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VOL. 43. No. 6. NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, JAN. 13, 1940. Priee *** IN
Congress Rushes Lease-Lend Bill
German Air Force Joins Italian In Mediterranean
Series Airbases U.S. To Alaska Planned By Canada
Germany Actively Enters War
Against Britain In Mediterranean
Joining Fascists in Bombing Fleet
UNDATED, Jan. 11 (JP) —Ger
many actively entered the war
against Britain in the Mediteran
nean basin lending Italy a hand
in an apparent attempt to offset
the reverses in North Africa and
to Loosen the sea blockade.
A British naval formation, the
Italian command said, was at
tacked “in the Sicilian channel”
yesterday by coop:rating forma
0 tion of Fascist and Nazi dive
bombers and torpedo planes who
shared the honors. They reported
damaging two aircraft carriers, a
cruiser and a destroyer. The Ital
ian communique said . ‘for the
first time units of the German air
^ force in frateral close coopera
tion participated brilliantly in an
31tack hitting one aircraft car
' rier and a destroyer.”
Least One Left
Sinking Condition
An Italian high command com
munique said that an Italian
plane torpedoed “a big enemy
warship" in the Western Mediter
ranean. Sino? Friday nine Brit
ish ships were listed as bombed
>r torpedoed by the Italian nav
al forces or by the combined Ger
man and Italian air units and
at least one cruiser left in a sink
ing condition.
Canada Plans Construction Of
Series Airbases Between Tlie
United States and Alaska Border
OTTAWA. Jan. 11 H/P)—A plan
• to construct a series of airbases
between the United States and
the border of Alaska will be an
nounced shortly by the Canadian
government. It was reliably re
ported that the bases are to be
bui't by Canada but will be avail
able for use of military planes
flying to or from the United Stat
's an Alaska. The construction
of the bases, it was reported is in
line with the principles of a joint
Canada-United State defense.
Haul Guns To
Encircled Tobruk
m
UNDATED, Jan. 13 UP) — Brit
ish Libyan forces are still haul
ing guns from Bardia to sur
rounded Tobruk, 70 miles away.
NOMINATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. — Presi
dent Roosevelt nominated the
following:
Guy Swope, former Pennsyl
vania Congressman, to be Gov
ernor of Puerto Rico.
Charles Harwood, former Pan
ama Canal Zone Judge to be Gov
ernor of the Virgin Islands.
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Riskinp a foray into the bottlenecked Adriatic, British warships
hurled 1*0 tons of shells into the Fasicst port of Valona (1) and
Jtept up bombardment of Bardia (2) in the 12-day-old battle of
^ North Africa.
British Winning
Slight Edge Over
Nazis In Air
Bv Drew Middleton
LONDON. Jan. 13 (/Pi—British
air sources said thi. RAF is win
ning “a slight edge” in the aerial
conflict which th^y expect will
decide the success or failure of
any German invasion attempt,
and attributed it to a continuous
and systematic bombing of Ger
man industry and communica
tion. The slight advantage over
the Luftwaffe in the vital races
to gain altitude was due to the
increased number of American
planes received.
Administration Wins First Skirmish
Over Lease-Lend Bill to Aid Britain
Hearings Are To Start Tomorrow
SECRETARY STATE HULL IS FIRST WITNESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 </R) —
The Adminislration won the first
congressional skirmish over the
lease-lend bill to aid Britain
; w hen the house uplu Id t(he pro
ccdure which the leadership
ci arted to rush consideration of
the measure by a voice vote, and
Sp*. aker Rayburn’s assignment of
the bill to the Foreign Affairs
i Committee was approved.
The effort of the Military Com
mittee to bring the measure un
der its control was defeated
when a vote was taken. With
jout d bate the move cleared the
way for Chairman Bloom of the
Foreign Affairs Committee to
commence hearings tomorrow.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
I is the first witness.
Fascist Command
In Albania Is
Changed Again
UNDATED, Jan. 13 {&)—Amid
reported new war r verses, Mus
solini sihook up the army com*
i mand for the third time in two
months, dispatching Chief of
Staff Ugo Cavallera to take
charge of the hard hit armies in
Albania. Cavallero, who helped
Mussolini take over the Italian
military machine in 1925 was
cn dited with playing a major
role in the reorganizating of the
Italian defenses after the Cap
, oretto disaster in the World War.
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Domestic Gold Production Record
Is Set In 1940, California Leads,
Followed by Philippines and Alaska
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 <A*> —
A domestic gold production re
cord was a t in 1940 for both
quantity and value the Treasury
reported. Preliminary estimates
by the Bureau of the Mint, aid
ed by the Bureau of Mines, plac
ed the production at 5.914,909
ounces valued at $205.99,800 at,
$35 an ouna-.
California lead in gold produc
tion with 1,405,120 ounces and
was followed by the Philippines
with 1.111,697 ounces. Alaska pro
duced 741,503 ounces valued at
$25,952,000.
Alaska's silver production was
163.418 ounces valued at $1 19,762.
File Papers
Contest Election
Gov. Langlie
OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 11 (IP)
— Papers containing a notice of
contest of the election of Langlie
as Governor were received by
the Secretary of State. Ben Saw
yer, former Olympia Postmaster
and attorney filed the notice of
the contest in a sealed envelope
that will be transmitted to the
speaker of the House Monday
when the Legislature convenes.
Langlie was elected after a
close contest between him and
former Senator Dill which was
decided only after counting of
the absentee ballots.
Noted Irish
Author Dies
ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 12
.(/P)—James Joyce, aged 59, Irish
author, whose “Ulysses” was the
center of one of the most bitter
literary controversies in modern
times, died here today.
Capture Tepeleni
Is Unconfirmed
—
UNDATED, Jan. 13 (IP) —Yugo
slavian border dispatches, uncon
firmed by Greek official sources
said the Greek army captured
T. peleni and the Italians are still
retreating northward.
Thousands Of
Volunteers Put
Out Incendiaries
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UNDATED, Jan. 13 I/P) — Ger
man warplanes lashed at London
in another fire raid last night but
thousands of volunteers snufliod
out the flames of incendiary
bombs. The attack ended in less
than four hours.
Construction Of
Warships Are
Ahead Schedule
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WASHINGTON, Jan. — Senat
or Jos. F. Byrnes of South Caro
lina reported construction work
is ahead of schedule on every
single warship the nation is now
building. Byrnes is chairman of
th,3 Senate sub-committee on na
val appropriations. He said the
Navy had submitted to him a
work schedule on all warships
under construction. He said al
would be completed ahead of
schedule on the basis of present
work completel and added thie
speed-up was particularly impres
sive in the category of destroy
ers. The South Carolina Senator
said some destroyers now under
construction are as much as
threia months ahead of schedule,
ers by a combinaiton of the ....
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and reia
ives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They 11 get a big
ick out of it.
German Broadcast Predicts U. S.
Not Be Able Transform Industries
Armament Production In 15 Months
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 {JPy— The
G. nr an radio predicted, in a
br .adcast which the CBS heard
ht re, that the United States
could not transform the peace in
dustries “into a program of arm
ament production wittun fifteen
months which will be decisive in
importance to the destiny of the
| British empire.”
Machine Gun
Trenches In
Invasion Ports
UNDATED, Jan. 13 (JP) — Ger
man troops in trenches along the
Nazi occupied French and Bel
gian coasts, presumably awaiting
Hitler’s signal to invade England,
were machine gunned by low
flying British warplanes. Other
RAF raiders bombed Nazi U-boat
bases and pound d the Italian
cities of Venice, Turin and Cat
anit.
Authorative London quarters
said the RAF daylight gunning
attack of Nazi troops was part
of the campaign to drive the Ger
man defenses back from the
channel.
8-Hour Law
Is Suspended
By Roosevelt
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LABORERS, MECHANICS AF
FECTED ON CERTAIN GOV
ERNMENT PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. — Presi
dent Roosevelt has suspended the
eight-hour law for laborers and
mechanics employed by the Gov
ernment in constructing Army
and Navy bases on the Atlantic
and Caribbean sites leased from
Great Britain.
The action is disclosed in the
publictaion of an Executive or
der and declar d suspension of
the eight-hour law is made nec
essary because of an “extraordin
ary emergency.
Subscribe for The Nome Nuggei
i To Make Private
Survey Of Inter
jnatn’l Situation
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NEW YORK. Jan. 12 (TP)—Wen
dell Willkie declared he favored
j “with modification” the Roose
velt lend-lease arms bill and an
nounced he will fly soon to Eng
and for a private survey of the
internationa situation.
He asserted that the bill should
grant the powers to the Presi
dent “for a fixed term not too
far in the future” and that Con
gress should not be harried in.
its passagp.
Price Of Scrap
Metal Too High
Sav Commission
—
Iron and Steel Scrap Industry
Told to Reduce Price
Several Dollars
WASHINGTON, Jan. — Leon
j Hendi rson, member of the Na
tional Defense Committee assign
led to price matters, said drastic
,teps looking toward control of
iron and steel scrap prices will
be recommended unless the in
dustry mad)? a voluntary reduc
i tion of at least several dollars
I per ton on future sales.
Henderson’s statement was
made in a press release on the
meeting of scrap deal rs from cit
! es scattered throughout-the coun
try.
Defense Committee members
said a voluntary reduction of at
1 ast several dollars per ton on
future sales of iron and steel
crap is urged on industry by the
price stabilization division of the
| National Defense Commission.