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VOL. 42. No. 74. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940 Price Per “W 1*
French Govt Asks For Armistice
* Hitler and Mussolini to Meet in Munich Tomorrow
Two Army Bombers Collide and Kill Both Crews
* Marshal Petain, New Premier
Of France Asks For Armistice
Hitler, Mussolini to Meet Munich
BORDEAUX, June 17 (/P) —
Marshal Petain, France’s new pre
mier announced by radio it was
► necessary to try to end the fight
ing. “I made contact w'ith our
adversary last night, asking him
as soldier to soldier, to seek with |
me means to stop the fight,” Pe- ■
tain, aged 84‘ hero of the last
World War said.
Petain, whose indominable de-;
fense of Verdun, 24 years ago,
gave France her watchword
“they shall not pass” made the
momentous announcement that
^ France is seeking an armistice
after meeting with the cabinet he
formed tonight. The republic is!
in its darkest hours. The cabinet J
convened “to await develop
ments.” There was still no an-j
nouncement of any GermaiY reply |
to Petain’s request for an armis
tice.
The aged Marshal Premier of
France said he had entered con
tact with Germany through the
intermediation of Spain.
The Premier made an address
at 4:30 p.m. after a series of dram
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Maginot Line
Is Penetrated
On Saar Front
k BERLIN, June 15 </P) — Ger
man troops are reported to have
penetrated the fortifications of
the Maginot Line on the Saar
Front in a bold sir ish aimed at
crumbling France’s bastion as
Nazi fi.gs flew over the Palace
of Versailles and Gorman boots
echoed in the streets of Paris.
As the drive on the Maginot Line
I atic conferences during which
1 military reverses and the future
! was discussed. His announcement
of the peace overtures was no
surprise since the formation of
his government was generally ac
cepted as a prelude to a request
for an armistice. Petain succeed
ed Reynaud last night as head of
France after Reynaud’s cabinet
I spent the day in long discussions
bearing largely on the United
States offer to help the Allies. So
far as is known the fighting is
1 still going on.
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Hitler ami Mussolini to Meet
Talk Over Terms of Peace
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BERLIN, June 17 (VPi —Hitler
and Mussolini are to meet to
formulate the attitude of Ger
man}' and Italy toward France’s
| request for terms on which to,
I lay down their arms, said a high
, command announcement from
Hitler’s headquarters. Trustwor
| thy sources in Rome said they
■ will probably meet in Munich to-,
! morrow.
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thundered into its second day,
German Stukas dived down on
the steel and concrete forts with
showers of bombs and artillery
paured tons of shells on the line,
! hour after hour.
England Next, Before August
LONDON. June 17 (/P) — Sir
Neville Henderson told a meet
ing that he expected Hitler to at
tom l the invasion cf England
this month or in July rather than
vait for August or September.
Henderson, Britain’s last ambas
odor to Germany urged every
I able-bodied man and boy to learn
! to use a rifle.
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Map shows the situation as the German bitzkrieg reached a poi lit about 12 miles from the Eng
lish Channel and within sight of the Eiffel tower in Paris.
Twelve Army Men Die ^ hen
Two Douglas Bombers Collide
Practice Flight Over A. Y. City
NEW YORK. July 17 (/P)—12
Army men died when two twin
motored Douglas bomber planes
collided in mid-air and plummet
ed about 2500 feet into a thickly
residential section just within
New York City limits. There
were no survivors. The victims
were members of Army Air Re
serve Corps, called for further
training at Mitchell Field. Long
Island, from Kelly Field. Texas.
Another victim was a regular 1
army > dicer Lieutenant Paul Bur
lingame of Louisville, Kentucky,
a graduate of West Point. He was
in command of one of the ships
in the collision, probably tire
wors‘ in the history of Mitchell
Field which occurred while four
plants were flying in practice
form .ion only a few minutes af
ter the take-off.
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Great Britain
To Fight On
Till \ ictory 1 on
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LONDON, June 17 </P) —Great
Britain authoritatively stated her
resolute determination to contin
ue the war until victory is won.
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March Into
Latvia, Estonia
MOSCOW, June 17 {IP) — So
viet troops marched into unresist
ing Estonia and Latvia, climax
ing a series of swift moves which
consolidated Russia’s position in
the Baltic. The Soviet move is
apparently two-fold, to halt any
possible -German thrust in the
Baltic and to improve Russia's
strategic position for possible of
fensive operations.
American Legation
Courier Killed
Eijroute Helsinki
HELSINKI, June 15 i/Pi—Hen
ry W. Antheil, Jr. of Trenton,
N. J., attached to the American
legation at Helsinki was killed
in a mysterious explosion aboard
a Finnish airliner yesterday. Ten
others aiboard lost their lives. j
A spokesman said Antheil was
on "courier service" but that he
I had no authority to soy whether
i he was acting as a courrier or car
irying any special document from
Berlin to the governments of Fin
land or Estonia. An investigation
j was begun to detemine whether
I sabotage was involved in the loss
of the plane bound from Tallinn,
Estonia to Helsinki. I
Deals in Canadian
I. S. Stocks and
Bonds Is Banned
LONDON, June (/Pi — The
Bank of England banned dealings
I in Canadian and United States
j stocks and bonds. The new or
j der was the latest in a series to
i conserve foreign exchange.
kOOO U. S. Citizens
Flee Paris And
Await Crossin"
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GALWAY, Ireland, June 15 UP)
— With the United States liner j
Washington already on her way
to New' York with 1768 American
refugees aboard, it was under-1
stood here that the liner Man- j
hattan will arrive in Europe with
in the next twelve days to take \
home the 4,000 American citizens
who fled Paris.
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FUNERAL NOTICE L. O. O. M.
Funeral services for our late
Brother Harry Udell will be held
j at the Federated Church 2 pm.,
Wednesday, June 9th. AH mem
bers of Loyal Order of Moose are
requested to attend.
’ W. J. Dowd, Secty.
One Billion Two
Hundred Million
More For Navy
WASHINGTON. June 17 bP>—
A new billion, two hundred mil
lion expansion of the navy to
provide 84 additional warships
was proposed in an administra
tion-appr ved bill by Chairman
Vins n of the House Naval Com
mittee.
The President signed two pre
vious bills authorizing a naval
air force of 10,00) planes and
16,00) pilots and to increase the
fleet by 21 new warships and 22
auxiliary naval vessels.
Britain To Take
French Supplies
In The l'. S.
NEW YORK. June 17 (/P) —Re*
'iable Wall Street sources dis
closed tiie British government in
tends to "take over” all war sup
plies contracted for in this co'un
try by France and to ‘‘buy as
much mere here as the United
States can produce.”
Italian Sub
Sinks British
Cruiser Calypso
LONDON. June 15 i/P) — The
Admiralty announced that the
Calypso, an anti-aircraft cruiser
was sunk Mediterranean wat
ers by an I alian submarine. One
officer and 38 men are missing.
Enemy mines sunk two trawlers
in the middle of the ocean in
sunlight.
The 4100 ton Calypso had a nor
mal complement of 437 men.
Motorized Units
In Fierce Battle
French Infantry
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LES VERIERS. Switzerland.
June 17 iJP) —Two hours after
the Petain announcement, a,
fierce battle was begun on the
plain behind Pontarlier where a
large number of German motor
ized units found their path to
the south blocked by French in
fantry.
American Brain
Surgeon Suicides
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PARIS, June 17 </P)—Dr. Char
les de Martel, brain surgeon, con
nected for many years with the
American hospital in .Paris was
found dead on June 13, the day
before the Germans entered Par
is, from a bullet wound in the
head. Authorities said it was sui
cide.
President Sees
British And
French Envoys
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WASHINGTON. June 15 —
The President arranged to re
ceive the British and French am
bassadors. The appointment was
made at the request of the en
voys. Stephen Early, White
House secretary, wouldn’t dis
l cuss the purpose of the call.
President Roosevelt meanwhile
instructed the Federal Power
Commission “to keep a check on
the adequacy’’ of the electric pow
er supply to meet national de
fense needs.
Pres, of Brazil
Assures l nited
States of Loyalty
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WASHINGTON. June 15 (/P) —
President Vargas of Brazil assur
ed President Roosevelt that his
speech on dictatorships which he
delivered early this week “can
• in no sense be regarded as con
tradictory’’ to that delivered by
President Roosevelt at Charlottes
ville.
Vargas’ address was delivered
aboard a warship and interpret
1 ed by various quarters as a de
fense of totalitarian ideas. Var
gas sent a cable saying that his
speech was a warning call really
| addressed to Brazilians. He said
Roosevelt knows that Brazil
won’t fail him in loyalty.
Attempt Control
Price Marketing
Western Hemis.
WASHINGTON. June 17 UP) —
The White House announced,
with a view of submitting the
i matter to other American gov
ernments. that a cabinet commit
i tee today concluded a study of
"the most effective manner of dis
posing profitably export surplus
I es in the Western Hemisphere.”
'There were indications that the
United States is thinking of at
: tempting to draw the American
republics and possibly Canada in
! to some form of international
, cartel, to attempt to control the
| prices of marketing such things
as wheat, cotton, beef, coffee and
’copper.
Planes for Allies
Now To Be Flown
Into Canada
WASHINGTON, June 17 (/¥*) —
The United States acted to facil
itate the delivery of war planes
to the Allies by authorizing that
the ships be flown across the Am
erican borders.
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