THE NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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VOL. 47.—No. 14. NOME, ALASKA, FEBRUARY 4, 1944 PER COPY—15c
Rommel
* Reported
In Charge
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ITALY, Feb. 4.—(AP)—Field Mar
shal Ervin Rommel, master of het
“Don’t get trapped” tactics, is re
ported to be back in Italy direct
ing the Nazi strategy
The Germans have launched the
expected big offensive against the
Anzio beachhead beiow Rome,
supporting the assault by terrific
fire power of tanks charging on
the main Fifth Army front.
Americans are fighting fiercely
in the outskirts of Cassino using
tanks against Germans who had
declined to get out of their "rub
ble cushioned” dugouts and cel
lars.
0 The Germans have beer, heav
ily reinforced along the Anzio
front, and have struck four times
against the British and Americans
who are reported to have poured
more than six divisions ashore
The German air force, which
has been absent several days, re
turned to support the Nazi thrusts,
which in each case, were repulsed
with heavy losses, the allies im
proving their positions slightly.
* CORRECTED
LIST OF THE
CANDIDATES
In Wednesday’s edition of The
Nugget, we inadvertently put two
of the republican candidate^ for
Representative under the list of
democratic candidates. We apolo
gize, sincerely, and herewith sub
mit a complete recap of the entries
in both parties;
Republican, for Representative:
Walter Taylor, B G. Baker. V. G.
Seiffert. Harold E. Bayne, Bert
Bell, all of Nome.
'Democrat, for Representative:
George Peter Madsen, Arnout
Castel, M. J. Walsh, Edward An
derson. of Nome; W. E McDonald,
1 Coffee Creek; Wallace Porter.
Haycock; and Bess Cross, Deering.
Independent, for Representative:
Thomas A. Morris, Nome.
Republican, for Senator: Long
term, Chas. D. Jones, H. G. Mil
ler, Nome. Short term. L. E. Ost.
Council; and unexpired term, C
1 ] ' Dudley Warner. Nome.
Democrat, for Senator: Long
\ term, Tolbert P. Scott, O. D. Coch
rane, Nome; short term, Frank
Whaley, unexpired term, Howard
Lyng, Nome.
SIGNS PAY
* LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—(AP)
—Today, President Roosevelt
signed the legislation providing
^mustering out pay of $100 to $300
* to members of the armed services,
and at the same time called for
action on additional parts of the
program to “provide for the per
iod of transition from military to
civilian life.”
He mentioned specifically meas
ures to let servicemen continue
with their education, provide so
cial security credits for period of
military service and set up ma
^ chinery for unemployment allow
ances.
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RESCUE OF A BARGE—Skies rlowlv ?" I surf whipping around them, 17. S. Coast Guards*
men wrork to f.ee an invasion ba~ '• at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville!
RELIGIOUS
COUNCIL IN
MEETING
3y Rev. Vernon Booker
Wednesday. February 2nd, the
Religious Council of Nome held
toe r pgular mont^ meeting at
the home of tVTis-s Constance Erick
son. Appreciation was expressed
to Mrs. Lloyd Peterson and Nor
man Johnston for their excellent
work on the program of religion
on the radio—“The Voice of Re
ligion."
The Bible class on the "Prop
hets" which has been held at the
social rooms of the Federated
church on Friday nights at 7:30,
will be continued if there is suf
ficient interest at our next meet
ing. T
It was-^igcidetL-to set up a re
ligious library in the social rooms
of the Federated Church, where
religious books and magazines
will be accumulated and made
available to the community.
The Religious Council is begin
ning rehearsals for an Old Folks
Concert. Anyone in the commun
ity interested in singing is invited
to join in this enjoyable festivity.
Frank Parten will be the dire | ir
and rehearsals will be held each
week at 8:15 p. m., Thursday.
The Religious Council expressed
its deep interest in the Commun
ity Forum of Nome as a means of
helping to build a more Christian
world. Even if we can make only
8 small contribution to a better
DECLARES
ACTIVITIES
EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4— <AP>
—Charles Jackson, official deputy
coordinator of fisheries, declared
that Jauaji was (.-vamliiiiL uh^u
pre-war fishing activities to our
“front door", from Alaska to
South America, scooping thous
ands of tons of fish resources,
which we are doing very little to
develop.
The statement was made at
the conclusion of a meeting with
representatives of the fishing in
dustry, in which they voted to
urge congress to pass the resolu
tion introduced by Senator Josiah
William Bailey, democrat from
North Carolina, ordering the sur
vey of United States fish resour
ces.
Jackson, supporting the Bailey
measure, said the Japanese had
made a scientific study of the Ber
ing Sea, for two years, actually
catching our salmon there, before
Congress provided means for our
Fish and Wildlife Service to in
vesitgate salmon fishery off Alas
ka.
world order after this war, that
small contribution may save the
life of some soldier’s son in the
years ahead.
We regret that there is not ade
quate space made available in the
school building for such an im
portant educational activity.
RED ARMY
CONTINUES !
WESTWARD
MOSCOW, Feb. 4.—<AP>—Sys
tematic extermination by Red
Armies of 10 encircled German
^Divisions in the upper Dnieper 1
Bend is well underway, the news-1
paper, Red Star, said, while the
main Soviet forces continued to j
forge westward from the Ukraine
to the Baltic Sea.
The midnight communique indi
cri'ed that nearly 10.COO of the
trapped Germans were already
killed. The situation west of
Cherkasy, where nine infantry |
divisions, and one tank division, j
were trapped in a great 5-day of- j
fensive, presents “the recurrence |
of the picture of Stalingrad.”
Major Orender said in the Red
Star dispatch, the Germans seent|
to be exhausted.
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DRIVE WELL j
OVER THE TOP
Alaska has gone over the top
again, on February 2, 13 days be
fore the close of the drive, in spite
of the incomplete totals
Series “E” sales, totalling $1,- j
004.950.25, and all other series,
$1,323,439.50, writh a grand total
of $2,328,439.75.
The return by cities and dis
tricts will be given later.
Several Islands
Adjacent Also
Taken by Marines
BLOCKADE
RUNNERS ARE
SUNK BY NAVY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—(AP)
—Three German blockade run
ners, ladep with war materials
for Japanese held Pacific ports,
were sunk by American destroy
ers in the south Atlantic early in
January.
The navy announces the holds
were filled to capacity with thous
ands of tons of rubber, tins, fats,
and strategic ores. Hundreds of
tons of baled"rubber was salvaged,
and many prisoners were taken.
Seeking to sneak through the
blockade, the Bergenland, Rio
Grande, and the Weserland were
sighted and sunk within 48 hours.
They were chased down by the
cruiser Omaha, which already had
one runner to its credit, Vd the
destroyer Jouett, which bagged a
German submarine in the Atlan
tic h several months ago, and the!
destroyer Somers.
First contact was made by the
Somers, which ran down the Wes
erland in the darkness of early
morning. Commander William
Hughes, of Oklahoma, immediat
ely opened fire with the main
battery of 5-inch guns, and the
initial salvo battered directly into
the ship. The crew hastened to
abandon ship, but before they
leaped overboard, or onto liferafts,
hey carried out orders to scut
tle the veeaeL Violent internal ex
plosions blasted the ship The
Somers finished it off with an
other salvo.
NENANA CLASSIC TO SE
MANAGED BY M. J. COONEY
The annual ice pool classic is I
under the management of M J. i
Cooney, for the 1944 break-up He
announces that tickets will be on i
sale soon in all parts of the Ter
ritory In Nome the tickets will
be on sale at the Nome Drug Store,1
the Navada and the Polar Bar In
an early issue of The Nugget we
will reprint a list of the winning
dates including the year 1943
TRANSPO T AT IT A L IAN F R N T—Wjth famed Mount Vesuvius in ihe background, an air transport services plane
takes on from a field just behind the Italian front. 8ucfa planes maintain contact with bases to the rear.
PEARL HARBOR, Feb 4—AP>
—The Fourth Division of Marines
captured Namur Island in the
Kwajalein atoll, wiping out enemy
troops who were pushed into the
extreme northern portion of the
island.
Admiral Nimitz announced that
several of the islands adjacent to
Namur were stormed and captur
ed.
Resistance continues on Kwaja
lein Island near the southern tip
of the island, but “we landed
troops and mechanized equipment
in force and are proceeding with
the annihilation of the enemy."
The communique said the kno wn
Japanese dead on K wajalein alone
as of last night, was more than
men «« iwfim Ru.i dirruAia a#
iauv, Oi tu* - ~y — . —
2,000 The American dead on the
same island was 27, with nine
missing, and 190 wounded This
is a remarkable ratio, about 4g
to 1.
The enemy counter-attacked
Tuesday night on Kwajalein Is
land, but were dispersed with
heavy tocses The U S forces
were proceeding satisfactorily
Rear Admiral Turner, com
mander of the amphibious opera
tions last November against the
Gilbert Islands, said the assault
losses so far ir. the Marshall Is
lands campaign are much lower
than expectations
Thirty-two of the small islands
of the Kwajalein atoll are in
American hand
The overall objective of the in
vasion is the entire system of be
tween 30 and 40 bases spreading
over the 800-mile square ocean
area, is constantly feeling the neu
tralizing effect of our bombers.
The situation was so well in
hand that Admiral Turner order
ed all troop transports and sup
porting warships inside the la
goon harbor, where they could be
protected from enemy submarines
by the surrounding reef
SOLDIERS ARE
GRANTED
PRIVILEGES
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 — AP)
—The House voted to give Ha
wains and Alaskans in the mili
tary service. privileges given
Americans under the soldier vote
bill The amendment by Joseph
Farrington, the Hawaiian dele
gate, was passed by the House.
The bill recommends that the
governors of the two territories
take steps under territorial law
to permit men in the service to
cast their bollots in the fall elec
tion, but they are not to vote for
President or Vice-President, or
Senators.
Farrington outpointed the House
and voted the roll call, in which
the vote stood at 328 against 69,
leaving the responsibility with the
states rather than the fedefW
government, the election machin
ery for soldier voting in the fall
election
The House earlier rejected 224
to 168, the federal ballot plan.