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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 43. No. 39. TOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, March 31, 1941 ^ 15*
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Govt. Seizes Axis Ships U.S. Waters
British Claim Victory, Sink Five Italian Warships
German Nationals In Yugoslavia Ordered Home
U.S. GOVT. TAKES OVER ALL
ITALIAN. GERMAN AND DANISH
SHIPS IN AMERICAN WATERS
WASHINGTON, March 30 (/Pi
— The government took over all
Italian, German and immobiliz
ed Danish ships in American ter
ritorial waters, Sundav, 6G ves
sels in all, after naval intelli
gcnce service uncovered a system
atic plot to sabotage 28 ships fly
ir g the Italian flag. Officials said
29 Italian .ships were quietly
“put completely out of business”
by their crews.
BRITISH ADMIRALTY CLAIMS
BIGGEST NAVAL VICTORY WAR
I SINKING FIVE ITALIAN SHIPS
UNDATED, March 31 .(/P)—Th
British Admiralty claimed a vic
tory in the greatest sea battle of
the war in a three day clash in
the eastern Mediterranean in
which 1500 Italian are believed
to have perished amid the sink
ing of 5 Fascist warships. More
than a thousand Italians were
picked up the Admiralty an
nounced.
Another Blow to Axis Shipping
Even as Britain’s Royal Navy
struck this blow to the Axis sea
power, the United States govern
ment executed a dramatic series
of raids on Axis shipping in Am
eri.can ports, taking protective
custody of more than 00 German,
Italian and Danish vessels total
ing 300,000 tons. A systematic
lot to sabotage the ships, thereby
making them legally forfeit, the
U. S. said, prompted the whole
sale seizures by U. S. Coastguard
men and marine with fixed bayo
nets and also by regular army
troops.
In. Washington informed quar
ters predicted the government’s
action would lead to violent Axis
protests and possibly an open
rupture in relations between the
United States and the Axis al
liance.
A.M.A. Tracking
Down 410.008
Poisoned Pills
CHICAGO, March 29 (£>)—Hun
drods of federal inspectors and
physicians are aiding in tracking
down 41.0,000 tablets which the
American Medical Association
said were contaminated in man
ufacture in New York ia,nd con
tained a powerful sedative drug.
Dr. Morris Fislibein, editor of
the Association’s Journal said
“From records already available
j in Missouri and Kentucky indic
ate that a considerable number
of patients who received them
have suffered a severe narcosis
but all have recovered.”
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Yugoslavia Is
Expected Be
Next Arena
UNDATED, March 29 (/P) —
Authcr'zed sources in Berlin,
corn 'eg on the Yugoslav sit
'd Ormany would “nei
"v. bed by paid agents
of Ej !r, Yugoslavia or stand
for b in ulted and would not
pern • rc mobs to determine
•our pellci s.”
At B r ede, the German lega
tion ord ■ 1 even German n.ewe
• to leave the country in
c< nviction that the
new Yu slav governin' nt would
; ible c i! pr mi
to A:.is wishes.
Th sliish apparently are ex
e country may become
a bo . sr :ra and ordered wo
n o : .1 rc n to !■ ave.
Yu ' ;v'a meanwhile kept si
1- :ie Gorman demands that
she t Hie position of the
g- •. nt. Yugoslava halted all
n-1 : of Gorman barges and
oth r rube river craft in the
Yu so: I v S' c; ion of the stream.
British Damage
'tree Italian
War Vessels
ft NO ATED, March 29 i(/P)— An
Italb I'tleship o'f 'the 35,000
tnn L: '-rio class and two Italian
crul w re damaged in an en
gagemi "t wiih British and Greek
naval forces in the eastern Med
iterrsn n Sea The British Ad
mir.dly announced but details
were lacking. A Communique
said it was indicated that the
British urprised the Italians on
th.; open sea and the Fascists
units tried to scatter.
ITALIAN SOLDIERS TALK IT OvER
An Italian unit commander addresses his men bn ahillside at the Greek battlefront in Albania. With
the approach of spring the Italian forces launched new offensives and reported “intense patrol opera
tions are continuing.” [
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BRITISH BARGE INVADES LOFOTEN ISLANDS
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A British,barge heads for the Lofoten Islands off Narway in an invasion of the German-controlled
territory. Troops are standing in the vessel which has protective shields fore [and aft. Britain disclos
ed she is equipping armored invasion barges carrying 50 men each for use against both Germany and
Italy. This picture was sent by radio from London.
GERMANY SOON TO DELIVER
ULTIMATUM TO YUGOSLAVIA
NAZI-FASCIST EXODUS NOW ON
UNDATED, March 31 (JP) —
Germany sound-d a warning to
Yugoslavia over the “vagueness-’
of that Balkan kingdom’s posi
tion since King Peter overthrew
the pro-Axis government. A Ger
man source in Belgrade said the
Reich intended to wait only until
the last of its 16 to 20,000 nation
als had left the country before
serving an ultimatum which it
was said would carry a short j
time limit and demanding the de 1
mobilization of Yugoslavia’s
army new estimated to number
2,200,000 men. Failrue to demob
ilize would precipitate immediate
hostilities. The source said that
midnight tonight was the dead
line for all German nationals to
leave the kingdom.
Authorized quarters in Berlin
said that Germany had shown
an unexampled patience in deter
mining facts regarding which Yu
goslavia must realize that there
can be an end to this magnamin
ity at a time when martial events
are on the march. The Reich
cannot stand having its prestige
endangered.
German and Italian nationals
are reported streaming out of Yu
goslavia in an excited exodus,
jammingau tomobiles, river boats
and trains.
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Successfully
Attack Italians
In Ionian Sea
CAIRO, March 29 (A>)—British
bombers completed a heavy suc
cessful attack on Italian warships
in the Ionian Sea, hitting two
cruisers and one destroyer with
heavy bombs. The RAF announc
ed that “one of the crusers stop
ped, emitting black and yellow
smoke. A number of bombs also
fell close to the enemy ships.”
The RAF said also that a succes
ful attack was made on Lecce
Airdrome, south of Orindisi in
Southern Italy.
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Finnish Freighter
Enroute New York
Is Torpedoed
HELSINKI, March 29 (£>) —
Th? Finnish freighter Carolina
Thorden, 3600 ^frns proceeding
from Petsamo to New York was
torpedoed Wed. off the Faroe
Islands. It was announced official
ly that the passengers and crew
were saved.
The act shocked Helsinki be
cause both belligerents ostensib
ly sanctioned the sea traffic from
Finland’s only sea outlet to the
outside world.
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be had at the Nome Nugget office
Newest Nazi
Long - Range
Bombers Lost
AN EAST COAST CANADIAN
PORT, March 29 (/P) — Merchant
seamen said they believed that
four of Germany’s newest long
range bombers were destroyed
in a recent attack on a British
convoy. Only one of the five at
tacking planes was seen to head
homeward after a battle lasting
an hour, and it wobbled. They
did not know how many ships in
the convoy were lost but average
was believed to be less than one
in ten.
Donald Jackson said “the sky
was literally ablaze with gunfire
as every ship opened up with ev
erything she had.”
Loaded Troop
Ship Is Sunk
By Germans
UNDATED, March 29 </P) —
The German high command said
a long range Nazi bomber at
tacked a British troop transport
about 310 miles west of Scotland
and forced the soldiers to take to
the boats. The command said also
that three merchant ships total
ing 7500 tons were sunk.
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