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The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21
Gen. Macarthur Denies Trouble With Russians

TOKYO, Dec. 2l-(P)-General Ma Arthur denied broadcast re- port that his headquarters had be- come embroiled in arguments with the Russians over the assign ment of Soviet occupation troops in Japan. "Im here to serve, not hinder or obstruct the American government the supreme com mander of the Allied powers said in a statement, and added that the broadcast report which "purported to have been made by Larry Tighe of the American Broadcasting Corporation, had absolutely no basis in fact"
 Taking the air after the issuance of the statement, Tighe said "I re- affirm the story which I previous ly broadcast that the express de- sire of the commander of this area is that Russian troops not be all lowed to take over the Japanese island of Hokkaido."
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21
THE NOME UGGET
STRIKES
 AT A GLANCE

Workers idle in the nations continuing labor disputes total 383,000. Major labor developments are: General Motors and CIO JAW arrange for a conference in Washington in an attempt to re- turn to collective bargaining on strike issues, after President Tru- mans statement
 The question of company earn ings is relevant in wage disputes. In later session with the govern ment fact finding board, General Motors president reiterated the company would withdraw if the board ruled that profits were a part of the inquiry.
 There is no settlement in pros pect in the month old wage dis pute between the Ford Company and the CIO Auto Workers. Nego- tiations are in recess until Janu- ary eighth. The union formally re- iected Ford's 12.4% raise and sticks to its demand for thirty percent increase.
 AFL officials are studying Secretary Schwellenbach's propo- sal for ending the strike of four thousand employees of the Grey hound Bus Lines.
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21
SHORTEST" DAY WITH US TODAY

Today, December 21, is the shortest" day for the Northern Hemisphere, the sun being visible in Nome only three hours and forty-nine minutes; rising at 10:06 am. and setting at 1853 pm.
 In its small arc over the south ern sky it rises only two degrees and three minutes above the hor- izon.
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21
HAROLD TWEET RECEIVES DISCHARGE

Harold Tweet of Teller, Alaska, brother of Edgar Tweet, manager of the North Star Mercantile Com pany at Teller, is in Nome enroute to his home in Teller for Christ mas. Harold was only recently dis charged from the armed services
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21
THE RON BRoUssEAUS COME HOME

The Wednesday Pan American plane brought home MT. and Mrs. Ron Brousseau and child for Christmas with MT. and Mrs. Pete Sather, Mrs. Brousseau's parents. Ron Brousseau is planning to work for the Lomen Commercial Company.
The Nome nugget., 1945-12-21

XMAS HOLLY FOR SALE! See Wien Alaska Air Lines. Call af the office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Wise Measure
Publisher Unknown.

Approval by the General Assembly's joint
.dncation committee for appointment OF con-
+ro,,er is wise The schools are the biggest
business in North Carolina, require more OF
the states funds than any other part OF the
states system, and certainly need business
manager. That is what the controller would be-
The constitutional amendment adopted IN
tho last general election did away with this
office. but even before the election there was
half-promise by those advocating the amend
ment. The necessity was clear even as the
office was being abolished. The new measure
which has yet to 60 through the House and
Senate corrects this.
It does seem that no corporation, concern
or governmental agency having the expendl-
ture of millions of dollars on such an important
thing as schools or anything else would do
without business manager. They Wouldn t.
That would be regarded as essential as having
technicians, professional people and others
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Worse Trouble

Apprehension that the Nazis may seek
haven in the Western Hemisphere when their
house in Germany comes topping down IS
expressed by Secretary Of State Stettlnus' he
warns America to be on guard. IT some should
slim through from across the Atlantic and IND
refuge in the vast reaches Of South America
mr. Central America and Mexico they could do
a great deal of damage.
Then they would be at our back door IN
stead of across an ocean. They are skllltul
schemers. crafty brutes, deceitful spies. They
could worry the United States for a long time
if ever they get a foothold, however small,
in the New World. They must be watched,
repressed, slapped down. There will be no
peace, no contentment wherever they are.
Unless necessary steps are taken to prevent
such an influx from Nazi lands-and all the
Naz:.s aren't in Germany-there will be trouble
long continued. They unfit to polute 1ne
air of the Americas; too dangerous to nave
around in this hemisphere Among the persons
who will seek refuge in the New World Will
be some of these rattlesnakes. They must DE
filtered out with every load on every steam
ship
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Two and Berchtesgaden

Nv coincidence. our Army Air Force bomb
ers made their first business trip to Berchtes-
eaden. Germany, on a day when the Marines
were in the midst of the bloody battle of Two
Island across the word in the Pacific.
Thus we were reminded that the lessons
and techniques being learned on Two, one of
the most fiercely defended spots of earth on
the face of the globe, may one day be applied
to that other tiny portion Of our planet where
Hitler and the remnants of his band may have
To he dug out from behind their bristling de-
lenses.
II appears that the successful landing on
Two was possible largely because of the les
sons learned at TaraWa Two has been a
fiercer battle than Tarawa. The initial losses
were higher, but they were expected. The
xtrateaists who planned the attack knew that
. high price for this crucial dot on the map
was inevitable, however reluctant they may
have been to commit the lives of gallant fight
ers in payment.
TaraWa was surprise in the strength of the
Japs' defenses, the fierceness of their resis
lance, and their ability to Withstand the heavy
preliminary bombing and Smelling. But Ia
rawa's lesson was reflected in the IA success
sive days of air bombardment joined in the
last three by naval batteries, which punished
Two before the landings were attempted.
This time the Marines were not surprised
to find the Japs alive and fighting. They wer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
BY w. G. ROGERS

"WARSAW GHETTO, by
Mary Berg IL. B. Fischer;
s2.75); "NO TRAVELLER RE-
TURNS" by Henry Shoskes,
edited by Curt Reiss Double
day, Doran; $3.50.
mo Traveller Returns is sub
titled 1.-THE story Of Hitler's great
est crine,'' and so it promises to
be hair-raising, breath-taking,
skin-prickling. Warsaw Ghetto
is subtitled "a diary" without one
superlative, unpretentious; might
be interesting, might not be.
They are about exactly the same
thing: the nine-mile-square ghetto
which the German government
brutally forced upon Jews in Po-
lands capital in November, 1910,
and obliterated, even more brutal
ly, in April, 1943.
The principal differences are in
Dictated substantially in the titles.
Shoskes bedecks his account with
what might be called the maya
zine touch, makes his villainous
Nazis blacker than black, spills
more blood than a body can con-
tain, kills his victims not just once
but maybe once and a half
like Dryden's rampag.ng hero who
slew his enemies thrice.
Where Shoskes overstates, Miss
Berg understates. Some readers
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

the plane so close it almost took
the skin off.
Like all combat crewmen, Jack
spends all night and at least half
Of each day lying on his cot He
holds the record in his hut for
sack time" which means just ly-
ing on your cot doing nothing. He
has his work so organized that it
doesn't take much of his time be-
tween missions, and since there
nothing else to do, you just lie
around.
Jack says he has got so lazy he
won't be able to face job after
the war, SO thinks he'll work into
civilian life gradually by going
back to school again.
The B-29 filters sleep on folding
canvas cots, with rough white
sheets. Sleeping is wonderful here,
and along toward morning you US
ually pull blanket over you.
Each flier has a dresser of wood
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

alive because they, too, had learned some
lessons and had exploited friendly terrain to
the utmost in fortifying their volcanic rock.
The defense of Two is no mere preview Of
the Japs' defense of their homeland. Geo
graphically, Two is the homeland-not a pre-
carious conquest like Guadalcanal or even Lu-
ION. but part of the inner circle of Japan's
island possessions.
Two is the beginning Of the end, the end OF
the home islands security from sky, sea and
land attacks. However long Japan may hold
out on the Asiatic mainland, the loss OF Two
means the beginning Of incessant bombing.
But if Two is the beginning OF the END, ber-
chtesgaden will probably be the end ITSELF
last stand there is only conjecture, but many
signs indicate 1.-THE reports OF elaborate prep
arations, the growing peril to Germany S
northern cities, the stubborn German stand IN
Italy, the physical advantage of defensive war
in the Bavarian Alps, the likelihood that Hit
Ter and his gang will fight desperately for their
lives when all hope Of victory is gone.
Berchtesgaden is no Two, and the Alps are
not the Pacific But the problems may not be
too dissimilar So perhaps 1wos Eight square
miles of hell, " where skill and courage match
ed crafty defenses and desperate, fanatical
fury, many be remembered to advantage if the
rats of Nazidom are finally cornered at Ber-
chtesgaden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War an,1,

Collapse of 4O-mile segn,sn.
the Nazi West Wall defense svst. u
between Roermond ard 3oyne sn
on the Mas appears close a. e
American south and Britisb.Co.s
ian north jaws of a potential tr"
close in on its communicate
Its fall would see the end of '' IN
Siegfried Line Notifications u a!e
Of the Rhine and expose me rvs %es'
itself to Allied attack alono ~
whole lower reach from Bonn ~
Emmerich. '' 10
The plight of Nazi forces IN IL.
Roermond corner already IS cm.'
cal. American Ninth Army tans,
surging northeastward out Of 1bs
wide bulge to the west rim Of tbe
Erft valley have cut the Roer
mond-Gladbach railroad and aIso
are Threatening the parallel higb
way. A German retreat from Hi,
dangerous pocket to escape entran,
ment, abandoning the small ser.
tor of Dutch soil they still hold al
the Roer-Maas confluence and tbs
fixed Siegfried Line defenses be.
hind it, appears in the cards.
That may be the moment Field
Marshal Montgomery is waiting
for to signal into action his Brit.
ish Second Army, lying along the
Mass between the American Ninth
and Canadian First Armies.
The Roermond anchorage is vital
to enemy hopes of clinging to the
whole sector from that point
through Britishfronted Venlo 10
the Boxneer area where the Can.
adam bulge to the Rhine begins.
With such enemy communication
hubs as Uedem, Calcar and KEEP
peln overrun by the Canadians
driving southwark down the lett
bank of the Rhine, the Allies are
gravely threatening entrapment Of
major enemy forces west of the
river.
The developing Canadian-Amer.
lean north-south squeeze operation
is only one phase of the surpris-
ingly swift American two-army
lunge in the center, however, Ninth
Army elements already are on the
left bank of the Erft, the last
river moat guarding Cologne,
| Available maps show only one
| bridge across the Rhine between
| Cologne and Dusseldorf. That
spans the river just southwest Of
Dusseldorf where the Rhine makes
double bend westward There
are half a dozen bridges still in
tact below Dusseldorf, however,
and the implication of the strong
Ninth Army push into the gap be-
tween the Erft and Gladbach is
an effort to squ9sze Nazi retreat
lines into such compass as to rem
der them desperately Vulnerable
targets for air strafing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
WASHINGTON CALLING
by
MARQUIS CH1LDS

WITH THE AMERICAN 18TH
DIVISION, In Germany-Over the
brow of hill goes a long line OF
CPS, single file. They are going
from a forward-area rest camp
back into the lines along the Roer
river.
It's just routine. And yet, some
how, for newcomer to this strange
world of war, it is unbelievably
dramatic to see them silhouetted
momentarily against clear, sun
ny sky before they drop out of sight
into the next valley, which, like
the hill itself, is within easy range
of enemy artillery.
There's nothing in the least dra-
matte about their behavior. It's as
casual as though they were march
ing into a high-school assembly,
and many of them look just about
that old.
A woman correspondent in our
jeep sets them off. They give wolf
cries. They yell to the men just
ahead to look out for what's COM
ing. 1t passes all along the line,
called forth by woman where wo-
men are nonresident.
Ahead is the town of Schmidt or
the skeleton that was left of the
town of Schmidt after the Ameri-
cans drove the Germans out
Wrecks of houses sit on the brow OF
hill, with a view of the flooded
Roer down in the valley.
1t cost American lives to take
this insignificant place. There
were careful plans based on intelli-
gence brought back by patrols.
All for this little town of few
hundred people in the Roer valley.
That is what is hard for those
of us who live outside the orbit Of
the war to realize-the agonizing
cost of every yard of ground gain
ed here in the heart of the Sieg-
fried defense system. This is So
mile contraption of death-pill-
boxes, mines, dragons teeth, BOBBY
traps-all buttressed by the Roer,
by the rolling forrested terrain and,
beyond that, by the Rhine.
Before we cross the Rhine, thou
sands of American boys will have
lost their lives in this toughest, fer
cest struggle against a diabolically
ingenious enemy. That is what we
outsiders must somehow under
stand. It all sounds so simple in
the headlines, and we begin to
wonder why it doesn't 60 faster.
After all, we say, look at the Rus
slams.
Men who have planned for weeks
what to do about the Roer river,
the high banks on either side OF
it, and the two dams that control
the level of the water, can give
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Your War; With Ernie Pyle

en- shelves he's made for himself.
and several homemade tables scat
tered around. The walls are plas-
tered with maps, snapshots and
pin-up girls-but noticed that real
pin-up girls wives and mothers)
dominated over the movie beau
ties. In fact eight of the 10 men in
the hut are married.
Although the food is good here,
most of the boys get packages
from home. One kid wrote and told
his folks to slow up little, that
he was showed under with pack
ages.
Jack has had two jars of Indi-
ana fried chicken from my Aunt
Mary. She cans it and seals it in
Mason jars, and it's wonderful.
She sent me some in France, but
I'd left before it got there.
Jack took some of his fried chick
en- in his lunch over Tokyo one
day. We Hoosiers sure do get
around, even the chickens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
The Literary Guidepost

may welcome the spice IN oiiO'"s d
but I found myself more peIS''N
ed by Miss Berg, u.t
Actually, both books assel, 'na 10,
one of the great riddles OF our ,
time is the democratic peoples
hesitancy about telling Hitler IL
words he would understand
stop slaughtering JeWs'
There are many areas Of agree,
ment, and even of similar II not
identical observation Both writers
tell of Gestapo agents who puAel
out Jews boards BY the roofs "
mercenary Latviarls and LIthuaN'
ians who shot down Jews 1or luH'
of theaters, cafes, schools, maAs'
shift rikshas, the herse-draWn tIo1'
ley and that unsavp ry pair, conn
Cor Kohm and Heller; OF gins
obliged to strip and dance for 'As
Germans; of childen shot "
death; of janitors m0ping up Iils
blood spilled in the streets by lHs
Nazi masters; of thu sulclde o.
ghetto mayor Adam CzernlaKo"'
Shoskes and ReEs -. are
more diplomatic, Miss Berg more
blunt. She recalls frank4 the num-
Der of Poles who were lantl-oelnf
tic. She praises the Russians
Shoskes offers, howevet a 1ulef
account of the last battle in the
ghetto which Mss Eerg haa
already left on her way to Amer
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

some interesting answers. They
know how devasting is enemy fire
from high ground directed against
assault boats on the fast-flowing
Roer.
The men up here don't talk very
much about what they are doing,
but you can't help feeling their re-
moteness from the world from
which you have come. They talk
with a kind of hesitation that
might almost be Indifference. It's
a sense of being cut off from
everything familier and secure out
of the past.
"Out of this world is one of the
phrases the CT uses most often.
He uses it in an effort to express
the alien quality of almost every
thing that happens to him in the
hell of war. There are degrees OF
being "out of this world" Back al
headquarters, the men feel pretty
(Continued on Page Ten)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
BY ERNIE PYLE

IN THE MARIANAS ISLANDS,
(delayeO-Before starting out on
my long tours with the Navy, I've
decided to visit the famous B-29
Superfortress boys who are bomb
ing Japan from here.
This came about largely because
I have "kinfolk' flying on the B.
EOS, and I thought I d kill two birds
by visiting and writing at the same
time.
So here I am, sitting on a screen
ed porch in my underwear, COM
Portable as a cat, with the surf
beating on the shore and lot of
bomber pilots swimming out front.
The B-29 boys, from comman-
dant clear down to lowest enlisted
men, live well out here. They are
all appreciative of their good for
tune, and I've not heard a dissent
ing voice OF course, they would all
rather be home, but who wouldn't?
The man I came to visit is Lieut..
Jack Bales, another farm boy from
down the road near Dana, Indi-
ana. Jack is a sort of nephew OF
mine. He isn't exactly a nephew,
but it's too complicated to explain.
I used to hold him on my knee
and all that sort of thing. Now
he's 20, and starting to get bald
like his uncle"
Jacks folks still live just mile
down the road from our farm. But
Jack left the farm and went to the
University OF Illinois and got edu-
Gated real good, and was just
ready to become a famous lawyer
when the war came along and he
enlisted.
When 1 telephoned Jack and said
I'd be out in about an hour to stay
few days, he said he would put
UP an extra cot in his hut for me.
When I got there the cot was up,
with blankets and mattress covers
laid out on it. Jack had told the
other boys he was having visitor
and on the assumption it was a
woman, Jack had six eager vol
unteers helping him put up the
cot. When I showed up, skinny and
bald. it was an awful letdown, but
they We all been decent about it.
Jack lives in a steel Quonset hut
with 10 other filters. Most OF them
are pilots. but Jack is radio man.
He and another fellow have charge
of all his squadron's RADIO. He does
not have to 60 on missions except
now and then to check up.
But upon arriving learned, both
to my establishment and pride that
he had been on more missions
than anybody in his squadron.
In fact, he's been on so many that
his SQUADRON commander has for
hidden him to go for while.
He doesn't 60 on SO many be-
cause he enjoys it. Nobody but a
freak likes to go on combat mis-
sions. He goes because he has
things to learn, and because he
can contribute things by going.
Another mission or two and he
will have had his quota authorizing
HIM to 90 back to rest camp for a
while. But he seems to show no
strain from the ordeal. He's pretty
phlegmatic, and he says that sit
ting around camp gets so monot-
onous he sort of welcomes a mis-
sion just for a change.
During flight Jack sits in little
compartment in the rear of the
plane. and can't see out. In all his
missions over Japan he's seen
only one Jap fighter. Not that they
didn't have plenty around, but he's
so busy he seldom gets to win
dow for a peek. The one time he
did a Jap came slamming under
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Daily Prayer
FOR COMPASSION

FOR COMPASSlON
While war RACES over the world,
O Lord, may our hearts remain
serene and steadfast, and eStao-
lished upon the firm foundation
of Thy father care. Deliver US
from all meanness of mind and
from the hurt of hate. Lit up
our hearts to fellowship win
Christ's own spirit OF compaSslon'
even toward our enemies. In the
dreadfulness of war, may we De
delivered from all ignoble pas
sions. Make us brave In action
but pitiful in victory. So Shall
we conquer our own souls, as we'll
as our misguided foes; and be
ready for a peace animated by
the Spirit of Jesus. Amen'-W' l.
r
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

When told Of the distressing lack of re-
sponsibility on the part Of so many mothers,
people are inclined to shrug their shoulders
and blame it on the war. This is not the
case. Child abandonments are symptoms of
social ills which grow worse in wartime
Mrs Ethel R. Mcdowell, Chicago Municipal
Court social service director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

litical action committee would be
subject to the same treatment to-
day. They might be punished not
for any personal guilt but for a
turn Of international politics over
which they had no control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Town Plans Storm Cellar

GREEN FOREST, Ark, Feb. IL
-U.P-This small Ozark town has
twice been visited by destructive
storms So the Green Forest Lions
Club, looking forward to the com
ing tornado season, IS cohSluei'
ing a proposal to build pubic
storm cellar - complete with rest
rooms. The cellar would be aoou.
80 by so feet and would be placed
in the center of the town square,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

CHARLES H. spurgeon reckoned as the
highest compliment ever paid him the
words of an open enemy who said: Here
is a man who has not moved an men
forward in all his ministry, ana AZ inc
close of the Nineteenth century IS teacn-
ing the theology of the first century, ana
is proclaiming the doctrine OF Nazaretn
and Jerusalem current eighteen hundred
years ago.
Publisher Unknown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views Of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

Woman Doctor, 81, on JOB
MEREDITH, N. H., Feb. Z'-'O''
New Hampshire's Oldest pfa@'
ticing woman physician IS VI.
Mary N. Sanborn, 81, VINO 5.a9
been serving the town of Mefeol'"
for more than so years.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24
By GEORGE PADMORE

LONDON-The Duke OF Wind
sor's resignation as governor Of the
Bahamas has provoked political
repercuSSions within left wing
parliamentary circles here
The suspicion prevails that the
Duke was sacrificed because he
championed the colored natives
against white reactionarieS who
dominate the economic and poll
tlcal life OF the Bahamas.
Rejecting this suspicion En-
manuel Shinwell. leading Ia
bori,e. intends 10 question Prime
Minister Churchill concerning the
governments hush hush policy
over the Dukes resignation.
The fun background surround
ing the issue has not Yet been Of
ficially disc oSed Specifically
Shinwell Will interroga;e Churchill
about the guidance notice issued
20, the press telling how 10 deal
with Windsor's resignation when
presenting information 10 the pub
lie.
The Dukes resignation. ShinWe,l
points out. has no relation % the
war. for which the censorship and
guidance" system were instituted
The laborite would like 10 know
who gave the press instructions 20
play down Windsor'S action
II was stressed in Journalistic
circles at the time the colonial Of
fee announced the Dukes rcSigna-
ton that nothing should be pub
lished 10 give the public the i'm
preston OF surprise at the former
King OF England's leaving the Ba-
hamas.
Instead OF disclosing the Dukes
attempt TO improve the economic
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-03-24

Scarcely half enough radio tubes
we're made last year 20 replace
those worn out in civilian receiv-
ing sets