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VOL. 42. Na. 34. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, Marc!i 18, 1940 Price per copy im
Scapa Flow Attacked, British Battleship Damaged
German Plans Non-Aggression Pact
Rumania with Russia In Return For
Monopoly of Rumanian Exports
UNDATED, March 16 (AM — j
Peace in the North swung the i
world's spotlight across restless
Europt* to the intense diplomatic
maneuvering centering in Ru-!
mania whose grain and oil pro
ucts have become increasingly
important in the European war.
RUMANIA ON SPOT
In the latest development of
the ceaseless' jockeying for posi-;
tion. Rumania is reported to have
turned a cold shoulder on the]
German plan under which the
Hungarian-Soviet-Russian border j
guarantees would be won thru
concessions to Germany.
Russia has her eyes on Ruman
ia because the latter gained
Bessarabia from Imperial Russia
after the world war. Now Hun
gaiy seeks Transylvania which
once belonged to the Austro-Hun
garian empire.
At the same time, Germany.
direly needs Rumanian products i
to ease the affects of the allied j
blockade.
GERMANY’S PLAN
Germany's plan is that Ger
many would engineer a twenty
five year Russian-Rumania non
aggression pact and a ten year
Hungarian pledge not to press
territorial revision.
In return for these concessions!
Rumania would demobilize most
of her million six hundred thous-;
and soldiers so they can return
to the fields and factories and ac
celerate production. The plan is
that Germany be granted a vir
tual monopoly of Rumania’s ex
port of oil, cereal and other sup
plies and that Approval be giv
en to a pro-Nazi iron guard mem i
ber of the Rumanian cabinet to
■‘safeguard German interests.”
Rumanians said such a propos
al was “intolerable”.
WELLES NEARS END VISITS
Meanwhile, Under-secretary of
Slate Sumner Welles neared the
end of his fact-finding mission
in Europe, as he prepared to
return home to the U. S.
He will pay a second visit to
Rome for new conferences with
Italian leaders, it was made
known.
The German ambassador made
a surprise visit to Stalin’s for
r gn office presumably to deliver
an urgent message while Welles
prepared to confer with Italian
Foreign Minister Count Ciano.
Gov. Georgia
Is Arrested
For Contempt
MACON,Ga.. March 16, (/P)—-A
United States Marshal today ar
rested Georgia’s Governor E. D.
Rivers, after he had been con-;
victed of contempt following pro-:
ceedings in a Federal Court which
ordered him to reinstate and
cease locking out Highway Chair
man W. L. Miller who had been
prevented from holding office for
weeks by National Guardsmen on
orders from the Governor.
Governor Rivers was released
on his pesonal recognizance and
spent the night conferring with
his attorney general..
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KILLS UNCLE BY WILD SHOT
Allen McManus, 1G, is shown being comforted by his mother, Mrs.
Catherine McManus, at a San Francisco hospital after he learned
his uncle, Charles Nelson, had died as a result of a bullet wound
from his gun. The boy was target practicing in his home when a
bullet from his .22 caliber rifle pierced the wall and struck Nelson,
who was standing in the street.
Hiller and M ussolini Hold Meeting
Believed Agreed I*aly Enter War
Willi Germ any when it Benefit Italy
UNDATED. March 18 (£>)—Hit
ler and Mussolini held a portcn
tious meeting at Brenner Pass
amid mounting talks of a new
drive to end the war. The Rcme
Berlin axis partners, conferring
with drama’ic suddenness & sec
recy talked two and a half hours
in Mussolini’s railway car cn the
Italian side of the snow-swept
pass. Peace is believed to have
been the main topic under discus
sion but at Berlin the opinion of
exellently informed sources was
that the two agreed on a possible |
ultimate participation of Itlay in
the war on Gemany’s side if and |
when such a course would be j
deem preferable to the present
status of Italy.
The Pope and Sumner Welles
also met but it was unclear whe
ther the two conferences were
directly ro.utod but observers
linked them as the culmination
71 Miners Trapped
Ky Explosion Coal
Mine Feared Dead
ST. CLAIKESVILLE, Oh., Mar. |
13 i/P)—Hope was virtually aban
dor.cd for 71 miners trapped Sat
urday at the Willow Grove coal
mine but rescue crews continued
feverish efforts to penetrate the
falls of slate. The bodies of John
Marks, motorman and Ross Mc
Fadden were found early today.
More than a hundred miners
reached safety through an air
shaft shortly after the blast
which was attributed either to
gas or coal dust.
DELETION OF DATA IN
CENSUS VOTED BY COM.
WASHINGTON, March 15 —
The Senate commerce committee
approved by a vote to 9 to 7 the
resolution suggesting questions
regarding personal income be de
leted from the census.
Chairman Josiah W. Bailey
said he did not know whether the
bureau would do so but the reso
lution is to be reported to the
Senate for possible action.
Sen. Chas. W. Tobey, sponsor
of the move is anxious for prom
pt action because the national
census is starting April 1.
CORNER OF CITY SLOWLY
SINKING INTO COAL MINE
SHENANDOAH, Penn., March
16 —'Slowly and barely precep
tible the northeast corner of this
city of 21,000 inhabitants is still
sinking into a coal mine.
Actually the visible damage is
small Assures which tave sharted
on' a few streets and splits in
buildings and walls.
The approach of spring thaws
however has aroused worries. I
Worry Over
Warring Europe
Causes Death
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STOCKHOLM, March 16, f/P)
—Selma Lngerlof aged 81, novel
ist, and a former winner of the
Nobel Pr ze for literature, died
today in northern Sweden.
Friends said that worry over
the fu'ure of Scandinavia and
warring Europe, abetted the ill
ness which caused death.
of tUpJo vatic activity apparent
sin; Welles began his trip.
Brdain and France evidenced
oniy guarded reac.ion. French
g vet nn: nt sources said if the
mu' !g was the first act of the
Easter Week peace offensive it
was doomed to failure.
Ei n Paris and London heard
talk of impending changes in
thrir own governments to prose
cun the war more vigorously.
Both p:epared for parliamentary
debates.
A heavy German attack on Brit
ah.V- Scapa Flow naval anchor
age u ■ Saturday was accompan
ied by intensified activity on the1
West .Eh Front. The British an
nounced one bat.le idp was dam
aged. The Germans claimed three
battleships and one cruiser were
damaged severely.
Brooklyn District Ally. Reveals
Murder-To-Order Combine Said
Responsible For 12-20 Slayings
NEW YORK, March 18 l/P)— A
n ur :er to order combine, which
kibed by contract for “big shot”
: 'ke eers is said by Brooklyn
D'-mict Attorney William O'Dwy
er to be responsible for at least
a dozen and possibly 20 gangland
slayings. Then men are under ar
rest. He said youthful gunmen
did the trigger work under ag
reements with racket overlords
such as Lucky Luciano and Lefty
Buchalter.
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ASSASSIN SMILES
IN COCRTROOM
LONDON. March 1G — Mihom
■ Singh A - d, 37, a BritlSh-In
..i engineer, was arraigned in:
hea ily guarded court and!
. re d with the assassination of.
ST Michael O'Dwyer last Thurs.
day and smiled as a detective in
spector quoted him as saying af
ter the killing: “I did not mean
to kill him, but just did it to pro
test.’' He waived questioning and
the hearing was postponed a
week.
O'Dwyer had been an official in ;
Britain’s Indian civil service for1
35 years and was an advocate of
strong measures in handling the |
Hollywood “Cop"
Is Arrested
HOLLYWOOD, March 18 (/P)—
Irving Cohn, aged 37, motion pic
lure bit player who has mostly
taken policeman’s parts was ar
rested on telegraphic information
fom New York that he was want
ed for first degree murder in
connection with O’Dwyer's drive
for questioning about the slay
ing of Walter Sage in July, three
years ago, whose body was found
m a lake. Cohn said “I’ve never
done anything but shoot craps.”
Indian problem. At the time he
was killed Lord Zetland, secre
tary of state of India, and Sir
Louis Dane and Lord Lamington
were also wounded
The assassination overshadow
ed war news on front pages and
brought one editorial hint that it
might start the outbreak of "In
dian terrorism” to Great Britain.
LABOR CHAMPION DIES
PALM SPRINGS, California,
March 16 (/P) —Samuel Unter
myer, aged 82, former New York
corporation lawyer and crusader
for Jewish rights died here. He
long campaigned for. labor and
the underdog whenever he found
them.
SEATTLE WOMAN GREAT GRANDMOTHER AT 48
Mrs. Guy Whiteomb, a great grandmother at 43 is shown in Seat Me, Wash., with her daughter,
Mrs. Roy Presho (left), herself a grandmother at 32, and Mrs. Pre ho’s daughter Mrs. Cordon Mum
mey (right), who at 16 was the mother of a week-old son.
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