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VOL. 40. NO. 152. NOME. ALASKA, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 1938 Price per Copy in
| Troops Massing Border Somaliland
Insurgents Make Decisive Gains Latest Offensive
Death Toll For Christmas Week End Over 500
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Insurgents Gaining
In Their Six-Day
Old Offensive
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HENDAYE, Dec. 28, UP)— In
surgent armies reported they are
continuing their, drive toward
Catalonia “on all fronts” along
the seventy five mile line be
tween Tremp and Ribarrojo on
the Ebro River. Insurgent news
papers said the six-day-old of
fensive toward Tarragona and
Barcelona on the Mediterranean,
had captured more than three
hundred eighty six square miles,
at least sixteen towns, scores of
•villages, and seven thousand pri
soners.
Fresh gains were reported at
Lerida, which is twenty miles
southeast of Granadellas, the in
surgent base. Lerida is the im
portant center of the highway
and railway to Tarragona and is
•reported as surrounded.
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Italians Massing j
Border French
Somaliland
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PARIS, Dec. 27 f/P)—Dispatch
es from North Africa reported
that Italy was massing troops at
the frontier of French Somali
land. Colonial officials expressed
fears that it might be the start
of a campaign which threatens
Djibouti, French Somaliland port
on the Red Sea, whch is the only
rail outlet of Italy’s Etheopian
empire.
Travelers reaching Egypt from
Djibouti said dispatches by the
French press reported the Gov
ernor of Djibouti demanded that
troops and naval reinforcements
be obtained from France.
ELIMINATION FISH TRAPS
IS BACKED BY UNIONS
KETCHIKAN. Dec. — Fishing
union representatives at a hear
ing before Agent L. G. Wingard
of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries,
proposed elimination of salmon
traps in Alaska over a five-year
period.
Charles Cole, head of the Al
aska Trailers Association and
president of the meeting, told of
■the plan, which was .backed al
most unanimously by all fishing
unions from Bristol Bay to the
Canadian boundary. The unions
asked the elimination of 20% of
the most destructive traps each
year and also recommended the
conservation of herring, which
were described as an important
king salmon food.
USING HIS HEAD, Mayor Prank T. Stack of Norwalk.
Conn., evolved a theory of head-measurements for criminals, since
alteration of head contours would be almost impossible. Detective
Max Orllns (seated) of Norwalk identification bureau, helps mayor
demonstrate “conformateur." which seems a bit more utilitarian
than stylish.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE that "DoIHe” belong-d
to her was offered in Chicago coLrt by Mrs. Veronica Kobiela.
She submitted picture of dog with Florence, her daughter, taken
before Dollie ran away. And Florence (above) is glad dog's back.
\irpl ane News
Nome Airport
Wien Alaska Airlines
Pilot Sig Wien left Nome Tues
day for Fairbanks with three
outgoing passengers as follows:
Clara Johnson
Tommie Christensen
Wallace Porter
The latter boarded the plane at
Haycock. The plane is expected
to return either today or tomor
row.
Mlrow Air Service
Pilot Hans Mirow returned
yesterday from his recent trip to
Anchorage. He hopped oflf again
this morning for Fairbanks with
the following passengers:
Leroy M Sullivan, wife and
two children.
Ruth Gustoferson
Mike Kelly
Chuck Calkins, R. T.
The plane is expected to re
turn to its Nome base tomor
row, w.p.
Pilot Jack Jefford is storm
bound at Unaiakieet.
PAA ACTIVITIES
The Pacific Alaska Airways
mail plane which arrived Mon
day and remained here over
night, took off yesterday morn
ing on its return flight to Fair
banks carrying mail and the fol
lowing outgoing passengers:
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. McConaghy t
Mrs. Marion Frawley
Tom Martin
Another PAA mail plane is
scheduled to leave Fairbanks for
Nome tomorrow (Thursday),
weather .permitting.
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BILL DRAFTING WILL BE
LEFT TO COMMITTEES
WASHINGTON. Dec — Presi
dent Roosevelt, it was reported
by informed quarters, has for
bidden administrative depart
ments to draft legislation for sub
mission to Congress.
Congressional leaders, asking
their names be withheld, said the
President advised them he had
adopted a “definite policy” leav
ing jobs of bill drafting up to
Senate and House committees.
The President’s forthcoming
message to Congress, they said,
will merely make "affirmative
suggestions’’ for legislation.
LITALY’S FASHION MAKER. Edda Mussolini, who is Countess Ciano. assumed a not- ,
so-fashtonahle slouch, presenting priics at a society charity benefit in Konte.
93 Killed In
Train W reck
In Roumania
BUCHAREST, Dec. 27 t/Pi —
Fatalities in the worst railways
accident in Roumania’s history,
mounted to ninety three as more
victims of the Christmas Day
collision of two passenger trains
neat Etulea, succumbed to in
juries.
Investgations indicated that
some trains operated in spite of
the partial break down of the
railway’s telephone and tele
graph dispatching lines. Ap
parently an order to have two
trains pass at a station, other
than the normal one was misun
derstood, was the explanation
given by several rail officers who
arrived at the scene of the crash.
First Case Alaska
ANCHORAGE. (Special) —
What is believed to be the first
breach of promise suit in the
Territory of Alaska has been fil
ed in the District Court of An
chorage by Mrs. Juliet Frawley
against a shy old bachelor, the
well known and popular mayor
of Cantwell, John E. Carson.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Frawley, at
present cooking for the fire
laddies at Anchorage, alleges
that her affections have been
damaged to the extent of $50,000.
She further alleges the promise
to have been made nearly six
years ago.
“Women don't look well in
breeches nor breach of promise
suits,” so say old time Alaskan
men who know that in this land
! of many men and few women
! that no woman goes unmarried
unless by her own choice.
More 500
Lives Lost
Over Xmas
UNDATED. Doc 27 UP)— Vio
lent deaths marred the nation’s
three day Christmas celebration,
with a total cost of more than
five hundred lives. The toll is
about the same as last year’s.
The automobile is the biggest
single death factor, taking three
hundred ninety five lives. Twen
ty two were killed by fire, nine
teen suicided, twelve died from
railroad crossing crashes and six
were drowned. Ohio led with a
total of forty two deaths.
Labor Leader Dies
LONDON, Dec. 27, (IP)— Sir
James Sexton, aged eighty two,
veteran British labor leader, died
here today.
9 Killed In Cave-In
TOKYO, Dec. 27 UP, —Thirt
nine workmen were killed when
a railway tunnel on which they
were working collapse in south
eastern Korea.
JAPS RUSHING
TROOPS BORDER
SHANGHAI, Dec. — Japanese
are reported by foreign .sources
to have rushed troops into Man
ehoukuo to put down disturb
ances caused 'by units of China's
Eighth Route Army, which cross
, ed into the Japanese dominated
state.
Reports from Peiping said
from 15 to 20 trainloads of Jap
anese have been crossing the box
der daily at Shankaikuan for sev
eral days.