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VOL. 43. No. 27. NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, March 3, 1941. Per Copy is*
' German Army Crossing Bulgaria
Britain To Sever Diplomatic Relations Bulgaria
* Turkey Mines And Closes The Dardanelles
GERMAN BALKANS ACTIVITY
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Reports ,in Belgrade s^iid Yugoslav officials ;conferring in Ger
many would talk about passage of German troops through the rail
junction of Nils (1), Yugoslavia and thence by rail (line indicated)
toward Greece. There were military reports of German troops con
centrations in western Rumania (2). In Sofia, a secretly-circulated
letter accusing the Bulgarian government of risking participation in
war mentioned ‘national aspirations,’ one of which was interpreted
as being the Aegean port Dede Agach (3).
HITLER S ARMY ROLLS ACROSS
BULGARIA TOWARD CREEK &
TURKISH BORDER-TURKS ARM
BRITAIN WILL BREAK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
AND STATE OF WAR UNDOUBTEDLY FOLLOW
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UNDATED. Merch 3 (if)— Hit
ler’s mechanized legions rolled
across Bulgaria toward the
Greek and Turkish frontiers,
threatening to create a new front
in the European war.
As the fateful march proceed
ed to the south and southeast,
Turkey barred the strategic Dar
danelles waterway between the
Black Sea and the Mediterranean
to all ships without a special per
mit. Turkish warships were re
ported steaming out of Instanbul
^ across the Sea of Marmora en
roue to Dardanelles.
British Break Relations Bulgaria
In Sofia, British Minister Ren
del informed King Boris of Bul
garia that Britain will break off
diplomatic relations with Bulgar
ia probably tomorrow and a state
> of war he said would “undoubt
edly” follow.
Hundreds of German officers
are reported arriving in Sofia
hourly.
Turkey Mines Dardanelles
Authoritative quarters in An
vara disclosed that Turkey min
ed the Dardanelles and have tak
en “full defense precautions.”
Turkish officials withheld com
ment on the question of mobiliza
tion but the government controll
ed Turkish press chorused the
prediction that Bugaria will soon
become a battlefield. A newspap
er closely connected with the
Turkish Foreign Office said that
Bulgaria’s army would be us:jd
to counter Turkish troops and
“hide the action of the German
army which would be conduct
ed against Greece.”
Report Bomb Rumanian Oil City
Unconfirmed advices from the
Yugoslav frontier said that Brit
ish airplanes have already bomb
ed German occupied Plosetti in
the heart of the Rumanian oil
fields.
Yugoslavia To Sign Axis Pact
Yugoslavia herself, the largest
power in the Balkans was describ
ed authoritatively ready to sign
the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo pact af
ter German Minister Von Heeren
conferred with Yugoslavia’s re
gent Prince Paul and “alluded”
to the Nazi military strength
near the Yugoslavia border. Yu
goslavia will be the fifth power
to join the Axis following in the
wake of Rumania, Slovakia, Hun
gary and Bulgaria.
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Ambassador John
Winant in England
| UNDATED. March 1 <JP) — U.
I S. Ambassador Winant arrived
by plan at Bristol, England and
was greeted in person by King
George VI at the railroad station
on the way to London.
Mamie Ball
Died Friday
SEATTLE. March 1 <.P> —Fun
1 eral services for Mrs. Mamie
Ball, aged 69, who lived in Nome
for 40 years will be held Tues
day. Interment will be mad<f
here. She died Friday at Morn
ingside Hospital at Portland. She
left Nome ony a week ago. She
was the widow of Harry Ball.
Willkie Invited
To Visit China
CHUNGKING, China — The
Chinese people’s foreign relations
association has wired Wendell
Willkie an invitation to visit
China.
While Willkie has indicated
that he will not be able to visit
China any time in the near fu
ture, nevertheless the association
expressed the hope that he would
change his mind.
The wire said that a visit by
the 1940 Republican presidential
nominee would result in better
understanding between the Unit
ed States and China.
WILLKIE NOT DECIDED
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wendell
Willkie said at Columbus that he
had decided nothing definite as
yet about making a trip to the
Far East.
Willkie was reported recently
to be contemplating a trip to
China similar to his recent per
sonal fact-finding mission to Eng
land.
He said in Columbus he would
decide soon whether to make the
China trip.
Willkie arrived in Columbus
by plane from New York and con
tinued to Rushville, Ind., by auto
mobile, to inspect his five farms
in that neighborhood and to at
tend a family reunion with his
three brothers.
DEFENSE REQUIRES
STAINLESS STEEL
WASHINGTON — Defense Pri
orities Director Stettinius report
ed that defense industries would
have right of way in requests for
stainless steel and other nickel
steels. The metals the vital in
many defense fields.
Stettinius said producers ag-'
reed to the priority and also ag
reed to give their customers tech
nical advice to aid them in con
serving the materials wherever
possible.
BULGARIA SIGNS AXIS PACT
BECOMING FOURTH PARTNER
BRITAIN SENDS ULTIMATUM
UNDATED, March 1 OP) — Bui
g: rin which was the first Central
P w r to sue for p ace in the
Wi rid War formally signed up
with the Axis as the fourth min
r partner of the Berlin-Rome
T kvo pack.
Hitl r met Premier Bogdan
Pi; f Bulgaria and other dip
lomats at Vienna, in a ceremony
;n ne historic B vedere Pal
ace, which aligned six million
Bulg'd and 40.000 square miles
of tcrri.ory with the Axis and
iruv open the way for a Ger
man march against Turkey or
embattled Greece.
Rumania, Slovakia and Hun
gary prec ded Bulgaria as signa
tories to the treaty of mutual aid,
diawn up five months ago.
Bulgaria’s grain growing val
leys and timbered hills may
make a contribution to the ec
omony of Fascist-Nazi dominated
areas of Europe but may how
j ever mean British bombing at
; tacks.
Unconfirm d reports from So
ti:i said t«ic British Government
i delivered an ultimatum calling
upon Bulgaria to foreswear by
midnight tonight any intention of
giving German troops the right
of way or consider herself at
war with Britain. This was de
i nied in London.
Virginio Gayda, Fiscist editor,
said th signing “confirms the iso
sation of Greece in the Balkans.”
IJ. S. Diplomat
Hit with Bottle
WASHINGTON — Acting Sec
retary of State Sumner Welles
withheld comment on an incident
in Sofia involving American Min
ister to Bu'garia George H. Earle
III and German officials in civ
ilian clothe: ergag d in a public
scuffio. The State Department
published the text of a statement
by Earle and previously released
from Sofia. Th. statement said
that Earle had acted in self de
fense when the Nazis struck him
with a bottle.
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7 Japanese Make
Laws in Hawaii
HONOLULU — For the first
time in the history of Hawaii, or
of any American Territory, the
Hawaiian Senate includes a man
of pure Japanese ancestry. There
are six Japanese in the House of
Representatives. Practically all
of the Japanese in the Territory
ar American citizens. The bi
ennial session of the Hawaiian
egislature met in the former
throne room of the royal palace
in Honolulu.
9,000 Italians
Taken Prisoner
CAIRO, March 1, </P> — Brit
ish general headquarters said
tha 9.000 prisoners were taken
by the British at Driste, Italian
Somaliland road junction town,
and that Bardera was captured.
Security Act
Pays Alaska
$356,000 In ’40
WASHINGTON — The Federal
Social Security Board announced
that it estimated Alaska received
$565,000 under the Federal State
Un mpioyment and Railroad Re
tirement Acts and that 826 per
sons had exhausted their credits
under the unemployment compen
sation laws last year.
Eighteen thousand dollars went
to Alaska residents under the
Railroad Retirement and Social
Security Acts.
ROAri! TROUBLES
ARE SETTLED
HOLLYWOOD. Calif. — The
separate maintenance suit of Mrs.
Marger te Roach against film pro
ducer Hal Roach was dismissed.
Attorneys for the couple an
nounce that their difficulties have
been settled out of court.
Mrs. Roach’s suit demanded
payment of $2,125 a month for
h r support.
"DER SCHLAGER” BECOMES A PARCHUTIST
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Max Schmelling. the German boxer who won the world's heavyweight championship in New York
City June 12, 1930, has become a proficient member of the German army’s parachute troops. At left
he stretches full length to clear the plane for the descent, and at right, the lighter is “on the ropes”
hanging from his ’chute in mid-air.
Mass Meeting At High School Gym Tonight 8 P.M.
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