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VOL. 41. No. 38. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Mar. 29, 1939 Price wr
Ma drid, Starved Out, Surrenders
Madrid Celebrates Franco’s Bloodless Conquest
Nome Hotel & Nome Garage Destroyed By Fire
Madrid Surrenders
To Nationalist
General Franco
MADRID. -March 28 </P)_With
Franco’s troops in Madrid,
throngs shouted “Viva Franco,
Viva Es-pana,” as they hailed the
Nationalist troops swarming in
to Madrid after the sudden sur
render of the capital.
Britain Coniines
Try Stop Hitler
LONDON, March 28 -f/T)—Pre
mier Chamberlain told the House
of Commons that the govern
ment was “actively continuing
_negotiations with other govern
ments’’ to keep Hitler from fur
ther aggression and added “The
House won’t expect me to make
statements which can’t be com
pleted until we are in posses
sion of the final views of other
governments.”
Chamberlain's a n n oureement;
fallowed statements mad? by 1
government spokesmen to the ef
fect that Britain felt that fur
ther trade negotiations with Ger
many wer? “impossible” and
that they wer? pLanning huge
financial loans to subside ship
ping interests to fit the merchant
marine fleet for possible use in
wartime and -are considering in
creasing Brit ain’s territorial
army, the home defenders of
Britain’s shores.
Doubles Army Strength
LONDON, March 29 </P)—Pre-j
mier Chamberlain announced the!
strength -of the British territor-1
ial army had been doubled, giv- j
ting i-t a total of 340,000 men.
Madrid People,
Starving, Welcome
Coming of Franco
MADRID, March 29 (/P)—Mad
;d church bells rang joyfully as
a signal of Nationalist General
Franco’s bloodless conquest of
‘.he coastal and inland cities
•■/here R publicans of Spain made
r l;>i?t hep"less stand. Mad
r'd’s hungry inhabitants, after
months of near starvation, rejoic
od as peace ar.d food was brot
‘o them with the entry of Fran
oo’s ;.roc,ps to the metropolis.
The will to fight that sustained
the Republicans during the 32
months of civil strife ended in
Madrid’s submission.
Nationalist soldiers moved post
haste to complete the occupa
tion of the remainder of the en
emy soil. The Nationalists form
ally took over Valencia without
resistance.
The people started the second
day of celebrating, heartened by
the sight of long lines of social
auxiliary trucks loaded with food
stuffs, filing into the city. Hun
ger as much as (anything else,
brought the capital to its knees.
Medical sources estimated that
more than 300 persons died ev
ery month due to malnutrition.
The latter stages of the selge be
gan 875 days ago.
The Nationalist troops are mov
ing through Republican territory
so fast, that it is impossible to
keep an account of the towns cap
tured. It is estimated that 40,000
prisoners were taken in the Mad
rid section alone and tens of thou
(stands more in other places,
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
(tick out of it.
GLAMOUR GIRL WEDS PRODUCER
Hedy Lamar, one of the newest of Hollywood’s glamour girls, be
came the bride of Gene Markey, movie producer and writer, in a
ceremony performed at Mexicalia, Mexico, after a motor dash from
Hollywood. They are shown shortly after their marriage, performed
by a Mexican civil magistrate
Fire Wipes Out Nome Motors Bid**.
At 4:30 this afternoon a fire alarm was turned in
from the Nome Motors Garage and Nome Hotel located
on Front Street opposite the city hall and fire depart
ment. A few minutes previous to the alarm of fire,
Emery Martin, an employee, was engaged in pumping
deisel oil into the tanks for the heating plant in the
rear of the building. It was here that the fire originated.
It was reported the gas pump had back fired causing
the ignition of the oil, and rapidly gained headway thru
out the garage and hotel apartments upstairs.
The fire department lost no time in getting into ac
tion and had some five streams of hose playing on the
burning building in a few minutes.
However, it was soon realized that the building and con
tents were doomed as the fire leaped and spread thru
out the building, which was constructed of lumber.
Within 20 minutes the entire building was a mass;
of fire. Few if any of the roomers on the second floor;
were in the building at the time and everything they
possessed was lost. Mrs. Wm. Kelsey, who was looking
after the Hotel Apartments during the absence of the
owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Harper who are out on a
vacation in the States, just had time to grab her parka |
and run out. The garage and all Its equipment is a total
loss. It is understood the building and equipment is in
sured. Wien Alaska Airlines office located on the op
posite corner, moved all of its office equipment out
of danger.
Pickets Try Stop
All Suppli es Going
To Alaska
•SEATTLE, March 29 </P) —
Pickets of the Washington Dis
trict -Council Maritime Federa
tion began demonstrations aimed
•at halting all supplies fcr Alaska.
The salmon season was delay
ed at least several hours, when
the sailing of the vessel Baranof,
scheduled to sail at noon, was
•posted to sail at 5 p.m. after
•pickets were withdrawn. Long
shoremen stopped loading opera
tions and more than half the
crew left the ship when the pick
ets appeared.
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany protested that no cannery
supplies or workers were aboard
the ship. The pickets were with
drawn after a conference with
union representatives.
A. D. Harding, secretary of the
council said 175 pickets were sent
out to the docks at which the
S. S. Baranof and S>. S Tongass
were loading for various cannery
tenders and cannery operations,
at Lake Union
Conferences were also held
with the Alaska Transportation
Company. Pickets were then
•withdrawn and the Tongass is
sch-eduel to sail tonight.
Clyde Pangborn
Marries Designer .
SOUTHAMPTON, March 29
(A*) — Clyde Pangborn, who flew
[ nonstop from Japan to Wenat
chee in 1931, married Swana
Duval Apris, dress designer,
whom he met -when he pulled
her out of snow drift in a Swiss
resort, two years ago.
Pres. Asks
150 Million, Com.
Votes 100 Million
j
WASHINGTON, March 29 (A7)
— The House Appropriations
Committee disregarded President
Roosevelt’s estimate for relief
needs, voting $100,000,000 to run
the WPA until July 1. The Presi
deht asked for 150 million.
Committee members said the
vote on the 100 million dollar
bill was 25 to 13.
Chairman Sabath of the Rules;
committee quoted President |
Roosevelt in commenting on the j
action said if a smaller sum was
finally approved the WPA would
have to stretch it out and do the
best it could.
Navy to Build
2 Big
WASHINGTON, March 28 <A>)
— The White House announced
that President Roosevelt had giv
en the navy authority to build
two battleships of 45,000 tons
each.
The navy, which has authority
under a bill passed in 1938 to
build 3 new battleships, is ask
ing Congress for funds to start
-work on two of them. They will
be the largest ever constructed
in the United States.
APRIL FOOL’S DAY
CARD PARTY AND DANCE
Saturday, April 1st, IOOF Hall,
Auspices Pioneers of Alaska
Cards at 9:15 Dancing at 11:15
Refreshments — Good Music
Admission 75tf
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
France Will Not
Cede One Foot
Nor Any Rights
j F
—
PARIS, March 29 UP) — Pre
m;er Daladier answering Musso
'ini’s speech offered to negotiate
France’s differences with Italy if
definite proposals were made by
the Italians in “faithful accords
which she signed in 1935 with
Italy. Daladier said France was
ready to pursue their complete
loyal execution in spirit and equi
valent to these accords and she!
would not refuse to examine any
propositions that may be made
to her”, but added that France
would not cede away one foot
of her territory nor one of her
rights.
-m.
Hearings For
Amendment Labor
Act April 11
WASHINGTON. March 28 (JP)
— The Senate Labor Committee
voted unanimously to start hear
ings on April 11, of proposed
amendments to the Wagner La
bor Act. The A F of L had de
manded that the hearings start,
while the CIO urged delay.
Senator Ellender told report
ers that the committee memibers
felt no necessity for further de
lay because peace negotiations |
“are just as far apart as they!
have ever been and there does-1
n’t seem to be any possibility!
that tliey will ever get togeth
er.”
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Coast Guard
Rescue Five
From Island
SEATTLE, March 29 UP) —,
Coast Guardsmen fought a rag
ing sea and winds of gale force
to bring five near-starved, mar
ooned men from Tugidak Island*
to safety. The Cutter Morris had
given the men up for dead on
March 11. The ship, Motorship
Swan was last seen in February
■off Kodiak Island. The Coast
Guard reported that the Swan
had broker up and that wreck*
age was scattered for miles in
the sea.
A surf boat landed on the is
land with food yesterday but ov
erturned in the surf. All the
equipment was lost but the crew
men managed to save the boat^
and set out today.
The rescued men succeeded in
reaching the Morris. None of ttvq
men were injured. They are:
Mike Kerr, Hans Gerdum, and
Alf Topgi amsdn, all of Kadiak;
Robert Craig of Denver; and Dan
Taylor of Seattle.
President Takes 10
WASHINGTON, March 29 </P}
—'President Roosevelt left at
11:40 am. PST for a ten-day vis%
it to Warm Springs, Georgia.
Flees Franco
ALGIERS, March 29 </P)—Gen-*
eral Joie Maja Hisstaff, fleeing
from Franco's conquest of Spain
arrived by airplane from V«i«n-*
cia at Lasonia airport near Oran.
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SIGN NOTES LINKING BRAZIL U. S.
An exchange of notes calling for close economic collaboration be
tween the United States and Brazil were signed by Secretary ot
State Cordell Hull (left), and Brazilian Foreign Minister Oswaldo
Aranha (right), in the presence of Secretary of Treasury Henry
Morgenthau (center background), at Washington, the far-reaching
agreements granted liberal extension of credit to Brazil.