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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
VOL. 38. No. 306 NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday. Dec. 29. 1937. Per Copy 10ct»
General Strike Disables City Paris
Apprehension Felt China’s Ability Pay Foreign Debt
Japs Claim Right To Extend Law To Int. Settlement
IT RAINID ROM * on
California's Coach Stub Allison
who, despite his worried look,
watched nis team cinch a Rose
Bowl bid, defeating Stanford
13 to 0.
Medieval Castle
Crushed Twenty
FORLI. Italy, D:c.29. UP)—A\<yp j
of a high cliff that rises above the'
villag of Civile!’.a Di Romang-1
na. near Forli, a medieval castle
■collapsed and its wreckage, tum
bling down, sn?a hed a number
uf homes and crushed to death
possibly 20 persons while they
slept.
Five bodies havu been recover
ed. Four persons have been res
1 cued alive and of these, three are
suffering from injuries. Eight
families ar unaccounted for.
Heaw rains are thought to
have weakened the foundations
of the castle.
Fear Institutions
Be Squeezed Out
China By Japs
(By The Associated Press)
SHANGHAI, Dac. 29—Growing
apprehension is felt in Shanghai
over the future of American and
other foreign firms of China, as a
nation’s, ability to pay her just
debt to the United States and oth
er powers, is increasing daily.
The landing of mercantile car
goes from Japanese vessels with
out customs, examination or duty
payments caused concern about
China’s internal and external in
debtedness which was guaranteed
by customs revenues, which had
been estimated at eight hundred
million dollars.
Japan’s conquering army claim
ed “in principle” the right to ex
tend the provisions of its military
law into Shanghai’s International
Settlement and French Conces
sion, under the claim that her
troops could enter foreign areas
still outside of Japanese control,
and arrest and try all persons
suspected of crimes against Nip
pon’s armed forces.
In For Repair Job
(By The Associated Press)
BALTIMORE. Md„ Dec. 28. (/P)
—For repairs, the Steamship City
of Hamburg, which was damaiged
recently in a collision in the No
rih Sea, off Holland, with the
Italian steamship Confidena, has
returned to Hamburg, Germany,
und.T her own power, her owner,
the Baltimore Mail Line, announc
d today in Baltimore.
The Ci/.y of Hamburg probably
.vill be in dock two weeks for her
extensive repairs.
The Confldenza was slightly
damaged
STRONG MAN WITH A PLAN la Cuba’s Colonel
t Fulrencio Batista who rose from the ranks of the army to dominate
military and political life of that republic. He is shown watching a
wewd of who Jammed Havana’s Tropical Stadium to hear
four hour* of speeches on the three-year elan.
I
DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL, despite the inconvenience of s Vtcfced wirwharrteade.
this Chinese clerk obliges troops by selling them cigarettes across a fence separating the French con
cession from a native area. For merchant and customer alike it required a long stretch across the en
tanglement. Later advancing Japanese forced retreat of Shanghai's defenders as they pushed ahead
toward Nanking.
Govt. Geologist
Reports Deposit
Silver on Island
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 29.
—John C. Reed, Government geo
logist, reported that his study of
the mineral deposit of the Alaska
Nickel field on Troctolit hill was
associated with the Mertie load
on Admiralty Island, and showed
a nickel content of 0.025 per cent
and copper content of 0.06 per
cent.
Other Geologists expressed pri
vately the belief that this field
offered no commercial threat to
the extensive Canadian Nickel
industry. ,
JOHN QUENBOE
NAMED PIONEER CHIEF
FAIRBANKS IGLOO
Heading the list of new officers
of Igloo No. 4, of the Pioneers of
Alaska, is John Quenbcxe, survey
or and old timer in the Fairbanks
district.
Other officers elected by the
Fairbanks Pioneers are: Thomas
Nerland, first vice president; Jas. ■
Barrack, second vice president;
Richard C Rothenburg, secretary;
J. H. Groves treasurer; Clarence
J. Woofter, historian; A1 Cpslett,
chaplain; Judge Cecil H. Clegg,;
trustee for threti years; O. W. j
Fisher, sergeant at arms, and Dan
Leach doorkeeper.
George M. Cohan kids F.D.R.,
but the comedian cannot be half
as funny as many of the Congress
men the President sees in action.
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Japanese Arrested
Red Agitators
(By The Associated Pro6s)
TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 28—Secret
arrests of 300 suspected agitators,
onnounced today by Japanese
police, gave the public knowledge
of what officials described as “the
activities of a general revolution
based on communism.” Emperor
Hiroshito is reported to be con
cerned over the development.
A member of the Japanese par
liament and several former Jap
anese university professors are
among those held on suspicion of
conspiracy to bring about pacifist
and communist movement. The
prisoners also include two women
Baroness Ishimobo, widely known
in the United States, and Taiko
Hirabayashi, a writer.
The 300 prisoners were rounded
up in a series of nation-wide
raids at dawn.
Many citizens appeared stunned
by the arrests.
There is widespread belief the
arrests were made to deflect the
people’s attention from the na
tion’s strained international rela
tions resulting from the invasion
of China.
Kilrain Is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
QUINCY, Mass., Dec. 29-Jake
Kilrain, aged 77 years, old-time
heavyweight pugilist, passed a
way in Quincy after a long ill
ness. His last memorable fight
was a 75-round bout with bare
knuckles against the late John L.
Sullivan in 1889 at Richbourg,
Miss. The fight was the last
championship bout with bare
knuckles.
Kilrain had lived in Quincy for
years. He is survived by two
sons and several grandchildren,
all living in Quincy.
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Supreme Court
Canada 0 K*s
Strange Will
_
(By The Associated Press)
OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 28,(^P>
—Canada’s supreme court upheld
the eccentric will of the late
Charles Vance MilLar, instigator
of Toronto's “stork derby."
Millar’s will provides his estate,
which exceeds $50,000, shall go to
the mother or mothers giving
birth to the most children in Tor
onto between October 31, 1926,
and October 31, 1936.
The Canadian supreme court
left to the courts of Ontario Prov
ince, of which Toronto is the seat,
the task of determining the moth
er of mothers entitled to the
money.
A dozen or so women have filed
claims for the money. The will
was contested by relatives of
Millar. They said it was against
public policy.
OIL SURVEY MADE
ALONG ALEUTIAN IDS.
Five geologists, sent out by three
large oil corpo.ations, made a
field trip along the Alaska pen
insula and the Aleutians last sum
mer, according to a story in the
Anchorage Daily Times.
Fred Henton of Kodiak guided
the oil survey party which was
headed by Dr. G. D. Hanna, pale
ontologist, of the California Aca
demy of Science.
Near Cold Bay they found pools
from seepage and natural gas.
Henton reported. The oil is high
grade paraffin base petroleum.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE
Come and Get ’Em
25 cents per Bundle at
NUGGET OFFICE
100,000 W orkers
Co On Strike
City of Paris
_
(By Tne Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 39—More than ons
hundred thousand public service
workers, from street cleaners to
subway operators, disabled Paris:
with a general strike.
Premier Chautemps ordered an
emergency cabinet meeting to
deal with the situation.
Subways and busses are para
lyzed by a total shutdown of the
water, gas and electric seirvices,
some of which, however are run
ning on reserves.
| Squads of steel-hatted mobile
guardsmen moved into the capi
tal from provinces, while other
troops remain in readiness.
Film Comedian
| Ted Healy Died
At Culver City
CULVER CITY, Calif., Dec. 29
(/T1)—Ted Healy, 41 years old,
motion picture comedian, passed
away unexpectedly at the Metro
Goldywn-Mayer studio, where he
was employed. The cause of the
demise was heart attack. He had
attended Monday night the pre
I view of a picture in which he had
! a role.
Mrs. Healy gave birth to a child
a few days ago.
Healy was engaged in a mysteri
ous fight near the Trocadero, a
Hollywood night club. There was
a deep cut over his left eye, and
his right eye was discolored Re
ports of the fight and the eye in
juries caused Dr. Iamont, who at
tended the actor and who ascrib
ed his death to a heart attack, to
ask for an autopsy.
Autopsy Performed
Dr. A. F. Wagner, autopsy sur
geon for Los Angeles County
made an autopsy. He said that
Healy’s lungs were congested and
that he was suffering from a seri
ous kidney condition. The eye
injuries were superficial, Dr. Wag
nor asserted. He reaffirmed that
death was due to a heart attack
Los Angeles police declared
they would drop further invest!
gation into the demise.
OVER ETHIOPIA Ital
tans planned to place the Duke
of Aosta (above) as viceroy to
succeed Marshal Roldolfo Gra
siani, who, observers believed,
might aid in the Spanish offen
sive campaign.