. Mrs. Goshaw displayed a
beautiful Platina Fox, which
had been raised on the Goshaw
Fox FarnJ. This variety is one
which has been developed at
i Shishmaref, and is increasingly,
j popular in the States.
BRITONS DRIVE
ELAS FARTHER
INTO HILLS
ATHENS, Jan. 8.—(AP)—Brit
ish troops are today driving the
ELAS troops deeper into the
hills to the west and the north
east of this Grecian capital, it
was reported today.
Armored units clashed with
I one rear guard group about 15
miles west of Athens, a com
munique stated.
WRITES FROM
CALIFORNIA
C. B. Smith, well-known car
penter in Nome for many years,
who left last Fall, writes from
California that he has a fine
ranch with chickens, flowers,
trees and vegetables, and is en
joying himself immensely.
PIONEERS, ATTENTION!
The Pioneers of Alaska will
meet Wednesday, January 10,
at the Whaley House.
ROBERT F. BALDWIN,
Secretary.