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The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
Halsey Lauds
 American Troops

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.-(AP) When American troops get where Tokyo now stands there be Little celebration where Tokyo was, says Admiral Halsey, com mander of the allied forces in the South Pacific.
 The comment prefaced Hal sey's appearance at an army and navy war conference which be- gins today with discussions by General Arnold and other mili- tary officials.
 Holding his first press confer ence since his secret return to the mainland New Years Eve, Halsey refused to predict when the Tokyo celebration would take place, declaring he had done SO once on New Years Day of 1943, when he said the "Japs would be defeated in l943".
 But speaking of his operational areas he added, "We have the finest representatives of Ameri- can manhood ever assembled and they are fighting as one team"
 Halsey told reporters he wish ed he was an orator so he could do justice to the marines and Seabees.
 NEG announced that Halsey would speak over it's network at 600 D. m. Pacific war time, from Hollywood. That is 300 p. m. Nome war time
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
Morale of  Said Low

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7.-Signs of lagg.ng morale in Germany brought waves of death sentences today, making it impossible fo1 any group to organize a revolu- tion.
 ChriSter Jaederlund, Berlin correspondent for Tidningen said in dispatch, "The collapse of the home front could be precipi- tated by doubt as to when to go on fighting, but doubters are punished by death.
 He wrote of numerous execu- tionS in recent months.
 Jegerlund said frightened Germans quieted defeatist talk and made the people suspicious of one another.
 To overthrow the NaziS Real revolution must be organized, but the German people are stripped of all possibilities of organizing revolution. One of the leading Nazis close to Hitler told me that only the Hitler regime had the possibility of organizing a revo- lution."
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07

 AND SMALL. ARMS USED

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Jan. 7.-(AP)-With hand grendaes and machine guns and small arms, American troops fought over drenched stones near San Vittore and as- sailed three bitterly contested strong points and fortified viii lageS.
 AS the Fifth army pressed an offensive along a l0-mile front Straddling the road from Casilina to Rome, forging ahead short dis tanceS through the snow-covered mountains.
 The Americans stormed the strong defenses built by the Ger mans to cover the key town of Cassino, six miles ahead of San Vittore.
 The Tanks captured the $500 foot peak of Mont Maio, about a mile southwest of of Vitticuso.
 The Americans who entered San Vittore from the northeast and southwest have taken more than half the town and are now driving on three clusters of grey, tumbledoWn stone buildings. where Germans barricaded it. There is no quarter but to fight, as the Germans refused to give themselves up.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
Fierce Fighting
 Taking Place At Cape Gloucester

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA. Jan. 7.-(AP)-600 Japs hve been slain in heavy fight in the dense iungles of invaded Cape Glou- cester, New Britain, as both sides brought up artillery, it has been reported.
 Strafing American planes SUD- ported attacking marines, bring ing the total of enemy losses to more than 2000 since marines landed on the island December 26 last. ...
 The latest casualties were in, flicted during slow, arduous push ing against fierce resistance in the direction of Borgen Bay.
 Gen. MacArthur's spokesman said the bitterest kind of fight ing is going on since the marines swung into the offensive in that area.
 Previously marines in Borgen Bay and the non the defensive. making sharp attacks while landing forces overran Cape Gloucester and the two air fields.
 Reports told of a 243-ton bonl- bardment invasion which menac- ed Madang, New Guinea, and the damaging of two Japanese cruis- CTS during a third carrier plane strike on Kavieng, New Ireland. and the downing of between 10 and 15 enemy planes in the las test American fighter sweep on Rabaul
 At Saidor, where the United States Sixth Army elements landed January 2, contact has been made with the enemy at Cape Regis, 10 miles northwest ward of that point.
 Today's Kavieng raid in the Solomons, found our fighters swinging on Rabaul and fighting 30 Japanese planes. They downed 10 and one of ours was reported to be lost.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
BOMBERS RAID IN
 FRANCE

LONDON, Jan. 7.-(AP)- American Marauder bombers smashed military objectives in northern France, keeping the round the clock offensive rolling after RAF Mosquitoes raided western Germany last night for the sixth night in succession. The Marauders returned from across the channel in sweeps early this afternoon without a single loss.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
ANNOUNCES A NEW MAIL RUN

Alaska Airlines announces new mail run to be made to Lit tie Diomede Island once month. This contract will be performed at the same time mail is carried to Teller, Wales and Shishmaref.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
NAZIS BEING FORCED TO WITHDRAW

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7.-(AP) Berlin dispatches to the news paper Morgknbladet quoted a German military spokesman as saying the possibility of the German army being forced to withdraw entirely from Russia in the face of what he declared ap- peared to be a giant Soviet of- fensive along the whole front leading from Leningrad to the Black Sea.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
ROOSEVELT CONFINED TO QUARTERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-(AP) President Roosevelt, though still confined to his quarters after an attack of the grippe worked on his budget message for the fiscal year beginning July 1st.
 He also worked on his annual message to congress.
 Secretary Early said the mes- sage wouldn't go to congress un- til Monday, the day it recon venes.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
FIGHTING FARMER AT 77

BELLE PLANE, Kans. (AP)- John J. Zimmerman planted 500 acres of wheat this fall because he wants to aid in the U. s. food program. He's TT years old and did all the work himself.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
RETURNS TO WHITE MOUNTAIN

Mrs. Amy Krabbler, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Glen Smith, has returned to White Mountain, where she is ployed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Nome nugget., 1944-01-07
FATHER OCONNOR VISITOR IN CITY

Father O'Connor is visiting in Nome this week. Father O'Connor is the pastor in the Kotzebue Sound district.
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nets frequently. Holding comfort
able 1913 advantage going into the
somewhat and the losers enjoyed
their greatest splurge to the tune
of seven field goals which, how
ever, fell quite "hort of the real
objective. Davidson's eight mark
ers highlighted the closing coun-
terattack and the 517th pivot man
collared IA points for the evening.
Although the Hq & Hq Btry,
AATC, copied its eighth triumph
in nine National League starts, it
was a narrow 1886 squeak over the
AA Board, and the issue was al
ways in doubt until the game-end-
ing buzzer. Whenever one looked
at the scoreboard there was scarce
ly more than a two-point difference
posted. For three-quarters of the
way the Hq & Hq basketeers kept
a shade ahead of the Board-men
only to have the persistent chal-
lengers assume 34-31 edge with
two minutes to go. 1t was then
that Joe Nessing's set shot and
easy layup provided the AATC
winning baskets. Nessing's 10 coun-
tiers were vital to the victors' cause
with Knox an important accessory.
Miksis and Gorgaski were the
heavy-duty men or the AA Board.
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Kentucky Derby
Hopeful Beaien

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 9.-(P)- Di.
rector J. E., the Kentucky Derby
hopeful for whom owner Ella K.
Bryson turned down a $4,000 Of
fer, made his three-year-old debut
against swift older horses today
and took a bad licking.
The brown colt finished third be
hind Mrs. B. Di Giorgio's fast-mov-
ing Mettlesome and Woolford
FARMS top-notch sprinter Adula.
tor, and managed to beat only Mrs
Donald Woodward's Piccadilly in
the four horse race.
Mettlesome ran the fastest three
quarters of mile of the Hialeah
park meeting, hitting the wire in
one minute, II 3-5 seconds after
letting the other horses race each
other into submission with a three
way battle for the early lead.
There was no show pool, and
MettlesoMe-the public favorite-
returned $3.50 and $3.50 to win and
place. Adulator, victor in tow out
Of three Hialeah races, was 81. go
to place.
Jockey j. R. Layton's efforts to
keep pace with Adulator and Picca-
dilly in the first three furlongs
tired Director ]. E., and the colt
slowed perceptibly and trailed by
II lengths at the finish.
Steve Brooks held Mettlesome
back until the leaders wearied,
then took the six-year.old gelding
around the others and let hun
pound down the stretch to five
length advantage.
Adulator, ridden by Ted Akin
son. closed gamely. Piccadilly
wound up three lengths behind Di'
rector J. E.
Handicappers were not surprised
tina; Director J. E. tired in his
first start since last November.
and said he is certain to improve
Director j. E. actually gave
away pounds in the weight for age
scale. He carried 103, which is II
pounds under scale, while Mettse-
some's 108 is "a pounds below
scale. Adulator's ia is 16 pounds
under and Piccadilly's 115 is Is
Imde~
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|Grapplers Get
Bonds For Work

Wrestling promoter Bert Causey
stated last night that in cooper.
alton with the Fourth War Loan
drive, all the grapplers on the Fri.
day card are 10 be paid in War
Bonds and Stamps. He also add.
ed that people might purchase
their tickets to the performance
With War Stamps.
The main event on the card is to
be tiff in which Milo Steinborr
takes on Jack Dillon and Jimmie
Coffield. The powerful former
weight litter asserted that ne
would lick both of the roWdies IN
an hours time. The basis for all
this spouting by the mighty Milo
is that he desires greatly to settle
a score with the two battlers, who
teamed up and handed him lick
ing last Friday.
Bad Bill Bartush makes Ills de-
but at ITALIAN Hall as he en-
counters Freddie Steele in the sup
porting bout on the card. Steele
is practically new to the Whining
ton mat patrons, but his two ap
pearances here have brought him
the favor of many bone bending
addicts.
Pete Mannagoff will serve as
the referee for the matches. The
coors of the ITALIAN Hall are te
open at 7:15 and the graphing is
slated to start promptly at $3.50
Advance tickets for the show may
now be obtained at the Orton Ho
tel desk.
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Duke Courteers
Meet Carolina

DURHAM, Feb. g up Duke S
cage outfit went through final
practice today in preparation for
the invasion of Carolina tcl4lorroW
night at 8 O. clock. Only one player,
Wright Hollingsworth, is on the
injured list.
Eugene Bledsoe worked with the
starting lineup this afternoon. Al
though it is almost certain that he
will play against Carolina in the
"rubberr'' game, Coach Gerard
didn't know if Bledsoe would start
Dukes Devils will be trying for
their fourth straight conference
win. Their league record is three
vicorties and one black mark;
Carolina has seven wins and one
defeat.
The "new ORDER for tomorrow
night will be: Gilbert and Carver
at forwards; Wright at center;
Harner and Bailey or Bledsoe at
guards.
Bill Wright, who sank the win
ming point Saturday night, has
237 points for the season. Gordon
Carver. counted for nine Of Duke
Al against Carolina to bring his
total to 283 for the season.
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Veteran Tilden
Sill Net Star
Bv FRANK FRAWLEY

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. o. B In
the golden age Of sports, back in
the early 2O's, Babe Ruth was base
balls home run king; Bobby Jones
had stranglehold on golf honors:
Jack Dempsey was the world
heavyweight champion; Charlie
Paddock was the worlds fastest
human" and Bill Tilden was ac-
claimed the greatest OF all tennis
players.
Dempsey, now 48 and lieuten-
ant commander in the Coast Guard
has b1en out Of boxing long
time; Ruth's legs gave out several
years ago; virtually all the track
records of Paddock, a Marine Cap
tain when he died in a plane crash.
nave been wiped from the record
books; golf is only relaxation for
Jones now.
But Bill Tilden, at 81. still plays
tennis every day. Those long
space-devouring legs get around
the court with some of Their. old
time agility, and for one set, al
least. Bill can hold his own with
the best.
William Tatem Tilden, End, is 8
private tennis tutor here, and
teaches by example, and in his
free time PERFORMS for military
camps. An amazing physical phe-
nomen, big Bill' has been en-
gaging in one of the most strenu-
Gus of all sports since he was
seven years old.
Tilden dominated tennis for full
decade and won the national sin
giles title seven years running. He
helped bring the Davis Cup back
to this country and won the ma
tional doubles championship five
times with three different part
ners. Vincent Richards, Brian Nor
ton of South Africa and Francis
7. Hunter.
He turned professional in 1881
and kept on winning against the
very best opposition available. It
was not until Pasadena's Ellsworth
Vines invaded the pro ranks that
Bill tasted defeat in any extended
series.
There's going to be a tremen-
dous sports revival after the war, :"
Tilden says, land closer collabora-
ton between the Americas will re-
suit in some great athletic com.
petition between the United States
and South American countries. I'd
like to be in all that, too"
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Mighty BIC Cage Team
To Scrap Norfolk Club

GREENSBORO, Feb. 9. - N1 -
The unbeaten Basic Training Cen
ter No. 10 basketball team of the
AAF Training Command today &C
cepted the invitation of Gov. j.
M. Broughton, North Carolina, to
play war bond benefit game
with the powerful Norfolk Naval
Training Station in the large Duke
gymnasium at Durham.
Col. v. R. Woodruff, command
ing officer at BIC 10 has wired
the governor of the teams accep-
lance.
The proposed game would bring
together two of the leading service
teams in the country. Norfolk
rates second only to Great Lakes
among Nays aggregations. The
lech-Hawks of BIC 10 are recog.
nized as the number ! Army team
No date has teen set, but ii
is likely to be held between Feb
ruary IA and %, possibly on Wash
;ngton's birthday.
The Tech-HaWks have run up
winning streak of eleven games
during the season, including two
triumphs over Fort Bragg Recep
ton Center, winners of the South
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SPORTS TRAIL

the players share and one thing
and another isn't a complete story
unless the information is promi
nently displayed in the box.
What difference does it make
how much the clubs or the players
get? The fans are interested in the
contest, aren't they? Whether q
player gets $4,000 or so cents as
his World Series share doesn't
affect the sport as a sport. And
who owns a club doesn't make
any difference when a guy is al
bat with the bases full and two
down, except that the caliber OF
the guy at bat might be deter
mined by how much money was
behind the club and how freely
it is spent.
The fight mob probably takes
the prize when it comes to show
ing lively interest in finances,
and when a Jacobs beachcomber
asks about an out-of-town fight
AAS . +Alo1 1IlCC1 CoCCO LII CllC CdAC
at the gate than he is in who
win" as they say.
American sports fans have been
educated along financial lines, and
they want to know how the other
fellow is doing. Whether the New
York Yankees are sold or not real
ly would make no difference as
long as Ed Barrow still was al
lowed to run them with a free
hand. But for some reason it would
be big news if the Yankees were
sold.
It's just Unborn curiosity, this
business of sticking your finger in
the other fellows pie to see if it, S
hot, but it's fun, and it gives the
fans something to talk about. Your
average Dodger fan doesn't have
the slightest idea who owns the
club now. But if it changed hands
and another similarly anonymous
group took it over, he'd still like
to know about it.
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lllih EN- Cagers
Defeat 5l7th EN-

CAMP DAVIS, Feb. 9.-Johnny
Carroll poured Is points through
the hoop last night as the 18th
EN- mastered the 517th EN-, 80.
a, in an American league tussle
at Fasnsworth Hall. CAROLS scor-
ing orgy gave him the distinction
of being the first AA eager to pass
the Hotpoint mark during intra-
camp play.
The Triple-One fIoormen seized
an early 1912 lead and never ex-
perienced any difficulty thereafter.
With its 81 center, Jim Krumting-
er, pinwheel on offense, the front
runners dominated the action as
Carroll in particular disturbed the
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eastern Service Teams Tourna-
ment at Raleigh, and the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, ranking
Southern Conference team.
Two of the BIC stars - Pfc.
George Senesky, St. Joseph's Phi
ladelphia, and John Mahnken,
Georgetown - were selected last
year to all-America college teams.
Other regulars include Pvt. Dick
Gray, -Villanova; Corpora Dick
Kravitz, John Marshall, and Pfc.
Lake Sapan, Long Island Univer-
sity.
At the request of the War Fin
ance Committee for North Car
Gina, the 25-mile travelling limit,
to which BIC 10 was bound by an
AAF training command regula-
ton, was waived in this instance
by headquarters at Fort Worth,
Texas, to boost the states war
bond campaign.
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Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, F e b. 9.-RE
r,ore.s been a little preliminary
;ro1ing and sparring leading to a
o.sible sale of the Brooklyn base.
sou club, and from the general
u~l created you'd get the idea
l dodgers were about to sign a
'n n;,e rookie shortstop or do some
th;no else really important.
'il "a ;c an odd commentary on the
American sports scene that the
sa1lors and cents angle generates
o w much public interest as the
az o.,al contests. 1t really shouldn' t
s s' any difference to the bleach
l ~ fan whether the Dodgers are
e. ,ned bv the Prince of Penubia
o" +bo heirs to Rin-Tin-Tin Which
v VI be airdales. no doubt.
put for some reason or other it
1oos despite the fact the fans 60
~ came to see the. game. If the
". o1,,h owners were out there play
ina shortstop and cnterfield and
third +i,2 base it would be different.
DIT thev're not, SO why should it
mike any difference who owns
the franchise?
You can't confine this sordid
,,ercenarv interest to baseball.
1Fs true of all sports. particularly
nro sports. The interest is there
n college sports, but although
l schools take great pride in astro-
vomical attendance figures they
aro unite reticent about their loot,
and nossibly because i they an
nnrnced the financial returns some
NJ the fans would start wondering
What in the dickens they did with
I'll tbe money, inasmuch as the
a+hletes don't get any of it. Or SO
the fans have been told.
Arv World Series story that
doesn't carry the attendance and
cate receipts in one of the para
graphs near the top along with
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Wildcat Cagers Defeat
Raleigh Quintet, 1928
BY BILL MCILWAIN

A determined New Hanover High
School cage team fought off DIES.
rerate last minute Hugh Morson
rally to trim the Raleigh court
group, 1928 in Raleigh last night.
The spirited Cats were pushed
greatly in chalking up their 9Th
Eastern Conference win of the sea-
son. The capital city courteers
TOOK charge OF the evenings action
IN the initial minutes OF play and
held an 8-6 advantage over the
Hanoverians at the end of the open.
ing period.
The Cats bounced back in the
seconds heat and displayed their
high-geared attack. The engage
ment's high scorer, AL Collie, start.
ed hitting the backet for the locals,
and the Cats forged to a 1910 lead
at the intermission.
In the third canto the Morson
hardwooders turned on the heat
to fight their way right back into
the ball game. A tight defense
thrown up by the Raleigh quint
held the Wilmington scoring mach
inc to 6 points. Paced by their
captain and brilliant pivotrnan,
Kelly, the Morsonites moved with
IN threatening striking distance OF
the Wildcats. The end of this third
Heat found the New Hanover five
holding scant 21-18 lead.
The Hanoverian quint moved
further into the lead in the final
quarter but were never out of dan
ger of the hustling Raleigh team
A final splurge by the Morson hoop.
sters brought them to 1928 stand
ing with the Cats, but here the
clever New Hanover defense tight
ened to quell the uprising and gain
victory.
Wildcat guard, AL Collie, led the
scoring for the locals as he whip
ped in 4 field goals and a charity
for 9 points. Davis, Morsn cen
ter grabbed off the offensive honors
for the losers with 8 tallies.
WILMINGTON
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Thursday, February 10, 1914
Cherry Point Hoopsters
Smother Davis, 1910
Nv BILL McILWAIN

Hitting the basket With every
thing but the referees whistle,
the devastating Cherry Point Ma
rine basketball team gave the out
classed Camp Davis five a tho
rough 72-40 going over in Farms
worth last night.
The powerful Leatherneck cour-
teers had too much on the ball
for the game but definitely in
ferior AA cagers. Made up of
court 1urninaries from colleges all
over the nation, the top-fight
Cherry Point basketballers dis
played a breath-taking offensive
attack that completely swamped
the Davisites. This brilliant Ma
rine five has registered wins over
the Duke University cagers and
other top Southern quints in gain
ing a: rating as one of the top
service aggregations in the coun-
try.
Neal Mosser, Marine toward
and former St. Josephs College
star, did everything but tap dance
atop the score board as he spark
ed the Leatherneck attack by
tallying Is points. His pivot shots
and one hand push shots seemed
unable to 60 anywhere but through
the net.
Extremely clever ball handling
by several Marine performers
enabled Mosser to chalk up his
grand total. Mingle, short,
speedy operator from Butler was
chief among the Point ball hand
lers, as he fed the leather tt
Mosser with snappy passes from
every angle. Aside from his ex
pert passing, Mingle also dropped
in IL points. Center Van Breds
Koflf and Guard Borman were
also key men in the Cherry Poin'
offensive attack as they counter
ed IL and II points, respectively.
Joe Messing, standout on the
Camp Davis hoop group for the
past two seasons, topped the
Davis scoring with IL tallies
Hearn and Carol shared the run
nerup laurels with 8 and T, re
spectively.
The brilliant Marine quint wa!
without the services of its player
coach, Bob Rose, former Uni
versity of North Carolina ace
The victorious five used its start
ing team for all but the final two
minutes of the contest. Franl
Kelly, Wilmington lad and a stall
wart on last years New Hanove
High School team, saw action il
the encounter for the Cherry Poin
club.
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Carolina-CiiadeI Miii
Match AT Hill Off

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. g. Up "A
schedule return match between
the Citadel and the University Of
North Carolina boxing teams here
Saturday, has been cancelled by
the Citadel because of examina-
tons, ii was announced mere today.
With the canceil' ton the Tar
Heels have completed their first
undefeated season since 1929. The
Tar Heels defeated the Cadets 6
IL to l ~ in an earlier match.
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New York Giants Card
IA Night Engagements

NEW YORK, Feb. g. Up The
New York Giants today announced
their program of IA games for the
1914 bastbAn season, including one
Saturday night contest against
Philadelphia, June 10. Other night
games are listed as follows:
May "a, Cincinnati; 20, St. Louis;
June /, Chicago; 7, Boston; IA,
Brooklyn; July 10, Pittsburgh; 81,
st. Louis; "a, Chicago; q, Pitts
burgh; 81, Cincinnati; Aug. 4,
Philadelphia; Is, Brooklyn; Sept.
7 Boston.