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VOL. 43. No. 37. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1941. Per Copy l!*
British Reported in Full Flight, Crete
President Asserts Neutrality Act Not Be Repealed
Defense Plants Are Guarded Over Memorial Day
FDR SAYS FREEDOM OF SEAS
CAN BE MAINTAINED COMPUT
ABLE WITH NEUTRALITY ACT
WASHINGTON. May 28 <JP> —
President Roosevelt told report
ers that he had no intention of
asking for the rep al of the neu
■ trality act and is considering no
revision of it. He said also, that
he had in mind at present, no ex
ecutive .orders to implement to
night’s proclamation of an un
limited national emergency. With
£ out such orders, b_ told a special
press conference, there can be nc
action under the powers confer
red on him through the declar
ation of a state of full emergen
cy.
^ 11 had been expected to clar
ify the convoy issue but gave no
specific statement of his views,
but he did say he thought the
freedom of the seas cculd be
maintained on a compatabilvty :
with the Neutrality Act which
forbids American, v ssels to en
ter combat zones. At present, h:
said, it would be a violation of
the act for American ships to en
gage in trade in such zones. This
step is not contemplated. “Then
how will w„> have fr edom cf the
seas?" a reporter inquired. R o
sevelt replied that ships can be
forbidden to enter ports where,
under the doctrine, th re is a
chance they might be destroyed.
PRESIDENT ADOPTS STRATEGY
OF SILENCE IN FUTURE MOVES
DELIVER GOODS TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, May 29 <JP) —
President Roosevelt adopted the
strategy of siler.c in future mov
f es for delivering goods to Brit
ain. One service official explain
ed “You don’t telegraph your
moves any more. In the world
today you can’t afford to—you’ll
notice other fellows nevtr do.”
However, the Chairman cf the
Senate Military Committee look
ed for some description on “full
convoys.” He said that his in-1
terpretatation of the Pr sident’s
fireside chat was, that is was a
pledge to see that needed sup
* plies reached England safely with
no slacken nig.
Meanwhile there was nation
wide discussions and appraisals
of the President’s Chat.
Wendell Willkie said: President
Roosevelt has “stirred the whole
world with his message,” and urg
-i .... Tvone to rally behind the
President.
Senator Burton J. Wheeler ac
cused the President of “preach
ing fear and his speech echoed
the sentiments of our warmak
ers.” .
Senator Taft declared the Presi
dent suggested that “He may, in
dictator style' take warlike ac
tion wuthout submitting to the
people the question wh-ther or
•not we go to war.”
In New York, at a 'broadcast
sponsored by the Committee To
Defend America by Aiding the
Allies, A1 Smith, James Cox, and
John Davis, three former D mo
cratic presidential nominees, ap
pealed for unity during this na
tional emeraencv.
FUN ON BUDGET PLA N—‘‘On leave" can’t spell a tour of night clubs for budget-minded
service men who turn instead to places like the Soldiers and Sailors' Club in New York, where lodg
ing and a chance to meet pretty girls is arranged. At game: Toby Sayers, newly arrived from Ireland;
Sailor Ralph Dolk, Galva, III.; Helen Mills; Corp. Wm. Marks of Chelsea, Mass.
ITALIAN TROOPS ENTER INTO
BATTLE OF CRETE BRITISH
ARE CAUGHT IN GIANT VISE
UNDATED, May 29 (/P) — It
alian troops were reported to
have entered the batte of Crete,
landing at the eastern end of the
i-lard, while Gorman force? cap
tured the prize harbor cf Suda
Bay to the w si. Thus, the Brit
ish already in dire stra ghts, are
caught in a vise.
Amid the losing struggle for
Crete, Anthony Eden gave the
first c mprehensive sta.em nt of
Britain’s war aims when ho de
clared “We must never forget
that Germany is the worst mas
ter that Europe ha- known. Five
tiroes ir the l.<;. century she has
o, la . . ce a d sh must nev
er fcc in a po. .lion ta play that
role again.”
The seizure of Suda Bay gave
the Germans a bridge-head for
landing of sea-borne trcops and
military experts said it may
prove th turning point of the
struggle, and the beginning of
another British debacle.
Hitler’s command reported that
Nazi mountain troops, striking
b yond Suda Bay, had reached
Almyro Bay to the East, in pur
suit of the ‘‘defeated" British. A
German cemmuniqu. said that
Nazi forces took a large number
:f prisoners.
Fascist dispatches reported al
so that hundreds of little Greek
sailboats, loaded with German
troops, were safely escorted to
Crete under the guns of Italian
l warships.
GERMAN GOVT. QUESTIONS
RIGHT OF PRES. ROOSEVELT
SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS
BERLIN, May 29 '.(.•?) — An
authorized Governmienit spokes
man, in a short statement on
President Roosevelt’s address,
called the President “tactless” in
gathering Latin-American and
Canadian diplomats about him in
such a declaration of policy, and
intimating an effort was made
thereby to create the impression
the policy of a unified Western
Hemisphere is in approbation.
The spokesman said that Ger
mans questioned the right of th
President to speak for the Am
erican people in all particulars
of German-American relations
and aid.
He said: “The general impres
sion here on the address is that
it presented little new, and the
only real development was the
declaration of emerg-ncy for Am
erica, consequently a require
ment of greater sacrifice for the
American people. We feel that
the President spoke uncertainly
on many points, probably as a
consequence of the number of
reverses he has suffered.”
Cutter Haida To
Cruise to Barrow
Repl ace North Star
WASHINGTON. May 29 W) —
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said
that traders at Point Barrow will
be able to obtain necessary sup
plies as the U. S. Coast Guard
Cutter Haida will make the
cruise this summer. He said some
concern was expressed for trad
ers, when it was learn d that
the only boat which make the
trip to Barrow was tranferred t
Atlantic service.
Final Meeting
Highway Comm.
Juneau, June 12-14
WASHINGTON, May 29 </P) —
Congressman Warren Magnuson
said he will preside at the final
meeting of the International
Highway Commission at Juneau
on June 12 to 14. He said he
planned to get a first-hand pic
ture of the situation at the Al
aska end.
Have The Nome Nugget sent tc
/our mining claim.
MILITARY AND CIVIL GUARDS
STAND WATCH OVER DEFENSE
PLANTS OVER MEMORIAL DAY
UNDATED. May 30 iJP) — Mili |
I tary an ' civil guards stood watch
I over defer, e plants on the coast,
I summoned overnight when civil
ian authorities spoke of sabot
age. Military officers talked only
of tactical man. rivers.
Highlighting the sudden activ
; itv from New England to Calif
ornia was the cancellation of the
! 1 :ves of 14,000 fort soldiers to
| “practice alert" at Fort Custer,
.Michigan, and was so realistic of
1 fleers confessed that “it even fool
ed us."
Th. War Department said that
, Washington had issued no instruc
lion of any kind as a lead to the
j precautions and said they knew
nothing of the activities at Fort
Dix ar.d Fort Custer. They point
ed out that post or corps com
: madders may order alert maneur
; ers at any time.
Airplane factories and estab
lishments engaged in defense pro
duetion, it was explained are
under the protection of the FBI
and the individual protection
forces of most plants.
Anti-aircraft guns wera plant
ed atop California plane factor
ies and Lcs Angeles harbor and
ships were floodlighted. Police
guards were augmented in sev
eral cities of the West Coast and
"patriotic bodies" were asked to
stand by.
At Seattle, port commissioners
order extra guards along the
waterfront, after warnings by the
FBI that they should exercise un
usual alertness over Memorial
Day. As a saf guard to shipping
facilities, Federal authorities
closed the Lake Washington ship
canal locks to visitors and doubl
ed the ordinary guards.
BRITISH DEFENDERS CRETE
ARE REPORTED FULL FLIGHT
SURRENDER IS INEVITABLE
| UNDATED, May 30 iff) —- The
: British defenders of Crete were
reported in full flight as Axis dis
patches pictured the Allies as
! wandering around the island, lost
and demoralized by an artificial
fog laid down by Hitler’s aerial
invaders and troops. British sol
diers were reported tumbling
along the rocky southern short's
of the island hoping that ships
might come to evacuate them.
Fishing boats had taken ofY a
few, it was reported.
The German radio said a Cairo
broadcast announced that Gener
al Fryberg, commander of the
British Imperial forces at Crete,
was killed when his plane crash
ed while enroute to Egypt.
Hitler’s command claimed a de
cisive victory and asserted that
British resistance “collapsed ev
erywhere.”
The Crete British headquarters
announc d that the Allies were
compelled to re-form their lines
amidst a tempest of Nazi dive
bombing assaults and fierce at
tacks by new air-borne German
reinforcements. They said the
battle-worn British troops “again
; xacted a heavy toll of invaders”
I but shed no light on the possib
j ility of surrender or escape.
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Just a year ago today by coin
cidence,the first Allied forces to
escape the trap at Flanders,
reached England from Dunker
que,
The Italian press said the sur
render of the Allies before night
fail was inevitable. The Germans
reported the capture of Ketimo,
Cret-'s third largest city, about
half way between Candia and
Canea. Both the latter had pre
viously fallen. The DNB said that
800 British soldiers were taken at
Retimo as the eastward pursuit
of the Allies continued.
Memorial Day
Race Delayed
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SPEEDWAY AT INDIANAP
OLIS. May 30 d/P) — The start cf
the Memorial Day five hundred
mile auto race scheduled for
eight a. m.. PST, was delayed by
a fire in the garage section, which
destroyed three race cars, thirty
garages and injured seven men.
The fire caused damage estimated
by officials at $100,000.
The delay in the start of th?
race was caused by damage to
power lines affecting the electric
timing device, by which the cars
are clocked. A crowd estimated
unofficially at marly 150,000 was
on hand.
Workmen worked frantically to
restore the power.
Forced Out Of
Race Rose V* ins
In Another Car
INDIANAPOLIS. May 30 <{JP)—
Mauri Rose of Indianapolis, driv
ing relief for Floyd Davis of
Springfield, Illinois, won the 500
mile auto race after his own car
was forced out at 152 miles by
motor trouble. Rose was third in
“he forty car race and took the
wheel of Davis’ car at 177 and
a half miles and drove the re
maining distance. Rose finished
about two and a half miles ahead
of Rex Mays of Glendale, Califor
nia who was second. Ted Horn,
of Paterson, N J., was third.
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