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VOL. 42. No. 6. -OME, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1940. Per coP* 15*
Japan Criticizes U. S. Naval Building Program
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Nazis Celebrate Goering’s Birthday with Air Raids
JAPAN DOES NOT LIKE
PROPOSED UNITED STATES
NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAM
UNDATED, Jan. 11 (£>)— The
United States program for exten
sive naval construction in the
face of troubled world conditions
and wars current in Finland,
China and the Western Front,
drewr bitter criticism from Jap
an. One Japanese newspaper in
a tone adopted by other papers,
spokesman spoke of "the Ameri
can menace” discussing the bil
lion, three hundred million dollar
naval building program now up
for consideration in Congress, ig
noring the fact of Japan’s de
nunciation of the Washington
Naval Treaty of 1936 which open
ed the way for the building race.
A Japanese naval spokesman as
serted they have a new program
to spur Japan into a naval con
struction contest with the United
States.
Roy Gardner,
Notorious Thief, j
Kills Himself
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 (JP)
— Roy Gardner, notorious mail
robber and escape artist of the
early twenties killed himself
with poison gas in a small down
town hotel bath room here.
Gardner, whose career follow
ed almost the routine pattern of
crime, capture, conviction, es
cape and recapture, left notes say
ing he was tired of the struggle.
They were addressed to news
men, asking them “Please let me
down as light as possible, boys.
I have played ball with you all
tne way, now you should pitch
me a slow ball—let me hit it.”
Gardner made his own lethal
chamber by dropping pellets into
a bowl of water which generated
deadly fumes, in a manner in
which some states execute their
condemned men.
Two of Gardner’s most spectac
uar escapes occurred in Western
Washington from a prison-bound
train and from McNeil’s Island
: Penitentiary.
Russians Drop
BomS)s Near
Capital Finland
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HELSINKI, Jan. 12 UP)— Rus
han warplanes ranged over
(southern Finland this afternoon
interrupting the Helsir.k foreign
i telephone connections by bomb
' ir.g near the city. No planes were
seen ever Helsinki but this is the
capital’s 1st air raid alarm in the
new year. From 2:15 to 3:15 pm
slight vibrations were felt here
I believed to be due to bombs of
enemy raiders dropped on some
i lands about thirty miles to the
south.
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He’s A Hefty Soldier Boy
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A trench helmet, a pistol, a doll and balloons are the favorite
Christmas presents of Baby Kenneth Johnson (above) of Morgan
town, Ky., who weighs nearly 80 pounds at the age of 21 months.
Physicians attribute his size to glandular activity. He needs support
to stand but his parents hope he’ll soon be able to toddle by himself
Zelda Griffith
To Leave Saturday
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For Alaska
SEATTLE, Jan. 12 (£>)—When
pretty Zelda Griffith loft Nome
on a stretcher for Seattle last
October, friends believed she
would never walk again but Zel
da fooled for them, for Saturday
she is going to board the steam
er Alaska on her return home.
She looks almost painfully heal
thy and defies anyone to guess
that she ever wears a body brace
ito remind her of a nearly fatal
motorcycle accident which injur
ed her spine.
Zelda, who works in the Nome
Drugstore, threw her cane away
a few days ago and hopes soon
to be able to discard the.brace.;
WAR W ORK — Hermit
Roosevelt, son of the late Pres.
Theodore Roosevelt and kins
man of F.D.R., is now a major
with the British army, serving
as a machine gun expert.
U. S. Indifference
To Jap Overtures i
Cause Resignation
TOKYO, Jan. 12 OP)—Premier
General Noboyuki Abe was re
ported by the Domei News Agon
<:y to have announced his deci
-ion to resign at a special cab-1
jinet meeting Sunday. Informants'
! close to the Japanese government
predicted that he might fall if
i the United States did not react
'favorably to the Japanese propos
ial for reopening the lower Yang
tze to third power trade. The
move was regarded as a trade ov
erture to the United States for a
trade understanding after Jan
uary 2G when the present com
mercial treaty expires.
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All members are requested to be
present.
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Coerings Birthday
Celebrated by Air
Raids on England
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LONDON, Jan. 12 (TP) — Ger
man bombing planes cruised ov
er British ports for the fourth
successive day, drawing fierce
burs's of antiaircraft fire as they
:iopeared in cloudless skies above
the Thames estuary, the Suffolk
C -ast and off Yorkshire. The
raiders were flying at a high al
ii.'ud, no air raids warnings
were sounded and no bombs
were dropped.
The British press noting that
German air marshal Goering ob
served his 47th birthday today,
described the air raids as his cele
bration which they said were a
flop. Official sources ascribed the
German aerial activity to the
clearing weather which is ideal
for reconnaissance. The Air Min
i.try announced that the Royal
Air Force engaged the Nazis tit
for tat in war feeler thrusts and
made succesful scouting flights at
nights over western and north
western Germany and over the
seaplane bases at Helgoland
Bight.
German bombers meanwhile
continued their raids on shipping
off .the English coast. The British
disclosed that the steamer Key
nes of 1.700 tons went down in
the North Sea after five bombs
struck her, but they didn’t list
any other sinkings as a result of
German aerial attacks.
NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS
A11 Democrats are requested to
attend a general meeting to be
held 2 pm Sunday, Jan. 14th, at
City Halt. Business of import
ance.
Precinct Committee,
by Fred VV. Yenney, Chrm.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVES 64 MILLION DOLLAR
U. S. DEFENSE APPROPRI ATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 UP) —
Tiie House of Representatives
passed by an overwhelming vote
! the sixty four million dollar em
j ergency defense appropriation
| for the United Stailes Army,
•Navy, Coast Guard and Federal
Bureau of Investigation. The
measure now goes to the Senate.
Rumor Red Offic
ers Be Tried For
Wars Failure
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UNDATED, Jan. 11 UP)—Visits
by German raiders to Britain's
east coast intensified the aerial
activity in one of Europe's two
wars while in the other, the Fin
nish-Ru sian conflict, reports of
mounting Russian military fail
ures brought sharp army shake
ups.
German planes, apparently re
plying to the British forays over
| the northwestern German coast
\ yesterday were driven off when
!they appeared over the Thames
and Humber estuaries and the,
Firth of Forth. No bombs were
| dropped.
Norwegian and Finnish quar
ters heard from numerous sourc
es that mere than a hundred So
viet officers were called back
from the Finnish front to face
trial because of the Red Army’s
failure to make greater progress
l after six weeks of fighting Fin
land. The Russian supply com
missariat is said to be under spec
ial scrunity. There is no confirm
ation to the reports of the shake
ups however.
Philosophical “Plateside”
Chat Delivered by FDR
At Jackson Day Banquet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 — Be
fore a flittering $100 a plate
Jackson Day dinner crowd, Presi
dent Roosevelt delivered a phil
osophical “plateside chat” jok
ing about Republicans outlining
party responsibilities and demon
strafing good feeling, but did
not answer the third term ques
tion and gave no hint to the ques
ion on everyone’s mind.
He greeted Vice President Gar
ner and Senator Glass effusively,
while aids at banquets across the
nation including Attorney Gen
eral Robert J'EcktfBh, Paul Mc
Nutt and Henry Wallace called
for preservation of Roosevelt po!
icies.
Jackson and Wallace specific
ally called for a draft of Roose
velt’s program and Roosevelt
gave what appeared to be a pre
scription for a nominee, saying
“the motive in the long run is
what counts—motive accompan
ied by good manners: if leaders
have good motives and good man
ners and the same time know
ledge of different parts of the
country and plenty of experience
you will be fairly safe in assum
ing they won’t wreck your gov
ernment.”
Said Roosevelt: “The enor
mous task which the Democratic
party has already performed for
this generation has been to pro
vide energy and confidence to
steer the government in the in
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STOCKHOLM LOOKS TO HER EXITS —With the Russian bear trying to force his
way into Finland, Stockholm (above). Sweden's capital city, has checked over plans for evacuation
—in case a threat to Scandinavia materializes. This view shows that part of Stockholm which con
nects southern part of city with the old town. Note “clover leaf” traffic control.