™s NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. XLVII. -No. 92. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1945PER COPY —15£
— f
Big Three
Conference Should
End Tonight
POTSDAM, Aug. 1—{&)—The
early conclusion of the Big Three
conference, possibly by nightfall,
was foreseen following the an
nouncement that President Tru
man will fly to Plymouth to meet
King George VI, before returning
to the United States.
While the announcement of
Truman’s plans did not indicate
the expected time of his depart
ure, the official spokesman con
firmed that the parley is nearing
an end, disclosing that the Presi
dent, Stalin and Attlee plan one
other meeting today—and there is
speculation it may be the last.
The spokesman said “A great
deal of progress has been made”
by the three leaders at the three
and a half hour meeting yester
day.
The conference s survival of the
defeat of the government of
Churchill, one of the original Big
Three, apparently demonstrated
the solid foundation for decisions
which have been reached.
It is expected the results of the
parley will be anounced in a joint
communique to be released simul
taneously in London, Washington
and Moscow. After meeting the
King, the President will return
home on the cruiser Augusta to
formally report to the people of
the United States in a nationwide
address.
Just before press time word
was received from Potsdam that
the Big Three conference had
ended.
Roads Committee
To Study
Alaska Highway
SEATTLE, Aug. 1 —{Jf) —A
committee on roads will study
the Alaska Military Highway.
Governor Gruening met the dele
gations and will travel north with
them.
Representative Randolph said
“America has a big investment in
that highway and we want to see
that we make the most of it.
There can be an extension to this
part of the country. It is a natural
outlet.”
ROCKFORD, 111.—</P)—Gust J.
Boehland is a 20th century John
ny Applesede. In 30 years he has
given 181/000 fruit, shade and fir
trees to /thousands of school chil
dren in ,ilhis community.
TWO EISENHO-WER S—This picture of Gen. of Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower and his son, Lt. John Eisenhower, was
mad# following their return to this country from the ETO for the
nation’s welcome to ’’General IVt.”
Japan Screens
Targets With
Allied Prisoners
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—f/P>—
Convinced that Japan still screens
bomb targets with Allied prison
ers the State Department awaits
confirmaion of the Tokyo radio
report that Americans died in the
bombing of Kawasaki on July
twenty-sixth.
It was disclosed last night the
State Department had requested
verification by the Swiss govern
ment.
The International Red Cross
has denounced the "persistent and
methodical practice of the Jap
government in locating prisoner
of war camps in areas subject to
bombardment."
Harold Alexander
Named Governor
General Of Canada
LONDON, Aug. 1— (IP) —Field
Marshal Sir Harold Alexander,
who extricated Britain’s over
whelmed forces in Dunkerque
and Burma and led the epic come
back from El Alamein was named
Adm. Leahy Says
Petain Acted In
Interest Of France
PARIS, Aug. 1—<>P)—Admiral
Leahy, chief of staff for Presi
dent Truman expressed the be
lief that Marshal Petain had al
ways acted in the best interests
of France, in a letter read at the
treason trial of the old soldier.
Admiral Leahy, who is in Pots
dam expressed high regard for
Petain but said he was unable to
appear as a witness because he
had the position of United States
Ambassador to the Vichy regime
under Petain until the Germans
took over the unoccupied por
tions of France in November,
1942, when North Africa was in
vaded.
He recalled many occasions he
had heard Petain express the de
sire to see the Nazis overwhelmed.
Canada’s seventeenth Governor
General.
The Allied commander in chief
of the Mediterranean theater is
fifty-four, and was chosen by
King George VI to succeed the
King’s uncle, Lord Athlone, 71,
whose nominal term expired in
June. Alexander was Britain’s
youngest field marshal.
SCOUT CAMP
DOINGS
Dear Diary:
This morning the bugler blew
the bugle and a bunch of sleepy
boys started to get up one by one.
By 7:15 we were all up and wash
ing, brushing our teeth and get
ting ready for breakfast.
We had* plenty of bacon and
eggs and milk for breakfast. We
started on the signs again. We
worked for about 3 and a half
hours.
At 12:15 Mr. Baker came out
and were we surprised to see
him. Well anyway he really got
us to working on the street signs.
We worked all afternoon and
went fishing from 7:00 to 9:00.
Chuckie Wheeler caught two
fish but most of us lost ours. So
that’s all for today.
Joseph Felder.
—
Monday
Dear Diary:
This is a story of Boy Scouts.
This morning we got up at 7:00
and we had our breakfast at 8:00.
After we ate our breakfast we
painted our signs. We did not do
all the signs.
Some of the boys made toy
planes that should have painted
their signs. We were out of sal
mon eggs and we have the eggs
today, and we have some spin
ners from town.
The scouts are lucky that they
get something they want. And the
people give some too much for
the Boy Scouts. I have enough
today. Roy Augnabogok.
July 30
Fog, rain, yet nice day. Men
in the making. The South Seas,
North Africa and Europe. Equip
ment yes, but the men behind the
guns were made under the able
leadership of Mr. B. G. Baker.
Scout Troop 666 of Nome had
a fishing and hiking trip. The
men cooked on an open camp fire
with stone slabs as utensils. Each
helping his buddy and sharing.
How true to the American way
of life. How like our men over
there.
Nome can well be proud of
Scout Troop 666. These are the
men of tomorrow. We need more
Scouts. Be prepared. How proper
and fitting the American Way.
Scout Troop 666 are thankful to
the citizens of Nome for their op
portunity and privilege for their
outing. Louis A. Bianchi,
Scout Master.
More than 20,000 teachers in
nine southern states have entered
the armed service or have left
for better paying jobs.
All Of Jap’s Navy
Destroyed By
Allies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—(£>)—
Undersecretary Artemus Gates,
final success of the Navy in “wip
ing out the Japanese fleet as a
fighting force,” added “the Japs
have not a single battleship left
in operation.
The Japs probably still have
two or three carriers which may
be operational, but they are no
longer a serious threat. If the Jap
fleet has three cruisers left that
can still steam, I’d be very much
surprised. They may have fifteen
to twenty-five destroyers. During
the past seven days the Navy has
finished wiping out the _Japanese
fleet as a fighting force.”
Japan Writhing,
Buring, Will
GUAM, Aug. 1—(/P)—In terror
of their life, the land burning
and writhing beneath the greatest
bombardment of all times wer re
flected fully in Jap propaganda
broadcasts, which are daily be
coming more tense.
“We are enduring the impossi
ble with grinding teeth and
clenched fist. When we see enemy
planes penetrating our homeland,
proudly flying over our heads,*’
cry the Nipponese propagandists.
Another broadcast told how the
great majority of Tokyo residents
are living underground and “de
sire to be provided with the min
imum amount of goods and serv
ices necessary to subsistence.”
Seven Germans
To Be Hanged For
Airmen’s Murder
DARWSTADT, Germany, Aug.
1—(JP)—Seven Germans, two of
them women, will be hanged, and
three others face long prison
terms for killing six captured
American airmen in August.
The verdicts were returnd last
night after a six-day trial. Only
one was acquitted. The women
sentenced to die are sisters: Mar
garete Witzler and Kethe Rein
hardt, both mothers.
The testimony showed they in
cited the mob by shouting “beat
them to death.” The men were
killed in the streets of this little
village.