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VOL. 42. No. 134. NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, NOV. 4, 1940._pn<* sop, lu
Presidential Election Tomorrow
Greeks Repel Invaders All Along Battle Front
13 Believed Killed In Crash Of United Air Liner
Creek Alpine Troops Drive 7
Miles Into Albania-Fascist Supply
* Base koritza \U11 Soon Fall
UNDATED, Nov. 4 (/P) —Fight
ing over snow-hlanketcd mount
ains, Greek Alpine troops are re
ported to have driven 7 miles in
to Italian-'hcld Albania, ringing
th Fascist supp’y base at Kor
itza and capturing 1200 Italian
prisoners.
In further support of the 8
day-old Greek defense, the Brit
ish reported preparing to send 3
* army divisions of about 45,000
troops to combat the Italian in
vasion.
British and Greek warplanes
inflicted heavy casualties dis
patches said, in low-flying at
tacks on Italian troops massed
along the Greek-Albanian bor
I der. A British broadcast said
that RAF raiders accompanied
Greek pianes and also attacked
the Albanian capital Tirana, part
ly destroyed the palace of form
r King Zog and now used as
Italian m.ilitary headquarters.
Dispatches .from Yugoslavia
said the fall of Koritza in the
northern sector of the hundred
mi’e Balkan war front was “ex
pected momentarily.”
In the southern sector Greek
def nders were said to have re
pulsed tlalian columns in fierce
hand-to-hand fighting with bay
onets and gernades. The Greek
command said a heavy Italian at
tack in the mountaiin of the Epi
rus Province, preceded by 15 con
s cutive bombing forays against
the Greek defense positions, was
routed with the destrioction of
nine Fascist tanks.
Stefani news agency acknow
ledged that Mussolini's legions
war. nu citing stiff Greek resist
ance in the Ioanin.a region at the
southwest end of the front.
British Report Gradual Weakening
Of German Siege—Report
Nazi Airmen killed or Captured
»
UNDATED, Nov. 2 i(/P) — “A
gradual weakening of German ef
fort" in l.he German siege on Brit
ain was claimed by th. British
air ministry while other sources
forecast a mechanized offensive
by the Italians on t,he Greek war
front.
The Italian air force resumed
g attacks on Gr eet bombing the
port of Patras and Canea on
Corfu Island. There were about
10 casualties.
Authorized sources in London
said the Fascists are moving
mechanized equipment, tanks, ar
mored cars and artil’ery through
Albania toward the western
coastal zone of Greece.
The British estimated that ov
er six 'thousand German airmen
Nazi Force
Is Captured
In Greenland
NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (/P) — A
German language broadcast by
the Britisih Broadcasting Conpor
ation was picked up by GBS and
said a German expedition of 50
| men was captured in an unsuc
cessful attempt to seize a meteor
ological station in Greenland.
They said the Norwegian patrol
iboat Fritjof Nansen made them
prisoners.
London Is
Quiet For
24 Hours
LONDON, Nov. 4 f/P)—London
ers heard the scream of air raid
were killed or taken prisoner
and that English pilot losses
was 353 sine. August 8. They
reported new and more destruc
tive raids on railways in Berlin
and on the Krupp Munitions
works at Essen.
The Greeks said that about 300
were ki led by Italian air raids
yesterday, including on? on Sal
onica and that fierce Greek bay
onet charges were cutting wedg
es into the Italians in Albania.
The Germans threw half a doz
en or mor strong formations of
fighters and bombers against Eng
land including some Italian plan
es. The British air ministry re
ported that at least 9 of them
were shot down in violent bat
tles along the south coast.
sirens, the bark of anti-aircraft
fire and the explosive thud of
bombs in the late afternoon after
the hinterland of Nazi aerial
siege lasting almost 24 hours,
throughout last night. The qutiet
lasted most of the day but at tea
time the uproar broke the unac
customed silence. A single raider
swooped on the metropalitan
area dropping several bombs.
Sunday night was quiet, the
first London has enjoyed since
September 7. The air ministry
said a very few German planes
crossed Britain durting the day
but bombs were dropped in the
; London area, Midlands and East
Anglia, some persons being kill
ed and injured. A few houses
| were damaged.
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1940 Presidential Campaign Closes
Tonight With Last Minute Radio
Addresses !>y Roosevelt and Willkie
J
UNDATED. Nov. 4 </P) — A
turbulent and unpredictable
presidential campaign cam. to
the end of the trail amid a tu
mult of rival claims, politcal or
atory and urgent last minute ap
peals for votes crowding the clos
ing hours and held little keeping
with the old tradition of a quiet
el etion eve.
Apart from the final messages
that both Roosevelt and Willkie
will make, both the Democratic
and Republican parties marshall
ed their speakers for a national
and local seri.s of eleventh hour
broadsides.
Roosevelt is back in New York
where he will receive the returns
tomorrow night at Hyde Park.
He set asid the day for cam
paigning among his Hudson Val
iev neighbors very much as he
did in the 1996 election. His final
message highlight is a two-hour
nation-wide radio program at 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. PST. It was arrang
ed by the Democratic National
Committe for Roosevelt to
speak at Hyde Park. Shortly af
ter eight Wa.lace also will make
his final address. At first it was
thought Roosevelt might use the
oeejsion for another major pol
itical address but this beli.f was
discounted after his assertion in
Cleveland Saturday that he was
then making his “final national
; ad r .- >1 the campaign." Pre
sent expectations are that he
simply will urg all elegible vot
,-.s to exercise their franchise.
Willkie is winding up a stren
uous marathon campaign with a
three radio speaking engage
ments on his election ev sched
ule. The first is his closing speech
to American women at 12:15 p.m.
then he will take the air again
at 7 p.m. with McNary and re
turn to the networks for a last
word in an hour-long program at
10 p.m. The character of Wi! 1 -
kie's three final adresses was not
j indicated by aides said the sub
ject matter might depend on
what Democratic orators had to
say or on previous developments.
President Declares Republican
Party Unholy Alliance Between
Radical, Reactionary Elements
UNDATED. Nov. 2 <JP)—Presi
dent Roosevelt travelled across
New York S ate moving toward
^Ohio for his -fifth maj >r
paign address at Cleveland to
night. As Willkie prepared on
of his final bid for votes in New
York City in a talk tonight Roose
veit began a swing through the
pivotal skates of New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio
In his Brooklyn speech Bast
night he declared th:re has
“been forming” in the Republic
an Party an “unholy alliance be
tween the extreme reactionary
and extreme radical elements in
this country and there is no com
mon ground upon which they can ;
unite unless it (be ujpon their
common will to power.”
|
Bridg es Asked
To Resign
—
SEATTLE, Nov. 4 (/P) — Local
1-19 ILWA asked Bridges to re
sign on account of his “unwar
ranted attack on Roosevelt fol
lowing the indorsement of the
President 'by all large Pacific
Coast locals and many smaller
locals.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2 </P>
— Declaring himself “one hun
dred per cent in support of John
L. Lewis on everything he said”
Harry Bridges asserted last night
that the reelection of Roosevelt
would be a severe blow to the
labor movement and a sure step
towards war. He told 700 mem
Willkie asserted in a statement
today (that the speech was d -
signed to stir up class hatred
and to divide our people" saying
his opponenet "complains that
the Republican t.eket has the
support of many different ek
mcnts. Our popular answer is ob
vious—it is because our party is
the only one which offers unity
to the country.
Secretary Hull in a radio ad
dress last night said the reelect
ion of Roosevelt is “in the fullest
possible measure to assure secur
ity and safeguard the peace of
this country.”
Herbert Hoover at Salt Lake
City said the fundamental issue
of tihe campaign was “the prescr
vation of democracy.”
bers of the CIO Industrial Union
Council that to “support Roose- j
velt was one of the most foolish
tilings that a working man or
woman can contemplate.”
He stated flatly that he “did
not endorse any candidate." He
was met with mingled cheers and
boos.
—
U. S. NAVAL UNITS TRAIN
IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 UP) —
Secretary of State Hull told re
port :rs at a press conference
that naval units were now in
Caribbean waters operating in
training and patrol work.
Five destroyers and a seaplane
tender recently left Key West
under sealed orders. Later three
more destroyers left the same
base on an undisclosed mission.
United Air Lines Plane Crashes
In Wasatch Mountains In Utah
10 Passengers Crew 3 Believed Dead
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 (/Pi
— The ten persons aboard the
storm-battered transport which
crashed on Bountiful Peak be
fore dawn were appar inly kill
ed aerial observers reported.
Carl Reynolds, Salt Lake Tele
gram photographer whose plane
diped ov r the wreckage report
eel the craft's body was torn open
and its tail snapped off. He said
two bod es were visible in the
snow but that there was no sign
of life.
ATTEMPT FORCED LANDING
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 UP)
— The missing United Airlines
plan with ten aboard was found
in the Ground Mountain country
’•'nrlh ( f C nterville, Utah. Cen
terville rev's at the foot of tow
er1- % Wasatch Mountains.
The plane was sighted by
searching flyers who radioed the
Estimates Made
Men For Draft
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2 (IP)
The National D: It Headquarters
made public the e rated quotas
of credits sent to each state in
the Sc ectiv. S. ; v ce organiza
tion to enable t’v. m to compute
the number of n n which each
local draft b -,rd w ll be requir
ed to furni.-h th ".v through
next June 30th.
It was said A1 i-k - Hawaii and
Pu rto Rico will 1 ■. ;ed to fur
nish 11,000 men. A! ska has 300
National Guard tt. Hawaii
•has 1958: and Puerto Rico 987.
FORTUNE POLL
FAVORS ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK — The latest For
tune Magazine survey of public
opinion indicated that despite
the intensive Republican cam
paign President Roosevelt has
dropped only two p rcent in pop
ular favor during the last six
weeks. The survey showed that
as the Presidential campaign en
tered the home stretch, Presi
d nt Roosevelt’s popularity was
57 percent among persons with
different opinions on the major
party candidates.
The majority is considered im
pressive, although not so large
as Roosevelt's majority in 1936.
Roosevelt’s heaviest support was
said to come from the south and
west but the contest was describ
ed as much closer in the more
vital areas of New England, the
middle At’antic and central stat
es. Fortune said Wendell Will
kie has various leads in these
areas, which might possibly be
translated by the Republicans in
to an electoral college majority.
The national business maga
zine added, how ver that 66 per
cent of the public expects Roose
velt to win, regardless of their
personal preference, as opposed
to 18 percent who feel that Will
kie will emerge victorious.
Salt Lak airport that the plane
didn’t appear to be in a bad con
dition, Puot Howard Fey appar
ently having attempted a forced
anding.
The transport d.sappeared
early this morning in a driving
snowstorm. Ground parties start
ed for the scene. William Haws,
UAL flyer spott d the plane. He
-aid low-hanging clouds obscur
od the vision and he was un
able to determine if any of the
seven passengers and crew of 7
; survived the crackup.
The pass ngers were listed as:
Mr. and Mrs. H C. Muir, De
troit; Joe Cassero, Oakland; El
land Dyball, Fergus Falls. Minn
esota; George Stevenson, Sacra
mento; Mr. and Mrs. L. Wilson
Maywood, Illinois. The others in
1 the crew were first officer Thom
! as Handegren and Stewardess
Evelyn Sandino.
Candidate For
Office Last Time
Enroute with Roosevelt tour
zing through home territory, Nov.
1 iTP) — Roosevelt told a crowd
i at Beacon. N. Y., that it was
■ the last time he was %-isting them
! as “a candidate for office.”
Football Scores
Saturday, Nov. 2 isPi — Finals.
Oregon Fresh 0 — Washington
! Frosh 9.
Oregon State 19—California 13
Washington State 26—Idaho O
Stanford 20—UCLA 14
Utah 20-—Colorado 13
Utah State 7—Brigham Young
12.
Montana State 7 — Colorado
Mines 21
Mona:;a 0—-Oregon 38.
St. Mary’s 25—Portland 13
Santa Clara 27—University of
San Francisco 0
Georgia Tech 7—Duke 41
Temple 10— Bucknell 7
Tulsa 7—D-troit 0
Minnesota 13 — Northwestern
12
Baylor 12—Texas Christian 14
Alaibaima 25—Kentucky 0
New York University 0—Miss
ouri 33
Mississippi 13—Vanderbilt 7
Louisiana State 0—Tenessee 28
Purdue 21—Iowa 6
Clemson 0—Tulane 13
Auburn 13—Georgia 14
I linois 6—‘Wisconsin 13
Notr Dame 7—Army 0
Navy 0—Pennsylvania 20
Colgate 6—Holy Cross 0
Dartmouth 26—Sewanee 0
Brown 6 — Yale 2
C lumbia 0—Cornell 27
Princeton 0—-Harvard 0
North Carolina 0—Fnrdham 14
Kansas State 0 — Michigan
| State 12
Boston College 25—Manhattan
0.
Indiana 6—Ohio State 21
Georgetown 28—Syracuse