OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 46.—No. 107._ NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY. .SEPTEMBER 15, 1944,_PER COPY—i5c.
f NANCY FALLS
TO YANKS
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LONDON, Sept. 16.—<AP>—The
French city of Nancy, and the!
Netherlands city of Maastricht on
opposite ends of an 8-m.ile front >
« fell to American forces after a
battling offensive.
Nancy is 68 miles from Stras
bourg across the Rhine river.
Patton’s third army took Maas
tricht, on the Meuse canal, during
penetrations of the German de- |
fenses.
According to the German high I
command, three penetrations of
the Siegfried line have been made
up to 8 miles deep and 9 miles
wide.
One advance group is eom
* pletely through the first belt of
fortifications, heading toward the
Rhine river, and the cities of
Cologne and Coblenz.
HURRICANE
HITS EAST
_ !
SEATTLE, Wash. — <AP)—A
great Atlantic Hurricane blew
^ out to sea off the coast of Maine ;
and headed for S. John, New ,
Brunswick, leaving in its wake ,
death and widespread damage in 1
the northeastern states.
Sixteen deaths have been re- j
ported and damages run into the j
millions at Long Branch, N. J., j
alone.
I
Gales were reported at 80 and
100 miles an hour.
Heavy winds and rains ripped
buildings and snapped power
lines.
Uprooted trees disrupted trans
^ portation. The elephone company
reported 300,000 telephones out
of order.
It was reported that Pennsyl
vania, Maine and Atlantic City
seemed to have suffered he most I
damage. .
KERMIT ROCK NOW
VISITING IN NOME
A Kermit Rock, who graduated
from Nome High School in 1940,
is visiting in Nome while on his
furlough. He is busy renewing
old aquaintances and will soon
return to Fairbanks where he is
stationed. j
ARCTIC CLUB MEMBERS J
* ' ATTENTION!
Badminton will bo resumed
at the School Gym Tuesday
evening at 8:30 o'clock for
members and foficers of the
* Post.
AGNES GALVIN. Sec.
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VtU« Pa, alt* «»*a.r a i%*z%?*S’4 4?n» acms-aht-rf In Nor«w.p4y,
nafclM< repair* as a 4tp far a i'-t1.
DEWEY STARTS
CAMPAIGN
BILLINGS, Mont., Sept, lft,—
(AP)—A fighting campaign, the
like of which would not change
or interfere with the war effort
in the slightest degree, was out
lined by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
as he conferred with Governor
Sam Ford and other political
leaders.
A crowd of 7,000 greeted him
as he arrived from Sheridan,
Wyoming, when he stated:
“I am confident that before we
finish this campaign the Ameri
can people will be convinced that
there is no indispensable man out
of our hundred and thirty mil
lion.”
MANAGER ARRIVES FOR
N. C. CO. STORE
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bernier
have arrived in Nome to take
over the management of Leh
man’s Store which was recently
purchased by the N. C. Co. Mr.
Bernier announces that the store
will be closed over Monday and
Tuesday so that inventory and
necessary work may be complet
ed for the taking over of the
business.
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! NANCY FALLS
TO AMERICANS
_
(By WES GALLAGHER
( NANCY, France. Sept. 16.—
fAP)—This key city defense in
' northern France fell to America
I
I infantrymen this morning with
scarcely a shot being fired.
The population went wild.
An American general rode
i through the streets in a jeep as
j the Germans had fled, and only
: a few snipers were left.
JUNEAU HOTEL
CHANGES HANDS
The Gastineau Hotel in Juneau
, has been sold to Bruce Kendall
! of Anchorage. Mr. Kendall has
! operated hotels in. both Fairbanks
! and Anchorage.
APPRECIATION
"I desire io express publicly
my lhanks io all who aided my
candidacy. If as now seems
likely, final retuns insure my
election, I wish to give assur
ance again I shall go to Con
gress with only one aim: To
do all possible io advance the
cause ot Alaska and to rerve
Alaskans faithfully and well."
E- L. BARTLETT.
ELECTK )N
RESULTS
______________________ '
The election returns tod ale,
irom a total of 13 precincts, ap
proximately* half of the pre
ints. are as follows:
61*
Manders 236
McCain 301
I Rivers 299
Boyle 565
qhase 333
Smith 879
Wetnr, 148
Cochran 452
I Jones 426
i Miller ?11
Scctt <52
Ost 306
Warner .. 2 £3
I Lyng 4?9
Werner . 333
Andesron .- .... . 442
Baker . — 369
Bayne . 200
Bell' . 306
Cross . 356
Morris . 254
Porter . 448
Taylor .. 266
Walsh . 595
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j MEYERS GIVEN
ARMY AWARD
i _
1 HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
I DEPARTMENT, Tech. Set. Gee
Meyers, a former newspaperman
.
. and staff correspondent of Yank
was awarded the Bronre Star
for meritorious achievement in
connection with military opera
tions.
He covered the occupation of
Adak, Amchitka, Kiska, and "hr
. battle of Kjska.
He is now in the Yank office
in New York.
i
MINERS ADOPT
j RESOLUTION
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept., 15,—<AP)(
—The United Mine Workers, at
! a convention adopted a resolution
> condemning President Roosevelt
i and praising Dewey, after a half
hour debate, but they did not
endorse Dewey.
DAN JONES NOW
IN TEXAS C AMP
Dan Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Jones, is now in the
army stationed at Camp Wood,
Texas, which is the replacement
location of the 197th Infantry.
YANKS FOIL
NIPS IN ATT VC K
ON ISLAND
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ON
NEW GUINEA, Sept, 15. —'AP>
—Amerian forces compl«4ely
fooled the Japanese, bv larding
in strength today against light
opposition on the south and west
cos'-t of little Morotni island,
wAhin ?00 miles, and in fighter
plane range of Mac Arthurs ob
jective. the Philippines.
Tho attack was made in far re
after weeks of decoying the Jans
by heavy air attacks to ground
defenses farther to the south in
he Halmahera group.
The forces were put ashore un
der heavy air cover.
Losses were light, with no
plane or warship losses
The enemy’s Halmahera-PhiJ
ippine line is now penetrated and
is an imperiled threat that if it
is completely cut The isolated
garrison in the East Indies o«ti
mated at 200,000 men, would he
severed.
TROOPS HFT
SUBURBS
MOSCOW. Sept,, 15, -'A.Pk
Russian and Polish troops art
believed tn be storming ‘he out
skirts of Warsaw proper, •-cm
the can'tured suburb city of P^aga
and are said to have crossed "the
Vistula river, althougfi the Ger
mans claim to have destroyed 3 IT
bridges.
FORCES MEET
IN CHIN A
CHUNGKING, China, Sent.. 15,
—(API—Chinese forces in north
Burma, have established contact
with other Chinese forces in
Yunnan province.
These forces now control th-a
trail between Myitkyma ard
1 Tengchung. J1
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' FINNS CLAIM
NAZIS STOPPED
FINNS
Stockhrlm, Sweden, Sept, 15,
CAP)— The Finnish' government
today announced that the Ger
man attack on Hogland island ha<«
i been repelled, except at one
point wher*» they are mopping up
a weak br.i Igehcad.