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VOL. 41. No. 123. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCT. 13, 1939 Pnce Pcr c°py 15<
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HITLER THRU WITH ENGLAND & FRANCE
Mt. McKinley Enroute Nome With 32 Passengers
Passenger List
Mt. McKinley
Last Trip Season
SEATTLE, Oct. 12 </P) — The
S. S. Mt. McKinley sailed for
Nome Wednesday afternoon at
5 p.m. with 32 passengers, 3 of
•which were steerage.
Mrs Ross Kinney
Mr and Mrs G E Harney
Sharon Harney
Mr and Mrs N Strand
Betty Strand
Robert Strand
Helen Escholt
Mrs A Polet
Mrs W A Glavinovich and
infant
John A Bell and wife
Allen & Mrs Glen B Smith
Mrs M Kapelowitz
Robert Kapelowitz
N W Lewis
Lois N Ditty
Mr and Mrs A E McKenzie
Gloria Ann McKenzie
James Linton
Mary Jane Jefford
Thelma England
Constance Mazen
W J Murray
Harry Egbert
Roderick Wagner
Chris Johnson
Einar Johnson
H Pohl
British Capture
Bi? 13,000 Ton
German Ship
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LONDON, Oct. 12 </P> — The!
British navy reported that they
captured the 13,000-ton German
steamer Cap Norte. The report
was issued by the British Press
Association which said the Cap
Norte was in the ship trade be-'
tween Germany and South Am-1
erica and sailed from the Brizil
ian port of Pernambuco on Sep-j
ternber 17th. • !
Nazis Regard
United States
Only Mediator
BERLLN. Oct. 13 1/P)—Author
ized Nazis said Germany was
through with Chamberlain and
Daiadier but were still await
ing neutral a response to Hitler’s
Reichstag speech or any such ac
tion by neutral nations, among
whom they said they regarded
the United States as the only one
powerful enough to do some- j
thing effective. However, it must
come from them not as a result
of any diplomatic action or re
quest of Germany. They report
ed this interpretation of Ger
many’s position was made after
two developments; one, Dr.
Otto Dietrich, the German press
chief and one of Hitler’s eldest
advisors, told a small group of
foreign correspondents that he
thought only the United States
yet could*" Intervene to prevent
' “the most gruesome bloodpath
in history" and two. the official
press release on Chamberlain's
speech said that Britain “reject
ed the hand of peace stretched
out to him by the Fuehrer and
that Britain’s war aims meant i
war against the German people
and war against the German j
Reich unto annhiliation.”
HITLER IS PREPARED
BERLIN. Oct. 12 {JP}—Friday,
Hitler is ready to order a total
war against Great Britain and
France but one power—the Unit
ed States can yet intervene to
prevent “the most gruesome
bloodpath of history.
Foreign correspondents were
told today, emerging from a con
ference with Hitler that Dr.
Otto Dietrich, the Reich’s press
chief, declared that the United j
States could put an end to the!
war if she unequivocably told j
Great Britain that she wcu'd not:
support her unless she made ef
forts to settle the problems at
issue first made at the council
table. |
Chamberlain
Offers Hitler
"Real Peace”
LONDON. Oct. 12 tA’i— Cham
berlin told Hitler that he could
have peace if he wanted it but
"it must he a real sett'ed peace”
not that outlined by Hitler in the
German Reichstag last Friday.
Replying to Hitler’s peace over
tures Chamberlain in his weekly
war report to the House of Com
mons scorned “an uneasy truce
interrupted by constant alarms
and repeated threats.”
He said the proposals of Hit
ler's speech were vague and un
certain and contained no sugges
tion of righting the wrongs done
to Czechoslovakia and Poland.
The German government and the
German government alone
stands in the way of the peace
we are determined to secure.”
Expresses Hope
Peace Between
Finland & Russia
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 UP) —
President Roosevelt said the Am
erican representations to Russia
merely expressed an interest and
hope that nothing would be done
to disturb the peaceful relations
in the Baltic or the independ-1
ence of Finland. He told a press1
conference that the diplomatic ac
tion was not to be construed in |
any way as a pressure move on
the part o fthe American govern-j
ment.
Asked about the latest inform
al peace bids from Berlin he said
he had nothing to say on that as
he received no official word from
the German government.
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Sixth Annual
Fair Gets Off
To Good Start
The Grand Opening of the
N. vV. Alaska Fair Association’s
Sixth Annual Fair and Festival,
took place at 8 pm. last evening
when several hundred persons
were admitted at the gates.
S ip. rintendents of the many
d -pas men's and exhibits proud
ly displayed their booths and the
great crowd later assembled to
witness the showing of 8 mm.
amateur movie fi’ms. Dancing
was indulged in during the ev
i ning and the refreshment
booths did a land office business.
Directors of the Fair Board
were everywhere attending to
last minute adjustments. Today
judging and exhibition of ex
hibits occupied the general pub
lic. and fair supervisors, with
more movie films to be shown in
,the lfi mm size.
In case you were not fortun
ate enough to attend the Fair
last night, you should by all
means be there tonight. Enter
tainment in many features will
attract your attention There are
hundreds of exhibits, beautiful
ly set off in highly decorated
booths.
Saturday will be the windup
of the Fair, with the presenta
tion of awards, etc., and the big
finale at the Nome School Audit
orium, where a big dance will
be held and where there will al
so be many concessions
REQUEST GOV. TROY
REMAIN IN OFFKlE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (/P) —
President Roosevelt requested
that Governor Troy continue as
Governor of Alaska until Gruen
ing qualifies as his successor.
Troy resigned August 29 to be
come effective October 15. Gruen
ing was appointed but his nom
ination was not expected to go to
the Senate until after the neutral
ity bill is disposed of. This sit
uation was necessitated by a
presidential request.
AMBASSADOR KENNEDY CHEERED IN LONDON
Britishers packed streets and sidewalks surrounding the London Foreign Office to cheer Joseph P Kennedy (left) U S Ambassador
to London as he left after a conference with Prime Minister Cha mberlain and Foreign Secretary Halifax. (This picture cabled
from London to New York)
I
CAS MASK IN BRIDAL WHIT E_Csrrylng their
gas masks in special containers painted white to match the bride’s
gown, Denise Wright, an English girl, and Serge Cadler, a French*
man, leave London’s Church of Notre Dame de France after their
wedding ceremony. But the bride didn't forget her bouauet of
lilies, too. The bridegroom left next day for war duty in France.
Fair Notes
First nighters on hand last
night for the opening of the Six
th Anual Fair saw one of the
best collections of exhibits ever
put on display here
The antique booth is showing
a collection of primitive Eskimo
implements which are truly mu
seum pieces, most of which were
brought back by Ira Rank from
his trading trip to Barrow. Most
interesting to us was a whalebone
mask taken from the skull of a
skeleton found in an ice village
which was recently unearthed,
and a ceremonial gadget of some
kind (we don’t pretend to be
authorities on this sort of thing)
made of wood and found in a i
place where even drift wood is
rarer than rubies. And don’t fail ,
to see the copper kettle and the j
picture of Fort St. Michael;
which dates from the time of |
She Russian occupation and are
an display in the same booth. !
We note that Mrs. Mazen was
standing guard militantly over
ter household economics booth,
;ven though all the displays
vere wrapped in cellophane and
seemed well protected from mau
rauders. Since the judging of the
entries took place this morning
nay be she could be persuaded to
'un in competition with the re
’reshment concession tonight.
Both schools have large dis
alays, showing a variety of tal
mts arnflng their pupils. We
bought the puppets made by the
"S
third grade were particularly
cute, and we liked the tiny fur
doll clothes displayed in the Nat
ive School Division.
The wolf who occupied the
large skin which dominated the
fur display would have been an
interesting creature to meet on
a dark night We may be poor at
guessing weights and measures,
but this one was six feet long in
his stocking feet.
The flower booth is a credit to
the horticulturists of the frozen
north Showiest specimen is the
five-foot begonia and among the
prettiest are two small window
boxes of asters. The failure of
the Meteor to arrive on schedule
was hard on the vegetable booth
as this display is made up large
ly of exhibits from St. Michael
and Unalakleet.
The handicraft department is
a temptation to the domestic soul
There is an unbelievable out
work table cloth shown in the
exact center of the back wall and
a group of quilts hung as a back
drop which would make any
housewife’s mouth water.
Lssaac Walton’s Nome sons were
gathered in rapt worship before
the fish booth. Rods reels creels
spinners all the equipment for
properly pursuing the trout and
greyling are array there.
You are probably getting tired
of hearing this but we want to
remind you just once more that
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