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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 83. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1940 Per C°P7 l*4
Projected Invasion Britain Masked
Americas to Discuss U.S. Bases in Latin America
LINKING AT ASKA—U. S. BY AIR: Emphasizing the neighborliness between Alaska and points
throughout the United States as a result of direct air service to and from Alaska, gifts and
greetsigs were exchanged when Pacific Alaska Airways’ first round trip schedule was completed be
tween Juneau and Seattle. Here Governor Ernest Gruening of Alaska is shown dispaying one of
two territorial flags which he toak to Seattle with him for dispatch to the San Francisco and
New York World’s Fairs. On their part, Stewardesses Myra French (left) and Ethelwynne Mat
thews of United Air Lines are show preferring replicas of San Francisco’s Tower of the Sun and
New, York’s Tryon and Perisph re which were flown by United Air Lines to Seattle for connec
tion with PAA's inaugural pas enger flight to Alaska.
Telephone Operator Threatened
By Voice That Warned Of Bomb
In British Pavilion at N. Y. Fair
NEW YORK, July 6 u-P) — The
New York telephone operator
who received the warning Tues
day that the World’s Fair Brit
ish pavilion would be blown up.
and which was followed by a
fatal explosion, was threatened
with death in an anonymous tele
phone call. From a description of
the voice it was believed both
calls came from the same man.
Mayor LaGuardia offered a
$25,000 reward for the capture
of the man and the police inten
sified their precautions. In the
British, French and Italian build
ings, police watched for parcels
carried by persons entering and
they were examined. More de
tectives were placed on the city’s
waterfront.
Girl Loses
$25,000 Legacy
By Marrying
NEWARK, N. J„ July 6 <£>) —
Cupid’s arrow proved to be gold
tipped after all, as Virginia Co
calis, demure and aged 24, sac
rificed a $25,000 legacy to marry
the man of her choice, George
McMillan. 27, a newspaper man.
Her father’s will said she would
forfeit the legacy if she a mar
ried a man not of the Greek or
thodox faith. McMillan is a bap
tist. The bride’s rich relatives
then gave them wedding gifts to
make up for her loss.
KATE HEARING ALASKA
SHIP DATES FIXED
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WASHINGTON, D. C. — The!
Delegate has received from the •
United States Maritime Commis
sion a notice that hearings in the
Alaska steamship rate investiga
tion proceedings will be held be
fore examiner John A. Russell,
beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. j
Standard Time, at places and on!
dates as follows:
Seattle, Washington, July 8;
Ketchikan, Alaska, July 16; Ju
neau. Alaska, July 23; Anchor
age, Alaska, August 2; Seattle,
Washington, August 14.
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British Bombers
Raid Kiel
LONDON, July 6 (fP) — Brit
ish bombers raided Germany’s
naval base at- Kiel and the Wil
helmshaven locks were attacked.
Fire were reported to have been
started.
Fishermen Report
Sound of Battle
VALENCIA, July 6 (/P)—.Fish
ermen hurriedly put into port,
alarmed by what appeared to be
a naval battle between ships and
planes off the French Moroccan
coast. A large number of planes
were seen flying over a squadron
of warships and many heavy ex
plosions were heard.
PUBLIC HEALTH STUDY
BEING MADE IN ALASKA
A complete study of'the public
health requirements in Alaska is
being made this summer by Dr.
Carl E. Buck, American Public
Health Association Field Direct
or, who is now in Nome.
Dr. Budk, a member of the
Association’s committee on ad
ministrative practice, will spend
two months in Alaska.
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Britain and Germany Battle
For Air Supremecy As Hitler
And Ciano Discuss Invasion
| UNDATED, July 8 (IP) — Ger
' man air raiders dropped tons of
incendiary, explosive and time
fuse ’bombs in widespread new
aitacks on Britain but still mask
i ed the scene for the projection
of the invasion, chosen by Hitler.
Raids carrying on almost inces
sant straffing of cities & military
objectives began June 18 and
i struck at coastal towns. An offic
ial communique reported “some
damage and few' casualties” but
said two Nazi bombers were
shot down by Royal Air Force
! fighters. So far the Nazi bomb
ing aitacks on Britain have been
widely scattered.
Reports from Berlin said even
men usua ly in the know' w'ere
unable to say when Hitler would
give the word for the next phase
of the war.
Hitler and Italian foreign min
ister Ciano conferred yesterday
in a meeting which the authorit
a',ve Facist editor Gayda said
would “mean a new stretch on
■ he combative, constructive road
ft : :he new associated nations.”
On. report said Hitler and Ciano
w- re due to meet again Wednes
day to discuss plans for the of
fensive against England with Ire
and „s the first objective.
The Eritish and German war,
for air aupremecy went ahead at
a de dly pace. The British
brought down seven and perhaps
eigh of the foe and at least five
British were killed on the,
ground. Three British fighters!
were lost in Germany.
The big broadcasting stations
near Bremen and Hamburg were!
silent early today which usually
indicated that British air raid-1
ers were nearby.
Planes identified as belonging
to Britain’s fallen ally, France,
raided Gibraltar. Sunday, the
Italian air force was active over
Africa and ever Malta.
British Halt All
Traffic French
Indo-China
HONGKONG. July 6 (/Pi —Brit
ish authorities halted all shipping
and air traffic to French Indo
China pending clarification of the
j French colonies’ attitude toward
1 Britain.
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WELFARE HEAD BLAMED
FOR DEATHS OF 63
KANKAKEE, 111., July — State
Welfare Director Bowen was
blamed for the deaths of 3 per
sons in a typhoid fever epidemic
at Manteo state hospital. Bowen
was convicted of culpable omis
sion of duty on the ground that
he had failed to provide pure
drinking water at the institution
last summer. Judge Bartley
found the state official guity after
a verdict had failed to reach a
verdict. The defense appealed.
U. S. Air Bases
Latin America
To Be Discussed
WASHINGTON, July 6 f/P) —
Secretary of State Hull reported
that the American nations joint
y gathering all possible informa
tion on t'ne reported British block
ade of the French island of Mar
tinique was neither confirmed or
denied. There were reports that
British warships had taken up sta
tions around the Caribbean island
where a French airplane carrier,
cruisers and planes are based.
He said the question of es
tablishing United States air bas
es in Latin America, is one of
the fifty problems coming up for
consultation with South Ameri
can nations.
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Defense Tax
Strikes Liquor
And ( agarettes
C
TACOMA — Wholesalers and
retailers of cigarettes and liquor
dealers will feel immediatey the
effects of American Defense tax
es, according to an announce
ment by Thor W. Hendricksen,
Acting Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the District of Washing
ton and Alaska.
A "Floor Stocks Tax" is impos
1 upon each person selling cig
rettes, irrespective of the quan
tity held or whether sold at re
tail or wholesale and becomes ef
fective before the beginning of
business in July. Each dealer is
required to take a complete in
ventory and pay a tax at the rate
of one half cent per package.
A floor stocks tax is also im
posed upon wholesalers of fer
mented malt liquors, including
such items as beer ale and stout;
while each person, wholesaler or
retailer in distilled spirits is sub
ject to pay a similar tax on all
articles held. In each instance the
floor stocks tax represents the
amount of the difference between
the old rates and the new. For
example, a wholesaler or distrib
utor of beer shall pay $1.00 par
barrel bn the inventory, separate
warehouse stock and articles in
transit, in which he retain title.
There are but a very few per
sons who will be effected by the
floor stock tax on distilled spir
its in the State of Washington,
being practically limited to the
State Liquor Board and Bonded
Warehouses.
While tavern operators who
dispense beer and wine only at
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MORGENTHAL* TAKES
ISSUE WITH FORD
WASHINGTON, July — Secre
tary of the Treasury Henry Mor
genthau, Jr., upheld the govern
ment's instistence that any Am
erican manufacturer who makes
Rolls Royce airplane engines for
a is own country should make
them as well for the British. The
rreasury secretary said: “I just
:an't ifhagine the British being
shut off from their own engines.”
Arrows show how the German army closed in on Paris. The French were repeating their
World War “last stand” south of the Marne in the Chateau Thierry area.
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