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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL. 42. No. 89. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940 ^ per 001,7 15*
Hull Points Out Action for Americas
Britain Expected to Reject Hitler's ‘Last Chance’
Roosevelt Signs Navy Expansion Bill Into Law
Roosevelt Signs Expansion Bill
Making U. S. Navy Most Powerful
Also Signs Extension of Hatch Bill
WASHINGTON, July 20 UP) — state a d local government em
The White House disclosed that poyet-s the existing restrictions
President Roosevelt signed into a of pol: cal activities on federal
bid the law authorizing four bil workers and limiting the size of
lion six hundred ten million dol- campaign contributions,
lars Navy expansion designed to When completed in six cr sev
give the United States two ocean en years hence, the Navy will
fleets capable of meeting any have 701 fighting craft built
possible hostile combination. He around the world's most power
also signed the Hatch Bill ex- ful single aggregation of capital
tending to mapy thousands cf ships—35 dreadnaughts.
Hull Outlines Action By Americas
To Safeguard Hemisphere Against
Military Or Economic Threats
HAVANA, July 22 -(/P) — The
United Qlatas adabcated "to 20
other American republics, a joint
trusteeship of any European co
onies in the New World threat
ened by transfer to any other
European powers and called f r
their cooperation in a sweeping
program to bolster and safeguard
the economy of this hemisphere.
Slate Secretary Hull defined
the position of the United States
on pressing problems of the Am
eric an republics in an address to
the second meeting of the Ameri
can -foreign ministers and pre
pared to submit reso.utions em
bodying specific proposals dealing
with them. In his 4200-word ad
d.es; he pointed the way to con
sultations aimed at concrete ac
tion by all the Americas to safe
tuard the western hemisphere
against military or economic
' treats from abroad or from for
e:gr.-directed s. bversive activit
itr3.
Mystery Fire
Burns Bethel Home
Moravian Minister
BETHEL. July 20 (JP) — A fire
from an undetermined cause yes
terday destroyed the home of the
M ravian minister, Harry Tr -
dahl, whose hom^ is in Detroi'.
Alice Lewis, a native servant girl
was burned to death. Trodahl res
cued his wife a:’d baby from the
s.court floor. All the furni hings
,.m e lost.
The Commissioner’s office was
aiso r:.z.d but the bulk of mport
a t records were saved. The
Signal Corps office was also en
dangered by the fire.
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CAA Building
Airfields At Both
Ends Rainy Pa ss
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I * ANCHOPwAGE, July 20 '/Pi —
j The CAA launched the construe-;
i tion of emergency airfields at
both ends of Rainy Pass. Men
and equipment were flown into
the remote m untain area and
are to spend the rest of the sum
mer there. The fields are greatly
needed due to bad weather in
the pass, which i; a much-u-ed
I .
item.
Major Edward George, con
structing quart- aster said that
more than a t : u.-uind men v. ill
j be employed a. the airbase next
j week with the arrival of the
transport Liberty with a heavy
j cargo of lumber, cement and oth
ler supplies. A temporary baracks
and water system and other fac
: ilities will be completed by No
vember first to serve 4,OOJ sol
diers.
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Newspaper And
Sugar Magnate
Support Willkie
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HARRISBURG, Penna., July!
20 </P) — The newspaper Patriot,
of which Vance McCormick, Dem
ucratic National Chairman dur
ing President Wilson's second
term campaign, is publisher, an-,
nounced its support for W'illkie.
NEW ORLEANS, July 20 (/Pi—
Charles Farwell, spokesman for
the States 150 million dollar su
gar industry joined the States'
delegates to the Democratic ccn
vert ion with the Governor Sam
Jones revolt against the Wallace
nomination. Farwell pinned on a
j Willkie-f ar-President .button and
1 said Wallace did “all in his pow
°r’' to destroy the sugar industry.
More than 400 British refugee children have arrived in New York. Here are some of the 71 children
—among the first to enter the U. S. under the plan to provide them homes safe from bombs—aboard
thte armed British liner Scythia as they greeted the New York skyline.
\\ illfcie Asserts
He Has “No
Noble Motives"
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COLORADO SPRIXGS. July j
20 (/P) —Wendell V. illkie settled
back to vacation routine after
telling the Denver Union Stock
yards at a luncheon that he
would “make no pretense at no-1
ble motives" in seeking the
presidency. He said:
“I frankly sought the oppor- ^
tunity to run for pre-ident be
cause I have some deep-seated |
conviction that I want to present
to the American people, and
which, if I am elected, I want to j
carry into execution."
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Two New Deal
Officials Turn
Support Willkie
COLORADO SPRINGS. July
22 PP) — Two former New Deal
officials John Hanes and Lewis
Douglas offered to work for the |
election of Wendell Willkie, Re
publican presidential aspirant. He
immediately asked them to join1
others, organizing “Democrats
and Independents of like belief.’’|
Douglas quit as Budget Direct- i
or over disagreement with admin
istration policies. Hanes served 1
as a member of the Securities
Commission as well as under
secretary of the Treasury. The
telegram offering their support j
was also signed toy Mrs. Roberta i
Campbell Lawson of Tulsa, Okla- ■
homa, President of the Federat-1
ed Women's Clubs of America.
In a separate message Alan Val
entine, president of Rochester!
University offered his services.
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Britain Expects To Give
No Compromise Reply To
Last Ch a nee l ltimatum
UNDATED, J 20 (/^—Ger
many urn i r: d propaganda
on the British pub/c telling of
death and destruct. n they may
face if Iii ".i: aT’ road to
peace is i ct i. An English
translation ! H.tier's speech yes
terday was br ad:i ' again and
and again to England.
Italy's authi. native Fascist
weekly predicted a vast offensive
is now ' ly a question of days." ^
Informed Berlin sources agreed
that the first receph >n of Hitler’s
message in Eng and was “rowdy
and rude" but said the man in
the street there might feel differ
ently.
The High command said Nazi
bombers blasted harbors, anti- J
aircraft defenses and sunk one
5,000 ton merchant ship and dam
aged three other merchant ves
sels and a destroyer. Only three
German planes were lost. They
said 27 British planes were shot
down.
The Italians admitted the loss
of the cruiser Bartolomeo Col
leoni but said a British warship
was sunk by bombs in a three
hour fight.
Secretary of State Hull arrived
at Havana for the Pan-American
conference opening tomorrow on
hemisphere defense and economy.
It was reported that he might
carry some plan to overcome the
Argentine nation's unwillingness
to go along on any measures
which would hamper their trade
with Germany and Italy.
“SOURDOUGH"
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
NAZIS AWAIT HOUR FOR
INVASION OF ENGLAND
UNDATED, July 22 (7P) — Un
der the 'flair of new German
bombing attacks. Britons expect
ed foreign Secretary Lor Hali
fax to return a blunt “n1 com
promise” reply today to Ki.ler’s
last chance ultimatum thereby
possibly touching off the threat
ened Nazi invasion of E ’.gland.
Authorized Nazis in Berl. 1 wait
Britain's zero hour to follow
quickly after Halifax and Church
ill answered Hitler’s “fi: al ap
peal to reason.” Hitler k inself
said if the British rej .1 the
Nazi-prescribed peace "my an
swer will be terrible mill: ns.”
The German command report
ed that waves of Nazi fc ) jbers
set big fires at airdromes, ports,
factories, and oil tanks on the
island kingdom. Dive b mbing
planes assaulted a convoc in the
English channel, the command
said and sank a tanker and four
merchant ships totaling 40, '00
lons. They acknowled^ i that
Royal Air Force plane. raujine
in the darkness over n artherrk
end western Germany caused
in Scotland, where three towns
ers struck the hardest at Mid
land, England’s industrk.U heart,
in Scotland, yhere thr towns
underwent incendiary bamb at
tacks.
The Britons warmed to the
fight when the destroyer Brazen,
1300 tons shot down three at
tacking panes even as she settled
in the water to.sink from a bomb
explosion.
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Dotted arrows (4 and 6) indicated how London speculated on how Russia might serve as a diplo
matic—even military—checb against Italy. An Italian report said Turkey was pressing Greece for
permission to land troops in the Aegian Islands (5) to keep Italy from seizing them as air bases.
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