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VOL. 41. No. 89. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, July 26, 1939 Price Per c°Py 15«
Japs Continue Anti-British Agitation
Japs Turn To Sakhalin Island To Oust Russians
Goverment to Pay Skilled Workers Transportation
Agreement Fails
Stop Anti
British Agitation
UNDATED, July 25 </P) — A
bitter Chinese press cried “an
other Munich” describing the
new acknowledgment by Great
Britain that Japanese troops in
China have “special require
ments for maintaining public or
dcr in regions under their con
trol.”
Despite her concessions, from
the Japanese viewpoint, Britain’s
troubles appeared to increase in
North China. British Foreign Sec
retary Halifax told the House of
Lords yesterday that he expect
ed anti-British agitation to cease
as a result of the agreement but
instead new British-Japanese
friction arose in Shanghai.
Britain’s Consul General pro
testecTto'^fhe JapSttese consul gen
eral against the detention of the
British chief of the International
Settlement’s public health depart
ment by the police of Japanese
dominated Shanghai municipal
ity.
Two Britons and 100 Chinese
employees of the Health Depart
ment are reported to be held be
cause payments are in arrears
for the garbage dumping privil
eges at Peiping.
The Japanese sponsored polit
ical party “Hsinminhui” sent in
structions out through the four
northern provinces to tighten the
anti-British boycotts. Demonstra
tions and organizations are plan
ned in a widespread campaign in
China to attack British interests.
Name Pratt .fudge
WASHINGTON, Juy 26 (.-Pi —
President Roosevelt nominated
Harry Pratt to succeed himself
as Federal Judge of the Fourth
Judicial Division.
American Med.
Association
Wins Judgement
• WASHINGTON. July 26 VP) —
The American Medical Associa
tion won a sweeping victory over
the Government when a Federal
District Court held that the Sher
man anti-trust Act couldn’t ap
ply to the practice of medicine, j
Justice James Proctor ruling!
out the indictment which the Jus,
tice Department charged the Am
erican Medical Association and
fellow defendants with restrain
ng the ‘trade" of Group Health, j
Inc., and the Cooperative Health
Association of the District of Col
umbia. He said: “Is the medical
practice a trade within the mean
ing oi section 3 of the Sherman
Act? In my opinion it is not.”
Justice Department officials,
while not commenting, immedate
ly indicated that an appeal would
be asked. Justice Proctor agreed
to a demurrer filled by the de
fense counsel who argued that
medicine is a learned profession
rather than a trade.
Bomb Explodes
In R.R. Station
i
i LONDON, July 26 (fP) —Four
teen were injured, several ser
iously by a terrific explosion, at
tributed by police to the illegal
Irish Republican Army.
The explosion occurred in the
baggage check room of one of Lon
don's most crowded railway sta-,
tions. The blast was set off at,
lunch time and created a panicj
in the King’s Cross stop of the
London Northeastern Railroad.
Broken glass and debris was
blown over an area nearly forty
yards square. A checkroom at
tendant had his hands mangled, j
YOUNGEST QUADS STAGE FREE -FOR-ALL BIRTHDAY FROLIC
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With the first of each month a “birthday,” the Badgett quadruplets at Galveston, Tex., staged a free-for-all frolic in their crib in
celebration of their “fifth” birthday. They were horn February l and are the youngest quads in the country, Joan is the heaviest,
weighing 14 pouids: the other*. i eigh lb pounds. Jeanette is on top fighting with Joan, and Joyce is on top fighting with Jeraldine.
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To Pay \\ orkers
Transportation
To, From Alaska
WASHINGTON. July 26 P> —
Fred Brown Comptroller Gener
al, authorized the Indian Serv
ice to hire skilled workers in the
Uniited States and pay their trans
portation to and from Alaska,
where skilled workers are un
available.
The Indian Service asked
Comptroller Brown about the
problem because of a shortage of
skilled employees on certain con
struction jobs in Alaska. The
service said they needed work
ers, but they wouldn’t vountarily
go to Alaska because of the
short working season in the ■
north, unless the Government
paid the transportation costs.
NAVY FACES MIGHTY PROBLEM
It’s all over, as the battered, blood smeared faceof Tony Galento shows hei^;, with Referee Ar
thur Donovan guiding him to his corner in the fourth round of his battle in Yankee Stadium with
Joe Louis. Joe, in the background, won by a technical kayoe, after a slugging match during
which he found out how it feels to rest on the canvas.
Jury Finds
T. Oelson Guilty
j Sentence Monday
J
I
In the trial of the U. S. vs
There Oelson, charged with un
natural carnal copulation, the de
fonse attorneys, O. D. Cochran
and Ira D. Orton, Tuesday morn
ng introduced the testimony of
Dr. Thomas Morcom in support
of their contention that the de
fendant was insane a.t the time
the offense was alleged to have
occurred. Qualification and exam
ination of Dr. Morcom occupied
most o*f the morning session, and
cross examination by District At
torney Ciasby was postponed un
til Tuesday lafternoon, when close
■ questioning concerning observa
i tons of the defendant by Dr.
Morcom took place.
High y technical and scientific
analysis of the observation tend
ing toward establishing the insan
ity of the accused was heard, af
ter which arguments to the jury
occupied the balance of the after
noon session. The defense de
manded that the accused be
found not guilty because of in
sanity, while the government de
manded a verdict of guilty as
charged.
The case went to the jury fol
lowing the instructions of Judge
J. H. S. Morison, about 4:30 p.m.
iA verdict of guilty as charged
was returned by the jury at 7:00
p.m. Tuesday evening.
In open court this morning,
U. S. District Attorney Chas. J.
Ciasby moved to dismiss four
other indictments against Thore
Oelson, who was found guilty by
a jury last night. No objections
were heard, and the Court dis
missed the actions.
Time for sentencing of Oelson |
was set as Monday morning. \
July 31st.
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Britain Quelled,
Japan Turns
Howard Russia
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UNDATED. July 26 <7P>—Ja0
j an, confident that her new ag
i reement v/ith Great Britain,
smoothed her course in Asia on
one front, apparently turned to
the problem of Russia with the
calling of 1500 Naval reservists
for active duty and the organiza
tion of a new naval squadron.
Neutral observers believed
j that these fleet strengthening
I moves are a result of friction be
j tween Japan, and Russia over Sa
j khaiin Island, the commercially
valuable territory to the north
[ of the Japanese Islands. Japan
owns the southern half and Hus
sion owns the northern half.
In London, the British govern
ment sent new instructions to
its diplomats in Moscow, and
Premier Chamberlain told the
House of Commons that he ex
pected to make a statement early
next week on the Moscow nego
tiations for the British-French
Russia mutual assistance pact.
Chamberlain would neither
deny nor confirm the reports
ifrom reliable sources, that Brit
ain and France had agreed to be
gin staff talks with Russia with
out waiting for the conclusion of
tne pace.
Avalanche Victims
Still Buried
GLACIER, Wn., July 25 {/P) —
New slides of snow and ice loos
ened by 90 degree weather men
aced searchers for four bodies at
Mount Baker, where six persons
were buried alive by an aval
anche Saturday.
A new party of mountaineers
replaced the group of 28 which
arrived back at the base camp
last night after a fruitless all-day
search.
Admiral Yarnell
Retii *es Soon
! SHANGHAI, July 25 (tP)—Ad
I miral Harry Yarnell, who as coon
! mander of the Asiatic fleet, has
j been saying “No” to the Japan
J ese in China, turned over his
! command to Adm ral Thomas
Hart.
Admiral Yarnell sails for home
i August 2, to await retirement,
| due in October when he reaches
l the active age limit of 64.
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j Fighting Renewed
Outer Mongolia
TOK \ O, July 25 (fP) — Close
range fighting is reported to hiave
been renewed along the border
between outer Mongolia & Man
choukuo as the Japanese launch
ed a second offensive in two days
m an attempt to distodge the
Russian-supported Mongol forces
from itheir foothold on the east
bank of Khalka River.
A Japanese Army communique
said that 58 Soviet planes were
shot down in three fights over
Nohonhan HiU? One Japanese
craft is missing.
Sayre Named
Philippine Post
WASHINGTON, July 26 (JP) —
President Roosevelt nominated
Assistant Secretary of State Fran
cis Sayre as United State High
Commissioner of the Philippines
to replace Paul McNutt who re
signed to become Federal Secur
ity Administrator.
Sayre was named Assistant Sec
retary of State by the President
in November, 1933, and has been
in charge of Secretary Hull’s
trade agreement program. Sayre
is married to the daughter of the
late President Wilson.