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VOL. 42. No. 24. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1940 „> Price per copy iw
British Planes Raid Helgoland Bight
Finland Hopes For Feb. Blizzards To Halt Russians
Senate Bill Provide Hospital For Alaska Insane
QUEZON QUEST?
Though Pres. Manuel Quezon
(above) of Philippine Islands
says that idea of a protectorate
is “repugnant" to him, it is
thought he may discuss a sub
stitute Philippine independence
formula on coming visit to U. S.
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British Down 2
German Planes j
Total About 50
LONDON Feb. 22 (/P) — Two
German war planes were shot
down by British fighters, the Air
Ministry announced today as
Nazi airmen raided the British
east coast for the second time in
three days, drawing machine gun
fire from several little trawlers
which they attempted to attack.
The fire of the trawlers gave
concrete form to the warning of
Winston Churchill that all Brit
ish vessels plying the North Sea
would henceforth be armed ag
ainst German bombing and rnach
ine gunning.
The Air Ministry said thai of
the planes downed in the battle
with the British fighter planes,
one fell off the Northeast coast
and the other near St abbs Head
Scotland.
The British said this brought
a total of German aircraft lost
on such raids to fifty or over.
NOTICE
The Poll Book is now open in
the office of th£ City Clerk for
the Registration of Voters at the
Annual City Election to be held
April 2, 1940. ’
M J Walsh, City Clerk
Alaska Line
Puts On Its
New Schedules
Showing the heavy listing
from Seattle of 92 sailings to A1
aska during the season from Fab
ruary 3 until October 2 for South
east and Southwest Alaska ports
and October 16 for the Bering
Sea, the main schedule of 1940
sailings has been issued by the
Alaska Steamship Company.
At the same time it is reveal
ed that regular freight and pas
sengers service to Kodiak with
sailings every 10 or 11 days will
be instituted this year starting in
mid-April with the steamships
I^akina and Dellwood handling
the new route. Besides the Ko
diak call stops wil be made at
West Island ports and others in
the vicinity if business warrants.
Re.gular Wednesday sailings
from Seattle to Southeast and
Southwest Alaska will be inaug
urated with the departure of the
m- Mt. McKinley. She will be fol
lowed by the Baranof on Wednes
day March 27. The latter ship
takes the sailings every other
Wednesday up to and including
September 25 while the Mt. Mc
Kinley shifts to the regular south
west schedule June 26.
The Alaska and the Yukon will
sail from Seattle on alternate Sat
urdays for Southeast and South
west Alaska starting February 10
with the Alaska and February 17
with the Yukon up to and in
cluding the sailing of the Alas
ka on June 1 and the Yukon on
June 8.
Flagship of the Alaska Line
fleet the big Aleutian makes a
special sailing May 29 to South
east and Southwest ports with
the Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce on board on the annual
cruise. On June 15 the Aleutian
starts regular Saturday sailings
to Seward while the Columbia
comes in service starting June 22
The two then will sail on alter
nate Saturdays to Southeast and
Southwest ports up to and in
cluding September 17 for the A1
eutian and September 26 for the
Columbia.
Two sailings of the Alaska are
listed over die same route with
departures from Seattle Septem
ber 8 and October 2.
Each Saturday sailing up to
and including June 8 on the
Southeast and Southwest route
will connect at Cordova for Ko
diak and irregular ports of
Prince William Sound, Kodiak Is
land and Cook Inlet. Thereafter
Cordova transfers will be made
by the Wednesday sailings start
ing June 19.
Sailings to Bering Sea will be
inaugurated by a freighter, sail
ing May 25 followed by the pas
senger liner Columbia May 30;
the Denali July 1 and August 10;
a freighter August 10; the pas
sengers liner Mt. McKinley Sept
18 to Nome and St. Michael and
October 16 omitting St. Michael.
Calls also will be made at ir
regular ports of the Alaska Pen
insula Aleutians Bristol Bay and
Norton Sound as busines jutifies.
A freighter sailing from Seat
tle May 25 and August 10 also
wil call at Kotzebue Sound ports
in addition to regular Bering Sea
ports if necessary.
The new route to Kodiak will
be announced later.
—
Mannerheim Is
Still Repelling
Red Army
HELSINKI, Feb 22 <&) — The
Red army’s hammering on the
Mannerheim Line was still be
ing repelled with heavy Russ
ian losses Finland announced as
she called up a new batch of
older men to bolster her forces.
Finland is still placing her
faith in February blizzards to
hold back the Soviet military
machine.
Two thousand Russian soldiers
were killed at Taipale in the east
ern sector of the fortifications as
Finland planned to plug the isth
mus avenue from Russia.
The Finns announced however
that the fighting at the western
end of the fortified area had
reached tile Kamara railway sta
tion.
Russian Black
Sea Fleet Is
Reported Fit
MOSCOW, Feb. 22 (/Pi — The
fitness of Russia’s expanding
B’ack Sea fleet to guard the So
viet southern borders was pro
claimed by Admiral Oktybrysky
commander of the fleet, after the
winter maneuvers.
At the same time Moscow
learned of test black-outs at
Baku, Russia’s greatest oil cen
ter. Baku is the clearing center
for the rich oil supplies carried
by pipe-line to the Black Sea
port of Batum. The control of the
pipe line fields which it fed is
cited as the objective and spec
ulation over the possibility of a
British, French and Turkish
thrust in the near east by spring.
14th American
Dog Derg Is Run
Ashton, It ho
ASHTON, Idaho, Feb. 23 <£>>—
Dark horse Everett Hesseman of
Twin Falls won the 14th Ameri
can Dog Derby over a ten-mile
course yesterday with a time of
41 minutes. Handicapped by a
light fresh snow and a softened
trail Celey Baum of Ashton, driv
ing a teaim of red setters was
second with a time of 41 minutes
32 seconds. Baum twice previous
ly was the winner. Toni* Fernan
dez of Pirie, Idaho, was third
in 41 min. 52 sec.
Five thousand people watched
the event. The winner got $400
plus the Kugler Trophy. Hesse
man’s young team drew an 18
pound sled mifius the basket
framework and weighed three
pounds less than the others and
he used a higher hitch.
Most of the stuff we learn in
school comes out of a book. If
we forget it we can usually find
it again in the book.
IRA Is Warned
Govt. Not Tolerate
Terrorist Methods
DUBLIN Feb 22 f/P>— Prime
Minister Eamon de Valera warn
ed members of the outlawed Ir
ish Republican army that the
government will not tolerate
terroristic methods even though
it sympathizes with the aims of
the I. R. A.
The pr.me minister issued his
warning in a speech at the Cav
an ci unty convention of the Fian
na Fair party. He was speaking
in opposition to a motion call
ing for the release of all politic
al prisoners.
De Valera addressed the par
ty gathering after soldiers and
police had arrested a number of
Irish Republican army sympath
izers in. a spi.cfovu'ar raid in
Dublin.
A company of soldiers sur
rounded a hotel in'Parnell Squ
are and trained two machine
guns on the entrance of the
building.
Other soldiers were posted in
nearby side streets. After these
precautions had been taken a
squad of soldiers with fixed bay
onets entered the hotel and ar
rested six young men.
Red Cross Collects
Over 17 Million
For Finland
GENEVA, Feb. 23 (/P) — The
International League of Red
Cross Societies announced that
governmental and private Red
Cross sources contributed 17 mil
lion four hundred seventy three
thousand dollars for Finland re
lief purposes up to February 21.
British Planes
Bomb German
Ships Heligoland
LONDON. Feb. 23 (/P> — The
Air Ministry announced that Brit
ish planes which scouted Helgo
land Bight Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning bombed Ger
man warships and fought off en
emy fighting planes. The Air Min
is try asserted that there were no
casualties or damage suffered by
any of tha British air craft but
on the homeward journey bad
weather accounted for the failure
of one aircaft to return.
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More Quakes
ANKARA. Feb. 22-*te<h — Six
new earth shocks in central An
atolia in Asiatic Turkey caused
widespread damage and increas
ed the steadily mounting death
' i to nearly two hundred.
Hardest hit by the new quakes
were the villages Kulpak, Kizik,
and Sindcrnike where scarcely a
house was left standing and
thousands were left homeless. A
series of tremors starting Wed-!
nesday virtually destroyed nine!
villages.
W ithdraw Islands
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 UP) —
President signed an executive or
dor February 10 temporarily!
withdrawing from settlement, for
classification all Kod ak, Whale,1
Uganik. S.iruce, Sitkaldak and
Aiktalik Islands.
The Interior Department said
that the lands were merely with- j
drawn for classification and
study under the conservation
program. 1
Would Create
Hospital For
Alaska Insane
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (JP)
Schwellenbach introduced Sen
ate Bill 3415 authorizing the Sec
retary of the Interior to construct
and operate a hospital at Belling
ham, Washington for the insane
of the Alaska. The bill would
authorize an appropriation of not
in excess of two and a half mil
lion dollars.
Delegate Dimond introduced
House Bill 8593 making it un
necessary for fishing vessels in
Alaska to clear through the cus
toms.
Connecticut
r rr
aoosevelt
NEW HAVEN Feb 22 (VP) —.
Democratic National Committee
man David Fitzgerald predicted
that the Connecticut delegation
to the National Convention would
probably support President F. D.
Roosevelt for a third term,
Fitzgerald expressed the opin
ion that the state delegation
would support Postmaster Gen
eral Farley for the Democratic
presidential candidacy if Mr. F.
D Roosevelt declines a third
term.
However he denied reports
that the Connecticut delegation
would be pledged to the candi
dacy of Farley.
ATTENTION
Pioneer Card Pary will be held
at I O O F Hall Monday, Feb.
2G at 9 pm. Refreshments will
be served.
Netherland s Soldier Use Skates for Speedy Maneuvers
1 _._ . _ iM
Soldiers of the Netherlands whose people have long been famed for their skill on ice skates are
shown carrying machine guns and rifles across the ice in an inundated area as a defen c measure
to preserve the small nation's netrality. The scene is “somewhere in Holland"