November
Month to
Mail Gifts
Delivery of the annual flood of
Christmas gifts and cards on
time, always a serious problem,
“will be more than a problem
this year—it will be an impossi
bility—unless Christmas mail
ings are made largely in Novem
ber,” Postmaster General Frank
C. Walker warned today.
“Transportation facilities are
burdened to the limit with war
materials and personnel and the
Postal Service has sent more
than thirty-one thousand exper
ienced employees into the army
and navy,” Mr. Walker said. “The
only solution to the Christmas
problem is: MAIL IN NOVEM
BER. Mark your parcels ‘DO NOT
OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS.’
That is the only way to avoid
disappointment on Christmas
Day not only for many civilians
but also for millions of members
of the armed forces who are still
in this country.
“It is also the only way to
avoid the possibility of a Christ
mas emergency in the transpor
totion and postal services. If
the public will cooperate by
mailing their Christmas parcels
during November, we can han
dle a small volume of light, last
minute mailings, such as cards,
up to December 10—but we can
do that and avoid an emergency
only if November is really
‘Christmas Mailing Month'. ”
Postal officials pointed out
that the volume of mail now is
far above any previous records,
that railway cars by the hun
dreds have been diverted to war
service and that the air lines
have only about half as many
planes as they once operated.
More than two hundred thous
and extra temporary employees
normally are employed to help
with the holiday postal rush. This
year, the egtra employees will be
largely women and high school
boys and girls who are unable
to work the long hours usually
required and whose work will be
relatively slow.
To deliver the Christmas
mails on time, therefore, it is
necessary that mailings be spread
out over a longer period so that
available transportation equip
ment and postal personnel can
be used during more weeks. It
will be utterly impossible to
make the deliveries by Christ
mas if mailers wait until the last
three weeks before the holiday,
as in normal years.
There is another reason for
shopping and mailing earlier
than ever before. Retail stores
are short-handed. Purchasers can
avoid shopping in crowded stores
long waits for service, and other
inconveniences of late shopping
if they buy now. They will also
doubtless have a better choice
of merchandise than will be
available later.
Postmaster General Walkers
observed that his warning is not
what to do; it is only an advance
an attempt to tell the public
notification of what will happen
if they mail late. He feels that
the public is entitled to the facts,
and that when they know them,
they will decide to MiAIL IN
NOVEMBER!
pOOTBALL
1 SCORES
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Notre Dame 14, Great Lakes 19.
Iowa Navy 32 Minnesota 0.
Oklahoma 26, Nebraska 7.
Brooklyn 12, Rutgers 6.
Navy 13, Army 0.
North Carolina 54, Virginia 7.
Lafayette 58, Lehigh 0.
Del Monte Pre-Flight 47 Cali
fornia 8.
Southern California 26, UCLA
13.
Georgia 48, Georgia Tech 0.
Camp LeJeune Marines 13,
Jacksonville Navy 6.
Southern Methodist 20, Texas
Christian 0.
Southwestern Texas 21, Rice 7.
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VOL. 46.—No. 100. NOME, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 29, 1943. PER COPY—13c
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Poison
Gas Now
In Use
CHUNGKING, Nov. 20.—Jap
forces have been beaten back in
a rout in their attempt to seize
the vital city of Changteh, the
gateway to Changsha.
The Japanese hurled waves of
infantry against the city, under
support of continuous artillery
fire and air bombardment. The
Chinese defenders fought back
stubbornly, the Chinese commam
said, and wiped out over 2 000 of
the invaders, who charged be
hind clouds of poison gas. All
attacks were repulsed.
Another 2,000 Japs were re
ported killed near Tzeli, north
west of Changteh, with the enemy
reporting the vacuation of Tao
yuan, southwest of the besieged
city.
Chinese headquarters acknow
ledged however< that Chinese
troops wer surroundd by the
Japanese between Taoyuan and
Tungting Lake.
OFFENSIVES
STEPPED UP
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i LONDON, Nov. 29.—(AP)—In
view of the stepped-up offensives
on three sides of Hitler’s fort
ress in Europe, there is suggest
ed by other nations that the “big
three” may be planning some
kind of dramatic announcement,
such as a last warning to Ger
many, before launching the
grand invasion of western Eu
rope.
But an even more history
making event of world-wide
scope involving war and peace, is
viewed here as possible that
China’s Generalissimo Chiang
Kai Shek might meet the three
Allied leaders in Berne.
Dispatchs from Stockholm
| said that Franz von Pa pen Nazi
ambassador to Turkey, visited the
Vatican Friday. It was reported
in Switzerland that von Papen’s
recent trip to Berlin had nothing
to do with Turkish affairs.
Reuters declared that von Pa
pen left the Vatican by air Sat
urday, after conferring first
with Luici, Cardinal Maglione,
papal secretary of state, and la
ter with the Pope.
The correspondent said the
Pope is still receiving a succes
sion of important personalities.
LOSE FIRST
TILT OF YEAR
GREAT LAKES 111., Nov. 29.
—(AP)—Great Lakes Naval
Station eleven greeted the Irish
of Notre Dame yesterday with
the latter team coming out on
the short end of a 19-14 score.
This was the first defeat of the
Irish this season.
With one minute left to play
the naval aggregation used those
precious seconds to score a touch
down after a 75-yard drive. The
drive was made (by Talley on a
pass from Steve Lash.
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INTRODUCED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29—(AP)
—Bills were introduced in both
houses providing unemployment
insurance up to $25.00 per week
for our service men and women,
plans a bill to provide $300 mus
tering out pay for those holding
The House military committee
rank of captain in the army or
lieutenant senior grade in the
navy, and lower.
The President, in a message to
congress, asked for unemploy
ment benefits continuing up to 52
weeks, if serviceman remains un
employed that long after dis
charge. This would supplement
existing state unemployment
benefits.
MORE MEN TO
BE INDUCTED
WASHINGTON, Nov, 29.,—
(AP)—Some 300,000 men< far
more than the War Manpower
Commission expected to be called,
may be tapped for Uncle Sam’s
military service in January.
The WMC has indicated that
the Army draft requirements
would drop sharply after the first
of the year, but the War Depart
ment certified that the call for
January would be twice as large
as expected as a result of the
combined army and navy month
ly quota and would remain at
about 300,000 for January, about
50.000 above replacements re
quirements because of lagging
enlistments in the WACS, and
due to draft boards to meet quo
tas in reluctance to order pre
Pearl Harbor fathers to report.
Russians
In Drive
North
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MOSCOW, Nov. 29 —The Red
army is advancing rapidly to
ward the important junction of
Zhlobin in the drive along the es
cape gap northwest of Gomel,
through which the broken Ger
man forces are attempting to
flee, sweeping up 150 villages
and siezing many prisoners.
Meanwhile, other Russian forc
es surged forward to the west
and southwest in White Russia,
and killed 3 800 Nazis in heavy
fighting, extending from the Go
mel area to below Dnepropet
rovsk.
A London broadcast said that
one Soviet spearhead was only
15 miles from Zhlobin, although
the Germans persisted in heavy
tank and infantry assaults in the
three Ukrainian sectors of Koros
ten. Chernkiakhov and Brusilov,
and making no headway.
The Berlin radio chwn^d th^
recapture of Korosten, 75 miles
northwest of Kiev.
General Kokossovsky's White
Russian armies plunged ahead to
ward Zhlobin after capturing
Buda and Koshehevskaya on the
Gomel-Zhlobin-iMinsk railway,
nearly 30 miles nortnwest of Go
mel in a single day’s advance of
10 miles, from Uvarovitchi.
BOMBERS IN
GERMAN RAID
LONDON, Nov. 29.—RAF
bombers, striking from British
bases, blasted Western Germany
again last night, and if in de
fiance of the German threats of
a mysterious reprisal weapon.
Attacks on Berlin left a third
of the capital in ruins. No planes
were lost in last night’s opera
tions, which included minelaying
in enemy waters.
These new attacks followed the
report that approximately two
and one-half billion dollars were
being spent to expand the al
ready mighty British-American
aerial offensive from Britain
which included about 555 mil
; lions to be spent on airfields and
depots for the U. S. Eighth Force.
COMMUNITY XMAS
NOW UNDER WAY
At a meeting in the Court
i House Sunday afternoon, plans
for the 1943 Community Christ
mas Tree were discussed.
The meeting was called to order
by the Arctic Club vice-president.
W. A. Boucher. (A customary
function of the Arctic Club).
After stating the purpose of
the meeting the acting chairman
asked for nominations for chair
man of the comrruttee, for the
1943 event. Whereupon Frank
Smola was duly elected chair
man; A. Polet, secretary’ and
Harry Gabrielson, treasurer.
Chairman Smola assumed the
chair and asked for a motion des
ignating Thursday. December
23, 1943, to be the date of the
Community Christmas Tree. Mo
tion was unanimously carried.
A meeting was set for Wed
nesday evening at 8:00 o’clock in
the U. S. Court House for a com
mittee and business discussion.
English
In Night
Attack
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Nov. 29.—(AP)—'The
Eighth Army, visited by General
Montgomery, hit the Germans a
colossal crack, to drive them far
ther north toward Rome.
It struck out in new offensives
in the darkness of Sunday morn
ing from the Sangro bridgeheads,
making good progress in the
face of enemy flame throwers.
The attack was carried out at
night in typical Montgomery
style, backed by a terrific air
onslaught and was carried out by
veteran British, Indian and New
Zealand divisions, rushing for
ward in the flashing lights of the
exceptionally heavy artillery
barrage.
The Americans on the right
flank of General Mark Clark’s
Italian front, seized more high
ground, and broke up a deter
mined German counter-thrust
west of Venafro. Much patrol
action and artillery fire was car
ried out.
British destroyers laid down
a heavy bombardment on the
enemy port of Civitanova, 20
miles south of Ancona on the
Adriatic coast.
ALASKA IS i
CROSSROADS
DENVER Nov. 29.—CAP)—
Alaska, the unofficial ‘-49th
state”, is the crossroads of the
world, in the opinion of the Can
adian writer and lecturer, Syd
ney R. Montague.
When interviewed, he called
attentoin to seven valleys in
Alaska which could out-produce
the great Ruhr industrial devel
opment seven times.
Before the war 70,000 peo
ple lived in Alaska, but there
will be 170,000 when the war is
over.
The areas of most resources
will be the leaders—these Vill
be Russia Alaska and Canada,
with Alaska in the middle posi
tion, and will be the center of
industry and the crossroads of
the world.
In addition post-war travel
will make the North important,
because mainlines will follow the
shortest routes over the top of
I the earth.
NAVY WINS i
FROM ARMY
WEST POFNT, N. Y. Nov. 29.
— AP)—The Navy scored twice
in the last half in a thrill at
tempt to down the stubborn Army
eleven, to win the fifth straight
triumph over the cadets.
The weather for the game waa
; ideal with 15,000 fans jamming
! the stands.
Bob Jenkins banged over the
line in the third period, with
James Pettit following in the
fourth, for the final touchdown
of the game.
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