WILLKIE DEAD
AT AGE OF
52 YEARS
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Wendell
Willkie, republican presidential
candidate in 1940, died unexpect
edly Sunday morning at the age
of 52 years.
His death brought expressions
of regret from persons prominent
in many parts of the world. He
was born in Inirana anr was a
lawyer and identified with utility
activities. He was little known in
politics until successf in his bid
for the presidential nomination.
Death came to him while in the
Lennox Hospital due to coronary
thrombosis.
His physician said that strepto
cocci infection affected the heart
muscles and that Willkie died in
his sleep after suffering three at
tacks.
The Willkies have one child,
Phillip, who is a lieutenant in the
navy, on duty somewhere in mid
ocean.
Mr. Willkie will be buried in
the family plot in Rushville,
Indiana.
BOY BORN TO MR. AND
MRS. RON BROUSSEAU
Word has been received here
by Mrs. Pete Sather that her
daughter Kristie, who is Mrs
Ron Brousseau, of Anchorage
yesterday, had a 7 lb. boy. Both
mother and baby are doing well.
The baby was named Peter after
both its grandfather and uncle.
Kristie is a former Nome girl and
her husband. Ron worked in
Nome for several years.
RETURNS FROM
CANDLE AREA
Mr. and Mrs. Bill French have ,
returned from Candle, where they
have been mining this summer.
They plan to winter in Nome.
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TOBINS AT HOM E—Mayor and Mrs. Maurice J. Tobin
relax in the garden of their Boston home following the primary
election which made Tobin the Democratic candidate for governor.
He was endorsed by the tiu.
ARRIVE FOR
MEDICAL CHECK UP
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Mrs. Barney Vogen and son
Noel arrived from Teller for
medical attention for little Noel.
Tthey will return to their home
have returnedhave mart hamtar
in a few days.
McDonalds arrive
IN NOME
Mr. and Mrs. WmMcDonald
have returned to Nome from therr
mining claims in the Kougarok,
where they have had a very busy
season. The are associated with
Harvey Grant and Henry Wuhr
ner.
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PLANES SWEEP
POINT SOUTH
OF MAINLAND
PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 11.—
Sweeping the Ryku Islands, some
200 miles south of Japan, and
about 500 miles from China, car
rier planes of the Third Fleet sank
or damaged 58 ships and small
crat and destroyed 89 planes yes
terday, Admiral Nimitz announc
I ed.
I The planes attacked in great
strength and achieved a complete
surprise, the admiral said, in the
; first American strike into the is
; lands commanding the sea ap
proaches between Foochow and
Shanghai.
Admiral Halsey’s planes at
, tacked every naval and merchant
ship it could find, and bombed
and strafed island installations.
Preliminary reports indicated
| 12 ships, including a destroyer,
were sunk, and probably 13 oth
ers, and a number of smaller
craft destroyed.
More than 75 Jap planes were
wrecked on the ground, with 14
others shot down in combat by
American planes.
No American damage was re
ported.
RETURNS HERE
FROM OUTSIDE
I Miss Freda Erfle, formerly a
school teacher at the Nome Ter
ritorial School, has returned to
Nome from the States to assume
the position of secretar in he
Reindeer Service office, This
position was left vacant by Mrs.
John Bullock, who is now with
the Miners and Merchants Bank.
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RETURNS FROM
KOUQAROK AREA
Howard Lyng returned Satur
day from the Kougarok district,
where he has been for the past
two weeks on business connected
with his mining interests.
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