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VOL. 42. No. 144. NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY. NOV. 25, 1940. Price Per cop*
Greek Offensive imed At m bania
Indicated Bulgaria Has Scorned
joining Axis Bloc Against Britain
Russia Advised Her Not To Join
Present Series Axis Acquisitions Ended. Spain,
Yugoslavia and Turkey Will Not Join
UNDATED, Nov. 25 UP) — In
dications arose that little Bul
garia, whose 200-mile-wide king
dom is all that seper3tes Nazi
troops from Greece may have
9 scorned Gi rman pressure to join
the Axis-ruled ‘‘European bloc
against Britain.” Inf rmed quar
ters in Berlin made the surpris
ing disclosure that tire signature .
of Hungary, Rumania and tiny
Slovakia, to the Rome-Ber'in
Tokyo pact, ended the pres nt
series of acquisitions of the axis.
In this connection, it is recalled
n.,t last week a high source in
S fia said that Russia "advised”
Bulgaria not to join the total
itarian bloc, although Nazi and
sciit quarters had widely her
ald 1 that th. signature of Bu’
.g.-ria was imminent.
Ey the same token. Spain. Yu
goslavia and Turkey may also re
r so to join the axis al ianee. All
three were reported under
. V >ng Nazi pressure to enlist in
t'-,-, triple alliance.
RAF Bombers
Report Y ast
Havoc Germany
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UNDATED. Nov. 25 (/Pi — Brit
ish Royal Air Force b’.br;.
striking in a series of h ?vy
blows ra ring from the h art o'
B riin to he royal rr- n 1 and
big Fiat works in Turin. Br'.ish
a rraen brought back rrmrh of
flam in t’ stru iion- in ti. - v
Krupp armament works at F
in 'three B rlin railv y ms
and f: • t yards as v 11 n
Essen. Kei: z.;g Dausbcrg Ru’’
rert. Boulogne, Ere -1. a ! 1, r
nt, the I at r thn e bei ' N
occupied invasion parts c i the
French coast.
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Labor Secretary
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Frances 'Perkins
Not ResJcnrupo
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 'UP) —
The While House ?ai l ? ■ '*
0 Perkins, Secretary of Labor, had
not submitted her resignation
and that the “Presdeot had n
discussed resignation with !•■ r."
This assertion came from Steph
en Ear'y when asked to comment
on the story in the New York
Times which said she had subriTU
ter her resignation and that the
Prosid nt had accepted it.
* Spitfires Down
8 Axis Planes
LONDON, Nov. 23 UP) — A
Spitfire squadron chot down sev
en Italian fighters and one Ger
man in the Strait of Dover w th
out a loss themselves, as the Axis
raid, rs made daylight visits on
London, authorities seated.
Creeks Hurl Full-Hedged Offensive
In Counter Invasion of Albania
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UNDATED, N n*. 25 «VP) — j
' Greece was descr’.b d by Athens
n. i.ary sources as hurling a
■’it’l fledged often ive” against
Mussolini’s Italian invasion forc
es in the drive to wrest Alban::
from Fascist control. These sourc
i ,>s said the counter invasion on
Albania might also be link d
I vith a plan of joint Greek and
British seizure of Italy’s Dode
j canese Islands.
Dispatches from the Balkan
V r front arid Greek -advance
r < :j5 -enteruu Hit; outsit: rH tr
•\ girccc.'tro, Italy’s miikr
'•c.33 in southern Albania. Tb
city is expected to fell befor
vening.
Heavy fighting was reported
south cf Argirocastro where
Greek troops threatened to
-mash through to thr Adratic
coast and to isolate a large num
bers of Italians.
Britain fs Near
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NEW YORK. Nov. 23 (,P) —
Lord Lothian, British Ambassad
or to the United States said that
Britain is “beg'nnir.g to come to
the end of her finaneirl resourc
es.” on returning to this country
from a C;ipp r visit to England.
It was his only remark in a ha’f
hour interview not optomistic in
respect to Britain’s situation. He
said "a difficult yrar” is coming
and that England needed all
kinds of war supplies, including
munitions, ships, and “perhaps
finance.”
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Shaded area sows zone of heaviest air fighting as waves of German planes continued their attempts
^ to soften England in preparation for the ‘zero hour ’ which will bring the Nazi invasion attempt.
Bomb bursts indicate heavy air attacks at Portsmouth naval base, as well as air raids on shipping at
Swansea and Cardiff.
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William C. Bullitt
Successor To
Bullitt Named
HYDE PARK. Nrv. 23 (,P> _
President Roosevelt announced
he would appoint Rear Admiral
William B. Leahy, retired, now
Governor of Puerto Rico, and for
mer Chief of N.;val Operation
as Ambassador to France to suc
jce d Wi liam C. Bullitt. He said
he had not decided when the
nomination will be given to the
Senate.
Secretary William Hassett told
| reporters ‘’You know what the
President thinks of his naval ab
ility and that h,s thinks of him
I as councelor on defense and as
I a man of superb all-round <:bil
j ity. You know the President dr
j pended heavily on him as Chief
cf Naval Operations.”
Leahy, aged 65, succeeds Bul
litt who r sign, d on November 7.
T H r C J o 11 i. I D c R —To !'' memory r.f Theodore
“Teddy" doe. v it. president from 1:.01 to i f. is this new
I enze, 1-5-foni 'i. e'liiestrioo -‘.:><ue .’l X a York's American
I'ins-'iim of V .1 ll-to-y. Jt v. as il me l\ J imes K. leaser,
i iui guid s . , an American Indian and an African native.
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Tom Can- ' "dies
UNDATED N v ' <JP) — Ru
mania follow d Hungary's lead
nd ic'r d the Ber! w-Rome-Tok
o* mili'- rv, political and econ
omic a l ance. N xt .veek, Bui
’aria a d he Na : -dominated
ta'e of El .vak a expected t
come in. The m "-a x' ands Hit
ter’s “new rder” ' a t^rritor’
’e-os than 250 m i s from the
Dardanelles, the !-rw t< the nea
east. The announcenvnt wa
uade in Berth a Nazi warplan
-3 were winding up an eleven
hour ccntirucu' raid n two cit
'es in the English M d ands and
were aLo resuming the attack or
London.
The Italians were d nven out oi
Koritza 3r d retreated toward the
econd defense line 30 miles in
side of Albania a- the Berlin lea.'
rs entertained General Ion An
tonescu, RumanVs Iron Guard
dictator. Deputies openly vowed
demands fer territory from
Greece and Yugos'avia.
Turkey ordered nr; rtial law in
tlv 9rc?s nerr the Drrdansllcs
nd instituted ga.soli”e ration
ing. The Turl-i-h press said that
any threat *o Turkish s-'vere'g”.■
ity would be met bv Turkey’s
army. The Newspaper Corrhur
iyet said "If war ermes to "? ws
shall not flinch. We are ready.”
T’ii Greeks said tl at at leasl
72,000 Italians fh d to the west
j ward, abandoning stores, sup
ip’ics an .1 quantities of arma
ments.
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BELFAST, Nov. 25 </P) — John
)] r Andrews. Deputy Prime
L ..-ter of Northern Ireland was
| lrvated to Prime Minister to sue
•red Viscount Graigavon.
—
BELFAST, Nov. 24 UP) — Vis
unt Graigavon, sg d 69, the
irst prime min.ster of Northern
relar.d, and a biiter opponent of
'e p- - a s for '.he union with
rie d sd.
OKITSU, Nov. 23 —Increasing
neern was fe't regarding the
j ondition of the Japanese elder
:atesman, Prince Kimochi Saion
?i. The 92-year-old last surviv
r of the founders of modern Jap
i nd is failing from a heavy cold,
"d is running a high temper
'r?. His physicians said that
!.e Prince is having a difficult
irre partaking of nourishing
.1. The Lord Keeper of thi?
Seal. Marquis C. Koichi
•lingo called on Prince Saionjai.
OKITSU. Japan. Nov. 24 (7P>—
. ic la t of Japan’s genro or eld
s.stesmen, Prince Kimmochi
i nji, whose 91 one years span
•d the whole period of Japan’s
mergence from mediaeval insul
:ity to rank among the great ec
•nornic and military states of the
i nodern world died Sunday.