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These Marines Have Given All! - - Will Their Death Be In Vain?
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AMERICAN DEAD ON IWO—With the harbor still sheltering landing craft, long lines of crosses mark the graves of
some of the (J. S. Marines of the Third and Fourth divisions who gave their lives on Iwo Jima.
WAC Contingent
Expected At
Nome In Fall
Big changes are in store for this
base when the WAC contingent
arrives sometime in the Fall.
Division Personnel announced
that the Nome contingent will be
smaller than those stationed at
Great Falls, Whitehorse or Fair
banks. About 80 Wacs are expect
ed. Construction of two barracks,
messhall and recreation-supply
building, estimated to cost $108,
000, has been approved.
Wacs were originally scheduled
for Nome last year, but consrtuc
tion problems snafued the plan.
The way will be paved for the
new contingent by Captain Susan
Flaherty, recently appointed Staff
WAC Officer as adviser to the
Commanding General on WAC
affairs.
CAB Authorizes
Two New Alaska
Air Routes
WASHINGTON, July
Two airlines have been authorized
by C.A.B. Permission has been
given Alaska Airlines to carry
mail between Fairbanks and An
chorage. Woodley Airways have
been authorized to carry persons
property and mail between An
chorage and Kodiak, by way of
Homer.
I Gov. Gruening Says
“Alaskans Tired |
Of Colonialism*’
(Special to The Nugget)
WRANGEDL, Alaska, July 3—
Declaring that “Alaskans are get
ting sick and tired of this colonial
ism,” Governor Ernest Gruening,
here over the Fourth, said he was
making a vigorous protest to the
War and Navy departments
against the ruling denying civilian
employees, hired after June 30,
the twenty-five per cent differen
tial unless hired in the forty-eight
States or the District of Columbia.
“It is difficult to conceive more
direct and flagrant discrimination
against Alaskans.” Governor
Gruening said “all federal govern
ment employees stationed in Alas
ka receive twenty-five per cent
differential because of conspicu
ously high living costs in Alaska,
and the same policy should apply
to Alaska workers.”
The War and Navy Departments
ruled effective the first of July
only employees hired in the
United States are entitled to the
differential.”
Coming on top of the War De
partment’s refusal to give Alas
kans credit for overseas service
and the attitude of the War Ship
ping Administration in refusing to
be concerned about Alaska trans
portation, I want to say that
Alaskans are getting sick and
tired of this colonialism,” the
Governor said.
Churchill’s Govt.
Victorious In
English Election
LONDON, July 6 — (&) — The
Conservative press maintained
that yesterday’s general elctions
“almost certainly” resulted in vic
tory for Churchill’s government,
but the Labor Party organs held
that the Conservatives lost their
absolute majority in Parliament.
The results will not be known
until July 26, after absentee sol
dier votes are counted. Observers
agreed there was a near-record
turnout and estimated that twen
ty-four million or eighty percent
of the eligible electorate of thirty
million.
The Daily Herald, Labor paper,
claimed “by the least optimistic
forecast” that Labor has two hun
dred sixty-six seats in the new
Commons.
Australians Take
Manggar Airfield
On Borneo
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MANILA, July 6—<£*)—Austra
lian Seventh Division caputred the
Manggar airfield with its two
four-thousand foot runways and
won control of all of the big port
of Balikpapan in southeast Bor
neo.
General MacArthur announced
that the Japanese are destroying
the rich oil belt Installations.
War Veterans May
Work In Shops And
Not Join Unions
WASHINGTON, July 6—(£>)—
The House Veterans Committee
1 approved legislation permitting
honorably discharged war veter
ans to work in closed or union
shops without joining the union.
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACI
FIC—(£>)—Sniper fire, night, and
riding assault boats to shore (in
that order) are causes of greatest
battle strain answers to a ques
cate.
Nome Celebrates
“The Glorious
Fourth”
The morning part of the pro
gram took place near the city
Hall, when hundreds of children
of all ages crowded in for free
ice cream.
The literary program at 1:00
p.m., began with an invocation by
Rev. Lewis Hudgins.
Mayor Edward Seidenverg made
a few fitting opening remarks, and
introduced the speaker of the day,
Col. James Potter, Nome Base
Commander.
Colonel Potter gave a short but
pointed talk, reminding the peo
ple that although the war in Eur
ope was over for our boys in uni
( form, the war in the Pacific was
j far from won, and that the sup
' port of the homefront was still
needed 100 per cent, in order to
bring the peace as soon as possi
ble.
Immediately following the liter
ary program, ---
mainly for children, were held.
The winning list, as long as your
i arm, included over 100 prize win
I ners of the events. Prizes ranged
i from $1.00 to $40.00, for events
including foot racing, bicycle rac
ing, sack races, three-legged
races, pie-eating contests, and spe
cial Eskimo sports, high-kicking,
blanket-tossing, and an Oomiak
(skin boat) race.
The beautifully clear day was a
boon to the shutter hounds who
were all over the place.
United States Navy Permits Japanese
Hospital Ship To Evacuate Wake Sick
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GUAM, July 6 — {JP) — The
United States Navy permitted a
Jap hospital ship to evacuate 974
men from the enemy garrison on
Wake sland, on which the gallant
Marine force held out early in the
war, until they were overrun by
superior Jap landing forces.
The Pacific Fleet headquarters
said that Admiral Nimitz reported
fifteen percent of the Japs taken
off were tubercular, fourteen were
wounded and the remainder were
suffering from malnutrition. Ad
miral Nimitz said the enemy med
ical officers estimated that fifteen
percent of those suffreing malnu
trition wouldn’t survive the voy
age back to Japan.
The evacuation presumably re
moved most of the Jap garrison
r
and is a virtual admission that the
American forces could take Wake
any time they wish.
The United States destroyer
Murray intercepted, stopped and
searched the Jap hospital ship,
Takasago Maru, about three hun
dred miles north of Wake Tues
day. The Murray’s commander re
ported that the boarding party
searched the Takasago with the
full cooperation of the Jap com
mander, who said his vessel was
on the way to Wake to evacuate
the garrison’s sick and wounded.
The American commander per
mitted the ship to continue on its
voyage. Murray intercepted the
Takasago again yesterday, and
again the boarding party searched
the ship and found the patients.