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VOL. 41. No. 107. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1939 Price per C0p7 1**
Pres. Signs, Makes Effective American Neutrality
Outlines 5-Point Program For American Defense
German Army !
Rolls Into Iron
Rich Silesia
UNDATED. Sept. 5 (VP)— The
high-geared German war ma- j
chine thundered on into Poland j
while Poland's allies, Britain and
France sought ways to bring new j
relief.
Germany announced the cap
ture of two rich cities, Katowice
and Chorzon in the iron-prodiuc-,
ing Silesia.
Warsaw heard reports that of
ficials of the Polish government
might leave the capital within a
few hours. German planes made
two raids on the city in bright
September sunshine. Most of the
Staffs of the United States and i
British and other embassies have
arranged to leave, among them
U. S. Ambassador Anthony Drex I
el Biddle Jr.
Germlany said eleven Polish
planes were destroyed in an air I
battle between Lodz and War .
saw and asserted that the entire j
Seventh Polish Army Division 1
was crushed near Ezestochowa J
On the Southwestern front re '
suits of Britain's first direct blow
at Germany in a spectacular I
bombing air raid on the German !
neat near Hie Kiel Canal was j
disputed by the two powers. Brit!
ain said that severe damage was
inflicted on two of Germany’s
six battleships. Germany said
that ten of the twelve British;
raiders were shot down and no
damage was done to the Nazi
fleet.
While the German war mach
ine pounded the Polish defenses
in eastern Europe little light was
^hed on the western front where
France is understood to be feel
ing out the German fortifications
to find out where a telling blow
might be delivered. France said
cryptically that ithe “movement;
developed normally’’ for a land
sea and air forces war.
Germany Reich's “first soldier” |
Hitler followed his soldiers ac-!
ross the Polish corridor. Berlin
announced that the army had cut
through to join East Prussia
again with Germany proper and j
cut off Polish troops in the north ;
end of the corridor to the Bal- j
tic. Germany asserted that 15000
Polish proisoners were taken and !
said that East Prussian forces!
were only 50 miles from Warsaw.;
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Germany Army
J •!
Takes Crakow,
‘Heart of Poland' j
i I
—
BERLIN, Sept. 6 </P)—The cap
! ture by the Germany Army of
I Crakow, the city often spoken of
by Poles as “Poland's heart" was
officially announced by German
commanding generals who went,
immediately to Wawel Castle |
Cathedral to render homage to j
the late Marshal Pilsudski, Po- j
lands’ strong man, whom the;
Germans claimed as their friend, j
Crakow is 140 miles southwest
: of Warsaw and about 60 miles
j east of the German-Polish bor
der across which the Nazi troops
j swept early Friday.
With the announcement of the
j capture earlier in the day, of
- Kielce, the German armies have
; set another strategic goal only a
! short distance away, Sanom
lerz. where the Poles were cen
i tering new' munitions and arms
! and industry.
( Official German circles express
[ ed confidence that Sanomierz al
so will soon capitulate before the
German steaim roller. As Polish
Silesia with its valuable indus
tries is now in German hands
and now that Crakow has fallen,
the official German belief is that
effective Polish resistance is
near its end.
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HGkiiY HIDEAWAY—Lest he become depressed by
such a grim reminder ol war, 3. \Y. Barlow of Camberwell, Lon
don, has beautified the air raid shelter in his back yard, planting
a roof garden on its ton ami decorating Us front w ith ornamental
tiling. He's only ore of m my Londoners who have dressed up
C ?’r hemb-er- ’.•tVc-' i with pl->>ds and fi-jrs.
Wall Street Feels
Boom in Prices
of “War’ Stocks
NEW YORK. Sept. 5 (/P)_Wall
Street experienced one of the
most speofiaoular upsurges in the
prices of stocks and commodities
in its history as the resumption
of trading after the holidays
found a feverish urge to buy in
expectation of “war” prices of
i'stocks, especially steels, non
ferrous metals, oils, chemicals,
machinery makers which jump
ed froim a dollar to fifteen dollars
per share.
Wheat bounded to the limit
permitted in the days trading,
five cents per bushel.
In Chicago, Winnipeg, and Min
neapolis, raw materials generally
surged upward. Both food and in
dustrial trading reached 1,640,000
shares the Largest in nearly two
years.
German Ship Sunk
LONDON, Sept. 5 (/P)—Inform
at ion was received in London
that the German ship Carl Fro
zen was sunk and its crew safely
taken. The announcement like
wise recounted the already re
ported sinking of the German
ship Alinda which was sent to
the bottom Sunday by the guns
of the British Cruiser Ajax.
The Oarl Frizten was 659 ton
gross ship bound for the Nether
lands from Canada.
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Take Over Labor
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or rehire employees without the'
ministry’s approval.
British Repulse
Enemy Bombers
On East Coast
LONDON, Sept. 6 (vP)—Minis
try information announced that
British anti-aircraft and fighting
planes, in a battle, repulsed en
emy bombers attempting to raid
the east coast of England early
today Along <the east coast anti
aircraft batteries opened up with
a terriffic din and puffs of smoke
from bursting shells filled the
sky.
A squadron of British fighters
went aloft and Ithe sound of ma
chine gun fire could be heard.
125 Passengers
Of The Athenia
Unaccounted For
LONDON, Sept. 6 f/P) —Win
ston Churchill, First Lord of the
Admiralty, told the House of
Commons that 125 passengers of
the liner Athenia are still unac
counted for. He asserted that the
submarine torpedoed the liner
and afterwards came to the sur
face and fired a shell which ex
poded in a middle deck. He said
there were 1,418 persons aboard
with 315 in the crew. He asserted
the Athenia was nolt armed for
defense and carried no guns.
He said the torpedo struck the
ship near the engine room on the
port side when it was about 250
miles northwest of, Ireland lat
11:45 a.m. PST September 3rd.
NORTH POLE BAKERY
President Signs
Proclamation
Of Neutrality
WASHINGTON, Spet. 5 UP)—
President Roosevelt signed a pro
clamation of American neutral
ity in the European warfl White
House officias said it would go
into effect ais soon as Secretary
Hull aso affixed his signature and
the official seal.
Pres. Outlines
5-Point Program
For United States
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 i/P>—•
President Roosevelt after clamp
ing an embargo ion arms ship
ments to warring nations and ar
ranging even further steps to
buttress the sweeping neutrality
program, plug gaps in ithe Ameri
I can defenses, held in abeyance,
i however, plans calling for a spec
ial session of Congress to revise
the neutraity aqt which was in
voked last night.
Officials expected the Presi
dent to observe the law in opera
tion before asking Congress to
let all warring nations buy arms
j here if 'they paid cash and car
J ried away the arms in their own
j vessels.
The President told reporters
j that aside from his general pro
! clamations of United States and
i Canal Zone neutrality, and the
I imposition of the arms embargo
! issued during a hectic day of
| official activity, he would act in
the nexit few days to one, bring
up to fuli peace time strength
j the Navy’s personnel, now fifteen
percent short of that goal; two,
re-commission and provide crews
for some of 115 World War type
destroyers to help patrol Am-*
erican shores; three, provide ad
ditional men for the Army in the
Canal Zone and Puerto Rico;
four. augment precautionary
measures against communists &
dictatorship propaganda in this
country or any other propaganda
aimed at this system of govern
ment; and five, to guard against
efforts to use this country as a
center for gathering information
that might help any of the bel
ligerents.
Coast Guard &
Navy to Spot Ves
sels Belligerents
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 UP)—
Upon instructions from President
Roosevelt a patrol by naval and
Coast Guard vessels and airplan
1 es is being established to spot,
i vessels of belligerents off the Am
! erican coast. Stephen Early an
nounced that the step is being
taken as a precautionary mea
sure for information purposes en
tirely.
Submarine Sinks
2400-Ton Cunard
Line’s Bosnia
r 1 i »■»->
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 5 (/P)—Tha
Cunard Line announced its
steamer Bosnia was sunk by a
submarine and its crew of 23 res
oued by a Norweigan tanker.
The message about the 2400 ton
Bosnia was interrupted before
completion but gave her position
as about 100 miles off the Scot
tish coast. The tanker is report
ed to be proceeding to Lisbon
with the rescued.
CHINESE CHECKER Sjpftcaf^^Kdth Japan was urg 1 <,
■ by Wang Ching-we! (above), former premier of the Centr'd ♦
above broadcast. Far East observers say that Wang heads a new,
Jjnan-approved political party opposing Chian* and may load i
tival government to be set uu ill Japanese-controlled territories