New Publishers Take Command Of Two Southeastern Alaska Sentinels
The Press congratulates Mr and Mrs Spencer De Long on taking over the Wrangell Sentinel from the Williamses and Mr and Mrs Harold Veatch on purchasing the Sitka Sentinel. The article urges voters to study candidates ahead of the September 12 election as Alaska edges from war to peace.
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Alaska
Spencer de Long
Wrangell Sentinel
Lew Williams
Harold Veatch
Sitka
de Longs
Juneau
Empire
Wrangell
Sentinels
Southeastern
No Draft Soon For Older Men
John McCormick territorial director of the Selective Service and Lieut. Col. F J Killilea are back in Juneau after a month of conferences with boards in the Westward and Interior. Under current rules deferments are rare for registrants 18 to 25, so the territory expects to fill its quota for the rest of the year from that age group. McCormick plans to travel west with Col Ben Howell to cover areas not included in the recent trip and to check the service’s operations.
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John McCormick
Territorial
Selective Service
F. J. Killilea
Juneau
McCormick
Alaska
Ben Howell
Lewis B. Hershey
Washington
Col
Howell
FDR and MacArthur Hold Wartime Pearl Harbor Conference
Honolulu dispatch reports President Roosevelt concluded his first wartime talks with General Douglas MacArthur at Pearl Harbor after three days of strategy discussions with Admiral Nimitz and top war chiefs. Roosevelt outlined aims to retake the Philippines and press unconditional surrender while touring military installations and jungle training, and he noted MacArthur will be part of future operations toward those goals.
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Honolulu
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Doug
Fortress Island
Marine
San Diego
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
America
Philippines
Japan
North Africa
Saipan
Marshalls
Attu
Kiska
Kwajalein
Florence Cut Off From Food Supplies
Rome reports Florence besieged by British and German forces with severe food and water shortages. Looting and civil strife lash the city while fronts limit military activity to patrols. Arno river banks define marching positions around Florence as supply lines are severed from the countryside.
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Rome
Florence
Arno
Italy
Total War as Germans Describe It
German radio describes total war measures with restaurants ordering patrons to fill their plates in the kitchen and wash them before leaving to aid waiters and kitchen staff. Russian forces reportedly close to East Prussian capital Konigsberg, about 93 miles away.
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London
Konigsberg
Giant Allied Raids Hit Jap Homeland and Palembang
Allied forces launched two sweeping raids in the Pacific hitting Palembang in Sumatra and targets inside the Japanese homeland. A 3600 mile round trip mission from Southeast Asia marked a long bombing run against key oil and explosives facilities while a separate Nagasaki fire raid targeted the Japanese home front.
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Palembang
Sumatra
Healey
Ithi
Southeast Asia
Sonni
Nagasaki
Delayed Salmon Run Showing Activity Along North Coast
Reports indicate a late salmon run emerging from Icy Straits with 40 000 fish in two PAF traps north of the area. The Fisheries Service notes reduced pack versus last year and possible extension of the season after Interior Secretary Ickes suspended dismantling rules. Officials monitor from Juneau as traps near readiness for weekend activity.
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PAF
Bureau of Fisheries
Kaylor Cannery
Nourth
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Icy Straits
Hans Flo
Icy Straits Packing Company
Juneau
Ira W. Gabrielson
Fisheries Service
Frank Hynes
Gabrielson
S W France Empty of German Troops
German efforts to evacuate men and equipment from southwestern France are disrupted by French patriots and sabotage. Reporters say fewer than 1,000 German soldiers remain near the border in Hen days Saint Jan Dejuz and other points south of the border.
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IRMN
Spain
France
Mazissorts
Hendays
Saint Jan
Dejuz
Japs Being Pushed Out of N E India
Southeast Asia Command reports Allied forces push the Japanese from northeast India reaching 54 miles south of Imphal. Japanese rear guards encountered. likely pursuit across the Burma frontier within a week.
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N.E
India
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Bush
Indi
Imphal
Burma
Americans Advance in France Threaten German Positions
Allied reports say American forces thrust northward from Le Mans with air support and push past Alençon as Canadians reach within five miles of Falaise. German and Paris sources claim heavy fighting near Le Mans with no confirmation from supreme HQ. Allied troops advance across Brittany toward Loire cities Nantes and Angers.
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AEF
Versailles
aPris
Seine’ ‘River
le Mans
Paris
Alencor
Amer
Ans
Alencon
Versalles
Falaise
Supreme
Caen
Brittany
Loire
Nantes
Angers
Alaska Steamship Co. Changes Hands to Skinner & Eddy
Skinner & Eddy of Seattle has purchased the Alaska Steamship Company's fleet from Kennecott Copper for an undisclosed sum. G W Skinner announced the deal, noting control of capital stock shifts and no operational staffing changes. The sale includes all ships and related properties as well as corporate leadership changes.
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Seattle
Alaska Steamship Company
Skinner & Eddy Corporation of
G. W. Skinner
Steamship Company
Kennecott Copper
Skinner
Kennecott
Alaska
New York
E. T. Stannard
Lawrence Bogle
L. W. Baker
Raymond Anderson
C. N. Mitchell
Spanish Morocco Reported Calm by Foreign Office
Madrid reports calm in Spanish Morocco and no uprisings. A foreign office spokesman rejected a DNB dispatch that Franco was arrested in Morocco as fantastic.
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Madrid
Foreign Office
Morocco
DNB
Franco
General Eisenhower Shifts HQ to French Soil
British command confirms General Dwight Eisenhower moved his headquarters from Britain to France, with the change announced Wednesday night. The move places allied command closer to continental operations during wartime.
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Eisenhower
London
Dwight
Russians advance as Moscow reports broad wartime gains
A Soviet communique announced major Red Army advances across more than 200 populated places. The report says forces widened a corridor west and southwest of Jelgava and west of Marimpole, repelled a large German counterattack, and renewed an offensive north and northwest of Siedice, inflicting heavy losses.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Jelgava
Marimpole
Warsaw
SiedIce
Americans Strike Philippines For Third Night
U S Liberator bombers raid Davao and other Mindanao targets for three straight nights. Brig Gen Ralph Royce led the mission as American forces push closer to Japanese positions in the Philippines.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Clark Field
Manila
Ralph Royce
Bataan
Corregidor
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
New Guinea
Driniumor River
British New Guinea
MacArthur
Adachi
Americans Race Toward Paris in Rapid Armor Drive
American forces led by Omar Bradley advanced rapidly toward Paris, driving east and southeast from Le Mans and Avranches. Reports from German and Allied agencies placed the spearhead within a short distance of the French capital as the Allied push to honor the city neared its climax.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Omar Bradley
le Mans
Paris
France
Rennes
DNB
Nist
Avranches
Lavale
le ‘Mans
Caen
Lons
Tours
Orleans
Guam Retaken by U S Forces in Pacific War Update
Admiral Nimitz announced the reconquest of Guam completing its capture and surrounding remaining Japanese garrison inland from Pati Point. MacArthur reported another Japanese force liquidated near Driniumor New Guinea with 1,002 Nipponese killed at Aitape as Allied operations push toward the Japanese homeland and Philippines.
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Associated Press
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Nimitz
Pati Point
Douglas MacArthur
Driniumor
New Guinea
Aitape
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Philippines
Formosa
China Coast
China
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Deam
India
Sungshan
Yunnan Province
Burma Road
Navy radioman tells tale of wartime escape and reunion
A radioman first class, once hunted by Japanese forces on a Pacific island, survived a 50 man search and later returned to the United States. Reinstated in the Navy, he was promoted and reunited with his wife and two sons in San Diego after the war. His three comrades were killed in the hideout. He spoke in Portland last night, vowing to beat the Japs and endure the invasion of many islands.
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Alpe
Navy
United States
San Diego
Portland
Islan
Absentee Jurisdiction Irks Fishermen
Dan Fitzpatrick of Cordova and Edward P Loftus, both veteran fishermen, retire Bristol Bay fishing grounds decline. They conferred with Governor Ernest Guening Secretary Lew Williams and Michael J Haas, Territorial representative of the Department of Labor at Juneau, who reported Alaska fishermen are about.
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Dan Fitzpatrick
Cordova
Alaska
Edward P. ‘Loftus
Wrangel
Bristol “Bay
Ernest Guening
Lew Williams
Michael J. Haas
Territorial
Department of. . Labor
Juneau
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Fdr
Pearl. Harbor
S. W
Alaska Steamship Co
Spanish
U.S
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