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VOL. 42. No. 17. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1940 P™6 Per cow 15*
Irish-British Relations Are Strained
Britain and France Execute Three Persons Today
India and Ireland Cause Britain
Trouble—Bombings By IRA
and India Wants Independence
UNDATED, Feb. 6 {JF) —India
ar,d Ireland provided a new war
time headache for Britain as the
controversy with Japan over the
seized German seamen seemed
nearer solution.
• A new wave of bombings at
tributed to the Irish Republican
Army swept England and Ireland
seethed with anti-British feeling
as the time neared for the exe
cution of two Irish Republican
Army members, tomorrow at
Birmingham, England for the ter
rorist bombing of last August.
The British Home Office said
that a resort to clemency was
made but that they d-clined to
grant a reprieve to the men.
John Dulanty, Ireland’s High
Commissioner was instructed to
appear before Chamberlain fo.
clemency in London.
Bombs which the police said
were planted by th Irish Repub
lican Army exploded in London,
Birmingham and Manchester and
four persons were injured. Two
bombs exploded in d London cus
toms station and two were hurt
in the Birmingham blast. No one
was hurt in the explosions at
Manchester.
After an important conference
with the Viceroy of Indian. Gand
hi told of “the wide gulf’’ sep
arating Britain and India over
the Indian self-government de
mands. Gandhi called his confer
ence with Viceroy Lord Linlith
jow a failure because Brittain
still refused to grant immediate
Indian independence.
NON-MILITARY LOAN TO
FINLAND IS NO VIOLATION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 — The
State department authorities
quoted members of the Senate
foreign relations committee as
holding that a non-military loan
to Finland would not violate
international law and in view of
this testimony Counselor Walter
Moore and Solicitor Green Hack
worth agreed.
It is probable the committee
will vote to increase the capital
f he Export & Import Bank by
fifty to one hundred million dol
lars.
Odd Fellows, Rebekahs Attention
BOX PARTY, Cards and enter
tainment Saturday night 9 pm
1 O O F Hall. A I mission 25<.
Coffee and lee Cream free. Get
your invitation from your Odd
Fellows and Rebekah friends.
LIQUID GOLD FOR GERMANY
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Worwmen ore shown installing pipe lines in the railroad yards at
Przemysl to transfer oil from wide-gtiage Russian tank cars to the
standard Gerfan Jank cars. The oil comes from Rumania in trade
for German military equipment, advices in Washington said and
shipments must be made over Russian territory which once was
Poland to this border city on the .San Siver, and then trans shipped
into Germany.
Two IRA Members Executed
England For Terrorist Bombings
In August Which Killed Five
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UNDATED, Fob. 7 (Ah—A trio
of executions, two in England
and one in France highlighted
the problems which the nations
face and the wartime manner in
which they solve them.
Thousands of police reinforce
ments smod watch throughout
England as the two Irishmen con
victed of setting off a bomb
which killed five persons at Co
ventry last August went to the
gallows at Birmingham. The pair
ore James Richards aged 29 and
Peter Barnes aged 32, members
of the iUagal Irish Republican
Army which wants to drive the
British out of Ireland’s six north
ein counties and reunited the en
tire island under the Dublin gov
eminent. A wave of terrorist
bombs preceded the execution
and new outbreaks are feared as
an aftermath because of the em
bittered Irish-Brilish relations at
Dublin which appealed fruitless
ly to Chamberlain for clemency,
and are tense after the death
sentences were carried out.
Demonstrators with black flags
paraded after a French firing
squad at Nancy executed Dr.
Karl Roos, Alsatian autonomy
leader. When he was convicted i
last October, authorities said it
had nothing to do with his au-1
onomy activities in Alsace, one of
the provinces France regained
from Germany after the World
War. Roos was convicted of giv
ing Germany information on
French troops movements.
Fairbanks Gets
New Postmaster
\ If red Ghezzi
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1 FAIRBANKS, Feb. 6 iJPf — Ai
i . red J. Ghezzi retired miner,
i nerchant, motor transport man
nd long a resident of Fairbanks
1 .vas notified by the Postal De
i oartment at Washington today of
Iris appointment as Postmaster at
Fairbanks, effective immediately.
He succeeds Robert J Sheldon
who tendered his resignation sev
oral weeks ago.
Sheldon filed for Territorial
Auditor February first on the
Democratic ticket. Ghezzi recent
ly filed as candidate for the
legislature on 'the Democratic
ticket but after receiving notice
of his appointment as Postmaster
he withdrew from the legislat
ive race and took charge of the
postoffice 'today.
Sheldon served as postmaster
for seven years during which
he business of the office had
,really expanded.
C anadian Copper
Shipped From
Tacoma, Russia
TACOMA, Feb. 3—The freight
er North King with 5,000 tons
of copper in her holds cleared
from Tacoma for Vladivostock
under special charter to the Stat
es Steamship Co.
E A Dirnmen, shipping clerk at
j the Tacoma smelter said the
! shipment includes copper mined
in British Columbia and brought
here for smelting.
Buy them by the bundle, Use
i them for starting fires. For Sale
at The Nome Nugget.
Canadian Fast
Freighter, 9,000-1
Torpedoed, Sunk
LONDON, Feb. 6 UP) — The
British Press Association an-1
nounced that the Canadian Pac
ific fast freight Beaverburn, of
9,000 tons and with about 200
men aboard was torpedoed and1
sunk off the Irish Coast while
enroute to St. John, New Bruns
wick from Liverpool. Competent
| sources indicated that all but one
of the crew were rescued.
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German Plane Displayed In Paris As War Trophy
This German Messerschmitt plane, downed by French fliers is shown as it was unloaded on the
Champs Elysees, Paris to go on exhibition. Fees for a peek at the trophy will go into a French
airmen's welfare fund.
Britain Agrees
Return Eight of
Nazi Seamen
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TOKYO, Feb. 6 (/Pi —Foreign
Minister Arita told the Diet that
Britain agreed to return eight of
tine twenty-one German seamen
seized from the liner Asama
Maru. He added “I cannot say
the case is entirely settled." He
said Japan will continue to neg
otiate for the surrender of the
remainder of the captives who
are interned at Hongkong settle
ment.
Regarding the compromise,
Britain is upholding the right to
search and seizure while Japan
is getting redress for the fact I
that the seizure took place close
to her shores.
Legislator Dies
CHICAGO, Feb.. 6 </P)—Charles
S Deneen, twice governor and
once Illinois senator, aged 67
died here today.
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CARNIVAL TO GET NOTICE
IN MAGAZINE
Miss Kay J. Kennedy, Alaskan
writer now employed in the of
fice of the Constructing Quart
ermaster of the Aviation Station
at Fairbanks, has offered her!
services to help publicize the 19
400 Fairbanks Dog Derby and Ice
Carnival.
A feature story on the Carni
val was mailed to Juneau by'
Miss Kennedy for publication by
the Alaska Life Magazine. This,
magazine, of which Miss Ken-1
BACKS FINNS- “Russians
can never take Finland," saM
Bcrnt Balchen (above), flyer, oa
arrival in U. S. to arrange for
the purchase of aviation equip
ment to be used in Finland.
nedy is a contributing editor, is
a Territorial magazine; and,
with its circulation in the Ter
ritory and in the States, should
help to focus attention upon the
interior Carnival.
In a natural setting of ice and
snow. Cheechaccos and Sour
doughs will gather to witness
the crowning of “Miss Alaska”
and the running of the biggest
Dog Derby in the Northland. The
Carnival days will be March 7.
8, 9, and 10
ATTENTION
First Pioneer Card Party of the
winter series will be given Mon
day, February 12th at 9:00 pm
at I O O F Hall.
Social Committee
Double Header Baseball Tonight, Feb. 7, 8 p. m.
ALASKANS vs NOME COMMERCIALS vs HAMMON
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