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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 78. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 26, 1940. ^ice Per C°P7 W
Indicate French Fleet not Surrender
Russia Increases Production For Home Defense
University Alaska to Get R O T C and Infantry Unit
French Fleet, Second Strongest
In Europe, Does Not Intend to
Surrender As Terms Stipulate
UNDATED, June 25 (VP) — Ger
man and British bombing planes
struck in renewed fury as in the
peace-still battlefields of van
quished France a total of some
five million French, German and
Italian soldiers quietly obeyed
the “cease firing” order.
No Surrender For French Fleet
The first definite indication
that the powerful French fleet,
the second strongest in Europe,
doesn’t intend to surrender as
stipulated in the Franco-German
armistice, came from Alexandria
Egypt, where part of the French
fleet still remained in the Egyp
tion port, Britain’s main naval
base in the Mediterranean. Co
incidentally Churchill told the
House of Commons that Marshal
assurances” to the British that
the French fleet would never fall
into German hands. Churchill
► didn’t mention the whereabouts
of the French fleet however. Vis
count Caldecote, Dominion’s sec
retary told the House of Lords
that Britain will make every ef
fort to retain the French naval
help. Churchill declared: "We
hope to reduce Fiance from the
ruins and bondage into which
she has been cast.
Fighting Stopped 3:30 Wed.
The cessation of hostilities on
the Western Front and in the
Maritime Alps came while the
rest of Europe slept. There were
few outbursts of joy and none of
the whooping shouts and frater
nization which marked the end
of the hostilities at the end of
the World War. The Italian in
f. c, try men merely stacked their
rides and sat down on the moun
tain sides and drank hot coffee
a d wine. The artillerymen left
^ their still-smcking cannons and
joined their comrades. Some It
alians called across the Alpine
snow to the French poilus but
there was no answer. The com
bined Nazi and Fascist onslaughts
against the French were halted at
3:30 p.m. PST yesterday. The
terms were still officially undis
closed.
Terms Hard but not Humiliating’
Berlin reported that conquer
ors demands will comprise 24
paragraphs and “they are hard
but not humiliating"
Casualty Lists Unavailable
According to the best available
figures France had originally two
million seven hundred eighty
thousand soldiers engaged in the
conflict. The Germans sent some
two million men into France. It
aiy sent about seven hundred fif
ty thousand. The casualty figur
es are still unavailable but they
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Nazis Promise
Great Campaign
Against Britain
UNDATED. June 24 UP) — Air
raid alarms shrilled in London a
: few hours after the guns in
France were si'enced for the
| first time in months by the offic
j ial cease firing order broadcast
! from Berlin at 3:35 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time. A German bugle
I playing Das Gunze Halt signall
; ed the continental peace as si
| mutaneous orders were given by
the Italian and French commands
i following the signing of the Italo
I French armistice,
i The Germans proclaimed ten
I lavs of rejoicing and promised a
i ampaign such as the world has
i never seen will be launched ag
! .first Britain.
The French declared Tuesday a
i day of mourning with business
I ?s closed and troops barracked.
Hitler Enters Paris Incognito
Pays Visits Napoleon’s Tomb
Whom He Greatly Admires
BERLIN. June 26 </P) — Hitler
paid an extended incognito visit
to Paris yesterday and visited the
tomb of Napoleon. A highly re
liable source said Hitler was
known to greatly admire the
French emperor. While foreign
correspondents, who visited the
Hotel des Invalides in Paris, last
week found the Corsican's tomb
still covered with sandbags, all
of these were removed by yester
day for Hitler’s visit.
Gazes at Napoleon's Tomb
The informant said Hitler wore
a light brown duster over his uni
form as he entered the hotel. He
was apparently moved for he
stood a while at the big rotunda
where one gazes down on the
tomb, then walked to the memor
ial tablet on which is Napolean is
quoted: "I desire my ashes to rest
on the banks of the Seine among
the French people whom I love
so dearly.”
Hitlers Plans Reorganize Europe
Will Not Be Diselosed Until
War. With England fa Elided
UNDATED. June 26 (JP) — Dar
irg raids by British naval and
military landing parties on Ger
man-held “enemy coastline” ap
parently to seize prisoners for
information of Nazi plans to in
vade the British Isles, was re
ported by the British Ministry of
Information. The raids were des
cribed as reconnaissances, probab
ly by scouting parties, but there
was no immediate indication that
Britain planned to send another
expeditionary force to resume
the fight on the continent.
In the armistice-enforced lull
in land fighting, Germany and
Britain swapped punches across
the channel in air raids which
left four Germans dead and at
least six British civilians killed
and six wounded. The Nazi war
planes attacked between mid
night and dawn fifty times in 8
days, raining bombs on the south
coast of England to Scotland. At
least five raiders were shot down
by anti-aircraft fire and by Eng
lish fighters. The Germans mean
while indicated that the final
terms by which Hitler expects to
reorganize Europe, will not be
disclosed until the war with Eng
land is ended.
PIONEERS ATTENTION
All members of Pioneers of A1
aska, are requested to assemble
at the morgue at 8:45 a.m. Thurs
day, June 25. to march in a body
to attend funeral services at St. i
Joseph’s Church for our late bro
ther Patrick II. Sweeney.
William Maloney, Secty.
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The French reported the bogging down of Nazi tanks at Comp eigne during the Nazi seige of
that place. Compeigne was the scene of the signing of the World War and the recent armistice.
Alaska Delegates
Of White Faction
Are Recognized
PHILADELPHIA, June 25 UP)
— The Republican national con
vention credentials committee
last night sustained the national
committee by unanimously seat
ing the delegates named by the j
White faction of Juneau. The
Robertson faction appealed the
national committee's ruling, de
claring the issue whether a na
tional committeeman from Alas
ka could perpetuate himself in
office and contended that White
did not operate under the rules.
White answered the Robertson
group and held that the conven
tion was not attended by a reg
ular territorial party convention
for four years. The Robertson
group announced a plan to carry
the perrenial issue to the Terri
torial legislature with the hopes
of obtaining a change in the
rules.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Funeral services for the late
Patrick II. Sweeney will take
place at 9 a.m. Thursday, June
27, at St Joseph’s Church, Nome,
Alaska.
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WADING AWAY FROM DUNKERQUE
Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, as they left beleaguer
ed Dunkerque, formed a human chain to wade through shallow
water to a rescue ship that carried them back to England, Britain
claimed 335,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the Flanders
pocket, with Dunkerque as the main exit.
Soviets Start
Six-Day W eek
Home Defense
MOSCOW, June 26 {IP) — Be
cause of Increasing war danger
and the need for greater produc
tion the Russian government ad
opted a new working week of six
days work and a day of rest to
replace the revolutionary week
of five working days and a day of
rest on the sixth, The abandon
ment of the six-day week was
recommended by the Soviet
trade unions. The Soviet radio
said the number of working
hours was increased to that of
capitalistic countries and added:
"The danger to our country is
also increasing" therefore it is
necessary to step up the number
of working days and' hours to im
prove the nation’s defense.
GERMAN CONSUL’S REMARK
ABOUT U. S. IS LOOKED INTO
WASHINGTON. June 23— The
State Department looked into the
remarks of Baron Edgar von
Spiegel, German consu at New
Orleans, who lias been quoted as
saying Germany will "not forget
America helped her enemies.”
Old Papers For Sale
Infantry l nit
And R.O.T.C,
WASHINGTON, June 25 (JP) —
The Senate approved the House
bill providing for the establish
ment of an infantry unit and a
reserve officers training corps at
the University of Alaska.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS
15,OM PLANES FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON. June 23 — Af
ter hearing the testimony of Rear
Admiral John Powers that 10,000
planes woud not be adequate and
proposal of two ocean fleets, the
House naval committee recom
mended a Navy force of 15,000
planes.
FRANCE ACCEDES TO JAP
DEMANDS IN INDO CHINA
TOKYO, June 23 — France ac
ceded entirely to Japan s de
mands in halting transportation
of war supplies through French
Indo China and agreed to permit
Japanese inspectors to enter In
do-China to make sure the traffic
ends, the foreign office said.
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