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VOL. 42. No. 45. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, April 10, 1940 ^ice Per C0Py 1!*
Great Naval Battles Are Raging
Britain Sinks Two of Ten German Troop Ships
Unconfirmed Reports That Bergen Is Recaptured
Germans Lose Two Cruisers
British Two Destroyers, Norway
Two Battleships In Naval Battle
UNDATED, April 10 (/P> — Na
val warfare off the Norwegian
•coast exacted a heavy toll of
ships and men from the British,
German and Norwegian navies.
Acknowledged by the ibelliger
ests as lost were the German
cruisers Bloecher and Karlsruhe;
the British destroyers Hardy and
Hunter. British dispatches also
said Norway’s two biggest war
ships the Norge and Eidsvole
were torpedoed and sunk by Ger
man vessels at Narvik with a loss
of more than 500 men. Beyond
these acknowledged losses the pic
ture of naval warfare, apparently
a series of sharp engagement rag
ing all along the coastline, was
confused by conflicting British
and German claims.
The Germans said they scored
bombing hits on four battleships,
two battle cruisers, two heavy
cruisers and two transports. Brit
ain reported five Gennan cruis
ers hit and at least one sun.k. The
fighting is the bitterest g neral
naval conflict of the w'ar thus
far as waves of warplanes sup
ported the belligerent fleets.
Germany said the land occupa
tion of Norway was proceeding
on schedule. Travelers reaching
Sweden said a battle was on be
tween Norwegian troops and Ger
man land forces supported by
planes, at Elverum, 75 miles
northeast of Oslo. The Norwegian
royal family and government are
reported to have taken refuge
there yesterday near the Swed
ish frontier. Shattered communic
alions hid their whereabouts to
day.
The Iceland Parliament took
over control of its foreign affairs
I as a result of the German oc
cupation of Denmark.
Britain’s foreign Secretary
'Lord Halifax announced that any
jNorwegian negotiations with Ger
| many would be regarded as “ac
! tion taken under duress” and
: would not deter Britain from
I fighting to drive the Germans
: from Norway.
GOT IN WRONG LINE
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — See
ing a line formed and concluding
that it led to breakfast, William
Welhans, 43 was more astonish
ed when he discovered that the
line wasn’t a breadline but a line
up of vagrants. He landed in jail,
charged with vagrancy.
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‘CUPID’ MARS SENDS LOVE_A German-approved
caption reports that mail for the frauleins back home fill this
heart-trimmed letter box erected by a Nazi anti-aircraft gun
crew on a North Sea island.
STOCKHOLM, April 10 (/lJ) —
A mightly sea battle, during
which British fleet units attacked
ten big German troopships, sink
ing two and scattering the others
was seen tonight fro-m the Pater
hoster Reefs near the Island of
Marstrand. German warships es
corting the troopships attempted
to fight off the British men-o-war
but three hours later when the
fight was over, it appeared the
transport fleet had been dispers-;
ed. Thunderous cannonading;
echoed over Goetborg on the
northern Arohipeligo and swarms
cf airplane participated in the j
battle.
jealous Husband
Kills Two Men
Seen With Wife
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PORTLAND, April 10, (A*) —
Detectives attributed the slaying
of the brother, Russell, 18, and
Wihon Shaver, 21 both of Van
couver, Washington, to jealousy
of George Woolever, aged 39. es
tranged husband who was arrest
ed and held by the district at
torney, for the shooting which
occurred after the two men drove
Mrs. Bessie Woolever to her resi
dence.
Woolever appeared and fired
several Shots at Wilson Shaver
who was sitting in the car with
Mrs Woolever then bolted into
the ho.use and shot the younger
brother. Woolever was arrested
a few rhinutes later. Mrs. Wool
ever was not injured.
Congress Is
To Adjourn Be
tween Junel, 10
WASHINGTON, April 10 (/Pi
Majority Leader Rayburn of the
House said he and Senate leader
Barkley told President Roosevelt
today that Congress “is well
along” with its work and will be
ready to adjourn between June
first and tenth.
NEW CRUISER TO BE
NAMED AFTER JUNEAU
WASHINGTON — Construction
is commencing on Light Cruiser
No. 52, which will be christen
ed U. S. S. Juneau, the Navy De
partment 'has informed Delegate
Dimond. ,
The vessel is being built by the
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company of Kearney, New'
Jersey, and is expected to be
ready for launching sometime
early in 1942. Construction de
tails with respect to armor and
armament have been held confi
dential, but the follow'ing figures
have been released relating to
dimensions: length 529 feet beam
53 feet, draft 16 feet, and dis
placement 6,000 tons. Quarters
are planned for 31 officers and
597 men.
German Air
Squadrons Engage
Units British Navy
BERLIN, April 10 f/P) — Ger
man air squadrons are engaging
j in battles with the British Navy
at “several points” in the north
ern part of the North Sea, DNB.
the news agency reported. They
said German scouting planes first
encountered British units then 1
warned plane squadrons which
went immediately to attack.
German forces have occupied
Hamar, the Norwegian town
north of Oslo, to which the Nor
wegian government fled yester
day, authorized German sources
said.
Norway Town
Heavily Bombed
LONDON. April 10 (/P) —Reu
ters news agency reported that
Kristiansand on the southern
coast of Norway was heavily
bombed Tuesday night.
Swedish Sonnes Assert British
Forces Have Recaptured Forts
B e r g e n and Trondheim
LONDON, April 10 (JP) — Nor
wegian and Swedish sources to
night asserted that British forces
had recaptured the western Nor
wegian ports of Bergen and Tron
dheim which were occupied by
the Germans yesterday, but offic
ial British quarters refused to
confirm the reports. Earlier Reu
ters news agency dispatches said
German and Allied warships had
been seen off Trondheim.
200 Norwegians
Killed, Wounded
In Fierce Battle
STOCKHOLM, April 10 (/P) —
N rwegim troops defending
their government A itSTftew cap
ital fmght a fierce battle with in
v dir.g German forces today at
1. rerun. Ab ut 200 Norwegians
re r.-ported killed and wound- j
ed. The German losses were not!
immediately known.
The Germans reported they
were sending reinforcements but
the town was not occupied by
7:30 a.m. Pacific time. Volunteers
joined the rgu! r Norwegian
troops in the fighting.
TELEVISION IS TO BE
given more airing
—
WASHINGTON —The Federal'
Communications Cm mission has
ordarel its television hearings re:
opened because, it :s said, “of
promotional a v civ it i of the
Radio Corp. i-..ion of America, j
The nr.-, he ring- sided April
8 and are to “detarmi ’.e whether1
or not rme .trail, e::; : imentation
and achievements ot*i gher stand
ards in television are being un
duly retarnel by this company
and its subsidiaries or other lic
enses, It is also to ibe determined
whether or not the effective date
for beginning of limited commer
cial operation should be changed
from September 1 to some sub
sequent date.”
David Sarnoff, President of
RCA. said he was “amazed” at
the action.
They’re still talking about
building some of those super-gi
ant battleships. Of course, if the
world became too unpleasant, wre
could use them to tew the whole
continent down to meet Admiral
Byrd.
PROMOTER WITH ALASKA
SCHEME HAS VANISHED
LOS ANGELES, April — The
State department notified the
sheriff’s office that Virgil Von
Kutnar, 60, sought on grand
theft charges, va- granted a pass
port to-Eur ; March of last
year, **
He is a ecu.' a of obtaining $13,
0 0 from Mrs. V,\ T. Hood of Bur
bank, Calif. On January 27 of
last year he was seeking to fin
ance a project to develop an Al
aska landing field to which he
proposed to haul grid from sev
eral placer mines he claimed to
h tve owned there.
Left-Handed Handshake for Western Front Hero
An inspector-general doctor in a French array zone congratulates a wounded ddier ol ■ • p:- .ul
volunteers corps on his recently won <'■ outions. The soldier’s right arm is mute tes
why he got the medal. Volunteer parties g out into No Man’s Land to cut wire and !u; r
to explode enemy mines