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INCREASE
* IS NOTED IN
FIGHTING
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, Feb. 28.—(AP)—Sharp
increasing in fighting tempo the
past two days along the head
waters of the Moletta river, south
i west of Carroceto was announced
as artillery dueling rose in inten
. sity all along the Anzio- battle
. front, Allied headquarters said.
British troops in that sector
stormed and captured two build
ings which the Germans had con
verted to strong points.
Comparative quiet existed here
tofore along the Moletta, which
empties into the sea, 11 miles
• above Anzio and extends inland
almost due east within a few miles
f of the Anziate highway running
from Anzio to Carroceto and
U Rome. . . .
Simultaneously with the in
>. crease in artillery fire, an Ameri
■ ; can cruiser standing -close to
s- shore, poured shells into German
positions yesterday.
. Persistent efforts of the Nazis
■ to infiltrate through ravines south
of Carroceto were frustrated by
* ■ -Arhfcritfah artille’ry.
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Sunday's allied communique
| S said Fifth Army troops repulsed
; two light German attacks in the
Cassino sector.
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One German broadcast said the
Allies had landed additional forc
es op the beachhead, and had con
| verted it “to the character of a
' fortress”, with fortified positions
wedged in to a depth of 7V£ miles.
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WARSHIPS
ATTACK
, i RABAUL
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Feb.
38. —(AP)— American warships
steamed under the guns of Japan’s
once-vaunted fortress of Rabaul
and hurled salvo after salvo i|*o
the shore installations.
Medium bombers followed with
a 110-ton bombing of the runways
■ and dispersal areas.
The destroyer group under
Commander Edmund B. Taylor,
drew sporadic fire from the enemy
; batteries. This was quickly si
lenced by the destroyers, whose
bombardment caused explosions
and great fires which were visi
ble for miles far out to sea.
The bombers, based in the
• Solomons, came in two waves and
caused considerable damage to
the airport runways and dispersal
areas and other installations.
Light anti-aircraft fire was en
countered, and for the sixth
straight day, no sign was had of
intercepting planes.
HOSPTAL NOTES
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In the hospital over the week
end, Mrs. B. V. Whaley is getting
along fine after having her ton
sils removed.
Frank Neil Daughtery is im
proving, after being treated with
the new drug Penicilin. He was
^ accompanied from St. Lawrence
Island by his mother on the CAA
plane which made the special trip
to bring him to the Nome hospi
tal.
TO TAP PT.
BARROW OIL
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—(AP)
—The Navy is considering the
1 possibility of tapping its Point
Barrow oil reserve in Alaska, and
| hopes to start exploratory work
soon.
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i The Navy Department disclosed
that many plans for the opening
, of the field have been submitted
to Interior Secretary Ickes, but
neither the Navy, nor the Interior
Department would say this has
been done.
Representative Poulson, repub
lican of California, who> urged the
opening of the Point Barrow field,
said the plans were held by "a
top government official,” and ex
pressed his belief that that person
was Ickes.
Poulson said he understood that
Ickes favored the drilling in
southwest Alaska, rather than the
Point Barrow district
“Oil men agree that the possi
bilities in the sou I'nwest section
do not compare with the Point
Barrow field, and If Ickes is still
holding for the project, it can be
smoked out because the Point
Barrow area is more promising,”
Poulson said.
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REVISES
(figures
ON SINKINGS
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PEARL. HARBOR, Feb. 28 —
(AP)—Revising their figures up
ward, the navy said that 23 ships
were sunk, and probably six more
sunk and 11 damaged, in the
American attack on the Japan
ese naval base at Truk, on Feb
ruary Iffth and 17th. This is four
more sinkings than was reported
earlier, although the seaplane
tender previously listed as sunk,
was removed from the new bst.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, in
a press release, said:
“The study of photographs re
sulted in the revision of previous
j figures when it was reported that
118 vessels , were, sunk in the Jap
: harbor, and vicinity, although the
(four additional sunken ships were
not identified.
Nimitz indicated that carriers
were not included in the list.
LABOR BOARD
TO HOLD
CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, Feb. 23.—IAP)—A
four-day conference, under the
War Labor Board auspices, was
opened to consider ways of bring
ing uniformity in wage rates to
working conditions in Alaskan in
dustries, which are suffering labor
shortages.
Dr. George Bernard Nobel, re
gional WLB chairman, said the
meeting is being attended by rep
resentatives of the Department of
Labor of the United States and
Canada, the Alaska Road Commis
sion, Alaska Industrialists and
other concerned federal agencies.
He said committees on wage
rates and uniform employment
would be appointed in a report of
the conference on the final day. J
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HANDLE WITH CAR E_Officers and enlisted men of an American ordnance unit in North
I Africa arrange defective rifle grenades in a pit on a beach near Algiers, preparatory to destroying
the missiles harmlessly. The grenades were no longer useable for combat purposes, having developed
faults due to a long period of storage. ■
MANPOWER
SHORTAGE
INDICATED
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 2P..— (AP>
—Manpower shortages, in the arm
ed services which President
called "grave”, must be made .yp
from family men and others, the
special medical commission rer
ported The army standards
should not be lowered.
The commission was created by
the suggestion of pongress. on the
theory that relaxation of induction
requirements for especially limit-,
ed service might delay the draft
ing of fathers and others with de
pendents. but reported that exist
ing standards could not be reduc
ed “without impairing the effic
iency of the armed services.”
No more limited service induc
tions are needed and the report
sent to congress to be acted upon
tomorrow, follows the publication
Saturday of a memorandum which
the President sent to the man
power officials, saying,( the na
tion’s manpower pools are “dan
gerously depleted,” by liberal de
ferments, and said the deficit
should be made up from those oc
cupational deferments, especially
in the young classes.
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BOMBERS IN
RAID ON NAZI
OBJECTIVES
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LONDON, Feb. 28.—(AP)—
United States heavy bombers
pounded Nazi military objectives
in northern France. The assaults
were combined with American
Marauders and British medium
bombers.
This was the first American
heavy bomber operation since the
raid on Regensburg, German,
last Friday.
The planes from both Britain
and Italy marked the 18th opera
tion of the U. S. Eighth Air Force
four-engined bombers in Febru
ary.
NEW CONVOY
REACHES
ENGLAND
A BRITISH PORT,' Feb. 28.—
<APi—A convoy hauling one of
the greatest contingents of Amer
ican troops ever to cross the At
lantic, arrived in England with
thousands of reinforcements for
General Dwight .... Eisenhower's
invasion army, which is massing
in the British Isles.
It is not permitted to reveal the
exact number of troops landed,
but all are highly trained and
ready for combat:
The convoy came through with
out a single attack by enemy 11
boats.
The Americans brought their
own equipment, including the
newest weapons available for
combat.
BROADCAST
IS WITHOUT
CONFIRMATION
LONDON, Feb. 28.—fAP>—
Tokyo radio broadcast a commun
ique saying a United States air
craft carrier and three big war
ships were sunk east of the Mar
ianas Islands February 22. The
claims are without any allied con
firmation.
The broadcast recorded by the
Associated Press, said “the fleet
included more than 10 carriers,
eight battleships. Two of the other
three warships sunk were most
probably aircraft carriers, and
still another carrier was damag
ed.”
“The attacks were carried out
against the task force, by Japai^
ese naval and air units,” the com
munique added.
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ATC EVENTS
.
Regular meeting Tuesday (to
morrow) evening.
CAPT. BRONSON,
Commanding.
RED ARMY "
NEUTRALIZES
NAZI FORGES
MOSCOW, Feb. 28.—<AP>—1The
Red Army troops driving west
ward on Pskov, outflanked and
neutralized the powerful German
line based in the lakes and
streams of that area, dispatches
from the second Baltic front de
clared.
The British radio said Soviet
forces were striking down from
the north and were now within
10 miles of the rail hub of Pskov.
Hitler ordered his troops to
hold out there “to the last man”. |
CBS heard a broadcast of Gen
eral’s Popov’s forces after passing
Pshtoshka, 30 miles west of Novo- I
sokolniki, and 40 miles west of
the Latvian frontier, and were re
ported to have broken the Veli
kaya line, just north of Pshtoshka.
The Pravda dispatch said they
also left behind them no north
east water line of numerous riv
ers and ponds where the Germans
had hoped to check the Soviet ad
vance. The Germans are now at
tempting to break of! contact and
reorganize their defenses, but the
Russians are harrassing them con
stantly. defeating the Nazi efforts’
to disengage from the advancing
Russians.
The advance was facilitated by
the complete clearing of Dno
Novosokolniki railroad, the main
line of communication just behind
the front.
FORUM TO BE
HELD TONIGHT
The Community Forum of Nome
will hold a meeting in the high
school building this evening at
7:30 o’clock. Topic: “What Part
Shall the United States Play in
the Freedom of China and In
dia?” Speakers: Pfc Arthur Ladd
and Loren Leech. There will also
be an election of officers before
the close of the meting.
The moderator will be Miss
Constance Erickson.
DECISION IS
EXPECTED
DURING WEEK
I STOCKHOLM, Feb. 28 —(AP)-^,
The Finnish press continued • to
prepare the people for momentou*
! developments and perhaps a gov.
ernment decision this week*
whether Finland would or woulcj
not get out of the war with Rus
sia. ;
Helsinki, meanwhile, dug itself
out trom under debris left by the
worst bombing of the way by f>0(i
Russian bombers, by Finnish
count, which struck at the capital.
Today’s communique said enemy
planes attacked Oulu on the Gulf
of Bothnia, about 340 miles north
of Helsinki yesterday afternoon
and night'.
But the touchy question is that
Russian troops, moving into Fin
land, still appeared to be the big
gest stumbling block in the Fin
nish Russian armistice.
The conservative paper, Ussi.
Suomi, indicates the issue appar
ently boils down to the point that
the Soviet guarantees safety for
the Finnish people, with assur
ances that they will continue ta be
free.
Failure to get such assurance*
would be the only reason no arm.
istice was signed. This paper gen
erally reflects the government
view. '
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PUNS UID
FOR RED
CROSS DRIVE
The Nome Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Crosd met Sunday
noon in the federal building, to
form new committees and discuto
the present war hind drive.
F. C. Bingham, Roy Adkins and
Frank A. Smola were appointed
by Chairman Dr. Thomas A. Mor
com, on the War F*und Drive com
mittee. W. A. Boucher, Rev. Ver
non Booker and C. Dudley War
ner were named on the publicity
committee
It was decided to hold the an
nual meeting on or about the 29tli
of March, when all reports should
be in.
The drive will begin March 10th
to fill the Nome chapter quota of
$2,300 in the Pacific area grand
total of $200,000,000, in order to
carry on the war work of the or
ganization.
M J. Walsh will solicit the out
lying districts.
The Nome public, assisted by the
local garrison, contributed gener
ously last year in the amount of
$3,454.21.
PAUL SUNDAY
DIES IN CRASH
LOS ANGELES, Feb 28.—(API
—Paul Sunday, 35, test pilot, son
of the late exangelist, Billy Sun
day,, was one of four men who
met death instantly when a navy
patrol bomber crashed into a
mountainside through low clouds
and snow flurries, 10 miles west
of Palmdale Thursday.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
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