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1 VOL. 46.—No. 92.NOME. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1944 PER COPY—15c.
* MOLOTOV IN !
MEETING WITH
FINN LEADERS
MOSCOW, Aug. 9.—-<APl—For
eign Commisar Vyachislav Molo
tov conferred at the Kremlin
Tuesday night for two hours with
# Premier Stanislaw Mikoljczkyk,
of the Polish government in ex
ile, and representatives of the
Soviet-sponsored Polish commit
tee of National Liberation.
This was the first time the Sov
iet Union and members of the ri
val Polish groups were represent
ed at the same conference table
A member of the London group
said the atmosphere was “friend
ly” and while the meeting was
informal, there was no statement
issued.
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PREMIER LOSES
TO FORMER
QUEBEC HEAD
MONTREAL, Quebec. Aug. 9.
—<AP>—The liberal government
of Premier Adelard Godbout,
proponent of the full cooperation
, in the Canadian federal war ef
** fort, was defeated in a bitterly
contested Quebec provincial elec
tion Tuesday, by the Nationale
party, under the former Premier
Maurice Duplisses, who cam
paigned against what he termed
“federal interference”, in the af
fairs of the predominately
French-speaking province
ALBERTA MEN
RE-ELECTED
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* EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 9 —
JVP>—The re-election of the nine
year-old social credit govern
ment in Alberta, was conceded
Tuesday night by rival factions, a
.little more than an hour after
vote tabulation was started.
Candidates in the election were
ting election to the province’s
egislative seats. ;
* illilea given
COST IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 9.
—<AP.)—The nomination of Lt.
r*Col .Frank J. Killilea, of And
ver, Massachusetts, as procure
JHNit officer of Selective Service
J r Alaska, was approved Tues
day by the Senate. ^
Jr PIONEERS TO MEET
The Pioneer* of Alaska will
moot tonight, Wednesday, at 8
o'clock in thy Masonic ample.
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DOCS ON THE MARC H—War dogs, being trained for
the Army by the remount service of the quartermaster corps, go
on a practice march with their handlers through the California
forest. The dogs are sard to enVy tr»c w ork.
NEW FINNISH
CABINET NAMED
FOR PEACE AIMS
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 9
—<AP>—The new Finnish cabinet
was obviously picked to clear the
way for peace feelers with Russia,
it was announced in Helsinki,
that nation’s capital, Tuesday
night, by its President, Carl
Gustav Mannerheim, who picked
as premier, Hantti Hackzell. the
former minister to Russia, and as
foreign minister, Carl J A. Enc
kell, a post which he held twice
previously, and whose connections
with Russia date back to 1917,
when he was Finnish Secretary
of State in Russia,
TONY TONY SUFFERS
STROKE ON WAY TO NOME
Tony Tony, well-known old
Eskimo, who lives at Penny riv%
and one of the few surviving
adults who met the first prospec
tors who came to the shores of
Bering Sea, suffered a stroke
while on his way to Nome on his
monthly trip for supplies and is
confined to his bed at the home
of friends on the Sand Spit.
Equipment once used to cure
spaghetti, now dries Fifth Army
laundry in Italy, according to the
War Department.
WALLACE SAID
OUT FOR DEMOS
IN FALL FINALS
WASHINGTON, D. C\, Aug. 9
I—<AP>—Vice-President Henry A.
Wallace, and Senator Claude Pep
| per of Flor ida, mapped pi. ns to
: continue the fight for what Pep
per termed as ‘liberalism in the
government.’
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Senator Pepper, who fought lor
Wallace's re-nomination in Chi
cago, said he and Wallace, at a
conference, discussed ‘matters of
' interest to us and The liberal
cause.”
The senator added: ‘‘Both of us
will talk for the Roosevelt-Ti u
man ticket.”
j The plans of Wallace’s future
| role in the government was not
! discussed, and he was not avail
I
| able for comment.
FULBRIGHT IS
DEMO NOMINEE
UNDATED — Yesterday, Ark
ansans selected Representative J
W Fulbright as democratic nurft~
inee for senator of Arkansas.
Fulbright defeated Gov Homer
Adkins in yesterday’s run-off pri
t mary for the seat now held by
Hattie Caraway, who lost out in
tfhe first primary.
ELEVEN ARMIES
HAMMER NAZI j
FOUNDATIONS
MOSCOW, Aug. 9.—fAP)—The
11 huge Russian armies hammer-;
ed with artillery and heavy
bombers against the steel founda
tions of Germany’s east wall, bas
ed on 'he Krakow-Warsaw, in
the forests on the borders of East
Prussia.
The Russians are encountering
the toughest resistance in the 46
day offensive.
Toward the southern ex'remity
ol' the 1,200-mile front, Soviet
troop scaptured the oil and com
munications center of Drohobycz,
chasing the Germans in bloody
rout, deep into the Carpathian
mountains, near the approaches
of the Czecho-Slovakian border.
REVEAL PLOT
AGAINST SPAIN
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—<AP)—
A plot to overthrow the Franco
government in Spain was repor'
ed by the DNB, German news
agency, today.
The agency asserted that
agents of the Spanish government
were charged with engineering
the coup, and have been arrested
in Morocco.
The rebroadcast was reported
to have been heard by a National
Brodcasting Company monitor
station.
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THROUGH NAZI
LONDON, Aug. 9.—<AP>—Can
adian armored and infantry units
smashed through the Germans’
second defense line, 15 miles be
low Caen, it was reported today.
The Berlin radio declared 'hat
U S. troops have broken into Le
mans, 110 miles southwest of Pa
ris, and are engaged in heavy (
battles with Nazis. Lemans is a
big rail and road junction.
Berlin also announced that the
port of S4 Malo is yielding after
a fourday siege.
Canad an armored forces bat
tered forward for a 10-mile gain
on the road to Paris, and are now
within five miles of Falaisa, 110
miles from Paris, and 60 miles
from Lemans.
The Canadians are fighting one
of the decisive battles,. taking
hundreds of prisoners, and many
tanks, trucks and equipment.
Early conquistadores called the
Amazon the "Fresh Water Sea.”
TROOPS WEAVE
NOOSE AROUND
BALTIC FORCES
MOSCOW, Aug. 9.—hAPt—The
Red Army tightened its noose
around the German Baltic forces,
once estimated at more than 20
divisions, nearly 300,000 men. to
day, and smashed deeper *he
wedge through Poland toward
German Silesia.
West of the Vistula river, three
Soviet columns pressed on to
Riga, to possibly the biggest kill
of the summer campaign.
Heavily armored units fell back
on the Latvian capital, shattered
by Bagramian’s right wing.
The Soviet High Command an
nounced enemy forces are being
bled white as Red troops stub
bornly advance against the re
serve German divisions, which are
thrown into counter-attacks in
nearly every sector of the front,
to keep the Russian hoardes from
German soil.
A communique supplement said
all of the thrusts were repulsed,
and also announced a six-mile
northward march from the Vis
tula bridgehead. A drive which
may be headed for Wsrsaw from
the sou'h, advanced to within 30
miles of the Czechoslovakian bor
der.
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PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR
TERS AT PEARL HARBOR. Aug.
9.—<AP>—American forces were
cleaning up 'he Guam campaign
as they surged six and one-ha!f
miles north up Guam's west
const, capturing Mt. Santa Rosa,
dominating the northwest shore,
and pushed a wedge in the cen'er
of the line, threatening to cut
the remaining Jap forces in two.
Admiral Nimitz announced the
successes in a communique, also
stating 'he enemy losses on the
island since invasion at over 10,
000.
The advance carried the Yanks
to Pt. Ritidian, and the central
wedge was pushed to within a
mile of the nor'h end of the is
land.
For the past three days Nauru
has been the target of terrific
aerial attacks, and Wake Island
was raided August 5th.
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