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VOL. 38. No. 325. NOME. ALASKA, Tuesday. NOV. 16th. 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
CONVICTS ESCAPE NEW YORK
Chinese Are Evacuating Cities Path Jap Advance
INTRODUCING A NEW FISH CONTROL BILL
THREE CONVICTED
KIDNAPERS LOOSE
NEW YORK STATE
Ex-Kidnapers Engineered Smooth Escape From Jail
After Tieing up Three and Taking Keeper
As Hostage Who Later Released
Bids Due Dec.
10 Completion
Of Power Plant
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Bid*
for the completion of the power
plant of the Brand Coulee dam,
across the Columbia river in nor-,
th central Washington, were call
ed for by Secretary of the Inter
ior Harold L. Ickes, whose depart
ment has charge of the under
laying.
The bids will be opened at
Spokane, Washington. December
10. The successful bidder will
have to post a $5,000,000 perform
ance bond.
John C. Page, commissioner of
the Bureau of Reclamation, de
clared he hoped Ih? contract for
the completion of the 550-foot
high darn will be awarded in time
to prevent interruption of work
at the same site on completion of
the power plant.
On the Coulee Dam projjct, so
far, $63,000,000 has been expend
ed.
The city council is scheduled to
sit as a body tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock, to deliberate on the
matter of the "Cat” foT the fire
department, which arrived or.
the last trip of the steamer Bar
anof. it is understood.
The Box Supper originally sch
eduled for last Wednesday even
ing evening and which was post
poned due to the storm,- will be
held tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.
m. at the Federated Church.Wed
nesday, Noveihtoer 17th.
JAMESVILLE, N. Y., Nov.
16, UP)—Three convicted kid
napers escaped from jail here
today, and are now at large
somewhere in the vicinity of |
Syracuse, New York.
JAMESVILLE. New York, Nov.
IG, — Three men convicted of the
kidnaping of John J. O’Connell
Jr., escaped in a daring fashion
from the Onondaga County Jail,
after they had bound and gagged
four keepers, a matron and anoth
er keeper.
Prisoners Names
The prisoners were Percy
Geary, John Oley who were sen
tenced to seventy seven years,
and Harold Crowley sentenced to
twenty eight years.
Escaped Early Morning
The escape occurred sometime
between 2:35 a.m. and 4:35 a.m.
At 2:45 a.m. the bars on their
cell, had been sawed and placed
together with chewing gum to
avoid detection. j
Took One Hostage
They forced Keeper Edward
Hayes to his automobile, took his
keys, then bound him and took
him along They released him
near Syracuse, five miles away,
and transferred to another car.
The State police are scouring'
th? vicinity of Syracuse. The' fug
itives were armed said Keeper
Hayes.
Jamas Panos, Arnold Thommen,
Jerry Lomen and wife, left Nome
today via plane for Peering,
Where they will engage in min
ing operations for th£ winter oh
the H. L. Stall property, located
up the Inmaohuk River some dis
tance from ‘Peering. It is their
plan to take out a winter dump.
M|«««
public ilm,
Ik* In. Okwhi
OeufhUa
spoke ni«
his ntan frees
a Baropoaa
▼aoatton to
brand Associate
Justice Black's
appointment
as “stupidity.”
He farther
announced he
will once again
take to the air
with talks
on economies
and polities
this fell.
GOOD FOR WHAT ALES THEM, this bottle of Chinese beer being shared by Amer
icans and other foreign members of Shangnai’s volunteer corps seems to hit the spot in late summer
heat of the battle-ridden city. These workers are engaged In clearing up shell-wrecked areas, caring
for wounded, assisting in evacuation of foreigners and general guard duty In international settle
ment.
I
Dimond Has A
New Bill Ready
For Fish Control
_
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, — \ln
the hope of getting action before
the Jauanese take ail of Alaska's
Ash,” Delegate Anthony J. Dim
ond will re-introduce in the spec
ial session of congress a revised
bill for the protection of salmon
in northern waters, he announced
in Washington.
Would Extend Jurisdiction
In examining the measure, the
(delegate said he would give the
President authority to extend the,
jurisdiction of the United States
to any area off thfe coast where
it is deemed necessary to control
foreign operations. The delegate
added:
“I am confident of obtaining an
early hearing on the measure by
the Merchant Marine and Fisher
ies Committee of the House un
less it gets word from the Presi
dent to leave the bill alone, butj
I from thd way the Chief Execu
tive has been taLking lately about:
| the Japanese I do not think he
will. As far as I can determine
but little, if any, progress has
been made by the Department of
States toward settling the contro
versy that has arisen by the in
vasion by Japanese fishermen of
waters off the Alaskan coast.
The Hearing into the sanity of j
Fritz Kliener, who has been un-;
der observation for some time,
was held this afternoon before a j
jury and U. S. Commissioner C.
1C. Tanner. The jury returned a1
verdict of insanity. He wll now i
be committed to Morningside Can j
itarium at Portland, Oregon, whe
: re the insane of Alaska are car- \
ed for.
Vincent G. McNutt, High Com
missioner of the Philippine Com
onwealth, over whom the scan
dal took place in connection with
the “toasting ceremony”, is men
tioned frequently, as being a
possible candidate for Democrat
ic President in 1940.
PROCLAMATION!
In conformity with the re
quest of President Roosevelt,
an unemployment census is
being conducted in Nome.
Commencing today and end
ing Saturday, Nov. 20th.
Chas. Jones is appointed to
distribute the forms to be
filled out by every totally or
partly unemployed worker
in the City of Nome.
It is hoped that these forms
will be promptly completed
and dropped in the local post
office. No postage is neces
sary.
Edward M. Seidenverg,
Mayor.
Attest: M. J. Walsh,
City Clerk.
Robot Balloons
Soon Be Used
Tliruout States
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. —Ro
bot radio balloons virtually will
eliminate airplanes in the making
of aerial weather observations. L.
P. Harrison, an official of the
.Weather Bureau predicted today
in Washington.
“Experiments with robot radio,
observation balloons have proved
so successful they .Likely will, be1
in general use in two years," said
Mr. Harrison. “Their present use
; is confined to Fairbanks, Alaska,
Burbank, California, and Boston,
Mass. So far, our work with
them is not entirely successful.
Wit we have some very promising
results.
“The experiments at Fairbanks
have not gone off as expected be
cause of se.vere conditions. How
ever, these difficulties will be ov
ercome. Our troubles in the Far
North are small matters. There
is nothing fundamentally wrong.
We expect some trouble. Remem
ber these are experiments.”
Mr. Harrison added that the
Iloss of insltruments, which cost
[approximately $23 a set, is high
at Boston because strong winds
'carry 90 per cent of the robot
balloons out to sea.
Losses at Fairbanks are due
chiefly to difficulty of recovering
the instruments because of the
sparsely populated condition ob
taining in the Northland.
Losses at Burbank are caused
'by the instruments coming down
in uninhabited mountain sections.
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EXODUS IS ON
FROM CHINA
CITIES PATH
SHANGHAI. Nov. 16, (IP)—
Evacuation of interior Chin
ese cities were commenced to
day, following the commence
ment of a determined Japan
ese advance from Shanghai
westward.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16, - Thou
sands of panic-stricken Chinese
fled from three of China's great
est cities last night and this morn
ing, to escape the advancing Jap
anese armies.
Bombing Adds to Terror
Widespread bombing by Jap
anese war plyoes preceded the
’opening of the advance attack,
A great exodus is underway
from Nanking, the capital, the oh
ject of the tremendous Japanese
drive in-to the interior from Shan
ghai.
Widespread Exodus
Citizens are also fleeing from
Tsinanfu, the capital of Shantung
province, and from Soochow, the
central point in the defense lines
between Shanghai and Nanking.
Smoothing The Way
Japanese planes dumped many
bombs over a widespread area on
the Shanghai peninsula, to smooth
the way to Nanking for the troops
now disembarking from naval ves
sels all along the blockade.
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