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VOL. 38. No. 337. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday. DEC. 1. 1937. Per Copy lOctf
Japs Return Launches with Apology
SUGGESTS CHINA ASK JAPS PEACE TERMS
Vandenberg For President Clubs Are Discouraged
IN POLITICS Michigan’s
Senator Arth’ r Vandenberg de
clared himself satisfied with the
result of a f-nicago tl.o.P meet
ins which delayed act:on on a
proposed mid-term party con
vention.
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Vandenberg Says
Not To Boost Him
For Presidency
JBv Tne Associated Pres*’
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1. — Sen
ator Arthur Vandenberg today
said he “was not a candidate”
for the Republican presidential
nomination and that “he should
n't be put in a false position”.
He wired his friends who had
proposed the Vandenberg for
President Club saying he “hon
estly felt the Republican party
should keep impersonal and so
avoid needless friction while we
are ruibuilding t.o v ctory.”
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Italian Editorial
Urges Chinese To
Sue For End War
(By The Associated Press)
MILiAN, Italy, Dec. 1. — In an
editorial believed written by Ben
ito Musolini, his newspaper 11
Popolo D’ltalia contended that
China can expect no help from
other powers acting collectively,
■ and counselled China therefore,
j to ask Japan for peace terms.
| Informed persons saw in the
j suggestion that China seek peace,
j a possible hint of Mussolini’s will
ingness for mediation.
The war article said “now that
the first American participation
in a European conference for coll
ective action has failed, it is hop
ed that President Roosevelt’s se
quel is unhappier than ever, as
it was his speech n Chicago which
ignited such flames and brought
such action to the front.”
Ford Company Is
Cited Violations
(By The Associated Press)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1, — The Na
tional Labor Relations Board is
sued a complaint charging the
Ford Motor Company with un
fair labor practices ai its St.
Louis assembly plant.
A hearing has been set for Dec
ember 16th. The oharges against
th' company wore filed by the
United Automobile Workers of
America, on a complaint which
alleged "the company had inter
fered, restrained and coerced its
employees, in the exercise of
their right to self organization."
HI COULD H CAR HO IV I L when ho became.deal
two yean ago. so Duke, Boston bulldog, bad to rive ■» Us duties as
watchdog. Bui Dr. George Cohen (above), New York City
rlaa, devised a microphone for Us back aad boae-eosductlng re
ceiver for his heal, restoring the lJ-year-old dog’s hearing.
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MAX LOOKS INTO THE FUTURE at a conference at
his German home with his trainer, Max Machon, and his attractive
wife, known on the screen as Anny Ondra. Schmellng has decided to
light both in New York and Germany before his scheduled meeting
with Champion Joe Louis next year.
Broadening Of
Tax Base Is Not
So Simple Now
By Preston Grover
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30,
People who talik glibly about
“broadening the tax base” could
well be reminded that more than
a year ago the tax base was
broadened with one quick gest
ure to nick a billion dollars from
the incomes of persons once des
cribed flippantly as of “no parti
cular importance."
It was accomplished through
the social security tax. The in
come from that going into the old
age and unemployment funds is
estimated by treasury sources to
be about a billion a year at its
present level. If the law is not
amended the one per cent levy
now in effect climbs on up ul
timately to three percent.
At present the employer and
the employee each pay a sum to
the government equal to one per
cent of the employee’s salary.
So in effect an item equal to two
per cent of each employee’s sal
ary pours into the treasury mon
th by month.
The top limit of the tax at
present is $30 a year, or $60 a
year when the employer’s share
is included. The reason for that
is that even if you make over
$3,000 a year, you cannot accu
mulate benefits based on more
than $3,000 pay.
Yet even so, this $30 a year
tax is decidedly more than the
average wage earner has been
paying to the government thru
the inoome tax. Of course if
your income is $1,200 a year the
social security tax is not $30 but
$12. And if the inoome is $2,000
a year the tax is $20.
But we’ll stiak to the $3,000 a
year man, for several reasons.
(Continued on Page Two)
Father Hubbard
Says Weather at
King Is. Perfect
'Bv The Associated Press'
KING ISLAND. Alaska. Dec. 1.
—Father Brenard Hubbard, “The,
Glacier Priest", head of the Hub
hard Arctic Expedition which is
spending the winter on King Is
land, forecast, in a radio message
sent from the Island to the
States, that freakishness will char
acterize the coming winter thru
out North America. He laid the
prediction to the influence of cur
rent,and sun spots cycles.
He said the fickle weather will
continue into 1938. Huhbard de
lared the King Island Eskimos
are puzzled over the abnormal
moderation of the weather.
As yet no zero temperature has
bom recorded. Berries are still
ripening and being pciked, and
fresh water springs are still run
ning. No ice has been sighted in
the Bering Sea yet.
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Alabama Chosen
Meet California
In Rose Bowl
(By The Associated Press)
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 1, —
University of California officials
today announced the selection
and acceptance of the University
of Alabama’s unbeaten and un
tied football team to play the un
defeated U. of Californa Golden
Bears, in the Rose Bowl contest
on New Year’s Day.
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LAUNCHES SEIZED ,
BY JAPS RETURNED
WITH APOLOGIES
SHANGHAI, Dec. 1. —
Following their regular pro
cedure of action followed by
apology, the Japanese today
backed out of an embarrass
ing diplomatic position.
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dec 1, —The Jap
anese navy today returned to its
owners wiih an apology, an Am
erican-owned launch, the seiz
ure of which by Japanese sailors
yesterday, drew a spirited pro
test from the United Slates Con
sular General.
Strong Reaction
Apparently disturbed by the
strong reaction in the United
States, the Japanesa returned
two American flags with the
vessel. They also handed back to
the owners, two Italian vessels,
with the usual apologies.
The Japanese asserted that sail
ors had not thrown the United
States flags into the Wangpoo riv
er, when they tooik over the ves
sel. This statement was confirm
ed by the U. S. Consuate officials
who explained that the flags had
merely bt.n handed down to an
adjoining launch formerly belong
ing to the Chinese.
Additional Captures
The Japanese reported the cap
ture of the Kiangyin forts where
the Chinese had blockaded the
Yangtze river approach to Nan
king, with a boom of sunken
junks.
Bridge Aces Come
To Parting Ways
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Dec. 1, — Bridge
Expert Ely Culbertson said his
fourte n year old bridge romance
with hi.s wife Josephine has end
ed and that she is earoute to
Reno.
He said “I have lost a grand
slam doubled”.
The disruption of their marriage
will not affect their business
partnership, from which .aoh has
received cne hundred thousand
dollars a year.
Grounds for the divorce were
alleged to he that he is untra-tem
peramenta! and moody.
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...TOWARD FORMER GLORY Notre Dame Is led
this year by Captain Joseph Zwers, 170-pound end. On successive
weekends the Layden lads were scheduled to meet Pittsburgh, Army,
Northwestern and Southern California. Slow hi starting, they
showed great power la defeating Mlnaesohra Gophers.