THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
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E. S—JAPANESE CLASH
While the sinking of the Amer
ican gunboat Panay near Nan
king by Japanese gunners may
have been only incidental to the
Sino-Japanese conflict and not in
tentional. the incident cannot but
make Americans think of what
might be the situation ware Am
ericans to become involved in a
war with Japan.
Alaskans, as residents of the
nearest of American possessions,
would be especially concerned.
What of the defense of American
towns and settlements along the
far-flung Alaskan coast in case of
attack.
Practically unfortified and with
out airfleets or naval fleets Alas
ka today would fall easy prey to
invading squadrons. The Amer
ican Pacific naval ships at Bre
merton and San Diego are of lit
tle value in defending a country
thousands of miles distant.
The American fleets might later
eventually drive invaders from
Alaskan shores or territory, but |
tremendous damage could be!
wrought in the first quick and
unheralded attacks—and every
one knows Japan does not adver
tise what she intends to do when
she goes to war. She strikes first [
and explains later.
Even if the whole American
naval force were distributed along
the Alaskan coast i.t would have
plenty to do to protect the many
thousands of miles of shore line.
As to the present condition with
out a warship of any kind in AI-!
askan waters, without a single
warplane on the Alaskan coast or
in the Interior, Alaska is utterly
exposed.
Furthermore, not a single U. S.
army flier has had an hour’s train
1 ing in flying in Alaska in winter,
something woefully lacking. It
: would be just too bad for a squad
ron of green fliers to have to
come to Alaska to operate in win
ter even in peace time, to say
nothing of summer.
Why is not Alaska provided
with an army aviation base and
other defensive bases. Why left
exposed, and why the long delay.
Will it take a war to awaken the
nation to the defenseless position
of her largest and most exposed
and vulnerable possession.—Fair
banks Daily News-Miner.
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Wire Tapping
Evidence Has
Been Let Out
(By The Associated Pres*)
WASHINGTON D. C.. Dec. 28—
Prohibition of the use in federal
criminal proceedings of evidence
obtained by wire tapping is pro
vided in the Communications Act
|enacted in 1934. The United Sta
tes supreme court held a few days
ago in a 7 to 2 decision.
The majority opinion was de
livered by Associate Justice Ow
' en J. Roberts. The dissenting
justices were George Sutherland
and James C. McReynolds.
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Court reversed the ruling of the
circuit court of appeals for the
Second Circuit. The circuit up- |
held the use of such evidence in j
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cohol into New York.
Do You Know Any?
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Inquiries have been received
by the Office of the Governor at
Juneau, Alaska, regarding the
following persons supposed to be
in Alaska.
George H. Bowman: Last heard
of in Fairbanks about twenty
years ago, supposed to be inter-.
ested in a hotel and mine there, j
Sister Stella and brother Frank
anxious to locate him.
J. R. Miller or Joe Ridmiller:!
A blacksmith who left Montana
for Alaska 1916 has not been
heard from since. He is Slovak
German.
Harry Leroy Place: Six feet
three inches tall, aged thirty
three, brown hair, gray eyes,
one foot longer than the other, j
Disappeared from Capistram
Beach, California in 1029 and be
lieved to be somewhere in Al
aska. It is feared he may be suff
ering from amnesia.
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