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VOL. 38. No. 317. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 5th, 1937. Per Copy lOcti
Rise in Gold Cause Stocks to Go Up
RUMOR HITLER BE MEDIATOR IN CONFLICT
25 Persons Killed In the Bombing of Chinese Train
LONG-AWAITED JAP
DRIVE ON CHINESE
POSITIONS BEGUN
SHANGHAI, Nov. 5, (.Id—
Japanese forces commenced
their long-prepared drive to
oust Chinese troops from
their strongholds near here.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 5. — Japan
ese forces opened the thirteen
th week of the Shanghai warfare
with an ofQ.nsiive designed to
drive the Chinese south of their
r.ew defense lines along Soochow
Creek.
Along One Mile Front
The Japanese push started al
ong a one-mili front, between the
Rubicon and Warren roads, after
ten days of preparations and
skirmishes which followed the
Chinese retreat from thi: Chapei
sector north of the International
Settlement.
The Chinese faced the advanc
ing Japanese from their lines
nearly a mile south of :he Creek.
HONGKONG, Nov. 5. — Chin
ese newspapers reported that 25
per-on s were killed when Jap
anese airplanes bombed the Cer.
on-Hankow ra:lway assonger ex
pn train Wednesday.
Invisible “black light" acting or
dourescent paint will rrpart new
wealth of color to architectural
features of the 1939 Golden Gate
International Exposition.
Gold Stocks In
In Favor on The
London Market
'By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5th—
Gold Stocks came into renewed
favor on a new rise in the price
of gold on the London Market.
T’n. Alaska-Juneau mining stock
which is ordinarily a slow trader
op. the Stock Exchange, sold 800
shares. The tape during the, fore
noon moved up one and one-eigh
th. over yesterday, with a close of'
thirteen and one- ighth.
Natomas Gold Dredging firm
hock went up five eights to nine
a.1 d one hall.
Mining stocks active on the
curb, especially, were: Alaska*
Treadwell, Central Eureka, Idaho
-U vl?.nd, Alaska M xican. Al
, - a United. Other issues also
"nc-ved higher.
Treasures of ancient Pacific civ
ll'.za'lons will be on display at
the 19 9 Golden Gate Interna
' .r:l Exposition.
Mussolini says ail his thoughts
art bent on preventing war. Not
bent, Duce, .just plain warped.
DAKOTA'S DARLING in the American Legion parade
at the New York convention was 7-year-old Jean Overton of Fargo,
North Dakota. The tiny drum majorette proved a big attraction in
Ihe mighty Manhattan spectacle which dwarfed all previous New
m. York parades.
THE HEIL-LAND FLING of troops and tanks across a sharn battlefield staged as
Germany paraded her military might before Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Thousands of Nazis massed at
Nuremberg to witness the drama of war in huge Zeppelin stadium. Following this the army plunged
into a week of maneuvers in northern provinces. Cloaked in deepest secrecy, they were the Reich’s
greatest since war days.
Piracy Patrol
Warships tan
Detect Subs
WASHINGTON, Nov. (/)>> —
Warships on anti-piracy patrol in
the Mediterranean are much bel
ter equippi'.d to detect and com
bat submarines than allied destroy
ers were during the World War.
But the modern sub, likewise, is
much better prepared to protect
itself.
On thr side of the pirate chas
ers, naval experts in Washington
point out these developments
since 1918:
1— Improvement of high
frequency sound detectors
and direction finders by which
surface craft can detect and
locate submarines.
2— Improvement in the ac
curacy of depth bomb setting.
Depth bombs—sailors call them
“ash cans” are, in fact, the one
effective weapon again a sub
merged submarine.
Timing Device A Secret
Cylindrical metal cases, they
look much life five-gallon paint
drums but are loaded with 300 to
400 pounds of TNT or other high
explosive.
They can be sut to go off at
any desired depth of water. The
United States navy keeps secret
the exact nature of its bomb-tim
ing device, but water pressure is
most commonly used to set off the
explosive.
Depth bombs can be either
rolled overboard off the stern of
a destroyer or shot from Y-guns.
Thest; are slingshot-shaped, doub
le-barreled cannons mounted ast
ern on the deck of the subchasing
desoryer. They shoot two bombs
at a time over opposite sides.
Destroyer Fights Sub
Checking thie sub’s location ev
ery 10 or 15 seconds by sounder
devices, the destroyer plow's the
water directly overhead, laying
? barrage of depth bombs in her
wake.
A direct hit by a dlepth bomb
:s almost certain to sink a sub
marine. navy men say, and a
bomb exploding within 100 feet
will probably put the sub out of
control.
Gut the submarine improve
ments since the war have about
kept pace with the advances in
sub-fighting weapons.
Submarines today are much
faster than the German U-boats
which almost succeeded in throt
tling England. And they can duck
interior Labor
Warfare May Be
Cause Of Laws
By Morgan Beatty
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, (/Pi—
If you’re interested in every-day
economics, you can disregard
most of the pretty Labor Day
messages and orations, and con
centrate on this fact:
Just so long as John L.
Lewis’ CIO and Wm. Green’s
A. F. of L. continue their
struggle for supremacy, there
will exist pressure for the
federal government to step
in and regulate the new
found strength of organized
labor.
Proof of that is already in the
record.
Last spring Congress made ges
tures toward passing a law to pen
alize reckless labor acts after the
sit-down strike had stretched pub
tic patience almost to the break
ing point. The senate went so
far as to denounce the sit-down
technique. It was even suggested
that labor organizations be incor
porated—'an idea detestable to ev
ery true union man. Senator Ar
thur H. Vandenberg, Republican
of Michigan, proposed to punish
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unde; momre quickly, go deeper
and stay under much Longer.
Sub's Big Disadvantage
A modern sub can stay under
wan r 72 hours, compared wiht
24 hours m 1917, and can go
down to 300 feet below the sur
face, while the world war U-boats
dared not dive below 200 feet.
The sub's big disadvantage is
tha in ch ar v.. tor her dark shad
ow shows on the surface iveti
from 100 feet below.
Denied Report
Hitler May Act
As A Mediator
TOKYO, Nov. 5 i/P)—Offi
cial sources today scouted the
rumor that Adolf Hitler, the
German dictator, would act
as mediator in a peace confer
ence in the Sino-Japanese
conflict.
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO. Nov. 5. —A Japanese
foreign office soure. declared this
morning that Japan was unable
to accept any mediation whatso
ever. The source made the state
ment when asked to comment on
reports from Berlin, that Fuerhier
Hitler had been asked to act as
mediator in the hostilities.
Recently Conferred
Despite the assertion from the
Japanese foreign office, it was
learned that Japanese and Ger
man diplomats had recently con
ferred.
The statement said: “Japan
does not recede from its originla
contention that peace is possible
only through direct negotiations
between Japan and China, and
then only if China changes her
attitude.”
Visitors to the World’s Fair at
San Francisco in 1939 will be able
to ride on Motor Gl.des. a newly
dev loped motorized kiddie scoo
ter.
___J.—L
RACQUETTE RHYTHM is her stock in trade. Pretty
Kay Stammers, English tennis star, demonstrates unusual grace on
the courts in a leaping backhand shot in an exhibition match on the
Pacific coast. Miss Stammers is one of the most comely of the femi
nine net contingent. i