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VOL. 41. No. 90. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1939 Price per copy is#
Ends Commer~ Treaty with Japan
* President Favors Pernicions Political Activities Bill
Dr. Wm. Mayo Co-Founder Of Mayo Clinic Dies
, U.S. Terminates
Treaty Commerce
Navigation Japan
WASHINGTON, July 26 (/P> —
The United States tonight serv
ed notice that it is terminating
the 1911 Treaty for Commerce
0 and Navigation with Japan, op
ening the way toward an embar
go on the shipment of raw mat
erials to that country'.
Under Secretary of State Sayre
handed to Japanese ambassador
Horinouchi, a note informing him
of the step. The action came like
lightning frim a blue sky, since
the Senate Foreign Relations
* Committee discussing a resolu
tion calling for a denunciation of
the treaty, postponed further dis
cussions until later in the week.
Earlier today Secretary Hull
conferred with Roosevelt, follow
ing talks with far-eastern advis
ers. The President approved of,
and perhaps ordered the action
but six months must pass before
the abrogation can go into effect.
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I reasury I o
Back Up U.S.
State Dept.
WASHINGTON. July 27 f/P) —
w Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau announced that the
Treasury is studying methods to
back up Cordell Hull’s termina
tion of the Japanese Commercial
Treaty which by its action in
volves U. S. purchases of Jap
anese Gold, silver and merchan
dise.
Mongenthau explained that the
announcement of the abrogation
came before he had time to de
cide on a course of action but
“since reporters are asking me
I
about it, of course I’M look into
it.”
He gave out nothing that in
dicated that action could be tak
en, however, i.t is known for one
‘hing, that the Treasury is study
ing alleged Japanese subsidies on
Cotton cloth exports from the
United States with the view of
imposing penalty and tariff du
I ties against the clofh.
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Ending Treaty
Regarded As An
Unfriendly Act
TOKYO, July 27 </P» — The
i United States’ decision to termin
I ale the 28-year-old Commerce
and Navigation Treaty with Jap
j an is regarded in the Foreign Of
fice and in ether official circles as
! an unfriendly act because of its
l abruptness. A foreign office
I spokesman declared the ending
J of the 'treaty, is ulntl^nkable.
‘•Nobody can ignore the political
significance of the action which
was not preceded by any ex
change cf notes or previous not
fication and we fail to under
; stand America's real intention.”
i He said it was disclosed in of
ficial circles that the Japanese
government is already studying
possible steps to retaliate in an
economic way. Japan, he said,
wonders if the action “is intend
ed to protec' American interests
| not only in the Orient but at
home. It may be either an inter
national or domestic political ges
| ture, but there must be some
1 thing behind it.”
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NOTICE
George Anderson, expert Piano
tuner with Pianos for sale or
rent will be in Nome about Aug
ust 15th.
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Eugene Case, 5, of Hillsboro. O..
locks woebegone alter he told
police following the slaying of
Mrs. Jannie Richmond. 4ti, that
“Daddy just shot Mrs. Rich
mond.” “Daddy” is Frank Case.
49, employed bv Mrs. Richmond.
He was also accused of slaying
Dan Setty, his father-in-law.
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FREIGHTER OFF GOLDEN GATE
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Air view made from blimp Volunteer shows the freighter Point Lobos beached off Golden Gate
• as it tried to enter San Francisco harbor in a heavy fog. All the crew stepped safely ashore as
water began to enter a hold. In 1936, the boat was the scene of a labor slaying, and last winter
it rammend and sank a tug.
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Favors Bill To
Ban Pernicious
Political Activities
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WASHINGTON. July 28 —
President Roosevelt declared
himself absolutely in favor of the
objectives of the Hatch bill to
| prohibit ‘ pernicious” political act
ivities. At an address to a press
conference, he said, however,
there is a real problem involved
in the measure which is at the
White House awaiting presiden
tial action.
The problem, the President
said, was what can people do
under very very broad language,
: for instance might be interpreted
1 to forbid a person to attend a
1 political rally or voluntarily con
tribute campaign expenses.
A friend said he would take
with him. on a week-end fishing
jruise, a lot of documentary evi
dence on the bill.
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Or. Win. Mayo
Of Mayo Bros.
Passes Away
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ROCHESTER, Minn., July 28
J*)—White-haired Dr. William J.
Mayo, sen of the country doctor
i who trained him to become one
] of medical history’s greatest sur
j geons, died today from an ail
ment upon treatment of which
he gained much of his fame. He
! was 78 years of age on June 29th.
He was stricken with sub
) acute perforating gastric ulcer
, and was operated on last May at
j the famed Mayo Clinic, which
was founded by his father, his
j late brother Dr. Charles Mayo,
; and himself, more than a half
j century ago.
His death removed, within the
: short space of a few months, the
| last of the famous trio of the
medical world. His sister, who
stood across the operating table
from him for a quarter of a cen
tury died March 21st; and his
brother Charles, died in Chicago
May 27th.
Police Mobilized
Round Up Irish
Republican Army
LONDON, July 28 <£>) —Six
teen thousand police were mobil
ized in a swift country-wide
round-up of suspected Irish Re
publican Army terrorists. Those
arrested will be deported under
Britain’s new anti-violence act
or will be questioned in connec
tion with the recent bombings in
which 21 were wounded and one
died as a result of two bomb
explosions in London Wednes
day. Three blasts occurred the
same day in Liverpool.
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Overcome with grief. Dr. Jotham Reynolds kisses the lifeless Ups
of his son, Jotham, Jr„ 24, who rescue^, shown grief stricken in
rear, failed to rescue from the waters of Long Island Sound. Drv
Reynolds and his son had been fishing, and the young man fell ovefl
board. His body was recovered too late.
School Building
Addition Bids
The Special Meeting of the
Nome City Council to consider
bids for the new addition to the
school bui-kiing, was held Wed
nesday evening at the city hall.
Only one bid was received, and
that in the amount of $12,881.09.
from H. F. Paterson After con
siderable discussion, the council
took action rejecting the bid on
the grounds that it exceeded the
allotment of funds made by the
Territorial Legislature. which
amounted to $ 10,000.
The Clerk was instructed to
communicate with Commissioner
of Education Anthony E. Karnes,
and advise him that the bid had J
been rejected, and that plans
were being made to call for new
bids, on reduced specifications.
A committee was appointed by
the Mayor to prepare a new
sketch of the addition and sub
mit it for consideration at the
next meeting.
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")-Y i Controversy'"
Ends When
Council Pays
1 •
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The Council Wednesday night,
in special meeting ended a five
year controversy over property
rights, when it voted unanimous
ly to pay the sum of $825.00 to
H. F Harper, owner of the Nome
Motor Co.
Mr. Harper’s contention was
that he was to receive sixty
front feet of property on the cor
nor of Hunter Way and Front
Street, and that he had received
only forty front feet. Settlement
of the claim was made on the
basis of the assessed valuation
per front foot (for the twenty
feet claimed.
Settlement of this dispute is
believed to clear up the property
rearrangement brought about af
ter the fire of 1934. when proper-*
ty owners in Nome literally
threw all of their property in
the burned area into a common
“pot.” and then drew out, what
each and everyone believed to he
their legitimate ownership. It
was expected that this would be
the final claim arising from that
readjustment.
The coastwise mail boat Me
teor arrived from Kotzebue this
afternoon about 4:30. The ves
sels is leaving for St. Michael
and way ports at 7 this evening
with mail and freight.
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