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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 85. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAy, JULy 12, 1940._Pr per copy
Nazi Bombers
British Battleships Repulse
Concerted Attack Of 300
Italian Planes-Accounts Vary
UNDATED, July 1 M/P) — A
new 'light was cast on the con
troversial question of “battle
ships against planes” in actual
combat, with the disclosure by
General Pricolo, Ita’ian air chief,
that 300 Italian planes engaged
in battle with the British and It
alian war fleets in the Mediter
ranean.. Dispatches from Rome
acknowledged that a large part
of the Italian aerial force return
ed with damage ar.d wounded
crewmen, hit by a terrific drum
of fire from the surface ships.
Three Italian planes were lost.
Ey contrast. So- Andrew Cun
ningham, commander of the Brit
iah Mediterranean fleet reported
that his ships suffered not a sin
gle casualty. The Italian com
mand in a belated communique
insisted however that the Italian
bon bing planes set fire to the
42,000 ton British battle cruiser
Hood, the world's biggest war
ship and scored two bomb hits
on the deck of the 22.000 tun air
craft carrier Ark Royal and two
other English battleships. The
British admiralty issued a for
mal denia.
Three hundred Italian plar.es
wo * • v~~d in the 'two-day battle
and presumably represented the
biggest aerial assault ever hurl- i
ed against warships. The attack
:>n the Hood and and Ark Royal
occurred Tuesday, the Italians!
said, in the waters south of the
Ba eares Islands.
FIRST CHILD REFUGEES
NOW IN AMERICA
NSW YORK — The Canard
Wtu:e Star liner Scythia arrived
a-t New York Sunday evening
with the first large group of Brit
ish children who will live in the
United States for the duration of
the war.
The Scythia docked tat Manhat
1 tan pier at 5:30 p.m. Although it
I had been reported that 200 reiu
;g?e chi dren were be aboard the
i iiiier, the tota was only 71. SO
! youngsters left the ship at Hali
: rax, N. S., far hemes in Canada.
Most of the children were ac
companied by relatives or nurs
es. Arrangement had been com
i pk'.ed to give them comfortable
American homes during the war.
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Have The Nome Nugget sent to
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King George Narrowly Escapes
German Air Raid In Scotland
Report Much Damage Inflicted
UNDATED, July 12 (/Pi—Swift!
rising British Spit-fires slashed
back at German bombers over j
the Island kingdom, shooting,
down eight raiders in flames af
ter King George narrowly es- (
raped a heavy Nazi attack in a
Scottish town. One bomb killed
ten persons. “As far as is known”
many others were wounded. A
German invader was shot down
and its crew' perished as the bul
let-sieved plane crashed and.
burst into flames.
A German command commun
ique telling of heavy new dam
age inflicted on British airports,
harbors a" i armament plants, as
serted that 4 mi’lion 329 thou
sand 213 tons of “enemy mer
chant Shipping or shipping us
able by the enemy” has been |
;uak since the war began. Nazi
fighting a i St a. a dive bombing;
olci e- sank dve ships totalling (
J’,00) tons in t . English Chan
ne yesterday. The command said j
n;..: :.j started at Portsmouth;
and Burton on Trent and added!
that port recitities at Portsmouth;
were the often est hit by aemal1
explosives.
Thj 3:1 ish government faced'
X 7 * *hre ?.t« ?; a U-boat “star:
This picture, sent by cable from London to New York, shows, a cording to the English caption,
British sailors aboard a French b Utleship iu a southern port. Note the French tricolor still flying.
vat.in blockade” of the British
Isles, tightened control to bolster
the home front and considered
imposing "scientific diet” on the
island's densely packed millions
to save food supplies.
One plan called for the taking
over of the fields in which the
farmers are failing to make yield
the Last possible ounce of food
stuffs.
Army Chief Of
Staff Arrives
In Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS. July 11 — An
Army plane with General H. H.
Arnold, chief of the U. S. Army
Air Corps and a party of officers
on an inspection tour of Alaska,
arrived at the Fairbanks airport
at 4:30 this afternoon Fairbank
time after an uneventful flight
via the inland route. They stop
ped at Prince George and White
horse. The party left Spokane
tins morning and Washington yes
,'erday morning and attended an
informal dinner here with civic
leaders tonight. They will pro
bably proceed to Anchorage in a
day or two.
New York Police
Reveal Discovery
Of More Bombs
NEW YORK. July 11 I/P)—Two
powerful dynamite bombs were
found near the convention hall
in Philadelphia two weeks ago,
it w,as learned from high police
authority. After police commis
sioner Valentine disclosed the
number of bombs found during
the meeting. Valentine didn’t say
how many bombs were found
nor where they were discovered;
but other sources said 7 or 8
were located, some of them in a
hall frequently used for Commun
ist meetings.
Valentine made the disclosure
in a talk to his detective force,
and asserted the bomb explosion
at the World’s fair which killed
two detective on July 4th was
'just the beginning." The voice
of the veteran peace officer chok
ed with emotion as he spoke of
the two victims of the bomb and
he declared the department is
out get the perpetrators of the
plot, convict them, “have them
sentenced to the proper punish
ment—electrocution."
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
Asks Registration
Of All U. S. Men
From 18 to 6.1
WASHINGTON. July 12 OP) —
The President asserted in a press
conference that the administra
tion will go ahead with its pres
ent policy of maintaining the
standards set under the wage
and hour law, in the defense pro
gram. He spoke shortly after the
Navy department awarded con
tracts totaling $136,743,000 as a
part of the vast program to build
up the nation’s Pacific and Allan
i tic defenses.
General Marshal testified be
1 fore the Senate military commit
tee that compulsory military
training” was immediately nec
essary” to bring the regular
army and national guards units
up to full strength. He asked
; for the enactment of the Burke
Wadsworth bill to force the reg
I istration of all men between the
I ages of 18 and 65 for training in
I the army and navy. From these
will be selected the men from
between the ages of 21 and 45.
More Funds For
Ala ska Defenses
WASHINGTON, July 11 CP)—
The Budget message which ac
companied President Roosevelt’s
j request for additional defense
funds Wednesday named some of
the projects covered in the 936
million dollars sought for the
Navy. These included Kodiak Air
station seaplane ramp, etc, $500,
000: Sitka air station, to extend
seaplane hangar $500,000; Dutch
Harbor radio station $30,000.
Among the projects included
in the army coil ‘ruction. pro
gram, for Point Campbell, Al
aska, a transmitter station $327,
000; and an Alaska air base gas
and oil storage and bomb stor
age $630,000.
Petain’s Government Is
Given Free Hand to Write
Totalitaran Constitution
VICHY. France. July 10 — The
French parliament gave the gov
ernment of Marshal Petain a free
hand to write a new totalitarian
constitution in a sv. if- parliament
ary action which virtually sealed
the doom of the third French Re
public after the chamber of de
puties voted 395 to 3, the bill
granting the Petain government
full powers to write a new con
stitution.
The Senate concurred with 225
votes to only one against.
All that is needed now for final
action is for formal approval by
the national assembly composed
of the two houses sitting togeth
er.
The vote of both branches
make *>he outcome of the assem
bly meeting in the Vichy Casino
a certainty. This means the end
of the Democratic Third Repub
lic which rose from the ashes of
the Empire of Napoleon, 3rd.
FDR Asserts
Will Not Attend
Dem. Convention
WASHINGTON, July 12 UP) —
President Roosevelt said at a
press conference that he definite
ly wouldn’t go to Chicago to at
tend the Democratic convention,
but again avoided every question
designed to bring about the dis
closure of his third term stand.
Roosevelt’s hearers interpreted
his flat statements to mean not
only would he not be there dur
ing the convention but also that
he would not go there in the
event he is drafted for the nom
ination, to make the acceptance
T
.Speech.
i
WILLKIE SAYS HE WILL BE
IN WHITE HOUSE 8 YEARS
WASHINGTON, JuLy 8 — W.
L. Willkie, GOP presidential
nominee, arrived for a series of
conferences with Republican
leaders, and said he would be in
the White House for eight years,
‘land only eight.”
Willkie flew from New York
with a group of advisers and was
greeted at the airport by a con
gressional reception committee.
Denali Sailed For
^>me Thursday
^ ith Passengers
SEATTLE, July 11 (JP) — The
S. S, Denali of the Alaska Line
sailed for Nome at 9:00 a.m. with
49 first class passengers and 11
steerage.
Following the the names of the
Nome passengers:
Rev J L McHugh.
D H King
Tom Allen
Mrs W J Russell
Mrs Niva Christmas
Miss P Goodale
Miss F Smeddle
Marguerite Lee ,
Mrs F Sandberg
Winona Ulrickson
Anna Ulrickson
Florence Ulrickson
Clara Kuhlman
Mary Hansen
Mrs G E Bemsten
Vivian Wynne
Mrs Fred Botsford
Armond Kirschbaum
Harry Dobson
Mamie Bail
Mrs Paul McKay Boulanger
and sister aged four
Merle Smith and wife
Adeline Love
Mrs John H Fraser
Wr R Jones
Emma Peterson
Mrs Allan Lee
Mrs Jean Elms and chAd
Mrs R Pool
Mrs Ralph Lomen
J F Halpin
F C Austin
Mrs Frank McCabe
Elvira McAyeal
Florence Van Horn
Mrs H W Johnston
Public Dance Saturday Night At High School Gym
ADMISSION $1.00 A Couple AT MIDNIGHT THE WINNING TICKET FOR THE PONTIAC SEDAN WILL BE DRAWN Extra Ladies Free
ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TO PAY TAXES
PENALTY AND INTEREST V/ILL BE ADDED AND THEN THE PROPERTY ADVERTISED FOR SALE