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VOL. 46.—N«. 101._NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1944. PER COPY—15c.
I SEVEN RUSSIANS
[ facing death
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. 1, —<AP)
K~Two of seven Russians, all fac.
*Yng death penalties for escaping
from Soviet ships, are fearful of
being shanghaied, sine their re
lease by the Seattle immigration
- authorities.
They said they did not desert
their ship but deserted Russia, and
that they all wanted to come to
[ America and live.
The two were idntifid as Alex
• ander Nikitin, age 21, and George
Sereda, 24
They consented to the interview
j ' fif their refuge would be kept aec_
ret.
* RUSSIANS MARCH
IN BUCHAREST
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MOSCOW, Sept. 1, —(AP)—The
flying columns of the Red Army
are skirting the southern shoulders
of the Transylvinian Alps after
marching triumphantly through
Bucharest. The columns seem to
be heading for the Serbian coun
try.
Farther to the north, General
Malinovsky’s armored scours are
within 120 miles of the Yugoslav
frontier.
The Germans are trying to ©rg_
anize a new line along the Olt river
' which runs within 75 miles of the
Serbian territories.
* BULGARIA ASKS
ALLIED TERMS
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LOTDON, Sept. 1, — (AP>—The
thxig&rl*n government, under Ivan
Bagrianov, fell shortly after it had
failed to win the easy out of the
, war by pleading neutrality.
Amid indications of far reaching
internal developments in the Bal
kan kingdom, was now on solid
terms with the allies it was dis
closed by the European advisory,
commission today.
It was rumored that Hungary
was trying to contact the allies
for an armistice.
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■ATG EVENTS
Dance at the High School
Saturday night at 9:30. i
BRITISH DRIVE
ROUTS GERMANS
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SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FOR
CES IN FRANCE, Sept .1, —(AP)
—Two British columns, one from
Amiens and another from the
southeast, drove toward Longpre,
10 miles inland from Abbeville,
virtually sealing off the German
escape rout. e
Through Dieppe and Leila vre
along the coast “another spearhead
raced 22 miles to the north of Am
iens ,'at Hebuterme.
Berlin radio 6aid that three
American armored divisions and
three motorized divisions had
reached Yervins, about 15 miles
from the Belgium border.
WINCHELL’S
COLUMN SAID
TO WISECRACK
WASHINGTON. D.C. Sept. 1,—
(AP)—During a set-to between
the democrats and republicans,
Rep. Michael Bradley of Pennsyl,
vania lashed out that Walter Win
chell’s column had made wise
cracks and insinuated that the
President of the United States had
bul callous regard for the welfare
of the men fighting in the Pacific,
i Reprenentative Knutsen of Min_
nesota, a republican, defended the
column, which is being edited' by
Mrs Clare Booth Luce, as going
very temperate, as she had omit
ted such things about the President
as could have been said. She
omitted that the President was
accompanied by a flotilla of bat
tleships, cruisers and destroyers,
which should have been far out
In the Pacific fighting Japs.
| Mrs. Luce left out the fact that
Fala, the President’s scottie dog.
was inadvertently left behind in
the Aleutians, and that his absence
was not noticed until the party
reached Seatle, when, it us rumored
j destroyer was sent thousands of
miles to fetch him.
SITUATIONIS
HOPELESS
SAYS GERMAN
! LONDON, Sept. 1, —(AP)—A
jNazi Military spokesman described
jthe German situation in northern
| France as hopeless, for the time
; being. He said the conditions
changed with the arrivel of the
two big allied armies in the Amiens
i and Meuse areas.
FIVE JAP SHIPS
SUNK TODAY
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Sept, i, —CAP)—Catalina flying
boats sank a destroyer and four
merchantmen, in another raid
against Japanese shipping in the
Celebes islands, Headquarters an_
nounced today.
Two tankers and two freighters
were included in the new shipping
damage in the Celebes whee 17
other enemy vessels have been
sunk or damaged in recent raids.
Liberator bombers struck again
at Palau, the eastern approach to
the Philippines, causing heavy
damage
l Today’s communique also report
ed the bombing and stafing of
Davao, which is the main city on
Mindaaae.
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AIRMEN
FREED
By Joseph Morton
BUCHAREST, Romania, Sepi. X,
—(AP)—Russian troops, arriving
in the Romanian . cipital ..today
jound 1100 American aimren here
as prisoners of war.
.. .The airmen had been liberated
the day King Mihai proclaimed
aa armistice, and have been giver
the run of the city. ....
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GERMANS FLEE
AT TOP SPEED i
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ROME, ..Italy. Sept 1. — (AP)—
With sharp attacks the American
anks and ini an try crumbled tbs
earguard action, as the Nazis fled
northward up the Rhone river val.
ey from southern France.
Allied columns pursued the flee
ng Germans at i>op speed, and are
now less than ‘50 ttules belotv
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ayans.
DIMOND BILL
PASSED HOUSE
j * 4 1 .*
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. I,—
(AP)—The House of Represents,
tivet passed the' Dimond Bill auth
orizing the Ketchikan issue of
$150.000. in bonds, for an additional
power system.
GERMANS ARE
0i\ THEIR OWN
r —
ROME, Italy. Sept. 1, —(AP)—
LeBourg * Du Pese, in southern
’ today capitulated to American for.
1 ces closing in from *he east.
The garrison comm?tnder said
i the 19th German army would not
i et out of southern France in'acf
i The Nazi high command ordered
the units to r’um to Germany
on the riown resources.
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MARIANAS MISSION —Seen over the barreh> of 4G>m*n. ■
aati-air aft {runs Co a U, S. aircraft carrier, a Navy Grum/P? n
Aven^ei J off to bonf> er.exny strcngrholrts tn the MarUnas. It's
\ part of Umoos itsk force 58. _ _ w
YANKS ARE IN
BELGIUM
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF
DIE ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES IN FRANCE, Sept. L
(AP)—The mighty American ass,
auit iorces drove down the tin; i
f*tv ni* toward ;he Gtrnim
? onticr after overwhelming thfl
z lit* e:it French ior tress city of
Verdun, less 'han fw miles iron
V'. e-German Reich.
The ad\ mce was so fast that of. -
icial information lagged far be
hind.
' gr-a* arc v.as termed by *he
U. S. Tnird and First Armies, cross,
mg the Belgium border , ,n the
vicinit yof Sedan.
Verdun fell yesterday, r.f er Pat
ton’ Third Army advanced t>5 miles
beyond Reims in less than 24 hours
with c* swift stab direc 3y thro yh
the Argonne forest, v. here Arrer.
leans fought and died in 1013’. and
are now directly behind he old
Maginot line.
AP correspondent Ed Ball said
the Germans put up only a brief
fight, and that the battle of France
is all but over, and the battle for
Germany now develops.
The army rolled along so fast
tha tGeneral Ebrbach, comman er
of the German Seventh army, wa>
captured at breakfast.
F L V S H
THIRD ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, Sept I, — <AP) LsV
Flash*—Americans capture St. Mih
vtA.
NEW AIR CHIEF
FOR PACIFIC
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Sept. 1, —(AP)—Lt. Genera] Mil
arcl Harmon, upon assuming corn,
mand of all army air forca* ui iVr
Pacific ar*as, told m’terviewer*
lhe day was coming when a thou
sand plane formation can giv.
Japan the kind of unremitting
bombing that to a large extent
ha^ be cnrsponsible for the break
<ng of German military power
ODD FLT.a_.OWS ATTENTION
...The Independent Order or Oc'!
Fellow's Lodge No. A*5. will me*
Friday evening a 8:00 PM., at inn
home of Brother S. David Mazer,
Transportation will leave ;he
Federal Euilding ai 7:50 PM.