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VOL. 46.—No. 75. NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1944. PER COPY—15c.
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. Eruption of Mt.
Cleveland Forces
Chugin Evacuation!
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11TH ARMY AIR FORCE |
HEADQUARTERS IN ADAK. !
June 28.—(API—.Theeruption of
Mount Cleveland began on
June 10th. and is still contin
uing. forcing the evacuation of i
the army from installations at
Chugin. on Adak Island, It has
'seen reported.
The erupting volcano possibly
took the life of one of the men
stationed on the island.
The 11th Army reports said
the eruptions were accompanied
by severe quakes, which began on
the afternoon of June 10th.
Army presonnel stationed there
reported that ‘"Rocks as huge as
au‘omobiles were hurled from the
crater over the entire island.” |
A rescue party, headed by Cap
tain Donald Drewes, of Minnea
polis, Minn., arrived that night,
but while evacua'ion and recov-'
ery of materials was going on the
following morning, “the whole
top of the mountain blew off.” i
Army witnesses reported lava
and rocks scattered over the en
tire island and into the Bering
Sea for miles around.
Captain Drewes said “The miss
ing soldier was probably lost in
the first hour of the eruption.”
Companions said he had appar- •
en‘ly advanced too close to the
volcano in an attempt to evaluate;
the danger, and was knocked un
conscious or killed by falling
rock.
The body was later covered by
lava, which poured down thei
moun'ain and three miles beyond
the base, and when the rescue;
party had left, it covered the en-j
tire island.
A second rescue detachment.
headed by Lt Lyrin Cunningham,
of Joliet, 111., recovered all spec
ial equipment on the island.
Bond Sales Totals I
.
Listed For Month
Fifth War Bond sales through!
June 24th totalled $936,479.75,
with Fairbanks leading with
$322-525.00.
Following are the totals:
Anchorage, $171,755.78.
Juneau and Douglas, $120,
810.25,
Seward, $72,907.25.
Ketchikan, -47,277.75
Nome, $39,431.25.
Platinum, $28,000.00
Flat, $27,000.00.
Petersburg, $22,387.50
Kodiak, $16,206.25.
Wrangell, $14,237.50
Sitka, $9,618.75.
Cordova, $5,475.00.
Valdez, $5,287.50.
Skagway, $4,050.00
Metlakatla, $3,750.00.
Craig, $2,635.00.
Haines, $2,531.25.
MRS. SATHER TO
VISIT WITH DAUGHTER
Mrs. Pete Sather left via Alas
ka Airlines yesterday for An
chorage, where she will visit with
her daughter, Kristie, who is now
Mrs. Ronald Brouseau. Mrs. Sa
ther will spend some time in An
chorage before returning to
Nome.
Mpre than 35,000 Navy women
are on duty at shore stations from
coast to coast in the U. S.
NEARING MANHATTAN’S TOWERS — Part of the New York skyline as it ap
*' peared from the U. S. Maritime Service training ship American Seaman on a recent visit.
Finland Reins
Handed Over To
German Leaders
STOCKHOLM, June 28. — '
(AP)—Finland was today hand
ed over to Germany by its lead
ers without parliamentary ap
proval, and swarmed with Ger
man troops, and according to
all pretentions, the country was
fighting a separate war against
the Russian onslaught.
An eyewitness who left Hel
| sinki yesterday, said, “President
Ryti, Premier Linkomies and Fi
nance Minis'er Tanner submitted
to Nazi pressure after a senes of
I meetings with Von Ribbentrop,
! Field Marshal Keitel and General
| Alfred Jodi."
I Finland's government announc
ed officially last night that Von
Ribben'rop answered the appeal
for help by German troops, and
proclaimed “A perfect understand
ing has been reached between the
two countries."
Dispatches said the alignment
was so complete that henceforth
the Finnish communique would
be part of the German commun
ique. •
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Willkie Wires
Congratulations
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NEW YORK, June 28.—(API—
Wendell Willkie telegraphed his
congratulations to Governor
Thomas Dewey of New York, soon
after his name was placed in
nomination for the presidency to
day.
i The message read: “My hearty
congratulations to you in your
nomination. You have one of the;
greatest opportunities in history."
RELEASED FROM
TRIAL CHARGE
Richard Nillson in a court of
examination last Monday, was re
leased from the charge of rape,
brought by Alberta Schenck. In
ordering the release, the judge
said there was insufficient evi
dence to uphold the charge.
San Vincenzo Is,
Wrested From
:
Nazi Troops
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ROME, June 28.—fAP)—San
Vincenzo, only 32 miles below the ^
great port of Livorno on the Ital
ian west coast, was wrested from.
the Germans, after bitter house to j
house battles which lasted several
hours last night and today. . j
The Fif'h Army was reported j
slugging their way eternally for
ward, also.
San Vincenzo had been con
verted into a strong fortress by.
the Nazis, who evacuated all the
civilians and then erected barri-!
cades and wire entanglements for
. front defenses.
Farther inland American arm-!
' ored forces continued to roll back
the stubborn enemy resistance and
'occupied the villages of Chius-j
i dino and Travale, only 17 miles
southwest of Siena, the key high-!
j way communications center, 31
. miles below Florence.
! I
The Eighth Army continued to
move forward slowly against,
; fierce opposition. The main points j
of its attack were west and south
| west of Lake Trasimeno, where
Ihe British captured the towns of
Gioiella and Porto.
Republican Favor
Statehood Claims
CHICAGO, June 28.—(AP)—The
Republican party platform text
I maintained a plank of “Alaska is
entitled to the fullest measure of
, home rule, looking toward state
! hood,” and a Hawaiian plank,
which reads: “Hawaii shares the1
nation’s obligations equally with
several states, and is entitled to
the fullest measure of home rule
looking to statehood,” it was re
ported today.
The party advocated “The
equality of the state rights for
their citizens, and the application
of all our national laws,” to the
territories involved.
Tank Forces Aid
In Making Two
Mile Gap At Odon
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ALLIED EXPEDI
TIONARY FORCES IN ENG
LAND, June 28.—(AP)—British
tank forces burst a two-mile
gap in the German Odon river
line today, and engaged the
enemy in the greatest armored
battle in tthe liberation cam
paign, four miles southwest of
Caen.
The dash now blazing in open
country may decide the fate of a
large part of the German 15th
and 17th armies.
The enemy has grouped four
armored divisions around Caen,!
thier eastern Normandy strong
hold, 120 miles from Paris.
Carving a route down the
southwest of Caen in an outflank
ing drive, Gen. Montgomery’s
s'Jel first tore a breach sax
miles wide in the Nazi defenses,
I
burst the peninsula road from
Caen, poured over the Odon riv
er and battled two miles deeper
to a point northeast of Esquay.
This deep penetration sliced the
road from Caen to Evercy and
threatened the remaining German
held highways feeding into Caen
from the south and southeast.
British armored units can move
swiftly across'the opening plains
below Caen, and the Germans
must block this thrust or face the
threat of having large forces en
circled.
The swift, stabbing armored
drives are an old story to Mont
gomery’s desert veterans. One of
Britain’s most famous tank gen
erals is directing the operations.;
Allied planes hovered over the
tank battle and lashed at Nazi
reserves. Twenty-five tanks were
knocked out in Tuseday’s fight
ing Today’s battle is on a much
larger scale.
The Vichy radio declared that
Montgomery is using 100,000
troops in this all-out assault, in
addition to two armtr i divisions.
The Americans at Cherbourg
captured a second German gen
Propaganda Head
Assassinated
fn Vichy Home
—
LONDON, June 28.—(API_
; P&iKpp« Henriof. Vichy'* infor
motion Minister of Propaganda,
j was assassinated last -night by
i 15 or 20 uniformed men who
forced their way into his bed
room.
Axis radios said he was appar
ently the victim of French pat
riots. Henriot was the most im
portant collaborationist yet to
fall.
The Berlin agencies first broad
: cast the reports of the assassina-;
lion, then, a short time later,
Pierre Laval, the Vichy chief of
state, took the air and declared:
“Henriot was animated only by ■
patriotsim. He died this morning
a hero.”
In Germany the Transocean
Agency declared it was not possi
ble to ascertain whether the kill
i ers “were dressed in the uniform
i of the militia or the police.”
DNB, the German news agency,
i declared flatly that the assassins
j were masquerading members of
! the Vichy militia,
j Berlin failed to mention wheth
er any of the assassins were cap
i tured and there is strong indica
tion that they goLy.uvay.
Russians Stage
Great Aerial Raid
On Town of Minsk
MOSCOW, June 28.—CAP)—
Supported by one of Ihe greatest
aerial attacks ever hurled against
the Germans on the Russian
front, the Red Army closed in on
three directions on Minsk, the
capital of White Russia, just east
of the old Polish border.
Dispatches from the front said
that probably never before had
Stormoviks thrown such strength
and effectiveness again Nazi arm
ored forces.
Hour after hour they were re
ported searching out German
tanks and plastering them en
masse with flying artillery, blast
ing away for four armies converg
ing in a great semi-circle on the
German city of Warsaw, the cap
ital of Poland.
Three spearheads are aimed atj
I Minsk, comprising General Bag
ramian’s First Baltic Army, 36
year-old General Ivan Cherniak
hovsky’s Third White Russian
Army, and the group of Stormo
1 viks’ fast Yak planes and medium
bombers.
Field dispatches said Cherniak
hovsky's advance units are fast
closing in on Minsk, and other
units of his command are threat
ening to outflank Borisov, north
east of Minsk, in conjunction with
Bagramian’s troops.
eral, deputy commander at Cher
bourg, Major General Robert Stat
tler, yesterday, when they storm
ed the arsenal of the port city,
the last center of Nazi resistance.
Supreme headquarters disclos
ed the allies have suffered 40,549
casualties in the first two weeks
of the invasion, while the German
losses in killed, wounded and cap
tured in three weeks of battle
were not less than 70,000.
American casualties were 24,
162, or more than half of the to
tal suffered by the allies , and
these did not Include those in the
assault on Cherbourg
Carries Delegates
On First Ballot
At Convention
CHICAGO. June 28.—(API—
Governor Thomae Dewey of
New York was nominated for
republican nominee for presi
dent on the first ballot today,
by the war-time republican na
tional convention, that proved
to be his from the start.
The 42-year-old mustached
gang-buster swamped all opposi
tion as state after state roared
eut votes amid the traditional ac
companiment of bands, klieg
lights and bake-oven heat.
Another governor, tall and
handsome Bricker from Ohio, was
slated for vice-presidential nomi
nation after forsaking his own
drive for the number one spot.
It was Dewey all the way, and
the roll call was just a formality
after the riotous band led a snake
dance which followed the nomi
nation of the Michigan-born at
torney by Governor Griswold of
Nebraska.
Huge placards bearing the in
scription, “Dewey is the Peoples’
i Choice,” were carried around the
! jam-packed convention floor,
! while the band played, “What’ll
We Do on a Dew-Dew-Dewey
Day”, and the delegates took that
as their theme.
i NEW YORK, June 28.—«AP>—
. Wendell Willkie attempted to
! telegraph a congratulatory mes
j sage to. Dewey today , but was
blocked by wartime restrictions.
Willkie said “Western Union
| said they could not accept it,
i however the news of the message
has been sent to Dewey over
press association wires from Al
bany.”
! Dewey sent Willkie a message
1 saying, “Many thanks for your
gracious wire and your good -
| wishes. I appreciate them ever so
much.”
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Armour Recalled
For Conference
On Argentina
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 28.
—The State Department today
announced that the American
| ambassador, Norman Armour,
1 has been recalled from Buenos
! Aires for consultation.
I The move is one which hits
i sharply at the militarist govern
ment of Argentina.
The United States and all but
three of the American republics,
[ refused to recognize the regime of
| General Edelmir Farrell, since its
! establishment four months ago.
Armour stayed in Buenos Aires
: presumably with the hope that
Farrell would take moves to
' bring the country in line with
j the general policy of hemispheric
| defense.
STREETS OILED IN
DOWNTOWN AREAS
We note that the dust through
out the town has been terrific,
causing many to have what are
commonly known as “summer
colds”. The city has seen fit to
have the streets in the downtown
area oiled, showing a great im
provement. If it is possible, all
the streets of main traffic should
be oiled to lay the dust.
There are about 75 pyramids in
Egypt.