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VOL. 41. No. 124. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 16, 1939 Pnce ^ coPy l5#
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29,000-ton English Battleship Sunk
Germans Thrust French Back Out Of German Soil
Agree to Prohibit All Credit to Warring Nations
British Battleship
Royal Oak Sunk
1,200 Men Aboard
LONDON. Oct. 14 hT)—Britain
announced that the battleship
Royal Oak with more than 1,200
men aboard was sunk, a submar
ine presumably torpedoing the
$10,000,000 ship.
The Admiralty said a list of
survivors would be issued as
soon as possible but gave no hint
as to how many were saved.
The vessel was 29,000 tons and
was new and second in line at
Jutland. The first survivor list of
15 names included nine lieuten
ants and three other lower offic
ers who were uninjured.
The Admiralty later said that
about 370 have been saved so
far, of the twelve hundred com
plement.
Claim Same Sub
Sunk Royal Oak
Damaged ‘Repulse*
UNDATED, Oct. 16 ^—Ger
many made new claims of suc
cess at sea against the allies. The
German High command declar
ed that the same sub which sank
the British battleship Royal Oak
also disabled the 32,000 ton bat
tle cruiser Repulse. The British
Admiralty refusing to comment
on the German claims listed 414
survivors of the approximately
1,200 men aboard the Royal Oak.
One British and two French
merchantmen were sunk over
the weekend.
The Soviet diplomatic campaign
brought additional military pre
parations to Turkey and and ten
sion to Finland where the nation
waited the outcome of the Fin
nish delegation’s visit to Moscow.
A Finnish foreign office spokes
man said the delegates who re
turned today will go back to Mos
cow for further talks at an un
specified date. Silent crowds
watching the delegates return in
dicated the nation is feeling it
is facing a crisis.
British officials reported that
Royal Air Force planes made sue
cessful reconnaissance flights ov
er Germany last night but did
n’t say whether the planes en
countered resistance.
Russia Trying
Fur Agreement
With Turkey
WESTERN FRONT. Oct. 14 <>P)
It was meantime comparatively
calm, which French sources said
might presage a strong German
offensive soon.
German consultations are un
der way with Italy and Russia,
preliminary to the next step of
the six weeks war. Russia tem
porarily deferring further Fin
nish consultations, concentrated
her diplomatic efforts on Turkey
apparently for an agreement re
garding the Black Sea and the
Dardinelles control. Two mem
bers of the Swedish party were
added to the Finland cabinet as
the nation prepared to partici
pate in a conference of the chiefs
of state of the Scandinavian coun
tries in Stockholm Wednesday.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
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DUTCH DYNASTY—Held by her grandmother. Queen
Wilhclmina of the Netherlands, Princess Beatrix inspects her little
sister, Princess Irene. The latter was born Aug. 5 to Crown
Princess Juliana, bringing disappointment to the Dutch people
who’d been hoping for a crown prince In the royal family. On the
1 right is Pr.ncess Armgard Lippe-Biesterfeld, paternal grand>Aother.
Agree to Amend
Embargo Repeal
Prohibit all Credit
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (IF) —
Administration leadership in the
Senate agreed to amend the
Arms Embargo repeal bill and
prohibit all credit to warring gov
ernments. Senator Pittman pro
posed the amendment to wipe
Oiut the present bill’s provisions
allowing credits for root more
than ninety days. The provision
was criticized by many senators
on both sides of the arms em
bargo controversy, contending
the ninety days credits provide
an entering wedge for longer
credits and might drag this coun
try into the war.
Among Democratic senators it
was reported that members of
the Foreign Relations Committee
were interesting in relaxing the
bill’s provision against American
shipping visiting the warring na
tions. They will meet early this
week to wfork out an agreement
on this subject.
Football Scores
Oct. 14
Duke Thirteen—Pitt 14
Cornell 20—Princeton 7
Penn 6—Yale 0 ;
Army 6—Columbia 6 Tie ;
Dartmouth 0—Navy 0 Tie ,
Northwestern 0—Ohio State 13 j
Texas Christian 11—Temple 13 j
Fordham 0—Tulane 7
Nebraska 10—Iowa State 7
Purdue 13—Minesota 13 Tie
Southern Methodist 19— Notre
Dame 20
Harvard 61—Chicago 0
Oregon 6—CaliforniaO
Washington 0—Wash. State 6
UCLA 14—Stanford 14 Tie
Oregon State 14—U of Portland
12
Illinois 0—Southern Cal 26
U. S MARINES AT
TIENTSIN WOUND JAPS
TIENTSIN, Oct. 14 </P) —Two
Japanese railway policemen
were wounded by two United,
States marines in an altercation
which American naval authorit
ies feared might have serious re- j
percussions in relations between
the armed forces of the two pow
ers in China.
Both Japanese and American
officials maintained silence.
The incident was the first to j
develop since Admiral Thomas
Chart succeeded Admiral Yar-1
nell as commander-in-chief of
the Asiatic fleet.
It was learned that Japanese
considered the incident as ser
ious.
►ATTENTION PIONEERS!
The Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
No. 1 will hold a special meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 8 pm at
the Odd Fellows Hall. A full at
tendance is desired, Social to
follow meeting.
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vance for your subscription.
Germans Push
French Back
Into Own Soil
PARIS, Oct. 16 (A’i —German
troops are reported to have laun
ched an attack in force against
the northern flank of the French
western front, driving the French
out of German territory back in
to France before the Nazis were
repulsed by a French counter
attack. A French official commun
ique said the Germans were at
tacking up the Moselle River val
ley just east of the Luxemburg
frontier along a four-mile sector.
The French said they finally halt
ed the Germans north of the
French frontier post Apach into
which the Germans penetrated
during the first shock which roll
ed the French back. The com
munique indicated the French
were thrown back about a mile
and a quarter into their own
frontier before they began their
counter-attacking.
The French admitted the Ger
mens occupied strategic heights
at Shneeberg where the western
front slopes to fall away into
France.
450 Chinese
Drown When
Boat Capsizes
SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (^—Au
thorities estimated that 450 Chin
ese men and women laborers
were drowned when the over
loaded 180-ton river vessel the
Hsin Taiku Maru capsized when
a storm swept the Yangtze Es
tuary 12 miles from Woosung,
SIEGFRIED LINE
FORTS ARE ‘SHOT’
LONDON, Oct. 14 (A*) — The
story of three British planes ily
ing more than 20 miles along the
Siegfried Line taking pictures at
a height rarely exceeding 100
feet, was told by an official eye
witness in correspondence from
France.
The planes were fired at only
once with ordinary machine guns
The young flight lieutenant was
impressed by the obviously un
finished state of the Siegfried
Line.
“It was easy to pick out be
cause the grass had not had time
to grow again over the scarred
earth and in many places burrow
ing into the chalky soil was un
derway.
“In one place the planes flew
right over a huge gun which a
group of men were camouflaging
and the observers could distinct
ly see them gaping up us at with
paint pots in their hands and ap
parently unable to move.
“We passed many villages and
did not see a single civilian.”
The flyer told of seeing “what
might be incomplete dummy vil
lages” and emplacements show
ing on the fringe of a dense for
est.
English Bring
Down Six
German Raiders
LONDON, Oct. 16 </P) — Ger
man airplanes attempted to at
tack coastal objective of Scotland
this afternoon the British Air
Ministry reported. The Royal Air
Force inflicted heavy casualties
on them. Three German bomb
ers were reported shot down in
the Edinburgh area; one at Firth
of Fourth; and two on land. No
word of any damage was receiv
ed from London although sever
al bombs were said to have been
dropped in the vicinity of the
Firth of Fourth bridge. The Nazi
air raid was quickly followed by
reports of a successful reconnais
sance flight over northern and
central Germany last night.
A report from Edinburgh said
the British anti-aircraft guns
went into action just after two
p.m.
Ex-President Of
Switzerland Dies
_
ZURICH, Oct. 16 I7P) — Dr.'
Robert Haab, aged 75, twice
president of Switzerland, died!
here Sunday.
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Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the irtxne Nugget office
QUEEN —Age was an asset
to Mrs. Elizabeth Bush Fowler,
53, who was crowned first
grandmother queen of the laurel
at Westfield, Mass. She wears
royal regalia for ceremony,
which marked the seventh an
nual laurel week in western
Massachusetts’ pioneer valley.
Chamber Commerce Luncheon
All those interested in the de
velopment of Northwestern Alas
ka are cordially invited to attend
the luncheon to be given at the
North Pole Bakery, Tuesday
noon October 17, 1939. ^
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FILM PROSPECT S—Granting of permission by London
County Council that she can work in films—but for 5 hours daily
and W'ith a tutor nearby—brings movie career nearer Peggy
Cummins. 14, seen at Surrey. England, with Patricia Rock.