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VOL. 42. No. 73. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JUNE 14, 1940 Price Per 1*
Germans Enter Open City of Paris
Maginot Line Attacked from Front and Encircled
Trial Flight Seattle-Juneau Route Is Made Today
# French Back Germans 5 Miles
Declare Paris An Open City
Attempt Save It From Shelling
UNDATED, June 13 (^—Sup
ported by American-made bomb
ers French poilus hurled the Ger
mans back five miles north of
Paris the military spokesman
said. The Allied line was report
ed holding elsewhere under the
onslaught of 120 Nazi divisions.
The French declared Paris “an
open city” making it technically
inviolate against bombing and
shelling. Many poilus have not
been relieved since Hitler launch
ed his massive offensive on June
fifth while the Germans have
i been relieved two or three times.
The Jap controlled “central
Chinese government” at Nanking
published a declaration demand
ing that all troops and warships
and other armed forces of Eu
ropean belligerents stationed in
China be withdrawn.
Italy reported air raids on the
French naval base at Toulon and
on the Tunissian base of Bizerta
and claimed that a cruiser and
oil tanker were torpedoed.
The British admitted that 6,000
British and French soldiers were
captured on the coast but con
tinued to rush thousand of troops,
guns and tanks across the chan
nel.
At Berlin the Nazi spokesman
said German troops were about
eight miles from the center of
Paris. The French however, said
the nearest Germans were 25
miles away.
Reynaud’s Appeal
FDR’s Declaration
Are Coincidents
TOURS, Jiune 13 (/P)—Premier
Reynaud’s appeal to President
Roosevelt fo a public declaration
for the United States to give all
its aid to the Allies to save their
expeditionary force and send
help “before it is too late" was
disclosed.
The Premier declared the
French would, if need be, shut
themselves up in one of their
provinces or go to North Africa
or even to their possessions in
America to carry on the fight
against the Germans. The appeal
was conveyed in a message dated
June ICth, the date Italy declared
war on France and Groat Britain
and also the day the President at
Charlottesville promised material
[
aid to the Allies. The text of the
1 message was issued here and in
' the United State by agreement
1 between the two.
WASHINGTON, June 13 </P»—
The White House said President
Roosevelt in his address Monday
gave “a complete answer” to Rey
naud. Secretary Early said Rey
| naud’s appeal was delivered to
the State Department after Presi
dent Roosevelt made his speech
' and returned here from Charlot
I tesville, thus it was only a “‘co
1 incidence” that the address was
I so completely to point.
Turkey Signs
Agreement 'taxis
r
ANKARA. June 13 (/P) — The
Turkish government signed a
'new commercial agreement with
Germany. The accord was as a
i bombshell.
Shake-Down Flight Alaska Clipper
Seattle - Juneau Is Made Today
Scheduled Flights Start June 20
SEATTLE, June 14 (JP) — The
Hying boat. Alaska Clipper, with
26 aboard left at 9:38 a.m. on a
shakedown flight to Juneau with ^
a ten-man crew headed by Cap
tain S. E. Robbins. Joe Crosson. |
three representatives of the CAA.1
observers for the Navy, Army, I
Coast Guard and Weather Bu
reau were aboard. The first mail
flight will be made June 20th.
Commencing June 24th, you
will be able to step into a speedy
Lockheed Electa at Nome, Alaska |
and disembark two days later at
Seattle, from one of Pacific Al
aska Airways’ Clipper planes for
the approximate cost of $234. j
This is possible under the new!
schedules announced today by !
Nome agent Art Martin cl the
PAA.
Planes will leave Nome Sun
days ar.d Wednesdays, conneet
isg at Fairbanks with planes leav
ing Mondays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays for Juneau and tying in
with Clipper plane flying out of
Juneau for Seattle on Tuesdays
and Fridays.
Under such schedules, said
agent Martin, who received the
new schedules yesterday, a pas
senger may leave Nome about 1
p.m. on Sunday and arrive at Se
attle Tuesday afternoon. Or he
may leave Nome at the same
hour on Wednesday and step
ashore at Seattle on Friday after
noon —thereby availing himself
of twice-weekly service from
Nome to Seattle.
The new schedules in detail
are as follows:
CLpper —Seattle-Juneau; Mon
! days and Thursdays; Juner.u
! Seattle Tuesday and Fridays.
Juneau-Fairbanks, Tuesdays &
'Fridays; Fairbanks-Juneau, Mon
| days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
to England-along the vital chan how the Nazis extending their zone of occupation, thrust close
constantly changing. White wedgnel coast. The area is approximate, the precise boundaries are
Shaded areas of this map showses indicated where Allied troopshoped to cut the arm to the sea.
j I
Nome-Fairbanks, Sundays and
Wednesdays & Fairbanks-Nome
I the same days.
These schedules are effective !
June 17th. However, the first pas
isenger flights of the Clipper plan
| es between Seattle and Juneau
will not commence until June
24th.
Tie complete tariffs on the
schedules are not available a*
this time said Agent Martin of
Nome, but the fare froim Nome to
Seattle will be approximately
$234 and from Fairbanks to Seat
tle about $170.
A few years ago, it was the j
j dream of only visionaries that a
twio-day air-service would be
available between Nome and Se
■ a t fie-.' 4 v ■ ’
i Today such a service has arriv
led. It is not only occasional but
| is on the basis of twice-weekly.
| You will be able to leave Nome
again the following Wednesday,
under the new schedules of Pac
ific Alaska Airways, through the
in auguration of the Clipper ser
vice between Juneau and Seattle.1
Further information released
by Agent Martin said that the
first mail flight of the Clipper
from Seattle would take place on
June 20th. It was also learned
that first-flight covers leaving
Nome to connect with the south
bound flight of the Clipper from;
Juneau, must be ready to go on,
this Sunday’s or Monday’s PAA1
flight from Name to Fairbanks.!
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Nazis Cross
Marne River
Cast of Paris
TOURS. June 13 </P)—It was
officially acknowledge tonight
that German armored columns
and troops were pouring over
three bridgeheads on the Seine in
I an effort to complete from the
west, the encirclement of Paris.
The Nazis also admitted crossing
the Marne, east of Paris, on a
12-mile front.
Germans Deny
U.S. Ambassador
Is In Custody
—
BERLIN, June 14 — Ger
man authorities denied the re
port that Ambassdor Bullitt was
placed in protective custody in
; Paris.
Refugees Are Straffed by Planes
—
TOURS. June 14 (/P) — Refug
ees arriving here said they were
bombed and machine-gunned 20
miles west of Paris yesterday,
and many were killed and wound
I ed.
German Army Filtered Paris
*
Yesterday \nd Start Frontal
Attack on The Maginot Fine
UNDATED. June 14 (TP) — The |
Nazi high command today declar
ed exultantly “the pursuit of the
enemy until final destruction will
now begin." A frontal attack on
the Magir.ot Line has beer, cen
tered in the Saar region.
The destruction of eight Allied
transports off Le Havre and-the
damaging of six others was also
reported, indicating heavy losses
in the British troops being rush
ed to the aid of France.
Madrid announced today that
Spanish troops had occupied the
international zone at Tangier in
the name of the sultan of Mor
occo. to "safeguard the independ
ence and neutrality of the city''
which lies opposite to British
held Gibraltar.
Hitler s legions comimenced en
g Paris yesterday afteroon.
.\ v. officials said the big French
arm am r.t factories in the sub
urbs of Pais had been blown up
before the Germans entered the
city.
Berlin sources said today that
United States Ambassador Wil
liad C. Bullitt had been placed in)
protective custody.
German troops, for the first
t me suice 1871, the occasion of
Bismark’s victory, are in Paris.
Weakening of French resist
ance was indicated in the heavily
censored Tours dispatch saying
that a new French defense line
would be taken up anew on the
Loire. 65 miles south of Paris,
"if the fight goes on," which was
unexplained.
Hitler's armies marched into
Paris and captured the vital
French port of Le Havre and
launched a bold frontal attack on
the great Mag mot Line itself,
rapidly swarming German mech
anized columns poured behind
the mai . fortifkati ..
between Paris and Montmedy, im
perilling from the rear, the mil
lion poilus manning the steel and
concrete line of fortifications. It
is not believed the Maginot’s
guns could be turned around. The
French government is reported
to be fleeing again, this time
from Tours, presumably to Bor
deaux.
Delegate Dimond Informed Of
Thousands Russians Settling
c
Bio Diomede Island—l nfounded
c
WASHINGTON. June 14 (/P>— t
Delegate Di-mo n-d toi :1 reporters
that he w.a inform 4 that Russia
is settling thousands of persons
on Big Diomede Islands and that
th-e Eskimos are becoming alarm
ed at their influx.
The above Associated Press <3is
patch was received this morn
ing. a.ndi after a careful check-up
with reliable sources in Nome, it
was ascertained that there was
no basis to the "thousands of per
sons being settled on Big Dio
mede Island."
It was also learned that there
is a party of Russian officials on j
the island numbering about f.ven
ty five who are constructing a
wireless station for use in broad
casting weather, and that with
several Siberian Eskimo families,
they are reported to be building
an airfield.
Definite information could not
be obtained at this time, although
some reports indicated that the
above information had been
known in Washington for the
past three weeks, and that pos
sibly the U. S. Coast Guard Cut
ter Shoshone made an unofficial
investigation, when the vessel
was in the neighborhood.
All Alaska Mail
To Go By Air
j
WASHINGTON, June 12 (IP)—
The House Postoffice committee
approved the bill for the govern
ment to continued to transport
all mail within Alaska by air.
Old Army Planes
Available Allies
WASHINGTON. June 13 (IP)—
The total of planes made avail
able to the Allies rose to 263 with
the release with single motor at
tack craft of a type the army dis
carded this year in favor of
longer range light bombers.
Miss Alaska
and Miss Nome
Arrive Seattle
SEATTLE. June 13 (JP) — Min
nie Motschman, 21. pretty Eski
mo graduate cf the University of
Alaska and queen of the Fair
banks Carnival and Margaret
Scott, “Miss Nome.” arrived here
enroute to the New York World’s
Fair as guests of the United Stat
es Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Minnie’s first reaction on her
first trip to the States was: ”My,
it’s a noisy city, isn’t it.’’ Her
first venture was to purchase a
bathing suit. Said Minnie: “A
queen has to have one doesn’t
she.”
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