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' THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 147. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 2, 1904 Pric« P«r °°py
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5,000 Italian Soliders Surrender
1 Ton Dynamite Explodes In Plant Near Tacoma
29 Are Entombed In Ohio Coal Mine Explodison
Japan Si^ns Peace
Treaty With The
Bukins* Govt.
UNDATED, Nov. 30 </P> — The
disinterred bones of Cornelius
Codreanu, found r of the Ruman
ian Iron Guard, who was slain
two years ago, were carried in a
gold coffin through the streets
of Bucharest in a funeral pro
cession ominous in its solemnity.
The absence of young King Obai
was reported. Ho fled th city
* from further bloody revenges
against the men who killed Cod
reanu,in the regime of abdicated
Carol, the Second, Mihai’s fath
er. Mussolini and Hitl r wre
both importantly represented in
the procession.
Rumanian and German troops
were reported massing.
On the other side of the world,
at Nanking, Japan and the Nan
king government, which it en
dorsed, signed a peace treaty to
end the 40 months war with
China. Jap machine guns and
warplanes guarded the cer.mony
but peace is sti'l remote since the
pact, recognizing the president
Wang Chang Wei regime as the
national government of China,
did not effect the activities of
% general Chiang Kai Shek, who is
still carrying on against the in
vaders.
The Nazi air force made one of
its strongest drives in recent
weeks to bomb London after a
night in which upwards of 300
bombers were used while a hun
dred others struck at Midlands.
The attack centered on the cap
ital for the first time in ten days
. and a mysterious bluish white
light stabbed through London’s
blackout causing much specu’a
tion as to whether it was a new
mystery defense weapon.
The Greeks reported new’ gains
in southern Albania.
holesale Surrender Of Italian
Troops Leaves Huge Gap In Center
And Is Signal Of General Retreat
UNDATED. Dec. 2 (JP) — The >
surrend r of 5.000 Italian troops
leaving a huge gap in the center
of the Balkan war front was re-1
p rted in Greek d spatches while
in the battle for Britain, the
Germans annour.c d a violent j
new assault on the English ship
ping port of Southampton.
The Greek said the wholesale
surrender ,of Mussolini’s Fascist
legions in the largest seizure of
prisoners in the war. signalled a
general Italian retreat in the cen
tral sector. A Greek dispacth
said “the victory is without ex
aggeration of exceptional import
ance for the enemy in this sec
tor is destroyed with all danger
e iminated for us.”
The assault on Southampton,
with a population 175,000 inter
rupted rail communication with
London Nazi quarters said, fol
lowing up tiie Saturday night
raid which they asserted left the
big shipping port ngulfcd in an
“ocean of flames."
Men Trapped
Two Miles In.
Largest Mine
CADIZ. Ohio, Nov. 30 (A>>—At
least 29 and perhaps 32 miners
were entombed by a devastating
explosion in one of the state's
largest coal pits. They wer; giv
en up for dead. About a hun
dred others fled to safety after
the blast yesterday afternoon.
Reck falls and gas hampered ef
forts to reach the m-:n who were
two miles inside the mine.
Friends and relatives huddled in
the snow outside of the mouth of
the mine.
MRS. BARRYMORE
GRANTED DIVORCE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 —
E aine Barrymore was granted a
divorce today in Lcs Angeles
superior court from her actor
husband. John Barrymore. Barry
mop; did not contest the suit.
FDR Enroute
Tour Caribbean
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (Ah —
President Roosevelt left Wash
ington by train on a trip which
was expected to take him first
to Miami or some other Florida
port and from there to the Car
ibbean S a on an inspection
cruise of defense facilities. Be
fore his departure, Stephen Early
said he couldn’t disclose the
President's destination but added
it was “pr:ty well known where
Roosevelt was going. He said the
President planned to be away
from th; capital until the week
beginning December 16. “unless
some em rgency demonds he re
turn earlier.”
SENATE CONFIRMS
HARRY MILLIS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26 —The
Senate confirmed the nomination
of Harry Millis as chairman of
the Labor Board succeeding J.
Warren Madden.
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The Italian „is„ command ,a|d "enemV plane, had been shot down over Valon, 11, • .
Claimed its own bombers had attacked Corfu (31. The Greek command n • ! ' An>ama. and
*. at,alka '» «• ttalamas River area (3) and asserted i, held advantage m 2 ' • !
' "'h,ch was eeported heavily bombed by Fascist lliers. Salonika (3, prenrre 7' wc‘“r
Istanbul reports said Vuaoslavia «., ml8b, espee, .sis “action., i,
lour Killed In
Blast Of Ton
Of Dynamite
TACOMA, Dec. 2 CP) — Four
men will killed when'a ton of!
dynamite exploded eaiiy today
in a mixing plant of the Colum
bia Powder Company, 15 miles
south of here. J. A. Denn, plant;
manager, said parts of bodies
wer. found but unidentified and
the dead men were not yet
known. Denn said the b'ast blew
he ni xing plant to bits.
Denn -aid it was possible
there were ether m.n in the
plant which employs 60 men but
tie majority of them don't re
port for work until 8 a.m.
It couldn’t be determined if
the company was engaged in the
manufacture of explosives for
national defense.
Army, Navy
Grid Duel
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 —
Gold braid galore decorated the
giant Philadelphia municipal sta
dium as the Army and Navy foot
ball teams met for ther forty
first gridiron encounter in a
series started in 1890.
Cloudy w ather prevailed with
temperatures in the high thirties
and rain or snow expected to
hold off.
Sharing popular interest were!
such notables as Secretary of
War Henry Siimson, Navy Sec
retary Frank Knox and six elder
ly gentlemen, all retired officers,
who were reliving the November
day 50 years ago when they
played on the Army t arn in the <
first game of the historic rival
ry.
The Navy wone that first game
and 14 since then. The Cadets
from West Point have been vic
torious in 22 contests, and three
have ended in tie scores.
Fifty special railroad trains
have swamped the city with viist
ors for today’s classic among the
arrivals being 1,800 cadets and
2.200 Annapolis midshipmen.
Hopes of the Army rest on the
shoulders of Hank Mazur, 175
pound back who ran 40 yards
for the score that tied Harvard—
the only major game that the i
Army did not lose this year, j
Mazur was also outstanding ag
ainst Notre Dame and Princeton.
Football Scores
Saturday—
Stanford 13—California 7
Navy 14—Army 0
Boston College 7—Holy Cross 0
Fordham 26—NYU 0
Duequesne 14—.Carnegie Tech 7
Georgia 21—Georgia 19
Duke 12—Pittsburgh 7
Washington and Lee 7—Mary
land 7
Tennessee 13—Vanderbilt 0
Mississippi State 13—Alabama
0
SMU 16—TCU 0
Rice 21—Baylor 12
St. Louis 3—Washington U 0
‘YES' AND ‘NO ’—A mbassador to Great Britain Joseph
I\ Kennedy of Boston (right) knew the answers—and grave them
—ail but the one newsmen most wanted to know, in this inter
view at Washington. There'd been hints that Kennedy, who made
a p litical speech for V.Th.tt. immediately upon h;* r. - it- return
f.ci!) London, might reeiirn from this maior diplomatic po't.
Joseph Kennedy
Resigns Post
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (/P) —
Joseph Kennedy, Ambasador to
Britain paid farevv 11 calls on the
State Department and said “I’m
out of a job now and off the pay
roll here.” Kennedy announced
his resignation hs: night and
said he wound his business with
the state department and is leav
ing at once by air for a vacation
at Palm Beach.
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Flying Fortress
Arrives, Departs
Nome Sunday
The Army Air Corps demon
strated Sunday its ability to j
reach this western outpost of con
tinental United States when the j
Flying Fortress B-17-B from the
Polar Bear Squadron stationed
at Ladd Field. the Army Air
Corps experim ntal station at
Fairbanks. Alaska, which is un
der the command of Major Dale.
Gaffney, landed on the frozen
and snow-covered hurling field at
Nome. The big four-m tored ship
the largest ever to 1-nd at Norn..
wras commanded by Captain R.
5. Freeman, assisted by Lieihen
ants M. H. Ashkins. M. E. Wal-1
seth. A E Hebert and a crew of i
Ive.
The flight of approximately J
140 miles by air line from Fair
aanks was mad? in two hours
ind 16 minutes at a cruising rate
af better than 240 miles pel
rour. The plane returned to Fair
aanks Sunday with a full load
af parkas, mukluks, and other
fur clothing made by Eskimos
lere which will be used by the
defense troops in Alaska this win
ter.
The Flying Fortress carried
ane passenger for Nome, A. E.
McKenzie official in charge of
the United States weather Bur
eau in this city.
U. S. is Not
Recognizing
r r
Puppet Govt.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 30—Sec
rotary of State Cordell Hull said
the United States will, of course,
continue to recognize the “Chung
king government of G neral Chi
ang Kai-shek." and referred re
porters at his press conference
to what he called the base state
ment he mad> last March 30,
shortly after the Nanking govern1
ment with which Japan has just
signed a peace treaty, was set up.
At that time he said: “Setting
up a new regime at Nanking has
the appearance of a further step
in the program of one country
by armed force to impose its will
upon a neighbor country."
Additional
Facilities To
Speed ^ ork
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30 — A
proposal for the construction of
additional shipbuilding facilities
was discussed by National De
fense Commissioner William
Knudsen. The new facilities
would sp'ed construction of 115
new United States destroyers.
Knudsen was called to the
White House to confer with Presi
dent Roosevelt on means for
hastening completion of the de
stroyers. After the conference,
he defense commissioner said
he had talked with Roosevelt on
a plan but emphasiz'd that the
Vans was only in the “discussion
stage."
The Nome Daily Nugget carries
;everal forms of printing blanks
for your eonven! nee — Dredge
Logs, ’hawing and drill reports,
Mining Deed' ^lacer and Lode
Location “ i; Vouchers,