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VOL. 38 No. 322 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. NOV. 12. 1937. . Per Copy 10ct«
Big Storm Hit Philippine Islands
JAPAN STEADILY ADVANCING IN CHINA
Alaska Commemorative Stamps On Sale Juneau
MANILA WAS SWEPT
BY TYPHOON WITH
LOSS OF PROPERTY
*
I
MANILA. Nov. 12. (?P)—
A terrific typhoon swept thru
the Philippine Islands yes
terday, inflicting thousands
upon thousands of dollars
worth of damage and leav
ing thousands of people home
less.
MANILA, Nov. 12. — Scores
were reported dead in the ty
phoon which ravaged Luzon Is
land yesterday.
Untold Damages
In the wake of the wind which
swept a path two hundred miles
long across seven provinces,
■Thursday, nine are known dead
at Manila, twenty missing and
twenty-six others reported swept
away bv the raging Marikina riv
er in Rizal Province.
Thousands Homeless
Tens of thousands are homeless
in outlying provinces, while scor
e.s were injured, and many miss
ing. Property damage is exten
sive.
Jim—No getting around it—
here’s one person you have to
take your hat off to.
Tint—Who's that?
Jim—The barber.
Interruption In
Armistice Day
Silence London
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 12, — A man
'struggled through the naval
J guard surrounding King George
I VI yesterday, at the World War
I Cenotaph in Whitehall, breaking
the t»\vo minutes Armistice Day sil
ence with the shout: '
“All this hypocricy—you’re de
liberately preparing for another
war."
Amid the clatter of hoofs,
mounted police threw the man
to the ground and then shoved
him back away from the King’s
Guard.
The King stood motionless
throughout the brief disturbance.
Visitor—Was it your love for
drink that 'brought you here?
Prisoner— Lord, no, madam, you
can't get nothing here.
Save $2 by paying in ad
•nnop for votir subscription
the World is too much with hiU m
this Amish boy sits lonesome end awed, one ol the few children to
attend the opening of the new PWA-financed consolidated school in
East Lampeter, Pa. Parents opposed replacement of one-room
schools, refusing to send their children where (hey might contact
* worldly influences. •
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440RSEV
PIPE
TRAY
NOVEL.
TOBAC
POUCH
That pipe smoking is not on the
wane is evidenced by the numerous
pipe accessories now being made.
The sketch at the top Illustrates a
new pipe holder and tray, with a
horse shoe base for ashes, a saddle
to hold the bowl and a cowboy statu
ette to support the pipe stem. The
sketch below It depicts a tobacco
pouch, with a spring device set in
the bottom of it which when pressed
releases tobacco directly into the
Plp«
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Alaskan Stamps
Placed on Sale
Thursday Night
J c
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Aiaska, Nov. 12th—
Aiaska commemorative Stamps
sale opmed at midnight, when
over two thousand dollars worth
of stamps were sold in the first
half hour from a special window.
A long line of people where still
waiting when the windows were
reopened at eight thirty this
morning. Over two thousand let
ters, of the first day’s coverings,
were already for mailing. Hopes
were expressed that the first
day’s sales would beat similar
sales of the Honolulu-Hawaiian
stamp.
Subscribe for The Nugget.
JAPANESE TROOPS DRIVING THE
CHINESE BACK TO WINTER
DEFENSE TRENCHES
SHANGHAI. Nov. 12, (&)—
Random fire by Japanese yes
terday endangered many for
eigners in the French con
cession, as Nipponese forces
drove forward, after retreat
ing Chinese troops.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 12, —Japan
ese forces spread fire, death and
destruction along the southern
border of the French concession,
as they proceeded with the mop
ping up of the last Chinese de
fending in the Shanghai area,
and from the Nantao quarter.
Pressman Killed
Watching the spectacular bat
tle from the concession sidelines
a few yards away, Pembroke
Stevens, correspondent for the
London Daily Telegraph was kill
ed by a hail of Japanese mach
ine gun bullets. Two French tram
way employees A. L. Thurstan
sky and P. Anelter, two French
policemen and a number of Chin
ese were wounded by wild bull
ets and shrapnel.
Fires Blazed Out
Last night blazing fires dotted
Nantao and Pootung. While sunk
on boats across the Whangpoo riv
er burned fiercely. Sores of hous
es, shops and small factories in
!he native city are in ruins.
Broke Chinese Resistance
The Japanese attack, with tanks 1
artillery and shock troops, broke
the Chinese resistance along Za
hwei creek, on the eastern boun
dary of the beleaguered area.
Declines Invitation
—
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Nov. 12, — Japan for-'
mally refused a second invitation 1
to participate in the Brussels’;
Nine Power Conferences.
The note, received today, de
clared, however, that Japan:
“Would be glad if the powers
should contribute to the stabili-j
zation of Eastern Asia, in a man-1
ner consonant with the realities'
of the situation.” '
SHANGHAI, Nov. 12 I.Pl—
Before the unfailing attack of
Japanese forces, China’s ar
mies were forced to retreat
further again today.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 12. —China’s
Shanghai armies, numbering ab
out four hundred thousand strong
today fGl back toward the Chin
ese Hindenfcurg line, more than
fifty miles to the West.
Smaller Japanese Force
Japanese troops numbering
two hundred thousand, forced
the Chinese front towns and
trenches in the Shanghai area,
while Nippon’s war plares rang
ed into the interior, as their
troops advanced.
U. S. Mission Bombed
One flight of Japanese planes
bombed an American church and
mission hospital at Wusth, eighty
miles west of Nanking, killing
two Chinese staff members. The
five Americans on duty escaped
injury
A Japanese diplomat says that
his country’s purpose is to build
up China, but it is necessary to
knock down so much of it first?
-EDITORIAL
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON
IS HOT
Repeated examples of storms
doing thousands of dollars worth
of damage to property owners al
ong the south side of Front St.
at Nome, should convince local
organisations and government ag
encies that something more per
manent and more powerful than
sand-filled bulkheads should be
installed along the Nome water
front.
Tuesday's high wind and storm
on Bering Sea seriously under
mined practically every busi
ness house along the south side
of the street. Many thousands of
dollars invested in property and
equipment still remain in a pre
carious condition.
Some time ago Nomeites sought
the approval of a project for a
steel-constructed breakwater, but
approval appeared to have been
withheld or side-tracked.
Colonel Wilde of the U. S. Ar
my Engineers, who was in Nome
two years ago was approached
on the subject and information
and facts placed before him.
According to the files oif the
Nome Chamber of Commence,
Colonel Wilde in making his re
port on his trip through Alaska,
recommended such a project as.
has again come to the attention of
property owners here What in
tricacies of inter-department busi
iness took place are unknown at
present, but Nome still has no
breakwater in sigh
Striking while the iron is hot
is often successful, and now is
the time to communicate w'ith
government agencies and get the
facts before the proper authori
ties, so that when congress con
venes this month. Delegate Dim
ond and others may present the
appeal for assistance in holding
back the water of Bering Sea.
Leader in much of Nome's out
side contact, is the local Chamber
of Commerce, and through its
regular representative in Wash
ington, Cari Lomen, i! is believed
that the proper information could
be presented and the situation
described in the correct light.
(Continued on Page Two)
Living In Reno
to establish/
residence for
divorce
procedure
Is No. 4 of the
wives of
Tommy
Men vllle,
heir to an
asbestos fortune.
She Is
blonde Marcelle
Edwards,
reportedly given
a large t
settlement.