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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 29. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1941. _^ c°”1S*
Nazi Party Leader Crashes Scotland
RAF And Luftwaffe Carry Out Extensive Raids
Machinist Walk Out Ties Up Bay Area Shipyards
LONDON HOUSES PARLIAMENT
DAMAGED BY NAZI BOMBS
NAZIS FEEL STING OF RAF
UNDATED. May 12 UP) — Lon
don’s millions trudged to work
through millions of a~res of fire
blackened ruins of the heart of
th- emp're. The capital was scar
red anew by Luftwaffe violence
overthe weekend but knew that
Germany was f. .-ling the sting of
a big scale aeri.il counter oil <n
sive.
An armada of a hundred RAF
V
Hamburg and Bremen last night,
leaving many large fir t .
in both cities caused by rain of
Britain’s new super b b .
communique said oth <r RAF
t squadrons attacked En den and
raided three points in Nazi-held
Holland, Rotterdam, and ijmai
den the seaplane base at the is
land of Texel.
In an evident aft mpi to crip
ple the RAF’s intensified striking
power, German planes concentrat
ed their weight in their over
n.ght assaults on the night flying
bases in •Southern, c mtial and
southeastern England. Nazi quor
ters in Berlin said many niu i
motored planes were btlived darn
Mf aged oi destroyed by attack.- on
FwYF airdrom s.
The German spokesman declar
edthat 20 military airports were
attacked “by several hundred
Nazi bomber pilots, especially
seeking out flying fields fi <m
which RAF’ long distance bomb
ers set out to attack the Reich.
London itself had the lighten
night raid in three weeks but
thousands of residents huddled in
shelters fearful of another such
^ storm such as hit the capital Ss
urday night. Rescue workers still
dug in the wreckage for victims
of that all-out attack which in
flicted a toll of uncoimV' -1
and wounded. A single bomb
smashed thru a hotel and explod
ed in the basement where 140 per
sons had taken r luge.
Westminister Abbey and the
homes of Parliament, i •!uding
B « Eon, were among th.- vene
r d yn.bols of the Brltl b r "
p'r v.hirh were so: ; r od anew
.eg the six-hour sh cr if ex
iv and fire bombs. The
me h;g -chamber of the How e of
was damaged so badly
; :at i. c t be used until it is
.■buid. The Luf.waffe used b -
two n three ard f ur hundred
p an •• in the raid. They lost 33
bo her which brought the to
ll: 1 ; 131 bombers reported d wn
ed in England sine May fust.
Approve Legisla
tion Take Over
Foreign Shipping
WASHINGTON, May 12 (/P) —
Legislation authorizing the gov
ernment to take over foreign
ships lying id'e at American shor
es, was approved by the Senate
Comn tre Cammitte.. by eleven
to four. The c mmiltee wrote an
an dr. ■ ■. to he House-approv
ei 1 .. 1 inn to forbid the gov
eir 1. >m taking r ver any
vc-s Is actually owned by a for
eign count: v.
t
y said that non:
of the foreign ships now lying
idle in Amor.ran harbors were ac
t-ually own 1 by a foreign govern
man:. lie oa.J «h y all were they
proper y cf nationals of foreign
eoun S.
‘rlANNHEIM AND LUBWIGS
ILAVEN CHEMICAL CENTERS
ADMITTED BOMBED BY RAF
—
UNDATED, May 10 UP) — Brit
ish and German airmen battled
fiercely in dogfights hi.gh ov r
Dover’; white cliffs on the first
anniversary of Germany’s inva
icn of he lowlands.
RAF bombers struck hard at
Mannheim and Ludwigshafen,
chemical manufacturing canters
in southwestern Germany and
id ip 3d bombs cn th cen.er of
B rlin.
The British cla med 124 N izi
'omber.s were downed thus far in
May.
The Germans conceded that
Mannheim factories were ablaze,
apartment hous s demolished and
t number of civilians killed.
Dutch airmen, flying American
built bombers carried out the
first raid on German-occupied
Norway, striking at airports
there.
New admiralty statistics said
that Britain, her Allies, and neu
trals lost 1,093 ships, 4,734,407
tons in the year sine the inva
sion of the low countries. 481,124
■’ j were lost last month. From
he start of the war, losses were
six million tons.
In Hungary, rail traffic was
again sharply curtailed, arousing
speculations as to a new German
southwestern thrust.
The Italian high command said
that G rman bombers, south of)
Malta, sunk a British submarine
and damaged a torpedo beat.
f APPROACH TO THE NICHT —Night fighter pilots with Britain’s R.A.F. wear dark
goggles inside air base rest huts so that their eyes will adjust more readily to night flying.
DEFENSE INFORMAT 10 N—These five are concerned with defense news Left to right,
seated: Commander Harry R. Thurber, in charge of navy press relations: Lowell Mellett, director of
office of govt, reports: Maj. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, chief of army public relations. Standing:
Michael McDermott, state dept, press relations head; Robert Horton. O P M director of information.
Hess, Nazi Party
Head Crashes
In Scotland
BERLIN, May 12 <JP) — Rudolf
Hess, Hitler’s deputy, crashed in
a plane, the Nazi Party announc
ed. He was reported missing af
ter a flight in his own plane Sat
1 urday the announcment said.
Hess, Hitler’s r presentative in
party matters, wras in failing
| health and made the flight con
trary to Hitler’s instructions.
Hess’ adjutants were accused of
being aware of these instructions
I and wer: ordered arrested.
Rudolf Hess
Described As
Mentally Sick
———
LONDON, May 12 4/P) — Ru
dolf Hess, number three Nazi
; leader landed by airplane in Scot
I land it was officially anr.oune <1
1 tonight.
The 47-year-old head of the Na
j tional Socialist Party landed by
parachute from a Messersehmitt j
I fighting plane which cradled near
| Glasgow. At first he gave his
| name as Horn but later he said
j it was Hess.
Berlin dispatches previously re
^ ported he was missing since he
j went on an unauthorized flight.
! Berlin described him as mentally
j ill.
Jeanne Mozee And
J. D. Get License
j SEATTLE, May 10 «(/P)— A mar
riage license was issued to James
Davidson, aged 32, of Seattle, and
Jeanne Mozee, aged 22, of Nome.
j A F L AND CIO MACHINISTS
WALK OUT 11 SHIPYARDS
FACE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION
SAN FRANCISCO. May 10 {&),
\—A F of L and CIO machinists!
'struck at 11 Bay area shipyards!
! and drydocks jammed with de-1
; fense orders, despite strong op
position. High labor leaders in
i Washington said the action was
against the national defense pro
gram.
Employers said half a billion
dollars worth of defense con
tracts were tied up by their de
mands for $1.15 per hour and the
retention of double time for ov
ertime. The employ rs offered
$1.12 and time and a half ‘for
overtime. Picketing will be with
held till Monday, over the week
| end holiday.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 12 </P)
—11 shipyards and drydocks and
half a billion dollars worth of
warships and other defense con
tracts were closed by a joint
strike of CIO and AFL machin
ists. B tween fifteen thousand
and twenty thousand workers
are normally employed in plants
where 1703 machinists walked
out in the face of protests of the
government and high unions of
ficials.
The machinists struck for a
! dollar fifteen cents an hour in
plac , of the present dollar wage,
j and continuation of double time
j for overtime, which they had for
I 23 years.
President, Sick
For Five Days,
J
Getting Better
WASHINGTON, May 10 (IP)
President Roosev It, suffering
from five days of stomach dis
orders, improved with the dis
appearance of any abnormal tern
! perature. Rear Admiral Ross Me
In t ire, his physician, ordered him
to remain qukt in his bedroom
over the weekend with no call
ers.
Overstaying
Italians Are
Rounded I p
NEW YORK, May 10 (IP) — A
roundup of Italian aliens which
netted 62 arrests yesterday, was
continued by immigration inspee
tors, border patrolmen and city
polio., who were armed with
. warrant - charring 54 more em
;)h s\ of th w rld’s fair pav
ilion of Italy, as staying too long
; in the country.
Italians List
98,928 Casualties
For April
ROME, May 10 -UP) — Italy list
ed the April casualties of her
armed forces at 98,928 killed,
wounded and missing and ack
nowledged her losses sine? the
war began last June 10th, at
22,251 killed, 50,413 wounded and
141,977 missing.
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