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VOL. 42. No. 11. . NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1940. Price per copy 15#
Coldest Wave In Years Covers US
United States & Japan Protest to British Violations
Britain in Diplomatic Trouble
With United States and Japan
Over Shipping Interference
UNDATED, Jan. 23 (JP)—Brit
ish diplomatic difficulties with
the United States and Japan
drew attention away from the
military phases of Europe’s two
wars.
The State Department register
ed objection against “discrimin
at; ry” British treatment of Amer
ican ships in the Mediterranean.
It was disclosed that the United
States questioned the legality of
Britain's interference with car
goes moving between neutral
nations. Britain was accused of
detaining American ships at Gib
raltar on an average of 12 and
four tenths days more and three
days longer than Italian ships
by the British contraband con
trol.
The spokesman of the British
Ministry of Economic Warfare at
tributed the delay to American
shipping as the reluctance of
shippers io furnish advance in
formation concerning their car
goes.
Japan protested Britain’s seiz
ure of 21 German seamen from
the Japanese steamer Asama
Maru, 35 miles off the east coast
of Japan. Foreign Minister Arita
declared that Japan insisted on
the return of the Germans as “a
right” which Japan reserved yes
terday in making a strong pro
test against the action of the
British warship. The British
spokesman in London however,
said the Japanese protest didn’t
question the British right to
search the Asama Maru but Jap
an was concerned over the status
of the German captives.
Police prevented members of
the rightist political party from
demonstrating before the British
embassy in Tokyo.
John L. Lewis Asserts Should
Roosevelt Run for Third Term
His Defeat be “Ignominious”
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 24 </P)
— John L Lewis declared that
should the Democratic National
Convention “be coerced or drag
ooned” into renominating Roose
velt “his candidacy would result
in ignominious defeat.” The
statement was made unexpected
ly before the United Mine Work
ers of America Convention.
He asserted it was “unwise at
this time” to make any president
ial endorsements but suggested
that the executive board be em
powered to take the matter up
at the proper time. Lewis accused
the Democratic party of “failing
to keep peace with labor” and
expressed the belief that Roose
velt probably would not be a
; candidate for renomination.
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Senator Norris
Says Prophecy
Is \> rons?
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 UP) -
Senator Wheeler declared it wi'l
“be extremely difficult” for the
Democ.utic Pcrty to r. * 1 ret
Roosevelt if he won the party
nomination t r a third term.
Wheeler has been mentioned
as a possible Democratic nom
inee and made the statement af
ter expressing surprise at the
blunit assertion by John L. Lewis
that Rocsevelt’s nomination will
result in defeat.
Senator Norris, r ne of those
favoring the third term, com- j
merited that Lewis is entirely1
wrong in his prophecy. He said:
“My sources of information in-!
dicate at the present time there
is m i a man in either party in,
■sight to take Roosevelt’s place.
Capital of Import
and Export Bank
Is Increased
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (/Pi —
The Senate Banking Committee
approved the increase of one hun
dred million dollars in the cap
; ital of the Import and Export
Bank ito permit non-military
leans to Finland.
In .okaying the revised bill,,
Senator Brown of the Committee
placed restrictions around future
loans to prevent granting of
more than thirty million di liar
! credits to any one nation.
NOTICE
That unique and humorous
and typical Alaskan stationery—
I ‘Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beei
brought strictly uptodate, and art
1 now available at the Nugget offl
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British Bomber Crews Return from “Greatest Battle”
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These British bomber crews, seen leaving planes after their re
turn from a raid took part in the “greatest air battle in history,” the
fight over Wilhelmshaven, Germany in December, in which British
sources said between 80 and 100 planes were engaged.
Double Header Baseball Tonight, Jan. 24, 8 p.m.
HAMMON vs NOME COMMERCIALS vs ALASKANS J
Finnish Troops Go Out to Ski—And Fight
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Here’s one of Finland’s famed ski patrols, which have been harry
ing the Russians, starts out from a Finnish town to make trouble
for the enemy. The white (suits are for camouflage. The Finns were
reported to have surrounded a new Soveit division after hurling
l remnants of the routed 44th and 1(>3 divisions back into Russia.
Former Nomeite,
Pioneer Dies
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FAIRBANKS, Jan. 22 i/P) —
Frank Miller, aged 81, a pioneer:
I of Klondike, Nome and other
; camps, prominent in business '
! and as a mining operator here!
for a quarter of century and a!
charter member of Pioneers Ig-1
loo died. He is survived by a |
widow who is coming from Los1
Angeles and three sons and four 1
daughters.
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Browder Thinks
His Conviction
‘Great Honor’
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NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (/P) — j
Earl Browder told 20,000 Com
munist sympathizers in Madison
Square Garden that he consider
ed his passport conviction a
“great honor” and would con
tinue his campaign fra New
York congressional vacancy.
NOME’S NURSES TO MAKE
RED CROSS DRIVE
In order to save the five or six
hundred dollars which Nome’s
chapter of the Red Cross has in
| the bank for Nome's future pos
sible needs, the nurses of Nome
have accepted the challenge to
make the Red Cross drive for
the year 1940. The drive will be
made on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, January 26 — 28. They
plan to cover the entire town, so
be sure and be prepared to pay
your annual dues to this worth
while organization.
We extend our hearty encou
ragement to- Nome’s nurses for
this udertaking.
Cold Wave Blankets Nation
Zero Weather In Middle Viest
Snow in South & Coast Storms
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UNDATED, Jan. 24 (A1)—Win
ter discouraged rr.osrt. of the na
tion's driving with temperatures
of far below zero in the middle
west and piling up snow drifts
in the south and east. A portend
ing of more severe conditions
came while a new cold wave
crept eastward across the middle
west. Temperatures are cold with
25 below zero weather in North
Dakota.
A storm of “wide extent and
marked intensity” menaced Cape
Hatteras and Atlantic Cirty areas.
A batch of unusual weather
gave southern California heavy
rain, snow, thunder, lightning,
and a highly unusual lunar rain
bow. High seas battered the Pac
ific coastline.
In the south a snow blanket,
the thickest in a generation, in
some places extended from south
ern Georgia to Texas and north
ward to Tennessee, the CaroLinas
and Virginia.
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EYES ON FINLAN D—While Finnish relief funds mount
In U.S.A., and various European nations plan ways to aid Finns
in war against Russia, attention turns toward country’s president*
Kyostl Kailio (left), seen with Minister J. K. Paastklvi.