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VOL. 41. No. 42. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939 Price per copy 15*
Italy Starts Invasion Of Albania
British Take Steps To Deport Nazi Secret Police
Italy Invades
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Coast Albania
At 4 Points
Rome, April 7 .(A*) — Italian
* troops swarmed onto the shores
of tiny Albania under cover of
warship guns and bombing plan
es. Sharply on the heels cf this
Action the Fascist spokesman, in
a bitter attack on King Zog, ac
cused the ruler of seeking Italian
aid for attacks on Yugoslavia.
Italian landing parties invaded
Albania’s Adriatic coast at four
points, meeting with resistance
1 which official Italian statements
described as slight.
Spokesmen said Italians in Al
bania had been threatened be
cause Italy refused to help King
Zog attack bis neighbor.
Tirana reports told of fierce
resistance to invaders but indic
eted later that the official Alban
ian'delegation was seeking to ar
range a halt in the fighting.
Heavy naval and aerial bomb
ardment of Albanian ports was
reported during the invasion,
which Albanians said resulted in
the refusal of Zog’s government
to bow to Italy’s secret ultimat
um. _......
Y ugoslavia Closes
Border to Albania
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BELGRADE, April 7 (,-P) —
Yugoslavia closed her border to
Albania as concern grew .over It
aly’s military invasion of the Al
banian coast. Yugoslavian of
ficials refused permission for
special trains to leave for Tirana.
The country held to its hands off
policy but official Yugoslav sourc
es expressed the tear that it may
upset the Balkan equilibrium.
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PALESTINE inspired this
hat notion in London, scene of
Jews-Arabs conference on the
Holy Land. The mesh silk is in
hyacinth blue; the headdress,
red and gold.
Leaves Cancelled
| THE HAGUE, April 7 UP) —
! An cffic'al arrounoament dis
! closed that the Easter leaves of
j the Netherlands frontier coast de
j fense forces were cancelled. The
announcement sa;d these orders
! were duo k the international sit
uation but didn’t mention any
specific factor in the present Eu
ropean crisis to cause the mis
givings.
Anyhow, the cold wave didn’t
! turn out to be a permanent.
—
PIONEER MEETING
Monday, April 10th, followed
by Last Trophy card game at
9:15. Refreshments to be served.
Britain and Poland
Reach Defense
Agreement
c
UNDATED. April 6 (/Pi—Cham
j brrlain announced that Britain
: and Poland had reached a “per
manent reciprocal” defense agree
; ment as Europe's fears are in
| creased with the reports of the
j impending Italian occupation of
'Albania. Three Italian warships
arrived at Durazzso. a port of Al
| bania, the little kingdom wedg
1 ed in between Yugoslavia and
i Greece across the Adriatic Sea
; from Italy.
j Polish Foreign Minister Beck,
' now in London gave assurances
1 that P land would consider her
j self “under obligation to render
assistance tc his majesty’s gov
ernment under the same condi
tions as those in temporary as
surance already given by his maj
esty’s government to Poland.”
Chamberlain told the House of
| Commons that in Albania many
j reservists were mobilized altho
s me sources expected the Al
lbanians to try to resist any Ital
: on aggression. There also is a
; possibility that a formula might
be found to make the Italian oc
cupation acceptable to King
Zog’s country.
Mussolini, himself at the con
trols. flew an Italian tri-motored
bomber to the military airport of
Jesi, near the Adriatic seaport of
Ancon. He later returned to
tome, where the Italian press
proclaimed that “Italy is ready
for anything any moment,” but
both the press and Fascist of
ficials were silent abount Alban
ia.
In London, Sir Samuel Hoare,
Homo Secretary said the British
had taken steps to deport mem
bers of the German secret police
and other Nazi organizations in
Britain.
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T 0 TE L L IT TO THE M A R I N E S, Capt. Melvin Johnson, a nurine corps reserve officer
from Boston, demonstrated this lirht machine cun he invented, at Quantlco, Va.
ONE OF THE BROWN BOYS, by name J. Lindsay, shows what he can do to qualify
for a job with the Cincinnati Reds. From Baltimore, he’s a rookie lnfielder now at Tampa camp.
(,ran<! Jury Indicts
Political Boss
Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, April 7 (.■?)—
! Thomas J. Pendergast, head of
! the powerful Kansas City Dem
ocratic organization was indicted
by a federal grand jury on charg
es of violating income tax laws
and named with him on a sep
arate indictment with the same
charges R. E. O’Malley, who as
State Insurance Commissioner
engineered the $9,000,000 Fire
insurance rate compromise in
1935, which is also under sur
veillance of the grand jury.
One count asserted Pendergast
failed to report $260,000 in his
income in 1936 and the other of
evading taxation on $55,000 in
1935. O’Malley is charged with
receiving $62,000 in the rate set
tlement.
NEW HOTEL FOR NOME
Negotiations are under way
for a new Nome Hotel and sep
arate service station, according
to telegraphic word from H. F.
Harper who is remaining in Seat
tie until all plans and deals have
been consumated at which time
both he and Mrs. Harper will re
turn to Nome. According to W.
R. Hinckley who is in constant
communication with Mr. Harp
er, the hotel, which will be mod
ern in every detail, will be erect
ed upon the old site and will
cover more ground space.
The exact location for the ser
vice station has not as yet been
decided upon, but will be a sep
arate building.
Mr. Harper extends his thanks
to his friends in the efficient
manner in which they endeavor
ed to save his property and his
sympathy to all the losers in the
recent fire.
Temporary quarters for the
Nome Motor Co., will be in a
small building now being moved
into the vacant lott adjoining the
| burned site.
HOT CROSS BUNS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Confer in Turkey
J
BUCHAREST, April 7 (£*) —
| Foreign minister Gafeneu left
| for Istanbul for an emergency
| conference tomorrow with Turk
i ish foreign minister Suku Sara
eoglu, on Itlay’s invasion of Al
, bania.
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Australian
Premier Dies
SYDNEY, Australia, April 6
l/P) —Premier J. A. Lyons died
tonight cf a heart attack after
two days illness. He was 59 years
o'd and premier of Australia
since 1932 and was serving his
3rd successive term. Lyons was
the founder of the United Aus
tralian party in 1931.
•THE SINGAPORE SPIDER”
When the curtain goes up at
8:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 15,
spectators will be thrilled and
chilled by “The Singapore Spid
er,” as it fulfills the sworn ven
! geance of Tom Bishop, human
victim of Jason Harridew. As the
plot mounts to its surprising cli
' max the characters of . Jason
| Harridew, an old sea dog, por
' trayed by Henry Becker, Mrs.
Meggs. a spying landlady, by
Edith Hoop and R. Margraf as
i Jimm Meggs, the town drunk.
Matt Harridew, acted by Bob
Scott, the sailor nephew of Ja
son, and Josie White, Connie A1
len, with whom Matt is in love,
meet swift justice and reward.
The play is directed by Calvin
Pool, director of the memorable
“Balmy Mr. Brown.”
WOULDN’T BUY SNUFF
—
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—A father
testifying for his daughter in her
divorce case on non-support
charges declared in court that
the husband never even bought
his wife a box of snuff, “and she
loves snuff better than nearly
anything." The judge granted the
decree.
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Financier Warns
Against War
WASHINGTON, April 6 UP) —
The Senate Foreign * Relations
committee heard a warning from
Bernard Baruch, Wall Street fin*
ancier and confidant of former
President Wilson that ar econ
omic war against aggressor na
tions might lead this country into
a military war. Endorsing th^
principle of placing arms and am
munitions on a “cash and carry**
basis with other products when
other countries are at war and
this country neutral, Baruch said
such a policy could be upheld
without affecting this country’s
neutrality status. He said he
thought it unjust to prohibit the
export of war materials to bel
ligerents without prohibiting the
sale of food.
•YOU PROMISED „sin.
dependence when a stable gov*
eminent was established,' Brau
iio Gancy, attorney, told a senate
committee considering the Phil
ippine independence act.
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