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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOL. 39. No. 8.
NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday. JAN. 19. 1938
Single Codv 25cts.
Kidnaper of Chas. S. Ross Captured, and Confesses
British and Jap Troops in Near Clash at Tientsin
18 Navy Planes
Make Mass Hop
Calif. Hawaii
HONOLULU, Jan. 19th, </P)—
Swoopim down through a bright
tropical moonlight and with spot
lights aglow, eighteen big navy
bombing planes from California,
landed at Pearl Harbor, before
dawn,completing one of the great
est mass flights in aviation’s his
In record breaking time the first
plan landed at 5:48 A.M. PST.,
twenty hours and thirty minutes
after its “official take off" time
from San Diego, California.
The second plane, with blue
flames shooting f;om its exhaust
in the darkness, alighted two
minutes later; other craft follow
ed in rapid succession.
The unofficial time was bested
of a previous naval mark when
planes landed here in 21 hrs. 25
minutes which was set by a
squadron of 12 planes during an
other routine transfer from San
Diego nine months ago.
One hundred spectators lined
the waters channel to watch the
planeis land. Lieut. Commander
S. H. Warner sa d, they flew thru
unfavorable weather during the
first pan of the. journey which
continued a third of the distance.
The ships carried a total of one
hundred and twenty-seven men,
and flew in two squadrons of
nine planes each.
Leader Is Dead
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 19. i^Pi—
William Kemper, aged 71, a fin
ancier and prominent democratic
lead a-, died at the hospital here,
following ?n operation last month.
he'sees no shTrt
. endangering America. Emil Lad*
wig, author of a new biography
.on F. D. Roosevelt, said the Pres
ident did not aim to be dictator.
'GET ME DAT GUY LOUIS,' shouts Tony Galento
whose 225-pound frame is built like the beer barrels in his tavern at
Orange, N. J. Importance has come with a rush to the 28-year-old
slugging fighter who, although he refuses to train, has been lifted by
his fists and circumstance to third spot in heavyweight ranks.
Chinese Armies
Reported Push
Was Successful
SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, (A’>—Chi
nese armies in the northern and
central Yangtze Valley fronts,
are reported to have pushed back
the Japanese invaders in a series
of counter attacks.
Advices through Chinese chan
nels said, that Generalismo Kai
Shek, in his second visit to front
lines, ordered the troops not to
retreat one single inch.
Chinese sources e'so reported
that the Eighth army was organ
ized from the once outlawed com
munists units and inflicted heavy
losses on the Japanese in central
Shansi Province.
Chinese forces along the Yang
7 River above Nanking, pushed
back the Japanese from their out
posts and occupied two villages
near Wuhu, and are prepared for
an attempt to recapture Wuhu it
self.
The Chinese guerrilla unit cap
tured Chwansha on the Pootung
Peninsula opposite Shanghai,
bringing Japanese martial Law
in pootung.
Outer Mongolian troops advan
ced in the Northern Province of
Suiyan.
Dr. H. H. King, China’s second
most powerful leader, said, China
can continue war for years, and
that all current talk of Chinese
Japonese peace, which apparent
ly is inspired by Tokyo and Ber
lin, is utterly baseless.
The All Alaska Chamber of
Commerce at Juneau, will pub
lish soon an all pictorial Bulletin
for distribution in the States. Any
one having views or pictures of
the Second Division are request
ed to hand them to Secretary A.
Polet of the Nome Chamber, who
will forward them immediately
to Juneau. Thanks.
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Chinese Success
Comes In Recent
*
Army Campaigns
SHANGHAI, Jan. 19th, (Ah—
Chinese counter thrusts puit the
Japanese armies on the defensive
in two important zones by their
widespread warfare along the
Ti intsan-Pukow railway north of
Nanking. In the Hangchow area
one hundred and twenty-five
miles southwest, Japanese sour
ces admitted they were forced
into defensive positions in those
areas.
Strong Chinese units, approx
imately thirty miles north of
Nanking, they are attempting to
cut the Tientsin-Pukow line, be
hind the Japanese column, which
advanced from the conquered
capital, as part of a two day
threat against Suchow.
Chinese told of additional suc
cesses in South Shantung, and as
serted that Tsinging, 120 miles
south of Tsinan, was “entirely in
our hands", and added that a
“decisive battle is imminent.”
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Tension Grows
British & Japs
Over Concession
SHANGHAI, Jan. 19, (VP)—Au
thoritative British circles report
ed that the tension existing be
tween the British and Japanese
at Tientsin threatened a clash of
armed forces for a time, and fur
ther said that Japanese threaten
ed to invade the British Conces
sion at Tientsin, unless Chinese
who are supsectad of anti-Japan
ese activities were expelled from
the area.
The British declared they will
resist any aggression by Japan
ese who threaten to enter the
concession forcibly, but took no
further action and the situation
1 remains unsettled.
Planning Program
Submitted By
President
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 19,
(/PI—President Roosevelt trans
mitted to Congress a program for
“long range” development of Al
aska. Th • Regional Planning
Board formed the background of
the plan drafted by the National
Resources Committee at the re
quest of Congress.
Other recommendations inciud
ed the simplification of territorial
gov rnmental taxation system;
the construction of roads, trails,
expansion of Air Service, protec
tion of the salmon fisheries, im
provement of labor conditions.
The committee held that re
gional planning was essential to
the orderly development of the
va.-t territory, because it would
be a "long time problem and
plans would have to be made to
change things to suit the chang
ing social conditions.”
And added: studies disclosed
'that notional interest did not de
mand foro d development of Al
aska, nor was there any impera
tive need for a costly defense
program, and further said “there
| is’ no pressure of pollution, lack
of raw materials or trade in the
United States that d.imand excep
tional measures”.
The committee also discounted
the future of Alaska as an agri
cultural country, at least until
there are more industries devel
oped. In tha later category, the
committee saw the possibilities
for kelp paper mills.
The committee stressed the
need for better communication
through transportation systems,
bu't did not recommend building
railroads and first class highways
“for anticipated future need.prior
to the formulation of general
plans for the development of the
territory.”
In calling for preservation of
the salmon fisheries and its pro
t ction, which is of “peculiar im
portance to American interests,
therein,” the committee took no
tice of the current dispute ex
isting between Japan and the
United States over fishing rights
in Bristol Bay.
The committee also recommend
ed re-examination of the “whole
pattern of Territorial govern
ment” with a view of eliminating
the “unfortunate results of geo
graphies and the fact that Alaska
is so distant from the seat of the
federal government.”
PUBLIC READING ROOM !
The Odd Fellow-Rebekah Build
ing Association, held their meet
ing last evening and have select
ed Saturday, Feb. 5th f'or a party
consisting of cards, dancing and
r .freshmen ts. They also selected
Saturday March 5 for a Masquer
ade Ball.
The secretary has been instruct
ed to take steps and invite the
representatives of other lodges
and the City of Nome, who are
interested in establishing a read
ing room and library for the peo
ple of Nome, to a meeting. This
call will be made shortly by let
' ter directed to the above mention
ed organizations.■
Price of Cold
To Remain Same
It Is Declared
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 19,
(/P)—Gold production in the Un
ited States and possessions, had
a record dollar vaLue of $117,723,
400.00 last year.
The Treasury announced that
the value of the silver output
was also near the peak level of
$55,307,892.00, although it was ex
ceeded in 1923 in spite of higher
prices now paid for metals, the
production of both, m asured by
weight, is below the levels of
1915. All of the metal was sold
to the Treasury at the whole
price of thirty five d illars per
ounce for gold, and seventy-sev m
point 57 c:.nts per ounce for sil
ver, the highest in the world.
The gold price will remain the
same this year, but silver has
been reduced to 64.64 cents per
ounce.
Proposal Sc? Up
New Govt. Made
Tokyo Today
TOKYO. Jan. 18. (/Pi—'The es
tablishment of a new Chinese
government centering on Shang
hai. proposed as a s quel to the
Japanese withdrawal and recog
nition of Kai Shek’s Nationalist
regime, the statement is attribut
ed to Shigeru Kawagoe, the Ja
panese ambassador to China, who
suggested the setting up of such
a government as Japan's next
move toward the pacification of
east Asia.
Newspaper advertising
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for vou
Kidnap Slayer
Caught by G-Men
At Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 18.
(,4'j—Relentless Department of
Justice Agents at the end of four
months manhunting, marked the
kidnnp slaying of Charles S. Ross
and solved as they secretly whisk
ed the confessed killer back to
Chicago, to stand trial.
J. Edgar Hoov r announced
that Peter Ander , aged thirty, a
former logger, admitted that he
slew Charles Ross two days after
the ransom of fifty thousand dol
lars had bum paid, near Rock
ford. Illinois, O it b r 8th, 1937;
then shot and k; 1 ’■ -d h;s accom
plice, Jam s At”, -cl Gray.
Anders was traced across coun
try by a trail of ransi m bills he
-pent lavishly at race tracks. Last
Friday he was taker, into custody
at Santa Ar.ita Park, and agents
r ■ ■ er< -l f urteen th usand, four
hundred and two dollars in ran
•m money, on Anders and at
his hotel.
The Lodi s of IJoss and Gray
rive not as yet been recovered.
Anders’ irrepressible urge to
play the “ponies” led to his cap
;urc. He was passing some ran
som monry through the Par;
Mutual windows when seized.
Previously he was trailed to
Spokane, Seattle. Portland, Chi
cago. N°w York C— Philadel
phia, Washington. Miami,
New Orleans, with Federal Ag
ents close behind ev ry move.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 19. f/P)—The
regrlar passenger plane f.rnm Los
Angeles brought Peter Anders,
•he all ged kidnay slayer of Chas
Ross, to Memphis at 9:15 A.M.
Neither the accused man nor the
FBI Agents left the plane, who.
were apparently enroute to Chi
cago.
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