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VOL. 42. No. 54. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, MAY 1, 1940 Price per copy 154
Germans Claim Line Across Norway
Britain Sends Mediterranian Traffic Around Africa
Annual Session Alaska Legislature Bill Is Killed
’ Germany Claims Land Connections
Are Established Between Oslo
And West Coast Port Trondheim
UNDATED, April 30 (/P> —
Germany claimed to have estab
lished land connections between
their main Norwegian base at Os
lo and the west coast port of
Trondheim. This would be a dam
aging blow to the Allies who
are still apparently unable to re
sist the German’s rapid drive
through the mountainous central
Norway, despite the arrival of
reinforcements. Although the
line is long and thin, it means
the Germans are in a position to
isolate the Allied forces which
had advanced inland from the
coast. It also means they have at
tained a strategic hold on com
munications.
Military sources in London
said the Germans have captured
the important railway junction of
Storen, 30 miles south of Trond
heim and described the Allied
position in the Dombas sector as
difficult. The prime importance
of Storen is acknowledged as the
railway lines through the Gre
brads and Oster Valleys merge
there and run as one into Trond
heim.
On the other Norwegian fronts
a German communique reported
rapid progress toward Bergen on
the southwest coast. Heavy air
attacks on the Allied positions at
Namsos and Andalsenes regions,
flanking Tronheim on the north
and south were in/flicted with 6
ships sunk or severely damaged,
bases set afire and two or three
“enemy submarines” sunk.
Sources close to the British
foreign office said that Soviet
Russia had deemed the British
offers to negotiate trade agree
ments as unsatisfactory.
Potential' trouble' brewed in
southeast Europe as Hungary
warned Germany-protected Slo
vakia that she would “not hesi
tate to act in the defense of her
national honor" if the rights of
the Hungarian minority in Slo
vakian are not respected.
German Advance Admitted By British
To Have Put Allies In “Danger
ous And Very Obscure Position'"
UNDATED, May 1 MP) — Peril
for the security of their flanks in
northern and southern Europe
had the Allied war leaders plain
ly worried. The menace in the
north is where the fast driving
German columns have apparent
ly clamped a strangle-hold on
central Norway and it was ack
nowledged by British military
spokesmen who said the advanc
es have put the A'l;es in a “dan
gerous End very obscure posi
tion.”
The threat in the south is that
Italy might throw her might into
the Nazi scales and 'as a precau
tion Britain has ordered the sus
pension of 'o'er merchant shipping
traffic thru the Mediterranean &
is sending it around .Africa; and
in Paris the foreign minister
spokesman declared the Italian
attitude has “become definitely
alarming” in the past two days.
U. S. Ambassador Phillips visit
ed Mussolini at Rome to get first
i
j hand information.
Germany rained new blows on
Britain’s sea forces and the high
command said their fliers had
sunk a British cruiser, a destroy
er, five transports, heavily dam
| aged another cruiser and five oth
j er transports. In London, the air
| ministry acknowledged the loss
I of 97 planes but said heavy dam
j age was done in raids last night
j on Stavanger. Fornebu and Aala
j be rg.
The Germans also reported the
j capture of considerable war mat
erial and more than 4,900 prison
ers in Norway, among them 40
Britons and 3.500 men of the Nor
wegian second division were seiz
ed at Lillehammer.
Swedish reports from Stock
I holm said Norwegian troops are
i still occupying positions north of
| the railway junction at Storen,
| 30 miles south of Trondheim.
Dombas, South
Of Trondheim
Is Captured
BERLIN, April 30 {JP) — The
capture of Dombas, the vital
railway junction 100 miles to the
south of Trondheim, by an ad
vancing force was officially an
nounced.
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Snows On May
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Dav In States
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CHICAGO. May 1 (/Pi—Galosh
es were the vogue in several mid
die western states as April’s fare
well showers turned to wet snow
on May Day. A snowstorm cen
tered over northern parts of Il
linois, Wisconsin and Michigan.
This is the fourth time in 63
years that a measurable amount
of snow has fallen here.
Old Papers For Sale
Totals Today
Dem. Ticket
Delegate to Congress—
Dimond . 234
For Auditor—
Boyle . 221
Sheldon . 101
For Attorney General—
Roden . 193
Grigsby . 164
For Highway Engineer—
Hesse .♦... 217
Rivers.145
For Senator—
Cochran . 335
For Representatives—
Lvng 215
Smith . 2U9
Porter . 180
Whaley . 178
Kell . 176
Scott . 154
Lee . 134;
Cross . 1141
Fix . 6£
Cockbum . 61
Kubon . 61
North Star Sails
Alaska May 23
SEATTLE, April 30 (/P) — The
Motorship North Star will make
I its first trip to Alaska May 25th.
Nearly sixty men were left at
the Byrd expedition’s 2 bases at1
the south pole.
In the past seven months the;
ship has covered 36,000 miles. '
Totals Today
f' O 1TJ m« 1 ,
licKet
;
D-'egate to Congress—
. 175
D r 67
F r Auditor—
H heries . 203 ’
Fi r Attorney General—
McCain . 204
For Highway Engineer—
I 125
a: (r .102;
For Senator— |
. 227 I
For Representatives—
Stan groom . 226
B . 192
Hurley . 142
O.si . 142
Taggart . 142
Rude . 135
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House Kills
Annual Meeting
Alaska Legis. I
WASHINGTON, May 1 UP) —
The House eliminated the provi
sion, in Delegate Dimond’s bill,
changing the date of the meeting
of the Alaska Legislature, pro
viding for annual sessions. The
bill was signed by President
Roosevelt April 19th and still
provides for regular sessions of
the Legislature on odd-numbered
years.
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FLEETS CLASH IN NO-QARTER WAR
| British destroyers and German cruisers were first victims of spread
ing naval warfare in Scandinavian waters. Swastika symbols in*
! dicate areas Germany has taken. Approximate air line distances
giving Germany advantage of new bases are indicated. Ship sym
bols indicate loss of ships! in battles at Narvik and sinking of
| German cruisers in the Skarerrak.
Old Age Group
Backs Dewey Sans
9f
Autliorization
BOSTON. April 30 (/P) — Only
; a small percentage of States, two
million voters, were drawn to the
; voting booths of the presidential
primary, which featured mainly
] the question of whether the old
' age pension group, backing Dew
ey, without his authorization,
could break into the semi-official
unpledged Republican slate.
William McMasters, leader of
the old age group on the Demo
cratic side of the slate, and pledg
ed to Farley was concede a vic
tory.
i
Results Primarv
At Cordova
CORDOVA. May 1 — Eyak pre
j cinct—Cole 5—Duker 1.
Miller 5—Reed 0.
Chamberlain 1—Murray 4—Di
mond 45
Grigsby 11—.Roden 26
Boyle 34—.Sheldon 6
Hesse 31—Rivers 8
Brownell 30; Taylor 12, Burch
| ette 39; Egan 26; Hatton 7; Horn
ing 8; Huntley 15; MeCutcheon
i 16; S. J. MeCutcheon 8; Nutibeem
6: Smith 19.
CORDOVA, May 1 — Cole 42—
I Duker 2.
Humph eries 31
Miller 18—Reed 11
O'Neill 25; Chamberlain 1; Mur
ray 55: Andreson 45; Peterson 33;
! Selby 32: Wilson 33
Dimond 62 .
Grigsby 26—.Roden 28
Boyle 39— Sheldon 18
Hesse 42—.Rivers 17
Coffey 30; Brownell 29; Taylor
28. Burchette 46; Egan 44; Hatton
10; Horning 18: Huntley 18; H. H.
I MeCutcheon 24; S. J. McCutch
I eon 13; Nutbeem 14; Smith 22.
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INVESTIGATING PRIMARIES
IN TWO STATES
WASHINGTON, April 29 —
Chairman Guy M. Gillettee an
nounced that the Senate cam
paign investigating committee
has ordered its investigators to in
quire into the Nebraska presi
dential primaries, also the West
Virginia senatorial primary, but
would not say what candidates
were involved in the Nebraska
Republican preferential primary
in which Sen. Arthur H. Van
denberg opposed Thomas E. Dew
ey, with President Roosevelt un
opposed on the Democratic side.
Senator Gillette said the “com
mittee is sending investigators to
inquire into the expendture of
money in connection with that
1 state's recent primary' and partic
ular reference will be made to
presidential campaigns.
Regarding West Virginia he
said the committee received in
formation which "if substantiat
ed even in part would indicate
control of election machinery
which is destructive to the oppor
tunity for the electorate to reg
ister is opinion at the polls.
r’redid Trouble
Republi can
No-War Plank
WASHINGTON, April 30 {JP>—
Prominent Republicans forecast
that the Platform Committee
would have their biggest battle
over the phrasing of the “keep
out of the war” plank. After a
series of talks with Governor
Staseen of Minnesota, convention
keynoter, leaders disclosed differ
ences of opinion over the precise
position which the party should
take on the foreign policy.
Dances on Top
700-Ft. Trvlon
9/
In Hope of job
NEW YORK, April 30 (Jf) —
Roy Yost aged 36 of Manhattan,
who said he hoped to get a para
chute jumping job at the World’s
Fair chose the top of the 700-foot
Trylon tower for a demonstra
tion. He kept police and more
than 100 workmen in suspense,
with dancing and other antics for
more than an hour until yanked
back to safety from the inside.
He was arrested and charged wth.
disorderly conduct.
69 Boston Del
egates Pledged
To Jim Farley
BOSTON, May 1 f/P) — An un
instructed Republican delegation
was named here for the conven
tion.
With bay state voters paying
only scant attention to the old
age pension slate backed by Mc
Masters, 69 Democratic delegates
of the 72 to be chosen, were
pledged to James A. Farley, and
named in yesterday’s presidential
primary. Sixty of the delegates
have half a vote apiece, and tw
elve had a third of a vote at the
Democratic convention.
Hatch Bill On
State Employes
Killed By House
WASHINGTON, May 1 i/P)
The House Judiciary Committee
killed the Hatch Bill to regulate
political activities of state em
ployees paid by federal funds,
which the Senate passed a month
ago. After a long fight it was
ordered tabled, which means it
wil be stuffed away in a pigeon
hole. The vote was not announc
ed.
Chairman Sumners of the com
mittee declined to discuss, in ad
dition, the restricting of the pol
itical activities of state employ
ees, paid in whole or in part with
federal funds. The measure
would also have limited personal
campaign contributions to $5,000;