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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 33. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, MAY 21, 1941 Per Copy 15#
U.S. Survivors Zamzam In France
S.S. Derblay, First Boat Of Season, Sails For Nome
Large Forces German Parachutists Invade Crete
NAZI PARACHUTISTS INVADE
CRETE BUT BRITISH REPORT
SITUATION IS WELL IN HAND
LONDON. May 20 </P>—Church
ill announced that 1,500 German
troops, wearing New Zealand bat
tl dress, landed from gliders,
parachutes and troop carriers at
Crete. To a cheering Commons,
C mrchill added quickly that
the military situation is in hand.
This statement followed an ear
lier one before the Commons,
that stunned th House, telling of
a German parachute invasion of
the British-held Island garrison.
In a later review of the situa
tion he said a military hospital
between Canea, the Cretian cap
ital and Dilemi, was captured by
parachutists but was r captur
ed.
Must Expect
Fighting at Crete
To Continue
LONDON, May 21 </P) — Warn
in.g that th British empire must
expect the Crete fighting to con
tinue “with increasing severity,”
Churchill said that the Germans,
in one operation alone, dropped
3,000 parachutists on this Med
iterranean island's Suda Bay
area, but d daring that two
hours after the attack began at
4:30 p.m. yesterday, “a greater
part of these were accounted
for.” Although fighting (Contin
ued,the situation was in hand at
9 p.m. yesterday, he added, in a
stat ment to the House of Com
mons.
Air Troops Take
Several Points
BERLIN, May 21 (/Pi — Ger
man air-borne troops landed yes
terday at Crete and occupied sev
eral points of strategic and tac
tical importance, an authorized
spokesman said. The parachut
ists landed in clusters near the
-pots they w.re directed to oc
cupy, the spokesman said, after
heavy atiacks on defense posi
tions by the Luftwaffe’s dive
bombers.
The spokesman called the ac
tion daring and emphasiz d that
there is still no official German
announcement on the assault or
any specific summarization of
the results of the invasion.
British Cruiser
Is Hit By
Heaviest Bombs
BERLIN, May 21 </P> — A Brit
ish naval unit west of Crete was
attacked this morning by Ger
man warplanes and a “direct hit
by a heaviest calibre bomb” was
scored on a cruiser, DNB report
ed.
CHANCE OF COMMAND —Maj. Gen. Edmund J.
Daley (right), for two years commander ot the Department of
Puerto Rico, shared with Brig. Gen. Russell P. Ilartle (left) In a
last review at Camp Buchanan In San Juan, before leaving for
Camp Beauregard in Alexandria. La. General Daley will com*
mand the 5th Corps Area at Beauregard. _
THE S. S. DERBLAY WHICH SAILED YESTERDAY FOR NOME
S. S. DERBLAY SAILED FOR
NOME THURSDAY. MAY 20.
WITH THREE PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, May 20 f/P) — The
S. S. Derblay of th. Alaska Line
sailed at 9 a.m. this morning with
three Nome passengers: J. A.
Hall, J. G. Fisher, and J. R.
Smart. Five other passengers are
going to Dutch Harbor.
Embassies In
Paris Are
Being Closed
VICHY, May 21 (/P) — United
States and other members of the
foreign diplomatic corps received
word that their respective, embas
sies and legations in Berlin will
have withdrawn their representa
tives from Paris by June 10th.
The order was said to have em
anated from the Wilhelmstrasse
and was handed to foreign am
bassadors and ministers in Berlin.
Soviets Prepare
“Day by Day
For War"
MOSCOW, May 21 (/P> — The
policy cf the Stalinist govern
ment, was said by the Comsom
al Pravda, organ of the young
Communist 1 ader, is one of inde
pendence and preparedness. In a
four-column article, it pointed
out that Russia remained neutral
but criticized the pacifist spirit
md asserted the “present inter
national situation compels us to
prepare seriously day by day for
war.”
Greeks Say
Invaders Still
Fighting Crete
CAIRO, May 21 Km — Inform
ed Creek sources said it was un
derstood that the British situa
tion at Crete was in hand early
this morning, but acknowledged
that some invading units were
still fighting.
AFL Workers
Disregard Ma
cninist Strike
I
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 CP)
—The picket lines established by
AFL and CIO machinists were
disregarded by AFL shipyard
workers as groups of men re
turned to work in the Bay plants
closed for 12 days by the mach
inist’s strike. There was no sign
of violence. Shipyard operators
couldn’t say how long the plants
would be operated without mach
inists, none of whom were in-j
eluded in the back-to-work
move.
Those who crossed the picket |
: lines wer members of AFL met- j
al trades unions, including boil
. er makers, ship fitters, steel
workers, riggers, pipe fitters, and
similar craftsmen. About 200 po
licemen were on hand.
The machinists voted last night
1702 to 355 against r. turning to
work. The vote followed an ap
i peal by Governor Olson, to re
| open the strike-closed eleven
shipyards, carrying more than
i half a billion dollars worth of do
1 fense contracts.
I
—
I
Cannery Workers!
J
Announce Largest
Wage Increases
c
! SEATTLE, May 21 CP) — The
! CIO cannery workers union local
announced the acceptance of a
new work contract for about
3,000 employees of the Alaska
Canned Salmon industry. Conrad
Ehpe, union business agent, de
scribed the new agreement as
“the largest wage- increases and ,
the largest industry-wide agree- j
ment ever obtained by the un- j
ion.”
He said the wage increases;
| ranged from twenty five to thir
ty five dollars a month and ran
as high as thirty nine percent in
the lower brackets.
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AMERICAN SURVIVORS ZAMZAM
NOW IN OCCUPIED FRANCE
ARE TO P*E RELE4r~ ”
BFRI/N. May 20 (P- — The
8,200 t, pass nger liner Zam
zam v.:- sunk bv the German
navy, pro.-umably by a .surface
raid"", and the 222 passengers
and : including P8 Ameri
c; ns t ■ - f.- in G tmun- ccupied
tend ry, authorized Germans re
port'd.
T sinking seemingly occur
red many days ago but the Ger
mans didn’t say when. The ship
[o'luwed the south Atlantic lane
which is n arest to German-held
■ erritory.
The Zamzam left Recife, Brazil
by itself for Capetown, on April
0, expected a 11 day crossing.
France, it appeared, is the like
liest territ ry for landing of pas
eng rs and crew and were pro
bably taken there by the victor
. us r ider or auxil. ry.
The sp. ke man said “the ves
-el was destroyed with most ex
cting reg. rd to all intt rnation
T agr e;v: nts. As the ship car
ried contraband intended for the
•ner. y, the German naval units
observed every regulation in
meeting the situation and it
might b. called a perfect ex
ample of war on sea commerce,
carried out according to regula
tions.”
American Survivors Will Be
Permitted To Leave France
WASHINGTON, May 21 </P) —
The State Department advised
German naval authorities to per
.mit the American survivors of
th Zamzam to leave France.
I The report came via Vichy from
[ Henry Waterman, American con
sul at If rdeaux, before he left
j f r St. Jean Deluz, where the
130 Am ricans were tak n by the
Germans. The survivors will pro
bably louve via Spain and Portu
gal.
Survivors ill Not
Divulge Secrets
BERLIN, May 21 UP) — Ger
man military authorities will
i make sure that the American am
bulance drivers cannot divulge
any military information to the
United States or to Britain, au
thorized sources declared in re
ponse to the question whether
the Americans, captured in the
[ sinking of th Egyptian liner
[ Zamzam will be released soon.
D mald Heath, first secretary at
the U. S. embassy, who called at
the foreign office, it. is under
stood, received official assuranc
s for the Americans' safety. He
was told arrangements will l>e
made for them to be visited by
an American consular official.
If the RAF has really been hit
ting Nazi culture centers, as
charged in Berlin, the British
fliers must have much better eye
i sight than most of us.
HELLO TO A H 0 0 S I E R—Signatures of 500 of his
boyhood chums in Waterloo, Ind., crowd this giant postcard re
ceived in Washington by Sen. Raymond E. Willis (above), In
diana Republican. The postcard required $3.50 in stamps.