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VOL 38 No. 304 NOME. ALASKA. MONDAY. DEC. 27. 1937. Per Copy 10ct»
Boy, Mother, Nurse, Were Kidnaped
WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS NATIONS XMAS
Five Persons Including 2 Children Perish In Home
Five Members
Family Burned
Death in Cabin
\
(By The Associated Press)
AUBURN, Wash., Dee. 25—Five
persons, including two children
in a family gathering, perished
when fire destroyed a cottage at
Lard Pond, six miles from here.
The dead are Lena Fredas, 39,
of Lewiston,Idaho; Fred Coulom
■be of Lewiston, Mrs. Marie Mar
ois of Chelsea; Jeane LaPointe,
aged four, and Neanine LaPointe
aged seven, her sister, both of
Chelsea.
Joseph LaPointe, their father
was badly burned. Charles Gag
non who attempted their rescue,
was also badly burned.
One of the men turned down
the oil heater which later explod
ed. The rest, who had retired,
were trapped in the burning
building.
Engineer And A
* Fireman Killed
In Train Wreck
(By The Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 25—Engi
neers and firemen of the St. Louis
to Pittsburgh mail express train
were killed when the locomotive
ran off the track and overturned
a mile from the station. No pas
sengers were injured. The din
ing car crew were badly shaken.
The dead are an engineer named
Rhodes and a fireman, W. Sprouse
Carnegia, Pa.
NEWTON D. BAKER DEAD
(By The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, Dec. 25—Newton
D. Baker, aged 66, Secretary of
War during the Woodrow Wilson
Administration, died at 2:15 P.M.
Saturday, at his home here, fol
lowing a three weeks’ illness, af
ter a heart attack.
NO SMOKE DREAM
4i the pipe smoking of Gloria
Frances Coyle, 18, Seattle co-ed.
in the Olympic wilderness her
father taught her to smoke.
Demand Stoppage
Japanese Fishery
Products To U. S.
fBy The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 25—A resolu
tion demanding that the importa
tion of Japanese fisheries pro
ducts be nalted, was passed by
the salmon purse seiners, said
union Pacific officials today.
Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia took part in the resolution,
which was submitted to the fed
eral bureau of fisheries.
It also asserted that Japanese
encroachment upon the American
fishing industry was making in
roads on American markets. It
charged further that California
Tuna canners association had re
fused to accept the catch of alba
core from American fishermen, at
the same time receiving thous
ands of tons of tuna fish of infer
ior grade from Japanese clippers.
Americans Will
Be Subject Death
If They Molest
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Dec. 27—Ameri
cans are made subject to the death
penalty for crimes against armed
forces under a Japanese decree,
establishing rigid law for all
Chinese conquered areas by new
rules and regulations for all per
sons “including nationals and
third powers” in Japanese con
trolled areas, and has apparently
raised the question of treaty
rights of other foreign powers.
Chinese and Japanese spokes
men admitted that the measures
will put Americans and other
foreigners under Japanese mili
tary law—only the Russians and
Germans are subject to law other
than their own countries under
the current treaty stipulations for
foreigners in China.
Authoritative sources said that
Japan also had made a request
that foreign Embassies, American
among them, are not to reopen
Immediately their offices in Nan
king.
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Veteran Guide
Chalks Up Six
Brown Bears
Bears, brown, black or grizzly,
! are nothing to get excited about,
according to Johnny Harris, vet
eran Juneau guide, but even he
will admit that six brownies on
one trip are worthy of mention,
says the Alaska Daily Press.
With Pat Hollywood. Ketchikan
guide, Harris took the Richard
Mellon party hunting on Chieha
i gof, aranof and Admiralty Islands
! in September last. In the party
i were Mr. and Mrs. Mellon and
i Mr. and Mrs. John M. Lezear, all
of Pittsburgh. .Mellon is the nep
hew of the late Andrew Mellon).
(Continued on Page Two)
1 BEHIND FEDERAL CROP CONTROL, directing an administration measure de
signed to carry out an cver-nnrmal granary plan, in its course through the C. S. Senate is Chairman
Ellison D. "Cotton Ed” Smith (D-N. C.), shown studying the bill in his office. With haste the bill was
reported from Senator Smith's agriculture committee to the floor where a lengthy battle appeared
likely as Senators Vandenberg and Smith opened a verbal duel.
World Leaders
Cave Addresses
On Christmas
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED. Dec. 25—A Christ
mas Eve address by President
Roosevelt set a spiritual note for
the nation. Roosevelt repeated
the story written by Heywood
Broun. newspaper columnist,
which ended with the admonition
that “Peace on Earth means peace
to Pilate; peace to thieves on the
cross, and peace to the poor Is
cariot."
In Rome, Pope Pius told his
Cardinals who gathered to offer
him greetings, that he was sad
dneed by religious persecution in
Germany, such as there has rare
ly been seen.
From Cannes, France, the Duke
of Windsor telephoned his moth
er, Queen Mary.
And in Moscow, the Russians
ignored Christmas.
At Least Five
Hundred Killed
Xmas Holidays
fBy Tne Associated Press*
UNDATED, Dec. 27—Violent
deaths claimed at least five hun
dred lives as the nation's price for
the most extensive Christmas
celebrations held in years, the
double holiday crowding the high
ways with an unusual heavy bur
den of homebound travelers.
The toll was above the normal
year’s traffic accidents and caused
many times the number of deaths
as any other, but the week-end
merry making was also cut short
by gun fire, hanging, suffocation
burning, poisoning, drowning,
plane crash and a fatal household
accident.
At least fourteen died of sui
cide, thirty of homicide, twenty
eight by shooting, two by stabb
ing. Pennsylvania state led the
nation with forty-one deaths, Illi
nois 38, Ohio 35, California 30.
Christmas Spirit
Reigned in World
Wrought Strife
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Dec. 25—Christmas
spirit reigned thruout a world
torn by strife, “Peace on Earth
and Good Will to Men", ranged
across the United States as it
turned from work day care to the
observance of Christmas and most
joyous holidays.
The president and four genera
tions of Roosevelts' celebrated at
the White House, while Mrs,
Roosevelt stayed it) Seattle, mak
ing her daughter and grandchild
ren happy.
From coast to coast trains, buss
es,and planes were thronged with
last minute shoppers which boom
ed trade.
Reports from lighthouse keep
ers on the northeast coast and in
Alaska said they received gifts
by planes.
At Jerusalem, more than four
thousand pilgrims of many creeds
thronged Holy shrines as rifle
fire crackled, killing Arabs and
wounding Britishers, in a squab
ble over dividing Palestine.
President Roosevelt planned a
Christmas night nation-wide bro
adcast.
In England, King George VI
gave the age-old Xmas Greetings
of "Peace and Good Will,” in a
radio address thruout the empire
and other parts of the world.
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Publisher Juneau
Empire Died At
Phoenix, Ariz.
(By The Associated Press)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dee. 26th,
—Robert W. Bender, aged forty
one, a son in law of Governor
John W. Troy, ol' .Alaska, was
found dead, partly clothed in his
hotel room bathtub, Sunday, by
Harold Shaffer, his traveling com
panion. Bruises of the forehead
and elbow indicatedan acciden
tal fail.
Mr. Bender was recuperating
in Arizona for a recent, serious
illness, having came here from
Juneau where he was engaged in
publishing the Juneau Daily Em
pire.
He is survived by his widow in
Juneau, and his father W. L. Ben
der of Tacoma. Ar, autopsy was
ordered by the Phoanix Coroner,
Nat T. McKee.
PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 27
Dr. James E. Drane, county phy
sician, said that the autopsy held
here showed that Bender's death
was caused by heart ailment and
not frotm injuries resulting from
the faLl into the bathtub.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 27—The
body of Robert W. Bender is sch
eduled to be taken to the Tacoma
Maus Mortuary, it was announc.
ed here.
Harry Shaffer, his traveling
companion, is remaining at the
hospital where he is rocuperating
from the shock.
RETIRED JUDGE PASSES ON
(By The Associated Press)
TUSCON, Arizona, Dec. 27th—
harles Imidon, aged 81, a retired
North Dakota ftderal judge, died
here last night, following a leng
j thy illness.
Family Kidnaped
But Released And
Home Christmas
(By Tire Associated Press)
CENTERVILLE, Indiana, Dec
26—Two heavily armed gunmen,
shouting threats and waving their
pistols, kidnaped a three year old
boy, his mother and nurse, and
a grocery boy. but released them.
Xmas Eve after failing to get
three thousand eight hundred
dollars ransom.
The gunmen speeded from town
in two automobiles, exchanging
gunfire with Marshal Charles
Daugherty. No one was wound
ed.
The four kidnaped were: John
Bryan Jr., Mrs. J J. Bryan, Nor
ma Schroy, 17. and Julian Dun
bar.. All were unharmed.
No trace was found of the men
Bryan is a banker. The kidnap
ing occurred just as the Bryans’
had completed preparations for a
gay Xmas Eve.
Youth Accused
Killing Father
Christmas Eve
(By The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec, 25—A tragedy
beside an underrated Christmas
tree resulted in the death of Jas
Burns, aged 65, and the arrest of
his son Thomas, 32.
The mortally wounded father
was found seated in his chair. His
son admitted, and his father in
sisted he had shot himself.
The son said his father “got
mad over nothing." and a quarrel
started.
Terror Holv Land
•
BETHLEHEM, Jerusalem, Dec
25—A new wave of bloody terror
sw-ept the Holy Land and gave a
hollow echo to the soft chiming
of bells. Four thousand troops
patrolled the hills after a battle
between Arab ar.d British forces
COURT-CRACKER.
Senator M. M. Logan of Ken
tucky. shown in a fighting mood
as he defended the- supreme
oourt bill before the senate.