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VOL. 41. No. 49 NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, April 24, 1939 Price per copy 154
4 of Best French Bombers Destroyed
50 Lbs. Dynamite Found Near G. L. Ship Canal
Italy Claims Yugoslavia For Rome-Berlin Axis
HELD ON ILLEGAL ENTRY CHARGE
Heinze Gerhardt Hartmann-YVrede, former clerk in the public re
lations office at Marchj Fie'd, army air base, is shown in Los Angeles
jail where he was held on a charge of illegal entry, pending a
led era! hearing on deportation to his native Germany. He was
quoted in the Los Angeles Examiner as claiming to have uncovered
a German spy ring and fearing violent death should he be deported.
Four French
Bombers Crash
Twenty Die
PARIS, Apr 1 22 <JF— One cf
the worst seri" o' : "‘dents over
suffered by French aviation cos*
20 1'vrs a d four of Franc*’3 best
■fighting planes.
The first cf ‘hs f 2 1 ■ere-'3:'*. 23
occurred when on army bomber
burst into flames ever Northern
Frt—'-h Morocco and crashed,
killing it crew of six. The sec
ond bomber with a crew cf five
crash'd near Beauvaid while cr.
might maneuvers. And two heavy
b. mbers colkded as they were
preparing to land at Urs military
airport, killing nine officers.
Girl Gangster Surrenders
KANSAS CITY <£»)—Unarmed
and alone, Estelle Dickson., 16
year-o’.d blonde sharpshooter,
submitted meekly to arrest amid
a bustling crowd of Easter shop
pers in the heart of the business
district and ended the seven
months’ crime career of the na
tion's public enemy couple num
;'.:f pro
r.iv husband, Benny, died in a
1 f bullets in St. Louis, when
_ i.. 1 agen's cornered him.
She may be t3kcn to Detroit
.. stand trial for violating the
L rdbergh law.
NOTICE
Write to your friends and rela
uves on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
Kick out of it
634 Espionage
Cases In 1938 Over
35 Cases In 1937
WASHINGTON, April 22 (/P)—
The army announced plans to
reinforce the military intellig
ence division to keep in touch
with fast moving developments
aboard and to safeguard defense
secrets tat home. A general in
stead of a colonel will be put in
charge of the counter-espionage
servee in conformity with Presi
den.t Roosevelt’s disclosure,
which intensified the adminstra
tion’s efforts to combat spies.
Both the Senateand the House
approved the 50 percent increase
in funds fer the intelligence div
ision.
J. Edgar Hoover, G-man head
announced whereas, from 1932 to
1937 there was an average of
only 35 espionage cases a year,
there were 634 cases in 1938.
TOP OF WORLD PARTY IS
HELD FOR CHAS. BROWER
Detaiis of a birthday party held
practically at the top of the
world were, brought to Fairbanks
by Bertha M. Tiber, supervisor
of nurses of the Office of Indian
Affairs. The occasion was the
78th birthday of Charles Brower,
Point Barrow trader, who bears
the title: “King of the Arctic.”
March 6 was the date of the
affair.
Pilot Maurice King of Fergu
son Airways and Miss Tiber were
the first airplane visitors that the
Barrow people had welcomed
since last September. Mr. Brow
er consequentl y was doubly gen
erous with his famous northern
hcSp;‘ality. •
Charles Brower has been a
resident of the Barrow region
for many years, and has operated
trading posts during that time.
During his many years in his
posts beside the Arctic Sea,
Charlie Brewer ha worthily at
tained the reputation of being
one of the finest hosts in the
world.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
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*1 BELIEVE IT WAS THE WILL OF COD to send this little boy to Germany to
make him Fuehrer . . . and to bring Austria back to Germany.” With this humble tribute to the
Deity, Hitler justified his whirlwind annexation of Austria whereby the Reich grained 32,369 square
i miles, 6,760,233 people. Above, Hitler reaches Vienna; he formally claimed Austria March 13, 1938.
Brit. Ambassador
Returns to Berlin
After 6 Wks. Away
UNDATED, April 24 (TP)—Italy
claimed a new “faithful” collab
jrator for the Rome-Berlin axis,
in Yugoslavia as Britain began
vital talks with Rumania in the
| alignment of European powers.
Beginning another momentous
week in Europe, signs points to
ward a climax Friday when Hit
ler is expected to reject Presi
' d nt Roosevelt’s plea for at least
I
j ten years of assured peace. He
j will address a specially summon
! ed Reichstag.
Interrupted diplomatic links be
I tween Germany and Britain are
! in a process of restoration as Sir
Neville Henderson, British am
! bassador to Beil in returned to
I his post sooner than was expect-,
ed after six weeks absence in |
Lorfdftn “to report” following
the German dissolution og Czech
.oslovakia.
Premier Chamberlain told the
House of Commons that there “is
no special significance” in the re
i turn of Henderson. He ea.id the
action didn’t mean that Britain
is recognizing the Nazi annexa-j
,tion of Czech territory or Italy’s
conquest of Albania.
—
10 Passengers
Arrive In Wien
I I
Tri-motored Ford
Today Pilot Noel Wien and co
pilot ’mussolini, arrived Nome
with the tri-motored Ford carry
ing ten passengers from Fair
banks. The plane Heft Fairbanks i
Sunday, but was forced to make j
a landing on Fish River, due to
running into a blizzard while en
route here. The weather is said
to 'have become so thick that it
was impossible to see the en
gines on either side of the fuse
lage.
Pilot Wien brought his big
plane down gracefully near an 1
old fish camp on the river where
the passengers and pilots spent
the night. The following morning l
the snow was so sticky and soft i
that the pL.«ne had to shuttle i
the passengers to Golovin where
they were assembled and all brot
to Nome safety, landing here
this mornng in thick weather.
All the passengers give Pilot
Noel Wien credit for his daring
and also for the successful land
ing of the plane at Fish River
when ice began to form on the
wings.
Following are the names of the
10 incoming passengers:
Dan Kelly
Stanley Whistler
A. L. Watkins
Brother Wilholm
Ed. Jacobsen
Joe Sullivan
Wallace Sand
Watter Shaw
C. Kilpatrick
W. H. Conway
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50 Lbs. Dynamite
Discovered Near
Ship Canal
SALT ST. MARIE. Ontario.
April 22 (TP) —The discovery of
50 pounds of dynamite hidden
suspiciously close to the bottle
neck of the upper Great Lakes
at the ship canail intensified in
Canada wide safeguards against,
possible sabotage to cripple the j
British Empire in time of war.
Dominion officials took measures
against sabotage which linked
them with the tense European
situation.
Many reports are incoming of j
thefts of explosives from con-!
struction, firms with the fear that!
it might be used to blow up pub-1
lie utilities and industrial plants j
if Canada is involved in war.
Squads of war veterans were
enrolled for guard duty at strat- J
egic points and some wor-kmerf
were sworn in as special watch- |
men at vital hydro electric plants
and ship canals through which
flows traffic between Lake Super
ior and the Eastern lakes which
is important for peace or war for
they are ore and wheat ship
ments.
The dynamite was discovered
in a shed only a thousand yards
from the Great Lakes Power
Company Riant by police. A
charge of dynamite thrown at
the power cable would float into
the powerhouse penstock and
blow up everything.
doctors have found no explana
tion for the astonishing gain in
weight registered by Mrs. Maria
Garcia, 30, who last Christmas
weighed only 160 pounds. Today
she tips the scales at an even 400.
She lives in one room with her
husband and 13-year-old daugh
ter near Ballinger, Texas. .
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spring and summer. The Nug
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BABY MAKES FLIGHT FOR LIFE
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A flight for life literally was made by Harold Holt, Jr., two-and-a
half-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holt of Monogahela, Pa.,
when he was taken by plane from Pittsburgh to Newark, N. J., for
medical treatment. The tot had been given but two weeks to live.
He was said to be dying of a tumor. The flight was mate at the
request of a physician who offered x-ray treatments in a last das
perate effort to save the child. The baby is being held by an airline
stewardess Aiee Dorsey, and his mother* at his side, as they alighted
from their plane at Newark.