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VOL. 41. No. 39. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, March 31, 1939 ***** wr c^7 1M
Britain, France Declare For War
Japanese Occupy French-Claimed Spratly Islands
Remains William Davis Found in Burning Cabin
Maj. Paul Edwards
Advocates More
Radio Phones
FAIRBANKS. March 30 (ZP)—
Major Paul S. Edwards of the
U. S. Army Signal Corps
said he would strongly recom
mend the waiving of miner re
strictions to permit the establish
ment of radio phone service for
isolated Alaska settlements.
He arrived from Barrow via
Nome by plane after a 4,000 mile
inspection trip.
He further said “the few li
censed radio operators in the
more remote parts of Alaska ren
der invaluable services to avia
tors and frontiersmen, but I was
shocked by the woeful lack of
communication for the people in
n u m erous settlements. This
could easily be overcome by in
stalling radiophone services and
every little settlement could
have one at a modest cost."
Britain to Expand
Navy Air Force
LONDON, March 30 I/P)—Pre
mier Chamberlain intimated in
the House of Commons that Brit
am's navy air force would be ex
panded. Answering questions
about expansion he said “State
ments will be made from time
to 'time as conclusions are reach
ed.”
Japs Announce
Seizure Of
French Islands
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TOKYO, March .31 </P) — Tire
! Japanese (government announced
I ‘hat it has assumed jurisdiction
over the Spratly Islands which
France clamed in 1933 and
which are of strategic value as
| a seaplane and submarine base.
The tiny group, of 247 acres or
less in the South China Sea, mid
way between British North Bor
neo and French Indo-China are
approximately 600 miles from
the British naval base at Singa
pore.
Their occupation gave Japan a
complete ring around the Philip
pine Islands.
Facists Dislike
Daladier’s Talk
ROME, March 30 —Musso
lini affirmed Italy’s intention to
remain “in prison in the Medit
erranean” while Fascists studied
with disfavor last night’s address
by Daladier. Virginio Gayda lead
ing Fascist editor summed up
Daladier’s speech with the asser
tio-n that he wanted to “shut
tight the half closed door" of
French and Italian negotiations.
Mussolini spoke briefly during
an in£p:ction tour of Calabria
Province in Italy.
BACK IN LAWS CLUTCHES AGAIN
Roy Gardner (right), mail robber recently freed from Alcatraz
Prison after serving 17 years, was placed under arrest again when
picked up in the grill room of a San Francisco hotel on a Portland,
Ore., indictment charging him with sending obscene matter thru
the mails. Gardner is shown reading the warrant for his arrest,
while Deputy U. S. Marshal Joseph Kennedy snaps on the handcuffs
Discovery by Dr. Paul A. Zalii
(above) of a lost village in South
America where perfect happiness
exists was announced at Union
College Schenectady, N. Y„
where Zahl is a research asso
ciate of the Haskins laboratory,
Zahl's expedition found the vil
lage, inhabited by Indians never
before visited by white men,
near the site of A. Conan Doyle's
“Lost World,” not far from Mt.
Koraima, British Guiana and Ven
zuela.
William Davis
Burned To Death
This Morning
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An alarm of fire was turned in
at 3:45 this morning from the
box near Dry Creek. The fire de
partment “Cat” towing the win
ter sled and chemical tanks etc.,
headed for the scene of fire reach
ing there without difficulty. The
fire had gained such headway
that it was impossible to save
the small building. In efforts to
save adjoining property, a cable
was thrown around the burning
cabin and the “Cat” used to pull
the structure over and a safe
distance away, It was then that
the charred remains of William
Davis, a native boy some 25
years of age, was dragged out
of the burning timbers.
The nearest building about 15
i feet away, was saved by the old
method of some 10 persons shov
eling snow on the cabin.
It was learned today that
young Davis was the sole occu
pant of the cabin which is locat
ed across Dry Creek on what is
termed Belmont Point. Neigh
bors state that two distinct ex
plosions were heard before the
fire department arrived. It is be
lieved that he over-crowded his
coal stove which exploded and
the second explosion was probab
ly caused from a gasoline lamp
which he used.
Young Davis was employed by
the Hammon Company during
the summer months. He is sur
vived by a sister, Mi's. Helen
Johnson who lives here in Nome,
and by an uncle at Cape Prince
of Wales. Funeral arangements
j have not as yet been announced.
Britain Decides
Fight If Hiter
Invades Poland
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LONDON, March 30 (/P> —The
impression deepened in London
t.hat Britain might fight if Ger
many invades Poland. Officials
wouldn’t discuss the matter, but
reliable sources said ‘‘The Brit
ish cabinet is now convinced that
a bold course is the best course.”
Informed parliamentary c i r
cles said Chamberlain would
make a statement on the Europ
ean situation tomorrow before
(the House of Commons, not wait
ing for a full dress of the for
eign affairs debate scheduled for
Monday.
It is believed that the Polish
ambassador Count Raczynski
h.ard of the cabinet’s position in
an interview with Foreign Secre
tary Halifax.
Britain & France
W ill Back Poland
With Arms
LONDON, March 31 (/P) —
Neville Chamberlain in a historic
attempt to block Germany’s ex
pansion on the continent, announ j
ced in the House of Commons
that Britain and France will back
with arms the independence of
Poland while pursuing means of
stabilizing the European situa
tion.
Without mentioning Germany
Chamberlain stated Britains posi
tion thus: “In the event of any
action which clearly threatens
Poland’s independence and which
the Polish government according
ly considers it vital to resist with
national forces, his Majesties gov
eminent will lend Poland all the
support in their power, and have
given the Polish government as
surance to this effect. I may add
that the French government has
authorized me to make it plain
that they stand in the same posi
tion in this matter as do his
Majesty’s government.”
The statement went beyond
anything most European observ
ers had anticipated. Chamberlain
had been expected to qualify his
guarantee by refusing to fight for
Danzig or the Polish Corridor.
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Murder Witness
Found Dead Of
Bullet Wound
CORDOVA, March 30 ifP) —
Authorities searching for Cecil
Barnes, a Cherokee Indian, to
serve a warrant in connection
with ,the killing of William Sala,
found the body on a lonely trail
near here. He died of a pistol
wound. Sala was killed in a fight
in Cordova Saturday night.
A pistol was found beside
Barnes’ body.
Deputy District Attorney H. P.
Noggle said he received word of
the death of Mike Dokofsky at
Kodiak after a hatchet fight in
a trading post.
YOUNG GIANT GOES TO COURT
Robert Wadlow, 21-year-old Alton, 111., youth who towers eight
feet, eight and one-half inches, is shown emerging from an elevator
on his way to federal courtroom in St. Joseph, Mo., for the opening
of his $100,000 libel suit against Dr. Chas. Ilumberd of Bernard, Mo*
Pres. Nominates
New Dealer As
Comptroller Gen.
WASHINGTON, March 30 bP)
—President Roosevelt nominated
former Senator Fred Brown of
New Hampshire to fill tifr« long
vacant post of Comptroller Gen
eral for a term of 15 years.
Brown was Governor of New
Hampshire from 1923 to 1925.
He was defeated in November af
ter a single term in the Senate.
He succeeds John McCarl who
vacanted the office in 1936. Rich
ard Elliott has been acting in the
office.
Brown will be 60 years old
next month and is known as a
consistent supporter of the Presi
dent.
WASHINGTON, March 31 (/P)
—• Newly appointed Comptroller
of Currency Fred Brown issued
a call for the condition of all
national banks at the close of
business on March 29.
Ex-President Dies
MIAMI BEACH, March 29 </P
—dorado Machada, aged 67, die
tator-President of Cuba, deposed
in 1933, died here while undei
an anasthetic during an opera
tion to remove a tumor.
APRIL FOOL’S DAY
CARD PARTY AND DANCE
Saturday, April 1st, IOOF Hal
Auspices Pioneers of Alaska
Cards at 9:15 Dancing at 11:11
Refreshments — Good Music
Admission 754
Largest Passenger
Load Flies Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30
(iT1) —The huge California Clip
per arrived at Honolulu ait 8:24
a.m. completing the first leg of
the San Francisco - Hongkong
flight with the largest passenger
load ever to fly the Pacific.
Mrs. Gus Edinger (above) was
held in Malianoy City, Pa., on a
murder charge in the death of
her three-year-old son. State
Police Corporal C. I). Boyle said
she told him she smothered the
[ child because he “cried too
much." Boyle quoted her as say~
ing the baby disturbed her three
other children with its crying
j and was a “nuisance.”