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VOL. 41. No. 125. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1939 ,,'IC0 p"r copy 15*
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SCANDINAVIAN HEADS OF STATE CONFER
FDR Proposes Resettlement Earth’s Vacant Spaces
President Bars
Submarines From
American Waters
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Ah—
President Roosevelt barred from
American ports and American
territorial waters belligerent sub
marines in a statement issued to
day.
The President’s proclamation,
issued under section eight of the
existing neutrality law, thus
made it unawfu for submarines
of nations at war, both commer
cia and undersea vessels of those
which ships were at war, to en
ter United States ports or terri
torial waters unless forced to do
ci by an act of God.
German Drive
Breaks Down In
Face French Fire
PARIS, Oct. 17 i(IP) — The
smashing German offensive
along a 20-mile sector east of the
Saar River has broken down the
French reported in the face of
devastating Maginot Line fire.
At least six German divisions
were known to have taken part
in the offensive yesterday which
consisted of two attacks, one of
which carried 100 yards into
French territory.
Military dispatches said the al
lies army authorities estimated
the strength of each division to
be .at least 10,000 men.
French confidence that the sit
uation is w'ell in hand is reflect
ed in the war ministry announce
ment that soldiers of class 1909
will be released from the army
starting Friday and class 1910
will be released immediately
thereafter.
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German Bombers
Damage Ship In
Eng. Naval Base
LONDON, Oct. 17 (JP) —Ger
man bombers damaged the Brit-j
ish naval training ship, the Iron j
Duke, at Scapa Flow, the govern
ment announced. They also dis-1
c osed that the Battleship Royal
Oak was sunk in the same har- j
bor by a German sub last Sat-:
urday.
Lord Chatfield, minister of de
fense coordination told the j
House of Lords that about four;
enemy planes participated on the
raid at 1:30 pm PST today at
Scapa Flow at the Orkney Island
naval base, where the German j
crews scuttled the German fleet;
after the World War.
Two bombs fell near the Iron
Duke, an old battleship which J
was converted into a training
ship. She was damaged but there
no casualties, Chatfield said, also
that one German plane was shot
down in flames and another pro- j
bably damaged.
The 21,000-ton ron Duke was |
built in 1912 and is one of the
battleships demilitarized under
the 1930 London naval treaty.:
She was also flagship of the Brit
| ish commander, Admiral Jellico
during the World War.
Passengers And
Crew Pres. Hard
ing Are Injured
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NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (JP)—'The
: storm battered American liner
' President Harding radioed their
United States line offices that 45
passengers and 28 members of
the crew were injured. Paul
Johnson, cabin waiter, was pre
| sumably lost overboard at the
1 height of the heavy gale.
American Vessel
Rescues Survivors
2 British Ships
NEW YORK. Oct. 18 (TP)—The
U. S. Maritime Commission said
300 survivors were rescued by
the American liner Independence
Hall from two British ships, the
10.000- ton passenger liner York
shire and tihe 3,500-ton freighter
City of Mandalay which were
sunk about 500 miles off the coast
of France.
In London the operators of the
City of Mandalay said they had
information that their ship was
attacked and sunk. The York
shire which travelled between
India and Liverpool should have
left Rangoon September 7th, ac-1
cording to the latest available
schedule.
The master of the rescue ves
sel Captain McKenzie radioed he j
was taking the survivors back to
Bordeaux, arriving there "tomt#
row. Meanwhile 2 Coast Guard
cutters sped to the aid of two
other slhips in distress in the
storm-tossed North Atlantic, the
1.3.000- ton American liner Presi
dent Harding and the 3,500-ton
British steamer Blairberg.
Andrew, Wage
Hour, Resigns
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (JP)—
The White House announced the
resignation of Elmer Andrew's,
Wage-Hour administrator. He
will be succeeded by Colonel
Phillip Fleming of the Army En
gineers. In a short time An
drews will join the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation.
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SPARED TIT A NIC’S S‘S
how the ship s steel plates ground against picture before the ship eased out of menacing,
Beaverhill hit a berg. Engineer Chas. Koikes took tais^mcture ^ iceberg in 1912.
cradle-like berg. Some 1,500 persons dro.vned wnen me
Expresses Support
Of Americas
To King Sweden
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 t/P*—
President Roosevelt advised King
; Gustav of Sweden that “this gov
1 ernmen joins with the govern
ments of other American repub
lics in expressing its support of
the principles of neutrality and
order under international law
for which the nations represent
ed at the Stockholm conference
have throughout their history
taken a consistent stand.”
The President told the King
that the conference which was
called when tension between Rus
, sia and Finland seemed capable
| of leading to war “will be fol
lowed by deep interest by the
government and people of the
United States. Similar messages
, were sent by the governments of
! twenty other American repub
1 lies.
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Heads Sweden,
Norway, Denmark,
Finland Meet
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 18 <£>) —
The kings of three Scandinavian
states and the president of Fin
land opened a conference on the
problems which face the north
ern neutral countries as a result
of the war.
The visiting heads of state,
King Haakon of Norway; King
Christian of Denmark and Presi
dent Kyoesti Kallio of Finland
were welcomed in a brief cere
mony devoid of military display,
and in keeping with the harmony
and peace policy long associated
with the Scandinavian nations.
Lithuania North
Vanguard Church
CASTLE GANDOLFO, Oct. 18
(/P) —Pope Pius declared “the
enemies of God are casting a sin
ister shadow” over Europe in a
more threatening way every day.
The Pope expressed concern
to the new Lithuanian minister
Stanislaus Girdvaninis at a pub
lic address to the Holy See, for
the whole country which recent
ly came under the influence of
Russia.
The Pontiff said the Lithuan
ians showed their intention of re
maining the northern vanguard
of Catholicism even if “a sacri
fice becomes the necessary price
for the affirmation of the realiza
tion of such an ideal.”
Fix Steering Gear
SEATTLE, Oct. 18 (A3)—Agents
of the Dutch motorship Djambi
reported that her crew complet
ed repairs to disabled steering
gear 1,500 miles west of here.
The vessel is proceeding to Man
ila.
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TRADEMARK OF NATIO N—Though this may look
like a paper doily, it s actually the great seal of the United States,
affixed with due formality on official documents.. Above, it
stamps the important neutrality proclamation.
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Pres. Proposes
Resettlement of
Vacant Spaces
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (JP)—
Predicting that from ten to twen
ty million people may become re
fugees as a result of war, Presi
dent Roosevelt proposed a gi
i gantic program of resettlement in
“vacant spaces” on the earth. He
told an intergovernmental com
mittee on political refugees that
the United States and other neu
rals must press the task of build
ing “new refuges for the tired,
for the poor, for the huddled
mass, yearning to be free. We
have been working on too small
a scale and and have failed to
apply modern engineering prin
ciples to our task. We know al
ready that there are many com
paratively vacant spaces on the
earth’s surface where from the
point of view of climate and nat
ural resources, Europeans can
live permanently. Possible fields
for new settlements cover many
portions of African, American,
and Australian portions of the
globe.”
N. Y. Rector Dies
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NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (JP)—Mon
signor Michael J. Lavelle, aged
83, rector of St. Patrick’s Cath
eral on Fifth Avenue died today.
14 Die in Crash
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MALAGA, Spain, Oct. 17 (JP)—
Fourteen persons were killed
when a tri-motored Ala Littoria
an Italian line plane crashed at
Olia, a vilage near here.
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Hitler Decorates
Commander Sub
Sunk Royal Oak •
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BERLIN, Oct. 18 {&) — Hitler
received Commander Prien an<$
his submarine crew, credited
with sinking the British battle
ship Royial Oak. Hitler awarded
Prien Germany's highest war dec
oration the Grand Cross of the
Iron Cross.
The reception was the high
point of a gala day in Berlin, the
sub men meeting him in his pri
vate study. Hitler heartily shook
hands with each man and thank
ed them in the name of the Ger
man nation.
Russian-Turkish
Negotiations
Come to Halt
MOSCOW. Oct. 17 </P» — The
protracted negotiations between
Russia and Turkey came at least,
to a temporary halt when Tur
key’s foreign minister announc
ed his intention to leave Moscow
tonight.
Saracoglu has been in Moscow
for nearly a month discussing
with Soviet leaders the problems
in connection with the Black Sea
and its outlet the Dardanelles.
The government ewspaper the
| Izvesta asserted that Britain and
! France couldn’t establish an ef
j fective sea blockade against Ger
j many because of the economic
j aid the Reich receives from Ru$
j sia and Italy.
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