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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 140. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY. NOV. 15, 1940 Price Per 15*
Nazis Devastate City Of Coventry
Talks Reported Result In 6-Point Program Europe
Japs Admit Withdrawal From Southwest China
Reported Outcome Hitler-Molotof
Discussions Is Six-Point Division
Of ‘Spheres of Interest* hurope
UNDATED, Nov. 14 </P) — An
othcr gigantic split-up in the
world “spheres of interests” was
pictured by reliable quarters in
Berlin as the outcome of nego
tiations with Molotof. With Brit
ish bombs raining on the heart
of Berlin, shortly after Hitler
and Molotof concluded their dis
cussions, these quarters gave a six
point description of the new So
viet-R ich accord:
1— Russia is to have her own
“Grossraum” or vast region of
domination lying generally be
tween Japan’s far east sphere
and axis-claimed Europe and Af
rica.
2— Russia’s Grossraum will not
be created at the :xpense of na
tions not involved in the Europ
ean war and no further slice will
b ■ taken from Finland nor wuT
the Dardanelles be se:zvd from
Turkey, providing Turkey be
haves.
3— Turkey must make up her
• mind definitely and finally re
garding her place in “the new ci
der” in Europe.
4— Russia’s compensation for
supporting the R me-Bsrlin- To
kyo program must c m. from
the ‘’bankruptcy inventory" of
the British empire.
5—If Russia wants to realize
her ancient dream of gaining ac
cess to the world’s oceans, pos
sibly via Iran, Afghanistan and
British India, the Axis powers
raise no objections.
G—-All parties concerned will
join efforts to bring about a non
aggression pact between Russia
and Japan.
Boiled down, the reported out
come of the Hitler-Molotoff talks
seems to indicate that Germany,
Italy and Japan wiU not be inter
fe.ed with in the Rome-Berlin
fakyo triple alliance. In other
words it is a mutual hands-ofl
, agreement.
Amid this diplomatic fanfare,
-London reported Britain struck
another b ow at Italy's big naval
b --e at Taranto, foil wing up the
arlier attack of this week. Dis
[patches from a Brit'sh battleship
Trrantr. said that Royal Navy
bombers, attacking in moonlight,
b a-t d Taranto’s inner defenses
i -> the first raid Monday night.,
i ■ ir.g one great Italian war
s'1'n e.name -d two others beach
ed cr half submerged.
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How Germany and Italy may strike at Britain's Mediterranean
lifeline is shown in this map, based otn diplomatic reports in
Switzerland. A new agreement with France and Spanish coopera
f tion would be big steps. France ould yield naval bases like Toulon,
Casa Blanca, Bizerte and Dakar (not shown) Spain would permit
Axis forces to strike at Gibraltar and might enter the war against
England. Arrows from Germany and Italy show possible routes of
attack on Gibraltar. Dotted line near Paris indicates possible new
northern boundary of unoccupied France.
500 Nazi Bombers Deluge Coventry
With 38,000 Incendiary Bombs And
w
Million Pounds High Explosives
Raid Is In Retaliation For Munich Bombing Last Week
About a Thousand Dead and Wounded
UNDATED, Nov. 15 bP)—Ger
man nighi raiders inflicted a toll
of about a thousand killed and
] wounded in a smashing assault
i on the town of Coventry. Eng
.ish indus.rial city in Midlands,
a British communique announced
■ charging the Nazi airmen com
mitt.d “indiscriminate bombard
ment while the city slept”
In Berlin, Nazis exultantly de
clared the ancient English city
where Lady Godiva once rode
naked on horseback through the
town, was engulf, d in "an ocean
| of fiames.”
An armada of five hundred
German bombers carried out the
attack Nazi quarters said, sweep
mg the city in a deluge of 30.000
incendiary bombs and more than
a million pounds of high explo
• - Hit! r's command said of
fieia.ly the raid was in "retalia
tion'’ for the Eritish raids on
Munich, the night Hiller spoke
there last week.
Tcd.y the town lay in sm )ulu
ering ruins with unccur.’.- 1
townspeople still entombed in
mountainous h aps of rubble.
.Many fires were reported still
burning this morning. Firemen
-re working against over wh elm
i in-g odds.
The city's 14th century cath
edral with a 303 foot spire is*
among the ruins. Observers said
| it is the worst attack on any
British city including London
since the aerial siege on Britain
. began. "The city suffered serious
ly but the people bore the or
dual with great courage." a
Home Security Ministry com
munique said.
The Germans said 20 great
fire- were left raging where the
Morris, Bristol, Rover and Nap
ier Mr: r works and General El
. ‘ e j. are said to be sit -
ua lei.
n's n i lions t< j ft it the
'.err tr of death from the night
sk.cs as RAF raiders attacked
the German capital in the heav
iest waves thus far setting count
less roof fires, killing four Ger
I many and wrecked an apart
ment building. The Germans s »id
only about ten or fifteen British
plnncs penetrated to the heart of
Ber in and that "the few bombs
dropped cn the Reich’s capital
: ' 1 no! worthy d- rm g C
RAF planes wore reported shot
down.
London’s air ministry s i the
RAF sprayed bombs around Ber
lia railway stalM. s and other far
rov at ‘ar’as slashed 23 air
d '-n.s and:'. ippir.g at Stav
an . r Nt n ; . to Lor i nt, the !
German U-boat base on the
French c ash The British admitt
cd losing Id planes in all.
f
Hitler's command d'tcribod
the attack cn Coventry as a "mon
ster raid, especially fi rce and
sucessful, causing tremendous
devastation" cn the city of 190 -
003 population, one of England’
most important industrial cen
ters, about 95 miles from Lon
don.
Refuse Accept
Resignation
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14 f/P)—
William Bullitt announced that
President Rcesev It declined to
accept his resignation as Ambas
sador to France. Bullitt issued
a statement saying that he had
i expressed to the President a de
sire to r sign last August and
that he had submitted his resig
nation in writing on November
7. The Ambassador said he believ
ed that he could be of more
service to the country if he w^re
free to write and speck without
l the restrictions of public office.
Eli Cu'bertson, bridge expert:
| “I am rich and I expect to be
j taxed. I will do my best to see
| that my friends are soaked in a
j similar manner.”
I
japs Announce
W ithdrawal From
Southwest China
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TOKYO. Nov. 14 </P)—Imperial
headquarters announced that the
Japanese army had completed
wthdrawals from the Kwangsi
provinces and the southwestern
Kwangtung province, dropping
the curtain on a significant year
long chapter of the war. The
war office spokesman denied the
withdrawal was a prelude to
wholesale evacuation of south
China. The Japanese army con
tinues to hold a considerabl por
tion of eastern Kwangtung prov
ince around Canton.
‘'SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
, At Nugget Office I
/rcmier Egypt
Falls Dead
In Congress
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CA'RO. \cv. 14 (rP Egyptian
Premhr Hnasan Pash, cuiapsed
?"d :ih i as he was re; 1 -g King
i . at th
the opening cf the Bess .• cf par
ianawt. The Premier was car
ried fi r' tiie chamber ard the
renR-g cf the speech was c *n
liau .t 5 v the president > f the
‘ a S aangely th w H- of
he s ; i cu were much the same
■» •• 1h Pa ha used in hi- first
t. "a e r' new h -ad the gnv
-rn: nt June. T.n said,
T< v't > is a .X - main
•‘n |v *■ rarity ard d ornd
.'•’ •e c' ' va'-o is equally ow.,vo
o f -1RI ’■ obligation •• to h r
gro3‘ : i] r'ritain, will a a
'ut h r IT r.ce and friendship
in ! • r . i spirit."
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Hawkesworth
Dies At 62
C-harl.s W. Hawkesworth. as
sistant director of the office of In
dian Affairs in Alaska, died sud
denly rccc-rfy at his home in
Juneau.
The news came to Harry G.
Watson, in Fairbanks, secretary
of the Alaska Miners Association
; r ,*S'* ge from H. L. Faulk
n r. Jui i u att urney. T ie mes
: 'is ; Mr. Hawkes'.vorth’s
d nth was wholly unexpected
-• i eru-e unknown-. He had
shown ro sympt- ms of illness
II vkisw rth i- survived
r 1. - widow and their daugh
, in J: ncau.. He spent much of
!! snr-r in Fail banks. He
left there for Juneau September
1. H hid been with the Indian
rt in Airs' -nice 1907.
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NEIGHBORLY V I S I T—Bluejackets from the U.S.S.
Quincy, which visited Montevideo, Uruguay, just when that
country was investigating “fifth column’’ activities, are seen in
Montevideo’s Plaia Independencia, honoring statue of Gen. Artigas.
H. S. Gym Playfield Jamboree Nov. 16
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