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VOL. 46 —No. 92. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1943 PER COPY—13c
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ALLIES IN
PURSUIT
* IN ITALY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Nov. 10.—(AP)— Ger
man troops lashed out in nine
furious counterattacks in the past
24 hours against American sol
diers pressing in on the Vena
fro area against the core of the
greatly reinforced Nazi winter
line, but all were thrown back
as the American artillery and in
fantry fire took a heavy toll in
the sharp, new blow of the war.
* Nazi war production was ham
pered as American Liberators
battered ball bearihg works at
Villar Perosa, southwest of Turn,
the last Italian source of the vi
tal bearings needed in the war.
Flying fortresses bombed An
salado Steel Works docks and
railway yards in Genoa.
The Germans, charging in the
Venafro area, tried vainly to
hurl the Americans into craggy
ravines in the upper Volturno
river valley.
Enemy resistance was almost
equally as stubborn along the
entire line but the Eighth Army
to the east further consolidated
its positions to higher ground
overlooking Sangro River inland
and siezed two important areas
including the towns of Castiglione
and Forli in gains of over four
miles.
m The Germans launched heavy
counterattacks on Clabritt and
on part of the Fifth Army front
held by British forces, but this
too, was repulsed.
JAPS LAND
TROOPS ON
SATURDAY
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ALLIED HEADJUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Nov. 10.;—(AP)—Under cover of
uaikatMMit.ihe Jcips lamjvu several
hundred troops Saturday night
and early Sunday north of the
marine Ibeachhead at Empress
of Augusta Bay at Bougainville.
Headbuarters announced that
American tropos were “in con
tact’’ with those forces. Admiral
Halsey’a headquarters said the
marines had brought tanks and
artillery into play against the
« enemy. It is reported there Was
no interference in the landing op
erations during the darkness as
reported.
Sunday afternoon Navy dive
bombers and fighters, escorted
by Mitchell medium bombers,
pounded barges in the landing
area. Numerous barges were des
troyed or damaged.
Bad weather cut down the in
tense aerial activity, which has
been reducing Rabaul to useless
‘ ness the last few days.
BELLAMY
WARNS OF
MISINFORMING
COLUMGUS, O., Nov. 10.—
the Cileveland Plain Dealer and
* the Cleveland Pain Dealer and
director of the Associated Press,
in an annual lecture at Ohio
State University, warned the
government and press alike that
they would “reap a terrible har
vest if after the war the public
finds out it was deliberately mis
informed or kept in ignorance as
to the essential inwardness of
v the situation.’’
He said many officials of the
army and navy and some other
government departments “do not
seem to realize American people
,, are an adult race and know the
facts of life.’’
ATTENTION ARCTIC CLUB
t MEMBERS AND GUESTS
Reservations for the DINNER
DANCE to behel d Saturday
November 20th at the Nevada
Lounge, must be made by noon
Saturday, November 13th. Ac
t commodations are limited. $2.50
per plate payable with reser
vation. Phone Main 129 or Main j
31.
: .. .
DECLINE
NOTED IN
SUBS
WASHIGTON, NO* iff _(AP)
—The Allies apparently are
sinking U-boats faster than Ger
many’*
rine £arcttrrt<W" dan turn finem outf
it has been reported.
This sharp decline in the Third
Reich’s undersea fortunes was
brought out by figures on U-boat
warfare, released jointly by the
British arid American govern
ments last night
The Allies announced at least
30 German subs were destroyed
ih the' past 'three : months or ar
average of five a week over the
six-months’ period. >t ,... ......
According to official sources
. a certainty of 150 subs has been
• destroyed in that trine
It is estimated Germany is
| able to produce ,from 25, to 30
! subs a month .'Ahen oper ating at
j peak production and when un
! molested by air attacks.
Since the Allies pounded U
I boat centers, it is belieed the
j Reich’s best efforts are 20 subs
I per month at present
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DeGAULLE
VIRTUALLY
| IN CHARGE
ALGIERS, ov. 10.—(AP)—Gen.
DeGaulle, Leader of the French
Free forces, was left virtually in
undisputed control of the French
Committee for National Libera
tion following the resignation of
Gen. Giraud as co-prosident.
Other sweeping changes drew
communlst censure wth hasty ac
tion in the committee’s recon
struction plans.
Gen. Giraud’s withdrawal,
which, however, left him in com
mand of the French armed forc
es, came unannounced at the
meeting yesterday.
The committee adopted two de
| crees, dropping five members and
j adding seven others^ ordaining
separation of the civilian and
military powers, reshuffling the
membership coincident with the
reopening of a consultative as
sembly.
The results of the meeting gave
Gen. DeGaulle complete control.
It left the communist unrepre
sented with only one communist
on the floor.
Assemblyman Audre Mercier
assailed the DeGaullists, when he
objected at the speed in re-shap
ing the committee, criticizing the
members for not waiting until
changes could be discussed “in
broad daylight."
NOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF
NOME:
Due to the number of loose
dogs running at large in the
city of Nome, creating a pub
lic nuisance we ask the people
who own same to cooperate in
either fring them up or to des
troy or have them destroyed.
All dogs still at large after j
the 15th of November will be j
impounded and if not claimed
and fine paid within 34 hours
will be destroyed.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY
POLICE, i
U. S,^WARTOLL—THE\ AND NOW
army 11,200 28,000 25,200 20,450
NAVY 8,350 2,700 9,200 2,225
*fggIft* | 2,050 2,525 660 1,920
iSZif | 300 60 40 | 1 ~
MERCHANT ACO No | 4 inn inn
MARINE | 650 linformcirionl 100
^ DEAD* WOUNpjjr MISSING PRISONERS
ARMY I 50,280 205,700 j 46 4,480
, coiifgLn, 436 0~ 457 0
cog™* 1 *.W\. 7,714 8 ,
MERCHANT . • No information in any category
• * Does not include deaths from disease'
_* __AP Feature*
American buttle casualties in World War II still stand far
it . t t 'j •• • ! •: M » li ••
below tl.o-e of World War I. This chart shows the toll in dead,
wounded missing and prisoners in five arms of the service after
approximately 11 months of the present conflict as compared with
the casualty totals compiled nine months after the completion of
19 months of action in W’orld W». I. • • • me
A PROCLAMATION!
On November 11, 1918, the last shot was fired
on the plains of France, to end the first World
War.
Now, 25 years later, our soldiers and the sol
diers of our Allies are again pressing forward
to victory over the forces of tyranny and oppres
sion and slavery.
It is fitting that we in Alaska should solemnly •
observe this anniversary in memory of those who
served for us and died for us in the first great
war, and in honor of those who even now are
fighting and dying that our American institutions
may live.
Now, therefore, I. E. L. Bartlett, acting Gov
ernor of the Territory of Alaska, do proclaim
Thursday, November 11, 1943 as Armistice Day.
Let us hope and pray that when another year
shall have passed, victory which inevitably, shall
be ours, will be complete.
Now we must press forward with as little in
terruption as possible to the essential tasks of
wartime, but we can properly dedicate the day
a one of homage and as one of reaffirmation to
those ideals which have made our nation great
and strong. ,
E. L. BARTLETT, Acting Governor.
A
•aid* M»«r to
DEMOCRATS
TO MEET NEXT
JANUARY
I
I The Territorial convention of
Alaska democrats will be held in
Fairbanks during an unselected
three.days from the final 11 days
next January, according to an of
icial announcement made this
week by Howard Lyng, chair
man of the Democratic Central
Committee of Nome.
€
Mrs. Leo Rogge, member of the
Central Committee and of the Di
visional Committee for the Fourth
Division, was advised of the se
lection of Fairbanks, and asked
by Mr. Lyng to have the local
Committee designate the most
suitable dates in the period men
tioned.
Absence of any-political activ
ities or discussions of any kind
even during the recent visit of
! Delegate Dimond- had caused
democratic leaders throughout
Alaska to wonder if, and when
party machinery would be set
, in motion by the Central Com
mittee. Mr. Lyng’s announcement
which also authorized the call for
Divisional conventions through
i out the Territory solved the puz
zle.
Since tHP"Obatb of Harry P’nil
, lips, longtime Divisional chair
man, here some time ago the lo
Ical committee has been without
I a directing head. That body is
composed of 13 members. A few
of them are out of the Territory
but a majority are available for
I immediate action, Mrs. Rogge
!said.
Upon receipt of Mr. Lyng’s
call Mrs. Rogge has been in com
munication with them. A meet
ing, at which all of them were
expected to be either in attend
ance or represented by proxy,
was held last night at the Rogge
home.
At that time it was planned to
elect a . temporary chairman aj;d
to fix the date for precinct cau
cuses and also for the Divisional
•convention. This it was expected
| would be held here during the
l early part of December.
“Next year will be one of the
most significant in Alaska’s his
tory to date,” Mrs. Rogge sa;d
| ,“It is the hope of the Committee
to interest all party members in
the precinct caucuses, the two
forthcoming conventions and in
the primary and general elections
1 to be held next year.’’—Jessen’s
Weekly.
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MOSQUITO
BOMBERS
IN ACTION
LONDON, Nov. 8.—(AP)—The
RAF’s speedy Mosquitoes kept
the sirens going over western
Germany last night for the sixth
time in a week as they bombed
objectives in that battered sec
tion of the Reich, while British
fighter planes struck at two air
fields in France and Belgium in
the moonlight.
ARMISTICE DAY TO
BE OGSERVED
Armistice Day will be observed
tomorrow in Nome, when the
stores of the city will be closed
for the day. No special program
has been announced as yet.
ACTION
WEST OF
KEIV
LONDON, ov. 10.—(AP)—The
Garmans acknowledged fresh re
treats north and west of Keiv to
day before superior Russian
forces, thundering over the first
heavy snows in the Western
Ukraine, toward the Polish and
Rumanian frontiers.
Vatutin’s First Ukrainian army
said official Moscow advices, ad
vanced 27 miles in one day from
Kiev, capturing 80 towns and vil
lages.
The battle carried the Rus
sians within 58 miles of the im
portant city of Korosten, fur
ther threatening the Germans in
the Ukraine sector of encircle
ment
.Russian infantry tanks were
pounding heavily at the Geman • •
Ides northwest of Smolensk “in
swaying fights,’’ on approaches
near the Latvian frontier. • ’
A German communique said ,,
violent Russian attacks were also
reported in the level area in the
frozen north.
The Germans described the
fighting in the Crimea as loc^l,
acknowledging the Russian
drive north in the Perekop Isth
mus and from the eastern edge
around Kerch.
A Berlin communique said
that Soviet landing formations
were driven back In the Kerch
Straits.
Another Berlin broadcast heard
in New York said the Russians
made fresh landings in an un
identified spot in the Crimea w'ith
heavy fighting on the Perekop
Isthmus. »
SENATE
APPROVES
COURT BILL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.--AP)
—The Senate passed and sent to
the White House, a bill provid
ing that a generau term of the
United States District Court be
held in Anchorage each year in
stead of in Valdez, where fire
destroyed the courthouse in 1940,
and since no proper building
has been available in which to
hold court.
SITUATION
IN RUBBER i
STILL CRAVE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 —De
spite heavy synthetic rubber
production the tire situation will
remain tight for the next six to
nine months, according to rub
der Director Bradley Dewey.
Mr. Dewey, in reporting said,
“The non-essential driver will
not get new tires in the visible
future. He can stay on the road
only if he reduces his driving to
bare necessity and recaps hi$
tires on time.’’
Mr. Dewey revealed the coun
try’s crude rubber stook pile next
fall will drop below the dan
gerline primarily because of what
he called a late start on rayoi*
cord production. (