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VOL. 38 No. 302 NOME. ALASKA, THURSDAY DEC. 23 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Japanese Admit M achine Gunning
Foreigners are Warned to Evacuate Danger Zones
Community Program Tonight, School Auditorium
Advance of Japs
Cause Warning
~ v Jo Foreigners
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 23, — Jap
anese authorities warned foreign
ers today to evacuate Hangchow,
Chekian province capital and sea
port, to escape danger from the
rapidly approaching Japanese
seige.
The notification also included
Shaoshing near the gulf of Hang
chow, about thirty five miles
southwest of the provincial cap
ital.
Completely Surrounded
The Japanese declared that the
defenders of Hangchow would be
trapped or compelled to with
draw, by the Nipponese forces,
which are steadily completing the
encirclement of the seaport from
three sides.
Schwellenbai'h
Is In Favor Of
Backing Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
TACOMA, Dec. — Contending
ithat Alaska is an “integral part
of the trade area of the state of
Washington”, Senator Lewis B.
Schwellenbach explained to his
constituents recently why he has
spent so much time urging con
i-ideration of Alaskan problems.
The senator said Washington
is too dependent upon foreign;
markets over which no control
is exercised, and that the upbuild
>ng of the territory would give
them a market under American
control and more stable.
The senaotr also declared the
first order of business for him
during the current special ses
sion of congress was meeting
with representatives of the State;
department concerning the Jap
anese invasion of Bristol Bay.
Isolation In The Past
“Our state in the past has been
too greatly isolated from the rest
of the country”, the senator said.
“Our population has been com
paratively meagre. I consider it
of prime importance that we
build up here and in Alaska a
population which will serve as
a primary market for the pro
ducts we produce.
“In eastern Washington we pro
duce 10 to 16 per cent of the
wheat of the country. Our wheat
production is comparatively stab
le. The Yakima, Wenatchee. Ok
anogan and Douglas counties pro
duce 34 percent of the commercial
apples of the country.
“Production costs and freight
costs make it impossible for us
to compete in the eastern market
except in the extra-fancy highly
advertised grades.
“We must look to France, Bel
gium, Holland for our real mar
ket. The lumber industry is west
cm Washington is too dependent
upon foreign conditions to have
that stability which is necessary
for permanent of prosperity. Ship
ping prosperity of the Puget
Sound ports is also too depend
ent upon foreign conditions.”
WHAT °HE SEA SAW. This isn't a photographer's nightmare. The young ladies are really
food-looking and not at all big-beaded. They found these masks and staged a parade near the surf in
preparation for the annual Venice. Calif. !Vfardl Gras. Gorgeously grotesque, eh what?
Santa .-Claus Is ~
In Town Today
For Christmas
Santa Claus came to town today
behind his reindeer team and
with promises for all the children
of Nome, that tonight he will
present each of them with a pre
sent at the Community Xmas Tree
celebration at the public school
auditorium.
The exercises ard program will
commence sharply at 8 P.M. and
at the conclusion Santa Claus will
app -ar with his reindeer on the
stage and then the youngsters
will be presented with huge stock
ings full of many surprises.
This afternoon he traveled a
round town stopping frequently
to talk to his youthful admirers,
and, and then returned the deer
to their corral to be prpared for
their appearance at the hall to
night.
He made a circuit from Front
Street to the Federated church
and hospital where the inmates
had an opportunity of seeing San
ta Claus in person with his rein
deer, thence to the public school
and from their to the corral,
where they will rest before their
appearance tonight at the the
j community celebration tonight.
The Fishing Situation
Relative to the Jaanese fishing
; operations off Alaska, the srna
| tor said:
“Last year the Japanese gov
! ernment made an appropriation
for the scientific investigation of
| the possibilities involved in their
1 fishing outside the three-mile lim
j it off the Alaskan coast. This
'year they had several dozen
jboat engaged in the operation.
Their method of fishing is that
! of sending mother-ships, off of
which scores of small boats em
erge. They use nets up to three1
miles in length. It is certain that,
.if they continue and develop this
method of Ashing off our coast!
they will completely destroy the
;fish resources not merely of Al
aska, British Columbia, but the
Puget Sound and Columbia river i
area." 1
Exercises Held
Public School
Wed. Afternoon
Yesterday afternoon at 2:30, in
the Public Sthool Anditorium.
parents and friends of the Nome
High School students attended a
Christmas program.
All artificial lights were turned
out and the program began with
a processional by the Glee Club
girls and boys, carrying candles
singing, “Adestes Fidles”. Then
followed vocal choruses:
“We Three Kings of Orient Are’’
by George Martin, Admiral Sims,
and Frank O’Farrell.
“Morning Star" by Audrey Dun
ham, Marianne Mish, and Edith
Hoop.
“Sleep Holy Babe,” by Alice
Sims, Grace O'Connor and Ellen
Kinne.
“Silent Night, Holy Night,”
translated in Eskimo by Alice
Sims, Grace O'Connor and Ellen
Kinne,
Audrey Dunham, Dan Jones &
P bert Rynhir.g appeared as a
tt io.
"The First Noel”, by the Girls
Glee Club.
“Now Sing. We Now Rejoice”,
"Festal Bells”, and “Now the Day
is Ov.r", by the mixed chorus.
‘‘Nola”, piano duet, by Anna
Walsh and Audrey Dunham.
The Curtains were then drawn
to reveal the beginning of the
r'ay, “Beau of Bath”, given by
he Sophomore English Class. !
The class was: Virginia Calkins
—Lady of the Portrait; Fredric
Bockman—Beau of Bath; Richard
Margraf—Jepson, his Servant.
A second play was given by the
Eighth Grade Class. “Christmas
Eve at the Mulligans”, in which
Roger Bockman portrayed Peter
Mulligan; Marianne Mish por
trayed Nora Mulligan, his wife;
Bobby Rynning portrayed Danny,
Kathaleer. Walsh portrayed Rosie,
Frank O’Farrel portrayed Mike,
their children; Grace O’Connor,
portrayed Mrs. O’Brien, their
neighbor. Admiral Sims, portray
ed Patsy, her son; Dan Jones por
trayed Bill Jones, the Mulligan's
boarder; Marporie McLain por
trayed Miss Hagen, the nurse.
Japs Did Fire
On Americans
Panay Incident
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Dec. 23. — The Jap
anese army admitted today for
the first time, the machine-gun
ning of Americans in the Pa nay
incident, but did not mention fir
ing on the U. S. gunboat itself.
Described Attack on Ship
Lieutenant Colonel Yoshiaki
Nishi, former assistant Japanese
military at Washington, D. C.. des
cribed at length the incident in
which the U. S. Gunboat Panay
and three other American v_s
sels were attacked.
He just returned from an in
vestigation of the afi'air. Nishi
declared the entire incident re
sulted from efforts of the Jap
anese to cut off Chinese troops
fleeing from Nanking.
He stated positively the Japan
ese troops failed to see identi
fication marks or flags of any
■kind.
Old Newspaper
Describes Times
Back In 1856
(By The Associated Press)
ZANESVILLE. O., —Folks stay
ed close in their own bailiwick
in this section along in the 1850's
to judge from a copy of an old
Zanesville paper discovered here
by Mrs. Samuel M. Wince. The
paper, dated March 26, 1856, re
lates that spring weather had
produced mud up to five feet
deep, in the principle streets. The
editor recommended plank side
walks. Another item concerned a
proposal for carrying mail to
Marietta, Ohio., a distance of 64
miles, in the “short" time of two
days. News from far places con
sisted of squibs on Jenny Lind
singing in New York and troop
movements in the Crimean war.
BAPTISM IN BAY. It was an occasion for a big foregathering of colored folks at Oyster Bay, N. If., j
for the annual baptismal services of the Emanuel Baptist church. Robed choristers sang during the
•.ervices. Negroes from many nearby villages thro aged the shore to watch the religious proceedings.
I T * S A B I R D .
hong-tailed birds are coming on
all bats. This one. perched on a
toque of magenta velvet. Is red.
green and black.
300 Americans
Aboard Train
For Hongkong
r r
(By The Associated Press)
HANKOW, Dec. 2.3, — Three
hundred Americans and other
foreigners fled today before the
feared Japanese attack on this
temporary seat of the Chinese
government.
They were aboard the interna
tional Christmas express evac
uation train.
The flag-draped train of which
the hinese and Japanese were in
formed in advance, is expected
to reach Hongkong on Christmas
or the day after.
Attorney Plans
To Attend His
Wake In Style
(By The Associated Press)
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Dec—Few
indeed are the men who attend
their own wake.
But that’s just what George S
Wright, Council Bluffs attorney
general and bachelor, intends to
do.
The dignified attorney, with
distinctive gray hair ar.d nous'
ache and twinkling eyes, bogan
planning for his wake several
years ago. He took an insurance
policy that next fail will net him
$1000—all to be spent on the
wake. He’ll be 70 years old then
"It looks like there isn’t much
chance but wha* George S
Wright will be there at the head
of the table—-not under it”, h ?
said, putting aside a garden
weeding job to talk about the
party.
“My friends keep telling me
I’m not looking so well, but l
don't intend to die until I have
my share ofthe fun at that par
ty”, he added
However. if Wright should
die before he gets the money, the
fund will go to several close
friends who will stage the wake.
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