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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 130. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCT, 25, 1940. _Pr.ce per copy m
Italian Planes Join Assault Britain
Report Germany Enlist Spanish And French Aid
FDR Asserts Intention Serve Full Four-Year Term
This tough looking vehicle, known as the ‘Gnat-Tank,’ is under
going tests in Baltimore. Md., preliminary to a 1,000-mile cross
country ‘torture’ grind. The midget armored car. designed to carry
three soldiers, a .30 calibre swivel-mounted machine gun, land 3000
round of ammunition has an 80-inch wheelbase, seats like granite,
over-sized traction-tread tires and four-wheel drive.
Italian Bombers Join Assault On
London While Germans Charge RAF
c
Indiscriminate Bombing Civilians
UNDATED, Oct. 23 «/P) —With
Italian warplanes joining in the
assault on Britain for the first
tin • London underwent a series
of violet rapid fire attacks, suffer
ing apparently heavy casualties.
More than a score were killed
and wounded when stick bombs
smashed two street cars on a
crowded London thoroughfare,
exploding between the two cars
or. para.lei tracks. The motor -
man on one car was killed. An
other stick bomb wrecked a bus.
wounding the conductor. Nazi
quarters in Berlin said the raid
ers were dropping bombs of heav
ier calibre than usual.
The German capital also ex
perienced the terror of bombs
hurtling from the night skies as
British RAF bombers, striking
through low hanging clouds gave
Berlin its second night raid in a
row. The Germans admitted a
number of casualties amd that
several fires were set. Germany’s
great northern port of Hamburg,
where warships are under con
struction also felt the lash of
bombs, with a Nazi communique
•commenting tersely “Fires were
set and uther property damage
r,-su ted in the harbor and some
sections” of the city.
The London air ministry said
R AF w ar.lana stormed Berlin in
a 'u’.ree-hcur attack flying low
over the German capital, bomb
ing the Pitlitz, Strasse and Lehr
ter railway stations. Poor visib
ility made it difficult to deter
mine the damage the air minis
try reported but the British air
men striking in successive waves
noted a huge fire reddening the
kies after a salvo hit a mil wary
objective.
Of the RAF's 23rd raid on Ber
' a German radio broadcast
said the death tell in Berlin and
H mburg was extremely high &
“indiscriminate bombing of Ger
man civilian population by the
RAF vastly increasing.”
Ita ian fliers aiding Germany
in the aerial seige on Brittain are
reported to have established an
air base opposite the English
channel coast with a tremendous
accumulation of men and mater
ials. Fascist dispatches said Ital
i ians bombers have already come
[back “with marks of combat”
from their raid with their Ger
man allies.
MUSSOLINI STRUTTING
STUFF AT THE FRONT
ROME, Oct. 23 —Premier Mus
solini Sunday participated in real
istic field maneuvers of the crack
Italian Eighth Army, which is
now massed on the Jugoslav
frontier, as the controlled Fascist
press warned that Italy is ready
to make a swift military move if,
Britain brings war to the Bal- j
kans.
Mussolini piloted his own pri
vate bomber across northern It
aly whore, as a wounded soldier,
he spent weeks in a hospital dur
ing the World War.
At Rochi, II Duce entered a
train which took him to Sap
I piane. From Sappaine he then
motored to Ruppa at the frontier.
NAZI STRENGTH IN
RUMANIA KEPT SECRET
BUCHAREST, Oct. 23-^Ruman
ian officials denied that a full
German Division had arrived at
Ploesti in the Rumanian oil fields
north of Bucharest.
The Rumanians also denied
| that 30 river craft had brought
.cargoes or armaments and mili
j tFury supplies to Rumania from
; Germany.
Rumanian officials explained
that the denials had been evoked
by reports published outside Ru
mania.
Rumanian newspapers have
been warned not to speculate on
j the strength of the Nazi forces
’ now installed in Rumanian terri
tory.
Hitlers Winter Campaign Aimed
Breaking Britain's Lifeline, Using
French & Spanish Air, Naval Bases
UNDATED. Oct. 24 (/P)—Hitter
was reported aiming a campaign
1 to break the shackles of the Brit
' ish blockade, shifting the main
theatre of the war to the Medit
erranean and attacking Britain's
lifeline of trade routes in the
'south Atlantic, with the Nazi in
vasion song “We are sailing ag
ainst England” now apparently
muted by RAF assaults, Hitler
i reported planning a two-fold win
ter strategy: One Italy and Spain
to attempt to seize Britain's his
taric rock fortress of Gibralter
and to crush British sea power in
the Mediterranean: and two, at
the same time Germany and
Spain to smash British trade
routes with South America and
| her sea link with India via the
1 Cape of Good Hope, using Span
ish ports and airfields in the At
lantic and Canary Islands as bas
es.
Informed French sources said
Hitler and Laval in secret con
i vexsations for the past 48 hours:
virtually seal : an agreement
whereby the Vichy government
is to give the R. me-Berlin axis
the use of naval and air bases
in Africa, Syria and unoccupied
Fn.i ee in return for certain con
- esnor.s. The naval bases will in
eli de Dakar, the capital of:
French West Africa; Toulon, on
Fiance’s Mediterranean coast;
Casa Blanca in French Morocco.
.< d Bizerie. Tunisia. As a re
ward, those sources said Ger
many will re’ease all French war
or estimated at two mil
i'co i. ra and move the frontier
of un o-cupi J France at present
frem Tours to the Swiss bor
der. to tie Seine River. Laval
returned to Paris today for Pe
tain s answer to Hitler's propos
als cf the Franco-German rap
proachment.
Spain's Franco who conferred
with Hitler on the Spanish-.
Frer.ch frontier is tonight on his
way back to Madrid.
| An-id these devalopm nts in
'Europe, apparent y concerned
with "trial balloons' which floct
I ed toward peace in the three
jyear struggle between Japan and
China, in San Francisco, retir
ing Japanese Ambassador Horin
ouchi was quoted as saviug a
I peace agreement lacking only "fi
,ial efiicial action ’ hrs been
reached betw n Chiang Kai
Shek ard Wrg Ching Wie, Jap
anese-deminated puppet ruler of
the Nanking regime.
John L. Lewis Pledges Willkie
His Support. Promises Resign
From CIO If Roosevelt Is Elected
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2‘. isP> —
John L. Lewis tonight announced
!n a gigantic radio broadcast his
support for Wendell L. Willkie
for President and said if Willkie
should be defeated he would re
tire as President of the CIO. He
said "I will accept this result as
being the equivalent of a vote of
no confidence. This action will
save cur great movement com
posed of millions of men and
women from embarrassment and
handicap by my leadership dur
ing the ensuing reign of Presi
dent Roosevelt."
Will Serve Full
Term If Elected
WASHINGTON. Oct. 25 UP) —
President Roosevelt told a press
conference that be intended to
• tvi out the whole four years if
:ijp i? elected to a third term. The
Prc ident made the statement in;
>"-!y tc a reporter’s question con
‘cerr.ing his speech in Philadel-!
phia Wedncsi v night in which!
:lie President said his objective
for the next four years will be
to make vrk for every young
man and woman "a living fact.”
A reporter asked: “Does this1
moan God willing you intend to
serve the full four year term if i
i
elected?" 'Of course” Roosevelt
responded with a smile.
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Meeting Likely
Between Petain
And Mussolini
BERN. Switzerland Oct. 25 (<P>
— A meeting .between Mussolini
and Petain and another confer
ence between Mussolini and Hit
ler is likely in the near future as
the axis campaign to establish ‘‘a
new order in Europe’ developed.
Informed diplomatic sources said
reports reaching Bern through
diplomatic channels despite sec
recy maintained in Berlin and
Vichy said Mussolini might meet
Petain on the border in a small
Italian-occupied zone of France,
just as Petain was received by
Hitler yesterday in a border
zone.
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First Number
To Be Pulled
By Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — The
President will draw the first num
bar in the draft lottery at noon
October 29, Dr. Clarence Dykstra
Draft Director reported.
The announcement was made
after a conference with the
Chief Executive in which he said
the drawing would be held at the
Inter-Departmental Auditorium
adjacent to the Labor Depart
ment Building in Washington.
President -Roosevelt will be
pulling the first number from the
glass goldfish bowl used in the
last draft.
He showed reporters one of
them with a small tag bearing
the number 253, which was first
in the World War days lottery.
Dr. Dykstra said he did not
know who would take over the
bulk drawing after President
Roosevelt selected the first num
ber.
The drawing in total will take
at least 12 hours, he said.
ARMISTICE DAY LESSON
POINTED BY ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, Oct. — Presi
dent Roosevelt in proclaiming1
November 11 Armistice Day de-j
dared the anniversary should dij
[ rect our minds to the fact that
we need not only peace but also
| peace with understanding, not on
j ly for a cessation of hostilities
, hut also far mutual respect and
| intercourse between nations.”
TO RECOGNIZE LEADERSHIP
IN DRAFTEE RANKS
—
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — The
Army General Headquarters in
Washington has sent instructions
to Army commanders to uncover
and replace any inadequate lead
ership which might develop in
the new conscript training pro
gram. The order said that the
coming training program will
necessarily reveal outsanding
eadership and this leadership |
will be recognized by prompt pro
motion. But added that inade
quate leadership must be uncov
ered and replaced with equal
promptness.
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WEST POINT FILIPINO
IS BLAMED, SPY
MANILA, Oct. 21 — The ar
rest of Capt. Rufo Romero, of the
Philippine Scouts on suspicion he
was preparing to give several
confidential documents to unau
thorized persons was announced
by the U.-S. Army Intelligence,
Service.
Romero, a graduate of West
Point, is held for court martial, i
He was attached to the 14th En- j
gineers of the U. S. Army at Fort
William McKinley.
Two Filipino civilians were al
so arrested in connection with
the case.
Intelligence officers said Ro
mero was arrested at his home
by Philippine constabulary and
U. S. officers where it is alleged
Romero had photographed sever
al confidential documents to de-!
liver them to an unauthorized
pea-son.
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Maynard - Columbus Hospital
Equipment Drive Progressing
The pe le of Nome have been very kind in their support j
of the present campaign. To date over $700 has been contributed ;
from the down-town district, and there are still some commit'ees
to report. Net all of the companies in the surrounding territory
have been heard from, but it is expected that these will send or
bring in their gifts as the operators close down for the winter.
All checks should be made payable to Maynard-Columbus
Hospital. Each year w'hen the last boat leaves Mavnard-Columbus
Hospital finds itself with a full house. This year is no exception:
in fact it has made a new .record with seventeen patients to be
cared for day after day. In order to care for new cases it has
been necessary to put up some of tiie old discarded beds in the brg
er wards. The public may not realize that thehospital has to be
geared so it can expand quickly to take care of unexpected or
Unusual needs. The average number of patients per day last
year was eight. Now there are more than twic as many. It
can easily be seen that where the nurses have to deal with
antiquated beds their work is increased and the sick patients
are not so comfortable, requiring greater attention.
The question of costs naturally comes to the fare. In com
parison tiie hospitals outside having a capacity ten times greater
have to charge at least four dollars a day, and this does not in
clude drugs or extras. With the larger number of patients
though the profit on each patient may not be great, the total
can be considerable. With eight patients averaging five dollars
a day there is not much profit. Another comparison is that of
hotel service. Suppose that theaverage price of a hotel room
is three dollars, with meals at least a dollar and half to two
dollars in addition. The hospital gives all of this plus twenty
four hours of individualized personal service, additional laundry
and in some cases a change of bed linen as often as four times a
day. In addition specialized equipment has to be kept on hand
for emergency use.
In a Chicago hospital tiie prices are six dollars for a two
bed w^ard, and private rooms are from eight dollars up. The
practice in some hospitals is to charge enough to put by twenty
por cent for new equipment and new buildings. The repairs on
the local hospital are high every year because of the construc
tion and age of the building. The hospital building was given to
the Woman' Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
| by the goven.nu nt. Originally it was used at Ft. Davis.