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The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF ALASKA

In compliance with the author ity vested in the Republican Cen tral Committee of Alaska, it is hereby directed that a Republic an Mass Convention be held at Sitka, Alaska, at 10:00 o'clock am. on Juy IS, 1940, for the purpose of adopting a Republican Platform for the Territory of Al aska, electing a Territoria Chair man and four members of the Re publican Central Committee, of which one member shall be from each of the four judicial divi- SiOnS, and for the transaction of such other business as may pro- perly come before the conven- ton.
 Said Republican Mass COnven- ton shall consist of delegates from the following precincts, which includes all precincts cast ing Republican votes in 1888: Can dle, GOl0vin, Council, Marshall, HaycOck, Kiana, KOtzebue, Little Creek, Mountain Village, Nome, Selawik, Shungnak, Solomon, StuyahOk, TayOr, Teller, UnaIak- leet Utica.
 QUALIFICATIONS-All dele gates shall be qualified and ac- tual voters in the precinct they represent.
 CREDENTIALS-All delegates shall be certified to the Repub- Iican Central Committee, thru it's Chairman NIT. E. E. EngstrOm, Juneau, Alaska, not later than July 15, 194O; suqh certificates shall show the delegates to be qualified and actual Republican voter in the precinct he is to rep resent, to have supported the Re publican Divisional candidates and the Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress in 1888, and shall be signed by the duly auth Orized precinct or divisional committeeman.
 Signed: E. E. EngstrOm,
 Chairman
 Signed: Henry Benson,
 Secretary Republican Central
 Committee of Alaska
 May l, 1940.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
Service Will Fill Gap

Establishment of the 'stop-gap' service is considered particuarly significant at this time in view of the concern over adequate nation al defense for the U. s. and its territories. It will also fill an im- portant gap left by the wars re- striction on surface shipping be- tween the U. $. and Alaska, large proportion of which was provided by Canadian vessels, which have now been withdrawn for war service. Last year nearly 50,000 passengers were carried be tween the U. s. and Alaska, by steamer and it is expected that conditions abroad will materially increase the norma tourist traffic to the north this year, especially with the tremendous reduction in trave time made possible by the new air service.
 Because of it's inaccessibility, due to lack of modern transport facilities, together with it's half of winter, the development of Al aSka on any large scale has been seriously retarded in spite of it's immense natural resources. With a total popuation of about 10000 - approximately half of these white - in a territory of some 600,000 square miles-Alaska still produces a commerce with the States of $1OO,OOO,OOO year. This sizeable trade has come largely from three industries, mining fish ing and fur-trapping."
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Pr robate Court For the Noatak- -KObuk Precinct, Second Division, Territory of Alaska In the matter of the estate of THOMAS WOOD, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Peter Wood has been appointed by the Probate Court for the Noatak- -KObuk Precinct, Terri tory of Alaska, administrator of the estate of Thomas Wood, De- ceased and all persons having claims against the said estate are required to present the same with proper vouchers within six months from the date of this mo- tice, to the undersigned admin istratOr at KOtzebue, Alaska.
 Dated this the 1st day of June, 194O.
 Peter Wood,
 Administrator of the Estate
 of Thomas Wood, Deceased Publish June F, "A, July 1, 8.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01

an All-American high-speed ser vice from the mainland direct to central Alaska.
 According to the present plans the Alaska Clipper will op crate approximately until Oc- tober 15, when the advent of win ter conditions in the north will make impractical continuation of marine flying. It will serve, how ever, an immediate transport need for the Territory and will contribute valuable operating eX perence prior to the institution of year-round service.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
NOTICE

All taxes real and personal due the City of Nome for the year 1889 are due, and on July 15, 194O, penalty and interest on those unpaid taxes will be cal culated, and the delinquent tax roll will be prepared, advertised, and the property sold according to law.
 NOME COMMON COUNCIL
 By M. J. Walsh,
 City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
PUBLIC WARNING

City Ordinance 150 section 5 prohibits the setting off of fire crackers, guns, fireworks of all kinds or any article containing powder within the city limits, without the permission of the mayor and city council. For viO- latiOn of this ordinance a penalty of not more than S100 fine is pre- scribed or 6 months in jail. This also applies on the Fourth of July.
 By order of the Fire Comm.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
STRATOSPHERE AIR LINE SEATTLE TO FAIRBANKS NEXT BIG STRIDE PLANNED

Direct plane service between Seattle and Fairbanks with pow erful planes, making nonstop stratosphere flights is contemplat ed for the near future. The Al aska Clipper coastal service inaug urated recently is but a prelim- mary to the direct high-atitude service. Such in effect is the an nouncement by the Pan-Ameri- can AirWays in a news bulletin from the office of the company, in Seatte. It reads in part as fol- lows:
 Because of the importance of the Territory to the U. S., both from the standpoint of its advan tages with respect to national de- fense and it's potentially great trade, it has been considered of first importance to link Alaska with the mainland by means of an all American route. This aerial highway has been survey ed by engineers of the Pan Ameri can Airways System and consid- erable development work has been completed since the route was originally projected in 1882.
 "As planned, the service would operate on a direct route from Seattle some 1,700 miles to Fair banks, approximately 200 miles inland from Juneau. Aircraft to be used in this service would be big four-engined super-charged transports capable of high-alti- tude, nonstop flying to permit direct operation over information al waters or U. s. territory for the entire distance.
 While such airliners-the four engined, high attitude landplane Clippers, "The Flying Cloud, !" 'eThe Rainbow" and The Comet" are now available, installation of this service depends upon the completion of the governments airway construction program in Alaska which contemplateS the building of terminal airports cap- able of handling aircraft of this size.
 Temporary Service Now
 "The new route opened June 20 therefore, is only a stop gap" service "a preliminary step to- ward the final accomplishment of
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01

Temporary Service Now
 'The new route opened June 20 therefore, is only "stop-gap" service "a preliminary step to- ward the final accomplishment of
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
Paterson Hotel Arrivals

Bob Mcdonald Jack Elliott MT. and Mrs. Geo. F. Marsh J. D. Johnston L. H. Keir Chris Betset E. D. ErSkine
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

Write to your friends and rela- ives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get a big 1lck out of it.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-01
Old Papers For Sale

Buy them by the bundle, Use them for starting fires. For Sale at The Nome Nugget.
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
Nazis Lay Basis
For bolnbardment
OF British Cities
Berlin Claims Enemy
BOmbers Aimed Blasts
Against Railroad Depot

BERLIN, April II. (UP)
The German official news
agency asserted today that
British airplanes had bomb
ed small railroad station
in Schleswig Holstein in northwest
Germany and that if it was estab-
liShed that that attack was deliber-
ate. Germany is given complete
new basis in Waging the war against
England"
This is the first time in the
war that enemy planes have at
tackled a German communications
point the agency said. If repeti-
ton of such an attempt shows that
it was planned Germany is given
a complete new basis in Waging
the war against England. The nee
eSSary conclusions would Immediate
ly be drawn"
1t was asserted that the attack
on the railroad station was only
slightly successful" and that a
sport field had been damaged and
window of the railroad station
shattered.
SchleSWlg HolStein is in Germany
adjoining Denmark, and is the ter
rltory which German troops crossed
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hi Ao&her,- Dad Will
Attend Classroom

Mother and Dad will take Marys
and JohnnirS places in class during
Public Schools Week in Ell Centre
April % to 26
As a special feature of the annual
observance the parents will attend
classes after night programs at the
various schools in the system.
It is the teachers, however, who
will have to answer the questions.
Teachers will explain courses to
parents CroWdin4 their class rooms
and the parents will be permitted
to ask questions and make sugges-
tIOns.
School week will begin with OBJ
eCrvancCS in churches of the city on
Sunday, April 21 Parents will be
invited TO visit the schools at any
time during the week, attend the
ni2ht programs. and participate in
the class sessions.
FL Ccntro'S 2,750 school pupils will
be hosts to their parents and the
General public at several night pro-
grams.
On April 23 Mckinley, Harding,
Douglass. and Washington schools
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
CaIipatria Stages
Flower Festival
This Saturday
Hundreds of Blooms to
Make Up Displays For
Annual Exposition

Calipatria's annual flower
show Saturday is expected
to draw a record crowd of
Imperial Valley garden en-
thuSiasts since this weeks
warm weather has brought the
many varieties OF unusual and beau
tiful flowers to the height of their
perfection.
The show will be open to the
public at l pm. in the mezzanine
floor of the Imperial Hardware
store and will continue through
Saturday evening, giving every
one an opportunity to see the hun
dreds of flowers which are to be
found as this exhibit.
Judging of entries will start at
10 am. when Mrs Charles Wieman,
president of the Brawley Womens
Community club. and Mrs. j. c.
Archias and Mrs. Earl AShurst, also
of BraWley will decide upon the
various awards.
This year, for the first time. the
Callpatria WomonS club, sponsors
of the show, is offering a silver cup
to tie person winning the most
points in the flower show. The win
ner may keep the cup until the
next flower show, when It Will b.
awarded again. remaining the pei
manent possession of anyone Win
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the German garrison has been cut
off from outside communication.
There was no official confirma-
ton Of this report from British
or other sources. Latest British
advices on the Narvik situation
were those telling of the unsuccess-
full naval attack Tuesday. Berlin
yesterday asserted that two more
British destroyers had been lost
at Narvik but indicated they were
sunk by mines.
I spent most of yesterday after
noon urtil midnight in the Nor
Wegian general headquarters for the
Narvik front which have been es-
tabliShtd here in the steep hills
which command the port of Narvik.
Constant reports were coming in
on the situation and there was
obvious elation in the manner in
which Major Olmdal, commander
OF the forces. received them.
I talked to Norwegian soldiers
who had escaped from Narvik and
other travellers from the city who
asserted that after the first battle
OF Narlik on Tuesday when British
destroyers were beaten off by the
Germans, that a new battle was
fought on Wednesday in which
the British scored a victory.
They told me that the British
launched their second attack at
5:35 am. Wednesday. One soldier
told me that he watched from the
shore at Narvik and saw three
German destroyers sunk under
British gun fire. Two more Ger
man 'destroyers, this man told me,
blazed all day long in the Fjord
and finally were run aground on the
rocky shore.
This naval action left Narvik cut
oil by sea from any communication
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
It's HottestD Day Of
Year; Thermometer
Hits II at Noon

Imperial Valley sweltered under
lts hottest day of the year Friday
as the government weather bureaus
Official thermometer in Ell Centre
rose to 81 degrees at noon.
indications were that tempera-
lures in the valley would reach 90 or
100 degrees Friday afternoon to eli
max three day heat wave which
sent thermometers above the 90 de-
gree mark on three previous days.
Maximum Thursday was 90.
Cities through southern California
suffered under the same unSeasonal
neat wave, according to United
Press reports. Los Angeles noon
temperature was 90 degrees. The
weather bureau predicted tempera-
lures would go higher Friday after
noon.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

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Baltic to the Scandinavian Arctic.
Germany retaliated with an i'm
piled threat that "all out" air raids
on Britain may be the Nazi answer
to the Allied assault.
Developments included:
/. British warShips mined the
southern Norwegian and Danish
coasts in the Skagerrak and into
the Kattegat-the sea passage Ger.
man Warships and transports must
traverse to Norway
2. British bomberS hurled high
explosive bombs into German air
and naval bases on the Baltic and
blasted at shipping in the Great
and Little Belts, Danish waters
leading to the Kattegat. A 8,000-ton
munitions supply ship was reported
blown up and another ship DAM
aged.
3. Stockholm reported naval
battle appeared in progress in Os-
10 Fjord where British Warships
were said to be trying to blast their
way through to Oslo.
4. Berlin charged that British
airmen bombed a German railway
junction in Holstein - the first
bombing of a transport center since
outbreak of the war-and warned
that this may open a new phase
of the war in the air. London de-
MED the bombing.
5. A traveller reported, without
confirmation, that five German
deStroyers were sunk near Narvik
and that German forces at Narvik
appeared to be preparing to resist
an attack.
6. The Allies have laid mines
between German and Dutch terri
torial waters to prevent German
ships from reaching the Neither
lands, it was reported in Paris.
Inhabitants of StroemStad, on
the Swedish Norwegian border, tele-
phoned Stockholm that great ma
val and air battle seemed in prog
ress at the mouth of the Oslofjord.
British Warsnipo, they said, seemed
to be making stubborn attempt
to break through the Oslofjord to-
ward Oslo in face of a terrible fire
from German-manned coastal bat
terieS.
Western Europe was tense be-
cause of reports that Adolf Hitler
might at any time order an offen-
sive against the French Maginot
line, stalking all on an attempt to
smash the French and British de-
fenses-the strongest defense line
ever known.
Sweden blacked out one key town
on its western coast during the
night and mined its entire coast.
There had been speculation wheth-
er Germany, if blocked off from
communication with Norway by
sea. might seek transit facilities for
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Human Skeleton
Found on Desert

Officials Of Imperial and San Di-
ego counties tried Friday to es-
tablish the identity of human
skeleton found late Thursday two
miles south of the Kane Springs
highway near the line dividing the
two counties.
Deputy Coroner Herbert Hughes
was informed that the man appar-
emily had been dead a year and a
half or two years. The ragged rem
nants of work clothes were found
near the body.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

charge Of a castle prison OutSidV
of Barcelona where his son, Albert
M. Wallach, %, was held with six
other American youths who had
gone to Spain in 1897 to fight foi
the Loyalsts.
1T was he who was the actual
killer, l understand, not only ol
my boy but of six other American
boys whose bodies were in the
courtyard there Wallach testified
Di Maio sat in the committee
room while Wallach made the ac-
cusation. He and three other Span
iSh Loyalist veterans were wait
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
British Crew from
Grounded Wdrship
On Mystery Errand

LONDON, April -. CUP)-The
possibility that the crew of the Bri-
tlSh destroyer Hardy may have
struck off into Norwegian territory
on military expedition near Mar
Vlk was reported here today.
The Hardy was beached near Mar
vlk after the battle between five
British and six German destroyers
there Tuesday.
1t was reported in authoritative
sources that the crew of the Hardy
was observed taking to the boats
fully armed after their warship was
run aground.
The group from the Hardy was
thought to number 40 to 80 men
They were last seen rowing ashore
and nothing has been heard from
them since.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

will present their programs in the
individual school buildings at 7:30
pm. Central High school and Junior
college will present their program
April 25 and Wilson school on April
26.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is composed of j. w.
Glasgow chairman; Superintendent
Guy Weakley, Harry Sones, Dorsey
WhltelaW, Charles E. Sones, Roger
Walton and J. E. Brock.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

system would take control of the
welfare department from the cOun-
ty and make it another state bu-
reau.
This merit system would give the
state the power to select and as
sign the employees to our county
welfare office" Supervisor Hugh
T. Osborne said. 1T would be an
other step toward the centralization
of everything in the state under
the control of state officials. That
is too much like dictatorship.
I'VE believe that it is better for
the counties themselves to run the
welfare departments and say who
shall work in them
He prepared to attend a confer
ence of welfare workers in Fresno
April to 18 to hear the merit syS-
tenn discussed.
Under the proposed system pres
cnt employees would be blankCtCd
into the service but would be re-
quired to absorb training under
the supervision of the state. A mer-
it system council would be eStab-
llsh2d from among members of the
Social Welfare board. Requirements
and examinations for employees
would be decided upon.
A. r. Albouze, supervisor of wei
fare personnel standards of the
6pp1 rtmppt nf social ualfora ,,,n,
in Ell Centre Thursday to explain
the proposed merit system to the
board of supervisors.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
Youths Hike Y
Miles Over Desert

Three Imperial youths foresWore
the life of Daniel Boone Friday be-
them when their car broke down
north of Plaster City.
Footsore and weary, Lee FowlkeS,
IS, Ronald Fowlkes, II, Very Nc
Anally, IS, were aided by R. Elliott
of Plaster City.
I'VE had to drink water out of
the car radiator" the boys said.
and it tasted good, too"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
Allies Prepare to Meet
Attack on Western Front

LONDON, April 70. CUP)-Ten-
sion increased through western
Europe today in the belief that
Adolf Hitler might at any time
embark on the supreme gamble
of his career with d gigantic Ger
man offensive on the western front.
1t was believed in some quarters
that any attack would most likely
be made through the Netherlands
and Belgium with lightning swift
ness and on a scale equaling if not
surprising the historic German at
tack on Verdun in 1916.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

inc to testify.
Di Maio and the other veterans
Milton Wolff, Fred Keller and
Gerald Cook, all of New York. con-
forred hastily with their attorney
Irving SChwab.
Wallace said that his son and
other Loyalist recruits went to
Spain i'll 1897. He did not hear
from him for some weeks and ask
ed the state department to help
him find the boy. Finally on Mar
6. 1923, he testified, the state de-
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12


association TO protect produce load
ed trucks destined for tie Los An
geleS markets.
No sooner had news of the walk
out of 1000 TeamSterS union mem-
bers reached Imperial Valley than
the farmers went into action to
make good their promise to give
California freedom of the highways
and freedom of the markets.
A demand for a raise in pay
from S25 to $50 a week brought
on the strike. The Teamsters' un-
ion and the employers had been
negotiating since Feb. /. on modi-
fications of their working agree
ment.
The market consists chiefly of
three large concerns. the whole
Terminal market. the Central mar
ket, and the City market. More
than $50 individual firms are houS-
ed in these three warehouses.
Approximately 1000 of the 1900
truckers and floor handlers en-
ployed at the market walked out
at am. Friday, according to
Homer Harris, secretary of the
Employers Associated Produce Deal
ers and Brokers Los Angeles asso-
ciation. He said the firm owners
aided by sons and other members
of their families were carrying on
reduced operation.
Picket lines were thrown around
the terminals and union truck driv-
ers arriving with loads of fruit and
vegetables turned back. Owner
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Home leaves of the French army
and the British expeditionary forces
and royal air force in France had
been suspended. Belgium and the
Netherlands, determined to defend
themselves, had made new military
preparations. Netherlands authori-
ties had started evacuating some
women and children from German
frontier areas.
Some military experts here sug-
geSted that the entire German
Scandinavian operation. dramatic
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

such attack would be essayed ex-
cept in a desperate gamble.
Nevertheless, the warnings of
French war office sources that pre-
parations had been observed for an
attack were firm and impressive.
1t was asserted that the Allied
high command was in possession OF
indications of the precise nature
of German preparations for attack
at different points of the front.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

as It was and entailing great
naval and air force engagement all
the way from the Kattegat st
the entrance to the Baltic to the
Arctic region of the Norwegian west
coast might have been only q pre-
liminary to a German western frout
offensive-the meeting OF the army
Hitler believes TO be irresistible and
the French and British armies su-
trenched in the Magin0t dsfsnxa Ituo
which they believed 70 b -
movable.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
Two Hurt in
Minor Accident

Nellie Bias. 10, and Elsie Charles,
20. both of FL Centro, sustained
slight injuries in an accident on
Second and Main streets Thursday
afternoon
The Bias machine crashed into
a pillar of an Eastside hotel when
Miss Bias tried to miss an auto she
was following. The driver of the
care made a left turn without sig
mailing.
Damage to the Bias auto amount
ed to 500.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12

~ "ao dooullleu llldl Ile pane was
perhaps testing the
alertnesS of the French air-de-
Tense, No bombs were dropped, and
the air raid sirens were not sound
ed.
Allied military men since the
start of the war had hoped that
the Germans would attack the
Maginot line, believing that thev
would lose heavily and perhaps de
cisively but had doubted that anv
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
ALLIES aim WEDGE AT NAzI Lifeline
Swedish Premier
Warns of Crisis

STOCKHOLM, April IL. tUP)
Premier Per Albin Hanson de-
clared in n broadcast to the ma
ton tonight that Sweden faces
IAN hour of trial" which may
prove the most severe of the past
100 years or more.
"War has been brought To Oui
frontiers" Hanson declared
Our feelings for our Scandinav-
ian brother nations are plain
without interpretation.
"Evcrybodv will understand
that despite the peace which
prevails in our country our minds
are deeply shaken.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
Man Accuses Communist Veteran of
numbering Spanish Loyalist Recruit
From j. s. 10 Insure His Silence

WASHINGTON, April II. UUiD-A Detroit father to-
day accused Dies committee Witness Tony D Maio, New
York Spanish Loyast army Neler;ul OF killing his son
and six other American boys in Spain.
MAXWELL NJ. Mallach Testified tnAt Di Maio in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-12
invaders Trapped
By British, Morse
Landing Force at Narvik Caught by
English at Sea, Norwesians LAND;
All Communica ations with Chiefs Gone
BY PETER c. RHODES

NORWEGIAN GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Narvik
Front April II. OP)-Reports reaching Norwegian head
quarters today asserted that British and Norwegian forces
closing in Narvk, British destroyers have sunk