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OL. 38 No. 287 NOME. ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1937. Per Copy 10ct«
Tokyo Fears Attacks From Siberia
JAPS SAY FOREIGNERS INTERFERE PLANS
League Is Considering Naming Japanese Aggressor
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Bureau Sending
Forms Alaska
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(Bv The Associated Press/
JUNEAU, Sept. 20. —The Al
aska Unemployment Compensa- j
tion Commission today mailed
contribution forms to all employ
ers who have admitted liability
under the Alaska law.
These forms are to be used by
employers in computing the Ter
ritorial Unemployment Compen
sation contribution on wages cov
ering the first nine months of
.1 1937. This tax is due on or be
fore October 31, 1937. Employers
are required to fill out the form
ai ' '-eturn it to the Territor
■
ial Unemployment Compensation
Commission, Box 2661, Juneau,
Alaska, together with the contri
butions due.
The Alaska Unemployment
Compensation Commission wish
es to advise employers that the
obligation to obtain a report form
, and pay the contribution before
the due date, October 31, is the
responsibility of the individual
employer. All employers subject
to Title IX of the Federal Social
Security Act are also subject to
the Territorial tax. The fact that
an employer is not liable under
Title IX of the Federal Social
Security Act does not necessar
ily exempt him from the Alaska
law.
Employers will be given credit
for the amount of the tax, which
is 1.8%c of their total payroll, on
the employer excise tax levied by
the Federal Government under
Title IX of the Federal Social Se
curity Act.
The Commission suggests that
any employer who has failed to
receive a liability report, or has
received one and has failed to
complete and return same, con
tact the Juneau office.
RUTH ROLAND LONG
ILL PASSES AWAY
(By The Associated Press*
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 30
Ruth Roland, born in San Fran
cisco, who was a star in. silent
motion pictures, succumbed late
yesterday in Hollywood after a
long illness. With her at the time
of her death was her husband,
Ben Bard, who is a motion pic
ture actor.
Miss Roland entered pictures in
1912. She was a cinema actress
many years before she suffered
an injury to her vertibrae. incur
red when she was enacting a role
in a qpwboy aerial.
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CHINESE DELEGATE TO LEAGUE
ASKS JAPAN CONDEMNED
ACTS AGGRESSION
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, Oct. 1, — Chins
flatly asked the League of Na
tions’ advisory committee on th<
Sino-Japanese war, to declan
her the victim of Japanese ag
gression.
The resolution was presente?
by Dr. V. K. Wellington Kuo
Chinese delegate to the League.
Demands Condemnation
He demanded that the com
mittee “condemn the violation o
international law and contract
ual obligations “of which the re
solution accuses Japan,” am
condemn the illegal blockade of j
.Chinese coasts.
He further insists that the com1
• mittee decLare the facts consti
■ tute a case of external aggression.
Plan Course of Action
11 The resolution was introdttc
, ed soon after the creation of a
: sub-oommittee to formulate a
definite plan of action in the con
■ flict.
1 The United States was made a
■! consultive member. A report is
■ expected before the League As
! serrubly adjourns, it was stated.
Japanese Consider Further Warning
Foreigners More Severe Aerial Attack
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Oct. 1. — The
Japanese are reported to be con
sidering a further stringent warn
ing to foreign powers, to evac
uate Nanking completely or face
the danger of even more deter
mined air raids.
Interfere with Program
The official central Chinese
news agency said that the warn
ing was based. on the grounds
that Japanese efforts to avoid in
flicting damage in the interests
of third powers in the Chinese
capital, had been the cause of
Japanese planes being shot down
by anti-aircraft guns.
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STAMPEDE IS ON TO
TOGIAK BAY DISTRICT
(By The Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 30—Min
eral formations in the Togiak Bay
district of the Goodnews Bay
area, indicate pay dirt possibili
ties and gold and platinum stam
ped; rs in the Goodnews Bay area
are moving southeastward to the
Togiak Bay zone, mining opera
tors arriving from Goodnews Bay
reported on their arrival in An
chorage.
More than 3,000 claims have al
ready been staked in the Togiak
Bay district.
SAYIN? 'lT WITH FLOWERS Is not hla policy, the
rr ret dent's youngest eon, John, declared in effect, denying he tossed
champagne and a bouquet Into the fees of Cannes’ mayor. The
■arraadyeuth is show* with Maoris at a seaside resort iq Swope.
The Washington
News-Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. niMOND
Delegate from Alaska
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Washington, Aug. 28. 1937
Alaska Development Plan
Senator King if Utah called up
House Concurrent Resolution No.
24, which had passed the House j
several days before and asked for
its immediate consideration. No
objection being heard, the bill i
was passed. This resolution re-;
quests the president to prepare
and submit to Congress at the
commencement of the next ses-,
sion a plan for the development:
of the resources and commerce J
of Alaska. In the case of thus
resolution the Senate Committee '
on Territories had approved the
bill in the evening before but the
report had not vet been printed
■
and the bill wras not on the Cal
endar.
Senator Schwellenbach. who
had introduced a companion res
olution in the Senate, said that
he would call up the House reso
lution as soon as it could be reach
td. However, before Senator
Selywellenbach could be recogniz
ed by the chair. Senator King,
who is a member of the Territor
ies Committee of the Senate,
secured recognition and asked for
immediate consideration of the
resolution. Under the rapid fire
procedure which is frequently in
vogue on the closing day of a
session, in less than 60 seconds J
the resolution was passed.
Work has already commenced
on the preparation of the plan
called for in this resolution. It |
j is likely that the original draftj
| will be made by the Territorial j
I Planning Council, and then the i
I plan so drafted in Alaska will be
[sent here to the several depart
[ ments interested for further ex
'tensive study.
Bill to Abolish Fish Traps
In response to my request to
. Chairman Bland of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, requesting further
hearing in the next session on
the bill to abolish fish traps, H.R.
1559, Br. Bland has written me
as follows:
“I will try to set a hearing a
few week in advance of the next
regular session in order to give
you sufficient time to have wit
nesses present. You will be not
ified when a date for the hearings
has been fixed.’’
Public Building Program
For Alaska
The Third Deficiency Bill pass-!
ed on the last day of the session j
authorizing a three year Federal
TOKYO ONLY 5 HOURS FROM
SOVIET AIR BASES IN SIBERIA
ARE PREPARED FOR ATTACK
building program totalling $70,
000,000 and appropriating $23.
000,000 for that part of the pro
gram covering the fiscal year end
ing July 1938. Under the prove
sions of the bill the whole $70,
000,000 may he alloted immediate
ly and plans and specification.
made for the entire program, al
though one-third of the program
will be completed in each of the
fiscal years, 1938, 1939 and 1940
It is generally understood that
each ongressiona1 district in the
United States and the Territories
will secure one building undei
the program. Since there are 43c
Congressional districts in the U
S., and one district for each ol
the Territories of Alaiska and Ha
waii, an exercise of that mathe
matical mystery known as divi
sion will show that the average
amount for each district, if ar
equal division is made, will be t
little more than $160,000. Of cou
rse, it cannot be worked out tha1
way and so some adjustment.'
must be made.
Accordingly, Alaska is in line
for one building under this pro
gram, and Anchorage is at the
head of the eligible list. It is es
timated that the building at An
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Japs Completed
Bombproof Huts
Civilian Popu.
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Oct 1, — Japanese
military experts rushed to com
pletion a chain of bomb-proof,
subterranean fortresses to safe
guard civilian population against
♦ he throat of an attack from
* At'
Soviet Russia.
Meanwhile Civilian familiaris
ed themselves with the new type
of shelters.
“Scarcely five hours from the
I nerve centers of the Empire”,
, Japanese observers point out,
“are the Siberian bases of a cer
tain foreign power."
PLANE HAS BRIDAL SUITE
NEW YORK. Sept. 30^Just as
most famous liners and hotels
| have one special set of rooms set
1 aside for the “bridal suite," the
huge new plane being built for
! American service across the At
lantic will have one cabin that is
furnished more luxuriously than
the rest.
HIGH-CLASS ADVERTISING is this menu on the
roof of s French restaurant in New Fork City, painted in letters two
by four feet for the benefit of hundreds of workers, laboring high
above the streets in Rockefeller Center’s office buildings. i
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