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VOL. 46.—No. 58. NOME, ALASKA, MAY 19, 1944. PER COPY—15c.
EDEN DECRIES
. BRUTAL ACT
OF GERMANS
LONDON, May 19.—
(AP) — Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden
disclosed that 47 RAF
officers were shot by
Germans after a mass es
cape from a war prison
camp near Dresden on
March 25th.
Seventy-six officers participat
ed in the break, Eden told the
House of Commons. Fifteen were
taken alive, while 14 are still at
large. Some were shot resisting
arrest, while others were shot in
a new escape after capture.
Eden said it was the first such
* episode in the war so far as is
known.
It is believed tha' no Americans
were involved.
The government was profound
ly shocked at this news and ur
gently requested the protecting
power of Switzerland, through
which 'he notification of the
deaths came to relatives.
The Air Ministry made a de
mand on the German government
for a full and immediate report
C on the circumstances in which the
men met 'heir deaths. Also a full
explanation of its failure to report
at once to the protecting power.
MERRILL S MEN
PENETRATE
MYITKYINA
KANDY, Cey,on, May 19.—
(API—Brig. Gen. Berrill’s jungle
fighting American-Chinese in
fantry and airborne reinforce
ments penetrated Myitkyina to
day, the airdrome of which was
seized two days ago in a surprise
attack. It lies about two miles
south of the town.
While troops were rushed into
the airport from other elements
of Gen. Stillwell’s forces, another
Merrill column occupied the vil
lage of Nawraw Sakan, and threw
a blockade across the Mogaung
Myitkyina road.
The announcement said that
p other troops were thrusting to
ward Myitkyina from the north.
Meanwhile, on the India side of
the Indo-Burma warfare, an In
dian army brigade, in a sudden
slashing attack by circuitous
marching through the jungle,
threw a road-block across the
Tiddi road, south of Imphal, to
the south of the enemy's main
position.
Allied headquarters announced
that this march was through the
roughest country around the
enemy’s eastern flank and has
cut off the Japanese 33rd Divi
sion, which has been attacking
Imphal from the south.
& TELLS OF NEW
ADDITION TO FAMILY
Sgt. Harold Wymore, traffic
chief on the day shift in the local
ACS office, is passing the cigars,
in honor of a brand-new addition
to his little family in Seattle. The
father is doing as well as can be
expected. The new little male
brass-pounder weighed in at 6 Vi
pounds and put out quite a lusty
signal.
GIs BILL OF RIGHTS
PASSED BY HOUSE
WASHINGTON D. C„ May 19
—(AP>—The House today passed
the ‘‘G. I. Bill of Rights” and
overall veterans' benefits in the
measure, before sending ‘he bill
back to the senate, for action on
a score of amendments.
The House raised from S 1.500
to $2,500 the maximum govern
ment-guaranteed loans to veter
ans, and refused to increase the
period of unemployment compen
sation coverage from the 26
weeks to the proposed 52-week
period.
FORTRESSES
RESUME ALLIED
AIR ATTACKS
LONDON. May 19.— <AP>—
American Fortresses and Libera
tors. with fighter escort, number
ing upwards of 1500 planes, re
sumed the allied aerial attacks
in the offensive, after after a
five-day lull, and struck a* tar
gets in Berlin. Brunswick.
The new attacks came less than
24 hours after General Arnold
declared the Germans had not
felt the Cull weight of Allied air
power.
The air fleet was met in the
air by German fighters and bat
tled across German to the sky
over Berlin.
German broadcasts indicated
the ensuing bombardment by the
U. S. stra'egic air forces was the
tenth attack on the Nazi hub, and
the third on Berlin this month,
and was so heavy it disrupted
German news broadcasts.
From the RAF and the United
States AAF, Berlin has taken
about 46,000 tons of bombs up to
today.
VANCOUVER FLEET
TO SAIL TOMORROW
\ SEATTLE, May 19.—fAP»—
H. Lokken, manager of the fish
ing vessel owners’ association,
which has resisted the month
long tie-up of the Pacific North
west halibut fleet, has been ad
vised that the ^Vancouver, B. C.,
| fishermen have agreed to return
to their fishing grounds tomorrow
| at midnight.
The Seattle owners will meet
tomorrow evening to set the time
| for the Seattle fleet to return to
' the banks.
“This means the end of the
' tie-up,” Lokken said. He added:
| ‘‘As long as Vancouver fisher
! men have decided to go fishing,
i it would be manifestly foolish for
any other fleets to stay in port.”
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UNITED AIRLINES
ASK FOR NEW ROUTE
CHICAGO, 111., May 19.—(AP)
—The United Airlines applied to
i the Civil Aeronautics Board for
a 1,600-mile route from Seattle,
through Ketchikan, Juneau, Yak
utat to Anchorage, to link Alas
ka Airlines with the Pacific
Coast System of the company.
United Airlines officials said
the flying time from New York
to Juneau would be about 16 1-4
hours and to Anchorage, 19
hours.
President Patterson, of the com
pany, said, “This move of ours is
in line with our belief that Alas-'
ka presents important post-war
possibilities.”
jF 0 R P 0 W E R T R A I N—Workmen hoist a huge steam line
| into place on the turbo-generator car of a 5,000 kilowatt power
| train being built at Westinghouse’s New Philadelphia, Ohio, plant
( to restore electricity to captive cities.
ALLIES ARE IN
ASSAULT OF
HITLER LINE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NAPLES, May 17—<AP>—Allied
troops assaulted the Hitler line
all along a 25-mile front +Oday,
with the U. S. forces striking
toward the key Appian Way
junction of Itri.
French troops are carving
deeper into the German mountain
defenses in the middle of the line.
The German command repor'
ed the heaviest fighting was tak
ing place in the center of the ad
vancing allied lines at Pontecorvo
and to the southwest and ac
knowledged “a local dent” in the
Hitler l ne at Same Oliva, but
said they had sealed this off.
This indicated that the French
had driven west toward the
mountains only some four miles
from Pico on the inland road
from threatened Itri.
The Polish troops, with the
British Eighth Army, are pushing
beyond fallen Cassino on the
northern flank and have now
fought their way to within a mile
and a half of Piedmont, four
miles west of Cassino, near
Highway 6, on the road to Rome.
On the central sector, south of
Liri Valley, Fiffl^ Army forces
have reached a point 17 airline
miles from their jumping-off
place in this week-old allied of
fensive by taking the 4,129-foot
Mon'e Faggeto, overlooking Itri
on the Pico road, the only com
munication line between the ends
of the now-dented Hitler line.
RAY BROSTI RETURNS
TO CITY YESTERDAY
Ray Brosti, a Nomeite of long
standing, returned yfcg+erday to
work with the Sommers Construc
tion Co. for the coming season.
TAKE UP RESIDENCE
IN NOME
Mr. and Mrs. J. Strosahl have
taken up residence in the first
cottage east of the Pole* resi
dence. Mr. Strosahl is employed
by the Sommers Construction Co.
TOKYO SAYS
SOERABAJA
BOMBED TWICE
NEW YORK. May 19— <AP>—
Tokyo radio sa'd today tha*
Soerabaja, one of Japan’s key
bases in the Netherlands East In
dies, was raided twice by bomb
ers on the morning of May 17th
and again on the morning of the
18th.
The raids indicated ‘he allied
naval air task forces in India are
carrying out another of its bold
sweeps, this time in conjunction
with the U. S. Pacific forces.
The broadcast was recorded by
the U. S. monitor stations, who
said some 50 bombers and fight
ers. ‘‘coming from the direction
of the Indian Ocean”, carried out
the first attack.
It appeared tha‘. although the
enemy came as a portion of a
task unit based on an aircraft
carrier, it was followed the next
morning by strong bombers,
which shot over Soerabaja “one
by one”, and appeared to be Con
solida‘ed bombers such as oper
ate from the Pacific.
The powerful task force, in
cluding American aircraft car
riers under command of Admiral
Sir James Sommerville. com
mander of the British eastern
fleet at Ceylon, last reported ac
tion April 19‘h, when they at
tacked Sabang, Sumatra, the
western end of the Dutch East
Indies.
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
LEND-LEASE ACT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 19.
— 1AP) — President Roosevelt
signed the third extension to the
lend-lease act today.
This was hailed as a program
to symbolize allied unity, which
would hasten the day of victory.
ATC EVENTS
Non 'dommiMiontd Officer*'
moot *| tha High School Arm
ory Friday night at ItOO hours.
HALIBUT FLEET STILL
AT ASTORIA DOCKS
ASTORIA, Ore., May 19 — AP>
—The halibut fleet remained tied
up today af’er the buyers re
jected the proposal to guarantee
payment in full of the ceiling
prices for the entire catch this
season.
The buyers said the plan was
suggested by the fishing vessel
owners’ association and the deep
sea fishermen’s union, to end
the month-old tie-up, and would
violate fair trade practices and
would not be acceptable to the
government.
NOMINEES ARE
NAMED FOR
OREGON SLATE
PORTLAND, Ore., May 19.—
<APt—Oregon nominated their
candidates to two U. S. Senate
seats yesterday and recorded
their Presidential preferences in
the primary election, which com
manded national attention chief
ly because of the fight involving
Senator Rufus Holman, republi
can of Oregon, and Wayne Morse,
former public member of the War
Labor Board and the Oregon Law
School -dean.
The incident wound up with
new charges by Holman that
Morse was an inexperienced pro
fessor, backed by big money, and
charges by Morse that Holman
was a dangerous isolationist and
incompetent.
The Presidential preference bal
loting offered another test of
strength between Governor Dewey
of New York and Ex-Governor
Stassen. Oregon’s 15 republican
na’ional convention delegates will
be pledged to the one receiving
, the most votes.
The ballots left an opportunity
for Oregon democrats to write in
the name of Vice-President Henry
A. Wallace or another, as their
: choice for Roosevelt’s running
mate. “'** **-J. .7 ' ' Z
Roosevelt is unchallenged oil
the democratic presidential pref
erence ballot.
AIR FORCES
DESTROY 28,174
AXIS PLANES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.
—fAP>—The Army Air Forces
during two and one-half years of
war, have destroyed 28,174 enemy
planes against a loss of 6,154 of
ours, General Arnold reported in
a press conference today.
The general said our bombers
dropped 468,391 tons of bombs
in the sustained bombing offen
sive against Germany to cut
German aircraft production to
one-fourth of the enemy’s planes.
“I don’t know,” the general
said, “What the air force can do.!
Can we knock Germany out of
the war?”
*' ' '•
In conclusion he added:
“I don’t know, and I don’t be
lieve anybody else does!”
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HUGO LINDFORS
RETURNS TO NOME
Hugo Lindfors has returned to
Nome after being discharged from
the McCaw Hospital at Walla
Walla, Washington, where he has
been hospitalized after being in
jured while in service with the
Harbor Craft Detachment.
BEACHHEADS
EXPANDING
ON ISLAND
ADVANCED ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW GUINEA, May 19.
(AP) — The bulk o£
Wakde Island's Japanese
air bases, from the rap
idly expanding beach
heads on nearby New
Guinea, was seized Wed
nesday and Thursday by
American forces leap -
frogging 120 miles be
yond Hollandia, in twin
amphibious; operations
including warships and
planes, it was reported
today.
General MacArthur announced
that a one-two strike was forecast
for an early fall of the remain
ing Du‘ch Guin-j territory, be
tween him and his avowed re
turn to the Philippines.
Headquarters «aid the drive
moved General MacArthur’s
forces 110 miles nearer the Phil
ippines and the Netherlands East
Indies
These advances now provide
base- from which deeper and
harder blows can be dealt
throughout all of Dufeh Guinea,
under allied air domination.
The Japanese have, to date,
been pushed back over 1,000
miles from their deepest point of
penetration at Milne Bay, New
Guinea,
Despite the warnings the Jap
anese have been given in repeat
ed air attacks, the invading allies
effected a surprise landing, suf
fering only slight casualties, to
take Wakde's two low-lying coral
islands which the Japanese have
developed into air bases. ,f~.
The bases were stormed Wed
nesday and Thursday from the
mainland, supporting the amphib
ous thrusts during the two days,
against slight resistance. '■A]1
Other invaders on the main
land spread to the east and west
of the landing points encounter
ing trifling opposition.
The multi-pronged enterprise
which MacArthur said presages
“the reconquest of the entire
province”, followed the familiar
pattern of southwest Pacific in
vasions.
The supporting aid and naval
bombardment was implemented
by rocket gun barrages.
Successive waves of landing
barges hit the beaches.
Headquarters said 2,120 Jap
anese were killed and 441 cap
tured.
The number of captives freed
from Hollandia and Aitape totals
720.
O. D. COCHRAN
RETURNS TO NOME
Senator O. D. Cochran re
turned to Nome yesterday from
a round trip to Anchorage on
business. Senator Cochran was
renominated by the democratic
party. *
M. J. WALSH AND
WIFE RETURN HOME
~Mr, and Mrs. M. J. Walsh re
turned home yesterday after sev
eral weeks Outside. Mike Walsh
is a democratic candidate for the
House of Representatives from
the Second Division.
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