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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 42. No. 71. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY. JUNE 10, 1940 ***«> Per c°w 15*
Mussolini Declares War On Allies
.German Army Drives To Within 32 Miles Of Paris
U. S. To Extend Material Resources Asserts FDR
Italy Enters War With Germany
Mussolini Makes Declaration
Italian Forces Enter French Terri.
ROME, June 10 </P) (via radio)
—<A declaration of war had been
given to the ambassadors of
A France and England, Mussolini
said.
Mussolini made the announce
ment plunging Italy into the war
on the side of Germany with a
bombastic speech from the Bal
kany Palazzo Venezia before a
wildly cheering crowd of Fas
cists. He told the nation that “an
hour important to the destiny
of Italy has now begun. The Al
lies should not have repulsed the
Apcace offers made by Hitler."
Mussolini said: “A great peo
ple is ready to face its destiny
and mark its own history in the
future. They want to break the
chains that suffocate us in the
Mediterranean. This gigantic
struggle, is only a phase, in the
development of our revolution.
' jj' : is s-erts itself against the strag
glers, the rich nations. The dies
are now cast.” His voice rose at
times to the breaking point as he
drove home his points. There
were frequent interruptions by
the masses of people roaring.
Mussolini also said “People of
Italy, run to your arms, take up
your cause with all of your
valor.”
At Rome, the French embassy
and consular staffs hastily com
pleted preparations *o leave for
Switzerland.
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BERLIN, June 10 (JP) — Italian
forces marched into French terr
itory through the Riviera a! ap
proximately 6:30 tonight, author
ized sources said. A conference
with foreign minis.or Ribbemrcp
was called.
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French Govt.
Leaves Paris
Premier with Army
PARIS, June 10 UP) — The
I French government left Paris to
| night an information ministry
communique said. It added that
I “Paul Reynaud, the premier has
! gone with the armies.”
22,009-ton Aircraft
farrier is Sunk
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LONDON, June 1 > UP) — The
admiralty announced that the
22 000 ton aircraft carrier Glor
; < _>us was sunk, also ,he transport
i Oram a.
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Chilean Liner
Is Damaged
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CRISTOBAL, June 3 UP) —
With water in her bow up to the
aucaor line, tne <200-lmi Cnilean
liner Ccriap was L wed to anchor
age j st off the Panama Canal
hannel after striking the west
br watrr entrance to Cristobal
harbor. The Ship’s '10 passengers
and crew were rescued without
linwi'el. Officials blamed the ae
ck sn. on navigator’s failure to
■^ec *he .breakwater lights.
f GREATER IS THE RULE of King Victor Emanuel
$ (right) since Duce added his April 7, 1939, “Good Friday” in*
vasion of a Moslem kingdom, Albania, to the sum total of Italian
conquests. In annexing Ethiopia, Italy got 350,000 square miles;
the Albania she acquired has only 10,629 square miles—and oil,
minerals. The crown of Albania was tendered Italy’s king.
General Weygand Says French
Sacrificing Ground Only V. lien
It Is Covered with German Dead
UNDATED, June 10 UP) — Brit
ain rushed fresh troops to France
in her darkening 11th hour as
a million eight hundred thousand
tanked German troops plunged
forward to new successes and
! reached two points within 35
! miles of Paris.
Millions of Italians rallied thru
out Italy around loudspeakers to
1 await an important Mussolini pro
| nouneement sometime after 9 a.
m. Pacific time.
Hitler’s high command said
tro I-. were .moving toward the
lower Seine apparently in a
i sharp encircling movement in the
; Rouens section on the western
road to Paris and also toward the
historic Marne in the Soisson and
; Reims area northeast of Paris,
i Churchill informed Reynaud of
.an unspecified, number of British j
itroops which had already landed'
in France and that “further ex
tensive reinforcements would J
shortly be available.”
Trading was suspended in the!
world-famous Paris Bourse and j
there were indications that the j
government might be removed j
from the capital. Most of the
banks have completed their plan
to move.
King Haakon of Norway and
his government which capitulat
ed last midnight after 2 months
resistance arrived in Britain
aboard a warship. The Norweg
ian g vernment news agency
Tuomsi a said Allied help was
withdrawn hecause of “necessit
ies of war” meaning the men
were needed on the Western
front and the Norwegians could
not continue alone.
Germany claimed the sinking
of the British aircraft carrier
Glorious, a destroyer, a tanker,
and a troop transport in the
North Sea. The British said there
had been some sort of naval en
gega^ht .but scoffed at . the Glor
ious report.
General Weygand said the
French were sacrificing ground
only 'when it is covered with
German dead. The enemy has
suffered heavy losses and soon he
must come to the end of his
effort.”
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German Tanks
llreak Through
French Flank
PARIS, June 8 (A1)—A column
of between two and three hun
dred Nazi tanks broke through,
tiie French flank, 'crossing the
Bresle river and racing south'
nearly 20 miles to Forges Le.s
Eaux, midway between the ri
ve and Rouen. These charging
units went around the French
i support points wLhout infantry ,
i following, however. Their entrap '
! meat seemed probable, with
French anti-tank squads in hot
pursuit.
Meanwhile, along with other (
disclosures it was revealed that j
Polish artillery is now pounding!
away at the Nazis, side by side
with the French.
The French admiralty announc
ed that in reprisal for the re
cent bombing of Paris, a squad
ron of naval bombers raided fac
tories in the outskirts of Berlin,
at night and returned intact.
ARTIFICIAL RUBBER
IS PERFECTED
FLEMINGTON, N. J„ June 5
—-W. S. Farish, President of the
Standard Oil of New Jersey, told
stockholders that the company
has perfected artificial rubber
and is prepared to supply enough
to fill all the nation’s needs in a
national emergency.
He said the product is named
Butyl and is similar but not ident
ical with the German Erstaz mat
erial.
Buy them by the bundle, Use
j them for starting fires. For Sale
at The Nome Nugget.
French Bombers
Return Intact
Raid on Berlin
PARIS. June 8 f/P)—The French
admiralty announced that a
squadron of naval bombers raid
ed factories in the suburbs of
Berlin at night. It is the first
time Allied planes dropped
bombs on Berlin although the
German capital has been scouted
and showered with propaganda
leaflets since the start of the war,
The German fliers who raided
Paris last Monday caused nearly
a thousand died or wounded.
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Admiral Rodman,
Dies
WASHINGTON, June 8 (JP, —
Admiral Hugh Rodman, aged 81,
died at the naval hospital here,
he had been suffering for some
time with coronary thrombosis.
ARMY SEEKS BIDS FOR
UNIFORMS AND BLANKETS
WASHINGTON, June 5 — The
War Department sought bids for
material to make 1,500,000 uni
forms, 1,000,000 overcoats and
1.000. 000 shirts. To make these
outfits Army tailors will order
5.000. 000 yards of serge, 4,000,000
yards of Meldton overcoating and
1,500,000 yards of worsted shirt
material. The Army also seeks
bids on 500,000 woolen blankets.
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/resident Asserts United States
Will Extern! Materia! Resources
“To the Opponents of Force"'
WASHINGTON. June 10 </P>—
Italy’s entry into war is expect
ed to brinjg from President Roosej
velt an address from Charlottes
ville, Virgin ., torlght a new ap
praisal of the pl-Cc f “democ
racy” in the gr v. ing world con
flict. This hint wa - given to re-;
porters by Secretary Early after
President Ii s veL a as notified
over telephone fr m Ambassador
Bullitt in Paris, el the war dec
laration last night. Secretary:
Early said Roosevelt was making
“a very important announce- j
ment’’ in a broadcast at 3:15 or
3:30 Pacific time. His son Frank:
lin Jr. is completing a law course i
at the University of Virginia.
CHAR LOTTESVILLE, V a .,
June 10 ,(/Pi — President Roose
velt asserted tonight that Italy
had scorned the “rights and se
curity of other nations. He said
the United States waud extend
its material resources “to the op
ponents of force,” mentioning the
nations specifically.
In discussing the war abroad,
he said, at the graduation exercis
es at the University of Virginia,
“The people and government of
the United States have seen with
the utmost regret and grave dis
quiet the decision of the Italian
government to engage in the hos
tilities now i-3ging in Europe. The
sympathies of the American re
publics lie with those nations
which are giving their lifeblood
in combat” against the gods of j
force and hate.
He brushed aside the sect ecy
surrounding his communications
with Mussolini, to relate that his
government had tried to swerve
Italy away from war. He said he
had proposed that if Italy would
refrain from going to war he
would be willing to ask assuranc
es from the other powers concern
ed that they would execute faith
fully any agreement made to ef
fect the readjustments desired by
Italy. “Unfortunately the chief of
the Italian government was un
willing to accept the procedure
suggested.”
House Committee
Favors Army
Of 400,000 *
WASHINGTON, June 10 i.-P —
The House military committee ap
proved legislation increasing the
authorized strength of the regu
lar army from 280,000 to 4 0.000.
The measure would also permit
the President to call out the Na
tional Guard during the time
when Congress is recessed, and
for use or training in the United
States or its possessions.
Miss Alaska and Miss Nome
Are Feted In Juneau
JUNEAU. June 8 (>P.) — Miss.
Alaska and Miss Nome will be
greeted upon their arrival Satur
day afternoon in Juneau by
Charles W. Carter, official greet
er for the Chamber of Commerce,
and Miss Sybil Golfrey, who was
Miss Juneau at the Fairbanks
March carnival.
They will be brought to town,
from the PAA airport where the
single men of the Juneau Empire
stall will join the party as escorts
for the beginning of a gay time
of dinner, dances, visiting night
spots and other entertainment,
during their brief stay before de
parting for the south.