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VOL. 43. No. 50. NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, April 28, 1941 Per Copy lu
Germans Troops Occupy Athens
Churchill Hails U. S. Decision To Patrol As Vital
Lindbergh Resigns Trom U. 5. Army Air Corps
GERMANS TAKE ATHENS,
14th EUROPEAN CAPITAL
DOMINATE!) SINCE 1938
ATHENS, Sunday — The first
detachment of G rman motor
cyclists entered the center of
Athens at 9.30 this morning.
Swastika Over
Birthplace Of
1st Democracy
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UNDATED, April 28 UP) —Hit
ler’s swastika flag of conquest
flew over the ancient acropolis
at Athens, the birthplace of the
world’s first d' mocracy, while
twro German columns drove south
across Polopponnesus in pursuit
of the retreating BEF 'troops.
BEF Withdrawal Under Way
Australian army minister. Per
cy Spender, said the withdrawal
of the British imperial forces by
sea is underway and declared “as
far as this has .proceeded, it has
been successful.”
Berlin reports said that Nazi
Stuka dive bomber; were blast
ing British it ib opts concentra
tions, speeding the last of the
BEF contingent toward a new
Dunkerque. Ilitt r’s command
said the Luftwaffe violently
strafed British and Greek col
umns in the Argos and Tripelis
area in the heart of Peloponnes
sus, apparently fighting a stiff
rearguard action >:o cover the
withdrawal of the main BEF
body ‘oward embarkation port
A German communique said
operations were proceeding “or
schedule” and occupied Athcr -
Sunday, the 14th European cap
ital brought under German dom
ination bv diploaet cr blitzkreig
fury since the Austrian an
schluas in March, 1923. Apprnvi
mately a million .square miles, a”
ar : greater than all of the Unit
fid States east of the Mississippi
River, with more than 170,000,
000 population, has fallen to Ger
many.
Italians Occupy Island Corful
j-'sclini’s command #hnounc
. 1 that Italian Blackshirt troops
occupied the Island of Corfu off
the Greek w:st coast, which
guards the entrance to the Ad
riatic Sea.
UNDATED, April 26 f/P) _ The
of Gre'ce appeared enter
ing its final stages as German
•"e-haniz'’'! troops stormed thru
Thebes, the legendary birthplace
of Hrrcul s md Bacchus and
cr ;-ced on towards A'hens, 30
miles away. Armth'r column i«
advancing down the west coasf
■ d i- reported to have reached
V solmgion. A German surprise
was a "detour” down to the is
land of Fvvoia, then crossing to
he mainland and trapped the r°
muininf British and New Z a
1 andp.r rearguard forces defend
ing Thermopylae.
The I ■tftwaff continued ham
mering at shipping and authoriz
ed Germans said that there’ is no
indication the; the bulk of the
B’d ish- Eucpditionsry fore had
'■’.raped from, Greece.
peft Nazis'Nea r Turkish Coast
Foreign office circles at An
kara raid it was understood that
he Germans were momentarily
• ■ ted to occupy the Gr ek is
m's of Mytilene and Chios,
rk.se to the Turkish mainland,
r i h v . , lj give Germany a
~'rl".g of saa bases reaching al
nvd to the I.alian Dad canese
.ri oh of southwest Turkey.
CATEWAY TO SUE Z—Should an Axis drive against the Suez Canal, British-controlled chan
nel, materialize, Port Said (above), a famous Suez northern gateway, may figure in the news. To
Britain it may seem strategically vital that passage of her ships to and from empire possessions con
tinue unhampered through the Suez Canal. Above is view of Port Said harbor.
LINDBERGH, IN LETTER TO
PRES. ROOSEVELT RESIGNS
FROM AIR CORPS RESERVE
NEW YORK, April 28 (JP) —
Colonel Lindbergh, in a letter to
President Roosevelt resigned as a
r serve officer in the U. S. Army
Air Corps, the text of the letter
follows:
“My dear Mr. Roosevelt, your
remarks at a White House press
conference on April 25, involving
my reserve commission in the U.
S. Army Air Corps, of course dis
turbed me greatly. I had hoped I
might exercise my right as an
American citizen, to place my
viewpoint before the people of
my country in time of peace,
without giving up the privilege
of Serving my country as an Air
Corps officer in the event of war.
But since you, in your capacity
as President of the United Stat
es and commander-in-chief of
the Army, clearly implied that I
am no longer of use to this court -
t:y as a res rve officer, and in
view of other implications that
you, my President and superior
officer made, concerning my loy
alty to my country, my character
and my motives, I see no honor
able alternative than tendering
my resignation as a Colonel in
the Unitrd States Army Air
Corps Reserve, I am therefore
forwarding my resignation to the
S et?ry of War.
"I take this action with the
utmost of regret, for my relation
ship with the Air Corps is one
thing which has meant most to
me in life, and I placed it second
only to my right as a citizen to
speak freely to my fellow coun
tryman to discuss with them the
issues of war and peace which
confront our nation in this crisis.
I shall continue to serve my
country to the best of my ability
as a private citizen.
Respectfully,
Charles A. Lindbergh”
CHURCHILL PREDICTS WAR
MAY SPREAD TO SPAIN, MOR
OCCO TURKEY AND RUSSIA
LONiD M A ril 27 (JP) — The
Tremend ;us ’eeision” of the
United States to patrol ^he “wide
Waters of the Western Hemi
sphere” wo.- h' led by Prime Min
i -t r Churchill as vital to the bat
tle which Eri i n must win to
survive—the battle of the Atlan
tic. “No for-:- r i g men can doubt
that the eventual and total de
feat of Hitler and Mussolini is
certain in view of the respective
and d" dared resolves of the
British and American democra
cies.”
In 3 grim revieft of the entire
var situation broadcast io the
mpire and America, Churchill
acknowledged German victories
in Yugoslavia and Greece and
predicted “We must now expect
the wrar in the Mediterranean, on
the sea, and in the desert, and
above all in the air, to become
very fierce, varied and wide
spread. The war may spread to
Spain and Morocco, to Turkey
and Russia, as the Germans may
lay hands upon the Canaries,
thj Ukraine or the oil wells in
the Caucasus, but there is one
thing certain, Hitler cannot find
safety from avenging justice in
the middle east or far east." In
stead, he said, "To win this w-ar,
he must defeat this island or cut
the lif-lines between us and the
United States."
Repulse British
At Fort Capuzzo
UNDATED, April 26 <7P) —The
Germans claimed that Axis fore
es repulsed a British encircle
ment thrust at Fort Capuzzo,
just inside the border of Libya.
At Cairo, the British said that
Axis troop concentrations at Tob
ruk were broken up by intense
artillery fir:.
British at Tobruk
Beat off Axis Force
Take 130 Captive
LONDON, April 26 i/P> — The
Tobruk garrison beat off a day
long attack by Axis forces yester
day and took 130 prisoners with
out a single casualty, the minis
:ry of information said.
Black arrows indicate course of Axis drives in the Balkan and
African campaigns. Broken arrows point toward Suez canal, a pro
bable objective. Tobruk (3) was immediate goal in Axis’ North
African drive. Broken arrow (4) indicates possible Axis push in
near East aimed at Suez.
21 AMERICAN REPUBLICS PRO
POSE TAKE OVER 160 FOREIGN
VESSELS TO PROMOTE PEACE
WASHINGTON. April 26 UP)—
Representatives of 21 American
republics recommended to take
over more than 160 foreign ves
sels, idle in their ports, and use
Ihem to “promote peace and se
curity in the continent.” The
plan was made by the int:r-Am
erican fiinancial and economic
advisory committee, with chair
man Sumner Welles, who an
nounced that foreign minister
Guina of Uruguay originated the
proposal, which will now be
transmitted to the various Ameri
can governm nts. He said just
and adequate compensation
should be made to the nations
from which they are taken.
The House merchant marine
committee yesterday approved a
bill to authorize the President to
take such vessels over and put
them to any use.
132.600 Tons Brit.
Ships Sunk 10 Days
BERLIN, April 26 UP) — Two!
hundred thirty-two thousand six
hundred tons of British trans
ports and shipping were sunk in 1
the Last ten days and 52 trans
port ships so seriously damaged
that they are no longer fit for ser
vice, DNB declared. The estimat-1
td total destroyed or made unfit
for use is about 700,000 tons. The
agency said the loss was a serious
blow to British efforts to remove
their forces from Greece.
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OPTRA SINGER TO
RETURN TO NORWAY
NEW YORK, April — Kirsten
Flagstad, the famous Metropoli
tan Opera singer, left New York
for Europe in tire hope of join
ing her husband in'Oslo, Norway.
Madame Flagstad left New
York for Lisbon on the Dixi
Clipper. The singer said it has
been arranged to get her into and
out of Norway. However, she in
dicates it was a matter of chance
whether the plans go through.
Said the opera star: “It is in the
lap of the gods.”
Argentine To
Be Governed
By Decree
j
UNDATED, April 26 (TP) — Ar
gentina’s acting president Ramon
Castillo, announced that he
would govern the country by de
\Ti?e for the time being. Private
di patches r aching Buenos Aires
said the country was on the
“verge of a political upheaval.”
Hubbard Asserts
Nobody Gan
Invade Alaska
I 03 ANGELES, April 26 (<P)—
wither Bernard Hubbard, in an
interview said “Nobody could in
vade Alaska against ordinary do
nses and nothing is more impro
’ able. The Aleutians are rocky
islands and the climate is so con
trary to air activity as to pre
vent it,”
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