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^WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27. 1944.
U. S. SEA POWER
The American navy is
now more powerful than
all other navies in the
world combined. A few
years ago, following Pearl
Harbor, our sea power, as
measured by ship tonnage,
was anything but formid
able. A * combination of
good luck and exceptional
achievements in sea bat
tle and in ship construction
has put the United States
far out in the lead. Secre
tary James Forrestal of
the navy department says:
the size of our fighting!
fleet has been more thani
trebled and that the navy’s
air arm has grown 20-fold
since the European war be
gan five years ago, making
it the mightiest fighting
power in the world. The
secretary explains that the
navy has added 65,000 ves- j
selsi aggregating more than
9,000,000 tons of which 36
per cent consists of fight
ing ships. The total num
ber of combat ships, car
riers, battleships, cruisers,
destroyers, destroyer es
corts and submarines is
now about 1000 compared
to 383 five years ago.
The navy has accepted
delivery of 57,000 planes,
20 times as many as were
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in our prewar naval force.
The combined navy, ma
rine corps and coast guard
personnel has increased
from 152,086 to 3,717,000.
But navy expenditures are
now at a rate 25 times
greater than in 1939. Dur
ing the last five years the
navy has been authorized
to spend more than $118,
000,000,000. We cannot
have such sea power with
out paying the price—a fi
nancial burden no other
nation could long carry.—
(Seattle Journal of Com
merce).
ROBOTS DESTRUCTIVE
The British cabinet de
clares that the Battle of
London is over and that
“blackouts” soon will be
discontinued. The cabinet
reveals that robot bombs j
killed 4,735 persons in j
seven weeks, destroyed!
17,000 and damaged 800.-'
000 houses.
The British statement !
says that 6,340 robots were
launched in seven weeks.
It is conceded that the
robot attacks caused hu
man suffering and whole
sale destruction but with
out affecting the determi
nation of the British to de
mand unconditional sur
render. Moreover! the
4,500 tons of flying bombs j
launched against England i
compared with 48,000 tons
of high explosive bombs
dropped on Germany dur
ing the same period.—!
(Fairbanks News - Miner).
BROUGHT TO NOME
FOR HOSPITALIZATION
Mrs. R .B. Julian, former;
Nomeite, who resides at Candle,
was brought to town by plane
for hospitalization upon an emer
gency call. She is in the Maynard
Columbus Hospital.
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ISLANDERS
RETURN HOME
The Natives of King Island,
who have been on the mainland
here for the summer, were re
turned to their homes on Kmg
Island today. They were all ga
thered together on the Bozo, a
small boat belonging to the Lo
men Commercial Co., and started
on their way.
The King Island men have been
busy this summer at their regular
occupation of longshoring and in
their spare time, carving ivory
for which they are so well
known.
The Nanuk was also sent later
| this afternoon to take care of the
j balance of the Natives who were
unable to get on the Bozo.
ALONG MEMORY
LANE
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(September 27. 1934)
Washington Roper told the
Federal Aviation Commission
that he looked forward to the
time “in the near future when
regular airways fully equipped
with radio and light beacons, will
be established over the main ar
terial air highways of Alaska and
that the next ten years should
Bhcw remarkable advances.”
A four-seated Boeing flying
boat will leave Nome for Seattle
about October 1st. Fare $300.00.
The vault of the Miners &
Merchants Bank, which has been
carefully watched since the fire,
was opened yesterday. Records
were found in good condition.
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MESS KIT RECORDS
FORTUNES OF WAR
PHOENIX, Ariz. —(TP) —Ital
ian fortunes of war in North
Africa are crudely etched on the
shiny aluminum sides of an Ital
ian soldier’s mess kit found, sig
nificantly, on a junk pile in the
Phoenix south mountain area.
Pfc. Vio Householder, local sol
dier, who found the kit, said he
believed one of the Italian pris
oners of war working near here
had discarded it and some one
placed the utensil on the salvage
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heap, not noticing the mscrip
! tions.
Dates and names of cities are
notched in chronological order on
the metal underneath Fascist and
Nazi party symbols, he early en
tries include Verona, May 16r
1940 and Tripoli, September 24,
1941. After Bengasi, Sirte and
other battle scenes again appears
Tripoli—the last inscription. k
The farm woodlands of New
York state aggregate more than
4,000,000 acres.
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ANNOUNCING
In order to make connection with the last
commercial boat, all southbound freight ship
ments must be in the hands of LOMEN COM
MERCIAL COMPANY by NOON, SEPTEMBER
30th.
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