THE NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 46.—No. 76. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE :J0. 1944. PER COPY—15c.
British Advance |
In Two Directions !
Toward Caen
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ALLIED EXPEDI
TIONARDY FORCES IN ENG
LAND, June 30.—(AP>—Ad
vance elements of two British
columns, driving around Caen
from two directions, are within
tl miles of encircling the
French inland port, as the Ger
mans three large armored forces
against the Odon river bridge- j
head in an unsuccessful flank ;
attack.
The thrust menaced one of the
city’s main airfields, and at latest
reports are only a half mile from
this field. Thus far ‘he allies have
taken only one important airfield
in the bridgehead, and that at
Maupertus, near Cherbourg.
In the American sector to the
west, Gen. Bradley's troops made
a series of small attacks south
ward toward the important road
junction of St. Lo. in an effort
to straighten their line?.
The dpyghbojrs are also break
ing dew* the dwindling resistance
oa Cap dp la Hagqe, the north-1,
Western tip of the Cherbourg
gMiaguh. . i
Supreme aided headquarters
announced that one. of the fore
mo61 salvage experts in the tl S.
»iavy, Commodore- WHliam Sul
livan, was put wortc to bring
Cherbourg? dock facilities back
into operation. ‘
Tie worked at Pearl Harbor,
. cleared the Casa Blanca and Or®%
harbors, and. was one of the di
rectors of *he Naples operations.- j
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Folta Tells of
9.
Injunction f*:
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'.ANCHORAGE, une 30.—<AP>
“The need. no longer exist* for
continuing the army’s policy for
avacuating wives • .and children
of servicemen in Alaska, or pro
hibiting their return to the Ter
ritory, George Folta, council-at
large for the Department of In
terior, asserted.
Folta came here during the in
junction proceedings brought by
Helen Fry of Kodiak, against
General Simon Bolivar Buckner,
Jr., and other officials, to re
strain them fro mevacuating her
because she married a soldier.
Folta said in a statement: “Al
though progress has been made in
the Pacific, it has had a detri
mental effect on Alaska’s popula
tion, and there are many reasons
for abandoning the policy.”
In conclusion, he said:
“The Department believes that
evidence will be produced to con
vince authorities that all neces
sity for evacuating or prohibiting
the return of wives and children
of servicemen no longer exists.”
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^Public Debt
Passes High Mark
WASHINGTON, June 30.—(AP)
—The public debt passed the 200
billion mark as the treasury’s
Wednesday daily report was re
leased today, by near $231,000,000.
TShe debt has been increasing
sharply in recent days, reflecting
the war "bond sales in the fifth
war loan drive.
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Bombers raid
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Vienna Area j
For Second Time
LONDON. June 3&—(AP<-_
!/iandrimmr- bomber* 06to Italy*
were reported by Berlin t* be
striking in the Vienna aeea for,
the second tint* in 13- hours, while:
the task forces of heavy and med
ium bombers from Britain dark-,
ene^.tfce skim over France in at
tack^' supporting ;fhe invasion
forces- ’
j' Fortreesea from Britain are
i pressing, their campaign which is;
driving the German air force over,
100 miles back frpm the French
coast since “D” Day.
The “For‘s” attacked three
.■basea-iin, .nofthep) France, and an
»other. ip,,^etlgium.
! Marauder mediums, along with
American Ntnth U... S. Air Force
I Thunderbolts and Mustangs, hit
| railroads-, highway junctions and
bridges over a wide area in
France, _ [
The enemy also reported that
j Italy-basep bombers struck Yugo-1
islavia and RAF Wellingtons, Hali-j
faxes and Liberators bombed the
Vienna area last night and this i
i morning.
The attacks on Normandy rang
\ ed from the Caen battlefront,
, where Marauders bombed Mezi
! don Falaise, a rail and highway
! junction, as far as Tours, 100 j
miles to the southeast, where five'
German machine gun emplace
ments were wiped out.
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BASEBALL
RESULTS
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American League
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 7.
St. Louis 2, New York 7.
National League
Brooklyn 6, Chicago 12.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 5, Seattle 3.
Thursday's Games
American League
Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 4, Boston 5.
St. Louis 0, New York 1.
National League
Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 0.
New York 1, Pittsburgh 1—
(called at end of 7th—darkness).
Military mail transported over'
seas averages more than 50,000
000 pieces a week.
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Fourth of July
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Program Mapped
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According to the Fourth of July
commi*tee, things are shaping up
very well, for the refreshment, and
entertainment of Nome. “•» I
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XJ. Morgan says he has lined'
up three boxing. Pouts between
the army and navy for the eve
ning show, which will probably
take place on the Arctic Club ten
nis court.
A. Polet reports a good after
noon program of Eskimo contests,
of high kicking, blanket tossing,
oomiak and kyak races.
Prizes will be given the winners
of these contests
A full program will be in the
July third edition of The Nome
Nugget.
German Troops ;
Flee Northward
From Cecina
ROME. June 30.—(API—Ger
man troops on Italy's west coast
in breaking off contact, fled
northward yesterday, with the
American forces in swift pur
suit. reaching the vicinity of
Cecina. only 20 airline miles
south of the port of Livorno. !
Allied headquarters said that
American armored divisions far
ther inland stabbed within seven
miles of the historic city of Siena,
31 miles below Florence.
French troops to the right of
the American forces are only 10 J
miles from the same target.
At the same time strong enemy
resistance began cracking under |
the heavy Eighth Army attacks.
British forces streaked north-:
ward and captured picturesque
Lake Taasimeno and the town of
Castiglione del Lago, which has
been a Nazi seaplane base.
This city is the site of the fam
ous castle of the Knights of Mai-1
ta.
171 U.S. Planes
Raid Islands
NEW YORK, June 30. —CAP)
—Tokyo radio said 171 planes
raided the Jap - held islands of
Guam and Rota, in the southern
Marianas, yesterd^.
The broadcast was recorded by
U. S. government monitors.
United States jl
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Breaks Relations
With Finland
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 30.
—(AP)—The United States today
broke off relations with Finland
today, because ol tko new close
alliance between the government
of that nation and the German
army
The action waa announced in a
release of a note from the secre
tary' of state, Cordell Hull, to
Alexander Thesleff, charge d'af
faires of the Finnish legation here.
The break marks the end of
many efforts over a period of
(more than two years, by the Unit
ed Spates government to make
I peace between Finland and Rus
I sia.
Hull's note reflected the long
persistant attitude of friendship
on the part of the U. S. toward
Finland, saying “Notwithstanding
the esteem with which the Amer
ican people held the people of
, Finland, further relations between
the government of the United
States and the government of
Finland is impossible.’’
The note also emphasized the
military operatons of Finland,
which "has a direct bearing on
the success of the allied effort to
defeat Germany.
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Warships Have
Shelled Northern
Kurile Islands
PEARL HARBOR, June 30.—
fAP)—Admiral Cmhester W.
Nimitz announced that American
warships have shelled the Jap
anese northern Kuriles, and Tin
l ian in the Marianas, a thousand
' miles apart, over the week-end,
while carrier planes again raked!
Guam in support of further Amer-1
ican advances on the vital Saipan'
island.
It was also reported that Jap
anese torpedo planes made a fu
tile attack on American ships off,
Saipan.
Kurabuzaki, the principal town
on the southern tip of Paramu
shiro, was shelled Sunday night
for the third time, after army and
navy planes hit Paramushiro and
Shumushu islands, enco JnJSeiUng
severe anti-aircraft fire.
Tell them you saw' h advert’sed
in The Nome Nugget
President Okays !
Legislation
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WASHINGTON, June 30.—IAP)1
y
—The President today approved a'
one-year extension of the price,
control stabilization acts, and in
an accompanying ethtement, mild
ly rebuked Congress Cor relax
ing penalties against price law
violators.
Generally, though, Roosevelt j
praised congress in its action in'
renewing the li/e of OPA and!
other atabilization agencies.
He noted that the legislators j
“rejected all pleas” for amend-,
ments which would upset the ad
ministration's anti-inflation pro-1
gram.
Yap Islan d
Hit By Bomb
Loads Of Planes
By FRED HAMPSON
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS ON NEW GUINEA,
—<AP)—Today the strategic Yap
Island was hit by planes of the
Far Eastern Air Force, which
roamed over 1,000 miles in the
raid,
Headquarters reported that
Liberators had hammered the is
land Tuesday for the third con^
seeutive day, smashing the air
drome and otwn with 28 tons of
bombs. Twenty-seven Japanese
planes rose in interception and
two were shot down. There were
no allied losses.
Two, parked aircraft on the
ground were also destroyed in
this fifth raid in seven days on
Yap, 700 miles southeast of Sai
pan. Palau, some 300 miles south
I west of Yap, was also assaulted
Tuesday.
As the attacks continued far,;
I the eastern air arm's support in [
the Saipan campaign reduced the!
usefulness of Japan’s flank bases.
Air patrols and light naval units
destroyed 16 Nipponese barges
J and damaged four others near
I by-passed Wewak, on the coast
of British New Guinea Tuesday.
ATG EVENTS”
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Non-Commissioned Officers
meeting tonight at 1900 hours
in the High School Armory.
Accepts Standard
Of Republicans
With Confidence
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CHICAGO, 111., June 30,_
(AP)—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
of New York, accepted the re
publican presidential nomina
tion in a dramatic appearance
last night, pledging "an end to
‘one-man government' in Amer
ica", and to crush the German
and Japanese will for war, and
to devote himself to re-winning
the freedom at home.
Dewey told the cheering, per
spiring delegates that the Roose
velt administration had grown
“old, tired, and quarrelsome in
office’’, and it is unequal to the
pressing problems of war or
peace.
He declared that the military
policies must remain completely
out of politics and said he want
ed to make it crystal clear that
any changes in the administration
would not involve changes In the
high command.
“General Marshall and Admiral
King are doing a superb Job,” he
said, “and thank God for both
of them."
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Red Army Units
Plunge Northeast
)f Town of Minsk
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MOSCOW. June 30.—rAP>—
Red Army units in force, plunged
into the Berezina river, northeast
of Minsk, while engineers of two
Soviet armies hurried pontoons
into place for a mass .crossing of
the last natural barrier before the
city of Minsk.
Field dispatches said the first
units met stiff fire from German
units on the west bank and artil
lery fire from positions west of
the river, but there were no in
dications that the retreating Na
zis would be able to make a stand
here. „ f
Great swarms of Stormoviks,
Yaks and medium bombers kept
up the round-the-clock aerial of
fensive against the withering
Wehrmacht.
Russians said 71 Nazi planes
were downed in 24 hours, and the
German dead, wounded and cap
tured soared upward of 150,000,
in the past five days in White
Russia.
Describing a scene where the
Russians mopped up five Nazi di
visions, killing upward of 16,000
and capturing 18,000 southeast of
Bobruisk, one correspondent said,
“Only eye-witnesses can have any
idea of the magnitude of this de
feat, which looks as if a tornado
had passed over these fields of
dead."
King Island Men
Return to Nome
Yesterday, three boatloads of
King Island Natives arrived in
Nome, landing on the beach just
east of the city. Many of the Na
tives, including Chie^ John, :;aid
they had a very good winter, hav
ing taken much seal walrus and
; ivory.
Father B. F. LaFortune, S. J.,
who has been living on the island
for the past several years, returned
to Nome, also.
Father LaFortune was Nome’s
Catholi: pastor for more than 20
years.