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OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 46—No. 91. NOME, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 8, 1948. PER COPY—15c
A “G-EYE VIEW
OF NOME
By CPL. W. D. STARNES
When it rains ... it pours! At
least that is what has been hap
pening to the local G-Is as far
as entertainment is concerned.
Last week we had the USO
Overseas Unit with those four
lovelies and immediately after
their departure we were notified
of the arrival of the first “Spec
ial Service Entertainment
Troupe.” This small, compact
unit consisted of Larry Butler,
Ray Gaudet, Walter Rugucki, Sid
Yosiwitz and Sol Brown. They
were all swell fellows and really
had a lot on the ball. The show
was a hit and we’re looking for
ward to many more in the future.
Everyone is looking forward to
the formal opening of the Head
quarters Service Club. Among
the new additions we now have a
brand new pool table, ping-pong
tables, a new piano fresh frpm
the packing case and numerous
other things. When the club
does open its doors there never
be a dull moment from then on.
In charge of the new club will
be Miss Dorothy Tenny, a new
addition to the Red Cross staff,
and really a swell person. She’s
one person that you definitely
should meet, so be sure to keep
a close watch on that bulletin
board.
The new NCO Club is already
9 in business and doing a rushing
one at that. I might add for all
of the NCO’s that anytime you
might want to get In on a real
oid’fashioned “bull session,’ all
that you have to do is to show
your membership card at the
door and.walk in . . . it’s coasting
from then on.
Some of the more capable ex
ponents in the art of “snowing"
according to rumors have been
Sgt. “Speedy" Galski, Sgt. Mac
McGlynn, Sgt. Marvin Wilson and
Cpl. Melvin Hansman. But don’t
give up fellows ’cause there is al
ways room for one more.
OOTBALL
SCORES
San Diego Navy 10, Southern
California 7.
California 32, San Francisco
* °
Del Monte Pre-Flight 36, U.
C. L. A. 7.
Colorado 22, Utah 19.
Missouri 25, Iowa State 7.
Texas Tech 40, Texas Christian
20.
Rice 20, Arkansas 7.
Texas A. and M. 22, Southern
Methodist 0.
; Tulsa 55, Oklahoma A. & M.
6.
Oklahoma 26, Kansas 13.
> Holy Cross 42, Temple 6.
Villanova 45 Princeton 22.
Georgia Tech 42, Louisiana
State U. 7.
Southwestern 20. Arkansas A.
and M. 20 (tie)'.
Clemson 26, Davidson .
Notre Dame 26, Army 0.
Navy 24, Penn 7.
Temple 6, Holy Cross 42.
Indiana 6, Michigan 23.
Ohio State 46, Pittsburgh 6.
Northwestern 41, Wisconsin
♦ 0.
Lafayette 00, Rutgers 13.
Columbia 13, Dartmouth 47.
Capt. Edwards 7, Harvard 14.
Georgia 40, Presbyterian 12.
City College, New Cork 13,
Army Plebes 13. (tie).
Camp Grant 0, Great Lakes 12.
Duke 75, North Carolina State.
0.
w Wake Forest 20, North Carolina
Savy 12.
Clemson 26, Davidson 6.
North Carolina 21, South Caro^
lina 6.
Nebraska 16, Kansas State 7.
Illinois 19, Iowa 10.
Purdue 14, Minnesota 7. ^
Maryland 0, Virginia 39.
Crown 21 Yale 20.
Penn State 0, Cornell 13.
COCHRANE GOES
TO STATES FOR VISIT
* O. D. Cochrane, well-known
local lawyer, and attorney for
» the U. S. S. R. & Mining Co.,
Nome office, left this afternoon
for the States, where he will
spend a few months this winter.
TORPEDO
HITS HEAVY
JAP CRUISER |
ALLIE DHEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Nov. 8.—(AP)—A probable tor
pedo hit on a heavy Jap cruiser
in Rabaul harbor last night in
bombing attacks was reported to
day. Also a light cruiser, and a
destroyer tender in the New Ire
land waters were hit. The re
sults are unknown.
The Japanese shipping is mov
ing into the area for a showdown
battle, where action, which took
place in today’s initial heavy aer- .
ial blows, sank a heavy and a
light enemy cruiser and damaged
seven others.
Two destroyers and two large
cargo ships in the Bismark Sea
were sunk.
In the Rabaul area Australian
flown Beauforts scored a prob
able strike and at the same time
destroyed a cargo vessel.
In operations against Simpson
Harbor at Babaul, Mitchell
bombers of Admiral Halsey’s ;
13th Air Force, swept the south
errt coast at Bougainville, sink
ing three coastal vessels and
numerous barges.
Ground operations on Bougain
ville and Choiseul Islands are
apparently proceeding according
to plan. Land, sea and air oper
ations are the lightest since the
spurred drive to take the north
ern Solomons began Nov. 1.
EXPLOSIONS
ROCK GAETA,
SOUTH OF ROME
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS, Nov. 8.—(AP)—Re
peated explosions in Gaeta indi
cated that the Germans were pre
paring to abandon that port, 70
miles south of Rome.
Allied headquarters announced
another mile gain by the Amer
ican Fifth Army in a push which
threatened to short-circuit the
coastal mountains where the
enemy had anchored the new de
fense line.
The British Eighth Army was
today sweeping five miles ahead
along the Adriatic coast and
against fierce resistance, took
possession of the entire length of
the Sinello river, advanced on the
Sangro river, the next natural
barrier in that area, capturing
Scerni, Casalbordino, Carunchio
and Gissialcito.
Montgomery’s veteran outfits
took over the entire strength of
a lateral road inland from Vasto
as some places within seven
miles of Sangro, where the Ger
mans are evidently preparing a
new stand.
In the central portion of the
Fifth Army’s frortt^ Clark’s
Americans drove ahead over the
roughest country in the whole
Allied line to achieve a gain of
one mile, and capture Calablitto.
EARTHQUAKE IS
REPORTED IN JAPAN
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—(AP)—
The British Broadcasting Coift
pany said an earthquake shock
of great intensity, believed to be
in the neighborhood of Japan,
was recorded in Bombay, India.
AN EDITORIAL!
“Man’s inhumanity to man” has once again come
to the front—this time flung in the direction of the
City of Nome and its civic-minded citizenry.
Under the “citified” scarehead “Nome Is Colorful,
But, Oh, How Deadly Boring,” a tale of desolation and
woe unfolds itself in an Outside news article, as the
reader takes in a so-called .“true tale” of “the most
interesting frontier town in the high north.”
By-lined by one, who a few short weeks ago, visited
with us, and was accorded the “privileges” of the city,
this “pleasantly-primitive place” seems to be just a
spot wherein stories emanate to suit the satisfaction of
those who have never visited this part of the “high
north” and who have as yet to gain an opportunity to
do so.
To the writer of the afore-mentioned article, vast
pleasure seems to have accrued him from the state
ment “Nome is a vast headache” to-many His asser
tion the town is incredibly crowded and the climate
“savage” brings a smirk of disgust from this writer.
Under the sub-head, “Offers-Little Choice,” one
learns from this so-called correspondent, that Nome
has no facilities of recreation whatsoever Even the
mild entertainment of an ice cream parlor has been
denied us in the article. Reading further, one learns
Nome has no dances, no confectionery shops, nor a
semblance of any particular measure of “recreation.”
Adding to his remarks, this So-called correspondent
sums up the situation as regards to Nome: “A man has
no choice except to wander forlornly up and down
the broken sidewalks of Front Street, or of spending
the evening making the rounds of the roaring, jam
packed saloons of the city.” His remarks further
charged that 60 per cent of locally-hired workers have
been discharged because of drunkenness.
Summing up the story in brief, this so-called cor
respondent gives a vividly assinine picture of Nome
as he portends to portray to his “clientele” in the
States, that Nome is entirely not what they would like
to envisage, nor in which they would care to so-journ
for a time. * . &&
Bringing personalities into the picture as described
by him, Nome is just about the “jumping off” place
of the universe. Except for one, these personalities
were interviewed, we presume, in the nearest elbo
bending dispensary. We gather such from a rumor
this correspondent was refused interviews from the
most pertinent citizens of the city because of his
being on the inebriate edge, so to speak.
Newsmen have been known to make mistakes prior
to this, and we sincerely hope this so-called corres
pondent, after accepting our hospitality while in the
city, feels now such a flagrant missrepresentation of
facts in regard to Nome, should never have been al
lowed to roll off the presses. We fail to feel such to be
the case in this respect, howover, as we are aware like
instances have happened before.
For this reason, we feel a refutation should be made
at this time, both of the article, and of the fact the
aforementioned so-called correspondent stands high
in the estimation of the Fourth Estate.
In the first place we are of the opinion, the mental
meanderings of this so-called correspondent were
merely thoughts which have an unruly habit of eman
ating after one has imbibed too freely in convivial
spirits. After sensbility has vanished one cares little
of the effect his thoughts have on another.
The “grizzled old tuba player,” as this so-called
correspondent depicts one of the personalities men
tioned, refrains from comment in regard to the article,
but it is this writer’s opinion, he fails to be in full ac
cord with this so-called correspondent’s train of
thought in regard, to the city.
We feel, as do many others, this “cheechako” should
be set aright in regard to the civic affairs and social
status of Nome’s citizenry. We are of the opinion we
fail in appreciation of such a flagrant misrepresenta
tion of the city and are of the mind that such should be
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RED ARMY IN
ADVANCE
ABOVE KIEV
LONDON. Nov 3—(AP)—The
Red Army is rolling 3wiftly to
ward the Roumanian border after
taking the vital rail junction of
Pttdtov, 3S rotlas southweiat of
captured Kiev, thus snapping the
principal rail link between the
German forces in the northern
Ukraine, where the Nazis are
still battling ait Krivoi Rog.
A renters dispatch from Mos
cow said, the Russians had al
ready driven li) miles beyond
Fastov, and were engaged in
heavy fighting with Nazi arm
ored reserves which, were rushed
to breech the mighty push which
wus moving along at a speed of
about 24 miles a day and threat
ened to crumble the Nazi resist
ance in the Dnieper Bend, and
raised the possibility of trapesing
a huge number >f beleaguered
Germans.
Seizing tram lb ads if undaan
| aged German -equipment at Fast
ov, whose capture was hailed in
Moscow by 124 gun salvos, Rus
sian tank and infantry ’units also
are reported to nave _sw->»yt up
towns and villages' as they
lunged toward Baumans
The Nazi satelite, Stalm said
Saturday, “is anxious to find a
way out"
The war in the Crimea, far to
■ the southeast, the Russians say
i they have killed thousands of
, Germans, who were repeatedly
| counter-attacking their bridge
heads near Kerch, and have gen
erally improved their positions in
that area, against the Nazis.
German broadcasts said the
■ Russians were bringing up infan
■ try reinforcements from Pere
kop, to the Isthmus, the north
| western gateway to the penin
| sula,
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RAILROADERS
SEEK RAISE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—(AP)
—A special presidential board is
considering wage demans of 1,
110.000 non-operating railroad
workers, and recommended wage
increases ranging from 10c an
hour in the lower pay brackets,
to four cents per hour in the top
paid groups.
| Economic Stabilization Director
Vinson said the new recommend
ations approved increases effec
tive November 19th.
The sliding scale replaces prev
ious award of flat eight cents
per hour on all wage classifica- j
i tions, which Vinson reected.
However, rail union spokesmen '
promptly rejected raises. P. M.;
Jewell, chairman of the rail em
ployes’ wage conference commit
tee, called the recommendations
“entirely unsatisfactory”.
Fifteen unions were affected
and representative railroad work
ers who don’t actually run trains
or engines, are now taking a
strike vote for an increase to be
retroactive from Febiluary 1st.
IN NOME THIS
WEEK ON VISIT
Mrs. John Cross is in Nome
this week from Deering. Mrs.
Cross is enroute to the States,
but will probably visit with her
husband who is commanding of
ficer of a camp somewhere in
southwestern .Alaska, before go
ing on to the Outside.
JAPANESE
SENDING
OUT SHIPS
—
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS CM
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
—'Presaging heavy navy air bat
tles to come, Japan is rushing
heavy and light cruisers and des
1 troyers from Truk to Ratoaul in
a frantic effort to halt the Allied
drive up the Solomons, headquar
ters revealed today.
It appeared likely that at least
five convoys were southbound
over the 300 miles from Truk
toward Kavieng, New Ireland,
and Rabaul. New Britain.
The largest convoy was spotted
by Allied reconnaisance planes,
and included five destroyers, two
corvettes, a whaling ship, three
freighters, with five heavy and
three light cruisers.
MaaArthur said the Japanese
were trying to “relieve the sit
uation”, where American planes
• eight raids sunk six destroy
ers. damaged two heavy cruisers,
a destroyer tender, submarine, a
submarine tender, and sunk oon
siderable tonnage in Large mer
chant vsseLs. In those ra-ida
more than 700 Japanese planes
were destroyed and damaged.
The heavy blows kept Rabaul
largely neutralized and unable
to cope with the situation in the
invasion of Bougainville, 2fi0
miles to the southeast of Empress
of Augusta Bay.
At least one of the convoys
sighted already has been bombed
and hits were made on two cargo
vessels.
General MacArthur emphasiz
ed that there were stili no indi
cations so far that the main Jap
anese battle fleet was moving
into position of combat. No
sightings at any point of enemy
capital ships or aircraft carriers,
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TERRITORIAL
GUARD TO HAVE
WORK REVIEW
The Territorial Guard at the t
Nome base, has a very intereat
ing program for the winter.
During the past months, mem
bers have been working long
hours and some away from the
base entirely, causing activities
to decrease considerably.
To overcome this, the com
manding officer has ordered a
two-month review of all subjects
taken last season. Also a be
ginners' squad for any new mem
bers.
On the winter program t&era
are some 12 different manuals
of training to specialize in, not
including the basic training.
Moving pictures play a maor
part in all this training, basic
and special. With lectures by pro
ficient officers assigned to the
unit for that only.
All members of the Alaska
Territorial Guard are requested
to be present at the next meet
ing at the high school at 7:30 p.
m. or 1930 hours Army time^
Tuesday, Nov. 9r
All American civilians are wel
come to join the ranks of tHe
Alaska Territorial Guard armed
force of Nome, on any meeting
night.
See any active member for
further details.