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VOL. 41. No. 34. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY March 20, 1939 ***** °*r c°py l<*
Rumania Rejects Hitler’s Ultimatum
United States, France, Britain, & Russia Refuse To
Recognize German Occupation Of Czechoslovakia
I
Britain Rearming
To Stop Hitler
—
LONDON, March 20 (fPi — j
Prime Minister Chamberlain told!
the House of Commons that Brit
ain’s colossal defense program
will again be reviewed as one of j
three steps in answer to Ger-;
many’s eastward drive in Europe, j
The other steps will be attempts
to rally "anti-aggresion” nations |
into a “Stop Hitler” block. This'
decision was sent to the trade
mission in Rumania to counter,
German economic pressure in
trade negotiations which caused
wid spread concern in Bucha
rest.
Chamberlain made his rearm
ament announcement after Br.t
ash officials also stated that the
government “may be expected to
continue” closed discussions with
Russia on Germany’s expanding
empire.
Kin” Carol
Bluntly Rejects
Hiter’s Demands
LONDON, March 18 ,(/P—'Hit
ter completed taking over Czech
oslovakia then through his emi
ssary in Bucharest delivered an
ultimatum to Rumania, demand
ing that that country place it
self under the control of Nazi
Germany if it desires its front
iers to remain secure.
King Carol’s government is re
ported to have bluntly rejected
Hitler’s demand that Rumania
cease development of her indus
trial power and concentrate on
agriculture and sell her oil. grain
oattle. timber and food supplies
only to Germany and no one else.
King Carol called his army
chiefs together for a conference
and had their frontier guards in
creased.
The British government told
•its Berlin ambassador to inform
Germany that Britain regarded
the invasion of Czechoslovakia
as a complete revoke of the Mu
nich agreement and without leg
al basis. The Prime Minister call
ed the cabinet into extraordinary
session to give immediate consid
eration to the European situation.
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toward tlie rich soviet Ukraine. Through ( bust (above), provincial capital, military trucks now move v,gl e ' 1 *l„r‘V'
with increasing regularity as part of government’s efforts to preserve state's autonomy.
France Declares
Not Recognize
Occupation
PARIS, March 18 UP) — The
French government aroused over
European developments sent Hit
!er a note declaring that France
d.d not recognize the German oc
cupation of Czechoslovakia.
Premier Daladier was given a
vote of confidence on his de
mands for secret and vir'ually
dictatorship powers aimed to
build up France’s war machine.
Reports said France would recall
her German ambassador.
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Mining Deeds, Placer and Lodi
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•special Power of Attorney forms
Bodies 6 Men In
Cope Plane Are
Brought Juneau
JUNEAU, March 17 UP) — A
party from the Cutler Haida re
moved from the Cope plane the
bodies of six men, all badly
crushed, and carried them to the
beach on stretchers from where j
they were surf-boated out to the|
cutter, which returned to Jun
eau. i
'Witnesses reported that Pilot
Ccipe and his five passengers
were probably killed outright as
the plane was severely smashed.
It probably plunged from a thou
sand or fifteen hundred feet.'
Cope stiil wore the radio gear
with which he reported their:
trouble about the time of the’
crash.
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Pres. Nominates
Successor To
Justice Brandeis
WASHINGTON, March 20 (/Pi
|—President Roosevelt nominated
William O. Douglas, aged 40, and
chairman of the S. E. C. as asso[
|date justice on the Supreme>
, Court.
If the nomination is confirmed
I by the Senate Douglas will sue- j
eeed former Justice Brandeis
who retired February 13.
Douglas was born in Minnesota
and received his early schooling
in Washington State and is1
known as a consistent New Deal*
j supporter. This makes Presi
dent Roosevelt’s fourth ap.point
| ment in less than two years.
Slain Dancer’s
Relatives Talk
To Police
1 —
Sorrowing relatives of Anya
Sosoyeva, 32-year-old Russain
dancer and Goldwyn Follies film
beauty who was bludgeoned to
death on the campus of the Los
Angeles City College, are shown
at police headquarters in Los
Angeles as they told Capt. D. R.
Patton (left) that the girls kept
details of her life secret from
them. Shown, are, left to right:
Mrs. Jean Susoff, wife of the
dead girls brother, Fred; Mrs.
, Marie SLivkoff, sister of Mrs.
Susoff; and Fred Susoff, the vie-,
tim’s brother.
(See picture at left)
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US Refuses Recog
nize Occupation
Of ( Czechoslovakia
WASHINGTON. March 20 (JP)
— The United States sent Ger
many a note refusing to recog
ize the legitimacy of Hitler’s oc
cupation of Czechoslovakia. The
State Department sent the note
signed by Acting Secretary of
State Sumner Welles to the Ger
man embassy by messenger, the
contents of which will be made
public tomorrow.
The communication was made
in reply to the German note
which was handed to the State
Department, informing this gov
ernment of Germany’s protector
ate over Bohemia and Moravia.
Breakwater
WASHINGTON, March 20 <A')
—Army engineers recommended
a rock mound breakwater 430
feet long between the mainland
and a small un-named island
near the south end as the basis
for the Meyers-Chuck Harbor.
It is designed to protect small
shipping and to keep driftwood
out of the estuary and will cost
$25,000.
“SOU II L> O UGH”
STATIONERY
That unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
“Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have been
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget offi
ce.
Ten Men Killed
As Boeing Strato
liner Crashes
ALDER. Washington, March 13
UP)—A four-motored ship, which
witnesses -said looked like the ■
Boeing half million dollar expert,
mental stratoliner, crashed a
quarter of a mile from this Cas
cade Mountains town, this after
noon, killing, it is reported, eight
people. The Boeing company re
fused positively to identify the
ship as their stratoliner at an
early hour.
Arthur Jacobsen, a witness,
said the ship seemed to go into
a nose dive. He said he saw
eight bodies taken from the
wreckage. The Stratoliner was
supposed to have ten persons
aboard.
The stratoliner has been going
thru a series of tests here for
several days.
LIST OF DEAD
—
SEATTLE, March 13 i/P) —The
! Boeing Air Craft Company’s 38
j place, stratoliner plunged 10,00(1
feet into the Nisqually River Can
! yon today, killing ten men mclud
ing the Assistant General Man
ager of the Royal Dutch Air Lin
es and half a dozen leading Am
I erioan aviation experts.
The huge four-motored liner,
designed to fly at the lower edg*
of the substratosphere, broke in
two and crashed with the pilot
still fighting the controls. All the
passengers were in their flighl
position and all aboard were in
stantly killed.
The dead are Peter Guilonard
assistant general manager of the
Dutch Airlines, and leader of the
air mission to the United States
A. G. Givan Baumherer, seoomc
member of the mission.
Julius Barr, Boeing test pilo’
and former personal pilot foa
Madame Chaing Kai Shek.
Earl A. Ferguson, Boeing tes'
pilot.
Ralph L. Cram, Boeing aerody
namics expert.
John Kylsfcra, Boeing chief en
gineer.
William Doyle, Boeing test pi
lot.
Harry C. West, Jr Boeing for<
man.
Harlan Hull, chief test pilo
for Transcontinental and West
ern Airways.
And Ben Pearson, Boeing sale:
representative.
The five hundred thousand do
ilar liner, was the first of a con
templated fleet of four such plat
es under construction by the Bo<
ing Company of Seattle and hat
undergone tests at low altitude;
near Seattle for several day3.
The air speed indicators jamm
ed at 200 miles an hour. Pilo
Barr at the controls shut oil th»
ignition switches before th<
plane hit, thereby avoiding fire.
NOTICE TO VOTERS
The I’oll Hook for the registra
tion of voters for the furthcomin,
Municipal ami School Hoard elec
tion will close on Saturday, Marci
| 25th, 1939.
M. J. WALSH,
City Clerk
Publish March 17, 20, 22.