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~ THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 120. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, OCT. 2, 1940. Price per *** l3*
Invasion of Britain Getting Remote
Spain Seen As Base Operations Attack Gibraltar
Detroit Tigers Win 1st Game World Series 7 to 2
Italians Indicate Spain Is to Be
Used As Base For Assault On
Gibraltar By Axis Powers" Troops
UNDATED, Oct. 1 </P) — Au
thoritative Fascist . quarters in
Rome predicting that England
will probably “shout victory”
and say “Spain resisted the axis
pressure" acknowledged that the
immediate Spanish entry into the
war :s not at issue. Conferences
started between Mussolini and
Spanish minister Suner. These
quarters asserted that no such
pressure was brought to bear on
Spain despite the apparently syn
chr nized barrage of dispatches
from Rome and Berlin recently,
stating that Spain was expected
to join the axis as a full-fledged
partner.
Well-informed sources in Ber
lin said meanwhile that German
diplomacy was lending a “help
ing hand" to bring together the
new axis partner Japan and her
old foe, Russia, in a non-aggres- \
sion pact.
While the Fascists cast doubt
on the possibility of a formal
R.omed3erlin-Madrid alliance for
the present, 'the Italian press
seemed to take it for granted
that Spain could be used any
way as an axis base for attack
on Gibraltar. By this means the
N. zi-Fascist strategists apparent1
ly hoped to relieve Spain of a
forthright declaration of war ag
ainst England with the Lnevi
■ ’ble consequence of a British
blockade , being clamped on
Spain, yet they will utilize Spain
for the assault on Britain’s Gib
raltar which guards the gate to I
the Mediterranean.
. Italian circles, in Rome- gave
indication that Franco intended.
to keep Spain out of the conflict ^
“until the right moment.”
COMMISSION ON
DEFENSE RETURNS
VICTORIA, B, C. Sept. —Mem
bars of the U. S.-Canadian De
fense Bo: .1 .arrived here after
an serial survey of defenses in
British Columbia and A aska,
and planned to resume a study
of oevtline defen e by boat.
“We eertamly learned a great
dial from cur aerial survey of
defense points on the Pacific
Cass', and feel we are at last
getting somewhere.” Brig. Stuart
s'or Canadian member of the
board said.
SUB SIGHTED OFF BERMUDA
NEW YORK. Sept. — MacKay
Radio returned this afternoon
fit a ship,' signing with the
New Zealand call letters ZLOG,
radioed she had sfghted a sub-,
marine. The ship gave her posi
tion as Latitude 48:44 north, longi
tude 63:46 west, which would be
about midway between Bermuda 1
rod the West Indies.
FIVE NEW MEMBERS WITHIN A YEAR
f ,■ imnntiri—m -«■ •
The family of Robert Lee Perry oi Kansas City, who works for the WPA, is growing fast. Mrs. Perry
is holding the newest arrivals, twin boys, Donald Lee and Ronald Dee, born July 22. Less than a 1
year before that, on August 17, 1939, the triplet girls shown seated on the floor arrived. They are
* Jeanette, Joyce and Janice. Kneeling at left is four-year-old Barbara Lee, and between Mrs. and Mr.
Perry is three-year-old James.
W ar Passes 13th Month And Danger
Of Invasion To Britain Is Remote
Germans Feel Fury of RAF Raids
j
UNDATED, Oct. 2 \JP) — Four
swift-striking waves of German
warplanes attempted to bomb
London but British Spitfires
chased one formation down the
Thames and the air ministry re
ported all attackers were inter
cepted or scattered.
With clear flying weather. Ber
in said the aerial assault was
greatly intensified during the
day. The air ministry listed 8
Nazi planes downed from mid
night till noon without the loss
of a single defense fighter.
•As the war passed the 13th
month the danger of a Nazi in
vasion of England is apparently
becoming more and more remote.
London military circles said
“There is no reason to doubt”
that Hitler's command has tak
en over the direction of the It
alian operations in North Africa,
aimed at breaking Britain’s hold
on the Mediterranean. These cir
cles also said, in all probability
Cellar Already Has Bomb-Proof
ST. HELENA. Cal.—Joe Simon
eich, 68-year-ola inventor, has
built a bombproof cellar that
travels. Simencich claims to
have perfected a bullet-resist
ant sheeting which makes it pos
sible for his shelter to be built
above ground. The next logical
development was to put wheels
on it for convenience.
German troops will be moved in
to Italy and used as reinforce
ments for the Dalian north Af
rican army. Egypt appeared to
be the next major land battle
fn id. They said Nazi and Fas
cist legions were joining in an
attempt to crush British resist
ance and by spring they will be
tuv: mg to the final asault for
the invasion of Britain itself.
The weather today was poor
and high seas were reported run
ning in the Straits of Dover
which was lashed by a cold north
west wind.
Biitish and German bombers
spread wide destruction in night
patrols and it is becoming more
and more evident that Germany
which suffered little material ha
voc in the World War is begin
ning to feel the lash. Thus the
London air ministry reported
huge scale raids by RAF bomb
ers in pressing the new autumn
counter offensive.
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Reserve Unit
Bcinsr Formed
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Sitka has been designated by
the Navy as a recruiting point [
for the organization of a Naval |
Reserve unit and Commander
Jackson R. Tate, Commanding!
Officer of the Naval Air Station,
appointed recruiting officer.
Authorization to organize a Na j
val Reserve at Sitka was receiv- j
ed by Commander T3te from the,
Commandant of the 13th Naval j
District. Sitka is the first and
only city in Alaska designated
for such a unit. Facilities are to
be made available at the Naval
Air Station.
Seamen Wanted
In announcing the receipt of j
authority to organize a Naval Re
serve unit, Commander Tate said
“It is thought that the organi
zation of the Naval Reserves in
Sitkia is highly desirable, due to
the great number of eligible .peo
ple in this area with seagoing
experience and it is probable
that moat persons desiring to en
roll in the Naval Reserve will,
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due to their nautical training and
experience, be eligibe for petty
officer ratings. As you know, in
time of emergency, the petty of I
ficers are the backbone of the j
service and the type moat diffi
cult to obtain.”
Four-Year Enlistment
Enlistment term in the Naval j
Reserve is four years or through j
out a war or national emergency.
Ages are 17 to 50. In time of
peace enlistment carries wi/th it
no compulsory obligation to per
form drills or training duty,
though both are encouraged. By
law, no member of the Volunteer
Naval Reserve can be ordered to j
active duty without his own con [
sent, except during war or na- (
Detroit Tigers, American League
Champs ^ in 1st Game ^ orld Series
FLASH, Oct. 2 (/P) — Final
score Detroit 7, Cincina'.:: 2.
CINCINATTI. Oct. 2 — De
tr it, the American League ciiam
pions loosed their batting power
behind the tight pitching of Buck
Newsom to defeat the Ciicinatti
Reds 7 to 2 in the first game of
the World Series before 31.793
fans.
TheTigers put the game on ice
in the second inning with a 5-hit
5-run blast which sent PjuI Der
ringer. the Redleg ace pitcher to
the showers, and then added two
more in the fifth inning when
Bruce Campbell banged a hom
er into the right field bleachers
to score behind Rudy York who
had tripled. While Detroit bunch
ei its ten hits to the boat ad
vantage, Newsom kept the eight
C icinnati bingles well scattered
exc nt in the fiurth when Good
man doubled and came home on
Ridd'c’s single: and in the eighth
when Werber doubled and scor
ed on Goodman's one-bagger.
Detroit, after going out in or
der in the first inning, turned on
its vaunted batting power in the
second. Greenberg opened with a
single to the left; York followed
with a single to center; Campbell
on an attempted sacrifice, when
Werber’s throw pulled McCor
mick off first, filled the bases.
Higgins singled to center to
score Greenberg and York.
Sullivan walked and packed
the sacks again. Newsom rolled
to McCormick near first, forcing
Campbell at the plate, leaving
the bases filled. Bartell’s single
to center brought in H'ggins and
Sullivan. M-cCosky’s one baser
to the left, plated Newsom and
sent Derringer to the showers.
Whiiey Moore came in to halt
the attack, getting Gehri.nger on
a pop to third and Gi ’enberg on
a roller to the samW spfft. That
was all the Tigers needed as the
Reds picked up only two runs
the rest of the way, Newsom
tightening up on the pinches.
Batteries Detroit: Newsom and
Sullivan. Cincinnati: Derringer,
Moore. Riddle and Wilson Raker.
SS Mt. McKinley of the Alaska Line now in port
The two Alaska Line boats,
the Odur.a and the Mt. McKin
ley dropped anchor in the Nome
roadstead this morning after rid
ing out the past storm in the
lee of Sledge Island. The pas
sengers from the McKinley will
be broiught ashore in the morn
ing when the ocean has calmed a
little more. Following is the list
of passengers for Nome, from
Seattle.
Mrs. T. C. Lehmann and
Nancy
Mrs. Lora Stockton
Ruth Ulricksen.
Alice Sims
W. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Inman
Miss Jessie Wilson
tional emergency.
Men enlisted in the Naval Re
serve are already in the armed
forces of the United States and
are not subject to conscription
into the regular Army or Navy.
Sitka is one of five recruiting
points in the 13th Naval District,
along wiith Seattle, Tacoma and
Aberdeen, Wash., and Portland,
Ore.
TWO DIE IN ARMY
PLANT EXPLOSION
DOVER. N. J„ Sept. —Two per
sons were killed and 11 s ightly
injured in an explosion at the
U. S. Army’s Picataninny arsen
al, the second fatal munitions
blast in the Dover area within a
fortnight.
Colonel Boyers, public rela
tions officer at the arsenal, said
the explosion occurred as the
employees were taking apart fus
es from Word War shells, “a
dangerous job at the best.’’
PUBLIC HEALTH GUARDS
WASHINGTON, Sept. —Presi
dent Roosevelt has named a com.
mittee to cooperate with the De
fense Commission in all phases
of Public Health' as an addition
al means of strengthening the na
tion in any emergency.
Under the authority of the
1916 act, the President named
five men, headed by Dr. Irvin
Bell, of Louisville, Kentucky,
Chairman of the Board of Re
gents of the American College
of Surgeons.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the Nome Nugget office