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5 Killed In Crash Over Boeing Field
ELECTION IN STATES BRING FEW SURPRISES
School Children
Bombed Out Of
Study Classes
MADRID. Nov. 3. I/Pi
VV'omen and children were
killed and injured today by a
terrific aerial bombardment
by insurgent airplanes, which
even dumped bombs on a pri
mary school, killing more
than fifty school children and
then followed up by machine
gunning panic stricken resi
dents.
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, Nov. 3, — Rescue
squads search in bomb shattered
buildings of the Catalanian city
of Lerida, for additional victims
of an insurgent air raid which,
as already reported by the gov
ernment has taken one hundred
and twenty lives.
Terrible Consequences
Hospitals were filled today with
injured men, women and child
ren, while more than fifty bodies
of children were removed from a
primary school which was wreck
ed over their heads, near closing
time yesterday.
Real Air Squadron
Nine tri-motored bombing air
planes of General Franco's forc
es, roared in from the West and
dumped their bombs about 3:30
p.m. The government charged
that the raiders, after dropping
their bombs, flow low over the
city machine-gunning the panic
stricken residents who fled into
the streets from collapsing build
ings.
ANEW JOB has been
given Capt. Walter S. Woodson,
former chief of staff of the Asi
atic squadron. He is now naval
aide to President Roosevelt.
Medical Air Rushed
Medical aid for the injured has
been rushed from Barcelona, the
Catalanian capital.
Telegraphic Briefs
(By The Associated Press)
PASADENA. N >v. 3. — Henry;
Mauris Robinson, aged 69, world
famous economist, who believed
that fear and greed were the
root of all evil, died here today.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3, —The
Post Office Department today an
nounced the appointment of Earl
Marsh, as Chief Clerk of the ser
vice at Seward, Alaska.
AN OPEN LETTER TO
THE PUBLIC
Nome, Alaska, November i, 1917.
GREETINGS:
As you no doubt know there has recently been
organized a Volunteer Fire Department for the City of Nome
whose constitution has been approved and accepted by the
City Council, and 'whose purpose will. bo to aid and assist
the Regular Department
This is a new organization which will render its
services under the direct supervision of the City Fire Chief,
to promote safety and protect the lives and property of the
Citizens of Nome.
Being anxious to promote the best interests poss
ible to the Community, we are asking the Citizens of Nome
to meet with, us at our next regular meeting in order that
they may acquaint themselves with our organization, our
aims and purposes, and to gain their moral support which
will be as vital to the Community as ours will be.
This invitation is therefore extended to all the
people of the City of Nome to meet withus at our next re
gular meeting to be held in the City Hall, Wednesday, Nov
ember 3. 1937, at 8:00 P. M. Sharp.
Sincerely yours,
MEMBERS OF THE NOME VOLUNTEER ,
FIRE DEPARTMENT
WITNESSES DESCRIBED
COLLISION MID-AIR
FIVE KILLED
Seattle, Nov. 3 (/P)—5 Navy fliers were killed when
an Amphibian plane collided with a small Naval plane
at the Southern end of Boeing Field. Two enlisted men
of the second plane bailed out and floated down in para
chutes.
The Sandpoint Naval Air Station listed the dead as:
Lieut. Henry B. Twohy of Spokane; Aviation cadets K.
F. Schmidt of Minnesota; Kenneth Rhuddy of Seattle;
Machinist Mate, M. McCroddan of Seattle; Radio oper
ator, R. E. Reagan of Seattle.
The two who landed alive were: Aviation Chief
machinists mate, J. D. Goodsell, and seaman W. S. Bow
man. The planes were engaged at gunery practice.
S. L. Andrews of Tacoma, who was passing the field
at the time of the accident,sa id: “I heard a noise and
looked up to see—the planes were still locked together,
then the smaller plane plummeted to earth, twisting
and turning as it fell. The other plane seemed to glide
farthward. then towards the last plunged down at ter
rific speed. One of the men jumped from the plane and
.seemed to have difficulty with Ms parachute. The other
floated down easily.”
The planes were about thirty five hundred feet in
the air when they crashed, Goodsell said, his parachute
opened improperly and fell hard in landing. “It hap
pened so quickly I can’t tell what happened.” he said.
Twohy is the son of D. W. Twohy, an inland empire
pioneer and executive of the old National bank of Spo
kane, Washington.
Ski Trophies Are
Donated to Nome
For Winter Sport
Following is a letter written to
M. J. Walsh from the law firm of
Faulkner and Banfield, Juneau,
describing the trophies now on
display at Polet’s Branch Store,
and how the idea was conceived.
Mr. Walsh has turned the troph
ies over to the Nome Kennel Club
which handles winter sports in
Nome. Later on during the win
ter, it is believed that definite
plans will be made to include
the granting of these beautiful
awards.
Juneau, Sept. 20, 1937.
M. J. Walsh,
Nome, Alaska.
Dear Mir. Walsh:
Last winter Mr. Archie W
Shiels, President of the Pacific
American Fisheries, was in Jun
eau during the Ski Tournament
and became quite keenly interest
ed in it. We had a small cup
which was offered in the com
petitions in the down-hill race,
but Mr. Shiels thought he would
like to put- up a cup for the ski
race here which would make the
tournament more attractive to
entrants from other places. He
put me to work on the idea, and
before we got through with it,
he “had interested other fishing
companies and secured the nec
essary funds to put up a “Fisher
ies Cup” for each Division in the
Territory.
These cups were carefully de
signed by Peacocks in Chicago,
and are being offered to the com
mittees in charge of the Nome
Dog Derby. Fairbanks Ice Carni
val, Anchorage Winter Festival
and the Southeastern Alaska
championships, to be won in any
kind of a skiing event which the
committee wishes to sponsor.
Because of the inability to make
this collection every year to pur
chase these cups, Mr. Shiels ar
ranged to have exceptionally lar
ge ones presented which he
would like to have rotated each
year to the winner in each of the
respective divisions. The plan is
to allow the winner at Nome to
hold the cup for the Second Div
ision until it is won in a suc
ceeding year by someone else.
But, if anyone is good enough to
win it three times, we will try
to raise home money and re
place it with a new one. and it
can go for a permanent posses
sion.
In order to give each of the
divisional winners something to
keep as a momenta, we have had
smaller cups, as replicas, made so
that one replica can be given
each year to the winners in the
respective divisions.
Because of your good nature,
we are going to impose upon you
and ask you to see that the pro
per committee chairman is giv
en the cup for the Second Div
ision and three replicas which
will be sufficient for the next
three years. We realize that a
new chairman is probably ap
(Continued on Page Four)
Elections Gave
Surprise Some
Quarters of U.S.
UNDATED, Nov. 3, (A’)—
Yesterdays elections through
out many sections, brought a
few surprises and political
upsets to the administration
and to other quasi-political
ambitions.
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Noc. 3, —Mounting
returns emphasized the defeats
absorbed by Tammany Hall and
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization, in two of yesterday’s
principal ekclions
Took Second Defeat
Tammany took its second suc
cessive beating when New York
City re-elected Mayor Fiorillo
LaGuardia. by a record-breaking
total, which also swung into offi
ce, racket-smashing Thomas E.
Dewey, as District Attorney.
CTO Lost Eelection
The Committee for Industrial
Organization, in its first major
bid for direct political power,
lost the Detroit mayoralty elec
tion to Richard W. Reading, an
unaffiliated candidate.
A. F. of L. Victorious
With American Federation of
Labor support of Sen. A. Harry
Moor . New Jersey won back for
the Democrats the governorship,
which he has held twice before,
thereby leaving the Republicans
with only six governors, through
out the United S'ates.
Republican Elected
Bruce Barton, advertising exe
cutive and author, was elected to
the national house of representa
tives from the New York "silk
stocking district ", replacing a
Democrat and increasing Repub
lican strength in the House by
one more vote.
(Continued on Page Four)
U. S. Leader of
Delegation Talks
Out At Meeting
BRUSSELS, Nov. 3, <A>)—
The leader of the American
delegation to the Nine Power
Peace conference opened the
speech-making today with a
direct appeal that the two As
iatic nations cooperate to set
tle llieir differences and re
store peace.
(Bv The Associated Press)
BRUSSELS, Nov. 3, — Norman
H. Davis, leader of the United
Stat s Delegation to the Bruss
els Far East Peace Conference,
this morning exhorted Japan and
China to settle their conflict by
peaceful processes.
Cooperation Necessary
Following closely upon the for
mal opening of the Conference,
Davis told the world that the Un
ited States believed that coopera
tion between Japan and China
was essential to the best interests
of both countries, and peace thru
out the world.
Took Signal Position
Taking the leading opening,
Davis declared lie was convinced
that cooperation must be develop
ed by friendshpi, fair play, and
reciprocal confidence. His -speech
was interpreted as a bid for dir
ect negotiations between the war
ring nations.
Spaak Selected President
Davis began speaking shortly
after the Conference unanimously
selected as President, the Belgian
Foreign Minister Paul Spaak.
He warned that disquiet was
"increasing throughout the wor
ld". and emphasized that the time
had come for ail countries to ful
fill their duty and assume their
responsibilities for a world peace
which, he said, depended on ac^
cord among the great powers.
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THERE'S HAPPINESS AHEAD written in the smile,
of Anne Shirley, 18-year-old actress, and her husband, John How
ard Payne, actor, who were forced by demands of film studio work
to cut short their honeymoon after they were married at Santa
Barbara recently.
Nome Property Owners Invited to Meeting Tonight
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