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VOL. 37. No. 172 NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY JULY 21, 1936 Per Copy 15cta
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Revolution In Spain Creates An Alarming Situation
BLOODY REVOLUTION
SPAIN BEYOND ALL
BOUNDS CONTROL
Government And Insurgent Forces Are
At Battle In Nearly Every Province
In Spain As Revolt Continues
(Bv The Associated Press!
HENDAYE,'France, July 21, — The Seville radio
station which broadcasted rebel announcements for
two days, began this morning issuing government dis
patches. An exchange telegraph correspondent prev
iously reported at Gibraltar of hearing a broadcast that
Madrid had fallen, the broadcast ending with, “Long
live Spain, Long live the Army”.
The correspondent also reported that the number
dead in La Linea, near Gibraltar was so great that the
authorities were collecting the bodies in trucks for a
mass burial. Paris reports today declared two hundred
had been slain and three thousand wounded in Barce
lona alone, as the revolt spread there. Airplane pass
engers said that government planes were bombarding
Barcelona ana ine arsenal anu
artillery barracks there. Many of
the buildings are aflame. Reports
continued of serious casualties in
Morocco were it was dead there
were sixty-nine dead and more
than a hundred and fifty wound
ed.
IRUN, Spain, (Copyright) July
21, — Rebels marching on San
Sebastian from Pamplona clash
ed this afternoon with the Irun
police and twenty-five insurgents
were reported to have been
thrown in jail.
TANGIER, International Zone,
Morocco, July 21, — General
Francisco Franco, revolutionary
commander was reported to have
issued an ultimatum to loyal nav
al forces either, to heave up anch
or and sail or surrender.
Unless they do either, he threat
ens an aerial bombardment cal
culated to destroy them.
Ex-service Men
Sail Canada For
France 4 Ships
(By The Associated Press)
MONTREAL, July 20—A con
voy of four ships, escorted by
two dreadnaughts of the Royal
Canadian navy, sailed for the
battlefields of France, carrying
more than 5,000 ex-service men,
their wives and families. The
pilgrims will arrive there July
25th, and proceed to Vimy Ridge
for the unveiling of the Canadian
war memorial there.
Inter-island Boat
Went On Rocks
Typhoon In P. 1.
: (By The Associated Press 1
MANILA, July 21, — The In
ter-island steamer Isidoro Pons,
j carrying a crew of forty-three,
went on the rocks off Palauig
Point, coast of Luzon Island, in
the China sea, and its wireless
failed in the middle of sending
out SOS calls.
The 553 ton craft was apparent
ly caught in a typhoon last night.
It is in no immediate danger, the
U. S. Coast survey vessel “Fath
omer” reported today.
Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
Cloudy weather prevails over
most of Alaska this morning
with rain along the northwestern
coast from the Seward Peninsula
to Barrow, and along the south
eastern coast from Cordova to
Prince Rupert. Temperatures
are seasonable at most places ex
cept it was four degrees below
freezing at Barrow during the
night. Moderate atmospheric
depressions continue to hover ov
er the Arctic Ocean and the Gulf
of Alaska; and high pressure per
sists over the interior and Ber
ing Sea.
The highest temperature in
Nome yesterday was 63 and the
lowest 50.
Greist Says War j
Eskimos Indians
May Break Out
Mriv The Associated Press)
POINT BARROW, July 21, —
Two, p3rt-Eskimos, returning to
Barrow with an account of an at- ,
tack and robbery by Indians, j
. raised apprehension among the
! white residents that the long
smouldering feud between the
Eskimos of the Arctic regions
and the Indians of the Yukon
River Valley, might revive.
Rex Lloyd, 23, quarter-breed
I
white and Charlie Edwardson,
16, half white, out collecting rare
birds and eggs far in the interior, j
| came to Barrow a month ahead
j of time to tell of the attack by
j two Indians hiding in the grass,
who overcame the latter who
was separated from Lloyd, and
robbed him of his shotgun and1
j clothing, and then turned him
loose. He found his companion
a mile away and both run to
their boat, reaching Barrow in
twelve days.
Dr. Henry Greist said that the j
boys' report aroused strong feel
ing among the Eskimos here ag
ainst the Indians on the south
side of Baird mountains.
Greist declared that Edwardscn
would probably have been killed
but he looked like a white per
I 1
! son.
Fear keeps the Eskimos close
, to the Arctic coast. Greist said:
“The Eskimos are a peace-lov
i ing people, but they will fight
as a last resort.” Federal auth
orities have been advised of the
affair, declared the doctor.
Southern China
2nd Army Pulls
Back Face Odds
(By The Associated Press)
CANTON, July 21st—Southern
China’s second army retreated
from the Northern Kwangtung
city of Siuchow, Thursday, in the;'
face of a reported advance of
Nanking troops. The blowing up 1
of an important bridge, it was
reported, despite earlier denials,
spurred the evacuation, since I
communications were said to have ;
been cut. Some advices said
that Nanking troops were expect '
ed to occupy Siuchow today.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin,
July 21—Louis Murphy, senior
United States senator from Iowa,
was killed near here, yesterday,
when his car plunged into a ditch
after a tire blew out. i
ANOTHER OF BLACK LEGION
MURDERS COMES LIGHT WITH
CONFESSION POOLE SLAYER
Prosecutor Announced Iilack Legion
Trigger Man Described How INegro
W as Taken Out And Murdered
t
(By The Associated Press)
DETROIT, Michigan, July 21, — Prosecutor Mc
Crea announced today that Dayton Doan, confessed
Black Legion triggerman in the May 12th slaying of
Charles Poole, told of a new killing in which Terrorist
members of the Legion shot a negro to death “Just for
the Hell of it”, on May 25th last year near Pinckney,
Michigan. Dean said the vict
im was Silas Coleman, forty
three, a world war veteran.
The Black Legion confessed
gunman declared that Coleman
had been lured to a desolate
spot on tiie pretext of getting
wages which were due him.
lie was shot down for the en
tertainment of a Black Legion
drinking party said the killer.
McCrea said he would ask for
warrants charging five with kid
naping Coleman. He said that
Dean told him Coleman was shot
because one of Dean’s superiors
in the Legion, said he wanted to
‘see what it feels l.ke” to shoot
1 negro.
A fisherman found Coleman’s
Jody pierced with eighteen bull
ets, propped against a pole in the
narsh where he had been killed,
he following day after the slay
ng.
Wind And Rain
Cause Damage
At Exposition
(By The Associated Press)
DALLAS, Texas, July 21, —
V strong wind and rain storm
lit Fort Worth, Dallas, and a
core of smaller towns last night
md today, resulting in damages
o the Texas Centennial Exposi
ion of one hundred thousand
lollars.
The lighting system was al
nost completely wrecked and flag
ioles snapped off in many locali
ies. In Waxahachie the streets
vere flooded, and hailstones
iroke windows in Fort Worth.
VANSTON, 111., July 21, —Mrs.
Arthur B. Haven, banker’s wife,
icored in a traffic dburt yesterday.
can’t pay my fine, she said. It’s
lot in my budget.
The judge, himself budgeting,
lismissed the defendant.
I
Many Expect To
For The States
The Alaska Line agent declar
ed that the time for sailing from
Nome had beer, postponed from
this evening to 9 A.M., Wednes
day morning, (tomorrow).
Following is the passenger list:
Miss Ada Kruerger
Mrs Z La Valle
Mrs S D Mazen
Master Sandy Mazen Jr.
Miss Constance Mazen
Master Glenn Mazen
Mister C Blach
Mister Fred Machetanf
Frank Redwood
Miss Norman Purkeypile
Miss Nina Cox
Mrs Wm C Charteris
Miss Nanmi Lind
Mrs V Lind
Miss Swima Miller
G. N. Jones
Jim Hurley
H Fergons
Joe Chase
Mrs Roy Snyder
Miss Helen Snyder
Miss Lorene Lincoln
S J Lasker
Lee Lasker
Thos Werner
Kieth Werner
Master Arnold Palenske
Mrs Arnold Palsenske
Rev. Hartje
Mrs Hartje and child
Jack Hastings
Frank Aimi
Alfred Gebhardt
Leo Suhonen
Roy St. Clair
Mat Fogarty
Vandy Smith
Wiley Hopper
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Predicts Gold
$41.34 AN OUNCE
Senatorial Party Departed For
Seward Board Chelan For
Nome Via Westward
(By The Associated Press'*
BULLETIN. July 21, —Gold
may so to $41.34 an ounce it
was announced today in Fair
banks, said reports to the As
sociated Press.
FAIRBANKS, July 21, — The
Fairbanks News-Miner q . ites U.
S. Senator Elmer Th mm- il Ok
lahoma as prod: ' ; th ->r,-.un
er advance in the price gold,
by presidential deer. ■ the
near future.
Thomas, cha'rmftn ncc
ial senate conm itt e now n. st
igating Indian affairs in Uasha
foresaw no possib.lity of he
price of guid being reduced, but
rather a strom; probability that
it would be n ved up t > $41.34
an ounce.
After visiting the placer g Id
fields and holding hearings here
Thomas and son.v r- Shipstead
and Frazier left F,..rh :s for
Seward today to board the U. S.
Coast Guard Cutter Chelan for
their long voyage to Nome, slop
ping enroute at many points to
the westward on the Ala , , Pen
*
insula.
What will feature their hear
ings in N me h; s mt been dis
closed, but it is expected that
there will be numerous subjects
brought to their attention when
they convene in the Bei ng Sea
city.
Driil Crew Left
Nome Kougarok
A drilling outfit, composing
about 14 tons of supplies and five
men, Bill Schroeder, Gene Lucas,
Mr. Parker, and two others left
Nome yesterday via the tramway
with a new improved airplane
drill for the Kougarok River,
where they will do drilling for
J. J. Keenan, starting at about
the mouth of Course Gold creek
and proceeding up and down the
Kougarok River.
Agent Harnish declared he was
in receipt of a telegram today
stating that the S. S. Dellwood
was fogbound about fifty miles
from Teller and was not expect
ed to arrive at Nome until some
time early tomorrow morning.