VOL. 47.—No. 35. NOME, ALASKA, MARCH 27, 1944. PER COPY—15c
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Churchill Predicts Allied Victory
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LONDON, Mar. 27.—(API
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill, confidently predicting cer
tain total Allied victory over toe
Axis, declared “the guts' of the
German army have been largely
torn out by Russian valor and
generalship”.
While the British and Ameri- 1
cans may win sooner *han expect
ed, the Japanese, who are "show
ing signs of great weakness”
among major points also.
The Russian advance from Stal
ingrad constitutes the greatest
cause of Hitler’s undoing.
The American air force in
Britain alone, with the vastly en
larged RAF, are each larger than
the entire German air force.
He stated that 4he U-boat men
ace is the greatest danger the
Allies have to overcome.
The Italian campaign is slower
but will be won, due to the fact
that 25 German divisions and a
large German, air force held Italy
C hough they were needed else
where. .
Churchill’s only reference to the i
projected, invasion of western Eu
rope was that German forces were
tied up in Italy, but that “other
Important events might require
their presence elsewhere
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ARTILLERY
DUEL STAGED
AT CASSINO
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS EN
NAPLES, Mar. 27—(AP)—The
uasault on Cassino was tamporar- ■
*r -stalled short - of its objective
ttttd changed into an artillery
duel, with superior Allied guns, [
which are trying to knock out
troublesome German gun posi
tions in the remain ng towns in
the southeast comer of this part
ot the action.
An announcement »id that al-!
lied artillery began a systematic!
campaign to destroy both the
Continental Ho‘el and the Hotel
Des Roses, which the Germans
had converted into fortresses.
A large explosion occurred
when the artillery engaged a
cluster of Germans with six-bar
reled mortars, indicating that
they had struck an ammunition
dump.
The only other ground activity
at Cassino drove back two small
raiding parties and probed the
center of the line.
In the air the American and
British heavy and medium fight
ears and bombers attacked scat
tered ports and airfield targets
ia northern Italy yesterday.'
Seven planes were downed and
five allied planes were missing.
NOTICE!
A Red Cron mooting will be
hold at 1:00 p. m. Wednesday.
In the court room of the Federal
Building. It will bo an open
meeting, with everyone invited.
Ala© election of now officers.
MARGARET MOZEE.
Secretary.
RED ARMY
SMASHES TO
PRUT RIVER
LONDON. Mar. 27.—<AP>—1The
Red Army poised their first
thrust into enemy soil aPer
smashing triumphantly to the
Prut river on the border of Ru
mania. This is where Hitler
launched the southern wing of his
ill-starred invasion of Russia
nearly three years ago.
Russian big guns are already
laying down a barrage in Ru
manian territory Soviet infan
trymen are expected to surge
across the narrow Prut river soon.
They are now figh'ing on a 53
mile front, only one week after
they spanned the border at Dnei
ster, which is now 60 miles behind
them.
Celebris, i the drive "to the
enemy’s border. Moscow fired 24
volleys from 324 guns last night,
and. green, white, yellow, red and
purple rockets burst all around
the city.
The Russian paper. Red Star,
confidently anticipated a continu
ation of the offensive and assert
ed that “for the Red Army ®iere
are no boundaries. Her boundar
ies are victory, and putting Ber- ;
lin in a straight jacket, and make
a German Valkyrie."
Sfalin, who announced the
conquest as part “of our state
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frontier" also reported the cap
ture of Bessarabia, rail city of
Byelthi, and that the victory
closed another German avenue of
retreat in lower Russia.
Other Soviet forces were declar-1
ed within 20 miles of Iasi through ,
which runs the major Nazi escape ■
railway from Odessa, in the surge
to Prut. i
Turkish reports state that Hit
ler is rushing masses of armored
infantry through Hungary and
Rumania, and probably plans to,
make his stand in Rumania, in
an attempt to at least save Ploes
ti oil fields
The Russians are reported with
in 200 miles of the vital oil re- 1
gions and 250 miles from Bu
charest, the Rumanian capital.
RAID ON WEST
GERMANY
LONDON, Mar. 27.—<AP>—
British heavy bombers thundered i
over western Germany with very
great strength last night.
They dropped around 2,000 long !
tons of high explosives and in
cendaries, battering the city of
Essen and the sprawling Krupp
Works!
Smaller forces of the RAP
raiders hammered the German
rubber center ot Hanover, 125
i pules northeast, and pounded the
railway center at Courtrai in
'Belgium.
The attack on Essen cost nine
planes, but observers said it was
a very effective blow on the re
consti ' ‘ion work that the Ger
mans v i been carrying on in
this vi 1 industrial center.
I N V A S I O N IOUND — r. S. soldiers march down a dock on a Pacific bland—headcJ lor
load ins harass which will take them to troopships bound for a South Pacific invasion.
JAPANESE
IN SUICIDE
OFFENSIVE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Mar. 27.—(API—2,000 Japanese
hurled themselves against Ameri
can perimeter at Torpkina and
Bougainville Island on Thursday,
in another suicide offensive, but
were thrown back in heavy fight
ing.
They left about 300 Nipponese
dead in the jungle battlefront.
On the northern side ol' Gen.
MacArthur’s battle area, the cav
alry troops were mopping up on
the Admiralty Islands, and the oc
cupied islands, and he occupied
islets of Amo, and drove on with
out opposition Friday to Toroki
na, in bitter fighting. Our losses
were remarkably low.
There were four dead, 47
wounded and one missing.
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DIMOND’S SON
WOUNDED
WASHINGTON. Mar. 27.—<AP»
—Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
was notified that his son. Lt.
A )
: John H. Dimond, aged 20, who is
with the army engineers, was
Wounded in the i$outb Pacific.
Mr. Dimond received ibis in
formation in a letter from his son
which stated that he would be in
J the hospital some time.
| RATES ARE
REDUCED
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SEATTLE. Mr. 27.—'AP>—The
| war emergency sur-eharge rates
on both freight and passenger
rates from Seattle and Tacoma to
; Alaskan points and between
points in Alaska, will be reduced
*o 16 percent on April 1st, the
Alaska Steamship Company ad
vised the War Shipping Adminls
I tration.
LIBERATORS
RENEW AIR
POUNDING
U S. FLEET HEADQUARTERS
IN PEARL HARBOR, Mar.
(AP)—The Eleventh Army Air
Force Liberators renewed their
aerial pounding n the No*th Pa
cific at the Kuc.le lalaada Sat
urday before dawn, and struck
at Paramushsrj and Onnekotan
Islands.
Admiral Nimitz announced that
in the Central Pacific, in the Car
oline Islands, a Coronado flying
boat sank two small cargo ves
sels Friday.
This is the first strike with
| American planes on Onnekotan
and a search plane dropped bombs
on Shumshu, which is in the
northernmost Kuriles. One Unit
ed States plane was lost
Mitchell bombers attacked \
Ponape on the !4th, and all
planes returned safely
IHIML C lUfte. Oytiftflito (Ml).
DRIVE MADE
IN DIRECTION
OF KOIIIMA
NEW DELHI, India,
' Mar. 27.—(AP)—The Ja|*
anese were pressing for
ward today in their invas
ion of India and made some
progress in the general di
rection of Kohima, which
is 30 miles inside the bor
der, and some 60 miles
r.ort’i of Imphal, in south
er's'. Asia.
jLne communique said
.lie*w they were across the
Hills from Kjohima*
wnere the Bangal Assam
railway lies, which is a vi
-U artery of the allied
>*ces in the north.
imphal is “being con
tained”, the communique
said.
Severe fighting is going on nt
Addiod, which indicates that one
of the three Jap spearheads have
been stopped.
Montbatten’s commanders mar
shalled strength to meet the gen
eral offensive, which is aimed at
cutting the allies' Assam suppler
lines.
The communique disclosed that
Jap tanks were encountered at
Tiddim on the Impfoal road ao4
several of them were destroy**! in
the Mogaung Valley
American trained Ciuztese forc
es continued to advance agsuiwt
the stiffly resisting Jap force*
which were cut off when Shada
rup was captured by Brig. Ge*
Memil‘3 Maurauders, in an “e«4
run’* around Jap lines
Ttua drive was one of two al
lied thrusts against Myitkyp*,
which is the main Jap base 1*
north Burma, and a terminus <t€
the Mandalay railroad.
They also made further prog
ress and occupied the village of
Tingpa:.
FISHING BILL
DEFENDED BY
WALLGREN
TACOMA, Wash., Mar. 27—
(AP)—Senator Mon C. Wallgren,
while addressing the young demo
crats, defended the Alas'**! fish
ing rights bill, which has been
criticized as favoring vested in
terests
The bill, he explained, would
substitute orderly licensing in
stead of the present “catch as
catch can” administration, which
in times past could show favorit
ism and use political maneuvers
in allocation of fishing grounds.
COMMUNITY FORUM
HELD MONDAY EVE
Under the chairmanship at
Superintendent of Schools Frank
Smola, the Community Forem of
Nome, met i# the High school for
their weekly discussion. Se veral
local candidates were quizzed om
pertinent matters, and in all the
evening proved highly entertain
ing to thos in attendance.