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VOL. 42. No. 25. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Feb. 28 1940 Per c°Py 15«
Signal Corps Get New Equipment
3-Day Rain Brings Floods to Northern California
Signal Corps Officials Advocate
Commercial Stations for Alaska
$8,000 for New Equipment for Nome
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (JP) —
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended to the
House the sum of $197,992 for the
operation of the Alaska Commun
ications System for the fiscal
year starting July first. The cur
rent appropriation is for $200,
009. Signal Corps officials said “it
is our first line of defense if
trouble comes up there.” They
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advocated permitting private and
! commercial stations be installed
in the Territory saying the Army
! could not take care of all com
mercial business. They said they
I intend to spend five thousand in
1 stalling new equipment at An
chorage; three thousand at Fair
; banks and eight thousand at
Nome.
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Radio Facilities
Scattle-Juneau lie
Installed by May 15
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 f/P) —
Bixby testified before the CAA
that Pan American Airways ex
pected to have adequate radio fac
ilities installed on the Seattle to
Juneau route by May 15 and will
install the equipment promptly
at Ketchikan. He said the wea
ther reports now broadcast were
considered ample for the service
but it was desirable to improve
them.
Most of the morning session
was taken up in cross examining
him by Samuel Gates CAA coun
sel in efforts to determine if all
provisions to safeguard flying ov
er the route had been taken.
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Asserts Seattle
Alaska Airline
Help Territory
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (JP) —
The establishment of a Seattle
Alaska airline will help build a
“stable economy” in the Terri
tory Senator Schwellenbach told
the CAA- “Swift ti^insportation
will help greatly to keep people
in Alaska on a permanent basis.
Under present conditions the
tendency is to regard the terri
tory as a place to make a stake
and get out. I think an airline
will discourge this attitude. We
always are taking things out of
the Territory and not putting
much in” he said.
Proof of Labor Blanks car, now
be had at the "'me Nugget offlr*
Three Days Rain Inundates Vast
Sections of Northern California
Hundreds Home less, Crop Damage
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 UP)
—Vast sections of northern Cal
ifornia are under deep flood wa
ters and hundreds are homeless
after three days of rain. Nation
al Guard supply trucks are ready
to move and aid the homeless in
the afflicted areas. Officials of the
S’.ate Legislature considered call
ing a special session.
The downpour totalled almost
9 inches in 24 hours in some plac
es. Napa in the north San Fran
cisco Bay region however report
ed bright sun and clearing skies,
the flood waters are abating in
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doe Sacramento River where it
went over the banks in some'
places. Three hundred homes in
iledding were inundated and a
heavy crops damage was suffer
ed.
Cloudburst Causes $100,000
Damage in Ten .Minutes
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 28 [$>)
—A cloudburst sent three raging
streams down on Berkeley and
within ten minutes caused $100,
000 damage. j
GO Ps Predict
New Beal Rout j
In November
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CC5SUMBDS, Ohio, Fob. 28 (TP)
— Jubilant Republicans hailed
the election yesterday of Harry
McGregor to Congress in a dis
trict represented for the past 9
years by Democrats as a promis- j
ing New Deal rout in November.1
He defeated Byron Ashbrook.
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At Washington the GOP Na
tional Committee said “The Re
publicans take the first blood for.
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I'KINTING blanks carried
H. HOOVER ADDS AN ‘ H ’ TO NAME: HELP —Former President Herbert Hoover
[ (left), whose drive for Finnish relief funds has sent thousands of dollars to the war-torn country, is
ehown at Chester. Pa., with Clifford H. Peoples, the mayor. Mr. Hoover visited Chester In connection
•vtth the drive. Behind men is Finnish Memorial statue in Croiier park.
Diplomats Prepare
For \v orld Peace
After The War
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' WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (/P) —
Secretary Hull said at a press
; conference that conferences were
under way between American
diplomats and foreign govern
, ments all over the world in the
! interest of preventing the forces
of autorachy in the augmentation
1 of economic totalitarianism from ;
gaining control after the war.
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Report Sound
Air Raid on Nazi
Motor Factory
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ROMANSHORN, Switzerland,
Feb. 28 (A1) — Inhabitants were
i startled by what sounded like an
air raid on the old Zeppelin
works across Lake Constance
near Friedrichshaven. A heavy
fog screened the factories which
are now making airplane motors
but plane motors and anti-air -
| craft guns were heard.
Air Raid Alarms
Sounded in Paris
First Since Nov.
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PARIS, Feb. 40 (4’)—Parisians
had their first air raid alarm
since November and hundreds
went into bomb shelters for 57
minutes but no bombs were re
ported. Earlier two German plan
es were driven off while boule
vard crowds watched. No alarm
was sounded at that time.
Germans Repulse Attack
BERLIN, Feb. 28 (/P) — The
high command announced that a
strong infantry assault support
ed by artillery was repulsed east
of the Moselle River last nigiht.
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BEST BIB AND TUCKER —When the annual army
and navy reception was held at the White House in Washington,
gold braid was plentiful, including that of Gen. George C. Mar
shall. U. S. army chief of staff, seen in full dress uniform as he
and Mrs. Marshall left their home. General Marshall succeeded
Gen. Malin Craig last July 1.
Largest British
Battleships Ready
Rejoin Fleet
LONDON. Feb. 27 </P) — Two
of the largest battleships the 31,
000 ton Barham and the 34,000
ton flagship Nelson are under re
pair at naval yards Lord Church
ill disclosed to the House of Com
mo ns.
The Barham was hit by a tor
pedo in September and the Nel
son was damaged by a mganetic
mine in December but both will
soon be ready to rejoin the fleet.
He said also that five new battle
ships would join the fleet soon.
He predicted the intensification
of German efforts to break the
British sea strangehold and an
nounced that the navy has not
been used at Scapa Flow since
the battleship Royal Oak was
sunk by a submarine October 13.
APPROVES LOAN TO FINNS
It is reported today that the
HJouse passed approval of the
twenty million dollars credit to
Finland 168 to 51. Republican
Fish put up a fight against the
measure but was over-ruled.
Hitler Will Not
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Propose Peace
Plan to Welles
BERLIN, Feb. 27 (TP)—Inform
ed German circles expressed the
belief that Hitler would tell Sum
ner Welles in no uncertain terms
the Rtich’s demands for hege
mony on the European continent
and the return oi’ her colonies
lost in the last World War. It is
generally bolievedthat he would
propose no peace plan. ,
Fresh Killed Beef at Polet's
FBI to Probe
Report Recruiting
of Am. Fliers
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 27 (TP) —
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents were ordered to probe re
ports that foreign agents were re
emitting young fliers for war ser
vices abroad. It was reported
that at least 20 youths all with
pilot licenses departed for Tor
onto secretly.
Double Header Baseball Tonight, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
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