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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 126. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday. OCT. 16, 1940 Price per copy 15#
1000 Tons Bombs Dropped London
Registration For Selective Service Started Today
President Signs Alaska AH Classes of Mail Measure
German Airmen Say London Havoc
Recalls The Wreckage Of Warsaw
Thousand Tons of Bombs Dropped
UNDATED, Oct. 16 </P)— Nazi
quarters in Berlin threatened to
triple the force to a “typhoon
stage" the aerial seige of Britain
after an armada of a thousand
German bombers reportedly
dropped a thousand tons of
bombs on London during the
night and left London the scene
of “ir.de cribable chaos." Even
that terrific assault is only a “ze
phyr" compared to the storm
ahead the Germans said.
London dispatches said diving
Nazi warplanes machine gunned
streets and dropped the biggest
exp osives yet rained on London.
Gei'man airmen returning
from the dusk to dawn assault
told of “deafening detonations,
skies reddened by great fires.”
The Nazi fliers said they observ
great fires raging throughout an
area 48 to 60 miles wide and de
scr bed London as “a great sea
of flames.”
The London -ministry of inform
ation admitted the night raids;
were of “a heavy nature” but j
said the damage “was not as
great as that done in the raids |
early in September,” the raids j
which took a daily toll of 3 to 400 1
Many were feared killed and j
wounded in the smashing of a j
two-story London school house ;
used as an air raid shelter. The
building was hit squarely by two
huge bombs and levelled.
Fire and oil -bombs, known as
“Goering cocktails” started count;
less fires throughout the metro- (
polit-an area. The Germans said j
the havoc recalled the wreckage i
of Warsaw,- Rotterdam and Dun
kerque.
Sharp Split Between Russia And j
Germany Is Indicated Account Nazi
Troop Penetration Of Rumania
UNDATED, Oct. 15 (/P) — A
sharp split between Berlin and
Moscow, “a mutual information
contact indicated as Russia sped
the massing of Red army troops
on tne frontier of Rumania, now
overrun by German soldiers. The
Soviet government, through its
official news agency disclosed it
had not received what it regard
ed as satisfactory advance notice
of Germany’s plan to send troops
into the rich Balkan oil king
dom.
In southeast Europe the news
age: cy Tass officially denied the
report published by a newspaper
in German-controlled- Denmark
that the “Soviet government was
timeiy informed that German
troops would be sent to Ruman
ia and the Kremlin was inform
ed of their aims and the num
ber of troops to be sent to Ru
mania.”
Tiis is the first open intimation
of a possible schism between Ger
many and Russia although for
eign observers have long said ul
timately that their professed
friendship would dissolve and
they would fight a “real battle
in Europe.”
The Soviet government's state
1 rnent was in direct contrast to
i the German assertion. An inform
ed Berlin spokesman declared
that on October 10 the powers
| were friendly and that the Rome I
Berlin axis had notifi d Russia
that German troops had arrived
in Rumania and that others were j
to follow. Russia’s belate.d dis- J
closure was a 1 the more surpris
ing in view of the Kremlin’s ex- j
treme reticence in matters con-1
cerning Soviet-German relations.!
Without confirmation else-'.
where, the Reuters news agency |
said dispatches from Bucharest I
said Soviet troops had already 1
advanced to the Danube Delta, ini
Rumania. If true, Russia appears
to be challenging Germany’s self
elected guardianship of Ruman
ia. The reports suggest that Rus- i
sia is answering the German oc
cupation of Rumania by moves c
to gain control of the entire Da,n I
ube Delta.” Reuters said other i
unconfirmed reports from Italian i
controlled Albania said the van- <
guard of between 20 and 30,000 <
German troops arrived at Dur- t
azzo, Albania, port on the Adriat
ic Sea. I
I
2800 Americans
To Be Evacuated
—
UNDATED, Oct. 14 <1T) — In
the smouldering dynamite-laden
far east crisis, shipping officials
at Shanghai reported 300 new
applications of Americans seek
ing transportation home boosting
the total to 2800 since the State
department advised all U. S. cit
izens to leave the Orient. Three
American ships are being sent to
speed to exodus.
Kennedy to Come
To The States
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15 (/Pi
State Secretary Hull said Ambas
sador Kennedy will probably re
turn from London for a week or
10 days visit and consultation.
As far as he knew, Ijull added,
Kennedy will go back to Lon
don afterward. There have been
persistent reports that Kennedy
I will resign after his return.
16 Million 4 Hundred Thousand
Men Between 21 and 35 Started
Re gistration For Service Today
UNDATED, Oct. 16 (/P) — For
the second time in tire life of
most America".?, the young man
hood of the nation registered for
military service “in a day of
deep purposeful meaning in the
lives of ail of us,” the President
said in a brief early morning ad
dress which he prepared for del
ivery as the registration places
across the country were opening
for a 14-hour day.
The mil ion ' of men who an
swered the call 23 years ago last
June 5, saw their sons step in
line for registration in election
precincts and schools. Even some
veterans of the AEF, those who
lied about their ages and then
enlisted at 12 or 13 retraced their
steps after nearly a quarter of a
century to enroll again.
From the pool of sixteen mil
lion four hundred thousand reg
isle-ring for selec.ive service, of
ficials expected to draw five mil
n men ready and able to under
go military training for the next
four and a halt years. This is
r: ariy 750. 00 more than ^as
mobilized to fight the war in
1917 and 18 when some 12 mil
o : on. 21 through 30 register
ed : the fir:t draft in 1917.
i through 35 are register
; ing today.
'1 ire Presid :it made another
I distinction too, between this call
I and that of 1917 when he stated
| :n his message “We prepare to
keep peace in this new world. It
is a prog im of obviously defen
; sive preparation and defensive
preparation only.”
His message to Willkie was
this: “You are registering one
more chance for freedom, your
chance for freedom."
I ""He pledged his effort to ”re
! lease” the power of American
| industry 'to arm the young men
who may be called for duty.
ruckers Dis
arm Deputy,
^•ross Tanana
FAIRBANKS. Oct. 15 — Three
Richardson Highway truckers
with six others standing by yes
terday seized Deputy U. S. Mar
shal Dennis Doyle at the Big Del
ta crossing of Tanana River,
bore him to the ground ,^orce
fully wrested a shot gun from
him and threw it away. They
placed the Deputy in a nearby
house under guard, while the en
tire group of truckers took pos
session of the ferry and moved
the trucks across the Tanana Riv
er without paying the freight toll
but paid the customary dollar
toll per rig.
The truckers arriving here
ftankly admit the action which1
was confirmed by other witness-1
es. Doyle was later released.
District Attorney Ralph Rivers
says he may lay the matter be
fore the Grand Jury convening
next week. A jury in the Com
misioner’s Court found the truck
ers not guilty on two previous
occasions that they commandeer
ed the ferry'.
The CIO won the election over
the A F .of L and Brotherhood
of Alaska Miners and concluded
here today by a majority of 108
votes for determining the U. S. I
Smelting. Refining and Mining
Company’s bargaining agency in
the Fairbanks placer mining op- i
eration. Out of the 812 eligible to
vote 512 voted.
TREASURY MAY CALL
OUT GUARDSMEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. — Presi-j
dent Roosevelt signed an act au
thorizing the Treasury secretary
to order retired commissioned
and warrant officers of the Coast
Guard to active duty during time
of national emergency.
Dimond Asks
Tin Dev elopment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (/P) —
Delegate D:mond asked the in- j
vcstigstion of the tin resources
of Alaska in a bill to authorize
the government to spend two
million dollars to explore the i
Territory with a view to develop
ment of a domestic tin supply.
President Signs The Measure
Authorizing All Classes Mail In
Alaska To Be Carried By Air
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 i/P) —
President Roosevelt signed the
leg s.atixt authorizing the post
otHce to carry all class s of mail
by plane . 1 Alaska. Delegate Di
mond explained that the mail is
already carried by air in the
Territory. The measure removed
any question of the legality of
the system.
I ast Boat For
Bering Sea
Sailed Today
SEATTLE, Oct. 16 (/P> — The
SS Bara of of the Alaska Line is j
sailing a: 6 p.m. tonight with 58
first class passengers and 3 steer
age aboard. The names of the
Nome passengers are:
Mrs Harry Hagen
Mrs M Remer
GI ria Sherwood
Jas A Brewer
Murv Francie McCain
Jas Potts
Wendell Shy
Clarence L Richter
Ed Grant
Lawrence Ruszczyk
Stanley Johnson
Edgar F Russell and wife
Mrs. Dunn a; d boy, four
Mrs. Eda Eva s
Bettie K Sp irs
FUNERAL NOTICE
The funeral of Ira M. Rank
wil be at the Federated Church.
Thursday, October 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Kenneth Rank
Head of Draft
Is Appointed
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15 {&)
The Senate confirmed unanimous
ly the appointment of Dr. Clar
ence Dukstra, President of the
University of Wisconsin, as Dir
ector of the Selective Service.
The Chamber immediately noti
fied the President of the acion
and to hasten the t;me when Duk
stra may become the active head
of the draft organization. He will
receive $10,000 a year.
COMMUNISTS ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. — At
torney General Warren ruled
that members of the Communist
Party and the German-American.
Bund are not eligible for the re
lief rolls in California.
The official held that the Com
munists Party and the Bund are
organizations advocating over
throw of the United States Gov
ernment by force, and that mem.
bers are not entitled to public
aid.
The Boeing airplane company of Seattle has ann ounced that its Stearman Aircraft Division at
Wichita, Kansas now turning out one of these national defense training planes every three hours
for the Army and Navy, would within fonr months tdrn out one in 90 minutes. The plant has received
orders for 1,500 biplane trainers from the I’nited States government in less than a year. Several
fuselages are shown here on the body line in the foreground planes in the the final assembly line
| can be seen in the rear (right). „ t