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VOL. 43. No. 46. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1941 Per Copy 154
U. S. Consulates In Germany Closed
RAF Carry Out Raids In Anticipation Of Invasion
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RAF Carry Out Extensive Raids
To Hinder Certain Invasion In
Event German-Russian Agreement
UNDATED, June 20 </P) — In
formed quarters in London dis
closed that the RAF's nine-day
series of blasts on channel inva
sion ports and on the German
Ruhr are all-out attempts to
smash preparations for the big
Nazi push against England, ex
pected as soon as Germany set
tles matters with Russia.
Soviets Print Pointed Warning
In what may have been a point
ed warning to Germany, the So
viet government newspaper Iz
ve.stia declared ‘’Neither through
forests, nor steppes, mountains,
ncr seas will the enemy ever step
across the forbidden boundary.”
Raids'"Aimed Forstall Invasion
While Moscow was outwardly
calm, an atmosphere of uneasi
nes prevailed in London. If Hit
ler should strike a bloodless bar
gain with Stalin, it is said Britain
must expect a swift blow from
the Nazi invasion bases across
the channel. These sources de;
dared Britain’s intensive aerial
offensive was carried out by hun
dreds of planes aimed at the dual
objective, one, to slow the Ger
man War effort by crippling the
Reich’s industrial output, partic
ularly synthetic oil; and two. to
snarl transportation routes from
bases to pools of material and per
sonnel which the Germans will
need when a full-scale offensive
against Britain starts.
RAF Raids 4 Consecutive Days
For four consecutive days, the
RAF carried out strong daylight
attacks on Nazi-held channel hat
bors, camps and airdromes which
will be used for the invasion. Co
logne and Dusseldorf were fre
quent targets and the objectives
of last night’s latest raids.
Invasion Not Expected In Russia
How quickly Hitler will settle
affairs with Russia remained to
be seen. Dispatches from Moscow
said there is no indication that
Russia expected an invasion, al
though Europe’s capitals echoed
with rumors that Germany is
massing troops on her eastern
; frontier far a possible drive on
| the Soviet.
Ambassador Sees Ribbentrop
A British Exchange Telegraph
dispatch quoted foreign reports
as saying '.hat Russia's Ambassa
dor to Germany had seen Von
Ribbentrop several times and is
expected to see Hitler.
.In London, Minister cf State
Lord Eeaverbrok’s paper, the
Evening Standard, urged the Brit
:sh to aid Russia in the event Hit
itr sends his war machine roll
| mg.
German-Turkish
Pact Believed
Aimed at Russia
! UNDATED, June 19 bP) — In
the lack of the slightest confirma
| tion, attention dwindled on the
wildcat reports from Turkey, that
. Hitler's war machine had started
Jan invasion of Russia, attacking
| the Soviet border at 15 paints.
After a German diplomatic
.stroke neutralized Turkey and
j virtually isolated Russia, the Nazi
spokesman in Berlin declared the
G-erman-Turkish friendship pact
is a stunning defeat to British dip
lomacy. The pact was engineered
by Hitler's ace trouble shooting
diplomat. Von Papen. and was
greeted without surpise by Lon
don, where the British interpret
ed it as a coup against Russia.
Amid rapidly mounting Ger
! man-So viet friction. informed
| quarters in London said that the
1 ten-year accord is virtually an in
fallible omen of a tremendous
new German military venture.!
But the riddle remained unsolv-j
- ed whether it would be aimed at
Russia, Egypt or the British Is
les. A British spokesman declar
cd however, the treaty was fitted
with familiar Nazi strategy, iso
latihg Hitler's intended blitz vic
tims.
POSSIBLE U. S. NAVY PATROL ROUTES
PACIFIC
OCEAN
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Dotted lines indicate courses of possible U. S. Navy patrols which would protect shipping in U. S. ves
sels to ports in Egypt by way of the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.. The question
of patrols in the North Atlantic also has been discussed, although U. S. shipping may not yet enter
the combat zone around England.
U. S. Asked Remove All Consular
And Travel Agency Employees
From German ■ Controlled Areas
BERLIN, June 19 <JP) — Ger
many asked the United States to
remove all consular and Ameri
can Express Company employees
in Germany. Norway, Holland.
Belgium, Luxembourg, Occupied
France, Serbia, and Occupied
Greece, not later than July 15th.
This was done in a note handed
by the German foreign ministry
to the United States charge d'
affaires. The DNB news agency
said “The conduct of consular
and travel agency employees has
long been highly objectionable,
'The American representative,
the DNB said, will be furnished a
lift of activities of U. S. consular
officials which it declared were
“injurious to the slate and out
side of the legitimate information
service of American consulates."
Joe Louis KO’s
Billy Conn In
13th Round
NEW YORK, June 18 f/Pl — Af
ter taking the worst punishment
that he has absorbed since his
knockout by Max Schmelling.
Joe Louis opened up a fearful
barrage in the closing minutes to
knock out Billy Conn, in the 13th
round. Lours successfully defend
ed the world’s heavyweight eham
pionship for the 18th time before
an estimated crowd of 50,000.
Louis weighed 199% pounds and
Conn 174.
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Unconfirmed Re
ports of Invasion
LONDON. Thursday, June 19,
i/P) — A Reuters News Agency
dispatch from Turkey tonight
said there were unconfirmed re
ports that the German armies
launched an attack against the
Russians at 15 points on the east
ern frontier.
Report Ultimatum Served Soviets
LONDON, Thusrday, </Pi— Reu
ters reported that Martin Agron
sky, NBC represenative at An
kara, learned from the “most re
liable sources” that a German ul
timatum was served on Russia.
Union Votes
Stand Pat In
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Fairbanks Strike
FAIRBANKS, June 19 (News
Miner) — The two weeks-old
strike against the U. S. Smelters
in the Fairbanks district is dead
locked after a union meeting last
night voted to stand pat on its
former demands. Both sides pub
lished statements today, the Com
pany offering as before ,a ten per
cent wage increase, but refusing
■tc agree to a union shop or check
offs. The last two mentioned are
the chief issues.
A good many who were em
ployed by the company are leav
ing for other fields.
FDR Presented
Honorary Degree
Oxford University
CAMBRIDGE, June 19 m —
Responding by proxy to the pre
cedent-shattering award of an
honorary degree from Oxford
University, in Harvard Univer
sity's ancient yard, the President
asserted “We would rather die
on our feet than live on our
knees.''
Roosevelt said in a message, in
response to a citation, read by
Lord Halifax, British Ambassa
dor and Chancellor at Oxford:
“We, too, were born to freedom,
and believing in freedom are will
ing to fight to maintain that
freedom.”
An honorary doctorate of Civil
Laws was awarded to the Presi
dent in a dramatic ceremony held
only a few minutes after Harvard
United States’ oldest university,
awarded an honorary doctorate
of laws to Lord Halifax, as repre
sentative “of a stalwart nation,
unyielding before the blows of
tyranny.”
Oldest Navy
Sub 4 Hours
Overdue on Dive
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 20
(7P) — The Navy reported that
one of its oldest submarines, the
09, a small undersea boat recent
ly brought back into commission,
is four hours overdue on a test
dive off the Isle of Shoals, not
far from where the Squalus sank
two years ago with a loss of 26
lives.
IRAN, TOO HAS ITS OIL LINES
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Tli3.-.e oil lines lead to refineries at Abadan, Ii*an (Persia),
near Basra, Iraq, at the head of the Persian Gulf. Iran, east
ern neighbor of Iraq is the world’s fourth oil-producing na
tion. Iraq's oil flow was reported shut off and British quar
ters in London predicted a possible Axis move into Iran.
Maritime Comm.
Takes Over 1st
Sabotaged Ship
' WASHINGTON, June 19 ffP)—
! The Maritime Commission an
j neunced that it had taken formal
possession of the first of 28 sabot
aged Italian ships, laid up in
j United States waters. The Com
i mission said its representatives
: took possession of the ship Clara,
6,100 tons, in Savannah yester
day. The Clara, the Commission
said will be taken to Newport
News for drydocking, before be
ing placed in service.
French Reject
Allied Ultimatum
Surrender Syria
UNDATED. June 19 iff) — The
Vichy French defenders of Dam
acus were reported to have re
jected a British ultimatum to
surrender the 4,000 year-old cap
ital of Syria as Allied siege forc
es threatened the city on three
sides. Authoritative quarters in
London said the probable expir
ation of the deadline is 5:30 a. m.
today.
British and Free French troops
opened the final assault at the
closest point. Allied forces are
said to have occupied Mezze, a
Western suburb, 3 and one-half
miles from the city, while other
troops attacked southeast of the
capital at Jebel El Kelb.
"SOURDOUGH"
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
President Uses
Strong Language
Robin Moor Affair
WASHINGTON. June 20 <(£>)—
The President described the sink
ing of the Robin Moor as the ruth
less act of an “international out
law” and declared the U. S. did
n't propose to yield the high seas
to Germany. The President made
the pronouncement on the sink
ing of the American vessel, in a
special message to Congress,
which permitted stronger langua
ge than a formal diplomatic not.
Roosevelt stated that, without
qualification, the vessel was sunk
by a German submarine. The
President said “full reparations
for losses and damages suffered
by American nationals are expect
ed from the German govern
ment.”
The Robin Moor went down in
the Atlantic on May 21, but all
of its passengers and crew sub
sequently reached safety. Surviv
ors said a German sub torpedoed
and shelled the ship.
The President said the general
purpose of the sinking “would ap
pear to be to drive American
commerce from the ocean, where
ever such commerce is considered
a disadvantage to German de
signs.”
Th President proposed to con
fine action or retaliation, and ap
parently chose as a vehicle, his
special message, so he could
couch the protest in the most
forceful language at his com
mand. Nor was there any dis
closure of what steps the govern
ment might be contemplating to
protect American merchant ves
sels on the high seas. It was re
garded as doubtful, in order not
to tip Germany off on what to
expect, that there be any disclos
ure at this point, in the field of
arming cargo ships or bringing
j the Navy to protect them.