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within a few miles of the coast,
British planes from the aircraft car
rier Ark Royal attacked repeat
edly," the Admiralty said.
"One force of Swordflsh aircraft
carried out torpedo attack on the
enemy battleships (of which the
Admiralty said there were two) and
one torpedo was seen to hit bat
tleship of the new and powerful
Littorio class" the British COM
munique reported.
Another force of Swordfish at
tackled an enemy unit consisting of
three 8-in-gun cruisers. one torpedo
hit was almost certainly obtained on
the rear ship-a 10,O00-ton ship of
the Bolzano class-and the leading
ship of this formation was observed
to have reduced speed Immediately
after this attack.
"A force of Skuas naval dive
bombers) diye-bombed a formation
of three 6-inch-gun cruisers of the
Condottieri class. Two very near
misses were obtained, and it appears
that one of the enemy cruisers was
damaged"
A Fascist destroyer Of the Grecale
class was said to have been down
by the stern, listing heavily, and
another destroyer was reported
listing slightly and losing way.
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been hammering on many fronts,
with special intensification begin
ming September 7 against London.
Heavy Bomb Attack.
Now, In the course of the last IS
days, one major industrial city or
vital seaport after another has been
subjected to heavy bomb attacks.
German official announcements
have given the following informa-
ton:
November 15-Coventry, 500 tons
of high explosive bombs and thou
sands of incendiaries dropped.
November 20-Birmingham, 500
tons and more thousands of incen-
diaries. The Germans described the
Birmingham attack as worse than
Coventry.
November 23-Birmingham again,
to clean up" detectives passed over
previously in the big Midlands man
ufacturing city, 100 tons of explo-
sives dropped.
November 24-Southampton, 900
tons of bombs dropped, plus $4,000
incendiarieS.
November rs Bristol, several
hundred thousand" pounds of
bombs.
Plymouth Bombing.
November 28-Plymouth, bombed
by loads of lover a hundred BOMB
ers," each carrying approximately a
ton Of bombs, as well as scores of
incendiaries.
Then, last night and today, Liver
pool, where several hundred bomb
ers dropped several hundred tons"
of explosives.
All during this time, the Germans
say, London has been getting it.
Grain elevators, oil tanks, ware
houses and factories in Liverpool,
England's second largest port, were
shelled by the modern artillery of
the air." the Nazis said. Oil tanks
we're said to have burst under the
shock, sending much-needed fuel
burning wastefully into the Mersey
River. The Germans called it
destructive" blow against the port.
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tack" on Merseyside, q joint COM
munique Of the Air and Home Sc
curity Ministries acknowledged that
German bombs fell on "a large num-
Der Of isolated points in the southern
part of England"
But nowhere outside of the Mer-
seyside and northwest, it said, were
casualties or damages heavy and
even there "the numbers Of killed
or injured are not as great as might
have been expected"
Although damage admittedly was
done to many buildings and some
serious" fires were caused. British
reports said the raiders were met
with such violent anti-aircraft fire
they literally were blasted away
from their targets and were unable
to smash their main detectives.
One report after another from
provincial areas stressed the ferccity
of the "ack-ack" barrage not only
from the Merseyside area, but also
from East Anglia, Northeast Eng
land, the Midlands and Wales.
Liverpool Damage Minimized.
The Press Association, British
news agency, said the damage to
Liverpool was not heavy and that
fires set by incendiary bombs were
brought quickly under control.
Another Merseyside town under
went what was called its severest
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Col. Gilmore Named
p. ". A. Commissioner

Federal Works Administrator John
NJ Carmody today announced the
appointment of Col. M. E. Gilmore
of New York as commissioner OF
public works
Col. Gilmore, who has been re-
gional director of P. w. AS Region
No. /. with headquarters in New
York City, succeeds Col. E. w. Clark
who now is with the Budget Bureau
Under Col. Gilmore, Region / car
ried out the largest of any of the
regional programs of P. w. A.
The new p. w. A. commissioner
has a wide engineering and ad-
ministrative background in the
United States and South America
He joined P. w. A. in 1888 and was
State engineer inspector for New
York until his appointment as re-
gional director in 1887.
A native of Somerset, KY, Col
Gilmore was graduated from the
Tulsa University and attended the
Universities of Missouri and Ken
lucky. He served in the cavalry in
the Spanish War and was
a lieutenant colonel in the Engineer
Corps in the World War
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raid so far and a third reported q
fairly heavy" attack.
Although Londoners heard the
thrum Of heavy bombers' engines
during their 1,000th hour under air
raid alarm, the raiders passed the
capital by after the early night
hours and the all-clear sounded be-
fore am, following a long period
of quiet.
Three areas of London were iden-
titled officially as scenes of recent
heavy air raid damage-Silvertown,
East London district which was fat
tened by disastrous munitions ex-
plosion in the World War; Hackney,
in Northeast London, and Willesden,
in the northwest.
London had half-hour air raid
alarm-its first of the day-begin-
ming around noon.
Late information showed that res
idertial districts in two southwest
ern towns we're more extensively
damaged than first reports indi-
Gated, the Ministry of Home Security
said in communique.
A small number of persons was
killed, but casualties were not con-
sidered heavy, the communique
added.
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Gen. HoIcomb Named
TO Command Marines
For Another 4 Years /.
Nominated by President;
Joined Corps in 1900
As Second Lieutenant
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb was
nominated by President Roosevelt
today for another four-year term as
commandment Of the Marine Corps.
Gen. Holcomb, native Of New
Castle, Del, was commissioned q
second lieutenant in 1900 and was
promoted through the grades.
Gen. Holcomb, 81, rose through
the ranks in the Marine Corps, and
was made a brighter general in 1885
and the following year was ap-
pointed major general commandant
of the Marine Corps.
Rife Shooting Booster.
He has been prominently identi-
fed with the development of rife
shooting in the Marine Corps, and
at one time served as inspector OF
target practice. He was a shooting
member Of the corps rifle team fol-
six years, and in 1902 and 1908 was
a member of the United States rife
team participating in the Palmer
Trophy matches.
During the World War, Gen. Hol.
comb served abroad and partici.
pated in the battles of Chateau
Thierry, scissors, st. Mihiel and
the Argonne Forest.
He was awarded the Navy Cross
the Silver Star with three Oak Leaf
clusters, a Meritorious Service CT.
tation, the Purple Heart and was
three times cited in general orders
Of the Second Division. The French
government conferred on him the
Cross Of the Legion of Honor and
three times awarded him the Croiz
de Guerre with palm. -
Several Tours ut Quantico.
Gen. Holcomb has served several
tours OF duty at the Quantico
Marine base. He also served with
the North Atlantic Fleet, in the
Philippine Islands and with the
Legation Guard, Peking, China. Ir
1908 he served as attache on the
staff Of the American minister fol-
study Of the Chinese language. He
also is a former chief of staff tc
the commanding general of the
Marine barracks at Quantico.
He Is a graduate of the Army
Command and General Staff School
and also is graduate of the Army
War College.
In 1882, Gen. Holcomb was as
signed to the Office OF the Chief
OF Naval Operations. Four years
later, he was made commandant
of the Marine Corps schools at
Quantico. He became major gen.
eral commandant December /, 1886
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ton British transport in the Atlantic.
The British, acknowledging only
slight damage to the l0,0O0-ton
cruiser Berwick and loss of seven
men from two italian hits in the
battle of Sardinia, joyously claimed
that the Italian battle feet had been
wrecked as result of that engage
ment and the Arnistice Day
bombardment Of laramie.
BY British reckoning now Italy S
two newest and biggest battleships,
the 35,000ton Littorio, hit at
laramie, and the Vittorio Veneto
have been knocked out or so damaged
as to be useless for some time.
Two of Italy's four other battle
ships, of the 25,000-ton Cavour class,
were reported crippled at laramie:
the British claim Photographic proof
of this.
The British claimed they reported
the Sardinia battle with reserve.
The British press was jubilant
over the clash. Typical headlines:
The Daily Mail: big British
Naval Victory"
The Daily Herald: "Duce's Navy
Smashed Again"
The Daily Express: six Italian
Ships Hit as They Raced Away"
The Admiralty said the Berwick
was hit twice, resulting in the deaths
Of seven men, including an officer.
The damage, however, was said to
have been slight and "the ship is
ready for service"
A British fighter plane was shot
down, the Admiralty communique
said, while two Italian bombers were
destroyed.
Both sides made a point of men,
tioning that the other retired with
speed"
During the course of the chase"
which the British said was carried to
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AImazan Followers
Routed in Front Of
u. 5. Embassy
Down With Wallace
Shouts Are Gained
By Tear Cos

~ the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. "a pro-
Almazan demonstration before the
United States Embassy last night,
which police ended with tear gas
after stones had been hurled and
two attaches cuffed, marked a
stormy beginning for the visit of
Vice President-Elect Henry A.
Wallace.
Viva Almazan-down With Wal
lace!" a crowd of $50 to 200 shouted
when Mr.. Wallace arrived here to
represent the United States at the
Inauguration of President Elect
Gen. Manuel Avila Camacho Sum-
day.
The demonstrators, disgruntled
followers of Gen. Juan Andreau
Almazan, who was defeated by Gen.
Avila Camacho in the disputed
election of last July 7, jeered Mr..
Wallace and threw sstones at the
steel-shuttered windows of the
embassy before police scattered
them with tear gas.
wallace UnmOleSted.
While the crowd was gathered
before the Embassy, Mr.. Wallace
went to the Ambassadors residence
around the corner and calmly began
reading kilograms, although he could
hear the commotion nearby.
No attempt was made to modest
Mr.. Wallace but the military and
naval attaches of the embassy, Col.
Gordon Mccoy and Comdr. Wallace
Dillon, reported they were cuffed
about by the crowd.
Flying sticks and stones caused a
few minor injuries. Three youths
were arrested for throwing rocks
at the embassy and the Wallace
cars. Two policemen were struck by
rocks but neither required hospital
treatment.
Automobiles carrying the Wallace
party rolled up to the embassy to
the accompaniment of this cry:
THE United States betrayed
Almazan!"
Gen. Almazan, who maintained
that he defeated Gen. Avila Ca
macho in the July elections, re-
nounced claims to the Office Tuesday.
He said he was withdrawing in the
interest of peace.
Resentment Toward Wallace.
His followers expressed resentment
toward Mr.. Wallace because his
presence here constituted United
States recognition Of Gen. Avila Ca
macho as the President-elect.
The schedule drawn up for Mr..
Wallace today included presentation
of his credentials to President La
faro Cardenas this morning, fol-
lowed by a luncheon in the Embassy
honoring retiring Foreign Minister
Gen. Eduardo Hay and visit to
Chapultepec Castle, former home Of
Mexican Presidents.
Mr.. Wallace ignored the demon
stration in front of the Embassy.
II don't know anything about it,"
he said when questioned about it
later.
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Stowe
Continued From First Page

small refugee boat from Igumenitsa
this morning. We stepped ashore
into scenes of heart-breaking de-
struction and suffering. In is
months of war reporting have not
seen such wholesale evidence of
mans inhumanity to man.
We had scarcely visited the most
devastated areas of the city when
italian bombers resumed their daily
exercises" The population remains
In the city. Today, as throughout
four terrible weeks, they spent al
most all their daylight hours in Gel
lars, most of which are death traps,
or inside buildings, praying that the
bombs would fall elsewhere. We
spent most of the day with them,
among huddled masses of helpless
human beings; beside mothers who
crossed themselves again as air
plane motors hummed above the
fragile tiled roofs; besides babies
who whimpered restlessly in crowd
ed, darkened rooms.
Scores Still Buried.
In four weeks, more than 200 per-
sons are known to have been killed
in Corfu, but scores of bodies are
still buried in the ruins.
Numerous churches and public
buildings have been destroyed, in
addition to scores of private dwell
ings. Corfu. with its narrow streets,
arcades and balconies. was a gem of
old architecture, but many of the
oldest districts now are nothing but
rubbish heaps of brick and plaster
The entire city is dead, not one
shop or restaurant is open. The
= people have only candles and lamps
for lighting at night. No business
of any kind has been done here for
q month. Thousands of persons
here can do nothing except attempt
to survive the daylight hours behind
wooden or trick walls and then try
to sleep in preparation for the next
days gamble with death.
When the bombs dropped, at noon
today, we happened to be in one Of
the city's few safe places. Alarms
had been unceasing for three hours
and only cats could be seen on
dozens of silent streets. In the
afternoon I decided I must get some
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German Prisoners
Cause Row by Tbes
At ItoIions on War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AN EAST CANADIAN PORT,
Nov. 29.-Strife between Ger
man and Italian war prisoners
held in Newfoundland has be-
come so intense that they are
being separated to avoid trou-
BILE, the Canadian Press said to-
day.
It said the Rome Berlin axis
prisoners were getting along
badly" because of Nazi taunts
over Greek successes against the
Italian armies in Albania.
A new group Of Italian pris-
oners landed here today under
military escort from st. Johns,
Newfoundland, bound for an
internment camp in Eastern
Canada.
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sleep and I had slept only 20 min
utes when doomsday seemed I'M
leashed over our section of the city.
No Guns For An Answer.
A series of bombs struck few
hundred yards behind the hotel
Jolted from sleep, I was properly
scared, throwing myself against the
wall on the floor. But the people
of Corfu had been enduring this for
| four weeks-without one gun with
which the raiders could be answered.
One of this cluster of bombs hit
the inside of an asylum. Miracu-
lousy, no one was killed, but TOO
inmates had to be rounded up by
the police.
Corfu's tortured people are under
standably bitter about the Italians
murderous bombings, which also
have been loosed upon the entire
island. Yesterday (Tuesday) the
suburb of Alepou. where there are
nothing but tiny private cottages,
was showered with bombs. 1t is
insisted here that villagers else
where, including the inhabitants Of
Levkimo, have been machine gunned
from the air.
In any case, it is absolutely indis-
putable that Corfu is a defenseless
city, without armed protection of
any kind. We can testify personally
that today's bombings were fully
one mile from the port.
Corfu's only fertilization consists
of an ancient fortress, centuries old
without guns. Despite these facts
this city is being used as holiday
target for Fascist bombers. 1t is
impossible to escape the conclusion
that the Italians are following a
policy of unrestrained terrorism
against Corfus civilian population
and that the raids are being main
tanned at frequency calculated to
gain maximum results, regardless Of
the suffering inflicted.
Misery Inflicted on Helpless.
The mayor of Corfu explained that
anti-air defenses never were installed
here precisely in order to avoid
giving the Italians an excuse for
attacking Corfu on the grounds that
it was a fortified city. Unhappily
the reality of Corfu being an I'M
defended and open city has not
restrained Mussolinis aviators in the
slightest. The misery which they are
inflicting daily on tens of thousands
of helpless people, all of them
civilians, cannot be described.
Most of the buildings here have
no cellars worthy of the name, most
of them being merely lower rooms
in which scores of persons huddled
for six or seven hours. The rescue
work by the police and the limited
hospital corps sometimes is delayed
for hours because the Fascists are
bombing all moving objects and
central places Unfortunately.
One man said to me today: I'VE
have no guns at all That's why
they come here You see how brave
the italians are. When they have
to fight against soldiers, they run
away at once"
Monument to Mussolini's War.
One city official also expressed this
fear: "Corfu's charm and beauty,
her great attraction for tourists, has
all been due to her unspoiled char
acter and to the fact that the city's
buildings and streets are all just as
they were hundreds of years ago.
Now the Italians are destroying all
that. When they build again, many
of our people will construct modern
buildings and will clamor for wide
streets. All the perfume of Corfu
will he gone and one of the lovelieSt
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Grover
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duced from its pre-war boom to
four meatless days a week, will get
through the coming cold months
under the blockade.
(In Washington, the United
States Department of Agriculture
reported that the British block
ade of the Mediterranean has
been so effective that Italy faces
severe shortages of some food
stuffs and raw materials during
the winter)
One of the big questions being
asked by neutrals after last night
blast at Liverpool was: How long
can England hold out against the
smashing raids Of Germany's air
fleet?
Since early August the one weapon
with which Germany can physically
reach England-the Luftwaffe-ha
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old cities in Europe will be only a
memory"
But even today Corfu, with all its
Quilted homes and its rubble- filled
streets. with all its anguish and
pain--even today, Corfu is a monu-
ment. 1t is the barest, blacklist and
most unspeakable monument to
Mussolini and Fascism that Italian
FasciSm itself has yet created in
nearly 20 years of existence. Here
in Corfu you understand that the
black shirt has become more than
an outward symbol.
(Copyrisht, 1910. Chicago Daily News Inc }
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Mexican Demonstration
Minimized by WeIIes

By the Associated Press.
A demonstration in front of the
American Embassy in Mexico City
last night was described today by
Sumner Welles, Undersecretary of
State, as apparently an unimportant
and minor incident.
Mr.. Welles said the Embassy had
not even bothered to make a report
on 1t.
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London
Continued From First Page.)

tSoii1luCu rIoiu TAsI fdsc.'
Gently bombed-among them Bristol,
Plymouth and Southampton.
London remains target. Up to
shortly after noon today there had
been three daylight air alarms.
Five axis planes were shot down
over Britain today, while the r. A.
F. lost two fighter planes, the Air
Ministry announced.
Besides "the main wave of the at
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Thirty tons Of salt have to be.
placed under every mile of paving
in Nova Scotia annually as an anti
freeze.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26
Chamber Holds
 Noon Luncheon

The regular meeting of the Board of Director of the North western Alaska Chamber of Com merce met at the Nevada Grill Tuesday, June 18th.
 After disposal of the regular routine business the committee on Aviation reported that steps are now being taken to conclude the investigation for the drawing of plans for the new aviation field on the Center Creek tailing piles in conjunction with a pro- bable basin for hydroaeroplanes on Snake River.
 The Committee on Publicity has been authorized to investi- gate and report the cost and form of a new pamphlet to be issued as the stock of the last pamphlet is now virtually exhausted. Said expenditure is not to exceed S200 dollars.
 The committee on Street Signs reported progress. The City is still investigating the cost and number of signs required to cov- CT the streets of Nome. 
 Preident McConaghy appointed Director Charles Code to preside at the next meeting which will be public business meeting. He also appointed Director Ralph Lomen, chairman of the Social Gathering meeting which will be held on July Is.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26

Plans for the Fourth of July n Nome are in the capable hands oE some Of NoEe's CIVIC leaders | finance committee composed q Ere Chief Y. T. Laws and Chzz- II Code, has been canvas sing ne ci-y during the pas. week for donations. and from al reports $ receiving good support.
 Complete details of the cele- o-s-.8a are nor ready yer for an- nounceua-L but by the end of the weaz. announcements are ex pected- T. is reported there will be many new contests ard sports for young Noneites to take part I ard T s understood Band Music will be furnished by the Nome School Band So watch for further announcement.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26

Funeral services for the late Patrick H Sweeney, U. s. Deputy Marshal al Candle. are schedul- ed for a. m. Thursday at the S. Joseph's Church, it was an- n0urced today.
 Tom Sweeney, brother of the deceased returned to Nome from Fairbanks Monday evening with the body He flew 10 Fairbanks Saturday night but was unable to get there before his brother died.
 The Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. l. of which Pat Sweeney was a member are being requested 10 attend .he last rites b their bro taei- member. Interment will ezze place st Belmont Point Cemetery.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26

The American National Red Cross War Relief drive is now nearing a close. Further dona- tions will be received made pay able to the local Red Cross Sec retary. Another $100 is needed to compete the Seward Penin- sula quota.
 Let us help to do a part to re ieve the drastic situation. That we can help in no other way, nc matter how small, it will help.
 Miss Sheppard, Secty.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26

l. Was reported that some of me fireworks supplies of local merchants were discovered aboard the S s. Columbia on her return t-lp at Dutch Harbor, and that me '. s. Coast Guard Pat rol Boat Perseus would bring the supplies 70 Nome about the first Of July.
The Nome nugget., 1940-06-26
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Las word received said the Union Oil tanker which annual r has supplied the U. 5. Smelt- ing Refining and Mining Co. with its years supply of oil, was ex- pec:ed to arrive al Nome about June 23.a.
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