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VOL. XLVII. No. 48. 4QMK. ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 2 0, ~1 9 4 5 PER. COPY — J5*
LONDON, April 20-h(/P)—The
German high command announced
the the Russians had broken
through to a depth of seventeen
t miles from Berlin’s northeastern
outer defenses and reached the
Buchholz area seven miles from
the Greater Berlin limits. Mar
shal Konev’s First Ukrainian
Army scored similar success
southeast of the capital, pushing
forward sixteen miles from cap
4 tured Cottbus and breaking into
Calau forty-three miles from Ber
lin and only fifty-nine miles from
the American First Army siege
lines at Wurtzen. German broad
casts said farther south Konev’s
forces rolled even deeper toward
American lines reaching Hoyers
m werda fifty-five miles from a
union with Eisenhower’s forces.
German broadcasts described
the battle taking place at “main
defenses of Berlin.” German’s cen
tral reserves have been thrown
into the "murderous battle gates
of Berlin.”
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SAVE THE
CHILDREN FUND
A committee of citizens of
Nome, under the direction of Mrs.
♦Vernon Booker are seeking funds
for the starving children of Eu
rope, under the Temporary Coun
cil on Food for Europe’s Children.
There is hunger, cold, and a lack
of clothing among our Democratic
friends in Europe. The restoration
is more difficult than it would
have been had the children been
fed through the blockade. Nether -
• 'land cities are ruled by famine.
Residents seeking food in the
country are dying on the roads.
In Rotterdam there are 400 dy
ing of hunger daily. Medical sup
V plies and some food have gone
from Sweden to Norway and the
occupied portions of the Nether
lands. This need is urgent and the
opportunity to render service is
overwhelming.
This Save the Children Feder
ation is operating under the Pres
ident’s War Relief Control Board.
Contribution boxes have been
pieced in the commercial houses
fcef the City of Home for one week
ftpnly, aa we wish to help as soon
as possible in this emergency.
Bride, 13, and Her Family
NEVADA, MO.—A domestic scene in the Houdeshell household,
where a 13-year-old girl assumes duties of a wife and housekeeper.
The bride is shown with some of the eleven children, two of whom are
older than she, and another is the same age. The bride also was a
rchoolmate of six of the children. Left to right are: Nora, 8; Pauline,
4; Ralph Houdeshell, 48, the father and husband; on his knee is baby
daughter, Patricia Ilene, 2; Mary Lou Houdeshell, 13, the bride;
Ruby, 6; and Fannie Mae, 1L
Hitler Celebrates
56th Birthday
Without Fanfare
LONDON, April 19—</P)—Hit
ler reached his fifty-sixth birth
day without the fanfare of past
years. Where he was, and what
he was doing was a mystery. The
only hope held out to Nazi follow
! ~ . ,r
ers in a broadcast declaration by
DNB was “there will never be a
German nation without the aims
which Hitler set.”
1 The few newspapers still pub
lishing in the Reich carried long
accounts saying Germany had
gained wealth and power under
him.
Klem Klementson who has
been on a vacation is back at
i work in the butcher department
of Polet’s store.
NOTICE
Written applications will ba re
ceived at the office of the City
Clerk until 8:00 P.M. Monday,
April 23. 1945. for the position of:
' Chief of Fire and Police, Depart
' meni, $400.00 per month.
Common Council of Nome,
By Carrie MeMcLain,
City Clerk.
Ernie Pyle Buried
With Simple
Military Honors
IE ISLAND, Ryukyus, April 19
—(/P)—Ernie Pyle will be buried
with simple military honors Fri
day alongside his G.I. Joes, his
friends and comrades in life and
death. Army Chaplain N. B. Sau
cier of Coffeyville, Miss., who
went with the litter bearers under
Japanese fire to recover the body
of the famed author and war cor
respondent will officiate, the “Lit
tle Guy,” beloved by every G.I.
Joe fell in action midmorning on
Wednesday.
Out of hundreds of Tenth Army
troops who landed on Ie fifteen
were killed in the first three days.
Pyle, the sixteenth, recently told
friends in Guam that he had a pre
monition that something might
happen.
Hospital Notes
Recent entries in the hospital
for medical care, are Grace Ale
nine of White Mountain, Mrs. Bob
Aumak and Ellen Waldheim of
Nome.
45,000 Yanks In
Assault On
Southern Okinawa
GUAM, April 20— <fl*) —Three
American Army divisions total
ling possibly forty-five thousand
men jumped off yesterday in an
all out assault against the deep,
solid Japanese defenses on south
ern Okinawa island the Navy dis
closed today. One of the heaviest
big gun bombardments ever
launched supported the amphibi
ous troops, preceded the big push.
Battleships and cruisers are
helping the field artillery to give
great cover. Carrier planes pro
tected the ground force. Japanese
fought back furiously with artil
lery and mortars but the Yanks
! made initial gains of five hundred
yards, one flank eight hundred.
Another captured the village of
Machinato in an operation which
ended the thirteen day deadlock
on the southern Okinawa front
where the Nipponese have been
holding the Yanks with a defense
setup four miles or more in depth
extending all the way across the
island, about eight thousand
yards.
An artillery duel has raged un
abated along the front since April
sixteenth. There is little possibil
ity for a quick breakthrough be
cause the defense extends
to Naha. The terrain is suited to
the enemy’s kind of fighting. It
is cut up by ravines and terrances.
The Nipponese are entrenched in
interlocking trench systems and
blockhouses.
HEARS FROM SON OVERSEAS
Mrs. H. Harper has had word
from her son that he is now over
seas somewhere on the German
front. Emory writes that he is
hard at it shuttling supply trucks
to the front.
ODDFELLOWS TO MEET
TONIGHT
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows will meet at the home of
Brother Stanley R. Morgan at
8:00 o'clock p.m., tonight, Friday.
Members requested to attend.
Visiting Odd Fellows welcome.
Robert F. Baldwin, Secretary
Eighth Army
Have Captured
Pontomaggiore
ROME,April 20— iff) —The
Eighth Army advanced three
miles and captured Pontomaggiore
twelve miles houtheast of the Po
valley city of Ferrara, Allied
headquarters announced. Porto
verrara a small town east of Pon
tomaggiore also was taken as the
British pushed forward after
storming Argenta Gap. Fifth
Army forces are reported advanc
ing slowly along highway Sixty
five between Florence and Bolog
na nearing Pianore.
BASEBALL
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 11, Los Angeles 4;
Oakland 9, Seattle 4; Sacramento
9, San Francisco 4; Portland 21,
1 Hollywood 2.
American League
Chicago 14, Cleveland 6.
WEDNESDAY GAMES
National League
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 0.
Pacific Coast League
San Diego 9, 1, Los Angeles 4, 5;
Portland 1, Hollywood 2; Seattle
2, Oakland 3; Sacramento 9, San
Francisco 10.
THURSDAY GAMES
National League
New York 4, 5, Boston 3, 13; St.
Louis 8. Chicago 2; Philadelphia
1, Brooklyn 3; Pittsburgh 5, Cin
cinnati 1.
American League
Boston 3, New York 4; Detroit
1, St. Louis 0; Washington 4,
Philadelphia 3.
I FRIDAY GAMES
American League
Philadelphia 5, Boston 3; Cleve
land 4 Detroit 1; St. Louis 2, Chi
cago 3; New York 6, Washington
3.
National League
Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 5; Brook
lyn 6, New York 10; Boston 6,
Philadelphia 5. Only games sched
uled.