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VOL. 41. No. 58. NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, MAY 15, 1939 Price per copy iw
Husband Amelia Earhart Kidnaped
Would Keep Order in Danzig with Polish Troops
Hitler & Mussolini Make Tours of Border Defenses
Jcebergs Delay
Liner with King
& Queen Aboard
ABOARD EMPRESS OF AUS
TRALIA, May 15 UP) —The liner
carrying the King -and Queen of
England came into sight of land
et the south end of Newfound
land at 6:30 p.m. PST. A few
minutes ater the French Islands
of St. Pierre and Miquelon came
into view.
This is the tenth day of the
voyage from England which was
lengthened two days by fog
which held the ship virtually at
<a stand-still in the iceberg region
of the North Atlantic.
President Go To
S. F. Fair If
Congress is Late
WASHINGTON. May 15 UP) —
The White House said President
Roosevelt would go to the Gold
en Gate Exposition in June if it
appeared that Congress wouldn’t
■adjourn until late July or early
August. Stephen Early, press sec
retary said: should indications be
that Congress quit early in July,
the President will probably delay
his transcontinental journey un
til after adjournment.
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DANZIG GETS A NEW CITIZEN
Albert Foers'ter (left), Nazi leader of the City of Danzig, is shown
with Chancellor* Adolf Hitler in Berlin just after he had made!
Hitler an honorary citizen of the free city. “We have waited a
long time to give you this recognition,” said Foerster. and Hitler
said thanks. This picture was radioed from Berlin to New York.
THEkE’S NO ‘RUSHINC THE GROWLER’ as a crew from U. S. Cutter Chelan
prepares to blast an Iceberg of the type known as a “growler" from Atlantic shipping lanes.
kidnapers
Demand Name
Anonymous Writer
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 13
' -JP)—E und and gagged, George
Palmer Putman, aged 52, hus
band of the late Amelia Eanhart,
ard Hollywood .publisher, was
found in an incomplete house a
few hours after he was kidnap
ped from his home.
Putman was unhurt and said
the kidnapers demanded the
raime of the author of the anon
ymous bock “The Man Who Kill
ed Hitler." They also suggested
that it would be healthier for
hm if he ceased printing the
book.
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Fr. Cunningham
Says Diomede is.
Short of Supplies
—
Father Thomas Cunningham,
j S. J., arrived in Nr me, Saturday
I afternoon from Litt’e Diomede
Island, via plane piloted by Jack
Hermann.
The Catholic Priest, who has
been in residence on Uncle Sam's
farthest northwest possession,
rm de a hurry-up trip to Nome to
obtain previsions and ammuni
I tion for the ninety or mere Dio
mede Islanders who spend the
winter on the island.
He reported everyone well and
healthy, including the govern
ment teachers Mr. and Mrs.
Brouduss. The winter has been
an extremely severe one, only a
few days ago, the thermometer
registering below-zero weather.
Storms and cold weather have
made their lot a hardship this
past winter. Hunting has been
fairly good he reported.
I The next trip of the plane will
| bring back to Nome several Dio
) meders who annually come to
1 Nome for employment in the min
| ing fields.
I Several visits have been made
by the Eskimos to Big Diomede
! Island this winter, where five So
viet Eskimo families reside. They
are also reported to be in good
health. No Soviet officer is in
attendance on the island during
the winter, but his arrival is ex
pected the early part of June.
It is recalled that last year,
Father Cunningham very narrow
ly escaped capture by a Soviet
official on the Big Diomede
when he stopped at the isliand
with an American hunting party.
Omly poilished courtesy and much
explanation and possiDly a good
“bluff” prevented bis arrest, and
allowed his escape back to Am
erican soil.
Father Cunningham is return
ing to the Little Diomede Island,
which lies in the Bering Straits,
as soon as possible, where he will
remain until the summer break
up. Ice movements in the Straits
have been noticeable during the
past week, he reported.
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FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
I Steamships Are
Preparing to
^Sail For Nome
SEATTLE, May 15 (JP) — The
Alaska Steamship Company
freighter Sutherland is schedul
ed to sail from Seattle for Nome
| May 25 with a capacity cargo,
| The Sutherland is expected to
| make a fast run to Nome, arriv
ing earlier than usual far freight
| ers.
The passenger steamer Colum
| b:a of the Alaska S. S. Co. is be
: ing given a general overhaul and
i is now receiving her final touch
I es before entering the Bering Sea
! route. The Columbia is scheduled
to sail for Nome May 30th with a
full passenger list and capacity
load of cargo, including a large
amount of mail matter. This ves
sel is also Heaving Seattle about
four to five days earlier than us
ual on her first trip to Nome and
should arrive at the northern
gold camp about May 6th, ice
conditens permitting.
SEATTLE, May 15 i/P) — The
freighter El Capitan arrived here;
yesterday from California ports
and sails May 20th for Dutch Har
bor, Naknek, Dillingham, Kanak
anak, thence to Nome, and other
Bering Sea and Arctic ports.
The probable arrival time at
Nome was not stated in the tele
gram.
Starts Moving
Dredge for Bluff
Sunday Night
The Slack and Mahan dredge
situated just behind the Standard
Oil Co. warhehouses at the east
end of town for some years, yes
terday evening started on its trek
to Bluff where it is expected to
be put in operation this summer, j
The dredge is on skids and a fleet
of six or seven caterpillar trac
tors are furnishing the motive
power. Early this morning, the
dredge had been moved to just
a little below Fort Davis, some
three miles east of Nome.
Mussolini And
Hitler Touring
Border Districts
UNDATED, May 15 //P)—Hitler
and Mussolini toured frontier dis
! triets bordering France as Pol
| ish and French general staff offic
i ers met in Paris for consulta
I tions.
Russia’s reply to Great Brit
ain’s counter proposals for Rus
j -nan collaboration in the British
i French front, was received by
the British foreign office and pass
jd on to the French government.
A Foreign Office official said
he couldn’t disclose the contents
of the answer but it is generally
| believed in diplomatic circles
! that Moscow did not accept the
British plan but that Russia ag
reed to join Britain and France
m aiding Poland and Rumania if
1 those countries were attacked
! and asked for help.
Mussolini dedicated a new
[ plant at Turin, of the vast Fiat
works, makers of Italian cars,
tanks, airplane motors, machine
guns and other war equipment.
Hitler and his staff are starting
on an inspection near Aachen on
the Belgian frontier, which caus
ed some quarters to believe that
there is more than coincid
ence that he and his axis part
ner should make such trips at
the same time.
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Danzig Senate
Denies Permit
Pole Celebration
"
UNDATED, May 13 </P> — The
Freneh-British bloc sought a clos
er tie with their new ally, Tur
key, as a Polish protest to the
Danzig Senate sharpened the is
i sue between Germany and Po
land over the Free City.
In London, following Cham
berlain’s announcement that
Tu.rkev and Britain would aid
each other in the event of war.
| Officials predicted that Turkey
: would gain important British,
j trade, munitions and loans.
, The Danzig Senate issued an
‘ order forbidding memorial serv
] ice for the Polish hero Marshal
; Joseph Pilsudski on the grounds
! that it might cause disorder.
This announcement brought a
Polish protest and a charge that
the Danzig government couldn’t
guarantee peace.
Polish newspapers declared
that troops would be sent to Dan
zig to assure order in the Free
City, if the Senate couldn’t ac
cept the responsibility.
In Vienna, the Catholic Church
! authorities interpreted a Nazi oar
| der that personelil changes in the
. clergy must have their party
j sanction, as meaning that the
Nazis would control the appoint- *
■ments of new vicars, pastors, and
other churchmen.
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SEIZED IN TORSO SLAYING
Aurelio Marco Tarquinlo, whom Baltimore police said confessed the
torfso murder of Evelyn Rice, and who later pleaded not guilty
when arranged, was held without bail for action of the coroner.
Tarquinio was arrested after police found the murdered woman’s
bead buried in his back yard. The prisoner is shown being hustled
into a police station.