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VOL. 41. No. 102. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 25, 1939 Price per copy 134
HITLER MARCHING POLAND
NAZIS CALL ALL SHIPS BACK TO HARBOR
Germany Cuts off Communications Rest of World
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NICKNAMED ‘ C A L L I 0 P E From this manifold
aboard the salvage ship Falcon off Portsmouth, N. H., where the
submarine Squalus sank, air can be pumped through 24 hoses to
the bottom of ocean. The men call this the “Calliope.” Nearly feur
miles of hose will be needed when the manifold pumps air into
the Squalus and into pontoons used to move sub to shallow waters.
Nazi Aviation Ls
Suspended And
Ready for War
BERLIN, (Via Warsaw) Aug.
25—All German commercial av
iation was ordered suspended, it
was reported, and German troops
f have entered Polish Silesia, but
DNB, the official German news
agency, denied the reports.
PARIS. Aug. 25. —The Haves
news agency reported that DNB
announced the Tannenburg cele
bration set for Sunday at which
Hitler was to speak, would not
take place because of the tense
^ situation now pending in Eur
ope.
BERLIN. Aug. 25. —The fact
that Adolf Hitler this morning
received successively the British,
French. Italian and Japanese am
bassadors indicated he had told
them that he would act soon
thereafter. ,
All commercial communication
lines have now ceased to operate.
It was announced officially that
all German commercial vessels
must remain in German harbors
or return to Germany at once.
Several German liners enroute
to the United States with Ameri
cans aboard, are believed to have'
turned back to Germany.
Troops Marching
CADCA. Slovakia. Aug. 25, — j
Fresh regiments of veteran sold-!
iers poured into the frontier op
posite Poland tonight. About two
hundred and fifty thousand are
already there and tens of thou
sands of marching youths are
coming up fast.
Communications
Rest Of World
Cut by Germany
BERLIN. A.ug. 25. — All nor
j mal communications with New
i York, London. Danzig Paris Brus
sels Copenhagen Zurich and pre
sumably other foreign countries
were cut off early tonight, indi
j eating that events of the first
j magnitude were under way.
This dispatch was sent from
Berlin via Paris, but private com
I municatior. facilities arranged by
the Associated Press.
It is believed that Hitler is on
the verge of acting or has already
done so.
BASIL. Switzerland, Aug. 25.
—The French have cut the pon
toon bridges across the Rhine riv
er between France and Germany
north of this Swiss border city.
President FDR
Rushes Capital
From Vacation
Aboard U. S. S. Lang at Sea.
Aug. 24,—Gravely concerned ov
er hte European crisis, President
Riosevelt abandonde plans for ex
ploration of the Gulf Stream and
for a fishing trip, and ordered
the cruisers Tuscaloosa and Lang
to speed home.
The cruisers are expected to
arrive Friday morning at Sandy
Hook, New Jersey, from where
a special train will take the Pres
ident to Washington. ,
Roosevelt was silent on what
teps. if any, he planned, upon his
return to the capital.
I
Brit. Ambassador
Is Leaving Berlin
T’nite for London
LONDON, Aug. 25 — Neville
Henderson. British Ambassador
to Berlin, is flying to London to
night. It was also revealed here
I this afternoon that England had
called home all of her ocean lin
| ers.
Japanese Resent
Treaty of Soviets
German Nazis
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TOKYO, Aug. 25, — Resent
! ment o fthe Russo-German treaty
I is apparent among the Japanese,
I some commenting that Japan has
! been sold out”, but officials were
! silent.
Authoritative sources said Jap
an is concerned whether the Sov
iet Union will now press Japan in
regard to Sakhalin and Mongol
ia.
The Japanese newspaper “Ashi”
said “a full battle” began Mon
day in the Khalkia river region
and the Domei news agency said
the Japanese downed 97 Soviet
I planes.
Privately, officials declared the
anti-comitern. pact with Germany
is dead but would not be official
^ iy conceited. Some said this late
German action was previously
threatened when Japan balked at
joining the axis.
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Health Officials
Nome Handling
Measles Cases
Dr. Thomas Morcom, Public
Health Officer for Nome, scoffed
reports received from the States
that there was an outbreak of
spinal meningitis at Unalakleet.
or that the current spread of
German measles among the na
tive populations of Nome were
alarming and getting beyond con
trol in the epidemic stage, when
interviewed today.
Officially, he declared today
there were not more thas 150
cases of measles thruout the en
tire community of Nome.
‘'At the King Island settlement
i at the east end of town there are
possibly 70 eases; among the Dio
mede Islands on the Sandspit,
about 25 or 30; and about 10 or
12 among the remainder of Nome
ites" he said.
"The estimate of 150, would
allow plenty of margin in esti
mating the total," declared Dr.
Morcom.
Dr. Morcom stated that all pub
lie health officials in Nome were
taking care of the known cases,
and urged the public if cases oc
sur to report them promptly and
thus permit them to be isolated
and prevent further rontagion.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
German Troops
Entered Poland !
During the Nite
WARSAW. Aug. 24 ,(/Pi—Ger-1
mail troops began the march in
to Po and and were not stopped.
They occupied an estate three
quarters of mile within the Pol
ish border. A general mobiliza- j
; tion was ordered in Poland.
Hitler’s Demand
Is Statement Of
Length will Go
BERLIN, Aug. 24. — Adolph
; Hitler sent detailed momoran
i dum of Germany’s uncompro
| mising position to British Prime
Minister Chamberlain.
Informed sources said Hitler
was giving Poland the choice of:
1— If Poland fights, her com
plete partition.
2— If Poland yields, establish
| men* of a German protectorate
over Poland.
3— -In any case. Hitler demands
i Danzig.
ilalv Calls Bis
j r>
Reserve Classes
To Its Colors
ROME. Aug. 25, — Two addi
tional classes of Italian reservists
were called to colors today total
ing five hundred thousand men.
and bringing the mobilization
number to one million three hun
dred thousand men.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 24, —War
risk insurance rates on shipments i
of goods to Germany and Italy1
from the United States increased)
20 fold today.
P R E X Y —New president of
the Reserve Officers Association
ot the United States is Col. Ed
ward S. Bres (above) of New
Orleans, chosen at recent con
vention in Puerto Rico.
Sov iet Warships
At \ ladivostolv
Increase Fleet
MOSCOW, Aug. 25. — An un
suspected number of Soviet war
ships arrived today at Vladivo
stok to bolster Stalin’s Pacific
fleet to eleven Russian ships,
four mine layers, three freight
ers. three tugs and a dredge all
of which passed through the Pa
nama Canal a ‘month ago.
Chamberlain Tells
House Hitler’s
Demands
_
LONDON, Aug. 24 i/P)— Prime
Minister Chamberlain told the
I House of Commons that Hitler
demanded a free hand in Eastern
J Europe, saying that any country
! which interferred would be blam
I od for the ensuing war. He spoke
as Europe moved toward a war
: footing as the hour for the show
I down between Poland and Ger
many seemed imminent.
Chamberlain said Britain will
stand by her obligations toward
Poland. ‘ God knows I have done
jail possible in egorts for peace
j but we find ourselves with the
, imminent peril of war.
He asked the enactment of
j sweeping emergency powers nec
; essitated by the gravity of the
I situation. Cheers from all sides
j indicated quick approval, mai-'
I ing Britain virtually under a die
• tutorship.
FDR’s Plea For
Peace Rejected
By the Germans
J
BERLIN. Aug. 25, — Rejection
of President Roosevelt's plea for
• % p -
! peace, was forecast today as the
i Nazis gave Poland England and
i France one more day of grace in
I which to capitulate to the Ger
1 man demands.
Meanwhile Dictator Adolf Hit
ler studied the President’s mess
age which suggested that Poland
and Germany settle their differ
ences either through direct neg
otiations. arbitration or concilia
tion.
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