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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38 No. 285 NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, SEPT. 29 1937 Per Copy lOcti
Suicide Squad Is Nearly Successful
MADE 19 SPEECHES ON TRIP TO SEATTLE
Justice Black Is Touchy About Klan Allegations
Sleeps Nearly 6
Years Dies With
Out Coining To
(Bv The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 29, — The
enigma of pretty Patricia Maguir
e's five and a half year sleep,
was sealed in death when the
thirty-trwo-yearold suburban Oak
Park stenographer for whom
time stopped at the age of 26,
died in the hospital here last
night without bridging of abyss
of unconsciousness created by the
baffling ailment—lethargic en
cephalitis.
The common affliction of pneu
monia was the immediate cause
of death: *'
ANY SPRAINED BACKS?
(By Tne Associated Press)
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 29, —
Police are looking for a muscular
marauder, or somebody with a
sprained back, as the thief who
stole 5,000 pounds of waste pa
per. William Bennett, the dealer
who reported the theft, said that
even at top prices the loot was
worth no more than $15.
An automatic alarm that has
been invented to protect residen
ces from fire is screwed into an
electric light socket, sounding a
siren when the surrounding tem
perature rises rapidly.
TWENTY CHINESE SOLDIERS ARE
DESTROYED BY MINE BLAST
IN ATTEMPT JAP SHIP
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, — A,
daring “Suicide Squadron” ofj
twenty hinese soldiers sacrificed
their lives at dawn today in a
desperate attack that just failed
to destroy the Japanese flagship
Idzumo, as the mine which they
propelled through the Whangpoo
river, blasted a hundred and fif
ty foot geyser of water which
sprayed the Idzumo with shrap
neL
The entire waterfront battie
Itnes northwdst of the city crash
ed into an inferno of war, the
Chinese declared, as the long-:
awaited Japanese big-push on
the Shanghai front was begun.
Troops manning the defense
lines stretching for twenty miles
northwest of the city have hurl- j
ed back wave after wave of at-1
tacking Japanese infantry, with
terrific slaughter.
The blast from the Chinese
mine a few hundred yards to
starboard of the Idzumo. rocked
the U. S. Flagship Augusta and
hurled American offioers and sail
ors from their bunks.
During the nigth, the Suicide
Squadron, some of them swimm
ing, and some of them using sam
pans, gradually floated the mine
from the Pootung shore, across
the river from Shanghai, through
the line of Japanese patrol bogts.
A Japanese lookout on the
Idsumo spotted the squad as it
was about ready to push t|i«
mine through the steel net sur
rounding the ship.
Chinese comrades of the squad
on the shore, touched off the
mine destroying every man, and
ripping a wide hole in the net.
Baranof Is To
Arrive And Sail
Tomorrow, WP
The S. S. Baranof of the Al
aska Line was reported to be
discharging cargo at Golovin to
day, and would arrive Thursday
morning at Nome, sailing shortly
afterward for Seattle.
Latest reports indicate nearly
one hundred persons will be out
going aboard the vessel, many
of them from various camps thru
out the Seward Peninsula.
The S. S. Derblay, which ar
rived at Nome last night from
Kotzebue Sound, sailed at 10 a.
m. this morning for Dutch Har
bor, Akutan and Seattle.
tEFORE AND AFTER. . . ... raMm
“Iron Man” Lou Gehrig is the only one in the Yankees’ lineup that was there when he, as a rookie
oat of Columbia University, entered the majors. At 34, he’s a big power in the Yankee powerhouse
shown at top—Dickey, Gehrig, Di Maggio and Lazzeri. Below, with sluggers of yesteryear—Gehrig,
i Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.
HONEY.
Friends of Prince David Mdi
vani expected an announcement
of his engagement to blonde
Muriel "Honey" Johnson
(above) of Bronxville, N. Y.
Classes First Aid
Miners Be Held
-Begin Monday
H. B. Humphrey, engineer in
the Safety Division for the Bur
eau of Mines in the territory of
ed in instructing classes at Little
Creek, since his arrival from
Fairbanks, found the boys at the
Hammon cam'p very responsive
and appreciative.
Beginning next Monday even
ing, October 4th at 8 o’clock, at
the City Hall, he will conduct
class and demonstration work for
all those who are interested in
First Aid for miners.
The classes will be held Mon
day. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday evenings, of next
week, after which Mr. Humphrey
will return to the Fairbanks and
Juneau sections, so it behooves
all who are interested in First
Aid work, to be in attendance.
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Supreme Court Judge Hugo Black
Arrives From Europe—Still Silent
; (By The Associated Press)
NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 29,
—Senator Hugo Black of Alaba- i
ma, arrived today from Europe,
apparently planning to begin im
meditely on his duties, as a Just
ice of the United States Supreme
Court, to which he was recent
ly appointed.
He maintained the silence as
sumed in Europe, regarding the
charges made by his opponents,
that he once received a life mem
bership in the Ku Klux Klan.
He did, however, make two
things' clear—one, that he was
going to Washington, D, C. im
mediately, and the other that he
might yet make some statement,
possibly over the radio, about
the Klan issue.
The only hint of deep feeling
which Black gave, about the re
port that he was once a member
of the Klan came when a re
*
porter offered him a copy of the
Post-Gazette of Pittsburgh, con
taining a series of articles de-:
daring him to be a member of,
the Klan.
After a moment of hesitation,
Justice Black said sharply:
“Mr. Block, (Block is the pub
lisher of the paper) if I make a
statement, you take it back to:
Pittsburgh. I make it publicly
so the people can hear and un
derstand what I say, because
some portions might decide not1
to publish what I said”, he declar
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Pres. Roosevelt
Gets Welcome at
Seattle. 100,00ft
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Sept 29. — Presi
dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt
relaxed in this Northwest metro
polis today, after delivering nine
teen speeches and rear-platform
talks on his trans-continental
tour, as he recapitulated the gen
eral aims of his administration.
A roaring welcome took place
at the end of his westward jour
ney. It was estimated, one hun
dred thousand people thronged
the streets of Seattle last night
to welcome he and Mrs. Roose
velt, on their arrival at 9:35 pm.
The President set today aside,
and is resting at the home of
his son-in-law and daughter, the
John Boettigers
To this home, a two story, fif
teen room, white frame house, ov
erlooking Elliott Bay. in the Law
tonwood section, the city’s distin
guished guests motored, through
streets jammed with milling,
cheering throngs.
Secret Service men took up
their station at the Boettiger
home just as at the summer
White House at Hyde Park.
Tomorrow President Roosevelt
is to visit Victoria, B. C.. as he
makes a tour around the Olympic
Peninsula.
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RIGHT OVER THE PLATE. Next to playing baseball
with the New York Yankees, Joe Di Maggio likes to eat about as welt
as any three other things. The San Francisco youth wasn’t thinking
much about base hits at this moment, but the lobster was making
. one. I
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