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VOL. 41. No. 73. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939 Price per copy 194
Britons Running Short Food, Water
House Approves $1,735,000,000 For Year’s Relief
‘NEVER STRONGER
were the words of French Pre*
mier Daladier (above) when he
coupled his summary of France’s
desire for peace with a warning
of her military strength. He said
that France would not yieid an
inch of territory to aggression.
German Jews In
Europe, Back
From Cuba
ANTWERP, June 17 .(/P) — Re
fugee German Jews returning
from a fruitless voyage to Cuba,
revealed they had formed an anti
suicide committee to prevent
mass leapings overboard of the
907, which they numbered.
Only one slew himself, slash
ing his wrists and jumping over
board in Havana harbor.
Afterwards, more than 200
formed a sueide pact but were
prevented from carrying it out.
Some of them were assigned to
Belguim, others to the Nether
lands, England, and France.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
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Blockaded Con
cessions Running
Short of Food
UNDATED, June 19 </P> —Pre
mier Chamberlain told the House i
of Commons that the British and
Japanese governments were con
ferring in London and Tokyo in
an effort to settle the tense
blockade incident between the na
tions at Tientsin.
Chamberlain said it is still
hoped that a local settlement is
possible although he said the in
cident is confused “by the intro
duction of larger issues of a gen
eral policy.” He said the British '
government believed the Japan- j
ese government “shared their |
Avn desire not to widen the j
area of disagreement or render j
more acute, an already difficult j
situation.”
The removal of British women j
and children from the conces- :
sions at Tientsin was considered j
■ by British authorities as the seige j
neared the end off its sixth day,
with a shortage of foodstuffs and
milk already felt.
A new menace appeared in the
concession, in the possibility of
a water shortage. The conces
sions by yesterday, had used
230,000 of the 280,000 gallon cap
acity.
If the British should decide to
send their women and children
out. they will probably sail
aboard a passenger ship Wednes
day, for Chinwangtao, a Peitaho
beach resort.
Army authorities at Tokyo said
electified fences would be erected
around the concessions tonight.
Halt All Cargo
Except Bulk Goods
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 (/P)
—.Waterfront employers suspend
ed relations with the ship clerks
association at 8 a.m.. halting all
handling of cargo in the bay port
except lumber and bulk goods.
^uh?erih<» for t.hp Nuffppt
WPA Projects
Restricted To
Work and Relief
WASHINGTON, June 17 </P) —
A weary House ended a 14-hour
session early today and puit an
emphatic OK on the bill pro
viding $1,735,000,000 for relief for
the year starting July 1st.
The bill provides for the abol- j
ishing of such WPA projects as
theatrical productions and re
stricting work and relief spend
ing. It provides for the substitut
ing of a three member bi-parti
san board for WPA administrat
or.
It also transfers $125,000,000
of the $1,725,000,000 requested by
President Roosevelt for WPA to
the PWA.
Tornado In
Minnesota Causes
25 Miles of Damage
MINNEAPOLIS, June 19 {/?)—
A tornado jumping along 25
miles of countryside like a giant
destructive grasshopper killed 10
persons yesterday, injured up
wards of 60 and caused property
damaged of possibly $500,000.
Sections of seven towns, Cor
coran, Maplegrove, Cbamplin,
Anoka, Cedar, St. Francis, and
Bethel, lying 15 to 30 miles west
and northwest of here were dam
aged. In Anoka, some 5,000 per
sons are suffering the most ser
ious damage. Forty or fifty build
ings were demolished and five
persons killed.
The dead include a family of
four, whose automobile ran head
long into the wind near Corcor
an.
ATTENTION PIONEERS
Pioneers are requested to at
tend the funeral services of Bro.
Arthur Wright at the Federated
Church, Tuesday, June 20, at 2
p.m. |
? Rl D E S O V E R A X L E as German Field Marshal Hermann Goering (left), brandishing
his baton, paraded In a phaeton with Marshal Italo Balbo, Italian governor of Libya, through the
Streets of Tripoli. Goerlng’s visit to the African colony was incidental to conferences concerning the
stand of the Rome-Bcrltn axis In Europe’s new lineup, bringing new concern to the democracies.
Lockheed Vega To Seattle—Leaving June 25th
RETURNING ABOUT AUGUST 1. FARE $200 FOR ROUND TRIP. FOR INFORMATION INQUIRE AT MIROW AIR SERVICE OFFICE
Survey On For
C. G. Station
For Nome
Commander M. P. Jensen, of
the U. S. Coast Guard, in com
mand of all Pacific Coast life
saving stations, is visiting in
Nome for the next week, while
he makes a survey of the condi
tions toward recommending the
installation of a permanent sta
tion with quarters for equipment
and men.
Si ace 1934 when the station
bun ed to the ground, the Coast
Guard at Nome has been with
out quarters for equipment or
men, while efforts have been
made to secure the construction
of a proper building.
Commander Jensen, whose
specialty is the development of
highly trained life-saving crews
up and dawn the Pacfic Coast, is
strong for such an installation at
Nome. He has been conferring
with Kurt Sprenger, the acting
officer in charge of the Coast
Guard here, and with others in
the city. He already realizes the
handicaps under which the ser
vice has been maintained here
di > to the fact that there is no
permanent site for the quarters.
It is expected his recommenda
tions will be made to Washington
in the near future. Saturday
Commander Jensen and Officer
in charge Sprenger, paid official
calls to federal officials and busi
ness persons throughout Nome.
University Of
California Takes
1st In Crew Race
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June
17 (/P)—The University of Calif
ornia, varsity won by half length
in a new record time over the
University of Washington, in the
crew races here Saturday, after
a gruelling final mile.
The Huskies bided their time
in fourth place the first part of
the four-mile course, while Col
umbia challenged and then fad
ed out of the picture.
Washington then surged past I
Navy and the far-western crews
of California and Washington
and battled it out well in the
van the rest of the way to the
finish.
Navy, the defending champion
finished third, three lengths back
of the other two. The remain
ing crews finished in this or
der: Cornell, Syracuse, Wiscon
sin and Columbia.
The winning time was 18 min
utes, 12 and 3-5 seconds against
Navy’s last year record of 18
minutes 19 seconds. Washington
was also under last year’s rec
ord in Saturday’s race, clocking
18 minutes, 14 seconds.
Mail was loaded by the Coast
Guard at 3 p.m. today for the S.
S. Sutherland, which is sailing
for coastal points today.
SCAFFOLD SNAPS, WORKMAN SAVED
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John McCann, 37, (right of scaffold), clung for his life eight storied
above a New York street while firemen worked from above to res
cue hum after a 50-foot section of scaffolding broke. Another work
men was plunged to his death in the accident. McCann is holding a
brace and a plank has been extended from a window to him.
German Bus Goes
Over 70-foot Cliff
HELLIGENBLUT, Germany,
Eleven German farmers were
killed and 21 injured when a
sight-seeing bus toppled over a
70-foot cliff on the Gross Glocker
Mountain road.
Bomb Kills IS In
Market Place
I
JERUSALEM, June 19 <JP) —
18 Arabs were killed at dawn
and 24 were wounded by the ex
plosion of a bomb in the Haifa
Market Place, near the cities
twenty million dollar port.
Among the dead were six wo
men and 3 children.
NOTICE
All members and all interested
in the development of the Sec
ond Division are cordially invit
ed to attend the regular bi-week
ly luncheon of the Chamber of
Commerce, to be held at the
North Pole Bakery, Tuesday
noon, (tomorrow), June 20.
Several visitors to the city will
be present and will have some
thing of importance to say.
A. Polet, Secretary
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
NOTICE
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Lodge No. 1413 of the Loyal
Order of Moose and the Women
of Mooseheart are meeting in reg
ular session at the Odd Fellows
building tonight at 8 p.m. AW
members of the Moose are urged
to attend.
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FUNERAL NOTICE
Funeral services for our late
Brother Arthur F. Wright will be
held at the Federated Church at
2 p.m., June 20th. All members
of the Loyal Order of Moose are
requested to attend.
John Solon, Dictator
T O DEATH slowly moves
R»:ircn« We’ihnann, who’s to be
ili.i.oiinL'i i.i France for the fa
me is “blucbcard” slayings.