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VOL. 38 No. 338 NOME. ALASKA. THURSDAY. DEC. 2. 1937 Per Copy lOcta
China Massing 300 Russian Planes
Japs Refuse Responsibility of Civilians at Nanking
Explosion in British Royal Powder Factory London
Dimond Objects
To Island Being
National Park
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(By The Associated Press'
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 2—
Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of
Alaska said that the recent pro
posal that Admiralty Island be
made a Natonal Park was “one
hundred per cent crazy” as far
as he could determine., he said,
Department officials were of a
similar opinion.
Dimond said the suggestion came
from some Alaskan who suggest
ed to Representative O'Day of
New York, that something should
be done to sitop the "slaughter"
of Brown bears.
The Alaska delegate said the
Island is under the Forest Depart
ment with rigid game regulations
and asked “why shut off the is
land's development and turn it
into a park?”
Japan Refuses
Plea Establish
A
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(By The Associated Press)
NANKING. Dec. 2—Japanese
authorities refused to grant the
Nanking International Commit
tee's plea for a Civilian Safety
Zone in the capital, when they
L said the Japanese army cannot
assume responsibility in event
the Chinese forces misbehave to
wards civilians or property ol
Nanking, but promised that the
Japanese army will endeavor tc
respect the residential area of
Nanking’s International group.
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DUKE SOUGHT KII$G
GEORGE'S ADVICE
LONDON, Nov. (ff)—The News
Review Weekly, a news ’maga
zine. published what it said was
a telephone conversation between
the Duke of Windsor and King
George VI.
Before the postponement was
announced the magazine said the
Duke called his brother from
Paris and complained that “they
know I'm not a Fascist; I have
been misled by my friends and
misunderstood by the public.”
The king is said to have replied
that he was sorry; that if there
was anything he could do he wo
uld be only too glad.
PRESIDENT GETS
MATANUSKA SPUDS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov.(/P)
t—'Delegate Dimond sent President
Roosevelt a sack of choice Mata
nuska Colony potatoes, whidh is
part of a cargo brought here by
truck.
Another sack went to Harry
Hopkins, administrator for WPA
A1 Radero brought the produce
here from the Pacific coast.
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' PUTTING TROUBLE BEHIND IT, this latest U, 8. Army fighter solves the problem
at allowing gunners u clear field of vision by mounting pusher-type motors and propellers behind the
wings. Machine gun cockpits are located forward of engine nacelles on both sldee of the fuselage,
■quipped to fly In sub-stratosphere conditions, the “Airacuda” will operate at altitudes ranging to
*. ^ 30.000 feet.
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Explosion London
1 Wrecks A Bis
Factory
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; 'Bv The Associated Pre**>
LONDON. Dec.2—A violent ex
plosion wrecked the Corditi
building ef the Royal Gunpowdei
factory at Waltham Abbey, jarr
. ing the entire district. The Wa
Office officials said none wen
killed or injured.
The blast originated from ;
Cordite stove. Twenty men worl
i ing nearby in the blending roon
escaped injury. The fire whicJ
broke out was quickly controllei
by the factory's fire brigade am
work continued.
Cordite is used chiefly for pro
pelent shells made of cellulose
nitrate and vaseline.
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QUESTION IS HEAR: “CAN
JAPAN BE STOPPED?” MAY
BE SAY SOME: 3 BIG IF’S
Car. Japan be persuaded, or
forced, to s op her Chinese cam
paign short of achieving her a
! vc x d indention of completely
dries, ing the Chinese armies?
' This s the question which has
become prominent with the sud
! den turn in American foreign
poll v toward international ac
i fior giver, by President Roose
i v It’s Chicago speech.
1 The ana.ver, or rather the near
. e\ we can come to an answer
I now. lies in what is likely to de
valro along three directions:
1. The ability and willingness of
China to continue strong resist
’ anee over a long period of time.
2. The strength of whatever pol
icy the United States, Great
; IT LOOKS LIKK BAD NBWS that Charles E. Bedaui
(left), representative of the Duke of Windsor, was reading. In tact
it was criticism of himself by Baltimore’s federation of labor in con
nection with the former king’s (7. g. tour. With him is Frank Getty,
advertising agency representative.
Britain and the other support
ed of international action de
cide to adopt.
3. The internal situation in Japan.
With regard to the first factor,
we have so far s en the Chinese
a.mies offer unevpeotedly strong
resistance to superior offensive
weapons in Shanghai,but in north
China the Chinese armies have
been steadily retreating with on
ly one determined stand in the
battle of Nankov Pass. In the air
the Japanese have shown them
salves superior to China; on wa
ter, except for what China can do
to block river channels, the Ja
panese are in complete control.
War In The North
The maioritv of close observers.
hawaver,believe the Japanese cam
paign to be very far indeed from
completion. Many Chinese sym
pathizers are not even worried
by the rapid Japanese advance
tin the north, for they interpret'
the amazing lack of Chinese re-'
sistanee as suspiciously like a
predetermined plan to extend the
Japanese lines by drawing the
invader far into the hinterland.
Once the Japanese line is stretch-,
ed along the vast length of the
Yellow river these observers look
for a protected Chinese campaign
of guerilla warfare designed to
make Japanese occupation unten-i
able and to force Japan to econo
mic exhaustion and social unrest
at home.
When it is recalled that Gen
eral Pai Chung-sthi, a noted advo
cate and experienced leader in
I this type of fighting, is in charge
of this type of fighting, and that
the former Red armies, which for
10 years guoeessfully practiced
guerilla tactics against the over
whelming forces of the central
government, are playing a prom
inent part in the northern fight
tig, considerable weight is given
to this opinion.
(Continued on Page Two)
L3 RUSSIAN BUILT
PLANES ARE SHOT
DOWN BY JAPAN
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI. Dec. 2—Two Chi
nese airplanes raided the Japan
ese positions at Shanghai in the
first aerial attack in moren than
a month. One bomb dropped
n ar the former anchorage of the
Japanese flagship Idzumo, and
near the Japanese Consulate, but
did no damage. Japanese offic
ers said the planes operated from
a height of ten thousand feet and
successfully eluded pursuit craft.
The Japanese reported that in
an air battle near or over Nan
king, six Japanese planes shot
down thirteen of China’s new So
j viet built airplanes. China is
;said to be massing a fleet of three
hundred Russian built planes for
renewal of aerial attacks on the
Japanese advancing armies.
Foreign observers said that Chi
nese bombers raided the Japanese
airfield at Woosung.
Down the Wnangpoo river from
Shanghai, twenty new twin en
gined bombers arrived at Han
' kow, three miles up the Yangtze
river from Nanking, and are be
ing tuned up by Chinese pilots.
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A CIU S*A D E R against
terrorism, successful in Bengal,
! Sir Charles Terrart will be sent
by Britain to assist In maintain
ing order in Palestine.
The Federal Communication*
Commission has extended licenses
and authorizath n covering the
operation of stations for the Avi
ation Service in Alaska, from De
cember first, 1937 to Fsbraury Is*
1938
. . . AND THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO SEA
in ships to fish will find ready larger fleets of boats to carry them to
Ashing banks. Here Captain W. J. Partrea, charter boat veteran pre
sents an odd effect as he paints mast poles and grooms his vessels for
a thriving—end growing Industry^