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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 43. No. 30. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, March 10, 1941 p" Copy 15«
Lease-Lend Bill Passes The Senate
Jane Jones, of Nome, Is “Miss Alaska5' For 1941
France Threatens Arm Ships Against Blockade
France Rebels
Against The
British Blockade
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UNDATED, March 10 f/P) —
France rebelled against the Brit
ish blockade by threatening to
convoy and arm French mer
chant ships if th bockade con
tinned.
In London, informed quarters
indicated the blockade will be j
enforced regardless to French 1
counter measures.
French Vive Premier Admiral
Darlin made the surprise state
ment defying the blockade. Jean
Archard, Secretary of Food Sup
ply declared that 18,000,000 bush
els of wheat from th,? United
States are urgently needed in un 1
occupied France. Darlan describ
ed the blockade as “imbecil; and |
we will let nothing stand in the!
way of French peoples eating.”
Turks Order
All Gasoline
Underground
INSTANBUL, March 8 (1P) —
Turkey continued urgent defense!
measures as German troops mass |
cd on the Bulgarian bord-x. Au
thorities ordered gasoline and j
other inflammables to be stored
underground. The govemment-in !
spired press expressed defiance
of Germany and urged Yugoslav
ia to resist Axis overtures.
Three German
Bombers Downed
UNDATED, March 8 ,(/P) — 3
Nazi bombers were reported shot
down in dogfights off the English j
coast.
The German high command
said Nazi subs and speedboats
sunk two British destroyers and
eleven armed merchantmen to
taling 61,400 tons. Attacks on
convoys by a sub accounted for
five of the vessels.
Italy Asserts
British Aid Bill
Disagreeable
UNDATED, March 10 (iP»—One
of Mussolini’s editorial spokes
men asserted that the British aid
bill would “open intervention in
the war against the Axis” and
threatened possibly “many dis
agreeable surprises for England
and the United States in the Pac
ific.” The assertion was made by
Virginio Gayda. He apparently
referred to action by Japan in
the Far East. The passage of the
bill, he said, might eventually
bring the Rome-Bsrlin-Tokyo
axis into play against the United
States.
Jap Foreign Min
ister In Germany
For Conferences
UNDATED, March 8 {IP) — A
hint of tightening cooperation be
tween Japan and her European
Axis partners came with the of
ficial German announcement that
Japanese foreign minister Matsu
ka reaches Berlin shortly for “a
personal deliberation on all ques
tions arising from their collabor
ation as set forth in the three
power pact.”
Singapore Britons
Told Be Ready
UNDATED. March 10 {IP) — In
the Far East new danger signals
arose as British authorities at
Singapore warned residents to be
ready on 48 hours notice to move
“from areas where it is expected
fighting will take place if Singa
pore it attacked from the sea.”
Japan is reported to have mass
ed a strong fleet of warships
within quick striking distance of
the British naval stronghold and
$150,000,000 citadel and cross
roads of the China Sea and In
dian Ocean.
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JANE JONES, “MISS NOME”
IS CHOSEN “MISS ALASKA”
AT FAIRBANKS CARNIVAL
FAIRBANKS, March 8 </P) —
Miss Jane Jones of Nome, brun
ette, was chos'-n Miss Alaska for
1941 tonight before a throng of
witnesses in the contest between
five Alaska beauties from as
many towns. The coronation and
elaborat: ceremonies will be held
tomorrow night at the ice palace
concluding with the Grande Dog
Derby and Ice Carnival parade.
Jacob Butler,
Tanana Indian
W ins Dog Derby
FAIRBANKS, March 8 </P) -.
Jacob Butler, lean, heavily-mus
cled Indian, mushng a team of
seven mixed breeds led the 13
contestants into Livengood last
night, the half way mark, in the
r newal of the All-Alaska dog
derby, a gruelling 160 mile race
for a $3,000 cash prize. He cov
ered the 82 and one-half miles
in storm and slush in 9 hours 37
minutes. Thousands saw the start1
here yesterday.
The others arrived in the fol
lowing order: Butler, Buzby,
Woods, Huntington, Skaug, Alex
ander, Moses, Jones, Hanson,
Stictkman, Kokrines, Dayo & Ag
gaba.
Woods, Buzby, and Skaug, each
had the same time 9 hrs. 43 min.
Tne 111 dogs entered in the
teams are returning here today.
FAIRBANKS, March 8 <JP) —
Jacob Butler, sinewy Tanana na
tiv with leader Silver and team
of seven mixed breeds crossed
the tape, the first finishing the
Annual Alaska Sweepstakes with
a total elapsed time of 20 hours
23 minutes 6 second over the 165
mile course, He arrived at 2:25
p.m.
Bob Buzby of Fairbanks, three
times previous winner finished
second today, arriving approxi
mately 8 minutes behind But
ler. Buzby’s elapsed time was 20
hours 31 minutes 43 seconds.
Both teams were in fine shape
at the finish. It is m,possible for
the other racers yet to come in,
to beat Butler’s time.
Greece Informs
Hitler Ready to
Fight to Death
ATHENS, March 8 </P) — An
open letter to Hitler was publish
ed by the newspaper Kathim
brini and declared Greece’s de
termination to fight to the death.
Here six words were censored.
The letter asserted if the ob
ject of the German was to save
the Italians in Albania, Greece
was ready to settle matters "with
out humiliation” to Italy, provid
ing the Italian would "leave Al
bania alone.”
Army Chilkoot
To Fairbanks
Trek Abandoned
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FAIRBANKS, March 8 (/Pi —
Brigadier General Buckner, visit
ing here from Fort Richardson
announced the abandonment, at
Burwash Landing, Yukon Terri
tory, of the Army dog mushing
expedition from Chilkoot Bar
rocks to Fairbanks. The party of
ten men and 35 dogs will be
brought here in r lays by bomb
ers.
Major Charles Hart, head of
the expedition, arriving by Army
plane said more than half of the
dogs, which were young, are af
dieted wth distemper and a good
portion are dying and the others
are useless.
They left Chilkoot on January
22 and covered about about a
third of the distance. Extremely
mild weather made for wet snow
and heavy mushing.
Charles Morgan, free lance
writer, who trailed behind the
expedition, arrived at Burw’ash
Landing close behind, having lost
one dog. He is expected to fly
here with the party.
The failure of the expedition
was aggravated by the fact that
the Indians who traveled the
trails used 16 inch toboggans and
the Army men had Yukon sleds
with 22 inch runner treads.
On arrival here, the dogs will
be billeted in the largest group
dog-kennsl in Alaska, just com
pleted at Ladd Field.
Write to your friends and rela
cives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They 11 get a big
rick out of it i
BRITISH AID BILL PASSES
SENATE-EXPECTED SIGNED
BY PRESIDENT WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, March 10 UP) j
— Final congressional action on j
the British aid bill appeared but
a matter of hours and informed
persons considered it probable
that a vast supply of war mater
ials will thereby be made avail
able to Britain and start moving
across the Atlantic within a few
days. Small naval vessels are re
ported to be the first defense ar
ticles s ated for delivery, immed
iately aft r the bill ‘becomes a
law and food and supplies will
follow.
Only one hour, for approval of
relatively minor amendments in
sorted by the Senate before pas
sage of the 1 gislation by a vote
of 60 to 31, Saturday night, is
needed to speed the bill to the
White House. Legislators predict
ed approval by Tuesday.
Presid ntial Secretary Early
said he expected the bill to be
signed Wednesday. He added the
President is working on a table
listing th. current contemplated
British and American needs. He
also added that he supposed as
soon as the bill is enacted, the
President will ask Congress for
money to put it into efT ct.
Seattle BlacK
Out 15 Min.
SEATTLE, March 8 </P) —Near
ly all lights here flicked off for
fift en minutes last night from
10:40 to 10:55 p.m., the first de
fensive blackout test on a maior
American city. The test didn’t'
blackout the festive spirit as thou
sands paraded on downtown j
streets, shouting and whistling. I
There was no traffic mishaps.
Only a few isolated lights show
ed: navigation lights, harbor!
lights, airplane beacons, a mov- j
ing train, the Boeing Aircrait
plant and the Harbor Island ship
yards where defense work is un
der way.
Heaviest Snow
Storm E. Coast
UNDATED, March 8 </P) — The
heaviest sonwstorm in years
blanketed the Atlantic seaboard
from Virginia to Maine, in same
places piling up as much as 16
inches, to equal the great snow
fall of th; famous March 10th
blizzard of 1888.
Delaware, New Jersey, East
ern Pennsylvania and southern
New York bore the brunt of the
fall. Sixteen inches fell on La
Guardia Fi Id, New York.
Travel by land sea and air was
impeded and at least four deaths
resulted, a’so three small boys
are missing in boats on the Sev
ern River, n Maryland.
JEEP' VISITS CAPITOL
With Senator James M. Mead (D-NY) at the Wheel, and Represent
ative J. Parnell Thomas (R-NJ) sitting alongside, one of the new
light trucks known as “Jeeps” and “Quads” in which the Army isr
interested, started up the Capitol steps at Washington during a
demonstration. Three soldiers in the rear seat were unpeturbed.