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VOL. 43. No. 9: NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1941. p™. p« w IN
Pres. Roosevelt Inaugurated Today
Roosevelt Inaugurated Today To 3rd
Term ^resident-inaugural Address
^ Is Sermon On Glories Of Democracy
Garner Swears In Ilis Successor, Henry A. Wallace
WASHINGTON, Jsn. 20 (JP) —
Franklin Roosevelt so cmnlv tak
ing his .third presidrrtial oath be
r ath the capital's sun-flecked
d me proclaimed to dofense
n hided Americans “our strong
p mrpos., is to protect and perpet
U3ia the integri.y of democracy.’’
Before a' shivering crowd esli
mated by capital italice at more
than 75,00', .the President stood
bare-headed besides Chief Jus
tice Hugh s, and pltm d his hand
on tiie worn oid Ditch family
bib e and promised to “preserve,
protest and defend the Consti
tution.” A mighty cheer went up
from the multitude jamming the
broad plaza and they kept up a
deafening applause.
Roosevelt stepped to the front
of the white-pillared pavilion
and began the brief inaugural
a dress which was in effect, a
c£rmon on the glories of democ
racy. He said in m asured tones:
“Democracy is not dying. We
know it because we see it revive
and grow. We know it cannot die
because it is built on the unham
pered initiative of individual
men and women joined tog ther
by common enterprise, an enter
prise undertaken and carried
through by the free expression of
a free majority. We know it be
cair- Democracy alone is con
tracted of unlimited civilization
■ -3pable of infinite progress and
improvement in human life.”
Just before Roosevelt took the
■ oath as the country’s first third
I term president he sat attentively
* as Garner, a smile creasing his
! ruddy face swore in Henry Wal
j lace, his successor to the vice
1 presidency.
3.000 Britons In
Occupied France
Are Interned
i —
UNDATED, Jan. 18 (JP) — A
fresh round of British civilians
^ in Nazi-occupied France disclos
ed that Germans said “military
necessity” is the reason for the
internment of 3,000 British sub
jects, men, women and children
living in an area, which might
become either the jumping off
p ace for an .attempted invasion
of England or a foothold for a
British expeditionary force. In
Berlin it was understood that it
was in reprisal for the intern
ment of Germans in England.
investigating High
way to Alaska
J
SEATTLE, Jan. 18 UP) — The
Ala.'.ka-Northwest Emergency De
fonse Committee announced that
Pr sident Roosevelt informed it
hat the Commission was continu
:ng to investigate the proposed
Vghway to Alaska. The Presi
irnt said: “When a further re
port is rtceived I assure you it
will be giv:n mose careful con
id ration.”
Greeks Sink Two
tajian Troopships
ATHENS, Jan. 18 UP) — A
Greek spokesman announced that
two Italian “warships” were tor
pedo 1 in the Adriatic. They Ath
ons radio said they were troop
ship-, the 20.000 ton Lombardia
and th 15,000 ton Liguria which
was the former Canadian Pacific
liner Melita, sold to an Italian
company six years ago. There
were r a further details.
Swansea Bombed
UNDATED, Jan. 18 (JP) — Ger
man fliers set fires on docks,
wharves and storehouses in the
Swansea an: a of South Wales, the
port which is the copper, tin
plate and fuel center. The British
Germany is reported using a
riatic.
new long-range four-motored
bomber for “all-weather” attacks
far out over the Atlantic.
Meeting In Undisclosed
Place Axis Leaders An
nounce Complete Accord
! „ , i
Attempt Delay
WiHkie’s Trip
_—
■ WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 <.V> -4j
i.ra . dative Tinkham ann unc
* he would ask the House For
;n Adairs Committee to sub
i na Wendell Willkk to testify
>• he British aid bi 1 after1
V 1 kie had no‘ified the cormr.it
>e h: planned a trip to Europe, ’
vhich would make it impossible
dr h m to appear before leaving
r V/ dnesday.
Coern an Bloom promptly told
in .that the committee had no
u'h powers.
T khum angrily to d newsmen
a. wan eJ to know by what
o ottney Wilkie has to advise
.ho American people on the for
go p Ley nearly • very morn
r.g. He said “I certainly think
,t a possibility that Wilkie is
going to England as a Itaoseveit
emissary."
William Knudsen, Director gen
aral of production rnanag > ent
U • t'ii-J that he approved of the
b.’l and .said it will h: late this
year before this country coui
supp y “any great amount'’ of
aid to Britain.
I Roosevelt Gives
fillkie Note
Fo Churchill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 </P) —
I Countering Willkie’s renewed en
idorsement of salient points in
President Roosevelt’s aid to Brit
iln bill, onposition Senators talk
i ;'d of introducing a substitute
measure for an outright gift
I to the British of a billion or two
j billion. Indications that this
, ‘gift” strategy will be employed
in the determined fight to defeat
the lease-lend legislation and
s rved notice on inauguration
j day and signified that no armis
tice would develop in the legis
| lative contest.
i Discussion of the substitute pro
J nasal was heard after Willkie met
j President Roosevelt and Secre
tary Hull yesterday on a flying
visit to the capital before his
clipper trip Wednesday on a sur
vey of conditions in England. At
first hand from the President,
Wiilkie received a penned note
to Churchill, a message carrying
1 greetings to “Dear Churchill,”
j and set forth that the Republican
nominee for President was trying
I la keep politics out of the Amer
j can defense program. He also
('xpressed the wish that Britain
vveathi r the storm of w'ar.
Willkie said his conferences
with the President and Hull
were “very pleasant” and added
they extended every courtesy for
his forthcoming trip.
Administration leaders said
that though Willkie’s visit to
the White House would tend to
bolster Republican support of the
ea?e-lend measure even though
Willkie suggested three modifica
tions in the time and limit of
the extraordinary powers grant
ed to the President, and for Con
gressional retention of the “purse
strings.” section by section a Con
gr ssional study will determine
whether all the authority confer
red on the President is neces
sary.
Hitler and Mussolini Meet Today
As Fascists Disclose A Vast New
Offensive in Mediterranean Area
UNDATED, Jan. 18 UP)— A re
ps. r. from Switzerland said Musso
liri irght see Iltler today or to
rrorrow. A reliable informant in
S'o.la aid Germany is trying to
b: ;ni about peace in the Italian
Greeh war. Concentration of
G n: an troops in southern Ru
mania is part of the “argument”
sin., d Greece.
Believe 1 hree
UNDATED, Jan. 20 <JP) — Hit
r aid h - sorely pressed Axis
p rt’U" MussoLni met in an tin
' spat amid Fascist r. :s<?r
- v st new German and
■. :ve in the Mcditer
■<: theater. A German
aa said the conference
t ' d f’e close fighting al
i . a;c b cm the German and
.• 1.. a t:e pi..” The two leader
i an* in ran- ) ‘ * accord. With of
’ tie .! d hr: lacking it was as
—
sumed in well-informed quarters
’hat the discussion touched upon
one, tie Greek and North African
campaigns and how Hitler is to
rescue Italy’s battered legions;
two, the battle for Britain and
probable emphasis on the ques
:-.n of delivering a knockout
blow before American aid is ef
fective; thri'e, the Axis policy to
a rd the United States as a re
111 of President Roosevelt’s pro
gram to help Britain.
In Rome, Fascist editor Gayda
leclared the “Axis in the Medit
•rranean is assuring that the war
■untinue and develop in this area
vith increased forces capable of
aciriig and beating down the in
reas.d enemy forces.”
"While the Axis leaders eonferr
si the British reported still an
other success in the drive to tear
I aly's African empire to tnt
rs and shreds” as promised by
Churchill. British troops are re
ported to have driven into Italian
Eritrea at two points after rout
ing tv. o Fascist divisions of about
21,000 men and inflic, in,g 2,000
casualties in fierce actions around
.a: . la in Anglo-Egyptian Su
fi ".-n in East Africa.
WI*X F
w lie ci
Lloyd George Dies
v' L
1 ON DON. Jin. 00 </P) — Dame
M»rgaret Id yd ted 76, wife oi
Diitain's Wor d W r prime min
ister died at Crcei.th, Wales.
Subsor bi : It \ me Nugge'
;
Creeks Capture
Crack Troops
—
UNDATED, Jen. 18 UP) — The
Cr eks announced the capture of
a thousand crack “wolves of Tus
j cany” division in Albania. They
vinounaed also the torpedoing
of two Italian ships in the Ad
i HENRY A. WALLACE