STRIKE AT
. JAPS BY
AIRRAIDS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Oct. 25—(APR)—Allied war
planes struck out heavily against
the enemy in the southwest Pa
cific area, and destroyed 23 Jap
anese planes, several barges, and
two ships at Wewak, New Gui
nea, and scored eight direct hits
on large ships resembling air
craft carriers near Buka, in the
t Solomons. .
General MacArthur’s communi
que reported that 20 enemy
planes were caught on the ground
and destroyed at the Japanese
stronghold at Wewak in a raid by
our medium bombers, which
swooped low, at an altitude of
only two hundred feet, to bomb
and machine gun the airdromes
at Dagua, but 28 enemy craft, rose
to intercept our attack, and three
Jap planes were shot down and
three were listed as probables.
Four of our fighters failed to
return.
In an attack on a large ship by
one of our Liberator bombers,
three direct hits v were made
When the ,4jOinbs fell amidships,
large explosions and fire spread
over the entire ship.
Marked improvement is noted
in the ground situation around
* Finschafen.
j “Enemy efforts to break
through to the coast north of
Finscb&fen were abruptly termi
nated,” the communique said.
KNOX ASKS
FOR UNITY
WILLIAMSTON, Mass., Oct 25.
k —(AP)—Secretary of thfe ' "NavV
Knox declared that the interdej
pendenee of the-British Empire,
and the United States, “the great
est factor- in our contribution to
ultimate victory, is that of learn
ing to fight together- as. one peo
ple, and that'it is just as~ Import
tant in its implication’ ’to the
American people as well as the
British.”
SPEAKS TO
. PERSONNEL
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—.(AP)
—Admira,) Ernest J King, com
mander-in-chief of the United
States fleet, today told the navy’s
fighting men, “We havfe proved
to our enemies we can recover
from temporary reverses, . with
spirit, ease, vigor and enthus
iasm to fight to the finish,” in
an address over the Columbian
Broadcasting System
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Football
1 SCORES
Washington 27, Marchfield 7.
St/Mary’s Pre-Flight 39, Cali
fornia 0.
Southern California 6, College
i of the Pacific 9.
Navy 28. Georgia Tech 14.
Vanderbilt 50, Camp Camp
bell 14.
Notre Dame 47, Illinois 0.
Purdue 28, Iowa 7.
Texas 58, Rice 0.
Tulsa 50, Utah 0.
Colorado College 16, Colorado
U. 6.
Georgia Pre-Flight 20, No.
Carolina Pre-Flight 7.
Tulane 12, Southern Methodist
6.
Louisiana State 27, Georgia
6.
Texas Aggies 0, North Texas
Aggies 0.
Alameda Coast Guard bO,
Pleasanton Navy 6.
Texas Christian 20, Oklahoma
Aggies 0.
Lakehurst Naval Air 14, Villa
nova 27.
BOUND OVER
John Wheeler was bound over
t<> the juvenile court for inves
tigation regarding an alleged at
tack upon the person of his fa
ther. No further details v*fcre
given. •/'■
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BOMBERS
SCORE HITS
IN RUHR
LONDON, Oct . 25—(AP)—
RAF Mosquito bombers hit tar
gets in the Rhur and Rhineland
last night, the British announced
as Berlin radio hinted that the
Allies had, started the crunch
ing wo-way aerial squeeze
against Germany -
American four-engined bomb
ers based in Italy attacked
suthern Germany arid Austria
Hungary in a brief air ministry
communique, announcirtg RAF
raids but gave no details.
Overnight operations also ' in
cluded the mine laying of enemy
waters. All planes returned safe
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American attacks as’ reported
by the Berlin Yadfo wefe appar
ently on a‘heavy 3<?al£. ;hr?
Allied confirmation: -of fylhcfer
tails of/.the daylight, fLight-wbich
was presumably across the Adri
atic mountains, in Yugo-sfabid*
.was not foijhcomidg,. immediate
ly. but reports from trie German
radio st'atioh gave'’ every IhcKlca
tion that the attack was a com
plete surprise and was carried
out in great force.
The attack came at the very,
moment when a major new dev
elopment was being unfolded in
Britain. t.
The two direction attack
against Germany installations by
British-based squadrons' of P38s,
known as lightning fighters,
equipped with extra fuel tanks,
which gave tjwtti a; » rarige -. of
1100 miles.
In a Berlin broadcast the Ger
man' neuis' d^ricy the DNB said
that 300 heavy bombers escorted
by 200 fighters, attacked unspec
ified towns an,d .locations in Ger
many and Aiustria, explaining
that the targets in the Austrian
province of Styria was among
the objectives.
SEN. CONNALLY
TALKS ON WAR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—(AP)
—Opening one of the senate’s
most important debates dt this
generation. Senator Tom Connally
of Texas, declared that the hour
has struck when America must
show its might, and dedicate it
self to world peace against ag
gression henceforth.
The chairman of the foreign
relations committee took the floor
and urged the’ adoption jpf a res
olution for us “to join with free
sovereign nations, in the estab
lishment and maintenance of in
ternational authority with power
to prevent aggression and to pre
serve peace for the world.”
With every indication pointing
to eventual approval of the reso
lution by an overwhelming vote,
Connally told the senate “isola
tion failed, so let us try collect
ive security. ’ : . .
“The United Staltes oannot
write a pattern of its own except
that all other nations accept it in
detail. The senate of the United
States cannot blueprint in ad
vance the action of other nations
I whose influence and power of
arms must be secured to obtain
the desired results.”
THE FRONT UNE ON THE FRONT T*8«
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I
SUB IS SAID
TO BE LOST
|IN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—(AP)
j—The submarine Dorado is now
listed by the navy as lost after
serving as a combat ship foMegj
than two months.
The communique said the Do
rado wag commissioned August
28 and “is long overdue.”
The Dorado, a 307 foot vessel,
j carried 65 officers and men, and
was the 13th American subma
rine lost since Pearl Rarbor.
The vessel was commanded by
j Lt. Commander Earl Schneider.
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AIRWAYS ~
Ferguson Airways
Gene Jack, pilot for the Fergu
son Airways, is in town today,
having, come in from Barrow
with passengers Major James
Brower, from Barrow to Kotze
jbue; and from Barrow, Sungnak,
Wales to Nome with charter pas
sengers for GAA: Supervisor En
gineer John Broadwell and local j
maintenance superintendent, Geo.
Karabelnikoff.
Pilot Jack, with John Broad
well will-leave for Anchorage as
soon as weather permits.
Alaska Star Airlines
Sunday Pilot Weaver went to
Unalakleet with Nils Bango and
Klem Klementson. , I
Don Emmons went to Kotzebue
with the mail, returning with
Barney Belleview and Mrs. Black
and child.
All planes today were inactive.
Mary Ann Kost was adjudged
insane before a jury last Friday.
The young girl is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Kost.
DENY INCREASE
IN GIFT TAXES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—(AP)
—.The House. Ways and Means
committee voted against any in
crease in the estate and gift:
taxes, trimming $400,000,000 from
the administration’s request for
ten and a half billion new war
time revenue.' r . x -
The levies committee last week
turned down any increase in in
dividual income taxes.
Today’s action Left the only
other avenue in corporation ex
cise levies open among media
which the administration hoped
would open the channel for new
funds for the treasury without
adopting federal retail sales tax.
DEDICATES
CHURCH
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Arch
bishop Theophilnis of the Sari
Francisco Metropolitan Russian
Orthodox Church of North Amer
ica, yesterday consecrated the
Holy Virgin, Protection, Russian
Orthodox Cathedral, in; its new
home
Among those assisting at the
consecration was Archibishop
Alexy of Alaska. .’ *
PRESIDENT :
ILL WITH FLU
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WASHINGTON, Qc*. 25.—( AP)
The President Is still under ’th*
weather, with a temperature-; up
six points. Rear Admiral Mc
Intyre said he was still a little
achy from the grippe but would
probably try to work in his study
this afternoon.
TANKERS
IN CRASH
OFF COAST
PALM BEACH. Oct. 25—Two
blacked-jut oil tankers collided
off the coast of Florida Wednes
day night when 38 sailors of the
navy and the merchant marines
perished in the fast spreading
flames and from explosions.
One of the big tankers was
carrying thousands of gallons of
high test aviation gasoline, the
navy permitted disclosure today
after investigation of salvage
possibilities.
28 of the 116 navy gunners and
crew' ,.m£n saved themselves
ahead bf the flames which were
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! mostly* by leaping overboard
.spreading on thq, w'ater.
I.. .M.ost <}£ the mjeji wHo were on
the deck i^at the moment of col
lision §ewshed instantly.
JAP BOMBER
DAMAGED
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WASiHtNGTGXN, Got: 25_(AP)
—A Jajp bomber operating in the
vicinity o| American positions on
AttU, W4&‘ attacked by a navy pa
trol bomber and probably dam
.agyd . yesterday afternoon.
The navy reported the attack
took' place about 175 miles south
west ok Cape Wrangel. The U.
S. bort$b$r was undamaged.
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ATG MEETING
Don,’t forget!l the ' regular
meeting of the’ ’Alaska Terri;
torial Guard in the High School
Gym tomorrow night (Tues
day) at 7:30 P. M.
MAJOR GARNET MARTIN.
Commanding Nome Unit
NAZI ARMY
USES ALL
AVAILABLE
MOSCOW. Oct. 25.—(AP) —
The Nazis threw discretion to the
wind and shoved every avail
able man, tank, gun and plane
I into their defenses, fighting back
violently in a desperate bid to
stem the mighty Red Army of
fensive which is threatening to
pin them in the large sack of the
Dnieper river bend as the Rus
sians rolled on to within six
miles of the iron rail center of
Krivoi-Rog.
Southeastward to the Dnieper
as the Soviet right flank pushed
down to Krivoi-Rog, other pow
erful Red Army groups moved
through the gap broken through
the Zaporozhe and Melitopol line
toward the Crimea.
Several highly important cities . .
are definitely outflanked and it
appears dubious that the Ger
flaaps can hold out much danger •
n these sectors.
The endangered sectors include
Dniepropet rovsk and neafby
Dnieprodzerzhnisk, the < former
centers of the Soviet electric
power and Nikopol where .some
• of the finest deposits of ores in
-the -Soviet Union are located.
There is only one way out of tfyc
Dniepropetrovsk area"' fan4 •’ the”
retreating Germans, and that is
down a single track railway to
Nikolaev through the bottleneck
at Kosionovo.
Also on the Dnieper elbow the
big Red Army break through at
Zaporozhe and Melitopol brought
andtheh threat to the almost en
circled Germans in the bend of
the Dnieper.
If the Russians push on through
Askaniya Steppe the exit to the
bend is threatened on two sides,
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CANNON' !
BURST IN '
BOMBER
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: ALEUTIAN BASE, Alaska, Oct.
25.—(AP)—A cannon shell explo
sion in the pilot’s compartment
failed to stop an army Liberator
bomber in a raid on Japan’s
Paramushiro Island it was said
by Major General Davenport
Johnson, commander of the Elev
enth Air Force, as he announced
the awards to the flyers in the
September 11th raid.
The shell exploded in the face
of Second Lieut. Raymond C. Un
derwood, the co-pilot,, of Cleve
land, Ohio.
Pilot First Lieut. Jerome J,
Jones of North Hollywood, re
mained at the controls, with se
vere arm wounds.
Wounded and unconscious, Ljt.
Underwood was taken from the
cockpit and given first aid by
Tech Sgt. Dwight Lambe. Also
wounded was Tech Sgt. Joha
Stroo, radio operator.
Sgts. Lambe and Stroo then al
ternated between acting as co
pilot and attending Underwogd.
• MARRIED SATURDAY
Robert Kite and Helen Barr
were jpinerf ip the bonds of mat
rimony Saturday evening Many
of their friends were present, and
at the party which followed tha
couple were congratulated and
| well-wished.