' V •
THE NOME NUGGET
' ■ *•
\ -ru,.:. '
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 45.—No. 88. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1943. PER COPY—13c
A “G-EYE VIEW
OF NOME
By CPL. W. D. STARNES
It has definitely been a hec
tic week as far as the average
“Mister G-I” was concerned.
Highlighting the situation was the
arrival of the newest USO Camp
Shows Overseas Unit 100. Lucille
and Eddie Burnett supplied the
magic while Marcella Blanton,
Helen McClure, Lucille Lane and
Stanley Erickson furnished the
musical numbers as well as a
few special dance routines. One
of the outstanding sequences of
the show was the vocal inter
lude by Lucille Lane ... I might
add th^t Chaplain Pratt. Sgt.
Tommy Gay and S-Sgt. O’Brien
are in a position to give inter
ested listeners a few of the more
intimate details. All in all it
was definitely the finest show of
this type that this command has
had the pleasure of viewing and
it has been a pleasure to havd
them in our midst.
Sgt. Parker, the new maltre d’
of our new Service Club is real
ly hitting the ball getting things
in readiness for the hungry G-Is.
We are all looking forward to the
grand opening which should be
any moment now.
One doesn't see many bare
ears protruding these days since
the Arctic winds have been
Whipping it up a bit. Sgt. Mc
Clelland, one of the newer faces,
sejemed to be experiencing a few
difficulties with that new parka.
And with all this fresh snow
covering the ground- it shouldn’t
be in the too distant future tT5at
our ski lodge will again open its
k doors for the fellows to warm
those chilled fingers and semi
numb feet. It was certainly a
welcome haven last winter and
with the planned improvements
for this season it should be
even better.
Don’t forget to keep in close
touch with your first sergeant
regarding details of the new Ser
vice Club. You can take tffls
as a real inside tip. It’s really
going to be “tops”.
Football
8 SCORES
Notre Dame 30, Navy 6.
Army 13, Pennsylvania 13 (tie).
West Virginia 7, Penn State 32.
Carnegie Tech 6, Pittsburgh 45.
Michigan 42, Illinois 6.
Purdue 32, Wisconsin 0.
Minnesota 6, Northwestern **2.
Indiana 20, Ohio State 14.
Nebraska 20, Missouri 54.
Colgate 7, Holy Cross 14.
Georgia 39, Howard 0.
South Carolina 20, Charleston
Coast Guard 0.
Dartmouth 20, Yale 6.
Texas A. & M. 13, Arkansas 0.
Iowa State 7, Oklahoma 21.
Washington 41, Spokane Air
Service 7. I
Southern California 13, Califor
nia 0.
San Diego Navy 28, U. C. L. A.
0
Cornell 33, Columbia 6.
^rown 28, Princeton 20.
Great Lakes 32, Western Mich
igan 6.
Iowa Navy 19, Fort Riley 2.
Kansas 25, Kansas State 2.
Duke 14, Georgia Tech 7.
North Carolina 27, North Caro
lina State 13.
Vanderbilt 26, Milligan 6.
Georgia Pre-Flight 14, Tulane
13.
Southwestern 6, Tulsa 6.
Rice 13, Texas Tech 0.
Virginia 34, Virginia Military
0.
^PRODUCER DIES
* IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Nov. l._(API
Max Reinhardt, 70, theatrical
producer, who staged "The Mi
racle” and many other plays,
died yesterday as the results of
a stroke suffered three weeks ago.
His last request of “no flowers,
no pomp. Tell anyone who wish
es to send flowers to make the
contribution to any war effort
to help defeat Hitler”
GERMANS
FLEE IN
DISORDER
MOSCOW, Nov. 1.—GAP)—The
German forces reeling back in
defeat, were In utter confusion
along, choked roads above Cri
mea today, as the Russian Fourth
Ukraine Army battered it way
within eight miles of the last
rail exit from the Peninsula.
'‘Fast Soviet units” broke
through- German lines south of
lower Dneiper, as the German
high command acknowledged in
a broadcast the rout but assert
ed, ‘however, that' flsnk attacks
i had been made by German mo
bile units, inflicting severe loss
: es to the Russians, while German
'counterattacks made good prog
jressS’-at the Dneiper' bend.
With the Russians driving to
ward Crimea,.over~a..broad front
; it is now impossible for the Ger
; mans to evacuate large fbrees
-any longer.- except by railway
which runs up PerekpP- This
point is only four miles wide at
its narrowest point to Kherson
on the lower Dneiper river rail
way which the Russians brought
within easy artillery range yes
terday with capture of Chaplinea
making it virtually useless to the
Germans as a line of communica
| tion by day.
In another 24 hours it is ex
; pected that Nazi troop eoncen
| tration whould be severed. The
transport columns attempting to
flee this death trap are being
pounded continually by the Red
Army air force.
—
FISHERIES
REPORT SHOWS
INCREASE
—
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—(AP)
—Reports from major United
States fisheries for the first
three-quarters of 1943, indiyate a
ten per cent increase over 1942.
Fisheries Coordinator Ickes re
ported in the Alaska salmon can
neries the 1943 pack totalled 5,
327,620 cases as compared with
4,973,020 cases last year.
Mr. Ickes also reported an
outstanding season in the Bristol
Gay area which more than bal
anced the poorer catches made in
southeastern Alaska.
WEDDING TAKES
PLACE IN CALIFORNIA
Word has been received of the
marriage in Pasadena, California,
of Harry LeRoy Sheldon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Sheldon, for
mer old-time residents of Nome. I
The wedding took place at the!
home of the bride, Miss Marion
LaTrobe in Pasadena, September
23, of this year.
The younger Mr. Sheldon is
a lieutenant (junior grade) in
the U. S. Navy, and is now sta
tioned at a West Coast port.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe V Sheldon
resided in Nome for many years.
Mr. Sheldon was identified in
banking circles, while Mrs. Shel
don had been a resident here
since 1899.
The bridegroom is a cousin of
Mrs. Bockman, at present head
of the land office here.
NATIONS ARE
PLEDGED FOR
WORLD PEACE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—(AP)
—The United States, Great Brit
ain, Russia and China pledged
themselves to united action for
the peace to follow the defeat of
our enemies, and to th eestab
lishment of a general interna
al organization, to maintain peace
and security.
This declaration was signed
by the big four of the United
Nations, at the Moscow confer
ence, and was made public to the
world, highlighting' the ‘fruits 6f
the conference, and included also
the declarations governing the
restoration of non-Fascist Italy,
free Austria.
Roosevelt, Churchill and Sta
lin pledge to punish those guilty
of atrocities.
The four-power document
stressed unity of action and con
sultation between powers with
the common enemy, until com
plete surrender is achieved. The
tri-partite conference agreed to
establish a European advisory
committee in London to exarrflne
questions arising as war devel
ops, other than the military pi^p
arations, and make recommenda
tions designed to coordinate Al
lied policy regarding foreign min
isters.
Military experts are preparing
definite operations to create a ba
sis for closest cooperation in the
future. Other problems were ta
ken up regarding the treatment
of Hitlerite Germany and her
satelites.
Economic cooperation and as
surance of general peace, and the
frank and exhaustive discussions
of measures to be taken to short
en the war against Germany, in
Europe also took place.
CONVICTED OF
RAPE FRIDAY
IN FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 1.—(AP)—
Roy Tanksley, 42, a Fairbanks
taxi operator, formerly of Seat
tle, was convicted by a jury last
Friday evening, on a charge of
rape, brought on by an alleged
attack on Bernice Eggleston Mc
Clellan, 19, whose home was for
merly in San Francisco.
The assault was reported as
taking place October 14, in a
cabin near the city.
Sentence was deferred pending
a motion by defense counsel.
Three to 20 years is the range
of prison terms which can be
pronounced on the convicted man.
HALIFAX TELLS
OF COLLAPSE
OF GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—(AP)
—Lord Halifax, British airtbassa
dor to the United. States, »f»< sug
gesting the possibility of' a com
plete German collapse, said the
war in Europe has reached the
point “where anything may hap
— __ *»
pen.
i Back from London where he
attended a conference, the diplo
mat balanced the possibility of
caution, indicating the Germans
are tough enough to prolong the
war indefinitely. But to news
men at a press conference, he
was openly strong over the opti
mistic prospects of the total
breakdown of enemy resistance
in Europe. He sketched the pic
ture of Germany be3et on all
sides by enemies growing out of
the unrest of counquered coun
tries in seeing their homefront
I battered by Anglo-American
I bombings.
His opinion of the German or
ganization at home was quoted as
"brittle,’, indicating that when
one part gives way the whole
thing would likely go.
Germany, he said, was like a
juggler when he “drops one ball,
all are likely to tumble down.”
The ambassador said he heard
| nothing over the rumored peace
; overtures by the Nazis, and in
dicated Britain still stands strong
| for unconditional surrender.
SINK 10 ENEMY
SUBMARINES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—(AP) !
American submarines cruising in
the Pacific, have sunk 10 enemy
vessels and damaged four oth
ers, according to figures con
tained in a communique issued
by Secretary of the Navy Knox
in a press conference. This ra$
ed the total of Japanese ships
sunk to 474, including probables.
Knox also announced the im
provement of the sub situation in
the Atlantic has made it possible
to discontinue plans for construc
tion rf from four to seven vessels
for use in ani-sub work, and to
use the construction facilities thus
released to build vessels to aid
amphibious operations all over
the world.
He said also that with the in
creasing activities in the Paci
fic, it is deemed advisable to im
prove the repair facilities on the
west coast. Therefore, the con
struction of three cruisers and
seven destroyers have been
transferred to east coast yards.
ROOSEVELT
URGES RAISE
IN FOOD FUNDS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—<AP)
President Roosevelt, in an ex
haustive review of the world
food situation, urged congress to
continue and to increase adminis
trations to $800,000,000 for the
food subsidy program, to assure
adequate supply to prevent a seri
ous cycle of inflation, to a legis
lature which has been sharply
critical to federal subsidies, and
loaned rather toward the higher
farm'prices to encourage greater
production for the war.
The President sent his message,
10,000 words, to the capitol with
an assurance to the American
people that there would be
enough food to go around, and
also specifically nailed reports
of meat famine this winter, de
claring the price support pro
gram was being reasonably st
ressful.
There are two objectives: in
creasing production and main
taining fair food prices to the
consumer.
r ' - ,
DIMOND TALKS
STATEHOOD
ON BROADCAST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1,—(API
Delegate Dimond told a radio
audience last night that Alaska
\yas ready for statehood.
With its great resources it
couid support a population of ten
million, he said.
Dimond, speaking on the Inter
American University of the Air
program over NBC network, said
the possibilities for the future
development of Alaska are simply
boundless, without dealing in ex
aggerations, indeed just to avail
ourselves of the emphasis of un
derstatement, Alaska gives sure
promise eventually, to being not
only one of the wealthiest, but
one of the most populous states
of the Union.”
He continued:
‘‘Alaska extends more than
2,500 miles east and west, and
1,400 miles north and south, and
lies in the north temperate zone,
with climate and growing con
ditions, comparable to Norway,
Sweden and Finland, whose peo
ple have attained a high de^ee
of civilization culture, and have
made magnificent contributions
to the welfare of the world.”
NOTICE, A. T. G. MEMBERS!
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Alaska Territorial
Guard, Tuesday evening at the
high school.
TWO GIRLS; ONE BOY IS BIRTH
SCORE OVER WEEK END HERE
Boy meets girl!
As a matter of fact, the boy
meets two girls. All of them new
comers in ome.
The incient took place in the
Maynard Columbus hospital,
the three principals involved, en
tering among the citizenry of
Nome, with the boy trailing the
girls, as the minority member of
the trio.
King Stork was interested to
a high degree, after delivering
the two girls to their proud pa
rents,, changing his tactics last
evening when he presented a fine
8-lb., 9-oz. boy to Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Boucher of the Nugget.
The new arrival came to glad
den the hearts of the couple at
1:35 a. m. Monday, and has been
given the name or Rodney Mi
chael.
Last Friday morning Susan
Castel was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Herren of this city. Mr. Herren is
at present in the armed forces.
The infant weighed 8-lbs.. 14-oz.
Dolly Kost Fall was born at
8:30 Sunday morning, to be wel
comed most graciously by Mr.
and Mrs. Fall. Mr. Fall is also
a member of the armed forces.
According to information re
ceived by the Nugget, mothers
and babes are in excellent trim,
but as to the three fathers in
volved, it appears quite obvious
the same can net be said of them.
BASE IS
BOMBED -
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Sf
THE SOUTHWEST PAC2F3C,
Nov. 1.—(AP)—The import»d|
Japanese air base at Rabaui. New
Britian Island suffered another
of Gen. MacArthur’s sledge ham -
mer blows Friday when a strong
1 force of Liberators, escorted by
Lightning bombers, knocked
down 45 enemy planes against
i four planes lost by us. -
| Meanwhile, American and New
[ Zealand troops invading Choiseul
encountered some opposition in
i the Vagara Voza region in the ad
vance over the southeast coast
island, 30 miles from Japan’s
Bougainville stronghold:
In the afternoon of the sam«
day a force of Liberators unload
ed 115 tons of bombs on the
Vur.akanau airdrome in Rabaui.
destroying 20 Japanese planes.
At the same time dispersal
areas were wiped out and it i*
thought an additional five plane*
were destroyed.
Before reaching their target
the Liberators intercepted 4Q
; Jap fighter planes, the Libera
tors destroying nine of the enemj|
attackers.
The same night Austrahan
| flown Beaufort medium bomb
ers made several sorties over thg
Tobera airdrome at Rabaui, hit
ting dispersal area supply dumps.
On the Liberators’ night pat
rol over the Vitu Island group
Saturday, two direct hits were
scored and one destroyed was
claimed to have been sunk.
October 28 twenty-nine naval
; craft, presumably P-T boats;
| sank a large enemy barge cram
j med with men, just north at
: Finschafen, New Guinea, and es
corting vessels, probably ant*<»
| aircraft barges were also sunk,
—
AIRWAYS i
-
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pilot Whaley Saturday made
trips to Solomon, White Mountain
and Council with passenger-^
mail and freight. Reporting that
the Lee Brothers dredge has shut
I down for the season on October
28, due to the extreme cold wea
ther.
Sunday Pilot Whaley went to
Teller, Tin City and Wales with
passengers and freight.
Alaska Star Airlines
Saturday Pilot Don Emmoni
made a trip with Alex Sookiayak,
Pete Takok, Silas Sockpealik for
Shaktoolik, Guy lone for Court*
' cil and John Ivanoff and Lauri®
Amuktoolik for Golovin.
Pilot Gordon MacKenzie wea^
j to Anchorage with Helen Camp*
: bell, T. T. Spurlock, and Paul
I Rasmuss.
i Sunday Pilot Weaver flew
j Myle Gonganan to Unalakieet^
Mrs. Willikaki to Golovin, Davi<i
Otten to Koyuk, and returned
with Klem Klementson froan
Unalakleet to Nome.
- VI
NOTICE! *
Beginning November 1st all*
night telephone service will b«
resumed and continued as loan
as help is available.
ALASKA TELEPHONE
A TELEGRAPH CO.