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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 96. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Aug. 7, 1940 ^ice per copy 154
British Liner Loaded Refugees Sunk
Russian Fleet Reported In Pacific On Maneuvers
Gov. Plans Infantry and Air Squadron for Alaska
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Cermans Getting
Northern
France and Baltic
UNDATED, Aug. 5 (JP) — Ger
man raiding planes jabtbed at
Britain again but the attacks
were comparatively light. Britain
heard reports that the Germans
were “geting ready" in northern
France and also in the Baltic.
The air ministry said a German
bomber was shot down off the
i east coast.
A German communique said
that eight British aircraft were
downed over the channel.
The admiralty said 18 British
merchant ships totaling eS.O^O
tons and two warships totaling
7,000 tons were sunk the week
ending July 29.
4 Millions Tons Shipping Sunk
A German communique said
the British losses were 657.000
tons for the three weeks ending
July 31; a total of four million
nine hundred eighty six thou
sand tons since the war began.
U. S. Ambassador Cudahy said
Beg:urn will be ‘ close to famine"
by mid-September unless food is
sent.
Belgium Clire to Fam'ne
Field Marshal General K’srer
lira, commanding the Nazi air
force opposite England sa d he
had dsflri’e knowledge of new
weapons of conquest perfected
for use against Britain, among
them the weapon with which a
{■nrl! for-e captured the Belgian
fortress Eben Emael in a few
minutes time.
Spanish reports said 13 British
warships left Gibraltar hurried
ly Monday, but after starting to
wards the Mediterranean, cut
! back toward the Atlantic.
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Banishment Jews
Part Hitler Peace
BERLIN, Aug. 7 (JP) — A Eu
ropean continent without Jews,
' who would be banished to some
remote corner of the globe will
1 be one of the prerequisites of
"German peace" Das Schwarze
IXorps, Hitler’s newspaper said.
Jews everywhere in Europe
would be driven from their hide
outs.
Italians Comb
Oil Center Haifa
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| ROME.' Aug’. 7 UP)—Ah Italian
communique said plrr.es bombed
'.he oil center Haifa, in Palestine
;fcr the third time, setting fire to
'mere gasoline tank- and biting
noth works. All the- planes return
They satd the fires started
y the first bombardment lasted
•hr several days ar.d the Shell
refinery was destroyed in the sec
rtd bombardment. In East Africa
r and nave, bases at Aden and
Bor.gera were “effectivelyv bomb
ed." In north Africa eremy en
campments scu h ef Solium also
A xa li k -Ms ti uh railway
v. .re bombed. Italian columns
crossed into the British Som.ali
lard frontier at several points.
^ Wirephoto Ueveals German Brother
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Fret? F.hlert (above) 39, of Chicago was startled when he saw this
Associated Tress Wirephoto in a Chicago paper for it revealed his
brother, William, 29, whom he feared had been killed in the Eu
1 ropean war had been taken prisoner by the British. Fred is pointing
!r to the German soldier 'far left) whom he identified as his brother,
I under guard by a British soldier.
Gov. Greuning and Major Graham
Plan National Guard For Alaska
Nome May Get Air Squadron
JUNEAU, Aug. 6 (/Pi — Gover
nor Gruenin.g and Major Jesse
Graham are planning the crgamz
ation of four companies of infan
try of the National Guard and
maybe an air squadron, with
armories at Ketchikan, Juneau,
Anchorage and Fairbanks, each
costing approximately $150,000.
As there are no federal funds
Fleet in Pacific
On Maneuvers
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (/P> — A
Russian fleet made up of light
; and heavy naval units, submar
ines and aircraft has sailed into
1 the Pacific on ‘‘large scale man
: euvers” said the British broad
casting company in an announce
ment which the NBC picked up.
Gov. Gruening
To Make Visit
Alaska Defenses
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JUNEAU, Aug. 5 UP) — Gov
jcrnor Gruening is leaving aboard
the Coast Guard cutter Haida
! this week with members of the
| House subcommittee on army
and national defense appropria
tions, for the westward. The Gov
ernor will visit Seward, Anchor
age. Palmer, Fairbanks, and pos
sibly Nome on his first trip to
the interior since he took office
ast December. At Palmer he will
attend a meeting of the Alaska
Rural Rehabilitation Corpora
tion.
Tropical Storm
Hits Texas and
Louisiana
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NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 5 UP)—
! Carrying winds close to hurri
icane force. a 75-mile-an-hour
tropical storm rumbled toward
! the Louisiana and Texas Gulf
coast. Persons in low, exposed
places were warned to flee.
The Greek freighter Oropos
■ wirelessed she was in distress 30
miles south of the mouth of the
Mississippi River. The schooner
J. W. Clise was abandoned after
the crew was rescued.
ORANGE, Texas, Aug. 7 UP)—
A warning that the tropical
storm would move inland along
the Texas and Louisiana line
near here has sent hundreds
of persons along the coast scurry
ing to safety. The 19 persons re
ported at New Orleans as miss
ng were later found safe.
available for the armories, the
Governor is asking the candidat
es in the September election if
they are faborable toward terri
torial appropriations. If an air
squadron is formed, one will be
Stationed at Nome.
Have The Nome Nugget sent tc
you: mining claim.
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Prompt Enactment
Military Training
Is Recommended
! WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 isP) —
The prompt enactment of the
compulsory military training leg
islation was recommended to the
j Senate by its military committee
saying that a “reasonable pru
. dencc demands immediate sub
stantial increases in our armed
I forces. It would be criminal to
give the nation a false sense of
security by the mere possession |
| of defensive armaments and a
corresponding lack of trained
j men." The bill is scheduled for
Senate consideration tomorrow.
The legislation which the com
mittee previously approved 12 to
3 wc.uld require the registration
of all males from 21 to 31 in-1
I elusive.
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Japanese Fishing
Boats Arouse
Alai m V ancouver
VANCOUVER, B. C„ </P) — A
1 special civil committee prepared
j a resolution expressing alarm at
the presence of Japanese fishing
boats off the coast which “could I
readily be transformed into tor-1
pedo-carrying warcraft by a hos-1
tile group” and presented it to i
the city council. Alderman Wil
son said “We come to believe1
that the Japanese residents are|
ferociously working for their
own gods in far-off Japan.”
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John L. Lewis
Declares Against
Training Program
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DENVER, Aug. 7 iJP) — John
L. Lewis told a convention of In
temational Union of Mine, Mill
and Smelter workers that con
scription would create a military
waste system under which the
“average citizen will be esteem
ed only as a servant.”
"SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
British Liner Reportedly Loaded
With Refugee Children S. Bound
Is Torpedoed by Sub And Sunk
NEW YORK, Aug. 7 <JP) — Un
confirmed reports from shipping
circles said that the Brnsh pas
senger motorship Accra, 9300
tons was sunk off Ireland with
a heavy loss of life, including
many child refugees being sent
I to New Yank and Canada. The re
| port said the ship was torpedoed
three days out and that only 30
1 survivors were rescued.
Last Thursday the McKay ra
dio picked up an SOS from an
unidentified ship saying it was
torpedoed 400 miles off of Ire
land but nothing further was
heard.
Sunk While In Convoy
LONDON, Aug. 7 pP) — The
■ Accra wa> torpedoed ond sunk
while in a convoy. Twenty-five
persons are missing. The vessel
bnk wit .’.in a half hour. It was
, baliev.d the attacking sub was
also sunk. 450 of the passengers
were ran, ted and landed at a
British port. The line’s owners
denied the Nee. York report that
refugee children were aboard.
Goes Down In Two Minutes
NEW YCRK. A ,.g. 7 (ff) — A
i source hare s i t .e Accra sank
in two minutes preventing the
rescue of most u iter passengers
1 and crew One source said an. eye
witness told him the vessel was
loaded wih children. It was sug
gested that the British govern
ment was unwilling to discuss it
because they were unwilling to
raise an alarm among the parents
whose children were on the high
seas.
Does Not Favor
Change Present
Farm Program
• i. t
DES MOINES. Aug. 6 (P) —
. Wende'l L ’Vi’.lki** said he ■ i
f not favor “changing the present
1 farm program unless a better
one is gradually evolved.” He
added, in a statement shortly be
fore his plane departure for the
Colorado Springs vacation resort
that he would “not take away
any benefits gained by agricul
ture in the past few years.” He
v icied. his ap|prt'ci'ation to the
farm leaders who attending his
major farm conference yaster
day.
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German Ring Around England
This map shows the spots Germany now commands in f ’ the
Battle of England—a battle which Berlin said wou'd te spoken
with the “voice of cannons” instead of any peace talk. Air ! *• homb
ing distances are indicated. Dotted lines show how Germany might
complete the circle by a conquest of Ireland. Meantime, the French
government set up the capital of its diminished country at Clermont
Femmd (1>. German bombers ranged over Great Britain as far
as Wales (2). A union of Northern Ireland and Eire for defense
of the empire was projected (3).