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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 47. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, April 15, 1940 Price per copy w*
Admiral Von Scheer Is Torpedoed
Britain Lays Mine Field Across Baltic Lifeline
Proclaims Force ill e let ith Force In West
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Lightning War In Skies Is
Britain’s Challenge to Hitler
For the Conquest of Norway
UNDATED. April 13 (/P) — A
bi;ter war in the skies marked
Britain’s challenge to Hitler’s con
quest of Norway with lightning
thrusts in the air. It was announc
ed that the British are continu
ing against the Germans in Nor
wegian waters after these suc
cesses yesterday:
A munitions waerhouse was
blown up in Bergen, the Norweg
ian west coast port held bp the
Germans; warships and supply
ships were machine-gunned and
bombed and German staffmen
and aircraft personnel killed or
injured; airplanes were destroy
ed in an attack on Kristiansand,
in southern Norway; A German
flying boat was damaged; and a
German dct-dro^er ^raked by ma
chine-gun fire from a British
bomber in the North Sea.
Conflicting German and British
announcement hid the price paid !
by each side in the furious fight-;
ir.g. The British said that one of,
their planes ni the Bergen raid
made a forced landing while 8
of their aircarft were shot down.
The British said two 'German j
planes made forced landings and
four were shot down at the
Kritsiansand raid. German ac-1
counts made no mention of the
Kristiansand attack but said 10 j
British planes were shot down
at Bergen while the German lost
two. They also said one British
plane was downed at Narvik, in
northern Norway and one at Sta
vanger.
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British Torpedo Pocket Bailleship
.Admiral Scheer And Announce
Mine Field From Kiel to Lithuania
UNDATED, April 15 (/P) —
Great Britain announced her fore
es ‘‘now have landed at several
points in Norway" while the com
bined might of the British sea
and air strength rained new
blows on the German invaders.
Britain explained the ferocity of
the week-end raids on Germany's
footholds, especially at Narvik
where the British reported seven
German destroyers were sunk
Saturday and at Stavanger,
Where warplanes made repeated
raids and where the British land
ed but what strength was not di
vulged. It is believed that Narvik
is the logical jumping off point
for both sides. Britain also an
nounced new successes. She de
clared two German transports
were sunk and four torpedo hits
were scored on a transport con
voy attack in the Skagerrak.
The 10,000 ton pocket battleship
Admiral Scheer was “successful
ly” torpedoed and also that a belt
of mines from a point off Kiel
in western Germany was laid
through the Baltic to Lithuania
to cut off Germany’s innermost
lifeline. How this was done with
out a head-on clash with the Ger
man high seas fleet was not clear.
Germany announced ’that two ,
more Allied subs were sunk and
a Norwegian torpedo boat captur
ed.
Tiie stalemate on the western
front was unbroken as French
and German forces settled back
into tiheir old positions after
thrusts into each other’s lines.
in the past 24 hours, Norweg
ian advices reaching Stockholm
said a British landing force went
ashore at Narvik under the pro
tection of fire from warships com
manding the sea outlet at Rom
baks Fjord. The report said the
Germans have withdrawn into
the interior after being caught
between the British and Norweg
ian forces which now have been;
fully mobilized.
British Bomb
Stavanger For
Sixth Time
—
LONDON, April 15 (/P) — The;
Air Ministry announced that Sta
vanger was bombed from the
air for the sixth time since the
Germans occupied it, “despite U*>
favorable weather conditions.”
The report said several sections,
of the aircraft were engaged, all:
of which returned safely.
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Rumania Puts
Guard Over
Danube River
BUCHAREST. April 15 l/P) —
Strict control of Danube River
traffic will be enforced by Ru
mania following German threats
to send gunboats down the river
immediately to protect German
shipping from alleged “English
sabotage.” The Rumanian govern
ment spokesman said strong riv
er patrols have ibeen organized
“to maintain peace and order.”
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noosevelt Proclaims f eiermimubn
Western Hemisphere ' Live in Peace
And Make That Peace Secure'*
WASHINGTON, April 15 i/4>)—
Terming the wars abroad as
"more horrible and destructive
than ever” President Roosevelt;
said the 21 American republics!
could keep open the way for ev- j
entual peace “only if we .are pre
pared to meet force with force,
if the challenge is ever made.” I
He spoke before the governing
board of the Pan American Union
observance of its 50t,h anniver
sary ai d proclaimed the deter
mination of the Western Hemi
sphere to "live in a peace and
make that peace secure.” In the
wcri broadcast throughout the
not : ard transmitted abroad by
shei" wave, the President desig
nat .1 no belligerent by name
when he said “we in this hemi
sphere have no need to seek a
new international order. We have
already round it. This was not
we by hysterical outcries of vio
lent government troops. We did
not stamp cut nations, or capture
gov. rnments or uproot innocent
people from the homes they
built.”
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STEAMSHIP LINE IIAS
VESSELS IN NEW WAR ZONE
1 NEW AORK, April 12 — The
[American-Scandinavian Line an
j nounced that at present two
freighters are in Norwegian ports
i in the new war zone. Two others
' are enroute to Norway ar.d one is
, returning homeward,
j The Flying Fish is at Bergen,
and the Mormachea at Trund
j holm. The steamer Mormachea is
due at Bergen April 11 and the
Mormacide is due April 20. The
! steamer Mermaid sailed for the
United States March 28 after a
call at Trundholm Officials said
no decision had been made yet
about diverting the Mormachea
and Mormacide from the new
j war area.
PROCLAMATION DEFINES
NEW ZONES, U. S. SHIPS
WASHINGTON, April 12
1 President Roosevelt signed a pro
l clamation barring United States
| shipping from all water around
; the Scandinavian peninsula.
He signed the proclamation ex
| tending the European combat
I zone from Bergen on the west
coast of Norway, around the pen
insula to the Russian mainland.
The zone extends around Kola
peninsula, Russia, and thus pre
vents vessel going into the White
: Sea or visiting the Russian ports
j of Archangel and Murmansk.
GARNER AND FDR AT THE
PARTING OF THE WAYS
WASHINGTON, April 10—Dis
regarding customary procedure.
President Roosevelt failed to in
vite Vice President John Nance;
Garner to the usual White House
legislative conference with Major
ity Leaders Rayburn and Bark-[
ley.
This unexplained action devel
oped immediately speculation j
that relations between them had
cooled.
It was reported authoritatively]
that Garner had received no
word from the White House why
his counsel was not sought.
"SOUiRDOUGH"
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
PRELIMINARY MANEUVER
ING OF U. S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, April 13—The
concentration of 41.1 00 soldiers
at Fort Benning, G.. was com
pleted and 'prelimin i.v maneuv
ers were started. Another 25,000
men, also are conce- '.rated in East
Texas to begin prm-t'.ce maneuv
ers on April 25. The exercises
will culminate in the largest
neace time mreavers in Army
history when the two forces meet
on the Tex i---Loui>nna border :
oppose each other from May 9 to
May 2fi.
Streamlined divisions equipped
with tli3 newest type weapons
v. 11 receive a complete service
test. The most modern means of
c mmunications will be used to
cut time required for sending or
ders from headquarters to sol
diers at the front.
Northern Lights Give l. S. A. Stop Signal
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shower of electrical particles which bombarded the earth and riddled man-amed eurrens. Upper
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British News Agency Reports
All Traffic Is Stopped Over
Norwegian And Swedish Border
LONDON. April 15 (JP) — An
Exchange Telegraph British news
agency dispatch from Goteborg,
Sweden, said dispatches from
Norway reported that all traffic
over 'the Norwegian-Swedish bor
der was stopped.
Seattle Skier
Killed In Silver
Skiis Race Sunday
MOUNT RANIER NATIONAL
PARK. April 15 (/Pi — Sigurd i
Hall of Seattle was killed when j
he crashed into rocks at the 9,000 i
foot elevation in the annual Sil
1 v 'r Skiis Race Saturday, from I
I Camp Muir. 10.000 feet, ujwa 3
mi! >s to Paradise Valley.
He was running a steep slope
lr. ig'-.t. Paul Gilbreath of Seat
tle won the race in a time of 5
minues 24 and one-fifth seconds.
(rapture Two Who
Escape ‘Island’
TACOMA. April 15 (/P)— Near!
ahaustion and v. i.h lack of food
and rest, Joseph Kr tzer and Ar
noli Kyle know n as “the nation's
i number one bank robber team’ ]
were captured last night two and I
one-half miles from McNeil Is
land penitentiary, on the island,
hiding in a bushy area near a j
school house. They gave the 12
| prison guards no resistance.
Cancells Canning
Operations At
Chignik This Year
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 12
hP)— The Alaska Salmon Indus
try Inc. cancelled their opera
tions for the season at Chignik
because of the failure to reach
agreements with labor unions.
Edward H. Moore, attorney for
the operators said the local of
the International Machinists fail
ed to appear to draft a working
agreement. Tonight is the dead
line for outfitting the supply ship
Chirikoff.
Moore said the Chirikoff will
not sail unless it takes part of
tht Bristol Bay expedition. He
estimated the abandonment of
the trip means a loss of from 20
to 25 percent of the salmon pack
distributed through San Francis
co with a loss of 500 jobs for
workers in the Karluk and Chig
nik canneries.
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