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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 94. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, August 2, 1940 Price per 001x7 lU
Claim Seaport Hamburg Destroyed
, Conditions Next Week Favor Invasion Of Britain
Roosevelt In Favor Compulsory Military Training
Armed Merchantman Repairing Rio
Thousands Bombs Rained Germany
Next Week Favorable for Invasion
UNDATED, Aug. 1 (P) — Nazi
bombers, favored by improving
weather hammered away again
at England with a second raid
on Dover in three days also at
West Scilly Islands off of Lands
End, England, armed merchant
ships were bombarded. The Nazis
claimed five British planes and
^ two barrage balloons were shot
down near Dover as well as
three Britishers entering Norwe
gian, Dutch and Danish territory.
The English said three German
planes were brought tdown.
The supreme Soviet Russian
parliament convened to welcome
formally in to the union Latvia,
* Estonia and Lithuania.
At Rio de Janiero, the heavily
gunned British armed merchant
cruiser Alcantara steamed slow
ly into port with only one of her
two funnels visible. The Alcan
tara headed for the shipyards to
repair and normally would be
given only 24 hours stay in port.
Other British warcraft are be
lieved chasing the German raid
er.
g The Italian high command said
a British destroyer was sunk by
fliers in the eastern Mediterran
ean four days ago.
A Royal Air Force communi
que issued at Cairo said that two
Italian subs were sunk last
month.
British Claim
Destruction Of
Seaport Hamburg
UNDATED, Aug. 2 UP) — The
virtual destruction of the great
seaport of Hamburg was claimed
by authoritative British sources,
while Germany countered with a
statement that her own raiders
struck new devitalizing blows on
the British merchant fleet. A
Britisher suming up the work of
the air force in the past three
months said Hamburg was only j
one of the military objectives
attacked. Thousands of bombs
were rained on the port of Bre
men with its shipbuilding yards,
docks, and aircraft factory and
more than a hundred German cit
ies, towns and military points
were attacked.
The Nazis claimed today that
the air force sunk a large mer
chantman, a tanker and a mine
patrol boat yesterday. A sub
marine returning to its base re
ported the sinking of 72,000 tons
of shipping. German fliers con
tinued their bombing attacks but
varied the daily procedure by
showering down Hitler “peace or
destruction phamphlets.’’
In the Mediterranean: The Roy
al Air Force claimed the destruc
lion of a large amunition dump
at Libya. Italy said bombers set
a battleship afire and several
other warships were hit and that
the British submarine Oswald
^ was torpedoed and sunk.
Skeptical of German statements
that the blitzkreig may be post
poned indefinitely in favor of
bomb attaaks from the air and
under sea blockade, British ob
servers said the almanac indic
ates next Monday to Friday a
time of high tides and weather
most favoring the attack.
In France a military court con
demned to death General De
Gaulle who formed a provisional
French government in London to
carry on the fight against Ger
many.
The fate of the Theseus which
radioed an SOS yesterday, was
unknown.
Bomber Strafes
English Town
LONDON, Aug. 1 (tP) — Sev
eral were killed when a German
bomber dove, through the clouds
from a great height and bombed
and machine gunned a southeast
ern town. Fires were started.
Canadian Forces
Arrive England
OTTAWA, Aug. 2 <JP) — De
fense minister Ralston anonunc
ed in the House of Commons the
safe arrival in Britain of another
large contingent of the Canadian
Active Service force. He said
the force included a part of the
second division under Major Gen
.ral Victor Odium.
lidal \\ ave
TOKYO, Aug. 2 (/P) — Ten per
sons were drowned and two ship
building yards were destroyed
and hundreds of fishing boats,
washed away 'by a tidal wave. |
BOMBERS’ RECEPTION COMM I TT E E—Designed to clip through space at speeds of more than 400 m.p.li., a Lockheed P-38 interceptor is shown in an
Army Air Corps photo. Interceptor planes are fast and heavily armed, the better to greet oncoming enemy bombers before the fatal "eggs’” can be dropped.
newlyweds of recent dale are Senator and Mrs. Carter Glass,
shown at the Glass home in Lynchburg, Va. Glass is 82 and his
bride. 52. She was formerly Mrs. Mary Scott Meade of Amherst, Va.
Ban On Export
Aviation Gasol ine
Aimed at Japan
TOKYO, Aug. 1 OP) — The ad
miralty's spokesman said that
President Roosevelt’s ban on the
export of aviation gasoline was
an act aimed directly against the
Japan-R .me-B.rlin axis. He said
it was “undoubtedly designed to
exert economic pressure on Jap
an and may lead to repercus
sions.”
Pa line rites Use
Planning Council
c
PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 1 UP>—
Eighty colonists organized the
first land to use the planning
council last night and patterned
it after many in the midwest.
Don Irwin was named chairman.
jNazis Close Border
Swiss-1 ranee
GENEVA. Aug. 2 UP — The
Geiman army of occupation in
France ordered the closing of the
Swiss-French border here to Bas
el effective August 4th. This is
a possible indication that the
Germans are sealing all possible
channels through which news of
the preparation to invade Eng
land must reach the ou'side
world.
Foreign Corres
pondents arned
BUDAPEST, Aug. 2 <7P> —The
foreign press bureau warned for
eign newspaper correspondents
against reporting news “which is
either against Germany or Italy
or which is in opposition with
the well-known policies of the
axis.”
Opposition Military Registration
and Training Plans Is Growing
C O
Roosevelt Declares In Favor of It
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 </P) —
The sharp curtailment of mili
tary registration plans failed to
win over leading Senate oppon
1 ents of conscrpition. Senator
Wheeler said limiting the regis
tration to men between 21 and 31
: ive did not alter his ob
jections to the compulsory train
ing program. Representative
Smith said the opposition to the
bill is ‘'growing immensely." He
added he believed that such a
measure is premature now. Oth
i er opponents include Senators
1 Norris, Johnson and Vanden
i berg.
FDR Considers
Training Essential
National Defense
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TP) —
President Rosevelt declared he
is “distinctly in favor of the sel
f
81 Persons Held
For Deportation
PANAMA. Aug. 2 f/P) — Act
ing foregin minister Arosemena
said that 81 persons were held
here for deportati n. They are
mostly European refugees, some
Germans. They are mostly stow
j away wh fled ships here. The
steamship lines responsible for
bringing them here may be re
quired to return them, although
it may bo difficult to take them
to countries at war.
Liner Loaded
Children Attacked
_
NEW YORK. Aug. 1 (/P) — The
McKay radio reported hearing a
British steamer the Theseus send
ective service training bill and
I consider it essential for the
adequate national defense.” He
gave that reply to reporters at a
ress conference who told him it
vas reported the president was
"not so hot” about conscription.
He permitted the direct quota
tion.
Franklin, Son
of President Takes
Training in Navy
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NEWPORT. R. I., Aug. 2 UP) —
Franklin, third son of the Presi
i dent boarded the destroyer Law
i rence to u,iJerOJ training far the
next two weeks as an ensign in
the naval reserve. He sailed at
noon. He drove his own car to
the dock.
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out distress signals saying she
was attacked by a submarine 500
miles off the southwest coast of
Ireland. The 6500 ton passenger
liner traded between Singapore
and England before the war. Her
position indicated that she might
be in a convoy bound for Can
ada, possibly with refugee child
ren aboard. .
Asks Increase For
Government Bank
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (,P) —
President Roosevelt asked the
creation of a five hundred million
dollar fund to assist the western
hemisphere in meeting economic
conditions due to war causes, and
the biLl was approved 8 to &
by the Senate banking commit
tee. The bill would increase the
capital and lending authority of
the government’s export and im
port bank by that amount.