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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 43. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1941. Per Co
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Survivor Robin Moor Accuses Nazis
Europe Reports Germany About To Invade Russia
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Shipyard Machinists Requested Return To Work
EUROPE VIBRATES WITH RE
PORTS OF WIDENING BREACH
GERMAN-RUSSLAN RELATIONS
UNDATED, June 13 (A)—While
Germany was engaged in a grave
diplomatic conflict with the Unit
ed States, Europe vibrated with
rumors and reports of a widen
ing breach between the Reich
and Russia. London heard that
Hitler made demands of such
magnitude that Stalin’s accept
ance would virtually end Rus
sia’s military hold, both on the
Baltic and Black Seas.
A dispatch was received from
Helsinki, under the (Russian
thumb, from well-informed quar
tecs last night, saying that Ger
many hais enlarged “certain" far
reaching demands on the Krem
lin. As this dispatch was being
relayed through Germany, the
Ht lsinki-Bern.e telephone eonnec
| tion was suddenly cut, presum
I ably by Nazi censorship.
| There were widespread reports
| too that Germany has massed 130
j Nazi divisions, roughly 2.000.000
! troops, along the Soviet border.
Foreign quarters at Ankara
j said last week that the German
I invasion of Russia was set ^ for
| mid-June. The London Times, of
! ten officially-inspired, comment
] ed and reported the turning
! point of the Berlin-Moscow rela
tions, in a declaration that the
nations are playing the “danger
ous game of bluff and counter
bluff. Germany and Russia are
determined, one to extort and
the ether to refuse, as much as
it dares without provoking open
Hostilities.”
Allies Use
Loudspeakers
In Battle Syria
UNDATED, June 12 </P)—Rally
irg against the Allied “loud
speaker” invasion, French troops
were reported to have executed
a successful coun’er-attack ag
ainst the British and Free French
columns driving on Damascus.
Military dispatches reaching
Vichy said the defenders of
France’s middle east mandates
are also holding the British along
the entire Syiniai 'and Lebanon
front.
RAF warplanes it is said, bomb
ed the Syrian capital several
times by night. The British ack
nowledged stiffening resistance
in three fronts in Syria but as
serted that Allied forces had
reached the town of Kiswe, ten
miles south of Damascus. Official
British reports last night declar
ed the Allies were within sight
cf the minarets of Damascus. The
London radio said that British
troops had actually entered the
outskirts of the capital. The Brit
ish Middle East headquarters
said merely, “Allied forces con
tinue to make satisfactory pro- j
gress.’
Reports from the jigsaw battle
front said the Allies were using
loud speakers extensively, ap
p- aling to the Vichy French sol
diers to join De Gaulle’s Free
French forces. 600 Vichy French
troops have already transferred
to the Allies.
French Still
Holding British
UNDATED, June 12 </P) — A
violent battle between British
tanks and French warplanes is
reported raging on the outskirts
of Damascus. . Vichy French
troops are still holding the Allies
east of Kissque, ten miles away.
Dispatches from the capital said
that French air units flown from
North Arfica are effectively sup
porting the defense troops. Gep
man planes aided the French in
Air Forces Break
Lull In Western
Air War
UNDATED, June 12 UP) —
Breaking the lull in the Western
air war, German night raiders
pounded the British Isles in the
heaviest attacks in weeks and
scattered thousands of propag
anda leaflets over the English
countryside, declaring that Eng
land faces starvation “this year
or the beginning of the next.”
The Nazi warplanes were re
ported over London, the Mid
lands, Northwest and North Eng
land. A Communique said “in one
district it is feared a large num
her of casualties may have been
caused."
London had its first night al
arm since June 2, the capital’s
anti-aircraft guns, firing until
just before dawn.
RAF warplanes attacked the
Ruhr industrial centers of Duis
burg and Du.-seldorf and bombed
the docks of Nazi-held Rotter
dam. They roared down the
French coast to strike at Bazais
and Boulogne and the German
gun emplacements at Cap Gris
Nez. Flames of bursting bombs
lighted the Calais water front
buildings and 21 miles across the
Channel, Dover shook with the
repercussions.
Hitler’s command admitted
that Germans were killed and
wounded by the overnight RAF
attacks at Colonge and Duisburg
and Bochum where “severe des
truction” to apartment houses
was noted. No casualty figures
were given.
yesterday’s action but there was
no indication that they were en
gaged in the fighting today. RAF
warplanes are reported to have
attempted another attack by
night on Bierut.
Axis planes today bombed Hai
fa and the British naval base at
Alexandria.
Damascus advices said the Brit
ish and Free French Allies were
attacking strongly in all sectors,
but that the French troops had
launched severe- counter-attacks
in a “spirit of full sacrifice.”
SURVIVOR OF ROBIN MOOR
RELATES NAZI SEAMEN STILL
RADIO BEFORE TORPEDOING
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RECIFE, Brazil, June 13 VP) —
A survivor of the sunken U. S,
freighter Robin Moor declared
that armed German seamen occu
pied the ship and seized the ra
dio to prevent her flashing an
SOS before she was torpedoed by
the German sub which sent hci*
to the bottom. He related that
the ship dipped under the waves
23 minutes after the Captain or
dered the passengers and crew
into lifeboats early the morning
of May 21. He said there was no
trace of panic among the ship's
■company of men, women ar.d one
child, who took to the lifeboats.
He expressed special admiration
fer the child, a boy of four, in
the same lifbeoat with the wo
men. One boat containing 11 men
was picked up by the Brazilian
rescue ship Osorio. There has
been no word from the three
other lifeboats carrying 39 per
sons.
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Report Indicates
Robin Moor Sunk
By German Sub
WASHINGTON, June 12 HP) —
The State Department announced
that a preliminary report from
the American consul at Pernam
buco, Brazil, stated that the U. S.
ship Robin Moor, was undoubt
edly sunk by a German sub. The
report added that the commander
of the sub was fully aware that
the Robin Moor was an Ameri
can vessel.
Sumner Welles, Acting Secre
tary of States, made the an
nouncement at a press confer
ence. The report by Consul Wal
ter Linthicum was based on in
terviews with the 11 survivors of
the ship sunk May 21 in the
South Atlantic. 35 persons are
missing.
Germans Assert
Not Be Buffaloed
Sinking Incident
UNDATED, June 13 i/P) — Ger
men authorities declared bluntly
that they will not be “buffaloed"
by the United States reaction to
the sinking of the Robin Moor.
America’s first torpedo victim of
the war, even as the State De
I partment in Washington prepar
I ed vigorous protests based on evi
derce that the ship was deliber
tely sunk by a Nazi U-boat. They
asserted: “We won’t be buffaloed
by any American or English dis
cussion concerning the Robin
Mcor. Whenever any ship with
contraband sails for England,
we’ll shoot at it whether it be
the Robin Moor or anything else."
Acting Secretary of State Sum
ner Welles emphasized in a state
ment yesterday that the Robin
was not carrying war materials,
moreover the ship was bound for
Capetown. South Africa, not Eng
land. The German spokesman
said many ships bound for Eng
land have already been sunk and
that Germany is in no hurry
about participating in a discus
sion of the Robin Moor incident.
The President was expected to
comment on the episode in to
day’s press conference but suffer
ing from a slight sore throat, can
celled all angagements.
Harlan Stone
Is Nominated
Chief Justice
WASHINGTON, June 12 </P) —
President Roosevelt nominated
Harlan Stone of New York to sue
ceed Hughes as Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court. The place va
cated by the elevation of Stone
was filled by Attorney General
Jackson. To fill the vacancy cre
ated by the retirement of James
Clark McReynolds, on February
1, the President nominated Sen
ator James Byrnes of South Car
olina. Hughes submitted to the
President ten days ago, a request
that he be permitted to retire in
July 1st.
While reports circulated that
Jackson might become Chief Jus
tice, the President chose instead
to elevate Associate Justice
Stone, Republican, to the highest
judicial post of the nation. Stone
will be 69 next October. Jack
son is 49 and Byrnes 62.
With the confirmation of the
nominations by the Senate, Roose
velt will have named 7 of the 9
Dan Beard, Boy
Scout Founder^
Passes Away
SUFFERN, N. Y., June 12 </P)
— Daniel Carter Beard, one of
the founders of the Boys Scouts
of America died here today. He
would have been 91 years of age
on June 21. He has been ill since
April JO. when he contracted a
his 14-acre estate here.
"SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
members of the court, which he
once wanted to increase in size
and inject new blood. Both Jack
son and Byrnes are known as
strong administration supporters,
and although a Republican, Stone
is one of the leading suporters,
on the high tribunal, of Roose
velt administration legislation.
He was appointed to the court in
1925 by President Coolidge, af
ter serving nine-months as Attor
ney General.
PRESIDENT MAKES DIRECT
REQUEST MACHINISTS BAY
AREA RETURN SHIPYARDS
UNDATED. June 13 UP) — Re
supmticn of full speed production
on the half billion dollars worth
of defense ship building in the
San Francisco Bay area depend
ed on the response of the strik
ing AFL machinists to telegraph
ed instructions from their inter
national executive counsel at
Washington to go back to their
jobs at 11 shipyards. The possib
ility that the machinists might
go to work Monday was voiced
by Harry Book, San Francisco
business agent who set a meeting
for Sunday to consider council
action on this biggest obstacle so
far interposed to all-out ship con
si ruction.
The effort came last night in
deference to a direct request
from the President.
The executive council announc
ed, at the same time, that two
remaining major threats to the
military airplane output were
ended as the strike scheduled at
two Pittsburgh plants of the air
plane propallor division of the
Curtiss Wright Company, was
called off at the request of the
Defense Mediation Board. The
AFL machinists union in the big
Consolidated Aircraft plant at
San Diego announced the rati
fication of new contract terms,
by a nine to one vote, removing
possibility of a walkout against
Ccn.olidated Air which holds
seven hundred million dollars
worth of bomber orders for the
Army, Navy, and Britain.
Negotiations
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Fairbanks Strike
At Standstill
FAIRBANKS. June 12 (News
Miner) —Negotiations in the CIO
strike against the U. S. Smelters
reached a standstill today, which
is the first day the two sides have
failed to meet since the strike
started a week ago.
Both sides published state
ments in the local press today set
ting forth their attitude. The Com
pany offered to grant a ten per
cent wage increase and accept
the union as the bargaining
agency; establish a seniority plan
and improve camp condition, but
refused to agree to a union shop
or check-off system.
After receiving the foregoing,
officers and union men voted to
reject it. The union insists on a
union shop with the company hav
ing the right to employ and hire
men, but that they join the union
within twenty days. It also in
sists on a 21 cents an hour wage
increase with pay day twice a
month, with check-offs.
Conciliator Jacobsen hopes to
get the parties together again to
morrow.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY
COMJVI. ARRIVES FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, June 13 (News
Miner) — Chairman Warren G.
Magnuson and other members of
the International Highway Com
misson and Gov. E. Gruening, ar
rived Fairbanks this afternoon,
after flying along the proposed
highway route from Whitehorse,
and are conferring here with civ
ic officials. The party plans to
return south in a day or two,
along the highway route, inspect
ing some of the possible branch
es including the Stikine area.
National Guard Chief In Terri.
Major Gen. J.F. Williams, chief
of the National Guard Bureau at
Washington, D. C. and staff arriv
ed here on an inspection in con
nection with the expanon of the
Guard in Alaska, including pro
bably the establishment of an
Alaska air corps guard. The unit
left by army plane for Anchor
age from whence it will proceed
south.
No Change In Fairbanks Strike
Negotiations between the CIO
and U. S. Smelters in the Fair
banks strike situation are at a
standstill today and no confer
ence was held today. No new par
leys were announced.
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Governor Gruening Appoints
Nome Local Draft Board
Juneau, Alaska, June 11
C. C. Tanner, U. S. Commissioner, Nome
Following have been appointed as members
of the Nome draft board: C. C. Tanner, Anthony Po
let, J. Sidney Rood, Oliver S. Weaver, Aimer Rydeen
Stop Benjamin B. Mozee is appeal agent Stop Exam
ining physicians are J. S. Judah and Thomas Morcom
Stop Board will receive instructions from Director
John McCormick Stop Members of final appeal board
for Territory are: B. D. Stewart, Isidor Goldstein,
Donald Hagerty, William G. Levasseur and Michael
Haas, all of Juneau. 2 •
Governor Gruening ,
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