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VOL. 36. No. 283 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
Missing Airmen Found Slightly Hurt
Italian And Ethiopian Troops Ready For Big Battle
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PAIR LOST 8
DAYS FOUND
BY AIRPLANE
(By The Associated Press)
Anchorage, Dec. 4, —
The Star Airways report
ed receipt of a wireless
message which said that
pilot Estol Call and Stan
ley Ilcrmanson, Anchor
age druggist, had been
found injured and nearly
frozen, after an airplane
accident six miles East of
Ekman.
The message said that
each had suffered leg'injur
ies when Call’s plane crash
ed eight days ago. The
message gave no other de
tails of the injured pair’s
experience during the long
wait for aid.
Pilots Kenneth Neese and
Steve Mills of the Star Air
ways reported the recovery
of the missing inen^.
’ Huge Sum Been
Subscribed In 1
Day to t reasury
y j
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 3, —
The quick and complete
subscription of the nine
hundred million dollars
cash money sought by the
U. S. Treasury, was an
nounced by Secretary Mor
genthau Monday night.
The books were opened
Monday morning and clos
ed Monday night. This re
presents the largest raise of
new funds this year.
The books remained op
en indefinitely however,
to exchange either notes or
bonds of four hundred and
eighteen million dollars in
two and one-half percent
notes maturing December
fifteenth.
ATTENTION
.. Complying with instruc
tions from A. A. Shonbeck,
democratic territorial chair
man; I hereby call a meet
ing of democrats to meet at
Pioneer Hall, on Thursday
evening December fifth at
eight o’clock.
JOHN F. DIVINE,
Chairman Divisional
Committee.
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Work On Trade
Agreement With
Britain Is Begun
(By The Associated Press)
London, Dec. 4, (Copy
right 1935 by Associated
Press— The United States
has undertaken prelimin
ary work toward the esta
blishing of a reciprocal
trade agreement with her
greatest foreign customer
—Great Britain, authorita
tive souces disclosed Tues
day night.
This move follows close
ly on the conclusion of the
trade agreement with Can
ada.
It was learned that sur
veys are under way in Lon
don and Washington to de
termine the practicability
of benefits of a reciprocal
agreement.
An s, reement may be en
tered upon by next sum
mer, it was stated.
American exports to Gr.
Britain have fallen off to
scarcely 15 percent of their
former high points. These
exports are principally
raw cotton, tobacco and a
wide variety of raw mater
ials, machinery, semi-finish
ed products and some met
als.
Imports to America from
Great. Britain are mostly
finished manufactured pro
ducts.
Court Battle Is
Looming Result
Wounding Son
(By The Associated Pref=«)
Santa Barbara, Dec. 4, —
A court fight between Mrs.
Dorothea Wendt Longcope,
divorced from her husband
Jesse Livermore, over the
custody of their two sons
(appeared in prospect.
Jesse Jr., 16, is still in a
critical condition from a
gun shot wound, which his
mother is accused of hav
ing inflicted in an attempt
to kill him.
Friends intimated that
Livermore might institute
court proceedings to have
the court order revoked
which gave the children’s
custody to his divorced
wife.
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Prison Breaks
Keep Officials
Busy On Hunt
_
(Bv The Associated Press)
Undated Dec. 4, —Prison
officials of two states trail
ed escaped convicts while
authorities began an invest
igation.
Three of .the men have
died and one is critically
Wounded as a result of yes
terday’s hunt for five fug
itives from the Muskogee,
Oklahomi city jail.
A sixth convict has been
killed and a detective was
'wounded. Officers purued
three Tennessee penal con
victs who elud d them af
ter escaping and carrying
with them r. deputy ward
en who was later freed.
Three prk oners were re
captured alter a break from
the Massachusetts state pri
son. Two other convicts
were killed after a truck
driver had been beaten to
death..
Clipper Leaving
Today Honolulu
From Midway Is.
J
(By The Associated Press)
Midway Island. Dec. 3,
—The China Clipper arriv
ed here at 11:50 P. M. East
ern Standard Time today,
completing a 1,911-mile
flight from Wake Island in
eight hours and fifty-five
minutes.
Captain Edwin C. Mus
i k reported that headwinds
had slowed the ship slight
ly on the third hop of its re
turn flight from Manila to
California. The plane is to
take off for Honolulu Wed
nesday.
General Taking
No Orders From
Foreign Powers
(By The Associated Press)
Peiping, Dec. 4, —Gen
eral Shell Cheh Yuan, com
mander of the Peiping and
Tientsin garrison told news
paper correspondents that
“he was taking no orders
from any foreign power”.
He said today that he ex
pected the reforms advocat
BIG BATTLE IS
PENDING EAST
AFRICAN WAR
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Dec. 4, —
Italian and Ethiopian
troops girded themselves
for the long heralded de
cisive battle on the East
African front.
From Asmara port of ent
ry and fascist colony, came
a report that skirmishes be
tween the opposing armies
on the Northern front were
becoming hotter, and a ma
jor engagement seemed
nearer at hand.
Italian officers said that
periodic exchanges of fire
showed that the forces of
Selassie were pressing in
w th considerable force ag
?..nst the front lines beyond
Mak.de.
An ominous note sound
ed in Rome. Troops which
expected to depart for the
1 southern front are still in
Italy, and the home defens
es are being tightened. All
naval leaves have been
withdrawn. Some of the sea
forces of Italy are concen
trating at stragetic points
against the possibilities of
Mediterranean hostilities.
In Paris, the spokesman
for diplomatic circles said
that Premier Laval would
seek an agreement with Sir
Samuel Hoare on how much
Ethiopian territory to offer
Mussolini as a basis for
peace.
RELAPSE SUFFERED
Rep is today stated that
Chas. L. Calkins who re
cant y 1 . Nome tor the
states and has been in San
Francisco for some time,
under medical care, suffer
er a slight relapse yester
day.
the indications were ser
ious enough to cause Mrs.
Calkins to prepare for a
flight to Fairbanks and
thence to the States to join
her husband.
Mrs Calkins is to leave by
plane at the first break in
the weather.
ed for North China by Gen
eral Ho Ying Chin, war
minister and emissary from
the central government,
would become effective in
the very near future._
Jones And ^ales
Resign Fire Dept.
Replaced at Once
Culminating efforts of
city councilmen to replace
George Jones as driver of
the Nome Fire Department
horse team, the receipt of
his resignation was official
ly acknowledged 'ast night
at 8 P.M. by the Fire Com
mittee, Marry Hagen chair
man and Alvin Polet.
At the same time Blake
Wales, who has been serv
ing in the capacity of engi
neer of the department, al
so stated that he wished to
leave the department at the
same time.
Chairman Hagen of the
Fire Committee stated to
day that the notice was giv
en committee-member A!
v.n Polet about 7:45 P.M.
yesterday and that arrange
monts were immediately
made to replace them. He
asked them at the station
if they wished to leave and
both of them signified in
the affirmative.
Bud Curtis, who original
ly took care of the horses
was placed in the position
of driver until the next reg
ular council meeting when
a choice will be made from
applications tendered. Fred
Yenney was appointed by
the fire committee as engi
neer. but due to temporary
Illness at present his father
C. F. Yenne->- is now taking
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Stnderi Rioters
In Cairo Egypt
(By The Associated Press)
Cairo, Dec. 3, — Police
suppressed rioting students
shouting anti-British slog
ans last night and made sev
eral arrests.
The outbreak was clim
axed with a general fight
after students had bombard
r
ed officials with stones.
Earlier the crowd attack
ed the home of Mahmound
Pasha, liberal leader, pro
claiming their resentment
over the failure of the lib
erals to join the WAFD na
tionalist party opposing the
British domination in Eg
ypt
Woman Suffers
Odd Death Fail
Flight Of Stairs
(By The Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Dec. 4, —
Police said that Mrs. Sarah
Harring, 58, wife of a De
troit electrical engineer
was either murdered or the
victim of one of the most
unusual accidents to be re
corded.
Her cr umpled body was
found yesterday by her 17
year-old daughter Martha,
at the fool of a stairway in
their home at Compton.
The prong., of a pair of
■'.cissors had been driven in
to h r brain; her head was
wounded severally and par
ticles of a glass tumb'er
were imbedded in her face.
She mav have tripped, it
was .-.tai-rd, coming down
stairs.
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itvj Lo.i^Siioreracn
rle-rfge They Not
HnndlcHo! Cargo
(By The Associated Press)
San Pedro, Dec. 4. —Ral
lying to a personal plea by
Harry Bridges, fiery labor
leader, eight hundred un
ion longshoremen in Han
P°dro, pledged themselves
not to handle hot cargo
from gulf ports.
Bridges obtained passage
u a meeting last night, of
1 resolution to susnend
work until the results of the
contract meeting at Hour
jo today can be learned.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dec. 4,
—Louis Pappan. 42, feder
al internal revenue agent,
and George Stewart, form
er police detective captain
were shot to death at a
Sheridan night club East of
the city, early today.
Two employees of the
cub. Tyre Park ; nd door
man G Pi McCullough are
being held for investiga
tion. Both men claimed
the slain men were attem
ing a holdup. _
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