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VOL. 41. No. 108. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1939 Price per copy 1S4
Germans Reported Enter Warsaw
Congress To Meet In Special Session September 18
Order Drive Against Espionage-Cabinet Enlarged
German Troops
In Armored Cars
Enter Warsaw j
UNDATED. Sept. 8 IIP) — The
German high command reported !
that German forces entered War
saw at 5:15 p.m. of 8:15 a.m. PST
The announcement said armored i
troops, presumably an armored
Car formation, forced the entry.
They advanced from Nadarzyr
in a knockout blow in the “light
ring war.”
In the west, French forces are
reported to have advanced onto
German soil apparently in an a
tempt to make the Germans pul!
their punches against Poland.
The Germans reported rapid
progress of their three armies
converging on Warsaw. The lat
est ehmmuniques placed one col
umn beyond Pultusk. 28 miles
north of Warsaw; another is in
possession of tehonow. 25 mil
es southwest and the third 38
miles west of Warsaw, after cap
turing the towns of Rawa and
Mozweicka.
Bui in Warsaw', a radio broad-j
cast that "the Polish army has
yet to start its offensive.” The
radio was silent yesterday but
today issued an annuonceiment
that it w'as reported that Ger-;
man artillery is within range of j
Warsaw. The thunder cf guns!
and bombs last night and today j
indicated that an air attack is he1
[ ing made.
The Warsaw broadcaster is
said to have declared that the
Poles suffered only “very small”
casualties in dead and wounded
ar'd lost only 1,500 prisoners
The German high command re
ported that 25,000 Polish prison
ers were captured.
The broadcaster from Warsaw
said tha “the Polish air fleet is
intact and the wor d will under-!
stand this before long." The i
broadcaster also appealed to the
Warsaw populace to help fortify
the city. The announcer declared
that Warsaw would be defended
the way long-beseiged Madrid
was defended by ‘.he Spanish re
public.
Japan W ill Not
’Be Involved”
European War
LONDON. Sept. 7 !/P)—The in
formation ministry announced
that Japan informed the British
ambassador at Tokyo that “It
doesn't intend to be involved” in
Europe’s car. This is the first of
ficial Nipponese neutrality noti
fies‘ion. Observers believed that
it indicated that the German-So
viet nonaggression pact drove a
lasting wedge between Hitler
and the Japanese.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
STREETS OF PARI S—A French audience cheered when
MarJenc Dietrich, German-born star of American movies, sar?
“jVIadclon,” famous old war song, at the opera square in Paris.
Miss Dietrich is now a naturalized Ameriran citizen.
BOY RULE R—Surprised Ivin? Feisa! 2d of Iraq watches the
crowds that greeted h'x.i at toe mountain town, Aley. The little
boy su receded to throne on the death of his father, King Ghazi,
who was killed in an auto accident last April. Feisal’s uncle acts
as regent for the four-year-old sovereign. With him, (above), is
Nouri Pasha Sa. 1 of Iraq council.
French Army
Already Advancing
Into German Soil
PAR LSI. Sept. 7 </P> — The I
French army is reported to have!
fought into the German Bier-1
wald Forest north of Lauter-j
bourg, the French key to the
Western front.
British reinforcements are
; moving up as France announced
! that they are already advancing
into German soil.
Basel dispatches said the Ger
mans are slowly withdrawing
into the main forts of the Siege
fried Line.
RAF Planes
Score Hits On
Nazi Battleships
LONDON, Sept. 7 </P) —Pre
mier Chamberlain told the House
| of Commons that Royal Air
Force planes scored at least two
hits on the German pocket bat
i tleships at Kiel Monday, when
J they made a raid.
Sub Thetis
Beached, Opened
LONDON, Sept. 7 t/P) — The
j body of one seaman, of the 99
victims of the submarine Thetis
disaster of Jlune first was re
moved when salvors opened the
hull after pulling it up on the
beach.
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Six Die In
Crash Of Navy
Patrol Bomber
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 8, (/P)_The
■ charred bodies of six Navy fliers
were removed from the wreck
j nge of a twin-motored patrol
bomber which crashed in flames
i last night after striking antenna
wires of the long range radio sta
! tion at Chollas Heights.
The bodies were removed by
a Navy fire crew which controll
ed the flames after a two-hour
fight. Fire trucks were unable to
! reach the plane which crashed
into brush 3,(X)0 feet from the
radio towers.
The victims arc: Lt. A. H.
j Irons, pilot, of Coronado, Calif;
Ensign L. W. Latremore of Cor
onado; Frank Vukovich, Chief
aviation machinists mate of Cor
onado; H. O. Wilson, aviation
ordnance man of San Diego; and
H. G. Berry, radioman of San
1 Diego.
The plane apparently encount
ered engine trouble as i>t neared
the antenna network.
German Steamer
Strikes Mine,
Explodes, Sinks
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8 (/P) —
i Seven members of the crew of
1 the German steamer Helfried
Bismark were killed in an ex
plosion which sank the ship at
South Ore Sound, between Sjael
land Island and Sweden. The
survivors said the vessel struck
a mine. Seven members of the
crew were rescued. The vessel
was loaded with salt peter.
Earlier an unidentified steam
er was blown up off the Danish
island of Aeree, south of Funen.
Observers said they believed the
ship was a German freighter. All
of the crew perished.
Pres. Proclaims
Natnl Emergency
To Safeguard U.S.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8 UP)—
President Roosevelt proclaimed a
limited “national emergency" to
safeguard United States netural
ity and to strengthen national de
fense.
Emphasizing, at a press con
ference, that under no circum
stances would the nation be put
on a war-time basis, the Presi
dent said the proclamation in
volved increases in .military bran
dies but not to the extent of full
authorized peace-time strength.
The President said four exec
utive orders woud .be issued by
the Attorney General authoriz
ing the following four steps un
der the proclamation:
One, recruiting for the army
calling back the first .line of re
serves and to increase the enlist
ed strength but to nowhere near
the full 280,000 peace-time stren
gth. Authorization for the actual
increase has not yet been decid
ed.
Two, increase the Navys’ per
sonnel but not to the full extent
of 180,000 peace time strength.
.Authorization for the Navy now
has between 115.000 and 100,000
men. The increases also affect
the National Guard and the Ma
rine Corps.
Three, authorize the State De
partment, under its emergency
funds to use a half million dol
lars to assist Americans to come
home from the war zone and,
Four, increasing the personnel
I of Federal investigating agencies
! to protest in the United States
against sabotage. propaganda
and other subversive activities.
Special Session
Congress Set For
September 18
SALEM. Ore., Sept. 7 (fP) —*
Senator McNary said he receiv
ed a telegram from President
Roosevelt tentatively setting
September 18th as the date for
a special session of Congress.
■Yes. Orders
Drive Against
Espionage
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 l/P)-~_
President Roosevelt ordered a
comprehensive, effective drive
against espionage and enlarged
the cabinet to include Security
administrator Paul McNutt. L<>ad^
administrator Jesse Jones, and
Works administrator John Car
mody for the duration of the etn
Urgency. rt*r_
Stephen Early said that PresL
dent Roosevelt did not plan any
immediate call for Congress.
Secretary Morgenthau added
three economists to< his emer
gency advisory council.
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' Chinese boy from Brooklyn, found a pleasant refuge In the arm*
of William Bankhead, speaker of the house, during the lad’s visit
* to Washington. D. C. Dickie, who’s touring the country making
speeches for a fund for Chinese refugee children, called at th«
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