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VOL. 42. No. 55. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940 ^ice Per coPy 1*
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Norway Announce Will Negotiate Peace Germany
Diphtheria Epidemic Is Reported At Hooper Bay
British Withdraw All Forces From
Andalsnes Because Of fna!>ilily
Land Artillery. Tanks for Offensive
LONDON, May 2 (IP) — Prime
minister Chamiberlain announced
the withdrawal of “the whole of
our forces from Andalsnes with
out losing a single man.” He said,
the British are abandoning the
idea of taking German-occupied
Trondheim from the scuth and at
the same time told the House of
Commons that the British and
French battloflects in the eastern
basin of the Mediterranean are
on their way to Alexandria. He
said "German local air superior
ity” had made it impossible to
land “artillery and tanks which
would be necessary to enable our
troops to withstand the enemy
drive from the south. Chamber
lain said the troops were with
drawn from “under the very nos
es of German airplanes.”
Chamberlain.assured the House
that Britain has “no intention of
allowing Norway to become mere
ly a side show.” The air minis
try reported bombings yesterday
a‘. Stavanger, Aalborg and Forne
bu. The admiralty announced the
sloop Eittern was lost.
The announcement indicated
that the Allies are abandoning
to Germany all of Norway south
of the line running from Trond
heim east to tiie Swedish front
ier. including nearly half the
country’s total area, six-seven
ths of the population and nearly
all of the industrial centers.
The crowded House received
the report in comparative silen
ce and many appeared stunned
by its implictions.
Chamberlain pictured Ger
many as prepared for the inva
sion of the Netherlands or Bel
gium or both or hurling “savage
hordes r.5^in»t southeast Europe.
We’re not going to be trapped in
to such dispersal of our forces
as would leave us dangerously
weak at a vital center.’’
Allies Embark
From Andalsnes
LONDON, May 2 f.T) — A war
office communique said the “Al
lied forces which have been car
rying out delaying operations
south of Trondheim for the past
few days successfully embarked
at Andalsnes and other ports in
the neighborhood. In the Narvik
area operations are continuing
and detachments have been in
contact with the enemy. There is
nothing further to. report from
Nam sos.”
GREECE CALLS RESERVES
ATHENS. May 2 (.T- —Greece
called up ten classes of reserve
army officers for active service as
tension increased over Italy’s pos
sible plans in the Mediterranean.
British forces based at Norway, were reported moving south in a
race with Germans for control of the strategic port of Trondheim.
German columns moved north from both Bergen and Olso, the
report said. Possession of Trondheim, western terminus of a trans
Norwegian railroad, is of great strategic importance. Other de
velopments in the Norwegian campaign included reported aerial
bombardment of Hegra (A); the mining by the British of their own
west coast (B), and the reported sinking by Berlin of a British
destroyer by a U-boat (C).
Norwegian Command Announces
Intention Of Negotiating Peace
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Are Outflanked and Encircled
STOCKHOLM. May 3 MP> — Dis
patches from Grong, Norway, to
night said the Norwegian com
mand announced the conclusion
of hostilities in the area east of
Namsos and intended negotiating
peace with Germany.
It was said Colonel Getz, act
ing commander, issued the follow
ing order of the day:
‘‘As the British and French, for
reasons unknown to us, have giv j
en up helping us in our fight and i
have withdrawn their troops
from Namsos, we today stand
al me against the entire German
war machine. Already outflanked
a:id encircled on the line which
the British and French should be
holding, and with only enough
ammunition for one day and with
out planes and other necessary
war materials, any further fight
ing would only lead to destruc
tion without serving any mili
tary purpose.”
Hitler Reiterates
Germany Fighting
For Existance
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1 BERLIN. May 3 (/P) — The for
| eign office, proclaiming the Allied
I withdrawal from Andalsnes “a
j catastrophic defeat” defied the
' British to find “success else
where."
Hitler suddenly broke his si
lence reiterating that the war
was a fight for existance for the
Germans. He made the speech be
| fore 6.000 army and air force of
j fleers and leaders of the SS
Black Shirts Elite Guard.
The foreign office said Cham
berlain was forced to look to oth
er fields to wipe out the stain of
the Norwegian defeat and was
threatening action in the Mediter
ranean but “come what may. it
will find Germany prepared for
a counter blow.”
The high command concurrent
ly announced rapid progress of
German forces in Norway in a
cleanup against isolated resist
ance but acknowledged Allied
queezing of the garrison at Nar
vik.
Germans Report
Capture Much
British Supplies
BERLIN. May 2 </P)—Germany
reported the British forces in Nor
way “head over heels” withdraw
;:1 from the strategic Andalsnes
i egion, and the capture of 3.500
Norwegian officers and men by
the columns w’hich succeeded in
I establishing an unbroken line
j from Bergen to Oslo. The high
| command said German van
I guards drove to about 25 miles
southeast of Andalsnes, the Brit
ish base south of Trondheim, cap
turing 300 Norwegian troops in
operation as well as “enormous
quantities of British supplies” at
| Dombas.
The DNB news agency said the
; British left Domibas in “headlong
flight.”
The high command said one
| British merchant ship was sunk
and six others severely damaged.
' The deck of a cruiser was hit and
(six British planes shot down.
British Depart
Germans Expected
Within 24 Honrs
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I ON THE STEINKJER FRONT,
May 3 (By Gunnar Kautson) —
In northern Norway, British and
French troops, which landed
J north of German-held Trond
; heim, in a campaign against the
Nazi invasion, embarked last
night from Samsos harbor and
sailed away. The entrance of Qer
man troops is awaited at any mo
; ment, perhaps within 24 hours.
It is believed here that the war
in Norway is virtually finished.
Italians Massing
c
Troops, Planes
ATHENS. May 3 (/P)—Inform
ation reaching diplomatic quar
ters said Italian troops, warships
and fighting planes are being con !
cantrated in large numbers at
Dodecanes, Italian-owned islands
in the eastern Mediterranean, ap
proximately 40 miles by airline!
northwest of Alexandria. The con
centrations are reported especial
ly heavy at the island of Rhodes.
CONCENTRATE FLEET
—
ALEXANDRIA. May 3 </P) —1
British and French naval forces1
arrived for concentration of a
“British and French battle fleet
with cruisers and auxiliary craft’’
in the eastern end of the Mediter
ranean. it was announced yester
day by Prime minister Chamber
lain.
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German Minister
Turkey Leaves
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ANKARA, Turkey (/P)— Franz |
Von Papen, German ambassador:
to Turkey was authoritatively re!
ported today to have been called
urgently to Berlin for a confer
ence with Hiter. He arranged to
leave on tonight’s train.
Authorities in Istanbul arrest
ed Professor Hans Von Osten,
well-known archeologist and four
other Germans under suspicion
of espionage and spreading of
German propaganda.
FDR Declares
All Improvements
To l. $. W eapons
WASHINGTON, May 3 (/?, —
President Roosevelt declared at
a pr '33 conference that all pos
sible technical improvements of
the nation’s offensive and defens
ive wean ns were being studied.
Ashed about Secretary of the
Navy Edison’s proposal Wednes
day that American warships be
redesigned to afford greater pro
tection against airplane bombing
attacks, without going on record
for or against the suggestion,
said the present is just another
evert in the history of national
defense. He said striving as al
ways had prevented the exten
tion of the European war to oth
er areas and nations. He indicat
ed he made it plain at a talk yes
terday with Prince Colonan the
Italian ambassador. •, .
Republican Terri.
Convention Meets
At Sitka Julv 18
JUNEAU, May 2 — The Repub
lican Central Committee of Al
aska in a meeting last night at
Douglass elected Mrs. Jane Dorsh
of Fairbanks, J. J. McCarthy of
Anchorage and Albert White of
Juneau as delegates to the na
tional convention to be held at
Philadelphia and Mrs. E. E. Ro
bertson of Juneau. John E. Bar-'
ret of Anchorage and Leroy M
Sullivan of Nome were elected as
alternates.
The territorial convention
meets at Sitka July 18.
The committee named Sullivan
as the keynoter. The committee
on convention arrangement also
on resolutions were named.
Tne committee named Nels
Strand of Nome and was elected
member of the committee to fill
the vacancy in the Second Div
ision and Ross Sheely of Palmer
as a member of the Third Divi
sion Precinct committee.
Two Torsoes
Found Boxcar
PITTSBURGH. May 3 (/Pi —
Torsoes of two persons, whom
deputy coroner Sappo said might
have been victims of Cleveland's
“Mad Butcher” were found in
boxcars of the railroad repair
yard near by the township of
Stowe. The cars arrived from
Cleveland April 21st.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
That unique and humoroua
and typical Alaskan stationery—
"Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beei
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget offl
ce.
1) i p li t h e r i a
Epidemic At
Hooper Bav
JUNEAU, May 2 — A diphth
eria epidemic to the westward,
started at Tununak between the
South Koskokwim and Yukon
tLvers on Bering Sea.
Twenty cases were reported in
Hooper Bay and others are be
, lieved scattered among the na
tives which are the only ones re
ported affected.
B. L. Zinnamon, Anchorage
Director of Communicable Dis
! eases has recommended a strict
quarantine to the westward but
it is generally expected this will
! not be done by the Territorial
' Health Commission. He flew to
Hooper Bay today in a chartered
j plane accompanied by Lucille
Brown, nurse and Mrs. Howard
j Romig.
I Diphtheria toxin is being flown
j from Anchorage, Nome and Fair
| banks.
Dr. Leslie White, of the Bethel
I Bureau of Indian Affairs hospital
may fly to Hooper Bay to take
charge of the situation.
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Appoints Director
Division of Terri_
Island Possessions
WASHINGTON, May 2 (Ah —
Secretary Ickcs appointed Repert
Emerson, aged 41. associate pro
fessor of government at Harvard
university for the last 13 years,
as director of the Division of Ter
ritories and Island Possessions.
He is coming here in June and
is succeeding Mrs. Ruth Hamp
ton who has been acting direct
or since Ernest Gruening’s resig
nation. He is described as an au
thority on colonial government
and social and economic life.
Japan Officially
Protest Philippine
Immigration Cuts
MANILA, May 2 (.Pi — A new
immigration bill applying annual
quotas of 500 to every national
ity was approved by the national
assembly tonight by a vote of 67
to 1. Protests against the measure
which cuts sharply into Japan
ese and Chinese immigration was
voiced officially in Japan.
Rules Dies Comm.
Raids Illegal
PHILADELPHIA, May 3 (Ah —
Federal Judge Wesh ruled that
the raids on local offices of the
Communist Party and intemation
al workers under orders by
agents of the Dies Committee in
vestigating Un-American activit-.
ies last month, were illegal.