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VOL. 42. No. 39. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, March 29, 1940 Price per copy 154
Seattle- Service In May
Joe Louis Knocks Out Paycheck In Second Round
Allies, Turkey Reach Agreement Balkan Situation
k Britain, France to Hold War Council
Discuss War With Germany And
Clarification of Attitude To iiussia
UNDATED. March 28 (/P) —
Ways of extending the war ag-i
ainst Germany and the clariftca- j
tion of the British and French at
titude toward Soviet Russia was
scheduled for discussion at an al
lied council of war soon.
The question of Russian rela- j
tions was sharpened by the Bl it-1
ish detention of Russian freight
ers in the Orient. The recall from
Paris of the Soviet ambassador, j
some British circles held as a be- j
lief that Russia was becoming un
easy over her alignment with!
Germany. She is likey to pursue
^ a cautious foreign policy.
2 R A F Planes Downed
The Royal Air Force reported I
shooting down German air- i
plane off the northeast Scottish
coast. They announced also that
extensive recommaisance flights
were made over north/west Ger
many last night but two planes
f failed to return. One was shot,
down by a Netherlands plane &
one man jumped to his death, the
others were interned. The other
plane was shot down by the Ger
mans over Helgoland Bight.
Britain Conciliatory
At Tokyo, British ambassador
Sir Robert Craigie made a sur- i
_j
prisingly conciliatory address
bringing the prediction of improv
ed British relations with Japan.
The Japanese crown prince and
the foreign minister heard him.
Welles Arrives New York
Sumner Welles, on arriving in
New York left immediately to re
port to President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hull at Washington.
He told reporters “I can give
you some real news.” Smiling he
continued “I’m mightly glad to
see you and I'm glad to be
home.” He answered all other
questions with; “No comment.”
Mysterious Fire Berlin
A mysterious fire in a big fac
tory in the outskirts of Berlin,
the DNB .news agency said “high
iy inflammable material burned”1
but did not disclose whether it |
was munitions that burned.
French Destroyer Explodes
The French acknowledged an !
explosion aboard the French des
troyer Saturday in which seven
men were killed. Stefani, the It
alian news agency said the ship
was broken in two by the blast
off a Marocco port and a hundred
persons killed.
Britain Turns Over To France
Two Seized Russian Freighters
As Allies, Turkey Reach Agreement
UNDATED, March 29 </P) —
Great Britain apparently tried to
rid herself of a war-born contro
ls versy with Soviet Russia, an
nouncing she was turning over to
French authorities in the far east
two Russian freighters suspected
of carrying contraband for Ger
many “for administrative rea
sons.” The freighters are the Sel
enga and the Vladimir Mayakov
sky, the latter enroute from the
United States to Vladivostock.
They were seized and both taken
to Hong Kong.
British Convoy Attacked
British and German versions
of an aerial attack in the North
Sea on a convoy last night con
flicted. The German high com
mand said one patrol boat was
sunk and six merchantmen hit
and the convoy dispersed. DNB,
The German news agency said a
French destroyer was also attack
ed “successfully” in the English
channe. The British admiralty
said five bombs were dropped
but no damage was sustained.
Soviet Parliament Opens
The Russian parliament open
ed for its third session in seven
months to hear a report on for
eign affairs, create a republic out
of the territory gained from Fin
land, rafity the peace treaty, and
announce next year’s budget.
In the far east three German
freighters were reported loaded
with produce at Batavia, Dutch
East Indies, for a dash to Vlad
ivostock.
In Berlin the Nazi press pub
lished imposing picthres of var
ious types of Germany’s heaviest
artillery, apparently an officially
inspired attempt to assure the na
tion of Germany’s readiness on j
the Western Front.
France, Britain Turkey Reach
Full Agreement on Balkans
Turkish military sources at
Ankara said a full British-French
and Turkish agreement was
reached to cooperate if war
breaks out in the Balkans or the
near east.
Both Chinese and Japanese dis
patches to Hong Kong reported a
Japanese offensive in China’s
southern Kwarugsi Province.
NOTICE
^ Pioneer Card Party and Dance
j^. at School Auditorium, Saturday,
March 30th. Music by Nevada Or
chestra. Refreshments served
Cards 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. Dancing
10:30 to 12:30 p.m.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
At Nugget Office
1*AA to Start Twice-Weekly Clipper
Service Seattle-Ketchikan-Juneau
By About The Middle Of May
SEATTLE. March 29 f/P)— Op
ening 'about the middle of May,
a twice-weekly clipper plane ser
vice between here and Ketchikan
and Juneau was announced by
Pan American Airways when
granted a King County building
permit for the construction of a
$10,000 seaplane base at Mat
thews Beach on Lake Washing
ton, a mile north of the Sand
Point naval air station.
Robert Bul'lwinkjle, district
manager, said four-engined, 32
passenger Sikorsky clippers of
the type used to pioneer the
transpacific and transatlantic ser
vice will be used. Present plans
call for the service until about
November first, going as far as
Juneau to connect with the
PAA’s present Alaska schedule
to Fairbanks ar.d Nome. BuM
winfcle said the base would be
used only until they convert the
Alaska op-iations from flying
boat.; to the new Boeing strato
liners which will operate from
Boeing Field.
Fares are estimated to be about
ten cents a mile or $70 to Ketehi
kan and $100 to Juneau.
Father Hubbard
Make One More
Trip To Alaska
SAN JOSE, March 28 {/P) —
Father Bernard Hubbard, some
limes called the Glacier Priest,
announced that he was guing to
start for Alaska next month for
the last time. Further expedi
tions that he will make will be
in China to try to trace the origin
of the Eskimos prior to their mi
gration to Alaska. This visit will
include a trip to Beniaminoff Vol
cani, which his party first enter
ed in 1933.
First Clergyman
In U.S. Was
Executed Last Nite
TRENTON, March 29 i/P)—Rev.
Walter Dworecki, aged 43, a Pol
ish Baptist minister, was the first
clergyman to be executed in the
United States. The Camden past
or stailked to the electric chair
and his death last night, mumb
ling “Holy Father, save my soul.”
He was executed for scheming
the strangulation murder of his
daughter Wanda, aged 18, so he
could collect her $5000 life insur
ance. He was pronounced dead in
six minutes.
He was convicted in October of
hiring Peter Shewchuk, aged 21,
a circus roustabout and a former
boarded in his home, for a small
fee, to kill the girl. Shewchuk
will be tried next month.
Nine Perish As
Pilot Boat Is Sunk
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March
29 (/P) —Nine men were drowned
when the pilot boat Hebridean
was rammed and sunk in the out
er harbor by an incoming freight
er it was meeting. The dead are
six harbor pilots and three of the
boat’s crew who were trapped be
law decks.
Dern. Convention
Tells Delegates
Support F D R
BANGOR, Maine, March 28 (i*P>
—The Democratic convention or
dered the delegates bound by
unit rule with ten votes to sup
! port President Roosevelt if he
j seeks a third term otherwise vote
for Farlpy, who addressed them
^ yesterday. New Hampshire has
| eight votes and Alaska six also
j pledged to President Roosevelt.
Farley said: “I am very grate
i ful and hope I justify the confid
ence that has -been placed in me.”
—- ■ — .
Subpoena Issued
For Seety. Of
Communist Party
j
WASHINGTON, March 29 (JP)
— Representative Martin Dies or
dered a subpoena issued for Dr.
Albert Blurmberg, of Baltimore, j
secretary of the Communist par
ty in Maryland and the District
of Columbia when he failed to
appear to testify. His pretty wife
testified that he remained at
home although she delivered the
request of the committee invest
igators, that he accompany her.
Aged Indian 111
In N. Y. Hospital
NEW YORK, March 29 UP) —
White Eagle, a 70-year-old Indian
is ill in Roosevelt Hospital call
ing for his two sons Leslie and
Howard. He said he lives on
Prince Patrick Island in the Arc
tic off Alaska and is elderly and
w. H-dressed. He was stricken by
a heart attack in a mid-town bus
terminal last night and said he
just arrived from Boston on his
way to Chicago.
Old Papers For Sale
Buy them by the bundle, Use
them for starting fires. For Sale
at The Nome Nugget.
$49,798 Paid Out In
Alaska Feb. For
Unemployment Ins
WASHINGTON, March 28 (/P)
— The House passed and sent to
the Senate the billion twenty
nine million six hundred thirty
nine thousand seven hundred dol |
lar labor and social security bill
carrying $55,651,058 more than
President Roosevelt requested.1
The big bill carrying more than
a four hundred million dollar
government social security pro
gram also contained major re
ductions in budget recommenda
tions and the labor relations
board. The wage-hour adminiskra
tion bill also received final p^s-j
sage earlier today by a voice
vote.
Security administrator McNutt!
announced that were was distrih
uted in the States and territories
more than $910,000,000 in unem-i
payment insurance benefits ini
the last two years. In February,'
Alaska was given out $49,798
which was up 15 percent over
January.
U. S. Plants Have
Delivered 1600
Planes to Allies
WASHINGTON, March 28 (JP)
—An official report disclosed that
American aircraft plants deliver-.
ed about 1600 warplanes to the:
French and British forces in the|
last 14 month and are rushing
production on orders for 2700
more. Aviation experts, after con
ferring with army and navy of- j
facials voiced confidence that the
plants could handle the heavy or i
ders which are regarded as the
forerunners of large-scale Allied
program for the purchase of an;
addition 8000 planes at an esti
mated cost of a billion dollars.
Former Mrs. Astor
PALM BEACH. March 28 (JP)
— The socially prominent Mrs.
Madeline Force Astor Dick Fir
monte, whose marriage to an It
alian prize fighter in 1933 created
a sensation died here. Her first
husband, Colonel John Jacob As
tor was lost in the sinking of the
Titanic in 1911 when it struck an
iceberg. Her son John Jacob As
tor was at her bedside it was re
ported. I
CtC Asks Make
Totem for Seattle
WASHINGTON, March 28 MP)
— Authority for the Alaska CCC
to donate a hand-carved dupli
cate of Pioneer Place totem pole
to Seattle, is sought in bills by
Representative Magnuson and
Senator Schwellenbach.
Joe Louis Kayos
Paycheck In 44 see.
Of Second Round
FLASH — At 7:16 p.m. Seattle
time heavyweight champion Joe
Louis successfully defended his
title against Paycheck by scor
ing a knockout in 44 seconds oi
the second round.
japan V ievvs with
Grave Concern
U. S. In Pacific
TOKYO, March 28 (/P) — The
Japanese admiralty views with
grave concern reports that the
United States is strengthening
its naval forces based in the
Philippine Islands and is plan
ning a grand scale of maneuvers
extending into the Western Pac
ific, Rear Admiral Kanazawa
said.
British Ministers
To The Balkans
Are Recalled
LONDON, March 28 </P) — For
eign secretary Lord Halifax re
called the ambasador to Turkey,
and the ministers to Bulgaria,
Greece, Rumania, Hungary and
Yugoslavia, The move is inter
preted as a foreshadowing of the
British diplomatic offensive in
the Balkans. *
That unique and humoroua,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
‘Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have beer
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget offi
ce.
N EW RAN K-FIr t Aus
tralian minister to l . is Kich
ard G. Casey (above) now in
Washington. The tv o nations
have just establish* ! torntal
diplomatic relaumts
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