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The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
SPEEDBOATS, LONG RANCE GUNS UNLEASH 'FEELER" ON
 BRITISH INVASION COAST

UNDATED, April g (H) - A battle between British and Ger man speedboats, attacking along the southeast invasion" coast of England was reported as Nazi long-range guns on the French coast unleashed the heaviss' cross-ehannel bombardm nt of the war. The twin action may be a "feeler" of the type likely to become general in an invasion a. tempt. DINE declared that seV- eral British sp- edboats were dam aged in the clash.
 Apparently Hitler's long await ed storming of the British Isles
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Report Sinking 335,0O Q Tons of British Shipping

UNDATED, April 30 (Pl - Hit ler's command reported new sink ings of 35,0OO tons of British ships in strongly protected con- voysn by attacks of German U- boats. In addition the command said, Nazi speedboats raided an other convoy off the British southeast coast an sank three mer chantmen totaling $500 tons.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Russia Forbids Transit Of Further War Materials
Transit War Ma terials Through Russia Forbidden

.. UNDATED, April 30 tP)-Rus- sia, number one riddle of the war took notice of a reported move ment of German troops, tanks and artillery pushing north thru Finland and simultaneously an nouaced that the transit of war matsr.aI through Russia was forbidd n. Taken on its face value, the twin actions seem to indicate inc chilling of Russia's s professed friendship for Ger many, already disturbed by the sweep of Hitler's conquering le- gions in the Balkans.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

anywhere deemed necessary to American hemisphere defense.
 Informed sources in Washing ton said that U. s. warships and patrol bombers and in all pro bability, carrier -based aircraft, are already playing vital rol2 in patrolling the ocean stretch>5 firuring in the grim battle of the Atlantic.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30

is not in the immediate ofing, 1t was pointed out in London yes terday, as the RAF has not con- cartrated recently on bombing C rman-held ports across the channel. This indicates that the RAF has not found any new massing of German troop barges.
 In the Balkans, Hitler's war machine was reported girding it. ss1f for the assault on the island of Crete, 70 miles south Of the Gre K mainland, which might be the fall dress rehearsal for the at tempt to invade England.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
Cinema River Ice Goes Out lO:46
 Monday Evening

FAIRBANKS, April 29 - The ioe went out of Chena River in front of Fairbanks at l0:46 last evening, April 28. Sevzral thou sand dollars in numerous small minute contests were distributed, but no big prizes.
 The ice at Nenana, the scene of he big Alaska breakup con- tesa is still holding. Latest re- pots indicate it may hold for several days, but is uncertain.
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The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
.U. s. Engineers Will Let Bids
 Till May l2

SEATTLE, April 29 (P) - The U. s. Engineers office here an nounced that they will accept bids until 2 pm, May 12, for the construction of II 2-10 miles of Iroadbed, two tunnels to Passage Bay and canal construction for the Alaska Railroad
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
CONGRESS TO NEVER GRANT FDR POWER

ST. PAUL, Minn., April - Sen ator Burton K. Wheeler. Demo- .rat of Montana, told an audience here that if President Roosevelt comes to Congress se.king au- thority for conveys to England, not even the Chief Executives most ardent supporters would vote for the proposal.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
ADMIRAL STARK DISCLOSES NEUTRALITY PATROL OPER-
 ATES FAR AS 2.OOO MI. OUT

Already, Marshall said, Army garrisons are in Alaska, Kodiak Island, Newfoundland and Der muda. He didn't say how many troops were to be sent in the new contingents.
The Nome nugget., 1941-04-30
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

Write to your friends and rela- tives on the Outside using Sour dough Stationery. They'll get a big kick out of it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE ap Feature Service Writer

AP Feature Service Writer
 WASHINGTON Your Uncle sam has come through ten maJo. war scare crises in his time, with out once stepping off the deep end. Four were Class A disputes with Britain. There were two tan gles with France, two shoWoowns with Germany, an armed inter vention in Mexico and an incident with Chile
 Like the current situation, most of them had to do with freedom of the seas, preservation of the Monroe Doctrine and sundry an- eles of the neutrality question.
 The little American Navy had a shooting war with the French in 179s without a declaration of hos tilities. When Jays treaty with luyam committed us against in- tervantion in the war in behalf of France. the French directory sey- cred relations, demanded abroga- tion of the treaty and large sum of money as peace prerequisite.
 President John Adams sent the French consuls home. Merchant vessels were armed, an American army was formed and Washington called from retirement to com mand it. The fracas never got be- yond a few sea fights, the U. S. Navy doing itself proud. Napoleon came into power the next year and renewed the peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15

NOOkltluucU HUH 1hk0 OAVS
 dcne more to make Washington music-consciou than all the musi- clans who have preceded him.
 Not even Toscanini has any greater respect for the classic com posers than Kinder and certainty the great maestro doesn't conduct them with any greater reverence but Kinder also has about him. g certain earthiness that suits. Wash ington fine.
 He believes in having a good time. There's no reason, according to, Kindler, who one shouldn't enjoy good music and enjoy ones self too. It was that idea that led to his introducing summer con- certs, played in the open air across a strip of water, to thousands who lounged on the cool lawns that slope up from the Potomac to the Lincoln memorial. It was the same idea that caused him to introduce the pop" concerts indoors.
 Pop (an abbreviation for popu- lar, unless I'm misinformed) con- certs are not new. Tn staid old Boston they have been going on for more than 70 years, but they
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
s15,5O0,OO0 INDEMNITY

The U s. and Britain were "oa the verge during and after the Civil War in connection with dep-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
THE BIG STICK"

Theodore Roosevelt waved the "big stick" at Germany in 1902. German warships had been sent to blockade Venezuelan ports to en- force payment of claims. Teddy, suspecting Germany intended Io seize and fortify harbors with a view to exercising some control over the projected Panama Canal, ordered Admiral Dewey to be ready to sail with his Puerto Rico squad- ron on an hours notice.
 T. R. demanded that the Ger man Ambassador promptly an- swer his request for arbitration os the Venezuela case. The Ambassa- dor expressed grave concern at "the consequences" of the Pres:- dents ultimatum. Whereupon T. R produced map of the Caribbean and said to the envoy:
 There is no more unsuitable
 spot fer Germany to choose for 
 conflict with the United
 States. Dewey will be ordered
 to sail "A hours before the
 specified time for an answer
 arrives"
 The German emperor agreed to arbitrate and his Ambassador was called home for "bungling.'
 We had a hot" diplomatic af- fair with Germany over Samoa back in the eighties. A German Consul hoisted the German flag over the Samoan kings hut while the American Consul proclaimed 1t as our protectorate. A German warship bombarded some Samoan villages, the American Consul steaming his launch between the warship and the shore.
 A band of Samoans surrounded a German landing party and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15

also have proved terrific financial Hops in other metropolitan cen- ters. Philadelphia. for instance, has given them the lfishy eye Ger ear) on several occasions.
 CULTURE IN SMALL DOSES |ios It was the experience of Phila- ldelphia that was most frequently sthrown up to Kinder by those ,who argued against trying them here. t But Kinder, through some yeais of conducting the National Sym phony, has learned lot about Washington audiences They are made up of people from all of the 48 states and as many foreign countries. They are about as "un- sectional as anything you can find. They are sophisticates and hoi-polloi; cosmopolites and small towners. They have no antipathy for culture, but being immersed in national and international affairs all day, they don't want it in big doses.
 That's why Bach, Beethoven, Bizet and beer, mixed up with a little Strauss, Gershwin, Herbert and sherry, make up one of the capitals fayorite entertainment $ this fall
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15

relations of the famed Confederate raider, the cruiser Alabama. The North was incensed because the Alabama was built in a British shipyard, occasionally displayed the was reported as favoring an inva- sion of Canada. The incident was not closed until 1872 when an ir.- ternational court fixed an indem- nity of $15,500,00O to be paid by British flag and was welcomed in British ports.
 Ardent unionists urged war against Britain and General Grant Britain for breach of neutrality"
 During the war between the states, Napoleon the Third set up French empire in Mexico When the war ended, the United States demanded that French troops be withdrawn from Mexico. A large army of Union veterans got ready to drive them out. Napoleon or dered the French to withdraw.
 There was consloerable war talk in 1895 when President Cleveland became brusque with Britain over violation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Venezuela British Guiana boundary dispute.
 Cleveland said the United
 States would resist as willful
 aggression the appropriation by
 Britain of any lands which af-
 ter investigation we have de-
 termined of right belongs to
 Venezuela"
 The British yielded to demands for arbitration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
DAUGHTERS FOR COACH
 DAUGHTERS
P. o. Box 2ls7 Phone Black 7S9
 JUNEAU

SEATTLE, Oct. 15--The name is Daughters-Ray Daughters, the Washington Athletics club swim ming coach who developed such stars as Helen Madison, Jack Medica and several star women's relay teams.
 And the ring of the name ap- parently fingers. on.
 Of 13 children born to Daugh- developed ace swimmers l2 have been you guessed it-- daughters.
 Latest was a daughter born t) Medica's wife in New York. Helen Madison McIyor has a daughte~, and two of the girls Olive McKean Mucha, wife of Chuck Mucha, one time all American guard from Washington, and Mrs. Bale Gilson Beckstrom, have had two daughters.
 Mrs. Doris Buckley Johnson is the only one who had son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15

navy baled of U S. patrol plane hit lightning while cruising of the Virgin islands pictured safely back San uan Puerto Rico Three others missing The hit oil St Eusta-
 island Dutch in the Caribbean sea The men, ief right Cred of San Diego Cal Harry Brown of of Denton Md and Joseph Amodeo o . Brooklyn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
INTERVENTION IN 1914

IN 1914
 Revolut ionary disturbances in Mexico, threatening the lives and property of U. s. citizens, led 70 our armed intervention in 1914.
 President Wilson ordered the Navy to seize Vera Cruz, which U. s. forces held for several months. Later when Villa raided the town of Columbus. N. M, Will son ordered a military expedition under General Pershing to advance into the interior of Mexico.
 Relations between Chile and the United States were strained in 1891 because of an attack by a mob in Valparaiso upon sailors ashore from the U. s. cruiser Bal timore. Two sailors were killed and several injured. The Chilian government, after some contro- versy, apologized and paid an in- demnity of S75,000
 There have been, of course, a few other incidents in which feel ing was strong against one coun- try and another, but they were confined chiefly to the exchange of sharp diplomatic notes" which made rattling the sword unneces- sary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
OREGON COMPROMISE


 "Fifty-four Forty or Fight was the cry of supporters of President Polk who demanded that latitude be fixed as the northwest boun- diary of Oregon territory. Secretaly y of State Buchanan feared that the Presidents sharp demands would bring on war with Britain but Polk said:
 q will do my duty and leave.
 the rest to God and the coun-
 try"
 The British diplomats kept cool, and the dispute was compromised by giving Vancouver to Canada.
 The Lion roared in 1863 when a U. s. war vessel stopped the Brit ish mail packet Trent and U. s. Marines arrested Confederate en- voys James M. Mason and John Slidell, enroute to England an d France respectively
 Northerners applauded the"great feat but the English people hailed the action as "a wanton insult to the British flag" demanded release of the prisoners and proper apol- ogy. The British navy was put on a war footing, and band played Dixie as England troops sailed for Halifax.
 Queen Victoria softened the Brit ish demands, President Lincoln re- gretted the episode and the Union government finally disavowed the action as unauthorized and released the prisoners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
BAD GRAB
 FANS FIRE

HELENA. Mont, Oct. 15-Russell Croft, filling station attendant, dis covered small blaze beside a heating stove in the building. He grabbed nearby bucket filled with crystal fluid, believing it was wa ter, and tossed it over the flames. It turned out to be high test gas- cline. Croft will recover. The in- side of the building was badly burned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
Hans Kinder Taps Barrel 0fFun by Serving Capital
 baeh with Drink of Beer

/. Continued rom Page One,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
KEEP II FUNNY

NEW YORK - According to a survey made at Fort Dix, a major ity of Army recruits are reading comic books. They also prefer pie ture magazines, the "pulps' and tabloids to non-fiction books Among fiction readers adventure stories, westerns and mysteries are most popular.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15
JINGLE FAM HAS BEEN ION THE BRINK" OF CONFLICT TEN TIMES Gnea Rham Has Been Eaoie panmq Partner Near

killed 50 of it's members. German public opinion demanded satisfac- tion while American public senti- ment demanded our government protect the Samoans.
 Warships were sent to the scene and war seemed in the offing but a hurricane descended on the is lands, blowing bad feeling away before it." The sailors of both na- tions showed helpfulness and good feeling and the Samoa affair cleared up. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-15

banks, Colbert is keen to add au- other to the list in his scheelits and garnet find, and will do t, he says, if the values are there.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-01
LOOKING ABROAD

written for The Peoples Voice
and released by the American coun-
Gil of the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions and by Federated Press. Opln-
ions are the author's.)
By DOROTHY BORG
Member of the Research Staff
American Council,
Institute of Pacific Relations
viii China's united front hold? This
is the question which dominates every
thing in China today. II the united
front breaks, the war of resistance to
Japan is lost 1t is this fact which
has kept Communists and Kuomintang
together for the last four years.
From 1926 to 1887, China was split
wide open by civil war. Chang Kai-
shek, shead of the Chinese govern
ment and leader of the Kuomintang,
waged one humiliation campaign after
the other for the determination of the
Communists.
There seemed to be an insuperable
gap between the two parties. The
Kuomintang consisted of wealthy land
owners, bankers and industrialists;
the Communists received their main
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-01

support from the peasants. Through
out the civil war, however, the Com
munists insisted that Chinese must
stop fighting Chinese" and join forces
in opposition to Japan.
/ Finally, at the end of 1886, during
the famous kidnapping of Chang Kali
shek, the Communists persuaded the
generalissimo to accept their view.
The humiliation campaigns ceased,
the united front was formed, and
China prepared for the conflict with
Japan.
Seven months later the Sino-Japa-
nese war broke out and Japan, to her
overwhelming surprise, was faced with
a strong, united China Instead of
conquering China in quick triumphal
march, Japan now finds herself
begged down in major struggle that
seems to have no end.
Throughout the war the record of
the united front has had its ups and
downs. Reports have leaked out of
fighting between government troops
and "red" soldiers. Moreover the fun
damental differences between Com
munists and Kuomintang still exist.
The Communists have instituted
many reforms in the areas under their
control. They have tried to ease the
almost intolerable burden of the peas
ant, who constitutes $3.50 of China's
population.
They have reduced rents by $50,
passed laws against the eviction of
tenants, reapportioned taxes on
fairer basis, and placed 1870 maxi
mum on all interest rates. Formerly
the Communists confiscated and redi-
vided the estates of wealthy landown-
ers but this practice has been aban-
doned since the formation of the
united front.
In the past the central government
violently opposed the methods of the
Communists. What its position is to-
day no one can tell. The govern
ment's main aim is to win the war
and in line with this policy it seeks
to maintain a balance between all po-
litical groups.
The most important point is that de-
spite a long history of bitter enmity
and opposing views which may or may
not be reconciled some day, both Com
and Kuomintang realize that
they cannot win the war without each
others assistance. For this reason,
the united front is likely to hold at
least until the end of the fight against
Japan.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-01
Wage-Hour.
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employees by $6SS,0OO; The Atlantic
Coast Line by $611,000; The Illinois
Central (including the Yazoo C Mis-
sissippi Valley by $4,000; The
Texas and New Orleans by $415,000;
The Southern Railway by $4,000;
The Missouri-Pacific by $385,000; The
Central of Georgia by $212,OO0; The
Southern Pacific by $165,000; The
Louisville G. Nashville by $4,000;
The Florida East Coast by $4,000;
The Louisiana e Arkansas by $780,
900; The Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
cific by $126,00O0; The International
Great Northern Ca Texas line) by
100000.
Other roads which will have to III
crease the wage rate of considerable
numbers of their employees are: The
Missouri Kansas Texas by $4,000;
The Texas e Pacific by $4,000; The
Gulf Coast Lines by $4,000; The
Topeka & Santa Fe by $751;
900; The st. Louis-San Francisco by
$4,000 The Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis by $4,000; The st.
Louis Southwestern by $4,000.
According to figures submitted by
the railroads, $4,000 of those employed
at less than SO cents an hour were
of railroads classified as
western lines; $4,000 employed by
southern lines' and 5000 employed
by eastern lines"
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can ships. On the other, she is using
100000 tons of shipping under her
control in non-defense trades - even
carrying war supplies to Spain for
trans-shipment to the enemy.
"If the British are so hard up for
ships, why don't they withdraw some
of this foreign shipping, now operat-
ing under their control, from trade
with neutrals and put it into defense
trades?
1.-THE reason is, of course, this neu-
tral trade is too profitable and Brit
ish and American financial interests
are using the American merchant fleet
as a pawn in the larger game of get
ting us into war"
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penses OF the company, 1t was adj
mitted.
Closing sessions of the investiga-
ton was climaxed with attempts of
five Northwest utilities to whitewagh
their underground political campaign
and at the same time maneuver for a
vantage point in reaping the benefits
of the Columbia River power project.
Power Trust Aims
Under so-called cooperative mar
keting" plan between federal author
tiles and private utilities, the power
trust sought to grasp distribution
rights of electrical energy generated
from the area which boasts one-fifth
the potential water supply of the ma
ton.
Paul B. Mckee, president of Pacific
Power & Light, explained that coop
erative marketing of by-product" was
already in effect in reclamation prof.
ects in eastern Washington.
"All of the power generated which
is not required for governmental or
district operations is absorbed into
the Pacific system and paid for by
Pacific Company. Is that what you
mean by the company's cooperative
marketing of by-product power at
these other plants?" queried Lambert
McAllister, FPC counsel.
"That is correct" Mckee replied
Mckee said his "illusion" of coop
GRAFTON vanished when the late ]. D.
Ross, superintendent of City Light,
was appointed administrator of Bon
neville instead of "entrusting" army
engineers with responsibility.
"This marked the beginning for
new and intensified drive for public
power" Mckee volunteered.
See Lush Profits
Trial performances of the coop
erative" plan in IVA and Boulder dam
revealed that benefits to the people
are choked off as utilities seek to buy
blocks of power at cheap rates and
reap lush profits by skyrocketing rates
line.
The late ]. D. Rosa bitter oppon-
ent of private control of transmission
lines-clung to the opinion that only
through public ownership of distribu
ton lines could benefits of public pow
er flow unhampered throughout the
nation.
Kinsey Robinson, president of Wash
ington Water Power Co., frankly ad-
mitted that private industry seeking |
to Cooperate" by distributing the |
power-at a profit-expects the gov
eminent to erect transmission lines.
"Now if there is going to be addi-
tional facilities needed tomorrow in
one of our areas, then / would say |
that we should buy the power gener-
ated at Grand Coulee or Bonneville.
"If we need additional transmission
facilities to carry that power, l think
the federal government should do it,"
Press Plays Part
Robinson freely admitted that
Chambers of Commerce, commercial
club and lover 80 percent of the edi-
torial support of newspapers in the
area" sided with private utilities in
the titantic tug-o-war with public own
ership.
isn't it a fact that these organiza-
lions take up the tune, so to speak,
If the utilities?" asked McAllister
"They do, and for a good reason"
Robinson replied. ut is socialistic
.rend of thought they are trying to
overcome. Washington New Dealer.