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VOL. 41. No. 144. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 1939. * copy m
Pre« .ext Used-Finn Troops Threatened Leningrad
Alaska Ready to Govern Self Is Opinion of Troy
Russia Starts
War on Finland
Bombs Helsinki
HELSINKI, Nov. 20 (/P)—Rus
sian troops, warships, and bomb
ing p anes launched an invasion
of Fm1 and. Within a few hours
Red army forces pushed across
the Finish border on the Karel
ian Ls’hmus north of Leningrad.
Warplanes twice bombed Hel
sinki and set. the r~rt of Vispuri
in flames. Warships ' 'gan seiz
ing Finnkh islands in the Gulf
of Finland.
An exchange o" • *k„raph dis
patches from H. . . • l tha
Finland dec’ared v, >r Rur. h i
after the invasion.. Finnish art'
aircraft be1 ten s f:v . hack the
invading k'mhing p.anes which
directed heir first attack on the
capib ■' and upon Malm a rport,
on the out tzirts o’ the capita!.
Later ’-ombs fell- in lu-urt.of
the city.
Vispuri, C5 miles from the So
viet border war. attacked by war
shies mj v/dis as bombing p'ane.s.
Sections of tire •: .. ;s n flam
Foreign Minis Elias E kite
declared th - Ru .an ..ick ' zns
the purest nggies ' •- j u bis
and as a r. . >r, fur :he attack,
the pretext .\’*s us.: d t. at vre in
vaded Russian tc-rko-y a-r '
troops threatened Leningrad. We
haven’t done anything of the
kind.”
The tripie a*tack came leas
than a day after the Russians
broke off diplomatic relations
with Finland and ess than two;
days a ter she unilaterally de- j
nounee.l the Finnish-Russian non j
aggression pact, and less than]
'two months after she made her
fi ;l territorial demands on her:
iittle neighbor. Finland refused
,o yield to Russia as Latvia, Es
I tor-ia and Lithuania had before
her.
,Sweden, Norway
•r
Denmark Alarmed
At Invasion
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30. (/P)—
• S •■•-•L-n, Norway, and Denmark
ar • thoroughly alarmed at the
.’ - - an invasion oi Finland and
f-.oked to their own defenses but
officially maintained a non-com
httal atPLude of neutrality.
Th a r::.nt declaration of solid
• i.lic&e Eure* and Fin
:ir. ; vias expressed at the Stock
irn Confer:r-'- of Rules on Oc
V: 10 but • a normal ec
■ r ;'I h ration but not a
t. i. .ary ore.
was, stated n: vortheless that
ic ■ i; at in the Scandin
1 eq.un rl.'s vras dply shock
.• 1 b • F! 1 mu’. sitva 'on. 'C:b-1
rarbers ton?•■■■ red in Ste ck :
• n, Oslo md Copenhagen.
Late radio reports indicate Fin
land :s holding her own, winning
■ ;ls cf battles.
HERO’ SENTENCED FOR FIRE
Stanton Clicesman, 17. of Clayton, N J, acclaimed a hero after
rescuing live children from their burning home, was sentenced to
an indefinite term in the Annadale Reformatory on a charge he set
the fire. The youth is shown as he demonstrated on the day of the
fire how he rescued Ellen Gorman, 2, one of the five children.
Russia Invades
Finland By Air,
Land and Sea
UNDATED, Dec. 1 *(/P) —Fin
land sought to stay the iron fist
of the Russia giant through a
new government.
After going invaded by land,
sea and air, cloudy skies first
screened Helsinki but then Rus
sian warplanes roared down on
the capital and its suburbs, bomb
l ing and machine gunning. The
Finns shot down several raiders.
Reports from Denmark and
i Norway said three Russian war
ships began bombing the Russaroe
fortress at the southwest extrem
ity of Finland while in the north,
the Arctic town of Liinaharmari
was afire after two days of bomb
ardment. Advices from Kirkines,
i Norway, said Russian soldiers
were dropped by parachute and
had taken Petsano, Finland’s chief
Arctic port.
Six hundred Finnish refugees
crossed into Norway and many
civilians are fleeing the Finnish
•apital where Russian bombs
oak at least twenty lives yester
day.
A new cabinet was reported
i formed but the personnel was
] not announced. Premier Aimo
| Cajander and his ministry resign
ej despite a vote of confidence.
Russians learned officially that
sixteen hours after the invasion
their forces moved against Fin
land. They were told “of new
armed provocation” by Finns
caused the invasion. The Finnish
| legation spokesman in Moscow,
meanwhile said the Russian gov
j eminent removed legation tele
phones and passports were un
obtainable.
President Roosevelt in appeals |
simi'ar to those he addressed to
Germany and the Allies asked j
Russia and Finland for pledges <
o refrain from bombing defense j
'ess civilians and unfortified cit-j
>.s. He asked for an “immediate j
reply.”
Great Britain summoned men
freon 20 to 30 years of age to <
r gister by December 9 for mil
i.ary service in a third conscrip
ti n proclamation by the King.
About 250,000 men will be affect
cd.
Quiet continued on the West
ern Front and the German com
mand said bad weather hamper
cd aerial scouting.
Russian Invasion
Not Justified fly
Issues At Stake
!
LONDON. Nov. 30 (A1)—Prime
Minister Chamberlain declared
; that Russia’s invasion of Finland
i “a fresh attack on a small inde
pendant nation must result in
j fresh suffering and loss of life
' of innocent people.” He told the
House of Commons that the Brit
ish government “deeply regret
1 ed” the invasion and stated it
was his government’s belief that
it was not justified by the issues
! at stake.
Gov. Troy Asks
Self Government
For Territory
_
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 {fP) —
' Governor Troy of Alaska, recom
1 mended in his annual report to
i Secretary of the Interior Iekes,
: that the benefits of a full terri
; torial government could be con
' ferred upon Alaska. “More than
I ever I am convinced that the
| people of the territory are pre
pared to exercise intelligently
and capable those primary rights
! d self government which are con
| ained in the Organic Act of the
earlier territory," he said.
Governor Troy asked Interior
Department aid in coordinating
the agencies necessary to estab
lish a radio and telephone net
work; provide relief for cases of
i illness and other emergencies;
and recommended that the head
I quarters of the Alaskan branch
|*of the Geological Survey be
i transferred from Washington to
Alaska. He also urged further
development of aviation in the
Territory.
First Lady Visifs
«/
Dies Committee
Just To Listen
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 </P)—
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt drop
ped in unexpectedly on the Dies
Committee “just to listen’’ she
said to the testimony of officials
of the American Youth Congress.
The First Lady, who declared
a few days ago that she was will
ing to be a committee witness,
.■•■aid at this time that she had no
plans to testify now. Asked who
ther she would take the stand if
invited to do so, she replied smil
ing, she hadn’t been asked, but
came as a spectator. No immed
iate move on the part of the com!
mittc:' was made to invite her
as .a witness. Acting chairman
Starnes invited her to sit on the
committee hut she declined.
Resume Chamber
Activities, Alaska t
Products Dinner
After everyone had been serv'
ed and had enjoyed a delicious
dinner of All-Alaska products,
Dr. Morcom called upon Mr. A.
Polet, Secretary of the N W A1
aska Chamber of Commerce to
tell what products came from Al
aska. He stated in part: “that
sinoe 1900 he has noticed the
different things develop in this
section. We have the cabbage, I
carrots, petrosky turnips and the
Cwedish rutabagas from Unala
kleet. salmon from the Yukon,
reindeer from Mary’s Igloo, our
local cranberries and the unex
celled blueberries from the
Nome district and then, the crab
from the Cordova section and the
shrimp from Petersburg. We are
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Communication
k Need of Alaska
Says Cruenins
j c
SEATTLE, Dec. 1 (TP) — The
pressing need for closer lines of
communication by air, land, and
water between Alaska and con
tinental United States is fore
most in the mind of Dr. Gruen-,
ing as he arrived in Seattle on i
i
his way to Juneau. He will sail
for the north tomorrow on the1
S S Yukon and expects to take
the oath of office in Juneau Tues I
day.
He declared the major needs
of the territory at this point is
more ships and a regular plane
service with the United States.
Grucning said “With European
travel curtailed by the war we
may expect a rush of Americans
to see their own country. That
Alaska lacks ships to accomo-1
date them will likely constitute!
:i serious problem. The U S Mari
, time Commission has ahYv-dy dis !
cussed the problem and has good !
reason to hope that ships may be1
availab'e for lease, either to ex-j
isling carriers or others to fill ’
this need. It seems a paradox al
though one can fly the Atlantic
and the Pacific is spanned by
fast clipper ships, still there is no
regular air service to Alaska.
We want to hasten the day when 1
we can have such a service, as j
much as possib c, because every
month’s delay is a loss to com-1
merce both to the mainland and
to the territory.”
Rumored Wants Norway Bases
OSLO, Nov. 30 (TP) —Rumors
circulated here that Russia is
demanding three naval bases on
Norway’s northern coast. Nor
way’s Arctic coast is separated
from that of Russia’s only by Fin
land’s narrow corridor to the j
northern waters.
Delegate Dimond
!n Fairbanks
For Few Days
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 30 —Dele
gate Dimond arrived by plane
from Juneau and will spend a
few days here. The Delegate’s
mission, it is declared, is to con
fer with constituents on legisla
tion needed by A'aska at the ap
proaching session of congress,
and to discuss the political sit
uation with the Democratic lead
ers.
He says he is unable to visit
Nome this trip and will fly from
here to Anchorage possibly Sun
day. He sails from Seward by
ship and embarks for Ketchikan
where he will spend three days.
Thence he will go to Washing
ton to attend the opening of
Congress on January third. He
regrets he will be unable to visit
Valdez and Cordova this trip as
the ship will not call there south
bound to Seattle.
-:-:_si_<_
Kuhn Is Convicted
NEW YORK. Nov. 29 (/P)
Fritz Kuhn was uonvicted to
night of grand larceny and forg
ery of the alleged theft of mon
ey from his German-American
Bund. Eight and one-half hours
after receiving the ease, the jury
of twelve businessmen announc
ed the verdict of conviction on
all five counts. Also left to the
jury’s decision was that the max
imum penalty for the portly
Bund’s fuehrer could be thirty
years in prison. The sentence is
to be imposed on December 5th.
As the foreman announced the
decision, Kuhn stood erect and
blinked his eyes, then sank back
against the court railing. He
aid nothing. His wife, who had
tended a few sesions of the
trial, was not present.
WEDDING BELIS FOB AQUARELLE
.
■'“T yr^rr ' !T3?!<g®Eag3HHH
Billy Rose, the showman, and Eleanor Holm, famed star oif many
1 of Rose’s spectacular productions, the shown as they appeared at
New York City license bureau and obtained a license to wed Nov.
i 14. The ceremony was performed by Justice Ferdinand Pecora