Oldest Newspaper In Alaska. “The News Of The Dav in Pictures"* Member Of The Associated Press.
THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 117. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Sept. 25, 1940 P*®* »» u*
British RAF Planes Bomb Berlin
9 *
British Capture Dakar, In French West Africa
Kidnapper Is Not Connected With Mattson Case
RAF Bombers Sink Nazi Ships
French Planes Attack Gibraltar
Retaliation for Seige of Dakar
UNDATED, Sept. 24 (/P)—Brit
ish RAF dive 'bombers reported
ly sank four armed German
ships in an attack off the French
coast near Boulogne, while Nazi
airmen said they “effectively
bombed” London’s big Waterloo
station. On the Thames side, they
bombed the India docks amid
geysers of spray as the coastal
cliffs shrouded the Nazi ships.
Five RAF Blenheim bombers
dropped salvos of explosives.
When the air cleared, an AP ob
server on the Dover coast saw
only one ship remaining. With
the second attack, the last vessel
also disappeared.
Torpedo-carrying German E
boats raced to the scene at Bou
logne but quickly turned around
and sped back to their harbor
, Meanwhile it was unofficially
[ reported that Vichy said 120
French warplanes bombed Brit
ain’s great rock fortress of Gib
ralter as France’s “blow for
blow" reply to the British assault
on Dakar, the capital of French
West Africa. Subsequently a dis
patch from Lisbon said French
planes, this afternoon were bomb
arding Gibraltar in the heaviest
attack of the war.
Observers at I^a Linae, Spain,
on the border adjoining Gibral
tar reported that they estimat
ed 30 Fr;enbh planes attacked
the rock bastion in ten minute
intervals for an hour and a half.
A column of black smoke was
seen arising from Gibraltar, as
apparently fires were set by
bomb hits on stores of gasoline.
Relays British Planes Traveling
On Schedule Bomb Berlin Guided
By Burning Objectives In City
LONDON, Sept. 24 {^—Coun
tering the German invasion pre
parations with all its power, the
British Royal Air Force rapped
home blow after blow, attacking
German ships caught in the Eng
lish channel and carrying out
the greatest raid of the war on
Berlin and leaving the German
held French coast in flames. An
k. eye witness saw five British
bombers, dive in line upon four
medium sized German ships ap
proaching Boulogne on the
French coast, and apparently
sunk them all. The channel was
almost as smooth as glass as
geysers of water hid the ships
from view after the first bar
rage of bombs when one ship
was seen to remain. The second
diving attack was made after the
water and smoke settled and the
remaining vessel too disappeared
from the observers on the Brit
sh coast at Folkestone.
British sources said the attack
on Berlin at r.ight was carried
out by relays of planes which
started and returned like sched
uled trains in a railway station.
The German capital’s main pow
er station and gas works became
flaming beacons which guided
the way for subsequent attacks
on freight yards, stations and
utilities.
The Reich’s air force again
sent huge formations swarming
over the south and east coast in
a thrust at London which re
sulted in two brief air raid al
arms during the morning.
f ^ K,EL,kr '
mmmmsEA
LIVERPOOL
4?
ENGLAND
I
it.
Britain and Germany traded blows as the air war in Europe gained
in intensity. Both sides struck at foes’ capitals. RAF war planes,
ranging 550 miles from London, blasted at Berlin in reprisal for
^ recent raids on London.
British Naval Squadron And
Gen. de Gaulle’s Free French
Lay Seige to Colony of Dakar
! _
UNDATED. Sept 25 (iP) —Un
i confirmed reports circulated in
the French capital of Vichy that
the defenders of Dakar, French
West Africa, pledged to “fight
to the end,” surrendered to the
flaming seige guns of a British
naval squadron and General De
Gaulle’s so-called “Free French
forces.” Officially the Vichy gov
ernment said nothing was heard
[from Dakar since 1:30 p.m. yes
1 tcrday when the African port
underwent a fierce air raid by
RAF naval planes.
The city’s radio station was
shelled out of action and mes
sages from the French warships
in the harbor provided the only
communication with the outside
world. Casualties from yester
day’s bombardments alone were
listed at 185 killed and 333
i wounded.
Under orders from the Vichy
government of Petain, the little
African colony, the strategic
"key to the south Atlantic” re
portedly drove back six attempts
to land troops from the seige
ships and by DeGaulle.
The British explained the at
tack on Dakar was made neces
sary by a German-Italian plot
to seize the African colonies in a
' program widely heralded in
Home and Berlin last week dur
j mg secret axis discussion be
| tween Von Ribbentrop- and
i Count Ciano. With the British
! apparently getting in the first
blow, Berlin reported Ciano will
entrain for the German capital
tomorrow for further conferenc
es on the axis program and pre
sumably to discuss the British
| action at Dakar with Hitler.
Contracts Let
For Facilities
Dutch Harbor
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24 <£>)—
The Siens Spokane Company was
awarded contracts for $23,500 for
the construction of officers quar
ters at Unalaska; $27,450 for ra
dio facilities at Dutch Harbor
and sandblast cleaning equip
ment at Kodiak.
Railroad Man
Passes Away
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 UP) —
Hale Holden, aged 71, one of the
leading railroad men in the Unit
ed States died tonight after a
12-day illness.
Alaska Sailings
To Be Inc reased
I Alaska S:eamship Company's
fall and winter schedule provid
es for two sailings a week from
Seattle to Alaska ports except
during the period from Decem
ber 14 to January 22. when there
will be one sailing a week. Last
jyear the company had one sail
ing a week during the fall and
winter months. The new sched
ule is effective until February 26.
Sailings will be made at 9
a.m. on Wednesdays and Satur
j day, instead of on Saturdays
only, by the steamships Alaska.
Aleutian, Baranof and Yukon on
j til Wednesday, November 13.
I when the Mount McKinley will
I alternate with the Alaska and
Yukon.
Effective Saturday, December
14, the Alaska Steamship Com
pany will have one sailing a
week, the steamship Alaska start
ing the new schedule. She will
alternate with the Baranof,
Mount /McKinley and Yukon.
Wednesday sailings will be re
sumed by the Baranof January
22.
The steamship Alaska sailing
Wednesday will connect with
the steamship Cordova at Cord
ova for Latouche, Seward, Ko
diak and Seldovia. Kodiak and
Seldovia connections after the
sailing of the Alaska October 30
will be announced later.
FRENCHMEN RALLYING
TO FREE GOVERNMENT
LONDON. Sept. — A commun
lque issued by ueneral de Gaulle;
headquarters said that French-,
men arc still rallying to the sup,
port of the so-called Free Gov-1
ernment of France.
The communique said that ad
ditional French volunteers are
arriving in England almost daily
to report to General de Gaulle
as ready for immediate service
*
Kidnapper of Marc de Tristan
Is Believed Have No Connection
With Mattson Kidnapping Case
I
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 UP)
— Lumber camp operator Cecil
Wetzel yesterday captured Jacob
Muhlenbroich, aged 40, German
alien barber and Marc de Tristan
Junior, aged 3. who was safe and
unharmed. The FBI announced
today that Muhlenbroich, who
confessed to the kidnapping, is a
i barber who entered the United
States through Vancouver, B. C.
in 1935.
He is being confronted today
by William Mattson, brother of
Charles Mattson who was kid
napped and slain in 1936. Matt
son will presumably attempt to
identify Muhlenbroich as the kid
napper of his brother. William,
his sister Muriel and a girl
I friend are the only three per
sons who ever saw the ..iattson
kidnapper.
William Mattson left the Uni
versity of Washington today and
Hew here accompanied by a
FBI agent.
The do Tristan family said the
abducted child showed no ill ef
fects from his two day kidnap
| P‘ng.
j Muhlenbroich was heavily arm
ed when captured and had wreck,
ed one auto and stopped anoth
er and. had become kxst neap
' Placerville.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24 l/P)
— The FBI indicated that they
believed that Muhlenbroich was
not involved in the Mattson kid
napping. Assistant Director Earl
Connelly said he thought the
man was in a California hospital
at that time but that che in
vestigation is still proceeding.
against Nazi Germany. The com
munique described the move
ment as reaching the proportions
of a world-wide crusade by free
dom-loving Frenchmen.
The communique said the De
Gaulle government will be able
to give incres-ing'.y effective aid
to the British.
New Bantam
weight Champ
NEW YORK. Sept. 24 OP) —
Lou Salica of New York gained
the undisputed bantam weight
championship of the world by
outpointing George Pace, Cleve
land negro, in a 15-round split
decision bout. The title had been
disputed since Sixto Escobar ab
dicated a year ago. Salica weigh
er 117'2 and Pace 118.
CIVIL STRIFE IN
MEXICO MAY BE NEXT
MEXICO CITY. Sept. — De
feated presidential candidate
Juan Almazan was reported
somewhere in northern Mexico,
presumably organizing his forces
for a blow' at the administration
of President Cardenas.
The outlawed general disap
peared recently from Baltimore,
Md., where he had been visiting
a brother. Spokesman for his
group said he had crossed the
Rio Grande into some northern
Mexican state.
Almazan threatened even be
fore the July election that he
might seize the presidency
should he be deprived of the of
fice by fraud. His followers or
ganized an unofficial congress, to
back up Almazan’s, challenge.
NOTICE
You can save -2.00 by paying si?
months in advance for your sub
jcription to The Nome Nugget.
I
Awarded Contract
SEATTLE. Sopt. 2^ (TP) _ The
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredg
ing Company was awarded a
new contract for additional gaso
line storage magazines at Kodiak
Island at a cost of $330,000; and
the extension of the hangar and
magazine at the Sitka base at a
cost of $491,000.
Absentee \otes
Are Counted
Unofficial returns for Unalak
leet have been received by the
Clerk’s office here and are as.
follows:
Cole 10, Dimond 45.
McCain 21. Roden 14.
Boyle 32, Humpheries 10.
Hesse 16. Miller 19.
Cochran 18. Egbert 17.
Anderson 3. Bad 13, Cross 12,
Lyng 10, Ost 46, Smith 17, Stan
groom 38. Taggart 16, Whaley 40.
For Liquor control 40, Against
15.
The absentee votes, 47 of
which were counted Tuesday are
as follows:
Cole 15, Dimond 32.
MhCain 10, Roden 36
Boyle 31, Humpheries 13
Hesse 35, Miller 10.
Cochran 26, Egbert 18.
Anderson 3, Ball 7, Cross 24,
Lyng 29, Ost 7, Smith 27, Stan
groom 26, Taggart 14, Whaley
29.
For liquor control 24, Against
21.
The official totals todate. not
including Unalakleet are:
Cole 323. Dimond 772.
McCain 398, Roden 643.
Boyle 703, Humpheries 336.
Hesse 642, Miller 399.
Cochran 675. Egbert 165, Gil
lette 220.
Anderson 245. Ball 404, Cross
479. Lyng 586, Ost 320, Smith 585
Stangroom 561, Taggart 421,
Whaley 577.
For liquor control 530, against
563.