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DEV OTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETlfiR NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION.
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE—ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY /* VIATION
THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38. No. 230 NOME, ALASKA. THURSDAY SEPT 23 1937 Per Copy lOcti
Big Fire Industrial Section of Frisco
SERIOUSNESS WARNINGS HALT BOMBINGS
Alaska Line Steamer Baranof To Arrive Saturday
MINIATURE MA R V E L. Plugged into a wall-socket just
like an electric toaster and connected by telephone wire to its con
trol point, this compact machine is ready to receive newspictures
from over the nation. It’s the new, small Wirepholo receiver, part of
the equipment used to speed important pictures to this newspaper.
TWO THOUSAND CHINESE
KILLED TWO DAY AERIAL
BOMBING CANTON BY JAP
(By The Associated Prets*
SHANGHAI, Sept. 23rd—Two
thousand Chinese, most of them
refugees, it is estimated were kill
ed and injured in the two days
Japanese aerial bombardment of
Canton.
Raids today and yesterday, left
weeping women and wailing
children, searching the ruins in
the densely packed dwelling area
of the poorer classes, while thou
sands more roamed the streets,
bewildered and almost deranged
with anguish and terror.
Japanese planes and warships
joined today’s bombardment of
Canton and Haichow.
Warplanes did not bomb Nan
king this morning, apparently im
pressed by the seriousness of the
American, British, French and
German protests against the un
restricted bombardment of the
civilian population.
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Marriage sure has made a diff
erence in publicity on the Edward
-Wallis affair. We don’t even
know what they ate for break
fast yeterday—Cincinnati En
quirer.
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UNITED STATES WANTS
TO HALT ARMS RACE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—To
share in the leadership of a move
ment to halt the world's arma
ment race Is the hope of the Un
ited States, and it was conveyed
by Secretary of State Cordell
Hull to foreign governments. The
United States is willing to initi
ate an anti-armament conference
t
“when and if” an agreement ap
pears possible."
This was disclosed in the pub
lications of instructions sent by
the Department of State to all
diplomatic and consulate repre
sentatives of the United States in
foreign countries. The new' effort
of Secretary Hull t promote new
world peace is by means of inter
national economic rehabilitation.
The circular suggests the repre
sentatives of the Department of
State make every effort to im
press America’s economic policies
on foreign officials and to stress
the importance of the adoption
by individual countries of simi
lar policies.
Secretary Hull described as
“ominous” the growing import
ance of international trade in wrar
materials.
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BIG OIL FIRE RAGED SAN
FRANCISCO FOR 5 HOURS
LAST NIGHT AND TODAY
Public School
i>ej*ins Monday
The opening of school has again
been delayed by the non-arrival
of the steamship Baranof which
was expected here tonight. Mon
day. however, has been definitely
set for the opening of school ir
respective of the coming of the
Baranof. The high school will
convene at 8:45 and the grade
school at 9:15 o’clock as usual.
A full staff of teachers will be on
hand to begin the work of the
year.
Circumstances beyond the con
trol of school authorities have
necessitated a week's unschedul
ed delay in beginning instruction.,
September 20 was originally set
for' the opening date in order to
permit teachers the opportunity
of attending school during the
summer. Available summer sch
ools are all in the states. Few
colleges offer courses which may
| be completed during the time
Nome teachers are there during
! vacation. Only by airplane pas
sage and unusual expense and
| haste may a Nome teacher secure
summer schooling unless the op
ening of school awaits the Sep
tember boat. Out of considera
tion for its teaching staff whom
it expects to maintain high edu
cational standards, the Nome
School Board set September 20th
for the opening of school.
It is pointed out that school in
any year cuts into the working
season, and that high school work
ers are assured the same number
of working days as usual by the
new plan.
It is expected that school will
close the first week in June as
last year.
Liner Baranof
Delayed Until
Saturday Noon
Advices received this morriing
by Agent Joe Hamish of the Al
aska Line declared that the S. S.
Baranof, enroute from Seattle to
Nome, would not arrive until
Saturday noon.
This is the second postpone
ment in the vessel’s arrival time,
and is believed due to adverse
1 weather delaying discharging of
; cargo at Bristol Bay ports.
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23—
F i by explosions of huge oil
drums and streams of flaming
1 quid, a spectacular oil fire in
'.he industrial section, defied the
efforts of almost the entire fire
department for mor than five
hours last night and early today.
Thirty-eight fire companies
f ught the flames of the Stand
ard Oil Company's storage plant
where explosions shook the earth
at regular intervals, like a series
of arthquakes, before the blaze
was brought under control,
Eighty thousand gallons of oil
and a large loading station were
destroyed, the damage is estimat
ed not to exceed one hundred
thousand dollars. •
“OF THEE I SING"
One of the n w “amusements"
at a Los Angeles resort is a 'wild
woman’ in a cage, who snorts and
growls at customers and strikes
at those who come to close—
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MODEL WIFE.
Rep. Jerry O’Connell of Mon
tana married one of his state’s
prettiest girls, Marie Elizabeth
Richardson, former model.
MORSE CODE HELPS JUDGE
DECIDE CASE
'Fsv The Associated Press'
TOLEDO. O.. Sept. 22. — Police
Judge Homer A. Ramley Learn
ed the Morse code in his youth
before he became familiar with
the Ohio criminal code as attor
ney and judge.
H' used it to advantage when
a defendant charged with drunk
enness told the court he was a
telegrapher.
The judge tapped pensively on
the bench with a pencil. The de
fendant immediately translated
the tappings, and won dismissal.
Judge Ramley decided he was
really a telegrapher and was not
di unk.
Jap Army Says
Wins Concrete
Defense Point
fRv The Associated Press)
PEIPING, Sept 23—Japanese
military authorities announced
that their army shattered tiie
Chinese concrete defense line
north of Paotingfu and had driv
en the Chinese back in a hand to
hand fight, within a mile of that
strategic base, eighty miles north
of here.
Sharp anxiety is felt for five
Americans, believed to have re
mained in Paotingfu, which city
Japanese planes bombed daily.
W ife Does Nol
Know Husband,
Nor He, Her
(Ev The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Sept. 22—Positive
identification is still lacking in
the case of the woman who is
believed to be from Alaska and
who is held in the Seattle jail.
She is a victim of amnesia.
Two men yesterday declared
they believed she was Mrs. Ruth
Mahoney, a beautician, who for
merly was in business in Ketchi
kan and Juneau. They said her
husband was Daniel Mahoney.
Dan Mahoney today asserted
the woman might be his wife,
and she stated: "He might be my
husband. I don’t remember.”
SWING AROUND THE ROSIE. It’s all quite jolly in merrie old England on balmy
August week-ends to repair to the seaside (or a bit of surf and sun. These three seemed to go in for
aerobatics in a vigorous way on the beach at Margate. Kent. The husky fellow at the left appeared
to get quite a kick out of pulling the young lady’s leg, so to speak.