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VOL. 41. No. 147. NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 1939. P™* Per c°py
Finn - American Volunteers Arrive
Reserve Right Damages Result British Blockade
THIRTEIiN ZTAIA ' V FT-'FRS
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Herbert Hoover
Announces Fund
For Finnish Relief
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (/Pi —
. F\u . nt Herbert Hoover is
ued : statement announcing
: ha had consented to organ-!
vi ■, nation-wide Finnish relief
und He asked newspaper to “ex
, > the fund in their localities’’
and expr ssed the hope that the
;i o '-. ill cooperate with the
r 1 of the papers.
He . i \ Finland was not a rich
' our. try “and the people have lit
re -rves for an emergency.
They are making a heroic de
! ferse."
E -.crptienally Fine Lntefisk
Now Heady
LEHMANN’S
, i.ah i i n Library now
ay even
, f:i t,i 7 to 7:10 pm.
,o'v s the time to look ovei
tmg ds for the
. iia anu summer The Nug I
: 0will be el 1 to consul'
u -vs o your, wants and
' - i:r sntr ' ‘ " 1
SHE STUETCHES CUT NOT ENOUGH
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Kathleen Hildebrand just stretched and stretched, and even added
a bumu to her ’.cad, but still she was net quite 5 feet 2 inches tall,
a requirement for aviation training under the Civil Aeronautics
Authority. She was given another few days to gain the needed
quarter of an inch she she could qualify for a coveted place in the
Junior college flying course. The Kansas City miss is shown with
yardstick illustrating her problem.
Mask Bail Saturday, Dec. 9, At School Gymnasium
DOORS OPEN 9:30—DANCING BEGINS 10:00 P.M. —ADMISSION: $L00, 50<, 25{—TWO DOOR PRIZES
Fd t I M I'J D Mi SS—Betty Williams of Pittsburgh, a ccT-ed at
Carnegie Tech who was chosen honorary cadet, colonel cf the uni
versity K.O.T.C., will receive her commission, along with 10 oilier
officers, at Tech military ball in November,
Volunteer Band
Finn-Americans
Arrive Helsinki
UNDATED, Dec. 7 (JP) — A
I week after invading Finland,
Russia reported that the Red
army had broken through the
main Finnish defense line on the
Karelian Isthmus north of Lenin
grad. The Russian claims of suc
cess, on the narrow neck of land
where the main forces of the two
! nations battled since the invasion
I started November 30, followed
upon the Finnish reports that all
Soviet, attacks were repulsed.
As the war entered the second
week, embattled Finland receiv
i ed a measure of outside aid,
though its extent and siginficance
remained unclear, when a band
of 230 Finnish-Americans, some
i of whom never before had seen
Finland, arrived at Helsinki to
help fight Russia. It is said others
i will follow.
Britain also arranged for Fin
land to obtain thirty British war
planes and other war materials
establishing a precedent which
i might permit further British as
j sistance to the Finns.
The Italian planes ordered be
. fore the war started are reported
to have reached Finland.
The foreign ministers of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark met
! at Oslo to consider ways of giv
ing Finland non-military aid.
President Roosevelt conferred
with officials yesterday on ways
of rendering similar assistance
: and prepared to set Finland’s
j December 15 war debt payment
aside for possible use in Finnish
j relief work.
Italy Warns Soviet
v
UNDATED, Dec. 8 f/P)—Russia ■
increased the pressure on Fin
! land by declaring a blockade
while her troops were reported
to bo advancing from the north,
east and south in their invasion.
In Europe’s other war, the sal
ient development a French re
port said was a system of fortifie
ations behind the famous Magi
not Line doubling France’s fron
tier defense works.
The Fascist Grand Council
meeting under Mussolini, weigh
ed Italy’s role anew in the light j
of being allied with the German
conflict and Russia's drive in the
West. It was decided that the
Fascist and Nazi military alliance
remain in full force and that It
aly adheres to her status of “not
belligerent,” and she intends to
safeguard her seaborne com
merce “in the most explicit man
ner.” As a result of the Allies
total blockade, Italy has an inter
est in “everything which may
happen to the Danube and Bal
kan basin.” This declaration was
seen as an implied warning for
Russia to keep its hands off the
Balkans.
Notification of the Russian
blockade of Finland said it would
go into effect today but neutral
ships were given an extra 24
hours to clear out of the zone.
In yesterday’s report of the
armed operations in Finland, Lon
ingrad headquarters asserted
that Russian troops in the north
are 28 miles south of Petsamo,
Finland’s Arctic port. In the cen
ter they have driven to a maxi
mum depth of 46 miles from the
border while in the south they
had advanced from 5 to 7 miles.1
U. S. Formally
Reserves Rights
Of Nationals
—
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (IP) —
The United States, formally re
serving all of its rights to re
cover on damages which it may
utfer as a result of Britain’s
blockade of German exports, call
ed the blockade and principle of
international law in a formal
note to Great Britain from the!
American government and said j
it “was under necessity of request
ing measures be adopted by Brit
ain’s government, that the block1
ade shall not cause interference
of legitimate trade of American
nationals and of reserving mean
while, all its right and right of
its nationals wenever they may
be infringed upon.”
A LOT OF GAS
Fuel tanks of the newest Boe-J
ing Clipper will hold 4200 gal
lons of gasoline—enough to drive]
an auto two and a half times j
around the world. Six of these1
giant, 40,000 kilogram type of
Hying boat are under construc
' n in the United States for
trans-Atlantic and f.t{, -s-Pncific
air service.
Exceptionally Fine Lutefisk
Now Ready
LEHMANN’S
x uZimjmiM Wslli
GRID G A L—To show w here
her interest lies during gridiron
season, Joan Blaine, Chicago,
wears tiny footbaH shoes. She's
a descendant of James G. Blaine,
political figure.
S. PENROSE, COLORADO
SPRINGS CAPITALIST DIES
DIES OF THROAT AILMENT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 7
l/P) —Spencer Penrose, aged 74.
Colorado Springs mining capital
ist and builder of the Broadmoor
Hotel died here early today of
a throat ailment.
AL CAPONE FRED FROM PRISON
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A1 Capone, prohibition era gangland czar of Chicago, is shown as he
left a train at Harrisburg, Pa. enroute to Lewisburg, Pa. v l.cre be
was freed by the United States government after spending seven
years in prison. For a time he was in Alcatraz, and later at Terminal
Island prison, Los Angeles. From Lewisburg he was taken !; a'.ti
more by relatives. He entered the Union Memorial (here for obser
vation and treatment. Shown with Capone (left) is a federal officer
(center), and Frank Smith a reporter. Picture made by Chicago
Daily Times photographer.