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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 42. No. 142. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday. NOV. 20, 1940 Price *** °°py 1S*
Hungary Joins Rome-Berlin Axis
Turkey Refuse Approve German Troops Bulgaria
Greece Appeals To The United States For Aid
Nazis Again
Smash At
Midlands
UNDATED, Nov. 20 '.to — Brit
ons read in their morning news
pap rs of still another devastat
ing smash by German night raid
ers against industrial Midlands
in a 9-hour assault or. Birmir.g
ham and 13 other cities and
towns.
Hitler’s command said five hun
died Nazi planes stormed the
M dland be t with more than a
miilion pounds of bombs, setting
“ft-.r-visible conflagrations and
explosions and an even mor? ex
tensive raid on Coventry.”
Battleship South
Dakota Fs
Damaged Fire
CAMDEN. N. H., Nov. 19 (^b—
The 35,0i00 ton battleship South
Dakota, in construction in a yard
of the New York Shipbuilding
Company was slightly damaged
by fiamts. A company spokesman
asiu the fire was "apparently
started by a riveter's torch.” The
Company announced officially
that eight men were “slightly
overcome" by the fumes from
burning rubber. On? required
hospitalization and his condition
wa» reported as satisfactory.
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Greece Appeals To U S. For Aid
Situation Compared To That Of
Russian Invasion Finland Year Ago
Diplomatic Activity Indicates Imminent Great Military
Offensive Against Greece, Egypt and Africa
UNDATED, Nov. 19 (/P) —
Greece appealed for aid from the
United States and other “free
countries,” in her struggle again
st Italy as evidence mounted that
the Rome-Berlin axis may be
planning a new explosion in
southeast Europe. Greek press
minister Th:o Nicoloudis direct
j ed the appeal especially to the
United States and Britain, declar
ing his country was fighting a
nation six times greater in war
materials and that the world
shouldn’t be misled by the Greek
successes. Pie compared Greece’s
present situation to that of Fin
land in her war with Russia a
year ago, declaring “We won’t
make the same mistake as heroic
Finland in which, contest, after
her first successes, failed to ask
for help from abroad.” Britain
has already pledged all possible
help to Greece.
^ Hitler is rapidly forging an
axis empire” in Europe and it be
came increasing clear he was at
tempting a step to array the
whole continent by political ties
against Britain. In Bucharest, j
news dispatches from Berlin, the;
Rumanian press said there would |
b a “great military offensive ag-!
ainst Greece, Egypt and Africa
by Germany and Italy” amid a
new flurry of diplomatic activ-1
ity presumably bringing Bulgar
ia and Hungary within the Axis
fold. Hitler is evidently drawing
his lines swiftly to present Brit
ain with a fait accompli of Eu
ropean “unity.”
DNB disclosed that Hungary
was next on the list with Axis
discussions starting in Vienna to
morrow. King Boris of Bulgaria ,
s cretly conferred with Hitler at
Berchtesgaden on Sunday. Pre
viously either Hitler or Musso
lini conferred with the leaders of,
Russia, France, Spain and Ru
mania.
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Hungary Joins Axis, Giving Hiller
250 j\si]e Corridor S.E. Europe
Stretch Toward Turkey, Suez ( anal
Rumania and Bulgarian Reported Next to Join Axis
Pressure May Fali Quickly on Neutral Jugoslavia
UNDATED, Nov. 20 UPt—Hun
gary jo.... d the Beilin-R me
Tokyo A.vis, glv.ng Hitler a mili
tary cerr.d 1 o : etch.r.g 25J mir
es deeper into southeast Europe
, toward Greece, Turk y and the
Suez Cana . The protol sign .1 in
Hitler’s presence in Vienna binds
Hungary to the original triple
alliance s.gncd in Berlin last
Sspten.b r 27 pleding Germany,
'Italy and o ..p: •; ,o mutual aid
agair.si any nc.v eu'rant into
either the E u ipean or the Chin
esc wars. At that time the pact
said it war aimed at i.coping the
United Stat s from an jpen d?
cl.srslian of war in Britain's side
against Tie snow-ba ling t.-t I i
, a.ian bloc. Inf. rmed quar* r
Budope : sad Spain, Rumania
and Bulgaria n ay next join the
Ax's and pressure may f T! quick
ly on neutral Jugoslavia.
Author!?. • i q turiers in Berlir
j . . ;\ »: ,t ..... d a gigantic axis
.:.-i .. y c. u.. ci is in the wine
rt . . . iv.pt l "bottle up" the
.. ..an by synchronizer
u t. > on the Suez Canal in the
i -i.:.'.- Gibraltar ir
vc. 1 t.. rnts the entry ol
nthe Axi: pr >elairr
.. new . d :r in Europe. add d
”7 009 sq ; j mi! s ard a pop
u.a.b.n of about 12 million, must
1.7 c t Mag' ur crlg.n. and army
I . .' e ’ n c> Hungary ha
alf , million met under arms
Yvl.h T i key among passible
iTgo’. in a new axis campaign
n i'll _ • t Europe, th Turkish
Pi £ s i'ranklv warned renders ol
Ihc danger that war is near. The
Slurb 1 h g vernment prepared
black- tt; regulations.
ANKARA. Nov. 20 i/P)—Sourc
es close to the Turkish govern
ment said Turkey will regard
the passage of German troops
through Bulgaria as harmful to
Turkish interests and said Tur
k y would refuse to approve
such a movement even though
Germany might guarantee Tur
key to be in no way involved.
Moreover', if Bulgaria herself
makes any sieve toward the Med
it Irene: .i. Turkey will consider
her i If Lourd to take measures.
The Saute.s added that this at
ti.ude prcv.deri a reply to the
questions of Turkey’s reaction to
the news that Hungary joined
ih Artis in a pact, and its im
l'crt.Lits of .. German move in
■outherst Europe.
DEMOCRAT —As critically as though it held the answer to
November elections, this flag is examined by President Roosevelt
during his visit to the quartermasters’ depot at Philadelphia.
P.D.R. also visited naval yard.
'oivtcss Will
t
'l2\ hi Session
. ■ T*1 4 P. V
il i j ter Xmas
WASHINGTON. N v. 19 (£>)
F! •publican- an Detn
| voting togjthi ■ • 1 a House
attempt by the D '"erratic lead
ership to ad. u 1 r ss at the
f the day .- n by a %'ot<
■<f 191 against a:i .rument and
148 fcr adjourn:' The House
action probably rr ns that the
70th Cong!" w: 1' continue in
j session theoretic;'11>. at least un
I til Christmas tin i.
Slight Quake
Is Fell In
Japan Islands
— ■
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 —
Domei news agency reported
that a short quake was register
ed two minutes after midnight in
the region north frm Tokyo to
the southern par: of Hokkaido,
j one of the farthest n rth Japan-1
ese islands. Clocks w re stopped;
j in the northern provinces of
Twate and Miyago.
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Murray l rged
J v^
As Successor
To John Lewis
ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. 20 (/P)
— Sidney Hillman called on the
CIO convention to “demand'
that Phillip Murray take the
presidency soon to be vacated by
Lewis. Hillman is CIO vice
presid:nt ard national defense
commissioner. He urged that;
Murray take the presidency and !
unite the warring factions of the j
labor movement.
W’rite to your friends and -e
ives on the ‘Outside’, using Sou'
nugh Stationery. They’ll get a bo
' eick out of it.
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i v o r e e d
From Oscar
ANCHORAGE. Nov. — Judge
•Simon Hellentha granted Mrs.
Lila Palm a div rce and ruled
-’at undrr tue Alaska law, the
wife v. .11 mainta.n her independ
ent domicil* and is entitled to
property owned by her while her
husband is entitled to property
earned by him.
The divorce was granted on
the ground of incompatability.
Mrs. Palm was aboard the
ground steamer Alaska.
She is co-winner of last year’s
Nenana Ice Pool of which prize
her husband had requested man
agement.
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
In accordance with a long es
tablished American custom and
in keeping with the wishes of the
Governor of our Territory, I,
Henry G. Miller, Mayor of the
municipality of Nome, hereby
proclaim Thursday, November
list, a day of Thanksgiving, to
e observed in giving thanks to
\Imighty God, for the many
dessings He has bestowed upon
is during the past year.
I urge the people of Nome to
is«emble on the day set forth at
‘heir customary places of wor
ship, and offer thanks to Al
nighty God that our Territory
and Nation have escaped the hor
rors and devastation of war, now
•aging over more than one-half
be nations of the earth.
In Witness Whepeof, I here
■nto set my hand and caused the
mal rf the City of Nome to be
affixed hereto, this 18th day of
November, 1940.
Signed Henry G. Miller
Mayor of Nome
\ t t e s t :
M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk