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90 Jap Planes Destructing Nanking
Wilkins At Barre l -Will Make Moonlight Flights
L ARRIVES ON
FLIGHT FROM !
EASTWARD
(By Tne Associated Press'
BARROW, Dec. 7, — Sir Hub
ert Wilkins arrived here today
in his Lockheed plane on a flight
from Aklavik. He said he plans
»■ 1o make moonlight flights in his
search for Russian pilot Lsvan
ttfsky and five companions, who
disappeared August 13th, on a
projected non-stop flight from
Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Prepared Talk
For Peace to The
World Sore Spot
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(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Dec. 7, — AtlglT"
mg completed two day’s confer-;
•prices reviewing the problems ^
.-aid destinies of the world’s dan- k
* ger spots, British Foreign Minist
er Chamberlain, and French For
eign Minister Deibos today is
sued declarations indicating they
planned broad consultations with
other powers, looking towards
a general settlement of the ear
th’s unrest.
Chamberlain's statement said
Germany’s colonial demands •
could not be considered and de- ^
dared Great Britain and Fran- j
ee were ready to cooperate with
other powers in protecting the 0
rights of treaty obligations in the
Far East. : ^
The Chamberlain declaration, I (
which was almost identical with
0 the Delbos declaration, was read
this evening in the House orf Com t
mons. c
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Can you sympathize with the n
one who has been downed by 3
liquor? He needs a little kind- -v
ness shown him. Will he get it?
Jeremy Whitney, interpreted by j s
Everett Fisher, says, “You have t
^ grown bard, Ethel. There’s no 1
mercy in you. I should have been
pityin’ David for livin’ with you. t
Money's no good to me; it’s Dav- n
id I want.’’ Does he get David, a
or just another shove into the t
gutter? “The Tinker, Deo. 13th, t
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tlv tr)plec<i»W)Vof the gossan Catholic Church. Informed Vatican circles regarded these three cardinals
aeeSQSt Jlheiy to.succeed the pope (left to right): Eugenio Pacslll, papal secretary of state; Elia Dalis
Costa, archbishop of Florence, and Luigi Lavltrano, archbishop ef Palermo. (Associated Press Photos)
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lees 180,000 For
Alaska At Next
Census in 1941
When the Alaska census is tah
n n 1940 by the U. S. goverr
i nt. the population of the Ten
;rv may be close to 100,000. I
I. Griffin, sc'ing governor sai
i Juneau.
The actual figure will depend
and deal on whether the censu
; taken early enough in the yr*a
> list the miners before many c
lem leave for the States.
Sriffin. dec’ared that everywher
ve evidence of population in
r iase is evider.it. but particularl
i the InUrior. And many of th
ew miners are not going Ou!
de at all, but remaining th
ear around in Alaska.
“If we can ever get prospectin
larted on a wde scale in Alask;
ie Territory's growth in pope
ition will really start,” he said.
‘The increase would, be prat
,caKiy all in white people, as th
ative population is not showin
ny appreciable rise, livery yea
! now showiing tan increased nuir
er of persons coming to the tei
itory, as compared to the num
bt>r laavlnj.”
The Alaska population in 1920
was 54.000: in 1930, 59,278. No at
tempt has been made to take a
! census since then although it is
|, known *1.01 there is a steady in
" crease in the Territory’s numbers.
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5 French Sending
“! Squadron to Far
a East Protection
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PARIS. Dec. 7. — France to
day sent her division of most
e modern cruisers to the Far East
after reports were received in
^ Paris from Tokyo saying Japan
B, might might attempt to take con
’ ! trol of the .French concession in
s 1 Shanghai. Officially, the French
1 naval ministry said the vessels
5 were “on an endurance cruise”
'• | to Saigon, French Indo-China,
' | but officials left no ctoubt that
I the cruisers had been ordered to
- | stand ready for action if needed
e • in the China wiar zone.
g i The spokesman for the Japan
r | ese Embassy in Paris said:
a I "ft is France’s own business.
- | provided the vessels remain in
- Indo-China.”
Plan for Christmas
Seal Dance This
Sat. Dec. 11.
Plans for the dance to be giv
en Saturday night by the Christ
mas Seail Committee are takinj
form under the direction of Wil
fred Boucher, chairman for the
dance. Assisting with arrange
ments for the entertainment art
Mrs. Boucher, Mr. and Mrs. Bart
ford Thune. Mr. and Mrs. Calvir
Pool, and Mr. and Mrs. Lars E
Rynning. Good orchestra musit
for dancing will be a feature o
the evening and everything point;
to a gay pre-holiday affair.
Tickets may be secured from
Boy Scouts, fr-om any member o
the committee, or at the door
Proceeds from the dance togethei
with the amount realized from th<
sale of Christmas Seals will b<
forwarded to the Alaska Tutoercu
losis Association to help in stop
ping the spread of tuberculosii
in this Territory.
The time, December 11th fron
ten to one. The place, the Bigl
School auditorium. Save the dat<
and join your friends for a goo<
time and Good Health.
JAPANESE SCALING
HISTORIC WALLS OF
NANKING TONIGHT
fBy The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Dec. 7—Advance
columns of Japanese troops as
sailed Nanking's historic walls,
tonight, according to officers who
announced the attack, with spear
heods the invaders were attempt
ing to climlb the city’s massive
battlements with scaling ladders,
'the maneuvers, which were hand
! ed down through the middle ages.
|The gates to the doomed city, are
apparently still closed,
i The Chinese started their final
! stand which seemed destined to
i fail, the Japanese officials assert- j
■ ed, saying the main forces have
i not yet reached the city, but add
ed, they are progressing satisfac
i torily according to schedule.
GonerclisStmo Chiang Kai Shek.
. China’s leader, left Nanking, Chi
| nese advices disclosed, that he &
I Madame Chiang were said to have
p departed by airplane for Nan
| chang. the capital of the the inter
I ior Province of Kiangshi.
| Meagre reports trickling thru
from Nanking confirmed the Jap
j anese eports that Nippon’s planes
i pounded the city with bombs. j
! The reports did not mention the
1 extent of damage inflicted More
' than ninety planes raided the
I city.
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Duchess Windsor
Is in “Who’s Who”
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON. Die. 7, — In the
1 British "Who's Who”, the Duch
ess of Windsor the twice divorc
ed, American wife of former
King Edward VIII of England is
entered aind she is listed among
the members of the royal family
‘ as are the wives of the other
‘ brothers of King George VI.
In the foreign section of the
■ volume, President Roosevelt is
> given 18 lines, and former Pres
ident Herbert C. Hoover 27.
i The list of names in the "Who's
i Who" edition for 1938, which'
! came off the press today, is less ,
I, than the list in this year’s “Who’s|
1 Who.’’1
Charles Brower
Urges Building
Of New Hospital
CBy The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.
—Charles Brower. "King of the
Arctic” arrived here today to ur
ge the quick construction of a
hospital at Point Barrow.
The building was authorized
recently and some of the mater
ials were delivered last summer
to Barrow.
He talked with Office of Indian
Affairs.aud said he sug
gested several changes in earl
ier plans.
Brower will spend the Christ
mas holidays with his brother in
New York. He was accompanied
to Washington by his son Will
iam Barrow Brower.
To Reinforce The
Anti Trust Laws
Thru Bill
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. —De
signed to reinforce the anti-trust
Law. a bill formulated hy Sena
tors William E. Borah Republi
can of Idaho, and Joseph C. O'
Mahoney. Democrat of Wyoming
was introduced today in the sen
ate.
The measure provides for the
licensing of corporations, the in
creasing from six to nine of the
members of the Federal Trade
Commission, and the empower
ing of that body to charter cor
porations engaged in inter-state
commerce.
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