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The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Bergman Kokrines Yukon Indian, Wins Dog Derby

FAIRBANKS March 8 Especial to the Nugget)-The first racers into Livengood reached there in the following order and hour:
 Kokrines 4:40:29; George Jim mic 4;55:34; Skaug 4:55:39; Fair banks time. The elapsed time of each-Kokrines 8 hours thirty minutes 29 seconds; George Jim mic 8 hours fl minutes thirty four seconds; Skaug 8 hours 53 minutes and 39 seconds.
 Kokrines was driving seven dogs with a leader named Victor Jimmie was driving twelve with a leader named Rita and Skaug drove ten Siberian dogs owned by Leonhard Seppala with the leader named Trixie.
 All other teams mentioned had mixed malamutes and cheechacco breed dogs,
 Near Tatalina Woods passed Skaug with the latter's dogs be- coming tangled. Woods returned and helped untangle them, Lat CT Skaug beat him into Liven- good. Seppala said all team made very good time
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Two Army Pliers
 Killed In Crash

SHARON SPRINGS, Kansas, March II (P) Major Devereaux Myers and Corporal Maurice Mel yin were killed in a plane crash after they left Albuquerque yes terday.
 The Army fiiers had headed for Lowry Field, Denver but radioed late in the afternoon they were hitting soup and were turning east" A rancher four miles south of here saw the crash and the plane burn at 8:30 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Plan Additional Aids

Great Britain and France gave increasing indications that they are considering greater aid for Finland should peace moves fail
 The controlled French Press predicted an expeditionary force if Finland asked it. However an expeditionary force could land only on the Russian held Arctic coast of Finland or move across neutral Scandinavian soil.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

Arnt Skaug driving Loenhard Seppala's Siberian dogs arrived second in nineteen hours two min utes and forty five seconds.
 George Jimmie was third with the time of nineteen hours twen- ty three minutes with no chance of placing for the others.
 Kokrines was definitely esta- blished as the winner of this years classic.
 Miss Alaska is to be elected Saturday night after an elabor- ate style review, with the gor- geous coronation ceremony to morrow afternoon.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Minnie Motschman Selected Miss Alaska" 194O
Invaders Meet Little Success

HELSINKI, March Il (P) - With Finland anxious with suS- pense regarding peace negotia- tions the high command announc ed the invading Red army con tinued attacks at Viipuri Bay but met with success in few plac- es."
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

Write to your friends and rela- tives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get a big <ick out of 1t.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

FAIRBANKS March 9 Especial to The Nugget)-Bergman Kok- rines and his mixed malamute- cheechacco-bred team sprinted across the finish line Saturday midst the thunderous cheers of the huge throng to be the first in for the l940 Fairbanks Dog Der by Classic covering a total of one hundred and sixty six miles Fairbanks to Livengood and re- turin a total elapsed time of eighteen hours, seven minutes and thirty three seconds.
 Authorities doubted if any of the other teams could beat his time. Kokrines made the last 9 miles in one hour and nine min utes finishing with six dogs in the harness and one in the bask- ct of his sled which went out of action five miles from the finish. The other dogs finished fresh,
 Kokrines is a Yukon river h. dian trapper from Tanana and is thirty two years old. The first thing he did after the finish was to start reviving his exhausted dog. He was one of the oldest drivers in the race while the dogs average six years old. Kokrines wins a prize of three thousand dollars,
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

Edith Dahl shown Philadelphia night doing Spanish dance speciality the her husband Harold Dahl had Spain prisoner. The too believe fused to celebrate until she got official the Department-because many three prisoner only
 his return to the United States
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
ATTENTION

A Pioneer Card Party will be held Monday, March 11th at g pm at the I o o F Hall.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
To Talk To Mussolini

Adolph Hitler sent foregin min ister Joachim von Ribbentrop off
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

Save $2.0G by paying in ad- vance for your subscription.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Oldest Newspaper In Alaska.
Nugget Weather Forecast

Cloudy skies with Occasional light snow Tonight and Tuesday
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-06-01
NEWS ABOUT TOWN
BY T. P. Fielder

Messrs. Hoover, Mitchell, Caro-
dyne and Revers of Grenada and
Mrs. N. Wilson of Atlanta. Ca,
spent Sunday in Mound Bayou as
guests of Miss B 0 Fielder. After
attending the Little Mission Group
program at Bethel in the afternoon
the visitors and their hostess tour
ed the CT y and later motored te.
Chambers. Shelby and Clarksdale
to give Mrs. Wilson the oppor
tunity of seeing a big bit of the
Delta on this her first visit. Mrs
Beulah Patton became hostess to
the group at Shelby and Clarks-
dale. Mrs. Wilson says that the
Mississippi Delta is extremely in
teresting.
Mrs. A. c. Pettitt made a bust
ness trip to GreenviIle last week
end.
Mrs. c. L. Keyes is celebrat ng
the anniversary of her store in
great style. The public is getting
some real bargains during the sale
which continues until next Tues
day.
The faculty and student body of
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-06-01

M F. S and T. o. c. K. are hav
ing their Spring Program begin
ming with their Annual Devotions
at First Baptist Church Sunday,
Tune 2 at 800 p. m. Rev. Leroy
McNeal will deliver the sermon.
Monday night the tots of the Kin
dergarten department will render
their program in the B. c. T. S.
Auditorium. Tuesday night the
Music Department will present an
ali Negro Extravaganza
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-06-01

DIR. P. S. WILLIAMS, Dentist, will
be at the following places on the fol
lowing days each week: Mound Bayou
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday.
and Sunday. Wednesday.
Minter City-Thursday.
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-06-01
MPA Recreation News

A WPA Recreation group at
Mound Bayou enjoyed a picnic
last week. The refreshment was ar.
ranged on the ground. The group
reported a great time hunting
berries and picking wild violets.
The cars and food were donated
under the supervision of Alice
Morris. WPA Recreation Leader.
An entertainment was enjoyed
by the Recreation group last
Tuesday evening at the center.
Many attended the affair. Re.
freshments were served. Super
vised by WPA Recreation Leader,
Magnolia A. Young.
The Recreation group celebrated
This Work Pays Your Community
Week with games, socials, group
singing and picn'cs. The games
were as follows: Bingo. Fiddle
Stick. Chinese Checkers, Softbal.
etc. Horseshoe pitching end p ng
pong were played at the picnic.
The social and barn dance we c
quite enjo yable bv the teen age
group. 278 spectators visited
the pr ject and viewed exh bits
and enjoyed the full week. Matte
Shaffer, WPA Recre alton Leader
DIR. P. S. WILLIAMS, Dentist, will
be at the following places on the fol
lowing days each week: Mound Bayou
MONDAY. Tuesday. Friday. Saturday
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
SLOTS OWNERS
FACING CHARGES
Solicitor Sinclair Plans To
Push Charges; War
- rants Planned

+ Warrants will be issued here to-
day for the alleged owners OF
more than 100 slot machines seiz-
ed by police here last week In a
raid on warehouses in the city IN
which they had been stored follow
ing the indictment OF slot-machine
owners in upstate courts, David
Sinclair, district solicitor, said yes
terday.
Capiases for men said by ware
house operators to be those re
sponsible for storing the machine S
in their warehouses were issued IN
recorders court Saturday but had
not been served yesterday as none
of those for whem the papers had
been issued have been located in
the county.
Sinclair said he anticipated a
warrant will be issued Tor the
man generally reputed to be the
head of the slot machine business
in the state.
The raids came last week after
Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn called a
conference with the district solici-
tor and Alton A. Lennon, judge OF
recorders court. Lennon issued
subpoenas for the warehouse ope'
rators in whose establishments
Judge Burgwyn had been told the
machines were stored and later is
sued the capiases for the men they
said were responsible for storing
the machines in their warehouses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

as well IS providing a suitable
channel for regular water. freight
traffic lines into this section. Com
merce on the Roanoke during 1889
amounted to about 275 900 tons. A
considerable increase in this vol
ume is expected to follow COM
pletion of the project now under
way, which is estimated will re-
quire until about July 1941.
The navigation work now in pro-
gress, combined with flood con-
troll reservoirs and dams for pow
er development in the upper reach.
es of the river, will constitute a
great boost to commercial a n d
agricultural development in north
ern North Carolina.
Following the meeting here, Col.
Gillette left for a tour down the
river as far as Williamson to
check on damage conditions at this
time, after the partial %rehabilita-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

Dredging Company was awarded
a contract for the removal of ap-
proximately 1,248,2 200 cubic yards
of material from the river between
the 12-foot contour in Albemarle
Sound and Palmyra Landing, ap-
proximately IS miles above the
mouth. The dredging now under,
way will provide a channel II feet
deep and $50 feet wide from Abe
marie Sound to a point approx,
mately l mile above Plymouth;
thence 10 feet deep and 100 feet
wide to a point 81 miles above the
mouth; thence 8 feet deep and 30
feet wide to a point 1873 miles
above the mouth, Palmyra Land
ing. The contract cost of the pro
ject will be approximately $685.
000. 0 The project will serve a
number of manufacturing plants
located along the river engaged in
the projection of fertilizer, pulp
wood, lumber and lumber products
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
TO AID
n FL00D CONTROL
,,,,, Engineer Confers
WITH Flood Victims In
p;ch Square Area

-, SQUARE, Sept. % LII.
sl( gorge Gillette, North Caro-.
. ust engineer, met here at
b ', ~ today with a committee
'.senting flood victims OF tne
sste River Valley to t d y
pnOa md means of preventing a
pr .,srce of the recent disastrous
The people of this section
FS' .odpavoring to obtain emer'
' f,nds from the WPA or
fM sources to be spent under
E1' .rsction of the Army Engln-
, for flood prevention.
.,.od control studies are now in
s. s.sss BY the Army Engineers.
ansineers have been constant
1'' the lob ever since the flood
I y began. making technical
f'. sas recording flood plane and
.,nt data. making aerial photo
.a,s Of the river in flood, and
'ssring Information on crop and
..nsrtv damage. The magnitude
' !. ss task which confronted the
s.+ 4n can be appreciated
w. # is considered that the re-
ar, flood inundated an area esti-
'.+sd at 500 square miles. Col.
stated that good progress
~. 'i' Deen made in these studies
~ that it was expected that COM
r 'l.+ion of the damage estimates
..nld be completed within the
future. The District Engineer
.r-her stated that the studies now
prosecuted by his office will
in compilation of the most
.rulete technical data ever OBJ
on a flood of the proper
Of that which was suffered
~ te Roanoke Valley in August.
-,s completed report will form a
,,rv valuable basis in determining
steps TO be taken for future
prevention in this section.
4 resolution recently introduced
/ Congressman Lindsay Warren
!, the House Of Representatives
etaorizes a study of flood con-
MI on the Roanoke to be COM
lined with power development and
sgigation. The upper Roanoke, in
ae vicinity of Roanoke Rapids, is
TO hold great possibili-
lies for the development of power.
A project for the Improvement
h the Roanoke from a navigation
standpoint reached a concrete
in July when the Norfolk
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
|HARNETT PAVING
PROJECT STARTED
Four-Block Stretch Is First
Under Newest WPA
Program

Work looking to the actual paw
ing of four blocks on Harnett street
was begun yesterday morning, con-
stituting the first actual street work
to be done under the city,ss new
est WPA paving program.
Prior to this time the WPA ORR
men have been engaged IN ouiio-
ing a siding at the city garage.
Work was begun yesterday morn
ing at Third and Harnett streets
with workmen being engaged IN
grading, installation OF water lines
and laying curb and cutters.
In announcing the beginning OF
the street work j.. E. L. Wade
city commissioner of public works
said he now has blank petition
forms which property owners may
secure at his office for signature
if they wish to have the streets
adjoining their property paved un'
der the current program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Jacksonville Banker
Honored By Friends

JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 23.-Eigh'
teen close friends honored J.. c.
Thompson, cashier of the First Citi'
zens Bank and Trust company here.
at a birthday party at his cottage at
Onslow Beach recently. He was pre-
sented a Masonic pin as a birthday
gift.
High tribute to his service to the
community in the five years he has
been a resident in Jacksonville wa
paid Mr.. Thompson by his friends,
Responding, Mr.. Thompson said. he
was deeply appreciative. John D
Warlick acted as POSTMASTER, anc
those speaking briefly were Mere E
Day, Guy Lockamy, Billy Arthur
]. C. Petteway, r.. N. Summersill AND
w, T, Jessup.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
INSURANCE FRAUD
CHARGES LODGED
Solicitor Sinclair Seeks Ex-
= tradition OF Willie
Ward

RALEIGH, Sept .23.-R-An al
legged fraudulent insurance scheme
which resulted in payment of $43,-
900 to a woman whose husband
supposedly drowned but who is al
legged in reality to be alive and in
Georgia was revealed by requisi-
ton papers filed here today.
Governor Hoey approved the re-
quest from Solicitor David Sim
clair at Wilmington and sent the
papers to Gov. E. D. Rivers of
Georgia.
The papers, and a letter from
Solicitor Sinclair, set forth that
Willie Flowers Ward, alias r. L.
Wade, was under arrest in Triton,
Ca, and was charged with false
pretense in Columbus county.
The papers said that Willie
Flowers Ward, Roy Barton Sim
mons and W. c. Ward went fishing
in Little River Inlet May II. Sim
mons and w. c. Ward later report
ed Willie Flowers had drowned. An
insurance company paid M r S.
Edith T. Ward, the alleged widow,
$43, 600 investigation resulted, Cor
poral W. W. Carraway of the
highway patrol swore in an affi-
davit, in the discovery that Willie
Flowers Ward, under the alias R.
L. Wade, has been living and hid.
ing himself in the state Of Geor'
gia."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
On Hatch Act
Is Attacked By Gibson

WASHINGTON, Sept. % @-
Senator Gibson (R-Vt.) asserted IN
the senate today that the civil serv:
ice commission had taken a dan
gerous STEP in ruling that nation
al guardsmen, while on active duty,
were subject to the Hatch acts re-
strictions on political activity.
The commission ruled that when
guardsmen we're indicted into &C.
tive service, or while they We're at
tending weekly drill, their political
activities must be circumscribed
in conformity with the acts pro-
visions. The act forbids govern
ment workers to discuss candidates
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
$4,000 Bid On Pink
Club Stands Unraised

No raise having been made in
the $4,000 bid of Milton Calder for
the Pink club at Harbor Island, the
way is now clear for the execu-
ton of a deed to the property IN
his favor, Murray G. James, attor-
ney handling the public sale of the
property, said yesterday morning.
Calder, at the time he bid I h e
property in a public auction, said
he was acting as an agent f o r
someone else in buying the proper
ty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

activities may be carried on for IL
hours in any n day, or 56 hours
in n n week, for IA weeks IN
any calendar year, without payment
of time and a half for overtime.
The industry, however, must pay at
least 80 cents an hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

publicly or to participate in a cam
paign.
Il sincerely hope that the COM
mission is wrong in this ruling, or,
if it is right, that congress will see
that this situation is corrected"
Gibson declared. He said he feared
that the ruling would extend to men
c~onscripted into the army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Helps You Overcome
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I,ooseness and WORRY

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caused by loose plates. Get FAS-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
EXEMPTION

WASHINGTON, Sept. a. Up -
"A seasonal exemption from the hours
provisions of the Wage-Hour Law
for the storing of raw cotton in bales
was announced today. Such storing
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

Alfalfa first was known in Gen.
trail and southwestern Asia and
was introduced in the United State
from Chile in 1854. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
n THLETES f2HsSSa

CIearing-up help, healing aid
helped by %antisepsis OF Black and
White Ointment soothes out burn,
itch. First try does it or your money
back. fw Vital in cleansing Is good
soap, get famous Black and White
Skin Soap at all dealers today.
Evening star., 1940-08-22

by the veteran Maj. Tom Wintring.
ham, commander of the British Bat
talon of the International Brigade
in the Spanish Civil War. the home
guards are serious obstacle to any
invader.
Maj. Wintringham's instructions
to his men are simple: THE tank is
a deadly weapon at 200 yards, but
at 6 feet it is helpless. Lie low un-
til you are within feet and then
blow it off the road"
Other home guards are being
trained as cyclists and motorcyclists
to stick to German tanks wherever
they go, surrounding them as fox
terriers leopard" preventing the
tank crews from refueling, resting
or sleeping. Many feel that were
the British Home Guards adequate
ly equipped with large hand gre
nades and shotguns. which are all
that Maj. Wintringham demands,
Evening star., 1940-08-22

they would constitute q virtually in
superable defense. But even as they
are, an invader will ind plenty to
do against them.
Production Rising.
But the entire hypothesis Of a
coming invasion Of Britain is based
on German control of the air. The
Germans do not control the air.
And there is as yet absolutely no
sign that they are approaching this
situation.
British production plus Canadian
production Of airplanes plus those
received from the United States was
believed in July to be close to Ger
man production. This does not give
the British equality, since Germany
has an immense superiority in older
planes stocked and put away In
readiness for just such mass attacks
Is proved successful in Poland.
Flanders and France. But so long
Evening star., 1940-08-22

Is the British chasers can hold their
own In the air, no German expedi-
tionary force Of dangerous size has
much chance Of landing in Britain.
May Try Blockade.
But Hitler may not be really
thinking of invading Britain at all.
or at least not for some time. He
may rather believe in the possibil-
ity Of combined air and sea block
ade ultimately starving out the in
habitants. His present air offensive
may be principally directed to that
end.
While 1t is far too soon to predict
the outcome Of such a campaign, it
must never be forgotten that, thanks
to the acquisition of large numbers
Of Norwegian Dutch and French
ships, the British probably dispose
Of much larger merchant marine
than at the outbreak Of the war. AS
for closing the British ports by
Evening star., 1940-08-22

amount to about 100000 men. Of
whom perhaps 100000 are fairly
well equipped. Tanks are. however.
woefully lacking and there is penury
of anti-tank guns. But even II
Hitleris tanks and smashing mo-
torized divisions succeeded in rout-
ing the British Army as they
knocked out the French Army,
Britain would still be far from con-
quered.
Between the Germans and their
goal would still be the British Home
Guard. These are the male popu-
lation of Britain (and some of the
female).
No Refugee Clogged Roads.
Most of them have orders to lie
fiat and stay where they are, what
ever happens. There are to be no
refugee-clogged roads in Britain.
Coached in hand-grenade throwing
ard the burning up of enemy tanks
Evening star., 1940-08-22

bombardment-up to II days ago at
least-not one single port had been
closed.
Delay Aids British.
An alternate German plan might
be keeping the British busy at home
Qest British bombers try a little
blitz Of their own on Italy and test
the temper OF Italian nerves. while
the Italians and conceivably the
Spaniards as well try to weaken
the British Empire by seizing con-
troll of the Mediterranean at Suez
or Gibraltar, or both.
The Italian threat against Egypt
might seem to confirm this. The
Spanish Portuguese pact Of mutual
assistance does just the opposite. for
in order to seize the Rock the Ger
mans and Italians would need
Spanish aid, an aid which Spain Is
believed to have refused.
All in all, 1t would seem either
Evening star., 1940-08-22

! etort)
By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER,
chtcaso Daily News Foreign CORRESPONDENT.
"If we meet them on the sea we
shall drown them and If by chance
they get ashore in England we shall
knock them on the head"
This was how Winston Churchill
answered Gen. Maxine Weygand
when. after Frances capitulation,
the general asked the British Prime
? Minister just what Britain would
do alone against German invasion.
Gen. Weygand was skeptical then.
+, He had to be: he was excusing his
refusal to carry on the war outside
: of France by insisting that either
the British would not fight or that
) II they did fight they would be
smashed within two weeks.
Nearly two months have now
nassed and the British, far from be-
ing smashed, have never been more
: uppish.
4, Whether on land or water. the
! blitzkrieg demands control OF the
air. Control of the air permits its
possessors to annihilate the ad-
versary's remaining aviation. An
Inhalation of the aviation is calcu-
lated to bring loss Of morale. But
to date the British aviation is so
far from annihilation that 1t daily
chalks up an excess of air victories
! over defeats.
Z Morale at Peak.
Eyewitnesses of air encounters
{ bear this out. The proof that the
German figures on air casualties are
Z incorrect is the evident fact that
!, the Germans do not control the air
+ over Britain. If they did, most
! people feel that the long-awaited
attempt at invasion of the shores
! of Albion would long since have
: started.
AS for breaking the British mo-
: rale, the writer is able to bear wit
! ness that up to the time he left
Britain two weeks ago, the British
people, far from being depressed or
. terrorized, were positively jaunty.
The slogan most repeated was:
"Well, at least Britain has reached
the finals"
This being the case, and since
Hitler has not yet shown his hand,
one can still only guess at his real
intentions. Several courses, or a
rombination of them, seem to be
open to him.
Z First, he can concentrate his air
3 attacks on, say, five separate coastal
zones and, if he succeeds in de-
I vastating them, try to establish a
E bridgehead on one or preferably two
Of them.
100000 in Army.
Once the bridgehead is secure he
I can try to bring over troops under
strong air protection, and land
F, them. meanwhile trying to sabotage
and demoralize the British rear by
parachutists and further air at
tacks. This would bring about a
duel between the British home fleet
and the German air forces and the
orists would have the long-awaited
demonstration of just which arm is
superior.
If the Germans succeeded in land
ing, they would be opposed by the
! British Army, working from radial
centers. This army is believed to