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Fairbanksan
Charged With
Slaying of Friend
FAIRBANKS, July 26.—(Spec
ial to The Nugget*—Edward Hess,
74. was arraigned today in court
here, on a charge of second de
gree murder, in the shotgun slay
ing of Al Goodwin, 66, last Mon
day on Ester Creek, near Fair
banks.
Hess, who has been in this dis
trict since 1909, Monday morning
instantly killed Goodwin, by
shooting him in the neck. The
two men had been friends for 30
/bars.
On Sunday evening, Hess had
been informed that his claim on
Ester Creek had been jumped by
Goodwin, who was a long-time
prospector. He went to the claim
on Monday morning and found
Goodwin in the shaft.
Hess ordered him out, and off
the place, at the point of a gun.
He then followed ‘Goodwin to the
limits of the claim.
Then Goodwin asked Hess to
walk in front. Hess did so, but
soon, on looking back, saw Good
win with his pick in a perpendic
ular position as if to. strike.
Hess turned completely around
stnd shot Goodwin. He then phon
ed the marshal’s office and offi
cers went to the scene, arrested
Hess and brought back the body
of Goodwin.
The coroner’s jury verdict said
‘Goodwin came to his death from
gunshot wounds infl’cted by Hess.
Neither of the men were mar
ried.
Investigate FCC
Radio Activities
WASHINGTON. D. C„ July 26
—(AP)—The House committee on
the investigation of the Federal
Communications Commission, siez
ed the files of foreign broadcasts
of two Japanese employed by the
government.
In an emergency session the
committee questioned Fred Nitti,
Japanese native, and John Kita
saka, an American-born Jap.
Nitti was employed in the office
of Strategic Services, in a highly
confidential status, work in which
he testified Kitasaka edits the
scripts of Radio Tokyo broadcasts
for foreign broadcast.
Intelligence Division of the FCC
counsel asserted that both men
were loyal to the United States,
and have taken copies of the
script home, only to aid them in
tHeir worth
King George VI.
Inspects Fronts
HEADQUARTERS OF THE AL
LIED ARMIES IN ITALY, July
26.—(AP)—Changing quickly from
the dress uniform of the admiral
f v of the fleet, to a field marshal’s
uniform, King George VI. of Eng
land flew to this behihd-the-lines
camp for aft inspection of the al
lied troops.
The king was notably careful
to try to see everyone and every
thing, stopping to chat with news
men and photographers, aftd in
specting the Naples waterfront be
fore flying to the front lines,
where he spent the night in Gen
eral Alexander’s trailer camp.
Advertise It in The Nugget.
FOOD FOR ‘INVASION’ — Stt. Sgt. Paul Yula, Washington, D. C.: Pvt Audrey Crosby,
Clyo, Ga.; and Pvt, Austin Yardman, Forrest City, Ark., feed “Invasion”, in France.
Primaries Change
Standings in
Senate Races
WASHINGTON, July 26—<AP)
—The end of the Senate trail set
out on nearly 30 years ago, beck
ons vociferous, colorful, “Cotton
Ed" Smith, the New Deal hating
senator from South Carolina, who
is within one month of being 80
years old. He was far back in
second place in yesterday’s demo
cratic primary, behind Governor
Olin Johnson, who tried unsuc
cessfully, with President Roose
veitt, to help unseat him six years
ago.
In the Arkansas democratic
primary, the senate’s only wom
an, quiet Hattie Caraway, lagged
far behind , in the renomination
try. She apparently thought it
was so safe, that she could af
.ford to campaign only leisurely.
! The leader in the primary there
. is Rep. J. W. Fulbright, 39, a
1 first-termer in congress, an Ozark
''
native who grew up to become a
Rhodes scholar and a university
i president. Two others are also
1 ahead 6f Cafawny, to enter the
run-off August 8th, but if John
i sen’s lead stands up, .‘here will
I be no need to fun oh irt the elec
i tion.
American Forces
| Control Harbor
PEARL HARBOR. July 29.—
(AP>—American forces ndW hold
complete control of all the A0fi
harbOf Area and Shoreline, ejteept
for the bottled Jap forces in the
Orote peninsula area, on the east
ern shores of Guam.
Advances point to an early cap
ture of the Ushi point airfield on
Tinian, which in importance, is
said to be comparable to Hick
man field oft Hawaii, and the
Orote peninsula field on Guaift.
Both are of vital importance for
future bombing operations against
Japan and the Philippines.
ATG EVENTS
Non-Commissioned Officers
meet Friday night at 1930 hours.
trophy shoot Sunday night.
Transportation leaves headquar
ters at 1730 hours, sharp.
Japanese Are
Out On Guam
Beachheads
PEARL HARBOR, July 26 —
<AP>—A1 Dopkin, AP correspon
dent, today reported all Japanese
forces have been wiped out on the
Guam beachheads.
“The enemy hasn’t had a plane
over the area since July 8th, and
the Nips are abandoning much
food and ammunition,” he said.
Battleships, carrier planes and
hill-based artillery blanketed the
sealed off Orote peninsula.
Official communiques report
the twin operation of Guam and
Tinian in the Marianas, with 2,400
Japanese troops killed on Guam
through the 24th, the fifth day of
invasion, and 443 Americans dead,
2,366 wounded, and 209 missing.
On Tinian, through Monday
1,324 Japanese dead were count
ed, with American casualties at
15 dead and 225 wounded.
General Lauds
Deeds of War
Correspondent
NINTH AIR FORCE HEAD
QUARTERS IN NORMANDY,
July 26.—(AP>—Major General
Lewis Rrereton today paid tribute
to Rede Irvin, an Associated Press
photographer, who was killed by
i bomb which w66 dropped by a
fi-26 Marauder botnber, aftd fell
short 6f Its target 1ft a forward
area Oh the St. Lo battleffbht.
“Rede Irvin pOffortfted bxcep-;
ti on ally irterltbrlous service In pic
torial coverage of the personnel t
and activities of the entire air
force,” the general stated.
Liberators Sink
Jap Vessel
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS ON NEW GUINEA,;
July 26.—CAP)—In the second
mention of the Philippines this!
week, Liberators sunk a Jap ves
sel 200 miles off Mindanao, and
another Liberator beached a 1,01'0
ton merchantman south of Halma
hera.
The Japanese are making new
attempts In the Aitape sector.
Tanks Smash
Breach Four Miles
Deep in Normandy
SHAEF, England, July 26.—
<AP>—U. S. tanks, in their first
operation in France, smashed a
breach four miles deep, in the first
German defense line west of St.
Lo. and hammered into a flaming
battle with enemy armored forces
in the streets of Marigny.
The heavy thrust, with infantry
men riding the steel tanks, and
bombers pacing the way, endan
gered thousands of badly battered
German forces along the enemy’s
southern defenses, penetrated the
outer crust of the Nazi defenses,
and within two hours, carried the
battle four miles into the lines,
on the St. Lo-Perters road, on a
front 2Vt> miles wide.
To the northeast, other Ameri
can infantrymen are hitting along
a five mile front in an advance
of lVfe miles to capture the town
of La Chapelle En Juger, fighting
a fierce battle with heavy casual
ties on both sides
German troops on the east
east flank fought with suicidal
fury trying to halt the British and
Canadian advance below Caen.
—
Stalin Announces
Capture of Lublin
LONDON, July 26.—<AP)—Sov-j
iet Prertiier Stalin announced the
capture of Lublift, In southeastern
Poland today. The city is an im
portant German stronghold guard
ing the rotate to Warsaw, the Po
lish capital.
Stilin ordered a salute of 20
salvos of 224 guns to be fired in
celebrating the capture.
The river San, in southern Po
land, was also reached on a 50
mile front and crossed tn many
places.
More than 1200 populated places
were engulfed.
FORMER NOMEItE
RETURNS FOR VISIT
Mrs. R. B. Julian of Candle, is
in Nome this week, visiting with
old friends and also having a ses
sion with our local dentist. Dr.
Kennedy. Mrs. Julian is a well
known former Nomeite, and Is
often heard on the kilocycles,
keeping her various schedules on
the radio. Mr. Julian was outside
for a while this gpflhg
Russians Reach
East Bank of
Vistula River
j
MOSCOW, July 26.—^AP)—
Hard-riding Russian Cossacks1
reached the east bank of the Vis- j
tula river with other Russian
forces, and supported for the first j
time by U. S. planes in direct tac- j
tical operations to surround the
mauled German garrison at Lwow,.
storming into the great city on
the Vistula.
The Russian forces reached Pu
lawy and are now less than 66;
miles southeast of threatened'
Warsaw, and within 358 miles of j
Berlin.
Lightning and Mustang fighters
of the U. R. 15th Air Force, flew!
from U. S. bases in Russia, des
troying 38 German planes in the
Lwow area without loss and straf
ed the airdrome.
Hungary and Czechoslovakia
are in the path of yet another Rus
sian army group which has vir
tually surrounded Stanislwow,
and have reached within 28 miles
of the Tarter pass in the Carpa
thians.
Stimson Says Nazi
People Shaken
With Doubts ;
WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 26.
—iAPt—“Germany has been shak
en, shot through with doubts,”
Secretary of War Henry Stimson
said in a broadcast today on a re
port of his trip to the war zones.
“But.” he added: “collapse is not
in sight', and there is no excuse
for relaxing on the home front.”,
“For America,” he went on,
“there is only one sure strategy
to finish the war with finality and
speed, and that for the United
States and her allies to gear every
resource of men and equipment in
a final unremitting assault on
land, sea, and in the air with the
guiding thought of everyone be-'
hind the lines, that our men are
locked in combat with a brutal,
resourceful and stubborn enemy.” j
He asserted that military power,
was one thing which Germany;
and Japan could recognize and |
“when they see that they arej
about to be completely overpow-;
ered, when the fact is carried
physically and uhmistakeably to
their doorsteps, .only then will
they collapse.”
Col. Strong Cites !
Changes In NSC
EDMONtON, Alta., July 26—
(AP)—Col. F. S. Strong, Jr., an
nounced the reorganization of the
Northwest Service Command to
day, in which headquarters will
be moved from the Jusuit College
base here, to Whitehorse within
the next 60 days, by which time
all districts inactivated in the rear
echelon office, will be maintained
here to provide liaison for Canad
ian authorities.
This will reduce the total
strength of the command greatly.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
July 20th a marriage license
was issued to Spencer H. Hamil
ton and Marian Hinde.
On July 24th, a license was is
sued to Clarence Richter and
Frances W Waldheim.
Jesse Barr Loses
Life In Tragic
Accident Monday
One person is dead and another
seriously injured in an auto acci
dent which happened Monday
night about three miles north of
Nome on the Bessie road.
The stolen truck, in which the
two boys, both drinking, were
speeding, rolled off the road and
smashed, making a complete
wreck of the vehicle. Jesse Barr,
22, of Deering, one of the occu
pants of the truck, was killed in
stantly. Teddy Amarok, 21, driver
of the vehicle, suffered minor in
juries as the result of the crash.
Amarok was taken to the hos
pital immediately, where his
wounds about the head and chst,
were dressed. He was allowed to
leave the hospital the next day.
Funeral services for Jesse Barr
eare expected to be held from the
Methodist Mission church tomor
row afternoon
A coroner's jury inquiring into
the cause of the death of Barr,
was in session Tuesday afternoon
and evening, but the verdict has
not as yet been released.
U. S. Task Force
Penetrates Into
Palau Island
UNDATED—Tokyo radio said a
United States task force, consist
ing chiefly of carriers, penetrated
into the vicinity of Palau Island,
about 500 miles east of Mindanao
in the Philippines. Thirty carrier
based planes attacked the island,
and two were shot down by anti
aircraft fire.
Another broadcast from the
Imperial Japanese headquarters,
said a large allied task force of
cruisers, destroyers and subma
rines yesterday bombarded Sa
bang harbor on the western end
of Sumatra, and reported two of
the destroyers and a submarine
sunk, and a number of carrier
based aircraft downed.
This was the second such strike
on Sabang in less than four
months, another under Admiral
Sommerville hitting the port
April 19th.
American planes were report
ed over a Jap island, east of Pa
lau. |
Chinese Troops
Break Into Leiyang
CHUNGKING. China, July 26.
—1AP)—Chinese troops have bro
ken into the rail city of Leiyang,
which was taken by the Japanese
troops in their drive several weeks
ago, which by-passes and end en
circled Hengyang.
Street fighting is in progress,
the high command said, and bit
ter fighting is taking place in
Yengyang, 30 miles to the north,
where the Japs are apparently
holding certain portions of the
city.
CONSTANCE BENSTON
MARRIES IN MONTEREY
It was learned from Mrs. S.
David Mazen, that her daughter
Constance was married last Fri
day, to Sgt. Marvin Wilson, in the
beautiful Army and Navy Chapel
at Monterey, California, by the
army chaplain. In the letter the
couple stated that they might pos
sibly be stationed In Monterey.