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VOL 38. No. 269. * NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, Sept. 10, 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Americans And Others Flee China
DUCHESS WINDSOR PINES FOR SOCIAL LIFE
Refugees Pray That Their Train Not Be Bombed
Civil War Vets
To Meet In ’38
At Gettysberg
(By The Associated Presst
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 10—The
Grand Army of the Republic, its
ranks thinned by time, dispersed
to await the call to reunion with
the confederate veterans next
summer at Gettysburg, Penn.
The Union veterans, following
a prolonged secret session, vot
ed to join their one-time foes in
the seventy fifth anniversary
.celebration of the battle of Get
tysburg, providing that only the
flag of the United States be in
view.
New Speed Boat
Record Of 68.6
Miles Hour Set
?By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Sept. 9 — Herbert
Mendelsohn’s big white-hulled
Notre Dame roaring over the De
troit River course at terrific
speed captured the gold cup
trophy that symbolizes the speed
boat championship of North Am
erica. He won the first heat, fin
ished second to the Italian Count
Theo Alagi in the second and
beat ATsgi by three quarters of
a mile in the final thirty-mile
heat. The Notre Dame set a new
record of 68.6 miles per hour in
the final heat.
Honeymoon
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Is Over For
The W indsors
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(By The Associated Press)
NOETSCH, Austria. Sept. 9 — j
The honeymoon ended Tuesday,
and the Duke and Duchess be
came the wandering Windosors
without an established home.
They caught a train at Villach
which sped them away from the
solitude of Wasserleoburg castle,:
enroute to Borsodivanka castle,
near Budapest, Hungary. The
Duchess was said to be anxious'
to Leave, wanting more social,
life.
Speedy End For
Reveling Soviet
Citv Officials
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(By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Sept. 9—The Soviet1
purge caught six officials at Tash-!
kent. capital of the Uzdek repub
lic in the heart of Asia on charg
es of squandering the city’s funds
on wild drinking debauches with
girls from a “rest home.”
T,he Communist party organ,
Pravda, called the Tashkent of
ficials “burgeois nationalists" and
accused them even of slaughter
ing the municipality’s horses ;o
orovid. meat of their revels. The
Uravda said the six wore elim
inated in a clean up but did not
specify their fate.
JAPAN CARRIES ASSAULT
TO SOUTH CHINA PORTS
AMERICANS FLEE GUNBOAT
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Sept. 10-^Japan's
streamlined war machine struck
at stubborn Chinese defenders on
all fronts, placing Americans and
other foreigners in serious dan
ger from spreading hostilities.
The new assault found China's
armies holding virtaully the same
position? 3S when the hostilities
starred August 13th.
li. S. Marines are guarding the
northern boundary of the Inter
na'ional settlement, which was
endangered when Japanese shells
ploughed into the heart of barri
cades Shrapnel sprayed the inter
national settlement, causing a
number of civilian casualties.
High explosives rained down
on the Whangpoo, Shanghai's
outlet to the Yangtze. One pro
jectile narrowly missed a British
destroyer and another whizzed
over France's flagship anchored
across from Shanghai at Pootung.
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Japan carried the warfare to
South China ports with a bomb
ardment of Swatow. Americans
there took refuge on the gunboat
Asheville. The first of twelve
hundred American refugees left
Hankow for Canton with a pray
er that the train not be bombed.,
Screen Star Bill
Powell On First
Vacation 7 Yrs.
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 9—William
Powell, appearing tired and glad
to get away from it all, sailed on
the Holland-American liner Sta
tendam for what he said was his
firs', vac?‘ on in seVcn years. The
film, star said he planned to make
a short tour of Holland and then
go ; j Budapest before returning
to the Unted States.
ARCTIC PASTIME. Dr. Otto J. Schmidt, chief of the Soviet expedition at the North Pole,
brought along some pets tor the base at Rudolph Island. The bearded Arctic expert is shown seeking
diversion from scientific duties in feeding the camp’s white bear cubs.
Announces An
Understanding
With C. Cable
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(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 9—Della Car
roll, attractive American dancer,
said that “there is an understand
ing between us” when asked to
confirm her engagement to Clark
Gable. She refused to say wheth
er she and the Hollywood film
star actually were engaged. She
said she traveled on the same
ship as Gable from South Amer
ica to New York a couple of years
ago and gave newspaper men to
understand that the romance
bloomed on ship board. She
wore a large aquamarine ring on
her engagement finger but would- j
n’t say whether it was from Ga
ble.
Recent campaigns against near
nude entertainment in New York
and elsewhere may really have
been intended to outlaw a racket
which wasn’t making any money.
With a law against it, it may now
make money.
If regimentation rules the na
tion, the dentist ought to rank
high, what with his daily drilling.
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Daughter Of
Wallace Beery
Is Threatened
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 9—Wal
lace Beery, film actor, obtained a
special deputy sheriff's commis
sion and a pistol carrying permit.
The actor received a letter two
weeks ago threatening death for
Beery’s eight year old adopted
daughter. Carol, unless ten thou
sand dollars was paid
Squadron Italian
Airplanes Attend
Nazi Congress
(By The Associated Press)
NURENBERG, Germany, Sept.
9 —German air force officials en
thusiastically greeted the arrival
of a squadron of Italian fighting
pianes which arrived here as a
courtesy gesture to the annual
Nazi congress. Commanded by
General Poito, the squadron ap
peared over Nuremberg Hying in
formation.
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Battleship Attacks
British Tanker
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 9—The British
tanker Harpa. three thousand
tons, was attacked Tuesday night
by an unknown battleship off the
coast of North Africa but made
port safely, a Lloyd's agent re
ported from Tunis
Paralysis On
Increase Cal.
(Bv The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9 —
Infantile paralysis is increasing
in California but has not reach
ed epidemic proportions, Walter
M. Dickee, State director of pub
lic health reported today. He said
thirty-four cases were reported
in June, eighty-nine in July and
157 in August.
Oklahoma mountains girls axe
reported bleaching their hair
with broomweed flowers, elder
bark, egg yolks and saffron, a
trend that falls into the juris
diction of conservation officiaLs.
FOR A CHANGE. Although there's standing room only, it
looked like a cute idea. Cuter still was Jean Parker, screen beau.y,
who arrived at a beach near Hollywood with this “cabano. She
surfed about a bit, and then was able to make a quick change to a
dry suit for sunning. j