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VOL. 41. No. 109. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY SEPT. 11, 1939 Price per copy i«
Poles at Warsaw are Holding Own
French and German Armies Almost At Standstill
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Valuable Papers Taken From Gov. Gruening’s Car
FLEES HOSPITAL NEARLY NUDE
Mrs. Patricia Knight, 32, former Follies dancer, created a sensa
tion when she fled a Hollywood hospital and appeared on a prin
cipal street clad onlyin shorts and a loose bandage after receiving
treatment lor injuries suffered in an auto accident. She is shown
after she was returned to the hospital.
Goering Predicts !
Fall of Poland
By September 14
BERLIN, Sept. 9 (£»)—Britain [
, cannot defeat Germany either by
(military or economic weapons
Goering assured the German peo j
pie. He declared “We can hope”
that the conquest of Poland will
be completed “fourteen days af
ter the beginning of the fight,”,
by September 14th. “That, what
happens, once the German sword
is unsheathed, once it is drawn,
it destroys the enemy.”
He continued speaking in great
disdain of Britain and Britons.
The Nazi economic and avia*,
tion chief scouted the British
theory that Germany can be
worked down. He told the nation;
“In the north and east we can-1
not be blockaded.” He intimated
that supplies for Germany can
be secured in Russia, Rumania,
and Yugoslavia.
Goering spoke from the Rhein
Metall Borsig munitions factory
at Tagel. a Berlin suburb. The
speech was broadcast over the
nation.
He said: “Only America re
mains for Britain, but we can get
along without the United States
as a source for raw supplies. If
you do not believe we have raw
materials, you must agree that
the Russians do have them.”
He revealed that the German
eastern army was composed of
70 divisions.
French Officially
State Progress
PARIS, Sept. 11 </P) — The
French army officially announc
ed that it was making “serious
progress” despite enemy resist
ance on the western front. The
communique emphasized that
the French advanced along an
extended 12mile front east of the
Saar River on the northern
flank of the front.
Hiller Says
j
Will Annex No
More of Poland
BERLIN. Sept. 9 (IP) — Hitler
indicated that although still larg
er par's of Poland would soon
he in his hands he intends to an
jex no more Polish territory
than that which was in the old
German empire.
The establishment of a front
ier brought not only Danzig and
the Polish Corridor back to the
Reich but also upper Silesia and
parts of East and West Prussia,
which was assigned to Poland in
the World War settlement.
Polish Army
At Warsaw
Is Trapped
BERLIN. Sept. 11 UP) — The
Polish army fighting in and
around Warsaw, especially at
Modlen fortress on the north
west was considered by the Ger
man military as hopelessly trap
ped. It was believed to have been
accomplished by the application
of the vise which is closing in on
the Poles at Warsaw.
It was reported that German
artillery was firing on the Vis
tula bridges between the capital
and Modlen. The Polish held
the fortress town which is one
of Warsaws defenses in the east.
High command reports indicated
that the army advancing from
east Prussia had taken and forc
ed it way across the Narew Ri
ver at Wizna, threatening War
saw from the northeast.
ANOTHER SHIP LOST
LONDON. Sept. 10 TP) — The
British Press Association report
ed the sinking of the 3,700 ton
steamer Goodwood in the North
Sea. The crew was saved.
Germans Admit
Great Battle Being
Waged at Warsaw
UNDATED, Sept. 11 (7P> —The
German and French armies see
sawed inconclusively on the west
ern front, while a major battle
was waged in the east for War
saw. The P lish capital, in the,
fourth day of the seige, remain
ed in Polish hands despite a bat
tering German attack. For the
first time, the German army high
command admitted that “a great
battle" was in progress. A com
munique said this was nearing
‘‘its climax, the destruction of
the Polish army, west of the Vis-1
tula River. They reported other
German gains against the "dog
gedly defending” Poles.
Budapest dispatches said that
planes, tanks and artillery were
being massed for a quick drive
to Lwow in southeast Poland, to
cut communication with Ruman
ia. Poland’s only possible land
line for outside help.
On the western front, heavily:
entrenched French and German
forces struck at opposite ends of
a hundred-mile sector between !
the Rhine and Moselle Rivers, j
The French reported the front j
was generally quiet but scored ;
one “local advance” this on the
eastern end of the sector be
tween the Saar River and the
Vosages Mountains.
At the western end of the Saar
! Basin line where the first French (
advance was made, the French j
reported that were holding off a'
German counter-attack with bay
onets.
Germans said that French ar- j
tillery were firing on the Saar- j
bruecken airdrome, which the|
Germans had abandoned prev
iously. They declared that three
French planes were downed.
Declares War
OTTAWA, Sept. 10 f/P) —Can
ada declared war on Germany,
joining New Zealand. South Af
rica, and Australia in aiding the
homeland. I
E X I L E—When he visited the
Washington legation which
Czech Minister Hurban declines
to surrender to German officials,
Eduard Benes (above) was
aroused to this vehement dis
cussion about the republic of
which he was once president, i
Parked Car Of
Gov. Gruenin"
of Alaska Looted
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NSW YORK. Sept. 11 </P) —
Ernest Gruening, newy appoint
ed Governor of Alaska, reported
to the police that valuable state
papers were stolen from his park :
ed c r. He found the window of'
his sedan jimmied when he. his!
wi‘ . and his son returned to the
car after a show. Personal pro
perty valued at more than $100 j
was also stolen.
Stock Market
Experiences
War Boom
j NEW YORK, Sept. 11 (fP) —
! Soaring steels led another war
boom in the stock market in
which gains ran to eleven points
| or so. Favorites numbered new
; highs for 1939 were recorded.
With the word from England
i that a long-drawn conflict was
likely, traders saw visions of a
j huge foreign demand for all
j sorts of American goods, raising
! the net of many corporations to
proportions not enjoyed for
years. Sales were about four mil
[ non and a half shares, one of the
j largest turnover in around two
! years.
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British Lose
Twelve Ships
In 8 Days of War
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UNDATED. Sept. 11 (IP —
Swiss reports said that the Ger
man Seigfried Line was “pre-1
pared” to meet attacks with
highly mobile omits, ready to
dash wherevere needed.
French aerial scouts reported
that German troop movements!
were bothered by French raids i
on communication lines.
Many observers believed that
no knockout blow had been de
livered to the Polish army even
though the lightning German as
sault packed terrific force. Mil
itary experts said that the mo
ment was critical and much de
pended on how the army with
stood the shock. The fate of the
Polish air force was in doubt
but the army is believed to have
saved the bulk of its mechanized
equipment. A Polish general staff
communique said the Germans
were continuing their relentless
bomb attacks around Warsaw
where forty air raids were re
ported yesterday. A similar at
tack seemed in store for Lwow.
the capital of Polish Ukraine.
Britain intensified its economic
and naval warfare against Ger
many after losing 12 merchant
men in the first eight days of the
war. The ministry of information
disclosed that the 8,600-ton
Magadpur was the latest victim.
Two other vessels were added to
the list yesterday.
British And
Belguim Planes
Get In Scrap
LONDON, Sept. 9 UP — The
Air ministry disclosed that Brit
ish war planes fought Belgian
fighter planes over Belgian terri
tory last night. Details of the!
encounter were not given but
the British planes were return
ing from a reconnaissance over
central Germany and crossed the
Belgian border “inadvertantly.”
The ministry asserted that the
British ambassador at Brussels i
was instructed to present an ap
I ology to the Belgian government.
Poles Determined
To Hold Warsaw
To Very Last
i BUDAPEST, Sept. 9 </Pi—The
j Warsaw radio announced at 9:30
j a.m. PST that although the Pol
ish capital was “under constant
| bombing, we will not yield. We
! will hold to the very last."
After broadcasting successive
| air raid warnings, with the wail
I of sirens plainly audible, the
i Warsaw radio appealed to all
j railway workers to report im
mediately to repair damaged
tracks around the capital.
Refugees are pouring into the
city from the west and they re
port at relief headquarters. A
chorus of mixed voices then sang
“We will all, men and women,
young and old, fight for Warsaw
until death.”
FRENCH ARE HALTLED
UNDATED, Sept. 10 (/P)—Ger
man counter attacks appeared to
have halted Trench advances on
the Saar River /within range of
the main Siegfried line fort guns.
The Germans announced heavy
French losses.
Holland Op ens
Dikes As A
Defense Measure
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 9 UP) —
| The Netherlands inundated “a
: small basin” in the Utrecht Pro
vince. abuot 20 miles southeast
of Amsterdam as a defense mea
! sure.
The exact location was not an,
nounced but it is said to be In
the' center of the country. An
1 announcement said that the step
was taken ‘‘to ascertain inunda
| tion possibilities in Holland at
any time in relation to the exist
I ing water level.”
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A. Eden Says
Britain Will Rid
World of Nazism
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LONDON. Sept. 11 </P) —An
thony Eden, Secretary of State
of Dominion affairs, on a radio
address said “There can be no
peace until Nazism is banished
from the earth.”
The people of Britain he said
are prosecuting the war with
Germany with “A clear con
science. Before the war broke
out we did all we could do. For
i us, now there will ibe no turning
: back. We have no quarrel with
] the German people. The people
j of this country are ready to fight
a very long war if need be to rid
] the world of Hitlerism.”
Poles Make Cains
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BUDAPEST. Sept 11 {fP) — A
1 broadcast from a Polish radio ste
| tion at Lwow declared that after
four days of bloody fighting the
Polish army forced the German
invaders to retreat from some of
Warsaw’s suburbs.
CROUND£D BY H O L L Y WO 0 D —‘Isn t that a
laugh?” asked Roscoe Turner, speed flyer, as he finished piaying
a fiim role as an aviator—having stayed on the ground through
out the filming. Producers, wary of their star, hired a double for
tiie stunts. Turner, seen with Jean Parker, used lo do dangerous
stunts for the movies before filmland decided to feature him.