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YOL 38 No. 283 NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Soviets Send A Sharp Note Japan
GERMANY, ITALY SAID BE OTHER PARTY
Juneau Schools Closed-2 Cases Infantile Paralysis
BEHIND 1 HE G )NS.
I Foreign Minister Kutci llirota,
as chief formnlator Japan's
policies toward Cl'; •. -;,in the -
center of the inte'* u stage.
‘CAT’ MAN TELLS DEVELOPMENT!
GOING ON MINING CAMPS
SEWARD PENINSULA
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Returning Saturday by plane
after a week's flying tTip around
Seward Peninsula. Bob Pherrin,
Sales and Service Representative
of the Nome Motor Co., Bud Har
per mgr., and the Northern Com
mercial Co. Caterpillar Division,
had some interesting experienc
es and sights to relate.
He left here via the Mirow Air
Service “Duck” flying first to
Noxapaga and Kotzebue.
In the Kotzebue section he met
Arch J. Tourtellotte who operat
SPANISH GOV’T. AGENT IS
DEMANDING LEAGUE CALL
BLUFF GERMANY & ITALY
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(By The Associated Press'
GENEVA, Sept. 27, — Julio
Alvo del Vayo, Spanish govern-;
ment delegate to the League ofi
Nations, demanded that the Leag
^ ue “call the bluff" of Germany
and Italy—“this two-headed mon
star which appears to want to
declare war on all Europe.”
He told the committee “that
the other party to the Spanish
conflict, if you wish to reduce
the problem to personal terms,
is Hitler of Germany and Muss
olini of Italy.”
Hello
“What, you back again?” said
the Warden.
“Yeh. Any letters?”
Football Scores
SATURDAY GAMES
(By The Associated Press)
Washington 14 Iowa 0
California 30 St. Marys 7
Stanford 7 Santa Clara 13
Washington State 0 Gonzaga 0
Idaho 7 Oregon State 6
Minnesota 69 North Dak. State 7
Objection
“Frequent water drinking”,
said the specialist, “will prevent
you from becoming stiff in the
joints."
“Yes, but some of the joints
don’t serve water.”
yyr- , |y „ ———L-J——— 111 I II liM II JtZ
PUTS HIS OAR IN. Pondering the constitutuuamy oi
the nation’s laws is all very well during most of the year, but in sum
mer Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone prefers to row his
fisherman’s dory about the bay at his summer home on Isle au Haut,
Maine.
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2S on Cleary Creek, up the Kob
uk River. Two model 28 Cater
pillars and 1 model 90 Cleetrck
tractor are used by the company
in operating thus season. Mr. Pher
rin reported that he was exper
iencing a successful season.
Dredge Near Completion
From Kotzebue he flew to Can
die where he visited the new
Arctic Circle Exploration Inc.,
4-foot dredge which is nearing
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completion, and which is expect
ed to be in operation before the
freezeup. The other dredge of
the company has had an uninter
rupted season so far and is turn
ing in good results, reported
Pherrin.
The Arctic Circle also operates
a Caterpillar-powered dragline,
1% yard capacity for stripping
ahead of the dredge. A large mod
el Caterpillar, pulling a 12-yard
Le Fourneau scraper, and equip
ped with a bulldozer, is used for
general all-around utility work.
Other Caterpillar equipment is
also used.
Other Candle Operators
Warsing and Evern, carrying
on hydraulic operations near Can
die, have two Caterpillars, one
diesel and one gas. and a bull
dozer. They also reported they
were having a good season. Pher
rin also called in on that North
ern Host, Tom Roust, at Candle,
and enjoyed his stay at the
Roust Roadhouse.
Contacted Deering Camps
From there Pherrin went to
Deering by plane and proceed
ed up the Inmachuk River to the
scene of the operations of the Cor
dovado Gold Dredging Co., where
work is drawing to a close, he
reports, on a large pit in which
hydraulic operations have been
carried on this summer. While
there, he met and talked to Tom
my Thompson, Mining Engineer
in charge of drilling for the
North American Minas Inc.,
which is prospecting the Cordo
vado properties. He also saw
Nick Butler who is in charge of
the drills. While no definite re
port was forthcoming on the
drilling todate, Pherrin declared
it was understood they were hav
ing fine success.
After leaving the Cordovado
camp he went to the Forsgren
dredge operating on the Inma
chuk river and discovered that
they were having an unusually
fine season. In fact, Pherrin re
ported, all operators on the nor
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NOT A LIU WAS LOST. The main reason there were no casualties in this scene wan
buounse it isn’t a sinking ship, though it looks to he. It’s the Matson liner “Monterey” battling through
heavy seas Just outside Sydney Heads, Australia. Although waves rose to mountainous heighta, the
vessel braved angry winter storms to America.
American Red
Cross Is Taking
Care Refugees
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 27.—
The American National Red Cross
has already sent $30,000 for the
emergency relief of refugees who
are arriving in Manila as they
flee from Shanghai and other cit
ies in China, A. L. Shafer, Red
Cross manager in the Pacific ar
ea, is advised by Chairman Cary
T. Grayson at Washington, D. C.
This figure was of Sept. 1.
Charles Forster, formerly of
Oakland, California, now mana
ger of the Philippines Red Cross
accompanied the first boatload
of refugees from China to Man
ila. Forster had gone to Shang
hai for a preliminary survey.
Refugees reaching Manila are
being housed, fed and clothed un
der direction of the Red Cross
Emergency Committee, headed
by Miss Marguerite Wolfson, of
Manila. The committee is func
tioning with one hundred per
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eeSt cooperation from Paul V.
McNutt, U. S. High Commission
er to the Philippines.
Forster in a radio broadcast ov
ee KZRM and facilities of the
Radio Corporation of America &
the National Broadcasting Com
pany reported that 404 women
and children comprised the first
boatload of refugees to reach
Manila aboard the Dollar Liner
President Jefferson. The liners
McKinley and Hoover are foil-:
owing with more American re
fugees.
In addition to the horrors they
experienced in fleeing from war
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SOVIETS DEFY JAPAN TO BOMB
EMBASSY IN NANKING
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(By The .Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Sept. 27. — The So
viet government today sharpen
ed its tone toward Japan with a
i stern warning against the “law
! less" bombardment of Nanking,
in what is believed to be a re
/
! sponse to the Chinese appeal for
1 aid against Japanese attacks,
i The official organ of the Sov
I iet government "Izvestia" pub
i Usihed without comment, the note
'asking Russia “to take measures
; which would help end quickly,
such barbarous and inhuman act
: ivities," as the Japanese bornb
! ardment of civilian populations.
Government circles, however,
did not disclose what steps Rus
sia might take to enter the con
flict.
Officials said that no troops
had been massed on the border
of Japanese-controlled Manchcu
kuo.
The Soviet defied Japan to
bomb its embassy in Nanking, in
a “determined protest" which
was presented yesterday, and in
which Japan was warned she
would be held fully responsible.
Schools arc Closed
tHv The Associated Press)
JUNEAU. Sept. 27—The discov
ery of two suspected cases of In
fantile Paralysis, both children
living along the Glacier Highway
resulted Monday morning, in the
Territorial Commissioner of
Health, Dr. W. VV. Council, order
ing the closing of the public
schools, both high and grade, also
the closing of government and
parochial schools for an indefin
ite period Parents were notified
to keep Muir children on their
home premises and from playing
with other children; also to keep
olf the str. ets not to permit them
to attend any public gathering.
SPEAK THEIR PEACE. Harmony was the keynote when
Senate Democrats met to honor the new floor leader, Sen. Alben W.
Barkley. Peace dinner attendants shown above (left to right) are
Tom Connally of Texas, Key Pittman of Nevada, and Robert Reyn
olds of North Carolina. 9