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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 42. No. 159. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 30, 1940. Price per copy l*
F.D.R. Declares Axis Won’t Win
’ London Undergoes Fiercest Fire Bomb Assault
German Troops Cross Rumania To Bulgaria
Britain Accuses Germany Of
Deliberate Fire Bombing London
Not Regarded Military Objective
UNDATED, Dec. 30 ^—Dyna
mite and water pumped from the
Thames helped check a raging in
ferno in the ancient "city” of Lon
don, the empire capital’s Wall
Str.et after Nazi raiders fire
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bombed the city in the fiercest in
cendiary assault of the war. The
British government bluntly accus
cd Germany of a deliberate at
tempt to burn the city without re
gard to military objectives.
* Mystery Sub Fires
At Panaman Vessel
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UNDATED. Dec. 28 (/P)—Naval
and aerial action from the Nor
wegian coast to the Equatorial
f Pacific gave way to the news of
a definit.; turn towards the sea
as a submarine of an unidenti
fied nationality fired a torpedo
without luck at a ship of Pana
man registry just as it was leav
ing the harbor of Punta Delgada
in the Azores. The ship turned
back.
Two Nazi Subs I
» Sink 37,000 Tons
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The Germans announced the
sinking of five British armed
ships totaling 37.039 tons includ
ing the Waiotira, by two subs.
They said a Nazi scouting plane
also bombed and apparently sank
a merchantship of from eight to
ten thousand tons yesterday in
the East Thames mouth.
* The DNB news agency said the
Germans were using a former
British submarine the, 2500 tan
Seal, captured La the North Sea
or. May fifth.
RAF Counters
Fire Bomb Attack
On the Capitol
British warplar.es counter d
the devastating attack on London
by raiding unspecified targets in 1
Germany as well as pounding
N >.zi invasion ports. They struck
at Naples and Musso’ini's com
mand reported 7 killed ard sev
ral wounded. The British bomb
:*rs roared at Napl s in two wav
es dropping propaganda leaflets
as well as expdsives.
British Dive
Bombers Attack
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The British adroira’ty said
dive bombers and a fleet of RAF
warplanes attacked the German
shipping harbor at Haugesund,
Norway, yesterday setting one
ship afire and damaging wan:-'
houses and jetties.
The RAF also smashed at G- r
man “invasion ports” on the Nazi
occupied coast where unusual
troops movements were reported
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The latest mode in British bomb shelters designed bv the Ministry of Home Security is a family
street refuge divided off into separate compartme ats. Each resident has a key and a private entrance.
The wall was left off this demonstration shelter to give an idea of what life is like during a raid.
Note that it is equipped with radio, alarm clock and tea service.
Roosevelt Declares No Talk Of Peace
Until Aggressor Nations Abandon
All Thought Of Conquering World
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 f/P) —
President Roosevelt told the na
tion tonight that if Great Britain
is defeated the United States
“would be iving at the point of
a gun." Then he declared this
country “must be a great arsenal (
cf democracy.” The chief xec
utive broadcasting over all the
networks expressed the belief
that the “Axis powers are not go
ng to win this war.” He declar
ed the assertion was based “on
the latest ai:d best inf rmation.”
He -aid the United States has
“no right or reason to encourage
talk u peace until the day shall]
come when there is a clear in-;
nt.cn on the part of aggresor'
nations to abandon all thought of
dominating or conquering the
world. If Britain goes down
the Axis Powers will control the
continents of Europe, Asia, Af
rica. Australia and the high seas •
a d be in a position to bring
<... rmous military and naval re
. turo s against this hemisphere,
i i- n. exaggeration to say that
a;l of us in Am riea would be
li\ :ng at the point of a gun—a
gun loaded with explosive bul
lets economic as well as mili
tary."
i resident Of
Alaska Steamship
Company Dies
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 {JP) — j
S' phen A. Birch aged 68, chair;
n an cf the board of the Kenne
■ tt C oper Corporation and of
the Barden Capper Company,
p: .sldent of the A a=kn Steam-1
ship Company and of tire Copper
River and Northwest Railroad
died Sunday. He was also a m-m
bar cf the board of Alaska De
velopment and Mineral Company
and a director on numerous rail
roads and the Utah Copper Com
pany. He was a native of New
York City and a resident of |
Mahweh, NJ.
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Suhscr be for The Nome Nugge’
Cautions L!. S.
Against Sending
Ships via Ireland
ROME, Dec. 23 (fP) —Profess
ing to speak for Germany and
Italy. Fascist editor Virginio Gay
da cautioned th United States
against ser.c'ing any cunveys of
upplies to Britain by way of
Ireland as this “wuould be an
open violation of neutrality,
and therefore signify the initia
tive of the United States in the
war.” Earlier the newspaper II
Popo'o Di Roma said that Pr si
dent Roosevelt was considering
such a plan.
Lone Greek Sub
Sinks Three Ships
In Italian Convoy
ATHENS, Dec. 28 ifP) — The
Greek submarine Papanicolis at
tacked an Italian convoy in the
Adriatic and sunk three steam
ers and returned to base safely,
it was officially announced to
night. Dispite the convoy’s pro
tection by Italian destroyers, the
sub got near enough to fire ail
her torpedoes at effective range.
The sunk ships totaled between
25 and 30,000 ton!
In the naval book “Jane’s
Fight Ships’’ the submarine is
listed as one of the six the
Greeks have and carries a nor
mal complement of 39 men. It is
armed with six torpedo tubes, an
anti-aircraft gun, also a 3.9-inch
gun.
Nauru Raider
Breaks Out
German Flag
A Melbourne dispatch said the
mystery sea raider bearing a Jap
name and flag which shelled the
Pacific island of Nauru yester
day, hoisted a German flag just
before opening fire.
Little Joan Lee Seholz was more than ready to share her hottle of
milk, although Timber was very nonchalant about the offer. The
fear-year-old bloodhound was recently imported from England by
Mrs. Clark M. Cavenee of San Diego. He is entered in the annual
Silver Bay Kemiel Club show' in San Diego
600.000 German Troops Move Across
Rumania To Bulgarian Frontier,
Gateway Greece. Turkey. Black Sea
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In south ast Europe Balkan
nerves were frayed as thousands
of German iroops moved across
Rumania right up to the border
of Bulgaria the possible gateway
to Greece, Turkey or the Russian
dominated Black Sea. Estimates of
Nazi troops which involved huge
scale maneuvers simultaneously
leaped from the original 300,000
to 600.000.
Hungary bqgan mobilizing new
thousands of troops and were re
ported planning to effect a total
mobilization by January 15. Buda
pest dispatches said the action
was interpretsd in some quarters
as another move of German pre
paration for war in the Balkans
this winter with Hungary possib
ly supporting the German flank
against Russia while Hitler’s arm
ies strike south toward Greece,
and Turkey.
On London Ends
Xmas Truce
4-Hour Attack
German warplanes d-apped
“many bombs” on London in a
furious four-hour attack last
night killing “a number” of per
sons and ending the unofficial
Christmas truce which gave the
British capital three days of
peace.
Capture British
Motorized Units
In North Africa
In the siege of Bardia where
20,000 Italians are still holding
out the British reported that
Fascist defense guns were “some
Preparations For
Assault on Bardia
ROME, Dec. 23 (/Pi —The high
command announced that Italian
motoristd columns destroyed a
British mechanized detachment
tin the Bardia front with the aid
f the air force capturing ma
chines and crews. Also that an
Italian plane torpedoed and sank
a 5,000 ton steamer in the Med
iterranean. They acknowledged
'hat a submarine failed to re
turn from the Atlantic.
what more active in reply to our
•ontin-ued harrassing fire.” The
British preparations for a con
certed attack on the Italian
stronghold were proceeding
monthly.
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