A “G-EYE VIEW
OF NOME
By CPL. W. D. STARNES
Sunday afternoon brought
forth the first in a series of
open house sessions to be held
at the Post Service Club. A
goodly crowd gathered with
eager ears to hear the brief dis_
cussion on the Aleutian cam
paign ably delivered by Staff
Sergeant George Meyers, crack
army war correspondent for the
soldiers weekly, “Yank”, Sgt.
Meyers opened the eyes of many
a lad with his frank and open
discussion of the Attu incident
and the fortunate ones who were
there received the real lowdown
on the entire maneuver. Fol
lowing the Aleutian discussion
came a concert by Capt. Anatol j
Rapport, pianist par excellent.
His renditions of the classics so
captured the audience that one
could have heard the drop of a
pin. It was gratifying to note ■
the large number of men who j
appreciate the finer arts. Watch- j
ing intently were Staff Sgts. ,
Pete Weill, John O’Brien. Will- !
iam G. Hoffman, Sgts, William
O. Penix, Fred M. Cunningham, !
Arnold McCully. Lindell B. Shu_ i
make, Cpl^ Joe Berry, Pfc’s
John P. Jones, Memesia Bar
ainco, Vernon L. More, Steve J.
Bzdek, John W. Grzesik. Pvt’s. J
Christ Massin, Boon C. Holland,
Edward J. Hendzlik, Manny
Granik and Earl Hoffman. It
was an enjoyble afternoon ses
sion brought to a finish by cof
fee and light refreshments serv
ed in the club.
Rehearsals are about ready to
start on the Xmas Variety Show
which will unfold its talent
above the footlights on Christ
mas day. It’s going to be a
bang.up revue . . . strictly “GI”
from the audience to the back
drops, so keep it in mind fel
lows ’cause it’s sure to shake the
the rafters with solid entertain
ment. It isn’t quite too late yet
to add a few more participants
in both events, so if you know
of any talent still running
loose be sure to turn in the
names now.
TASK FORCE
SINKS SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—(AP)
—The United States task force
•which attacked the Marshall Is
lands December 4th, sank five
enemy vessels and damaged four
others, and destroyed 72 planes in
the air, in the attack on enemy
installations at Kwajale, Wotje
and Atolls.
United States forces strafed
and burned an undetermined
number of enemy planes on the
ground.
United States ships suffered
minor damage and our aircraft
losses were light.
The United States forces fought
off prolonged aerial torpedo and
bombing attacks.
MUSSOLINI
PARALYZED
BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 8
AP)—Italian informants in Zu
rich said that Mussolini is now
in a paralized condition, getting
worse steadily, as a result of an
outbreak of an old disease,
which he had contracted in his
youth.
Coming Events
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM
Benefit doubleheader be
tween well-balanced teams, to
be played Wednesday night,
December 15th. First game
called at 7:30. Admission will
be adults 50c; children, 25c.
A warm-up game between two
of these teams will be staged
Friday. Dec. 10. Admission to
this game will be free.
Dec. 22. — “Alias Santa
Claus.”
Dec 23.—Community Xmas
Tree.
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Russians!
Retreat
In Battle
MOSCOW, Dec. 8.— API
One of the most desperate Ger
man tank and infantry assaults
launched in the seven weeks’ bat
tle for Kiev, forced the Red
Army to retire from several
towns in the Chernyakhov-Zor_
ostes area, but Soviet troops scor
ed important gains in the area
southwest of Kremenchug, and
completely enveloped Znamenka,
vital rail junction west of the
Dnieper.
The communique said Rou- j
manian forees won bridgeheads I
in the area established by- the
Russians in the Kerch in Crimea,
wiping out the Soviet landing j
troops in a three-day battle, tak
ing 2.000 prisoners.
The German command declared
in a war bulletin recorded in a
radio broadcast, that heavy fight
ing continued southwest of
Kremenchug where the Russians
were spearing deeper into the
Dnieper bulge.
Russian advices said approxi
mately 1,700 tanks were hurled
at the narrow sector west of j
Kiev, by Field Marshal Von
Mannstein. .
The communique said the Nazis
lost 53 tanks and left at least ;
1,500 dead on the field of battle, i
The Nazi gains in the Kiev!
bulge however were offset by the
Russian gains in the drive on
Znamenka from three directions,
already surrounding the town.
The fall of this rail junction
will tend to disrupt the whole
German communications system
of supply in the vast area below
Kiev, and undoubtedly help to
relieve the enemy pressure on the
Kiev salient.
DIMOND TELLS
REASON OF BILL
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (AP)
—Alaska Delegate Anthony J.
Dimond, in submitting his bill
to grant statehood to Alaska,
said “One compelling reason
why I think Alaska should seek
statehood now, is founded on
my conviction that Alaska is on
the threshold of great and far.
reaching development”, he went
on to say “While the last census
showed the population of Alas
ka to be little over 72.000, it is
much greater now.” He also
pointed out that five of the
states were admitted to the Un
ion, when the census before ad
mission had shown a much
smaller population than Alaska
had shown in the last census.
LADIES AID
ELECTS OFFICERS
At a regular meeting of the
'Federated Ladies’ Aid Society,
held in the home of Mrs. Nels
Strand, new officers were elect
ed. Mrs. Jessie Lehmann was
elected president, Mrs. B V.
Whaley, vice-president; Mrs Nels
Strand, secretary, and Mrs. A.
Polet, treasurer. Much business
of importance was discussed.
Committees reported the comple
tion of repairs and refinishing
of the front hallway of the par
sonage.
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Turkey Expected to
Enter Present War
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—.AP)
Deeds rather than words were
expected by informed observers
here, to bring out the full sig
nificance of Turkey’s newly de
fined role as associated with the
Allies fighting Germany.
Impressions gained from the
latest Cairo communique were
strong, however, that this role
would be one of great important i
at the strategic moment when her
help'would count most.
Turkey will very probably en
ter the war, but whether that
moment is at hand or in the in
definite future can be answered
only by President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill or
President Ir.onu of Turkey, of
their ranking advisors.
Russian associates say that her
destiny eventually will lead Tur
key into a military partnership
with the Allies, probably for two
reasons—her strategic position,
and her desire for full voice in
peace councils.
Suffer
Reversals
UNDATED—(AP)—The Chin
ese suffered severe reversals in
the rice bowl area of central
China, but on all other fronts the
Pacific war offensive remains in
the hands of the Allies.
The Chinese cammand admitted
the loss of the Hunan Province
city of Changteh after a 19-day
seige by the Japs.
The fall of the city brought the
prospect of a third Japanese at- j
tempt to capture Shangsha, the
provincial capital. .
Victory not only gave the
enemy control of the rice bowl
region, but cut Che Hunan
Szechwan supply line, one of th >
Chinese army’s principal sources
of supply. * , I
In the southwest pacific, how
ever, the Allies continued Mavy
aerial attacks on Japans 'op
tions, amid further sig"
new offensive.
Bill KILLED
IN COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—(AP)
; The House Ways and Means com
mittee killed in effect, legislation
i wh ich would authorize paid
newspaper advertising to promote
the sale of War Bonds
The vote was 11 to 10.
Chairman Doughton said the
action would table the bill, but
that someone would probably in
troduce another such bill.
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Special Communication
Thursday, Dec. 9th—7:30 P. M.
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N, STRAND W. JVL
Unity Is
Conference
Keyword
CATRO, DE£ 7 (AP>—Turkey
in effect moved into the allied
:v'imp when President Inonu,
sitting with President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill,
in climax to the fateful series
>f conferences, agreed upon “the
closest unity”, complete identity
of interests, with the United
Sates, Great Britain, and Rus
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3131.
Whether this means -outright
participation in the war, or neu
trality under which Turkey
might, cede bases, as did neutral
Portugal, was not revealed, the
terse communique made public
tonight Nevertheless the joint
statement saying Russia had
joined in inviting President In
onu, and Foreign Minster Men
emcioglu to Mena House, to sit
with Roosevelt and Church.:!! in
a meeting with Chiang Kai Shek,
who asserted, “The three day
parley Dec 4, 5, and 3, has been
moat fruitful and useful for fu
ture relations between the coun
tries represented"
The communique used such
terms as “Alliance and firm
friondehp ” The immedate re
action irt Cairo, was the plann
ing of a full scale Allied cam
prign in the Balkans, for the
Very near future, with the as.
jsurance that Turkey will co
operate, directly, of in some de
cree, facilitate the drive against
Hitler’s back door
ATTACKS HELD
DAY AND NIGHT
NEW DELHI. India. Dec. 8.—
|AP)—Allied communiques told
of day and night attacks for the
past eight days on Japanese in
stallations in southern Burma and
in the Adaman Islands in the Bay
of Bengal.
Burma targets included Ran
goon, Mandalay, Akyab. Prome,
and Reho
The Allies Lost 12 planes but
downed 18 Japanese planes.
In a move to facilitate better
timing of blows against the Jap
anese, Gen, IvtacArthiur, south
west Pacific commander, and
Admiral Mountbatten, Allied
commander in southeast Asia,
agreed to plans for instantaneous
information.
HOSPITAL NOTES
A new arrival was reported
today at the hospital, to Mr. and
Mrs. Cortis Jones, a 6-lb., 4-oz.
girl. Mother and baby are doing
very well. Mr. Jones is employed
i by the Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration in Nome
Billy Komonaseak entered the
hospital for treatment.
Clara Brown was released from
the hospital today and returned
to White Mountain.
New Britain
Coast Scene
Of Bombing
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PlACEFEC.
Dec 8—f AF)—Heavy and med
wra bombers aided by dive bomb
ers and fighters, blasted and shot
up the Japs on the New Britain
coast and nearby islands m a re
lentless assault on tne enemy,
staging points of supply as cen
ters of the attack.
The heaviest area ,of i eat ruc
tion was in the Cape Gloucester
sector at the western tip of the!
narrow island, where more than 1
10) planes participated
Meanwhile, there was reported 1
a sharp drop m Japanese naval
craft in the big enemy base at j
Raibaui, which has oeen a fre_
puer.t target of the United States
airmen.
Rear Admiral Robert Carney
asserted that Rabaui, which once
dominated the southern seas was
no longer tenable to the enemy,
or. the account that we have com
plete control of the waters.
Ground clashes in the Empress
of Augusta Bay area were down
to a minimum, but fighting was
increasingly sharp in the Huon
Pesinsula area where the Aussies
were attempting to clear the Japs
to open the New Guinea ■‘Ne w
B ritam channel for possible in
vasion use
SPEAKS ON
INFLATION
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 _War
Mobilization Director Byrnes
said in a Pearl Harbor radio
speech, that America, after show,
mg the world how puickly it
could swing into war, must beat
down the inflation threat or risk
an unstable future.
Byrnes urg d the support of
'subsidies to hold down food
prices, and hold the line on the
wage order, also more taxes and
savings.
STEEL IS
NEEDED
WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—|AP)
—The War Production Board
sounded a hurry call for vast
quantities of steel for December
and January, for a record break
ing production of troop carriers
and landing craft of all kmds, and
much other equipment
A plea to mills and workers,
followed by a day, the announce
ment that landing craft was now
the No l priority of the par
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD THURSDAY
The funeral of Mrs. Gretchen
Muller will be held at the Lovinia
Wallace Young Mission Thursday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock.
Camino
Ridge
Taken
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Ilf
ALGIERS. Dec. 3.—The allied
Fifth Amy captured the summit
of lofty Mt. Camino, and routed
the Nazis from three more vil
lages southwest of Mignano, re
captured the rain and blood
soaiced Monastery Ridge in bit
ter fighting, to win the height®
overlooking the road from Cassi
n<5 to Rome.
Reports said the enemy was
shoved back from the fringe of
the ridges on the northern and
western edges of Mt. Camfo and
Mt. Maggiore by steady savage
thrusts by American and British,
troops.
Or. the Eighth Army’s Adriatic
coastal sector, Montgomery’s forc
es crushed repeated Nazi coun
terattacks and reported limited
advances in the area of the Moro
river where both the British in
fantry and tank forces Crossed
the stream, there was evidence of
severe German casualties in de.
fense of the coastal sector when
the 90tn armored grenadiers’ di
vision was thrown into the line to
relieve the 65th infantry, which
was so badly smashed that on^
of its battalions lost all cf its of
ficers. emerging only with a ser«
geant-major in command.
The continued rains, as well a®
the fierce enemy defense, slowed
British advances as the Gorman®
threw heavy artillery' bombard
ment into Allied held Lancian®*
the key junction to the inland
roai leading to Chie^i
NEW PLANES
SUPERIOR
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 —Two
new fighter planes, superior to
the P-88s and P-47s, are in pro
duction and are expected to giv$
the United States the best air
force fighter fleet in existence.
Robert a Lovett, assistant waf
secretary, said in the Army and
Navy Journal.
Lovett said the new planes
were untested in combat so 're
strictions would still keep them
under wraps, but they are as su
perior in their class as the Amer^
ican bombers are in their field.
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REBEKAILS MEET
TONIGHT
The Rebekahs w ill meet tonight
at 8: JO o’clock at the Odd Fellow’s
Hall for initiation. ’