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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No, 155. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY. DEC. 20. 1940. _Price per copy m
British Fleet Shells Fascist Port
Adm. Authorizes New War Contracts For Britain
Total British Losses African Battle One Thousand
British Warships Sail Up Adriatic
Sea and Bombard Valona Main
Italian Supply Port In Albania
Encounters No Italian Warships In Sweep Up Sea
UNDATED, Dec. 20 </P) — Brit
ish warships ba dly sailing up
the Adriatic Sea past the “heel”
of the Italian boot were reported
by the London admiralty to havit
thundered nearly a hundred tons
of shells on the vital Fascist port
of Valona on the Albanian coast.
Big guns boomed to battle in
North Africa Mussolini’s com
mand reporting that heavy artil
leiy fire was exchanged in the
Baidia secttor of Libya where it
is estimated that 20,000 Italian
:roops are under siege.
W li i 1 e British battleships
pounded Valona described by the
| admiralty as the main supply
j port for the Italian army in south
I ern Albania a force of cruisers
and destroyers “swept up the Ad
riatic Sea as far north as Bari
, Durazzo" without 'Encountering
; enemy shipping.
RAF Bombers
[lit Ruhr Region
Of Germany
In the unceasing air war be
tween England and Germany
RAP bombers flew in bad weath
er in a night attack on “several
targets” in the rich industrial
Ruhr in western Germany. The
London air ministry announced
four heavy bomb explosions
were reported by RAF fliers af
ter a raid on Essen the site of
the great Krupp armament
works while other RAF planes
flew low over the Rhineland city
of Bonn Sea and started “on
very great fire.”
Duchess Vi indsor
Is Recovering
MIAMI — The Duke of Wind
sor on his return from his talk
with Pr sident Roosevelt aboard
the USS Tuscaloosa found the
Duchess almost completely re
covered from her dental opera
tion and immediate y removed
her from the hospital to a hotel.
Fascists Retreat
Toward Chimara
On the Greek war front a gov
ernment spokesman at Athens
said the hard pressed Italians
were retreating up the Albanian
coast road from Palmera Bay to
ward Chimara 10 mi - s to the
'orih. The Greek are tightening
’-o: r grip on the strategic land
of the mountain towns of Klisura
and Tepelini.
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VALDEZ — The Federal Build
ing which housed the court head
quarters for the Third Division
was completely destroyed by fire
at 1 o’clock last Saturday morn
ing.
The caus of the fire has not
been determined.
The fire broke out between the
walls in the jail section.
Firemen ard citizens fought
the fierce blazr until 9 o’clock
Saturday morning and kept the
flames within bounds.
8 O M B E D—Little Bright Eyes is Marion Kolbert, four months
old. who catr.e unhurt through a Nazi bombing raid over Surrey,
England. Her parents pushed her under a table, and debris rained
past. The Kolbert family arrived in New York recently.
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Roosevelt Administration Authorize
British Government Negotiate New
War Material Contracts At Once
Contracts Must Be Approved By Congress
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 CP- —
The Roosevelt administration au
j thorized tlv: British government
to negotiate new war material
contracts at once, possib y total
ing three billion dollars. Simul
taneously it considered establish
ing a “high •command" defense
program. Secretary Morgenthau
disclosing White House approval
of the negotiations said that no
British contracts will actually be
signed until Congress could act
on Roosevelt's “lease-lending”
plan. He disclosed however that
the British are contracting now
f.,r GO merchant ships for which
they will pay cash and not have
to await approval of the Presi
dential program.
Th. White House meanwhile
used that the President has
-. aer consideration at least four
r live plans for injecting speed
lr:c the defense program. One
an involves a proposal to es
,..b..sh a "high command" pro
gn a headed by Secretaries Stim
son and Knox and WilLiam Knud
sen, industrial production chief
on the defense commission.
Earthquake
|Felt Centering
New England
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BOSTON, Dec. 20 (JP) — An
earthquake centering in New
England and felt in southern
New J-ers'y and Montreal at 2:27
| am EST shook heavy buildings
i and caused slight damage and
threw thousands of persons into
panic. Professor Don Lcet at the
Harvard observatory said the tre
mors appeared strongest just
j '•outh of Lake Ossippee in New
Hampshire where they lasted for
30 seconds.
PRESIDENT ENROl’TE
TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—Pres
ident Roosevelt was enroute to
the White House from Warm
Springs after an extended cruise
in the Caribbean.
Roosevelt was expected to
reach Washington some time
this afternoon. The President
left Warm Springs after voicing
a warning that the United States
faces perilous days ahead. The
President gave expression to the
warning when he said:
“I hope to be down here next
March without question, if the
world survives.”
TheChief executive did not el
aborate on his statement. Observ
.:.rs noted however that the “if
the world survives” phrase was
issued shortly after Roosevelt
had held a lengthy telephone
conversation with Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
Roosevelt’s first action on
reaching his desk may ho to veto
the Logan-Walter bill. The mea
sure is known to be opposed by
the administration. It would sub
ject ruling of New Deal agencies
to court appeals. The President
is expected to meet with Secre
tary Hull soon after his arrival
| in Washington.
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No Decision On
Revision Of
Defense Comm.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TP) —
President Roosevelt to!d a press
conference that nothing had been
d'.cided as yet about the revi
on of the set-up of the defense
commission.
California Is
Struck Hard
By Blizzard
A blinding blizzard has stalled
200 trucks and an undetermined
number of passenger cars on
the heavily-traveled Los Anglees
San Francisco highway.
The storm is extending to the
lower west levels of the foot
hills. The storm has brought
rain and a gusty wind, climaxing
a three-day cold spell.
Gale warnings have been post
ed along the coast from Oregon
to the Mexican border.
The Hawaiian Clipper which
left Los Angeles for Honolulu
reports she encountered such se
vere headwinds twelve hours out
at sea she is returning.
State patrolmen on tile Ridge
Rouse report that four inches of
snow has fallen within a few
hours.
23.000 CHINESE FREEZE TO
DEATH SHANGHAI STREETS
SHANGHAI—Freezing tamper
atures and snow storms spread
death to suffering thousands in
East Asia south’s Yangtze Valley
the Shanghai Benevolent ceme
tery society announced which
said more than 29,000 bodies had
been gathered from the streets
of Shanghai in the past 11 and
one-half months; 20,000 of these
were the bodies of children.
RELIEF DRIV E—Authors long dead will aid the living in
Red Cross War Relief Fund rare book auction Dec. 9, 10 in N. Y.«
directed by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach (above), bibliophile. Mrs.
S. G. Mortimer, Jr„ Mrs, Vincent Astor (right) are patronesses.^
Predicts Britain Start To Fight
In 1941~Britain’s Losses In 11
Day-Old African Campaign 1000
UNDATED, Dec. 19 f/P)—Prime
Minister Churchill told the
House of Commons that Britain
is “still only half armed’’ but pre
dieted that in 1941 “we will have |
fine opportunities for using our
forces in other theaters and in
! terms of moderate equality’.’’ j
1 While warning the nation anew
that the threat of a German in
vasion of Britain is still a su
preme danger Churchill declar- ■
j ed “We are not afraid of any
blow as our def-nse of our beach
es is complete.”
Churchill repeated in the
House the previous announce
ment of War Minister Eden that
Britain’s forces in North Africa
had captured 30,000 Italian pri
soners up to December 16 against
odds Churchill add d of three,
four and five to one.
Meanwhile the withdrawal of
Italian troops from Kliaura and
Tepcleni, key mountain towns in
Albania were reported in uncon
firmed dispatches from the Bal
kan front.
Britain's desert blitzkreig arm
ies, Eden said lost only a thou
sand troops killed, wounded and
missing in the brief campaign
which started 11 days ago. Eden
declared “there are few parallels
of such achievement in the whole
history of war.”
Louis Defends
Title 12tli Time
BOSTON. Dec. 17 — Joe Louis
won his twelfth successful de
fense of the world’s heavyweight
championship by stopping A1
McCoy of Boston after five
rounds before 15,000.
After taking a pummelling for
five rounds during which he was
floored once and a wallopped left
| eye cosed to a slit McCoy was!
unable to answer the bell for the
| sixth round and Louis was award
ed a technical knockout.
The crowd booed the announc
i er. McCoy refused to continue.
, He was on the floor from three
rights to the ribs in the first,
j round when he tried to cut Joe
down with straight lefts and a
few swinging rights but he did
not have enough power to do it.
Louis weighed in at 202 >4 and (
McCoy at 1803/4 pounds.
Windsors Are
Going Home
To Bahamas
MIAMI — The Duke and Duch
ess of Windsor will sail for their
home in the Bahama Islands.
The Duke’s aid de camp Captain
V.vvan Dryer said that the yacht
"Southern Cross” will steam out
of Miami with the Duke's party.
Th: Duke will meet with report
ers on the deck of the yacht just
before sailing time.
The Duchess was reported im
proving although still confined to
the Windsor’ tower apartment at
the Miami Biltmore hotel. The
Duchess was forced back to kd
because of complications follow
ing the dental operation which
brought the Royal Governor of
the Bahamas and his American
Duchess to Miami for their fiirst
visit to the United States since
their marriage.
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