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VOL. 42. No. 29. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, March 6, 1940 ftiee Per «•** 15*
Sir Hubert Wilkins Enroute Nome
Germany To Stiffen Treatment Neutral Shipping
Sir Hubert Wilkins To Build Sub
Arctic Weather Bureau Station
Is Now Enroute Nome Via Plane
EDMONTON. March 5 {/P) —
Sir Hubert Wilkins revealed he
planned to build a submarine
here for use as a weather fore
casting station between the Al
aska coast and the North Pole,
He said he would move the small
submersible to the Arctic Ocean
via the MacKenzie River.
To Investigate Nome For Friend
EDMONTON, March 6 </P)—Sir
Hubert Wilkins headed for Nome
by airplane saying he was to
make some investigations for a
New York friend. He said he hop
ed to build a submarine for Arc
tic exploration financing the cost
of $35,000 himself. If government
permission is forthcoming he
would use the submarine as an
Arctic weather observation bu
reau.
U.S. Sells Old
Guns To Brazil
WASHINGTON, March 5 (/P)—
The. "War Department announced
the sale of sixty surplus six
inch World War guns to Brazil to
supplement its defenses. The U S
Army and Navy both maintain
advisers there.
“Dean American Letters” Dies
HOLLYWOOD, March 5 (ZP) —
Mamlin Garland aged 79 and
known as ithe “Dean of American
Letters” died here from a cere
bral hemorrage,
Purdue Wins Basketball Crown
CHAMPAIGN, March 5 (ZP) —
Purdue won the-Big Ten basket
ball championship defeating Il
linois 34 to. 31,
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Reports that allied naval forces were steaming toward Petsamo and
Murmansk in the Arctic Ocean encouraged Finland despite contin
ued pressure on the Mannerheim Line. A picture of both phases
* of the Finnish war: 1 Reports in Scandinavia tied up with a state
ment from London that there was reason to believe that British
naval detachment had been near Petsamo. 2 Sweden ordered its
anti-aircraft batteries to fire on any military plane as a result of
the bombing of Pajala. 3 Probable route of supplies England is
sendng to Finland Near here Wade Werner of the Associated Press
narrowly escaped injury. 5 Finns announced that Russian attack
had been repulsed near Kamara—the first admission that the Rus
.... sians had progressed that far into the Mannerheim defenses.
Germany Asserts All Ships
Convoyed by British Are
Hostile and Subject to Attack
UNDATED, March 6 UP) -- Aj
general stiffening of Germany's
treatment of neutral shipping is
foreshadowed as an official state
ment was made in reply to for
eign press assertations that Ger
man fliers were sinking without
warning, The statement said Ger
man planes cannot discern fromj
the air whether .the neutral ships
are being voluntarily convoyed or j
are forcibly taken to the British
control stations, The mere fact
that they are in convoys make
them hostile.
A government spokesman in
the House of Commons denied
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that Britain blundered in search 1
ing an American Clipper with j
mail from Miami. He declared
“the action was correct and just- j
ied by what was found," Nine
Italian ships carrying German
fuel supplies are in the hands of
the British contraband control.
London officials appealed for
the registration of all children,
approximately half a million of
them so that preparation can be
made for their withdrawal to the
country in the event that spring
brings air raids,
The Finns announced that the
Red army attacks with aircraft
artillery and tanks across frozen
Viipun Bay were again repulsed.
A German news agency an
nounced that 20 British soldiers
were killed and 16 taken prison
er in the Moselle sector when
shock troops stormed a dugout.
Submarine Is
Rammed, Sunk
By Tugboat
AMSTERDAM, March 6 (TP) —
Submarine 0-11 was sunk, in a
; collision with a tugboat. The sub
was cruising on the surface when |
i+ was rammed amidships. Ten
men who wfere on deck sprang j
clear and swam to the seawall.
Twenty minutes later part of the j
stern emerged and two naval of-:
cers from a nearby rescue boat,
leaped aboard and managed to;
pry open a hatch and help the j
imprisoned crew to safety. Three
men were trappel forward how-;
ever and were feared caught in !
the flooded crow quarters.
CLIPPER SHIPS TO SKIP
STOP AT BERMUDA
NEW YORK UP) — European
j bound American clipper planes
1 3fter March 15 will skip Bermuda
where British censorship and
i seizure of the U S mails has
j aroused a storm of protest.
The announcement was made 1
recently by Pan American Air
ways after the publication of a
i news story that a consignment of
1 mail wras seized at Bermuda on
January 18 toy the British mar-,
ines.
The announcement said direct
flights to Horta in the Azores
was now possible because better
1 weather reporting service was
i available with the inauguration
- of floating weather stations in
jthe mid-Atlantic.
At London the discontinuance
of the Bermuda landing of east
bound clipper ships gave new
worry to British authorities who
are seeking to sift U S mail to
Europe through the mesh of con
traband control and censorship.
Officials did not comment on
the opening of the loophole
which the British were trying to
block for the passage of dollars
or military information to Ger
many.
Remington Arms
Indicted Violation
Neutrality Act
HOUSTON, March 6 <7P) —The
Remington Arms Company indict ■
ed by a Federal Grand Jury fori
I alleged (violation of the neutral
ity Act by shipment of 27,500!
rounds of ammunition to Mexico,
i Two Mexicans one a retired;
[ army major who is said to be in
the employ of the National Rev
olutionary Party were also indict
; ed.
One-Man Grand
Jury Indicts Two
Detroit Officials
DETROIT. March 5 \(A>) — Six
i high officials including Sheriff
Thomas Wilcox and Proseoutor
Duncan McCrea were indicted by
Judge Homer Ferguson sitting as
a one-man grand jury and charg
ed with conspiracy to operate or
permit operation of disorderly
houses gambling houses hand
books and policy games.
THROWN ON ROPES
WRESTLING REFEREE
DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. March 2 — A few
minutes after he had been
thrown against the ropes at the
end of a professional wrestling
match Referee Jack Stevens of
Seattle died in a dressing room.
Coroner Otto Mittelstadt re
ported the autopsy showed Stev
en’s death was caused by a heart
condition coupled with a head in
jury he suffered in a fall when
Laverne Baxter of Monroe, Wash
threw' Stevens against the ropes.
Baxter was held until the aut
opsy ,and then released on his
personal recognizance until the
inquest.
House Passes Bill Authorizing
Government Acquire Tourist
Facilities At Mt. McKinley Park
WASHINGTON, March 6 {.T)—
By a vote of 173 for and 169
against the House passed the bill
authorizing the government to
acquire and improve the existing
tourist facilities at Mount M*
Kinley National Park.
Subscribe tor The Nome Nugf
$1,200,000,OOo To
Finance War
—
UNDATED, March 5 (JP) —
While the Finnish-Russian battle
at Viipuri raged unabated at the
• outskirts of the city Britain an
| nounced that a loan will be float
! ed of about one billion two hun
j dred million dollars to help fin
I ance the war with special efforts
to get the small investors to sub
; scribe.
The seizure of two Italian ships
loaded with German coal was an
nounced in the House oi Com
mons close on the heels of Italy’s
energetic protest, At least eight
i other Italian coal boats arW’-own
! to have sailed from Rotterdam in
he las; 24 hours.
A Royal Air Force plane is re
; ported as scoring a direct hit on
1 a submarine surprised in shal
j low water.
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Son Jimmy Scouts Rumors
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WASHINGTON MP) — James!
| Roosevelt son of the President de
dared here he had “no plans at
i all” to marry Romelle Schnieder
his nurse at the Mayo clinic in
Rochester. Minneso'a last fall.
He said however she is a good
friend of his. He is asking a div
orce from Betsy Cushing Roose
velt. James, secretary to his fa
ther when illness forced him to
Mayo went fiom the hospital to
an important post in Hollywood’s
movie colony.
Japs Start Attack
HONGKONG. March 5 </F -
Japanese warships shelled sl."T
line positions 20 miles nort
Portugese Macao throughou t,e
morning then landed a force to
attempt another penetration in
South China jusit across 'i
mouth of Pearl River from tl
British crown colony.
President Hecla Mining C<».
Passes Away at Spokane ,
SPOKANE, March 6 (Ah—Jam
es McCarthy aged 73 president &
general manager of the Hecla
Mining Company of Wallace died
in a hosnit U,here art and
kidney ailment He was also one
of the West's outstanding Cath
olic laymen. He is survived by
three children.
ELIZABETH” REACHES N T
BRITISH LINER ‘‘QUEEN
Late this afternoon it was
learned that the newest British
transatlantic lxury liner just re
cently completed successfully
crossed the ocean to safely in
New York Harbor. Accompanied
by 3 British man-o-war she
stemmed into the harbor to be
greeted by loud acclaim. It is ur.
derstood that while German U
boats laid for the “Queen Eliza
beth and she was pursued and
forced to zig-zag several times
no mishap occurred during the
crossing.
FACING JIMMY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Mrs James Roosevelt wife of the President’s eldest son is shown in
New York with their two children Kate (left) 4 and Sara Delano
(right) 7. Jimmy has filed suit for divorce in Los Angeles.
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