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VOL. 43. No. 44. * NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, April 14, 1941. Per Copy w*
Russia, Japan Sign Neutrality Pact
Secty. Hull Asserts Pact Could Be Overestimated
Allied Armies Meet, Hurl Back German Invaders
RUSSIA AND JAPAN SIGN
NEUTRALITY PACT ENDING
24YRS. STRAIN FAR EAST
MOSCOW, April 14 (/P) — A
Sc viet-Japanese neutrality pact
which ended 24-years of strained
far eastern relations was welcom
ed by the Communist Party press
as clearing the way for political
and economic cooperation with
out, however, the binding of the
Russia-Axis pact. It was signed
yesterday by M-olotog and Matsu
oka and was regarded by observ
ers as rivalling in world import
. ance the non-aggression accord of
1930 between Germany and Rus-!
sia which preceded the invasion
of Poland.
The accord pledges each nation j
to remain neutral in- the event;
the other is made “the object of
hostilities on the part of one or
several third parties.” It fitted
the general policy expressed by
the Soviet policy of peace and
neutrality in the midst of an ex
pending war.
Pravda, the Comumnist party
organ, said the pact has an aecom
panying declaration, pledging to
respect the integrity of Manchou
kuo and Outer Mongolia and “to
clear the way for regulation of
other unsolved questions bn
4 tween the U. S. S. R. and Japan.”
Pravda said the agreement paves
the way for a settlement concern
ing the rights and privileges of
Japan to fishing grounds in the
Far East. The tr aty is valid for
five years and pledges the pow
ers to respect each other’s “terri
torial integrity and inviolabil
ity.”
Hull Asserts
U. S. Policy
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Be Unchanged
WASHINGTON, April 14 UPJ—
Secretary of State Hull declared
the new Russian-Japanes^ neu
trality pact “could be overesti
mated,” and the policy of the
American (government will re
main unchanged. He said the “ag
reement seems to be descriptive
of the situation, which in effect
has existed between the two
countries for some time in the
past. Therefore, it comes as no
surprise, although there has ex
isted doubt whether the two gov
ernments would or would not ag
ree to say it in writing.”
Japs Assert
Pact Is Blow
To The U.S.
TOKYO, April 14 l(/P» — The
new Japanese-Russian neutrality
pact is “definitely a blow to the
activities and policies of the Unit
ed States in the Pacific” the news
paper Yomiuri declared. The
Famed Woman
Astrologer
Passes Away
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CAMBRIDGE, April 13 (/P) —
Dr. Annie Jump Cannon, aged 77
of Harvard, the most famous wo
man astronomer in the world,
died h re today. She had classi
fied more stars than any other
pers n in the world.
She had recorded, according to
their spectra, almost 400,000 stel
lar bodies;—and discovered more
than 300 variable stars, five novae
and ore spectroscopic binary, or
doubl star.
In 1029, she was listed among
the 12 “greatest living Ameri
can women" chosen by the Na
tion League of Women Voters.
It was her belief that the inter
change of ideas among astron
omers did much to promote am
ity among nations, but at the out
break of the war in Europe in
1939, she said:
1 “In these days of great trouble
and unrest, it is good to have
something outside our own plan
et, something fine and distant and
comforting to troubled minds.
Let peopl. look to the stars for
comfort and find solace as others
have.”
newspaper Aiahi’s correspond
ent in New York gave credit to
“observ rs’” belief that these
Japanese developments may fol
low the agreement; Increased
pressure and possibility of action
against the East Indies and
French Indo-China; threat to Sin
gapore and strength ning of Jap
antse action against China.
GERMANS MARCH ON YU iOSLAVIA AND GREECE
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Five German columns have attacked Yugoslavia in a battle plan designed to split the Yugoslav army
and to drive a wedge througii Greece. From 12 to 13 German divisions (1) were striking at Zagred
from the Hungarian border. Two motorized divi-sions and one infantry division (2) were driving to
ward Belgrade from Szeged while three German divisions (3) were reported driving at Belgrade from
the Rumnian frontier, 50 miles away. The main German thrust (4) was directed at Nis, from Bul
garia. German troops also from Bulgaria were attacking Allied forces in the Struma River Valley (5)
in Greece in a drive on Salonika.
YUGOSLAV TROOPS FACE HITLER S MEN
These Yugoslav troops marched through Belgrade on maneuvers recently. They stand at battle posi
tions now awaiting the attack by German troops who were told by Adolf Hitler, ‘’Soldiers of the
East Front your hour has come."
ALLIED AND GERMAN
ARMIES MEET, BATTLE
UNDATED, April 12 (JP)— Al
lied and German armies met in a
mighty battle in the Phlorina
area of Greece, 16 miles south of
Bitolj, at Monastir Gap, the Brit
ish radio reported, while in north
orn Yugoslavia, Nazi units, ac
coring to the German high com
mand, are advancing in several
directions on Belgrade. Details of
the great battle are lacking but a
German said that Yugoslav re
sistance in Croatia has collapsed
and the “Serbian northern army
is dissolving."
British bombers pounded the
Germans in southern Yugoslavia
and northern Greece.
An important diplomatic devel
opment was heard on a German
radio broadcast, picked in Bern,
which said that Yugoslav Pre
mier General Simovic had left on
a mission, presumably to Mos
cow. Only Thursday, the Red
Star, organ of, the Soviet Army,
said that the Soviet and Yugo
slav pact was “valuable” becau
the Soviet Union always fulfills
its international pledges.
The Italian high command said
that Fascist troops were driving
deeper into southern Yugoslavia
and had occupied D:bar and Och
rida, joining the German forces
which smashed through from the
east.
In the north, Italian forces cap
tured Ljubljana, a city of 53,000
inhabitants and an importan rail
way center.
Waves of German raiders were
battled by Bristols “in a very
heavy raid.”
Reuters reports from Athens
said that the Greek hospital ship
Attii was bombed and sunk by
enemy planes, also that semi
! official news agency branded as
"most exaggerated" the reports
that the number of Greek troops
cut off and captured, east of the
Vardar River, exceeded 80,000.
British Infantry
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Meets, Hurls Back
Hitlers Legions
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UNDATED, April 14 (VP)— Brit ^
ish infantry met and hurled backj
“Adolph Hitler’s divisions* in
northern Greece it was announc
ed in London while the Allies
and Yugoslav army are reported
counter attacking the Nazi blitz
kri g invaders in the mountains
a 130 miles southeast of captur
ed Belgrade. The defeated Ger
mans divisions in Greece were
reported as the “SS“ force of
elite Schutzstaffl Blackshirt
group which originally formed
Hitler’s guard. Heavy losses wrere
inflicted on the Germans, the Brit
ish said in a battle apparently
fought in the territory between
Phlorina, Greec and Bitolj Pass
in southwest Yugoslavia.
London military quarters de
clared that the Yugoslav army
counter-attacked the Germans on
both sides of the Moravia River
southeast of Belgrade and locat
ed the German column at Topola,
40 miles south of the Yugoslav
capital. They routed another Ger
man force at Suharjeka, 40 miles
northwest of Skoplje and recap
tured Prokuplje, 18 miles west of
Nis and the “Yugoslav morale
continues good.” The British said
it was ithis same Yugoslav army
which the German command of
[ ficially listed as “destroyed” last
; week. Again, today, a Nazi com
munique asserted “in Yugoslavia
mass enemy forces opposed to the
German troops were destroyed
and remnants of the Serbian ar
my are retreating in the face of
German and Italian troops in the
mountain country along the Ad
riatic.”
Countering the Nazi claim, the
London ministry of information
declared there is “good reason to
believe that the Yugoslavs eaptur
Opening Red
Sea Raises
Serious Question
WASHINGTON. April 12 </?)—>.
President Roosevelt’s opening of
the Red Sea pathway to Suez, to
American ships carrying war car
goes, raised serious questions as
to their possible search, seizure
and even attack by Axis submar
ine and airplane raiders. State
department officials said any and
each such incident will be a sep
arate case to be studied on the
basis of the facts. They declined
to discuss any “hypothetical
questions.” However, it is genera
ally recognized by international
law that they will be subject to
seizure.
German, Italian
Forces Meet
ROME, April 12 bP) — Italian
troops joined forces with the Ger
mans on the shores of Lake Oh
rid in southwestern Albania,
crushing all enemy resistance.”
Stefani, official Italian news ag
ency, said the “march of the pow
erful Axis armies is proceeding
on all fronts.” The forces join
ed when a platoon of Italian mo
torcycles of the Bergsagliere regi
ment met a German motorcyle
platoon. Cries of H il Hitler and
Viva II Duce, marked the meet
ing. The junction completely cut
Yugoslavia off from Greece.
ed Dirazzo,” big Adriatic seaport
25 miles west of Tirana, capital
of Albania.
The German radio reported the
British commission “which organ
ized the glorious retreat from
Dunkerque” last June, arrived at
Athens.