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The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
BIG LINERS IN SERVICE NEW YORK TO s. F.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 - The huge liner, SS Washington steamed into San Francisco for a new intercoastl service between San Francisco and New York.
 Thousand waited to watch the huge liner come under Golden Gate bridge but dense fog com- oletely shrouded the vessel.
 The Washington was brot here from New York by Capt. Herman Manning. Captain Manning earl fer this year had considerable difficulty in convincing a Maxi submarine commander that his vessel was a neutral.
 The Washington, with its his- toric sister ship, the SS Man. hattan, was transferred from transatlantic service for the intercoastal route. The Manhat- an, which is now proceeding town the Atlantic, is scheduled to arrive at San Francisco on August "A.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Bomb Explodes In Washington, D. C.. Postoffice
Commander of Shoshone Asserts No Foundation For Rumors Russian
 Qualifications Big Diomede Island

ALAMEDA, Calf, Aug. 2l (P) . Commander Harold Bradbury, of the Coast Guard cutter Sho- shone just back from a patrol criuse in Alaskan waters describ- ed the reports that Russia has fortified Big Diomede Island: 50 far as I was able to see, there are no foundations whatsoever to
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Greece Cancels Leaves, Calls
 Reseryes--Italy

ATHENS, Aug. 20 lPl - The Greek Army cancelled all leaves. A spokesman said We will not be caught by surprise if Greece is invaded" Several thousand men of a number of military class were called to the colors. Tension is growing between Greece and Italy precipitated by Italian charges that Greece is responsible for the assassination of an Albanian It was reported that Italian troops are massing along the Albanian frontier.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Secretary Ickes And Wendell Willkie Exchange Retorts Over
 Criticism of President Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (P)- Secretary Ickes called Wendell Willkie's criticism of President Roosevel2s handling of foreign affairs ill considered and dem agodic.' Iehes termed the Repub- lican party a party of appease- ment and contains an equivalent of England's and Frances pro- Nazi Munich appeasers of 1888, the same as men with black um- brellaS." Ic,ias said Willkie was a member of Tammany Hall and
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21

lar supplemental defense bill which the committee approved,
 Furlong said progress stopped when plants found out that it was more profitable to do busi- ness with the British.
 The House Military committee gave tentative approval to the registration for military service, of men from IS to 64 years of age inclusive.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Four Killed In Cartridge Plant Explosion

GIBBSTOWN, N. J., Aug. 20 lP)-Four men were killed in an explosion which wrecked the car fridge filling building at the Du- Pont Company'S Depauno dyna- mite plant. The blast shook build ings over a wide area and shat tered windows five miles distant. About 1900 pounds of dynamite let go. The plant was destroyed, The cause of the explosion was not known.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21

the rumors that the island is being fortified as air and naval bases by the Russians. I can't un- derstand how any power would undertake to fortify so unstrateg icaIly located a place. All I saw was a barn-like frame building. Perhaps they constructed house boat.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
U. s. Leases
 Islands Pacific From Britain

LONDON, Aug. 21 (A0 - For eign office sources confirmed the report that the United States leas ed the islands of Canton and En- derbury in the Southern Pacific from Great Britain as air bases. The leases run for 50 years for provision to be extended indefin- itely.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Y Supposed Friend Drives Pick-ax Into Skull Of Leon Trotsky Hope Operation May Save Life

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 20 (R) - A supposed friend drove a pick ax into the. skull of Leon Trotsky as the two chatted at the home of the exiIed Russian revolution ist. General Jose Manuel, Chief of the federal district police told reporters that surgeons operated on Trotsky and that there are
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hopes of saving his life"
 The police said the assailant gave his name as Jacques Mor- tan, 36,a Belgian.
 TrotSky only recently escaped unharmed firm a machine gun at tack on his house. He blamed the Russian secret police for the at tack.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Bomb Explodes Washington, D. C. Post Office

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 lPy - A bomb exploded in a branch post office injuring two postal employees. The bomb was in a mail bag unloaded from a truck and addressed to a Washington woman, the name of whom the authorities withheld.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Air Raid On Gibraltar Fires Top Of Rock Down---LOng Range
 Guns Ammunition Dumps Hit

LA LIMA, Spain, Aug. 2l (P)- Gibraltar famed like a veacany after raiding warplanes dropped bombs. Flames were seen spread ing down from the top of the
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21

The Nome Daily Nugget carries several forms of printing blanks for your convenience - Dredge Logs, thawing and drill reports Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode Location Notica. Vouchers,
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Plain, Simple FalsehoOds, Surprised at President

RUSHVILLE, Indiana, Aug. 20 lP) - Wendell Willkie termed Ickes' statement as plain, simple falsehoods and said he was as- tonished that the President would authorize such a speech.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21

rock where the long range bat
 .Nries were apparently hit, and toward the town where alarms sent residents to shelters. Am munition dumps were also fired.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21

a friend and admirer of the late Samuel Insull, utilities operator.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-21
Runlania Cedes Land Bulgaria Frontier 1912


 LONDON, Aug. q l40 - The Reuters news agency reported from Bucharest that Rumania has agreed definitely to cede Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria, returning the frontier to 1912. Bulgarian troops are already at the border to occupy the new territory.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Victory Dinner Heads
 To Meet This Evening
Charmen of All Committees Will Get Together to Dis
 ,. cuss Plans for Entertainment of Goyernor- Elect Robert A. Hurley

Chairinen of committees for the Victory Dinner to be rendered Gov ernor- elect and Mrs. Robert A. Hur- ley at The Elton December IT will hold . meeting tonight to discuss arrangements for the affair. The full personnel of all committees will be decided at the session.
 Senator George T. Culhane, whose Progressive Democratic Association is sponsoring the dinner, has an- nounced that Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, secretary of state-elect and president of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Womens Clubs, and Rev. E. Dent Lackey, who won acclaim during the recent cam paign as speaker, have accepted invitations to be present. It was an nounced earlier that ex-U. S. Att torney General Homer s. Cummings nad sent word of his acceptance.
 The Democrat reported Saturday that Goyernor-elect Hurley and State Chairman John T. Mccarthy planned to be present, despite the request of the local town committee that they stay away rom the gatn- ering.
 Most local organization Demo- cratic leaders will boycott the dinner, supporting Town Chair man Maurice F. Tangney in his declaration that holding of the dinner under Culhane spon- sorship was unfortunate" However. Mayor Vincent A. Scully may feel that he has to attend to welcome the governor -elect, though political associates have urged him not to go
 Governor -elect Hurley's acceptance of Senator Culhane's invitation is considered rebuff to the party or ganization here, though MT. Hurley is said to feel that there was no way he could refuse the bid. Strain ed relations between the local and state organizations will probably re- suit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
GREAT BRITAIN
 HAS BUSY TIMES
Cruiser May Have Sighted Raider; Italians Are Con-
 tacted in Egypt

Montevidao, Dec. g - UPo = Reports circulated without official confirmation today that the British Cruiser Enterprise had sighted the German sea raider that damaged the Carnarvon Castle last Thursday and had closed in to give battle.
 According to 8 reliable source, officers of the Carnarvon Castle here for repairs, received word from the Enterprise last night that she had sighted and was overriding the fleeing German raider.
 Captain H. N. Hardy, commander of the Carnarvon Castle, said earlier that he was confident the raider would be unable to escape the speedy Enterprise, because the Cruiser had picked up the Carnar- von Castle shortly after its en- gagement with the German vessel, and immediately had rushed north ward at full speed.
 The opinion was expressed that the raider could not escape destruc- tion, if overtaken by the Enterprise, because of superiority of the latter's firing power.
 The fact that official quarters here had received no confirmation of the report of a battle between the Enterprise and the raider was considered logical, since British na- val units do not reveal positions during their South Atlantic patrol duty.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
BACK TAXES TO
 BE COLLECTED
State Tax Commissioner Has Plan to Benefit
 Municipalities
(NEA Radiophoto)

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 9-(UP)- State Tax Collector Charles J. Mc- Laughlin said today that legislation was being prepared which would enable municipalities to collect ap- proximately $16,525 ,000 ill delinquent assessments through foreclosure of tax liens.
 Mclaughlin outlined the program before a meeting of the Connecticut Tax Collectors Association.
 The bill to be offered the General Assembly when it convenes in January, he said, provides for fore closure by municipalities ill the su- perior cou4t, without directly af- fecting the property owner in the litigation. Municipalities would be enabled to dispose of the property to third party and put it back on the active tax list.
 "These proceedings" he said, would allow you to clean up your books of old dilapidated junk which nobody claims property to-"
 The bill, he declared, was of ''vi- tai importance" for the efficient operation of the tax system.
 No New Taxes Needed
 Mclaughlin said that in view ot the industrial upswing now current in the state, i've will probably not need any new sources of taxes"
 But, he added, i've need to broad en the base of present taxes and ef- feet some way to clean up unpaid taxes"
 He warned that the state might experience imitation and rise in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

 GIRL LOSES LIFE
Burned to Death in Her WOOnsOcket Home; Par
 ents Badly Injured

Woonsocket, R. T., Dec. 9-CUP) A four-year -old girl was burned to death today and her parents were injured critically when they plunged from a window of their top-floor flat as fire swept a four story wooden tenement building. Stanley Sitko, 28, regained con- sciousness at hospital long enough to inform police that a charred body found in the ruins could only be that of his daughter Georgette. A dozen other persons fled unassiSt- ed. His wife Jeanette, 28, remained unconscious with probably fatal spine and internal injuries. Sitko said there were no other children, thus halting a search caused by a report that the Sitkos had three month-old baby.
 A neighbor, Edward Rock, said he arrived at the scene to find Sitko crumpled on the ground and Mrs. Sitko preparing to leap with the child ip her arms. Rock said that he had pleaded with the woman to walt for firemen, she tainted, drop ping the child inside and then top- bling out of the window herself. The husband said he smelled smoke md found the only stairway exit block cd by flames. He leaped first. he said. hoping to be able to break the fall of his wife and daughter. The fire was believed to have started from 6 ciearete dropped h spilled kerosene on a third-floor landing, Loss was estimated ct ahout $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
GREECE IN WILD
 CELEBRATIONS
Port That Italy Had Boast ed Would Never Fall Has
 Been Captured
BY REIN AMES
bI BEN AWES United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Athens, Greece, Dec. 9-OP)- Greek troops drove close to Elbasan and Hepelini, provisional Italian bases on the north and south AL banian fronts today, while the na- tion wildly celebrated the capture of Argyrokastron, the South H. banian stronghold which the Ital- ian radio had boasted last week twill remain hl our hands until the end of the war"
 The Greeks now dominate south Albania. They have wrested an es- timated 4,000 of Albania's 17,000 square miles from the Italians. At one point, above Lake Orchida in the Mokra mountains of the north front, they have penetrated 50 miles into Albania, close to Elbasan, in almost the exact center of the country.
 Reports at Struga, Jugoslav frontier town, said the Greeks had captured Gjinari, eight miles south east of Elbasan, and that they had occupied Humelica, in the south and were advancing up the main road toward SubaSi, seven miles from Tepelini)
 Crowded With Wounded
 Italian prisoners were quoted that Valona, Albanian port, was crowd ed with wounded, many of whom lay on the docks waiting for trans portation back to Italy; that the docks were choked with munitions and that transport service had been completely disorganized by
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The heaviest fighting ended quickly and the Italians evacuated everything but skeleton suicide" force to cover the retreat. The sIlre- shooting Greek mountain artillery cleared out the last Italian rern- nants from heights and villages around Argyrokastron, then, from the foothills below, the Greek Eve zones fought toward the center ot town.
 At this point the Greek artillery no longer could assist the infantry because teh Italians and Greeks were too near one another.
 At 10:30 a. m. a young artillery officer shouted eXcitedly to his crew and pointed toward heavy Italian tanks advancing along the road, machine-gunning the hillside, ap- parently in belief the Greeks were hidden there.
 Tanks Move Away
 The tanks moved out of sight be- hind the spur of the mountain and we couldn't see teh effect of the shells that began whining over our heads and exploding to send echoes booming through the valley. The Italian advance guard was only 500 yards away, their machine guns blazing.
 It wasn't clear whether the ate tacking tanks came from Argyroka- stron or the three suburban villages.
 The siege of Argyrokastron was directed from fortress in village high on a mountain, overlooking the countryside like an Eagles nest, where the Greek divisional com. mand set up headquarters.
 Far below, main road winds to Argyrokastron through a valley hanked with snow-capped peaks. some of them hidden in the swirling clouds. The advance was feat in mountaineering. Torrential rains had made the steep village streets as slick as glass. The village is built of slate-like slabs, of the same stone as the surrounding mountains, and must have been invisible to high- flying Italian bombers.
 Greek officers stood under a bal- cony with their field glasses trained on tiny figures on the opposite mountain ridge semaphoring news of the battle in the Argyrokastron valley below.
 Inside the large house used e headquarters, log fires cast their glow over brightly -colored rugs and there was a tangle of field tele-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
COP CHAIRMEN
 URGED TO UNITE
State Chairman Bradley Asks Harmony as Ses=
 sion Opens Today

Hartford, Conn.,, December g - (UP-The new Republican State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley, today urged the 169 local chairmen throughout the state to give their fullest cooperation to the central committee, declaring that party unity is, the keystone of success"
 T have already sent requests through the members of the state, central committee for those choices of possible committee assignments desired by Republican members of the Legislature" he said. T assume their recommendations will be &C., companied by the qualifications of the member recommended so that the choice may be made on the basis of merit and service"
 He told each of the chairmen that you know the trend of the times in your own town. You know how the party policy should be shaped to take the maximum advantage of ev- cry opportunity for service, public welfare and party good. rely upon you to the fullest extent to help me and to keep me informed on these matters"
 The central committee meets to- day to prepare the Republican leg islative program. The General, As sembly convenes Jan. when Dem- ocratic Public Works Commissioner Hurley is inaugurated as the suc- cesSor to Republican Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin.
 Democrats control the Senate but are in the minority In the House. Organization of the Legislature will be the first major task and unless joint rules are approved, considera- ble delay and party pickering may mark the 2l-week session. The joint committee arrangement was adopt ed during the 1889 session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Sea War Raging Near
 Western Hemisphere
ROOsevelts Warship Is Very Close to Present Scene of Sea Warfare-Stl Safe at Sea
(By United Press ]

(Undated) - The sea war ragged close to the shores of the western hemisphere today. A British cruiser captured a German freighter off the coast of Cuba and British warships were reported to be closing in on a German raider of the coast of South America.
 In the vast theater of operations, steamed the cruiser Tuscaloosa with President Roosevelt aboard. The Tuscaloosa had dropped anchor of the French island of Martinique yesterday while the president par leyed with American representatives stationed there. The United States is concerned lest Martinique come un- der German control and become a center of German naval activity in western hemispheric waters.
 But the neutrality zone set up by the American nations from which they sought to bar all belligerent &C., tivity had been violated four times in the past week. and fifth viola ton seemed to be impending.
 AA1C o4Au4oAA 4A4CA SAld1lU U u1OC4 Sd1 narvon Castle was in Montevideo harbor repairing damage suffered in sea battle with a German raider which occurred within the neutral ity zone. Before the battle, she had halted two Brazilian ships of the coast of Brazil and removed German passengers. Brazilian authorities were protesting these alleged viola tions of the zone.
 Close In On Raider
 The British battleship Warspite and cruiser Enterprise were report ed to be closing in on the raider with which she had fought, some- where of the coast of South Amer ica. and, reportedly. within the zone.
 The adventures of the 5,033 ton German freighter Idarwaid came to an end of the south coast of Cuba yesterday afternoon when she was boarded by sailors from the 4,e50 ton British cruiser Diomede. The Ger man crew had tried to scuttle her and. presumably. was taken prisoner. This information came from the United States navy in Washington (Coutinued on Pare q a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

Many people were buried in wreck age and in testimony of the ma terial damage, nine hospitals, four churches, a convention and four vicarages were among the buildings hit.
 There were many casualties among patients and members of the staff of one hospital which suffered a direct hit. Wounded men and wo- men were dug from the wreckage and taken to other parts of the hospital for emergency treatment.
 There had been a strange calm of A hours, during which not a single German plane had been re- ported over the London area, when the German attacked in full fury and at the same time, German long range guns opened a bombbardment from the French coast which rocked buildings for miles along the Ken tish shore.
 Anti-aircraft guns in the London area burst into fire as the first planes planes were sighted and then, about 6 pm. yesterday, the air raid alarm was sounded.
 8 Hours of Terror
 For approximately eight hours the German planes came over tirelessly and though their attac kdiminished in intensitk in the early morning hours it was not until after a. m. today that the "all clear" was sounded.
 High explosive and fire bombs be- gan striking in districts all over London and many fires broke out As hundreds of anti-aircraft guns opened fire, more and more German planes swept up the Thames estuary and soon the horizon was bright with flames from burning buildings and the flashes of the guns.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Last Italian Stronghold Stormed In Vicious House-To-House Fight
Greeks Attacked Tanks Like Mad Men,; Those Inside Never Got Out;
 Italy Admits It; New Battle Lines
By J. H. YINDRICH AND GEORGE PELEOLOGOs
 United Press Staff COrrespondents)

With the Greek Army in the Argyrokastron Sec. tor, (via Athens) p. m. Dec. 8-CUP)-Argyrokas- tron was captured shortly after today when the Greeks stormed the last Italian stronghold, in the BersagIier division used heavy tanks to block the narrow streets. The Greeks fought their way from house to house, attacking the tanks like mad men, pushing rifle butts into treads the tank runners or dropping from the balconies of houses and pushing grenades through the gunners' lookout slot
 Ant-tank units helped shell the Italians from barri- caded buildings The assault began at dawn and proceeded with the precision of field maneuver Greek batteries m the surrounding hills flashed vcouSy in the hadarkness, signaling the battle The shells fell around sodlookmg Mosque the outskirts where the Italians held the main road under control Five shells landed dead the target the domes roof collapsed like cracked egg shell We the Italians run for cover outlined by the glow o burn
 ing storehouSeS Greek machine gunnerS who had worked down to outskirts of town under of darkness caught them in crossfre. We many Bersagiere fall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
BRITISH BOMBS|
 SMASH GERMANY
Nazi Bases Are Pounded Almost to Pieces; British
 Kept at It for Hours
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent

 London, Dec. 9.-UP)-Strong British bomber squadrons, again striking at German bases from which U-boat and air attacks are launched against Great Britain, started big fires at Bordeaux and Brest and touched off great blue fash explosions at Lorient, the air ministry said today.
 Elaborating on reports of British raids that extended all along the European coast and to the Dussel- dorf industrial center of Germany. the air ministry said that the att tack on French bases held by the NaziS began soon after dusk and lasted several hours.
 Coastal command bombers heav- fly attacked Bordeaux while others raided Brest and Lorient for the second time in A hours, the minis try said.
 'The attack on Bordeaux (far down the coast of France on the Bay of Biscay) was launched soon after dark and heavy bombs of the first raiders started a great fire in buildings between the two dock basins" the communique said. Bor- deaux, Brest and Lorient are among the most important French naval bases being used by German U-boats to attack British shipping in the Atlantic.
 British COmmunique.
 The communique added:
 At Lorient, sticks of bombs were distributed across the docks and storehouses.
 "A great blue flash was seen after one savo hit the dry docks.
 "Brest was lit up soon after the raid began by the flare of burning dockside buildings. A roof fell in while the attack was in progress and pilots overhead could see the flames reflected in the water.
 Other bombs struck around the port, military and naval barracks and dry docks"
 The British attacks included new raids intended to lessen effectiveness of bases in Belgium, Holland and France from which the Nazis re- gently have made intense raids on British industrial cities, including last nights heavy attack on Lon- don.
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