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voL. 42. No. 4. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JAN. 3, 1940. Price Per c°Py 15<
Salmon Fishing Restrictions Imposed
Finns Report New Victory-Capture Men, Supplies
Finns Report New Victory
Wiping Out 15 to 17,000 Men
Capture 43 Tanks, 102 Guns
UNDATED, Jan. 8 .(/P> —Fin
land reported a new victory over
Russia, wiping out the Second
Division of invading troops and
the capture of more than a thou
sand prisoners and huge quan
tities of equipment. A special
Finnish army communique an
nounced that the 44th Russian
division probably containing 15
to 17,000 men had been smashed
in the Suomussalmi sector on the
4 ast central front. A week ago,
Finland said, the 163rd Russian
division was virtually annhilat
cd in the same region. This time
the Finns reported the capture of
43 tanks and 102 guns.
Russia, in reporting yesterday’s
fighting said only that a Finnish
detachment was repulsed north
of Lake Ladoga. “Nothing occur
red elsewhere."
The fronts are unusually cold
and the Arctic w'eather proved
an increasingly effective ally to
Finland whose stubborn resist
ance permitted the Russian in
Vaders to take over only onfr
forty-eighth of the nation’s terri
lory in 40 days of fighting.
Reports that the Soviet troops
are digging in on the Karlien
Isthmus on a mass battle front
indicated either the Russians in
tend waiting ti l spring to launch
another offensive or are plan
ning a drive farther north.
Neighboring Scandinavian coun
tries expi'essed continued con
cern over their roles in the Eu
ropean war. Some newspapers
declai'ed that any attempt to
convert the Scandinavias from a
channel for Finnish aid, into a
base for allied operations against
Germany would mean a fight.
This is in reply to the German
press charges that Britain and
France are using assistance to
Finland as an excuse for gaining
a foot-hold in the north from
which to attack Germany.
Finnish Patrol
Finds 150 Russians
Frozen to Death
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7 (IP)—Dis
patches from the Salla front in
northwest Finland told the story
of a bitter cold death. A Finnish
patrol coming suddenly upon a
detachment of Russian troops
were surpised when the enemy
continued to lie still in the snow
as the Finns approached cautious
!y. The advancing Finns found
the entire detachment of 150 men
frozen to death behind the barb
ed wire- entanglements.
Sick Cant. Moved
VANCOUVER, Jan. 7 (IP)—Cap
tain George Stunner weakened
by serum and three-weeks hung
and exposure was removed to
the hospital at Port Alice from
onely Vancouver Island Cape
where his fishing boat founder
ed.
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Nome Is Warmer
Than New York
City and Others
NOME, Jan. 7 (JP) — You’ve'
heard how cold it is in Nome. 1
Well, the residents of this city,1
100 miles south of the Arctic Cir
cle had the last laugh Sunday
with a maximum of 24 degrees
above zero and a minimum of
14 above. Nome was warmer
than Kansas City, Buffalo, Des
Moines, Helena, Minneapolis, Ok
lahoma City and New York City.
A1 Capone Faces
Lons Sei<*e From
A Brain Malady
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BALTIMORE. Jan. 8 (IPS— A1
Capone left his hospital bed and
moved to a house here, still fac
ing a long seige of medical treat
ment for a lingering brain mal
ady contracted in prison. His
physician Dr. Joseph Moore an
nounced his departure but at the
“nme time said it was too early
j to te l whether Capone would
benefit from his hospitalization.
Composer Music
6Rock-a-Bye Baby’
l asses Away
BOSTON, Jan. 7 — Mrs.
Effie Canning Carlton, aged 66,
i who composd the music to the
lullaby “Rock-a-Bye Baby” when
j she was fifteen years old, died
: here. The one time actress said
the tune for the rhyme came to
her while she was caring for a
restless baby in the home of a
friend. She never had a child.
U. S. WAIVES PLANE ORDER FINNS CAN BUY
The United States Navy waived rights to delivery of 14 Brewster fighting planes, similar in type
to the one above, so the manufacturer, might make quick delivery to Finland. Then of 54 planes
ordered were delivered to the Navy. The manufacturer said the navy will take a later, improved
_ type.___
Xmas Benefit Baseball Games W“d., Jan. 10, 8 p m
HIGH SCHOOL GYM FIRST GAME STARTS 8 PM NOME vs ALASKANS HAMMONS vs COMMERCIALS GENERAL ADM. 50^ CHILDREN 25<
Secretary Interior Ickes Restricts
Commercial Salmon Fishing Bristol
Bay to About Half of Normal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (/P) —
Secretary of Interior Ickes re
stricted commercial salmon fish
ing in Bristol Bay to about fifty
percent of the normal, meaning
a heavy loss to West Coast com
panies because the salmon run
has entered a weak year in their
five-year life-cycle.
He prohibited commercial her
ring fishing in southeastern A1
aska except gill netting for bait.
He gave the preference to natives
and Alaskan Salmon companies
and fishermen and cut the legal
number of boats to 780 in Bristol
Bay and the number of fishermen
to 1,500, leaving only about 360
places for continental United
States men. He ordered the her
ring catch limited to 300,000 bar
rels in the Bristol Bay area; the
Kodiak area to 350,000 barrels;
and the Prince William Sound un
restricted.
In unexplored fishing waters,
however, officials said 20 fish
trap sites would be closed to her
ring fishermen, mostly in the
southeast but some in the central
Western areas.
Mrs. Dick Law.
Wife CIO Official
Victim Ax Slayer
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 6 I/P)
-Less than a month after her
husband asked for a police guard
for his family, which was not
given, Mrs. Dick Law, CIO union
official’s wife was found slain.
There were no clues to the ax
slayer who virtually split her
head open and ransacked the
home of Mrs. Law’s mother, Mrs.
Nestor Luoma with whom the
family has been living since the
recent riot and wrecking of the
Finnish workers hall during a
Communist dance.
Mrs. Luoma found the body in
the living room when she return
ed home after chatting with nei
ghbors till 10:45 p.m. Dick Law'
taxied home from a union meet
ing shortly after.
The coroner could not deter
mine how long the woman had
been dead.
Mr. Law had denounced the
rioters and had accompanied
members of the Finnish Socialist
Society w'ho had presentel a
claim to the city for damages to
the hall, contending that the au
thorities knew of the riot but did
no do anything to prevent it.
Former G-Man
To Administer
Pacific Athletics
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (/P) —
Former G-Man Edwin T, Ather
ton was appointed head of the
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Con
ference Athletic Administration
for three years. He has been two
years probing the athletic setup
such as the recruiting of football
players. Now his recommenda
tions for reorganization are be
ing put into effect.
The shortest thing in the world
is not the eyelash of a mosquito
or the whisker of a gnat but the
memory of the public—It Pays to
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King Caro! Serves
Notice to Russia
Keep Hands Off
CHISINAU. Rumania. Jan. 6
r/p)—King Carol, after reviewing
troops at this Bessarabian cap
ital, twelve miles from the Rus
sian border, served notice that
Rumania will “fight as one liv
ing wall” if Soviet armies at
tempt to invade the country.
Kegoayah Public Library now
open at City Hall Friday even
ings from 7 to 7:30 pm.
Last year this country export
ed 41,000,000 false teeth. Despite
wars, depressions, and .recessions
some people evidently are still
eating.
FINLAND GETS IT ON THE LINE
Finland’s war with Russia did not prevent Finnish Minister to
Washington Hjalmar J. Procope (left) from paying his con. try’s
war debt installment, handing Secretary of the Treasury !' nry .1.
Morgenthau (right) a check for $234. 93. Other nations said
they coudn't pay
A
FINN —On G. A. Gripenberc
(above) falls the task of hand
ling diplomatic business, be
tween his country, Finland, and
Great Britain. He’s the Finnish
minister in London.
Rufus Dawes, i
Bro. Gen. Dawes
Dies Heart Attack
CHICAGO. Jan. 8 CP) —Rufus
Dawes, aged 72, president of
Chicago’s Century of Progress
exposition and brother of the
former Vice-President died sud
denly at his home here. i
Dawes had been in relatively
good health, his aides said until
late Saturday night when he suf
fered a heart attack. His son,
Charles Dawes said death was
caused by coronary thrombosis.
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