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VOL. 42. No. 2. * 'IOME, ALASKA. Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1940 P1-1^ Per c°Py 15*
FDR Message Stress Preparedness
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Russians Mass 105,000 Troops For Big Attack
18-20 Persons Perish In Minneapolis Hotel Fire
President Asks \
Increases For
Army and Navy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (/P) —
President Roosevelt in address
ing Congress at the outset of the
pew session declared (that the
United States ultimately can be
come the leader in world peace
but “we must likewise be pre
pared to take care of ourselves
if the world cannot actain
peace." Accordingly he said he
is asking this year in the light
of continued world uncertainty
“army and navy increases which
are based not on panic but on
common sense."
The President proposed suffic
ient additional taxes to be levied
to meet the cost of emergency
spending for defense but didn’t
specify the amounts or methods
of taxation.
More than half of the message
was delivered by RooseyeP in
person to the senators afid rep
resentatives assemb's# in a joint
session in the ^J-ouse devoted to
international affairs and prob
lems. The President a;so inj> ct
ed a strong appeal for national
unity. He asserted that n-at;ocai
unity “is in a very real deep
sense the fundamental safeguard
of all democracy." The stress plac
ed on problems created by the
World War the President said
does not mean that the govern
ment is abandoning or overlook
ing the great significance of our
domestic policies, but for the most
part pouched briefly on these
policies' to examine in a c'Hly
analytical manner, ways in
which the conflicts across t’’
seas left imprints on our citi
zens.
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Attempt Sever
Finn Life Line
To Scandinavias
UNDATED, Jan. 2 — The
New Year,, rr.arred by two Europ
ean wars, '.opened with disaster
ous air raia\s and heavy fighting
on tiie Finjiish-Russian battle
fronts while ^ Britain called two
million more men to the colors.
The King ordered all men be
tween the agels 0f 19 and 27 to
register for service, swelling the
ranks of the mullion and a half
men already urfder arms or tech
nically mobilized, in preparation
for anv intensification of warfare
that 1940 matf bring.
Large sections of Turku, the
sou!hwestern Finnish port, lay in
ruins af.Yer Russian air raiders
visited/it and a number of other
Finnish cities, apparently aiming
at ^vering the rail and sea life
Mno of Finland with her Scan
dinavian neighbors. The damage
to the Turku terminus of Scan
■cTnavian shipment? by both land
and sea are very great the Fin
nidi government spokesman said
but ‘hat on’v two persons were
reported kil’ed.
■Tvvasikyla, the rail center 170
miles north of Helsinki also suf
fered bombing attacks in which
17 civilians were kil'ed. Vaasa,
e w=>st coas‘ nort opposite Swed
en counted three civi’ians dead.
The Finns reported continued
ir co-? in fighting off the Russian
invaders on land after routing
one Soviet division near Lake
Kiar.ti over the weekend. Ancth
er division of 16.000 were report
M threatened with a similar fate
o- cenfral Salla section after
Finnish ski patrols cut commun
r- ; ines and attacked its
flanks.
18 Loss Lives In
Early Morning
Apartment Fire
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3 (/P> j
At least 18 and possibly 20 per
sons lest their lives in an sarly
morning fire which ravaged the
Marlborough Apartment Hotel.
Morgue keeper John Anderson
said that four hours after the
fire was discovered 17 bodies
were brought to the morgue. He
just had a call to send an ambu
lanc for at least one more.
Firemen fought the blaze in
sub-zero weather and are still
searching for bodies.
Four victims were kil'ed as
they jumped from the top win
dows of the three story brick
building and others were trapped
in blazing hall ways or dropped
to their deaths when the floors
burned and fell through.
The number injured was tent
atively set as 25. One victim was
identified as Mrs. Mabel Brown
a-jed 34 who died of a fractured
sku'l. S^e jumped from a third
floor window with her husband
who was in a poor condition.
No one knew how the fire start
e:l but some residents said they
were awakened shortly before 6
am by the sound of an explosion.
CARD OF THANKS
The undersigned wish to ex
press their gratitude for the
many services and courtesies
extended them during their be
reavement.
Madeliene Mirow and family
Kegoayah Public Library now
o,;en at City Hall Friday even
i-ws from 7 to 7:30 pm.
* Metaphysicians Tap Baby For Immortality Test
Members of the Royal Fraternit / cf Master Metaphysicians admire Baby Jean (above), five
months-old, whom they selected for an experiment which they b elieve may make the baby im
mortal. Baby Jean, daughter of indigent parents, will be provided an environment, in the Vander
bilt mansion at Oakdale, N Y free of word or thought of death or disease in her quest for im
mortality. Shown above (left to right) are fraternity members in the mansion: Eleanor Sehr,
Charlotte Schmidt and Leouisea Kerfs.
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Seven Soviet
Divisions Being
Massed for Attaek
—
UNDATED, Jan. 3 (JP) — Fin
land heard reports that Russian
troops were massing for a new
major offensive after further Fin
nish military successes while
Germany and Britain disputed |
the results of an air battle in the
North Sea.
Finnish reports said that sev
en Soviet divisions of about one
hundred five thousand men were,
being readied for a tremendous
attack. Snowstorms checked air
operations in the northern war-\
fare but despite the bitter wea
ther the Finns are holding the
Mannerheim defense line against
the Russian assaults and are said
to be inflicting “enormous loss
es" on the Russians.
Authoritative Berlin sources
expressed concern about possible
British and French aid to Fin
land indicating that any substan
tial assistance from the Allies
will be a signal for the German
side to “actively assist" Russia.
France informed the League of
Nations she was ready to cooper
ate with other nations in send- j
ing aid to the Finns. A similar j
pledge has already been sent by
Britain but the extent or type
of help the Allies have *hot made
clear.
German and British accounts
of the air battle at Helgoland;
Bight yesterday differed concern
ing losses. After three British
planes were driven off by Ger
man defense forces the German
account said all three British
p anes were downed without a
German loss. The British ack
nowledged losing twro planes but'
said the Germans also lost one
plane.
Indications came from Prague
that Germany is encountering
difficulties, in administering the
protectorate of Bohemia and Mo
ravia with the disclosure of wide
spread arrests.
45,000 Persons Die
In Turkey Quakes
ANKARA, Jan. 2 (#*) — Tor
rential rains caused new havoc
in quake-stricken Turkey and i
the swelling flood waters are be- j
lieved to have already caused at i
least 1200 deaths. Whole villages
in the Brasa region of western
Turkey are reported to have
been swept up by the torrents
and carried ta the sea.
In Marmora, some new quakes j
wf j felt. The northwestern re-,
g*" suffered devastation last!
►*' • but because of shattered
■.munication lines it was im
' * le to determine whether j
there has been any new dam
age.
Officials estimated that last
weeks quake resulted in 45,000
dead, 100,000 injured and 500,000
homeless.
At least 25,000 were said to
have been made homeless by the
floods.
Reindeer Acquis
ition Unit
Arrives Nome
Charles G. Burdick, Special
Representative of the Secretary
of the Interior arrived in Nome
on the Mirow tri-mo\or, piloted
by Jack Jefford. Mr. Burdick will
be in charge of the Reindeer Ac
quisition Unit which has been
set up in accordance wth the Act
of Congress of September 1, 1937
whereby the Government plans
to acquire all non-native owned
reindeer in Alaska. W J Clark
has been transferred from the
Office of Indian Affairs to this
Unit for the duration of the work
as Fiscal Agent. Both men were
accompanied by their wives.
A number of stops were made
enroute from Anchorage and var
ious non-native owners were con
tacted for a preliminary discus
sion in an effort to get the Ac
quisition Program under way.
$795,000 was appropriated by
Congress for the purchase of all
non-Native owned reindeer and
range improvements. The funds
are available until June 30, 1940
when the program must be com
pleted.
Have You A Stove For Sale?
Wanted to buy a large-size
Spark or equal heating stove, in
good condition. Inquire Nugget
Office.
Subscribe for The Nome Nuggei
Issues Call For
Condition Banks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (/P) —.
The Comptroller of Currency is
sued a call for the condition of
all national banks at the close
of business December 30, 1940.
Football Scores
Jan. 1, 1940
Sugar Bowl — Texas 14—Tu
lane 13
Orange Bowl — Georgia Tech
21—Missouri 7
Cotton Bowl —Boston College
3—Clemson 6
Sun Bowl — Catholic 0—Ariz
ona State 0
Shrine Game —East 11—West
28
Rose Bowl—Tennessee 0—Sou
thern California 14
Woodrow W’ilson Advisor Dies
NORWALK, Conn. (/PI — Mrs.
Mary Allen Hulbert Peck, known
to the world as “Mysterious Mrs.
Peck” when she was mentor and
advisor to the late President Wil
son, died here.
Few knew the identity of the
75-year-old woman who livel in
virtual obscurity for the past five
years.
At least two of Wilson’s bio
graphers however credited her
with moulding the life and pol
itical career af the World War
president.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
President Roosevelt, who
today delivered his mes- ^
sage to congress at tlie open
ing of the 1940 session. ^