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VOL. 42. No. 108. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Sept. 4, 1940. Price Per l*.
To Retaliate British Nuisance Raids
Vows Hundreds Thousands Bombs to Fall Nightly
i U. S. to Transfer 50 Over-age Destroyers to Britain
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RAF Airman Scatter Nazi Raiders
As War Enters Second Year And
Strafe Bases In Axis Territories
UNDATED, Sept. 3 ■(£>)—Waves
of German Luftwaffe raiders, 300
in a single onslaught, twice
sought to bomlb London but fell
back under the blast of RAF
fighters and “wall of flames’’ de
fense by anti-aircraft guns. By
midafterncon the British air min
istry reported that 23 Nazi plan
es were downed and 15 RAF
planes missing. By contrast Ber
lin said 54 British planes were
destroyed and 12 German planes
failed to return.
The British capital underwent
two air raid alarms in the fore
noon and afternoon, which lasted
a total of 142 minutes.
As the war entered its second!
year, the hard fighting RAF air
men cut a “victory roll” of capers
in the skies after scattering the'
Nazi's first mass attack and ap-1
parently trounced the invaders
in an hour-long battle over Do
er, the “Hell’s Corner” region.
The German aerial armada jetti
soned their bom'bs and raced
homeward with RAF fighters in
pursuit. Shortly afterward, how
ever, the Nazi raiders roared
back to renew the assault in the
same southeast coast vicinity and
Northeast Scotland.
Little Divers
Mu ssolini’s command reported
that the newly formed squad
rons of Italian “Picchiatelli” lit
tle divers attacked the fleet of
British warships in the central
Mediterranean scoring hits on a
battleship, aircraft carrier, a
cruiser and destroyer. An Ital
ian communique acknowledged
that long-range British RAF
bombers, flying 1600 miles on a
round trip to their home bases,
raided northern Italy killing two
and wounding 15 in Genoa.
17,000.000 Miles to Attack
Other RAF bombers pounded
the German bases near Boulogne,
on the Nazi-held coast of France,
dropping salvos of bombs and ex
plosions reverberated like thun
der clear across the Channel.
Still other RAF bombing squad
rons are carrying on strafing in
axis territory, which the London
air ministry announced has tak
en them for 17 million miles or
700 times around the world in
the year struggle for military ob
jectives in west and southwest
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Manager of Met.
Opera' Passes
Away in Italy
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3. UP) —
Madame Francis Alda, opera sing
, revealed that she received
the cabled news of the death, in
Ferrara, It ay. of her former hus
band. Guilin Gatti Casazza, long
time manager of the Metropol- j
itan Opera House.
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Map shows how German planes—estimated to number up to 2.500—
roared across the length and breadth of England and into Scotland
in fanwise waves. Cities about which main attacks centered are
underlined.
Hitler Vows Retaliation For
Nuisance Raids On Germany
German Troops Enter Rumania
UNDATED. Sept. 4 (/P)—Hitler
bitterly assailed the British, ‘‘nui
sance” raids on Germany and
vowed that hundreds of thou
sands of pounds of Nazi bombs
would fall on England nightly
hereafter in retaliation. He ad
dressed 25,000 workers in the Ber
lin Sports Palace and declared
"For three months I have wait
ed for the British to cease the
nuisance of nightly, plan-less
bomb throwing; now we'll give
answer night after night.”
Signal For Aerial Blitzkreig?
In some quarters Hitler’s state
ment was interpreted as signal
ing the start of the full force
aerial blitzekreig against Brit
ain, hurling into the fray many
thousands of bombers and fight
ing plane known io be held in
reserve. Estimates of Germany's
first-line air strength ranged as
high as 18.000 planes.
Attempt Assassinate Carol
German troops began massing
to march on riot-torn Rumania,
as King Carol himself was the
target of an assassination at
tempt. The pro-Nazi Iron Guard
accepted the resignation of pre
mier Giguriu and called General
Antonescu to form a new mili
tary cabinet a British radio broad
cast said.
In Bucharest, an air raid alarm
in the early morning, sounded
simultaneously with Russia call
ing two more classes to the col
ors. The Moscow newspaper Bol
shevik declared “the call comes
during a very complicated inter
national situation when the
world is involved in the second
imperialist war, the Red army
and navy received perfect rein
forcements this year."
Tne Rumanian embassy in un
occupied France issued an official
staten. nt denying that Carol was
wounded in an abortive plot
against his life.
The new Rumanian premier
wh was arrested several weeks
ago for assailing the govern
ment’s action in yielding to the
S viet expansion tactics, was re
leased only yesterday to com
m nd the Rumanian army forces
in Transylvania.
Investigate Iron Guard
King Carol enforced martial
law in his dwindling, trouble
fraught kingdom and started an
investigation of the alleged Iron
Guard manifesto, demanding his
resignation with the elevation of
Prince Mihail, aged 18, to the
throne, because of the cession of
Transylvania province to Hun
gary.
Uniformed German troops, the
vanguard of a reported full-siz
ed German expeditionary force
to protect Rumania’s border from
further Soviet action, took up
quarters in the Szollok railway
station, 60 miles southeast of
Budapest.
Pope Pius
Recommends
Return to Faith
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 4 (JP)—
The Pope recommended a return
to faith and Christian doctrine
with its raised atmosphere, from
that saturated agnosticism” I
which now sees “so many ideolog
ies and systems” collapsing.about
them. The Pope spoke to more
than 6,000 members of the Italian
Catholic Action Society and rec
ommended obedience to civil au
thorities along with religious
work by members of the Catholic
Action. His speech seemed to in
dicate the further intention of
the Pontiff to keep the Catholic
Action completely separated
from political influence.
Charges Made
By Roosevelt
HYDE PARK, Sept. 2 — Presi
dent Roosevelt charged that ef
forts are being made to involve
him in a political controversy
over the provision of the conscrip
tion bill authorizing the Govern
ment to take over private indus
trial plants.
At a conference with the news
men, the President declined to
answer Willkie’s demand that he
state his position on the provi
sion, asserting that an attempt
was being made to involve him
in a political discussion.
Asked whether he approved of
the amendment sponsored by Sen
ators Overton and Russel, the
President inquired in turn wheth
er the reporters remembered the
old rule of '33—does the Presi
dent comment on legislation
amendments or rules pending in
Congress—to which one reporter
said: “sometimes he does and
sometime he does not."
Evades Delicate Subject
President Roosevelt also de
clined to .be drawn into a discus
sion whether 'he concurred with
Henry A. Wallace in his state
ment in ihis speech accepting the
Democratic Vice Presidential
nomination, that the Republican
Party is a party of appeasement.
President Roosevelt said he did
not think a question along that
line needed an answer. However,
the President did say that Wal
lace spoike excellently and he had
said so in a telegram to him.
Progress on Bases
President Roosevelt said very
excellent progress was being
made in converations between
Great Britain and the United
State for acquisition of Naval
and Air bases on British soil in
the New World but said he could
not forecast when a definite an
nouncement would be made and
he could not and would not en
ter into a discussion of it.
Britain to Lease Bases In Atlantic
To United States In Return For
Transfer 50 Over-age Destroyers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. UP)—
President Roosevelt no'ified Con
giess of an agreement between
the United States and Great Brit
ain under which the United
Slates will lease naval and air
bases in British possessions in
the north and south Atlantic and
transfer of 50 over-age destroy
ers to Britain. Under the agree
ment the United Stater will ac
quire naval bases in Newfound
land and on the islands >f Ber
muda. the Bahamas, Jamaica,
St. Lucia. Trinidad, Antigua and
in British Guiana. The President
raid in a special message: “The
right bases in Newfoundland and
Bermuda are gifts generously
given and gladly received. The
other bases mentioned will be
acquired in exchange for 50 of
our over-age destroyers.”
The President disclosed the op
inion of Attorney General Jack
son, dated August 27, “regard
ing my authority to consumate
this arrangement.'' Officials said
no action by Congress was neces
sary to put the agreement into
effect.
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"Hitler Can Find That Out For
Himself’ Is Answer To Inquiry
Movements of Fifty Destroyers
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4 (/P) —
Stephen E. r.y. White House
press secretary said “Hitler can
find that i .mself” when re
porters 1:... i .bout the move
ments of fir ;, a .-.troyers traded
to Britain for • & naval bases.
The Navy sa i gilt destroy
ers were made ready ;n the Bos
ton Navy Yard r r release to Brit
ain, and pr babiy will be taken
Friday by Am ; an crews to
Canada v . will t , a; them over
to the Bin.- . T whereabouts
' of the other ships was not dis
• closed except that they are some
where on the Atlantic seaboard.
Asked to comment on the state
ment made by Wendell Willkie
that it was regrettable that the
President "didn’t deemed s nec
ess ary" to obtain prior congres
sional approval or permit public
discussion of the trade. Early
said: "I take it, Mr. Willkie does
n’t like anything that the Presi
dent does.”
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Former Governor Alaska Trov
Agrees Gov. Ernest Gruening
On Liquor Referendum Fads
JUNEAU, Sept. 3 — John Troy agrees with
Governor Gruening on Referendum facts. With
forty years residence in the Territory, and seven
years as Governor of Alaska to draw upon, J >hn
W. Troy yesterday expressed his views on the Re
ferendum issue and particularly on the three press
releases made by Governor Ernest Gruening cover
ing taxation and employment in the liquor industry.
Mr. Troy said: “I agree with the facts as pre
sented by Governor Gruening’s press releases. For
years I have opposed the government’s competi
tion with private business in the Territory and I
see no justification whatsoever for the Territory -
going into the wholesaling and retailing of liquor.
It would not be for the best interests of Alaska, as
I see it.”
(Signed) H. H. Hilscher
Secty. Agriculture Wilson
Administration Passes Away
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, \/P)—Dav
| id Franklin Houston, aged 74,
I life insurance company executive
j and secretary of agriculture in
; the Wilson cabinet died here to
day.
REPUBLICANS NOTICE
Nome Republican Club meet
ing Saturday, September 7, 1340,
City Hall. All Republicans in
vited. All committees will re
port, and final plans made for
the General Election next Tues
day.