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VOL. 38 No. 346 NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY DEC. 11 1937 Per Copy 10ct«
WITHDRAWS FROM LEAGUE
Passengers President Hoover Are Safe On Shore
ITALY TODAY
WITHDRAWS
LEAGUE NA.
(By The Associated Press)
ROME, Dec. 11—Italy announc
ed its withdrawal from the Lca
gus of Nations with whom it has
been estranged since the Ethio
pian crisis, and aho because Rus
sia and other european nations,
through the League, attempted
sanctions.
Dorothy Lamour Is
Out of Pictures
For A Year
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Dec, 11—Doro
thy Lamour, radio and movie star
told producers she v. „„ retiring
from the screen December 10th.
1938, for one year so that she can
become a mother. She further
said: “It was the duty of every
married woman to become a
mother."
War Is Waged
On Marihuana
Drug Newark
fflv Trio Assorlativl Pr<‘S=
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 10, (/P)—
Against marihuana, which is said
to becoming rapidly an important
narcotic problem in the country,
the executive committee of the
Inter-State Commission on Crime
meeting in Newark, mapped out
a three-point plan of warfare.
Attorney General Frank Patton
of New Mexico, declared that the
killer drug has been lifted by
“pleasure-seeking citizens whose
nerves are jangled by fast life
from the slum sections of the big
cities to penhouse narties."
The committee asserted the fight
against the drug will embrace the
enactment of new laws by the
States,the enforcement of present
laws and a campaign of educa
tion,
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SLAYER IS SHOT
AND CAPTURED
LA GRANGE, Ind., Dec. 10th—
Robert Sharw, hunted for the slay
mg m La Grange of Deputy Sher
iff Harry Spice, was shot and
dangerously wounded as he was
being captured today near town.
He was shot as he made a break
from corn shocks on a farm
where he had been hiding. Offic
ers had searched the farm for him j
all night.
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Shrimp Goes To Japan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—Much j
of the shrimp gathered in the!
United States is sent to Japan for,
army rations as a preventive
against diseases.
BULBS
NOW ON SALE AT
POLETS STORES
SILVER-WINGED SHIP BENEATH A SILVER-LINED CLOUD presented a picturesque study in mod
ern commerce. This is one ot Pan American Airways' clipper planes which took off from Baltimore harbor to inaugurate service
between that port and Bermuda. During summer months the craft land in New York, as do Imperial Airways’ ships. With start of
traaa-Atlantlo service on a regular basis next year, huge flying boats will land at New York with alternate bases at Baltimore and
Charleston, South Carolina, for use during winter.
MORE MONEY
FOR SIGNAL
CORPS ARMY
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 31th—Senator
Schwellenbaeh said that nearly
ton thousand dollars will be a
v .lable f'i. improv neof the
Army Signal Corps facilities at
Se. tie, including tran-imitkrs at
•V't • Seattle and Fort Lawton.
Bad Weather Was
Cause of Gillam
Halt I light
(By The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 11, — Wind
and overcast ski s over the Endi
oott Mountains yesterday forced
P lot Gillam to halt on his flight
to Point Barrow with Xmas mail
and radio equipment to be used
by Wilkins.
He landed at Alatna, two hours
after leaving Fairbanks. He wilt
proceed today if the weather isi
favorable.
The Pacifig Alaska Airways El
eetra, which left here yesterday
morning for Juneau, was forced
to return because of h avy winds
encountered near Tanacross.
A temperature of 47 degrees
below zero was encountered on
the flight.
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(3y The Associated Press)
MANIL.A, Dec. 11, — A Globe
wireless message received here
this morning indicated that the
six hundred and fifty passengers
of the .grounded liner President
Hoover, had be:n landed safe on
Hoishoto Island, where the ship
struck.
The eight million dollar liner
was enroute here when she ran
aground while on the new course
between Japan and Formoso.
Gen. Ludendorff
World War Fame
Is Seriously 111
(By The Associated Prenyl
MUNICH, Germany Dec. 7, —
General I^udendorfT, who held
high command in the German;
military forces during the world
war is critically ill today after a
surgioal operation for relief of a
bladder infection. Attending phy
sicians said he might linger hours
or even days. The General is 721
years old.
Pan American
Airways Places
Order Planes
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Pan Am
erican Airways asked aircraft
manufacturers to build trans-oc
eanic airplanes of revolutionary
size, capable of carrying at least
one hundred passengers in com
fortable staterooms, and equipp
ed to fly at least five thousand
miles on a non-stop flight.
The machines will probably be
in operation, said officials, in 1941.
They will weigh one hundred ard
seventy thousand pounds each.
Royalty Likes Filins
LONDON, Dec. 9, (VP)—Ameri
can films are papular with the
King and Queen of England as
well as their two princess daugh
ters.
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Ban Been Put
On Swift water
Bill’s Assignees
Mother of Famous Northern Ad
venturer, Excludes His Child
ren From Her Estate.
SEATTLE, D:c. LOth—None of
the estate of the mother of the
, late William Gates, famed in
Northland annals as “Swiftwater
Bill,” will go to his children or
other heirs.
The will of Mrs. Augusta AnlofT
Rice, who died last Sunday in
Seattle, at the age of 94, was filed
for probate in the King county
superior court.
Mother of Colorful Adventurer
She was the mother of the color
ful adventurer who gained the
sobriquet of Swiftwater ,Bill or
iginally as a jocose niakname be
cause when an early stampeder
to the North he preferred to walk
around Whitehorse Rapids rather
than to risk a ride on a home
made boat through them.
Becomes Legendary Figure
He subsequently became a leg
endary figure because of bis luc
ky acquirement and prodigious
expenditure cif great wealth in
the hurrah days of the Klondike.
He passed away in South Ameri
ca two years ago.
Mrs. Rice’s estate is smalL Her
will specifically provides that
none of the estate shall go to her
son’s heirs.
CRACK SCOTTISH EXPRESS
WRECKED IN FOG AND AT
LEAST 40 PERSONS KILLED
I
ROBBERS GET AWAY
WITH MAIL TRUCK
—
Loot From 16 Bags Is Variously
Estimated Between $2,000,
000 and $10,000.
i (By The Associated Press)
: NEW YORK, Dec. 10—In a dar
i ing mail robbery perpetrated
in Now York the loss is variously
est'ma^ed from $2,000,000 to be
tween. $40,000 and $50,000.
The bandits effected their es
cape with sixteen bags of mail,
seven of which with their regis
j tered mail envelopes slip have
i b en recovered from the East
River.
Trying to Trace Bandits
Postal inspectors are trying to
.trace the robbers.
The bags of mail were on a
motor truck on a Hudson River
: ferryboat.
Various Estimates of Loss
Immediately afier the robbery,
| the loss was estimated in some
quarters at $2,000,000. Soon af
■ terwards, post office inspectors de
; dared the bags did not contain
enough money to pay for the
i trouble of stealing them. Finally,
'the inspectors figured the loss be
tween $40,000 and $50,000.
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(By The Associated Press)
CASTLEGARY, Scotland, Dec,
11, — The crack Scottish express
! train speeding through a blind*
ing snowstonm between Glasgow
| and Edinburgh, smashed into th >
rear of another train, killing at
least twenty six persons.
Rescuers later said they believ
ed nearly forty were killed, mak
ing the worst rail disaster since
the Gretna Green wreck in 19 lli
in which one hundred and sixty
persons lost their lives.
PRESIDENT’S TOOTH
CAVITY HEALS SLOWLY
MIAMI. Florida, Den 9. (JP)—
Due to what is described as the
d layed healing of a gum from
which an infected tooth was ex
tracted November 18, President
Roosevelt, it was announced in
Miami, decided to cut three days
from his fishing vacation off th?
Florida Keys. H? left Miami a
few days ago for Washington, D.
;. The President has absorbed
much of the poison from the dou
ble pocket left by the extraction.
One of the openings is still daain-*
ing. (
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