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“They take their chances!”
That is what Prime Minister
Winston Churchill said about
war correspondents after seeing
them in action in Africa. Church
dll was amazed that they “roam
ed all over the battl^fieldM,”
dodging bullets and bombs.
It’s all in the day’s work, how
ever. for the reporters of World
War II. Today’s newsmen liter
ally write between bombs. The
casualty rate among U. S. corre
spondents coverinv the war since
Pearl Harbor has been greater
proportionately thus far than
that of the U. S. Army.
Take the correspondents of The
Associated Press, scattered over
the fighting fronts over the world.
Like other American war corre
spondents AP men have taken
plent, of chances ever since the
war began and they will be tak
ing them until the end.
Missing, Dead, Wounded
One AP reporter, Witt Han
cock, is missing and feared dead.
Another, Harry Crockett, was
drowned when a warship sank in
the Mediterranean. Still another,
Vem Haugland, was lost 43 days
in the jungles of New Guinea and
came back with a diary called
“an epic of journalism.” Other
correspondents have been injur
ed—one wears the Purple Heart
for his nine wounds—or have es
caped death narrowly. Some AP
men lost 12 to 40 pounds on cam
paigns such as Gladancanal.
A war reporter or photograph
er may be sent anywhere on
earth. In many countries the liv
ing conditions are primitive and
dangerous. A man must be vac
cinated for smallpox and inocu
lated for typhoid, typhus, yellow
fever, tetanus and cholera. His
family can’t join him. There are
regular hours and he may be on
the job for the duration. Yet .AP
jr. .t. .«. .t. .t.
Lost for 43 days in New Gui
nea jungle was AP'S Vera
Hang land.
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Latest dispatches are writ
ten by men who go with in
vasion troops.
men beg for a chance to cover
orld War II—the toughest news
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Live With Troops
“Soldiers of the Press,” these
correspondents land with inva
sion forces, live with the troops
in the field, sail thousands of
miles w'ith the Navy, fly on every
sort of mission. They are aeept
ed by the Allied lighting forces
wherever they go.
Getting news and pictures back
to American readers is a constant
problem of personal endurance,
transportation, censorship and
communications. Correspondents
work under extraordinary diffi
culties reporting such campaigns
as those in Africa and Italy.
The news must be gathered on
isits to numerous areas of actual
battle and headuarters over
roads constantly threatened with
strafing and dive-bombing. Fre
quently, stories are written un
der threat of aerial attack.
Getting news out of the vast
Pacific war theater is the tough
est job of all.
But the effort is worth while.
American readers, without a
doubt, are the best informed in
the world on the war. They dem
onstrate what a free press means
to a free people.
NEW TRADE OUTLET
FOR COTTON PLANTATIONS
GREENVILLE. Miss. —-CAP)—
Cotton plantations in this area
have a new trade outlet.
The Washington county
Chamber of Commerce reports
the sale of 25.000 souvenir cotton
bolls to soldiers at the Green
ville air field during the past
year. Now they are seeking to
purchase 20,000 additional bolls
to fill the demand of .Army men
wanting to send home “a touch
of the South.”
Tell them you saw it advertis
ed in The Nugget!
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Communications
Milton, Oregon
August 1, 1934.
Postmaster,
Nome, Alaska.
Deaf Sir:
I am trying to find my moth
er,'Gertrude Birch, (her maiden
name).
I have learned that her sister,
Katherine, is in Alaska, probably
the Interior of Alaska.
Her husband's name may be
‘tSachard” or ‘*Rie|iards’’, but
I am not sure. He Is a mail car
rier in Alaska. We believe he has
been there since 1922.
A year and a half ago Kath
erine, his wife, flew by plane to
the coast of Alaska and then
went went by boat to Port Town
send, Washington.
I feel sure that if I can find
my Aunt Katherine, she will
know where my mother Gertrude
is.
There was a Mf. Fred Birch
that went to Alaska in 1896. I
don’t know if he was my grand
father or not, but feel sure he
was, from what I have heard.
I have not seen my mother for
27 years. Will you please help
me find her.
Sincerely,
MRS. BEN DUNKLEY.
My maiden name is Midora
Mildenberger. My address, Mrs.
Ben Dunkley, Milton, Oregon.
1208 Broadway Place
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Postmaster,
Nome, Alaska
Dear Sir:
Some time ago my son, Walter
Hand, wrote to our old home
where he was born, to get his
birth certificate. He gave Nome,
Alaska, as .his present address.
I wrote him there June 3rd and
the letter was returned to me.
I am 78 years old and haven’t
heard from him for so long I
would be so glad if you co?*.!
give me any inforwation or tell
me if I could locate him.
I do hope I am not asking too
great a favor.
Thank you.
MRS. EMMA TURNER,
1208 Broadway Place,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
The following is contained in
a letter received by Carl J. Lo
men from Major D. L. McKeand
of the Wepartment of the Inter
ior of Canada, written while he
was on the Eastern Arctic Pa
trol, and mailed from Post In
let, Northwest Territory', Cana
da, September 29. 1943.
“You will be interested in
learning that at long last we have
a supply of reindeer skins on
board for distribution in the
Eastern Arctic. An experimental
shipment was made from Aklavik
thsi summer and we found it at
Churchill on our arrival. So we
can say with Kipling. “East is^
east and West west’’ but disa.gree
that “never the twain shall
meet.” And so the reindeer skins
are now being distributed among
the Eskimos of Candada from
West to East and the vision of
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! those responsible for the pur
IcTiise" of reindeer from Alaska is
I being realized. Let us hope the
shipments will increase in size
! annually and finally reach
! Greenland.”
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The above is a new develop
ment made possible by the de
livery of reindeer to Canada by
the Lomen organization in 1934.
Salem, Oregon
Nov. 11, 1943
Monte Ferguson
(Nome Grill)
None, Alaska
I noticed a write up in the
paper a couple of weeks ago
about your rush on calendars.
! My wife has a brother in
Nome or somewhere close that
she has lost track of. Re has
been in Nome for years. He
was born in Nome or close. He
is about 42 or 44 years old’ He
has black durly hair. He is
about 5’ 6”. His name is Jack
Wheeler. He may go by John
Wheeler. His father was
Harry Wheeler and was the
first judge and founded the
I town of Teller, Alaska.
! If you could give him my
wife’s address, she would ap
! predate is very much if she
i could hear from him.
She is his baby sister Evly
Wheeler.
S She has lots to tell him. He
was operating a gold dredge the
1 last she heard.
Thanking you and hoping
you good luck with your calen
dars.
Lloyd E. Brice
• Route 5, Box 54
Salem. Oregon
Tell them you saw it adver
tised in The Nugget
AWARDS PRESfrrrfiD
BY GENERAL BUCKNER
' HEADQUARTERS. ALASKA N
DEPARTMENT — Award of the
Legion of Merit to Major Leo W.
Bagley of Bremerton, Wash., who
i helped plan the Attu operation,
| was announced recently by Lt.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Bucknes,
Jr.’s AD headquarters.
“As staff censor, Major Bag- ■
ley was unusually successful in>
the establishment of the first
military censorship organization
of this command,” his citation
said. “On June 4, 1042, Major
Bagley was named assistant A.
C. of S., G-2, and became photo
interpreter. In this capacity he
made a personal reconnaissance
and terrain study of the Pribilof
Islands prior to the establish
ment of garrisons there. ,
“On the basis of outstanding
performances of the above duties
he was placed in the joint staff
which planned the Attu operation
and later became intelligence of
ficer of an amphibious training
force staff, where his enthusiasm
and superior work habits, togeth
er with his knowledge of Japan
ese combat methods and Alaskan
terrain proved invaluable in
making possible precision land
ings on beaches which had been
regarded as impassable by the
enemy.”
SEELE Y-O’M AHA
RITES PERFORMED
Frederick Joseph Seeley, Jr.,
and Dorothy Elizabeth O’Mara
were married recently at the new
CA.A apartments where they will
make their home. Mrs. Eleanor
Ely, U. S, Commissioner, offic
iated, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Gottschalk attended the bridal
couple.—(Jessen’s Weeklv).
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