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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 151. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, DEC. 11, 1940 Pnce per eopy 18*
Italians In Egypt Are Cut Off
“We Will Defeat The Entire World” Asserts Hitler
Anthony Karnes, Director Alaska Selective Service
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British Reports Indicate Fascist
Army At Sidi Barrani Cut Off
6.05)0 Prisoners Taken Three Days
Employs Technique American Civil War Gen. Stuart
UNDATED, Dec. 11 W—Brit-,
a in’s desert blitzkreig forces i
were described as striking like
General Stuart’s Confederate cav
airy in the U. S. Civil War, were
reported attacking “pockets of
Italian resistance” around Sidi
Barrani in the offensive of west
ern Egypt. More than 6,000 It- j
ahan prisoners were captured in |
the three-day-old battle the Brit |
ish announced as well as “quan-'
titles of war materials.” Appar
ently two thousand were taken
in the past 24 hours. It was an
nounced yesterday that four thou
sand were seized.
The British comparison of the
S:di Barrani thrust to Stuart's
technique apparel T5 teferied to
his c lebrated feat of riding clear
around the union army just be
fore the Seven Day’s Battle in
Virginia.
London military forces declar
ed that British forays were high
ly successful but said nothing
immediately to confirm the re
ports that two Fasicst divisions
cf from twenty four to thirty
thouiand men were1 cut off.
Mussolini’s high command ack
nowlsdged the Italian reverses
amid fighting cf exceptional vio
lence.’’
The British attack started at
dawn December 9 and the battle
is still raging in the Sidi Barrani
s ctor, the main base of Graz
iani’s 70-mile invasion thrust in
to western Egypt.
JIUiCiiiil L?6aCriDCS 1 i cj5i3im:cii \
Phase Of British Offensive In
Egypt As Successful-No Forecast
UNDATED, Dec. 10 </P> — Win
ston Churchill disclosed in the
House of Commons that Britain’s
desert fighters in Egypt had cu
in behind Graziani’s Italian army
main Fascist base, the city of
Sidi Barrani, the farthest point
of Italian invasion in Egypt. The
Brit; h forces he said reached the
M d v Iranian sea coast between
Sidi Barrani and Buqbuq. 35 m.l
os wed of Sidi Barrani al .1
midway between Sidi- Barren
and the Lfbyan-Egyptian herd :
Churchill declined io say speifie
a iy whether the Italian army
was cut off, but the arrival of
British troops on the coast, in
dicated that the main Fascist nr
mies wer; in danger of being is
lated.
Churchill said it was too eaily
to forecast the scope or resi.il1
nr tli? British offensive in Egypt
“but we ran fay at any rate that
the preliminary phase is success
tul.”
■\ British African command
communique reported that the
British had captured 4.000 Ital
ian prisoners in a drive on west
1 Egyptian d s, rt. This indicat
: 1 ci b.cr that the offensive was
) : a huge scale far bigger than
which the British conservatively
.Sowed it or that the Fascist It
'bin armies were surrendering
n '• hclcs.de numbers.
Italian dispatches said that 10
It lian planes attacked a Britis
•canized c lutr.n of SO machir.
°i in a sandstorm south of Sidi
1 rrrni but gave r.o indication
’•rt thei W3s more ti’.an small
cale fighting along the desert
front.
Christmas carols were sung with a gusto for Presi lent Roosevelt in Washington by three tiny tots
dressed to represent the children carolers pictured the 1910 Christmas sea s issued by the Nation
al Tuberculosis Association. The children also pie ented the president with his quota of seals. Left to
right: Judth Marti, 5; Elizabeth Stirling. 4; Robert D. Nicodemus, all cf Washington.
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Hitler Asserts Not Remotest
Chance For Germany To Fall
Short Goals-Lick Entire World
Hitler Declares Once Having Decided On A Course He
Is Filled With Boundless Fanaticism
BERLIN, Dec. 10 {,V> — “We
will defeat the entire world” Hit
lor shouted to cheering muni
tions workers. In a speech he ad
mitted that there was not even
the remotest chance that Ger
many might fall short f her
goals. He bitterly pictur d Ger
many as the champion t f labor
and the “havenots ’ in the war
betw an two worlds, between the
haves and :hc havenots; between
capital ; nd labor. He con fid ntly
declared that “what, v r happens
Germany will be victorious.”
In a speech studded with at
tacks on capitalism and democra
cies, particularly with sharp gib
es again't Britain and her lead
ers’ which went not only to the
workers of ;h : undisclos* d Ber
in p ant whom Hitler addressed
from a rostrum made of huge
cel blocks, but also bp radio to
the peoples cf the Nazi-conquer
ed countries and Germany’s al
lies: Italy, Hungary srd Slovak
.t. Repeatedly h was interrupt
t d by heils and cheers.
li t er argued in one place that
ti'-.i Germany was in a war fore
e.i :: her. He said “We prefer
i i mmon sens: to force” but
rf another time he indicated that
. i . sm has lung pointed toward
verthrowing of the Versail
cs Treaty. Said Hitler: “I said
;his even when I was still a sol
dier.” Hitler said that he had
confidence that nothing in the
world can step Germany and de
dared “Once I have decided up
on my course I’m filled with a
boundless fanaticism.”
Hitler made only passing re
ference to the United States,
bracketing it with Britain and
Franc, where he said capitalism
ulcs behind the front of democ
racy and the benefits of power go
o the few. He cited unemploy -
nen figures saying that 12 to 13
nillion persons are idle annual
v in the Unit d States.
Anthony E. Karnes Appointed
Director Alaska Selective Service
Local Board Be Named Later
KETCHIKAN, Dec. 10 (/P) —
Governor Gruenirg announced
the appointment of Anthony E.
Karnes of Juneau, retiring Terri
toriul Commissioner of Educate
REJECTS AVER CAN PLAN
SEND FOOD TO EUROPE
LONDON, Dec. 10 (/P) — The
government ten'gh. rejected the
o’: ns sponscr d by private Am
rican organizations to send food
' Corrren-oenoiscl rctmlries. i
>S Director of the Alaska Selec
.ve Service. Registration day i
January 22nd. Karnes and th
Governor will name the local
draft board later.
Appeals Court
l pholds Ruling
Val(Jez Court
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 t/P»
-The decision of the Territorial,
District Court in favor of thej
Cache Creek Mining Company. I
n the case involving a dispute
ver the waters of Nugget Creek
r the Yentrta mining district,j
vas affirmed by the Circuit j
Jourt of Appeals. The decision
rent against Nick Balabanoff,'
it cor miner who was enjoined
for trespassing on the company
r perty and diverting the wat-;
rs of Nugget Creek.
I
Balabanoff built a dam in 1938 j
bove of the Cache Creek hold
rigs. Tire company sued and the
Valdez Court held that company
rad prior right to the water, the
ight established by a predeces
r before 1917 when the Terri
orial law was enacted defining
Riparian right.
Judge Mathias of the Court o
Appeals dissented from the ma
irity opinion and held there w
nothing to show that the predec
rssor made an approbation c
the creek’s water.
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Ut.ine unoHicially recently reported the Italian offensive against
Egypt with indications of a three-way drive against Egypt at (1>
(2) and (3) where Italians were reported attempting a push north
ward from the Kassala region (4). Britain claimed it was striking
back with air bombardments. Italy claimed to have bombed Aden
objectives (3) while the British claimed they raidecl Assab (5) and
,Ma>sau as well as Sciasciamanna (6). Fighting was reported on the
Kenya border.
Committee’s
Future Lp To
The People
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8—Chair
man Martin Dies will stake the
future of the House Committee
on un-Am r.can activities in an
appeal to the “people of Amer
ica” for continuance of the work.
He said he is making the appeal
to expose fifth columnists' and
sabotage in this country.
A month has yet to run before
legal expiration of the commit
t e’s authority.
The Texan, over the radio re
viewed the work of the commit-1
tee and concluded with the as
sertion there have been at least
five acts of sabotage on the
“most important experimental
plane" in one of the largest i
plants in the country.
Population
is Moving
Westward
WASHINGTON, Doc. 8 — Re
porting a continued “westward I
ward movement” of U. S. popula
tion matched by heavy gajns in
the south, the Census Bureau ad
vised President Roosevelt that
on the b^sis of the 1940 census,,
California is entitled to three ad |
ditional s-sats in the House o ’
Representatives.
Seven other states get one
more each. Ten states mast of
them in the Mississippi Valley
area will each lose om House
%
membership.
All calculations were based on
existing apportionment laws. The
final tabulation returns of the
April census showed a total pop
ulation in the continental Unit
ed States of 131,669,275.
States listed with gains of one
House seat each include Arizona,
Florida, Michigan, New Mexico
North Carolina, Oregon and Ten
nessee.
States with similar loses in
clude Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ne
braska, Ohio, Oklahoma and
Pennsylvania.
ALASKA RATES ItRIEF IS
FILED BY TACOMANS
TACOMA, Dec. 8 — A printed
brief has been filed with the U.
S. Maritime Commission by the
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
in support of its efforts to have
a.l freight rates from or to Tac
oma on Alaska traffic applied on
iiie same basis is Seattle. Hear
• ngs were held at Seattle in July
and August, and bn fs are due
in Washington by December 5
when the case may be argued or
Jly. Final decision will probab
ly not be handed down before
early in 1941.
The Chamber alleged that Tac
oma as a “locality," and local
manufacturers, merchants and
hlppers are subject.d to undue
and unreasonable prejudice and
disadvantage by the steamship
companies operating in Alaska
service because the freight rates
on 29 important commodities are
restricted to apply from or to
Seattle only. It is also contended
that preference and advantage
is given Seattle firms and ship
pers in violations of the provi
sions of the U. S. Shippng Act.