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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 103. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, AUG. 23, 1940 P*®8 Per ®°W’ 194
British Convoy Shelled Long Range
Bill For Mobilization National Guard Goes To Pres.
Nine Killed In Army Bomber Crash And Explosion
Long-Range German Batteries
Fire British Convoy St. Dover
But Apparently Score No Hits
UNDATED, Aug. 22 <JP)—Pow
erful German shore batteries on
the French coast, firing at a
range of more than 20 miles shell
ed a mile-long British convoy in
the Straits of Dover. The bomb
ardment injected a new sting to
the Nazi-proclaimed air and sea
blockade of Britain. Small mer
chant ships in a convoy escorted
by warships were hugging the
English coast when a cliff battery
of four guns on the distant shore
near Boulogne suddenly opened
fire. Other batteries posted along
the French coast all the way
from Boulogne to Calais took up
the bombardment but the convoy
steamed doggedly to its destina
tion. At least a hundred shells
were fired and observers esti
mated the attack lasted 80 min
utes. Shell burst near the ves
sels, the Nazi gunners apparent
ly getting the range and direction
from a high-flying observation
plane. Most of the missies fell in
to the sea. The British warships
laid down a smoke screen to aid
in the escape of the convoy and
they all escaped through the
Strait without apparent casual
ty.
Nazi warplanes continued the
air seige on England in small
scattered attacks, while in south
east Europe Mussolini’s command
reported that sharp new blows
against British naval forces in
the Mediterranean. Two warships
were torpedoed, two others se
verely hit repeatedly by bombs.
An Italian communique said a
Fascist torpedo boat sank a Brit
ish sub and an Fascist undersea
craft torpedoed a British destroy
er in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In Cairo, the war ministry dis
closed that an Egyptian mobile
division has already taken up po
sitions to resist any invasion of
Italian troops presumably to
strike from Libya. Large Italian
trocp concentrations are report
ed there. t
Lieutenant General Sir Archi
bald Waverl, commander-in
chief of Britain’s middle east
armies warned that Hitler,
thwarted by Englands stout de
fense may emulate Napoleon and
“turn to the east in search of
easier success.” _
British Long
Range Guns
<0
Fire at Nazis
UNDATED, Aug. 23 UP)— Nazi
warplanes' dropped salvos of
' ombs on three densely populat
ed London suburbs and inflicted
a toll of six known killed. There
were attacks f mounting vio
lence elsewhere in England and
Scotland.
London reported that British
long-range guns fired “a few
rounds acros the channel by way
;f retort” to the newly disclosed
Geiman Big Berthas studding
the French coast and which shell
sd British convoys yesterday in
I
the Straits of Dover and rained
! cross-channel projectiles on Dov
; er itself. A British military
ispokesman discounted the Nazi's
■new mode of attack declaring the
•big German cannon wouldn’t
, make Dover untenable from a
! military standpoint. Civilian resi
j dents of the channel “hell’s cor
| ner” began feeling, however,
heavy property damage.
There was reported a pre-dawn
assault on the L mdon area, the
capital’s first night raid of the,
war dan aging including two em
pty movie theatres, a bank, a
store and many other buildings.
British bomber countered with
raids on western Germany which
the Nazi command acknowledged
without special effect but that a
I number of civil rs were injured.
An Italian threat to invade
Greece if the British occupy any
Greek Islands was reported from
Rome, in a dispatch. “If the Brit
ish move on Greece, we will do
the same,” a high Fascist spokes
man declared, commenting on
rumors that Britain might occupy
Crete and C'jp£u.
—
Oliver Lodge,
O 7
Spiritualist,
Passes Away
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LONDON, Aug. 22 m — Sir
Oliver Lodge, aged 89, scientist
nr.d sprititualist died at his home
in Wiltshire, southwest England.
He had long given a friend toj
understand that he was unafraid
of death.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
This picture, sent by cable from London to New York by cable, shows a bomb crater made when Ger
man planes raided the Croydon district, an airport suburb of London. The air ministry announced
that every plane which took part in the Croydon raid was destroyed before it got back to Germany.
Bigger raids then followed on Britain.
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This picture, sent frcm London to New York by cable, shows, acording to British censor-approved
caption, a dwelling smashed by a German bomb which was dropped in southwest suburban London
during the mass air raid. Firemen aan.d air precautions men view the wreckage.
Bill Authorizing Mobilization
National Guard, Army Reserves
Is Sent To The ohite House
WASHINGTON. Aug, 22 (JP)—
The legislation for the mobiliza
tion of 400.000 National Guards
men was approved by the House
and Senate. The Senate was ex
pects^ to give .prompt accept
ance and the House accepted the
report of the joint committee
named to resolve the differences
between the Senate and House
versions of the legislation.
President Roosevelt requested
the House action in a voice vote.
The legislation involves about
242,0 0 guardsmen, 116,000 re
serve officers and 50,000 enlisted
men and will permit them to be
Pres. Opposed
Postponement of
Military Training
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 </P)—
President Roosevelt said he per
sonally was absolutely opposed
to the postponement of compul
sory military training until next
year. He told a press conference
that new increasements in man
power were needed now to learn
the use of modern fighting equip
ment already on hand.
Leon Trotsky Dies
Accuses the Ogpu
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 21 UPI—
Leon Trotsky died tonight after
whispering the accusation that
sent any place in the Western
hemisphere.
About 396.000 Men
Will Be Alfected
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 (JP) —
The Senate sen' to the White
House the ./.-lotion authorizing
the Pre-idcr: t c 11 he National
Guard and army reserves to ac
tive duty for any period in 12
consecutive months. The Cham
ber completed the legislative ac
tidn in o resolution accepting
without dissent the conference re
port previously approved by the
House. About 393,903 men will be
affected.
his pick-ax assailant was “most
likely" a member of the Ogpu,
Soviet secret police.
His attacker was identified by
the police as Jacques Mortan Van
denreischd, aged 36, a native of
Iran.
Results Of
i
_
CLEVELAND. Aug. 23 (JP) —
The results of the autopsy on the
body of Mrs. Mozee were with
held pending the submission of a
written report by Coroner S. R.
Gerber to FBI agents. Gerber
performed the autopsy last night
in the presence of the FBI
agents.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Nome Nugget office]
Nine Die In
Bomber Crash
DENVER, Aug. 23 (A3) — Two
officers and seven enlisted men
were killed in the crash and ex
plosion of a bomb-laden two
motored Douglas B-18 Army
bomber.on a flight in stormy wea
ther from the Air Corps techni
cal school here last night. The
wreckage was found strewn on
the air corps bombing range,
about 45 miles east of Denver by
searching planes. All of the oc
cupants were blown to bits by
the explosion. Officers estimated
that two thousand pounds of
bombs exploded.
Alaska Mining Bill Is
Given Committee Approval
WASHINGTON — The Ha use
Mining Committee has approved
of the bill by Alaska Delegate
A. J. Dimond authorizing the
owners of unpatented mining
claims in Alaska to include the
annual assessment work as part
of the cost of the official survey
required by law.
BRIDGES CASE
IS TAKEN UP
WASHINGTON — The Senate
Immigration Committee lias ap
proved 6 to 5 of legislation direct
mg Attorney General Jackson to
determine whether Harry Bridg
es, CIA chieftain on the Pacific
Coast, should be deporte l.
The legislation is a substitute
for the House bill requiring im
mediate deportation of Bridges
to Australia.
NOTICE
The Nome Democratic Club
will meet at the City Hall on
Saturday, August 24, 194#, at 8
o’clock, P. M.
M. J. Walsh, Chairman