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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 47. No.32. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 _
ADVANCE IN
• JAPAN’S
2ND. CITY
N FLAMES
21at BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Guam, March
14, —</P)—The Osaka factory in
tre congested area of Japan’s sec
ond city was transformed into a
huge pit of fire by more than
2000 tons of incendiaries dropped
* today by a great force of Super
fertresses.
The bombers completely wiped
uct 17,800 000 square feet of the
industrial district of Nagoya.
The returning Superforts crews
reported that four square miles
of that city are a solid sheet
of fire.
U.S.FIFTH
IS THREAT
AT VERGAT
ROME, Marcr —<#*)—The threat
to the German positions at Ver
gato, the highway stronghold 14
miles south of Bologna, Aitas in
tensified by strong Fifth Army
patrols.
Other units of the Fifth Army
beat off German counterattacks
on the newly won positions on
the 5900 foot Mount Spigolino.
. YANKS ON
MINDANAO
. ROUT JAPS
By C. Yates McDaniel
MANILA, P. I. March, 14,—(jP)—
The 41st. Division siezed four
more villages north of saptured
Zamboanga, and pursued the dis
organized Japanese into the Min
danao hills.
Against increasing resistance the
Yanks on Luzon captured the
soutrem end of the Shimbu line.
EYES ON THE B A L L—Janet Mantel), Martha Clemons,
and Frances Brix (left to right) keep their eyes on Iketr -ball
as they frolic on the beach In the sunshine of Timfira. Tbs
girls’ homes are in Venice
JAP DIET
SITS ON
AIR RAIDS
• Cr
LONDON, March 14,—</P)—The
Heavy bombers caused great
explosions in the Takao hydro-el
ectric plant on formosa and start
ed large fires in rail installations.
Patrol bomber^ ranging to the
China Sea left a three thousand
ton freighter ablaze and sank a
tanker off Indo-China. :
Jap Diet, whicr was summoned
for only one day, is being kept
in session to deal with problems
arising out of the American air
raids. They have discussed air
raid protection and takenmeasures
for the mobilization of seamen for
internal watr traffic.
A Tokyo broadcast said that the
Emperor over the effects of the
indiscriminate bombings of Tok
yo’s suburbs.
The Tokyo stock exchange is
temporarily closed. The six lead
ing papers are using one plant
and the remaining equipment is
being moved outside of the city
for emergencies.
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MARINES ~
NEW LAIN -
INGS IWO
By Verne Haughland
United States Pacific fleet head
quarters. Pearl Harbor. March. 14
—</P)—Elements of two Marine
Divisions made new landings on
the west coast of Iwo Jima, prac
tically unopposed on Tuesday.]
....The landings were made on the
two barren rocks whicr the Japs
had used as mortar positions to
lob shells into the Leatherneck
positions*
The Marines have now ad
vanced to Kitano where tre Nip
ponese are making their desper
1 ate last stand.
Admiral Nimitz announced that
more than 115 Jap caves have
been sealed up by Army fighter
planes.
DEFEND
TO LAST
BULLET
LONDON, March 14,—(^—Rus
sian troops have broken thrrough
one of the main lines on the Ger- i
man front west of the Oder river
in Berlin’s fortified districts, ac
cording to a Reuters dispatch.
The German high command or
dered the capital defended above
and below ground till the last
bullet.
A powerful new offensive was
also announced from Berlin wip
ing outthe Germans in East Prus
sia. It was declared rowever
that the attacks on Lebus had
broken down.
Official silence still continues
on the front between Kuestrin
and Frankfurt.
German broadcasts however
said that the front was ablaze
for 115 nul,es. Lt. General Von
Hauenschild, chief of Berlin’s de
J&ise, said Th#*5fijP
be defended 'nhtii the very last.
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Men and Materials
Pouring Aeross
Rhine Bridges
PARIS, March 14,—(IP)—First
Army troops now have firmly es
tablished their bridgehead across
the Rhine into which men and
materials are pouring to support
the 70,000 shock troops who are
alreadw moving forward through
the forrested hills east of the
Rhine.
In a dawn attack Americans
captured the town of St. Cathar
ten, 4 miles northeast of Linz, 7
miles directly east of a large
bend in the river. Infantry moved
on beyond the town, and are less
than 2 miles from Frankfurt, on
the main superhighway. Kretz
enhaus, 5 miles east of the Rhine
was cleared of the enemy and
Kalenborn yras entered.
To the south the Third Army
cleared the western bank of the
Moselle river save for a few
stragglers, and opened a new
drive across the top of the indus
trial Saar district, which has car
ried the U. S. forces 10 miles east
of Saarburg and the Siegfried
line. 1 ' -
Thirteen towns have been cap
tured, mostly on the east side of
the Moselle river. Fighting ic
the rugged Hochwald-Hunsrueck
mountains made slow progress.
Patton’s Army captured a re
cord bag 6,619 prisoners yester
day terday raising its 9-day to
tal to 27,127. Most of these sur
renderen in Eifel, and in pockets
sealed off by swift armored col
umns.
Other crossings of the Rhine
are predicted for the Canadian,
British and U. S. Ninth armies
on the lower reaches of the river,
between Emmeric and the Dutch
Border.
AIRWAYS
Pan American Airway*
.. The regular plane came in with
Captain Stan Doepke and First
Officer Disbrow at the controls...
... Incoming passengers ..Monday
evening were Judge Joseph Ke>
hoe, Leonard Mcllhaney, Mrs*
Felicia Lescovich, and Gabriela
Bianchi.(... ..
.. .Outgoing passengers were Mrs*
Paylpif Gabxielson, John McMil
lan, Wm, Be^, Nils Jorgensen
and Oswald Moses.