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VOL. 42. No. 125. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 14, 1940. Price e*r cop? 15*
Alaska Is To Get Air Squadron
Russia Masses Troops Equipment Rumania Border
Turkey Arming Frantically- -Fear For Dardanelles
German Troops In Bucharest
Increasing Military Penetration
Establish Patrols of Oil Fields
L'NDATED, Oct. 12 i(£>)—Truck
loads of steel helmeted Nazi in
fantrymen rumbled through the
streets of Bucharest as the Ger
man military penetration of Ru
mania expanded.
Anxious Turkey, ready for war
looked towards Moscow to get
the Soviet reaction.
Western Europe's battle for
, Britain went on as Nazi warplan
es roared across the channel and
an undetermined number of per
sons were buried when a Liver
pool hotel was squarely hit by a
bomb.
A German torpedoboat floatilla
was reported to have fought an
engagement off the Isle of Wight
with British submarines, torpedo
boats and destroyers.
The presence of German troops
in Bucharest gave the impres
sion of a Nazi occupation as plan
es roared overhead and the swas
tika was unfurled over many ho
teds.
The official Turkish radio de
clared last night that the “Bal
kans, even Soviet Russia was on
the brink of an unexpected war.”
German sources in Bucharest
said the establishment of axis air
patrols over Rumania's closely
guarded oil fields once again
the axis had seized the initiative
from Britain. Britons continued
to leave Rumania and also
Greece.
Nazi airmen reported huge fir
es raging in London. British dis
patches said the attacks lacked
the intensity of previous assaults
although 36 areas of the capital
were bombed, bombs fading near
the country home of Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy, and smash
ed a number of cottages. He was
uninjured.
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Ask Unofficial |
’ 1’eace Terms
NEW YORK. Oct. 12 i(/P) — A
CBS shortwave listening station
reported hearing a German radio
broadcast declare that Britain
had sought in all possible ways
to obtain unofficial information
on German terms for peace and
I said that the British found only
“German determination not to
talk about peace” before v:c
try at arms. The Associated Press
has had no word that any such'
advance was ever made.
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Nazi Raiders
Score Direct
Hit On Hotel
LONDON. Oct. 12 (/P>— Nazi
warplanes soaring out of sight in
the autumn haze made four day
light raids after a night of scat
tered attacks, including wrecking
a Liverpool hotel and some hous
es and business establishments in
London were smashed but the
ministries of air, hnme and seeur
ity said the casualties and dam
age were comparatively light.
At least four German planes
were destroyed. Unofficial reports
said 40 Nazi planes tried to reach
here in the first raid, 60 in the
second and 80 in the last two.
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Russia Masses Troops Rumanian
Frontier To Oppose Axis Powers
Or to Share in Division of Spoils
UNDATED. Oct. 14 (/Pi— Rus
sia’s reported massing of Red
army troops, planes and guns
along the Soviet-Rumanian front
ier posed a mystery and official
circles agreed that the next few
days may tell whether Europe’s
conflict is destined to over-run
into the Balkans. Its spread will
presumably arise from the Rome
Berlin axis thrust aimed at Tur
key and the strategic Dardan
elles.
Building Fortifications
The Turks, aided by British en
gineers are reported as “feverish
lv constructing fortifications on
the Turkish-Bulgarian frontier.”
Greece and Turkey are said to
be closely cooperating. The Turk
ish press defiantly reiterated its
challenge that “two million Turk
ish bayonets” await any axis at
j tempt of invasion.
Eoth Germany and Russia are
I reported strengthening their mili
tary positions in the area near
the mouth of Danube river
which flows into the Black Sea,
but Russia's role is cloaked in un
certainty.
Two Conjectures
Two conjectures are para
mount: one. would Russia, as Tur
key’s friend, with her own stak,
in southeast Europe involved, op
pose the joint German-Italian on
slaught; two, or did the presence
of Russia’s red aximies clearly
signify that Russia was prepar
ir.g share the spoils as she did
in Poland after the German blitz
kreig.
Polish and foreign military at
taches estimated that Russia's
army and air farce was poised
It ■man 500 miles from the Dar
dai lies and in greatly superior
nu: bers to the German troops
n • stationed in Rumania or en
routc there.
Greatest Assault Yet
In the battle for Britain, 5.000
tr ps with picks, spades, rope
ard pneumatic drills began clear
ing up the wreckage in London
after the most terrible night as
sault f the war. German bomber
pil >ts returning from the attack
sa d fires were visible as far
away as the mouth of the Tham
es- Raiders reportedly dropped
a total of 771,000 pounds of ex
plosives on London, Liverpool
and other English cities in the
past 24 hours. Heavy new attacks
were launched this morning with
rescue squads still digging in the
London ruins for dead and
wounded.
A communique said “it is fear
ed the number of persons killed
and injured is somewhat larger
than from recent night attacks."
At least 15 were killed anl 20
wounded when heavy bombs ex
ploded head on against two air
raid shelters in two northeast En
glish towns.
Ships Be Sent
East Evacuate
Americans There
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (/P»—
Secretary Hull said the liners'
Washington and Manhattan will
be sent to the Far East to evac
uate Americans as soon as they
can be placed in commission.
Both are being overhauled.
He added, at his press confer
ence that they are now five Am
erican passenger vessels in the
Far East as well as some freight
ers and efforts are being made
to locate others to remove citi
zens from Japan, China and oth
er Oriental countries.
Answering a question he said
he had no information concern
ing the Shanghai reports that
the Japanese are planning to oc
cupy the international settlement
and the French concession there,
after Britain reopens the Burma
Road.
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ATTENTION PIONEERS
Picneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 1
will hold a meeting at the Drift
Inn Wednesday night, Oct. 16,!
1940. at 8 p.m. All members urg
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Football Scores
SATURDAY, Oct. 12, UP) —
Michigan State 20—Purdue 11
Columbia 20—Dartmouth 6
Colgate 20—Brown 3
Navy 12—Princeton 6
Fordham 20—Tulane 7
Southern Methodisd 7—Pitts
burg 7
Syracuse 47 —.New York Uni
versity 13
Cornell 45—.Army 0
Pennsylvania 50—Yale 7
North Carolina 21 — Texas
Christian 14
Holy Cross 18—Carnegie Tech
).
Michigan 26—Hardvard 0
Boston College 33—Temple 20
Nebraska 13—Indiana 7
Notre Dame—26 Georgia Tech
26.
Southern Cal. 13—Illinois 7
Ohio State 3—.Northwestern 6
Mississippi 28—Georgia 14
Missouri 24—Kansas State 13
Wisconsin 12—Iowa 30
West Virginia 13—Penn State
17.
Auburn 7—.Mississippi State 7
Lake Forrest 0—Clemson 39
Tennessee 53—Chattanooga 0
Oklahoma 16—Texas 19
Kentucky 7—Vanderbilt 7.
Washington 10—Oregon 0.
Gonzaga 25—Idaho 0
Washington 9—California 6
Stanford 7—Santa Clara 6
Texas A and M 7—Ucla 0
War Department Approves The
Organization National Guard Ob
servation Air Squadron In Alaska
JUNEAU, Oct. 13 f/T*!—Gover
nor Gruer.ing's office received
; word from Lieut. Gem ral De
Witt, C mmander of the ninth
corps ar.. that the War Depart
ment has approved the organiza
tion of a National Guard air ob
servation squadron in Alaska. It
is believed that a branch might
be established at Nome.
FAIRBANKS. Oct. 12 V> —
Governor Gruening on the last
1 g of his tour of Alaska plans to
fly from Fairbanks to Juneau
Sunday or Monday accompanied
by Mrs. Gruening and Major
Jesse D. Graham, instructor for
the National Guard who review
ed and witnessed tire induction
of Fairbanks Company C into the
National Guard under Don Ad
ler. completing the first battalion
of the Territory.
In add; asses before the review
and before the students and fac
ulty of the University of Alaska,
the G vt ir -tressed the need
•of an expnn 1 i Alaska Highway
sytem: inter-cay radiophone ser
vice and other communications;
and more airports and fields for
defense and ec mimic develop
ments.
Gov. Gruening
Flies Anchorage
FAIRBANKS. 0< 14 (JP> —
Governor Gruening before tak
ing off by plane h. re, this morn
ing for Anchorage, after a delay
in his itinerary, announced the
receipt of a message from Gener
al DeWitt, Commando of the 9th
U. S. Army Air Corps at San
Francisco, saying "the Chief of
the U. S. Army Air Corps (mean
ing General S. S. Arno d) has in
formed me that a National
Guard observation squadron has
been allocated to the Territory
of Alaska. Details are expected
later from the War Department.”
Gruening explains that this
means the recruiting of a flying
National Guard squadron from
among tile capable and long-ex
perienced commercial fliers in Al
aska to serve in a similar capac
ity as the recently established
iand battalion of the National
Guard in JUask?. /?•*» -t for1:
"These experienced veteran fliers
are invaluable for the coopera
tion of our Alaska defensive
squadrons, especially since they
have long been familiar with the
terrain and conditions of flying
in the Territory under extreme
winter conditions. They are prac
tically the experienced eyes of
our new Alaskan units.”
Governor Gruening is flying to
Anchorage to address the citi
zens tonight. Mrs. Gruening left
for Anchorage by the morning
train and is to join him there.
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FDR Declares
Hemisphere
Total Defense
DAYTON. Oct. 12 <&) — Presi
dent Roosevelt enunciated a pol
icy of total defense by the Ameri
cas against total attack from any
segment of the world and pledg
ed the United States air force
and navy to the defense of all
the western hemisphere
The address was one of his
most momentous declarations of
international conditions and for
eign policy and was broadcast to
every nation of the hemisphere.
He said the United States insists
on the peaceful use of the Atlan
tic and Pacific for trade and com
merce. He said the American
nations were united in their de
termination to resist the threats
of dictators. He rejected the ap
peasement doctrine and renewed
the assurance that Britain will
receive all aid short of war.
He declared the United States’
determination to prepare for war
as the best insurance for con
tinued peace.
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Tom Mix, Cowboy
Star. Is \ ictini '
Of Auto Wreck
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FLORENCE. Arizona. Oct. 12
| R) —Tom Mix. hard riding star
I of the silent films, noted circus
performer, and idol of millions of
young Americans was killed
when his automobile went out of
control, overturned, and pinned
; Mix underneath, south of here.
I He was traveling alone, enroute
j to Tuehona.
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Body Of
Wanted Man
Is Found
DETROIT. Oct. 12 <JP) — Two
; duck hunters found the t dy of
| Judge Obert Sage, of the c urt of
: Comon Pleas. Sage, formerly a
j University of Washing^n stu
; dent, who was sought f r mur
I der in connectio with the fatal
j shooting on October first, of two
business associates in his cham
! bers n the county building on
the island in Detroit River, was.
I drowned.