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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 58. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1940 ^ice Per c°p* l**
Bel gium And Netherlands Invaded
Britain and France Rush Aid To Small Countries
Churchill Replaces Chamberlain As Prime Minister
Germany Launches Invasion Of
Belgium, The Netherlands And
Luxembourg to 'Guard’ Neutrality
BERLIN May 9 (/P> -^Fridav,
Germany launched military op
erations tcday against the Nether
lands. Belgium and Luxembourg
to “safeguard" their ‘ neutrality."
BRUSSELS, May 9 UP) — Fri
day, Belgium was invaded by
German planes today at about 3
pun. Thursday, Pacific time.
LONDON, May 9 /^—Friday,
radio bulletins by the Reuters
news agency frlcm Amsterdam
said the Germans have landed at
Wallhaven, Holland. The Ex
change Telegraph news agency
said they learned from authorit
ative Dutch circles that the Lon
don reports that Holland was in
vaded by Germany, cmvfirmr
ed.
Germans Land
In Holland
Using Parachutes
D
ROTTERDAM, May 10 UP) -
The German army of the air
spanned the strong land and wa
ter defenses by landing by para
chutes from huge seaplane trans
ports at the western side cf the
nation and fought their way into
part of this seaport city. The Ger
mans ooc ,:ed WalLhaven airport
af.er first leveling it with a tre
men dons aerial bombardment.
They alighted on Nieuwe on the
Mass river in the center of the
city and occupied the big bridge
and captured the Maas railway
station. In the city heavy fight
ing i- going on with Dutch troops
clinging tenaciously to the right
bank of the river which bisects
the city.
On the other side, the Holland
first line defenders are resisting
the German lard army which en-j
tered along the Rhine and swarm
ed some fifteen miles to the vic
inity of the Ijssel river near Arn
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Doughty Queen Wilhelmina ut-J
tered a “flammg protest.” British
and French planes were over the1
coun4ry before noon seeking the'
enemy.
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Stubborn fighting in central Norway, teriffic bombing of Sylt by
the British and continued war threats off Sweden highlighted the
Scandinavian war scene. The British bombed Sylt (1), while Ger
mans and Allies were reported battling in Norway (2). Specula
tion on the Swedish situation centered on possibility Germans
might move troops from Sassnitz o Malmo (3). Bomb-burst symbols
mark other activity
Britain and France Respond To
Appeals Aid, Pledge Full Support
Dutch Open Dikes, Belgians Fight
LONDON, May 10 (/PI — Ger
many unleashed a lightning air
and land attack on Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg
early today adding the vast new
low land front to the European,
struggle which already has direct
ly embroiled six European na
tions.
Britain and France, responding
to appeals from Brussels and Am
sterdam immediately pledged
full Allied aid to the invaded na- j
tions.
Holland opened her flood gates;
in the hope of repelling the Ger
man invaders. Belgium mustered
her entire strength, hopeful of
preventing a repetition of the
1914 German sweep.
Hitler, addressing troops de
<*'wired: -‘.tV'ldi-ers of the Welters;
Front, the hour has come for the
most decisive struggle of the
German people.’’ His air force
is striking at strategic points in
Belgium and Netherlands raid
ing far behind the French lines
and ire making forays as far as
the British coast. German para
chute troops plummeted to earth
from Nazi transport planes be
hind Belgium -and Dutch lines.
German bombers raided Brussels
airport and other points while
land forces struck at the fron
tiers of two nations.
King Leopold immediately
took command of his fighting
forces numbered about 600,000.
Holland had 400.000 men but her
major hope is her complex sys
tem of water defenses which she
ftRQdgd to-.v Farids V
down the German war machin
ery.
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Great Britain
Takes Over The
Island Iceland
LONDON, May 9 (/P) — Great
Britain took protective custody
of Iceland today by Landing an
armed force on the north Atlan
tic island which is united to Ger
man-occupied Denmark by the
throne of King Christian of Den
mark. The foreign office said the
action was taken to prevent the
seizure of the island by Ger
many.
LONDON, May 9 (/P) — In a
lightening-like move to bar Ger
many from a strategic base in the
far north, Britain took protec
tive custody of tiny Iceland i»
lind which is linked to German
occupied Denmark by their al
legiance to King Christian. The
island will be under British pro
lection only until the conclusion
of hostilities.
Holland And
Belgian Weath
"Froze” In U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 9 ttP) —
I President Roosevelt froze all
! Dutch and Belgium wealth in the
United States to prevent its seiz
ure by Germany after consulta
; tion with high financial officials.
I The President signed the exec
utive order extending the freez
! ing decree on Norwegian and
Danish assets to the Netbrlands,
Belgium and Luxembourg.
British Troops Landing Holland
AMSTERDAM, May 10 (£>) —
British troops landed at several
points on the Netherlands coast.
Dutch authorities said tonight
that one detachment passed thru
here on the way east.
“No Change In
Possibility U. S.
Keep Out War"
—
WASHINGTON. May 10 (Pi —
Pres. Roosevelt said at a press
conference that he saw no change
with the respect to the possibilit
ies of the United States keeping
out of the war. He added that
there was not much he could say
about the situation now that it
spoke for itself.
Germans Stopped
A Few Hundred
Yards in Belgium
BRUSSELS. May 10 (/P> — Ger
man land forces have been stop
ped within a few hundred yards
of the frontier after entering Bel
gium. The foreign ministry an
nounced that French and British
liason officers reached here for
contacts with the Belgian general
staff six hours after Belgium ask
ed for aid.
The first wave of bombers took
a toll of at least seven killed and
30 wounded throughout the coun
| try including the bombing here.
[The invaders were reported halt
ed by troops entrenched behind
the “demolition line” in the first
! defense area but destroyed brid
; ges, roads and other barriers.
ALLIED PLANES BOMB
GERMAN CITY OSEN
KILL 24 CIVILIANS
- /
BERLIN, May 10 (P) — Three
“enemy” planes bombed “Osen
City” at Freiburg in southwest
ern Germany this afternoon kill
ing 24 civilians. German author
ities said tonight adding that Ger
many will answer five-fold. The
bombs were reported dropped in
the center of the city.
Churchill Is New
Prime Minister
Of England
LONDON, May 10 (h>) — W.n
ston Churchill tonight succ .1 1
Chamberlain as Prime Minis cr
after Chamberlains resignal. >n.
ending nearly three years n of
fice.
The government announced the
“prime minister desires all min
isters to remain at their p>sts
and discharge their functions
with full freedom and responsib
ility while the necessary arrange
ment for the formation of d new
administration are made.” Cham
berlain has been in office since
May 28. 1937.
ChurehiH, whose mother was
an American, first Lord of the Ad
miralty since the outbreak of the
war is retumnig to post he held
during the World War is 65 years
old Cbcm ft-?rlain the apj&stfo of
appeasement said in his valedic
tory broadcast to the empire:
"You and I must pull with all
our strength behind the new gov |
ernment. We must fight until this!
savage beast who has sprung out
of his lair at us is finally over
thrown.”
GERMANS REPORT
OCCUPY THE HAGUE
BERLIN. May 10 (<P) — The
German radio announced that
The Hague, capital of the Neth
erlands was occupied by detach-1
ments of the German navy at
noon. The furt .near the capital,
was reported seized by units of
flat-bottomed boats being used
on all flooded parts of the Dutch
coastal region and on the Zuider
ee to reach unilooded areas. The
high command announced that
troops broke the border resist
ance on the Belgian, Netherlands
and Luxembourg fronts.
I
Alaska Teachers
Are To Get
Preference
ANCHORAGE, May 10 UP) —„
The Territorial Board of Educa
tion appointed James C. Ryan of
Fairbanks, Commissioner of Ed
ucation succeeding Anthony E.
Karnes on February 23th. The
board aiso ruled that Alaska pub
lie schools must give preference
to qualified Alaskans when filling
teaching positions under the pen
alty of losing aid from territorial
funds if ian outsider is taken. The
Territory nows pays 70 per cent
of the salaries of teachers.
In seeking a teacher the school
must apply to the University of
Alaska which will recommend a
qualified graduate. If the univer
sity has no recommendation, the
school will be free to select a
teacher from the applicants from
the States.
The Board took under advise
ment the plan from the Palmer,
Matanuska colony, that officials
take over the ownership of the
colony school building.
Hitler Personally
On Western Front
BERLIN, May 10 (JP) — Hitler
has gone to the Western Front to
assume personal command of the
military operations the German
high command announced after
an address to troops in which he
said that this is the beginning of
a fight which will “decide the
fate of the German nation for the
next thousand years.”
The high command announced
that units of the German air
force “successfully bombed” air
ports in central and eastern
France and completely destroyed
the airport at Metz.
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Map gives a picture of warfare in Scandiavian waters at a gkmce