Oldest Newspaper In Alaska. “The News Of The Day In Pictures’* Member Of The Associated Press.
| Nugget Weather Forecast I "TT 'TT'1 T TW "THT *T /N V V 1 ^ Published Every
] Cloudy occasional light snow | | &«J| l£~^ j\ > I M : t- 1 | i - 5 1 1 S ~w bH I I MONDAY,
I Tomght .„d Tuesday. Not | 1 X 1 jL, IN IV i JL 1N \J VJ'UJL/ JL < “^AY' }
Much change in temperature | I rriiDAY, |
VOL. 42. No. 28. v NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, March 4, 1940 Price per copy 154
Alaska Appropriation Over Million
Germans Shoot Down Belgian Plane In Air Fight
Hilter Outlines His Price For
Peace To Sumner Welles In
94-Minute Conference Saturday
UNDATED March 2 (/P)—Hit
ler Saturday stated to Sumner
Welles Assistant Secretary of
State of the United States, Ger
many’s case for the domination
of central Europe and a means
of access to raw materials.
The war which the Fuerher
said he would continue until his
objectives were gained, mean
while reached its long arm again
across the Atlantic as the German
freighter Troja of twenty three
hundred tons was fired into flam
es off Aruba an oil refinery is
land in the Dutch West Indies
while attempting to run the Brit
ish blockade.
The German freighter was cut
oft by a British cruiser. The crew
of the Nazi boat fired her rather
than surrender.
Welles, President Roosevelt’s
fact finder in Europe, conferred
with Chancellor Hitler for nine
ty four minutes as a climatic ses
sion to his Berlin discussions.
Well informed sources said the
Fuehrer gave as Germany's price
for peace British and French re
cognition of a “German Monroe
Doctrine in central Europe"; per
manent political domination over
an area including Bohemia, Mor
1 avia Slovakia and Germany’s
portion cf dismembered Poland
and Hungary; the restoration of
her colonies which she lost in
world war number one; and the
I breaking of the “strangle-hold”
! which Great Britain has on the
, lanes to raw materials of the
| world.
Tiie German chancellor was al
I so reported to have said that an
j improvement in German-Amcric
. an relations was desirable, Fur
thermore, it was said he wanted
guarantees from Biitain and the
French government that they
would not stir up the Balkans or
Scandinavian countries.
Heavy Fighting
At Outskirts
Of Viipuri
HELSINKI March 2 (JP>— Air
raid alarms kept Helsinki citi
zens in bombproof shelters an
aggregate of four and a quarter
hours today as Russan warplan
es roared over the outskirts of
the city on numerous occasions.
The Russians flow at a great
height bound for objectives fur
ther north.
The air activity was coincident
with heavy fighting on the out
skirts of Viipuri, key to the Kare
lian Isthmus.
ATTENTION
Catholic Ladies will give an
entertainment on St. Patrick’s
Day Saturday March 16 8:30 pm
lor the Benfiet of the Pilgrim
Springs Mission at the School
Gym.
Subscribe for The Nome Nugget
? ^Y ^ ^ ^ ^A w oman’s touch in mending is sadly lacking at the Ober*
p pass in Switzerland, where one soldier has to reniir Mnie’s ravages on his comrade's pants
Double Header Baseball Wed. March 6th 8 p.m.
Married Women vs Alaskan Women Commercials vs Hammon
Belgian Plane Is Shot Down
In Air Fight with German Plane
Over Belgian Terri. Three Dead
BRUSSELS March 2 (/P>— The
Belgian government announced
today that a Belgian airplane had
been shot down in an air fight
between German and Belgian
planes over Belgian territory.
The brief communique said:
“a Belgian plane was shot down
this afternoon during a battle be
tween Belgian planes and German
planes. Another communique will
be issued tonight.”
Earlier reports from the front
ier region that a Belgian plane
crashed near Bastogne three mil
es from the Belgian-Luxembourg
borders and that the occupants
were burned to death. ,
Government officials viewed
the incident—the first of its kind
since the war started—in a ser
ious light.
The number of Belgian dead is
unknown but one report said
three.
The Belgian pursuit ships were
attacked by German bombers and
two Belgian airmen were seen
to parachute to earth. The Ger
man ships escaped unharmed.
Shortly after the government’s
announced the German ambassa
dor arrived at the foreign office
seeking and interview with Bel
gian foreign minister Henry
Spaak.
Mouse Appropriation Committee
Asks $1,059,569 For Alaska Terri.
Government For Fiscal Year 1941
- - *
WASHINGTON, March 4 (/P)—
The House Appropriations com
mittee introducing an Interior De
partment Bill asked $1,059,560
for the Alaska territorial govern
ment for 1941 an increase of $65,
720 over the current year but
$200 less than the budget recom,
mendations.
For the Fisheries Service they1
recommended $280,540 an in
crease of $12,340 but $1120 under
the budget estimates. The Bu
reau was also allowed $78,900 for
the fishery market news service
an increase of $2900 also $11,500
for fish screens.
,
| Increased by $1500 were the1
! salaries of the Governor and Sec
; retary whose usual figure $15,600
Contingent expenses were cut
$4280 to $18,120. Legislative ex
penses remained the same $50,000
| Public schools got $50,000; care
of the insane $205,840; roads brid
ges and trails gat an increase of
$10,000 to $570,000; Construction
and repairs to trails and roads
got $10,000 increased to $150,000.
Other items in the bill exclu- [
sive of funds for the operation
of the territorial government
included fire fighting which was
cut $10,500 to $27,000; education j
of natives cut $10,785 to $940,595;
medical relief was raised $52,940
to $492,490; the reindeer service
was $75,000 or $300 under the
budget estimates; McKinley Park
got $28,120 a cut of $1850; en
forcement of game laws $155,000:
■ut $24,200.
Alaska Railroad funds were in
creased $155,000 to $2,775,000 and !
nvestigation of mineral resourc
es received $60,000 or the same
.as this year.
GONE WITH THE WIND"
SNARES FOUR “OSCARS”
HOLLYWOOD —March 1 —
Gone With the Wind” won the
Academy of Motion Picture arts
and sciences annual proclamation
award.
Robert Donat was given a stat j
ue for the best acting achieve-1
ment for his “Goodbye Mr Chips
Vivien Leigh “Scarlett’’ in “Gone
With the Wind won the feminine
Oscar.
Victor Fleming for “Gone with
the Wind” was named best dir
j ector. Both Donat and Leigh are
English stars. Thomas Mitchell in
Stagecoach’’ was judged the
best sujppontjing actor. Hattie
McDaniel negro mammy in
“Gone With the Wind" won the
supporting actress award.
TRIO OF THOMASE S—Anyone railing for a Mister
Thomas in the nation’s capitol would be sure of a good response
from these three men—all occupied with the present session of
congress. Left to right are: Sen. Elmer Thomas. Oklahoma Demo
crat; Sen. John Thomas, Idaho Republican who succeeded Borah:
and Sen. Elfceri Thomas, a Democrat from Utah.
Rumors Circulate That Air and
Supply Ministers of the British
Cabinet Might Be Replaced
Si C7 . ji.
LONDON, March 4 (JP) — Ru
mors which circulated with the
appearance of press comment
that “we must have the right
men” in high places in the gov
ernment mentioned Air Minister
Sir Kingsley Wood and Supply
Minister Leslie Burgin might be
replaced.
Italy Protests
Blockade German
Goal Shipments
_
UNDATED. March 4 UP)— The
war at sea was marked by fresh
outbursts of activity in a week
end fraught with new implica
tions as Italy protested the Brit
ish blockade of German coal ship
ments and warned London that
her “economic and political re
lations" with Rome were serious
ly endangered. The Italian note
struck at the British contraband
control and generally charged
the interception of mail on the
high seas in flagrant violation of
the Hague conventions.
There are rumblings in Britain
of dissatisfaction with British !
war leadership following the Ger
man bombing and machine-gun
ning of the British liner Domala
in the English Channel. Of the
301 persons aboard 108 were re
ported missing or believed lost.
The vessel battered and fire scar
red was towed to an English port.
Two other small British steam
ers the Albona and Cato were
sunk by mines. Tht Dutch freight
er Limburg was also reported ma
chine-gunned in the North Sea.
The Russian high command an
nounced that Soviet troops are
closing in on Viipuri from the
north and south. The Finns are
clinging desperately to the city
and reported fresh successes I
north of Lake Ladoga.
The French reported 7 German
planes were shot down on the
Western Front.
>
Sumner Welles reached Switz
eriana and enroute from Paris
by train passed along in view of
both the Seigfried and Maginot
Lines.
Pioneer School
Teacher Mrs.
Cram Passes On
SEATTLE March 2 (/Pi— The
close marital partnership in edu
cational and missionary work of
forty years was dissolved here
by the death Friday of Mrs Belle
Cram wife of the Rev. D W Cram
retired Presbyterian, pioneer Al
askan missionary.
Coming to Seattle as a bride in
1900 she went with her husband
to Alaska, settling in Valdez,
where a church was built which
still stands there,
For twelve years Mrs Cram
taught school while her husband
took care of the church work at
Point Barrow under the federal
bureau of education. She also
served at Betties on the Koyukuk
river and at points in Kotzebue
Sound before retiring in 1925:.
SOURDOUC.II STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
That unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
“Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have been
brought strictly uptodate. and are
now available at the Nugget offi
ce.