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VOL. 41. No. 74. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, June 21, 1939 Price per copy 15«.
Britain And Japan Both Waiting
Mattson Kidnap Suspect Kills 2 Deputy Sheriffs
Britain Assures
Food to Subjects
In Tientsin
UNDATED, June 21 </P)-Jap
sn easily captured the port of
Swatow, tightening her grasp on
the south China coast, while in
the north her issue with Britain
at Tientsin apparently settled
down to a drawnout test of pa
tience.
Dispatches from Swatow said
that. 800 Japanese soldiers, their
way cleared by air raids and a
naval bombardment, reached the
city during the morning and en
countering little resistance, con
tinued inland despite long prep
aration of the Chinese who fail
ed to carry out their customary
“scorched earth” destruction of
the city of 178.000. 22 miles east
of Canton, anticipatihg another
landing of Japanese, more than
half the Chinese civilian popu
lation fled.
, Both Britain and Japan are
■waiting the other to make the
first peace overtures in the 8th
day of the Tientsin crisis.
Premier ChflBRb'iTaLn tcld the
House of Commons that Britain
didn’t “acquisce” in the block
ade and made it clear to Japan
that Britain would take the nec
essary steps to assure an ade
quate food supply to her beleag
uered subjects.
On the European political
front, both the British-French
and Italian-German partners
took steps to strengthen their
positions. British-French nego
tiations at Moscow saw Soviet
Premier and Foreign Minister
Modotoff, again with what was
said to be new instructions for
Lou Gehrig
Will Never Play
Baseball Again
NEW YORK, June 21 i(/P> — Ed
Barrow, President of the Yank
ees, announced that Lou Gehrig
was suffering from chronic in
fantile paralysis and would never
play baseball again. The state
ment came after Gehrig turned
over to him a formal report made
by Mayo Clinic expert.
Gehrig spent several days at
the clinic for a thorough check
on his physical condition. The
one-time great first baseman wor
ried about his condition all year
after making a bad showing in
the field and at bat, in the early
part of the season. He voluntarily
benched himself May 2, ending a
■consecutive game streak of 21.
Former Nomeite
Takes Own Life
In California
GLENDALE. Cal.. June 19 (JP)
—Police Chief V. B. Browne, re
corded -as suicide, the death of
Frank K. Nagle, aged 72, a form
er Alaska miner who was found
shot to death in a chair at his
home yesterday. He had been in
ill health.
His widow said Nagle was the
first man to bring United States
mail from Nome to San Francisco
in 1897.
the governments to compromise
and overcome Russian objections
[ .o joining the British-French mu
j tual assistance agreement.
NO EASY PICKINGS FOR THEM
While labor leaders and coal operators sought a solution in New
York of their deadlocked contract negotiations, these children of
unemployed miners at the Valley Camp mine near Wheeling, W. Va„
scout the area for bits of cool their mothers can use at home. Ap
proximately 460,000 soft coal miners in 26 states have stopped work
as a result of the failure of the negotiators to reach an agreement.
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IN MEMORIAM’ |
Without fanfare, a small detachment of silent sailors aboard the
submarine Sculpin lowered their ling to half mast in the harbor at
Portsmouth, N. H., in a simple memorial tribute to the dead
aboard the sunken sister-submarine, Squalus. The Sculpin came
to port to refuel, then took up her position again where the Squalus
lay in 240 feet of water.
F.B.I. Denies
Connection Olson
Mattson Case
MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 20.
</P) —The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation today flatly denied
opposition news agency’s stories
datelincd Hayward, Wisconsin,
that Ray Olson, a farm hand, was
connected with the Mattson kid
naping case.
He was questioned at Helena,
Montant in regard to the case,
when he admtted he was in Tac- j
oraa at the time.
However, the F.B.I. agent re
turned to his headquarters fol
lowing the questioning, after
which the formal denial of Ol- j
son’s connection with the case !
was made.
Ray Olson Kills
Two Sheriffs
Part of Posse
HAYWARD. Wis., June 21 (AP)
— Two deputy sheriffs, Fred
Scott, 46, and Cully Johnson, 37,
were killed Saturday by Ray Ol
son. They were part of a posse
searching for Olson, and were at
attempting to connect him with
the Mattson kidnaping.
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Will Wait For
Adjournment
WASHINGTON, June 20 t/P>—
President Roosevelt said Con
gress was moving along so rapid
ly that he has pretty well made
up his mind to postpone his trip
to the west coast and Alaska
until after adjournment.
Until early adjournment pros
pects brightened, he had consider
ed leaving for the west on July 2.
Masons Hold
Convention
TACOMA. June 21 OP)—Char
les Kirtland is scheduled to be el
ected as Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Washington and
Alaska, late today as a climax
of the 82nd annual convention of
the Masonic order.
S. S. El Capitan
Arrives Nome
The S. S. El Capitan of the
Consolidated Olympic Lines, ar
rived in the roadstead at Nome,
Tuesday evening, after experienc
ing considerable difficulty due to
ice conditions enroute.
The vessel has a large consign
ment of freight and machinery
for this section and discharging
of the cargo commenced by the
Berger lighterage immediately af
ter her arrival.
Japan Letting
Britisli Find
Peace Formula
UNDATED. June 20 </P>-Jap
an, confident “that the British
must carry the burden of finding
a peace formula,” strengthened
her blockade of the British con
cession at Tientsin and let it be
known that there would be no
“backing down” from the issue
over the international settlement
at Amoy.
A statement made in Washing
ton by Secretary of State Hull of
United States concern over the
“broader aspects” of the Tient
sin crisis evoked no newspaper
comment in Tokyo, although the
Japanese consul general in Tient
sin said that Britain was attempt
ing to persuade the United States
to snatch her chestnuts out of
the far eastern fire.
Official Tokyo circles seemed
convinced that Washington will
remain outside the controversy
unless asked by both sides to
mediate.
Eugene Dooman, United States
charge d’aft'airs at Tokyo, is au
thoritatively reported have
protested against the Japanese
naval blockade at Kulangsu, in
the international settlement of
Amoy. It is believed also that he
discussed the Tientsin situation
with high Japanese miltary and
diplomatic authorities, and laid
reports of the China issue before
Emperor Hirohito.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
Japanese Trying
Intimidate Offic
ials of Tientsin
SHANGHAI, June 19 </P)—The
British reported that “excellent
sources” said that Japanese lead
ers in Tientsin had written to
Chinese employees of the mum-,
cipal council, including the po
lice, and threatened to kill their
families unless the officials quit
their jobs.
Grant Employers
Right to Petition
For Bargaining
WASHINGTON, June 21 ,7P) —.
Charles Fahy, General Counsel,
said that the Labor Board decid
ed to grant employers the right
to petition for collective bargain
mg and election among their
workers in certain canes. Fahy
made the statement before the
House Labor Committee when
Joseph Padway, general counsel
for the AF of L. expressed the
opinion that the Board would pro
bably not take such a step.
Fahy said the Board decided yes
terday to make a change that
would include in it a “whole set
of revisions.” The Board’s reg
ulations will be announced soon.
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BABY HOSTAGE SAFE AGAIN
Mrs. Opal Sulcer happily holds her 14-months-old son. Jimmy, safe
in her arms again after his rescue fqom her estranged husband.
James W. Sulcer, who held the child as a hostage in a farmhouse
bedroom near Sidney, Neb., during an eight-hour seige by officers.
Sulcer shot and killed himself after the baby was rescued by
Sherig W. W. Schultz