THE NOME
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. 47.—No. 1. ' NOME, ALASKA, JANUARY 3, 1944 PER COPY—15c
SETTING STAGE
FOR INVASION
YUGOSLAVIA
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 3.—A Bud
apest to Stockholm’s Tidingen,
and rumors were circulating in
Belgrade to the effect that the al- :
lies were setting the stage for j
an invasion of Yugoslavia, bv
making landings and establishing
bridgeheads on the small island’
off the Dalmatian coast in the
Adriatic.
The dispatch added that a large
majority of partisan guerillas
were operating against the Ger
mans in Yugoslavia and Greece,
now’ united under the leadership
of Marshal Tito.
The dispatch said many of Ti
v. to’s divisions w’ere now com
manded by allied officers, pre
sumably American or British.
PRESIDENT IS
STILL ILL
WITH COLD i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Still j
suffering effects of a cold devei
oped from the grippe, President
Roosevelt remained in his quar
ters and the possibility loomed
he might be unatole to deliver his
annual message to congress in
person, a week from now.
The President had no fever but
his illness has sapped some
strenght.
MRS. DELBERT H.
KING SUCCUMBS
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Throughout the Territory of
Alaska the many friends of Mrs.
Delbert H. King will regret to
hear of her recent death. For the
past two years the Kings have
been residing in Huntington
Park. Calif. Previously, they lived
in Nome and Kotzebue, giving
many years to missionary ser
vice.
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•ADMIRAL’ -*v.o.rd
ner, /Hollywood film starlet,
really isn’t wearing a naval uni
form. It’s just one designed to
please Navy admirers stationed
in the Mediterranean.
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PAPERS FROM HOM E—At an enlisted men's club built by the American Red Cross some
where In North Africa, newspapers from soldiers' home states are the most popular attraction. Hero
hre Corp. Walter Herlitschek, New York; Edith Dare. Enclewood. N. J.. who runs the booth; Prt Har
, old Lamport, R> ury. Mass.; and Corp. Don Reina, Scranton, Fa. __
HEAVY
FIGHTING
IS REPORTED
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ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALX3IERS, Jan. 3.—Heavy fight- i
ing raged north of Ortona where j
Canadian troops fought their ,
way to within nine miles and aT- [
tilleTy range of the strategic Ad- I
riatic.port of Pescara.
Allied headquarters said that
rain and snow coupled with high
winds, limited the ground opera
tions elsewhere in Italy to pa
trolling, but strong forces of me
dium bombers attacked rail com
munications at Taggia, Ventimig
lia, and Armariver on the Italian
Riviera yesterday.
Other medium bombers attack
ed railroad yards at Term, 49
miles northeast of Rome, caus
ing explosions and fires.
38 snowbound German trucks
were shot up in the Appenines
1 by Spitfires, Warhaws, Kitty
j hawks attacking convoys between
Pescara, Avezzano and near
| near Chieti, according to the com
munique.
An official statement said the
Germans were showing signs of
exhaustion after throwing divi
sions piecemeal into the battle of
Italy.
The Allied Fifth Army gather
ed strength in their drive on Cas
sino on the road to Rome.
I
British troops, with the Fifth I
army, made a new bold foray |
across Garigliano river, penetrat- ;
ing to Castel Forte, and then j
withdrawing.
LOCAL GARRISON
ENTERTAINS
The officers of the Nome Garri- |
son entertained with a formal 1
New Year’s Eve dance at the Post
Officers’ Club. The club was dec
orated in a most festive manner
for the occasion. Music Was fur
nished by one of the finest or
chestras Nome has had in a long
time, and was under the direction
of Lt. Lagle.
All during the evening re
freshments were served from a
buffet set-up in one corner, from
which nearly everyone availed
himself of the luncheon.
At midnight a mammoth cake
beautifully decorated with the
Greetings for 1944 was cut and
served. An enjoyable time was
had by all
AN EDITORIAL!
END OF MARS IN 44
Boys in the Armed Forces realize how impossible
it is for them to obtain furloughs at the same time. The
job takes all of their combi"°d efforts, in a gigantic
world-wide “dike” of justice, against the tide of aggres
sion.
Nothing can overcome the scourge, except the
ever increasing power of a continuously advancing
dike.
Only one solution is in sight.
The 100' < coordination of effort, more than ever be
fore. Lets wake up, America, and produce. Mars is
begging for our products. Our support must be volun
tary and quick, both moral and physical, in order to
prove to the guvs in foxholes, they are not needlessly
undergoing the terrible hardships. Much more than
any miner, steel-worker, railroad man or others of our
labor groups.
We have the materials, the energy. Everything
What are we waiting for. Let s just dig in and let our
petty differences wait until the boys get back home.
Let them judge for us whether we deserve to have the
things some of us are striking for. They cannot stop
fighting at the front, in order to preserve our liberties,
and freedoms, why should we be allowed the privilege
to strike, until this war is over.
Our boys, yours and mine, are out there in fox
holes, dodging shells and shrapnel, sharing their small
space with bugs, insects, lizards, and snakes and a few
other minor inconveniences so that we can strike for a
few cents increase in pay, or shorter hours, or some
other trifling diference of opinion.
Why not just let the boys decide for us when they
come home. I am sure we can get a square deal from
them, if we are good boys and girls. They are the one
who are paying the bills ‘with their lives’, one of
which, we could never replace with the combined re
sults of a million strikes.
Donald M. Nelson said, “The price we pay for
lost time, is more American soldiers killed needlessly.”
What we fail to do as a nation, or as individual
groups, during this war, will leave its mark or rather,
blot, in history, and will remain as such for the next
thousand years. *
Let it not be said that we failed our own nation,
or others of the United Nations.
Lets get the mostest there the fastest and get it
over this year. Make ’44 a year to be remembered as
the year independence, liberty, and freedom was bom
to the world of oppressed and downtrodden peoples.
Lets not make a lot of silly resolutions that we’re not
going to keep. Just one is necessary. Make it a good
one.
Resolve to cooperate 100%, every inch of the way,
from the rear to the front lines, over every milestone
to Victory in 1944.
V
LAND TROOPS
ON ISLAND
OF NEW GUINEA
ALIJED HEADQUARTERS IN |
NEW GUINEA, Jan . 3.—(API
General MacArthur landed vet
eran American troops, which in
clude elements of the 32nd divi
sion, on the beach near Saidor on
the north coast of New Guinea,
without opposition Sunday. The
strike was the third Lightning
blow within 18 days against the
Japanese in the southwest Pa
cific area.
The troops were commanded
.
by Brigadier General Clarence
Martin and Col. Slade Bradley,
and pushed inland immediately.
The capture of the airfield was
reported shortly after the land
ing, encountering slight resist
ance with the Japanese who were
still reeling from the offensive
thrust of Cape Gloucester and
Arawe since December 15th.
MacArthur caught them with a
surprise landing of his soldiers
behind the enemy lines only 55
miles southeast of Madartg, ‘the
Japs’ big ease at Astrolabe.
By this amphibious operation
MacArthur cut off a considerable
force of the Japanese who are
still battling with the Australians
a few miles north of Blucher
Point, which is above the Allied
base of Finchshafen, according to
the commanding general who
said:
“The enemy is trapped with no
source of supply, and faces dis
integration and destruction.”
This landing, like others, was
combined with operations of land,
air and sea forces. Ships moved
toward Saidor Saturday and
troops landed at dawn Sunday af
ter the escorting warships laid
down a heavy barrage fn the
area.
There was every indication that
the landing had caught the Jap
anese by surprise, for no enemy
j reaction took place for several
J hours and our troops had things
all their own w'ay.
The captured airfield was not
servicable but the Americans ex
i pected to move with customary
speed to put the fields in con
dition for fighters and bombers.
BILL BEFORE
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—CAP)
—The billion dollar annual out
lay for the education of vet
erans of this war which was pro
jected into the revised measure,
was likely to get Senate consider
ation this month.
Disclosing that the sub-commit
tee he heads, had completed the
work of the major provisions of
the measure to make $50 month
ly available to veterans, Chair
man E. D. Thomas Utah senator,
of the senate education commit
tee, predicted early congressional
approval of the legislation.
Its terms could be applied to
the 75,000 men discharged month
ly from the armed forced, $50 a
month over and above tuition,
books costs and laboratory fees,
for student activities and expen
ses.
Married students would receive
$25 additional for the wife and
$10 for each dependent child.
ALSO STABS
ON WESTERN
GERMANY
LONDON, Jan. 3.—Berlin wag
the RAF’s target in 1944 and was
given a second seething bath of
fire and bombs for the New Year
by British airmen who delivered
the great blow against the char
red capital.
The newest attack came while
fires were still burning from the
thousand ton or bigger assault
made early Sunday while Ger
man rescue workers were still
digging the dead and injured out
of the ruins.
The air ministry describing the
attack said: “It was very heavy.
We lost 28 aircraft in the Berlin
raid.
There were also Mosquito stabs
into western Germany and north
ern France and minelaying oper
ations in enemy waters.
In the Berlin raid two large
concentrations of fire were left
roaring in the city, the commun
ique said.
Swedish dispatches declared
the tortured capital had its worst
night since the “Destroy Berlin'*
campaign began November 18.
Vichy radio said the suburbs of
Nice in southern France, was at
I tacked by British ot American
planes. The broadcast gave no
date of the attack.
About 21 hours elapsed be
tween the two attacks on Berlin,
but Swedish correspondents said
the menace of delayed action
bombs kept residents of the city
in shelters until three o’clock yes
terday afternoon. Less than eight
hours later sirens were shrieking
again, but the main blow fell sev
eral hours later however.
The Swedish reports said Hit
ler’s luxurious new chancellery
' on Wllhelmplat was one of the
places hit in the aerial barrage
whiefc struck first the outlying
industrial areas, then worked on
the official residence area in the
heart of the capital.
MILITARISTS
MUST BE
WIPED OUT
; CHUNGKING. Jan. 3.—(AP) —
Genaralissimo Chiang Kai Shek
! told the Chinese army and peo -
ple that President Roosevelt ful
ly approved at Cairo, Chiang’s
■ ideas that ‘‘all Japanese militar
ists must be wiped out. The Jap
anese system must be purged of
' every vestige of aggressive ele
j ments.”
The Cairo decision would bring
I increasing pressure to bear upon
Japan soon to be carried out.
The generalissimo added: “The
task of encircling the Japs on the
Asiatic mainland will fall primar
ily on Chinese shoulders.
NOTICE t
There will be a joint installa
tion of the Pioneers of Alaska,
and members of the Women's
of that organization, Wednes
day, Jan. 5, at 8:00 p. m. A
full attendance is requested.
BINKS SEIFFERT, Pres,
NOTICE!
Members ATG
Regular meetings will start
Tuesday, January 4th, 1944 at
7:00 P. M.
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