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THENOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 40. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1941. Per Copy is*
Britain Blockades Syria & Lebanon
Report Proposed Peace Credited Nazi Propaganda
CIO Walkout Shuts Down U. S. Smelting, Fairbanks
BRITAIN BLOCKADES SYRIA
AND LEBANON DECLARING
THEM OCCUPIED TERRITORY
UNDATED. June 5 i(/P) — Brit-1
ain clamped a blockade on;
French-ruled Syria and L banon,
declaring them “enemy-occupied |
territory,” and potential spring-'
boards for Hitler’s war machine'
to strike at Palestine, Cyprus |
and Egypt. Powerful squadrons
of the British fleet are r ported
* massing off th; Syrian coast and;
all signs indicated that the zero j
hour for a vast new struggle, is j
now very near.
Blasting cf the main base of
the British Mediterranean fle:,t!
bj; Axis warplanes was reported,
ard Alexandria bombed during
the night, killing more than a
hundred persons.
Tile London radio reported that
French-type plants bombed tihe!
capital city of Amman in British
mandated Trans-Jordan, in re
prisal for the British bombing of
gasoline stores at Beirut. The Le
banon radio said the attack was
supported by French-type planes
seen flying over Rhodes and Sy
ria, mann d by German pilots.
% Turkey watched the crisis with
mounting anxiety. Turkish for
eign minister Saraooglu was re
ported to have informed German
Ambassador Von Papen of Tur
key’s concern over the asserted
debarkation of German troops in
Syria. He told Von Papen that
Turkey was prepared to take ad
ditional security measures along
her southeast frontier facing Sy
ria and Iraq. Responsible sources
at Ankara said the Turkish ra
dio reported that 15,00 J G rman
troops had already slipped into
Syria, many cf them d.sguised as
Jewish refugees, others with
bandages and limping like wound
ed soldiers, heme from the wars.
Under cover of darknoss, the
Germans were also reported land
ing on the Syrian coast from
small fishing vessels. Routers
news agency said a dozen or
more Nazi planes, mostly fight
ers, wer... arriving daily in Sy
ria, and 150 enemy transport
planes had arrived at Kayak air
drome Monday.
Wavell Moves to Counter Threat
With a half million troops, the
Middle East Command, under
General Sir Archibald Wavell,
die Britisn moved swiftly to
counter the latest German threat
to imperil the troops stationed
at Palestine, Iraq and Cyprus.
It was said they were, heavily re- i
inforced in the past few days. j
French Chiefs
Discuss Secty.
Hull’s Warning
i c
UNDATED, June 6 tf/P) —
France’s high military chieftains,
in a cabinet session at Vichy,
were reported discussing Secre
tary Hull’s blunt warning that
French cooperation with Ger
many will b “utterly inimical
to the just rights of other coun
tries.” The question of empire
defense, as a part of Hitler’s new
European order was also said dis
cussed.
Giving point to these delibera
tions, General Dentz, commander
^ of the French forces in Syria and
Lebanon issued an order to hL
troops to “command a clear de
fense of our positions and defend
them wth our own forces. There
is nothing contrary in this order,
Report Italians
Attack Gibraltar
UNDATED, June 6 (IP)—Italian
bombers were reported to have
attacked Britain’s great rock cita
del, Gibraltar, guarding the west
ern entrance to the Mediterran
ean, while the Germans forecast
that aerial blows on Suez Canal
will be linked with Wednesday
night’s heavy assault on the main
Britsh naval base at Alexandria.
These reports indicated that the
Axis campaign to bottle up the
British Mediterranean fleet may
already be in motion.
The London radio said casual
ties at Alexandria were 150 kill
ed and 2C0 wounded.
to the inter sts of France. You
j hear me and you understand me
I will say no more, so now tc
your posts.”
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3 for Nome
SEATTLE, June 6 •/JP) — The
S. S. Sutherland of the Alaska
Steamship Company sailed at 4
p.m Thursday with 12 passen
gers aboard. The Nome passen
gers are:
Robert Martin
L L Danmasch
Barry Keown
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REPORTS WINANT BROUGHT
PEACE PLANS, LABELED BY
FDR. GERMAN PROPAGANDA
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WASHINGTON. June 6 (A>) —
President Roosevelt declared that
Ambassador Winant brought from
England not even a “tenth cousin
of a peace offer,” and added that
German propaganda is respon
sible or the peace talk. Asked at
a press conference whether he
j.iva to say that Winant brought
no j ace terms, he authorized
this direct quotation: “Not .ven a
tenth cousin of a peace offer or
anything like that, or any discus
sion of peace and absolutely no
thing like it provided you use
this not as a denial by th. Presi
dent but as an accusation by the
President," Asked whom he was
accusing. the President said, the
persons being duped by Ger
many.
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Pioneer Auto
Designer, Louis
Chevrolet, Dies
DETROIT, June 6 'UP< — Ix>uis
Chevrolet, aged 62. pioneer motor
car designer of earlier days and
I one of the greatest of all racing
! automob 1 drivers, died at his
home here.. He had been in poor
health for several years. He had
beer, in retirement for nearly a
decade ar.d is surviv d by a wid
ow and a son.
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CIO UNION STRIKES AGAINST
U.S. SMELTING CO.. FAIRBANKS
HOPS SETTLE WITHIN WEEK
FAIRBANKS, June 5 iWP)—‘The
local CIO union strike against the
U. S. Smelting Company in Fair
banks district became effective at
five o’clock this afternoon when
all union members, comprising
65 percent of the company’s 760
production employees walked off
th- ir jobs. Fires were pulled at
the Company’s large Fairbanks
power plant which drives eight
dredges and other large mechan
ized units, and the powerhouse is
now picketed.
In a statement to the local
pp ss this afternoon, the com
pany’s general manger, Roy Ear
ling, announced that the Com
pany will continue operations
and all employees wishing to re
turn to work may do so.
The strikers are represented
her.: by Don L. Wilson, National
Vice President of the Mine, Mill
and Smelter Workers Union from
Denver, and W. A. Rusmussen,
Alaska representative. Jesse A.
Jacobsen, Conciliator for th:’ Na
tional Labor Relations Board,
has been here assisting the neg
otiations which so far have prov
ed futile in attempts for a settle
ment.
The Company agreed to bar
gain with the union but after
several days there were no re
sults. The main issue is a union
shop which the Company refuses
to accept. Conciliator Jacobsen
hopes for a settlement within a
week.
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Power Is Supplied For Main
tenance, Prevent Deterioration
FAIRBANKS. June 6 iJ’i —
i Negotiations between the CIO
strikers and the U S. Smelting
Co. are progressing toady but no
results have been reached so
far. Production op-ration has
beer, suspended, but by mutual
arrangements, power is being sup
plies for maintenance of refriger
ation for warhouses, and mainten
ance of mining properties against
deterioration or damage from
water or otherwise. Many mining
men are coming into town from
various camps.
Survey Grazing
Lands in Alaska
WASHINGTON, June 6 iUP) —
A former Kansan, Leroy Arnold,
was assigned to undertake a sur
vey of reindeer grazing lands in
Alaska. The assignment was re
veal- -d by the Interior Depart
ment, announcing that Secretary
Ickes had appointed him as Dir
ector of Forestry and Indian Af
fairs Office.
Arnold will make an airplane
survey of the reindeer country
and range conditions and later
make recommendations as to reg
ulations on United States ranges
to protect grazing resources.
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DUE TO RANGE FAR —FROM U.S.A—a circle emblem identifying (he plane as a made-for-Britain product appear!
L on this Consolidated long-range B-24 bomber which arrived at New York from San Diego. Huge bomber is believed destined for England.
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DUTCH DELIVER UNFAYOR
' ABLE REPLY TO JAPANESE
DEMANDS JNDIES’ EXPORTS
BATAVIA. June 6 i7P) — The
Dutch delivered a generally un
favorable reply to Japanese de
I mands for a larg. share of the
Indies' export of such war mater
ials as rubber, oil. and tin, but
Kenkiehi Yossizawa, chief of the
Japanese delegation, said he was
not prepared to break off neg
otiations summarily as he had in
timated beforehand that he
would do.
After receiving the ten - page ,
i Dutch memo, a ninety minute
conference said it was "disap
pointing,” and didn't think Tokyo
would find it satisfactory, al
though he said previously that
negotiations wen tottering on a
precipice and there were implica
tions of danger the friendly rela
tions unless the Dutch substan
tially bowed to Japan's wishes.
He said today he would have to
study the Dutch reply more close
ly.
COAST GUARD TURNING OV ER
MORE THAN 3.000 SAILORS
TO MAN NAVY TRANSPORTS
WASHINGTON, June 5 (fl») —
Secr tary of the Treasury Mor
genthau disclosed that the Coast
Guard is turning over more than
3,000 of its sailors to the Navy,
to man new navy transports. Mor
genthau said in a press confer
ence that this transfer was caus
ed by an executive order sign.d
by the President, dirt»cting an un;
specified number of Guardsmen
to “operate as a part of the
Navy.”
Morgenthau estimated that 700
will man the liner America which
the Maritime Commission requi
sitioned from the United States
Lines last week and assigned to
the Navy. The men are being
collected from Coast Guard sta
tions throughout the country.
Strike In N. A.
Aviation’s W ar
plane Plant
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ENGLEWOOD, Calif., Junei 5—
The CIO United Auto Workers;
union declared a strike in the
North American Aviation Corpor
ation’s big warplane plant, at 2:45
a.m. Three hours later, company!
officials instructed workers that j
“no North American employees
with report to work p Tiding fu- j
ture instructions from the Nation
al Defense Mediation Board at
Washington." The statement wa;
issued after a long-distance con
versation between plant officials)
and North American president J.1
H. Kindelberger, in Washington.
The union demands a minimum
wage of 75 cents an hours instead
of the present 50 cents and a
blanket ten cent an hour raise
for all employees. W. L. Good
man, chairman of the CIO UAW
Considering Steps
Reduce Labor
Stoppages
WASHINGTON, June 6 <JP) —
President Roosevelt said he was
considering new steps to reduce
labor stoppages in defense indus
tries, but was not prepared to do
anything now while the Defense
Mediation Board was working on
the West Coast aircraft and lum
ber disputes. Asked whether he
was planning to do anything
about the North American Avia
tion strike and the controversial
International Woodworkers Un
ion, he said he had no statement
today. Asked whether he meant
to emphasize “today,” he told re
porters they heard what he said.
local charged that National De
fense Mediation Board with “atal
ling the workers” negotiations
with the company and union of
ficials.