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m VOL. 42. No. 124. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCT. 11. 1940._Prire
British Ships Bombard Cherbourg
l» Rumored Japs Take Shanghai Int’nat’nl Settlement
London Suffers 36th Consecutive Night of Attack
United States and Britain Discuss
► Possibilities Joint Defense Action
In Pacific Disclosed in Commons
UNDATED, Oct. 10 Dis
cussion' between the United Stat
es and Britain on the possibilities
of joint defense action in the
Pacific was reported by R. A.
Butler, Undersecretary of for
eign affairs, in a statement to
the House of Commons. The dis
♦ closure indicating the tightening
of the Anglo-American bond
against the new Rome-Berlin
Tokyo alliance, come as London
•ers trudged throngh debris-lit
tered streets after another night
of terror from the skies.
Civilians Learning of War
Home Secretary Herbert Mor
* rison, talking on greater de
mands for greater air raid pro
tection told the House of Com
mons with scornful irony that
if Britons expect (. .rn-plete im
, munity fr.pm 4 exploding t bombs,
“they should sue for peace. They
now know what to expect when
they enter war. We are now ex
periencing as civiiians, what the
soldiers experienced in the last
war. We must go through with
t it or surrender and we are not
going to surrender,” he shouted
as the House roared its approval.
Bomb Hiis St. Paul’s Cathedral
A German bomb crashed-thru
the roof c,f 250 year-old St.
Paul’s Cathedral. burial place
for Britain’s war.ri r heroes.
Nazi airmen reported four
great fires raged in the vicinity
of the Houses of Parliament. .
^ I" p'r "
istry didn’t disclose when St.
Paul’s was damaged ibut “the
famous church” was reported hit
by German raiders last night dur
ing the longest and fiercest at
tack of the war.
St. Paul’s great high altar,
known to thousands of American
visitors, was destroyed when the
bomb clashed through the east
roof of the domed edifice.
GOVERNMENT SUES
MAJOR OIL GROUPS
WASHINGTON —The Govern
ment has filed suit against the
American Petroleum Institute
ard 22 major oil companies,
charging unlawful monopoly and
price fixing, «in violation of the
anti-trust laws.
It is contended the defendant
firms controlled vi: ially all of
the crude oil available-for refin
ing and put. independents at a
“competitive disadvantage.”
The Department of Justice has
asked the Federal District Court
of the' District of Columbia to
r-strain the companies involved
from acquiring oil reserves for
monopolistic purposes, and for
lissolution of the American Pet
roleum Institute.
It was said that should the suit
be successful, lower • : ires wi'l
prevail for the consumer, and
higher prices for independent oil
dnrmrs.
British Warships Bombard German
Held Cherbourg-Nazi Raiders Drop
496.000 Pounds Bombs on 36th Day
UNDATED. Oct. 11 (JP)—Brit
ish warships bombarded the Ger
man-held “invasion” base of
Cherbourg on the French coast,
attacking boldly in a thick dawn \
haze and set huge fires visible
forty miles away the London ad
miralty reported. No damage or
casualties were sustained by the
sea raiders, the admiralty said,
adding “there was no naval op
position by -he enemy aUhough j
it was known that enemy light
forces were at Cherbourg.”
The admiralty said heavy and
■ light forces engaged in the as
sault. the first sizeable naval ac
, tion in the English channel since
the bloody retreat from Dunker
que last June.
1 Nazis Minimize Effect of Raid
Naz. quarters minimized the
I effect of the bombardment, assert
ling that, only a single British
cruiser ‘'attempted” to shell the
big shipping port and it was
routed by the fire from German
'coastal batteries.
The Germ ns acknowledged
however, that RAF bombers
striking before dawn created hav
or in the great north German pom
of Hamburg.
Britain Freezes Rumanian Funds
Britain followed the example
of the United States in “freez
ing” Rumanian credits, amid
signs of a break in Anglo-Ruman
ian relations, following the "Drag
Nach Osten” or March to the
East infiltration of German
troops into the rich Balkan oil
kingdom.
RAF Devastate Part of Hamburg
The DNB news agency report
ed with its usual frankness that
British bombs spread “devasta
tion visible over a radius of five
eighths of a mile and left in
si. mbles ar.d ashes" two sections
of Hamburg. Casualties were list
ed p.s 3 killed. 15 seriously
wound with many more slightly
wounded.
496,000 Pounds Bombs Dropped
German warplanes attacking
Lond n for the 36th consecutive
night reported they dropped
496,990 thousand pounds of
bombs on the British capital
alone. Other Nazi raiders tripped
their bomb racks ever twenty
provincial areas from the Tham
es Estuary through the great in
dustrial Midlands to Liverpool,
where Hitler’s command report
ed big fires were left raging.
The Germans- also reported
that RAF bombers attacked Am
sterdam k-'lLr.g 13 and wound
ing 29 in the second a'sault on
the Dutch city in a week.
sourdough Stationery
Write to your friends and rela
eves on ths Outside’, using Sour
ough Siati aery. They’ll get a bis?
■nek out of it
In a historic scene, the King and Queen of England (center) inspect the damage dene to a corner of Buckingham Palace, the Royal
residence, by what British sources described as a delayed-adtion German bomb. This picture was cabled from London to New York.
Rumored Japan Plans Take Over
International Settlement Shanghai
Chinese Puppet Troops Are Sent
SHANGHAI. Oct. 11 (/P)—De
spite Japanese denials, usually
[ well informed sources insisted
; that 14.000 Chinese soldiers of
the Japanese-dominated Nanking
government were concentrated
| outside of Shanghai while rumor
; had it that Japan plans to tcike
over the international settlement
; or the French concession on Oct
; ober 13th. The puppet regime's
troops were said to have moved
yesterday to new positions be
tween Shanghai and Woosung, at
the fourth mouth of the Whang
poo River, about 12 miles below
the city. Rumors of impending
forceful action against the for
eign areas of this otherwise Jap
anese-controlled city were link
ed with the impending reopen
ing on October 17th by Britain,
of the Burma Road which sup
plies the central Chinese govern
ment.
Japanese authorities sought to
stem excited rumors that are cir
culating since the United States
state department suggested
Thursday that all Americans
leave the Orient.
Head of Puppet
Govt. Shanghai
Is Assassinated
SHANGHAI. Oct. 10 (/Pi —The
municipal police received a re
port that the head of the Jap
anese-sponsored puppet govern
ment of Shanghai, Fu Saio En,
was called from his home to Jap
anese-controlled Hong Kew and
there assassinated. No other de
tails were gi'sert.
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Rumanian
Credits in U. S.
Are "Froze**
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 (JPi—
President Roosevelt froze Ru
manian funds in the United Stat
es, by extending the order pre
1 viously applied to other nations
! occupied by Gorman and Russian
1 troops.
Anchorage School
Paper "4nchor**
Wins Award
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 11 (ff)—
The National Scholastic Press
Association announced that the
Anchorage High School Anchor
was the only Alaska winner of
awards for educational institu
tions for high ranking year
books. The Anchor is in the first
class.
Noted Labrador
Missionary
Passes Away
BOSTON. Oct. 9 UP) — Wilfred
Grenfell, aged 75, noted medical
missionary to Labrador, died at
Charlotte, Vermont, at his home
at was announced. He was noted
for more than forty years work
caring for the spiritual and phys
ical needs of the Eskimos, In
dians and fisher folk.
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Leaves at 7 P.M.
Agent Wilcox of the Alaska
Line announces that the SS Mt.
McKinley will arrive Nome to
night at 6 p.m. and the first and
only passenger lighter will leave
the river at 7 p.m.
Following is the list of 162 out
going passengers:
Mrs Hazel Smith
Ruth Smith
Clara Smith
Ted Leonard
Mrs P C Sthay
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Mrs Ray Brosti
Geraldine McDermott
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M S Cappelen
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Silverio Ruiz
Mrs Lena Moerder
Roderic Wagner
Mrs Harold Bill
Ray L Phillips
Kenneth R Rook
Percy Ipalook
Mrs Percy Ipalook
Elmer Ipalook
Thomas Ipalook
Mrs Grace Biggins
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Mrs Oscar Brown
Warren Semen
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