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VOL. 41. No. 122. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1939 Price per copy 15^
6th Annul Fair Opens Tomorrow
Finland Fears She Is Next to Bow to Soviet Russia
DARN THOSE BULBS !—Two furry paws shot up to
shield the eyes of this six-month-old giant panda when photogra*
pliers' flash bulbs exploded, greeting the rare beast's arrival in
Seattle. Or maybe the panda is gun-shy. havtng just cone from
war-ravaged China. Bound for the St. Louis soo. the panda Is
shown with George P. Vierheller, director of the aoo.
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Robert Elliot,
Executioner, Dies
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (JP) —
Robert G. Elliott, aged 65, offic
ial executioner for five eastern
states died at his heme of Coro
nary Embolism. Among the per
sons he put to death were Hauot
man and Sacco and Vanzetti.
NEW JOB—James L. Fly
(above) has just taken office as
chairman of the federal com
munications commission, suc
ceeding Frank McNinch. Fly
formerly was TVA counsel.
Says Russians
Have Agents
'U S Army, Navy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (P) —
General Walter Krivitsky, self
identified former member of the
Russian Military Intelligence
t Id the Dies Committee that the
Russian secret police “undoubt
edly" have agents in the U. S.
Army and that there is an ex
change of military information
between Germany and Russia.
Krivitsky who said he was
former'y chief of the Soviet mil
itary espionage forces in west
ern Europe testified that his state
ment was not based on first hand
knowledge but rather on his ex
perience of such things in other
countries. He told the Committee
that Communist party leaders in
Germany, Poland, and Hungary
were recalled to Moscow and
shot even though they were not
Russian citizens. He declared the
1936 and 1937 purge in Russia
resulted in the death of 35,000
members of the Red Army’s of
ficer’s corps and said they sent
between three and four hundred
thousand persons into imprison
ment.
Today’s girls are not so bad
as they are painted, but some
are pretty badly painted.
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Russia Adds
Lithuania To
Baltic Chain
UNDATED. Oct. 11 (/PI—Rus
sia extended her gains which
came to her as a result of the
! war which Britain, France, and
| Germany are fighting. Already
I the largest gainer, Russia add
, ed Lithuania to the chain of
Baltic states made virtual Soviet ]
i protectorates though pacts grant!
ling military and economic con-i
! cessions. Estonia and Latvia pro
ceed Lithuania in enabling Mos
cow.to obtain dominance of the1
north Baltic. Finland feared she
! will be next.
A Finnish delegation headed
by former Premier Juho Kustij
Paasikivi reached Moscow for
talks which will disclose what
; Russia wants from her former
Finnish province. Finland’s ap
prehension was expressed in
quickened military preparations
and blackout practice in Helsinki(
the capital. The government urg
ed that all civilians leave Hel- *
i siuki soon as a precautionary
measure.
Russia's pact with Lithuania
restored her historic capital Wil
no, which Poland seized 19 years
| ago. Lithuania is the olny Bal
tic iitate to profit territorially
however, from the pacts which
followed the Russia and German
collaboration in the dividing of
Poland.
Germany and the British and
French allies remained virtual
ly stalemated on the western
front where bad weather ham
pered operations. A French dis
patch said German “suicide
squads’’ were repulsed when
they tried feeler operations. The
night “passed quietly” a German
communique reported.
The extent of Britain’s expedi
tionary forces against Germany
was disclosed in the House of
Commons by War Secretary
Hore Belisha who said 150,000
men had gone to France in the
first five weeks of the war. Win
ston Churchill declared that Brit
' ain lost 5.800 tons of shipping
and had taken 13,000 tons from
Germany between September 24
, and October 9.
Hitler Is Ready
For Peace But
For War Too
BERLIN, Oct. 10 </P) —Hitler
declared that Germany was de
termined to fight the war to the
bitter end if neccessary and once
more he laid the responsibility of
continuing the struggle on the
Reich’s adversaries. In a 21-min
ute speech at the opening of the
Nazi winter relief campaign, the
Fuerher expressed his country’s
“readiness for peace” but if this
is declined by the western allies,
the fight will go on.
The most annoying woman is
the one who can’t say “No” and
won’t say “Yes.”
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Fair Notes
Have you bought your season
ticket for the Fair yet? Mrs.
Aben Shallit is in charge of the:
sales, with a number of the high
school students as her assistants.
Tickets at $2.00 for adults and
$1.00 for children admit you to
all the Fair entertainments.
The Fair Building will be open
to receive entries until 9 o’clock
this evening and from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. tomorrow.
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Be sure to visit the Drifters’
booth Thursday and Friday
nights for home-made candy and
pop-corn right from the popper.
And Saturday night we offer j
candy for your best girl through
the courtesy of Jim Barnett’s 1
Wheel of Fortune concession.
Orchestrating for the Fair
dances will be Wilfrid Neilly
and G'enn Aldrich. Dancing will
lie from ten to twelve Thursday
;.nd Friday nights and until one
Saturday night.
Here at last are some details;
of Saturday night’s amateur en
I tertainment: ceremonial dances
I by King and Diomede Islanders
the keen competition between
the two groups should make this
interesting. Song and dance:
numbers by Mrs. Neva Whaley
and that budding young artiste,
Brownie Whaley. The Nome
Band in its first public appear
ance in some months. Mrs. Stan
ley Martin, playing Nome’s fav
orite instrument, the piano ac
cordian. One of Georgia Slack’s
readings, a tap dance by Kath
leen Walsh, a piano solo by Mrs.
Stangroom’s star pupil, Elizabeth
McLain — contributions by
Nome's younger generation.
Songs by Wilfrid Neilly and
Bernie Knudson. And more to
come, says Entertainment Chair
man Howard Lyng. So be on
hand for the program and plan
on staying for the Grand Ball to
write finis to another highly suc
cessful Fair.
Sweden, Finland
Unofficially Ask
Allies to Slop
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MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (JP)—North
ern European states especially
Sweden and Finland were report
ed unofficially to be urging Brit
ain and France to end the war
with Germany so as to aid their
efforts to halt Russia’s military
and diplomatic expansion.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 10 (IP) —
The A F of L convention voted
on a non-concurrence resolu
tion calling for the endorsement
of the Roosevelt New Deal and I
was accomplished without the
debate or tumult attended at the
previous discussions of the ad
ministration. The convention up
held the Resolutions Committee
finding the Federation could not1
give “a blanket endorsement.”
But called for a resolution sub
mitted by the Connecticut State
Federation of Labor.
Chamberlain To
Answer Hitler
Tomorrow
LONDON, Oct. 10 UP)—Prime!
Minister Chamberlain postponed
from Wednesday until Thursday
his House of Commons speech
in which he is expected to reply
to Hiller’s peace overtures. Sir
John Simon, Chancellor of the
Exchequer told the House of
Commons that the postponement
was decided in order to allow
fuller consultations with the
Dominion governments. Cham
berlain's speech thus is sched
uled for the same day as Lloyd
George has called a meeting of
his council for peace reconstruc
tion. George advocates an inter
national conference to settle the
European issues.
Immediately after Sir John’s
announcement, Air Minister Sir
Kingsley Wood, told the House
that the Royal Air Force had a
“complete photographic map of
the Seigfried Line. Reporting on
British air activities he said subs
were sighted on 72 occasions dur
ing the first four weeks of the
war and 34 attacks were made
some of which “undoubtedly
were successful.”
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Attacks Proposal
Repeal Embargo
WASHINGTON. Oct. II <£*)
Senator Clark, opponent of the
administration’s proposal to re
peal the arms embargo contend
ed that President Roosevelt
shou'd exercise the emergency
powers actually vested in him
only when the country is at war
or in imminent danger of war.
Arguing against lifting the ban
on arms sales to belligerents,
Clark also accused Louis John
son, Assistant Secretary of War,
of trying to inflame the people
as to the safety of our shores.
He said the policies of the Pres
ident himself have not been re
assuring. The stocky Missourian
proclaimed in emphatic tones
that a careful scrunity of the
President's recent proclamation
of a limited emergency showed
it contained no limitations.
Car-Train Crash
Kills Nine
TORONTO, Oct. 10 (A5)—Nine
! persons, including eight children
were killed when the Canadian
Pacific Railway Flyer struck a
crowded car at a crossing west
of Toronto. The train demolished
the car which was driven by
Mrs. Daniel Brown.
TUNA SALAD: NO DRESSING —A new world's
record is believed set by this 868-pound bluefin tuna caught off
Liverpool, Nova Scotia, by J. Frank Johnson of Whitestone, Long
Island. It measured 10 feet two inches and took two hours 27
minutes to boat. The record mark made last year by Alfred
Kenney of Shelburne. N. S.. was an 864-pound tuna. .f
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