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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 87. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, July 17, 1940. Pr:ce per lw
Nomination Roosevelt Is Apparent
Report Conquest of Britain to Start Friday Night
U. S. Warships Are Believed Headed For Far East
Alaska Delegation Resolves
In Favor Statehood Plank
On Dem. National Platform
CHICAGO, Jtuly 16 f/P) — The
Alaska Democratic delegation
caucused and resolved in favor of j
a platform plank urging the dev-!
elopment of the Territory in the
“traditional American way, and
for an enlarged power of self
government leading to eventual
statehood.” They also proposed
planks pledging the party to the
development of potential “large
oil and gas fields;” also in favor
-of the “prohibition of all federal
tolls on highways and bridges”
in the Territory.
The statehood plank would fa
vor the appointment only of bona
fide residents to territorial offic
es and pledged to native citizens
“the same fair, equal treatment,
including the payment of all just
claims against the government,
•which is accorded to other citi
zens.”
Chairman Oscar G. Olson an
nounced that Delegate Dimend
was designated to serve on the
Resolutions committee; Olson on
the Credentials committee, Jam
es V. Davis on the Rules commit
tee and Harvey J. Smith on the
committee for permanent organ
ization.
President Roosevelt Notifies
Convention "Has No Desire
For The Renomination”
CHICAGO, July 16 (tP) — Presi
dent Roosevelt notified the con
vention that he “had no desire or
purpose” to be a candidate for
renomination but that “all dele
gates of this convention are free
to vote for any candidate.” The
statement was made through Sen
ator Barkley at the conclusion oi
a long speech frequently inter
rupted by demonstrations for the
President.
Barkley said “I and another
close friend, of the President,
long have known that he has no
wish to be a candidate again. We
know too, that in no way what
soever has he exerted any influ
ence in the selection of delegates
or upon the opinions of the dele
gates to this convention tonight.
At the specific request and au
th. rization of the President I am
making this simple fact clear to
this convention. The President
has never had and has not today
| any desire or purpose to contin
ue in the office of President, to be
ja candidate for that office, or to
I be nominat 'd for that office. He
[wished in all earnestness and sin
cerity to make it clear that all
| delegates to this convention are
free to vote for any candidate.
That is the message I bear to you
'.vm the President of the United
States.”
| 1 ue P-rtekdeiithi cUdsiatiori full
; ed to deter the third termers who
1 continued plans to draft him. pro
bably tomorrow, rushing the
nomination a day ahead of sched
ule. The declaration started a
great demonstration which last
j 3
ed for over an hour and included
a parade of shouting and milling
delegates, waving most of the
state's standards.
Harry Hopkins predicted the
President would be nominated
i by aeciaimation by tomorrow
night. Senator Byrnes echoed the
i prediction. Hopkins said “The sit
uation which has developed in
' the past year, partieuarly our
domestic pr hems, and related to
! that,” will be “compelling rea
sons” why the President will ac
cept the renomination. “Roose
1 velt is wanted not only by these
delegates, but what is far more
important, by the great masses
of the American people.” Hop
kins said some dissents however
remained.
Senator Clark of Idaho said
that Senator Wheeler would be
nominated on a plan and the Gar
ner headquarters said he was
stiil in the race.
i During the night the platform
committee agreed on the contents
of that document, including an
; anti-war plank described as sat
isfactory by the strongest of the
anti-war advocates. It will be pre
sented to the convention tomor
! row afternoon.
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Small Town
Hard Hit By
Mine Explosion
SONMAN, Pennsylvania, July
16 i(/P)—Forty seven bodies were
recovered from the explosion
which basted Kopper's coal mine.
The explosion shook three sec
tions of the big mine about 12.000
feet from the entrance. Twenty
one men scrambled to safety. The
cause of the blast was not I
known. The death list hit many
families in the town of 400 per-1
sons.
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Alaska National Convention
Delegates Vote Cor Farley
—
CHICAGO, July 17 (JP) —
Alaska Chairman Davis said the j
National resolutions committee
voted unanimously to leave the
representatives from the terri
tory as at present which means
that Alaska will keep six dele
gates instead of being reduced to
three. He said inasmuch as Roose
velt was not an official candidate
the Alaska delegation felt in
structed to cast teir vote for Far
ley, explaining that they were
instructed to vote for Roosevelt
if was a candidate, otherwise to
vote for Farley. The Alaskans
weer wearing Bankhead buttons
showing his as their vice-presi
dent choice.
The party patform adopted by
the convention tonight declared
“We will not send out our army
'naval or air forces to fight in
foreign lands outside of the Am
ericas except in case of attack.”
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins
declareu that nothing in the
plank changes in any way the for
eign policy of the President - or
the Secretary of State.
Draft - Roosevelt Sentiment
Blazes Through Convention
Smothers 3rd Term Opposition
CHICAGO, July 17 CP) — The
final drafting of the plank on the
foreign policy in the tangled
Democratic platform committee,1
was renewed and the controversy
snarled the plans of the conven
tion program. Senator Barkley
said after leaving a committee
session that they had reached an
agreement to recess this after-,
noon. They were scheduled for a
session until 5 p.m. PST. The plat
form was scheduled to go before
the 11 a.m. session but the com
mittee was so tied up on the
war plank that a final draft was
considered impossible of attain
ment until much later in the day.
Senator Barkley declined to
discuss the events in the com
mittee but it was learned that
Senator Pepper started a deter
mined fight to force the inclu
sion in the^foreign policy, a de
c’aration and pledge of “full aid
short of war’’ to Great Britain.
The draft-R ,'osevelt sentiment
blazed through the convention
with a fierceness that threatened
to smother third term opposition
and leaves unanswered only the
question of how the President
will accept the nomination. The
third-termers are going ahead
as confidently as if Roosevelt
said he would accept the renom
ination instead he only said “I
have no wish to be a candidate."
Hopkins and other third term
ers gather to map a floor strategy
to make Roosevelt the party
choice. What Roosevelt will do
when nominated remains to be
seen. New Deal lieutenants pre
dicted he would accept and some
even hinted at a presidential ad
dress to the convention by tele
phone from the White House.
ARRESTS HALT BUND-AFFILIATED MEETING
__
Shown here, left to right, are Mathias Kohler, of Irvington, N. J., a trustee of C’amp Nordland;
Wihelm Kunze, leader of the German-American Bund; August Klapprott, head of the Camp at
Andover Township, N. J., and attorney Wilbur V. Keegan, discussing the arrests of Kohler, Kunze
► and Klapprott on charges of inciting racial and religious hatred. Deputy sheriffs arrested the trio
shorty before a program of speeches was to start at the camp. The program was ealed off. The
men were released on $1,000 bail each after spending the night in jail.
Seattle Manager
^ age-Hour Div.
Coming Alaska
—
WASHINGTON. July 17 UP) —
J. R. Dille, manager of the Seat
ti- office of the Wage-Hour div
ision is leaving on a survey of
wage-hour law enforcement prob
leir.s in the Alaska division. It
was announced he will leave on
tb,v A'aska Clipper tomorrow for,
c I’ferences with Governor Er-;
nest Gruening and labor officials.
Study Forming
Protectorates In
Central and S. A.
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 16 f/Pi'
— Foreign Minister Saenz disclos
: ed that he has received and is:
studying a note from the United;
| States on the estabishment of a;
protectorate over European pos-1
sessions in Central and South.
America. Deta Is of the common
ication were n >t immediately
forthcoming.
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Latest On Convention
Up until 5:45 this afternoon,
the radio broadcast of the Dem
ocratic National Convention at
Chic - • .mi the majority •»
the states voting cast their votes
for Roosevelt for presidential
nominee. James Farley and Jack
Garner also polled a state each,.
Late reports Indicated that it was
the intention to complete the
nomination for president tonight
and possibly the nomination for
vice-president. Last telegraphic
reports gave a schdule of—presi
dential nomination tonight and
vice-presidential tomorrow. Tt
indicated that James Farley was
slated for the vice-presidential
nomination.
Report Friday Night Zero
Hour ! onquest of Britain
ips Speeding Far East
UNDATED. July 16 (/P) __ An
apparent “trial balio n" peace of
fer to Britain by the Axis pow
ers with the alteinative, a threat
of a full blast assault on the
British Isies floated from diplo
i rnatic circles in R> me.
Simultaneously, the interna
itional picture darkened with the
resignation of the Japanese cab
inet headed by Premier Yonai. It
I appeared likely that the Yonai
cabinet will be succeeded by a I
group favoring stronger action
against the Western powers in
the Orient, including the United!
States.
This report coincided with the
departure of strong forces of the
United States battle fleet from
Pearl Harbor, numbering two
battleships, 12 cruisers, the air
craft carrier Enterprise, and a
poweful array of destroyers.
While the Navy department main
tained silence, speculation was
aroused that the American ships
may be steaming to patrol the
British and French isles in the
south Pacific, but was without
confirmation.
Elsewhere, the French news
paper Le Petit Dauphinois quot
ed foreign diplomatic quarters
in Switzerland as saying that
this Friday night may become
the zero hour, weather permit
ting, for a monster crossing of ,
the channel in the invasion of
the British Isles. A German ex
ipeditionary force of 600,000 men
and hundreds of ships, the news
paper said, have long awaited
storming the island fortress, or
iginally set for the night of July
9 or 10 but were delayed because
of disagreement among Hitler’s
generals. The Nazi ships are re
ported poised all along the
channel coast from Brest to Ber
gen.
UNDATED, July 17 (/P) — Am
erica s interest in the Orient
sharpened amid an ominous lull
m the European conflict as Jjpan
chose a new premier to carry out
their policy of foreign expan
sion. United States warships are
believed to be speeding to the
far East
New complications arose in
Berlin, where authorized Nazis
said the United States, following
its expressed desire of keeping
world trade lanes open, sh uld
condemn the British blockade
against Germany and Italy.
The Japanese foreign office an
nounced that Britain agreed to
close the Burma road, China’s
main life line for war supplies,
and also to shut off the flow of
arms traffic to China from Hong
kong.
In Tokyo, the emperor sum
moned Prince Konoye, aged 48,
and commanded him to advocate
a totalitarian one-party system
form for the new cabinet.