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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 25. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, FEB. 26, 1941. Price per copy is*
Threaten Filibuster Lease-Lend Bill
Desert Army Captures Capital Italian Somaliland
Britain to Carry Air War to Germans in Germany
BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURE
MOGADISCIO CHIEF SEAPORT
OF ITALIAN SOMALILAND
UNDATED, Feb. 26 Strik
ing with blitzkrieg rapidity, Brit
ish troops were officially declar
ed to have captured Moigadisco,
capital and chief seaport of Ital
ian Somaliland, after a 400 mil
swep which started at the Kenya
frontier a month ago. The East
African city fell a last night, a
Nairobi communique announced,
marking “an important step in
the conquest of Italian Somali
land.”
Only yesterday the British re
ported their forces had seized the 1
Indian Ocean port of Brava, 110
miles from Mogadiscio, in a drive
up the colonial coast. Other Brit
ish troops were reported ham
mering at Cheren, 42 miles from
Asmara, the capital of Italian
Eritrea.
On the Axis side, both Rome
and Berlin reported that German
motorized troops clashed with
British armored forces in Libya,
North Africa, for the first time
Monday, and destroyed armored
cars and took prisoners. The Ger
mans escaped without losses, it
was asserted, in what was ap
parently little more than a skir
mish between desert patrols, 100
miles south of Bengasi.
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Germans Claim
Sinking 253,000
Tons Shipping
UNDATED, Feb. 25 </P) — Hit
ler’s violent new sea offensive
was reporbd by the German com
mand tc have sunk 253,00 tons of
shipping on a drive on the Brit
ish supply lines.
A London naval spokesman as
serted that “nothing extraordin
ary" occurred from the Nazi coun
ter blockade.
On the basis that British sup
ply ships average between 5 and
10 thousand tons, the German
claim indicated a loss of from 25
to 50 vessels.
DNB also reported that Nazi
warplanes sunk a troopship of
from 3 to 4 thousand tons and set j
fire to another 15,000 ton trans
port loaded with troops, in an at
tack on a British convoy in the
Mediterranean.
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To Carry War
To Germans
In Germany
LONDON. Feb. 25 UP) — Air
Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair
disclosed that Britain plans to j
drive the war home to the Ger-1
mans in Germany with bombs.
He said “They spared no horror
to Coventry, Birmingham and
London and we must be a copy
to men of grosser blood and teach
them how to war.” This last is
a quotation from Shakespeare’s
Henry the Fifth.
Sinclair reported that more
than a thousand Italian planes
were destroyed in Africa and
Greece or “half the first line
strength with which the Italian
air force entered the war.”
Undaunted by the threat of an
all-out offensive this spring, the
British government announced
that Prime Minister Churchill
told Japan that Britain will re
ject any mediation of the war,
with Germany.
ITALIAN WARSHIP BURNS AT TOBRUK
The Italian cruiser San Giorgio burns in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya, which fell to the British.
Promonotory from Tobruk just into the sea in the background.
OPPOSITION TO ADMINISTRA
TION’S BRITISH AID MEASURE
THREATEN TO FILIBUSTER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 1A>) —
Fresh talk of a filibuster circul
ated in the capitol corridors as
two more Senators, Murray and
Barbour, present arguments for
the passag of th. British aid
bill without delay.
One opposition senator, asking
not to be quoted by name told
newsmen flatly that-“There will
be a filibuster.” The Senator said
th xe is an increasing amount of
mail urging that the bill be “talk
ed to death.” He added that al
most a dozen senators indicated
that they were willing to take
the floor for long periods in op
position speech.s.
A meeting of others of the op
position group asserted that no
plans for a filibuster were beinf
considered but Senator Wbeeleo
de iared if the Administratior
leadership “tries to push it int(
night sessions we will find mean
to make our r-icord.”
Wheeler said if the Administrt
tion didn’t apply pressure tactics
the bill might come to a vote al
the end of the week.
A if Landon also attacked the
leg;.' at ion in a night radio ad
drr ^ from Lawrence, Kansas
He called it the most dangerous
proposal ever brought before Cor
gress and said if it passes “1
know social gains are going to be
lost, civil right are going to be
impaired, the cost of living will
be increased and the standards ol
living lowered.”
Eden And Chief
Of Staff Dill
Are In Turkey
UNDATED, Feb. 26 </P) — Brit
ain’s foreign Secretary Eden ar
rived at Ankara, on a fence build
ing mission at the Turkish cap
ital. He was accompanied by Gen
Sir John Dill, chief of the British
imperial general staff. Tumult
ously cheering crowds greeted
them as they arrived aboard
President Inonu’s special train.
Speculation immediately arose
that on the outcome of their talks
with Turkish leaders might hinge
the British decision to send
troops from Egypt to bolster
Greece against a possible Ger
man invasion.
A man must take a lot before
he learns to take it.
!
Police Judge Devin
Nominated For
Seattle Mayor
—
SEATTLE, Feb. 26 iJP)— Police
Judge William F. Devin, aged 42,
was nominated for mayor by al
most landslide proportions. He
will be opposed in the March 11
election by County Auditor Earl
Millikin, second in a field of 13
; candidates seeking to fill the un
expired term of Governor Lan.g
: lie.
Devin polled 25,000 votes and
j Millikin 13,000. Devin made his
debut in politics in 1938 when h:
was elected justice of the peace
and was later appointed police
Judge by Langlie.
Aircraft Are
Being Flown
To So. Pacific
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — The
British Embassy announces that
aircraft are being flown to the
British forces in the Far East
from the west coast of the United
States.
Although indicating that power
ful bomber reinforcements are
being sent to the British at Sing
apore, the Embassy declined fur
ther details.
The statement of the Embassy
followed reports that Consolidat
ed Lockheed bombers were being
flown from San Diego to Singa
pore via Hawaii.
PROBE IS REQUESTED
BY SENATE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Feb. — The
Senate Military Committee re
commended a sweeping investiga
tion into contracts let for the
multi-billion dollar National De
fense program.
The committee sent to the Sen
ate a resolution calling for the
appointment of a special commit
tee of seven Senators to make the
investigation and asking for
$25,000 appropriation for the
probe.
NAVY HONOR MEN—\ navy patrol bomber model holds
the attention of the three top-ranking men of the U. S. naval
academy midyear graduating class, which numbers 400 midship
men. Left to right: William Nicholson of Pasadena. Cal., who was
the "honor man": Frank SVI. Sanger, Jr., of Wilmington, Del.,
second highest; Francis P. Cuccias of Woodhaven, N. V., third.
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i Production
Of Planes
Increasing
WASHINGTON, Feb. — Wil
liam Knudsen, Production Direct
or of the National Defense Com
mission said 1036 airplanes were
delivered in the United States in
January and he added that he
expected a delivery of 18,000
planes this year.
Knudsen said in January 957 of
the planes went to the Army and
Navy.
Knudsen further said the Army
Air Corps woud award a contract
to Ford to make bomber parts
very shortly and similar con
tracts to other motor companies
later. The parts to be made by
Ford will be made in the new
plant at Ypsilanti, Mich.
Somebody
Talked Out
Too Much
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Presi
dent Roosevelt said he considered
the disclosure of what was intend
ed to be secret testimony before
the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee by Gen. George C. Mar
shall, Army Chief of Staff, was
hurtful to national defense.
President Roosevelt told the
newsmen at a conference he con
sidered the revealing of the testi
mony as raising the question of
ethics, morals and patriotism on
the part of the committee mem
bers, and also editors and publish
ers who printed and the radio
broadcasters who reported it on j
the air.
The President said it was pure
ly a voluntary matter, that he
was not thinking about censor
ship but he merely was putting
ju. S. Urged
To Be With
Great Britain
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CONCORD, N. H., Feb. — Am
bassador to Great Britain John
Winant told members of the leg
islature that the people of Am
erica should stand with the peo
ple of England in a common
cause. The former New Hamp
shire governor spoke before the
lawmakers by special invitation.
Said Winant:
“We should stand as a com
mon group in the cause of hard
work, not asking what is the fu
ture, with unity of purpose in de
fense of liberty under the law of
government, answerable to the
people with God’s will and a just
cause.”
Pioneers’ Home Insurance
Goes To Juneau Agency
The Juneau Insurance Agency',
Stanley V. Grummett, has been
awarded a contract for $140,700
in fire insurance on the Pioneers'
Home according to an announce
ment from the Governor’s office.
The contract was awarded on bid.
it up to the people as a nice ques
tion to think about.
The members of the committee
revealed that Gen. Marshall had
given testimony the United Stat
es intended to reinforce the Pac
ific Fleet immediately with an un
specified number of the latest
type of Army and Navy fighting
planes and describing the situa
tion on the Pacific as “serious.”
The committee members also
said Gen. Marshall refused to
comment on the Administration’s
policy in relation to the Far
Eastern situation but assured
them there is no intent on the
part of the Army or Navy chiefs
to “strip” American defense in
an effort to speed up war equip
ment deliveries to Great Britain