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VOL. 41. No. 142. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, NOV. 27, 1939. Price per copy m
Stresses Need For Defense Of U. S. Territories
U. S. Treasury To Borrow Half Billion Dollars
READY FOR HELL’S KITCHEN ROSE BOWL_That swivel-hip technique used
In the larger football camps is good enough for these gridders in New York's Hell’s Kitchen, that west
side section fringing on the Hudson river docks. These are “Panthers” warming up for their football
game with the “Frankensteins ” Each bov had his own idea about a uniform.
Football Scores
November 26
Yale 20—Harvard 7
Kansas State 7 — Boston Col
ege 38
Cornell 27—Penn 0
Pitt 0—Pitt State 10
Ohio State 14—Michigan 21
Duke 28—North Carolina State
0
Purdue 7—Indiana 6
Georgia Tech 21—F orida 7
Missouri 20—Kansas 0
Wisconsin 6—Minnesota 23
Baylor 0—Southern Methodist
21
Southern Cal 20—Norte Dame
12
Illinois 46—Chicago 0
NOTICE
The Catholic Ladies will hold
a Card Party and Dance, Deeetn
her 2nd. at 9 o’clock at the Odd
Fellows Hall.
PENSION PLAN-Ohio
voters on Nov. 7 will consider a
plan advanced by the Rev. Her
bert S. Bigelow (above), former
congressman, guaranteeing a
monthly iacome of $50 for single
$80 foi married couples
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Germany Reports
Bombing Or Four
Eng, War shins
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BERLIN, Nov. 25 (/P) — The
German nev/s agency DNB re
ported that four British warships
were struck squarely by bombs
'rom German air raiders which
’ urn'd from the North Sea un
calked despite heavy anti-air
•raft fire. The bombing was said
to have occurred 5G0 miles from
he German coast.
Report Sinking
Of British
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BERLIN, Nov. 25 f.P)—A Gar
man communique said that a
British auxiliary warships camou
flaged as a Netherlands merch
antman, used as a U-boat trap,
lias been sunk by a submarine.
Local scouting activity was re
ported on the Western Front.
Efforts Be Made
To Cut Down
Expenditures
WARM SPRINGS, Nov. 27 (A*)
—Budget Director Harold Smnh
upon arrival here for a confer
ence with President Roosevelt,
asserted that efforts will be made
to whittle down substantially
the government’s expenditures
for non-military activities, but
he added “it will be a whale of
job.” Smith carried a brief case
containing the budgets of the
Treasury and Justice Depart
ments for the Panama Canal.
.Dress Need
?or Complete
Defense System
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SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 25 {JP)—
\ congressional Military Affairs
and a War Department Appro
priations committee studied the
testimony of Major General H J
Bress that the army has only
enough antiaircraft guns to de
fend one large city and is so far
beh'nd in other essential wea
)ons, that it is cause for ser
;ous consideration. Major Gener
al Bress is eighth corps area com
nander.
Senator Sheppard chairman of
he ? Til it ary Affairs committee,
hough not a member of the in
peeting delegation said "Hawaii,
Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal
nd Alaska must not be permitt
ed h fall into enemy hands.” He
cited the need for a complete log;
:cal defense system.
Seattle to Nome
Airline Service
May Be Soon
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SEATTLE, Nov. 25 {JP)— R S
Bragaw, Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce Secretary, teld inter
viewers that a Seattle to Nome
airline service would soon be
available as a result of civil j
Aeronautics Authority activities
with Anchorage as headquarters
plus construction of beacons,!
landing fields and towers from
Ketchikan to Nome. He said
general business prospects were
excellent throughout Alaska and!
placer mining is encouraging. He
forecast that the territory will
double its gold output in the
next five years.
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Russia Accuses
Films Killing
|Red Soldiers
UNDATED, Nov. 27 fAP) —The
Russlan-iFinnish dispute flared
1 io grave proportions as troops of
the Russ an army staged mass;
meetings and called for the
‘stric'-vat measures,” and warned
Finland that “ten days was1
enough to conquer Poland.”
These demonstrations followed
upon a “border incident” yester
da" w' re the Russians charged
the Finns with kil ing four and
woi • .! ng nine Red soldiers.
Moscow sent an ultimatum-like'
note to Finland demanding the
withdraws! of garrisons from the
I Finnish border.
F.i: and denied ary shooting
on ti e Finnish side and appear
ed ready to refuse the Russian
den u ^ Finland said her gov
! ernment regarded the demand,
which called for the withdraws
of Finnish garrisons without de
lay, but which contained no time
limit, as “a friend.y proposal.”
King George of England sign
J ed an order in council providing
for the seizure at sea of all Ger
man exports regardless of whe
■ ther neutral ships were carrying
I them. The order is expected to
i be made effective in a few days,
j giving Britain opportunity to;
j give further explanations to neu j
j trals who protested the planned
move.
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TO MEET AND GIVE
DALADIER POWERS
PARTS, Nov. 27 {JP) — The'
French parliament is called to
meet Thursday to approve the'
laws promulgated under decree
' a empower Premier Daladier to
extend this rule which expires
on Thursday. The session will
also be asked to vote on the civ
il budget.
Large Scale
Army and Navy
Maneuvers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TP)—
It is reported that the War De
partment is planning to use the'
third infantry division compris-;
ing 8,000 men early next year in
army and navy maneuvers of un
precedented magnitude, testing
landing operations in conjunc
tion with a large number of sail
ors and marines at an undesig
natecl place on the Pacific Coast.
The operations will probably be
heid in conjunction with the an
nual fleet exercises.
The third division was origin
ally to have been concentrated ;
Port L ".vis, Washington, while 4
o her s aamlined division were
) have been trained jointly in
he east.
British Arc Out
Hunting For
Nazi Battleships
LONDON, Nov. 27 (TP) — The
Admiralty discosed that the mer
chant cruiser Rawapindi was at
tacked by the German pocket
battleship Deutschland and also
that another raider was sunk
with a loss of 280 lives. The
announcemont also said that the
search for the two Nazi warships
“was continuing in tempestous
weather both by day and night.”
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C ! ! 5F —VancuTers of naval
i ,-a'i are d.iectc-d by Admiral
Cta.de C. Bloch (above), com
n.nnder-in-chief of U. S. fleet.
Byrd Flies To
'oard North Star
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MIAMI, Nov. 25 (^—Admiral
Byrd flew to Havana today, en
route to Cristobal to meet the
Antarctic expedition flagship
North Star. The U S S Bear,
dock at Norfolk is to follow.
Billion
To Borrow
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 f/P) —
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau said that the Treasury
will borrow half a billion dol
lars tomorrow, for the first major
financing in the year, because of
a deficit which amounted to more
than a billion six hundred mil
lion so far this year. Morgen
thau said the Treasury will sell
half a billion two percent trea
sury bonds maturing from 1948
to 1950.
Brothers Fly Huge Plane On Non-Slop Attempt
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Flying a seven-ton airplane, two Peruvian brothers, Humberto (left) of the Navy and Victor Gal
lino of the Army, were enroute from New York to Lima, Peru. The brothers are shown before
their takeoff, which was delayed by weather conditions, examining a map painted on the nose
of their ship. They hoped to fly the 4,01-1 miles non-stop.