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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 18. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEB. 10, 1941. pric* 0097 lU
House Passes Aid - to - Britain Bill
British Fleet Showers Genoa with 300 Tons Shells
$170,000 Recommended For Alaska Mail Routes
BRITAIN BREAKS DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS WITH RUMANIA
FOLLOWING W C. FORECAST
UNDATED. Feb. 10 (A5) — Brit
ain brake off diplomatic relations
with Nazi-dominated Rumania
within a few hours after Church
ill forecast that a German thrust
through the Balkans would be
coinciding with a phase of “great
er violence’’ in the war. Neutral
diplomatic quarters in Bucharest
speculated whether Britain might
^ follow the break with a declara
tion of war. These quarters
pointed out that Rumania’s rich
oil fields are now completely in
German hands and supplying
fuel for Nazi Luftwaffe raids on
Britain and therefore constitute a
^ legitimate target for British
bombing planes.
British minister Sir Reginald
Hoare informed Rumanian Pre
mier Antoneseu at noon of the
br ak and immediately U. S. min
ister Franklin Gunther and his
staff began taking over British
affairs.
The rupture was expected
ever since strong contingents of
Nazi troops began entering Ru
mania last fall.
«r “A considerable G-rman army
air force is being built up in
Rumania & its forward tentacles
have already penetrated into Bui
garia in what we must suppose
with the acquiescence of the Bui
garian government, and many
preparations are being made for
the movement of German troops
Fomer Justice van deVanter Dies
~ WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 </F) —
Willis Van De Vant.r, aged 81,
former Associate Justice on the
United States Supreme Court,
who retired in 1937, died sudden
ly tonight of a heart attack.
into or through Bu’garia. Per
haps this southward (movement
has already begun” Churchill
said in a broadcast.
UNDATED, Feb. 8 (IP)—It was
reliably reported in Istanbul that
Britain warned Bulgaria that the
passage of German troops thru
that nation would bring British
bombing of Bulgarian military
obiectiv s. Reports from d:plo
matic quarters said that such a
formal note was delivered to the
Bulgarian foreign office and that
‘he RAF would bomb railways
and other communications facul
ties if the Nazis penetrate Bul
garia to attack Greece. j'
Next Move Bv
Hitler Imminent
UNDATED, Feb.8 (IP) — L. S.1J
Amery Secretary of State for In
dia told a London audience that
’.(he next big move by Hitler was
imminent and the only German
hope for a decisive result in the
conquest of England.
Preparations at Bengasi Proceed ■
CAIRO, Feb. 8 UP) — British 1
headquarters announced that op
erations south of Bengasi were
proceeding satisfactorily” and
that “Italians cut off from re
treat” were surr-ndering in large
numbers.
Army Investigat
ing Crash Of
Alaska Bomber
LOVELOCK, Nev., Feb. 8 (JP)
— Belief that part of the wing
Dr tail structure gave way was
expressed after a preliminary
3imy b ;;rd investigation of the
Army bomber which crashed
Tear here Thursday on a Sacram
ento it-.; D nv r flight ki.ling Capt.
D. S. Freeman commandant at
Ladd Field, Fairbanks and seven
if his companions, all of Ladd
Held.
Llyod Carpenter, foreman of a
ZCC camp, one of the witnesses.
;aid he saw several pieces fall
’rom the plane before the crash.
?unera- plans are pending.
The plane which was outfitted
vith equipment for Arctic flying
,vas flown south two weeks ago
md was going cast to Wright
rield before returning north. The
Dilot tried to gun the motors but
.vas unable to clear the top of
'agged tops of mountains and
trashed and exploded, burning
n the sagebrush for a hundred
fards radius. The weather was
lot bad.
Ed’s Note—This wire was de
ayed two days.
House Passes Aid
lo Britain Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (fP) —
rhe House passed the aid to Brit |
iin bill by a vote of 261 to 165.
rust before the final passage they
lefeated the motion by Rep. Fish
o send it back to the foreign re
ations committee with instruc
,ions to substitute a two billion
iollar credit for Great Britain.
The Final S nate vote is not
ikely for three weeks.
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Tanks, trucks, armored cars, artillery pieces and even a motor torpedo boat lie on a dock in an Egyp
, tian port as British supply ships unload the sinews of war for the Army of the Nile in its campaign
against the Italians in North Africa.
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DEPARTURE FOR NE W FOUNDLAN D—Capt. William R. Joensen (right), com
mander of army transport ship, Edmund B. Alexander, which is taking the first U.S. soldiers to
leased-from-Britain base at Newfoundland, looks on as Col. Morris l). Welty (left) ^ays goodbv to
Col. S. S. Winslow in N. Y. Welty commands unspecified number of men heading for St. John.
$170,000 Appro
priated Star Mail
Routes in Alaska
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (/P) —
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended that Con
gress appropriate $170,000 for
star maii route in Alaska for the
fiscal year starting July 1 and
compared with $150,000 for the
current year. The $20,000 in
crease will provide 25 round
trips, one a week from May 7 to 1
October 31, between Nome and
Fairbanks and intermediate
points, and supplementing the ser
vice on this route between Nov
ember 1 and May 6.
$11,400 was recommended for a
new twice-weekly service be
tween Fairbanks and Anchorage
the year around to furnish ade
quate service for the new Army
base at Anchorage, with $2,500
for additional poundage and mis
eellancous emergency service,
$0,070.
Eliminated as “unwarranted un
dor existing conditions” was the
department’s request for $4,000
for a route from Juneau to Ketch
ikan and providing local serveie
to Wrangell and ePt rsburg. Dur
ing testimony requests Rep. Ma
hona of Texas said “I think the
truth is that Anchorage is pro
bably going to be the largest city
in Alaska as the government is
spending about fifteen million dol
lars up there.” William Triem,
Superintendent of the Division of
Railway Adjustments said the
Juneau-Ketchikan route was
needed to serve Petersburg and
Wrangell.
Smith Purdum, Second Assist
ant Postmaster General said that
fifty five million dollars was al
located or appropriated for gov
ernment activities in Alaska,
with over 39 million for national
defense.
SENATOR REED SMOOT
DIES IN FLORIDA
ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla., Feb.
9 (JP) — Former United States
Senator Reed Smoot, aged 79,
who gained national prominence
as co-auther of the Smoot-Haw
ley Tariff Act, and one of the 12
appostles of Mormon Church died
here.
Alaska Invasion
By Soviet Is
Termed “D.T’s”
MOSCOW, Feb. 8 OP) — The
Communist newspaper Pravda
said "The phenomenon known to
science as delirium tremens has
been spread all over America re
eentiy by the publication of the
si ly calumny” that S viet Russia
plans to invade Alaska.
The paper criticized both the
American press and politicians
for the report which it said orig
inating at a Vera Cruz, Mexico,
bar, that the German “war cal
endar” envisages a joint Soviet
and Axis action in North and
South America.
The paper further said: “In
old Russia people us d to get so
drunk that they saw imps, white
elephants and green snakes. In a
Mexican bar they got so drunk
they saw Alaska.”
On February 2nd Robert Con
way, staff correspondent for the
New York Daily N:ws, in a dis
patch from Mexico City said the
"bueprint” of the Axis plan had
reached there from a Spanish Fas
cist organization.
japs Asseri U. S.
Aavy Heads Meet
J
UNDATED, Feb. 8 (/P) -- The
Domei Japanese New- Agency in
a broadcast reported that the com
mander-in-chkf of the United
States Asiatic fie t ca led a con
ference in Shanghai with officials
to “discuss measures to cope with
developments” arising from the
French Indo - China - Thailand
peace negotiations.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 (/P) — U.
S. Naval circles d nied the Nichi
Nichi report that Admiral Thom
as Hart had called a conference
of American naval officials in the
far east.
HOWARD HEINZ, PRESIDENT
HEJNZ CORPORATION DIES
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9 (/P) —
Howard Heinz, President of the
H. J. Heinz Company of Pitts
burgh died here tonight.
Tritish Navy
Drops 300 Tons
Shells on Genoa
UNDATED, Feb. 10 (JP)— Mus
! rolini’s command reported that
at least 72 persons were killed
and 226 wounded and “enormous
damage” inflicted by a powerful
| rquadron of British warships
j which bo'dly steamed into north
ern Italian coastal waters and
rain1 d 300 tons of shells on It
aly's naval base at Genoa.
Churchill said the attack was
carried out at dawn Sunday and
de’ivered a shattering blow to
I the base from which a “Nazi Ger
i man expedition might have soon
| sailed to attack General Wey
gand in Lib ria or for Tunis."
<3 Die In Salvation
Army Lodging
Fire In Dallas
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 8 (IP) —
| Eight men mostly homeless wan
; derers died and more than a
| score were seared and injured
! trying to escape a roaring wall
! of flame which trapped them in
: the second floor of a Salvation
Army lodging in the downtown
I area. Another 25 fought their
way to safety, some jumping 35
; Let to the ground. Most of them
l were nude as their clothes were
1 being deloused.
Greeks Repulse
Heavy Attacks
Central Albania
UNDATED, Feb. 8 (/P) — The
| Greeks were reported to have
hurled back two Fascist counter
attacks in the central sector of
the Italians in the same area,
Albania inflicting heavy losses on
where three days ago Fascist ar«
mored car assaults failed.