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VOL. XLVII. No. 57. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1945 PER. COPY — 15*
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, Doolittle Predicts
2,000 Plane Raids
On Japan
* LONDON, May 11— </P) — Lt.
'Gen. Doolittle, commander of the
United States Eighth Airforce,:
who led the first air raid on
Tokyo, predicted 2,000-plane
raids will be made on Japan.
He referred to the Superfortress
as “the heavy bomber of the fu- J
v ture,” but I am speaking of pros
pective 2,000-plane raids on
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Japan. He didn’t state specifically
that he meant all two thousand
planes would be Superfortresses.
“The size of the American air
force operating against Japan will
continue to be increased as air
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r fields bceome available and sup
ply routes and communications
bases are established.”
Doolittle said in a press confer
ence that the personnel of the
Eighth Air Force in England num-'
bered approxiatemly 200,000
men and women and another hun
* dred thousand served on a rotat
ing basis. Doolittle said that part
of the Eighth Air Force’s men,!
' women and equipment would be
moved directly to the Pacific. The
rest would be sent back to the
* tTnited States, or kept in England
indefinitely as part of the Allied
occupation.
The Air Force he said at pres-!
ent bomber strength that the
Eighth Air Force exceeded twen
ty-four hundred Liberators and
Fortresses, but he didn’t include
planes in repair depots or new
planes in reserve pools.
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U. S. Intelligence
To Su press Nazi i
Underground
WASHINGTON, May U-r(/F)—
A special intelligence sectjpn to
detect and “ruthlesly” suppress
any Nazi underground activities
will be part of the United States
Military Occupation of the Amer
ican Occupation zone in Germany.
This was disclosed by the War
Department announcement plans
for the United States group to
form part of the Allied four
^ power control council in Ger
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LUZON HIGHWAY-^ weapons carrier and a salvaged Australian armored car carry Red
Cross comfort Items down the Manila plain to troops battling Japs on Luzon, P. I.
Nazi Troops In
Czechoslovakia
Run To Yank Lines
LONDON, May 11— (JP) —Die
hard Nazi fanatics who fought on
in Czechoslovakia in defiance to
the German unconditional sur
render are reported to be in head
long flight toward American lines
as a vast pincers by three Soviet
armies threatened momentarily to
envelop them.
The First, Second and Fourth
Ukrainian armies opened assault
on broad fronts from the north
west, east and southeast when the
forces under Field Marshal
Schoerner, himself wanted as a
war criminal and Col. Gen. Woeh
ler ignored the command to sur
render.
It is the only reported fighting
German troops in all of Europe.
Elsewhere the Germans are giv
ing up docily. The Soviet com
mand announced it had captured
209,000 German officers and men.
Preliminary checkups along the
front show twenty-six Nazi gener
als in the bag.
RECOVERING NICELY
Mrs. Larry Galvin who left for
the States with her husband in
April to visit in Seattle, was op
erated on for goiter and is getting
along nicely.
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THURSDAY GAMES
American League
St. Louis 10, Washington 2. All
other major league games post
poned.
Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 5, Oakland 1. Port
land 8, San Diego 0. San Fran
cisco 10, Hollywood 3. Seattle 6,
Sacramento 1.
FRIDAY GAMES
National League
Cincinnati 1, New York 6.
Pacific Coast League
Oakland 13, 4; Los Angeles 3, 5.
Portland 1, San Diego 5. Holly- ;
wood 4, San Francisco 0. Seattle
8, Sacramento 3.
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INDIAN AFFAIRS NURSE
ARRIVES IN NOME
Miss Julia Gromtzess, Bureau
of Indian Affairs nurse, who has
been stationed at St. Lawrence,
arrived in Nome this week. She
was sent to relieve the diphtheria
situation in Wales, Shismareff
and Barrow where the regular
staff of nurses were unable to
cope with the epidemic. She has
been enjoying a little visit before
resuming her duties, and left this
morning for Solomon and Council
on a field trip.
Small Nations
Want Greater
Authority l
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 1H/P) *
—The United Nations conference
appeared to be developing strong
bloc of small nations who are de- ,
termined to win for themselves
greater authority over the pro
posed use of force to prevent fu
ture war.
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The issue coming shortly to the ,
fore in the conference committee’s
consideration of amendments to
the Dumbarton Oaks plan of a
world peace organization as it was
drawn- up by Britain, China, Rus
sia and the United States inWash
ington last fall. Here are the cur
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rent top developments: One—
Prime Minister King told the
committee on functions of the se
curity council, which is the exclu
sive powerful core of the pro
posed organization that any na
tion whose troops would be used
against an aggressor should be
permitted a voice in the council’s
decision to take forceful action.
Two—New Zealand suggested
the proposed world assembly of
nations to which the Dumbarton
Oaks plans would assign little
authority, should have the right
to approve or reject any security
council action. This was bluntly
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GUAM, May 11—(#*)—Super
fortresses bombed Japan’s home
land three times today, striking
three industrial centers and three
airfields on Kyushu and Honshu
islands in a swift followup of yes
terday’s 400 plane Superfortress
raid.
In the heaviest attack 100 to
150 Superfortresses attacked the
big Kawanishi seaplane plant on
Honshu between Koke and Osaka,
as the smaller fleet blasted Oita
and Saiki airfields on Kyushu.
The latest attack was aimed at
the important cities of Miyakan
ojo, Nattigahara and Miyaksaki
airfield. No immediate reports as
to the damage wrought. The
bombing was done through under
cast by precision instruments.
U. S. Troops Cross
Asa River Mouth
Near Naha
GUAM, May 11— <&) —Troops
of the Sixth Marine division
bridged the mouth of the Asa
river near Okinawa’s capital city
of Naha yesterday and forced a
crossing despite the attempts of
two Japanese human bombs to
thwart them.
Bitter hand to hand fighting
was reported all along the south
ern Okinawa front. United States
warships for the fifth straight day
were called on for support. They
broke enemy troop concentrations
in the rear areas..
The Asa river flows into the
sea on western Okinawa between
Machinato airfield, which was
capti’^?d last weke and Naha.
Two Japanese tied heavy explo
sive charges on themselves and
plunged onto the span in an at
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NOTICE
Written applications shall be re
ceived in the office of the City
Clerk unitl 8:00 P.M.. May 14,
1945, for the following positions
in the Nome Fire and Police De
partment:
Engineer .$300.00 per month
Driver .$300.00 per month
Common Council of Name
By Canie M. McLain
5-4.9.11 City Clerk