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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 2. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 1941 ***■• ** copy IK
Believe Raider Heading Bering St
Coal Port Cardiff Ravaged By German Bombers
Stanford Wins Rose Bowl Game Score 21 to 13
Mysterious Steam
ship Is Reported
Heading Bering St.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3 iJP)
— A mysterious gray steamship
of unknown nationality flying no
flag was reported off the Alaska
coast apparently headed for the
Bering Straits.
A report was rco-ived by ma
* rine circles here which said the
vessel refused to answer radio re
quests asking its identity a^d ig
nored light signals of passing
vessels.
Mariners wer. unable to identi
• fy the craft and speculated who
thcr it might be a raider.
The craft was described as 400
feet long with cutter bows,
square stern, .bridge, amidshiip,
and four arched cargo booms.
Men in S attle acquainted with
most ships operating out of there
said none of these features were
all on regular Alaska steamship
lines vessel and said they didn’t
recognize the ship.
Australian Forces
Have Penetrated
Barcfia Defenses
CATRO. J"n. 3 'CP) — British
general headquarter^ said Aus
tralian forces supnorted by tanks
0 penetrated the defenscss of be
sieged Bardia. "the East Libyan
port d 'fr> ded by some 20,000 It
alians who have been under Brit
ish siege by land, s> a and air
for 18 da vs.
Air War Reaches New Intensity
With Bombing Of Coal Port Cardiff
Reminiscent Destruction of Yores
UNDATED, Jan. 3 </P) — The
war in the air surged to a cres
cendo of violence as German'
bom'bs smashed the big coal port
of Cardiff, Wales.
RAF bombers raided with
fresh havoc the sti 1-burning port
of Bremen in North Germany.
German pilots said fires visible
a hundred mile away were left
raging in Cardiff. The British
Press Association declared that
sections of the ravaged Welsh
tcwin were “reminiscent of Ypres
so: nes in the World War.” Ypres
was the scene of much of the
fiercest fighting in the former
conflict in which the Belgian
city suffered nearly complete de
struction.
DNB news agency reported the
RAF a so bombed two Dutch
jwn.3 at .night destroying dwell
| mgs and killing four civilians.
Hitler’s command listed eight
killed and twenty wounded by
! RAF raids on “two G rman com
I munitks” identifi d by the Brit
._h as Bremen ar.d Eir.d m. They
acknowledged that some factory
fires were set.
"
Marshal Petain
Reorganizes ;
French Cabinet
On the political front, France’s
chief of state Petain reorganized
the cabinet dropping Secretary of
State Paul Baudcuin and appoint
ing what appeared to be an “ap
'easement” directorat similar to
that set up by Napoleon Bona
ari-} in the early days of the
French republic.
Admira; Darlan, known as anti
British ever since the British at
:ack on the flleet at Oran and
Itakar em rged from the shake
up as the new strong man of
France. Under Petain heading
the new triumverate is War Min!
(Continued on Page Three;
Supply Leak Thru
Russia To Nazis
fauses Worry
"
LONDON, Jan. 3 /**> — Hn,?h
Dalton, Minis* r ~f E'onomic
Warfare said the “V’adivostock
’eak” of war supplies including
American cotton through Russia
into G rma.ny is a source of wor
to Britain.
Attack On Bardia
Deciding Factor
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LONDON, Jan. 3 (JP) —British
military circles interpreted the
Cairo communique as the first
vord of a “major attack” on the
’-■"seiged Italian Libyan base.
These sources said everything is
likely to d pend on how the in
itial stages of the present attack
succeed and how the operations
d°vp'on. i
I
^ The Collier award for the greatest achievement in aviation during the last year was awarded at thei
White House hy President Roosevelt to the airlinesof the United States with special recognition to
Doctors Walter M. Bothby and William R. Lovelace, 2nd of the Mayo Foundation for medical research
and education, and to Captain Harry C. Armstrong of the Army Medical Corps, Wright Fie.'d, Day
ton, O. Left to right: Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Lovelace and Captain Armstrong.
Russo-Japanese
Fishing Agreement
Is Not Renewed
TOKYO. Jan. 2 UP) —Japan’s,
fisheries treaty with Russia ex-!
pired without renewal on Decern
ber 31. Reliable for'.ign observ
ers saw therein evidence that
Moscow is following a shrewd
diplomatic policy in her relations
with Japan and Germany. The
fact that there was no announce
ment of the ren-wal of the fish
eries pact before and in 1940
caused surprise. If the delay con
tir.ues beyond the new year holi
days observers said it may indic
ate that Berlin was unable to per
suade Moscow to come to terms
with Japan which has held fish
ing rights in Russian far eastern
erritorial waters since her vie-,
tory in the war with Russia.
Since 1936 detailed regulations
concerning the use of th.se rights
have been embodied in a single
year’s agreement and difficulties
have arisen each year end over
r: newal.
The 1940 pact called for the
negotiation of a “permanent” fish
eries convention within a year
but this was not done. The Jap
anese press has been urging a
week’s action to clarify the re
lations with Russia.
1940 Set Record
For Alaska Gold
Production
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (/P) —
, Alaska produced $25,375,000 in
gold in 1940, more than the
amount min:d in the great gold
: rush days and set a record for a
year’s total and brought the gold
output since the beginning of re
corded mining in 1880 to $561,
311,000. The 1940 gold total was
$2,100,000 more than in 1939 and
brought the value of all metals
mined during 1940 to $27,658,000
or 9V4% more than the previous
year.
Since 1880 the value of all
minerals produced is $830,000,000
Of the year’s production placer
gold accounted for $17,912,000
and lode gold $7,463,OCO.
Dublin, Ireland
Is Bombed Today
DUBLIN, Jan. 3 i^P) —This cap
ital of neutral Ireland was bomb
ed shortly after noon while sol
diers with rifles fired on the
planes overhead.
Bette Davis
Us Married
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 1 (JP) —
Warner Brothers Studio revealed
that actress Bett: Davis married
Arthur Farnsworth, Boston busi
nessman last night at Rimrock,
Arizona. This is the second mar
riage for Bette, the former wife
of Harmon Nelson, orchestra lead
er.
Stanford Eleven \$ins Tenth Rose
Bowl Game By Downing Nebraska
Cornhuskers By Score of 21 to 13
PASADENA, Jan. 1 (Ab — The
Stanford gridiron magicians roll
ed to their tenth victory down
ing the stout-hearted and game
Cornhuskers who were unable to
solve the mysteries of the V-T
formations while 90,000 fans roar
ed. Nebraska scored in the first
two minutes of the game with
smashing line plays by Butch Lu
thcr. Mike Francis and Roy Pet
sch. Francis kicked the point but
the T-model engine soon started
clicking and got a touchdown
for the coast team. A trick end
play gave Pete Kmetovie 29
yards. Gallarneau helped with a
couple of line plays and scon d.
Albert converted.
Nebraska made its second
score in the second quarter on
Herman Rohrig’s pass to Zik
mund after the Stanford fumble
of a punt. Stanford came right
back with a scoring pass by Al
bert to Gallarneau. Albert broke
the tie with a place-kick.
Nebraska sent in reserves in
droves but the Stanford line
held off till the final Stanford'
touchdown. Again, Albert’s kick
was good. Further thrusts by
Kmetovie in third quarter, when
he ran 60 yards, were good for
a touchdown.
Football Scores
Jan. 1, 1941 </P) — Finals —
Miami, Orange Bowl, Mississip
pi State 14—Georgetown 7
At Dallas, Cotton Bowl, Texas
Aggies 13—Fordham 12.
At New Orleans, Sugar Bowl,
Boston College 19—Tennessee 13.
At Pasadena, Rose Bowl, Stan
ford 21—Nebraska 13.
At El Paso, Sun Bowl, West
ern Reserve 26—Arizona State 13
At San Francisco, all-star char
ity game, West 20—Fast 14
ed much driving power. The vie
tory today gave Stanfard a rec
ord of three wins, three losses
and one tie in Rose Bowl games.
S:anford showed superiority in
deception and unusual forma
tions while Nebraska demonstrat
The Nebraska line once held
on the eight-inch line and down,
ed other Stanford threats in the
closing minutes after the Hus
ki1 s’ offensive stopped clicking.
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KMETOVIC *
Halfback—Stanford
Th> v-iCfory aiaa cii..^Al.d the
fairy stoi'y comeback of coach
Clark Shaughnessy who just a
year ago today had difficulty in
buying an ordinary spectator’s
ticket to the bowl game after his
University of Chicago team dis
appeared under him.
t . - m.
Albert, Stanford Back
Greet New Year
With Shouts Of
Hell With Hitler
UNDATED, Jan. 1 (/l5) — Lon
don’s Big Ben bells at Cologne
University tolled in the New
Year as war engulfed Europe, a
year in which Hitler has promis
ed his people victory. British
leaders predicted a betterment
of a empire’s prospects.
There was an overnight lull in
the air war but men fought and
died on active battlefronts in .Af
rica, Albania and at home.
Axis planes were reported over
Britain during the morning and
aft rnoon but no damage was re
ported. Londoners greeted the
New Year in the gloom of black
edout streets with shouts of “To
Hell with Hitler.”
The Germans held subdued
celebrations th> n went to bed
early in keeping with wartime
restrictions.
In southeastern Europe, the
next possible th ater for the
spreading conflict. Bulgarian pre
mier Bogdan PhilhofY told the
people that “God helps those
who help themselves” then board
ed a train fcr Vienna. The offic
ial reason given f r PhilofFs trip
was a “medical consultation” but
observers speculat' d that his vis
it might be connected with the
swelling of Germany’s army now
passing through Rumania at Bul
garia’s doorstep.
Report Down 2 British Bombers
On the Albanian battlefront
Italians reported attacks on out
posts by Greek forces pushing a
! counter-invasion through the Fas
cist conquer.d nation. Four Brit
ish bombers were reported shot
down in a raid on Valeria, c.ne of
| the Italians’ chief port of entry.
Repulse Outpost Attacks
In the battle for Libya where
the British had Italian-held Bax
dia under seige for two weeks,
the Fascist command reported
that a British thrust against be
leaguered outposts was in part
repulsed.