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VOL. 41. No. 118. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, OCT. 2, 1939 price per copy 154
New Neutrality Bill Now In Debate
’ REPORT UNKNOWN SUB VANCOUVER, B. C
All Maritime Unions Agree Extension Contracts
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FOOTBALL SCORES
New York University 7—Col
gate 6
Furman 7—Army 16
Purdue 0—Notre Dame 3
Pittsburg 27—Washington 6
Oregon State 12—Standard 0
Montant State 6—Standard 0
Oregon 7—Southern California
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PASSENGERS LIST OF
STEAMER NORTH KNG
The passengers carried on the
North King which sailed Friday
are as follows:
Kotzebue to Nome
C. Ausley
^ Keewalik to Nome
Miss Verda Bras
Deering to Nome
H Starling
Mrs H Starling
Mrs W Hemsing
Miss Joyce Hemsing
Miss Joan Hemsing
Keewalik to Seattle
Norman Weinard
John Wilkins
Deering to Seattle
} Cal Calame
ATTENTION PIONEERS
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lowed by social.
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Try Make Allies
Discontinue War
UNDATED, Sept. 30 (7P»—Hos
tilities on the west front have
been quiet and persisted thru
the diplomatic activity which
sped in the wake of the Nazi
Communist partition of Poland
and an agreement to try to com
pel Britain and Framce to forget
Poland and the war against Ger
many. Britain and France appear
ed ready to rebut! any peace man
euvers 'but Italy stood by Ger
many and the Soviets.
Turkey, caught between Rus
sian ties and the British and
French allies is reported to have
notified the latter two that her
mutual assistance obligations
will be annulled if the ties in
volved her in a war with Russia.
As Castel Gandolfo. the Pope
gave sympathy to the Polish “in
this frightful tragic hour.” Add
ing: “As you shed tears for your
dead remember that Poland is
not going to die.” He spoke at an
address to the Polish residents of
Rome.
At Berlin the Reichstag was
called to meet sometime next
week to hear Hitler explain his
policies.
At Bucharest, Foreign Minister
Gafencu and staff experts are
ready to leave for Moscow to
night to confer w'ith Russian of
ficials on talks already started
with Gorman and Turkish lead
ers. Russia reputedly informed
Rumania through a third party
that she did not intend to seize
Bessarabia, which was gained
from Russia after the World
War.
WHAT WELL DRESSED BRITONS WEAR
In addition to his famous umbrella, Prime Minister Chamberlain
wears another protective device—a gas mask—as he strolls through
London these days. He’s shown with his wife, who also wears hei
| mask slung around her shoulder, In St. Jame Park.
Crowds Throng
Capital to Hear
Embargo Debate
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 <P) —
Senator Pittman began the mo
mentous Senate debate on the
nation’s neutrality policies by as
serting that the existing arms
| embargo was “discrimination in
favor of Germany.” Speaking as
chairman of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee, Pittman offer
ed the Administration’s neutral
1 hy bill to repeal the arms era
1 bargo as “ the most important
| legislation ever proposed in Con
j gress.” He said it was designed
{ to keep us out of the European
j war.
Long before the Senator open
ed the debate, crowds ignoring
| the cold rain thronged the cap
i ital and overflowed the Senate
i galleries, drawn by the prospect
i of the debate which is expected
! to rank high among historic Sen
j ate discussions.
Maritime Unions
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Agree Extension
Work Contracts
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 30
(IP) —Leaders said all the mari
time unions would follow the
longshoremen’s lead in agreeing
to an indefinite extension of the
west coast working contracts
otherwise expiring tonight.
They all urged Secretary of
Labor Perkins to accept the ex
tensions pending negotiations
over the proposed changes. The
employers have already agreed.
Archbishop Of
Largest Diocese
Dies Suddenly
j
i CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (IP)—George
J Cardinal Mundeline, aged 67,
Archbishop of Chicago, died sud
denly. He was found dead in bed
at his residence at Mundeline. Il
linois by Monsignor Patrick Hay
es who had gone to summon him
when he did not appear at his
usual morning devotions.
The Cardinal was one who
won wide notice in building up
the Chicago diocese as one of the
largest and wealthiest in the
world and was regarded “in per
feet health” as late as yesterday.
The dioceasan office said he
worked at his duties Saturday
and said mass yesterday as cus
tomary at the seminary in Mun
delin.
Chamber Commerce Luncheon
All members and all interested
' in the development of the Sec
j ond Division are cordially invit
ed to attend the regular meeting
and luncheon to be given Tucs
day. Oct. 3, at 12 o’clock noon,
at the Nevada Grill. S. VV. Tag
| gart will preside.
Passenger List
Of S. S. Baranof
Sailed Today
The S S Baranof of the Alaska
aska Line arrived Nome this
morning from east coast points
and taking aboard passengers
from Nome sailed for Seattle to
day. Following is a list of the out
going passengers:
Mrs D O Taggart
Mrs Guy C Boyd
Mrs S W Taggart
Peter A Bloomquist
A sir id Bloomquist
Miss Caroline Birkiand
Mrs Herman Ingala
R N Sundquist
Mrs R N Sundquist
Wm A Harvey
B E Douglas
Archie A Bowlin
Kenneth Seymore
Wm N Deedy
' ' N J Butler
Mother Mary Elizabeth
Ruth L Coffin
L M Stanley
Patty Friel j
Mrs Leo Clay
Mi3s Estelle Wolf
Wm T Francke
Harry Dobson
John Norberg
Coleman G Kilpatrick
Walter Taylor
Wallace Shaw
Barry Keowm
A P Brandt
Melvin Wilkins
Newt Johnson
Robert B Munro
Jack Munro
Harry W Wilds
Mrs Harry W Wilds
Mrs C F Yenney
MLss Catherine Yenney
Mrs S L Godfrey
Bud Grimes
Miss Zelda Griffith
Miss Mary Kurt
Mrs Ralph Lomen
Stanley Whistler
Ray Darley
Gerald Williams
Orvil Williams
Mrs Orvil Williams
Lea T Stevens
John W Robbins
C J Tjernagel
Mrs C J Tjernagel
Larne Tjernagel
F H Pithick
George Grimes
Mrs Wm Cox
Mischa E Robinson
F E Hubbard
Mrs F E Hubbard
Erik Lofving
John Clark *
Richard D Busby
Bernard W Kearney
Charles Johnson
George M Condell
George M Condell Jr
Gene Morriarty
Ed Jacobson
Thomas Smith
Paul Hjellen
Henman Ingala
E M Harthring
Roy H Schmidt
David Niemi
Clifford Leland
Wm Garrson
C S Elde
Ralph R Thomas
Steve Hornyak
Reece L Holland
Kenneth Start
Geane Beuehene
Mike Little
Gus Masik
Pete Hudina
John Su therm an
C O Poole
Uriel McCarty
John Hirn
Leo Clay
Otto Lahikainen
Car! Hill
A-bert Johnson
Matt Johnson
Haakun Sonova
Maurice Colasurdo
Ernest L Ward .
Harold E Green
H G White
Chris Christensen
Homer Davis
Ed Moore
Charles H Davis
Wayne E Burke
S H Zatterberg
Arthur Wright
Richard Crosby
OrviS Ely
John M Kmchen
George Santos
George Moor »
Greer Barton
Elof Olson
James N Davidson
Norman Richy
Harcourt Palmer
Doren E Edgertln
R E Schultz
Melvin E Hursh
Paul Nelson
Jack Maeumber
W E Allen
George Wied
George H Meyers
W A Sutherland
Orville Van Pevenage
Arthur Gratis
Shelton Keok
Steve Berger
Wm McDonald
O O Shafer
Charles E Lawson
Frank Tapley Sr
Frank Tapley Jr
Walter Freiberger
Ernest Newt
Maurice Brown
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ON GUARD - To tighten
Panama Canal defenses, F. D. R.
has placed Maj. Gen. David L.
Stone, canal army commander,
in charge of both civil and mili
tary administrations. He super*
sedes the civil governor.
Fishermen Report
Unidentified Sub
Near Vancouver
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VANCOUVER. B. C., Sept 30
<AP) — Ralph Brember. Fishing
Vessel Owners Association secre
tary, said “a very reliable fisher
man” reported that he saw an un
identified submarine near Se
chelt, thirty miles north of here
on September 16th.
Air Commodore G. O. Johnson
of the Canadian Air Force said
seaplanes have been watching
the Sechelt area but have not de
tected and submarines.
Bremer said the fishermen said
the sub had three numerals on
its side and with binoculars, saw
two or three men come on deck.
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FIGHTING I R I S H M E N—“Mike” was the natural
choice of a name for this canine mascot of the Notre Dame team
which started cridiron practice with Coach Elmer Lay den (left)
and Capt. Johnny Kelly of Rutherford, N. J„ very much on hand. J