THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 47.—No. 41. NOME, ALASKA, APRIL 10. 1944. PER COPY—15c
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ROOSEVELT
ON NEEDED
VACATION
WASHINGTON, Apr. 10.—<AP>
—President Roosevelt has gone
south on a much needed rest. The
place he has chosen for his rest
and vacation was not disclased.
He will be gone approximately
two weeks unless some unexpect
ed emergency arises which wfll
compel him to return at an ear
lier date.
The President was accompanied
by Admiral Leahy, his personal
chief of staff; Vice Admiral Mc
Intyre, surgeon general of the
navy and personal physician *o
the President; Rear Admiral Wil
son Brown, naval aide; General
Watson, military aide and secre
tary.
Except for work which is always
carried on between the White
House and the President, regard
less of how far from Washington
he is, he' will devote himself ex
clusively 4o relaxation out of
doors, fresh air and sunshine.
Associated Press and United
Press correspondents regularly as
signed to cover the President, also
left Washington for reasons of se
curity. However, news reports of
these correspondents will not be
published un'il the President re
turns to Washington.
The President has been urged
by his physician, Admiral McIn
tyre, tto get away from the office
for several weeks and concen
tra‘e on recovering from the lin
gering effects of the cold and
bronchitis he has had for some
time
TWO DEAD
[N FAIRBANKS
HOTEL ROOM
FAIRBANKS—Albert Fengstad,
37, a trapper and fisherman, and
his wife, Julia Fengstad, were
found dead in a local hotel last
Friday afternoon, shot through
the head.
Mrs. Fengstad was lying nor
mally in bed as 'hough asleep,
while Fengstad was found lying
on the floor beside the bed, with
a .22-caliber pistol on the floor1
nearby.
The bodies were discovered
when a passing hotel roomer
glanced through the door which
was slightly ajar, and could see
part of a man’s body on the floor
beside the bed, and an apparently
sleeping woman in a normal posi
tion on the bed.
Several roomers recalled hear
ing several shots about 2:45 a. m.
and earlier sounds or argument
had been heard.
The Fengstads were reported as
being estranged. She had been
working in the hotel for three
weeks and he arrived in Fair
banks from Anchorage Thursday,,
PAN AMERICAN OFFICIAL
VISIS IN NOME . ■ ;
Charles M. Huntley, communi
cations superintendent of the
Western division of the Pan
American World Airways, arrived )
in Nome yesterday on a tour of
inspection of all PAA stations in
Alaska. Mr. Huntley has visited
Nome many times in the past dur
ing his 12 years with Pan-Amer
ican and is well known and likftd
throughout the Territory.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
JAPS OFFER
NO RESISTANCE
I IN SEA AREA
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Apr. 10.—<AP>—Japan’s hard-hit
air force declined to offer battle
throughout hte Bismark Sea area
Saturday when the American
bombers flew unheeded on a cir
cuitous mission.
The bombers dropped 352 tons
of bombs on Hollandia, destroy
ing warehouse supply dumps, and
set numerous fires, destroying two
small freighters in the harbor.
The absence of air opposition
was noted not only at Hollandia,
but at Wewak, Hansa Bay, Ra
baul. New Britain and Kavieng,
New Ireland.
The bombers poured 95 tons into
Wewak, 34 tons into the area
around Hansa Bay, scoring hits
on fuel dumps.
SIX DIE AS
RESULT OF
PLANE CRASH
The T:.» . .fner-ican. plane which
was wrecked last Thursday at 3:48
p m„ about eight miles east of
Nome, five minutes after the takv
off was a complete washout. All
s x persons in the plane were
killed instantly, according to re
ports released today by the navy
department.
The plane seemed to have hit
on one wing, then making one
complete revolution, buried its
nose in the snow breaking off the
motor-mount, and leaving no part
of the plane intact. The panel
clock stopped at 3:48.
When found the pilot was still
at the controls, with the other oc
cupants of the plane in a sitting
position on one side of the cabin.
The dead are:
Pilot Les Bullis, of Yakima,
Wash., who is survived by his
wife and child; Freddie Moeller,
mechanic; and Ted Saltenrich,
mechanic, members of the crew of
the ill-fated plane; and passen
gers Billy Murray and Erik Ka
tongan of Elim; and Andrew Wil
son of Nulato. The three latter
were selectees, being returned to
their homes.
The board of survey arrived the
following morning and was com
posed of Don Betzer, CAA inspec
tor; Murray Stuart PAA assistant
chief pilot; Pilot Jack Howe and
Pilot Bert Lien, of the PAA, and
also several mechanics to ascer
tain parts for salvage
According to a report given by
the local office of the PAA,, this
was the first total wreck of a
Pan American plane in 11 Vz years
of flying in Alaska. >
A late report from the local
office of Pan American sitates mail
and. passenger service Will be re
sumed within the next two days.
CITY COUNCIL TO
MEET THIS EVENING
The City Council meets tonight
at 8:00 p. m. in the office of the
city 61erk, to close out the final
meeting of the old term.
NELS SWANBERG. JR.
RETURNS TO NOME
Nels Swanberg, Jr., power plant
superintendent for the U. S. S.
R. & M. Co. arrived in Nome Sat
urday via the Alaska Airlines to
take up his duties for the com
pany.
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NEW ZEALAND
TROOPS INFLICT
CASUALTIES
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, Apr. 10— <AP>—New
Zealand troops inflicted casual
ties on the Germans by a sudden
attack against two strong points
at Santa Angelo, three miles south
of Cassino.
Headquarters also said that
while allied troops subjected Cas
sino itself to a violent mortaring
and shelling, the New Zealanders
artillery destroyed one of the
enemy’s positions following sev
eral days of comparative quiet in
the devastated town.
The German activity included
dropping of propaganda leaflets.
Three miles north of the town
there was heavy shelling in the
upper Rapido valley which is
northeast of Saint Elia
On the beachhead below Rome.
German artillery fire slacked
somewhat but patrols have been
active and have driven off all at
LEGISLATION
SHOULD BE
DELAYED
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 10.—IAP>
—Legislation to give sta‘ehood to
Alaska should be delayed until
after the war, four government
departments told Delegate An
thony J. Dimond on the reports
he made public.
The reports by the War, Navy,
Justice and Interior Departments
on the Dimond bill to add the
49th star to Old Glory by taking
j in Alaska as a state.
Ickes said: ‘‘I believe that state
i hood is a desirable ultimate status
I for Alaska, however for several
f reasons, I believe statehood is not
; appropriate at this time, and for
| these reasons I recommend the
' bill be not enac'ed this session
j of congress.”
Other departments said the
economy of Alaska was not firm
l__
tacks around the beachhead peri
! meter.
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92 PLANES
IS TOLL FOR
WEEK-END
WASHINGTON Apr. IT—A?
—Sunday’s toll of German planes
was 92. it was announced
Forty-three were destroyed by
Fortresses and Liberators and 20
were downed by the escortipg
fighter#
Twenty-nine were destroyed or
damaged on the ground
This brought the total of 240
planes for the Saturday and Sun
day operations of the IT S. air
force.
Subscribe for The Nugget.
ly established and objected to
turning over all public lands to
the state.
Ickes also objected to turning
over to the state the control of
fisheries and suggested that before
the territory should seek state
hood it should cooperate with fed
eral agencies in a program to de
velop its various resources.
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RUSSIANS
IN ALL-OUT
OFFENSIVE
LONDON, Apr. 10— (AP> —
Odessa, the greatest port on the
Black Sea, the first prize of ma
jor importance in Hitler's inva
sion of Russia, has fallen to the
striding Red army, which is ra
pidly planting banners along the
Russian state frontier ^
Berlin announced the evacua
tion of the port and naval base,
and it was also acknowledged by
the German high command, who
declared the Russians were strik
ing out in an apparent full-blown
offensive to clear the Crimea.
Russians were penetrating the
garrison lines and cut off all but
the sea communica*ioris m the
way they had cut off Odessa.
The force which was cut off and
isolated in Crimea, mostly Ger
mans and Rumanians, face com
plete annihilation unless some su
per effort is mad.- to evacuate the
troops.
The German 'roops evacuating
Odessa carried out a wellplanned
destruction of military installa
tions in a sensational retreat out
of Russia.
Odessa was captured by the
Germans a little over two and one
half years ago after a two month
defense by besieged Russian sol
diers, workers and marines, who
made the stand amid the rubble
and lagoons.
The pre-war population of
Odessa was 600,000, and was the
first of the dramatic sieges of
Russian cities, which included
Sevastopol, Leningrad and Stalin
grad.
CARNIVAL AND
QUEEN RACE
SATURDAY
The Arctic Club of Nome an
nounces the annual carnival and
Queen contest will be held Sat
urday, April 15th.
Prizes for the contest will be
as follows:
First—An engraved trophy and
a $75.00 War Bond.
Second—$50.00 War Bond.
Third—$25.00 War Bond.
All others—$5.00 War Stamps.
All entries must be past the 15th
birthday and nominations must be
accompanied by at least 500 votes.
Votes may be placed in the sev
eral business houses in Nome and
arrangements have been made to
have a daily count of the votes,
which will be displayed in the
store windows and in The Nug
get.
Just before going to-press to
day, a count was phoned in with
the following., nominations:
Beverly Morgan, 1000 votes.
Frances Waldheim, 900 votes.
Alberta Schenk, 800 votes.
Dree Witt, 600 votes.
Julia Silverman, 600 votesfl.
Pat Graham, 500 votes.
All committees are busy making
preparations for the big event in
order that nothing will be left un
done that will make the contest
and the carnival the greatest
event ever held in the Territory.
Get behind the girl of your
choice and help her win a nice
War Bond prize.
Bale* Sal* Saturday at Leh
mann's. Hot Cross buns,
_ate.