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VOL. 37. No. 33. NOME, ALASKA, Saturday, February, 8,1936 Per Copy Ten Cents
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AFRICAN CAMPAIGN RETURNS "LETHARGY
Germans Will Confer On Trans-Atlantic Airmail
ACTIVITY AFRICAN WAR CLOSED
DOWN: POLITICS OCCUPIES
ATTENTION RULERS
African Warfare
Is In Doldrums
Again Is Report
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Feb. 8, — Re
ports from Africa today in
dicated that the war has
again lapsed into a static
stage.
The Italian army com
mand reported their troops
on the southern front were
consolidating their advanc
ed position, with the Eth
iopians retreating up the
valley of the Webbe Gest
ro. No action is taking
place on the northern front.
From Djibouti, and Fren
ch Somaliland came a re
port that the Ethiopians,
likewise were consolidat
ing their defense positions
after quelling a rebellion
in their ranks.
Ranger’s Visit
At Homer Stirs
Inlet Interest
Investigation Afoot Regard
ing Landing Fields and
Katchemak Bay.
The Seward Gatway has
the following to say in ref
erence to the movements
and activities of the air
plane carrier Ranger,which
has anchored in Kachemak
Bay off Homer, and not far
distant from Seward:
The airplane carried Ran
ger,bearing 350 officers and
men, many of them technic
ians and other department
tal officials,dropped anchor
in Kamchemak Bay off the
little town of Homer, the
21st day of January, and 30
minutes later planes were
skimming about the water
and flying in the air.
The Ranger made the trip
in three days, sailing from
Port Angeles, Homer being
the first and only port of
call in Alaska. What other
call, if any, has not been as
yet given out.
Welcomed to Alaska
A Seldovian delegation.
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Germans to Talk
Over Air Mail
Across Atlantic
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 8, —
Eager to hasten the long
sought flying of mail and
passengers across the At
lantic Ocean on scheduled
runs, German officials came
here today for conferences.
Three German airline,
government men, planned
talks with officers of the in
terdepartmental committee
on civil aviation at the
State Department.
With the Pacific already
conquered by air mail, the
completion of plans for an
Atlantic run will virtually
mean a world-girdling ser
vice.
Nanking, Feb. 8, —
China’s university students
who have been condemning
the central government and
shouting that China should
fight Japanese penetration,
received a blunt reply from
Generalissimo Chiang Kai
sheck:
“If you want to fight,
join the army!”
made up of Mrs. R V Ander
son, Mrs Nell Scott, H. H.
Malcolm, Frank Raby, T.
W Lloyd, Dick Scott and
Jack English, visited the
big ship in the evening, of
fering the welcome of Al
aska to the distinguished
visitor.
A courtesy call as made
at Seldovia the following
day by Capt. A. L. Bristol
and a company of officers,
and survey was made of
the community air landing
field sites, while myriad in
quiries were made regard
ing weather,anchorage and
landing canditions.
Sweeping the Bay
The Ranger will be at
Homer,Captain Bristol said
for two weeks, and during
that time it is evident that
intensive investigat ions
will be carried on. Upon
the arrival of the two spee
dy destroyers, Lea and Ro
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Britain \\ orks
Battleship Defy
Aerial Bombs
Naval Authorities Alive To
Danger from Air, Says
London Writer
(By The Associated Press)
, London, Feb. 8, — A
bomb-proof defense for
magazines, machinery, spac
es for inflammable stores
and all vital control sta
tions, according to Hector
C. Bywater of the London
Daily Telegraph, will be a
feature of the new British
battleships that, according
i to present plans, will be
laid down a year hence.
Charges now being made
that the Admiralty, in plan
ning the new program of
conlstruction to restore Brit
ain’s naval strength, is ig
noring or minimizing the
danger of air attack are un
justified. What has be%n
and is still being done to en
able all future battleships
and large cruisers to resist
blows from the air cannot
yet be revealed.
When the time comes for
disclosing the facts, Bywat
er asserts they will show
that the naval authorities
have been fully alive for
years past to the new men
ace and the necessity for
meeting it. The initial meas
ure of strengthening the an
ti-aircraft armament of all
big ships has already been
taken.
Philippine Army
Become Reality
Under Quezon
(By The Associated Press)
Manila, P. I., Feb. 8, —
A Philippine army has be
come a reality. Under the
stringent new national de
fense act, President Manuel
Quezon issued a proclama
tion transferring the Phil
ippine constabulary to the
army He ordered all male
citizens in the islands who
had become 20 years old
during the current year to
register by April 7 for mil
itary training.
Those to be trained will
be selected by lot.
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Borah MoveO K
I (By The Associated Press'
| Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 8,
!—The Secretary of State’s
j office issued petitions to
: permit Senator Borah to en
ter a full slate of delegates
in the Ohio primary elec
tion.
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CHARLES CURTIS.
FORMER MCE PRES.
DIED WASHINGTON
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W as \ iee President United States Under
Former President Herbert Hoover
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WRITER OF THREATS SAID TO '
BE HARMLESS-ANNOYING
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(By The Associated Press)
New York, Feb. 8. —
Harmless but annoying, is
the conclusion reached by
medical authorities and pol
ice officials with respect to
Austin Phelps Palmer, 52,
a retired engineer, who re
cently was taken into cust
ody in New York by feder
al secret service agents for
having sent threatening let
ters to President Roosevelt.
Admits Writing Letters
The prisoner admitted
writing the letters, which
were two in number, but he
is not clear as to the motive
that impelled him to write
them.
Palmer has been kept un
der close observation since
his arrest. He is mentally
unbalanced, but until he
wrote the threatening lett
ers his mental condition
was not regarded as much
more than eccentricity.
Will Be Kept Track Of
The authorities are con
sidering turning him over
to relatives. However, if
this course is followed, he
either will be visited by
agents of the police depart
ment often or made to re
port to the department fre
quently^
13-Ounce Child
Battles Jaundice
Effort To Live
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(By The Associated Press)
Oakland, Feb. 8, — Nan
cy Lee Vogt battled for her
life against jaundice and
undernourishment, but the
doctors said the fifteen oun
ce, six day old mite was
holding its own.
To combat undernourish
ment the doctors utilized a
rubber tube to inject the
mother’s milk directly into
the babe’s stomach.
Sleep may be a waste of
time but it is necessary if
you plan to have much
time.
ATTENTION MOOSE
Regular meetings of the
Loyal Order of Moose,lodge
No. 1413, will he held the
second and fourth Mon
day’s of each month, begin
ning February 10th.
W. H. KOCH, Secty.
Britain Fortifies
Colony In Africa
Case of Trouble
(By The Associatefl Press)
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 8,
—The British government
has decided to fortify the
port of Mombassa and two
guns and a number of sear
chlights will arrive shortly.
The east African govern
ment will share the cost.
The Kenya government
contemplates the forma
tion of a volunteer Euro
pean unit of engineers and
artillery Mine - sweeping
gear also is being introduc
ed for which Arab and Af
rican boatmen are being
recruited by the local unit
of the royal naval volun
teer reserve.
The decision is not con
nected with the war in Eth
iopia, because it has been
planned for a considerable
time.
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Charles Curtis
| A Former Vice
President Dead
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< By The Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 8, —
Charles Curtis, former vice
president of the United
States, and long-time sena
tor from Kansas, died to
day at the age of 76, a vict
im of a heart attack.
Dr. George H. Calver,
capital physician announc
ed "the Honorable Charles
Curtis, former Vice Presi
dent of the United States,
died of heart attack at 10:
25 this date"
Since the expiration of
his term as vice president
Curtis has practiced law in
the capital, and made his
home with his sister Mrs.
Edward Everett Gann.
Only recently he plan
ned to resume his political
activities in the interest of
Governor Landon of Kan
sas.
Issue Is Before
Naval Confab
Tonnage Ships
(By The Associated Press)
London, Feb. 8, — The
U. S. delegate to the naval
conference was confronted
by British, French and It
alian proposals to the tech
nical committee for small
er vessels and maintained
i their stand for thirty-five
thousand ton battleships
and ten thousand ton cruis
ers Informed sources ex
pressed doubt that the diff
erences in viewpoints could
be compromised.
Propaganda is the effec
tive work of those who per
suade others that you ar
wrong.