THE NOME NUGGET
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•t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, September 2, 1949
WAR HEADLINES:
They Started Rolling 10 Years Ago Yesterday
A one-time Austrian paper hanger stepped off the
deep end (and took the world with him) on a September
morning 10 years ago.
Adolf Hitler had started the long-feared war in Eu
rope by sending his air force and mechanized armies to
blitz Poland. The war, spreading to all corners of the
world, became the most destructive in history.
Military and civilian dead were estimated at more
than 20,000,000 and the wounded at some 33,000,000.
The cost to all participating nations was figured at more
than one trillion dollars, this country’s share being some
$330,000,000,000.
Here’s a condensed headline history of the struggle
which lasted exactly six years from Sept. 1, 1939, to
Sept. 1, 1945. |
1939—Nazis invade Poland without declaring war
(Sept. 1). Britain and France demand Hitler withdraw
troops from Poland (Sept. 2). Britain declares war on
Germany (Sept. 3), France entering war next day.
Russian troops invade Poland (Sept. 17) and Reds and
Nazis partition Poland. Warsaw surrenders (Sept. 27) j
and Germany and Russia warn Allies to end war.
Russia attacks Finland (Nov. 30). Roosevelt denounc
es “wanton” invasion.
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1940— “Phony” war on western front—French sol
diers loaf behind “impregnable” Maginot Line while j
German work gangs strengthen Westwall.
Russians crack Mannerheim Line (March 2); Finns
sue for peace. Nazis suddenly invade Denmark and Nor
way (April 9). British, landing in Norway, routed by
Germans.
Nazi “lightning” hits Holland, Belgium and France
(May 10). Holland conquered in five days. Italy joms
Germany in war on France. In 40 days Hitler pushes
“democracy’s defense frontier” from the Rhine to the
English channel.
Germans launch all-out air attack on Britain (Aug. 8).
U. S. registers 16,500,000, selective service (Oct. 16).
Italian soldiers invade Greece (Oct. 27) but are driven
off Greek soil.
1941— British rout Italians in North Africa (Jan. 5).
Germans invade Yugoslavia and Greece (April 6), Nazi:
tanks crushing resistance. Hitler looses surprise attack
on Russia (June 22). Nazis smash Stalin line, move tow
ard Kiev, Moscow and Leningrad. U. S. occupies Iceland
bases (July 7).
Roosevelt and Churchill frame Atlantic Charter (Aug.
14). Nazis reach outskirts of Leningrad (Aug. 22). Hit
ler announces Russia “is defeated, will never rise again”
(Oct. 3) but Russians halt Nazis at gates of Moscow
(Nov. 12).
Japanese make sneak attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec.
7). Congress declares war on Japan; Germany declares
war on the U. S.
1942— General MacArthur leaves Philippines for
Australia, promises to return (March 17). Japanese cap
ture Corregidor (May 6). More than 1200 British planes
bomb Cologne (June 1).
U. S. Marines land at Guadalcanal (Aug. 10), first
stop on the road to Tokyo. Suez Canal saved as Mont
gomery routs “Desert Fox” Rommel in tank battle at El
Alamein (Oct. 24).
U. S. and British forces stage big invasion of North Af
rica (Nov. 7). MacArthur’s men take Buna, New Guinea
(Dec. 14). Russian drive toward Rostov cuts off 22 Nazi
divisions behind Stalingrad (Dec. 27).
1943— Russians break siege of Leningrad (Jan. 18),
report victory at Stalingrand (Feb. 2). Americans and
British mop up Germans in Africa (May).
Allies invade Sicily (July 1). Italians depose Musso
lini (July 25). Allies invade mainland of Italy (Sept. 3),
and Italy surrenders (Sept. 9).
Marines land at Tarawa (Nov. 21), capture Gilbert
Islands.
Bremen bombed by 500 U. S. planed (Nov. 27).
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Teheran,
agree on European invasion plans (Dec. 3).
1944— Marines and army troops land at Kwajalein in
the Marshalls (Feb. 1). U. S. planes attack Berlin (Mar.
4). Russians recapture Odessa (Apr. 11). Rome cap
tured by Allies (June ). D-Day—American, British and
Canadian troops seize Normandy beaches in biggest wa
ter-borne invasion of all time (Jun£ 6).
U. S. troops land on Saipan in Pacific (June 15).
Allies break out of Normandy beachheads, routing
German armies (July 25).
Allies enter Paris (Aug. 25). Defeated Germans race
for shelter of Siegfried line. American troops enter Ger
many (Sept. 12). U. S. troops invade the Philippines
(Oct. 20).
U. S. navy wins biggest battle in its history, crushing
Japanese sea power in second battle of the Philippine
sea (Oct. 24-29). 1
Allies launch 300-mile wide offensive on western
front (Nov. 16). Americans suffer setback in “Battle of
the Bulge.”
1945— Allies smash German line, regain many miles
in “the Bulge” (Jan. 12). U. S. Third army smashes
through Siegfried line (Feb. 5). Russians reach outer
defenses on Berlin (Feb. 7).
U. S. Marines land on Iwa Jima (Feb. 19). U. S. First
army crosses the Rhine on Remagen bridge (March 7).
B-29s set great fires in Tokyo (Mar. 10). U. S. troops
invade Okinawa (Apr. 1). American and Russian forces
meet on the Elbe river (Apr. 27). Russian flag raised
over shattered Reichstag building in Berlin( Apr. 30).
Berlin captured (May 2). German radio in Hamburg re
ports death of Hitler in Berlin.
VE Day—Germany surrenders (May 6).
Alaska Statehood
Committee Draws
Up By-Laws
•Continued from Page One)
statehood bill is brought to the
floor this fall. It adopted a by-laws
provision to allow its members $20
a day on official business in Alas
ka and $25 a day while outside
Alaska.
Chairman Atwood named Wil
liam L. Baker, Ketchikan pub
lisher, chairman of the education
and public relations committee;
Howard Lvng, Nome, chairman of
the legislative committee; Rep.
Warren Taylor, Fairbanks? head
of the committee on a state consti
tution, and Sen. Victor Rivers, An
chorage, chairman of committee
>n state organization.
Atwood and Baker said commit- «,
tee members agreed to underwrite
costs of activities personally if
Territorial funds are not available.
Congressional Delegate Bartlett,
who came from Washington for
the meeting, plans to spend Labor
Day in Fairbanks and then appear
in Anchorage and Ketchikan for
talks before returning east.
U. S. warships and planes
smash at Japanese cities
(July 10). Atomic bomb
dropped on Hir o s h i m a
(Aug. 6). Russia declares
war on Japan (Aug. 8).
Atomic bomb dropped on
Nagasaki (Aug. 9).
VJ Day—Japan sues for
peace; formally surrenders
(Sept. 1).
Labor Looks At Its Year—LABOR DAY, 1949
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* ♦ •
_ -NOV2
Truman elected on Antl-Taft-Harfley platform
* NOV 22 ♦
Phil pMunauawaikcomunkls at CIO convention
• PEC. 17
Boar-l approves 40hour work for failway unions
•MAY 19'
CIO leaves WFTII
•JUNE30*
Union gives up 'faf(-Hartley repeal
for this year after senate vote.
• JULY IS •
Fact finding plan accepted in
0^gf steel dispute.