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VOL. 38 No. 343 NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY DEC 8 1937 Per Copy 10ct»
Chinks Blow up Bridges to Halt Japs
Appr oves Bill Giving Right to Mine Alaska Beaches
CASTING THEIR BREAD UPON THE WATERS of Long Island Sound, 25 pri
vately owned airplane* bombarded W cabin eraiscrs with seeks of flour in a sham battle. Beleaguered
beatemen retaliated by shooting at the EtefS with anti-aircraft cameras. Only toll of the bloodless
battle was a lot of lost dough (not the kind recently dropped tn the stock market). Only winners, if
any, were the Ashes who- might have tried anbaked dropedkee.
Wire Lines
Are Accused
On Trust Law
(B> The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 7—
Two petitions were, filed in the
United States district court t' r
the southern district of New Yor
charging the Western Union Tele
graph Company and t.he Post.' I
Telegraph Company with viola
tion of the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act. the Department of Justice
announced in Washington.
The petitions, which are signed
by Attorney General Homer S.
Cummings, aillege that the com
panies are attempting “to mono
polize . trade and commerce in
telegraphic communications."
The court is asked to enjoin the
companies.
CHINESE RETREAT
FROM NANKING IS
ORDER PROGRESS
€10 Unions Favor
i
Boycott Japan
Goods U. S.
_
t, , lat.-rl Press) |
NORTH BEND, Oregon, Dec, 7
—Because of the invasion of Bris
cl Bay waters off Alaska by Jap
-rC'-e fish ’■men, all unions affil
iated with the Committee for In
dustrial Organizations in Coos
county voted at a meeting of
their representatives in North
Bend to boycott Japanese goods.
In the darkness
which today
seems to
surround
world peace,
Helen Keller,
blind since
she was a
baby, sees light
in the dawn
"of a real peace.”
Recovering from
an operation,
Miss Keller
who returned i
from Japan
in August
expressed hope
that “we are
living
through the i
darkest hour
now.”
(By The Associated Press)
NANKING, Dec. 8th—Chinese
troop? blew up bridges and level
led th; village walls in Nanking's
Eastern suburbs in an effort to
destroy all possible cover that
the Japanese attackers could use
in their frontal assault on the
capital.
Awakened to the thunder of
artillery, despite the imminence
of the attack. Chinese authorities
maintained good order in the
stream of civilians moving to a
semi-safety zone. Military de
fense preparations are far advanc
ed, thus obviating any possible
last minute panic.
During the night the British
gunboats Cricket and Scarab mov
ed a mile and half up the Yantg
ze river to avoid the consequen
ces of an expected bombardm:nt
of Nanking’s bund.
The United States gunboat
Guam was ordered to Wuhsu, be
cause of the increasing danger to
American lives and property, as
the battle lines of the two warr
ing factions approached closer to
Wahsu, a Yangtze River port, 60
miless south and slightly west of
Nanking.
STUDENTS HOLD JOBS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8— It is
estimated one-third of the 15,000
college students in District of
Columbia have federal govern
ment positions, working for Un
cle Sam in the diay and attending
classes at night.
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Counter Aerial
Raids in Spain's
War Damagin'*
c c
(By The Associated Press)
MADRID, Dec. 8—Barcelona
and other towns of the govern
ment-held eastern coast of Spain,
and Palma and Balaeric Island,
aerial naval ba»2 for the insur
gents, sifted debris today of
shattered buildings for victims of
rival air raids, which are report
ed to have taken hundreds of
lives.
Meanwhile fifteen insurgent air
planes swept in from out over
the Mediterranean yesterday to
bomb Barcelona, the capital of
the Spanish Republic.
At the same time twenty-four
government air raiders spanned
the hundred and fifty miles of
sea between the eastern coast
and Mallorca to strike a devastat
ing blow at the insurgents' base
at Palima.
A heavy toll of dead and
; grounded was reported from Bar
t celona and other coastal towns
in the roaring sweep of the insur
gent air armade.
Countering, the government air
force reported they had dropped
; thousands of pounds of bombs
on militay objectives at Palma.
Measure Beach
Mining Favored
At Washington
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7
—Approval was given by the
| House Committee on Territories
to the bill to permit mining on all
Alaskan shores between high and
' low tides. The measure was in
; troduced in Congress by Delegate
Anthony J. Dimond.
Two other of Delegate Dimond's
measures, one permitting any
public utility district to issue
bonds up to 10 per cent of the
value of property within the dis
trict and another to convey to
Ketchikan the old federal court
house site for municipal school
purposes, were approved by the
committee.
Report Ready December 15
Delegate Dimond said he ex
pected the National Resources
Commission to have its recom
mendations for a long-term de
velopment program for Alaska
ready December 15th.
“The commission’s recommend
ations should be in the hands of
President Roosevelt by January
1st, so he can submit them to Con
gress, if he sees fit, soon afte.r
. wards" the delegate declared.
Will be Highly Desirable
The Delegate asserted B. Frank
Heintzloman, chief forester for
Alaska who is chairman of the
Alaska Planning Council, was
confident the final report and re
commendations of the national
commission would be highly de
sirable. _
Back to the
stage will go
Mrs. Jack
Dempsey,
the former
Hannah
Williams,
who has not
stepped out
before
floodlights
since she sang
“Cheerful Little
Earful.” Her
current vehicle
will be a
musical comedy
entitled,
“Hooray for
What!"
Her last
appearance was
before marriage.
Piece of Falling
Ice Does Damage
Joe Simpson, U.S. Smelting Co.
dredgaman from Cleary, is a pat
ient in St. Joseph’s hospital, re
covering from a blow on the
head. A piece of ice, said to be
“as big as a washtub." fell off the
bucket line and struck Mr. Simp
son recently.
The municipal ambulance was
called and Mort Holland, driver,
and Dr. Noble Dick hurried out
to Cleary to bring Mr. Simpson
to the hospital. He was still un
conscious when they arrived, but
regained consciousness in tlre hos
pital. An X-ray examination
showed that n > bone? were frac
tured.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
"If you give the boys any Xmas
presents, let it be something that
will really interest them." So
says "The Tinker," in that play
to be given at the Federated chu
rch, Dec. 13, 8 P. M. "Be careful
of delicate machines like clocks
and hearts" played by Wilbur
Arnold.
Arend Is Now
Asst. Dist Atty.
At Fairbanks
Sherman A. N’oyes Retires From
Office and Forms Law Part
nership With Clasby.
Harry O. Arend recently took
over the duties of Assistant Unit
ed States Attorney of the Fourth
Division, sucre ding Sherman A.
Noyes, savs the Fairbanks News
Miner. of Dec. 1st.
iiicnt if M; A. . I t the pa. 1
tion wa n i. ;. rued by Unit, d
States Attorn y IT !•• It.vers «>'.
Which time Mr. •- staled lie
would retire fmitt the oilier Dee.
I. He hud held the place since
*hs retiiement >f Assis .wit Attoi
ney John B. Miller, about a year
ard a half ago.
Mr. Noyes and Attorney Charles
J. Clasby 'have formed a law part
nerthip. Their offices are in the
Gilcher Building on Second Ave.
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Wills'Fascia*
speakers in
Italy and
Germany may
talk with
little (ear (or
their personal
safety,
in England
it is another
story.
When Sir Oswald
Mosley
recently tried
to address
a crowd of 8,000,
including many
Communists,
he was felled
with a stone,
dangerously
hart.
Xmas Seal Dance, Sat. Dec. 11th, General Admission 50cts,
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