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VOL. 38. No. 328 NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. NOV. 19th. 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Chinks Lines Are Cracked By Japs
FOG FORCED WILKINS RETURN EDMONTON
Operators Cancelled All Alaska Passenger Sailings
A BIG ORDER b the
j»b of Nathan Straus (above),
appointed by the President to
4lreet the federal housing au
thority. He is a New Yorker.
Japanese Cutting
Defenses Apart
Way to Nanking
SHANGHAI. Nov. 19. (/!’)—
The modernized army of th -
Empire of the R'sing Sun.
rolled relentlessly forward to
N unking, after succeeding in
breaking the Chinese defense
lines in more than one place.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 19, -da.pan
eise troops cracked the southern
pivot of the Chinese lines defend
ing Nanking, and struck blows
along its central and northern
fronts.
Occupied Hashing
Fighting through rain and mud
the Japanese drove the last de
fenders from Hashing and occu
pied that vital southern link in
the Hinden.burg chain.
Meanwhile central Japanese
columns approached to within
three milts of Coochow, the line’s
keystone
Northern detachments of the
Japanese a. tries threatened make
unter.’bale. Chinese positions at
Changsu, about one hundrtd and
twenty five mile snorthwest of
the lire.
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At the same time twelve Chin
ese divisions under veteran Gen-(
era I Tang Shen Chi entrenched
themselves in strong defense,
positions just outside the city of
Nanking. |
Nanking’s official spokesman
declared they were prepared to'
defend the city “to the last”.
United State's’ and other for
eign embassies completed arran-;
gemenits to evacuate Nanking
and follow’ the Chinese foreign i
office to Hankow as soon as the |
Chinese officially announce the I
shift.
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REFUSED TO
COMMENT ON
FISH CHARGE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. —
Frank T. Bell, Fisheries Commis
sioner, declined to comment on
r ports that an All-Alaska labor
union had charged him and his
Alaska agent L. C. Wingard with
ignoring the Ameriean-Japanese
salmon fishing controversy in
Bristol Bay.
Dimond Is Silent
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
likewise was silent concerning
.h; union’s demand for a con
gressional investigation of the
Bureau of Fisheries in Alaska.
However, he said: “Some pro
gress” is being made by the State
epai'tnrrent in its efforts “to do ev
erything in its power to work
out a satisfactory' solution to the
dispute."
Deiegate Dimond and Repre
sentative Schwellenbach of the
state of Washington, conferred
today with department officials
regarding the alleged invasion
jf the Alaska salmon banks by
tthe Japanese.
Refused Advice
Go Back W ork
(By The Associated Press)
PONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 19, —
Pontiac’s local union of the Unit
ed Automobile Workers of Am
erica, thundered their rejection
to the plea made by the Inter
national Union to abandon their
sitdown strike in the plant of the
i l" S JU9I f H E TICKET. not the one die cop’s handing out, but the streamlined roadster
and trailer, part ol New York’s toy show, a preview ol what is in store for Young America this Christ
mas. Old favorite toys will face tough competition in shiny new gadgets of all descriptions. Alec Wan
amaker is the traffic officer. Charlie Cross is at the wheel and Ellie Marchenbeck looks out from the
trailer In these toys streamlining comes to its logical conclusion.
Fisher Body Corporation.
! The auto workers voted to pro
ceed with the strike, after Fred
Pieper, a member of the Inter
natiomtl Executive Board had
urged them to return to work.
The strike leaves fourteen thou
sand men jobless.
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS.
.Meeting Friday, Nov. 19. 8 P.M.,
At New Hall.
Business of importance. All re
quested to attend.
NORVIN W. LEWIS.
2t Secretary.
UP FROM THE RUINS left by the World War France
filially rebuilt her most beautiful cathedral at Reims and consecrated
it recently. Here is the famous front facade of triple arches as a pro
cession of archbishops and bishops passed through the entrance of
the restored shrine of worship.
SAILINGS FOR ALASKA
ARE CANCELLED
DUE STRIKE
Operators Say Were Not Consulted By Stewards When
They Voluntarily Walked Off Ships Allow
Others a Chance to Work
(By The Associated Press) !
SEATTLE, Nov. 19, — The
strike threat which developed yes !
terday, held the steamer Alaska
idle on the eve of its scheduled
sailing tomorrow.
Members of the crew were be-'
ing paid off. j
The demands of the Marine,
Cooks and Stewards that work
aboard be performed by members
of the stewards department, were
refused, L. W. Baker, traffic de
partment manager of the Alaska
Steamship Company said, adding
that the vessel would not sail as
scheduled tomorrow, if at all.
No cargo has been loaded. The
North Sea is also idle. A union
meeting is called to consider re
fusals by the two companies to
comply with the demands.
SEATTLE. Nov. 19th </P)— Max
Watson, business agent of the
Union, said, “the men voluntar
ily left the ships of the North Sea
and Alaska Steamship Company
in order to give some of this
work to members of crews of
other ships which have been tied
up for winter. The operators told
us this arrangement was unac-1
ceptable, they have not asked us
to confer with them on the situa
tion or notified us directly of the
reasons fqr cancelling sailings.
We are willing to confer and ne
gotiate at anytime.”
SEATTLE. Nov. 19—Steamship
operators announced the cancell
ation of passenger sailings to Al
aska, “pending the willingness of
the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Association of the Pacific Coast
to conform to its agreement with
us"
To a Union demand the Stew
ards work is to be rotated among
unionists for benefit of the job
less stewards. The operators re
plied that this was to prevent
them from observing Federal saf
ety requirements. “We have no
alternative other than to cease
for *he present the operation of
our passenger vessels.
The arbitrary change in the en
tire personnel of the Stewards’
department on each voyage as
demanded by the Union, is in dis
regard of its agreement, which
provides that the men may con
tinue their employment without
interference by the Union, which
would result in the vessels sail
ing with more than a majority
of the crew and personnel chang
ed each voyage."
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SOVIET PLANE
GOT SIBERIA
GOOD SHAPE
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 19. — Pilot
Granciasky, who left here day
before yesterday tn the big Si
korsky flying amphibian plane
with four companions, reached
Providence Bay, Siberia, after a
six hours' flight. They expected to
put the plane aboard a freighter
for shipment to Vladivostok,
American pilot Harold Gillam.
flew from Fairbanks to Point Bar
row yesterday with S. A. Vornov,
Russian radio engineer, and R.
W. Cook. Canadian radioman, to
assist in the search for the Lev
anefsky plane, from that point.
Mrs. R. L. Frost, wife of the
director of the Fairbanks Weather
Bureau, who has been active in
securing information for the dir
ectors of the Soviet search, died
here of pneumonia today. She is
survived by her husband and
three children.
Wilkins Forced
Return Due Fog
On W ay Aklavik
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Nov. 19, — Sir
Hubert Wilkins, in his Lockheed
Electra plane, piloted by Hollick
Kenyon, left here at 10:15 a.m.
today Pacific Standard Time, on
a six hundred mile flight to Fort
Resolution, enroute to Aklavik,
located in the delta of the Mac
Kenzie River. Another stop will
probably be made at Fort Nor
man or Cameron Bay, before ar
riving at Aklavik
EDMONTON, Nov. 19 (/Pi—Fog
caused Sir Hubert Wilkins to
turn back after his plane had
been in the air more than 2 hours
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* PROCLAMATION! *
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* In conformity with the re- *
* quest of President Roosevelt, *
* an unemployment census is *
* being conducted in Nome. *
* Commencing today and end- *
* ing Saturday, Nov. 20th. *
* Chas. Jones is appointed to *
* distribute the forms to be *
* filled out by every totally or *
* partly unemployed worker *
* in the City of Nome. *
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* It is hoped that these forms *
* will be promptly completed *
* and dropped in the local post *
* office. No postage is neces *
* sary. *
* Edward M. Seidenverg, *
* Mayor. *
* Attest: M. J. Walsh, *
* City Clerk. *
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