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VOL. 41. No. 101. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1939 ' Price per copy m
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Poland and Germany Lined Up On Polish Border
Lou Ambers Decisions Armstrong for Light Title
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Germany. Russia
Non-Aggress. Pact
UNDATED, Aug. 21 </P)—-Ger
many upset the delicate balance
of central Europe with the an
nouncement of her non-'aggres
sion pact with Russia which was
confirmed by “Tass,” Russian
news agency. The announcement
apparently meant that Russia
will be neutral in any Polish war
and apparently ruined the
French and British plans for en
circlement and also threatened j
the anti-communist pact between
Italy and Japan.
Germany threatened the peace
* of various small nations in the
Balkans which saw themselves 1
caught in a giant Nazi-Soviet j
nutcracker. Poland’s position is i
greatly hazarded and some sourc
es said they might as well give
Germany what it asks—the Dan
zig Corridor, to avoid ruination.
MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (/P)—’Thurs
day Germany and Soviet Russia
signed a non-aggression pact,
binding each of them for ten
year not to “associate themselv
es with any other grouping of
power which directly or indirect
ly is aimed at the other party.”
By the pact it is also agreed
that “they constantly remain in
consultation with one another”
on common interests to adjust
their differences by arbitration.
The non-aggression clauses bind
* each power to refrain from any
act of force against each other
and remain neutral if either is at
tacked by a third power.
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Mutual Assistance
Agreements
Still Hold Good
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MOSCOW, Aug. 22 </P) —Un
official sources said that the
Russian and German impending
non-aggression pact did not ex-1
elude the mutual assistance ag
reements with France and Brit
ain.
The latter two sources, how
ever, were gloomy over further
negotiations and were uncertain
it they would continue the talks.
They said they felt the Soviets
were using German negotiations
to pry concessions from London
and Paris.
Health Service
Launch Campaign
Against Gonorrhea
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I WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 </P)—
The Public Health Service laun
j ched a campaign to wipe out
I gonorrhea, reporting that more
i persons suffered from it than
any other contagion.
Surgeon General Thomas Per
rin in a statement, said that it
constantly infects more than two
million persons.
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* Ed O’Connor, Butte, Mont., patrolman who has been hiccuping for j
nine weeks, is shown in Oakland, Calif., with his cousin, Ella M.
Hannigan, a nurse, as O’Connor wearily tries an old-fashioned j
remedy—a glass of water—for his complaint. He has received ;
► “cures frim all over the nation.
German And
Polish Soldiers
Exchange Shots
WARSAW, Aug. 23 (/P)—Ger
man and Polish soldiers started
fighting. a Polish telegraph
agency reported, when a brief
clash occurred at Kluezno. north
of Silesia.
German soldiers in full uni
form crossed the border in pur
suit of deserters. They were seen
by Polish soldiers who ordered
hem to halt. Shots were exchang
ed with the Germans commenc
ing the shooting. The Nazis es
caped with one apparently
wounded. Other reports said
that Polish peasants were busily
engaged in assisting in the con
struction of trenches and defense
fortifications. All women, old and
young, shouldered spades and
dug trenches in Posnania Prov
i ince.
Cabinet Signs
Emergency Decree
PAP.IS. Aug. 22 (/Pi — France
stood in an alert state with re
servists called to the colors, and
the cabinet meeting to sign em
ergency military decrees.
Indian Officers
May be Mobilized
BOMBAY, Aug. 23 (yP> — As a
result of the European situation,
mobilisation orders might be is
sued to Indian Army reserve of
ficers.
Air raid precautions were tak
j on and all the port’s oil tanks and
| factories are being camouflaged.
Malta Defenses
Are Manned
MALTA. Aug. 23 (A*)—All de
fenses were manned and air raid
warnings were tested.
Australia to Give
Eng. Full Support
SYDNEY, Aug. 23 (JP) — Aus-1
tralia’s determination to give1
Britain complete support in war
was announced by Prime Minis
ter Robert Menzies after a cab
inet meeting.
Airliners Banned
Over Germany
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23 (/P) —
Airliners from the Netherlands
were forbidden by Germany to
fly over a large section of Ger
man territory, including their
western fortifications.
WATER NOT OVER THE DAM—With only 1.600 acre feet stored behind it. contrasted
with a 1,200.000 capacity, above Coolidge dam gives grave concern to Arizona. Drought conditions
have lowered the water line which once was half way up the domes. The S4.500.000 dam was built in
1928*29 to irrigate 100,000 acres of iand, half of it within the Fitna Indian reservation.
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C. G. Plane Brings
St. Lawrence Is.
The U. S. Coast Guard amphib
ian plane attached to the Cutter
Spencer. Commander Zeusler, ar
rived Nome last evening at 8:30
' nm piloted by T.ieut. Wm. H
; Snyder, and carrying Frank Dau
I gherty, of St. Lawrence Island,
who was suffering from an acute
attack of appendicitis,
Daugherty was immediately
taken to the Maynard Columbus
! Hospital Where Dr. Thcmas Mor
com performed the operation,
This morning he was reported as
resting easily with danger past.
With Lieut. Snyder was radio
man Robert L. Walker, who main
i tained two-way radio communi
cation with the Spencer and the
: patrol boat Atalanta.
Lieut. Snyder in describing the
; flight, which is the first emer
gence flight made by the coast
j guard planes in this vicinity, de
| dared that the rough seas at
i Gambeli, where Daugherty was
1 living, very nearly prevented the
take^eff. Late yesterday after
noon after waiting most of the
day, the seas subsided sufficient
ly to permit the plane to take
off. They left Gambeli at 6:55
pm and arrived Nome at 8:30 pm
Radio signals from the patrol
boat Atalanta were used as com
pass bearings, and the plane
“hit” Nome “right in the nose.”
Lieut. Snyder reported some fog
conditions enroute over the 175
mile course, but said they did
not hinder the flight.
Since the inauguration some
years ago of the Air Force of the
U. S. Coast Guard, many lives
have been saved by the speedy
and efficient planes and person
nel. Pilot Snyder, who received
his training at the Pensacola,
Florida station, modestly declar
ed:
“I have been pleased to have
had the opportunity of assisting
in the saving of Mr. Daugherty’s
life, and trust that should any
other emergency arise in the fu
ture, we will have a like suc
cess.”
The Cutter Spencer under Com
mander Zeusler was anchored at
: Savoonga. when the report came
• that Mr. Daugherty was in a crit
ical condition. The ship sailed
1 over to Gambell and remained
there during the day. while Dr,
Sturtevant made the examination
recommending immediate trans
portation to Nome.
i A similar “mercy” flight was
I made by Pilot Hans Mirow of the
! Mirow Air Service last winter,
when Mrs. Daugherty was also
{stricken with acute appendicitis,
: The patient was flown from St.
i hiawpence Island to the Nome hos
'pital where an emergency opera
1 tion was performed by Dr. Mor
! coin, saving her life. She was r^
turned to fhe Island by Pilot
.Jack JefTord of the same com
pany. Much confidence is express
ed in the early recovering of her
husband.
What more argument is want
ed for the establishing of an
aerial base for the U. S. Coast
Guard at Nome? Nome and this
section of Alaska should have
the protection of such equip
ment and personnel to assist in
the emergencies which arise at
the time spent in the North.
Water 10 to 15
ft. Deep in Flood
ed Tientsin
TIENTSIN. Aug. 22 (/P) —1The
worst flood in history ravaged
this north China city and the
surrounding area 30 miles to the
south and north. Although the
rains have ceased the waters eon
tinued rising.
Refugees are chocking the city
and many are fleeing to Pieping.
There is intense suffering and a
heavy life and property toll is
taken as fires broke out.
The waiter is 10 to 15 feet deep
in the Japanese, British, and
French concessions. American
marines retreated to the second
floors of their barracks with live
stock after a two-day battle with
sandbags failed.
It may take six weeks for the
w|ater to recede.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
Henry Armstrong
Loses Light Title
To Lou Ambers
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22 UP) —
i Henry Armstrong, five to seven
l favorite will defend his new
i lightweight title against Lou Am
her? tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time. Armstrong was a
three to one favorite at their
previous meeting.
, NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (^)_Th^
j lightweight championship passed
; back to swinging, singing Lou
Ambers but only because Henry
| Armstrong was penalized five out
j of (the fifteen rounds for low
| blows. Armstrong, a't 135 forced
the fight all the way continuing
to come forward constantly de
spite a rain of left uppercuts
and hooks which Ambers at
1341/2 showered on hirr.
There was nothing conclusive
about the fight except that they
meet again soon with the welter
I weight title on the block. The
i contracts were already signed
! contingent to Amers’ victory to
j night.
Referee Arthur Donovan and
'Judge Frank Fullam agreed on
the low blows. The other judge
Jack Heaey gave Lou the lopsid
ed margin of 11 rounds to 3.
Sets Record
369.23 Miles Hour
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah, Aug. 22 UP)—John Cobb,
London fur broker, drove his red
turtle-shaped automobile through
a measured mile at 369.23 miles
an hour, the fastest man has ever
travelled on land and averaged
six miles a minute.
Cobb postponed till tomorrow
his complete assault on Captain
George Eyston’s 357.5 miles an
hour mark. However, wnen the
motors stalled on the necessary
return trip over the course he
shifted to second at 125 miles an
hour and into high at 240 miles
an hour.
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