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The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
Fire Cuts
 Cataract House

NIAGARA FALLS, Oct. l3@t (P-The Cataract House, host to Presidents and European royalty during it's hundred twenty years existence was gutted by fire to- day. Five firemen narrowly es- caped injury when the ballroom ceiling fell. The cause of the ire is unknown. The structure was three quarters destroyed.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
S.S. BARANOF ARRIVED
 IN PORT SUNDAY MORNING

The S.S. Baranof, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, with veteran of the Boring Sea, Capt. Joe Ram sauer in command, arrived from Seattle yesterday morning.
 Arriving were Mrs. Frank Bing- ham and son Gary, who have spent the summer in the States.
 MT. John Bullock, who has just received an honorable discharge from the Army is returning home.
 Mrs. Anna Harrison, missionary for the Nazarene Church, returned to resume her work here.
 MT. Lawrence Johanson, also a former Nomeite, is glad to be back in Nome, and hopes to make his home here.
 Mrs. William Lehman, who has been in the States all summer, re- turned home again.
 Mrs. Ethel Nelson, who has been very active at the Boeing plant since the war started, re- turned after an absence of three years.
 Steven Luke and SilaS Kama laSk, who have been stationed in the Aleutians with the Army have returned home with honorable discharges.
 Other passengers were George Teauymeak and George Thomp- son.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
British Dock Strike To End Thursday

LONDON, Oct. 15-R) High ranking union officials said Brit aims thousands of striking dock workers will probably return to their jobs Thursday and end the three-week walkout which has paralyzed shipping and threaten ed to cut the meager British ra- tionS.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
Death Toll Of Typhoon Rising

(P) reports that the death toll of the typhoon which whipped across the west Pacific last week stood at twenyt- eight U. s. Navy personnel, seven Jap prisoners of war on Okinawa, and one hum dred eighty-four other persons.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
MRS. ORA CLARK. NEW OPA WORKER, HERE

Mrs. Ora Clark arrived from Anchorage to take over the work of Mrs. Helen McShane in the of- flee of Price Administration Mrs. McShane resigned recently to en- ter the employ of Polet's Store.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
Earth TremOrs Felt At Juneau

JUNEAU, Oct. 15-R Two, one-minute shocks rattled dishes and windows, and rocked beds, were felt hereabouts last mid night and at three am. They caused heavy rollers along the waterfront, but no property dam age was reported.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
AT THE WALLACE

Ora D. Clark, Anchorage; John Clark, Fairbanks; A. D. Carpen- ter, Fairbanks; Richard Cozard, Seattle; Ed Troutman, Seattle; Dick Waterman, Seattle; Frank Buskey, Seattle; Chas. L. Gen. blett, Seattle; Bud Johnson, Seat tie; Larry Johanson, Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
British Quell
 Annamite Outburst

SAIGON, Oct. l5-(PO-Rebel- lious Annamites failed in their boldest thrust at the capital when British troops drove them back from the outskirts of Saigon air port and repulsed their attempt to cross the Saigon river. &
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15
Two Jap Steamers Strike Mines

TOKYO, Oct. 15-(P)-Approx- imately eight hundred fifty Japs are reported by Domei it is feared were lost in the sinking of two steamers which struck mines in the home waters over the week end.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15

Teacher-What is the law New ton discovered?
 Smarty-The bigger they are the harder they fall.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15

Oil is produced in 25 of the AS states.
The Nome nugget., 1945-10-15

Hydrogen gas was discovered by Cavendish in 1776.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Military Experts Say Nozis
Muffed Chances for Victory

it-and tens Of thousands of
lives"
TIMING WAS OFF
Contrary TO popular opinion
many military men do not be-
lieve that the supreme Ger
man bungle OF the war was HIT
ier's attack on Russia. They quar-
rel only with the timing of the
assault.
Had the Germans taken %
Russia Immediately after crush
ing Poland" one high officer
told me, "they might have made
it. The Russians would have been
fighting along without lend lease
supplies"
He reasoned that with the
Germans attacking in the East
the French and British probably
would have been content TO sit
behind the false security OF the
maginot line. Then, after Rus
sia had been beaten, Hitler could
have turned and struck the Al
lies in the West with his full
power.
Other military men believe
Germany could have won the
war or produced a stalemate by
pouring more troops into North
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
WASHINGTON d. c.


Douglas A. Macarthur
is easily the front runner in the
rumor derby as to who will be
Allied Supreme commander TO
accept Japanese surrender and
give the emperor his orders.
The decisi on may not be
known until the surrender Is
signed.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
and General George &. Marshall
were the only others given a
chance and they were lengths
behind.
The question was referred to
the White House, but press sec
retaries there would not 60 be-
yond the statement that the Sup.
RENE commander will be an
American. There was no answer
al all on the question whether
& man has been picked.
War Department sources said
it was a matter that would be
handled lat the highest level
meaning the President and the
chiefs of the OF her big four
states.
Speculation among officers,
however, gave Macarthur a long
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Macarthur Favored
as Emperor's Boss

lead, with q suggestion that he
might act only for a compare
lively short time, then give way
to another general. Macarthur,
average, came out Of retirement
for the war.
MARSHALL MENTIONED
Until q few months ago &C.
cupation of the japanese islands
by naval forces had been in con-
sideration, but II Is understood
that idea was given up in favor
of administration by land units,
That would tend to lessen the
prospect that Admiral Nimitz,
commander Of the Fleet that has
driven the japanese navy from
the seas, might be handed the
job.
The talk Of General Marshall
came mostly from admires who
considered his big war job all
but done and though he should
be moved on to another active
assignment. Marshalls ow n
ideas were not indicated.
The selection of Macarthur
would have the precedent of the
assignment of General Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Supreme COM
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

SAN FRANCISCO-tP-Ger-
nan military leaders will have
plenty of leisure for the next
generation figuring out Just
what errors cost them victory IN
the second World War-For 1t
anybody ever finger-fumbled d
war il was the Nazis.
They had several chances -
come out on top, and each Tune
muffed it at the last moment.
One of their latest opportuni,
ties to gain at least battle draW
came with the Normandy land
ing. Here, in the opinion OF Col.
Russell Akers, who helped plan
eight American and British cam
paigns in the European and
North African theaters, the Nazls
made two fatal plumbers.
"They failed to appreciate
that Normandy was our main
area of attack, and first regard
ed it as a diversion. making
heavier blow in the channel
port zone. Their second blum
der was their failure to rush up
reserves.
"Our airforces had beaten UP
their communications lines 50
badly that when they did wake
lid to their d anger they had
great difficulty in moving up re-
Inducements. And by the time
they did get there we had built
I'D enough on the beaches so
that they couldn't throwsus off.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14
Maxi Cartoons
Amua Allies

BREMERHAVEN, Germany
W.D-The Germans had q prop
uganda war of their own and
1t amused them as the Allies
warfare of the same sort amused
the Americans and British.
Der Papierkrieg'-the pa
per war" was q cartoon found
on the walls of q former Ger
man military office here.
The cartoon shows q furious
battle being waged between two
front lines which are supported
by heavy guns, strafing and
bombing aircraft, and long trains
bringing up new supplies.
All the guns are firing PAM
phlets and the trains are loaded
with more. The air Is filled with
the tracts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

Col. AkerS tnlnks the tOuteu
Teutonic military mind also was
wool gathering when the Amer
lean First and Third Armies
started pacing across France AZ
ter the St. Lo breakthrough.
They had dissipated their
troops all over France instead
Of massing them against Eng
land" he said, "and once we
broke through their main line
they found it impossible get most
of their troops back. They fall
ed completely to appreciate our
mobility, the speed of our ar
mored columns.
AS a result, most OF the flee
ing German divisions were cut
10 pieces. The Nazi high COM
mand had planned to pull them
back into the Siegfried line 10
garrison this formidable net
work. But they ended up in
American prisoner camps, and
the Siegfried Fortresses had to
be manned by German scrap
troops. That was the reason the
line was preached with compare
lively small cost to American rs.
sault troops.
I accompanied one tank COM
mander last winter on an inspec-
ton tour of several captured
huge concrete and steel bunkers.
IF this line had been proper
ly Manned" he said soberly, at
might have taken US two years
instead of a few days to crack
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

mander in Europe, to the occup-
alton job in Germany.
AS for the actual military sur
render, one Of the most widely
discussed possibilities was joint
acceptance by military and naval
commanders-Perhaps MacAr-
thur and Nimitz together. But
that possibility had no more
official backing than the reports
Of who might take over after
ward.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

Africa before the American
landings and smashing on to the
Suez Canal. thus cutting Bril-
tain's Mediterranean lifeline.
There are still others who
hold Hitler could have achieved
the same thing by musclins
through Spain and Besieging.
Gibraltar, bottling up the west
tern exit Of the Mediterranean.
IF only we had done-"That
will be the refrain among Wehr-
macht officers for the rest Of
their lives as they talk the bat
Ties over and over again in their
ruined cities. And this time they
have nobody to blame but them
selves.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

We have worried about the
cost of education. forgetting that
it is only a trickle in comparison
with the cost of crimes, depres-
sions. and wars. - George d.
Stoddard. New York State Edu-
cation Commissioner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

These people Germans may
not look so bad compared with
other Europeans. But, brother,
the girls and children back home
have it all over them like a
tent.-Ella Logan, entertainer.
Meat-hungry Americans may
be surprised 10 know that IN the
midst Of the (meaO shortage,
there are more cattle on U. S.
ranches today than in any pre-
war year.-Virginia, Mimi, Me-
sabi News.
All that can help tomorrow Is
the citizen who does his duty.
MAY there be a lot of him. -
Cleveland, O., Press.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-14

unfurled safeguards Of religion; and Church
House Of odso the Bible His word.x
baeields rddl
ephaszed the value of their religious faith VIII
of
formk full howe came to ouri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
TODAY'S SPORT PARADE

cult for the little fellow-because I'm six feet and always had my share of trouble reaching the bas- ket where it is"
 Pro Tlayers Mediocre
 Honey doesn't think too highly, either of the current pro players, and this isn't a Johnny e-lately speaking because he has played just about as much paying basketball as any fellow since the Springfield inaugural.
 Tt isn't as tough as it used to be-" he explained. T doubt if most of the preSent-day players could usual to play 125 games every win- ter-sometimes two or three games in a single day.
 Why, on Sundays l would drive $50 miles to get in my games. I'd leave Brooklyn about 9 a. m. for Scranton to play a game in the Penn State league at 3 p. m. Then I'd hustle back to Brooklyn for an p. m. game and after that rush up to the Bronx for another game at II D. m.
 Not Too Old ret
 "You didn't have the subs then ? he reminisced. "and each of us had to go the full route"
 Lest you think this is an old gray beard whose memories blossom with time, remember that Honey is only nearing A. But he's been around plenty, with a bit of pro football for the Chicago Bears and baseball service in the independent Coal and Oil league in Pennsylvania and the Blue Ridge, Middle Atlantic and Three-I leagues.
 But the college-boy attitude of today has him down.
 T heard two lads talking and one of them said: I'm going back to college and if have one good year in Madison Square Garden why I'm made.
 Easier Catching
 That's the trouble with these spot-lighted games such as we play in Madison Square Garden and elsewhere" Honey asserted. ''The boys want to be individual stars. You have them working fine as a unit until they reach the Garden. Then you can't believe some of them are the same players as they try to star-and in the process really louse up the joint"
 Honey patted his thinning pate and walled on:
 50 you get ready to take out this wild-shooting youngster to re- store harmony. And just as the substitute gets ready to go in why the player sinks a lucky one. So what happens? Everybody thinks you're making mistake.
 Honest" Honey howled, some times I think it would be easier catching for the Dodgers-even with the kind of pitching they have these days"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Tracks Aid
 Red Cross

New York, Dec. 28.-UP)-NeW York Race Track Associations dis tributed the last of the more than $1.4700 900 raised this year for war, religious and other charities, with the award of $890, ,479.96 in benefits from the annual charity meeting which closed the Metropolitan sea- son.
 George D. Widener, president of the New York Racing Association Charities, Inc, handed out the char fly meeting checks to representa- lives of 12 benefit organizations in the annual ceremonies at the Jockey Club offices.
 Tine American Red Cross award ed $222,619, and the National War Fund, which received $179 095 .98, as usual were the major recipients Others, and their amounts:
 Navy Relief Society 89,048; Great CT New York Fund, United Hos- pital Fund and Associated Protest ant Charities of Greater New York, S62 333.60 each: Catholic Charities and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Cath olic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, United Jewish Appeal and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropies, $35 .619.20 each, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis $44,524, and the Police Athleteic League, Inc, $26,~ 7i4.40.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Path of Crusader Rough M0honey Finds
 By DAN PARKER

IT IS EASY TO SEE why mos, ss Racing co@l''oas adopt Sons on the iar uhis hsy prepared abused charged with having ueoT motives and blocked by The ihsF attention. leaving
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 George Mahoney born boy is ef-nade nde wealthy since childhood, breeder Show Madison Square Garden America racing commissioner with the that his first duty is to the horse player jockey of office higher than the he holds.
 I'm to insinuate that this the only point of Mahoney. All trying to MahOney honest sincere and fighting good which he should be joined by the interests of racing at heart
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
By OSCAR FRALEY limited Press Shorts Writer


 New York, Dec. 28-(UP)-John (Honey) Russell, the Manhattan basketball coach who wanted to be a Dodger catcher, took a three-ply poke at modern basketball today which doesn't figure to receive unanimous exclamation from men of the leather melon.
 Honey is the lean-faced fellow who never got by the first cup of coffee at Ebbetts Field but went on to become one of basketballs all-time greats. So it bears some weight when Russell rants in clipped tones that there should be no legislation against the sky-high players now in vogue; that pro bas- ketball isn't what it used to be, and that spotlight games such as pre- sented at Madison Square Garden caused over-sized craniums among the youngsters.
 A pro ace for 26 years, although he just touches the six foot mark the Manhattan coach denies that the oversized players ranging up to seven foot, one inch, are ''goons" and a threat to the game.
 I've known some large lads who were fine players-and a lot of small fellows, too," Russell explained And I don't see any reason for making the basket any higher. That would only make 1t even more diff1-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Meriden Girl
 Tennis Loser

Chestnut Hill, Mass, Dec. 28- (UP) - Miss Rhoda Hopkins of Woodhaven, N. Y. was the dark horse in today's semi final singles competition of the national girls indoor tennis championships being played on the Longwood cricket clubs covered courts.
 The unseeded Miss Hopkins, who easily upset fourth-seeded Lois Fe- lix of Meriden, Conn.,, 6-2, 6-2, yes- terday, meets second-ranked Nina Irwin of New York City. Defend ing champion Barbara Wilkins of New Rochelle, N. Y, plays top seeded Sylvia Knowles of Newport, R. l., in the other singles match.
 In the doubles finals, Miss Knowles and Miss Irwin meet Miss Jean Pipes of Wellesley and Miss Mary De Young of Brighton. The Knowles-Irwin team defeated Miss Felix and Miss Wilkins, 6-3, 6-4 in yesterdays semi-finals. The Pipes De Young duet bested Miss Barbara Palmer of Newton and Miss Wendy Gray of Brookline, 6-3, 7-5.
 To advance to the singles semi finals, Miss Wilkins defeated Miss Pipes, 6-1, 60, while Miss Knowles bested Miss De Young, e-3, 6-2. Miss Irwin dropped Miss Virginia Hig- ginson of Boston, 6-1, 6-1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Pat Seery Strike Out KingAgoin
By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer

New York, Dec. 28-UP)-The baseball players returning from the armed services took heart today in the official American League slug ging statistics for the 1945 season for they showed that the hitch which big Hank Greenberg served with the Army Air Forces didn't affect his batting power.
 Although he played in only 78 games after lis discharge, Green berg compiled slugging percent age of .544 and drove in 60 runs as he supplied the power the Detroit Tigers needed to win the American League pennant.
 Because he played in only little more than half the games, Green berg was not eligible for any league batting, slugging or runs batted-in crowns but his showing was good enough to lend eneour- agement to those stars who will shed their khaki for major league uniforms in 1946.
 Keller Set Mark, Too
 Charley Keller, the Yankees hard hitting ourfielder, also showed that his maritime service hadn't taken any dynamite out of his bat, for in the A games he played after his release he compiled a slugging per- centage of .571. Aaron Robinson, Yankee catcher and another dis chargee, had a mark of .481.
 Nick Etten, New York Yankee first baseman, won the runs bat ted-in title with III, two more than the number Vernon Stephens, Browns shortstop, hammered home to win the crown in 1944. Roy Gull lenbine of Detroit was second in that department with 93, followed by Stephens with 87.
 George StirnweiSs, Yankee sec- ond baseman who won the league batting championship, was top among the regulars in slugging per- centage with mark of .476, fol- lowed by Stephens with .473.
 Mcbride Ties Record
 Outfielder Tommy Mcbride of the Boston Red Sox tied major league record on Aug when he batted in six runs in a single frame and Frankie Crosetti of the Yankees topped the leagues bat ters who were hit by pitchers get ting in the way 10 times.
 numbering Rudy York of the Ti- gers grounded into the most double plays, g, to lift that title from George Kell of Philadelphia, who hit into 28 killings last year. Among players who were in at least 100 games. George Myatt of Wash ington, Crosetti. Gene Moore, St Louis, Hershe. Martin, New York and Harlond Gift of Washington all were tied for hitting into the least double pTays with three.
 For the second consecutive year chubby Pat Seery, Cleveland out fielder, led the league in strike-outs with 97, two less than he had last year.
 The Yankees and the Browns were tied among clubs for hitting into double-plays, each grounding into 102.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Boston Fan Compromises

Boston, Dec 28-(UP)-FTank H. Baer of Brookline, who was struck by foul ball at Fenway Park near ly six years ago. has settled out of court for substantial but undis- closed sum In his $50,000 damage suit against the Boston Red Sox baseball club.
 Hit below the left eye during Red Sox-St. Louis Browns game June 6, 1940, the real estate operator agreed to the settlement yesterday during a recess in his jury waived case before Superior Judge George V. Sullivan.
 Baer charged the club with negli- gence and breach of contract in that a temporary chair was placed beside his box seat in such a way that he was unable to duck the foul ball. He contended he sustained a cut that required six stitches and that the blow affected his sight for six or seven months.
 Tn announcing the settlement, Baer's attorney described the out come as quite satisfactory"