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VOL/ 42. No. 101. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 19, 1940 Price Per IH
U. S. And Canada Link Defenses
Ambassador Bullitt Predicts Nazis Attack America
Claude Wickard Nominated Secty. of Agriculture
Britain Placed Under Blockade
German Air Force Ask 3 More Days
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Bullitt Predicts Nazi Attack America
UNDATED, Aug. 17 (JP)—Hit
ler warned the world that the
British Isles are under complete
blockade and th?t Germany is
not responsible for the destruc
tion of neutral vessels and lives
within the besieged waters. The
proclamation was broadcast by
the official German radio as new
and more powerful Nazi bombers
roared across the English chan
nel and sent destruction on Brit
ain’s harbor facilities, airports
and plants producing war sup
plies. Some nations, like the Unit
ed States and Argentina, the Ger
man proclamation declared, long
since have regarded the waters
around England as in the war
zone and have forbidden their
ships, airplanes and citizens to
enter them. The German proclam
ation continued to repeat the
warning to other neutral states,
and repeating that warning the
Nazis resumed their night raids
on Britain.
The time bombs droped in yes
terday’s great raid caused delay
ed explosions in London's south
eastern suburbs. The British re
taliated by counter-attacking Ger
many. The air ministry announc
ed that the RAF did consider ble
damage at night on the plant at
Luna, near Leip- -, used for the
production of oil from coal and
other “important ’ objectives.
HOW WORLD’S GREATEST
NAVIES COMPARE, TONNAGE
Britain, of course has always
had the largest navy in the
world. A recent estimate gives
her tonnage at 2,03',,933. that of
the United States 1,260,150; Jap
an 1.150,000 slightly below that
of the United States; France
prior to fa ling into British and
German hands 810,758 tons: Itaily
717,9920 tons, and Germany 543,
001 tons.
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BULLITT PREDICT NAZI
ATTACK ON AMERICA
UNDATED, Aug. 19 (JP>—Inter
national all Britain was prescrib
ed as a single coordinated de
fense area to combat “enemy
landings by air and sea,” as au
thorized Nazis in Berlin indicat
ed the crucial ‘week is at hand in
the offensive against England. A
spokesman said the German air
force, given three more days of
good weather would strike de
cisive blows on the blockaded
kingdom. Nazi troops are massed
at French channel ports, impa
tient for the end and the air
force made preparatory raids.
The British ministry of home
security in a communique an
nounced .the establishment of a
nation-wide defense zone includ
ing England. Scotland and Wales
to “enfble an^ me a'ere to- be ir.
troduced without delay which
b come urgent y necessary” in
ca-s of invasion.
The German government noti
fied Britain through the Swiss
foreign office that parachute
troops mint be treated accord
ing to international law, and not
shot as spies when captured, or
direct reprisal will be taken ag
ainst Brit: h air force captives.
In the United States, Ambassa
{dor Bullitin a radio address,
! bluntly predicted a German at
'tack on America if Britain is de
feated, urging the dispatch of aid
to the British fleet. The State
Department approved the speech.
Far-ranging British bombers
''gain blasted northern Italian cit
i :es including industrial Milan,
Turin and Cureo. Other squad
rons raided western and southern
Germany. The Nazi command ad
mitted only "immaterial damage.”
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“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
Willkie Promises C
In Any Contest H
On Our Terms ;
ELWOOD. Indiana, Aug. 17 (/P)
— Accusing President Roosevelt
of courting “a war for which
this country is hopelessly unpre
pared,” Wendell L. Willkie chal
lenged the chief executive to a
series of campagin debates on the
foreign and domestic policies.
In his speech formally accept
in,g the Republican presidential
nomination, the forty-eight-year
old former utilities executive ex
pressed his supp rt for “some
sort of selective service” as tire
only democratic way to obtain
manpower for defense, but took
sharp issue with Roosevelt's con
duct of foreign anairs. Willkie
-aid: “He has dabbled in inflama
Lory statements and manufactur
Approve Funds
2-Ocean Navy
Equip Army
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (AJ) —
The Senate appropriations com
mittee approved the $5,008,169.
277 bill for funds for beginning
the construction of a two-ocean
n vy and an equipped army of a
million two hundred thousand
men.
The Senators started another
week of sharp debate on the
Burke - Wadsworth conscription
bill with Senator Hill of Ala
bama saying the proposed volun
tary enlistment program “placed
a premium on slackorism and a
penalty on patriotism.”
¥. Chrysler Dies
j
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 f/P) —
Walter P. Chrysler Senior died
from a cerebral hemorrhage at
his home at Great Neck, Long
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Outdistance Hitler
e Chooses In 1940
ind American Vi ay
ed panics. The President’s attacks
cn foreign powers have been use
less and dangerous. He has soc
i ly meddled in the affairs of
Europe and even unscrupulously
encouraged other countries to
hope for more help than we were
able to give.”
V : irasting his own views on
in; ’'national relations, Willkie
. d; "I premi e by returning to
those same American principles
that overcame German autocracy
r.c-o before, both in lousiness and
i war, to outdistance Hitler in
any contest he chooses in 1940
■ r after, and I promise that when
we beat him we shall beat him
cn our own terms, in our own
Am rican way.”
Bullitt Prediction
"Very, Very Little
Short of Treason”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 UP) —
Senator Clark, Idaho Democrat,
told his colleagues that Ambassa
dor Bullitt s prediction that Ger
many will attack the United
States if Britain is defeated “is
very, very litle short of treason”
because it suggested “a dictator
ship” for the United States.
Secty. Wallace
Resigns Post
HYDE PARK, Aug. 19 </P) —
Agriculture Secretary Wallace’s
resignation effective September
5th was accepted today. The
President nominated Undersecre
tary Claude Wickard, Indiana
farmer to succeed him. Wickard’s
succe sor is Paul Appleby of
Maryland, now a Wallace assist
ant. The President in a letter in
dicated that the vice presidential
nominee’s campaign will be de
voted entirely to the agricultur
al issue.
FLYING FINGERS IN JUNEAU
KNIT FOR WAR SUFFERERS
Sweaters, shawls, dresses and
layettes for England are being
knitted in Juneau at present by
volunteer Red Cross workers,
Chapter Chairman John New
marker annouced.
A first shipment of 33 pounds
of maroon wool and 10 pounds of
black has been distrbiuted there
and is now being knitted into gar
ments to keep Europeans warm
during the blitzkrieg. Further
shipments are expected.
Newmarker said the woolen
garments were going to England
as that was the only part of
Europe to which the Red Cross
coud guarantee delivery.
Similar knitting work is being
done at Skagway, Sitka and
I Petersburg.
iiiited States and Canada Link
Defenses To Preserve Safety Of
Northern Half of The Hemisphere
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Aug. 13
(/Pi—The United States and Can
' ada linked defenses in an un
precedented step to preserve the
safety of the north half of the
j hemisphere. President Roosevelt
land Prime Minister MacKenzie
King concluded in a railroad car
a conference and made a joint
announcement that “it has been
agreed a permanent joint board
on defense shall be set tip at once
by the two countries. It will con
sider in a broad sense the defense
, of the north half of the western
; hemisphere." They said the board
'composed of militarists would be
gin "immediate studies relating
to sea, land and air problems,
including personnel and mater
ial.”
Asks Suggestions
ror Canadian-U.S.
Defense Board
HYDE PARK. Aug. 19 (/Pi —
President R It telephoned
the State 1 Navy depart
ment ho a - t r suggestions in
naming member, f the Canadian
United States defense board
which he hoped to be set up by
Thursday under an agreement
reached yesterday with Prime
Minister King. Officials said the
President hoped the first meeting
would be next week at an un
announced place.
Ambassador To
Argentina Returns
MIAMI, Aug. 16—United States
Ambassador to Argentina. Nor
man Armour, arrived here last
i night enroute to Washington for
a special State Department con
ference.
The Ambassador plans a 6-week
vacation fallowing his apparance
at the Capital. He described Unit
ed States-Argentine relations as
I the friendliest in history and re
ported that Argentine citizens en
i dorsed heartily the decision of
I the recent Havana inter-Ameri
can conference.
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Governor Gruening Leaves Nome
Invited Vake First Trans-Pacific
Flight t etween L.S., New Zealand
Governor f A', ka Gruening
departed from N : e, Sunday at
1:30 p.m. bound for Fairbanks en
route to Juneau catch the Al
aska C ipper leaving Juneau for
Sea.fie TmsJ: v. Our Governor,
whil in Nome on his present vis
it, received a wire from Juan
Pripipe, president of Pan Ameri
can Airways inviting him to be a
special guest on the first trans
pacific flight of the newly inaug
urated service between the Unit
ed States and New Zealand.
This invitati n was extended to
Gov. Gruening in appreciation of
the valuable aid given the Pan
American Airways in the prelim
inarv arrangements required to
establish the Clipper Service be
tween the continental United
States and Alaska, also for assist
ing them to acquire an island in
the South Seas which was need
ed for a base on the route of the
U. S. to New Zealand air ser
vice.
One hundred and thirty-nine
residents of Nome honored Gov
ernor Gruening Friday night at
a public dinner held at the Nev
ada. The committee composed of
Mrs. L. Grant, Mrs. Joe Wallace,
and Mrs. Chas. Code, in conjunc
tion with the management of the
Nevada Grill were responsible
for one of the finest dinners of
its kind ever to be served in
Nome. Howard Lvng, Speaker of
the Territorial House of Repre
sentatives at the last session, was
toastmaster and introduced the
! speakers of the evening who
were: Mr. A. Polet, secretary of
Chamber of Commerce;
[Judge J. H. S. Moris n; Senator
O. D. Cochran; __ and Governor
F; nest Gruening, the honored
guest.
The Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce held a
public luncheon consisting of lo
cal products at the Nevada Grill
on Saturday at noon in honor of
the Honorable Ernest Grn ning,
Governor of the Territory of Al
aska, at which a large number of
men and women of the cit were
in attendance. Doctor Tiomas
Morcom presided and Mr. O. D.
Cochran, President of th Terri
torial Chamber of Commerce,
welcomed the chief executive,
after which the Governor was
introduced by Doctor Morcom.
Saturday afternoon the North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
nxrc'e sponsored an airplane
flight to give Governor Gruen
:ag the opportunity to see some
‘hing of the mining activity of
his section. Pilot Sassc. n of the
Mirow Air Service we3 at the
controls of the company’s tri
notored plane. Those v no accom
jnried the Governor on the flight
were Mr. E. E. Roberts, manager
of the Mirow Air Service; Mr. A.
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