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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 136. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday. NOV. 6, 1940. _Price P*r copy Vi4
F. D. ROOSEVELT THIRD TERM
Wendell Willkie Concedes Election
Greeks Capture Italian Key Supply Base Karitza
Wendell W illkie Concedes Defeat In
Congratulatory Message to President
NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 10 a.m.
i(iT'j—Wilikie conceded d feat in
a congratulatory message then
called for national unity, com-,
plelion of the defense program,
aid to Britain and “the removal
of antagonisms in America.”
Wearing gren pajamas he die
4a!f‘(> the following message in
his hotel suite: “I accept the re
sult of the election with com
ply tc good will. The popular vote
shows the vitality of our demo
cratic principles and adherence
of our people to the two-party
system. I extend thanks to the
thousands who so zealously and
wholeheartedly worked for my
election in the various organiza
tions and to the added millions
who supported me. I know they
’ll continue as I shallto to work
for the unity of our people in the
completion cf ur defense -ffort.
in sending aid to Britain and in
the insistence upon the removal
of antagonisms in America to the
en-1 that government of free m-n
may continue and may spread
again upon the earth. I’ve re
ceived too many kind messages
' to permit an individual answer
to all. To th senders I express
gratitude and thanks.”
Retires at 10:30 p.m. PST
NEW YORK. Nov. 5 6P)—Will
kie retir d at 10:30 PST after an
neuncing that he would have no
further statement on the election
until he awakened.
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“Never Felt Better”
NEW YORK, Nov. 5, !):3C p.m.
<iPi—Willkie in a brief radio ad
dress said:
"I never felt better in my life.
I congratulate you in taking part
in the greatest crusade in the
country. I hope that none of you
are afraid because I am not in
the. slightest. I just wanted to
come down and thank you so
much for being my fel'ow fight
ers in this struggle I must be
going back upstate but I did
want to come down and thank
t you. Don’t be afraid a little bit.”
The speech was made before a
crowd in the ballroom of the ho
tel where he has a suite, and
broadcast from there.
Administration Jubilant
UNDATED, Nov. 5, 8:25 p.m.
fjp)—Roosevelt forged an impres
sive lead and at 8 o’clock PST
-• he led in states having a total of
427 electoral votes whereas only
266 are necessary to elect. Mean
while Willkie maintained the
lead in states having only 87
votes. Though the administration
camp was jubilant, Willkie main
tained it was still a horse race
and was far from conceding de
feat.
In N w York Roosevelt was
given the edge though Willkie
was doing better than Landon
in 1936. The President also led
in important Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
. ^ Indiana, Massachusetts and Cal
ifornia, in all, 34 states. Willkie
led in 11 including New Jersey
UNDATED, Nov. 6 pP»—Roose
velt and Willkie exchang d per
sonal good wishes as the election
swept by in which the President
smashed the third term tradition
and extended into all but nine
states.
. Wilikie’s states were: Colorado
Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Maine
Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Vermont with 63 el
ectoral votes. The Roosevelt stat
s have 463 electoral votes.
Doggedly Refused Concede
UNDATED, Nov. 5, 11:09 p.m.
UP)—Election returns g A-e Roose
V;It pluralities in 39 states early
today, Wednesday, but st 11 Will
kie doggedly refused to concede
that his opponent had won the
third term. At 10 p.m. PST stat
istics A.owed the President
ahead in states with 451 electoral
vutes. The Republican nominee
was ahead in states with 80 vot-1
es.
Despite v illki.. s refusal to ut
ter the word def at in a speech
to followers -n N. w York a num
ber of newspapers .supporting hio
candidacy have long since ack
nowledged that Roosevelt is the
first man in hisiory *o win a
third term. As the night wore on
one race resolved itself after an
other led by the exciting New
York battle from which the Presi
dent emerged with more than a
quarter of a million lead. Penn
sylvania, Illinois, California, In
diana, Massachusetts, Ohio, even
Oregon apparently followed New
York into the Roosevelt column.
Willkie held the advantage in
New Jersey with 16 votes and in
Michigan with 19votes and in 7
other states and Maine, Vermont
and the midwest farm states.
Grounding Of
Alaska Probed
SEATTLE. Nov. 5 (/P) — The
I Marine board investigating the
grounding of the Alaska charged
] Hugh M. Campbell, second offic
i or, with inattention to duty. The
board directed him to show
cause why his license shouldn’t
be lifted. The hearing recessed
to permit a hearing with his coun
sel.
The charges stated in part:
“While serving under the au
thority of your license between
the hours of 11:59 p.m. and 12:15
a.m. October 27, you neglected
to advise or inform the pilot that
the steamer Alaska apparently
was not in correct position due
to the fact that it required 13
minutes to traverse the distance
between Lawyer’s Island light
ab.am and the Glenn Island
i light on a cource east magnetic
| which distance ordinarily is
: made ip ten minutes thereby con
tributing to the grounding of the
I steamer."
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President Roosevel t Accepts
“With Sincere Thanks” The
Congratulatory Willkie Message
HYDE PARK. Nov. 6 (/Pi
Roosevelt accepted with “sin
cere thanks" Willkie’s congratul
atory message. Please accept my
sincere thanks for your message.
I greatly appreciate the assur
ance of your good wishes for my
health and happiness which I
heartily reciprocate.” Roosevelt
said waiting until returns are
more delnite before making pub
lie his pre-election forecast.
Wins With Votes of 37 States
UNDATED, Nov. 6, 6:20 a.m.
(/P)—.Ballots by the million added
up high-r today to four more
years in the White House for
Roosevelt. With the presidential
e.ection returns hourlj becoming
more complete tabulations which
included final and unofficial r -
ports for some states showed
Roosevelt ahead in 37 states with
a total electoral vote of 437.
Still witholding any concession
of defeat his Republican oppon
Ait, Willkie held the lead in 11
states W'ith an aggregate vote of
94.
The Roosevelt states are: Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Calif
ornia, Connecticut, Delaware,
! Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois
i Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland
1 Massachusetts, Minnesota, Miss
issippi, Missouri, Montana, Nev
ada, New Hampshire, New Jer
sey, New Mexico, New York
North Carolina, Ouio, Oregon
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex
as, Utah, Virginia, Washington
West Virginia and Wyoming.
Willkie is leading in Colorado,
| Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine
Michigan, Nebraska, North Da
! kota, South Dakota Vermont and
J Wisconsin.
HYDE PARK, Nov. 5, 10:02 p.
m. .i’>—v ..h “full returns” still
lacking Ro v. It told a jam
boree of Hyde Park neighbors
that “It looks all right” and that
he thought in the future they
would find him “just the same
Franklin Roosevelt you have
knowna great many years.”
He spoke from the porch of
his home after neighbors stag d
a torch light parade and said:
“We of course face difficult days
in this country but I think you
will find me in the future just
the same Franklin Roosevelt you
have known a great many
years.”
Assured of New York Vote
NEW YORK. Nov. 5. 10:20 p.
m. 4/?) — Roos.'velt was virtual
ly assured of 47 of the New York
electoral votes as he took a com
manding lead of 265,000 with on
ly 620 district unreported.
Harrisburg Republican Chair
man James Torrence conceded
Pennsylvania to Roosevelt at
9:30 PST.
House Democrats picked up 2
Republicans seats in Connecti
cut but so far the Republicans
have not yet gained any Demo
j cratic seats.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5 </Pi—
With oneffifth of votes counted
Roosevelt led in WilLkie’s home
; state and 811 precincts gave
j Roosevelt 275,235 votes to Will
| kie’s 258,818.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5 (/P)
!— 173 precincts showed 665,813
' votes for Roosevelt and 60,783
for Willkie.
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McNary Concedes Election To
Wallace-Bruce Barton Defeated
Sen. Key Pittman fs Reelected
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SALEM. Oregon, Nov. 5. 10:55
p.m. (/Pi —McNary conced d de
feat at 10:40 p.m, PST.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 P
Bruce Barton, Repubsican c r di
date to the Senate conceded de
feat by incumbent Jamt. Mead
at 10:15 p.m. PST.
Race For Gov.
W ashington Slate
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SEATTLE, Nov. 5 11:34 p.m.
•.Pi - -Wi n R osevelt steadily pil
'<’4 up a lead ov r Willkie in
W state election inter
est centered in the nip and tuck
gubvrna: rial battle between Dill
and Langli . Incomplete unoffic
ial returns of 702 precincts gave
Roosevelt 117.200 and Willkie 77,
252.
In the gubernatorial race the
lead chang. I hr: i ; x times be
fore 832 prtcim t- v. ore counted
when Dill had 100, >1 and Langlie
100,437.
Monrad Wallgn n Democrat
held an appe nth commanding
lead over S'ephc . Chadwick in
the race for the senatorial seat
vacated by L w Schwellen
bach. 773 prtcinc gave Wall
gren 102,189 and Ci. i vick 77.815
There were cl s r ■ >s in sev
ori congressiom 1 battles.
Sen. Key Pittman Reelected
RENO. Nov. 6 (/Pi — Senator
Key Pittman, chairman of the
foreign relations committee was
roe’ccted by a plurality of about
6.0 0 over Republican Samuel
Platt, Piutt's campaign n eager*
conceded.
Election of i DR
Will Make John
L. Lewis Resign
WASHINGTON Nov. 6 ,P —
John L. Lewis silently watched
the mounting ro’l of Roosevelt
votes which sounded the call
he'd set for himself to exit as
president of the CIO. H appear
ed cheerful as he met newspaper
men but said he wouldn't make
any public comment on the elec
tion r. suits.
Possible Successor
PITTSBURG, Nov. 6 </P) —
Philip Murray, vice president of
the CIO one of the labor leaders
mentioned as a possible Lewis
successor said “ It is a happy
note in history, making for vic
tory of labor's friend, Mr. Roose
volt.” Murray had endorsed
Roosevelt but declined to make
a statement regarding Lewis.
Greek Soldiers Enter Koritza
Capture 30.009 Italian Troops
Main Fascist Offensive Not Be«un
UNDATED. Nov. 6 (.Pi—Front
ier dispatches said Greek moun
tain fighters entered the city of
Koritza, Albania, and captured
30,000 Italian troops under siege
there. The report d seizure if
J true marked the first major vic
tory in the Balkan conflict which
' presumably disrupted the Italian
! supply route for the projected in
vasion of western Macedonia.
Greece’s high command said the
| retreating Italian troops were
shelled by their own tanks as
1 the Greek warriors stormed and
captured the hill fortifications
guarding Koritza.
The Greeks declar d their lin
es holding firmly at both ends
j of the hundred mile front despite
j superiority of Italian arms and
! manpower.
Mussolini’s command reported
Fascist invasion forces had driv
en off Gr:ek attacks between
Lake Presba and Kapestiga Pass
in the north after violent fight
ing.
Authoritative quarters in Lon
don said the Italians had nol
launched their main offensive
j against the Greeks but a real at
tack may be expected at any mo
m-ent, probably one on Kalamas
River on the Ioannina front in
northwest Greece.
British RAF warplanes bomb
ed th; Naples area and southern
Italy last night. The Fascist com
mand disclosed that 14 were kill
ed and 10 wounded in the third
night raid on Naples in less than
a week.
Other RAF bombers struck
punishing blows on the big Ger
man naval ba9e at Emden, the
London air ministry reported,
starting 30 spectacular fires am
ong the petroleum tanks there,
and heavily bombing the ship
yards at Brem.erhaven and Bre
men.
London its- If underwent the
longest night air raid alarm of
the war as “lone wolf Nazi fly
ers droned overhead til dusk yes
terday until the all clear signal
sounded at 8:30 a.m. in a fore
taste of what may be in store
for London in the long winter
nights ahead. Next week’s Eng
lish night are lengthened to ap
! proximately 14 hours.