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(By NORMAN BELL)
Navy fliers called their latest
exploits “Paramushiro Express”
£ "Empire Express” or “Tokyo Ex
press”, referring to the facts of
raids down the Kurile Islands to
wards Tokyo being accomplished,
on express schedules.
Commodore Leslie Gehres, com
manding the fleet air wing, in four
able reports to Vice Admiral
Fletcher, of repeated missions over
Paramushiro, for several nights
running without the loss of a sin
gle plane.
I rode one of the raids, thus
becoming the first war correspon
dent to fly over Japanese home
♦ territory.
Young fliers, only one over 30,
accomplished the bombings of
Paramushiro’s southern tip right
on time with other missions, which
were equally successful.
Gohre? said the raids struck
Paramushiro installations in four
successive early morning attacks.
The extent of the damage ami
other tactical details of the rain
were undisclosed, but the wing
commander said the flyers had ap
M parently taken to heart the advice
he had given, to get familiar with
the Japanese “northern door”,
“because we will probably have to
go over and take it 3ome day."
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AIRWAYS
Wien Alaska Airlines
Bilot Frank Whaley flew to
White Mountain Saturday with
„ . Mrs. Emory Lindgran and infant
daughter.
Pilot Whaley made a trip Sun
day to Candle, with Mrs Cy Cal
kins, deputy U. S. marshal, and
returned with Carrie Parrish, a
I prisoner.
Alaska Airlines
Pilot Norman Weaver made a
round trip to Candle yesterday
with U. S. Marshal Ben Mozee,
and returned with four prisoners.
Pilot Don Emmons left for
Kotzebue on the mail run.
Johnny Lynn arrived from
Fairbanks with a load of express
and left with Carl Anderson, Lena
Brown and Mrs. Don Emmons.
Pan American Airways
^ The PAA Pilgrim arrived with
Captain Ralph Savory and me
chanic Fred Moore, with Pan
American officials Larry Butts,
and Jerry Lay, pilots, and Robert
Jordan, divisional engineer. It
left immediately wiith mail.
The PAA Electra came in with
Edmond Mozeski as passenger. It
returned to Fairbanks with Mrs.
S. David Mazen and granddaugh- !
ter, Cara Benston. Also Howard !
Lyng.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS!
The city shall pick up all loose
dogs on the public streets which
shall be impounded for 48 hours, j
disposal of which shall be made;
upon failure of identification.
THE CITY OF NOME,
By Carrie M. McClain,
City Clerk.
FOUNDRIES
R OPEN
SEATTLE, Jan 24.—'AP>—
Foundries strikebound since Tues
day, reopened today with full
crews after the Washington and
Oregon AFL and affiliated mould
ers and foundry, workers voted to
return to work pending an appeal
for public hearing for their wage
demands before the War Labor
Board.
More than 6,000 had struck in
the two states
DIMOND NAMED
FOR JUDGESHIP
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.—<AP>
—President Roosevelt today nomi
nated Anthony J. Dimond as dis
trict judge for the Third Division
of Alaska, succeeding Judge Hel
lenthal, whose term expired re
cently.
Other nominations sent to the
senate foi confirmation included
Lynn J. Gemmeil, United States
attorney for the First Division,
succeeding William A. Holtzheim
er, retired.
COMPROMISE
ON VETS' BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—(AP>
—The senate and house conferees
agreed to compromise on the mus
tering out pay bill, providing $300
maximum payment to members of
the armed forces with oversea or
Alaska service.
The final version blended with
proposals that would also allow
$100 for men and women of the
armed services who 'served less
than 60 days, and $200 to those
serving more than 60 days in con
tinental United States.
STEP UP AIR
OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—(AP>
—Vastly stepped up aerial opera
tions against the enemy air and
naval base on Paramushiro island
on the northern end of the Japan
ese chain of “home islands ”, was
indicated in a navy announcement
that navy bombers had again
raided the island.
The navy reported two groups
of navy planes bombed installa
tions on both the north and south
ends of the islands
Early Sunday two groups of
navy planes bombed enemy in
stallations on the south and west
coasts of Paramushiro Island.
Anti-aircraft fire was encounter
ed, but no enemy planes were met.
All United States planes returned
without damage.
The communique noted the navy
bombers were based in the Aleu
tiona Islands.
Army bomber operations
against Paramushiro have been
conducted for some time with ‘
planes operating from the Aleu- ;
tion bases.
RUSSIANS !
WITHIN 1# MILES
OF CHUDOVO
MOSCOW, Jan. 24.—<AF’>—
Sweeping along both banks of the
Volkhov river, after wiping out
the German bridgehead on the
east bank, the Red Army is with
in 10 miles of Chudovo in a drive
which threatens to cut off still
another German rail line below
Leningrad.
The Germans, whose communi
cations are being systematically
chopped off in various parts of
i the Leningrad front, still hold a
narrow stretch of the mainline
from Moscow to the Leingrad
j line, between Chudovo and Tosno
Swedish dispatches said the Red
1 Army had launched another sur
prise offensive in the far northern
Finnish front.
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CONVENTION
SITE NAMED
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 24— <AP>
—The Democratic National Com
mittee picked Chicago for the
nationald convention and electe
ed Robert-Hanrrigan, commissioner
of internal revenue, as national
chairman, to succeed Postmaster
I General Frank C. Walker, who re
| signed.
Hannegan was given authority
to set a date for the convention,
and favored the 24th of July.
Hannegan resigned as commis
sioner of internal revenue, and
will be succeeded by Harold
Graves, assistant commissioner,
who was named by Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., to the post of acting commis
sioner.
CAPTURE
MINGRO
NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 24.—
I(AP>—General Joseph Stillwell’s
American-trained Chinese soldiers
captured Mingru in a drive in
' Hukwang Valley, north of Burma.
The communique announced
that strong Japanese positions in
the Tare area were taken and i
heavy Japanese counter attacks j
in the Buthedaung area on the
Burmese west coast were thrown
back.
SPEARHEAD
ESTABLISHED
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LONDON, Jan. 24.—Berlin ra
dio quoted a German military
correspondent as saying American
spearheads had driven into April
ia, 23 miles from Rome, but were
later driven out.
LEAVES FOR CONVENTION
Howard Lyng, Territorial chair- ,
man of the Democratic convention,
left this morning to be in attend
ance at the convention which will
be held in Fairbanks this week.
ATTACK j
HONG KONG
NEW YORK. Jan. 24.—<AP>— j
A formation of nine U. S. Libera- |
tor bombers, escorted by 15 P-40
fighters, attacked Hong Kong
yesterday.
Another formation of 12 Liber- '
ators raided Taroa Island in the
Marshall group.
Tokyo radio said Japanese
fighters shot down three Amer
ican planes over Hong Kong and
three over Tarao.
As usual the raids caused no
damage.
REPORTS
THEFT
SEATTLE. Jan. 24.—L\P’—
Representative Warren G. IV^y;
nuson disclosed that a secret and
confidential communication from
navy Secretary Frank Knox to
Admiral Frank- .T Fletcher, com
mander of the northwest sea fron
tier, was stolen from him last week
in Vancouver, B. C.
The confidential paper was in
cluded in the haul, which consist
ed of all of his personal papers.
some of which permitted him to
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visit Alaskan defense centers.
Provincial police asserted the
thieves were professional, and cer
tainly not amateurs.
The congressman said there was
the possibility of an enemy agent
trailing him, but added that the
thieves obtained little or no val
uable information, assuming they
were enemy agents.
The communication to Admiral
Fletcher was personal and confi
dential but of little or no military
importance.
Magnuson wired Washington to
reissue his Alaska papers, re
stocked his wardrobe, and said he
would resume his trip north in a
couple of days.
DEMOS OPEN
HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—1AP1
—The political whereabouts of
Hon. James A. Farley became one
of the most pressing questions con
fronting Robert Hannegan as he
took over the national chairman- j
ship of the Democratic party, and ,
moved into headquarters in a j
downtown hotel.
Hannegan expressed his deter- i
mination to exert every effort to
get Farley and other “no fourth
termers" back to the fold.
He had what amounted to, party
instructions to lay the ground
work for Roosevelt’s renomination.
Farley had not attended any of
the week-end sessions.
REPUBLICANS!
Meeting Sunday, January 30 |
at 3:00 P. M„ in the Federal
Building. Important!
NOME REPUBLICAN CLUB
Ben F. Gillette. President.
Advertise what you have to sell
in The Nugget!
Jungle Fighting
Finds Aussies
In New Thrusts
ALLIES CUT
DISTANCE
FROM ROME
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Jan. 24.—American and
i British troops, driving four miles
j inland, are less than 30 miles from
Rome, brought the Appian Way
under shell fire from the long
1 beachhead above the Pontine
' marshes.
A United Nations broadcast
! broadcast from Algiers said Rome
; was now within artillery range.
Lighting with the fury of a cor
nered tiger, the German Tenth
Army went over to the offensive
on the entire Cassino front, in a
series of violent night and day
counterattacks, and threw the
Americans back across the Ra
i pido river.
“It is apparent the German com
mand hopes to disrupt the entire
ifth Army front, and gain time
to turn around and deal a threat
| to the rear,” a spokesman com
| mented.
A military commentator said
the Americans had siezed a bridge
head across the Rapido river, three
miles below the Cassino in con
junction with allied landings near
Rome, which were attacked im
mediately by three Nazi divisions
which withdrew from the area.
The sea-borne forces at Nettu
j no are still expanding their mile
long bridgehead without much op
position. American and British
troops are still pouring ashore.
Both north and south of the al
lied-held town of Nettuno, for sev
eral miles the coast has been
cleared of Germans.
Communiques admitted that,
althoug no major opposition had
yet been offered the allies, Ger
man air attacks had sunk one des
troyer, a cruiser and two small
craft were hit.
A German broadcast said the al
lied forces were advancing from
Nettuno in the area of Litoria, 12
miles to the east, and four miles
from the Appian Way.
PARENTS TAKE NOTE
Diptheria and whooping cough
are dangerous, contagious diseases
that cause the death of many chil
dren. Children are most defense
less against these diseases espec
ially those under five years of age.
Parents are urged to have their
children protected against these
diseases at once. Immunizations
against diphtheria and whooping
cough as well as vaccinations
against smallpox will be given by
Dr. Morcom Thursday, January
27th at 9:00 a. m. at the Terri
torial School Building.
ANNETTE V. KITZMILLER,
Public Health Nurse.
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ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD*
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA,
Jan. 24.—tAP)—Jungle-wise A us*'
sies of the Infantry, fighting'
through swamp lands, and scaling
steep cliffs! sent the Japs fleeing
in panic from strong positions at
the head of the Faria river, in the
Ramu valley, interior of north
eastern New Guinea.
• The allied high command an
| nounced three strong Australian
I thrusts, preceded by dive-bomb
! )n& and artillery barrages, out
flanking the Japs, who left many
dead in their hurried departure,
which resulted in such success
that the Ausries cut off a large
segment of the enemy force in the
j k iniaterre range on the northern
[end of Shaggy Ridge.
Besides assisting the Australian
j troops at Faria river, the dive
bombers and fighters attacked the
main supply road from Bogadim
to Medang.
Allied aircraft attacked enemy
shipping and supply dumps at
shipping and rupply dumps at
Lorengau on Admiralty Island,
northeast of New Guinea, leaving
a 2500-ton freighter burning amf
destroying barges and firing sup
ply areas
EIGHT DEAD
IN CRASH
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan 24—<AP)
—Eight persons were burned to .
death and 10 injured, seven crit
ically, in the wreckage when a
city bus was hit by a passenger,
train near a suburban station
The bus broke in two and flames
from the gas tank showered the
wreckage which was strewn along
the right-of-way
RADIO BIBLE QUIZ
GIVEN SUNDAY
The Nome Religious Council
held snother radio bible quiz be
tween local members, winners of
previous contests, competing in a
grand finale Those taking part
were:
First team: Mrs, 3 V. Whaley,
Mrs Jessie Lehman and Mrs Ef
fie Baldwin.
On the second team were Miss
Elizabeth Buiser. Mrs. Earl Town
er and Rosemary Harrington.
The teams were well matched as
the final score indicates, the first
team with 105 points, the second
with 95 points
From the questions answered we
learn that the contestants are bi
ble students—at least they know
their Bible
The programs put on by the Re
ligious Council of Nome have been
very enlightening
NOTICE!
The Nevada Cocktail F ninja
is closed for the winter, except
to parties making special ar
rangements.—Adv.
r. PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAY BALL--JAN. 29
♦ H,GH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ADMSSION $1.00 BUY YOUR TICKET! NOW PROCEEDS GO FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS CURE.