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Oldest Newspaper In Alaska. 64Tlie News Of I lie Day In Pictures Memlier Of 1 In* Associated I ress,
THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 152. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 13, 1940. Pri« ‘,er TOpy 15*
Italians In Head-long Flight Egypt
Doubt Italy’s Ability to Continue War In Greece
$ 3,000,000 Airport Construction Program Alaska
British Troops Seized 20,000 Italian
Prisoners And 8 to 14 Thousand
Others Are Imminently Threatened
Asserts Agents Undermining Italian Morale Failing
UNDATED. Dec. 12 \(JP) —Brit
i^h desert troops seiz:d more
than 20,0.0 Italian prisoners in
the four-day battle of Egypt. It
was cflicialiy reported that be
tween eight and fourteen thou
sand others are imminently
threatened with captur in the
“Libyan noose” in western Eg
ypt.
Churchill told the House of
Commons that it was not surpris
ing if the best part of three It
alian divisions of from 42 to 51
thousand men were caught in the
British trap.
S i multaneousiy authoritative
Fascists in Rome gave r cogni
tion to the possibility of popular
discord over the repeated Italian
reverses. Virginio Gay da, Musso
1 ini’s mouthpiece disclosed that
“agents" have been at work in It
aly to undermine th? morale of
British Capture
5 Italian Generals
In 4-Day Battle
UNDATED, Dec. 13 f/F) — New
thousa d; of Iialian prisoners
were reported captured by the
British as Britis'n’s Army of the
Nile battled the Italians in a
swirl :rg sandstorm in Western
Egypt. A British communique
sa d that 20.000 Italian prisoners
wer a'ready “increased by sev
eral thousands.’’ In the five-day
battle along the Mediterranean
Sea coast two more generals
were reported taken, raising the,
toial to five.
th ■ people but asserted that they
are failing in the face of “Italian
firmness.”
The Italians were reported in
head ong flight in Egypt as the
British Navy rained sh 11s on
the “focal points" at Salurn and
Bardia. Sa.liim is 15 miles inside
f Egypt GO miles west of Italy's
main invasion base of Sidi Bar
rani which was captured yester
day. Bardia lies inside of Italian
Libya on the Mediterranean sea
coast.
Meanwhile the d ath of Lord
Lothian interrupted conversa
tions for further United States
aid to Britain.
A Reute-dispatch from Cairo
■raid that RAF reconnaissance on
the Egyptian ba.tle front showed
a general Italian retreat d velop
ing.
Italian Officers
!}()uht Ability
Italy Continue
UNDATED, Dae. 13 f/P) — D: -
notches from Athens said the It
0 1 in 's had thrown fresh tr'ops
into bite war in Greece in a vain
attempt to halt the onrushing
reek drive against the heights
■:mounding Clrmara, Adriatic
Sea port. Captured Italian offic
ers w. r quoted as doubting It
!y'.- ability to continue the fight
after th. expected fall of Klisura
Pass 10 mi es northeast of Tepel
1 i on the southern end of the
100-mile front.
BM Ira
This is all that was left of St. Michael’s Cathed al, five-century o7d edifice considered one of the
finest piecs of architecture in England, after Nazi warplanes stage*! a ten and a half hour raid on
Coventry, Eng. Picture cabled N. Y. from London.
Three Million Dollar Airport
Program In Alaska Administered
By CAA-Nome Gets Half Million
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 l/P)—
A forty million dollar airport con
; struction and improvement pro
gram was male public in an an
jnouncem:nt. The program would
concentrate the actual take-off
| and landing facilities to two hun
drcd sites throughout the con
Itinental United States, Alaska
1 and Hawaii. The work will be
'conducted by the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration under an ap
propriation made by Congress in
Octob r. The program was term
Sheffield, Steel
Center Bombed
Over-Night Raid
—
UNDATED, D c. 13 UP) — Nazi
' lots reported smashing Eng
i lead's big steel center of Shef
.1 Id. 140 miles north of London
"In a great” bombing assault
| overnight.
Football Scores
Notre Dame 10—Southern Cal
iforr.ia 6
Texas Tech 23—University of
Sen Francisco 21
Auburn 15—Villanova 10
Morris Brown 28 — Kentucky
State 6
Rice 6—Southern Methodist 7
Texas 26—-Florida 0
Fr sro Ca if.. State 0—-Arkan
sas State Teachers 10
South Carolina 31—The Cita
del 6
ed “necessary to the national de
Ln;e by the priority board, con
sisting of the secretaries of War,
Navy and Commerce.
Alaska has three million in al
1 cations listed and requested fol
lowing locations to provide the
meersary clearing and grading
| strips. The following will receive
haif a million dollars each: Big
J Delta, Boundary, Juneau, Nome
and Ruby. Kotzebue gets 100.000
an.i Cordova 400,000.
Brit. Ambassador
Lord Lothian,
Dies Unexpectedly
WASHINGTON, D c. 12 (TP) —
Lord Lothian, aged 58, British
; ambassador to the United States
died of uremic poisoning at 2
a.m. PST.
The embassy said he was taken
ill Sunday and although he con
‘ir-ued to improve Monday & Tues
day he suffered a relapse last
night.
He canc.lled an appearance
'ast night before the American
rm of the Bureau of Federation
at Baltimore. The speech he had
orepared for delivery was read
for him. In the speech he reiter
ated the stand he had taken on
the increasing seriousness of the
war in recent weeks and that
England would triumph if given
American aid.
FILM PRODUCER
FACES BIG SUIT
HOLLYWOOD — British film
producer Alexander Korda faced
suit for $93,000 from his divorced
wife and screen actress Maria
Korda. The film actress charged
i that Korda failed to meet financ
I ial obligations agreed on at the
time of their divorce 10 years
ago. The producer is now mar
ried to Merle Oberon.
NIPPONESE READY TO
ASSIST AXIS WITH ARMS
TOKYO — Japanese Foreign
Minister Matsuoka told newspap
er correspond-nts the German
Italian-Japanese alliance will pi
vot “around Japan’s foreign pol
icy and said Japan would not
quibble to the defense of Ger
many and Italy Should the ocas
sion arise. Matsuoka said Japan
will “not despair of eventual re
i lations on a sounder basis with
the Unit:d States if both of us
attend to our own business.”
| Mior. than 85,000 people per
j year fly to and trom Latin Am
j erica through the Pan American
j Airways gateway between the
I Americas at Miami, Florida.
Kinff George VI and a party of officials stand amid the ruins of St.
Michael’s Cathedral five-century old edifice which was wrecked by
German bombers. Picture was cabled to New York from London.
WINDSORS ARRIVING
AT MIAMI, FLORIDA
MIAMI — Officials said a spec
ial police squad had been assign i
ed to guard the Duke of Windsor
and his American-born Duchess
on their arrival in Miami.
Fifty police will guard the pier
w'hen the yacht lands the Wind
sors. A force of 20 motorcycle ,
men will escort the party to a
hospital at Miami Beach. The
Duchess wdll undergo a major
dental operation. The Duke, who
is dovernor of the British Ba'ham
as indicated that he would make
no public appearances while in
the United States.
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BRAZIL SHOW’S GOOD
WILL TO THE BRITISH
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I LONDON — A British govern
ment spokesman said today that
Brazil showed a friendly spirit
toward the British government
in deciding to appoint a charge
d’affairs to Norway, Poland and
Holland.
The Brazilian officials will be
stationed at London where ;hese
three Nazi-conquered govern
ments now have their headquar
II rs.
The British spokesman said
that this gesture by Brazil is the
'first visible outcome of recent
good will visits to that country.
The spokesman said it shows that
Brazil feels sympathetic toward
Britain in her struggle against
dictators.
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“SOURDOUGH"
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
DUKE OF WINDSOR
5)uke May He
Envoy to U.S.
••
UNDATED, Dec. 13 f.-P) — On
the diplomatic front speculation
arose that the Duke of Windsor
might become the n w British
•nbas.-ador to the United Slat
's. He left Miami at 9 p.m. in a
"- val plane “for an undisclosed
destination on important official
business,” presumably to meet
President Roosevelt cruising
so" wh re in the Caribbean Sea.
The Miami Herald said they
earned the former king would
be given the opportunity of ac
cepting or declining the appoint
ment as ambassador to succeed
Lord Lothian who died unexpect
dlv yesterday.
Xmas Benefit Baseball & Basketball Game Dec. 18