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FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 1939 NOME, ALASKA, VOL. 41 No. 126. Price per c°pt 15*
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Turkey Signs Pact With Allies
Territorial Waters Extend Hundreds Of Miles Out
Report British Stop U. S. Mail Bound Germany
British Stop
American Mail
Sent to Germany
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 </P) —
Secretary Hull of the State De
partment was considering whe
ther to make representations to
Great Britain over the seizure of
American mails enroute to Ger
many. Hull said the Department
just received reports that in
some instances ships carrying
American mail addressed to Ger
many was stopped by the British
the mail censored and returned
to this country. Earlier, post of
fice officials said they were rout
ing a mail to Germany by way
of Italy in the hope of escaping
the British blockade. The return
ed mail will also be sent to Italy
for reshipment.. The department
said they hoped the change
would permit . the letters to
reach Germany.
Pres, to Decide
Alaska as Haven
Political Refugees
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (/P) —
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
said the government’s report on
Alaska as a possible haven for
Europe’s political refugees would
probably be placed before the
international committee on re
fugees here. The President is to
make the decision.
He said the report was prepar
ed last July by the National Re
sources committee and said many
refugees could rehabilitate Alas
ka by private funds. Ickes said
it would be necessary for Con
gress to alter the immigration
quotas to permit the establish
ment of an Alaskan foreign col
ony since most immigration quo
tas were exceeded. Native Am
ericans who wished to enter
such a colony would be given an
equal opportunity and encou
ragement he said.
Turkey Signs Pact
With Allies to Last
At Least 15 Years
LONDON, Oct, 19 (/P) —Great
Britain and France and strategic
j Turkey, one of their World War
: enemies signed a treaty of mu
■ tual assistance in the eastern
Mediterranean “for a minimum
j period of 15 years.” The action
: was put into a formal instrument
and agreements among the three
| nations earlier in the year to as
; sist each other in the event of
; aggression leading to war in the
Mediterranean area.
Chamberlain announced the
j signing of the pact in the House
; of Commons.
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\ oil Pappen Tells
Hitler of Pact
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GERLIN, Oct. 20 (JP) —Hitler
heard the report of the French,
British and Turkish pact from
the lips of his ace diplomatic
I trouble shooter Franz Von Pap
pen, while the leading Nazi in
sisted that Turkey could no long
er be considered neutral. Von
\ Pappen arrived today from An
kara.
Scandinavians
To Adhere To
Strict Neutralitv
j
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 19 (/P) —
Finland’s president and the kings
of Sweden, Norway and Denmark
agreed “through close collabora
tion to adhere to complete neu
trality.” The northern govern
ment heads also reaffirmd their
willingness “to act for the cause
of reconciliation” of the war in
an official communique.
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CARRIES A SPARE — Kit) N E Y —The fact that he's
something of a medical phenomenon doesn't concern Terry
Gregory, 8. in a Washington, l). C., hospital where physicians
found the lad has a third kidney His nurse is Bette Konya.
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SOLD >TO JAPAN —into the hold of a Norwegian steamer
Belpamela swings a reconditioned locomotive, for shipment from
Philadelphia to Japan. The engine is of a type no longer used by
the Pennsylvania railroad and is one of 15 being shipped for ulti
mate use in Manchoukuo. The engines were reconditioned in
Altoona, Pa. Last May, 10 engines similarly went to Japan.
Japanese Turn
American Opinion
Against Selves
—
TOKYO, Oct. 19 (Ah—U S Am
bassador Joseph Drew declared
that “Amercan opinion based on
facts, not propaganda believed
many things injurious to the
United States which have been
done and are being done by Jap
anese agencies and wholly need
less,” in one of the strongest and
most remarkable diplomatic
speeches in Japanese and United
State relations. Grew recently re
turned from his homeland on a
visit and meeting President Ro- i
osevelt said his talk came “strai
ght from the horses mouth.”
In addressing 250 members of
the American-Japan Society, of
ten a sounding board for author
itative discussion of American
and Japanese relations the am
bassador asserted “they (the Am
erican people) regard with grow
ing seriousness the violation and
interference of American rights
by Japanese armed forces in
China in disregard to treaties
and agreements' They feel the
present trend in the far east if
continued will be destructive to
the hopes they sincerely cherish
for an orderly world. Grew as
serted this opinion was unanim
ous as such actions had a pro
found effect on government pol
icies.
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French Driven
Out of Germany
UNDATED, Oct. 19 UP)— Ger
many dismissed the war thus far
on the western front as devoid
of military importance and as
having failed to develop any sub
stantial fighting between the al
lies and Germany. “The first
phase of the war” has been ter
minated by a complete French
withdrawal from German soil a
high command communique re
ported, minimizing the French
and British military activity laun
ched on September 3rd to relieve
the pressure on Poland.
The French, reporting all
quiet on the west asserted their
forces were still on German soil
but made no specific claims con
cerning their front line positions.
Meanwhile in Britain, the for
eign office said that a treaty of
mutual assistance between Tur
key, France and Britain was sign
ed tonight at Anakara,
A German communique said
that western front fighting to
date involved no important num
bers of aircraft and artillery or
other forces and that early
French gains were slight at best.
Hitler Annexes
BERLIN, Oct. 19 (£>) — Hitler
announced the formal annexa
tion of Pomorze, Pommerellen
and Polish upper Silesia, conquer
ed German provinces, to his ex
panding Reich. Two new admin
istrative districts were created
by his decree, West Prussia and
Posen.
President States
Limits of Terri.
Waters Flexible
HYDE PARK, Oct. 20 UP) —
President Roosevelt took the posi
! lion that the limits of United
I States territorial waters are flex
| ib'e varying from three to hun
j dreds of miles depending upon
; the circumstances under which
| the limits are created.
In the case of bellegerent sub
i marines which have been barred
from American ports or territ
orial waters the Preidont said
| at a press conference that the lim
it of such waters was three miles
In the case of neutrality patrol
j the limit is farther out, roughly
: within the safety zones laid
I down at the recent Panama con
ference of 21 American republics
i and that zone extends at least
i 300 miles out.
Germany Declares
Escorted Neutral
Ships Be Sunk
UNDATED, Oct. 20 (^—.Ger
man warplanes reached Scotland
anew but were forced back with
out bombing by British defens
es on land. Rains churned up
mud on the western front where
| both German and French com
I muniques noted a quiet night.
| On the sea Germany earned
1 possible extension of warfare in
' declaring that neutral ships will
■ be sunk if escorted by allied war
; ships.
! On the diplomatic front there
was anxiety for Germany and
! jubilation in the allied camp ov
j er the British and French and
; Turkish pact of mutual assist
ance as European chancelleries
| analyzed the treaty signed at An
kara, each nation according to its
; own fears and ambitions or loca
j tion produced a different answer
to what it meant. The Germans
; were described as stunned,
Two Men Adrift
Since October 10
UN ALASKA, Oct. 20 (JP)—1Two
men adrift in a lighter in Bristol
Bay since October 10th were sav
ed by the Motorship Martha
which went to their aid. They
grounded on Walrus Island near
Ilerenden Bay and the vessel
lost its rudder in a severe storm
Yesterday she was driven ashore
where she was abandoned by the
crew, The vessel is believed to
be a total loss, The missing men
Nich Holstein and Jocko Kelne
kog were found 20 miles west of
Ugashik where their scow was
wrecked on the beach, Cargo in
cuded 50 tons of winter food sup
plies badly need for Egegik vil
lage. The food supplies were a
total loss,
Strong Quake Felt
BOSTON, Oct, 19 f/P) — “A,
very strong” quake which seismo
tologistis asserted “ probably
would have caused wide destruc
tion and loss of life” if it had oc
curred in a big city was felt in
New England, New York and,
eastern Canada and as far wests
as Ohio. t
Estimating the disturbance t*
have originated about 450 miles,
from Boston probably off the
coast of Nova Scotia ,Rev. James
Devlin, SJ, seismologist of West
on College said the residents of
the affected area need not be al
armed as there were no reports
of injury. §1
Cabinet Resigns
SOFIA, Oct. 19 LPi —Premiefr
George Kiosseivanoff and his cab
inet who pursued a mildly pro
German policy resigned as BuJ
garia swung into closer coopera
tion with Russia. It was consid
ered probably that Steean Mihai
off a deputy regarded as friendly
towards Moscow would be desig
nated by King Boris to form »
new cabinet.
‘FRAMED’ BY C U P I D_Maybe that like isn't equipped
for any six-day bicycle riding, but it served its purpose, uniting
Jimmy Walthour, veteran six-day bike rider, and his attractive
bride, the former Aiycc Brent, a-Cleveland dancer. The bike—or
vvlut’s left of it—went wiih them on their honeymoon. The wed*
ding was at Ne>v Bedford, Maos., between races.