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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 156. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1940. Pnce per TOpy 1U
Germany Awaits U. S. Reaction
Worst Wind Storm In 20 Yrs. Hits Pacific N. W.
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West Coast Longshoremen Sign 2-Year Contract
Possibly War Hangs In Balance As
Germany Awaits U. S. Reaction
To Proposal Of British Minister
Would Assign German Ships Now in U. S. to Britain
BERLIN, Dec. 21 (JP) — A for
eign office spokesman intimated
in a solmen press conference that
the question of whether the Unit
ed States and Germany continue
or possibly war hangs in the bal
ance, as the German government
awaits the reaction to a proposal
^ by the British Minister of Ship
ping Ronald Cross that the Unit
ed States add ships to the British
service and assign German ves
s Is now in the United States to
the British for shipping replace
ments. The spokesman said “the
entire attention of the German
government is centered upon the
American reaction to the Cross
proposal.”
Liverpool Is
Subjected To
Mass Bombing
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UNDATED, Dec. 21 l/P)— Ger-'
m n airmen singled out Liver
pool for another mass bombing
last night. Blocks of homes and
buildings were smashed during
the iraid which was one of the
heaviest the city suffered. The
British reported that casualties
were believrd slight.
Meanwhile the British report
ed bombing Berlin and invasion ,
ports. The Germans said the
raid on Berlin killed six, injured
17 and damaged a cathedral but
no m.litary objectives.
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French Refuse
Nazi Demands
For Changes
VICHY, D c. 21 m—Informed
sources asserted that de Brinon,
French ambassador in occupied
Paris, acting on Petain's orders,
delivered to the Germans Franc
es refusal to make any changes
in its cabinet or to take back
Laval.
Italians Report A “Win”
The Ita ians said th:ir ships
shelled Greek positions on the
Ionian coast while land forces
won “an important” unidentified
position in Albania.
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Reports from Yugoslavia said Greek troops had occupied Agiro
castro (3). earlier Greek sources claimed the {capture of Porto Edda
(4), said last Italian troops had been dislodged from mountain posi
tions in the Fogradetz af*ea (1) and that the GreeH advance was
continuing in the direction of Elbasani and Tirana. Gains were
claimed west of Premet (2) where Greeks said their troops threat
ened to cut off lines of retreat for Italians from the Argittocastro
area. Black area is the approximate zone through which Greeks
# claim advances. Arrows indicate main direction of gains claimed
by Greece.
Washington and Oregon Struck
By Worst Wind Storm In 20 Years
Two Known Dead, Dozen Injured
From Central Oregon to Straitis of Juan tie Fuca
SEATTLE. Dec. 23 .(Ah—West
ern Washington and Oregon
cleaned up the debris of the
worst general wind storm in 20
years with estimates of the total
damage still only guesswork. Tb:
known toll included two deaths
and a dozen persons injured, a
ship disabled, several buildi lgs
smashed, three airplanes wreck
ed, literally thousands of win
dows broken, power and tele
phone lines toppled and trees up
rooted. The hurricane struck Sat
urday night from the central Ore
gon coast to the Straits of Juan
de Fuca and roared inland at a
velocity up to 85 miles an hour
and ripped up cities. Eventual
ly it blew itself to impotency
against the barricade of the Cas
e de Range. Western British Col
umbia received its last force
early Sunday.
The dead are Raymond Den
Tart g. Eged 2i), of Sumac and
his brother aged 17, whose name
ffie rs couldn’t supply. They
were both electrocuted when a
nigh tension line fell on their!
car near Mount Vernon. The in-!
jured included three persons
! struck by a tree which crashed
(into a crowded rural dance hall
l near Kelso.
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Longshoremen
$i<jn First Two
c
Year Contract
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 CP>
West coast stevedore probl ms>
were solved for a critical period j
:n the national d 'fense program1
by the signing of a new two-year
corking agreement by represent
stives of the Waterfront Employ
j ers Association and the CIO long
| shoremen. To get under the condi
tions, the back slapping friendli
ness of the defense situation fig1
ured greatly in reaching an agree
ment, the first to run two years
| instead of one. Bridges termed
1 it a good contract.
The employer’s spokesman, L.
A. Lapman said the shipowners;
i were satisfied and had gained
, pledges of reasonable compliance
| with the contract provisions aim
ed to stop the work stoppages.
Waterfront men said the out
look for continued peace on the
; docks was the best in more than
i six years.
Duke Is Eliminated
As Envoy To U. S.
LONDON, Dec. — A source
clos? to the British government
j said that discussions of a succes
sor to the late Ambassador Lord ;
j Lothian at Washington revolved
around present and former mem
bers of the cabinet rather than
career diplomats.
The British source said that
what he termed a modern states
man probably would be chosen
and indicated that the choice was
narrowing. He said the man to
be picked would have ministerial
experience and full knowledge of
the war from its beginning infer
ing that it might be some present
member of the government.
War Secretary Anthony Eden
and „ven Foreign Secretary Vis
count Halifax himself have been
mentioned in speculation along
similar lines. The reports would
appear definitely to eliminate the
Duke of Windsor as a possibility,
as has been rumored.
1. S. Agent
is Refused
Nazi Visa
ROME. Dm.—The German gov
eminent ha? denied a visa for Ed
word Reed. Counsel of the U. S.
Embassy in Rome who wished to
return to the Unit.d States via
Germany.
A reliable source disc'osed
Reed has been transferred to
Washington and was told at the
German Embassy of the Nazi
Government that it was “pre
ferred h; not go through Ger
many.”
HIS SIDE OF STOR Y—Chairman Martin Dies (D-Tex.)
of the House committee investigating un-American activities talks
with reporters. Dies (right! has pledged "fullest cooperation" v.
President in fighting subversive elements.
FBI Spends 2
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PAN FRANCISCO, Dec. —The!
F deral Bureau of Investigation1
was sc: to have spent five
months in its investigation of the
Harry Bridges deportation case.
The local FBI headquarters
mad. no comment on the extent
of the investigation nor on the
statement of FBI Chief J. Edgar
Hoover. The FBI directoV declar
ed that FBI findings indicated
that Bridges should be deported.
It was said that the FBI pre
viously allotted GO days for the!
investigation but lat r extended
it. The work of the investigation
was repi rl< J t have been handl
ed bv Earl Connelly who was;
'■nt to San Franc1 ;eo from Wash
ington to take charge of the in
quiry.
Bridges’ deportation case ha3
been considered for many
months by the Justice and Labor
Departments.
LEGION FAVORS DEPORTA
TION OF HARRY BRIDGES
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. —The
state executive committee of the
American Legion as pledged to
work for the d portation of West
Coast CIO leader Harry Bridges.
The committee also called upon
Congress to continue the Dies
commitee. The state executive
committee r presents the state’s
68,000 American Legion mem
bers.
The Greek army may look like
a ballet team but it’s also pretty
good in a war dance.
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FDR BACK FROM CARIBBEAN CRUISE
In a jovial mood. President Roosevelt waved to Mi uni crowds as lie left the cruiser Tuscaloosa from
a cruise of the Caribbean. At has right stood Maj. Gen. E M Watson, naval aide, and Rear Adimral
Ross T McIntyre, all of them surrounded by Sec et Service operatives.