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VOL. 38 No. 320. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1937. Per Copy lOcta
Chinks Surrender Shanghai to Japs
Soviet and Japanese Relations At Breaking Point
BERRY AND CHARLES
ARE BOTH HELD EN
FEDERAL JAIL
After about a half-hour’s de
liberation last evening, the Coro
ner’s Jury, consisting of Alvin.
Polet, Jack Costello, Lambert
Voss, Fred Rohn, Kenneth Sey
mour, and Dick McLean, return
ed a verdict which declared that
John Bogan bled to death from a
wound inflicted by Lou Berry, &
named Harold Charles as acces
sory to the murder.
Investigation of the events whi
ch took place Sunday, that night
and early Monday morning, occu
pied the coroner’s jury all day
yesterday. John Bogan was
found dead in the cabin of Gene
Doyle, about 2 A. M. Monday,
when Chief W. W. Laws was call
ed and first witnessed the inter
ior of the cabin where the events
took place.
Following the doctors examin
ation and opinion yesterday, the
jury sat at the office of U. S. Com
missioner Tanner, who is ex-of
ficio Coroner, and listened to tes
timony of witnesses concerning
the events of Sunday.
Chief Laws was the first on the
stand and told of being advised
something was wrong, by two
native girls, who had been ac
costed by Gene Doyle early Sun
day morning just before 2 A. M„
and asked to get the police. He
k described how he and his assist
ant Mallaley, went to Doyle’s
cabin and discovered the terrible
mess inside, with Bogan dead,
slumped in a chair and laying
partly on a table. Mallaley was
stationed there to allow no one
to enter or leave until Laws sho
uld return, said the testimony.
After getting hold of Commis
sioner Tanner, Doctor Morcom,
and Chief Deputy Marshal B. B.
Mozee, they returned to the cabin
and Gene Doyle who was still
there was arrested and taken to
the city jail. Laws also describ
ed how Harold Charles, a native,
who was staying with Doyle, was
tracked to another cabin, and
how they found him drunk and
covered with blood. He was also
taken to the city jail. Meanwhile,
Laws, said that on his way to get
official representation, he noticed
the windows of the Hospital lit
up. Upon investigation he found
Lou Berry having his head dress
ed for a scalp wound, which some
quarters described as nothing
serious. Later he and Deputy
Marshal Mozee returned and Lou
Beery was arrested, and taken to
the federal jail.
Laws also stated on the witness
stand that he and Mozee question
ed Charles in the City jail yester
day morning as to what took
place at the Doyle cabin. He de
clared that Charles told them
that he had seen Lou Beery strike
Bogan twice, with a knife.
When Harold Charles was plac
ed on the witness stand, his an
swers appeared to be mere eva
sions, and he contended for some
time that he did not know what
happened, as he ran out of the
cabin after stopping an earlier
fight between Bogan and Beery.
However, under questioning of
the Coroner, he admitted he was
trying to protect Beery. His first
story was that he did not see
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A SIGN OF THE TIMES In Germany was this sky Swastika form
ed by planes of the Nasi airforce as a tribute te Fuehrer Adolf Hit
ler. Glory that once belonged to the nation in the days of the
lamed Flying Circus is slowly being regained with the renaissance
in aviation.
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GOLD TO BE
SHIPPED OUT
WEDNESDAY
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.
(A*)—The United States will
commence exporting gold
for the first time in two years
Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9,
—Secretary of the Treasury Hen
ry Morgenthau announced today
that gold will be exported from
the UniLd States Wednesday, for
the first time in nearly two years.
Gold Be Shipped France
Ten million, two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars will leave
New York City aboard the liner
Normandie for France.
Morgenthau declared that the
French stabilization fund bought
it to prevent the Franc increas
ing over the dollar too sharply.
Maybe Others Buy
Although declining to say wheth
er other countries had contracted
to take gold, the Secretary left
the impression that others sums
will cross the Atlantic this week.
He explained that the price of
gold in London had reached $35.22
an ounce, making it profitable to
transport gold from this country
to Europe.
Twins Are Born
After Mother Dies
KINGSVILLE. Texas, l/P)—Dr.
D. A. Harrison reported that he
successfully performed a posthum
ous Caesarian operation upon a
tenant farmer’s wife and deliv
ered twins who are still alive.
Mrs. George Conde, 41, died from
heart disease prior o the opera
tion.
UNINJURED IN FALL,
IS KILLED BY PLANK
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky„ Nov. <A>)
—Landing on his feet, James E.
Rivan was uninjured in a sixteen
foot fall from a scaffold while re
pairing a mine tipple, but the
planlk from which he fell struck
him on the back of the head and
killed him instantly.
Reindeer Joins Fashion Trend
CHICAGO, (A*)—'The fashion
trend being toward the luxurious
and distinctive, the formal cos
tume demands the finest in acces
sories. One smart shop shows
matching bag, shoes and gloves
of reindeer in black or sable
brown. The Shoes are glove-fitt
ing with high slender heels, cut
low at the sides and fastened with
a small silver buckle at the an
kle; the gloves are handsome slip
ons, marvelously soft and cut
(Slightly long; the bag, generously
cut, gathers at the top into a
chased silver frame with hand
some clasp.
THERE’S ANOTHER MIX 1>P in the saddle, riding into motion
pictures. This time it’s Ruth, 34-year-old daughter of the famous
cowboy star. Tom. Able to ride, rope and handle a gun like a vet
eran, she’ll be a real western heroine. Her earnings will go toward
more land and cattle for her Arizona ranch.
CHINESE RETREATED FROM
SHANGHAI DURING NIGHT:
JAPS DIDN’T KNOW 8 A. M.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 9, UP)—
This city fell Into the Japan
ese hands this morning, after
withstanding for several mon
ths, * a terrific seige by the
warriors of Japan.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 9, — Shang
hai fell into Japanese hands to
day, with the retreat of Gener
alissimo Chiang Kai Shek's Chin
ese warriors, who held out for
eighty eight days against the com
bined Japanese army, navy, and
air forces.
Was Unexpected Stroke
The city was asleep and un
aware of its fate, when shortly
after midnight the Chinese forc
es began an orderly and quiet
retreat toward the winter defense
line protecting Nanking, the na
tion's capital.
Did Not Know of Retreat
The Japanese apparently did
not learn of the retreat until 8
a m. today. The withdrawal of
the Chinese forces enabled the
Japanese to place a ring of steel
around China’s greatest seaport,
cutting off the metropolis from
the rest of the nation and bottl
ing up three million Chinese re
sidents, one million refugees,
many thousand Americans and
other foreigners.
Comunications Cut
Railroads and highways in all
directions have been cut or block
ed by the Japanese, leaving only
a few foreign and Japanese ves
sels as the sole connection with
the outride world.
Danger Is Removed
American and foreign communi
ties breathed more easily, as if
a long siege had suddenly
been lifted. ,
Not A Vital Loss
General Chiang Kai Shek de
clared .the Shanghai operations
were purely local and did not
form a vital part of the nation's
chief defenses, which he said,
were about the Yellow River re
gion.
Marlene Dietrich phoned Holly
wood from Austria, asking only
for a dozen pairs of false eyelash
es. Apparently sire had no troub
le raising enough brows. •
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TROOPS NOW
ON RUSSIAN
BORDER-LINE
TOKYO, Nov. 9, MP) —
Japanese and Soviet diplomat
ic relations approached the
breaking point, with increase
of armaments along the Man
choukuoan border during the
past few days.
TOKYO. Nov. 9, — One of Jap
an’s most powerful armies de
: ployed along the Soviet frontier
j of Japanese dominated Manchou
kuo, while Japanese and neutral
: observers shared the almost un
animous belief, that relations be
I tween Russia and Japan were
| nearing the breaking point.
,r*te Treaty to Blame
The strained diplomatic situa
j tion gre wout of the recent stren
1 gthening of the Gf.rman-Japanese
! anti-Communism front with the
entrance of Italy.
Also a source of friction, was
i the question of the renewal of
Soviet-granted fishing concessions.
Toyko's leading newspaper the
Hochi Shimbun reported that
, Soviet Russia was taking strong
| measures to bolster her Far East
' ern Army.
COMPENSATION ACT
TO BE TESTED—JUNEAU
JUNEAU. Alaska (/P)—A test
suit of the Alaska workmen’s
compensation act passed by the
1933 legislature and amended in
1935 is expected soon in Federal
Court. Territorial Attorney Gen
eral James Truitt filed six cases,
naming the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company defendant. The
question involved is whether,
when there are no dependents,
the Trritory should receive full
payments in industrial deaths af
ter deduction of funeral expenses.
The constitutionality of the act
is questioned.
DOUBLE FEATURE”'*
visit by Toting Vittorio t* usso
lini (ubovet to America ‘te
obtaining new Mens fur ly r,
motion picture industry r i<l
marking the llrst trip here V*
any rtf II (lure’s family.
VFREE—Armistice Dance, Wed., Nov. 11th, At The Nevada
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