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VOL. 41. No. 134. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1939 Pnce *** **nr ***
Bomb Explodes But Misses Hitler
United States Ships Transfer Registry to Panama
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NAZIS ADVANCE INTO FRANCE I
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A German thrust gave the Nazis a foothold on French soil—about
100 yards in the vicinity of Apach (1)—while a second drive push
ed the French back from German soil on a 20-mil front through
the Saar Valley (2). French said their forces had been ordered
back and the Nazi advance was against only light patrols.
Pension Plans
Snowed Under
Yesterdays Voting
UNDATED, Nov. 8 (/P) -Pen-'
sion plans combining increased
grants to the aged with unortho
dox methods of raising money
were rejected yesterday by top
heavy majorities in California
.and Ohio. In other off-year elec
tions New York voters sanction
ed parimutual race betting and
gave Tammany control of county
jobs while Kentucky chose a
Democratic governor.
None of the contests held were
of nation-wide political interest.
Ohio ballots snowed undeP the
pension proposal advocated by
Herbert Bigelow, retired Cincin
nati clergyman, which assured!
an income of. fifty dollars .month
ly to those past 60. It was de
feated by a margin of more than'
three to one. California/ returns
buried the Ham and Eggs pen
sion plan by a tremendous mar-;
gin, which would have paid un
employed past the age of fifty
up to thirty dollars a week in
scrip. Los Angeles the birth
place of the pension idea, reject
ed it almost two to one.
California pension leaders said
they would start a recall move
ment against Governor Culbert
Olson who fought the plan. They
contended he was elected by the
Ham and Eggers.
Governor Keen Johnson, Dem
ocrat was reelected in Kentucky
over circuit judge King Swope,
Republican.
In, Pennsylvania, Boise Pen
rose II, Republican, nephew of
the late Senator Boise Penrose
trailed John E. Sheridan, Demo
crat, for an unexpired term in
Congress.
Mrs. Thomas S. McMillian held
a long lead over Representative,
Daly, Democrat, in South Caro
line to succeed her late husband,
Representative McMillian, Dem
ocrat.
Robert E. Lamberton, Repub
lican, defeated Robert C. White,
Democrat for Mayor of Philadel
phia.
Edward J. Jefferies, president
of the common council defeated
Mayor Richard W. Reading of De
troit in a non-partisan election.
Mayor Harold E. Burton, Re
publican was reelected in Cleve
land.
Mayor Angelin J. Rossi of San
Francisco was reelected in a field
of eight.
Socialist Mayor Jasper Mc
Levy was reelected in Bridge
port. Connecticut..
JIM LOGAN AND
SLIM WILLIAMS SAFE
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HAZLETON, B. C., Nov. 7 (A*)
—Jim Logan and Slim Williams,
Alaska to New York motorcycl
ists arrived safely at Bierne’s
Ranch, twenty five miles north
of here. Both are in good health
having been unheard of with a
packhorse and motorcycles since
leaving Telegraph Creek on Sep
tember 16th.
Police detachments have been
been searching for them for a
couple of weeks after Logan’s
father expressed anxiety.
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( H. S. Gym Playfield Jamboree Nov. 11
CASH DOOR PRIZE GAMES — FOOD — DANCING 8.30 I’ M.
British Lose
iSuhmarine And
Fifty-four Men
LONDON, Nov. 11 iJP) — The
loss of the British submarine Ox
ley by accidental explosion was
announced in the House of Com
mons by First Lord of the Ad
miralty Winston Churchill but
did not disclose the place or
date.
The Ox’ey was one of Britain’s
ocean-going subs completed in
1927 and having a surface dis
placement of 1,354 tons and a nor
mal complement of 54 officers
and men.
Lord Churchill declared that
three times as many British hunt
ing craft are at work now as at
the outbreak of the war and “a
fairly sound and conservative os
timate on” German sub losses is
between two and four every
week.
He attributed the loss of the
battleship Royal Oak at Scapa
Flow to the fact that the naval
base defenses were incomplete.
He estimated that Germany
could produce two new ships
weekly but added ‘‘at any rate,
our expectation is we must face
one hundred U boats in January
less whatever losses may have
occurred.”
The Admiralty later announc
ed that four officers and 49 men
were lost with the Oxley.
Passenger on Mt.
McKinley Tries
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Wreck Steer Gear
SEATTLE, Nov. 6 UP) — An
iron worker, aged 45, was held
in the city jail here for investi
gation after he was allegedly dis
covered attempting to wreck the
steering engine on the steamer
Mt. McKinley two days out of
Nome.
Police said the man admitted
drinking for two weeks and said
he couldn’t remember all of his
acts. He was confined to his state
room for the rest of the voyage
here and then turned over to the
police when the ship docked.
Unable Reach
Decision Indicate
Might Strike
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7 UP)
—Spokesman for the Employers
said the CIO ship clerks negotia
tors rejected the dock checkers
and employers final contract pro
posals with indications that a
strike might follow.
The union asked for separate
contracts for daily and monthly
workers and objected to the em
ployer’s refusal to grant full pre
ference to the monthly men. Fed
eral mediator W. T Geurts said
he was still hopeful that he
could bring them together.
Attempt Made
“Get” Hitler
with Time Bomb
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BERLIN, Nov. 8 (JP) —I) N B,
the official Germany news agen
cy announced that an explosion
occurred in the Munich beer cel
lar alter Hitler’s anniversary ad
dress was delivered.
Six persons were killed and
more than 60 were injured. Hit
ler himself left earlier than was
expected and was safe on a spec
ial train hound for Berlin. The
explosion was caused by a time
bomb. .... . . ... .!
The DNB said clues pointed to
“a p'ot originating abroad.” .
There is great excitement in
Munich and a reward of S200.000
is offered for the bomber.
Beer Hall Putsch
! MUNICH, Nov. 8 (/P> —R tier
j in a long diatribe against Great
1 Britain said “The condition must
cease when one country abro
gates to itself the right to tell
all others what they must do at
a time and police (a dictatorship
or one nation over another,” he
dec'ared in an address to the
Nazi veterans who participated
in his abortive beer cellar putsch
of 1923. H's speech was the cli
max of the anniversary observ
ance here.
He said “the war broke out
only because England wanted it.
If they say they didn’t want war
and they must make W3>r to end
war, wfhy did they start this
war. There will be wars so long
as the good things on earth are
not distributed equitably and vol
untarily.”
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Transfer Tankers
To Panama For
Shipments Abroad
. NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (/P) — j
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey officials said that at least j
six of its tankers were transfer
red from the United States to'
the Panama flag in the past six
weeks. Fifteen ships in all even
lual y will make the change.
The officials said these older
vessels are to be operated by the
Panama Transport Company, a
Standard Oil subsidiary. They al
so said the American ships of
this company will carry trans
At’antic cargoes with its Ameri
can officers and crews being re
placed by foreigners,
ean power, consequently the oth
er nations paid closer attention
to the words spoken at the
three-day celebration by Soviet
War Commissar Marshal Voro
shiloff. Reviewing his forces in
Ri d Square he said Russia must
he prepared through the neutral
Communist International, organ
ized in Moscow, to spread Com
r inism hr'-ugheut the world.
’re observed the anniversary in
a manifesto urging the workers
pf Britain and France to halt the
war.
Premier Molotoff struck the
keynote of the night when he
predicted the overthrow of cap
italism and inferentially invited
the masses of foreign countries
to work toward that end.
Communists in the United
Stales celebrated the anniver
sary by adopting a new’ party
policy which drops “the popular
front” technique for cooperating
with other leftist organizations to
fight fascism.
Russia’s negotiations with Fin
land on Soviet territorial de
mands were halted by the holi
day.
The Finns imposed mail, tele
graph and telephone censorship
while waiting for the resumption
of the Moscow talks.
Secretary Hull
Opp oses Transfer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (TP) —.
In the face of outspoken opposi
tion, the Maritime Commission,
prepared for President Roosevelt,
a repoTt on the transfer of Unit
ed States ships to the registry
of Panama The Commission re
ported they would hold such )Ca
tion not to involve t'he accept*
ance of responsibility by this gov
ernment. i
Meanwhile Secretary of State
Cordell Hull expressed opposi
tion to plan as negativating ship
ping restrictions of the neutral
ity act.
Warring Nations
Russian Words
UNDATED, Nov. 7 f/P» —Rus
sia’s revolutionary anniversary
cerebration which was marked
by parading troops, guns and
planes took on added import
ance this year because the three
major European powers locked
in war are stalemated. The con
flict between Germany and the
British and French allies give^
Moscow a greater weight for
! swinging the balance of Europ
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NOTICE
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A Democratic Club meeting is
called for Thursday, November
8, 8 p.m. at the City Hall. Im
portant business is to be trans
acted and all members are urg
ed to attend.
George Laiblin. President
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S PEEK-A-BOO! —Reflected in an auto's hub cap, the United States
capltoi is the merest shadow of its real seif. Note the shrinkage in the cameraman, too.