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VOL. 43. No. 32. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, March 14, 1941 Per Copy
■ RAF Renews Assault On Germany
Navy Equipping Seven Bases In Pacific Northwest
* Dimond Asks Investigation Alaska For Statehood
’ BRITISH BOMBERS CARRY OUT
HEAVIEST RAID ON GERMANY
NEW. BIG BOMBERS ARE USED
UNDATED, March 13 </P) —
British RAF bombers smashed at
Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen “in
the heaviest raid yet launched on
Germany’’ it was officially an
nounced in London while several
hundred Nazi planes struck with
fire bombs and high explosives
at Liverpool. Berlin listed 16
killed and 37 wounded as RAF
bombers shattered the 82-day
period of immunity from aerial
* attacks enjoyed by the German
capital. The last raid on Berlin
was on December 22nd.
Three others were killed and
three wounded in Bremen as the
war in the air erupted to this
* new peak in violence.
The British disclosed that “sev
eral new and more powerful
types’’ of RAF planes wepe un
leashed in last night’s forays ex
tending “from Ecrlin to Boulogne
and Norway.’’ London’s air min
istry said the new planes carried
very heavy bombs and the at
tacks were very . successful as
bright moonlight helped to define
the targets. It is believed tihe
new types may have included the
four-motored American made
® bombers flown avioss the Atlan
tic by the British.
At sea, the British reported
that and RAF plane torpedoed a
German destroyer in the Skager
rack, the gateway between the
Baltic and the North Sea, hitting
it on the stern with an explosive
flash “as big as a house.” The
plant's crew said it was too dark
to see whether the warship sank
but she ceased firing.
Hitler’s command countered
^ with a report that a Nazi speed
boat sank a British destroyer off
the English southeast coast.
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R A F Strikes
At Hamburg,
Bremen & Emden
UNDATED, March 14 (/Pi —
PAF raiders carried the war to
Germany with renewed fury ov
ernight, British reports said, strik
mg tempestuous blows at the
ports of Hamburg, Bremen and
Emden and raking the Nazi held
port of Rotterdam. Berlin said
more than 50 patients and nurs
es were left “dead and buried”
in the wreckage of two Hamburg
hospitals.
In heavy, counter blows, Hit
ler’s Luftwafte smashed at the
great Clyde Bank shipping yards
at Glasgow and pounded again
Liverpool, London and Hull. The
London air ministry said tlhe
raid on Hamburg was carried out
in bright moonlight and was “the
most severe attack” yet deiver
ed or. that bomb-battered city.
Huge fires broke out around the
shipbuilding yards, docks and
warehouses “which received spec
ial attention the night.”
The German command dismiss
ed the military damage of the
British attack as insignificant but
acknowledged that numerous
buildings were destroyed or
damaged.
The British claimed eleven Ger
man planes were downed during
the night’s fierce action making
a total of 23 since Wednesday
night. The Germans claimed 12
RAF planes were destroyed.
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President To
Make Radio Talk
Tomorrow Ni^ht
i
—
1 WASHINGTON. March 14 1/P)
! President Roosevelt will make a
radio adress to the nation tomor
| row night on defense aid to na
tions bat'J.'-’g aggressors. He will
j speak at 6:30 p.m. PST for 30
minutes at the annual dinner giv
en him b the White House Cor
respond! nts Association.
The address broadcast will be
on the question of the specific
nature of war supplies which
have been or are to be sent to
Britain. Roose velt chose to be in
definite and said in response to
questions that there is no de
cision of transferring of addition
al naval craft at this time. As
for cargo vessels he said this
country has none available for
transfer.
Earlier Secretary Stimson told
reporter® that some defense ma
terial will be transferred to Brit
ain under the Lease-Lend Act
have alre ady started for their des
tination, but withheld details.
Mussolini In
Battlefield
In Albania
UNDATED, March 13 1/P)— On
the A banian war front, Greeks
quoted Italian" prisoners as say
ing that Miussolini is now in the
field and has given his generals
until Saturday “to do something’’
A Greek spokesman said the II
Duce pi rsonally ordered the re
cent fierce Italian attacks on the
central front in the Tepelini sec
tor, which the spokesman said
were repulsed aft r four days of
bloody fighting.
LOOK OUT FOR THE BIG WIN D—Almost completed at Wright Field near Dayton.
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power electric motor will produce wind \elucities up to about 400 m.p.h. 'the tunnel, SUO feet long,
will accommodate a iw >1 plane with 13-f„ *t wine-spread. 'AVnnel \ :> hr «n ye?" .*»*■ ’ '•gif ego.
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MODELS: NEW GIRL, OLD PLAN E—When air travel was In its awkward infancy,
miniature plane motors were clumsy, too, as is apparent in the old style miniature plane motor
(right) being examined by Greta Clement in Philadelphia at the annual exhibit of Association of
Model Builders. At the left is the newest and smallest gasoline motor for a model plane.
NAVY EQUIPPING 7 BASES IN
WASHINGTON OREGON AND
ALASKA - INTENDS 21 MORE
WASHINGTON, March 13 <JP)
— Thie Navy is equip mg seven
section bases in Oregon, Wash
ington and Alaska and intends to
establish 21 more such bases in
that area. Testimony of Navy of
fices to that effect was made pub
lie as the annual naval appropria
tion bill was introduced in the
IIous:.
They said bases were being
equipped at Port Angeles, Seat
tle, Astoria, Coos Bay, Kodiak,
Dutch Harbor and Sitka. The
Navy asked five million toward
the cost of 27 such bases now be
ing equipped throughout the coun
try. They said the total of 43
more siuch bases will be equip
ped at a cost of each base expect
d to average $250,000.
The bases will be used to pro
vide berthing, messing and re
creation of crews and minor re
pairs to vessels being acquired
for district defense.
THREE BILLION ASKED FOR
TWO-OCEAN NAVY PROGRAM
-WORLD CONDITIONS WORSE
WASHINGTON, March 13 </P)
— A three billion four hundred
forty six million dollar . appro
priation bill to carry forward the
two ocean navy construction pro
gram was presmted to the House
along with a warning from the
Navy’s high command that the
critical world situation “may con
tinue to grow worse for some
time to come’’ aid recommending
a huge outlay for the year start
FORD’S GRANDSONS
IN SERVICE SOON
DETROIT, March — Two Ford
heirs were told that they might
be drafted in April.
Henry Ford’s grandson, Benson |
Ford, received (his questionnaire;
under the Selective Service Act.
Local draft board chiefs said
young Ford would be called up
next month if he passed his phy j
ing July one.
The appropriations committee
told the House that the fleet ex
pansion program called for a col
lateral expense of staggering pro
portions. Five billion five hun
dn d fifty three million dollars
additional will have to be appro
priated during the fiscal years
of 1943 to 1946, solely to com
plete the current shipbuilding
program.
sical test.
Benson’s brother, Henry Ford
II, also may be inducted into the
Army in April. They are the sons
of Edsel Ford, president of the
Ford Motor Company.
Vet British Labor Leader Dies
LONDON, March 13 </P) —Tom
Mann, veteran British labor lead
ed died at his home in Grassing
ton, Yorkshire.
Asks Investigation
Of Alaska With
View Statehood
WASHINGTON, March 14 (/P)
— Delegate Dimond introduced a
bill to authorize a congressional
j investigation to dotermine whe
' ther Alaska should be admitted
to the union or whether addition
al powers should be extended to
the present territorial govern
ment.
Hitler Predicts
Big Victory Soon
I —
' UNDATED. March 13 i(7P) —Hit
ler keynoted the Nazi celebration
commemorating the third anni
versary of the union of his native
Austria with the Ri ich, in a
I speech at Linz, predicting the
war will end with a tremendous
German victory and insuring the
deve’opment of a “greater Ger
many.’’
Asks Creation
Mediator Board
Defense Works
WASHINGTON, March 13 (JP)
— A specific recommendation for
a Mediation Board to handle
Tabor problems relat d to defense
production was laid before the
President by Secretary Perkins
and Directors of the office of
production and management,
Knudsen and Hillman. Miss Per
kins told reporters that the idea
of such a board was taking “de
finite’’ shape. Hillman said sev
eral proposition were under con
sideration but the conference
had not touched on, the names of
prospective board members.
St Patrick’s Benefit Party, Sat., March 15, 10 P.M.
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