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PROVISIONAL
GOVERNMENT
PROCLAIMED
LONDON, Jan. 1.—A provi
sional government of Poland has
been proclaimed, which calls it
self th° Polish Committee of Na_
tional Liberation. This was an
nounced last night and it is ex
pected that Russian recognition
will soon follow.
This action was challenged al
most immediately by the Poles!
in London, in what they term
ed an attempt against sovereign
rights of the Polish nation.
Edward Osuba Marawaski was
named prime minister and for
eign secretary of the Lublin
government.
The communist or workers’
party have four members among
the new ministers and the So
cialist party has five members,
the peasant party five, and the
democratic party two.
STETTINIUS
URGED TO SEEK
LIFT OF BAN
NEW YORK Jan. 1.—Secre-1
tary of State Stettinius has been
requested to ask British authori
ties for the removal of the ban
on a London broadcast, soon to ;
be made by Doctor Juan Negrin, j
who was the last premier of the
Spanish republic, it was report- j
ed today. j
This address, which is to be
broadcast, is to be made to the]
anti-Franco people.
At a mass meeting in New
York, Fred Kirchwey, president
of the meeting, said that thei
British ban was unwarranted
interference with the rights of
i American people to hear whom;
they choose.
COL. HOBBY
GIVEN AWARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—
Col. Oveta Hobby, of the WACS,
was today awarded the Distin
guished Service Medal, which is
the third highest army decora
tion, for her distinguished con
tribution to the war effort.
This was announced by the
War Department.
WALTER CONRAD
TRANSFERRED
Walter Conrid, who has been
stationed in Nome with the P.
A. A., has been transferred to
Fairbanks. Mr. and Mrs. Con_
rad will leave shortly to take
up their residence there.
Thomas Jefferson founded the'
first state university in the
United States—the University of
Virginia.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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sponsibilities that lie ahead of
us for the conquering of the foe
of freedom, and for the rehabili
tation of a war-torn world.
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RAID MINDAO
AIRRASE
GEN. MacARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP
PINES, Jan. 1.—General Mac
Arthur today announced that 32
more Japanese planes raided
the Mindao airbase and that 14
of them were shot down.
On Leyte Island, the American
infantry has now killed 1191
more Japanese and have taken
15 more prisoners.
Iwo Jima, the Japanese base
halfway between Saipan and
Tokyo, was bombed for the 23rd
consecutive day.
It was also reported Aleutian
based Mitchell planes struck at
the Kuriles again, north of Ja
pan.
NEW~JUDGE
ARRIVES HERE
Judge Joseph Kehoe arrived
last Friday to assume his duties
as judge of the Second Division
District Court. His appointment
was recently confirmed by con
gress.
Judge Kehoe is a graduate of
the University of Oregon. He
has served in the Alaska legis
lature, and since 1943 has been
special assistant to the U. S. at_
torney general.
Mrs. Kehoe will join her hus
band h^re as soon as transporta
tion permits, as she is now in
Fairbanks. They have taken one
jpf George Hite’s apartments on
First Avenue.
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FIFTH ARMY
PRESSES
FORWARD
ROME, Jan. 1.—In the Ser
chio river area on the Italian
front, the Fifth Army troops
have pressed forward and have
recaptured all the ground they
lost in the recent heavy German
attack, it has been reported.
Allied headquarters announc
ed Monday that the Americans
had driven a mile and a half,
and have now occupied the town
of Sommocolonia, which has
been a stronghold of the enemy
since its fall in the early part
of the Nazi offensive.
Other patrols of the Fifth
Army, while attempting to cross
the Senior river near Rivola,
were forced to withdraw due to
heavy gunfire.
HONSHU ISLE
IS RAIDED BY
SUPERFORTS
HEADQUARTERS IN THE
PACIFIC, Jan. 1.—Honshu Is
land was raided for the first
time by American Superfortress,
es from their base at Saipan on
N*>w Year’s Eve, it has been re
ported.
Througnout the night Tokyo,
Nagoya, Yokohama and Yoko
suka naval station were also
raided.
The Japanese radio was re
corded as saying that other
places on the east coast of Hon
shu were struck with American
bombs.
THIRD ARMY
IN GAINS ON
7-MILE FRONT
PARIS, Jan. 1.—Two miles
have been gained on a seven
miles front by the Third Army,
with tanks and infantry, it was
reported today. The gains have
been made in the Bastogne area
against the southern flank of
the German Ardennes bulge.
The attack, which they started
on Saturday, ran into heavy re
sistance, but latest reports today
state that they are still making
progress.
A new thrust in the southwest
corner of Libramont and the
capture of Rochefort, at the
western tip of the bulge, have
further constricted the German
salient.
In a futile attempt to cut off
our supply line, the Germans
have been furiously counterat
tacking for the past 72 hours,'
between Arlon and Agai.
Eighteen German tanks were
destroyed in attacks north of
Lutrebois, which is three miles
southeast of Bastogne.
Other enemy drives were hurl
ed back near Chenogne.
In the air the British rocket
firing was concentrated on Ger
man transport columns in the
St. Vith area.
Spitfires and German fighters
fought over Brussels for 40 min
utes, it was also reported.
PIONEERS ATTENTION!
Important meeting, Wednes
day1 night, January 3rd, at 8:00
oclock, at the old Whaley
Boarding House.
ROBERT BALDWIN, Secy.
HUGE CROWD
IN NEW YORK
CELEBRATION
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—fAP)—
Sunday night police officials es
timated that 700,000 people
packed themselves into Times
Square and celebrated the New
Year with both song and pray
er.
The usual New Year’s Eve dis
order was reported at a mini- .
mum;.
As the New Year struck,
thousands burst into singing
the “Star Spangled Banner”,
while thousands of others pray
ed for an early victory.
At St. Patrick’s Cathedral and
other churches, special prayers
were offered.
Deaths reported throughout
the nation reached a total of
168 in traffic accidents.
PETITION ASK S
RELEASE FROM
ARMED FORCES
GREENSBORO, N. C., Jan. 1.
—A petition has been filed in^
the federal court here by Pvt
Herman Seldn^r Weekawken of
New Jersey, charging that he
was unlawfully inducted into
the army. The draftee said that
he was a conscientious object
or by reason of religious train
ing.
Weekawken has been on a hun
ger strike for three months and
hag refused to take the oath of
induction. He has been in the
army for 22 months and has
been courtmartialed for refusing
to train with a rifle.
50 KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK
OGDEN, Utah — Jan. 1.—
A Southern Pacific train
wrecked here yesterday, when
two sections of the train ram
med together.
Fifty persons wede killed in
the tragic accident.
AWAITING
TRANSPORTATION
Mrs. Barney Vogan and son
are awaiting transportation to
their home in Teller. This tnree
y^ar-old boy has been brought
to Nome several times for treat
ments with penicillin, the new
drug which was recently discov
ered and which has proved so
beneficial on the battlefronts.
The boy suffers a bone injury
which he might have taken
years to cure had not this medi
cine been obtainable.
The outflow of the Amazon
River is 1,030,000 cubic feet per
second.