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VOL. 43. No. 39. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 4, 1941. Per Copy 154
C A A Opens Alaska Airfield Bids
RAF Bomb Oil Depot In French-Controlled Beirut
Former Emperor of Germany Kaiser Wilhelm Dead
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FORMER EMPEROR GERMANY
KAISER WILHELM THE SECOND
PASSED AWAY AT DOORN
German Command Accords Full Military Burial
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BERLIN, June 4 I'P) — Former j
Kaistr Wihelm the Second, aged
82, died at Doom, Holland, at
1:30 a.m. PST following months
of illness. His family was at the
b-.dside.
General Wilhelm von Domes,
£ administrator of the Hohenzol
lern properties said the ex-ruler
will be buri d at Doom.
The death was announced thru j
the DNB, official German news |
agency.
An intestinal disorder, compile
aied at the last by a lung emboly
caused his death. On the orders;
o: Hiller, burial will be on Mon j
ay at Doom, a military funeral;
v. th full military honors to bo'
a corded to imperial Germany's
1 st emperor. The German com
mand has taken full charge of the
m litary phase of the funeral,
and this was taken that perhaps;
the reconciliation between the
Fuehrer and the former emperor
was complete.
m At the bedside when he died,
was only a few close members of
his family; his second wife, the,
Princess Hermine, daughter of
the Duchess of Brunswick; his
grandson, Louis Ferdinand.
Karl Franz Joseph, first Kai
serian, died April 11, 1921. and
is buried at Potsdam. The eldest
living son and successor as the
head of the Hohenzollern family,
Crown Prince Frederich Wilhelm
was at his father's bedside ear
* her,but left late last week when
his father s-emed to rally.
The casket bearing Wilhelm’s
b.dy was interred temporarily in
a little chapel on the Doom es
tate, since no mauscleTim or cry pt
was built.
Wilhelm was reported to have
^pressed a wish that the only
mourners at his funeral be the
innermost members of his fam
ily circle, but DNB said “Some
d legations cf the Reich are ex
pected.”
The German pr ss declared
that postwar research absolved
the Kaiser cf World War guilt,
but Dienst A us Deutschland, Nazi
news commentary added that he
“Carried a great deal of the re
sponsibility for the loss of the
war.”
Communists
Cave Bridges
Aid, He Says
91
©AN FRANCISCO — As the
Government b go t its cross ex
amination of Harry Bridges, CIO
leader charged with being a mem
ber of the Communist Party, Gov
ernment Counsel Albert Del Gue
rico asked: “Now, Mr. Bridges,
don’t you attribute your succ:ss
as a great labor leader at least
in a small way to the support
given you by the Communist
Party?”
Bridges replied: “No, I think I
may attribute it more to the at
tacks made on me by the Hearst
press.”
“But you received support
from the Communist Party?” Del
Guertco queried.
“I wouldn't doubt that is cor
rect," Bridges answered.
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BARRAGE BALLOON RISES
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This bmarrpge balloon, first received at Fort Lewis, Wash., robe
| over Army buildings at the fort when tested by the balloon squad
| ran. It’s “low altitude” type, designed for use at 7,000 to 8.000 feet.
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CAA OPENS BIDS ON FOUR I
ALASKA FIELDS, CONTRACTS j
AWARDED IN 2 OR 3 DAYS
WASHINGTON, June 3 OP) —
The Civil Aeronautics Board op
ened bids on four Alaska air
field construction projects, on
which contracts may be awarded
in possibly two or thr e days..
The projects are Big Delia, Boun
Jury, Nome and West Ruby.
Bids on Nome and West Ruby
follow:
Portion of field at Nome: R. H.
Somers, Juneau, $114,0 8.
R. H. Stock, Anchorage, $124,
150.
McKenzie Brother, Minneapol
is, $119,350.
Complete fi Id at Nome, Som
rs, $.95,825.
Rhoades Brothers, Los Angeles,
$185,200.
C. V. Lytle. Sioux City, Iowa,
and Green Construction Com-'
party, Des Moines, $219,300.
Morrison Knudsen Company,
Boise, Idaho, $223,900.
Stock, Anchorage, $239,600.
McKenzie Brothers, Minneapol
is. $250,030.
P. Mun, r. Seattle, $166,753.
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Portion of field at West Ruby:
Stick, Anchorage, $277,060
Complete field at West Ruby:
Rhoades, Los Angel . $521,674.
Lytle-Green, Iowa, $437,260.
Stock, Anchorage, $553,160.
Nathan A. Moore, Moor Park.
Cal., offered to do all jobs at cost
plus 25 percent.
RAF BOMB BEIRUT OIL DEPOT
IN WHAT MAY BE OPENING OF
NEXT GREAT W AR CAMPAIGN
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UNDATED, June 4 (IP) — With
the British public clamoring for
action, RAiF warplanes bombed
the oil depot at Beirut in French-!
ruled Lebanon, in w'hat may be
the opening blow of the next
great campaign of the war. Si
multaneously authoritative quar
ters in London said Britain has
now taken “the necessary precau
tions in regard to Syria” the nei
gh bo ring French colony.
British Troops
Occupy Mosul
The Middle East imperial head
quarters at Cairo announced that
British troops occupi d Mosul, in
the center of Iraq's rich oil
fields.
As the war momentarily threat,
ened to boil over in this new |
theater of the eastern Mediteran-'
nean, thr Syrian high command
declared the army of Levant is
ready to defend its territory ag
ainst any attacks.
In Berlin, the Nazi spokesmen
said Fiance has taken “certain
protective measures” along the
borders of some of her colonial
possessions, evidently in refer- ■
ence to Syria.
Lebanon reports reaching
Vichy said British planes this
morning attacked Beirut, blow
ing . up reservoirs and bombing
oil depots there.
Report Capture
25.000 In Crete
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Recapitulating on the battle of
Crete, the Germans asserted that
12.000 more British and Greekj
troops were captured on the blitz
ravag d island, making a total of
25,000. Previously British reports
said 15,000 troops were safely I
withdrawn, out of the original
contingent of some 30,000.
No Censorship
Of Newspapers
Indicated Now
WASHINGTON — Government
legal experts said that although
i t he President's full emerg ency
1 proclamation opened the door to
control of the radio, there is no
provision in the law for censor
ship of publications even in war
time.
Several lawyers cone ded the
President might affect the trans
mission of news through its pow
er, suspend or amend the rules
and regulations under the Fed
eral Communications Act, but no
direct censorship appeared pos
sible.
Says New York
Can Be Bombed
Bv Nazis Force
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LONDON — An article in the
authoritative aviation publication
Aeroplane, stated that “whenever
the Germans want to bomb New
York, they can do it.
The article is by Peter Mass
field who declares the Germans
are using a four-motor type of
long range bombers that could
attack the eastern seaboard of
Panama from bases in Norway, j
France, Portugal or W^st Africa. |
The author apparently takes it ■
for granted the Germans would
acquire bases in Portugal and
West Africa although these areas
are not now German occupied, i
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RAF Cause Large
Fires In 46th
Raid On Berlin
UNDATED. June 3 (/Pi — RAF
night raiders spread “large fires"
in an a.tack on Berlin. The Lon
don Air Minis* pay announced
they bombed th cities of Dussel
d rf. Duesburg, Ruhrort and oth
er targets in Germany’s indus
trial Ruhr. It was the 4t>th as
,-ault of tee war on Berlin. Other
British raiders struck at decks at
St. Nazaire, German U-boat base
in France and at Ostend.
3’he Germans acknowl dged
that apartment buildings in Ber
lin were damaged by bombs and
a number of civilians were killed
and injured.
Lou Geliri
Yankee Star
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NEW YORK, June 2 (.V) —Lou
Gehrig, former Yankee first base
main, died here today. His condi
tion was critical since a month
ago. He was suffering from Am
yothropic Leteral Sclerosis. This
rare disease was described as
hardening of ithe spinal cord,
which caused the muscles to
shrivel.
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Chief Justice
Charles Evans
Hughes Retires
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HYDE PARK. June 2. (fP) —
I President Roosevelt accepted
: Chief Justice Charles Evans
j Hughes’ request that he be per
! 'nitted to retire on July first.
' Hughes, in a 1 ttor. informed the
President: “In ccmsideration of
health and age makes it neces
sary I should be relieved of du
ties which I have been discharg
ing with increasing difficulty."
Hughes is 79 years old.
It was predicted in the capit
j cl that Attorney General Jack
I son will be Hughes’ successor.
GERMANS CLAIM 746,000 TONS
BRITISH SHIPPING SUNK MAY
BRITISH SAY LESS THAN HALF
UNDATED, June 3 UP)—Hit
ler’s command reported that
746,000 tons of British merchant
shipping was destroyed last i
month. The figure closely ap
preached the 852,000 tons of Al- j
lied ships sent to the bottom in
Britain’s most critical month of
the World War. This was in April
1917, when the Kaisers’ sink-on
sight campaign, backed by a fleet
of 111 U-boats sank 430 ships. At
the height of the campaign it was
reported that Britain had only 6
w.eks foed suplies left and one
out of every four ships leaving
United Kingdom ports never re
turned. The German command
said that last month’s assaults cn
British shipping, the U-boats
sank 479.000 tons ar.d the Luft- *
wafife 250,000 toms. The destruc-1
tion of the remaining 52,000 tons
was attributed to surface raid
ers.
London** Horurps
Half
While it would be a serious
blow to the British life-line of
supplies, if true, the German com
mand's figure may still fall short
of its April claim of 1.211,000 tons
destroyed. By contrast, the Lon
don Admiralty declared the Brit
ish merchant shipping losses m
April totalled only 488,000 tons
destroyed, less than half the Ger
man figure.
JAPAN IS BRISTLING
HER BACK
(By Associated Press)
Japanese Foreign Minister Mat
suoka reaffirmed Japan’s loyalty
to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Al
liance when he conferred in Tok ;
yo for more than one hour with
German Ambassador Eugene Ott.
It is reported the chief subject
discussed was President Roose
velt’s speech.
The Stock Exchange boomed
again in the apparent belief that
Roosevelt’s speech particularly
lacked reference to America’s
problems on the Pacific.
The newspaper Chugai declar
ed bluntly that "if the United
States continues her present pol
icy of aid to China, conflict with
Japan is inevitable.”
Meanwhile the Japanese news
agency Domei, said it was under
stood authoritatively that ecoin
omic negotiations between the
Dutch East Indies and Japan
have reached a most critical
stage. It is said that Matsuoka
has demanded the East Indies
government cotpe to terms on
trade agreements with Japan. He
virtually told Great Britain to
keep hands off and not interefere
in negotiations.