Wrangell Talk Covers Ickes Native Lands Plan and Politics
In Wrangell Governor Gruening and Secretary Lew Williams discuss fishing trips and politics. They critique Harold Ickes proposed aboriginal rights districts 3,000 feet offshore affecting Alaska Native lands and warn the plan could harm progress and Native benefits.
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Wrangell
Gruening
Alaska
Lew Williams
Stikine
Williams
of the Interior
Hopest
Harold Ickes
Kupereanof Island
Turnabout Island
Red Bay
Prince of Wales
Local Fish Pack Trails Last Year As Season Nears End
Peters burg Wrangell canneries lag behind last year with August 20 totals showing Farwest Wrangell Co 31 817 versus 53 935 last year Pacific American Fisheries Petersburg totals 24 074 vs 60 623 last year Dean C Kaylor Scow Bay 25 558 vs 34 832 Anon Bay Cannery 23 047 with no prior year pack.
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Petersburg-Wrangell
Farwest Wrangell Co
Chums
Cohoes
Petersburg
Reds
Kings
Dean C. Kaylor
Scow Bay
Anon Bay Cannery
Pais
Germany says Romanian troops quit fighting
Germany officially announced that some Romanian troops have stopped fighting. Moscow reports describe Mihail national forces engaging Nazi rear guards while Russian troops advance toward the Galati Gap. Berlin says Hungary’s government was reshuffled due to turmoil in Romania, with Swiss sources noting Romanian capitulation and movements against Hungary.
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London
Germany
Moscow
Mihai
Galati
Russia
Romania
Rumania
Hungary
Allied Air Crushes Halmezhera Island Defenses In Major Raid
U S forces report the heaviest raid on Halmezhera Island south of the Philippines with 315 tons of bombs dropped on Jap defenses. Over 200 Allied fighters attacked Vogelkop Peninsula and halted runways at Bobo Nabire and Otafiirmi airfields. MacArthur said 135 tons were used the day prior and a 110 ton Liberator raid hit bivouac and supply areas in Galela.
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GHQ
Southwest Pacific
Halmezhera Island
Guardian
Philippines
Headquarters Today
Amonmg
Malmzhera
Vogelkop Peninsula
Dutch New Guinea
Bobo
Nabire
Galela
Halmzhera
MacArthur
Liberation of Paris Declared Complete in Allied News
General Eisenhower announced the liberation of Paris is a fact as American and French troops entered the city. Brigadier General Jacques Le Clerc led 30 000 allied forces through Orleans gate at 9 43 a m. Parisians flooded the streets as De Gaulle waited at Bainhaux for a formal escort amid church bells and the call To the Barricades.
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New York
Eisenhower
Paris
National Broadcasting Company
Jacques LeClerc
Orleans
de Gaulle
Bainhaux
American Bomber Crashes Into Church School
In Lancaster, England, a flaming American bomber crashed into a church school, killing 51 people, including 34 children under five, with eight Americans among the dead. The disaster was Britain’s worst of its kind, and the death toll was expected to rise to 75.
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London
Lancaster
Britain
Ohmer Planned New Cannery at Waterfront Site
Earl Ohmer buys John Grebstad property on Main Street near the City Front. The cannery will be year round, using local labor, with salmon canning first and shrimp crabs clams and fish processing later. Construction begins when materials and labor are ready, at the old tannery site.
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Earl Ohmer
John Grebstad
Main Stret
Ohmer
Most of Pacific Ocean Under Allied Control
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced from Pearl Harbor that a major portion of the Pacific is now under Allied control. Navy patrols search daily and threaten any remaining Japanese moves, framing the sea as the crucial artery for cutting Japanese supply and troop routes.
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Pacific
Allied
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Stimson backs universal training as defense plan
War Secretary Stimson favors universal military training as the key defense provision for the nation. He described the plan in a letter to the Citizens Committee, urging Congress and the public to enact it.
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New York
Stimson
Congress
New Citizen's Committee
Churchill Sees Pope in 48-Minute Vatican Audience
Winston Churchill met with the Pope at the Vatican for a private 48 minute audience. The Vatican announced that many essential questions were touched on relating to important problems of the present hour. The visit observed the splendor of the papal court.
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Rome
Winston Churchill
Vatican
Papal
Soviet Forces Near Ploesti Reach Vaslui Frontline
London AP reports the Soviet government announces the occupation of Vaslui 140 miles northeast of Ploesti and the fall of Bessarabian strongholds Tighina and Tehnina on the Dniester west bank. Stalin pledges further victories as Rumania pushes toward Vaslui’s seizure.
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London
Vaslue
Ploesti
Tighing
Teghina
Dneister
Stalin
Vaslui
Rumania
Extension Granted in Clarence Straits for Two Days
Word has nearly been received that an extension was granted in S E and S W Clarence Straits for a period of two days.
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Clarence ‘Straits
S. E
S. W. Clarence ‘Straits
Canes and Grasse Freed of Nazis
Allied reports say Cannes and Grasse were occupied and a major assault targeted Marseilles strong points. In 72 hours the US Army captured 5 000 prisoners and reached within 10 miles of Arles on the Rhone as air power disrupted southern France lines.
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Rome
Cannes
Grasse
Marseilles
Arles-on-the-Rhone
France
Berogs
Seine Valley
Sea
Royal Air Force
Marshal von Kluge
Tite Somme-Marne
Garden Exhibit Aims for September Show Bigger and Better
A garden exhibit planned for Wednesday September 6 will feature fine flowers and top vegetables with group displays. The event will use the former Chris Lang shop building loaned by James H. Wheeler. 4 H Club leader Miss Mae Stephenson may attend. The Rotary Club set aside 20 dollars for best garden prizes and awards are planned for exhibits. Committee members include Andrew Wikan T R McDonald Charles Greenan Raymond Swanson and Mrs I M Dahl.
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Petersburg
Chris Lang
James H. Wheeler
Mae Stephenson
Rotary Club
Garden Club
Andrew Wikan
T. R. McDonald
Charles Greenan
Raymond Swanson
I. M. Dahl
Marseille Falls To Allied Forces
ROME August 23 AP Marseille France second city and greatest seaport fell to onslaught of French infantry and army as U S forces swept 100 miles inland from the Mediterranean to within less than 200 miles of a junction with General Eisenhower's legions below liberated Paris. Eight days after landing in southern France the French battled into the heart of Marseille against slight Nazi resistance and were busy cleaning out pockets of last ditch defenders.
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Rome
Marseille
France
U. S
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Paris
British Navy Increased in Power Despite Losses
The British information service announced that Britain's navy, despite the loss of 561 warships over five years of sea warfare, is actually more powerful now than at the start of the war. New York dispatch dated August 23.
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New York
British Information Service
Britain
Gripsholm Sails On Fifth Exchange Mission
The Swedish liner Gripsholm sails for Belfast and Goteborg on its fifth exchange mission. It carries tons of Christmas packages and 12,000 sacks of mail for war and prisoners, the American Red Cross said.
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New York
Gripsholm
Belfast
Goterborg
American Red Cross
Sitka Spruce Seeds Sought for Postwar Norway Pasture
Anders Fjelstad of the Norwegian Embassy in Washington and W A Chipperfield from the local Forest Service toured Sitka spruce prospects in Sitka area. They examined virgin forests and climate similarities to Norway for reforestation after German occupation and noted fur farming stock needs for postwar revival.
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Norway
Anders Fjelstad
Washington, D. C
Petersburg
W. A. Chipperfield
Forest Service
Sitka
Fjelstad
Bjerstad
Japs Good Fighters Says Marine General
Lt. Gen. A. A. Vandergrift, commandant of the Marines, says during a Washington news conference that the Japanese do not know the meaning of quit. He cited visits to Saipan Tinian and Guam to stress the enemy’s resolve.
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Washington
A. A. Vandergrift
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Paris Liberation Begins End of Nazi Domination
Albany August 23 Governor Dewey declared liberation of Paris marks the beginning of the end for Nazi rule in Europe He warned that delaying surrender by Germany and Japan will bring harsher consequences for each passing day.
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Albany
N. Y
Dewey
Paris
Europe
Germany
Japan
FDR Calls for Continued Lend-Lease Aid
President Roosevelt urged Congress that lend-lease aid must continue until Japan and Germany surrender unconditionally. In a quarterly report for June he warned against weakening the unified war effort that could delay victory or cost American lives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
Allied Troops Drive Forward in Burma
Southeast Asia command reports Allied units advancing toward the enemy in western Burma and the Bay of Tendim. Forces are said to be thrusting forward unopposed as they seek to draw the retreating Japanese into battle near Kandy, Ceylon.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Bay of Tendim
Churchill and Papandreou Hold Talks in Rome
Prime Minister Churchill met Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Rome today for talks. The two leaders discussed postwar affairs and regional issues amid the Allied cooperation in the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Churchill
George Papandreou
Romania Accepts Russian Peace Offer to Become UN Ally
New premier Konstantin Sanatescu leads Romania after accepting a Russian peace offer reported by Bucharest radio. The broadcast notes Antonescu's government departed as two USSR armies push to knock Romania out of the war, with Iuliu Maniu of the Peasant Party in the cabinet.
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New
York
Rumania
United Nations
Bucharest
FCC
Romania
Antonescu
Konstantin Sanatescu
Iulif Maniu
Peasant Party
Paris Freed by French Patriots as Nazis Halted
Allied reports say Paris was liberated after a four day battle led by 60,000 armed French patriots with hundreds of thousands more joining the effort. General Koenig announced the end of German occupation and the restoration of civil authority under De Gaulle.
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France
Charles DeGaulle
Koenig
Interior
Paris
DeGaulle
London
New York
Buenos Aires
Algiers
Light
U. S
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Churchill
Aircraft Carriers Support Invasion of Southern France
Acting Secretary of the Navy Bard said Allied aircraft carriers took part in the invasion of southern France. The carrier force provided air cover for troop landings and included seven British ships and two U S vessels.
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Washington
Bard
France
Truman says he wishes war would end soon
Chicago August 23 1944 Senator Truman Democratic vice presidential nominee says he does not know what effect an early war end would have on the election and adds he does not care and that I wish it would end next month.
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Chicago
Truman
Hunting Licenses Authorized by City Clerk
Carroll Clausen has been deputized to issue hunting licenses to those who need them. Hosea Sarber, wildlife agent, stresses the license is $2 for residents and allows hunting and fishing during prescribed seasons.
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Carroll Clausen
Hosea Sarber
Frederick Sound Cannery Workers Meet Monday
The Frederick Sound Cannery Workers will meet Monday evening August 28 at 7 30 in the Union Hall. All members are urged to be present and bring their books.
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Frederick Sound Cannery
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