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VOL. 41. No. 115. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 1939 Price per copy 13#
Violent Storms Hit So. California
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Action Delayed on Revision Neutrality Legislation
French, British Start New Onslaught Seigfried Line
MEMO TO OTHER NATION $ — From Berlin comes this photo of Germany's bristling
Limes line which guards that country’s western frontier and faces France's Maginot line. Soldiers are
emerging from an artillery bunker well stocked with food and ammunition. Nazi generals have called
the Limes line, sometimes named Siegfried, the ‘‘most formidable in world.”
Floyd Gibbons,
Correspondent &
Commentator Dies
STROUDSBURG, Pa., Sept. 24
UP)—Floyd Gibbons, aged 51, not
ed war correspondent and radio
commentator, died unexpectedly
of heart disease tonight, on his
farm here.
The death of the veteran re
porter who wore a patch ever
an eye lost during the World
War in France, cut short his in
tention to return to Europe to
cover the current hostilities for
the Hearst organization.
Motion Picture
Producer Dead
BEVERLY HILLS, Sept. 24 UP)
-—Carl Laemmle, Sr., aged 72,
pioneer motion pictore producer
died here.
Laemmle got his start in the
movie world as a nickleodian
operator and later established
the Universal studio, the largest
in the industry. It was he who in
troduced the star system to the
screen and made the first million
dollar picture “Foolish Wives.’’
Former Pres,
of Mexico Dies
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 23 UP)—
Word was received tonight of the
death at Biarritz, France, of
Francisco Leon De La Barra
who served as president of Mex
ico in 1911 after the overthrow of
Porfiro Diaz. De La Barra was
an authority on international law
and was former president of the
International Court of Arbitra
tion and former Ambassador to
the United States.
Freighter Sunk,
12 of 34 Missing
DUBLIN, Sept. 24 (rP>—Surviv
ors of the British freighter Haz
elside, said tonight that the ship
was attaoked and sunk by a Cer
man submarine off the Irish
coast. Twelve of the crew of 34
are missing.
The Hazelside was enroute
from British Columbia to an un
disclosed European port.
PRAISE — Navy department
recommendation for his “disre
gard of personal safety” in mak
ing tests was sole recognition
given Commander Allen K. Mc
Cann (above) for Inventing the
diving bell used to rescue 33
from the sub, Squalus. This was
revealed at Portsmouth Inquiry.
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lEx-Army Chief
Killed In Action
BERLIN, Sept. 23 (£*)—Colonel
General Baron Von Fritsch. form
er German Army commander in
chief, was killed yesterday at
Warsaw while fighting in, a com
paratively minor post “with his'
artillery regiment.” Hitler’s head
quarters announced a state fun
eral is planned for Von Fritsch,
who resigned his command after
the Fuehrer shook up the army
leadership in February, 1938.
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Dr. Freud, Phvcho
-analyst Dies
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LONDON. Sept. 23 (/P)— Pro-'
i fessor Sigmund Freud, aged 83. j
| originator of phychoanalysis died
! tonight. Freud left Vienna and
j came to England after the Ger-1
1 man annexation of Austria.
Take Polish Chief
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BERLIN, Sept. 23 (fP) — The
supreme army command report
ed they had cut Warsaw off from
Modlin, bringing the capital and
fortress a full step nearer Lwow;
which is reported to have sur-1
rendered yesterday and they al
so announced the capture of Gen
eral Bortnowski, Polish Corridor
army commander, and his entire
staff.
Hitler At Front
PARIS, Sept. 23 </P)—Military
dispatches reported that German
western front attacks coincided
with the arrival of Hitler and
Colonel General Walter Von
Brauchitsch, commander-in-chief j
The dispatch also said that the
French infantry repulsed three
efforts by the Germans to regain
the French half of German soil
near Saarbrucken.
New Regulations
Issued for Pass
ports to Europe
In view of the exigencies of
the present situation in Europe,
par'ieularly the danger of travel
to ip.d from Europe, the hazards'
wlii :ii may be encountered in re
| siding in belligerent countries,
and t>e shortage of steamship
facili ies to transport the many
| thousands of American citizens
, now in Europe who have been
urged to return to the United
j States, the Secretary of State
I has deemed it advisable to pre
! scribe regulations under which
I no passport which has heretofore
been issued shall be valid for use
j in traveling from the United Stat |
i es to any country in Europe un- j
' less it is submitted to the Depart
ment for validation for such use.
j Under the new regulations, be
fore the Department of State will
validate any passport heretofore j
; issued or issue any new passports I
for use in Europe, it will be re- j
I quired that documentary evi-1
; dence be submitted to it showing 1
; the imperative necessity for trav i
! eling to Europe. It is contemplat
; ed by the new regulations to re
| strict the use of passports only to
those who can show an impera
j tive necessity for traveling in
i Europe and at the same time to
i take every possible precaution to j
1 assure the importance of Ameri-,
; can passports as definitely identi;
1 fying and establishing the cit-1
I izenship of the person to whom
j they are issued. Extraordinary
J care will thus be taken in this
, regard and consequently persons
; desiring to have passports al
! ready issued to them validated
I for future use in Europe and per
| sons desiring to obtain new pass
| ports for use therein are urged to 1
; submit their application at least (
three weeks in advance of their j
expected sailing.
; In order to assure strict com
pliance with the new regulations,
passports of American citizens
j intending to depart for Europe
i will be carefully examined to
see that they have been validat
i ed for use in Europe. Upon the re
i turn of American citizens their
passports will be taken up and
j returned to the Department of
i State for safe keeping and to >as
sure that they will not again be
j used except in accordance with
I the new regulations.
The Passport Agencies in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San I
Francisco are being advised of
| the new regulations and for the |
convenience of the officers in the
various foreign consulates sit
i uated in the cities mentioned
j they are being instructed to fur
1 riish each such officer with a
j c;opy of the new regulations re
quiring the validation by the De
| partment of passports heretofore
| issued in order that they may
hereafter be used in traveling
to Europe.
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Weak Spot In
Seigfried Line
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UNDATED. Sept. 25 <£>)— The'
wesiern front sprang to new life
as a major accompaniment to the
German conflict, Britain and
France on the sea and in the
air and French troops struck the
German positions in the Haardt
Mountains trying to find a weak
spot in the Seigfried Line. Ger
man and French artillery ex
changed shells across the line.
Swiss reports declared that'
British or French warplanes
were put out of commission in a
raid las', night on one of Ger
many's main airplane motor fac
tories at Friedrichsbafen. The,
German high command denied1
that such a raid had taken place.
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A German communique said a'
British destroyer was sunk and
eight French planes downed.
Norwegians on Algroi Island
expressed the belief that a navaL
engagement was under way in
the Atantic where heavy cannon J
ading was heard from unidenti-J
fled vessels.
Britain's Information Ministry
announced that only propaganda1
leaflets wyre carried on raids in ■
to Germany,
French military dispatches
said heavy artillery started bomb
ardment of the main fortifica
tions of Gremany’s Seigfried
Line. Part of the communique
said “activity by-enemy artillery’’
southeast of Sweibruecken put
the war in a more bitter phase.
On the eastern front, Warsaw
remained in Polish hands but the
capital radio station said that
more than a thousand civilians
were kiiled by a new German
bombardment.
Violent Storm
Kills At Least 34
Southern Calif.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 <£>)—
A violent rain and wind storm, .
roaring out of the tropics, brot*
death and destruction to South
ern California and least 34 per
sons are believed to have been
drowned.
Pacific reports said scores of
persons aboard small fishing
and pleasure craft are missing.
The storm ended, however, the
period of hottest weather in
Southern California history. Ap
proximately 90 deaths are blam
od directly or indirectly on the
heat which was 100 degrees or
more for an entire week.
At least 24 persons were report
ed drowned when the sport fish
ing boat “Spray" capsized off
Point Magu, 40 miles northwest
of Los Angeles. A .t ar. and a wo
man who swam ashore were the
only ones saved.
New Neutrality
Legislation Put
off Till Thursday
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (JP)—
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee delayed action until
Thursday on the Administration’s
new neutrality legislation. The
lelay was agreed at the request
af Senator Borah who said he
always had a prejudice against
•oting on a bill before I’ve read
•t.”
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