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VOL. 42. No. 14. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1940 Price per copy 154
Says Britain Will Learn About War
Normal Trade Relations Is England’s War Aim
Hitler Declares Germany Is So
Strong That Nothing Will Be
Able Any Longer to Defeat Her
BERLIN, Jan. 30 (/P) —Hitler
announced that he will address
the nation by radio from an un
disclosed location at 8 pm to
night or 11 am PST on the 7ih
anniversary of his rise to power.
The an1 uncement caught Ger
many by surprise.
The destruction of nine ships
in the North Sea by German
planes were presented as a Nazi
“birthday gift'’ to Hitler.
Hiller Makes 1st
the
Munich Beer Hall
1 '
BERLIN, Jan. 30 .(/P) —Hitler
declared that Germany’s strug
gle for existence under the
weight of the Versailles Treaty
made her e?; strong that “nothing
will any longer be able to de
feat us.’’
Holding England responsible
for the present conflict, Hitler
declared that true aims of “Old
Mr. Chamberlain was the c:m
plete destruction of the German
Reich.”
The Fuehrer making his first
public a.loress since November
23 when be narrowly escaped
death in the Munich beer hall
I-— ■» .—
bombing, reviewed the fruits of
the Versailles Treaty and said:
“We are today a nation of have
nots and we are surrounded by
those who have-all and who re
fuse t: surrender what is vital to
us.”
The dismemberment of Poland
he said was the excuse England
was waiting for. “Poland was
forced into the war by England,
but now it also will be England's
turn to see what war is like.”
Hiller, whose speech came as a
surprise on the 7th anniversary
cf His pcession to power declared
I that Germany’s relations with It
; aly were not changed and that a
! “close friendship binds us togeth
' er.”
Turning to Russia Hitler said
he succeeded in forming an al
liance where Chamberlain failed.
Ke said “Chamberlain the Pious,
Chamber! in the Righteous, tried
J to come to an understanding
: with the Atheistic Stateof Stalin.
.1 can easii;. undersand why the
] English are wild over the fact
that I surceeded where they fail
1 d.” As a result he said he has
>o longer anything to worry
i from that direction.
He was introduced by Minister
I of Propaganda Goebbels in the
: Berlin Sports Palace.
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Chamberlain Declares Britain
Is Anxious To Avoid Friction
Or Disturb Trade with Neutrals
LONDON, Jan. 31 (/P) —Cham
berlain assured the United S.ates
that Japan and Great Britain are
anxious to avoid friction or dis
turbance of her trade and other
relations with them and other
neutrals in her war against Ger
many. Addressing a luncheon of
the National Defense Committee,
Chamberlain expressed regret
over the concentration of d liar
resources in America for muni
tions and other supplies wiiich
forced curtailment in the pur
chases of other products there.
One of Britain’s foremost aims
of the war lie said was the re
turn of normal trade among na
.i Of the British-Japanese
i dispute over the seizure by the
3n ish warship of 21 Germans
from the Asama Maru, Chamber
lain said "Nothing could more
distress us than that the Japan
ese government or people should
feel that we have exercised our
belligerent rights with any want
of courtesy or respect for them.
Japan formally protested to
Britain over the incident which
is now subject to diplomatic dis
cussion at Tokyo. Chamberlain
ant: arced that the Admiralty
becomes responsible for all of
Britain’s merchant shipbuilding
and repairs effective tom rrow.
Adolph Hitler in two poses as speech Maker
Tony Zale Wins Decision
Over Champion A1 Hostak
In 10-round Non*title Bout
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 OP) — Tony
Zale, rugged product of Gray’s
Steel Mills sprung a surprise, de
-hinning A1 Hostak cf Seattle,
the National Boxing Association
recognized middleweight cham
pion in a ten-round non-title
fight. It was a bruising battle
with Hostak claiming he injured
his hands in the 5th round but
the judges' decision was unanim
ous as Hostak went the full fight.
Zale went down in the first
round but took no count and
took charge of the battle from
the third round. A crowd of
11,000 watched the fight.
Return Germans
Is “Essential**
TOKYO, Jan. 30 <JP) — The
Foreign Office announced that
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita
told British Ambassador Robert
Leslie Craigie that the return to
Japan of 21 Germans seized by
the British navy from the Japan
ese liner Asama Maru was “es
sential.” The demand was made
after a two and a half hour con
ference in which "every angle"
of the Asama Maru case was dis
cussed.
The seamen have been intern
ed at Honkong. Craigie and Arita
havt agreed to meet again tomor
row. .
WAR SECRETARY PRAISES
NAT’N’L DEFENSE PROGRAM
BOSTON, Jan— Assistant Sec
retary of War Louis Johnson
said that when the present na
tional defense program was com
pleted in 1941, the United States
would have what he termed “the
best equipped and best trained
fighting force in the world."
Johnson said that during the
last six months the program had
brought contracts totalling $20,
000,000 to New England industry.
FOR SALE — Two-room, com
pletely furnished house with
cache, on skids. Terms. In
at Nugget Office.
Finns Carry
Aerial Warfare
into Russia
UNDATED, Jan. 30 UP) — A
Finnish air raid of a Russian har
bor, possibly the Krnstadt naval
base, and farther aerial sweeps
aver Soviet territory were des
cribed by Finland as German
planes renewed fierce attacks on
British shipping. The Finnish
command said 21 Russian planes
were downed during air fighting
yesterday in which the Finns car
ried the air warfare into Soviet
soil and bombed troop quarters,
railway stations as well as a Rus
sian port.
Russian land attacks in north
east Lake Ladoga, the focus of
the principal land fighting were
repulsed the Finns said.
Britain reported that one Nazi
raider was shot down during the
second consecutive day of Ger
man assaults on shipping off the
east coast ef the British Isles.
ACE Co. Reports
Candle Fire Cost
Over $55,000
SEATTLE, Jan. 30 UP) — The
Arctic Circle Exploration Com
pany reported that the fire which
destroyed half cf the town of
Candle over the week end said
their $25,000 recreation hall and
warehouse and electric light
plant and Boris Magids’ store
were burned down. The latter
NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER
Lou Gehrig former New York
Yankee first baseman greeted
both the New Year and his new
career with a smile as he began
ids job as a member of the New
York City parole csun’^lon.
Stricken with a form of infantile
paralysis Gehrig was forced to
give cp baseball last season.
cost $30,000.
They said the firs apparently
started in the light plant which
was installed recently. They said
they did not know whether or
not food was needed.
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AUTO 1ST PRISONER AFTER ACCIDENT
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Jeanne Stanoulis (arrow), 22-year-old VV’estbury, N Y autoist was
pinned in this automobile for an 'hour and a half following a crash
on Long Island. A friend is shown trying to left Miss Stanoui!
to ease her pain. Her spine was fractured.
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