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• THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 28. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, March 5, 1941 Per Copy
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Canadian Soldiers Reported Landed In Greece
Power of Congress Increased Over British Aid Bill
BRITAIN SEVERS DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA
HINT BOMBS SOON FOLLOW
FASCIST EDITOR GAYDA ASSERTS CANADIAN
TROOPS HAVE LANDED AT SALONIKA
UNDATED. March 4 (/P) — The
crisis in the Balkans moved neat
er the breaking points as author
itative quarters in London said
Britain might break off relatione
with Bulgaria “within the next
24 hours." The action will pre
sumably be followed by a declar
ation of war. A high neutral dip
lomatic source in Sofia quoted
British Minister Rendel as saying
he had now decided to sever Brit
Lsh relations with Bulgaria within
+ 36 hours. Rendel is said to have
full freedom of action concern
ing the rupture which may ig
nite the long-expscted Balkan
bonfire. Unconfirmed advices said
RAF planes wer^ already, sight
ed flying high over Bulgaria.
Reports from Sofia said the
mass movement of German
troops in the north continued as
lines of Nazi motorized equip
ment, tanks, anti-aircraft guns,
and field artillery, some times in
columns 50 miles long, streamed
♦ south into Bujgaria through 3
mountain passes.
Yugoslavia
Swings Toward
Ranks of Axis
UNDATED, March 5 </P)—Brit
ain severed diplomatic relations
with Bulgaria with a hint that
bombs will soon follow and mov
ed on to check the apparent
swing of Yugoslavia .toward the
ranks of the Axis.
In Rome, Fascist editor Gayda
said that Britain is moving also
to bolster Greece. Gayda said
the British have landed almost
a “complete division” of Canad
ian troops at Salonika, key
Greek port on the Aegian Sea.
British Minister Rendel, ask
ing for his passport shortly after
midinght PST bluntly accused
Bulgaria of cooperating with Ger
many in preparations for the at
tack on Greece.
In neighboring Belgrade, Brit
ish Minister Campbell requested
an urgent conference with Yugo
slavia’s Premier Cvetkovic, pre
sumably in an effort to counter
Axis pressure. It appeared he
was too late as diplomatic quar
ters in Belgrade said they heard
Yugoslavia’s Regent Prince Paul
will leave for Germany tomor
row. meeting Von Ribbentrop to
clscuss th~ y ssible Yugoslav ad
herence to the Rome-Berlin-Tok
yo 'alliance Simultaneously Yug
oslavia took steps toward mobiliz
ation as the government called
up fresh reserves and posted pla
cards in Belgrade ordering all
men of classes from 1890 to 1920
to have their mobilization papers
checked.
Observers in Rome, said Gay
da’s assertion that British troops
had already landed at Salonika
1 indicated that the long-heralded
Axis spring offensive might devel
op on the Eastern Greek front.
Nazi quarters in Berin said Ger
man troops are now over-run
ning Bulgaria, but keeping away
from the Turkish frontier, evi
' dently after Hitler's goodwill
message to Turkey’s president In
onu. Hitler hopes to keep Turkey
neutral.
Th rupture in British and Bui
garian relations came 25 years
| after a similar schism between
the two nations who clashed in
the world war and in which
j Bulgaria was defeated.
Intensifying of the air war in
the west wrought new ruin and
( The British said that section had
Recommends
Five Million
Alaska Harbors
WASHINGTON, M’arch 5 (/P)—
The expenditure of nearly twen
ty five million dollars on new
river and harbor work'and flood
control in the Pacific Northwest
for the 1942 fiscal year was re
commended by the Chief of
Army engineers report to Con
gress.
The Alaska projects: Stikine
River, $91)00 and Nome -harbor
$22,500, the reported listed as
flood control projects under way
or expected to be placed uhder
way.
No additional funds 'are requir
ed for Lowell Creek, Alaska;
Fairbanks, Tanana River or
Chena Slough.
win
Molest
Turkey
ANKARA, March 4 (/P) — A
German mission arrived here by
plane and delivered to Turkey’s
Presidnet Inonu what was believ
ed a special message from Hitler
containing assurances that Nazi
troops were not planning to en
ter Turkey. Turkey was report
ed speeding reinforcements to
her frontier with Bulgaria.
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bomb damage to South Wales,
its second successive overnight
fire bomb attack. The Germans
identified their princpial target
as Cardiff, badly battered and
burned by a five-hour assault by
Nazi planes the night before.
The raid dwindled by midnight
but the fires burned until dawn.
London and several east and
south coast communities also
had raid alarms.
GERMAN GUNNERS GUARD RUMANIAN OIL TANKS
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A German light anti-aircraft gun stands guard in a held of Rumanian oil storage tanks. This picture
was radioed from Berlin.
Armistice Talks
Under Way,
Italy and Greece
UNDATED, March 4, (/P) — A
Swiss t egraphic agency dispatch
from Belgrade reported “increas
ing preliminary conversations
are under way for an armistice
between Greece and Italy."
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Major Graham
Addresses Nome
Mass Meeting
—
A mass meeting was held last
night at the High School Audit
orium and attended by over 400
of our people. The meeting was
called to order and presided ov
erly Mr. McKenzie, our weather
expert, who introduced Major
Graham, and Warrant Officer
Bond, both of the U. S. Army.
Major Graham has been detail
ed by the War Department to
assist the Governor of Alaska in
the organizing and directing of
a Territorial National Guard.
Major Graham, the principal
speaker of the evening gave an
enlightening discussion on the
formation and duties of a Na
tional Guard unit, and the rea
sons of forming such a unit here
in Nome. He explained many
points that were doubtful in the
j minds of our people. He discus
j sed the strategic position of
Nome and the needs of Nome
I and what Nome must do to do its
! share in the defense program.
Nome and the territory must
j cooperate in order to have every
thing function smoothly. The
Territory must provide Armory
facilities and supply heat and
light, while the Federal govern
ment provides all equipment and
pays the Guardsmen the regular
Army pay for the days they drill
and while on their annual en
campment.
The Armory would provide a
large drill hall and other rooms
• necessary for proper housing of
! administration of its functional
| duties. Once located, a National
| Guard unit becomes a living,
I breathing permanent part of the
community.
“The National Guard is the bas
is of our military power because
it is the framework on which we
expand. It is the duty of every
state in the Union and of the 3
j territories to contribute its part
to national defense. The Terri
tory of Alaska will do that by
the proper support of its National
Guard,” the Major stated.
The Major defined the Nation
al Guard as being oiur second
line of defense and as necessary
as our regular army and related
the prominent part the guard
units played in the last war,
where they won eternal fame
and distinguished themselves as
being of tihe best.
He stated that a soldier, if
called into battle, has a chance
of survival in direct proportion
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FOKEICN F O L ! C F—Sen. James F. Byrnes (D-SC), a
new senate foreign relations committee member, :ts lowrfo n
from new cliaiinian, Sen. Walter F. George (left), Georgia e ■ »
crat. Another new member is Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia.
SENATE ADOPTS AMENDMENTS
TO BRITISH AID BILL GIVING
CONGRESS MORE CONTROL
WASHINGTON, March 5 UP)—
The Senate adopted an amend
ment to the British aid bill de
signed to tighten congressional
control of the purse strings and
requiring the President to obtain
specific congressional approval
before committing the govern
ment to future expenditures on
the aid program. The Senate also
approved an amendment termin
ating the bill July 1, 1943 or at
any earlier date approved by a
majority of both houses.
German Air
Force Firebombs
Port of Cardiff
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UNDATED, March 4 (IP)—Ger-1
many’s Luftwaffe attacked the'
port of Cardiff with a five-hour
hail of incendiary bombs last
! night which was described by
British officials as one of the
greatest fire raids of the war,
j while RAF bombers pounded Col
Dispatches from Cardiff said
smoking ruins marked the trail
of destruction across the city.
The toll of dead and wounded
was not immediately estimated.
During the night, as wave af
ter wave of Nazi warplanes
swept the city with fire bombs
an high explosives, the American
Red Cross rushed ambulances
from London, 160 miles away.
Carol And
Magda Slip
Into Portugal
BUCHAREST, March 5 (JP) —
Former King Carol of Rumania
and his red-haired friend Magda
Lupescu who went into exile
with him were reported 'to have
escaped into Portugal from Spain
where they were under “pro
tective custody” at the Ruman
ian government’s request.
Carrying >a Polish diplomatic
passport they fled across the front
ier last night. Friends of Carol
said they were informed that
friends in Lisbon said he had ar
rived hut his whereabouts was
not disclosed.
Newspaperman Nominat
ed Collector Int. Revenue
WASHINGTON — The Presi
| dent has nominated Clark Squire
| Seattle newspaperman, collector
! of internal revenue for Washing
! ton and Alaska.
PIE-WISE —Count it as an
army coincidence that Guard
M. O. Booking happens to stand,
with fixed bayonet, so near some
tempting pies that cookie had
turned out for men of the Air
Corps Radio Communications
school at Scott field, Illinois.