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VOL. 41. No. 45. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939 * <*>py ^
Pres. Roosevelt Pledges Support to Pan-Americans
Britain, France
Support Greece
• And Rumania
LONDON. April 13 fA1)—Great
Britain and France pledged “all
the support in their power" tc
Greece and Rumania if their in
dependence is threatened. The
action was announced in the
House cf Commons in an emerg
ency session by Chamberlain.
ft This widened anti-aggression
front was started by the two
forces after a similar p'edge was
made with P.«and after Ger
many absorbed Meir.el. Chamber
lain made clear that it's exten
sion and sequel was Italy’s Gocd
Friday seizure cf Albania, and he
made it plain that Turkey was
included indirectly in the new
guarantees stating assurances
that Greece and Rumania are be
ing communicated with, especial
ly to Turkey, whose close re
lations with the Greek govern
ment are well known.
Chamberlain declared that ant:
aggression consultations with So
viet Russia were continuing
when members of the House
shouted “What about Russia?"
The Prime Minister spoke for
34 minutes and disclosed new It
alian assurances that Italian
troops, planes and pilots are leav
ing Spain immediately after the
Madrid victory parade, sot tent
atlvely for May second.
The reindeer industry of Alas
ka is centered on Seward Penin
sula and is second in Northwest
ern Alaska only to the mining of
# gold.
French Military
Is Now Ready
Any Emergency
PARIS. April 13 i/Pl—Daladier
announced that the French are
i ready with the r military for any
[emergency with Britain and
pi nosed her aid in case of need
i f r Greece and Rum. nia as well
I as for Poland. The declaration
| was made in a bluntly worded
! statement which came only a few
! minutes after Chamberlain an
: n 'urced a similar c rr.mittment
■ in London.
It was accepted here to be de
j signed to serve two major pur
F'-es: t; step Germany and It
: ri y from any act of aggression
that would bring a risk of war
: and to bolster the determination
! of these countries which feel
themselves menaced and inclin
ed the resist.
:
Nome h Due To
W in The Ice Poo!
—
With all the guesses on the Ne
j nana Ice Pool now being tabulat ;
'■d by the Manager, it will only
! be a few days before a book con
taining all the guesses made thru
•ut Alaska, will be sent to Nome
so that when the ice gees out it
i well b: easy to find cut who the
•v nners Fre. Some five thousand i
guesses were made in Nome and
cv.ry cne in Nome feels that
Nome Ls entitled to win the pool
this year. By the law of aver
ages it :s about time that Nome
did win.
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RUMANIA PREPARES FOR NAZIS
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Taking notice of Germany’s advancing nearer Rumania’s border,
King Carold held an all-night conference with his crown cousel
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and general staff. While denying any mobilization had been ordered
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Rumanian official admitted border points had been strengthened. 1
These Rumanian troops are sho>yn during recent maneuvers.
WELCOME FOR DER FUEHRER
r
Touring through a new land, taken under the Nn/i banner, Adolph
Hitler receved a spectacular greeting at Bruenn, Moravia, capital of
iiis new protectorate. Hitler is shown as he stood in an automobile
with a crowd saluting him from a balcony above the doorway.
German resident constitute about 30 per cent of the city's popula
tion. This picture was radioed from Berlin to New York
HEARING TO IIE ON
ALASKA AVIATION
RADIO PROBLEMS
On March 13 the Federal Com
munications Commission announ
ced that a hearing is to be called
this fall at which all radio-avia
tion licenses and applicants in
the Territory of Alaska may ap
pear in an endeavor to satisfac
torily work cut existing problems
confronting the use of radio in
aviation with particular respect
to Alaska.
As pointed out in the Commis
sion’s announcement, that on the
basis of population the air pas
senger traffic in Alaska is now
16*;• times greater than in the
United States, and the keen com
petition resulting from the fact
that the airplane represents the
quickest and only reliable means
of transportation during the win
ter has made it impossible for
the companies to organize an
aviation communications system
among themselves.
All applications for new aero
nautical point-to-point facilities
submitted by aircraft operators
for locations where no duplica
tion of radio facilities is involv
ed, will be granted conditional
authorizations pending the out- i
come of the hearing. All appli
cations requesting duplicate fa
cilities or submitted by other
than aircraft operators will be
designated for hearing without
issuance cf conditional authori
zation of any character.
For the convenience of the av
iation operators in the Territory,
Delegate D mond requested that
the hearing be held in the Terri
tory. Officials in the Commis
sion expressed their willingness
and intention to do this if suffic
ient funds are available to cover
the expense when the time for
the hearing is at hand.
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LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT
TOLLS ON ALASKA ROADS
TO RE PRESSED BY DIMOND
A bill to provide “That no tolls
shall he charged or collected for
the use of the public roads or
trails in the Territory of Alaska,
was introduced in the House on
March 15 by Delegate Anthony
J. Dimond. .
The measure is identical with
legislation sponsored for this
purpose by Mr. Dimond in 1936,
1937 and 1938, but which failed
of enactment, largely because of
the opposition of the Alaska Rail
road through the Department of
the Interior.
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FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Com- Approves
Florida Ship Canal
WASHINGTON, April 14 */P;—
The House Rivers and Har
bors Committee approved the
V 1 by Chairman Mansfield to
authorize the completion of the
$203,000,000 for the Florida ship
canal.
JHNIOR PLAYS
T':ie greatest dramatic produc
tion of the Juniors are the three
on.-act plays to be presented to
th: public on Saturday, Apr a' 15
at 3:15 p.m. These plays repre
sent the greatest variety for an
evenings entertainment to be pre
sented by a high school organ
za tin in Nome for several
years. The first play to be pre
: n'.d will be “The Singapore
Spider,” a Thriller, followed by
“Bargains,” a comedy full of
humor and pathos. The evenings
entertainment will then be con
cluded by the comedy “Love and
La her” in which the hero and
the heroine’s dog are c'aimed to
show a decided resemblance. The
intermissions will be filled with j
music furnished by the newly-orj
ganized high school band. In all
the performance promises to fur-1
::i.;h an absorbing and amusing
. v ling's entertainment.
The net pi oceeds of these pro
dun ions will be used for the fin
ancing f the Junior Prom and
jth. Junior-Senior Banquet,
—
| The coast line of Alaska is
greater in length than the cir
. cumfcrencc of the earth at the
Equator.
President Pledges
Economic Support
To Pan-Americans
WASHINGTON, April 14 I/P)—
President Roo.sevet pledged this
nation's economic support to any
Pan-American country whose
freedom is threatened by “econ
omic pressure" abroad, condemn
ing aggression as “ridiculous and
criminal.”
Rjoseve't extended this govern
ment's promise of protection in
the Western Hemisphere on an
nual Pan-American Day. He
gave the Old World “a living
message" from the New World
of “the will: to peace which will
have a voice in determining the
: lei of world affairs.”
He spoke on the governing
board of the PanAmerican Union
without naming aggressor na
tions or their dictators but re
ferred to statements r ic'ntly
made by Hitler and Mussolini.
He stressed the ties binding Eu
rope with the Americas.
100 Million Is
Available Relief
WASHINGTON, April It Pi—
President Roosevelt signed the
measure mak'ng available an ad
d'.'.lonal $100,000,000 for relief.
It is as far from Ketchik. n, Al
aska. to Nome, Alaska, as from
Norfolk, Virginia to Devil's Lake
North Dakota, and in about the
same direction.
FIRST PREMIER OF SLOVAKIA
I»r. Joseph Tiso (right), first premier of the new nation of Slovakia
is shown as he arrived in Berlin to confer with Chancellor Hitler
and it was in a 90-ntfnute conference that Hitler engineered the
Slovak secession. Dr. Tiso once was a parish priest. (This picture
radioed from London to New York)
“Singapore Spider,” “Bargains,” “Love and Lather”
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 8:15 P. M. ADULTS ADMISSION—50< CHILDREN—25<
Grand Opening Cavey’s Bar, Sat. Night, April 15