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VOL. 38. No. 304. NOME. ALASKA. Thursday. October 21. 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
War Was In Air Today In China
RUMOR THREE WERE IN ROSS KIDNAPING
Insurgents Fired Spanish Seaport of Gijon Today
THREE YOUTHS SHOT !
AND WOUNDED WHEN
TRIED ELUDE POLICE
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(By The Associated Press)
SEATTle, Oct. 21. — Two rob
ber suspects were shot and wound
ed. and a third captured in the
Montlake -district of Seattle near
Lake Union, when police chasing
an automobile which had eluded
Yakima police last night, trap-1
gsed them.
Were Young Men
One of them was rushed to the
hospital for treatment of his bull
et wounds, and the other two
were taken to the police station.
They gave their names as Bob
Weis, 20, a laborer, and Gerry
Heissagen, 21, a mechanic. One
of the men was shot in the arm
and the other in the leg.
Were Former Inmates
Weiss said that he and his com
panions were former inmates of
ihe state reformatory.
Weiss said: “I don't know what
you are chasing us for. I hope
we don’t go back to Monroe, the
food is rotten.”
F. B. I. Takes Case
The suspects were shot after
they had abandoned their car
a^d were fleeing over back fenc
es.
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion agents took charge of the
case, but would not comment on
rumors that they were connected
with the Ross kidnaping in Chi
cago, the hunt for the kidnapers
of Ross having started yesterday.
Preceding the arrest of the
three in Seattle, Yakima patrol
men pursued three speeding cars.
The men abandoned two of the
cars and fled in the third. Yak
ima police believed the men cap-|
tured in Seattle are connected
with the recent Eastern Washing
ton store robberies.
Insurgents Near
Capture Gijon,
Spanish Seaport
(Bv The Associated Press*
HENDAYE, Spain. Oct. 21, —
Advance guards of General Fran
cisco Franco’s northwestern army
were reported to thrust their way
through the crumbling defenses
of Gijon, to a point within three
miles of that seaport, stronghold
of the Spanish republican gov
ernment.
Massed on 11 Mile Front
The main body of Franco’s
forces—infantry and gunners—
is massed along an eleven mile
j front east of Gijon, for a final
decisive blow against the city,
which is reported to be already
in flames and facing hunger and
spreading anarchy.
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PIPE THIS ONE. Six-month-old Patricia Benefield really
takes her “after bottle” smoke as she is shown doing herein Atlanta,
Ga., with Papa Lucius Benefield who prefers his weed in e.gar
form. Benefield say* his daughter started smoking live weeks ago.
PEACE ... IT'S WONDER FUL. , . t t
Walls of stone are no barriers for this powerful Austrian tank, shown in maneuvers near Kruck. Plow
ing along at high speed, this metal monster crashes headlong through a brick barricade as though it
were made of matches. Modern rough riders man these machines as they hurtle some obstacles and
plunge right through others.
Fairbanks Pastor
Made Flying Trip
Church at \Ya! es
Being Pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Fairbanks
! with its many duties and services
I in the inland city, is only one of
; the every-day things which Rev.
John E. Youel of Fairbanks does.
Last Saturday he arrived in
Nome via MirowAir Service from
Fairbanks, stayed only about one
hour, and then hopped off in an
other M. A S. plane for Ca.pe
Prince of Wales, to visit the
Thornton-Memorial Church con
ducted there under the supervi
sion of the Board of National
Missions of the Presbyterian Chu
rch, New York.
Sacramental Services
Rev. Youel conducted sacramen
tal services among the two hun
dred or more Eskimos living at
Cape Prince of Wales, including
baptisms and communions.
The Community Worker there
in charge of the church is Miss
Emma M. Stouffer. a registered
nurse, who serves as adviser, med
ical director, Sunday school tea
cher and head of the church.
Rev. Youel remained at Wales ;
until Tuesday, returning to Nome
the same evening. He departed
this afternoon for Fairbanks with
Pilot Hans Mirow.
Five White People at Wales
Only five white people live at
Wales, he said, they are MissSto- ■
uffer, and Mr. and Mrs. Hobgood
and their two children, who are
Office of Indian Affairs teachers
there.
(Continued on Page Three)
Current Comments
Written From
Washington
On May 7. 1915, the steamship
Lusitania was sunk by a German
submarine, with a loss of about
1200 lives. In substance, the in
cident brought the United States
into the World War, just as the
sinking of the Maine precipitated
the Spanish-American War. Tt
was claimed that the Lusitania
was carrying munitions of war
for the Allies Giving the pro
ponents the benefit of the doubt,
the mistake made by the United
States was a failure to lay prompt
and definite embargo against the
carrying of war materials in Am
erican ships.
It is gratifying to note that in
the present Japanrse-Chinese cri
sis, the President has lost no time
in announcing that American ves
sels trade in arms and ammuni
tion with the contending powers
at their own risk. Thus one ;
ground for American interference ;
in the affairs of battling Asia is
removed. If good business men
see fit to drive a bargain with the
Japs or Chinese, and a ship goes
up in pieces, it will have to be
charged to profit and loss, and j
American citizens will not be call
ed upon to quit their jobs and
enter the trenches in the interest
of money making from which
they derived no profit.
—
In New York City, a young
womaji dies as a result of the
(Continued on Page Three)
Japs Continue
Night Bombing
With Successes
(By The Associated Press)
NANKING, Oct 21, — Fifteen
Japanese bombing planes this
morning attacked the extreme
northern and southern areas of
northern and southern areas of
Nanking, dropping bombs near
the arsenal and military airfield.
Twelve farmhouses near the
field were destroyed. Ten peasants
were either killed or wounded.
Several stations along the Nan
king Railway were also bombed.
Stock Market Was
On Increase Today
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 21, — Stocks
rushed up fractions to six or
more points as fear, generated
by yesterday's collapse, receded.
The going was not entirely
smooth. Steel shares were drag
gy. Brokers said the market re
acted with a ntural rebound af
ter a severe downward thump.
Some argued that if recovery
continued much further, they
could expect price levels to be
tested by selling orders from
those seeking quick turnover
profits.
CHINA PLANES
DID DAMAGE
TO JAPANESE
fBv The Associated Press 1
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21. — Chin
ese bombing planes flew over a
new route to avoid the interna
tional settlement in before-dawn
raids on Japanese positions near
Shanghai.
Did Some Damage
The Chinese bombs damaged a
Japanese mill on the Whangpoo
river and set fir to six other
buildings.
Anti-Aircraft inelicctive
The Japanese anti-aircraft fire
was ineffective, said observers.
The Japanese navy announc
’■ ed tliis morning successful night
bombarding of positions behind
the Chines Shanghai lines.
The Jap planes were said to
have raided fifteen Chin.se artill
ery positions at one point. At one
front the Japanese packed up the
bodies of two thousand Chinese
dead.
FRESH KILLED
REINDEER, LIVER.
AND TONGUES,
AT I’ O L E T S
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SHI ALaO SINGS.
Phyllis Randall, 21 Hollywood
singer and dancer, was chosen
“Miss California,” a i will com
pete in the Atlantic City “Hiss
America" contest. (