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The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Allies Move Ahead From Adriatic Sea
 To Tyrrhenian Sea

ROME, June l6.-(AP)-The al- lies smashed forward from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea today, advancing as much as 25 miles in A hours, and capturing such important highway towns as Asuuapendente, Narni and Terni.
 Along the way of farthest ad- vance was made by the British 9th Army, in the capture of Todi, 50 airline miles north of Rome. and only 85 miles south of the Pisa-Rimini line, where the flee ing Germans may make a stand
 There has been no organized enemy defense in front of the line running from Pisa on the west coast through Florence to Rimini on the Adriatic Sea.
 The Fifth Army pushed above Lake Bolshena and captured Ac- quapendente, about seven miles north.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Allies Increasing Strangle-Hold
 On Peninsula Neck

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OF THE ALLIED ExPEDI- TIoNARY FORCES. June yls.-
 tAP)-The allies are steadily increasing their stranqle hold on the neck of the Cherbourg peninsula. as the Americans. in a -mile-wid western drive. have pushed an armored column 10 within three miles of the Cey road junction. and 10 with in six miles of another.
 S'orming westward from Ste Mere Eglise, one of Gen. Brad ley's columns reached Reing- Neville, three miles from St. Sau- veur, a road junction which woulo sever two of the three roads lead ing to Cherbourg, about Is miles north.
 A few miles to the south of the frs column, another American force is engaged in desperate fighting for Le Haye du Pitts the capture of which would sever all roads through the bitterly contested peninsula.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
JAP INDUSTRIES BOMBED
Two B-29's Lost By Accident I'm Raid On Japan

WASHINGTON, D. C., June l6. -(AP)-Two of the mighty B-29's were lost through accident yes 'terday, but none because of enc my action, as the American su- peroombers turned Japanese in dustrial targets into glowing masses of wreckage".
 The crew on one of the lost planes, however, is safe, the War Department reported.
 The number of participating aircraft in the raid, was not made known as the first details an- gagged in this attack, marked the beginning of an. entirely new chapter in aerial warfare by the greatest pombers every built.
 The formation, under direct command of General Arnold, was described as a "sizeable task force" operating from recently completed, largest single group of airfieids in the world, tn the heart of western China.
 The raid gave the Nipponese Empire, in the words of an eye witness, 'her answer to the De- cember ', 194t, Pearl Harbor in cident."
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16

JUNEAU, June 16.-(AP)-Sev- enty-five percent of the inhabi- tants of Hoonah, southeastern Alaska village, are reported as homeless after fire swept wild ly through most of the village on Wednesday night. f'
 One Native, John Smith, is known Q be dead, and there is the possibility of one other cas- uaityy.
 Replacement value of the dam age is estimated in excess of $350,O00.
 The fire destroyed all stores, government teachers quarters, the church, and reached very near to the Union Oil Dock, but did not ignite the gasoline in storage. The cannery on the out skirts of town, escaped damage
 The fire spread quick through the flying dry moss, which cov- cred nearly every roof.
 In the first reports, 360 were estimated to be homeless, but la- ter, the figure rose to 800.
 The. Coast Guard immediately dispatched two vessels to the scene, and Governor Gruening with Bureau of Indian Affairs officials, went yesterday.
 Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan, reported that blankets and other supplies were being rushed to the stricken area.
 Hellan also said, "One Native perished and several other per sons suffered minor burns"
 The fire presumably started when a woman, who was drying fish under stilted house, usec gasoline instead of kerosene fol quicker action.
 The people of Hoonah have al ready decided to lay plans fol rebuilding.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
REBEcCAH LODGE MET WEDNESDAY

The Midnight Sun Rebecah Lodge met at the home of Mrs E. H. Mahan Wednesday evening, with Mrs. Con Yenney and Mrs Fred Rohn, assisting hostesses After the meeting, cards were played for entertainment, and the following were the winners Mrs. Merle Roberts, presiding of ficer, first prize; Mrs. s. David Mazen, second prize, and s. Da- vid Mazen, consolation.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Reductions Are Ordered By OPA

WASHINGTON, D. C., June Is. -(AP)-The OPA ordered "sub- stantial reductions" in the ceiling prices of both domestic and i'm ported fur skins today, and said the savings would be passed on to the public.
 The regulation. effective June 18th, fixes prices on the sales of skins through auction houses, and brokers.
 Dyed or dressed Alaska seal skins, raw or dressed blue or white Alaska fox pelts are cov- cred by separate regulation.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
MRS. E. M. STEWART WILL MAKE FAIRBANKS HOME

Mrs. E. M. Stewart, widow of the late superintendent of the AL aska Road Commission, Valdez district, was Fairbanks visitor last week. Mrs. Stewart, who was on her way to the States, said she planned to return to Fair banks within a few months and make her home here.-(Jessen'S s Weekly.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
DeCaulle Visits
 Homeland Again

ISIGNY, France, June 16.- (AP)-General Charles DeGaulle returned to his homeland We'd nesday for the first time in four years. His countrymen lined the streets, shouting his name in a dramatic ovation.
 The leader of the French Ma tional Committee on Liberation appeared unexpectedly, but the news carried rapidly, and the name seemed as magic to the chanting crowds.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
MRS. HELGA ENGSTROM ARRIVES IN NOME

Mrs. Helen Engstrom and son, Ronald, arrived in town to join Mir. Engstrom, who has been waiting here for them. They will leave immediately for their mine in the Kcugarok district.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Halsey Relieved Of Command

ALLIED SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUARTERS, June 16.-Ad- miral William F.. Halsey relin- quished his position as command er-in-chief of the south Pacific, thursday, to Vice-Admiral John Henry Newton, his deputy.
 Halsey is being assigned to an undisclosed Pacific role.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Dimond Asks For Veterans Hospital

WASHINGTON, D. C., June l6 -(AP)-Alaska's Delegate, An thony J. Dimond, asked congress recently to authorize the Veter- ans Administration to construct veterans hospitals in Alaska, one hospital to be constructed in southeastern Alaska, and another at Seward.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
MRS. WEST. REGENT ARRIVAL IN NOME

A recent arrival in Nome is Mrs. West, the former Miss Mar guerite Lee. Mrs. West and daugh- ter will spend the summer in Solomon with MT. and Mrs. Rich ard Lee, as Mir. West is flying ir China.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
'SuperfOrtresses
 Strike Blow At Huge Steel Works
By CLYDE A. FARNswoRTH

AT A U. s. SUpER-FORT-
 RESS BASE IN WESTERN CHINA. June i6.-lAPl-Aner.
 ican B-2s's. the new Superfors~ resses, struck a terrific body
 blow 10 Japan's war industry and have probably knocked ouf ;, one-fifth of the empires steel production, in yesterdays raid on Yawata. the Pittsburgh of Japan"
 The worlds most powerful war planes made the longest bombing flight in history, leaving trains of demolition bombs, and burning the Imperial Steel & Iron Works at Yawata, in northern Kyushu.
 This is but the beginning of our organized destruction of the Japanese industrial empire" commented Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wolfe, who is chiefly responsible for the production Of the B-29.
 The Imperial works is the lar gest in the Japanese Empire and credited with twenty per cent of the Jap steel production.
 Yesterdays mission was a com bined psychological and strategi- cal stroke at maximum power, which has long been a secret with the 20th Bomber Command.
 Two of the B-29's failed to re- turn z.=..,..... ..-..-
 The raid came on the heels of Premier Tojo's declaration the Japs themselves were preparing 8 surprise
 Japanese stations broadcasting the English version of Toio's speech, were paying ''pirated swing music" when Wolfe's raid CT pack came in on their l5l-foot silver wings for the first target attack in Japan with the aew weapon, on the most strongly de- tended of the Japanese home iS- lands.
 Brig. Gen. Wolfe, aground by War Department order. was sweating out the mission in his ward room, with Major Gen. George Stratemeyer, second in command of all allied air forces in the southeast air theater, when the first Superfortresses flashed the code word Betty, meaning bombs away, at 12:50 a. m. Friday Japanese time.
 Said Stratemeyer: Wolfe, may offer my congratulations. This is the start of the finish"
 The Superfortress, which can carry more explosives faster, high CT and farther than any other plane, flew from a network of bases laboriously carved out of Western China plains, by 450,000 conscript and contract Chinese la- borers, men, women and children.
 Actually, this was the second Superfortress raid, the first being raid on the Makasan railway shops at Bankok, on June 5th, in great shakedown operation.
 The southeast Asia communique of June 9th called it the "heav- fest blow of the war"
 A Bankok communique said: "Black smoke rose to great heights through the clouds, as the bombers, despite the bad weather, pressed home widespread attacks on railway shops and parceling uorIc v
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
RETURNS AFTER TWO-YEAH ABSENCE

Mrs. A. Steinwandel and two children returned home again, after an absence of two years. MT. Steinwandel is the engineer in charge of the post power plant.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA

Mrs. Duke Mitrovitch, who flew to the States recently, returned home this week after visit in California.
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16
Village Of Hoonah Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Eve

ANCHORAGE. Alaska. June le.-(AP)-An Alaska Airlines radio picked up a distress call from Hoonah. Alaska, on the evening of June l4th. which said: Send aid. Hoonah is burning"
The Nome nugget., 1944-06-16

Mir. and Mrs. E. W. Quigley have returned to Nome and will leave shortly for their mine in the Solomon district.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27

His nuggets went into the pockets
of the girls, over the bar, and into
the hands of the ten-piece orchestra
until the sum of $4,000 had been
spent in that long night, but not
until Two-Step was himself tired
out. Thereafter, whenever he en-
tered dance hall, it was the two
step for him, the only dance he
knew, and he could throw a nasty
foot"
Il was always a devil with the
wimmin and there was many a pert
gal in the dance halls in the early
days said Two-Step. With all of his
spendings, however, Two-Step would
hide enough away in his pocket to
tide him over until he had made
another strike in the next stampede.
About six years ago, Two-Step
came to Juneau and then went to
Tenakee. Later he was admitted to
the Pioneers Home but did not re-
main there long as he said: my
feet itched for the mine pay dirt
and l just had to get back to my
property and in the great outdoors"
Recently he was admitted to st.
AIMS Hospital. AS far as known
there are no surviving relatives.
The remains are at the Charles
w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
Sureharge0n
Alaska Rates
Drop April |
Bonuses Paid Crews Will
Also Be Reduced, Ship
ping Board Says

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The
War Shipping Board announces a
reduction to 16 percent of the sur
charge of passenger fares, berths
and freight rates between Seattle
and Tacoma and Alaskan ports eff
fective next Saturday, April l. The
present surcharge is 20 percent to
Southeast Alaska, and IS percent to
other areas.
Bonuses paid crews on ships on
the southeast Alaska routes will be
cut from 40 to rs percent, and In
some areas where the bonus has
been 100 percent the pay will be
cut to sc 2-3 percent.
The threat of attack on Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
TW0-5TEp JAKE
HIR5CH PASSES
ON LONG TRAIL
CoIorfuI Character Of EARLY
Days in KIondike and
Alaska Dies Here

John J. (Two-Step) Hirsch hit
the last trail Saturday night at st.
AIMS Hospital, and the career of
che of the Northland's most colorful
characters was ended.
Two-Step, as he was a WI IS
known, was born on August Is, 1852,
in Donaldsville, La, and he was 81
years old at the time of his passing
but one would never have known
that the little man, active as 16-
year-old and with keen eyesight had
passed that many milestones. His
evesight was demonstrated by the
fact that when he spied Deputy
u. S. Marshal Walter Hellan, his
old friend, two blocks away, Two
Step would yell at him. AS to his
nimbleness, several months ago he
entered a certain dance hall and an
nounced he would dance anyone
down for marbles or money. He had
no takers His activity was also
shown by the fact that until re-
Gently he worked on his mining
property near Tenakee. putting in
from IL to IA hours on a shift.
Came North in 1879
Two-Step first came to Alaska in
1879, locating in the southern end
Of the First Division, traversing the
several islands and along the main
land. searching for gold and finally
landed in Juneau. He knew where
streamers were located in nearby
sections but when the discovery of
gold was made in the Klondike,
Two-Step went to Skagway, over the
White Pass, down Lake Bennett 10
Whitehorse and was III the vanguard
through the canyon, across Lake Lee
barge and down the Yukon to the
Klondike metropolis, Dawson. He
mined there for several years, then
drifted down the Yukon to ST.
Michael and across to Nome, where
he remained for sometime, then re-
tracted his route and landed at
Fairbanks.
Two-Step got busy right away and
stopped his wanderings long enough
to pile up little fortune of $4,000
in gold nuggets.
Wins Name Two Step
It was about this time he won
the name Of Two-Step He entered
dance hall in Fairbanks one night
and yelled for the orchestra, and
in those days there was some real
hot musicians who knew their bust
ness, TO play two-step. He selected
partners from the dance hall girls
and tired them out, one by one
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
Surprise Party for
Miss Jane Bailey

Complimentary to the fourteenth
birthday OF Miss Jane Bailey, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Bailey,
seventeen of her friends called at
the family home on Calhoun Avenue
Saturday evening. Carol Olson and
Edwin Heisel were hosts at the
surprise affair.
Dancing and games, appropriate
to the occasion, provided entertain
ment during the party hours and
several prizes were awarded during
the festivities.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
ALASKA COASTAL ON
SITKA TRIP SUNDAY

Flying to Sitka with the Alaska
Coastal Airlines on Sunday were z.
T. Howester, K D. Mckinley, and
Clifford Berg. The plane returned
with Chris Bailey.
On a flight to Ketchikan the pas
sengers were Chris Jorgenson, Ro-
bert E. Shaw, and Nellie Cogo. On
the return trip the plane brought
Harold Heaton from Ketchikan,
Van F. Hoelscher from Wrangell
and Dean Bevel from Petersburg
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27

canneries at Bristol Bay
Labor ALLEGATIONS for the canned
salmon season total 1899 men, in
Guiding 1871 non-residents, and the
rest residents, an increase OF 10
percent over last year.
Each packer will be required to
obtain a clearance from the Seattle
office Of the War Manpower Com
mission for all employees taken
north. Resident labor will be clear
ed through the United States EN-
ployment Service offices in the
major fishing areas of Alaksa.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
HENRY RODEN LEAVES
FOR NOME, PAA PLANE

Henry Roden. Attorney General
for Alaska, left today for Nome by
PAA plane, in connection with his
campaign for the office Of Alaskan
Delegate to Congress
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
LOCAL AGENTS NOTIFIED

d. B. Femmer of the Alaska
transportation, Horace o. Adams
of the Alaska Steamship Company
and Henry Green of the Northland
Transportation have received adj
vices regarding the reduction in the
surcharge and other particulars.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
SUPPLIES OF
FISH INDUSTRY
MOVE NORTH

SEATTLE, March 81 - Supplies
for the Alaskan salmon industry
under the stepped-up program OF
the Office of Coordinator of Fisher
les have begun to move northward
by ships operated by the War Ship
ping Administration.
Plants in southeast Alaska, Prince
William Sound and the Alaska Pen
insula will be first served, then the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
HERBERT J. WAUGH
FILES CANDIDACY
FOR CITY COUNCIL

Herbert j. Waugh today filed at
the City Clerks Office as an indie
pendent candidate for the City
Council.
Wellknown here, Mr.. Waugh was
formerly employed in the Behrends
Rank, Behrends Store and by the
r. j. Sommers Construction Co. He
j, now occupied with his mining in
terests.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
Catholic Daughters
Meet tuesday, Night

A social meeting will be held to-
morrow night at O'Clock at the
Catholic Parish Hall and all mem
bers of the Catholic Daughters of
America are urged to attend
Mrs. Ruth Geyer is in charge of
entertainment for the occasion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
EASTERN STARST0
INITIATE TUESDAY

An initiation will be held for three
candidates tomorrow night at the
Scottish Rite Temple by the Order
of Eastern Star.
The work will begin in the lodge
room at 8 o'clock
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27

early in toe war and shipping then
considered dangerous was the cause
for the surcharge and bonuses, but
this threat has now been reduced,
hence the announced cuts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
FINED IN POLICE COURT

Paul Tetoff was fined $25 in City
Police Court this morning on
charge of being drunk and dis
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-27
WITH LIBBY CANNERY

H. G. Heaton, with Libby, Mcneil
and Libby. has arrived from Seattle
and is at the Baranof Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Priority for Cities
On Surplus Goods
Is Urged by Mayors
BY the Associated Press.

q
A proposal to give States, counties
and cities priority over private busi-
ness in the purchase Of surplus war
goods has been advanced by the
United States Conference of Mayors.
The recommendation was one of
several made yesterday in a report
to the Surplus War Property Ad-
ministration. A delegation headed
by Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New
York, conference chairman, dis
cussed with administration repre-
sentatives methods by which cities
can obtain the materials and con-
cluded that special legislation may
be necessary.
The conferences report declared
that the Nations larger cities are
'vitally concerned" over the disposal
of surplus war goods, asserting that
they are major purchasers of sup
plies, materials and equipment rang
ing from typewriters to bulldozers.
1T is apparent that a great
amount of surplus war property will
consist of items required by cities
for the maintenance of essential
governmental services" the report
said.
The conference suggested that
there be no public offering of sur
plus stock until non-Federal govern
mental units have been given As
day opportunity to make their pur-
chases, or until it has been deter
mined that States, counties and
cities are not interested in acquiring
the material.
The meeting took no action on
policy suggestions, deciding special
legislation may be required to deal
with some of these problems"
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Strike Over Removal
Of American Flag Ends
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALIQUIPPA, Pa, April About
300 employees in the seamless tube
mill of Jones g. Laughlin Steel Corp.
voted last night to return to work
after one-day strike which the
company said resulted from the re-
moval of an American flag the work.
ers had erected.
A company spokesman said repre-
sentatives of the strikers had given
notice the men would be back at
their jobs by last midnight.
The company said foreman had
removed the flag from standard
on a crane runway, declaring it was
in danger Of becoming spotted with
oil,
Evening star., 1944-04-04

committee would return to wash
ington, West Coast industrialists
could do q better job.
I'VE on the West Coast know
there is war on, but evidently
Washington doesn't" said Mr.. JET
fers in response to an invitation to
speak.
Asked If he cared to reply, Chair
man Truman of the Senate COM
mittee investigating war activities,
declined.
Previously Senator Truman had
praised the war industries of the
Pacific Coast and added:
ut is our purpose not only to
Evening star., 1944-04-04

kick out of it at my age as do, they
can have fun, too"
X
Dinner music at the Madrillonian
restaurant is the product of gentle
man, called. POLITICALLY enough, Ray
mond Echevarria LaZala, who heads
a trio featuring piano. Lazala COL
laborates with Johnny Robb in sup
plying music later in the evening.
* X X X
Glen Echo Parks ballroom will
open this Saturday night with the
veteran Paul Kahn, whose orchestra
has held forth there for five sea-
sons. The ballroom will be open
through the week with the exception
OF Sundays.
Dorothy Knox manages to break
Evening star., 1944-04-04

a few rules Of the game by being
a very hkely-looking young lady
whose aim in life Is to be, not q
glamour girl, but singing comedi-
enne. She will make her first visit
to washington at the Trade Winds
tomorrow night.
v
Mary Wood, who sings and plays
the violin and bass at Club 400,
happens to be the daughter of North
Dakota's ex-governor.
X y
Betty, the accordionist who strolls
about the Victory room at the Hotel
Roosevelt with accordion in hand
or rather arms somehow remi-
niscent of Ministries who travelled
across Europe in earlier times.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
LETTERS Advises
TrumunGroup
ToGoHon1e
By the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, April 4.-William
Jeffers, president of the Union Pa
cific Railroad and former Federal
Rubber administrator, told members
of the Senate Truman Committee
and more than 1000 diners gathered
in their honor yesterday that If the
Evening star., 1944-04-04
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D c. sB-13
L.

investigate conditions as they are
now, but to plan for IS good q Job
after the war"
Evening star., 1944-04-04

last night by Pan American Clipper,
en- route from Havana to Wash.
ington. He was accompanied by
Col. Eugenio Silva, Military Attachs
to the Cuban Embassy.
Evening star., 1944-04-04

Grease makes gunpowder! Save
waste kitchen fats. Take them 70
your meat dealer.
Evening star., 1944-04-04
Cuban Envoy En- Route Here

MIAMI, Fla, April 4 (P.-Aurelio
Fernandez Concheso, Cuban Ambas-
sador to Washington, arrived here
Evening star., 1944-04-04
After Dark
CONTINUED From Page B-12.)

and true method of disarming the
spectator by saying: "I think women
like to hear me sing because they
decide if I cap get as much of a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-21

her in death. They resided in Iowa
until 1899 when they moved to
Wyoming, where they resided I'M
til 1882. They returned to Iowa
where they resided until 1896 and
moved to Beaverton, Ore, and
came to Kennewick in 1897, where
they resided since. She passed
away at her home Sept. ~13, 1914,
at the age of ~ years, 10 days.
She leaves her husband, Orring G.
Wiggin, three daughters, Nell M.
Bragg of Tacoma, Mabel w. Smith
of Beaverton, Ore, Roxie p. Wig
gin of Kennewick; two grand
daughters, Ruth McCue of Beaver
ton, Ore, Nola M. Harrison of To-
ano, Va; two great grandsons,
Donnie and David; one nephew,
Charles Owens, Minot, N. D.; three
nieces and a host of friends. Flu
neral services were held at the
Mueller Chaple Sept 16, and she
was laid to rest at Riverview
Heights Cemetery in Kennewick.