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VOL. 47. No. 37._NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1945._PER. COPY — 151
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i Eight Ship Convoy
Sent to Bottom of
East China Sea
*
USPFH, Guam, March 26,—^(/P)—
* U. S. carrier plane pilots destroy
ed an 8 ship convoy in the East
China sea Saturday near the Ryu
kyu group while fast battleships
bombarded several small islands
in the group.
This action was in continuation
of Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher’s
* strikes against the Japanese Is
lands, and sending 16-inch shells
into targets only a few hundred
miles south of Tokyo itself.
Sunday morning superforts in
great strength skook Nagoya to
t its very roots, and left much of
the huge Mitsubishi Aircraft En
gine plant in ruins, as they att
acked from very low levels with
both demolition and incendiary
bombs.
SWIM SUIT — Dale Bel
, mont, songstress who made a
fad of sweaters with evening
gowns, models a swimming suit.
AIRVIEW OF DRESDEN — This pre-war airview shows part of Dresden, Germany, and
grounds of the old Saxony royal castle. Elbe river is at upper left.
Alaska Pilot Flies
Survivors of Crash
. By Olen Clements .
COLD BAY, March 26,—</P)—
Three injured survivors of a troop
transport C-47 which crashed near
Cathedral valley, 30 miles from
here March 18th, were flown here
by an Alaskan bush pilot, Eric
Schutte.
The ski plane, landed near the
scene of the wreckage in which
three other men aboard the plane
were killed.
The dead were Lt. Col. Stephen
G. Davison, Berkely, Calif., 2nd.
Lt. Ernest T. Joynson, of Dun
kirk,Ky., both were passengers,
and Radio Operator Robert E.
Davidson, of Ridgewood, Long Is
land, N.Y..
Of the plane’s crew, those who
were rescued were all injured
but none critically.
They includedlst Lt. Joseph R.
Alexander, Merchantville, N. J.
pilot; 2nd. Lt. Richard L. Cocan
our, Snelling, Calif, co-pilot; and
Sgt. Paul Sundermer, Delanco, N.
J., aerial engineer.
The crash occurred in midmom
Legislators Return
From Juneau
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Senator O. D. Cochran and Rep
resentative Edward Anderson
were the first members of the
legislature from the Second Div
ision to return.
They left Juneau before the
session was officially adjourned,
probably to take advantage of res
ervations.
ing as the plane was letting down
through an overcast for a land
ing at Fort Randall.
The ship hit a precipice, and
wreckage was strewn all over the
snow covered ground.
All of the survivors were knock
ed unconscious. Three hours lat
er Sundermire regained conscious
ness and saw the pilot and co
pilot still alive and pinned in
the wreckage. The others were
dead.
Alexander was bleeding badly
from head wounds.
The searching plane spotted
them in the afternoon and drop
ped supplies.
Russians 70 Miles
From Vienna
LONDON, March 26. -^(/P)—Ber
lin radio today said Moscow dis
patched reporter the enemy had
shifted several divisions from It
aly to the sagging Western front,
Russian armies have overrun
more than four-fifths of Hungary
below tha Danube river, and their j
spearhead is nearing the Austrian
border about 70 miles southeast
of Vienna.
A new assault was reported in
Slovakia, while Marshal Konev’s
forces continued to grind through
the Moravian Mountains.
The Red Army command is si
lent for another day about what.
is happenins of the Berlin front,
but the Germans say heavy fight-1
ing is going on.
N. G. Co SALESMAN ON
REGULAR SPRING TRIP
Dinty Moore, representative of
the National Grocery Company,
has been in Nome the past few
days on his regular Spring trip.
He left Sunday morning with
Oscar Winchell, aboard his chart
ered plane, but was forced to
return due to bad weather.
Former Prime
Minister of England
Dies at 82
LONDON, March 26, —<7P)—Earl
David Lloyd George, 82, died a>
his home in England.
The former Prime minister of
Engfand was beloved by all and
was the idol of World War I.
No longer an active member
of parliament, his expressions non
theless carry considerable weight
at ... o. 10 Downing Street.
Since his retirement he has been
a gentleman farmer, and was
very robust for a man of his years.
History will note that he alone
pierced Neville Chamberlain’s ar
mor and drove him to resign dur
ing the dark days of this war.
W.M.C. Recruits
Canol Workers
WASHINGTON, March 26,-^P)—
The War Manpower Commission
today took steps to recruit the
workers from the Canol Refin
ery project in Canada, for jobs
in high-octane gasonine plants
elsewhere.
The agency announced this al
ong with their formal acceptance
of the closure of the Canadian
project soon by the War Depart
ment.
The Petroleum Administration
for War agreed to undertake the
the special recruiting program.
FRANK UDELL AND CHILD
TO VISIT WIFE IN STATES
Frank Udell and child left on
the PAA Friday evening to join
Mrs. Udell, the former Ann Wil
loya, who has been in a sanator
ium in the States and has re
cently been reported fully recov
ered.
LAST RITES FOR OLDTIMER
A. DOMINGOS SATURDAY
.. .A, Domingos, well-known old
timer, was buried from the Fed
erated Church Saturday afternoon
at 2 pm., at a last rites ceremony
performed by the Pioneers of A.
laska.
MRS. GARNET MARTIN
TO MEET SON IN STATES
Mrs. Garnet Martin was an
outgoing passenger on the PAA
Friday evening. She plans to
meet her' son, George, who would
not have time to come to Nom«
before his next assignment.