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VOL. 42. No. 106. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 1940 ?er °°p7 l8^
Both London And Berlin Bombed
German Troops Are Pledged To Protect Rumania
Nazi Dive Bombers Smash
Naval Base At Portsmouth
London and Berlin Raided
UNDATED, Aug. 29 /.^—Ger
man dive bombing Stukas smash
ed at Britain’s great naval base
at Portsmouth and reportedly
left it in “a sea of flames,” after
a night of double-barrelled ter
ror to twelve million civilians in
the fircest air raids of the war
over London. In Berlin untold
numbers were killed and great
fires set. Incendiary bombs blaz
ed in both capitals.
In a single London district,
more than 60 fire bombs fell
amid tightly jammed rows of
houses as the marathon Nazi raid
ers pounded the metropolis for
seven hours and ten minues in
the fifth straight night attack on
London. The raid was the longest
sustained attack of the war.
British RAiF bombers struck
back in a three hours attack on
Berlin before dawn raining high
explosives and incendiary bombs
within two miles of Hitler’s chan
cellory in the Welhelmstrasse,
making a toll of ten known dead
and thirty wounded. Roof fires
were reported in many sections
of the German capital and side
walks were littered with broken
glass and craters ten feet wide
and five feet deep yawned in the
street pavement, blasted out by
hundred pound bombs.
Soviet Army In Maneuvers
As Germany Pledges Defend
Rumania Further Invasion
UNDATED, Aug. 30 T’ —Rus
sia’s Red Army began secret man
euvers as German troops were re
ported pledged to defend Ruman
ia against further Soviet land
grabbing in southeast Europe.
The guarantee to little Rumania’s
future integrity coincided with
the Balkan kingdom’s capitula
tion to the axis-dictated threat
of immediate attack or her sur
render of about half of World
War-won province of Transyl
vania to Hungary; and with Rus
sia threatening “grave conse
quences” to Rumania in the ev
ent of further border hostilities.
The Red fleet prepared to stage
a “mock” sea battle at an un
disclosed place. The local Red
army opened maneuvers that
were described as in the “west
ern special military district.”
In Western Europe, meanwhile
hundreds of high-flying Nazi
p anes attempted three times in
Charge Italians
Bomb American
Missionaries
CAIRO. Aug. 30 ,(£>;—The Brit
ish official Governor General of
An,glo-Egyptian Sudan charged
that an Italian airplane machine
gunned and bombed an isolated
station in British-promoted terri
tory, killing two and wounding
two other American missionaries.
The official said the attack was
carried out despite the waving of
an American flag by the mission
aries but no details were given
to the height from which the at
tack was delivered.
He said the planes attacked in
Doro, in the upper Nile province
on August 23rd killing Doctor
and Mrs. Robert Grieve and
wounding Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth
Oglesby. The station was describ
five hours ip blast thsir-war ttv.u
:he English coastal defenses to
attack London, meeting fierce re
sistance from British anti-air
craft guns and RAJ fiighters.
Bucharest reported that Ger
man motorized columns and Nazi
warplanes were ready to attack
at a moment's notice if Rumania
defied the Berlin-Rome ultimat
um delivered in a four-power
Vienna conference which was
purported to promise German
troops to protect Rumania’s bor
ders. It was interpreted by some
quarters as a decisive axis move
to halt any further Russian ex
pansion in southeast Europe. Gov
eminent circles in Bucharest said
in addition to the Axis-support
ed attack by Hungary, as well as
a probable Russian invasion, Ru
mania also faced the likelihood
df a Bulgarian assault from the
south if she refused to yield.
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ed as .“absolutely isolated with no
sort of military objective in the
vicinity.”
BUILD SUPER PLANE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28—Ma
jor General Arnold, who is Chief
of Staff of the Army Air Corps,
said here that a certain large
Douglas bomber will be able to
make a non-stop fight from New
Ycrk to Europe and back to Los
Angeles. The huge plane which
is now nearing completion, is
said to b? the largest in the
world.
The plane, which has been
been secret construction for four
years, has a wing spread of 212
feet and is 112 feet long.
Lieut. Col. Bradshaw', who is in
charge of its construction, said
that it will carry bigger cannon
than any airplane in the world.
However, he added that its exact
armament details are secret. He
said that the plane will be in the
air by this fall._
Democratic Club Meeting Saturday, August 31st
CITY HALL — 8 P. M. — FULL ATTENDANCE URGED — BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE
Donald McDonald Predicts
Russian Invasion of Alaska
Use Frozen \ ukon as Highway
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SEATTLE. Aug. 30 (/Pi —Don
ald McDonald, aged 60, Alaskan
road engineer, told interviewers
that the Russian government has
10,000 men encamped in north
eastern Siberia on the coast, in
preparation for the invasion of
Alaska. McDonald has been work
ing for twelve years cn plans for
an international highway linking
Alaska and the United States and
asserted: “The Russians figure
there is something phoney about
, our purchase of Alaska and want
it back and announced their in
tention of getting it back.”
He said that during the winter
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the United States navy couldn’t
get within 200 miles of northern
Alaska but that Russian ice
breakers could force their way to
the mouth of the Yukon river.
Equipment is already on hand to
make the frozen surface of the
Yukon a highway to the heart of
Alaska.
McDonald asserted: “The U. S.
Navy couldn't operate adequate
ly in southeastern Alaska and
fifth columnists could move a few
channel markers and mine strat
; eg c points so that the navy
would be useless.”
Lawrence Olivier
\ ivian Leigh
Are Married
SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 30
P — Lav. rr-rrci“ Olivier ar.d Viv
ian Leigh recently divorced from
their respective spouse, became
'husband and wife early today
and set out on a motoring honey
moon. They were married at the
home of socialite friends, Mr. and
Mrs. A1 Weinzard, by municipal
judge Fred Harsh. Attendants
were film star Katerine Hepburn
and motion picture director Gar
son Kanin.
FDR Feels
That Congress
Is Stalling
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23—Presi
dent Roosevelt said he personal
ly. is absolutely opposed to post
ponement of compulsory mili
tary training until next year.
The President told the news
men at a conference that new
increments of man power are
needed now to learn the use of
modern fighting equipment al
ready on hand.
Roosevelt said to put of draft
ing of men will delay the whole
defense program for a year or
two, and added that Congress has
been considering the subject
since June 20 and is still talking
about it.
“If the bill isn't enacted in the
next couple of weeks,” the Presi
dent added, “There is going to be
real delay in. the defense pro
gram.”
There is no news, the Presi
dent said, with regard to nego
tiations with Great Britain for
leasing the United State certain
British possessions in this hem
isphere for naval bases, and also
said nothing was discussed of the
question of our furnishing Great
Britain some of our overage de
stroyers.
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LOANS TOTALING S400.000
MADE TO ALASKA INDIANS
L >ans t ’.aling more than $400,
000 have been made by the Gov
ernment to Indian chartered cor
porations in Alaska for the pur
pose of setting up cooperative
stores, financing fishing boats and
:ear and similar purposes, accord
, tng to an announcement by the
Office of Indian Affairs.
The largest single loan, one of
$142,000 to the Hydcburg Coop
erative Association, built a can
nery, whch has operated success
ful two years and returns from
Which have met all payments on
the loan.
Other commitments to Indian
Associations in Aiaska include
$40,000 to Angoon. $30,000 to
Craig. $61,000 to Hoonah. $68,650
to Ketchikan, $2,000 to King Is
land, $7,000 to Atka, $7,000 to
Nikolski, $11,200 to Kasseen and
$6,000 to Sitka.
New loans just approved for
villages on Norton Sound and
Bering Sea include $13,000 for
White Mountain, $4,000 for Steb
bins. $4,000) for Shaktoolik,
$4,500 for Elim and $3,000 for
Shishmaref.
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ALASKA BANK DEPOSITS
UP SEVEN MILLIONS
An increase of more than sev
en million dollars in Alaska bank
deposits in the past seven years
was reported by Oscar G. Olson;
Secretary of the Territorial Bank
ing Board.
Olson’s annual report to the
Comptroller of the Currency of
the United States Treasury De
partment shows $17,148,552.26 on
deposit in the bank: of Alaska on
June 30 of this year.
Total deposits in banks of the
Territory as of June 30 for the
past ten years have been as fol
lows:
1931 . $11,237,521.04
...1932 . 10,201,574.49
1933 . 9.770,685.69
1934 . 10,898.400.22
1935 . 11.879.660.78
1936 . 13,456.519.87
1937 . 14,774.663.02
1938 . 15.308,174.72
1939 . 15,769,905.31
1940 17.148.552.26
Every year since 1933 a gain
has been recorded. In the past
year this gain was $1,378,646.95.
Crew of Eight Parachute To
Safety As Engines Of Army
Bomber Stop During Flight
KALAMA, Wash., Aug. 30 UP)
Seven of eight Army fliers who
bailed out of a crippled twin
eng'r.ed bomber, over dense
woods of the Columbia River
country were found safe.
KALAMA, Aug. 30 </P> — All
eight occupants of the medium
army bomber which crashed near
here were found uninjured. The
eight men parachuted to safety
after the bomber’s motors failed.
The bomber, belonging to the
Monitoring Plant
!>e Erected Near
Juneau This Fall
Juneau's big monitoring station
under the Federal Communica
tions Commission, for detection of
radio-operating foreign agents
will probably be built this fall,
. ea rning to Chief Inspector V.
Ford Greaves of the western area
who arrived Nome via Mirow
plane f m Anchorage Wednes
day.
Mr. Gr aves is in Nome sur
veying mor.i‘ ring station sites.
An increase f 25 and possibly
35 in tiie A rk: personnel of the
Federal C .aliens Commis
sion wil take place in the next
siS months, Grt \ rs indicated.
Cleaves w making a pre
liminary survey connection
with the estab!:. .ment of new
monitoring static s in the north,
said Alaska s to have one of four
new primary m ring stations
in the United Stab - The Terri
tory will also have from one to
three second ay rr nitoring sta
tions, he sa . Too Juneau sta
tion will pi ibly be a secondary
monitor.
Receiving equipment in a pri
mary station costs approximately
$185,000. Other primary stations
are to be in Honolulu, Puerto
Rico and i T a as near the Mex
ican b1 rder. They will be listen
img posts through which Uncle
Sam can tell what is going on on
the airwaves of the world.
All stations, secondary as well
as primary will keep continual
watch. The primary stations will
be equipped with long-range di
rection Anders and the secondary
stations with Anders wihiich work
over a more limited territory.
All stations will also have re
cords to allow- inspectors to keep
records of broadcasts in unfam
iliar foreign languages, in codes
and ciphers and unusual mes
sages. These records will be sent
to a central FCC investigation
bureau for deciphering.
Greaves said Alaska Ls consid
ered one of the key positions of
i the United States for comimunica
tions purposes.
At a recent conference in Wash
ingtor. it was determined com
munications constitute one of the
73rd bombardment squadron of
McChord Field, crashed into a
I deep ravine on the James Brat
tcne farm, ten miles north of
here.
William Huntly, apprentice
mechanic, the first man to para
chute to safety from the falling
ship said: “The first we knew
that anything was wrong was
when the rnotoors stopped.” He
said the men were ordered to bail
out. He jumped at 6,000 feet and
escaped with minor bruises.
two or tliree major factors in
national defense. New appropria
tions for FCC stations were one
of the resuis of this conference,
Greaves said.
After completing his Alaska
survey, Greaves will go next to
Hawaii.
Says We Failed
To. Finish War
November 11, 1913, was “the
most unfortunate date in history”
n the opinion of Milton D. Camp
bell. Assistant Director of Child
\\ elfare, of the American Legion
who visited Juneau on a tour of
Alaska Legion Posts.
‘This isn’t a second world war;
this is the second act of the first
world war,” Campbell said. “We
shouldn’t have stopped with the
Armistice. We should have gone
on to Berlin and beyond.”
Campbell was guest of honor
recently at a Legion and Auxil
iary dinner. He spoke at a Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce
luncheon and later that night
spoke over radio station KINY
an “Why the Legion is Interested
in Child Welfare.”
Youth Problem
One reason the Legion is inter
ested, Campbell said is that it be
lieves it ow'es a debt to :hose
Americans who didn’t come home
from France in 1918.
"You can have naval ships for
the Pacific and Atlantic, and for
‘he Bering Sea and Gulf of Mex
.co; you can have guns every
where: you can build up defenses
as much as you want to; but un
less you hvae future American,
citizens to defend the country,
you're licked,” Campbell declar
ed.
The Legion official from In
dianapolis pointed out tha ‘ 23,000
youths are in reform sch. a Is in
this country today, that 4) per
cent of the boys in these institu
tions will “graduate” into the
penitentiaries and that the cost
of juvenile delinquency to the
nation is some $80,000,00) every
13 months.
Investment
Campbell urged that sums
-pent for child we Tare be cons .d
■ m-ed hi the light of an inv estment
rather than an expenditure.
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