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VOL. 43. No. 16. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, FEB. 5. 1941. *** copy lu
■ RAF Blast 450 Miles Channel Coast
Willkie Prepares Return After Talk With DeValera
33,604 Tons British Shipping Sunk Last Week
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RAF BOMBERS POUND SIX
CHANNEL INVASION PORTS
AND CITY OF DUSSELDORF
UNDATED, Feb. 5 {/?)—■Waves
of RAF bombers pounded the in
dustrial city of Dusseldorf in
western Germany and slashed at
six Nazi held invasion ports
along the Channel coast, tb:
London air ministry said, with
overnight raids marking the heav
iest British aerial offensive in
two weeks, then in broad day
^ light a strong force of RAF bomb
ers protected by fighting planes
roared back across the channel
to renew the assault.
3 Bombers Reported Downed
Observers on the Kentish coast
* saw planes soaring high over the
Strait of Dover headed for Cal
ais while other fighters patrolled
the, coast on the lookout for a
Nazi counter attack by raiders.
A short time later black smoke
was seen rising from near the
harbor at Calais where three
German bombers were report.d
shot down after a 20 minute fight
with ships in a convoy off the
Kent coast. A fourth Nazi raider
crashed near Schull in County
Cork in neutral Ireland. The Dub
lin government announced that
fiv members of the crew were
ki led and the sixth badly in
jured.
Bomb 450 miles of Channel coast
Many fires were reported set
by the night forays of splashing
bombs on the main ports along
more than 450 miles of the Nazi
held coastline. The RAF struck
at Dunkerque, Dieppe, Ostend,
Cherbourg, Brest and Bordeaux.
The air ministry said Hitler’s
command listed five Germans
killed, 24 wounded and an un
specified number of apartment
houses destroyed by bombs and
vrin the center of Dusseldorf.
WILLKIE TALKS TO KING
AND DE VALERA, PREPARES
• FLY HOME VIA LISBON
UNDATED, Feb. 4 i/P) — Will
kie flew to Dublin to confer with
DeValera on the subject of Irish
ports and bases which were re
peat dly sought by the British
to combat the German counter
blockade. Even as RAF bombers
twice attacked the Nazi U-beat
9 center at Brest, Willkie said he
planned to ask Devalera qu s
tions and to “talk to him across
the desk” regarding netural
Eire’s bases.
After talking to DeVakra
Wiilkie said he could not reveal
the subject of the conversation.
So far DeValera has refused
permission for either British
planes and warships to use Irish
territory for operation against
Germany’s sea attacks which
have recently turn d the waters
west of Ireland into a so-called
“graveyard of the Atlantic.”
WILLKIE TO START HOME
IMPRESSED BY LEADERSHIP
LONDON, Feb. 4 f/Pi — Willkie
pr pared to start for home after
a day in which he visited both
the king and De Valera. He said
he was impressed by the unity of
the British people. He added
“Britain is almost miraculously
fortunate in her lead:rship.”
He will fly home via Lisbon.
33.000 Tons Ship
ping Lost Week
Ending Jan. 26
LONDON, Feb. 4 (fi>) — The
Admiralty announced that nine
British an i allied merchant ships
tota'ing 33,604 tons were lost by
enemy act: n during th_ week
ending January 26.
Germans Claim
Sinking Of
43.000 Tons
UNDATED, Jan. 4 i/P) — Hit
ler’s command reported that
43,00-0 tens of shipping had been
sent to the bottom; 29.600 tons
by German warships “operating
overseas”; 11,000 tons by Nazi U
boats and 3,000 tons by German
dive bombers.
Territorial
Treasurer’s
Report Is Out
The biennial report of Terri
torial Trea-urcr Oscar G. Olson,
showing the condition of the
T rritory’s various funds, was
issued January 30th.
The report shows a net cash
ba ance of $637,436.91 in the
Territorial treasury as of Decem
ber 31.
Bounties on hair seals exhaust
ed the $60,000 appropriated for
that purpose last July, th>; report
discloses. Claims for $13,746 are
now on hand and the Treasurer
estimates a deficiency appropria
tion of $20,000 will be necessary
to complete payments up to
March 31.
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ROYAL REFUGEES IN U.S.A_Full measure of Yankee hospitality is being enjoyed by
Crown Prince Olav of Norway and his family, who posed in Washington. 1 eft to right: Prime Har
ald, 3: Princess Ragnhild. 10; Crown Princess Martha: Princess Astrid, 8: C rown Prince f)la\ Crown
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One Of First Dis
coverers of Gold
At Nome Is Hung
GLENDALE, Cal.. Feb. 4 (ff)—
Patrick A. Sullivan, aged 78, re
putedly one cf the first discover
ers of gold at Nome and who
once shared a shack there with
the late Key Pittman was found
hanged near a sanitarium where
he had been ill for seven years,
detective Captain W. E. Hegi re
ported.
Fascists Report
Successful Raid
By Torpedo Boat
UNDATED, Jan. 4 {IP) — Mus
solini’s command report d a spec
tacular raid by an Italian tor
pedo boat last night against an
“enemy convoy strongly escort
ed by cruisers and destroyers”
in the Red Sea, The command
said “Our vessels launched a to
tal of 9 destroyers, seven of
which hit ships.”
$20,000 In Stamps
And Coins Stolen
Daylight Robbery
PHILADELPHIA — Valuable
stamps and 70 old Roman and
Greek gold coins, valued at $20,
000 were stolen from a Philadel
phia dealer in a daylight rob
bery. Three young men entered
the office of coin and stamp deal
er Henry Chapman and gagged
the only atendant in the office.
Miss Ella Wright. The bandits
entered the safe and emptied the
valuable coins and stamps into a
canvas bag. They escaped before
the police could be summoned.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION BEING
MADE OF ALASKA PORTS
BY ARMY AND NAVY MEN
KETCHIKAN—Continuing the
first such combined Navy and
Army Survey of Alaska, its ports
and ship building facilities, the
U. S. S. Charleston left here for
Prince Rup rt which was missed
when the original schedule was
changed to bring the U. S Army
transport Kvichak survivors to
Ketchikan.
Capt. R. S. Parker, Commander
of the Alaska Sector of the Navy
I announced he will continue to
Juneau and Sitka after inspect
ing seme canneries in Southeast
Alaska, and later to the west
ward, calling at Cordova, Se
ward, then to Dutch Harbor and
from there direct to Seattle,
which he left January 24.
Capt. Park r said he will com
plete lus voyage about March 15.
I “The survey is no military sec
ret,” said Capt. Parker “We are
just finding out what will be
available when the time comes.”
Army’s Side
Representing the Army’s side,
Col. Thomas L. Martin, Col. John
Harrington, of the Presidio, Cal.,
and Major Frank L. Beadle and
Capt. Russell Vincent “from oth
er points” will inspect cold stor
age, fuel and food plants also
| other defense items, giving part
icular attention here and other
Alaska ports.
Capt. Parker expressed the op
| inion Ketchikan has better ma
chine and shipbuilding equip
ment than any other place in Al
' aska, the best north of Vancouver
j “how ver I do not see anything
:on the horizon about shipbuild
I mg here.”
A heeler Named
Conciliator For
Alaska Labor
Char’es A. Whe ler, former
Fairbanks man, has been appoint
ed Commission of Conciliation
for the Department of Labor in
Alaska, according to a personal
letter received from him by Sec
rotary of Alaska E. L. (Bob)
Bartlett, an old friend.
Wh eler will succeed John E.
O’Connor who served in the po
sion in the North last summer.
Wheeler, who is now in Seattle
will be in Juneau in the spring
to tackle industrial troubles. He
is a graduate of the University of
Alaska. His wife, the former
Frances Carnall of Fairbanks,
was once Secretary to President
Charles Bunnell of the Univer
sity of Alaska. The Wheelers
have lived for the past several
years in the States, where he was
conected with PWA.
Washington
In Lead In
Basketball
(By Associated Press)
The University of Washington
basketball team is all alone out
in front of the Northern Division
of the Northern Division of the
Pacific Coast Basketball Confer
! ence standings and is sure to stay
I there for one more week.
A one point victory over Ore
gon State in the game last Satur
day night kept Washington’s
1 record of no defeats clean while
Idaho was winning a second vic
tory Saturday night by a similar
margin over Oregon.
Washington State plays two
games against Oregon State or
| CorvalLs this week while Wash
! ington State has a single game
with Idaho.
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