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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 158. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY. DEC. 27, 1940. ^ W 1*4
Japanese Ship Fires British Island
" Britain Apprehensive Of Channel Invasion Attempt
Italians Throw Huge Reinforcements Into Albania
Entrance German Troops Rumania
Regarded By Britain As Feint
And Doubles Channel Coast Guards
UNDATED. Doc. 2B (/P)—Brit
ain suddenly doubied the guards
or. the mist-shrouded channel
coast, vigilant against a possible
German invasion thrust across
the now-calm Strait of Dov.r. At
the same time Hitler posed the
& war’s biggest mystery as the van
guard of 300,000 German troops
sped by train through Hungary
into Rumania. ' Speculation was
rife in the Balkan capitals that
a show-down may be approach
ing between tho Rome-Berlin
axis and Russia over the control
of the strategically Vital Dan
L ube River.
Observers also saw the possib
ility of Nazi action against
Greece car even Turkey and the
n ar east in a German ‘‘Drang
Nach Osten” drive to the east.
Some quarters viewed the mass
of G‘ rman troops movements in
Rumania as a feint to throw Brit
ain off guard on the home front,
| setting the stage for a lightning
invasion of the island kingdom.
If so, Britain was not d ceivcd
j as picked troops armed with
i Bren light machine guns combed
! the beaches and kept watch from
the white cliffs of Dover. Traffic
a oog the coast was stopped at
1 barricades and drivers and pas
! -engers wer: searched; even uni
formed soldiers and sailors had.
to show their identification cards.
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Three Day Truce
In Aerial Battle
For Britain
_
W Hitler’s command taking note
of the cessation of the British
and German aerial bombardment,
after the devastating Nazi attack
on Manchest r Monday night, re-!
ported that a German speedboat;
sank a 2300 ton British ship on j
December 23 in addition to two
others previous y announced.
Both RAF and Nazi warplanes
returned to action after a three j
¥ day Christmas truce, British
bombers pounding the German
held invasion port of Bordeaux
ar.d a lone Nazi raider report , d |
near London. The British press,
association said the German raid
er was driven off by anti-aircraft
fire before it could penetrate to
London.
Sol) Shells Ship
510 Miles At Sea
Christmas Ray
j
UNDATED. Dec. 25 (/P)—Dis
tress signal- crack irg out of the
North Atlantic disclosed “th:
British ship Everleigh is being
shelled by a submarine” and
broke the Christmas lull of the
war as British and Gorman raid
ers observed an apparently un
officia truce from bombing as
saults. The 5300 ton Ev rleigh
gave its position as approximate
ly 650 miles west of Scotland,
off the Hebrides Island’. The
message was intercepted by Mc
.Uay radio.
In the battle for North Africa
and in th.> Balkan war. fi rce
fighting raged on Christmas Eve
but there were no indications of
hostility as the day of nativity
dawned.
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MORE RECRUITS FOR PATROL DUTY—Uncle Sam’s trim new destroyers and
naval craft might shame these veterans in a beauty contest, but these four wooden sub-chasers
lied up in the Mississippi at St. Louis are heading for patrol duty in the Gulf of Mexico. They stoo
ped in St. I.ouis while en route from the Great Lakes. In the upper left is the showboat. Golden Hod.
Sea Raider Flying Japanese Flag
Shells British Mandated Island
Of Nauru In South Pacific Ocean
A sea raider flying the Japan
1 sse flag violently sh lied the Brit
i.th mandated is and of Nauru in
the South Pacific at daybreak it
was officially announced at Mel
bourne. British sources in Lon
don left unexplained the report
■ ed display of the Japanese flag
{ but said that a German raid-r
I was known to be operating in
I that part of the Pacific in recent
J momhs.
Australian prime minister Ro
| bert Menzies said the raider, a).
so bearing a Japanese name op
ened fire on Nauru shortly after
dawn inflicting considerable dam
age but no casualties. Rich in
vital war nitrates, Nauru lies
south of the Japanese mandated
Marshall Islands, 2200 miles
sou Invest of Hawaii and exports
fco ut a million tons of phosphat
es a year. The island was own
ed by G.rmany until 1914 when
i. surrendered to Australian fore
es.
Final Assault on
Eardia Awaits
Only Command
British general headquarters
at Cairo reported “preparations
to deal with the situation at Bar
dia” where 20,000 Italian troops
ar under fiery seige for 9 days,
are being pushed forward in
spite of the renewed air activity
in support of the beleaguered
garrison. British desert troops
arc re; crici massing around the
i 11 scarred post 15 miles inside
‘he Libyan Irontier, for a mass
: infantry assault supported by
| i ank-.The zero hour is apparent
■ ly near.
British guns and planes contin i
red the bombardment of the es-]
.mated 20,000 Italian troops be-1
-iged in the Libyan port of Bar-1
iia. Military sources in Cairo!
aid the fa 1 of the town await
ed only attack orders from Gen. |
tir Archibald Wavell, British
nmmandf r.
Daniel Frohman
/lgetl 89 Dies
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 <#)—Dan
iel Frohman aged 89 dean of Am
erican stage producers died at a
sanitarium from complications
following a fall.
Agnes Ayres, 42,
Passes
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26 (/P) —
Blonde Agnes Ayres. ag:d 42,
who rocketed to movie stardom
in the old silent screen days,
and who retired to the cinematic
sidelines during the talkie era,
out who lat r made an unsuc
cessful comeback attempt, died
Christmas Day of a cerebral
hemmorage. She played opposite
Rudolph Valentino in “The
Sheik.”
New Power
Given U. S.
WASHINGTON, Dec.—'The Su
preme Court ruled in a far r;ach
ing decision that the authority of
the Federal Government over the
nation’s streams are “as broad as
the needs of commerce.”
Justice R;ed delivered a six to
twej opinion in which it was held
the Federal Power Commision
fay require the Appalachian El
ectric Power Company to obtain
a standard Federal license for its
dam and power project on the
New River, n ar Radford, Vir
ginia.
Attorney Generals of Virginia
and 40 other States opposed the
effort of the Federal Government
to regulate the project on the
grounds it constituted an inva
sion of state rights.
Justice. Reed said the New
River is navigable adding “It
cannot properly be said the con
stitutional power of the United
States over its water is limited
to control of navigation.”
The opinion broadende greatly
the regulatory authority of the
Federal Government over the na
tion’s streams.
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auieiis rcpo.ts tnat Italians are falling back for a possible new
stand in heights around Chimara (1) almost half way up the AJU.
banian coast from Porto Eddo to Valona. A Greek spokesman said
Italians also were withdrawing north of Argirocastro and London
reports said Greeks had taken Kodre (2). Snows hampered opera
tions on the northern front (3). Greeks said their penetration (slant
■.hadimr) of A hania now is almost twice as -deep at both Hanks as
maximum Italian thrusts into Greece several weeks agcl Black
a seas indicate direction and location of the Italian thrusts, which
never had been exactly defined.
Italians Send Huge Reinforcements
Into Rattle For Albania As Fiercest
Rattle Rages-Greeks on Offensive
UNDATED. Dec. 27 (/P» — The
Italian command reported they
have thrown huge reinforce
ments into the Albanian conflict.
Gr ek dispatches told of one of
the fiercest battles of the war rag
ing in a heavy snow storm in the
Klisura sector, the gateway to
the north. Advices from the front
said the fighting was developing
on a broad scale both at Klisura
itself and to the north. The
Greeks are launching a strung of
tensive.
The Italians are suffering “hea
vy losses attempting to defend
this ground inch by inch.” De
spite furious Italian resistance,
these advices said the Greeks
were seizing new positions along
with Italian prisoners and war
materials. Numerous artillery
duels are reported at Klisura the
central sector of the 100-mile
front.
Ambassador
Crew Debates
With Nippons
TOKYO, Dec. — Foreign Min
ister Matsuoka pleaded with the
United States to stay out of the
war lest the world face “Arma
geddon,” and then heard U. S.
Ambassador Grew take quick ex
ception to his statement that the
“fate of China is largely a ques
tion of American sentiment.”
Ambasador Grew made several
points in his remarks after he
had listened attentively to Mat
suoka’s address before the Am
erican-Japanese Society holding
a far::well luncheon honoring Ad
miral Nomura, new Japanese am
basador to the United States.
Matsuoka, said "The fate of
'hin-a is largely a question of
entiment for the American, but
to us it is a truly vital issue
.ffecting the very existence of
our Empire."
Grew answered: "I think I
iiust relieve the minister of his
liisapprehension that the inter
est of Americans in China is
arg ly sentimental.”
At another point, Matsuoka
said: ‘‘Webelieve we have a great
nision as a civilizing and stabil
rg force and we stand for peace
and order. We shut the door to
none of any nations who desire
to take a hand in the task. All
ar. welcome."
Grew remarked: “I am glad to
learn that in this Japanese pro
gram the door is shut nowhere
• o none and this prograf envisag
es no conquest, no oppression, na
| exploitation.”