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VOL. 41. No. 96. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1939. Price per copy 194
S. S. Denali Sailed For Nome Thurs.
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Jack T. Jefford Arrives Nome~2 days From Seattle
Goodwill Plane “Nippon” To Start August 25th
WOUNDED BOY FLEES WPA RIOT
Screaming in pain from a hand wound. Lynn Thompson, 14, was
rushed by an unidentified man from the cross fire between Minnea
polis police and demonstrators at the fatal H PA sewing project
riot. The lad stopped at the bloody scene while en route to a movie.
# Minneapolis counted one dead and 17 injured after a night of
bullet-studded rioting.
Two Navy
Fliers Killed
In Crash
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11 1/P) —
Two navy fliers were killed
when the plane in which they
were riding crashed at Miramar
landing field north of here.
The dead are Ensign T. R.
Wood, 28. naval reserve pilot,
and V. P. Anstrong. 33, Radio
f man first class. The plane was at
tached to the U. S. S. Saratoga
and crashed while engaged in
gunnery exercises.
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DONOR —To the new Na
tional Gallery of Art In
Washington, Samuel H. Kress
(above), chain store magnate,
v gave his collection of Italian art
w i worth possibly $25,000,000.
Bomber Crashes
And Burns, Crew
of Nine All Die
LANGLEY FIELD, Va., Aug.
11 (/P)—iNine army men were kill
' ed in a crash and burning of a
| twin-motored bombing plane.
The crash apparently due to mo
tor trouble occurred as the plane
was taking off on a local training
flight. ;
Army post officials list the
j dead as Second Lieut. Homer Me
1 Kay, Second Lieut. Thomas But
ner of the air corps reserves,
j technical sergeant William Mor
gan, staff sergeants Raymond
Shelley, William Kirkpatrick,
Howard Jauevergn, Corporal
Pete Dunyk, privates Anthony
Reale, Roy Leopold.
The plane plunged into the
ground from a height of about
150 feet and burst into flames
immediately preventing a t -
tempts of rescue.
The plane was a B-18-A type,
one of general type in the air
corps of which more than 200
are in service.
Order Start Work
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (/P)—
The Navy ordered work started
on five Pacific island air bases
with the award of construction j
contracts estimated to total more
$14,607,000. The bases are to be
built at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaiian
Island and on Oahu, Midway,
Johnston and Palmyra Islands.
Bristol Bay Now
To Get Passenger
Freight Service
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 </P)—
A new mail, freight, and passen
ger route over a thousand miles
of hazardous waterway in Alaska
stands approved as President
Roosevelt's signature yesterday
made effective the measure au
thorizing the post office to con
I tract for the new service by pow
er boat between Seward and
points in Bristol Bay.
The Senate committee said un
der the existing regulations, the
mail boats were not permitted to
accept passengers or freight.
The new bill, however, author
izes the post office to contract,
J with the present mail boat op
erators or others, for passenger
i and service, for not more than
! $125,000 annually. On the route
will be settlements on the Kenai
Peninsula; Kodiak Island, the Al
aska Peninsula, the Aleutians,
Umnak Island, and Bristol Bay.
Representative
Goodwill Flight
Here In Nome
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Ichitaro Takata, dimunitive
Japanese newspaper representat
ive, appointed to cover the pend
ing round the world goodwill air
mission of the Japanese bi-mot
j ored monoplane “ Nippom, ”
J-BACI, arrived at Nome last ev
ening aboard the Pacific Alaska
Airways Electra.
Mr. Takata left Tokyo July 23
by steamer for Vancouver, B.C.
Upon his arrival there he board
ed a United Air Lines plane for
Seattle, and made connections
with the steamer for Juneau.
His first time in a plane was
from Vancouver to Seattle. Since
then, when he flew from Juneau
to Fairbanks and from there to
Nome yesterday, he declared he
had formed a pleasurable liking
for aerial transportation.
When interviewed today. Mr.
Takata declared it was the plan
for him to board the “Nippon"
at Nome and fly as far as Natal,
Brazil, reporting the various
parts of the trip for his news
papers.
He represents the Osaka Main
ichi and the Tokyo Nichi Nichi,
newspapers of Japan which have
a combined circulation of
3,000,000. Both newspapers are
the sponsors of the flight which
is now scheduled to commence
August 25th.
The plane will leave Toyo and
final preparation will be made at
Nemuroa, farthest north point in
Japan, which will be the take
off place for Nome. The plane
will fly nearly three thousand
miles on its first leg of the round
world flight to Nome,
i Mr. Takata is visiting about
Nome today getting acquainted
and making plans for the arriv
al of his country men, of whom
news has been printed in these
columns previously.
Denali Saills
For Nome With
88 Passengers
SEATTLE. Aug. 11 (/Pi — The
S. S. Denali of the Alaska lane
sail d at 10 a.m. Thursday, carry
ing 88 passengers, three steer
age The N me passengers were:
E S Stewart and wife
Mrs Irene Leyba
Mrs. Gordon Tift
Alice A Napland
Florence E Kerr
R Poh 1
Mr Hadselford
A A Ryan
Master James Ryan
Rev Wilbur P Wood, wife
and child
N J McMillan and wife
Bernie Kaudson and wife
Mrs Ed Jacobson
Mary Roell
Ellen Mulvihill
A J Tourtellotte
Mrs Howard Sly
Mrs J Seindenverg
Evelyn Seidenverg
Mrs Nell Muncy
Arthur Goble
S W Slacker
Dorothy Derbel
Edith Hablutzel
Patricia Collins
Mrs Andrew Nordline
And forty-four round trip
pers.
No Special Session
HYDE PARK. Aug. ll (IP) —
Seeking to scotch reports that he
would call a special session of
Congress this fall, President
Roosevelt said at a press confer
ence that so far as he knew at
present there is no reason for
calling Congress back.
He added that if an actual cris
Is of war became imminent in
Europe or the far east, in other
words, if it became reasonably
certain there was going to be
war, he would probably immed
iately call a special session.
Outcome Meeting
May Decide The
J
Fate of Europe
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UNDATED Aug. 11 */P< — An
uneasy Europe turned to the j
meeting between the foreign min
isters of Italy and Germany for!
an answer to the question “war
or peace?" which Danzig Nazi
district leader Albert Forster
failed to answer in a bristling!
but unrevealing speech last
night.
Italian foreign minister Count
Ciano went to Salzburg, Ger
many to talk to German foreign
minister von Ribbentrop on
Mussolini’s suggestions on whati
to do about Danzig, the Balkans,
and the Far East. Throughout
Europe it was acknowledged that
the meeting of the axis ministers!
| .may be momentous. Even Eu
rope's peace may hinge on their
talks. There is a widespread be
lief that Mussolini is opposed to
any action which may lead to a
conflict with Poland and would
urge moderation.
In England, millions of Britons
watched the make believe war i
with the hope that a real one
wouldn’t come as dawn broke on j
Britain's greatest blackout dem-‘
| stration of civilian and military
| defenses against bombing raids,
i The mimic air raid ended the
j maneuvers,
i Another step toward the solu
tion of the British-Japanese dis
pute at Tientsin was disclosed in
Britain’s announcement that four
Chinese would be handed over to
Japanese authority for trial in
I Tientsin. In Tokyo, however, the
main stumbling block toward iag
reement still stood that Britain's
refusal to- withdraw her support
I of the Chinese central govern
ment’s currency, in which Lon
don argued other powers were
concerned. Tokyo contended that
the issue wras solely between Brit
ain and Japan, but there are
signs that the deadlocked nego
tiations will be resumed.
Seattle To Nome In
32 Hours is Record
Mirow Air Service
Pilot Jack Jefford of the Mirow
Air Service arrived at Nome to-»
day at 5:15 p.m. from Seattle,
with the following passengers:
Mrs. J. F. Devine (from Seat^
tie.)
From Fairbanks
Mrs. Peter Bowlin
M?(}jai rvanoff
Grenn Collins
Jmi Hatten iaL
Two sacks of mail were alsa
carried from Fairbanks.
The flight from Seattle to Nome
was made in 32 hours elapsed
time.
Pilot Jack Jefford of the Mi->
row Air Service left Seattle for
Nome Thursday. Aug. 10 at 9 am
in the multimotored Stinson. A
wire was received from him at
11am this morning stating that
he was leaving Fairbanks as soon
as weather would permit. Just
as soon as the new ship arrives
here it will make a flight to An
chorage with a load of passen«
gers.
PARKING PROBLEM’ REQUIRES SURGICAL AID
Dianne Turner, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Turner of Oakland, Calif., ‘’parked”
her two-inch toy auto and doctors had to use an X-ray to find t. Then an emergency abdomin
al operation was required to remove it from her stomach. At left is what the X-ray revealed.
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