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VOL. 42. No. 110. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 1940. Price per copy iu
House Passes The Conscription Bill
5 Billion Dollar Defense Appropriation Available
London Undergoes Nine-Hour Raid-306 Killed
Nazi Bombers Attack
London Area In Nine
Hour Raid 306 Dead
.. UNDATED, Sept. 9 (/Pi—Bomb
pitted London, raked by a ter
rific aerial assault for 9 hours
and 40 minutes, counted hun
dreds dead as rescue workers
still dug in the smoking ruins af
ter 'an unprecedented night of
terror. British RAF bombers lash
ed back in a three-hour attack on
Germany’s great North Sea port
of Hamburg.
The London air ministry report
ed tire Berlin acknowledged a
majcr attack on Hamburg as well
as other RAF pre-dawn raids on
the city of Kiel and the big Gcr
man naval base at Luene'berg.
The Nazis said new waves of
German bombers were striking
toward London again this morn
ing and asserted that last night’s
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finning assault was only one
tenth of the fury in store for the
British capital.
A British communique said the
casualties were expected to sur
pass the toll of Saturday's 8-hour
18 minute raid which showed 306
killed and 1337 seriously wound
ed. All the bomb-set fires were
described as extinguished or
"now well in hand,” but the com
n.unique admitted damage to
navy docks.
Both sides of the Thames were
objected to repeated bombard
ment by high-tf!yir..g Nazi raiders.
Berlin reported the full blast
! of the blitzekreig was personal
j ly directed by Reich Marshal
Goering from his northern
France headquarters.
RAF Planes Bomb
Berlin In Defiance
Of Hitler’s Threats
UNDATED, Sept. 7 (/Pi—Bomb
set fires blazed in the German
and British capitals, but London
was given a momentary breath
ing spell after the war's worst
day and night, and gathered the
dead from the debris of smashed
buildings. Nazi warplanes today
confined their attacks mainly to
areas in '.he northwest and south
east of England. Two were report
ed shot down.
The P yal Air Force, in a spec
taoular three-hour assault on
Berlin after midnight dropped ex
plosives and incendiary bombs in
defiance of Hitler’s recent throats
that he Wi,uld raze Eng and’s cit
ies.
The Germans claimed to have
•set fire to docks in east London,
and oil tanks on the Thames and
in Haven, ea^t cf London.
The British acknowledged that
a number of civilians were dead;
19 of their own planes shot down
and 45 German planes downed.
At Berlin the Germans said 67
British planes were downed yes
terday and 24 of their own were
lost.
The Bulgarian government an-1
nouncad that a formal agreement
was signed with Rumania, return
mg to them southern Dobruja, an1
area of 2.800 square miles and a
papulation of 375,000.
On the Ir.do-China frontier, vig
dance was redoubled after Clhin
ese troops crossed the frontier 2
days ago and clashed with the
French colonial forces.
The Italians said large fires
were set by Italiar^ airplanes
bombarding oil tanks and refin
eries at Haifa and also on the
main British oil terminus in the
near east.
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Apparently determined to give Britain no letup from air attack, Germany sent new waves of bomb
ers across the English channel. Latest bombing cb-joctives were the great naval base of Portsmouth
and nearby Portland (1) where Berlin claimed heavy damage was inflicted, also the coast in the
vicinity of Dover (2). Barrage balloons were attacked.
President Signs Bill
Provide $5,000,000,000
Defense Appropriation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 UP) —
President Roosevelt signed the 5
billion 251 million dollar appro
priation carrying funds to help
provide vital equipment for two
million fighting men and to ex
pedite the construction of a two
ocean navy. This is the biggest
appropriation since the last war
measure was shoved through.
Defense committments by tihe
current congressional sessioi
have passed 'he 15 billion mark
The bill a!-j supplied funds to
start the w rk on most of the
warships for the two-ocean fleet
and for 13,422 Army and Navj
airplanes.
Will Be
Greatest Fleet
Fighting Ships
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (/PI —
The greatest fleet of fighting ves
sels ever put on contract at one
time, including 7 battleships and
eight aircraft carriers were or
dered by the Navy immediately
i after President Roosevelt signed
;he defense appropriation bill.
Among the contracts was 20 de
stroyers from the Seattle-Tacoma
Shipbuilding Co. of Seattle for
one hundred thirty seven and a
half million dollars and 6 destroy
ers from the Puget Sound Yard
at a dost of forty two million dol
lars.
Contracts were let for 200 fight
ing ships and one repair vessel
at a cost of a total of $3,861,000,- i
i 000. I
In addition to the battleships, i
| costing approximately 100 mil
lion dollars each, plane carriers
; at 47 million dollars apiece, oth-.
er vessels arc on order. The ap
proximafe unit cost’ is: 20 cruis
ers 30# million, 115 destroyers, 8
million one hundred thousand,
43 subs at 6 million; and a re
pair ship at an unannounced cost.
The official estimates of the bat
tleship cost indicates that they
will be 45,000 ton vessels.
Maine Holds
Presidential
Election Today
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 7 l/P)
—Maine, first state to hold its
nation election, which is only
two days off, rang with the
echoes of praise and criticism of
the principal figure in Novem
ber’s balloting.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jun
ior, portrays his distant cousin
as having “supreme contempt”
for the American people and
aieir abilities w'hile Senator Wag
nor eulogized him as a great
president “with ’ove for his fel
low men in his heart."
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Workers On
Canal Zone
Defenses Strike
BALBOA, C. Z.. Sept. 7 i/P) —
The strike of laborers on the
secret defense projects in the
Canal Zone, spread to the Pac
ific side when from 300 to 400
men refused to check in for
work. They are asking pay in
creases from 18 and 20 cents to
30 cents for laborers and from
25 to 40 cents for skilled work
men. Six hundred are out on the
east side of the canal.
Legion Aids
Army Obtain
Man Power
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 —The|
War Department announced that
it was receiving active aid of
the American Legion in the stat
es of Washington and Indiana,
where every Post has been asked
to assist the Army in obtaining
recruits.
Three young men who were
the first to enlist in their com
munity in the Pacific Northwest
were awarded wrist watches by
the Jdhn V. Fulsom Post of the
Legion at Chehalis, Wash. The
War Department added that it
had been informed of similar
Legion activity in other states.
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Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
kick out of it
House Passes Peace
Time Conscription bill
Vote of 263 to 149
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (JP) —
The House by a vote of 263 to
149 passed the Burke-Wadsworth
peace-time conscription bill to
night but with the pr vision that
Solons In
I' ist F lght
Draft Bill
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 UP) —
With the spectacle of a hard hit
ting fist-fight on the floor to test
ify to the shortness of some tem
pers. the House began a final
Irivp to reach a decision on the
Cmvcr.ption Bill. With two days
of general debate over, the cham
'her ttled down to consider the
me .sure section by section and to
act n scores cf pending amend
vis.A v te is expected Friday
nigiit or Saturday.
I actual draft be deferred for 60
days to permit trial of the volun
tary system of enlistments. The
bill goes back to Senate fo<r agree
ment to the House amendments.
The tense feeling, engendered
by debate, burst open last night
when the ephithet of “traitor”
was spoken in the House and be
held Rep. Beverly M. Vincent, 30,
and Rep. Martin L. Sweeney, 35,
throwing punches at each other
in the well of the chamber while
the galleries looked on. The fight
fo lowed a speech by Sweeney
which assailed conscription and
accusei President Roosevelt of
seeking ■> embroil the United
States ir var.
When 'Sweeney returne j 't*T his
seat beside Vincent he said Vin
cent calle dhim a traitor and the
fight started. Sweeney subse
quently apologized to the Ho us*.
Vincent at first repeated the
charge but later wtihdrew it.
Rumania Allied To
Axis Powers Return
Protection Invasion
BUCHAREST. S pt. 7 (JP) —
The country's now military dic
tator, General Antonescu sent
warm messages f allegiance to
Hitler . \d Muss lmi, who have
guaranteed ho shrunken bound
aries.
He explained to his people in
a radio broadcast that he forced
Pres. Paraguay
Is Killed In
Plane Crash
ASCUNCIGN, Sept. 7 iUP)—Gen
eral Jose Felix Estigababia, aged
52. President of Paraguay, and
his wife were killed when the
airplane in which they were
riding crashed today while en
rcute to their country residence
in San Bernardino.
Sam McGee
Passes Away
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 9
i(/p, —Sam McGee, former Great
Falls resident, w-ith the same
name as the famous Service
poena “Cremation of Sam Mc
Gee" died at his home in Bie
seker, Alberta, the Great Falls
Tribune said, after an attack of
paralysis.
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the abdication of Carol to save
the nation from “civil war.” He
said he told Carol "I cannot con
trol the present situation. In re
questing your abdication I voice
the desire of the country.”
Carol crossed the frontier on a.
special train into Yugoslavia, en
: ate to Switzerland.
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Americas
I o Share
New Bases
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 'TP)
The United States notified all
other American republics that
the naval and air bases recently
acquired from Britain will b®
available to them on the fullest
cooperative basis for a ‘common
defense” otf the Western Hernia
sphere. Secretary' Hull sent th®
messages to the United S*ate dip
lomatic missions in the variola®
uuntries.
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Waves Bombers
Hit Lonbon
LONDON, Sept. 7 UP)— Hug®
waves of German bombers, at-'
tacking in groups of more than
a score each, swept in against
the city late today which rever
berated to the dull boom of
bombs.