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VOL. 41. No. 110. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Sept. 13. 1939 Price per copy
Special Session Congress Sept 21
U. S. Merchant Ships Stopped by British, Germans
Reveals Indiscriminate Bombing of Polish Civilians
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State Dept.
To Look Into |
Stopping Am. Ships
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 UP) —
Secre'ary of State Hull said the
State Department was assembl
ing the full facts behind the Brit,
ish and Gerihan blockade and ’
stopping of all American ships
He said he hoped to be able to
make a sfa. :r.ent soon on the
depth of the conclusions reached
German Air
Force Bombing
Polish Civilians
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 UP)—
The State Department made pub
lie a telegram from Amassador
to Poland Biddle that German
air forces “are taking advantage
of every opportunity without
regard to the danger to the civ
ili.an population which may be in
volved.”
The telegram was dated Sep
tember 8‘h and added “It is also
evident that the German bomD
ers are releasing the bombs they
carry even when they are in
i
doubt of the identity of their ob I
jeotives.”
Biddle cited -a number of in
stances of “attacks on modern |
apartment buildings in the sub
urbs of Warsaw: the destruction
of a sanitarium located one kilo
meter from a military barracks,
involving the death of ten child
ren; ‘lie bombing of a refugee
rain in 'the woods near Otwock
ti its way from Kutno; damage
done to a hospital train carrying
a party of wounded soldiers.
The train was plainly marked
with a Red Cross on the roof
and was drawn up at the un
covered East station at Warsaw.
And the incident in which twel
ve giri guides were killed.’
Supreme War Council Meets
PARIS, Sept. 12 (JP>—Premier
•Chairsb- riain nu Da adier “some
where in France” meeting with
the Supreme French and British
War Council.
A communique issued from
Daiadier’s office said that two
other members of the Council at
tended the meeting: General
Gamelm, commander in chief of
the French and British armies
and Lori Chatfield. British min
ister for the coordination of de
fense.
Daladier left for the War Min
istry in Paris shortly after lunch
accompanied by a military aide.
They travelled in a powerful mil
itary car.
ENGLISH VENUS VISITS U. S.
Edith Hammond, shown as she arrived in New York from London,
wondered if her face and figure would become as famous here as
It has in England, where she has wron 57 beauty contests. She
held the title of “Miss London” for several seasons, she said.
Warns That All
American Ships
Stop at Command
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -TP)—
! State Department officials stud
1 ied in silence the report that a
German submarine commander
served notice that all American
ships which disregarded com
mands to halt, would be fired
upon. They considered as well,
the statement that Great Britain
; seized as contraband, a cargo of
resin consigned to Hamburg on
| an American vessel. Captain
! Nicholson, executive vice presi
: dent of tiie W aterman Steamship
j Corporation, reported that its
j steamer Wacosta was halted Sat.
; urday, three hours off the Irish
! coast by a German submarine
and only after a thorough search
! was the ship permitted to pro
(eeed on her voyage from Glas
j gow to New York.
Informed quarters in Berlin,
i meanwhile, reported that Ger
i many will sink any ship attempt
| ing to carry to Great Britain, any
articles on the British contra
band list.
The Columbia Naval Stores of
Pensacola reported that Britain
j seided as contraband, six hun
dred barrels of resin consigned
to Hamburg aboard another Wat
! erman ship, tire Warrior. Archie
] Mills, manager of the Columbia
! Company, said he believed the
1 cargo was covered by insurance.
Pres. Lifts
Legal Limitations
Domestic Sugar
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12 UP)—
The Agricultural Department
gave the nations’ housewives
new assurances of ample food
supplies.
Furthermore President Roose
velt heeded complaints that sug
ar had become too costly and too
scarce in this country since the
outbreak of the war in Europe,
and lifted the legal limitation
upon the quantity that may be
sold in the domestic markets this
year. Officials said that the Presi
dential proclamation issued will
1 permit American processors to
j market some half a million tons
which had been refined but
J which marketing quotas had
, been suspended by President
Roosevelt and held off the mar
ket.
A government crop reports in
dicated that the production of
such crops as corn, barley, rice,
beans, fruits, vegetables, sugar
cane, sugar beets, grain, sorgums
hay, peanuts, sweet potatoes, to
bacco are expected to the the
largest in ten years.
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Congress to Meet
In Special Session
Noon Sept. 21
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (.-?)—
r esident Roosevelt called Con
gress to meet in special session
at non, September 21. Although
his proclamation made no men
tion of the neutrality act the
president a ready stated inform
ally hat he would seek the re
i peal of the arms embargo clause
and would try to confine the ses-■
sion to that ac ion. At the same
time he signed the proclamation
convening congress the Presi
lent sent telegrams to a group
of Democratic and Republican
leaders in both the Senate and
House asking them to meet with
( him the afternoon of Septemebr
20 for an informal conference at
the Whitehou.se.
While the President is anxious
] to limit not only the legislature
1 but the scope of the session to
I neutrality revision but also
j would like the session to end
quickly as possible. Many Sen
ators including Borah, Vanden
j berg, and Nye declared that they
■would insist on a full debate al
I though without any effort at a
] filibuster.
Sunk Allied
«•
Tonnage Near
100.000 Mark
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UNDATED, Sept. 12 (JP) — Al
j lied shipping losses approached
the hundred thousand mark in
j tonnage as the British Ministry i
! of Information, reporting on Ger
j many’s unceasing submarine war
fare, announced the sinking of \
i the British tanker InneriiTey.
The ship was 9,400 tons, built in
Hamburg last year, and was run i
ning between the Gulf of Mex
ico and England. She was tor
pedoed near Havre yesterday.
The crew was rescued by the j
Standard Oil tanker R. G. Ste
j wart and was later transferred i
| to the City of Joliet, bound from
; New Orleans to Antwerp.
One other casualty was report
ed in the blowing up of the 2,700
ton Finnish bark, Olive Bank,
about 105 miles southwest of
Asbjerg in southwestern Den
mark. Fourteen of the crew
were killed. Seven were saved.
The survivors said the ship hit a
mine.
The British Ministry of Inform
ation said that four British mer
chant ships reported unsuccess
ful attacks by submarines.
Since the war started, subs
have sank 17 allied ships w’ith a
total of 96.000 tons.
The Germans have lost five
ships with a total tonnage of
12.000 including the German des
troyer Oresun. The old-type Nazi
destroyer blew up yesterday af
ter sinking a German laid mine
in the Baltic Sea.
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faced interviewers for the firs time since their marriage. ..The
newlyweds both voiced hopes of raising a family.
Determined To
Stamp Out Nazism
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LONDON, Sept. 13 (&)—-Great |
: Britain’s war-time Parliament
echoed solemn government as-1
surances of unified French and
British determination to end
I “once and for all” the pressure
i of Nazism. A stern warning was
given that Britain will not tie
their hands on aerial bombing
if Hitler breaks his pledge on the
; same score.
Chamberlain was spruce and
confident after the first supreme
war council on French soil. He
I almost hissed the words as he
i told the House of Commons that
j both France and Britain will
fight until they banish the “in
1 tolerable strain of living under
perpetual threat of Nazi aggres
i sion.”
Lord Halifax told the House of
j Lords of Britain’s pledges on re
i straint of bombing operations;
and based a similar restraint on
Germany. He said the “British
hold themselves completely free
j to take such action as they may
| deem approprate’’ if Nazi planes
| are turned loose without discrxm
ination on Polish civilians.
Polish Troops
Force Germans |
Back Six Miles
UNDATED, Sept. 13 UP)--Ger
many reported new thrusts into
Poland as Chamberlain pledged
the war "until the menace of Hit'
lerism is fianlly removed.’’ Brit
ain and France agreed on this j
Chamberlain told Parliament. \
A German communique said
“an enormous number’’ of Poles'
were captured in the wiping out
of Polish resistance south of Ra-1
I
! dom, part of the sweeping Ger
j man offensive to encircle War
1 saw. The Germans said they be
lieved the Polish capital’s out
lying defenses were crumbling,
Chamberlain's state means yv
the House of Commons review
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ing the military operations s
the British troops in France
' not yet gone into action but the
French military dispatches re
ported “a great number of well
equipped British troops” had al
ready joined the combat against
the Germans on the western
i front.
| Germans said a strong detach
: ment had crossed the railway
due east of Warsaw and that the
j German vanguard reached tha
j outskirts of Lwowa 220 miles
[ southeast of Warsaw.
! Warsaw radio reports asserted
j that the German armies hammer
I ing at the Polish capital were
j pushed back six miles but Ger-,
| man military leaders said the
city's outlying defenses were
crumbling. The Warsaw broad
cast warned Poland that the
‘‘German Suicide Corps” were
! landing by parachute behind the.
Polish lines.
Duke of Windsor
Called to Arms
LONDON. Sept. 13 </P) — The
Duke of Windsor who kept hia
oromise to return to England if
ever she needed him made the
announcement of an appointment
but didn’t say what it would be,
but it was understood that the
Duke would be taking up hia
army commission, probably with
his old regiment, the Grenadier
Guards with which he served
during the World War. He said
no plans have yet been made.
The Duke and Duchess are tb
visit London. The former king
: and field marshal is on the act
1 ive list as Colonel in chief >f
I ihe Welch Guards.