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VOL. 42. No. 48. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, April 17, 1940 * **ice Per C(w 15*
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Germany Reports Capture, Surrender Norwegians
Norway Nearly Squeezed In Two Near Trondheim
Germans Report Several Thousand
Norwegians Captured And Several
Regiments That Have Surrendered
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OSLO, April 17 (/P) — Several
thousand Norwegian officers and
men have been captured in the
last few days, the commander in
chief of the Nazi forces announc
ed. He said they will be treated
as prisoners of war and reported
also that several Norwegian regi
ments decided to lay down their
arms when their officers gave
them the choice of fighting or
surrendering.
French Reckon
Nazis Lost 30
Percent of Fleet
UNDATED, April 16 </P) —Al
lied war leaders confidently and
enthusiastically told their na
tions what they intended to do to
Germany and how they are doing
it as the German high command
announced that a British cruis
er was attacked and sunk by
bombers yesterday off the Nor
wegian coast. Britain also dis
closed that they had landed an
expeditionary force on the Faroe
Islands, a Danish possession be
tween Scotland and Iceland. The
German high command said the
cruiser was heavily damaged, list
ed sharply and later sank. They
also announced that a British am
phibian plane was destroyed.
Premier Reyriaud told the
French senate that Germany has
lost, by official reckoning, thirty
percent of her naval strength,
including a fifth of her cruisers,
and a fourth of her destroyers, in
the Norway fight.
Chamberlain said: “Germany
must be crushed.” He told the Na
tional Free Church Council in
London that the invasion of Nor
way and Denmark showed that
“no people however meek, how
ever peaceful and however harm
less can be safe until this mad
dog is destroyed.”
While a strong Allied expedi
tionary force rode the North Sea
to battle German forces in Nor
way and to impress Europe’s wa
vering neutrals, a Berlin broad
cast was heard in New York and
quoted reports that the King
Haakon government had fled into
neutral Sweden. Germany would
not acknowledge that even the
vanguard of the expeditionary
army had landed in Norway.
Nazi Parachute
Easily Captured
By Norwegians
NEW YORK, April 16 (/P) — A
London short wave .broad cast in
German said the German army
dropped men by parachute in
Norway under orders to cut rail
way communication lines. The
Norwegians had little difficulty
in capturing them. The report
said both sides suffered heavy
losses in the fighting a few miles
northeast of Kongsvinger.
Trainload German
Troops Slip Be
hind Norwegians
STOCKHOLM, April 16 </P) —
Rushing on an extra train thru a
district still held by Norwegians,
German troops are reported to
have reached Storlien Heights,
three miles from the Swedish bor
der and 50 miles east of the port
of Trondheim. If this report is
true it indicates that Germany
h3s almost succeeded in cutting
■ Norway in half at the narrowest
I waist.
It was said that the railway
employees apparently received
false information and thought it
was a Norwegian troop train and
; let it through, thus passing the,
fortress at Hegra.
STOCKHOLM, April 17 iTP) —
A heavy bomb attack on the 50
year old Norwegian fortress Heg:
ra about 25 miles east of German
occupied Port of Trondheim, ap
peared today to have silenced her j
! batteries.
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Germany Reports
Norway Forces
In North Routed
BERLIN, April 17 {JP) — Ger
many officially reported a British
battleship was hit squarely by a
heaviest type of air bomb, a des
troyer sunk and a transport ship
also hit in aerial attacks. The
battleship was said to have been
attacked on the Norwegian south
west coast and the transport was
hit on the central coast when Ger
man warplanes were reconnoiter
ing yesterday. The communique
said the British destroyer was
sunk by a submarine northeast
I of the Shetland Islands.
Norwegian forces in the north
were routed by the Germans, tak
ing control of the ore-carrying
railroad at Narvik, east of the
Swedish border. The German
navy successfully covered trans
port personnel and ‘‘material re
inforcements” to Norwegian
ports.
LONDON. April 16 (/P) — 27
vear-old Britishers were ordered
to register by May 25th under
the conscription program. They
are the last class affected in King
1 George’s proclamation of Jan
uary first which was expected to
j bring the army to approximately
! 2,375,00® men.
United States Wains Nations
Of World Especially Japan Leave
Netherlands’ East Indies Alone
WASHINGTON, April 17 UP)—
The United States called on other
nations not warned tonight, part
icularly Japan to respect the
status quo of the Netherlands
East Indies regardless of what
happens to the Netherlands.
Secretary of State Hull made
the statement in response to a
statement made by the Japanese
minister of foreign affairs Mon
day expressing concern by the
Japanese government for the
maintenance of the status quo of
the Netherland’s Indies.
Charged with Slayings
Robbery Gang To Be
SACRAMENTO, April 17 (TP)—
Investigating two recent slayings
Police Sergeant Gamble announc
ed murder charges probably will
be filed against three men and
two women, alleged members of
a robbery gang.
State ballistic experts reported
that the bullet taken from the
body of Leland Cash, San Fran
cisco barbecue stand attendant,
slain in a hold-up April 8th, was
fired from a gun belonging to
Mrs. Juanita Spinelli, aged 50.
reputed leader, known as the
Duchess, who handled the money
and took possession of the guns
after each robbery.
Officers said Albert Ives. 23. ad
mittcd shooting Cash and both he
ar.d the Duchess admitted slay
ing Robert Sherrod, 19, member
of the gang whose body was re
covered from Sacramento River
yesterday. He was slain because
they feared he would “squeal.”
Th woman’s daughter Lorraine,
Gordon Hawkins and Mike Sime
one were the other members of
the gang.
Believed British Forces
Already Are In Narvik
LONDON, April 17 (/P) — Brit
ain disclosed the loss of the
Thistle, one of her new submar
ines, the fifth acknowledged lost
while her forces in Norway are
apparently racing with the Ger
mans for the control of the strat
egic port o Trondheim.
The Thistle was a 1,575 ton sub
marine which normally carried
53 men. The Admiralty merely
said she was long overdue and
must be considered lost. The Ad
miralty spokesman issued denials
of German claims such as a cruis
er claimed sunk yesterday, which
might give enemy forces valu
able information.
Military observers said they be
lieved British forces were al
ready in Narvik and are believ
ed moving south toward the Ger
man army pushing north from Os
lo toward Bergen.
Battleship Scharnhorst
Reported Damaged
LONDON. April 17 (/P> — A
Reuters news agency dispatch
| from Stockholm said the German
battleship iSchornhorst was lying
damaged in a creek near Trond
heim with her stern under wat
er. The British reported this
week that it was damaged in a
' battle with the cruiser Renown.
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SASSEEN MAKES EMERGENCY
LANDING AT ANCHORAGE
I
ANCHORAGE, April 17 (JP) —
A Mirow Air Service plane pilot'
| ed by Murriel Sasseen arriving
j from Nome made a safe emer
| gency landing at the^golf course
landing field at dusk yesterday af
ter striking the cable of the sky
ride at the children’s playground |
! and shearing off an eight-inch
i post. Part of the landing gear
1 came down a few feet from the
I front door of a house. Pilot Sas
! seen and his passenger were un
hurt.
APPROVES CONTINUATION
ALASKA HIGHWAY COM.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (.Pi—
, The House foreign affairs com
i mittee approved the bill to con
tinue the Alaskan International
Highway Commission for four
more years. Representative Mag-!
nuson told the committee that |
the proposed highway was "vi- i
ally important" to the defense of I
the western hemisphere and as
serted that President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hull want the neg
otiation continued.
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TO LAUNCH FIRST BAETI.E
SHIP IN U. S. IN 19 X'EARS |
j NEW YORK, April 17 (P> —
The Navy announced the new
$65,000,000, 35,000-ton battleship
| North Carolina would be launch
ed at the New York navy yard
on June 13th. The North Carolina I
will be the first such battleship
launched in this country in 19
years.
SUCCESSOR TOM PENDER
GAST MACHINE IN OFFICE ’
KANSAS CITY, April 17 bP)—
Bands blared as Mayor John
Gage, aged 53, Democratic law
yer, and seven councilmen elect
ed on a cleanup pledge, replaced
the Tom Pendergast machine at
the City Hall, under which a 20
million dollars a year gambling
racket and a 12 million dollar
narcotic ring flourished.
TO SEND SPECIAL RELIEF
MEASURE TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, April 17
President Roosevelt will send to
Congress a special message on re
lief probably tomorrow, chair
man Taylor of the House appro
priations committee disclosed af
ter a White House conference.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
1940 Baseball Season Gets Under
Way With No-hit No-run Game
Second Day all Games Cancelled
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UNDATED, April 16 rn’i — De1
spite threatening weather in sev
eral cities, big league baseball
made its debut in 8 cities. Ap-,
proximately 185,000 persons at
tended all games with Detroit
having the largest throng of 49.
000 playing S. Louis Browns.
President Starts Game
In the American League—Bosj
ton 1—Washington 0. Lefty I
Grove pitched one of his most
masterful games allowing only,
two hits, to win before a crowd
of 31.090 including President
Roosevelt, Vice President Garner
and President Will Harridge of
the American League. President
Roosevelt threw out the first ball.
In the National League— Chic
ago 1—Cincinnati 2. The Reds
said it with home runs before!
a crowd of 35.000. Frank McCor
mick homered in the third; Ival*
Goodman in the 8th. Augie Galan;
scored a four bagger, the Cub’s
lone score, in the sixth.
No-Hot No-Run Game by Feller
American L ague —New York
! Thiladelrhia 2. Ten innings
S; Louis ;>—Detroit 1.
Cleveland 1—Chicago 0.
National League —Brooklyn 5
—Boston 0.
Philadelphia 3—New York 1.
Pittsburgh 6—St. Louis 4.
In Chicago, Bob Feller, Cleve
land pitcher, pitched an amazing
no-hit. no-run opening game ag
ainst Chicago.
All Games Postponed
•American League, April 17 —
Ney York 4—Philadelphia 1. All
other games in both leagues were
postponed on account of rain and
cold.
Monte Pearson of the Yankees
allowed four hits. Charley Kel
ler accounted for two runs with
a homer and a .sirglo.
NOTICE
Pioneer Igloo No. 1 will meet
this evening at 8 p.m. All mem
bers are requested to attend. Im
portant business is to come up.
Win. Maloney, Secty.
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