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VOL. 38. No. 270. NOME, ALASKA. Saturday, Sept. 11, 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Typhoon, Tidal Wave Hits Japan
JAPS, CHINESE IN HAND-TO-HAND BATTLE
Italy Is Invited To Anti-Piracy Patrol Conference
Says Italy Will
Reject Plan for
/ Piracy Patrol
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Sept. 11—Italian sourc
es said that Italy would not ac
cept the Franco-British plan for
an “anti-piracy” patrol unless the
participating powers grant the
belligerents rights of insurgents.
Meanwhile at Geneva, a nine
power conference formally ten
dered Italy an invitation to take
part in the International patrol.
Schmelling Sails
With Contract
Fight Louis '38
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Sept. 9—Former
champion Max Schmeling of
Germany, sailed for home with a
contract to fight Joe Louis for the
heavyweight title, somewhere in
the United States, next June.
Maxie had to reduce his demands
from 30 percent of the gate to
20 percent fto get the match. But,
he explained, “I want the title
more than I do the money.” Joe
Louis will get the usual cham
pion’s share of 37Vi percent.
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Clean-up
Officials
In Russia
(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Sept. 10 — Execu
tions of Agricultural wreckers
were reported from three parts
of the Soviet union. Four veter
narians were sentenced to death
■and seven to terms ranging up to'
j ten years. They were accused of
| sabotaging cattle breeding. Three
i were executed in the Ukrane on
jsimilar charges and three others
at Baku. The latter three were
charged in addition with Trot
skyism. Two new trials of twent
ty accused officials of the local
Sovit and Communist party were;
announced in the Azov and Black
Saa regions.
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No More Fun For j
K. C. Musicians
(By The Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 9 —
“Jam" sessions, where musicians
gather to play for fun after a
night’s work, were outlawed heire
by the local musicians union. It
was a blow to the dawn patrol.
of 12th Street and to local swing
music, which reached its height
at the sessions. A new union rul
' mg said that taverns had been
cashing iri on the impromptu per
formancis and hiir.cefonth they
would have to pay for them.
TYPHOON TIDAL WAVE HITS
JAPAN SWEEPING AWAY CROPS
FOOD FOR ARMY IN CHINA
(By The Associated Press'*
TOKYO, Sept. 11— A raging
typhoon, tidal waves and floods
spread destruction through wide
sections of war excited Japan.
Extensive damage was inflicted
or. inland property and shipping
in some sections.
The storm swept away the
crops which had been counted on
to fead Japan's soldiers in China.
The storm and tidal wave struck
ferociously along the southern
coast of Japan’s main islands
Near Nikko, eighty miles south
west of Tokyo, fifteen men were
buried alive by a landslide.
Fifty two ships were shattered
at Okayama by the tidal wave
In some sections the waters rais
ed to flood heights of twenty-five
feet. In Osaka six hundred hous
es wre inundated. Kobe report
ed fiva hundred houses under wa
tr Two hundred fishing vessels
w^ere sunk at Takamatsu.
The sit-down strike too often
ends in a stand-up fight.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Neva Whaley, who was a
recent surgical patient, will be
dismissed Sunday.
Mrs. Ira Rank, who has been
a patient for several weeks, is
about the same.
Paddy Kerwin, Jean White,
Bert Noble and Mat Pakka, are
still patients. Their conditions
remain about the same.
Mrs. Jennie Bradley, a recent
surgical patient, will be dismiss
ed tomorrow.
BIG BIRO FROM GERMANY.
Seemingly always poised to flap aloft on its graceful wings, this eagle-like glider from Germany was
brought to the Elmira soaring meet by Peter Reidel of Germany. Note the swastika on the tail of
the craft. He«d*» flew 103 miles from Harris Hill to Elisabethville, Pennsylvania, in five hours, two
minutes.
China, Russia
Register Non
Agression Pact
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA. Sept. 10 — China
registered its new Soviet anti
aggression pact at the League of
Nations Wednesday and made
formal denial that it was an in
strument for the Bolshevization
| of China. It provided that if ei
ther China or Russia is a vic
tim of aggression by a third pow
er neither will help the aggres
sor.
CHAMP BIRDMAN.
Chester Decker of Glen Rock,
N. Y„ pilot of the Albatross entry
in the Elmira glider meet, was
champion of the 1936 competi
j tioa.
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I
Japanese Make
Another Drive
But To No Avail
I
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 — A
smashing drive inland from the
Yangtze brought the Chinese and
Japanese hand to hand, locked
in one of the most important
j battles of the undeclared war.
The Japanese legion swept up
from the river and rushed the
Chinese troops back to Yang- j
chow, four miles inland from the
Woosung forts. The Japanese
I drove steadily for twenty-four
1 hours and got one-third of the
j way to Yangchong but were'
; forced to give up their gains un
j dor a terrific Chinese attack. j
After an aerial and artillery
bombardment, hand to hand fight 1
ting gave the Japs the advantage, j
at any rate, they claimed a two
mile advance. The casualties are
j the heaviest of any battle since:
| the Shanghai hostilities broke
out.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 - A
polite youth received a one hun
dred dollar “loan" from the Ac
me Fnancing Corporation with
out interest or security.
Poliae are now looking for
j him because he used a revolver
j as a persauder.
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Infantile
Paralysis
Increasing
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO. Sept. 10—Health
authorities who witnessed a
steady increase of new infantile
paralysis cases over the labor
day week end said they believed
littla relief could be expected
until the first frosts, the Latter
part of September. The United
States Public Health Service re
ported six hundred and twenty
cases for the week ending August
28th. the greatest number for any
week this year.
Dr. Hermann Bundeson, presi
dent of the Chicago Board of
Health said thirty-three new' cas
os and four deaths and twenty
six suspects were reported in the
city over the week end. It was a
record increase he said. He report
ed sixty-four new cases and sev
en deaths for the week just end
ing. “Our week end figures prove
conclusively," he said “that we
have not reached our peak in
spite of the cooler weather.”
Physicians had hoped that low
er temperatures which in some
areas had dropped as much as
twenty degrees last week would
check the spread of the dread
child's disease by reducing the
factors favorable to it.
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j LITHUANIAN WINGERS.
1 At Elmira, N. Y., gliders and pilots from over the world were gath
ered for the Soaring Society’s eighth annual meet. Here are a couple
of motorless plane experts from Lithuania—Bronius Oskinus
(standing) and Jonas Pryagius—as they groomed their bird for the
j competition.