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VOL. 42. No. 9. MOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 1940 ^ice per copy 15*
Senator Borah Passed Away Today
Alaska Committeemen Instructed Vote For FDR
Russia Apologizes Norway, Sweden for Violations
Russian Retreats From Finns
On War Front, Apologizes To
Scandinavias on Diplomatic Front
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UNDATED, Jan. 19 (/P)—Rus
sia back-tracked on two fronts,
military and diplomatic. On the
military front 40,900 Russians
are in retreat just above the Arc
tic Circle, the Finns reported. Af
ter driving nearly half way
across Finland toward the strat
egic railhead at Kemijarvi, the
invaders turned back suddenly
after effecting the deepest pene
tration into Finland of any Rus
sian force in the campaign. A
Finnish communique said the
Finns advanced 28 miles in the
past few days. Fighting is taking
place for Markajarvi, between
the pursuing Finns and the Rus
sians protecting their withdraw
ing troops who are still forty
miles from their own soil.
The Finns indicated that their
swift ski patrols, by harrassing
the Russian supply lines in the
bitter cold in which temperatur
es of 50 below zero Fahrenheit
are common, caused the Russian
withdrawal.
The Finnish command announc
ed that several strong enemy pat
rols were wiped out in two sec
tors of the southern end of the
eastern front.
In contrast, tonight’s Russian
communique notad only scouting
and artillery activity and in a
number of districts, air recon
naissance. The Finns said Rus
sian fliers droped 300 bombs in
southern Finland. The damage
was slight and no lifes were lost.
On the diplomatic front Russia
apologized to both Sweden and
Norway for violations against
their territory by Russian fliers.
Sweden protested against the al
leged bombing last Sunday of
Xallaks Island on the far side
of the Gulf of Bothnia. Russia’s
reply failed to mention any bomb
ing but acknowledged that Rus
sian aircraft have flown over the
island when lost in ia snow
storm. The acknowledgement
said: “We regret these happen
ings.” Russia also tendered to
Norway the reply to her protest
that Russan planes had flown ov
er Norwegian territory on Jan
uary 12th and 14th.
NOTICE DEMOCRATS
Meeting Nome Democratic
Club 2 pm Sunday, Jan. 21st. Im
portant business.
M. J. Walsh, Chairman
REWARDS BRAVE BRITON
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This Geilman plane, filled with as many holes as a colander, is
shown being inspected by French soldiers who witnessed its fall
on the Western Front. It was not revealed whether the plane was
brought down by anti-aircraft guns or in a sky fight.
Finnish Relief
Drive Brings
In Over $350
Nome’s Finnish Relief drive
| started off with a bang yester
I day with committee members
canvassing the city.
According to Chairman Kubon
the response has been more than
gratifying and the size of dona
tions have been large. The drive
is continuing today and Saturday
with the propects that a sizeable
sum will be collected at Nome
alone for the relief of Finnish
non-combatants.
Up to four o’clock today over
$350 had been collected with
many more donations promised
| to come in during the next day.
Persons are being contacted in
! the outlying sections to institute
small drives, asking conrtihutors
! to the fund to mail their dona
i tions to the Nome committee.
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Swedes Want
Fortification Of
Aaland Islands
UNDATED, Jan. 18 (JP) —Aid
! ed by the coldest weather in 25
years Finland continued to fight
off the Russian invaders. The
cold, it is said caused a wide re
treat by the Soviet on one frigid
front. Europe’s northern conflict
centered in the snowy Salla sec
tor on the eastern front where
dispatches reaching Copenhagen
reported 40,000 Russians were in
retreat. The Red army fell back
I in the face of stubborn Finnish
; resistance and temperatures
; which reached 54 below zero but
I the air warfare went on despite
| the cold.
Moscow announced that eleven
| Finnish planes were donwned. Un
j official Finnish reports said that
| a like number of Russian aircraft
were downed.
Officially Finland reported 150
Soviet bombs were dropped yes
terday killing two and injuring
two. Finnish patrols told of see
ing hundreds of Russians frozen
' to death on the Kareilin Isthmus
front alone.
The Finnish-Russian conflict
held Sweden’s attention for fear
i that Scandinavia will eventually
be engulfed. Former Foreign Min
ister of Sweden Richard Sandler
drew cheers in Parliament when
he advocated Scandinavian mili
tary collaboration and said the
Aaland Islands, Finnish control
led, guardians of the Bothnian
[Gulf, should be fortified in the
face of war dangerj.
TRANSPORTATION ALASKA
WORKERS PAID TO BASES
JUNEAU, Jan. 16—Acting Gov
ernor E L Bartlett announced
j that as a result of conferences at
j Seattle between Governor E H
Gruening and contractors, work
ers in Alaska will have trans
portation paid to either Sitka or
Kodiak naval bases, the same as
workers in Seattle are given
transportation north.
I
Senator Borah
■Suffers Cerebral
Hemorrahage
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (/P) —
Senator Borah suffered a cere
bral hemorrahage as a result of
a fa. 1 when he slipped on a rug
in his apartment Tuesday morn
ing. His conditions is said to be
! critical.
Mu 3 Cora Ruben, Borah’s sec
| retary for thirty years said she
was uu‘,i c.rkxd by Mrs. Borah to
:an:r :r.ce the Senator’s critical
condition.
Borah has boon i nfined to bed
|since his fall and is under the
jeare of Dr. Worth Daniels, his
physician. His injuries were at
first not believed to have been
I serious.
Lat°r by radio it was reported
that Senator Borah died at 8:45
.Eastern Standard Time
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Blasts Shatter
Munitions riant
In London
LONDON, Jan. 18 (/P) — A
. erieo of rapid-fire er plosion.- in
j a north London war plane killed
an undetermined number of pr
isons, injured fifty <and damaged
houses in a radius of two miles.
Information received in New
York indicated that the plant was
a Royal gunpowder factory in
Waltham Abbey. The police said
the blasts were accidental and in
volved “ino enemy action.”
Two or three explosions in
quick succession shattered a thou
sand windows and caused many
ceilings to drop and resulted min
or casualties due to falling de
bris.
A great column of smoke roar
ed upward leaving a thick mush
room of smoke over the area.
Democratic Terri. Convention
Elects National Committeemen
FDR 1st Choice; Farley Second
t
JUNEAU, Jan. 19 — The Dem
ocratic Territorial Convention in
its Thursday night session elect
ed Oscar G. Olson, Territorial
I Treasurer to be the National
’ Committeemen, defeating Luther
Hess of Fairbanks by a vote of 59
to 21.
| Mrs. Bertha Perrine of Palmer
was elected National Committee
woman, defeating Mrs. William
Holzheimer by a vote of 53 to 27.
Howard Lyng of Nome was el
>cterl Chairman of the Territorial
Committee in no contest.
Delegate's to the National Con
vention arc: John W. Troy, An
thony J. Dimond, O D Cochran of
Nome, James Campbell and Har
vey Smith of Anchorage, and Lu
.• II e. Fairbanks
AlLrnu'es are: H R Vander
l a i l Mrs. Robert Bender of
Juneau, M J Walsh of Nome,
lichael Haas of Anchorage, Har
| ry Phillips and Fred Sorri of
I Fairbanks.
!
The Territorial Central Com
' mittee for the First Division is:
' ‘/an Fisk of Wrangell, Frank
Chinella of Juneau, Mrs. James
Wick of Ketchikan, Mrs. J J Con
j way of Sitka.
For the Second Division: E L
Kell and Mrs. Jennie O’Farrell
of Nome, Chris Roust of Candle
and Mrs. Ethel Marx of Teller.
For the Third Division: Mich
ael Haas of Anchorage, Dr. J H
Young of Cordova, Mrs. Alice
Kennedy of Seward and Mrs. Ivy
Deland of Palmer.
For the Fourth Division: Harry
Phillips, Mrs. Dorothy Loftus,
Mrs. Anabella Davis of Fair
banks and C P Shelton of Ft.
Yukon.
The Resolutions and Platform
I Committee will make their re
port Friday and will include
plankia for the protest against
the creations of any more reser
vations in Alaska, support for Di
mond’s fish trap measure, and
against any refugees for the
northland.
Alaska Delegates
nstriieted Vote
or Roosevelt
JUNEAU, Jan. 18 (Special to
Nugget) — A resplution was sud
lenly introduced before the Dem
ocratic Territorial Convention
now in Session - here Thursday
! morning which stated that “un
der the able and progressive
leadership of President Roose
velt, Alaska had made steady pr<l
I gress since 1933, and that should
Roosevelt be a candidate for re
1 election, Alaska delegates shoullL
| be instructed to vote as a unit
! for his nomination. '
“But in case he does not choose
to be a nominee, the delegation
should be instructed to vote for
James A. Farley.
“Should neither be nominated,
the delegates should use their
own best judgement in casting
their ballots.’’
The resolution was proposed
by Van Fisk of Wrangell. It was
referred to the proper commit
tee for action this afternoon.
ODD FELLOWS NOTICE
First Degree will be conferred
Friday night. Large attendance
requested.
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Radiophoto from London shows Kin? George (left) decorating Sergeant Henry Gardiner when
j the British' ruler visited the fron in Fance. Sergeant Gardiner was credited with having saved a
j comrade from a blazing plane, although he was wounded at the time.