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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 38. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1941. P« Copy 154
Hitler And Mussolini Confer Again
Axis Envelopment Of Crete Is Seemingly Complete
S. S. Columbia Sails For Nome With Passengers
MEDITERRANEAN ELIMINATED
AS LINK BETWEEN BRITAIN
AND THE MIDDLE EAST
UNDATED, June 2 i/P) — Hit
ler and Mussolini reached a new
“complet. agreement” in the
course of another meeting at
Brenner Pass and ait the same
time the British acknowledged
that the Mediterranean has be
come virtually an “Axis s a."
This situation and how to capit
aize on it undoubtedly figured in
the Hitler and Mussolini talks.
Qualified informants in London
said the past weeks' develop
ments, notably the fall of Crete
and the alignment of France with
th. Axis, practically eliminated
the Mediterranean as a link be
tween Britain and the Middle
East. Even fast warships, it was
s d, would likely find transit of
the 1900-mile sea, a feat of ex
treme peril as th re are two dan
g; rous bottlenecks at the mid
d.e, for surface vessels. The dan
ger zones are: the two hundred
mile stretch b-tween Crete and
Libya and tHe hundred mile gap i
between Sicily and French-ruled i
Tunisia, and were described as
vulineriitble to attacks by Axis)
1 bombers.
Hitler and Mussolini conferr d
f r several hours at Brenner Pass j
1 making the sixth time they have
mot since the war began, each;
! meeting signalling the beginning j
: of an r d of a major phase. The!
Axis leaders’ last meeting was on
. January 20. and preceeded the;
Nazi assault on Yugoslavia and i
! Greece. |
Fascist editor Gayda asserted
i that Brtain lost 45,000 troops,
| killed or captured in Crete, the i
j claim far xceeding unofficial
British estimates of only 30,000 i
, Allied soldiers engaged in the de j
fense of .he island. Greek sources j
at Cairo last week reported 18,000 |
Germans were killed in the inva
sion .incudir.g 5,000 drowned un
der guns of .the British fleet.
PLANS TO MEET U.S. MOVES
♦ PRESUMABLY FORMED PART
IHTLER, MUSSOLINI MEETING
ROME. June 2 {JP) — Inform'd
Fascists said plans for meeting
any move by the United States,
presumably formed a part of the
conversations between Hitler and
Mussolini. Observers said the
Axis 1 aders were probably con
* eerned over the prospect of fur
ther action by the United States
in line with the President’s pro
gram to defend the Western Hem
isph re with the navy, and involv
ing French West Africa, the |
Azores and other Atlantic Is
lands. Informed sources predict
ed that Italian forces will use
Crete as a springboard for new
attacks by air on the British po
sitions in the triangle formed by
the Lsland of Cyprus, the Egypt
ian port of Alexandria, and the
Palestine poitt of Haifa.
City Manchester
Heavily Bombed
MANCHESTER, June 2 UP) —
G rman planes poured thousands
of incendiaries and high explo
it sive bombs on this manufaotur
iig city. Rescue crews were handi
capped by the heavy pall of j
smoke as they dug for victims j
buried in the wreckage. Although
several fires were started by the
bombs none got out of control.
A number of nurses were fear
ed buried in the wreckage of a j
nurses home which received a j
direct high explosive hit. Two'
hospitals were damage in other |
areas. Three churches, several
* shelters and numerous homes
were hit.
Planes Drop
Bombs Dublin
UNDATED, May 31 VP) — Un
^ identified planes roared over neu
tral Dublin dropping three bombs
killing 52 persons and injuring
perhaps 200. One bomb blew the
y glass out of a skylight near the
front door of the U. S. legation.
Unexplained Fire
In Boeing Plant
Vancouver, B. C.
—
VANCOUVER. B. C. June 2 </P)'
--An unexplained fire .roared in [
the administration building of the j
new Boeing Aircraft of Canada 1
plant yesterday, doing damage es |
timatd at $67,000 to the build
ing and an additional $5,000 done
to the exterior of a new fac
tory, not yet in full production
of big PBY flying boats, for
which is was built.
Efforts of firemen aided by stu
dent fliers from a nearby R.AF
training center, stopped the blaze
after two hours.
Suggest Shifting
Fleet to Atlantic
WASHINGTON, May 31 W -
Senator Norris, only living legis
lator who voted against entering
the last war, suggested that the
administration consider the pos
sbility of shifting the main body
of the fleet to the Atlantic.
Soldier Shoots
And Kills Self
Memorial Day
—
SEWARD. May 31 t/P) — Pri
vate Hal E. Emerson of Fort Rich
ardson who was working as a
guard during the discharge of
Army freight h re, was shot in
the head and killed in a Mem
o’-'al Day tragedy. He also shot a
w>'inan who is in the June Mea
dows Hospital, badly wounded.
Authorities are investigating'the
woman’s story of a quarrel which
started over paying a dollar for |
liquor in the restricted district..
He shot her and killed himself]
with a .45 calibre automatic.
British Win
War With Iraq
Solidify Front
UNDATED. May 3f </P)— With
the envelopment of Crete seem
ingly compute, except for a for
mal British acknowledgement of
an Axis victory, the British won
a war wihtin a war in Iraq and
solidified that front. British mo
torized forces pressed into the
outskirts of Baghdad, which dis
patches said was filled with
riots. The government asked for
an armistice, after Rashid Ali
Algalani, pro-Axis Iraq lead r.
fled to Iran taking the child j
king, six-year-old Fiesal, the Sec
ond.
Some Allies Escape To
Nearby Island of Gavdos
I
■ ■- —
The German high command
said pursuit of British and Greek
forces eastward over the moun
tains of the coastal plains of
Crete, is tightening the vise on
the last defenders of the island,
as a junction with Italian forces,
who landed at the eastern end of <
the island, is near. It was also,
said that some British and
Greeks fid to the island of Gav
dos, 25 miles to the south but [
the Luftwaffe is smashing them.
French Fight
British Attacks
On Tunisia
UNDATED, May 31 ,(/P) — The
French reported that British plan
es yesterday attacked. Sfax, Tu
nisia, again, less than 24 hours
after Vichy formally protested
a bombing last W dnesday. A dis
patch to Vichy admitted that an
Italian ship was bombed but that
“French naval units and the air
force are assuring the defense of
Sfax.” No details were mention
ed.
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119 Survivors
Zamzam Sinking
Enter Spain
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, May
31 (TP) — A group of 119 Ameri
can survivors of the sunk Zam
zam crossed into Spain, but 21 of
the others, the American ambu
lance drivers, w re held by the
Germans.
Men Compelled Leave Baggage
BL\RRITZ, Nazi - Occupied
France, May 31 (/P) — No ex
planation, except “diplomatic
reasons" was given for two am
bulance drivers, Charles McCar
thy and Langford Harris being
among the freed survivors. They
had passports marked as students
so the Germans did not realize
their work.
The men who crossed into
Spain were compelled to leave all
baggage behind. The women
were allowed to take their hand
luggage.
A representative of the U. S.
Embassy at Madrid is going to
Biarritz Monday to investigate.
U. S. To Judge
France By Acts,
And Not Words
WASHINGTON, May 31 ■0T>> —
Authoritative quart rs here re
ported that the United States will
soon notify France that future
acts, not words, will be the basis
for American judgement of
French and German collabora
tion.
British Report
Gen. Freyberg
Alive, With Troops
LONDON, May 31 </P) — The
War Office announced that Gen
eral B C. Freyberg, commander
of the British Imperial Forces at
Crete was “alive with his troops”
refuting the German claim that
he was killed while fleeing by
plane to Egypt.
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! FIRST PASSENGER BOAT OF
SEASON, COLUMBIA, SAILED
SATURDAY A.M. FOR NOME
SEATTLE, May 31 (7P» — The
S. S. Columbia of the Alaska line
sailed at 10 a. m. for Nome with
the following passengers:
Barney Rolando
R A Stremel
Frank W Green
Alphonso Lang
A L Morton
V J Thierman
Mr & Mrs M S Mitroviteh
Mrs Hilkey Robinson
Mrs E W Quigley
A G Reid
Mr and Mrs O N Allen
Glen D Timph
Robert Hill j
August Adams
Alfred Bast
Ed Martin
N B Morgan
C J Carlson
John Moyer
AJ Far re 1
Mrs Alma Keene
Ann Withrow
Hans Lind
H D Longfellow
F L McDonald
H Engstrom
Ernest Newt
Ray Guneau
C B Smith
Don MacPherson
Fred Smith
Sam Calloway
J Told Dougal
Frank Tomkins
Fred Anderson
H J Fields
W J Belcher
J P Everett
W H Mansford
R L Oliver
Hampton Nett j
Dr K L Gravem
Howard Lyng
Mrs Orville Van and child
Wayne Fugitt
Louis A Jacobson
A Mattson
Leo Seidenverg
Mrs Marjorie Maloney
Marie Alberta Forshang
J B Allister
Rod Pohl
Robert Coats
June Gatewood
Mrs Walda Nold
Mrs H Engstrom and two
children
Anna Harrison
E W McConaghv
J E Shaw
A R Kelly
W A Lewis
L G Fulver
T \V Steward
K R McNair
Y O McDowell
M E Frazier
Francis Taylor
E A Furrer
Paul Yost
Charles Willoughby
H G Stofer
Earl Bray
J A Sewell
John A Speece
Chesley McDonald
Walter Burgess Ferrin
Mrs George Madsen and
infant
Mrs A Sather and son
Jack Shaw
Tom Shaw
Miss F A Bell
Mrs J H Morison
Mr and Mrs. Fred Ayer
William Stumpf
Ruth Smith
Clara Smith
Mr and Mrs. George Crook
and two infants
C Z Shallit
W B Swain
P A Holmes
J W Steen
William Cody
H V Nuckolls
R E Uren
Pay Ram bo
Edward Regan
Frank Rowe
N B Hale
Irwin Plowhtad
William Lyal
J T Baker
C J Hess
Gregory Land
K H Straughn
Ray McKimmey
Jay Wells
P O Workman
W L Ware
M M Frink
H R Vallotton
Walter Hamon
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