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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 99. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1940 ^ ce per copsr
5100 Nazi Planes Assault Britain
British Fighters Score Heavily-Bomb Italian Cities
Suspicion Surrounds Mysterious Death Mrs. Mozee
German Air Force Attacking
In Waves Break Thru British
Believe Invasion At Hand
UNDATED, Aug. 13 i(JP) — At
tacking in waves, 5100 of Ger
many’s ace fighting and bombing
pilots stepped up the tempo of j
the three-days old aerial blitz
kreig against Britain in a tem
estuous assault all along the 200
mi e front of the English Chan
nel; while British RAF Spitfires
and Hurricane fighters roared
up to meet the Nazi sky raid
ers. The censored London press
warned that Germany might at
tempt an actual land invasion.
From two other points, one bellig
erent and one neutral, came
strong intimations that the long
awaited zero hour is near.
In Berlin, Louis Lochner, chief
- of the Associated Press Bureau ^
there messaged that “all signs
pointed toward .an early zero
hour for the Nazi offensive ag
ainst England which wiil climax
in rn attempt to land German
troops on the British Isles.
In Bern, foreign military at
taches agreed that the attempt
ed invasion of England may come
within 72 hours. Bern dispatches
also said that reports were cur
rent there that forty-mile Nazi
Big Berthas at Calais and Dun
kerque had already begun laying
down a cross-channel barrage be
hind Dover.
Simultaneously, an English cen
sor, after holding back a dispatch
of an AP correspondent from a
southeast coast town, for 24
hours, finally passed the cabled
report that shells were falling on
coastal towns there. If is true,
the Germans are apparently blast
ing the British beach and shore
line defenses to prepare for troop
landings.
Untold hundreds of German
planes apparently surpassing the
500 hjarled in yesterday’s great
bat.l ;s bombed and strafed coast
ai towns with a rising toll of
British soldier and civilian casual
ties. First reports listed 10 known
dead.
Berlin reported that the air
forces broke through the defens
es of British pursuit planes and
anti-aircraft fire and bombed the
Portsmouth base of the British
home fleet, destroying planes,
runways and hangars at the air
port there.
110 German
Planes Downed
UNDATED, Aug. 14 (sP) — The
Italians announced that British
bombs dropped o( .Mi.an, Turin,
and other Italian cities- k.il'ed 22
and wounded more than 50 per
sons.
The British declared the Cap
roni factory at Milan and the
F at plant at Turin was badly
damaged.
A Berlin dispatch said that “an
inquiry of competent quarters e!
icited no denial” of the reports
nt Gsrmnviv is Icn^ o
B:g Berthas to shell the English
coast and replacements across the
channel.
The British air ministry re
ported that 140 German planes
were “definitely destroyed” and
140 others probab y destroyed in
the past two days of intensive
raiding on the edge of the im
mediately expected land inva
sion. Britons experienced mild
al rrn over the reports that 11
German parachutists landed in
Midlands during the night but
that seven of them were captur
i. Aviation experts discounted
.re report saying the parachutes
found were not of the type used
by the Nazi chutist troops in Hol
land. Belgium and France.
Woman Found In Lake Erie
Identified as Mrs. B. B. Mozee
Believed Robbed and Murdered
CLEVELAND. Aug. 13 (/P) —
The Steamship Seeandbee return
ed from a Great Lakes cruise and
reported missing a passengers,
Mrs. Benjamin Mozee of Nome.
Her absence coudn’t be explain
ed. The vessel'is owners, the
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co.
said the cabin was in order and
clothing and personal effects all
in place. There was no indication
whether she had fallen over
board or disembarked at a point
of call.
The Seeandbee left Cleveland
on July 29. Officials of the line
said Mrs. Mozee possessed a tick
et to Buffalo. Her absence since
then had not been noticed they
said because the boat’s maids
found nothing irregular but
wher the clothing and personal
be ongi '.gs were not removed at
the end of the cruise, a ship offic
er was summoned.
BROTHER, FRANK ELLIOTT
MAKES IDENTIFICATION
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14 (Ah —
The clothing and jewelry on a
’.roman's bruised body, recovered
in Lake Eirie on July 31st was
identified as belonging to Mrs.
Benjamin Mozee, aged 53 of
Nome, who had been missing
from the steamship Seeandbee.
A brother made the identification
and reported that she carried a
large amount of cash and three
diamond rings.
Her absar.ee was not discover
ed sooner because her stateroom
had not been entered.
Her husband is visiting in Seat
tie and was formerly a superin
tendent of Alaskan schools. She
is the daughter of the late Henry
Elliot, a prominent and leading
advocate for the purchase and
c Ionization of Alaska.
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fftiit rilKI THIS S II N—The nation's youngest "quads,” the Badgetts in Galveston, turned
Earner Xl”NposiIg in their f,rsTTswimatsuits! Ware Joyce. Jeanette. Jeraidine. Joan Badgett.
MOZEE NOTIFIED SEATTLE
WILL GO EAST TODAY
SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (/P) — U. S.
Marshal Benjamin Mozee of
Nome was informed of the identi
fication of his wife’s body in
CLveland. He later declared him
.- if convince 1 that the dead wo
man was his wife.
He said "I am equally certain
-■ivi! e w.-s robbed and murder
ad. There is no question of sui
cid.:. She was not of that tem
perment,”
Mozee returned here tonight
after taking federal prisoners to
Portland which he had flown
. outh with from Nome, Sunday.
H • said he planned to go East
oday as soon as his business af-1
(fairs were arranged. His wife ar
rived Seattle a month ago. She:
is survived by her husband, a
son, Elliott, at Nome; Miss Eloise
Mozee, clerk in a woman's club
here: Miss Jeanne Mozee of the [
Miners and Merchants Bank of
Nome; Miss Yvonne Mozee, also
at Nome; a brother in Cleveland,
and two brothers and two sis
ters in Seattle.
POLICE ASK All) FEDERAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14 i./P) —
FBI agents studied the myster
ious death of Mrs. Mozee, whose
body was found in Lake Erie two
weeks ago but was identified
only last night, after a Great j
Lakes steamer reported her miss|
ing from her stateroom; and[
Frank Elliot, her brother in
Cleveland identified the clothing,
and jewelry on the bruised body
| found at Geneva, on the lake 50
miles east of here.
Authorities started an investi
i gation to determine whether Mrs.
Mozee was. robbed and slain, af
ter Frank Elliott reported she
carried a large amount of cash
and wore three valuable diamond
rings as she embarked on the
Seeandbee on July 29th for a
Cleveland to Buffalo cruise. De
tective Gordon Shibley said these
were not found in her stateroom.
Coroner Charles Webster, of
Ashtabula county, where the
body is buried, said a wedding
ring and ivory bracelets were
the only jewelry found on the
victim. These articles. Frank El
liott identified along with the
shoes she bought at Seattle with
other clothing.
Police asked aid from FBI of
ficers who said they would study
the case to determine whether
j there was cause for their enter
ing into the investigation. No de
j cision was reached on the autop
1 sy.
Frank Elliot said Mrs. Mozee
was enroute to Brookfield, after
a Connecticut visit to relatives.
Coroner Webster said the body
bore severe bruises, apparently
not received while the victim
was in the water and that the
palms of both the hands were
covered with grease.
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Women of New York who want to learn to fly for Uncle Sam so
men can be released for front line duty in an emergency met in
New York with. Vice Commander Millar Bennett (right) of the
American I.crion Xtl Post, to form an organization, "Women Flyers
of America.” In uniform, left to right, are Jan Novak, Mary Steele
and Mrs. Diane Wyman, all of New York.
British Bomb
Milan and Turin
UNDATED. ' 4 ' P)— Ger
mans re. . w ; As on Brit
lain, raiding M A and the
( Soutii Cm st. In latter place
a huge battle oce.. : i involving
at least 15' plat
During the t g 30 British
bombers cr ■ e l France and
Swbzerl ; • d ra led Turin
and Milan, dr oping tons of
bombs and le fl< - asking the It
alians why t. y are fighting for
Hitler and warn ” that “War
with its terror is now at your
doors.’’
The British said the raiders
caused heavy damage to Italian
factories. The British also raid
ed Germany.
The Germans said anti-aircraft
guns turned the planes back at;
Potsdam, 20 miles west of Berlin
but distant firing W33 heard in
the suburbs of the capital.
2 MONITOR RADIO STATIONS
FOR ALASKA ARE PLANNED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 (/P)
_ Tiie Communications Commis
sion plan to er cl powerful mon
itoring stations in Alaska and Ha
waii for tracing foreign agents
and illegal radioing. Western in
spector Ford Greaves said that
three receiving stations were
planned in Alaska and one in Ha
■'waii to augment the present com
i mission equipment at Juneau.
i Possible sites include Nome and
■ Anchorage.- Greaves starts home
ward Saturday.
H ii n t i n "
Season For
W a t c r f o w I
JUNEAU, Aug. 12 — The Al
aska waterfowl season is set as
follows:
“Waterfowl, coot and sni > sea
son in fur districts one and dire®
in A'aska. October 1 to Novem
ber 29 and in the rest of the
Terr;‘ory from September 1 to
Oct ber 90th.
“The Goose limit is three a day
1 six in possession. Gam birds
can be held for 20 days foil awing
the close of season instead f on
lv ten days. Hunting wat 'owl
and coot will be permitted, from
simri-’e to 4 p.m. and Snip from
sunrise to sunset.’’
NEW STATUS FOR
WOMEN. FRENCH!.AND
VICHY, Aug. 9 — Mershal Pe~
tcin's government has announc
ed a fundamental change in the
s:atus of French women in the
state.
The announcement i- made
through the Minuter o: Family
and Youth in the ne spaper
Ptaris Soir.
It was pointed out that the
French women now had the re
sponsibility of raisin, strong
men for the State. The announce
ment fol'ovved in line with simil
ar declarations made by Adolf
Hitler in connection with Nazi
Germany.
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