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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 137. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOV. 8, 1940. Price per *>py
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapses
BIG FASCIST PUSH ON GREECE IS STARTED
One Woman Burned To Death In McCarty Fire
Italy's Expected Bi« Push On
Greece Is Reported Under Way
Situation At Koritza Is Critical
Yugoslavia Warns Against Attacks On Her Territory
Londoners Subjected to Longest Night Attack
UNDATED, Nov. 7 (/l3)—-Italy’s
long-expected big push in th'?
war on Greece was reported un
der way as the Italian command
said Fascist divisions advanced
beyond the Kalamas River on the
northwest battlefront. The Ital
ian invad rs reached the river 8
days ago. Dispatches from the
northeast front said the siege of
Kortiza, the key Italian supply
base ten miles inside Albania,
where 30,000 Italian troops are
reported trapped, app ared to be
reaching a critical stage. Both
sides are reported rushing rein
forcements to the Koritza sec
tor. The Greeks are still holding
the heights above the Albanian
town of Bigliste, cast of Koritza
di-pite strong Italian counter at
tacks. A decisive battle appeared
imminent.
Neutral Yugoslavia took a
sharply stronger stand in the Bal
kan conflict, the government
warning it will answer “with
armed forc:s” any repetition of
attacks on Yugoslav territory,
such as the bombing of Bitolj by
unidentified foreign planes Tues
day.
In the battle for Britain Nazi
planes gave London’s subway
sleeping millions the longest
nigjjt attack of the war. In South
hampton rescu; squads still dug
for dead and living intombed in
the ruins of many buildings. Stu
dents and teachers were buried
under rubble when a Southhamp
ton school was smashed by three
German bombs. Clerks and typ
ists w re trapped in a demolish
ed row of office buildings.
Fire In Town Of McCarty Is
m/
Cause Of Death Mrs. Ora Jackson
Store Only Establishment Remain
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Once Prosperous Trading Center For Kennicott
Copper Mines Now Virtually C.liost Town
CORDOVA. Nov. 7 .(/P)—Meag
er r ports reaching here said a
fire Mfct night destroyed a whole
block in McCarthy with the ex
ception of Pete Brenwick's house.
Mrs. Ben Jackson, wife of the
postmaster in the pione:r town is
missing and is thought to have
been burned to death. The ra
dio station of the Cordova Air
Service was burned in a drug
store. Radio reports reached here ;
through the Chitina station.
A Cordova Air Service plane
left this morning and is likely to
bring more details this after
noon.
—
CORDOVA, Nov. 7 (A1) — The
death of Mrs. Ora Jackson, aged
about 45, was confirmed here
with the arrival of pilot A1 Par
menter who flew in aid this j
morning. The fire started at 7
last night in 15 below weather.
The Jackson furnace was believ
ed under forced draft and ignit
ed the blaze. Jackson was gone
I at the time and returned to find
that the other townsmen had dus
covered the fire. Mrs. Jackson
was alone in the building cook
ing dinner. It was believed she
RAILROADS READY FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHICAGO — President John
Pelley of the Association of Am
erican Railroads, says that the
nation’s carriers are ready for
any defense job.
Pelley said the railroads’ equip
♦ ment is in shape for any de
tried to attend the furnace with
iatal results.
Sh„ was the former Mrs. Haug
of Petersburg but all correspond
ence was burned and Jackson
hasn't her family’s address but
friends recall she was an Okla
homan where several sisters sur
vive.
The fire aiso demolished the
A aska Hotel owned by Mrs.
Kate Kennedy, the Portland Gro
eery operated by Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Pytel and several unoc
cupied frame buildings. The,
town’s score of persons escaped
injury other than Mrs. Jackson,
except Bill Howell, miner who
was hurt when falling debris
crushed his foot while trying to
locate Mrs. Jackson. He is here
in the hospital with prospector
William Fields who tells this.
Only one establishment re
mains now in McCarty, once a
prosperous trading center serv
ing the fabulous Kennicott Cop
p r Mines but closed since 1938,
since when it has been a trading
post for prospectors, trapper and
is practically a ghost city. The
remaining establishment now is
Jack O’Niel’s general store.
fense demands now foreseen. He
spoke before the National Asso
ciation of Shippers Advisory
Boards.
Pelly declared there is no need
for the Government to take ov
er operation of the railroads as
it did during the World War.
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Ickes Submits
Resignation To
Pres. Roosevelt
TO BE ACCEPTED WHEN AND
IF PRESIDENT CHOOSES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 I/P) —
Secretary Icks submitted his re
signation to President Roosevelt,
offering to step out when and if
the President chooses to accept
it. He told the press he r.joiced
at Roosevelt’s reelection. In of
fering to resign he acted only to
give the President a fre: hand
should he d sire to make cab
inet changes. Ickes acted similar
ly after the President’s rejection
in 1936 but not all of his col
leagu s followed suit.
Morgenthau To
Ask Congress
o
increase Debt
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (A3) —
Secretary Morgenthau said he
will ask Congress to increase the
.national debt from thirty six or
sixty five billion to care for pas
sible defici*s up to June 30, 1942.
Announcing this at a press con
ference he told reporters that
"the wave to rearm has just be
gun.”
Chamberlain
Is Now
Gravely III
Wife Sends Message To Press
LONDON. Nov. 8 (A3) — Mrs.
Neville Chamberlain, wife of
the form.r prime minister, sent
this message to the London
press: “Chamberlain’s strength'
has been failing for the past few
days and he is now gravely ill.” |
Chamberlain, aged 71, is believ
ed in the country where he is
resting since his resignation on
October 3rd as Lord President
of the Council. He resigned as
prime minister on May 10, giv-,
ing way to Churchill, the day j
Germany L=gan the drive thru
the lowlands on France.
French In
Shanghai Concede
SHANGHAI, Nov. 8 (IP)— The
Japanese spokesman announced
that authorities announced that
the authorities in Shanghai's
French concession handed over
to the Japanese-sponsored gov
ernment of Nanking, control of
two Chinese courts in the con
cession bringing Japan’s long
standing ambition to dominate
the foreign areas in the city, near
er fruition.
New $6,400,000 Taeoma Narrows
Bridge Collapses And Falls Into
Puget Sound During High Wind
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Tacoma News-Tribune Reporter Last Person On Span
Abandons Car and Crawls 500 Yards To Shore
TACOMA. Nov. 7 (/P) — The
now $(3,400,COO Tacoma Narrows
bridge spanning the arm of Pu
get Sound near here, cracked up
and fell into Puget Sound. No
liv.s were lost when the 2,800
f t center span, the third long
s susp nsion span in the world
‘fe.l into the water soon after
the bridge began to sway crazily
in a high wind this morning
i shortly before noon. The giant
I structure’s 2,000-foot approaches
• on - ither end began to give way
j and cracked up in small pieces
1 and fell away.
The bridge was opened only
i five months ago and connected
the mainland and Olympic Pen
1 insula.. At Seattle the Coast
Guaid said one boat is in the
Narrows n-ar the bridge and two
others are being rushed there to
stop all water traffic in the vic
inity.
Asserts 1 iiat
Mrs, Roosevelt
f •! W 1 *
Lfiiies wasmngion
i WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (/Pi —
President Roosevelt, the first
man in history to b-‘ selected for
12 years in the White House,
| told a welcoming throng that the
first lady liked farm lif; but of
all the cities and country, she
would rather live in Washington.
He made the statement as he
laughed and talked to the crowd
which thronged the plaza outside
of Union Station on his arrival
from Hyd, Park.
Conduct British
Admiralty Is
Not So Good
LONDON, Nov. 7 {JP) — Com
mander Robert Bower, World
War veteran and member of Par
liament told the House of Com- j
mons of ‘'definite disquiet about
the board of the admiralty as a
whole" in its conduct of Britain’s
naval affairs. He asserted Sir
Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord
was “not the man he was."
FIRM SUBLETS CONTRACT
SPEED PLANE PRODUCTION
SANTA MONICA, Calif. —
Doug’as Aircraft Corporation of
ficials announced that the firm
will sublet $75,000,000 worth of
parts contracts to speed up plane!
production. The contracts will be
let within a few days to various
manufacturing firms in the east
and middle west. The completed
parts will be shipped to the new
Douglas assembly plant at Long
Beach, Calif. i
Leonard Coatsworth, Tacoma
News-Tribune reporter was the
last person on the structure. He
abandon d his car and crawled
on his hands and knees 500 yards
to short* while the bridge tipped
as much as a 45 degree angle.
CIVIC OFFICIALS WILL ASK
FOR 2-DECK BRIDGE
TACOMA, Nov. 8 (£’> — The
reconstruction of the Tacoma
Narrows bridge so to provide an,
even more important link ir the
defense of the Pacific Northwest
was indicated as engineers ex
amined the ruins of the ~J,100,
0 )0 structure which collapsed.
Civic officials said they would
ask for a two-deck bridge, the
lower deck providing rail con
n. ction between Tacoma and
Bum non. as most of the Olym
pic Peninsti'a is without railroad
service.
Hitler Orders
NO REASON IS GIVEN
NEW YORK, N v. 3 i.P)—NBC
announced the .;p, .. :: to be mad.'
by Hitler was canoe.1 d. The an
nuuncement was me i 23 minut
es after he was to have started.
No reason was giv The NBC |
Berlin office said that Hitler him
self ordered the cancellation.
Subject and Place Not Stated
SEATTLE. Nov. 8 ,P> — NBC
advised that Hitler is to speak
from 10:15 to noon PST today.
The subject of his sp ech and its
point of origin was unknown.
NBC planned to carry it on the
Blue Network and MBS and also
planned to carry his address to
morrow when Germany celebrat
es memorial day for the Nazi
stalwarts who fell in the fighting
which accompani d the party’s,
rise to power.
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Attempt Rob
Camp Payroll
Is Thwarted j
_
BOSTON. Nov. 7 4/P) — What
was described as a plot to rob
an $862,000 civil pay roll of
Camp Edward at Cape Cod was
thwarted army officers disclosed.
The officers said they regretted
that their discovery of the plot,
became known before the oppor
tunity to capture “three or four
suspicious characters” on the re
servation where they would have
been subjected to federal pros
ecution. The suspects, they said,
were “from out of the state.”
Census Bureau
Reveals Alaska's
? o p u 1 a t i o n
Rate of Growth is 21.1 Per Cent
Second Division — 11,657
SEATTLE. Nov. 7 (TP) — Al
aska's population was set at
71.911 in a preliminary announce
ment by Supervisor J. P. Ander
son. The 1930 census was 59.278.
Only two states Florida and
New Mexico have surpassed the
Alaska rate of growth for the
hist decade which is 21.1 percent.
The census taken as of Oct
ober 1. 1939 does not irclude all
who came north in the past
months on national defense pro
jects and they might raise the
total to 75.000.
The first division figure is
24.080.
The second di'/i •••. .1,657,
The third division 19,304.
The fourth division 15,975.
Langlie Leads
Dill for Gov.
Of VV .
c
F -ction Warren Magnuson
Is Indicated
SEATTLE, Nov. 6 (JP)—Mayor*
Langlie regained his lead from
ix-Senator D.ll while Frank Mil
ler ran neck and neck with
K 'presentative K.iute Hill, Demo
crat in the fourth congressional
district as thj outstanding GOP
dark horses in the election which
was predominantly Democratic.
The Washington state lead see
sawed in both contests. 2454 pre
cincts of 3018 gave Langlie 290,
553 and Dill 289,409 while 361
precincts gave " Dill 32.127 and
Miller 32.102 or 25 difference.
The Presidential election was
Roosevelt 297,3(59 and Willkie
211.581.
Stephen Chadwick. Seattle at
torney, form r National Ameri
:an Legion Commander conced
'd his defeat by representative
Vlonrad Wallgren of Everett,
Democratic candidate for the seat
:o be vacated by Schwellenbach
:or a judgeship. 2984 precincts
;ave Wallgren 261,068 and Chad
vick 216,872.
The Gubernatorial race featur
.'d Dill who once led by 11,000
nostly around Tacoma until the
*ural areas and central and east
,*rn Washington counties turned
:h: tide of the election. Watch
er s reported a probable 25,000
ibsentee votes will be counted
Text week and may determine
he election.
Incomplete returns indicated
he reelection of congressman
►Varren Magnuson from the 1st
iistrict and Martin Smith from
he 3rd. John Coffee from the
sixth.
H nry Jackson, Snohomish
tounty prosecutor of Everett ap
larently safely leads Payson
Peterson Republican, to succeed
Wa’lgren. In the 2nd Charles
Leavy is drawing ahead of Wal
thoran.