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, VOL. 42. No. 7. 'TOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 15, 1940. ^ice Per c°p*
f Plot to Overthrow U.S. Government
Belgium, Netherlands Mass Troops East Frontier
British Planes Make Survey Flights Far as Prague
FBI DISCOVERS PLOT BY
MEMBERS CHRISTIAN FRONT
OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 </P) — A
terroristic gun and bomb plot to
overthrow the United States gov
ernment, .assassinate a dozen con
gressmen and seize the strong
hold of the Army was charged
after 18 members of the “Christ
ian Front” were arrested and ac
cused of conspiracy for a great
revolution. The nation’s vital
works, industry & transportation
were also marked for demolition
in the alleged plot announced by
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
The eighteen conspirators in
cluded New York National
Guardsmen and one member
each from the naval and marine
reserves and were accused of con
spiring to bomb, and shoot their
way to power and set up a gov
eminent like Hitler’s dictatorship
over Nazi Germany.
A small arsenal was unearthed
in New York City including
bombs, ammunition, rifles and
the makings for explosives in
various stages of completion.
Congressmen marked for death
as an object lesson were the
who voted for the repeal of the
arms embargo. On ithe list for
1 seizure or destruction were brid
ges, armories, post offices, fed
eral reserve banks, railroads,
and communication lines of all
kinds. The plot, Hoover said was
also aimed against Jews gener
a ly. Retiring Attorney General
Murphy authorized the announce
ment of the investigation.
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Make Try For
Non'Stop Record
Of 8,300 Miles
ROME, Jan. 13 (JP) — Colonel
Angelo Tondi will command a tri
motored monop’ane hopping off
at dawn tomorrow on an 8,300
mile nonstop flight to Patagonia.
The plane has an estimated range
of from 7,800 to 8,400 miles.
The previous record was set by
two British planes who flew 7,162
miles from Ismaila at the Suez
Canal to Darwin, Australia, Nov
ember 5 to 7, 1038.
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Admiral Yonai,
Jap Navy Chief
Named Premier
TOKYO, Jan. 14 </P)—. Admiral
Milsumasa Yonai, handsome aris
'ocralic naval chieftain became
premier of Japan Sunday night
after the appointment of General
Shunroku Hat,a had previously
been announced by newspapers
and by radio.
ODD FELLOWS NOTICE
Practice for the first Degree
Tuesday 7:30 pm. Conferring of
the Degree Friday. Big turnout
expected.
RAF Planes
Make Flights
Far As Prague
LONDON, Jan. 13 i/P) — Air
minister communiques said the
British in the greatest of war
time survey flights penetrated to
Bohemia in Austria, to Vienna
and Prague last night.
Operating from French bases
others attacked Nazi destroyers
in the North Sea and others de
stroyed a German air raider over
the Forth of Forth. German pilan
es roared along the British east
coast for the fifth consecutive
day.
Fearing sabotage sentries fired
on prowlers at Hendon Airdrome
in northeast London.
An attempt was apparently
made to cut the Scotland to
northern Ireland cable at Don
aghadee, Ireland and north Ire
land’s governor at Abercorn, and
his household were routed from
B aron scour t castle by a mystery
fire.
PUT TEETH IN
ALASKA ROAD LAWS
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 11— The
| Interior Department requested
'Congress to put teeth into exist
ing laws under which the depart
ment administers public roads
[and trails in Alaska.
Under Secretary Wirty said in
' a letter to Speaker Bankhead
that it is difficult to enforce exist
ing laws because of lack of legal
penalty and provision and legisla
tion was suggested by Wirtz to
establish a maximum penalty of
30 days in jail and a fine of $100
for violations of regulations cov
ering the Territory’s roads.
England Plnns New Shelter Belt of Mines in North Sea
Several major mine fields in the North Sea, including a new one planned by Britain—a 500-mile
charted field from the Orkneys to the Straits of Dover (indicated by lines and crosses), are
shown on this map. Britain already has fields off the Thames Estuary (A), near Hull (B), and
along the German coast (C), covering entrances to German naval bases. Britain believes Ger
many has mined a rectangular area (indicated by dots) from 75 miles off Jutland down to the
Netherlands, and that overlapping of the fields is probable. Britain’s new shelter belt would be
from 30 to 40 miles wide and about eight miles offshire. ,
John Vaughn,
Arctic Explorer,
Passes Away
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NEW YORK, Jan. 13 </P) —Dr.
John Colin Vaughn aged 64 phys
ician and Arctic explored died
here.
He is the survivor of many ad j
ventures in untried corners of j
the world. In 1888 he was the
' only one of a group to achieve.
1 passage through the overland
route acrass the northwest terri- j
tory to Alaska to search for gold.'
In 1903 he became second assist
! ant on the Surgeon Ziegler ex-j
pedition to the North Pole. Un
! dor Anthony Fiala he and his
mates were marooned on the bar
ren wastes of Franz Josefland for
19 months.
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Finnish Relief
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Committee to Meet
Tomorrow Nigh!
Headed by Mayor Fred Kubon,
the following members of the
Nome Finnish Relief Campaign
Committee is meeting tomorrow
evening at Kenn’s Barkey at 7 j
pm to complete details for the |
launching of a drive to gather
funds for the relief of Finnish
non-combatants, as requested in
the telegram sent by Herbert
Hoover to John W Troy, Alaska |
Manager of the Campaign, part
of which is reproduced below:
“I would appreciate it im
mensely of you would accept the
direction of Finnish relief fund
in Alaska. It would involve the
appointment of leaders in your
different towms to put on a
sharp, quick drive in cooperation
with the press and the usual act
ivities.
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“I do not need to stress the ur
gent need of support for these
heroic people. The hundreds of j
; thousands of women and child
; ren who were hurriedly moved
I from the cities in th middle of
the northern winter have now to
;be moved entirely from Fas' in
Finland over to the western
parts of the country, all of them
without adequate provision,
many of them destitute.
“This fund is for the purpose
of serving these broad relief
needs. The Red Cross has under
taken to supply medicines and
hospital supplies, but that is only
a small portion of the problem l
we have to meet.
“Emil Hurja (former Alaskan
newspaper man now prominent
in Washington) has suggested |
your name to me and joins with
me in urging your acceptance.”
Those constituting the com
mittee are: Mayor Fred Kubon,
Chairman, Carl Wourinen, Nols
Swanberg, Sr., Wm. F. Barber,
Mrs. John Kanari, Carl Lindell
and Everett Jones.
At tomorrow night’s meeting it
is expected a date will be set for
the opening of the drive in Nome
and this section of Alaska.
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Belgium and Netherlands Prepare
Against Possible Nazi Invasion
Scandinavians are Apprehensive
UNDATED, Jan. 15 (JP) — War1
shadows fell heavily across the!
nor.hern neutral nations arous
ing fears in the Scandinavian and
low countries that they might be
involved in Europe’s two wars.
Bolgulm and the Netherlands,
wedged between Germany and
the A dies massed about a mil
lion men on their eastern front
ers as a precaution against any
German at'ack. They indicated
that these defense measures were
inspired by reports of German
troop concentrations opposite
their boundaries.
High Berlin sources called the
reports a war scare “made in
Paris’’ and repeated that Ger
many had no intention of enlarg
ing the conflict to include the
'.mall neutrals.
Scandinavian a p p r e henskm
grew as in Russia signs indicat
ed that the Red army was ready
for a new major offensive against
Finland.
Russia disclosed that she pro
tested to Norway and Sweden ac
cusing them of neutrality viola
tions through anti-Soviet press
campaigns and also permitting
volunteers and war supplies to
flow to Finland. Moscow said the
Swedish and Norwegian replies
disclaiming unneutral actions
were not entirely satisfactory.
l>pcn ( lit Piacer
; 5lining Exempt
Wage-Hour Law
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13 (JP)
—Wesley O. Ash, Wage and Hour
Act western director said that |
open cut placer mining in the
western states and Alaska has
been classed as a seasonal indus-1
try and is exempt from the Wage
Hour Law provisions.
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NAZIS RFPORT CAPTURE
OF FIRST BRITISH OFFICER
BERLIN, Jan. 12--The official
i German t ews agency DNB re
j ported the capture of the first
| Briti -h officer on the Western
! Front. He was seriously wound
led and an artilleryman. It was re
| ported he later died in a hospit
al. He was said to have been cap
jtured Sunday.
DEMOCRATS POSTPONE
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CONVENTION
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Postponement for one week of
the Territorial Democratic con
vention to be held in Juneau was
announced today by Harry Phil
lips, chairman of the Democratic
Fourth Division Committee.
The postponement is caused by
the cessation of steamship service
between Seward and Seattle due
to labor trouble in Seattle.
“This cessation makes it impos
sible for Third Division delegat
es to reach Juneau by the ordin
ary methods of steamship -travel,
and would require Fourth Divi
sion delegates to go to Juneau
by airplanes in order to get to
the capital city in time for the
convention if it were held on the
date originally set, namely next
Tuesday, January 16.
As a result of the postpone
ment, the convention will not be
held until Tuesday, January 2k.
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FEATHERED FRIEND S—Three times daily does Vice
. President John Garner (above) feed his bantam chickens—visits
they seem to relish, too, at Garner's home in Uvalde, Tex. The
chickens are a favorite winter hobby with him.