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THIRD ARMY IN
GEMUENDEN
ON 80 Mile FRONT
PARIS, March 28,—</P)—'The Ger
man high command today announ
ced in a communique that the
Third Army tanks had rolled into
Gemuenden, 218 miles southwest
of Berlin.
The report came while four
of General Eisenhower’s armies
were surging through wide areas
in the broken German lines.
The First Army reached the
Giessen area, 225 miles from Ber
lin, and now form with the Third
and Seventh Armies on a solid
front in rolling tank country.
The Second Army slashed 25
miles menacing Muenster, the
Westphalian capital.
The Ninth Army is cleaning up
the western part of the Ruhr*
which has been completely out
flanked by the British on the
north and the First Army on the
south.
The Canadian Army burst into
the outskirts of the Rhine bast
ion of EMMER.
Patton’s forces are now 45 miles
east of besieged Frankfurt.
The Third Army is taking
Frankfurt street by street.
JAPS CLAIM U.S.
TROOPS LAND
IN RYUKYU’S
By Elmoni Waite
GUAM, ..March 28, —<iT*)—Still
denying any hints of his intent
ions, Admiral Chester W. Nimits
reported that his carrier planes
and fast naval ships of the Pac
ific Fleet continued to bombard
the Ryukyu's and totally ignored
the repeated Japanese broadcasts
that American troops had made
amphibious landings on the stra
tegic Okinawa, the center island
in the center of the chain.
Nimitz did not even locate the
targets of Tuesday’s bombardment
but they are presumed to be on
Okinawa and small adjacent is
lands.
i Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher
spread his carrier pilots out from
southern Honshu to the RyuKyu’s.
rocketting and strafing targets for
the fourth day.
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Huge Air Fleet
Again Hit Berlin
LONDON, March 28, —<JP)—Nine
Thousand fifty flying fortresses
and 350 Mustangs, as an escort,
attacked Berlin and Hannover as
a German broadcast said Berlin
9 would be evacuated of all un
needed persons, according to the
German news agency DNB.
The agency reported that Ber
lin underwent it’s 36th consecut
ive RAF Mosquito raid last night
against armament plants.
Berlin and Hannover were the
targets of the raiders today.
This was the fifth major day
light assault this year against
Berlin and was carried out in
two formations.
The fortresses thundered over
the targets for over an hour.
4 Russian Armies
In Huge Pincers
LONDON, March 28,
Russian armies hammered in a
huge pincers on Czechoslovakia
and Vienna, Berlin declared.
The broadcast said the Russians
have forced new crossings of the
Oder river 38 miles from Berlin.
Moscow repores that the sup
ply system is being prepared for
the grand push on Berliu.
Peace Charter For
LABOR AND
MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, March 28,^/Pl—
A “Peace Charter” for Labor and j
Management, intended to prevent
industrial strife when the nation
economy converts to peacetime
basis, was announced by the AFL
President Green and CIO Chair
man Murray. President John
ston of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, who joined in making
the announcement of the charter,
declares that it will support pri
vate porerty, free choice of act
ion under a system of private and
competitive capitalism.”
In the document labor recog
nizes the inherent responsibility
of Management to direct the op
erations of enterprise.
Management as a counter-bal
ance pledges to support the right
of labor ito organize and engage
in collective bargaining.
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Pvt. Ron Brousseau
To Santa Barbara
Pvt Ron Brousseau has
been transferred to Santa
Barbara pending further
orders. His wife and son
will remain in Anchorage.
QUINTS BORN TO
NEGRO WOMAN
WASHINGTON, March 28,—(SP)
—Quintuplet girls were bom to
a negro woman Mrs. Ada Turner,
36, last night, but by six am. all
had died. The husband, Herold,
a $1,350 a year clerk in the gov
ernment bureau of standards.
Mrs. Turner is the mother of
8 other children, the youngest
being ten months old.
The quints were two and one
half monthe premature, and all
but one was bom alive.
COUNCIL HOLDS
Regular Meeting
The City Council held its reg
ular meeting Monday with the
following Councilmen present; -
B. G. Baker, Ralph Kitzmiller,
Eric Nelson, Robert Baldwin,
Charles D. Jones, and Mayor Ed
Anderson.
Several matters were discussed
at length and finally laid on the
table for action by the new Coun
cil to be elected next week.
"Around the World %?ews In
Pictures" appears regularly in
The Nugget.
Pre-Easter Services
At High School
A pre-Eester series of services
will be held in the local High
School auditorium from Wednes
day, March 28, through Easter
Sunday. The meetings will be
held each evening at 7:30 pm..
The speaker will be Rev. Edwin
S. Johnson of Oakland, California
Motion picture scefies from
Palestine, taken recently, and
from some of the National Parks
in the States will be shown each
evening. The meetings are under
the auspices of the Mission Cov
enant people and the Rev. Paul
B. F. Carlson. Don’t miss this
opportunity. Everyone is cor
dially invited.
SENATOR WHALEY
RETURNS HOME
Senator Frank Whaley, and
family arrived home from Jun
eap via the Wien Airlines, with
which company he is employed.
The Senator feports a busy ses
sion, as at the time of adjourn
ment, the Senate still had 42 bills
to consider. However all of
the bills were taken care of In
record time.
The NUGGET extends special
appreciation to the Whaleys fo^
kindly keeping us informed of
special doings of the legislature.
C-RATION MOULDS — Using C-ratlon cans as moulds Filipino children make mud plea
during a school recess. Picture was made, at Manaoag. Luzon, P. L _ --
Farewell Tea For
Miss ERICKSON
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A farewell tea was given at
the Federated Church for Miss
Constance Erickson, who has ser
ved our community so well and
; faithfully the past few years.
The following was included in
the program;
The Junior Choir sang “Holy,
Holy, Holy”. Mrs. John Timmer
played a piano solo, “Saviour like
a Shepherd lead us”. A quartet
“Have Thine Own Way Lord”
| was sung by Mrs. Booker, Mrs.
Hudgins, Mrs. Capener, and Mrs.
| Carlson. A piano and organ duet
! “Dance of the Rose Buds” was
played by Mrs. Timmer and Juan
ita Fagerstrom.
Mrs. Booker read a poem writ
ten for Miss Erickson, and pre
sented her with an ivory dog
team bracelet.
The party was very much en
joyed by all who attended.