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VOL. 42. No. 40. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1940 **ice Per c°Py 1S+
Americans Accused Inciting War
Turkey to Let Allied Fleets Through Dardanelles
CA A Announces Extensive Program for Next Y ear
Nazi Press Announce Discovery
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Polish Documents, Prove American
Diplomats Helped Hasten War
UNDATED, March 30 fiP) — A
barrage of words dimmed the
sound of gunfire in warring Eu
rope as the Nazi press acclaimed
a “sensational discovery” of al
leged Pcplish documents which it
said have proved that American
diplomats helped to hasten the
outbreak of hostilities last Sep
tember. ‘‘The discovery” drew a
swift retort from Washington
challenging the credibility of the
papers which consisted primarily
of “confidential reports” with
which Polish envoys in Washing
ton, Paris, and London are pur
ported to have informed their
government of the views of Am
erican statesmen before the war.
President Roosevelt, who was
represented in the reports as
“conjuring up a war psychosis”
to distract the attention of the
American public from domestic
problems, warned newspapermen
that all European propaganda
should be taken with three
grains of salt.
State secretary Hull said his
department placed “not the slight
est credence” in the German doc
uments.
William Bullitt. U. S. Ambassad
or to France entered flat denial
of statements attributed to him,
among which was the assertion
that this country would finish the
European conflict on the side of
the Allies.
Joseph Kennedy, ambassador to
Britain was quoted as promising
to press upon Britain “the neces
sity of helping Poland at once
with cash." He declined to com
ment.
Mrs. Eileen Lomen Obtains
Divorce From Francis Lomen
SPATOLiE. MaufCh 20 </P) —
Mrs. Eileen Lomen obtained a
divorce in the Superior Court
from Francis Lomen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Lomen of Nome
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
FIGHTING PLANES FOR NAZIS
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Messcrsclimidt 109’s, Germany’s best single-engined pursuit ships,
are shown (top) moving along the assembly line in one of the fac
tories devoted exclusively to the manufacture of bodies and wings
for these fighting ships. Not the indication of progress on the planes
in the foreground. Bottom: a completed fighter is rolled out for
flight tests. Germany has several factories working on various parts
for these pdanes
Turkey Agrees Let Allied Fleets
Through the Dardanelles To (lamp
Anti-German Blockade Black Sea
BUCHAREST, March 30 UP) —
Authoritative diplomatic sources
said Turkey agreed to let the
French and British fleets go thru
the Dardanelles to clamp an anti
German blockade on the Black
Sea. The report said the decision
was reached at the French-Briti
sh-Turkish military conference at
Aleppo a few days ago.
Surh action runs contrary to the
Montreux Convention of 1936
which stipulated that the Dandan
elles be closed to warships of bel
ligerents nations except when serv
ing under a League of Nations
mandate or helping the victim of
an aggression under a mutual as
sistance pact concluded within
the framework of the League.
U. S. Refuses to
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Recognize Jap
Govt, in China
UNDATED, April 1 (TP) — The
refusal of the United States to
recognize the three-day-old “cen
tral government of China” estab
lished at Nanking with Japanese
support has placed new strain on
relations between Washington
and Tokyo the Japanese foreign
office said.
The British air ministry report
ed that the planes which flew ov
er Germany last night all return
ed safely.
(Foreign minister Gunther told
the Swedish parliament that ear
ly in March Daladier sent a per
sonal message to King Gustav
asking permission to transport
allied troops through Sweden to
help Finland. Gustaf replied that
neutrality made it impossible.
The new French cabinet is to
hear Premier Reynaud’s report
on the supreme war council at
London while British envoys has
tened home from southeastern
Europe to get instructions.
Germany reported 7 French
planes shot down Sunday over
the Western front.
The Japanese foreign office
spokesman described as "abrupt”
the statement in which Secretary
Hull Saturday announced the at
titude of the United States on the
Wang Citing Wei regime.
Russia’s parliament was asked
to approve and record the de
fense budget of 57 billion rubles.
The Normal ruble value is 20
cents but the currency is not "on
regular foreign exchange” so
there is no basis for accurate con
version into an amount of dol
lars. The amount is an increase
of more than 16 billion rubles
over last year's figure.
France put into effect a three
point program calling for the is
suance of food and fuel ration
cards for stimulation of the birth
rate with subsidies to attempt to
double the half million women
employed in war industries.
NOTICE
All interested in the devlop
ment of Nome and Alaska, are
cordially invited to attend lunch
eon given at the Nevede Grill, at
noon Tuesday, April 2, 1940.
. N. W. A. C. of C.
Jewelry Store is
Robbed Between
200 to $500,000
LOS ANGELES. April 1 UP) —
Police estimated the value of a
quantity of loose precious stones
stolen from a down-town jewel
ry store, using blow torches,
drills and crowbars, at between
two hundred and five hundred
thousand dollars. Five thousand
dollars in cash was also taken.
Chief deputy Homer Cross said
apparently a woman secreted her
self in a washroom adjoining the
store and let in four men who
broke through two partitions,
then drilled through the middle
of the huge iron vault, avoiding
setting off the vault’s alarm.
They left through the front door
yesterday, starting the alarm
which summoned the police.
Old Papers For Sale
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Bale
at The Nome Nugget.
CAA, with 46 In Alaska Staff
Announces This Year’s Program
Of Air Stations 2-3 Completed
WASHINGTON, April 1 <#) —
Marshall Hoppin, Superintendent
of Alaska airways reported to
the CAA that next year’s pro
gram of work, which starts July
first will provide at least four
additional simultaneous range
and broadcast stations near or at
Bethel, McGrath, Dillingham or
Naknek and Kodiak. Additional
point-to-point stations were tent
atively proposed to be installed
in the vicinity of Nenana, Lake
Minchumina, Foreland, Tonsina,
Gulkana, Donnelly, Farwell, Mc
grath and Stillman Lake.
The GAA staff in Alaska now
consists of 46 persons. The cur
rent year's .work is two-thirds
completed and is expected to be
finished on schedule.
Four Children
Die In Crash Of
Private Plane
SEATTLE. March 31 <JP) —The
crash cf a private airplane into
a sawdust pile at 180 miles per
hour Sunday took the lives of
five persons including Miss Cora
Sterling, aged 25, Washington’s
first woman transport pilot. The
other dead are four chidren,
Janet and Charleen, aged eight
and four respectively, daughters
of King County commissioner
Jack Taylor, and James, ten, and
Allen, 14, sons of Charles Taylor,
of Seattle, the commissioner’s
| nephews.
The four were in the air for
15 minutes on a sightseeing trip
arranged by former commission
er John C. Stevenson, one-time
candidate for governor, who own
ed the single-motored four-pas
senger ship.
Commissioner Taylor said he
had remained at home while his
wife and children went to the
field, suddenly he had a premon
ition and phoned the airport and
asked if everything was all right.
He got a reply: “There’s a plane
down south of the field Mr. Tay- .
lor, but we don’t think it’s the
one your children are in.” He
rushed to his car and d;ove to
the field, looked at the 'wreckage
and turned away sobbing,
F. D. R. Has Had
Intestinal Flu
WASHINGTON, April 1 (A>) —
The White House disclosed that
President Roosevelt has been
combating intestinal influenza in
his recent sickness. He is visit
ing his Hyde Park home this
weekend and is going to Warm
Springs around the 18th.
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
Rumania Standing Ground Under German Pressure
Defying pressure from Berlin, Rumania, was reported taking a strong stand against German dom
ination. For assurance of no aggression .from Russian Hungary, Rumania was asked to put a pro
Nazi Iron Guardist (arrow from Bucharest to Germany, in its cabinet, withdraw .troops nom on
its borders and accord Germany a virtual monopoly over the nation’s oil, cereal and factory out
puts. Shaded area “a’ is old Translyvania, taken from Austria-Hungary: “b" is Bessara: h, obtain
ed from Russia, and “c” is Dobjura, formerly of Bulgaria. These shaded areas alway figure in
any warlike (speculation involving Rumania.