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VOL. 41. No. 100. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, AUG. 21, 1939 Price per copy U4
I German T Occupy Slovakia
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Germany And Russia Enter Non-Aggression Pact
CAA To Hold Hearings At Anchorage Sept. 1st
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DR. SMITH IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAW
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Dr James Monroe Smith, forme President e? Louisiana State University, is shown “in the shad
ow of the law” as he returned t Baton Rouge from Canada to face trial in connection with the
school’s finances. The reflection in the autimobiie window is that if an officer standing outside.
CAA To Hold
* Public Hearings
In Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 18 (/P>—
Charles S. Burnett, Civil Aero
nautics Authority Inspector, an
nounced that public hearings will
be held here September first on
^ aircraft operators applications
and certificates of public conven
ience and necessity. Raymond
Stough, CAA examiner, and Wil
liam Madden, attorney, are com
ing north to conduct the hear
ings.
Alaska operators are being
notified by radiograms from An
chorage and by air mail from
'f f Washington, D.C. of the hearings.
A general conference will be held
August 31 to arrange a schedule
for the hearings.
The procedure will lead to the
establishment of economic regula
tions for the aviation industry.
9 Bomber To Come
‘ To Alaska On
Inspection Tour
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 The)
Navy’s newest and largest four
motored long range ptarol bomb
^ er arrived Sunday from San Die
go and was assigned as aerial(
flagship to rear admiral Arthur1
Cook for a series of inspection j
flights to new and projected nav-1
9 al airbases in the Alaska and ^
Aleutian sector.
The ship is to fly to Sitka, Fair
banks, Nome, and Dutch Harbor
through Unimak Pass in to the
Bering Sea.
iT. S. and Canada
Sign Agreement
For Air Service
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 (/P)—
The United States and Canada
signed and exchanged notes pro
viding the ground work for the
extension of air services between
the two countries and between
the United States and Canada.
The arrangements permits ser
vices between the United States
and Alaslla with stopovers in
Canada and also provides for
non-stop services between the
United States and Alaska. The
arrangements will be subject to
separate understandings.
MODERATO R—Election
of Dr. Sam Iligginbottom, 64,
as moderator of the Presbyterian
church in the U.S.A., marks the
first time since 1927 that a lay
man was named to this office.
He’s been engaged in missionary
work in India 36 years.
Worst Flood
History Tientsin
I Inundates City
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TIENTSIN, Aug. 21 (A>) — The
toll of death and property des
truction leaped as the worst flood
of history submerged much of
the city. Under the deepening
water the flood crest is still at
least a day away. Electrical fac
ilities are out of commission and
lie city is isolated part of the
time from the rest of the world.
Many refugees are actually swim
ming in the muddy torrents,
struggling to reach safety.
Officials said conditions were
.aking a high toll of life and it
was impossible to make an ac
curate survey. Water reached an
average depth of 9 feet and was
three feet deep in the shallowest
places. The Japanese blockade of
the British and French conces
sions was washed out. Fires
broke out in some sections.
CAA Grants
Permission For
Japanese Flight
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (A1)—
The Civil Aeronautics Authority
granted permission for the Jap
anese airplane to fly over Alaska
and continental United States on
its round-the-world flight.
The plane is a .twin-motored
transport and will be flown by
Sumitoshi Nakao and will carry
two passengers and a crew of
j four.
The route from Nome, to Mi
ami is by way of Fairbanks,
Whitehorse, Canada; Juneau,
Seattle, and San Francisco.
Germany Takes
Possession
Of Slovakia
BR ATISLAVA, Slovakia, Aug. ]
; 19 i.4v> — Germany troops sudden
ly took mi tary possession of Slo
vakia last night. Slovakia’s 1
frontier extends two hundred
milt ' along the southern border 1
of P land, giving the Germans a i
chane at a wide swinging llank |
attack on Polish industrial cen
ters in south and central P hand
I sh old war come.
The Slovakia area is about
j 14.000 square miles, since it be
j caime an independent republic
j on the eve of Czechoslovakia’s
| break-up.
Tens of thousands of German
ti c aps are concentrated in the
relatively small area about Zil
ina, and between there and the
city of Cadea, 15 miles distant.
‘ Civilian motor traffic was repeat
! odly interrupted by movements
fx>T'«W*cWi«s trod troops deploymg
along the Polish frontier for at
i least 100 miles greater than that
: fixed by the treaty of last March.
' German soldiers are reported to
' be moving in large numbers thru
the High Tatras mountainuous
: stronghold in northeast Slovakia
| which is regarded by military
strategists as the back door to Po
j land.
It was learned from reliable
sources that a military agree
ment was ratified between Hitler
and Slovakia, placing the Slovak
, army of 30,000 with reserves
numbering 300,000 under the Ger
man command.
For Meals Bring Your Friends
To The NORTH POLE BAKERY
Polish & German
Troops Massed
Either Side Border
UNDATED, Aug. 21 </P)— Eu-j
rope faced a week which many
believed would bring develop
ments painting the way to peace
or war.
Statesmen were puzzled by the
sudden announcements of a new
trade agreement between Russia
and Germany and many feverish
diplomatic and military measures
for a possible conflict.
Troops are massed on both sides
of the Polish, Slovakia and Ger
man borders.
The German press stated that
the day of reckoning with Po
land over the Danzig situation
was approaching. The press said
that German patience was fast
dying under Polish insolence. |
Poland moved up reinforce
ments o the German border un
! der full war equipment.
‘ MOOSE ATTENTION
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The regular L. O. O. M. meet
ing called for this evening has
been postponed due to an un
avoidable delay in the prepara
tion of reports, and will take
place next Monday evening at
the I. O. O. F. hal, August 28th
at the usua hour of 8 p.ro.
John Solon, Dictator,
NOTICE
George Anderson, expert Piano
tuner with Pianos for sale or
rent is now in Nome and at your
service.
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Germany, Russia
Sign Non
Aggression Part
BERLIN. Aug. 21 (JP) — Ger
man officials news agency DNB
announced that Germany and
Russia will conclude a non-ag
gression pact. The agency said
foreign minister Von Ribbnertop
will go to Moscow Wednesday to
conclude negotations. The deci
sion closely followed the an
nouncement that the two nations
had concluded an important
trade agreement.
EPIDEMIC OF GERMAN
MEASLES HITS NOME
It was learned today that an
epidemic of “German Measles”
has increased to such proportions
that medical agencies in Nome
have been rushed wtih cases de
manding attention and care.
Dr. Thomas Morcom, when in
jeryiewed^tuidav, ^declared that
there were neatly sixty eases in
and about the King Island vil
lage at the east end of town, and
elsewhere in the community.
His advice to native and white
children is to remain away from
the Eskimo village, and should
any native children develop sore
throats, colds, etc. they should
immediately be put to bed, and
the Indian Affairs nurse Miss
Sheppard called.
If white children develop
these symptons, the pubic iieanlT
i nurse, Mrs. Sprenger, should be
called.
i An official announcement by
the City Health Officer is ex
pected by Wednesday concerning
quarantining of measles cases.
HENRY FORD GETS BACK TO THE LAND
Henry Ford, motor magnate, is shown aboard his newly developed light weight tractor during a
demonstration on his estate near Dearborn, Mich. Harry Ferguson, engineer, points out details
of operation. Ford, blaming “international financiers” for fostering war scares, said they should
enable country bankers to finance farmers. The new tractor is a 1,700 pound, 4-cylinder machine
with hydraulicall operated “litf.”