In Burma Trap
Allies Kill
2,000 Jap Troops
CALCUTTA, July 25—(/P)—Al
lied troops killed more than two
thousand Japs in a three-day bat
tle. The enemy forces were seek
ing to escape the trap in southen,
Burma and to reach the Sittang
river;
Southeast Asia command head
quarters announced these casual
ties coupled with two hundred
fifyt-two prisoners and an un
counted number killed by artil
lery and planes had reduced by
more than one-half the Jap force
estimated at five thousand the
Pegu pocket.
The communique said that
heavy fighting continued along
seventy-seven miles of the stretch
A. J. FOR SHORT
LONDON— </P) —The London
Gazette records that A.J.V.E.P.C.
M.A.T.A.D. Camilleri of Eastleigh,
Hampshire, is to assume the name
of Aurelius Joseph Camillin. Small
wonder—those initials stand for
Aurelius, Joseph, Vincent, Em
manuel, Pius, Carmel, Marianus,
Arnettus, Thomas, Aloysius Dom
inic.
The Declaration of Independ
ence was not signed on the Fourth
of July, according to Encyclopae
dia Britannica. Although it reads,
“In Congress July 4, 1776,” the
Declaration of Independence was
ordered to be engrossed and
signed on July 19th and the last
signature wasn’t affixed until
1781.
of road between Toungoo and
Nyaunglebin.
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NOME :: ALASKA
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Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings
7:30 to 9:30
For BEGINNING and ADVANCED COURSES in
GREGG SHORTHAND and TOUCH TYPING
For information too MISS MacNAIR
At The Wallace Hotel Between 4 and 8 P.M.
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1 Show, July 25 and 26, 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
“TENNESSEE
JOHNSON”
LIONEL BARRYMORE
RUTH HUSSEY
And "OH GENTLE SPRING"
2 Shows, July 27, 7:15 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY
“PRAIRIE STRANGER”
CHAS. STARRETT,
CLIFF EDWARDS
"LITTLE MISS PINKERTON"
And "NATION DANCES"
1 Show, July 28, 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
“DUBARRY WAS
A LADY”
RED SKELTON. LUCILLE BALL,
GENE KELLY
And
'ON THE ROAD TO MONTEREY'
2 Shows July 29. 7:15 and 9 P.M.
SUNDAY
“SEVEN DAYS LEAVE”
VICTOR MATURE,
LUCILLE BALL,
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
And "MASS HOUSE MEETING"
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MRS. JOE WALLACE
LEAVES FOR FAIRBANKS
. Mrs. Joe Wallace left by plane
Tuesday morning for Fairbanks
where she will attend meetings of
the Midnight Sun Lodge of the
Order of Eastern Star, in honor
of Mrs. Mamie Lander, Most
Worthy Grand Matron of the or
der.
Mrs. Wallace will fly on to Seat
tle and spend about ten days with
her daughter Mrs. Paul Falken
berg, before returning to Nome.
FLAC CIRL _ Martha
Vickers of the movies strikes a
pose suitable for patriotic holiday.
Twilling, Doolittle i
To Direct Leveling
Of Japan
WASHINGTON, July 25—(&>)—
The two men who directed the
srtategic bombing of Germany will
! share supervision over Superfort
blows used in flattening the Jap
Empire from the air. This became
; known from the Army Air Forces
I announcement that Lt. Gen. Na
than F. Twining will be in com
mand of the Twentieth Airforce
in the Marianas.
As head of the Fifteenth Air
force, Twining blasted the Ger
mans from Africa back deep into
their own homeland. General Twi
ning is now at Guam to take over
command of the Twentieth. He
succeeds Maj. Gen Curtis Lemay
who becomes Chief of Staff to
Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of
all Pacific airforces.
Lt. Gen. Doolittle has already
arrived in the Pacific and said his
Eighth Airforce will be in action
against Japan by' next week.
The Atlantic is the saltiest of
the great oceans.
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He Must Have Grown
Wings To Make It
BATON ROUGE, La. — </P) — ^
More than 2,000 miles in six years
is traveling for a turtle, but chil
dren playing in a vacant street in
Tacorrta, Wash., found a turtle
with the inscription on its shell:
“Baton Rouge, La., 1938.” It was
a land variety but not native to
the Puget Sound country. How the
turtle arrived in Tacoma was not
determined.
ODDFELLOWS ATTENTION ^
The Oddfellows will meet Fri
day evening at eight o'clock at the
home of Brother Robert Baldwin.
NOTICE
The Ladies Aid Society of the .
Federated Church will hold a spe
cial meeting Friday afternoon at
2:00 at the home of Mrs. Robert
Baldwin.
Mrs. Thomas Morcom, Treas.
I’ve got a pet pig and I call him
“Parker.”
Is that his real name?
No, that’s his pen name.
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