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VOL. 38. No. 232. NOME, ALASKA. Saturday, AUG. 7th, 1937 Per Copy lOcta
75 Passengers Aboard “Vic” Nome
JAPAN APPROPRIATES $125,500,000 -WAR
Two Spies Sentenced Death Still Have A Chance
Baby Girl Now j
Past Crisis With
Chance to Live
(By The Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7, —
Three and one-ha li pound Franc
es Mary Boccassini was declared
past the critial stage by dotors
today, who hoped to remove her
soon from the oxygen tank which
has aided her breathing.
Dr. William Turnbull, super
intendent of the general hospital,
examining the records, declared
the mite of a girl had taken nour
ishment regularly during the
night.
Eskimos Visualize
Hell As A Fine j
Place to Live
Christian preachers in interior
Alaska never mention Hell to
the Eskimos because they decide
that is the place they want to!
go, according to Fr. Segundo Llo
rente who spent an afternoon in
Anchorage on his way outside
lor a year, according to the An
chorage Times.
Father Llorente came from Ak- j
lurak, a small Eskimo settlement i
at the mouth of the Yukon river, ]
after two years of service at the j
Catholic mission there.
'The first preachers in the In-1
terior told the Eskimos about
/ Hell but they never bring that;
up any more” Father Llorente de
clared. “The Eskimos opened
their eyes _wide and listened most
attentively. The men said that if
it is hot in Hell they would have
to haul no wood and do no work
and that they wanted to go to
that place”.
Father Llorente said the Aku-1
lurak Eskimos haul wood 150
miles by dog team for fuel, there
being none in the vicinity of the
town.
“It is truly the ‘land of the
free and the home of the brave’ ”,
the Jesuit said. "There’s more
freedom there than anywhere
lse in the world and only the
brave survive. A weakling hasn’t
a chance in that rigorous life.”
Father Llorente has been in
charge of a mission which shelt
ers 100 orphans. He traveled ex
tensively by dog team and wore
Eskimo boots for the full twi
years of service.
'Now that I have come back to
civilization I vnd my feet have
spread so much I can’t get a pair
(Continued oa Pace Two)
Japanese Diet
Adjourned After
Providing Fund
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Aug. 7, — Japan’s
parliament today ended its two
weeks’ session of voting funds for
continuance of hostilities in China.
Chief among the measures was
the war department appropria
tions amounting to one hundred
and twenty-one million, five hun
dred thousand dollars, whcih Gen
eral Gen Sugiyama, war minist
er, declared was sufficient, unless
the scope of the conflict widens.
Premier Fumimaro Konoye is
sued a statement tv ”ing that ' u 1
situation in North China was ex
tremely serious.
Were Planning
Infest Spain Dis
Separate Kinds
(By Tne Associated Press)
HENDAYE, Aug. 7—Two French
men were condemned to dea<th
for what insurgent Spanish offic-1
ials charged was a Macabre plot
to infest their territory with ty- i
phoid and. sleeping sickness epi
demics. They said the whole
world would be called to witness
the truth of their allegations that
Louis Chabrat and Jean Boujen
nec were tools of an international
ring that involved Englishmen,
Frenchmen and some Spanish in
high government office. For that!
reason the Insurgents said they
would stay execution of sentence
and give information of the sup- i
posed plan to the League of Na- j
tions.
Both Sides In
Spanish War
Make Charges
(Bv The Associated Press!
UNDATED, Aug. 7—Each side
in the Spanish conflict reported
uprisings in its enemy territory,
while fighting continued on the
Teruel front, the Insurgent sal
ient heading towards Madrid and
the Valencia highway.
Insurgents said that Anarchists
moderates have broken again at
Alabacete. Government sources
reported a group of insurgents
had turned against Franco in
Toledo.
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2ND ARCTIC CRUISE
SHIP VICTORIA NOW
ENROUTE TO NOME
fBv Tne Associated Pi ess!
SEATTLE, Aug. 7—The Alaska
Line steamer Victoria sailed front
here at 9 A.M., enroute to Nome
and thj; Arctic Ocean points with
a large number of Arctic Cruisers
The vessel carried 71 passen
gers and four steerage. Nome
passengers aboard the Victoria
are: Mrs. J.H.S. Morison, Mrs. H.
G. Gabrielson, Mrs. Carl Glavino
vich and child, Miss P. Woodftn.
H. P. June and wife, Amy Kram
er. Mrs. A. E. Starling, W. A.
Sandiborn, Walter Street, D. L.
Reavis, R.D. Russell, S. J. Lasker,
Saily Locksen, Emma O'Connor,
Mrs. J. W Holland.
The names of the Arctic Cruis
ers are expected by airplane mail.
Judge Jennings Of
Alaska Died Frisco
Robert William Jennings, who
practiced law in Alaska and serv
ed on the bench with success and
distinction at Juneau for many
years, passed away recently in
San Francisco, at the age of 73.
He left a daughter Cordelia, the
only surviving member of his
family.
Judge Jennings had been in ill
health for some time. He sufTer
: ed a severe attack of pneumonia
j last year and the ailment left
him with an impaired heart.
He continued in the practice of
j law up to shortly before his
death being associated with a
1 prominent law firm at Sacramen
| to, but made his home and spent
i his week-ends in San Francisco.
Newspaper Men
May Be Asked
Leave Germany
(By The Associated Press')
LONDON, Aug. 7—The expul
sion of several British newspaper
correspondents frim Germany is
believed likely to follow the Bri
tish Home Office decision, expell
ing five German newspaper em
ployees. The German communi
que indicating that such action
might be taken, is regarded as
aimed at a few British corres
pondents known to be unpopular
with the German government.
The Germans expelled them, on
the ground, which the Home Sec
retary- to the Crown said was, in
the public interest.
| After leaving Alaska he enter
ed law practice in San Francisco
perfecting appeals for Alaska
I lawyers in the Unitted States
; Circuit Court of Appeals. His
passing is deeply regretted by
Alaskans who knew him well
Judge Jennings was born in
j Brooklyn. N. Y. He wras educat
ed at Vanderbilt and Harvard Un
iversities. When a young man he
moved to Washington state, where
he was united in marriage to Miss
Mary Ada Pugh at Port Town
send. He was prosecuting attorn
ey for Jefferson country from '91
to '92 and city attorney of Port
Towmsend from '93 to '95.
i
He joined the gold rush to Al
aska and was city attorney of
Skagway from '99 to 1901 and of
Juneau from 1902 to 1907. He wras
appointed United States District
Judge for the First Division with
headquarters at Juneau by Presi
dent Woodrow' Wilson, in 1913,
was reappointed by President Wil
son and served until succeeded by
Thomas B. Reed, who was ap
pointed by President Harding in
1921. Judge Jennings w'as prom
inent in Territorial politics and
ran for several offices.
Nationals Must
Leave Hankow
Noon Sunday
(By The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, Aug. 7—Mrs Vir
ginia Lincoln Rogers, divorced in
Florida last week, from Harry
Huddleston Rogers, second heir
to the Standard Oil millions, will
be married next month to Alfred
Waters of Youngstown. The an
nouncement was made by Mrs.
Rogers sister Mrs. Ralph R. Root,
of Cleveland.
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Pope’s Warning
(By The Associated Press)
CASTELE, Gandolfo, Italy, Aug
17—Pope Pius XI vigorously warn
ed of disaster for nations which
obstruct or attack Catholic educa
tion. Prelates believed the Pope
referred indirectly to Germany.
Fresh Codfish
Caught 30 Miles
Out From Nome
Testifying to the fact that there
are banks of halibut and cod fish
lying og Nome only a few miles,
Captain Pete Palsson of the sch
ooner Trader, returned this morn
ing from a short jaunt off-shore,
only 30 miles, with more than 150
fresh cod fish, which he and his
companions, Willett and Bill Biss
ner caught by hook and line yes
terday. One halibut was also
hauled in just before putting back
to Nome.
Waiting for preparations to be
completed for a trip tp Point"Bar
row, the Trader left Nome yester
i day for a little fishing off shore.
The vessel would have remained
out for another day if weather
and wind had not sprung up to
force them to return. Local mer
. chants and others purchased the
, cod catch.
The Northwestern Alaska Cham
1 her of Commerce has long sought
to have the waters of Bering Sea
especially off Nome, investigated
by Bureau of Fisheries, but so far
have been unsuccessful. This lit
tle catch should prove as valuable
evidence that there are real fish
ing banks off Nome, and in north
' ern Bering Sea waters.
Nanuk Left For
St. Lawrence Get
Stranded Party
The motorship “Nanuk", Capt.
Aarnout Castell, the well-known
northern Alaska trader,left Snake
River harbor today enroute to St.
Lawrence Island to pick up Dr.
Rainey, Miss Jean Bunnell, dau
ghter of Dean Chas. Bunnell of
the Alaska University, Father
Murray, and Mrs. Murie, who
went to the Island some time ago,
and have no means at the present
time of returning to the main
land.
It was understood that Dr. Bun
nell at Fairbanks chartered the
Nanuk so that the party could be
returned to Nome, and thence to
Fairbanks. Accompanying Capt.
Castell were Mrs. Louis Polet,
and C. Mingus. The schooner is
expected to return to Nome next
Tuesday or Wednesday.
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stoves—burn either hard or soft
coal—slightly used, inquire at the
Nugget Office for information.
Dr. Attacker Is
Found Dead In
Cell W as Suicide
(Bv The Associated Press*
BELAIR. Maryland, Aug. 7. —
Dr. Armen Greenhut, convicted
yesterday of a criminal attack
upon a thirteen year old school
girl patient, was found dead in
his cell this morning.
Officials were called to an in
quest before it was pronounced
that death was caused by suicide.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug 7,
—If Congress sets up a five man
board to fix wage and hours stan
dard*, informed officials predict
ed President Roosevelt would
probably appoint members repre
senting labor, business and the
public at large.
The wage and hour measure
was passed by the senate late yes
terday and is pending in the
| House
First Dirt Dug
For Bridge Rail
way Little Pomp
(Bv The Associated Press)
| SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7th—»
i Without ceremony the first steam
|shovelful of earth was excavated
| here for the $2,200,000 terminal
site of the electric railway sys
tem over the San Francisco-Oak
' land Bay bridge The railiway
will be ■ n operation by Nov. 1938.
Social Divorcee
is All Set Wed
in Near Future
(By The Associated Press)
HANKOW, China, Aug. 7th—
i Japanese naval and consular offi
■cials ordered the complete evac
uation of all Japanese of this im
portant commercial city. Japan
ese officials also decreed that all
nationals must leave Hankow be
fore noon Sunday
A Japanese report stated that
large bodies of Chinese soldiers
were concentrating in the area
St. Joseph’s Church
Services are held in the Catholic
Church at 8 and 10 o’clock A. M.,
and also at 7:30 P. M., Sundays.
The weekly services are held
at 6:30 and 7 A. M
B LAFORTUNE, S. J.