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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. XLVII. No. 42. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL, (i, 1945 _
Germans Flee To
Last Barrier
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’> PARIS, April 6, — (/P)—'The Ninth
Army today fought 3 miles past
the Weser river into the streets
of Hamelin, 23 miles from Han
over, as the First Army opened
new powerful attacks which car
ried 22 miles eastward, close to
the upper reaches of the river.
•* The British on the north across
the Weser in several places are
within 35 miles of the great naval
base of Bremen.
The Germans are in flight to
ward the Elbe river, the last riv
er barrier before Berlin.
The Third Army on the cen
^ tral plains closest the capital, are
only 130 miles away.
German soldiers are giving up
by the thousands, with the Ninth
and Third Armies alone taking
over 25,000 prisoners.
The 11th Armored Division ad
vanced to within 32 miles of Sax
• ony, and 50 miles from the big
rail center of Plauen, the capture
of which would cut Germany in
two.
First Army columns struck east
ward from Paderborn and reached
# Bruchhausen, 4 miles west of the
upper Weser river, 164 miles from
Berlin. Other columns moved
in the opposite direction into the
Ruhr trap, seeking the annihila
tion of 150,000 Germans sealed
off in the industrial basin.
Hongkong Gets
t Heavy Raid
MANILA, April 6, —i/P)—Phil
ippine based heavy bombers at
tqgked the vital waterfront area
^ ^'Hongkong, across the China
Sea Wednesday, dropping 168 tons
of bombs, which set huge fires,
sank 9 merchant ships and des
troyer and two others were barn
aged.
General MacArthur announced
this second successive strike on
Hongkong, in the day’s communi
que, and reported that the 1000
pound bombs raked the shipyard
and waterfront installations, and
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shipping and vast oil-supply tanks
* were left in flames.
Chinese Forces
Stop Jap Drive
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CHUNGKING, China, April 6,—
!(/P)—Chinese forces unleashed a
large scale three-pronged count
^ er-offensive against Jap troops
i who were striking toward Shensi
; Province, which guards the north
! ern approaches to China’s capital.
The Chinese command said that
Chiang Kai Shek’s forces were
pouring out from southwestern
! Hunan province annihilating a
Jap battalion and encircling a
number of strongholds west of
I Neisiang, on the Honan-Shensi
j highway. The Chinese counter
offensive was launched yesterday
against the double Nipponese
drive deep into China’s hinterland
about 30 miles from the Shensi
border.
More than a thousand of the
invaders were annihilated and
9 enemy tanks were destroyed.
Soviet Pincers
Trap Vienna
LONDON, April 6, —{/P)—Two
powerful Russian armies are clos
ing a giant pincers around Vienna
while tank-led storm units fought
to within 4 miles of the center of
the Austrian capital.
Elsewhere along the Eastern
Front Soviet forces flattened the
German bulge extended deep in
eastern Slovakia and captured the
dustrian center of Zywiec in
southern Poland.
Far to the north, Russian forces
hurled enemy remnants back in
the Danzig bay cueanup of the
coastal territory.
LIQUOR AGENT FLIES
TO JUNEAU ON BIZ.
Henry Longley, Territorial Liq
uor Agent for Nome, was called
to Juneau on business. He will
return in a few days.
POSTAL INSPECTOR
COMPLETES SURVEY
Peter Peterson, U. S. Mail in
spector completed his survey of
Second Division Post-Offices, and
returned to Fairbanks via the
PAA.
IJ. S. Casualties Low
On Okinawa
GUAM, April 6, —W—The in
incr^flibly low American casual
ties in the first four days of the
campaign on Okinawa, were re
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ported today by the Navy along
with the announcement sweeping
advances on the north end of the
Tenth Army line, and the increas
ing resistance being met on the
south, near the capital city of
Naha.
Admiral Nimitz said 179 U. S.
Soldiers and Marines were killed
and 798 wounded, to midnight
Wednesday. These figures re
flected the lightness of th oppos
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i ition. Japanse casualties were
considerably higher.
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Russia Hands Japs
Empty Package
LONDON, April 6,—(/P)—Russia
Yesterday denounced it’s neutral
ity pact with Japan, accusing To
j kyo of helping Germany in the
war against Russia.
Moscow said that Commisar
Molotov informed the Japanese
ambassador that continuance of
the compact was impossible since
Japan was fighting against Rus
sia’s allies. The note was hand
ed to the Jap ambassador yester
day afternoon in the midst of the
new Japanese cabinet crisis.
There is no indication of Rus
sia’s future intentions in relation
to Japan, however, Stalin has
publicly described Japan as “An
aggressive nation”.
AIRWAYS
Wien Alaska Airline*
A trip was made to Diomede
with Moses and Lincoln Milligrok
and returned with John Iyapana.
A trip was made to Teller, Ig
loo with express. and to Lees
Camp with E. W. Quigley and
Margaret West and child.
Pan American Airways
The Wednenday plane brought
Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Seiffert, Ev
elyn Kraft, and Richard Melberry
Alaska Planning
Board Meets
In Juneau
JUNEAU, April 6, — UP)—'The
first meeting of the Alaska Dev
elopment Board gets underway
with preliminary discussions for
the purpose of dealing with plans
for conducting the Board.
All of the members were pres
ent, Gov. Ernest Gruening, Jack
Talbot, Leslie Nerland, Antonio
Polet and Dilbur Wester.
The appointment of Robert
Henning, Juneau Empire reporter
as Executive Secretary of the
Board was announced today.
The Board will be in session
for the next several days.
iManders is Mayor
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Of Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, April 6,—In Tues
day’s election in Anchorage, John
ManHers, prominent attorney, was
elected Mayor with a vote of
660, and defeated Ray Wolfe, the
incumbent mayor, who polled 330
votes. Moritz Andresen trailed
with 111.
The election brought 1108 vot-j
ers to the polls, the lasgest in
the city’s history. At least 200'
more refused to wait in line to
vote.
The Councilmen elected were
Reymer S. Brown, Jeweler; Bob
Lindquist, Hotel Manager; and I
Louis Odsather, Grocer; they led
the list of 14 candidates.
Gunnard Engebreth was reel
ected to the Utility Board; Dr.
SOGN was elected to the School
Board.
Campaigns for the election were
marked by parades, platforms,
pledges, speeches and banners.
and departed with Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Galvin, Guy Mish, Henry
Longley, M. B. Vincent, M. S.
Jorgenson, Peter Peterson, How
ley Derrick and Charles M. Hunt
ley.
Alaska Airlines
Pilot Weaver flew to Kotzebue
with Mail and Express, and Mrs.
Bert Beltz as passenger. j
Warships Sunk in
Geran Harbors
LONDON, April 6. — f/P)—At
least 21 German warships and
merchant vessels, including a
cruiser and 8 submarines sunk
and many others damaged in the
recent RAF raids on Bremen,
Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven.
The U. S. Strategic Airforce
announced that the light cruiser
KOELN, listed and sank in shal
low water of Wilhelmshaven har
bor and seven submarines includ
ing one of 1200 tons and one of
740 tons were sunk.
The air fleets on these raids
numbered as many as 1400 heavy
bombers.
A report from the First Army
front, delayed by censorship, said
Tank men of the Third Armored
Division captured a great war
prize, a train loaded with secret
“V 2” weapons. It is the first
time the allies have found the
jet-propelled, radio controlled
rockets intact.
CARD PARTY HELD
WEDNESDAY EVE
The Pioneers held another in
the series of card parties, last
Wednesday evening. The prize
winners were as follows; for the
ladies, Mrs. Ben Gillette, Mrs.
Pete Sather, and Mrs. Hugh Gab
bard: and for the men, Peter X.
Peterson, Chas Pennycook, and
Fred Roberts. The door prize
was won by Hugh Gabbard.
The two high scores for the
series are Chas Pennycook and
Mrs. Ben Gillette.
One more party is scheduled in
the series.
BASEBALL
COAST LEAGUE
Wednesday Games
Portland 5, Sacramento 4.
Hollywood 3, Oakland 5.
Seattle 5, Los Angeles 8.
San Francisco 2, San Diego 5.
Thursday Games
Los Angeles 4, Seattle 2.
San Diego 3, San Francisco 2.
Oakland 10, Hollywood 8.
Portland 5, Sacramento 1.