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VOL 38 No. 345. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY. DEC. 10th. 1937_Per Copy lOcto
Nanking Assailed By Japs Today
LANDON WANTS TIME WORK FOR PARTY
LANDON DECLARED
WOULD NOT ACCEPT
THE NOMINATION
»
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Doc. 10, —Alf
M. Landon said here today he
would not be a candidate for
the Republican presidential nom
ination in 1940.
He said he wouldn’t accept the
nomination if it was offered him.
The L9'd6 nominee who went
down to the worst defeat ever
administer a candidate, made the
announcement to newspapermen
on his arrival in Washington for
the annual Gridiron Club Dinn
er. "
He emphasized the statement
that this did not mean he was
withdrawing from politics: “I’m
taking this step so that I can be
more active in Republican party
difairs", he said.
Soon after he reached the cap
ital. the ex-Kansas Governor was
invit-d over the phone by Presi
dent Roosevelt's secretary, to vis
it the White House, this after
noon.
! The purpose of the visit was
' not immediately disclosed. Ac
| ci.rrpanyirvg Landon is Senator
Cf.pper.
THEY TALK T U RJU.Y WITH A SMILE •« a
military review celebratiaf the 14th auiyuaiy oi that republic.
Usually (tern, President Kernel h latest (left) lists— while Tar
Jkey's army chief ef staff. Marshal F. Cakmak, has a —rises word
(top),.bat he replies wMhajria (below).
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Killer of Three
Commits Suicide j
Evade Gallows
(Bv Tne Associated Press'
BOISE. Idaho, Dec. 10, —Doug
las Van Vleak borrowed death to
cheat the gallows.
He died a suicide at 12:25 A.
M. Mountain Time, at about the^
hour h_ would have been hang
ed.
His parents, who came from1
their home in Tacoma, to bid
him farewell, were horrified wit-;
nesses as he leaped thirty feet j
from the side of his cell, to add
his life to three he had taken
two years ago. ,
Dr. G. W. Wahle, prison physi
cian, said a broken neck caused
his death.
He 'was convicted by a jury of,
the slaying of his wife Mildred. 1
reed 22. and two police officers.;
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Reports Confirm
Japan’s Advance
Inside Nanking
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO. Dec. 10. —Domei,
Japanese news agency corres'pon
dents sent word from Nanking
that Japanese troops had captur
ed the city's southeastern gale,
and were entering the city.
They also confirmed the capture
of Purple Mountain, dominating
Nanking.
Squadrons of Japanese planes
were said to be concentrating
their bombing attacks on Nan
king’s eighteen gates, to blast op
en a path for Japan’s armies
Two Fishermen
Rescued Game
Commission Ship
JUNEAU, Dee. 10, — With two
shipwrecked fishermen aboard,
the Alaska Game Commission's
vessel Seal arrived in Juneau.
Harold Aase and his son, Olaf
Aase, were picked up at Cape
Arden, Southeast, Alaska, where
their trolling craft, the Caroline
went ashore in a storm and was
pounded to pieces.
Harold Aase said he and his
son bought the Caroline in Peters
burg November 20 and started to
come to Juneau in her. They en
countered a storm. The engine of
the craft stalled and she drifted
ashore and was wrecked.
Whale marooned on Cape Ar
1 den the two men suffered from
lack of shelter.
Cillam Hopping
to Point Barrow
Radio Supplies
(B\ The Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, D c. 10, — Pilot
Harold Gi'.lam plans to fly to Pt.
Barrow today taking Christmas
'nail and a special radio trans
mitter for brodcasting to Wilkins
when the latter is in the air,
searching for the Russians.
Gillam said “while it is not
likely the missing Russians are
s‘i!l alive, these Arctic flights
will contrbiute to the knowledge:
of winter flying conditions.”
Weather Was OK
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 10th, (Ah—.
Roaring thru the black sub-Arc
tic night, Pilot Harold G:llam
laft Fairbanks at 7:10 A. M. today
Carrying Christmas gifts, mail &
“stlpplles to Barrow.
He planned to flv via Alatna
and make a non-stop flight, ex
pecting to arrive at Barrow at
1:30 P. M. today.
Barrow radioed Fairbanks wea
ther official sthat there was a two
thousand foot ceiling this morn
ing. Most of tile High' will be in
s.?mi-darkness.
AMERICA'S DANCE
as done by the Indians will be
performed by Chippewa Chief
Little Moose at a 35-day dance
festival in which 40 nationali
ties will Join in New York.
SEA WITHOUT A CRISIS is tins placid body ot wa
ter, Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris where Monsieur It. Cascl, French
engineer, recently demonstrated this model destroyer, scarcely more
• .ip in fret long Equipped with radio, its movements are entirely
JAPANESE FORCES 100.000 STRONG
BATTERING DOWN THE
WALLS NANKING
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 10, -Japan
ese force struck from all sides at
Nanking, in a general attack,
which a spokesman declared to
night, put the Chinese capital
“in the process of falling.”
The attack was launch.d when
Chinese comimander General Tang
Seng Chi refused to heed General
Iwanc Malsui's ultimatum, to sur
render the city by noon or face a
general assault.
Four hours laters the Japanese
asser ted that part of the hundred
thousand men encircling the city,
ha dcaptured Purple Mountain,
overlooking. Nanking. Chinese pos
itions on the hill previously kept
the Japanese from a frontal as
sault.
Six- hours later, the Japanese
spokesman said he assumed the
Japanese troops already had pene
trated Nanking's Great Wall, nd
were ergaged in moppink up op
erations. which he explained,
meant street fighting.
No reports have been received
whether the Americans inside of
Nanking were safe. Many per
sons reported that all comimun -
cations with inside Nanking, had
bee severed.
More than fifty puan.s supper
. ed the ground troops in the as
sault on Nanking during the af
ternoon.
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Dec. 9—An area ap
proximately fifteen square mile
lying • thre. and -a half -mnh s
south of Kodiak, has withdraw ■
from the Public Domain, by ex
ecutdve order signed November
20th.
Washington sources, here, sui t
the area included a part of W.
men’s Bay, Arm of Chiniak Bay.
and mouth of Buskin River.
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