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VOL. 47.—No. 5.
| Five-Point
» Program
Launched
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—'AP>
—A five-point legislative pro
gram, headed by the enactment of
a national service law.' was rec
ommended to Congress. The Pres
ident proposed the national ser
vice act for the duration, “to pre
vent strikes and with some excep
tions make available for war pro
duction, or any other essential
services, every able-bodied adult
in this nation.”
These are his other four points:
“A realistic tax law.
“A continuation law permitting
renegotiation of war contracts.
“A cost of food law.
“Re-enactment of the Economic
Stabilization Act which expires
^ next June 30.”
The President said he was con
vinced the National Service Act
was necessary.
He said: “Although I am con
vinced we and our allies can win
the war without such measures
I am certain nothing less than to
tal mobilization of manpower and
capital resources can guarantee
earlier victory.”
Supporting arguments for the
act. he said, “Millions of Amer
i icans are not in this war at all.
and the act would be a means by
which every man and woman
could make the fullest possible
contribution to victory.”
GREECE IS
BOMBED
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS. Jan. 12.—(AP)—Allied
bombers struck another day and
night doubleheader blow against
the battered port of Piraeus,
Athens, in Greece.
A one-two punch delivered by
a considerable number of fortress
es by day, followed by Welling
tons at night, was reported.
Crewmen declared many fires
were started and stores blown up.
and 11 enemy planes destroyed as
against seven allied planes lost.
The Fifth Army seized more ad
vantageous positions in Italy.
A German communique said the
Nazis were thrown out of Cer
varo, a fortified village our miles
east of Cassino on the Rome road
after hard fighting. This is the last
outpost guarding Cassino, the
powerful Nazi stronghold blocking
the road to Rome.
LONG RANGE
FOR BOMBER
LONDON, Jan. 12.—A new type
of American fighter plane, capa
ble of escorting bombers to Ber
lin and return, is believed to be
the longest range of any single
engined plane now operating in
Europe.
A variation of the P-51 Mus
* tang, United States army head
quarters disclosed, the long-range
fighters have been rumored for
some time.
NOTICE!
Republicans are urged to attend
a meeting at 8:00 p. m., Thursday,
in the court room of the Federal
building. Election of officers, plat
form and ticket will be discussed.
H. G. MILLER,
Acting President.
NOME, ALASKA, JANUARY 12, 1944
ON THE ATLANTIC — Allied ships and planes put a crimp in Hitler’s U-boat campaign.
Here a depth bomb explodes^on a Nazi submarine, another (circle) drops alongside.
ANTI-ALIEN
FISHING BILL
INTRODUCED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12—<AP>
—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di
mond instrduced a bill to prevent
the Japanese or any other aliens
from fishing in the waters over
the continental shelf off the coast
of Alaska.
Dimond said salmon cought in
these waters spawned in Alaska
rivers, and in returning to these
rivers had to pass over the shelf
and added the Japs fished the
shallow waters. If permitted to
continue after the war, they would
deplete the salmon supply of the
United States.
LOSS OF SHIPS
WAS SMALL
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12.—
<AP)—The few Liberty ships
cracked up at sea was relatively
unimportant, compared to the part
the Libertys played in the war
effort, said John Carmody, of the
U. S. Maritime Commission.
Offensive
MORE VIOLENT
MOSCOW, Jan. II?—fAPl^hv
face of strong German counter
attacks Russian forces were ad
vancing in the western Ukraine,
north and south of Sarny, and con
tinue westward after cutting the
north-south railroad through the
Pripet marshes, and crossing the
Slucz river, nearly half-way from
Kiev to Warsaw
The dispatch suggested the
Red Army was by-passing Sarny
just 35 miles inside the old Pol
ish border. Besides the troops
north and south of the city, other
forces were reported five miles
east of Sarny
Red Star said, on many sectors
the offensive was assuming more
violent characteristics as the
enemy introduced new units to
complete his defeated infantry
and tank divisions.
Other Russian columns were ad
vancing toward Rumania, incrta
ing the threat to Odessa.
In the upper Dnieper bend feec.
tor Germans were fighting hard
with heavy losses, and were still
holding open the narrow escape
corridor from Smela, in the Ka
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L0M1VJ1T1LL
CONSIDERS
LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, Jan 12.—'AP
—The senate committee went to
worv on the national service leg
islation requested by the Presi
dent, amid wide expressiohs of
opposition to the declaration of
Senaor Ausm, auhor of he labor
bill, which he said should not be
pushed for encatment unless the
united public demanded it.
He told the military affairs
committee, “This must not come
as a mandate from congress, to
the people, but must arise from
the people, and should move for
ward with the people.”
Austin said “Letters and other
evidence showed many segments
of the population favored the
kome t'ror.t service act, but many
committee members, among them
Senator Reynolds, were hostile tc
the idea of national service.
Under the new bill, employee'
who leave war plants on strike
could be forced to return to their
jobs, or be replaced by other
workers if the government felt
the strike impeded the war ef
fort.”
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ON'A PORCH IN TEHERAN — Marshal Joseph Stalin. President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister drarehill at epochal conference. Earlier meetings saw FDR at Casablanca. Quebec and Cairo#
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Magdeburg and
Halberstadt Are
Victims of Raid
AUSSIES IN
PUSH TO JOIN
AMERICANS
i ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW GUINEA. Jan. 12— <AP*—
| Today, Australians using mortars,
! artillery and tanks against a
! strong Jap rear guard action, ad
| vanced across the Buri river on
i Huon Peninsula, on the New Gui
i nea coast in the push to join the
! American invasion troops at Sai
dor.
1 The Japs staged determined re
! sistance with machine guns and
| njortars but the Aussies took the
best the enemy could offer and
i dug the Japs out of the path of
advance, which brought the Aus
tralians and Americans within but
*30 miles of each other, tightening
the squeeze on the enemy.
Marine fighting in the Cape
Gloucester area, almost directly
across Vitiaz StrsA from the Aus
tralian success, atK'anced against
counterattacks an<^ stiffening re
sistance. both sideli using artillery
i I
I and bombers to aid in the strug
gle for the strategic height.
American destroyers swept
i close to Choiseul Island to shell
enemy positions which were left
in flames.
I Choiseul Island, south of Bou
gainville in the Solomons, was by
passed when Americans invaded
Bougainville November 1st.
Thd enemy is believed to have
evacuation forces there.
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CAMERA FANS
CAUTIONED
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HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT—Well-intentioned
camera addicts with a desire for
i souvenir pictures of army con
struction work in Alaska are
bringing trouble upon themselves
because of a lack of knowledge of
federal statutes forbidding photo
graphing of any military installa
tions.
Alaskan Department officers
pointed out the case of a civilian
construction employe at Northway
who was recently fined $200 in
j federal district court on a charge
I of taking pictures on a military
j reservation.
I The worker, who pleaded
guilty to the charge, explained
that he had no intention of doing
wrong, but that he had only a
vague idea of provisions of laws
governing pictures taken on gov
ernment reservations.
Many persons apparently be
lieve that pictures are prohibited
only in connection with certain
installations, but a federal law
specifically states that no person
is permitted to take pictures of
any military installation without
authorization from the proper au
thorities, officials stated. This ap
plies to service men as well as
civilians.
Violation of this statute is a
serious offense and makes the
guilty person liable to heavy pen
alties.
LONDON, Jan. 12.—<AP>—.
American heavy bombers roared
over Berlin yesterday according
to German reports, setting off the
greatest sky battle of all times in
which the Nazis used new tactics,
to down 136 planes, including 124
four-engined bombers.
The main force of the Eighth
Air Force armada struck Magde
burg and Halberstadt, 100 miles
southwest of Berlin, while heavies
staged a diversionary raid on Ber
lin itself.
A Berlin correspondent to
Stockholm's Aftonbladet, reported
this maneuver in daylight was
similar to that used in the RAF
recent night feint on Berlin while
delivering a heavy blow to Leip
zig and Magdeburg, important
railroad and arms center.
The United States airforce is
still computing the results of the
raid preparatory to issuing a com
munique.
The Scandavian telegraph bu
reau reported from Berlin that
the United States air force lost
25 per cent of the planes crossing
western Germany.
On that basis, German commun
iques claim 136 craft were down
ed. This means that approximate
ly 750 planes participated in the
raid, but it is likely that the total
number of fighters and bombers
was much higher.
DNB quoted Berlin officials as
saying that “more than one-third
of the planes were brought down
with the loss of more than 1000
men.
The extraordinary success was
called a landmark on the way to
perfection of Germany’s air de
fense.
ROOSEVELT
BROADCASTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—(AP)
—President Roosevelt broadcast
the major portion of his annual
message to Congress, explaining
that though he was practically re
covered from the flu, his physician
would not permit his leaving the
White House.
Explaining the reason for the
broadcast, he said:
“I was very anxious that the
American people have an oppor
tunity to hear what I recommend
ed to congress for a very fateful
year in our history, and the rea
sons for those recommendations.”
MORE BABIES
DURING 1943
WASHINGTON, Jan 12—(AP)
—The past wto years have given
us a bumper crop of babies
exceeds by one million, the last
two years before Pearl Harbor.
The census bureau reported the
increase, noting the peak of new
births was reached about a year
after Pearl Harbor.
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