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By JAY RAYMOND
Being without copy for
the nonce, an opportunity
arises for me to give forth
again with divers and sun-'
dry comment of views and
mis-views in the news of
the day.
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“Differentiation” is a word
that to most people comes under
the category of being hard to
spell. To others, it is not only
unspellable, but much of a bother
to pronounce, also.
Yet to some, believe it or not,
the word is a very salient ex
pression, especially when it comes
to things in which they in par
ticular, are most interested.
“Differentiation” in newspaper
work, means a lot. Combing the
news which comes into a news
paper office is no little task in
itself. And, to be sure, such is
«n everyday action of an editor.
On the other hand, it some
times becomes pertinent to “dif
ferentiate” on other matters.
And so, comes now time to
“differentiate.”
With winter coming on, fire
hazards rise to sometimes an un
avoidable degree. Too many of
us think little of such a situa
tion until necessity brings it fore
most to our minds.
Neglect causes us to forget
the possibility that our home may
be the next conflagration .in
town.
• ‘ Neglect causes us to forget the
^ many 'experiences of other peo
ple- in the loss- of their home
and cherished mementos, and
there has been known occasions
when fire has caused the' loss- of
many lives.
“Differentiating” from usual
procedure, ye scribe thinks it per
tinent at this time to bring forci
bly to mind, the warning of Fire
Chief Yenney.
With the advent of cold wea
ther fire hazards rise. It is to our
advantage to “spot” the various
fire boxes “just in case”. If, in
the event, there is a fire at your ,
borne, or at your neighbor’s, you '
will then know just what to do I
and how to do it.
With the lack of telephone fa
cilities from midnight till early
morning, each of us should bear
in mind it is our duty to help
ourselves and our fire department
by being alert to the occasion.
Many dollars, and possibly, a few
lives may be saved by such an ‘
action on our part. And, after!
all it behooves us to protect our
selves and our property.
And so, without even bother- j
ing to check ye scribe on the |
meaning of the word, let’s just
for the nonce, “differentiate” and
assure ourselves of protection vi
tally needed, by checking on the
nearest fire alarm box. Impress
the location indelibly on our.
minds, so that, in case of a con
flagration, we shall be equipped
with the knowledge of what we
should do, and just how we shall
do it.
Brevities of the Week
Patrolman Wheeler versatile
member of the Nome police de
partment, making goo-goo eyes
at his lady friend in front of the
city hall . . . said “lady friend” !
being of the canine species and
beautiful at that. Nick Simeon
selling applejack to .pleasant cus
tomers who enjoy a pleasant
drink occasionally. Ckunps on
linotype machines where they
don’t belong, but where for the
nonce, they are direly needed.
Major Garnet Martin sitting be
* side ye scribe enjoying a cup of
lava just when a can of peas was
needed by the “Missus”. Roy
Yewell of Polet’s Dept. Store, re
turning ye scribe’s pants but for
getting to bring along the cuffs.
Audrey Henderson doing a good
job as a “sob sister”. Antonio
Polet ambling along towards the
store in the wee sma’ hours of
the morning. Lou Healy, patrol
man, enjoying a cup of coffee out
of a can. Monte Ferguson hunt
ing all over town for a dish
washer he’s never been able to
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NOME
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ,
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VOL. 45.—No. 81. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1943. PER COPY—15c
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AMERICAN FIFTH
ARMY HOLD NEWLY
WON BRIDGEHEADS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Oct. 15.
—(AP)—The main forces of the American Fifth
Army poured across the Volturno river to hold newly
won bridgeheads, and dispatches from Clark’s battle
headquarters said that the British and Americans
were throwing the Germans back along the entire i
front from the west coast to the mountainous back
bone of Italy.
The message tells of decisive gains all along the
front in the course of furious bloody fighting, and was
received after the Allied communique disclosed that!
the British infantry and tanks had landed on the
north side o fthe Volturno mouth Wednesday, with a
simultaneous frontal assault across the stream by
American and British infantry.
• ''Mdntgorrtefy’s army also advanced on the inland
sector of the trans-peninsula front to capture the
toiwn of Casacalenda, five miles northwest of Bonefro
j on the norfh side of the Cigno river.
BOMBER CREW
RESCUED BY
ARMY FLIERS
An Aleutian Island based navy
patrol bomber crew was cited in
rescue by army fliers under Jap
| anese gunfire at Kiska, were
thankful to the army for their
i return and early rescue from the
lonely island.
“We had only two cans of pea
i nuts and emergency rations when
j we hit the island beach,” said
, Lt. J. D. Jolly, of Turlock, Calif,
j 13 men, eight of the crew and
five passengers, crawled wet and
'cold onto the beach when the,
j plane was forced down by mech
anical trouble October 8, and
wrecked on a rocky reef.
I “We still had one can of pea
nuts the next day,” recalled Jol
ly, “but army bombers came
over and signalled. We knew it
I wouldn’t be long, so we ate the
peanuts right away.”
A navy boat was notified by the !
I army fliers and rescued the men
, from the uninhabitated Amlias !
island, in the central Aleutians.
Radioman Anthony M. Mitchell
of Owensboro, Ky., said that the
plane taxied for three hours
along the southern end of Amlias !
island and sought a beach. “We
were bailing all the time” he
said, “ithen about a hundred
yards off the beach we hit a i
reef. The plane balanced on a j
rock on its bottom, out of the
waves which were 20 feet high.
“Then the breakers knocked the
plane off the rock, and it sank.”
Radioman Johnny C. Butts of
San Antonio, Texas, said: “The
water was awful damn cold. Boy!
we got a fire going right away,
and just about sat in it all
night. The army fliers spotted us
about 2:00 a. m. the next day.
CONFINED TO
HOME
Councilman Charles Jones has
been confined to his home due to
illness for the past week, ibut is
now on the road to recovery and
will soon be about again at his
work in the Sommers Construc
tion Co. office.
Remember! The Ladies Aid
Bake Sale at Lehman's Store,
next Saturday, Oat. 16.
FEDERATED CHURCH
BOARD MEETS
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After several weeks of detailed
planning, the Board of Trustees
of the Federated Church is ready
to go ahead at once with altera
tions in the church building. <
For some time now the facili
ties have been inadequate and
over-crowded fpr certain groups
and occasions. By utilizing some
of the waste space and improv
ing the general plan of the build
ing of the church will be more
useful to everyone in the com
I munity.
The proposed changes would
give these added benefits:
1. Two more Sunday school
rooms which will also be used
for recreational and social pur
poses by civilians and the army.
A movable partition will make
these two rooms into one.
2. A more beautiful and wor- |
shipful church auditorium.
3. The construction will be so
arranged that the social and rec
reational rooms can be combined
with the church auditorium to
adequately care for such special
events as Christmas, Easter,
dramatic productions, and com
munity funerals.
4. A special entrance will be
made to the social and recrea
I tional rooms in order to prevent
passing through the sanctuary of
j the church.
Plans for the annual financial
budget and securing the building
fund will be made at the same
time.
THANKS!
October 13, 1943.
Editor,
Nome Nugget.
Dear Sir:
The Religious Council of Nome
wishes to express to you and your
staff its sincere appreciation for
your courtesy and generosity in
cooperating with the Religious
Survey of Nome.
The religious survey was very
gratifying, already 75 per cent
of the city has been reported on
and it is hoped that a full 100
per cent will be in by this Sun
day evening. It is a great satis
faction to know that in these busy
times 35 people are willing to
give sufficient time to call on
all the homes in this entire city.
—THE RELIGIOUS COUNCIL
OF NOME.
FORTRESSES
LOST TUESDAY
IN NAZI RAID
LONDON, Oct. 15.—(AP)—The
German air force, massing the
most effective fighter opposition
downed ,the record nuvber of
SO American flying fortresses,
which were part of the heavy
, forec that made a shambles yes
terday out of three Nazi roller
bearing plants at Schweinfurt
The four-motored forts wj'1
fighter escort, downed at least 1 ' >
enemy planes in the gigantic «
battle,, probably th egreateet evti
fought over the continent, and
continued for two hours, all the
way from the • European coast to
i the targets in'central Germany
and back, again to the coast.
While no details of opposition
tactics were disclosed officially,
numerous American crew men
told of encountering swarms of
single-engined fighters, also twin
engined craft on which the new
German rocket apparatus was
mounted.
The " fortresses destroyed 91 |
Nazi aircraft and possibly 4ft
mpre. J
Two of our fighters failed to
return.
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AIRWAYS
Pan American Airways
j Arrivals via the PAA yesterday
! Were R. J. Sommers of Sommers
Construction Company, V. G.
Seiffert, local manager of North
ern Commercial Co.; and E. R.
Herold, PAA traffic department,
in Seattle.
Alaska Star Airlines
Wednesday Pilot Weaver made
a trip with Rev. Lingren from
Council to Moses Point, and mov
ed Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hersey
from Moses Point to Unalakleet,
I then returned to Nome.
Pilot Don Emmons went to
Kotzebue with Jackson David -
i
I ovics.
j Thursday the following passen
j gcrs were moved: Thomas Jer
sen from Nome to Moses Point;
Rev. Lingren from Moses Point
to White Mountain; Bernard
Names from Moses Point to
Nome; and Mrs. A1 Doyle and
Mrs. Ruth Towner from Council
to Nome.
Wien Alaska Airlines
Herb Hager left for Fairbanks
Thursday with men from the U.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Frank Whaley made two trips i
to Teller and Lost River Thurs
day and to Lost River and Rain
bow today.
PAA TRAFFIC MAN
HERE ON BUSINESS
E. H. Herold of the traffic of
fice of Pan-American Airways,
Pacific Coast and Alaska Divi
sion, is in Nome this week vis
iting With the local manager of
PAA, Harold Abel.
Mr. Herold is looking over the
possibilities of future business
and checking up on present busi
ness and transportation activities
in reference to local conditions.
Prior to his association with
Pan-American Airways, Mr. Her
old was connected with the
steamship business, with the
Grace Line.
Come again soon, Mr. Herold,
i we enjoy your cortipany.
DNEIPER RIVER DAM ■
DESTROYED BY NAZIS
IN HURRIED FLIGHT
LONDON, Oct. 15.—(AP)—The waters of the
great Dnieper dam, the largest in Europe, were sent
lolling over the Russian countryside once more by;
! German troops, Berlin radio reported, acknowledging
i »''"eir flight from Zaporozhe, the long-held southern
^base and guardian fortress to the Crimea.
h< ws of the $110,000,000 Dnerostroy being blown
' the enemy indicated that they had succeeded in
i ring it after the Russians had destroyed its use*
1 ;' ' >s themselves when falling back from the Dnie
• a 1941, which was called the greatest piece of
s, 'i sabotage of all times.
By blowing up the dam five miles ' northwest of'
Zaporozhe; the German's evidently- hope to stall the
Russian advance westward; and to prevent entrapment
•of the garrisons in the Crimea, which are believed to
number more than 100,000 troops.
GIANT SMASH
ON RABAUL
TUESDAY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHERN PACTFIfc
Oct. L5.—(AP)—General MbcAr
thur threw every bomber and
fighter plane he could risk, in a
gigantic smash Tuesday at Jap
an’s key sea and air bastion at
.Raibaul on New Britain.
The resultant devastation
prompted the general to say: “I
1 think we have broken its back.”
The raid was carried out by the j
biggest air armada ever amassed
| in this .area and “marks the tum
| ing point in the South Pacific,” j
declared the air force command
er, Lt. Gen. Kenney, the far
reaching results of the destruc
tion, and the severe damage to
177 enemy planes, estimated to
be 60 per cent of the Japanese
air force on Rabaul’s airdrome.
Also the sinking of nearly
16,000 tons of shipping, includ
ing three destroyers, three mer
chant ships as well as 43 3mall |
sea-going cargo vessels, and 70
i harbor craft, and severely dam- i
aging a submarine, a 5.000-ton j
tender, 6.300-ton destroyer, and
wrecking and setting fire to
wharves and waterfront installs- !
tions at Stimson harbor, one of
the finest in the world.
These accomplishments cost the
Allies five planes out of the par
ticipating hundreds.
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Remember! Groceries are no
more expensive when cooked
good!—Tex’s Chili Parlor.—
| Adv. ’
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NOTICE TO PARENTS
All children of scfiool age
will not be allowed on the
streets alter the curfew hour.
The cooperation of all con
cerned is requested.
The parent shall be held re
sponsible for any child under
16 who is on the streets alter
10:06 p. m.
We ask that no child shall
be allowed to g<o to the second
show Unless accompanied by
parent or guardian.
BY ORDER OF THE
CITY POLICE.
COMMUNIQUE
REPORTS LOSS
OF DESTROYERS
WASHINGTON, Oct 15—(AP)
—Washington reports the loss of
two American destroyers in the
Mediterranean as stated in a
Navy .omwunique
The destroyers. Buck and Bris
tol, both sank as a result of un
derwater explosions. The Buck
a 1500-ton ship, went down off
Salerno October 9th and the Bris
j tol, a 1700-ton vessel, was sunk
yesterday.
The Navy communique also in
| eluded a report on the Jap bomb
i ing raid on Attu. in the Aleu
1 tians. The raid of Attu, which
was taken from the Japanese in
, late May, was the first carried
out since the American occupa
tion.
ANNOUNCE !
MARRIAGE ai
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ost of Coun
cil, Alaska, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Virginia
Lois Hope to CpI. Wallace C.
Mclvor, on the 12th of October,
' at Council, Alaska. The Rev Mr.
Emory Lindgren of White Moun
| tain officiated.
i The bride was sweet in her
mother’s wedding gown. The
’ groom, well known in Nome is in
the service of his county. L. E.
i Ost gave the bride away. Her
| brother John was best man. Mrs.
| Earl Towner and Mrs. Allan
I Doyle, in white satin formats,
j sang “Oh Promise Me’’ and “I
Love You Truly.’’ The family, 2a
strong, gathered for dinner fol
lowed by an evening reception.
Miss Grace O'Connor and Mr,
and Mrs. Lindgren assisted nobly
in making this a happy event.
Good wishes follow this belov
ed daughter and new son.—(Con
tributed).
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WOMEN’S MEETING
AT THE KAZHIM
A meeting will be held at the
Kazhim Saturday at 2:Sfl j>. m,
for every woman active m any
organization in the mission. It ia
asked that all be present.
At 8:00 p. m. a men’s meeting
will be held, with Rev. Booker
and Rev. Carlson being the
speakers for the evening All ar^
welcome.