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VOL. 38 No. 217 NOME. ALASKA, Woe. . JULY 21, 1937 P. r Copy lOcts
Volunteer 0rganiza lion Fei me ..sion
France Looking
At Situation h
Sino-Jap Fracas
FRANCE FAVORS ENFORCE
MENT OF 10 POWER PACT
AND ACTION IS ASKED
OF EXITED STATES
(By The Associated Press')
PARIS. July 17—France is not
. busy keeping ti
ir. her war-torn neighbor of Spain
that she cannot give attention Id
the “military crisis" in China.
Premier Camille Chautemps, who
has been in office only a few
■weeks, favors the calling of a
conference of representatives of
the 10 powers that several years
ago signed the pack guaranteeing
the territorial integrity of China.
These powers include Japan,
whose troops are invading north
China, the United States, and the
leading nations of Europe.
Possessions in China
France has colonial possessions
that once were parts of Southern
China. While these are not im
perilled by the present “crisis”
in North China, nevertheless the
Paris government fears its in
fluence in China, where French
men have heavy investments in
railroad and other commercial
activities, will be greatly impair
ed if not eventually destroyed by
the Nipponese, if the latter are
successful in their present inva
sion.
U. S. Asked to Take Action
WASHINGTON, July 17- Dr.
W. T. Wang. Chinese ambassador
to the United States, declared to
day in Washington he had dis
cussed with Secretary of State
Cordell Hull China’s plea to the
United States and the nine other
signatory powers to the treaty
guaranteeing China’s territorial
integrity to take action in “the
present crisis” in China.
Huge Troop Concentration
PEIPING, North China, July 17
— Huge troops concentration of
both Chinese and Japanese are
reported to be moving toward
North China.
The crisis is drawing toward a
climax, which may determine
whether war will be formally de
clared. China’s National govern
ment, which hre its headquarters
at Nanking, sent word to Peiping
that Gen. Chiang Kai-shek’s
crack division of soldiers have
reached Hopei province. Japan
ese troops from Manchukuo and
those from regular Japanese gar
risons in North China are already
in the field. More Japanese troops
(Continued on Page Three)
HONORS FROM SMITH. Katharine Cornell, the actress (second from left); Elizabeth Cutter
Morrow (right), widotv of Dwight Morrow and mother of Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Josephine Schain
of the University of Minnesota (left) and Prof. Charles liazeu of Columbia University are shown
at Sn.ith college where they received honorary degrees.
ANNA HALL STRONG TELLS OF
DOINGS IN ITALY, RUSSIA,
GERMANY BRITAIN
Pioneer Alaskan Woman. Widow
hat: Governor Strong. Returns
After K\tended Trip Abroad.
Sec Much, I.ikes Some and
I’ndcrstands -All
Mrs. Alina Hall Strong, pioneer
Alaska and Yukcon woman, is just
back from another of her period
ical swings around the globe.
Mrs. Strong is an indefatigable
globe trotter, and through her
travels, coupled with the trained
observing sen.se of a seasoned
newspaper woman, her conclu
sions gleaned first hand in the
various countries of Europe are
not only most entertaining, but
very enlightening as well.
When seen this week at the
Frye Hotel by representatives of
The Alaska Weekly she said, “My
isn’t it good to be back in Seattle
once again. Rain? I love every
drop of it, and no matter where I
go, the best part of the trip is
getting back home to Seattle."
Saw Two Kings Crowned
When asked toe tell us something
about her latest trip, she said:
“Well, you know, I had a great
many things that I wanted to do
and see, and I have done all of
them, and seen the most of them.
When I left Seattle I wanted to
go to Washington, D. C., to see
the Presidential Coronation—Oh,
yes, I’ve seen two kings crowned
since I left Seattle. I was at
Washington in all the rain and
saw the inauguration ceremonies
when the Roosevelt dynasty was
passed along to the American pub
lie, but the weather was so bad
that l went or, to New York ,ird
er ght a steamer for Italy
Italy Doing Fine
"Italy is fine—going ahead
slowly but surely. Say what y .
may about Mussolini, but he is t
great man, and a big one. He is
doing a fine job over there and ,s
building a great country. Seme
magnificent buildings are being
erected, but the greatest job I
saw was the draining of that im
mense marshy swamp between
Rome and Naples. Where once
was only a waste of mosquito
breeding and fever making swamp
land is now one of the most fer
tile spots in all Italy. Three beau
tiful cities are springing up there
and millions of acres of the rich
est soil I ever saw’ are now in pro
duction. I saw the troops coming
home from the Ethiopian cam
paign — poor, broken-down old
men, veterans of all the World’s
War. Mussolini did not send his
young men to Ethiopia, he sent
the old men and kept the young
men at home to work and raise
families. iNow these poor old
souls have been sent on to Spain
and are fighting there. You know
Europe is getting back to the an
cient idea of hiring out soldiers,
and that is what Italy is doing
now. They are furnishing nien
and guns, tanks and trucks, fight
ing planes and submarines, and
taking pay for it from Spain.
Germany is doing the same thing.
“I traveled up through Italy
and over into Austria, or what
was once Austria but is now Ital
ian territory. There even the
shop keepers are no longer allow
ed to speak German—it is all
Italian. There is really very little
of Austria left.
Hitler is .Making Germany
"Then I went on into Germany,
and there is the coming country
:n Europe. Every one is working
and every one is happy. I have
never seen a more contented peo
ple in my life. Factories and
plants are running full blast,
wages are low, and prices are
reasonably so. Tremendous strid
es are being made in practically
ail lines of manufacturing. I saw
some wonderful trucks and buss
es, but the small cars are not
quite up to the American stand
ard.
Weddings and Coronation of Geo.
“I was up in Holland for the
wedding of the little Crown Princ
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M. S. Trader Is
Leaving For St.
Lawrence Island
The motorship Trader is leav
ing this evening for St. Lawrence
Island with a party who flew to
Nome from Fairbanks via plane.
They are: Prof. F. G. Rainey,
teacher of science and anthropol
ogy in the University of Alaska;
Father Raymond Murray, anthro
pologist of Notre Dame; Miss Jean
Bunnell, daughter of Judge Chas.
E. Bunnell, dean of the Uiversity
of Alaska; and Mrs. M. Murie,
the first lady graduate of the Uni
versity of Alaska, who is accom
panying Miss Bunnell. Dr. Otto
driest who for several years has
unearthed hundreds of ancient
specimens on St. Lawrence Is
land, is remaining in Fairbanks
(Continued on Page Three)
(By The a, - •; re d ’■’rAw)
UMDATEiX .1 . 21, — The 15'h
U. S ' ; • • . • ! i v in full
war pack i T mtsin to defend
the At ■ . , ■ - .• ■ . if Sin >
J. . — r! .•!.* . ; ■ : ' d the: •.
whi r C:.! Jap"' o-e ten
sion bn w li, in
\ C . .
i At : cun ba i"v BiiT. : t Tiant
sin organized a volunteer cm
j pany wl i nd
mad; '.ely - i to build furti
ficat . ‘ ■
The United States infantry was
I ordered ;y keep the railroad to
the eastern seaport of Chinwang
tao open
What observers believed to be
Japanese determinaiton to wipe
out positions held by Chinese in
the Peiping area, and the decision
"■ attack other p nits, has led
the British, French and Italians
to prepare for the protection of
their nationals.
The Japanese commander south
of Peiping threatened “another
and more deadly blow", against I
the Chinese
Recommending
Closing Bristol
Bay to Fishing
(Bv The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, July 21, — Terming
the reported Bristol Bay salmon
run “just a spurt”, Deputy Fish
Commissioner said lale yesterday
he would renew his recommenda
tions to close the area to fishing
beginning Thursday morning.
He said reports showed the
short-lived spurt was already di-,
tminishing, and that the close of,
fishing there was a needed con-'
iservation measure.
I
Townsend Says
Start Campaign
For Amendment
CHICAGO, July 21, — Dr.
Townsend said today his move
ment “is far from dead", when
he disclosed an impending legis
lative campaign in all states,
would start by the petitioning of
governors and legislatures, urg
ing the enactment of his pension
scheme.
He said he would pass up con
gress and concentrate in thirty
six states to press a demand for
'a constitutional amendment.
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st run* ion C a a passenger, the
company wiii< ■ t build the
new federal bui'J.uy for Nome.
Pilot Hans left Seattle at 10 a.
m. Seattle Time Tuesday for
Nome, and arr.ved u 1:30
p.m. Wednesday. Nome time.—
a total elapsed time fir the flight
of 301 j hours—flying time 15Vi
hours. Seattle to X no
Enroute, the plane s' >pped ov
ernight at Whitehorse and arriv
ed at Fairbanks this morning at
10 a.m . leaving again at 11 o’
clock and arriving here at 1:30
p.m.
Through Canada the plane en
countered snow squalls, and be
tween Fairbanks and Nome, heavy
clouds and rain, delaying the ar
rival here by several hours.
Pilot Mirovv hopped -iT from
Nome, July 5th w.tb W A. Bar
tholoniae and Joseph Bien for
Seattle, and Mrs. Mirow, arriv
ing there in 15 and one-haLf hour?
flying time, two and a half days
elapsed time. Returning he made
the flight in about the same flying
time, but cut a whole day's time
from the new record which he
had set for commercial aviation
in the North.
Yesterday morning left Seattle
—arrived Nome shortly after
lunch the next day, with a good
night’s sleep in between—that is
transportation raised to its high
est degree in Alaskan airplane
traffiic coupled with comfort.
A large quantity of freight, in
cluding some mechanical parts
for gold mining machinery in this
section was also carried by the
plane from Seattle.
Fliers At Frisco
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, —
i
The Soviet fliers who made the
| second flight across the North
' Pole from Moscow to the United
■ States, arrived here last night
I from Los Angeles, for a big
■ round of entertainment today.