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THE N* >ME NUGGET
VQL 42 N(j ” NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 19, 1940. _Pr ce per copy 15#
Hitler Ask Unconditional Surrender
Negotiations Under Way But Fighting Goes On
Soldiers For Anchorage Airbase To Sail June 22
. Churchill Declares Army Infading
British Isles will he Drowned in Sea
Or Blown To Pieces While Landing
UNDTED, June 18 (JP)—Hitler
rode through “Heil Hitler” cheer
ing crowds in' ancient Munich.
The triumphant Fuehrer, whose
conquests already challenge the
exploits of Alexander the Great
and Napo’eon is to meet his axis
partner Mussolini and dictate the
heralded “unconditional surrend
er” to the offer of peace from
France. II Duce arrived several
hours later in the Bavarian city
which saw the birth of Nazism, in
its abortive “Beer Celler Putsch"
in 1923.
While the two axis leaders met
the Nazi command reported new
^ sweeping successes of the Ger
man armies in France and bomb
ing of a fleet of Allied transports
and other ships in the Loire river
estuary, a likely point of embark !
ation for the withdrawal of Brit
ish troops in France. The com
mand said more than 170,000 tons
of shipping was destroyed or se
verely damaged in the biggest air
raid effected in the war.
In London, Prime Minister
Churchill told the House of Com
irons: “We now have more than
a million two hundred fifty thcox
sand men under arms in Eng
land.” He voiced defiance to Nazi
Germany’s threat of invading
with hostile armies, the BritLh
Isles. He said: “In view of the
troops now in this country, an
invasion would be requited to Le
on a very large s a’e and we
have a navy. He declared any
iiwading army would be “drown
ed in the sea or blown to pieces
while trying to land.’ axe iunux
that cooperation betwee,. tit
Eritish and French soldiers in
the bloody oaltie of Flanders ran
rone too srr.ootnly. fat sugg. -
tiun was made more stridently m
Rome where th? official i.t’ s
agency Stefani spoke of a “gi
gantic feeling of hatred toward
England” -m France.
told the House of
hat the entire British
force in France
vut of action” be
cau. ’ch command fail
ed to w. xi'draw their northern
armies in Belgium at a critical
moment. This was when they
knew the French front was brok
en at Sedan and the Meuse Riv
er. Churchhill denied any recrim
ination. declaring it was “utterly
futile and even harmful.”
Mussolini And
Hitler Agree
BERLIN. June 13 idP) — DNB,
the official German news agency
announced that Hitler and Musso,
lini agreed on the position of the
R.me-Berlin axis concerning
France's request for an armistice.
Marshal Retain
Orders French
Keep on Fighting
BORDEAUX. June 13 iVPi —
Marsh! Retain qrdered all
Fundi sellers and sailors, on
,ne la.xd sea a.td air tonight to
..vxp t'.x ag sting even wmls he
xwa d I-i ler's reply to hi- pier
fir an honorable ; ace. The
uc.ee negotiations hav: not even
be^un the Rremier '.old his men.
,-ji is flu dull ci all to continue
h' f Ltar.ce.” he said.
“Axis Peace"
With France
To Be Harsh
UNDATED, June 18 UP) —Hit
| ler and Mussolini agreed on
| terms. “The axis peace” with
1 France was unspecified, but it
! was expected to be harsh, left
Munich even as the French sol
diers were told to keep on fight
ing until an armistice was actual
ly signed.
Canada meanwhile prepared to
mobilize all her manpower and
resources to fling into the dawn
ing “bcttle for Britain” it was
proclaimed by Churchill.
Premier Petain and General
Wtygand, in a sudden move, hint
ing at the collapse of the peace
(Torts, appea.ed to the exhausted
French armies to carry on the
battle.
The French dynamited the four
mile long railroad tunnel under
.he gold mountain in the Juras,
t. to the Swiss border. The1
tunnel is used by trans-European
express trains.
J. M. SCHENCK PLEADS
NOT GUILTY TO FRAUD
NEW YGPvK, June 1G — The
movie magnate Joseph Schenck
p cad not guilty to an indictment
charging him with defrauding the
government of $400,00 in income
.ar.es.
The court released Schenck on
$1,30j bail and set the case for
trial July 29. Schenck was indict j
ed on 24 counts charging conspir
acy, fraud, and perjury in efforts
.o evaue income taxes from 1934
lO Uu I .
Conviction on all counts would
leave him liable for 167 years
i l p. on and $160,000 fine.
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
ycur u ining claim.
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Above is a scene in one of the a - by rooms at the Lockheed a -craft plant at Burbank, Calif.,
r where workmen are rushing wor on Hudson type bombers for he British Royal Air Force. Mean
while pans were being made in Washington to step up American pi ne production in accordance
with President Roosevelt’s de- Tense program.
Hitler And Mussolini Demand
l neonditional Surrender France
As The Price For Armistice
UNDATED, June 19 </P) — Aj
picture of France in bondage,
stripped of her gold, factories
and raw materials, with German
and Italian artnies camped on
j her soil was given in unconfirm
ed reports of the “axis peace"
. terms dictated by Hitler and
Mussolini. Authorized Nazis in
Benin emphasized that the Ger
man and Italian price for armis
tice was not open to negotiation
but must be accepted or rejected
! as it stands. The official Italian
news agency said Hitler demand
ed capitulation “pure and simple"
apparently meaning uncondition
al surrender.
While negotiations remained:
secret. Bordeaux reported that1
French and German negotiators
are to meet in the Madrid resi
dence of General Franco. The
French radio said Germany noti
fied France she would disclose
her peace terms only to a spec
ial plenipotentiary. President Le
Brur. immediately appointed an
envcv to meet with the axis neg
otiatcrs.
Fascists in Rome warned the
French that rejection of the Mun
ich terms would uneash a swift
"final assault” by the combined
German and Italian armies, now
nearing a junction near the south
Swiss border, and crush France
to the ground.
Axis Armies
Ready For
filial Attack
—
ROME. June 19 (/P) — A radio
broadcast said that it was learn- i
; ed that Hitler and Mussolini had i
ordered their armies to positions i
along “a strategic line” from the '
Atlantic to the Mediterranean, 1
for the final attack on France. 1
(should she reject the peace con
ditions.
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Says l. S. Behind
Britain in Battle
\ gainst Germany
LONDON. June 19 (JP) — Al- <
fred Duff Cooper, Britain’s Min-,;
■ ister of Information assured the
people of the British Empire that I
the United States is behind them
in their battle against Germany,
j Speaking in a broadcast to the1
j empire he stated that the govern
j ment and people of the United h
States “are our friends and we j j
have it from their own president j
that they are redoubling their ef t
forts to provide us with all the
j means we desire for the prosecu-11
tion of the war.” J
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To Investigate
King Crab Fishery ;
in Alaska Waters
—* 1
WASHINGTON, June 18 (JP) —j
A hundred thousand dollars ap-1 I
propriation to finance a one-year i
investigation of the King Crab
Fishery in Alaskan waters was re,
, commended to Congress by the
House appropriations committee.
The sum included the second de
ficiency appropriation bill.
I Buy them by the bundle, Usei
i them for starting fires. For Sale j
i st The Nome Nugget.
German Army
-fain Attack
Allier River
BORDEAUX. June 19 UP) — A
nilitary commentator reported
hat the Germans have trans
ferred their main attack to the
/alley of. the Allier River, but
.hat Moulins, to the south, pro
bably will never be taken.
II. S. Opposes Any
fransfer Terri.
in W. Hemisphere
WASHINGTON, June 19 uP) —
the State Department instruct
ed its representatives in Berlin
tnd Rome to notify the German
md Italian governments of the
Jnited States' opposition to the
ransfer of any western hemi
;phere pc’-sessions from one none
\merican power to another.
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interior Dept.
Gets 135 Million
For Fiscal \ ear
WASHINGTON, June 19 (/P) —
^resident Roosevelt signed the
bill appropriating 135 million dol
ars for the Interior Department
'or the next fiscal year.
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Farley, Roosevelt
Favor Bankhead
For Keynoter
CHICAGO, June 19 — Post
master General Farley reported
that both he and President Roose
velt favored Speaker of the
House Bankhead for keynoter at
the .Democratic convention.
Soldiers For
Anchorage To
Leave June 22
FORT LEWIS, June 18 </P) —
The departure of approximately
570 soldiers for Anchorage “to
provide protection for the new
airbases established in Alaska”
was tentatively set for June 22,
sailing either from Seattle or Tac
oma on the Army transort St.
Miheil.
John L. Lewis
Says GO P's Aban
doned Labor
PHILADELPHIA. June 19 UP)
—John L. Lewis told the Repub
lican resolutions committee that
labor had r. • cause to feel any
j confidence in "the Republican Pa '
| ty in recent years because the
| Republican Party, a.-; such, has
| practically abandoned labor. I
: think it obvious that labor has
abandoned the Republican Party.”
William Green. President of
the AF of L told the committee
that his organization favored “ev
ery ounce of assistance and sup
plies for the democracies in Eu
rope to show our entry into the
war.”
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Geneva! Maxime Weygand, the
commander-in-chief of French
forces, v,ho ordered his armies to
continue the resistance until an
armistice was signed.