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VOL. 38. No. 288. NOME, ALASKA. Saturday, October 2, 1937. Per Copy 10ct»
Black Tells Nation of Ku Klux Klan
Japanese Warships & Planes Bomb Shanghai Area
Soviets Want Franco-Spain Frontier Thrown Open
HE GAVE I N to an im
pulse. Publisher Rufus Woods of
Wenatchee, Wash., had wanted
to be a circus clown since boy
hood. This summer he joined
the sawdust trail for two weeks.
President Roosevelt Admires
Big Changes Grand Coulee Dam
Roosevelt Not Comment
Cn Black’s Speech:
Knew of It
(By The Associated Press)
GRAND COULEE. Wn„ Oct. 2.
i President Roosevelt inspected this
greatest of concrete structures in
the world, today.
He arrived at Ephrata at 8:30
this morning, and breakfasted be
fore the two-hour, 70 mile drive
to the dam.
| Acquainted with Speech
The President was fully ac
quainted with Justice Black’s
speech made over the radio Iasi
night, by his staff, but did not
.comment one way or the other
(whether he had listened to it, a:
l ,vas reported out of order by hie
j ;on James, who told about hirr
j hearing it over a newsman's ra
(die s.t.
Conditions Changed
At the dam, which he visited
'three years ago. he found tht
ore hundred and seventy-eight
million dollar structure, well or
the way to completion,
i Where he'saw desert and de
| serted farmhouses on his firs!
trip, he saw today a thriving
cuntmunity, bustling with activ
ity.
(Continued on Page Two)
JUSTICE BUCK BELONGED
TOKU KLUX KLAN 15 YEARS
AGO: SPEECH WAS SURPRISE
Tells Nation He Belonged
Once But Later
Resigned
WAS HANDED CARD SENATE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON D. C. Oct. 2.
Justice Hugo L. Black, newest ap
; pointee to the U. S. Supreme
. Court, taking the place left vac
ant by the resignation of Ju_t
ice Van Devanter, last night te l.
'the nation over a country-w;d<
radio hookup. that he once joined
i !iie Ku Klux Klan. but later re
j signed.
Accused Being Intolerant
He charged that an effort was
I being made to convince the Am
erican public that he was pre
judiced. intolerant, and against
the Jewish, Catholics and negro
i peoples.
Cites His Record
"I believe that my record as a
United States Senator refutes ev
. cry implication of racial or re
ligious intolerance. I shows that
II was of that gr tup of liberal
enators who have consistently
f light for civil, economic and re
'■ l.gious rights for all Americans,
without regard for race or creed.
• Insinuations of racial and re
ligious intolerance that have
. b made concerning me, war;
b s'd on the fact that I joined the
a illux Klan about 15 years ago.
' I did join the Klan. I later re
signed, and I never rejoined.
' What appeared then, or what
appeals now on the records of
that organization I do not know."
The Seriate Incident
I never have considered and I
do not now consider, the unsolic
ited card given me shortly after
my nomination in the Senate, as
a membership of any kind in the
u Klux Klan. I never used it. I
I (Continued on Page Two)
IF IT'S BEAUTY YOU SEEK. go to Virginia, says Film Producer William A. McGuire
of Hollywood who found his answer to a prayer for a lovely woman for the production “Rosalie” in
tho 014 Dominion. She’s Katharine Aldridge from Lyells, Va„ a former model. Photographic com
petition convinced him, declared McGuire, that Virginia has more good-looking girls than any other
state. It’s a veritable land of milk and honey Judging from Miss Aldridge’s looks.
“The Crucible*’
Unofficial bulletin for the
Nome Headquarters of the
Territorial Department of
Mines
Assayed by Aben Shaliit
Fourth Pouring
Nome, Oct. 2, 1937
Howdy. If your partner split
his head open, would you apply
a tourniquet around his neck to
stop the bleeding?
If you would, and your shaft
isn't down to bedrock yet, better
see H. B. Humphreys of the Fed
eral Bureau of Mines Safety De
partment. Monday night at the
City Hail. Mr. Humphreys, whc
has been conducting a school on
safety measures at Little and
Center Creeks, will give the same
course in town for the benefit oi
local miners and prospectors whc
were unable to attend the form
er courses. Here is your oppor
tunity to learn what to do—and
what not to do, before you call
the doctor. Seriously, a life or a
limb may be saved through your
knowledge of the proper first aid
measures to take during an em
ergency.
Bringing the above information
to your attention is my good deed
for today. Now, as to the prog
ress at the assay shop: part of
the equipment arrived on this
boat, the rest will come on the
last sailing. If it is all up to the
standard set by this shipment,
we will have a nice outfit here.
Bring your samples in early if
you are in a hurry to get the
results—they will be done in the
order in which they are receiv
ed and they’re coming in fast.
I'm doing the lodes around Nome
for the next few weeks, so if you
have an interesting prospect let
me know and I’ll try to arrange
to see it and cut a few samples.
In order to settle some of the
Tuestions which have been asked
here lately. I am quoting the fol
lowing legal opinions pertaining
to lode mining in the territory.
The Federal mining law reads:
"No location of a mining claim
shall be made until the discov
ery of the vein or lode within
the limits of the claim located".
This simply means that a dis
covery is absolutely necessary to
support a lode location.
There are no acts which limit
the number of lode locations that
may be made, consequently one
may locate as many lode loca
tions as he desires, but each lo
cation requires a separate dis
covery. The placer law only all
ows 40 acres per individual per
month, but the number of 20
(Continued on Page Hum)
CHINESE AND JAPANESE FIGHT
TO STANDSTILL ON FIFTH DAY
OF BATTLE NORTH SHANGHAI
_ «>
NO GAINS RECORDED
(Bv The Associated Press/
SHANGHAI. Oct. 2. — Chinese
and Japanese forces fought each
other to a standstill in the fifth,
1 day of their battle for Shanghai’s!
j north station, where the Chinese1
dine is anchored close to the in-:
ternational settlement.
Warships Take Part
The Japanese warships in the
VVhangpoo river blanketed the
area with a barrage of shells,'
! while Jap planes .dropped bombs,
which demolished structures in
the section.
Stop Japanese—
At Chapei. the Chinese strongly
i hell the Pantheon Theatre ag
ainst Japanese thrusts. They stall
ed Japanese tanks with tornup
rails and mowed down the Jap
dmese infantry with machine guns
The Japanese officers at Peip
! ing reported that the conquest
vf Shangtung province had be
I gun with the capture of Snag
luan, resulting in the collapse of
i Chinese resistance there.
—
Soviets Demand
Opening Border
To Admit Arms
: _
(By Tlu? Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 2, —The Soviet
Union was reported to have de
manded the abandonment of the
entire Spanish non-intervention
THE DRAGON THRONE
at Peiping, China, may be occu
pied by Emperor Kang Teh
(above) of Manchoukuo in a
Japanese restoration of the im
perial court.
I
! scheme in order to permit ship
ment of arms and volunteers to
bolster the forces of the Valen
’ eta government.
It was reliably learned that
the Russians, in a note to Lord
Plymouth, chairman of the Non
Intervention Committee, urged
that the Franco-Spanish frontier
be thrown open to such help.
ADDING SWEETNESS to the countenance of Mrs. Ger
aldine Spreckels, wife of Adolph Spreckek, Jr., of the wealthy Cali
| fornla sugar family is Makeup Artist Jack Pierce. The comely heir
i ess was recently awarded a movie contract by a Hollywood studio.