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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 42. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, April 9, 1941. Per Copy 154
Nazis Take Salonika From Greeks
Powerful British Forces In Greece Await Action
10 U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Transferred to Britain
GERMANS CAPTURE SALONIKA
PART GREEK ARMY SURREN
DERS - BELGRADE DESTROYED
POWERFUL BRITISH FORCES IN GREECE ARE
WAITING TO GO INTO ACTION AGAINST NAZIS
UNDATED. April 9 </P) — Hit
ler’s blitzkreig invaders captur
ed the big port of Salonika after
the Greek troops had withdrawn.
The DNB official German news
agency said the trapped eastern
wing of the Greek army had sur
rendered. The DNB quoting the
German Army headquarters,
said the trapped Greeks of the
east wing, manning the Struma
River line, were cut off from
communication with the rest of
the Aegean kingdom by lightn
ing Nazi thrusts and asked for
terms.
May Mean Balkan
Dunkerque ~ Eng.
Simultaneousy the Rome and
Berin radios declared that sched
uled hailings of British trans
ports in Piraeus, the port of
Athens, were cancelled. The ra
dios said Greek military circles
considered the order a precaution
ary measure for the re-embarka
tion of British troops. This will
presumably mean a “Balkan Dun
kerque” for the British.
Nazis Break Thru
To Aegean Coast
Hitler’s command, announcing
the fall of Salonika, said that
Nazi troops had broken through
to the Aegean coast about 30 mil
es northwest of Kvalla. In Yugo
slavia, the German command re
ported the capture of Nis, key
railway town midway between
Belgrade and fallen Skoplje.
Other Nazi columns knifed ac
ross Yugoslavia to within 30 mil
es of the Albanian frontier.
Belgrade Streets
Filled \\ith Dead
The Yugoslav command, not
ing “enormous losses” inflicted
on the Germans, announced that
Belgrade, bomb-smashed Yugo
slav capital, was virtually des
troyed with “its streets filled
with the bodies of dead women,
children and old mm."
British In Greece
Await Action
In Greece powerful British
forces are still waiting to go into
action against the Nazi steamroll
er. Amid considerable mystery '
as to its inactivity, a British mil
itary spokesman at Athens, ig
noring German invitations “to
come out and fight” declared “we
have no indication that our
troops ihav: yet established con
tact with the enemy nor is there
any indication when that contact
will be effected.” The British
said they were holding the sec
ond defense line southwest of
Salonika as the four-day-old batj
tie of the Balkans rapidly assum
ed the aspect of an Allied de
bacle.
Serbia Is “Tottering”
A Nazi spokesman in Berlin
declared that the state of Serbia
in southern Yugoslavia is al
ready “tottering.” More than,
20,000 Yugoslav prisoners .includ
ing sevmal generals were report-!
ed captured.
Greeks Withdraw from Salonika
Greek troops were said to have
withdrawn from Salonika before
the Germans arrived.
I . S. Releases
Ten (’oast Guard
Ships to British
WASHINGTON, April 9 </P)
The release of ten Coast Guard
cutters to the British was Bo
rn unci 1 by the White House. Sec
rotary Stephen Early told r port
ers that the Coast Guard vessel
w re rot yet delivered to the
English but are being prepared
for transfer under the t rms of
the Lease-Lend bill. He said he
preferred not to disclose the nan
es of the cutters but he said they
were built from 1928 to 1932.
No comm1 rcial or naval craf;
were involved in the deal. Early
said the vessels Will help replen
ish Britain’s vital forces used in
maintaining her transatlantic sup
ply lines. Early said he thought
the cutters, though armed, had
little more than one pound can
nons mounted on them.
To Purchase 30
Danish Shij )S
WASHINGTON, April 8 f/P) —
President Roosevelt announced
plans to purchase 39 Danish ships
currently under protective cus-!
tody. He indicated that the Unit- ■
ed States might acquire by for
feiture the 30 Axis ships seized
because of sabotage.
Mexico Expropriat
es 12 Axis Vessels
MEXICO CITY, April 8 (/Pi —
President Camacho issued thr e
orders expropriating the twelve1
German and Italian merchant
ships taken into custody by the
Mexican Navy. Crews were order
ed placed aboard so that Mexico
could start using them irnm d
iately in her own coastwise and
international trade.
SUNKEN DESTROYER IN AFRICAN HARBOR
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A sunken warship, reported by the British to be an Italian destroyer which fell victim to RAF
bombs lies in the harbor at Bengasi, Libya. Bengasi was the last big Italian base in eastern Libya and
has been abandoned by the British to the Italians and Germans as untenable.
FDR ANCHORED BY GERMAN VESSEL
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The German freighter Arauca, chased into Port E /erglades, Fla., by the British in December, 1939,
(in foreground) was just a hundred yards away from the White House yacht Potomac (back
ground) on whill President Roosevelt went on a fi 'ling cruise. Sailors on the Arauca were kept be
iotar decks.
YUGOSLAV WITHDRAWAL EX
POSES GREEK STRUMA RIVER
LINE-NAZIS REACH AEGEAN
UNDATED, April 8 (/Pi — The
Greek command disclosed that
Yugoslav troops are withdrawing
from th: Balkan “hot corner”
zone, exposing the Greek left
flank along the Struma River
front, while the right flamk of Hit
ler’s armored legions are decOar
ed to have knifed 50 miles south
to the Aegean Sea between
Greece and Turkey. The sudden
departure of the Yugoslav troops
in southern Yugoslavia .near the
Greek and Bulgarian border was
not explained. A Greek commun
ique said that “Yugoslav troops
fighting in southern Serbia with
drew, uncovering the left flank of
our troops who are heroically
fighting at the border line. De
spite this, our soldiers continued
to fight at great self sacrific . de
ending the Fatherland inch by
inch.”
Germany Plunges
Down Vardar \al.
■Military observers said the gen
eral Yugoslav withdrawal from
the sector will permit Germany
to plunge down the broad Vardar
River valley, the key route to
Greece.
Hitler’s command reported
twin Nazi offensives are being
kept up despite “tough enemy re
sistance.”
Belgrade was fire-bombed for
the sceond time.
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Italians in Albania
Are Imperiled
The Official Turkish radio de
clared the Germans lost heavily
in the initial onslaughts against
the Balkan allies. The radio said
that if the Yugoslavs and Greeks
establish contact in Albania, It-1
aly will be unable to “save ten 1
percent of her troops there.”
A ugoslavs Take
Albanian Towns
An official Yugoslav report said
that Yugoslav troops have seized
Scutari, Albania, driving south
ward in an apparent “squeeze”
operation to drive out the Fas
cists. The Italian town of Zara on
the Dalmation coast is also said
to have fallen to the Yugoslavs.
Greeks Withdraw
From W. Thraee
The Greek command acknow-,
ledged the wtiihdrawal of “weak
screening forces" in western
Thrace along Greece’s frontier
with Turkey, permitting Nazi
panzer columns to slash .through
to the Aegean Sea. The high com
mand said the withdrawal was
carried out to “avoid useless sac
rifice” because western Thrace is
| untenable.
Joe Louis Wins
Over Tony Musto
16th Title Bout
ST. LOUIS, April 8 {/P) — Joe
Louis at 2031A pounds chalked
up a victory over .squat Tony
Musto at 1001 e pounds, as the
16th* unsuccessful challenger to
the heavyweight championship.
Th contest was halted in a min
ute thirty six seconds of the 9th
round of a scheduled ten-round
er because Musto’s face was bad
ly battered. He was still absorb
ing punishment but still on his
feet. Musto was floored only once
for a count of one in th.:' third.
Louis looked less impressive than
usual.
Senator Sheppard.
Dean of Congress
o
Passes Away
WASHINGTON, April 9 .(A*) —.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Tex
as.aged 65 dean of Congress from
a point of service and sponsor of
the National Prohibition Amend
ment, died. Dr, George Calver,
capitol physician said death re
sulted from a slow hemorrhage
of the brain. He had suffered an
internal hemorrhage on April 4
after several weeks of over-work
Expressing sincere sorrow at
his death President Roosevelt de
scribed him as a “tower of
strength in the work for national
defense.
High heels were invented by a
resourceful young women who
had been kissed on the forehead.