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VOL. 42. No. 46. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940 per copy is«
Naval) Air Battles Continue Rage
British And Norwegian Land Forces Cooperating
Alaska Cannery Employers and Unions Deadlocked
Churchill Declares Hitler Made
A Strategic And Political Error
In His Invasion Of Norway
LONDON, April 11 (£>)—Win
ston Churchill said “great losses
have been suffered by the Ger
man navy” in continuing the air
and naval battle launched by the
German invasion of Norway. He
said: “Hitler has made a great
strategic and political error as did
Napoleon when he invaded Spain.
At present nearly a dozen ships
some of large tonnage have been
sunk or captured either in Skag
errak or Kattegat, or in attempt
ing to bring supplies to the fore
es landed at Narvik.”
.Relating additional British loss
es he said the destroyer Gurkha
was’sunk and the cruiser Aurora
also damaged by bombing.
Churchi^t told the House of
Commons that the Norwegians
“in their wild mountainous coun
try” should be able to maintain
“a vigorous and prolonged re-;
sistance” against the German in
vaders. He charged the invasion
as being “long and elaborately
prepared.”
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He announced that the destroy
er Glow Worm was apparently
lost Monday morning off the Nor
wegian coast in a battle with Ger
man warships. He said Monday
afternoon the fleet cruising off
Bergen was continuously attack
ed by enemy aircraft. A heavy
bomb fell on the battleship Rod
ney but the decks “resisted it.”
Churchill said the destroyer Zu
ku sank a German U-boat off the
Orkney Islands. Also that in a
long battles between the battle
cruiser Renown and the German
cruiser Scharnhorst, the German
warship was hit and damaged
but was able to escape at high
speed.
British Planes
Destroy Nazi
Ammunition Ship
LONDON, April 12 <£>»— Amid
reports of a raging war at sea
along the far-flung Scandinavian
coast with new warplane success
es. Britain bulwarked the air and
navy drive against the Nazi’s con
quest of Norway with vast mine
fields. It was announced officially
that fliers ranging over sea lanes
from Germany’s Baltic coast to
the Oslo Fjord, during the night
blew up a large ship, apparently
an ammunition ship of abotit
8.000 tons, in the Great Belt of
Denmark, while farther north it
is believed they damaged a 5,000
ton supply ship.
The Admiralty gave notice of
the mining of four areas in the
North Sea at Skaggarak and Kat
tagak in a move to block all Ger
man traffic between the North
Sea and the Baltic except thru
the Kiel Canal. They also an
nounced that fliers bombed a Ger
man seaplane base on the Baltic
coast and an ammunition ship, i
one in a line of 8 to 10 vessels,
was "blown up with such force i
that the attacking aircraft were j
rocked by the force of the explo;
sion.”
French Report ;
Nazi Losses 18
Allied Losses 4
PARIS, April 11 (/P) —Premier
Reynaud told Parliament that
18 German ships including four
cruisers were sunk in naval bat
ties in Norwegian waters / in
which the Allies lost only four
vessels.
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Bergen. Hamar
Recaptured East
Drive Repulsed
STOCKHOLM. April 11 (JP)—A
radio message from the Norweg
ian commander at Bergen report
ed that the seaport was recaptur
ed from the German invaders.
The President of the Norweg
ian Parliament. Carl Hambro, an
nounced that Norway’s northern
forces were now cooperating ful
ly with the British fences. He
made the announcement after
communicating with the govern
ment which has established head
quarters at Elverum.
The German advance eastward
from Narvik already has been re
pulsed and Hamar recaptured. It
is also said German forces near
Hamar have been isolated from
other contingents, except for air
communication.
Schleswig-Holstein
Reports Bombing
Railway Station
J
BERLIN, April 12 UP) — The
DNB News agency reported that
British warplanes bombed the
German railway station at Schles
wig-Holstein and intimated re
prisals might be expected if re
peated, saying it was the first A1
lied attempt since the beginning
of the war to damage transport
at ion outside of the active com
bat area. The station is located
in the northern part of Germany
near the Danish border. The re
port said. “If repeated, the Ger
man air force will face a new sit
uation.”
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Salmon Cannery Employers Of
Karluk and Oiignik Area Are
Deadlocked With Labor Unions
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11
(/P) —Whether the annual expedi
tion to the Karluk harbor can
ning area will materialize this
year is problematical as negotia
tions called for new sessions.
Attorney St. Sure, for the Al
aska Salmon Industry, Inc., said
the deadline has passed for the
outfitting of the supply ship
Chirikoff, so it could sail on the
17th. He said if the negotiations
now on would produce results,
the ship could be readied for sail
ing on the 19th for the Chignik
area, eliminating the Karluk trip.
He said "As yet we have not
reached a single agreement”
with the 12 unions involved.
Dealers Can Not
Make Agreements
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11
i/P) — Spokesmen for the Alaska
Sain n Industry Inc., announced
the abandonment of the season at
Kariuk because of the inability
to reach agreements with union
workmen. The employers contin
ued negotiations with the Alaska
cannery workers union and assoc
iated group in efforts to to com
plete contracts in time for the
season at Chignik. The plants at
Kar'uk and Chignik annually
handle from one-fifth to one
third of the pack processed by
the San Francisco expedition to
that area.
George R. Anderson, attorney
for the cannery workers said the
issues could be settled in "half
an hour if the Alaska packers
t lemselves would negotiate with
us. They are dealing through at
torneys who do not have the pow
er to make an agreement. All
they say is no.”
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Reject Demand
Recognition Nazi
Puppet Govt.
LONDON, Aril 10 (/P) — Thurs
day a proclamation reaffirming
Norway’s determination to resist
the German invasion and reject
ing the German demand for re-1
cognition* of ahe Nazi puppet gov
/ eminent under Major Vikdun
Quisling was issued by Premier
Nygaardsvold, the Reuters Brit
ish news agency reported. The
report was based on a Norwegian
news agency ditpatch from Elve
rum, the present seat of the re
fugee government.
Large Vessel
Burns, Sinks
—
STOCKHOLM, April 11 UP) —!
A sinking vessel of considerable 1
tonnage in the Skagerak was wit j
nessed from Stroemstad. a Swed
ish coastal town. Heavy cannon
ading was heard last night from
■the direction of the Oslo Fjord
followed this morning by heavy
detonations. The ship seen in
flames sank in an hour. ,
Report Sinking 2
Destroyers
— J
BERLIN, April 11 (JP) — The I
German navy sank two more A1
lied destroyers last night at the
West Fjord approach to Narvik,
the DNB news agency announc
ed.
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Swarms of British Bombers Attack German Base
Avenging swarms of British bombers hurled tons of explosive destruction on the German base at
Sylt Island for more than seven hours in history's most sustain *d air raid on one fortified objec
tive. This Royal Air Force photograph, taken on a previous reconnaissance flight, shows the sea
plane base at List on the Island of Sylt. Points indicated are: (A) wireless station. (B> hangar:
<C) seaplanes; (D) crane for lifting aircraft. (E) aircraft; (F- cranes; (G) Harbor. (H) repair
hangar; (I) motor vehicles; (J) barracks: (K) men; (L) motor transport sheds; (M) building
under construction.
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President Roosevelt Signs Bill
Extending the Reciprocal Trade
Program For Three Years
WASHINGTON, April 12 (/Pi—
President Roosevelt signed the
bill extending the reciprocal
trade program three years and
said Congress demonstrated its
determination to retain “this pow
erful instrument for promoting '
our national well-being and
strengthening the foundations for
a stable peace.”
During the last six years, the
government has concluded 22
such agreements with foreign na
tions.
2 Bank Robbers
McNeil
TACOMA. April 12 (/P)—Work
ing on the belief that two con
victed Los Angeles bank r bbers
wh escaped from McNeil Island
orison late yesterday, might have
reached the mainland a half mile
away during the night, police
anJ herifFs deputies search the
island. The men are Arnold Kyle,
aged 29. received in June and
Joseph Cretzer, described as the
nation's number one bank robber
who participated in eight such
crimes, received in February, I
Both are under 25 year sentenc-:
cs. They escaped by climbing into;
a delivery truck and speeded
through the gate as the guard
fired after them.
Say Son Shot Hide
Red Activity Spain
WASHINGTON, April 12 (/Pi
Maxwell Wallach of Detroit testi
fied that his son Albert and sev
eral other boys, who went into
the Spanish civil war under the
auspices of the Friends of Abra
ham Lincoln Brigade, were killed
at a camp near Barcelona to con
ceal communist activities in
Spain. He told this to the House
committee investigation® un-Am
erican activities.
CARD OF THANKS
The undersigned wishes to ex
press his gratitude for the many
services and courtesies extended
during his bereavement, espec
ially to the Pioneer Ladies of
Alaska.
John A, Whiie ' -