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VOL. 41. No. 151. OME, ALASKA. MONDAY, DEC. 18, 1939. ^ice Per C0Py 1W
Nazis Sink _ Graf Spee
34 British Bombers Reported Downed In Air Raid
Garner Says Will C0jp l Nomination For President
CREW SCUTTLES GRAF SFEE |
RATHER THAN BE INTERNED |
OR DESTROYED BY ALLIES
Sistership Is
Enroute Spee
LONDON, Dec. 16 (/P)—Reut
ers news agency said the Rome
radio reported the German pock
et battleship Admiral Scheer and
submarine escort were enroute
to the River Platte where the
Allied flotilla headed by the
French battleship Dunkerque
were reported to be waiting the
Scheer1:-; biattle* damaged sister
ship the Admiral Graf Spee
whirh will try to run the gaunt
let.
More British
Ships Arrive
RIO DE JANTF.RO, Dec. 16 f/P)
—The British battle cruiser Re
nown is due here tomorrow night
to refuel the Marine Ministry
announced. Reports circulated
that aircraft carrier Ark Royal
was also coming. both having
been reported waiting of! the
River Platte.
Hitler Ordered
Destruction Of
The Graf Spee
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 17 (/P) —
The Admiral Graf Spee the Ger
man pocket battleship driven in
to this neutral port and trapped
here by British warships was
blown up and sunk tonight by
the Nazi crew.
'She sank within three minutes
after three explosion roared thru
the harbor. The Graf Spee went
to her self chosen grave with the
Nazi swastika flying proudly
from the mast and the depleted
crew standing by to abandon the
ship. A fewr minutes earlies the
crew pulled awray from the ship
on two tugs and a barge.
It wras reported by German
ources that Captain Hans Lang
dorff received the command
from Hitler to destroy the ship
rather than submit it to intern
m.i :i or destruction by the wai-t
ing Allied warships.
The warship sank in 25 feet of
urater and the upper works still
showed above the surface.
Stie was sunk three miles off
the- -share- at sundown when she
was forced out of her neutral an
chorage by the Uruguayan time
limit. She sailed ai 1:30 pm Pac
ific Standard Time and hovered
oil shore for a time and was
>cu:tled at 2:58.
Spec’s Officers
May he Released
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 18 (JP)—
A high Argentine official said the
1.029 crewunen of the sunken
German Graf Spee arrived here
today to be interned.
The cfflcers of the battleship,
the official said, would probably
be released on their personal
'fledge not to participate in the
European war.
The official recalled a similar
case in 1914 when Argentine in
terned the crew of a German
ship hut released the officers.
lack Garner
Throws His Hat I
Into the Ring
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 UP) —!
Vice President Garner announc
ed in a forty four word state
ment handed to reporters by
friends here and by Garner him
self at Uvalde, Texas he would
accept the nomination for Presi
dent.
He said: “I will accept the nom
ination for President. I will
make no effort to control any
delegates the Deople should de
cide on. The candidate should be
selected at the primaries and
conventions as provided by law
and I sincerely trust all Demo
crats will participate in them.”
Ruth Judd Is Picked
Up On Yuma Street
YUMA, Ariz., Dec. 16 (JP) —
h "me Kutn Judd crazed mur
ueress of two women who escap
cd for the second time from the
Arizona State hospital for the in
sane on December 3 was captur
ed in a main street in Yuma.
She tearfully told of walking
ah but 20 of the 200 miles of
desert between here and Phoe
nix.
Hollow-eyed and emaciated,
she was picked up by Patrol
man Henry Stahl who was in
formed by several persons they
had seen a woman who answered
her description. She offered no
resistance.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Igloo No. 1 will hold a regular
meeting Wednesday, Dec. 20 at
8 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Social to follow.
Large Assortment Of
XMAS TREES
At LEHMANNS
BRITISH CRUISER VISITS CALIFORNIA
Her 'gray paint marked with rust indicating she had been long
at sea, the light cruiser Caradoc. first British warship in a U S
harbor since war’s outbreak is shown in port at San Diego. Calif.,
where she slipped in under cover of a fog. took on fuel and water
and was expected to leave within required 24 hours.
Reindeer
idon Unit Arrives
Lawful elimination of non
native reindeer ownership in A1
aska will be commenced soon af
ter the arrival of members of
the Reindeer Acquisition Unit
at Nome. This work will give
el ect to the Act of September 1,
1937. which contemplates that'
reindeer shall be employed as
an instrumentality to furnish1
continued subsistence to Native
reindeer owners under adequate
Government regulations.
Members of the Reindeer Ac
quisition Unit, Charles G. Bur
dick and Walter J. Clark expect
to leave Anchorage tomorrow en
route to Nome. They will visit
Bethel, Unalakleet, St. Michael
and several other points along
the way, and hope to reach Nome
by the 24th.
Nome will be headquarters of
the Reindeer Acquisition Unit,
which will have offices with the
Reindeer Service in the Federal
building during the next sever
al months.
Mr. Burdick, who will direct
the job of pcrchasing white-own- i
ed reindeer for the government, i
and who acts as Special Repres
entative of the Secretary of the
Interior in this capacity, is As
sistant Regional Forester with
the Firest Service. He has been
employed with the Forest Ser
vice for many years, and has
had considerable experience
with range and livestock man
agement in the States.
Mr. Clark will act as Fiscal
Agent. A veteran Field Agent of
the Indian Service he acquired a
broad knowledge of government
fiscal policies and accounting pro
cedure.
Mr. Burdick previously direct
ed CCC activities within the
Territory and has visited Nome
and vicinity on several prior oc
casions. Mr. Clark spent most of
the summer in Juneau, where he
revised tfic accounting procedure
of the Alaska branch of the In-1
dian Service.
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Haywood Broun,
Columnist, 51,
Dies New York
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 </P)—:Hey
wood Broun, aged 51, columnist
and president of the American
Newspaper Guild died here.
Broun died at Harkness Pavilion,
Columbia Pi'esbyterian Medical
center where he was taken
Thursday night when pneumonia
developed from a heavy cold.
His illness induced a heart at
tack but for a time seemed to
rally.
Early today his condition be
came worse and as the hours
passed showed no signs of im
proving. At 8 am he had the high
temperature of 105 and two
tenth degfress and was uncon
scious much of the time.
Spec Kills 72 1
Wounds 30 On
3 British Ships
LONDON, Dec. 17 (/P) — The
three British cruisers which en
gaged the Graf Spee suffered 72
killed and 30 wounded the Ad
miralty disclosed.
Sixty one were killed and 23
wounded on the cruiser Exeter
and five officers were killed and
three wounded and seven sea
men were killed aboard the
Ajax] arsd four were wounded
aboard the Achilles.
Germans Report
Terrific Air Battle
Near Helgoland
BfUti-iiN Dec. 18 nirtv -
four British bombers were said
by Germany to have been shot
down in a terrific air battle off
the north German coast in the
vicinity of Helgoland this after
noon. Forty four British planes
were said to have participated in
the attack on the Helgoland Ger
man naval base island off the
north coast of Germany.
German fighters rose to attack
as soon as the British (light, the
biggest unit yet used against
Germany, was sighted. Reports
said the German planes led by;
Captain Schumacher succeeded i
in scattering the British planes, j
Two German planes were lost
but their crew took to their par
achutes. The wreckage of many
British planes are reported to be j
washing up on shore.
First stories of the battle in
dicated it was the biggest air
engagement of the war with
sharp fighting over the sea and j
intensive anti-aircraft fire com
ing from the land batteries.
SAVE MONEY!
Buy Your Turkey
At LEHMANN’S
Japan Wants to
Settle Differences
TOKYO, Dec, 18 VP)—Japanese
forces in China decided to re
open the Yangtze River below
Nanking to third power com
merce but under military restric
tions. Te foreign office announc
ed the decision and the foreign
minister told Ambassador Grew
in a half-hour conference.
Grew understood that Admiral
Nomura would figure prominent
ly in the American-Japanese con
versation aimed at settling the
outstanding differences between
the United States and Japan.
FAVORITE?— Name of
Aity. On. Frank Murphy
(above). Catholic from Michi
Kan, is oft mentioned in capitol
surmise over Supreme Court
successor to late Justice Butler.
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extends about six feet beyond the bus.
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