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Mac Arthur
(Via .P)—The arrival of Gen
eral MacArthur in Australia to
assume supreme United Nations
command in that region was re
quested by the Australian gov
enment.
Reosevelt directed MacArthur
on Feb. 22 to transfer headquar
ters from the Philippines he so
brilliantly defended to Australia
as soon as the necessary arrange
ments could be made. Mac
Arthnr requested a delay until
he could perfect arrangements
within the Philippines command.
This delay was approved by the
President.
MacArthur was accompanied
on his plane trip by his wife and
son and several staff officers.
His command in the south
west Pacific legion will include
; the Philippines, the War depart
ment said.
Among men now under Mac
Arthur in Australia are “consid
eiable number” of an expedition
ary force of American ground
troops and air corps units.
Washington
Washington (P)—A Navy an
nouncement that a medium-sized
Merchantman sunk off the Atlan
tic coast with a loss of nine lives
raised to 41 the total ships offici
ally announced as attacked off
the U. S. coast.
Washington (£*)—The U. S.
Navy disclosed that the United
Nations lost 12 war ships in a
furious sea battle Clast Saturday)
near Java against superior enemy
sea forces, and took Jap toll of 8
Jap war ships in attempting to
block landing of Jap troops.
Russian Front
(Via /P)—Hitler’s Ukraine ar
mies are reported in Stockholm
dispatches to be making hast\
preparations for retreat from
Kharkov with the city in flames
as Nazi demolit on squads bla-t
military stores and oil supplies
Against this picture of a majoi
new reverse of German arms Hit
ler’s headquarters state that Rus
san troops driving in the Do:ioth
river bas n ea^t of Kharkov were
“thrown back afte • a new utta< k
and suffered heavy casualties.”
Soviet dispatches yesterday
said Germans had slain 30.000
civilians in Kharkov, city of 83 -
000. which was captured by the
Germans October 22.
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Tickets for the famouy ice
classic guessing contest, the Ne
nana ice pool, are now on sale in
Kodiak, and participators have
three weeks left in which to con
sult their crystal balls and es
timate the winning time at vvnich
the Nenana river ice will break
up. Ticket sales end midnight,
April 4
No help can come from the
weather bureaus this year, with
weather a military secret, but
then no weatherman has ever
w7on it, anywajr.
For the benefit of those who
get out their calculators and
compute from previous winning
times, the following list of past
break-up dates are given:
Ice Moved At
1917— April 30
1918— May 11
1919— May 3
1920— May 11
1921— May 11
1922— May 12
1923— May 9
1924— May 11
1925— May 7
1926— April 26
1927— May 13
1928— May 6
1929— May 5
1930— May 8
1931— May 10
1932— May 1
1933— May 8
1934— April 30
1935— May 15
1936— April 30
1937— May 12
1938— May 6
1939— April 29
1940— Apiil 20
1941— May 3
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thankii g the many friends and
neighbois for their thoughtful
kindnessess during the recent
illness and death of my brother,
Cliffton I. Sumerlin.
Alvin A. Sumerlin
Tires Prom Board Only
H. E. Winans, chairman of the
Rationing Board, has been in
formed by wire from Acting
Governor E. L. Bartlett that
Leon Henderson, administrator,
said that it is absolutely of no
avail for a civilian consumer to
apply to the War Production
Board for a priority rating in
the hope that such a rating will
enable him to purchase a new
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