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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 153. NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, DEC. 16, 1940. Price Per C0Py 1W
Britain Asks Financial Aid From US
British Army Drive Italians Across Libyan Frontier
Greeks Gains Threaten Italian Reserves Albania
British Desert Army "Well Across”
Libyan Frontier In Drive on Bardia
More than 30,000 Italians Surrender
Italians Minimize Reverses in Albania and Egypt
UNDATED, Dec. 16 </P)—Brit
ain’s desert fighters were report
ed to have driven across the
frontier if Italian Libya in the
batle for Egypt.
A British general headquarters
communique said advance forces
of the counter invasion army
were "well across” the Libyan
frontier. The goal of the British
drive appeared to be Bardia,
about 25 miles inside of Libya.
The strongly defended positions
around Salum, the Egyption port
five miles from the frontier is
still held by the Italians, the
communique acknowledged.
BRITAIN CONSOLIDATES
FAR-FLUNG POSITIONS
UNDATED, Dec. 14 <#>)—Close
RAF Bombers
Hit At Kiel
And Bremen
British bombers intensively
raided the German naval base at
Kiel also at Bremen as well as
attacks on German airdromes
and docks in Holland and the
Nazi sub base at Bordeaux.
BERLIN IS BOMBED
IN PROLONGED ATTACK
UNDATED, Dec. 16 t/P) —RAF
planes bombed Berlin in prolong
ly pursued remnants of Marshal
Graziani’s Egyptian invasion
army were imported retreating
into Libya after futile rear guard
attempts t.o stop the British ad
vance. Unconfirmed rumors cir
culated in Cario that General Sir
Archibald Wavell's advance units
had captured the border post of
Salum and crossed the frontier,
driving the Italians out of Fort
Capuzzo. A spokesman said little
fighting continued on the parch
ed sands of northwestern Egypt.
The British are believed to be
consolidating their far-flung posi
tions preparing to meet any coun
ter thrust which might delay the
major drive into Libya pending
the reorganization of her striking
forces. Cairo said that more than
30,000 Italians had surrendered.
ed overnight attacks and Hitler’s
command listed 12 wounded and
four killed as well as s ome
houses damaged. two hospitals
lit and a suburban rail line tem
porarily disrupted.
Nazi bombers countered with a
raid on Sheffield the north Eng
and steel center, raining explo
sives on the city with a poupula
tion of half a million whik res
cue squads still dug for the vic
tims buried alive by the wreck
age left by Thursday night’s at
tacks.
The British Press Assocoiation
said a large casualty list at Shef
field was feared.
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Lord Lothian (left) British ambassador to the United States, said
Britain was “beginning to come to the end of her financial resourc
es” as he arrived in New York by trans-Atlantic clipper. Greeting
him was Godfrey Haggard (right) British consul general in New’
York City. Lord Lothian died unexpectedly last week.
Britain Makes Formal Request
To United States For f inancial
Assistance But Not A Loan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Ah —
The British government it was
learned from official quarters,
made a formal request to the
United States for financial assist
ance. The information came from
high sources but declined to be
quoted by name or the amount
or the exact natur of the re
quest which was not disclosed ex
ccpt it was hinted that the re
quest couldn’t be defined as an
application for a “loan."
Reporters immediately asked
Secretary Morg nthau about the
request but while he wouldn’t
made a direct reply for quotation
he hinted broadly to the report
ers that they had received the
correct information.
FINANCIAL AID TO BRITISH
CP TO ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (TP)—
19,900 Ton Ship
Is Torpedoed 100
Miles Off Coast
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (TP)—The
McKay Radio intercepted a mes
sag ■ that the 10,900 ton British
liner Western Prince had been
torpedoed 400 miles northwest of
t'he Irish coast.
Oil Fire In
Rumania
BUCHAREST, Dec. 14 (TP) — A
communique which the Ruman
ian railroad issued said that all
traffic in the oil districts of Plo
.sti ar.d Buzau was suspended or
rerouted because of the destruc
tion of lines by an oil pipe line
fire. Traffic will be interrupted
for five or six days.
Britain’s Food
Supply Grim
As Day 1917
LONDON, Dec. 14 — R. S.
Hudson minister of Agricllture
declared Britain’s food situation
is “just as grim” as it was dur
ing the difficult war days of
1917.
Hudson told the Farmers Club
in London that the British navy’s
task of defeating the German
counter blockade by submarines
and long distance bombers is
“now doubly or trebly difficult”
as then and urged farmers to in
crease home production.
Secretary of Comm Tee Jesse
Jones indicated a decision on the
question of financial aid to Brit
ain now awaited the return to
Washington of President Roose
ve t. Jones was asked at his press
conference whether a loan to
Britain is imminent.
J nes said the matter will have
to go to Congress; that the ques
t n of asking congressional ap
proval could not be decided in a
mrment because the “administra
; t. m is away,” reference being to
| the current cruise of Roosevelt
in the Caribbean.
Jones announced loans of $60,
000.000 to Argentina and $7,500,
000 to Uruguay to be used for
general purchases of merchan
dise in the United States.
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Duchess Windsor
Resting Easy
After Operation
DIKE CANCELS TRIP
MIAMI, Dec. 14—The Duchess
of Windsor rested comfortably in
the hospital after a major dental
surgery so s rious that the Duke
abandoned plans for an early re
turn to Nassau, capital of the
Bahamas.
Hospital attendants said the
Duchess is in good spirits and
feeling better after a nights rest.
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President Roosevelt has announc
ed that he would appoint Rear
Admiral William D. Leahy |
(above) retired, now governor of
Puerto Rico and former chief of
naval operations, ambassador to
France to succeed William C.
Bullitt. I
LT. S. Vice President-elect Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace
were showec. d with Confetti throughout a four-mile ride as they
were gaily welcomed to Monterey, Mexico. They are shown at the
end of the tour.
Greeks Disperse Italian Counter
Attack And Make General Advance
Region Holding Fascist Reserves
UNDATED, Dec. 16 (tP) — The
Greeks launched a fierce new of
fensive toward Elbasani in cen
tal Albania.
Information reaching London
said the Greeks were pressing
lard around Teipelini, the cross
roads town midway between Ar
?irocastra and Port Valona. In
:he north, an Athens dispatch
;aid the Greeks dispersed an It
alian counter attack and “suc
ceeded in making a general ad
vance over a wide area in the
nountainous region held by the
■nemy above Pogradetz where
he Italians have concentrated
ill their reserves.”
IAPANESE MORE FAMILIAR
iVITII ALASKA COAST THAN
SAW SAYS CIO AGENT
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SEATTLE — The U. S. tariff
commission is hearing testimony
about more asserted Japanese act
ivities in Alaska waters. Wil
liam Hecker, secretary of the A1
aska Fishermen’s Union, a CIO
affiliate testified that his belief
was that some Japanese fisher
men knew the Alaska coast bet
ter than the American navy it
self.”
The commission is investigat
ing whether or not the present
15% duty on imported crab meat
Put l'p Best Fight of War
UNDATED, Dec. 14. <JP) — It
alian troops in eastern Albania
near Lake Oehrida were said to
be putting up the fiercest resist
ance of the war in an attempt to
stem the Greek drive toward cen
tral Albanian base at Albasani,
20 miles from Tirana, the capital.
At the opposite end of the bat
tlefront the Greeks said troops
were advancing along the coast
toward Chimara.
A spokesman at Rome cam
paigned against “defeatists,
hoarders and profiteers" and min
iiniz d the news cf reverses in
Albania and Egypt.
shou'd be increased. Several Jap
anese and interested spectators
were present at the hearing.
Proof of Surveys
Hecker said Japanese vessels
obtained crab wells and salmon
from Alaska waters and declar
ed excessive canned crab imports
injured the American producers
and brought unemployment to
American fishermen. Hecker said
“We have proof the Japanese
have surveyed the whole coast
line and Bristol Bay and we also
know they have gone inside the
three-mile limit and that they
have gone ashore and) made
I camp."
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