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VOL. 42. No. 35. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, Mar. 20. 1940 Per c°Py 1!*
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12 Million Asked For Anchorage Army Air Base
Europe Puzzles
Over Hitler
Mussolini Talk
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UNDATED. March 19 (/P) —
What Hitler and Mussol:ni talk
ed about at Brenner Pass is Eu
rope's number one puzzle. Some
what divergent accounts came
out of Rome and Berlin while in
London and Paris the allied gov
ernments faced angry question
ing about the conduct of the war
on both the military and diplo
matie fronts and it was indicated
that there was expected “a new
order to emerge from the exten
sion of the Rome-Berlin axis to
Moscow, and spoke again in de
termination “to end this war vic
toriously.”
German comment mentioned
a possible Italian-Russian reap
proachment, probably entailing
some agreement over the Balkan
affairs.
~ Rome comment touched on the
possibility of "neutralizing” the
Balkan flank and head off Allied
control of southeast Europe, as
suring Germany sources of sup
py principally from Rumania.
Vatican sources disclosed that
Germany and the Vatican are
negotiating an agreement to safe
guard Catholic rights in territor
m ies annexed by Germany.
In both Allied capitals opposi
tion anger was brought to a head
by Finland’s capitulation and
peace terms. The outcry forced
the government’s schedule of de
bate on war issues and talk of
cabinet shakeups.
Stockholm disclosed that Swed
en had been assured by Russia
that she had no territorial am
bitions in Scandinavia.
Chamberlain
Dep reciates
German Attack
LONDON, March 19 (/Pi —Nev
^ ille Chamiborlain told the House
of Commons that Britain is ready
to meet anything that may arise
from the Hitler-Mussolini meet
ing. He said: “We are not likely
to be diverted from the purpose
for which we entered the war.”
In a sarcastic tone he added “For
all I know these gentlemen may
’ve spent the time discussing the
conditions under which an Ital
♦ ian ships was destroyed yester
day by a German mine.”
He addressed a packed House
on the conduct of the war and
called the German air raid on
Scapa Flow Saturday a failure.
He said 121 high explosive bombs
and five hundred incendiary
bombs were dropped on the Or
kney Islands over an area of a
hundred square miles and only
one warship suffered minor dam
age.
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Britain Attacks German Sylt Island
Air Base For 7 Continuous Hours
Destroy Hangars, Barracks, Ramps
LONDON. March 19 UP) —The
Air Ministry announced that
Royal Air Force planes "attacked
and severely damaged" the Ger
man North Sea air base at Hor
num on the Island of Sylt to
night. The announcement stated
"This is one shore base from
which German aircraft operate
against our naval forces and mer
chant shipping. This action fol
lows the attack upon our shore
bases in the Orkneys."
Longest Raid On
Military Objective
In World History
LONDON. March 19 (A3)—Bri
ain unleashed a gruelling bomb
attack on Germany’s Sylt Island
air base, blasting hangars, am
| munition dumps and workshops
1 for more than seven hours, in
what was possibly the longest
raid on a single military object
ive in world history. The attack
began Tuesday and was reported
Istill continuing seven hours later
j as the bombers worked in relays
: ferrying their deadly loads across
| 350 miles of the North Sea. Each
! succeeding wave was guided by
I the fires set by previous bomlb
j ers. Clouds and moonlight aided
the attack.
An eye witness in Denmark
said at least one ammunition
dump and maybe several had
been exploded.
March 20 — An unleased air
| force returned to the scene today
with bombs, guns and cameras to
work more havoc and prove it
with pictures.
Poor visibility compared with
[ the bright moonlight and drift
ing clouds of last night prevented
Danish coastal observers from es
timating accurately the number
of planes in the follow-up raids.
( They said there were apparently
| six groups with reverberating ex
j plosions equal to those of the
! previous night with German anti
aircraft batteries keeping up a
terrific defense.
The Air Ministry reported that
already seaplane hangars, rail
way barracks, jetties and con
crete ramps were destroyed. The
public press exhausted superlativ
es in praise of the war's biggest
raid carried out by the fleet.
It was authoritatively estimat
ed that between 30 and 50 fast
bombers one of which failed to
return from the attack, concen
trated for 6 hours on Hornum,
from which German planes have
been flying to the drop mines al
ong the British coast and to at
tack British shipping.
Police Seek 23-Year-Old Son Of
Mrs. Harriet Redding, 45, Victim
Of Brutal “Cupboard Killing"
SEATTLE. March 20 (TP) —The
bizarre, brutal “cupboard kill
ing” of attractive Mrs. Harriot
Redding, aged 45, sent city and
county officials on an intensive [
search for her son, Denzil Davis,:
aged 23, on a murder warrant.
She was found beaten and stab
bed and trussed yesterday in a
cupboard under the sink dirain- j
board in her suburban bungalow.
Dr. Gale Wilson, autopsy sur
geon, attributed death to 18 stab
wounds by an ice pick or some
other small weapon but the skull
was also fractured by some blunt
instrument. She was garroted
j and trussed with two electrical
j cords and a dog chain in a cup
j board which was nailed shut.
Deputy prosecutor Charles
Ralls said the warrant was obtain 1
ed on the basis of a story from
Davis’ estranged wife, June, aged
20, who said she stayed with him
at a hotel Monday night after a ,
four-months separation and that
he acted strange and nervous and
told he<r about the killing. She
said he had planned to kill her
but lost his nerve. “He was go
ing to get a housekeeping room
and turn on the gas.”
The Redding woman’s fifth hus
band was reported to be a resi
dent of McGrath, Alaska.
Sumner Welles
Bringing “Facts”
Pres. Roosevelt
ROME, March 19 (/P)—Sumner
Welles disclosed tonight that no
. peace plan or mediation propos
als had been offered him by any
belligerent or other European
government during his fact find
ing conversations. In a press
i statement a few hours before
leaving for Genoa to sail for
home tomorrow he declared em
I phatically that he had not con
veyed any suggestions of peace
I to any power. Breaking the si
I lencc he maintained on his tour
j he said he was taking his "facts”
! home for President Roosevelt to
j study.
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Del eg ate Dimom! Announces
Army Officers Approve Of
Plans For Defense Of Alaska
WASHINGTON, March 19 i/P,
- Delegate Dimond announced
that high ranking army officers
had approved plans for the am
p'e defense of the territory. He
and Governor Gruening conferr
ed who General George Marshal,
Chief of Staff and Major General
H. H. Arnold, Chief of the Air
Corps, and said Marshall realizes
the importance of Alaska to any
sound scheme of national de
fense." Dimond said “He approv
es all the work the army intends
I on doing in A'aska and he and
Arnold would like to see more
air development with a landing
field at Ketchikan.”
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WASHINGTON, March 20 OP)
— Delegate Dimond and Gover
nor Gruening laid before the
House appropriations committee
a plea for funds to start a 12
mi’lion dollar army airbase at An
chorage and urged approval al
so be made available for the use
of an Alaska National Guard
unit as well.
Subsidy Permit
Fit., Passengers
Seward to W est
SEATTLE, March 20 t.T) - The
Chamber of Commerce received
word that the Senate in Washing
ton approved the measure appro
priating an aditional $05,000 for
i an operating subsidy to permit
' freight and passenger service be
tween Seward and points on the
Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Is
lands, supplementing the present
motorship service carrying only
mail. The present subsidy is of
$00,000 and now a larger vessel
can be operated.
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vance for your subscription.
Secretary of Navy Edison to
Run for Gov. of New Jersey
WEST GRANGE, N. J., March
20 tVR) —Secretary of the Navy
Ed son announced he would seek
the Democratic nomination for
vernor of the state but would
no decision about retiring
fr m his Navy position until af
ter the primary. Many state Dem
ocratrc leaders had urged him to
stake the step. No serious op
position is expected.
MOTHER JUNEAU JUDGE DIES
GALLATIN, Missouri, March
19 t/R) —-Mrs. Roe Ann Alexand
er aged Rl. widow of Joshua Alex
ander who was secretary of com
meres in Wilson's cabinet died
here last night. Her husband died
ye ago. George Alex
ander. Federal judge at Juneau,
is one of six s in ving children.
U. S. Received Nothing
On 11-Point Peace Plan
WASHINGTON, March 19 (JP>
—Stephen Early, Presidential sec
retary, said that on the basis of
1 authoritative reports received by
; the government “peace headlines
j would appear to be very empty.”
He said no information has been
I transmitted to this government
: supporting the published stories
j that eleven points had been sug
\ gested as a basis for European
peace at the Hitler-Musolini con
ference yesterday.
The Igloo in Portland
Burns to Ground
PORTLAND. March 20 (/P) —
The Alaska Igloo, a palatial log
frame house and living room, 5b
feet long which was once the
headquarters of visiting Alaskans
burned to the ground.
The Iglo was built by the late
Mrs. Frank Swanton, longtime
j secretary of the Oregon Humane
| Society and widow of a Nome
! postmaster. Her niece Mrs Albert
Jordon, estimated the loss at be
I tween einght and nine thousand
dollars.
, The fire started from a fire
place fire which she starter; show,
ing the place to prospective buy
ers. The Igloo had been unused
lately.
Daladier Resigns. Finance
Minister to Form Cabinet
PARIS, March 20 (JP>—'Premier
Daladier resigned amid criticism
of France’s prosecution of the
war. President LeBiun asked Fin
ance Minister Reynard to form “a
war cabinet.” Reynard said he
would give his answer tomor
row. t
Daladier has been Premier
since April 10. 1938, and since the
war started has had virtually die
tatorial powers.
SIX MONTHS WAR LEAVES MARKS ON EUROPE
I Cl A THEN IA SINKS.
,112 LOSE LIVES
I For six months three great powers of Europe have ben engaged in war without develoj ;.n , a de
cisive engagement between them. Smaller nations, however, have been bloody battlegrou ' . This
map cites pertinent developments since the Nazis marched into P >land in the early hours of Sept.
| 1, 1939. (1), Other developments are listed in chronological order
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