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VOL. 40. NO. 146. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1938. Price per Copy 15#,
Premier Rebukes German Press
Britain is Ready to Defend Her Empire and Allies
Chamberlain’s
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By Germans
UNDATED. Dec. 14 </P) — A
jolt to Ango-German friendship
caught Europe’s attention, while
twenty one American Republics
at a meeting in Lima considered
a declaration to withold recogni
tion of any acquisition of terri
tory acquired through aggres
sion.
Chamberlain rebuked the Ger
man press and as a consequence
all German representatives were
absent from th.» dinner where he
^ spoke and raised speculation
” ‘whether a barrier had arisen to
any full peace understanding be
tween the two powers. Chamber
lain deplord the tone of the Ger
man press in its recent “vitupera
f»n."
Former premier Baldwin re
minded his listeners that “his
tory teaches us that no form of
government ever nrnains the
same.”
The German Ambassador and
all German press representatives
after seeing advance copies of
lb? speech stayed away. The
German foreign office spokesman
said “We were frankly astonish
ed” but then added the incident
could be considered “One of the
ups an downs of politics and not
taken too seriously.”
Frenchmen declared that
Chamberlain's statement of An
glo-French relations had “passed
^ beyond mei'e legal obligations,”
- and gave added strength to Dala
di:r’s hands, particularly in the
face of Italian clamor for French
territory. In Rome that part of
his speech was soft-pedalled and
stress was laid on his assertion
that he would continue his pol
icy of appeasement and this was
interpreted to moan that Italy
would get something when Cham
berlain confers with Mussolini
next month.
POLICE DOG IS KILLED
IN BATTLE BEAVER
NORTH BEND, Ore., Dec. —A
large police dog paid with its
•life for attacking a young beaver
according to Fred Lilienthal, who
witnessed the vicious battle.
The dog leaped upon the beiav
er when it left a creek in search
of material for dam-building.
Ldlientha! said.
The two an mals wrestled
around the creek bank for sev
eral minutes until the beaver
succeeded in dragging his heav
ier opponent into the water.
The dog was no match for the
beaver in its natural element, the
witness said, and soon fled the
scene, dripping blood from num
erous cuts and dragging a “ham- (
strung” leg.
The dog was shot by its owner. ■
NOTICE
The Common Council sitting as
a Board of Equalization will
meet on December 16th, 17th, |
* and 19th at 7 o’clock p.m.
M. ,T. WALSH,
Pub. Dec.14,16,19 City Clerk 1
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Britain Ready
Fight Also Is
Willing Disarm
• LONDON. Dec. 13 GP) —Prime
Minister Chamberlain told thoi
world tonight that he was deter
mined to follow his policy of
European appeasement but cau-|
tiously warned aggressors that
"attempts at domination would
never be long successful" He
was speaking at a Foreign Press
Association twentieth anniver
sary dinner where guests includ
ed German. Italian, and other
diplomats.
Chamberlain announced that
Britain was ready to defend her
empire and allies but also offer-1
ed to join any international dis
armament conference. He admit
ted he received “checks, disap
pointments, and setbacks” buti
added “I am neither disheartened
nor deterred by those passing
phases."
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Chamberlain
To Visit Muss
olini In Jan.
UNDATED, Dec. 13 UP) — A
series of new efforts to settle old
world’s differences took shape in
Europe as twenty one American
republics formed new projects to;
increase trade in the New world.!
While cooperating for peace, |
Chamberlain was in his key ap
peasement roh: again as the dip
lomatic world awaited his speech'
tonight. The Foreign Press Asso- j
ciation in London gave some
strong indication that Britain’s
immediate foreign policy course j
would be followed especially in j
the month until Chamberlain vis-'
its Mussolini on Janualy 14th.;
It is expected he will make a i
speech which will concern the|
British prospect of German ges-1
tures toward M mel, former Ger|
man territory, and was express
ed by Chamberlain himself yes
terday in the House of Com-!
mons, tout few believed that Brit-!
ish action would go beyond this.,
Greater importance, is attached,
.to the forth-coming visit to Lon**
don of the Reich’s bank presi-i
dent Sdhacht who will confer i
with Montague Norman, head of,
the Bank of England. Chamber-,
Iain’s opening wedge, reaching!
toward and Anglo-German set-;
tUunent, considered it possible,
through financial arrangements,;
to aid Jewish emigration andj
that some agreement be made in,
trade relations.
Nine persons were arrested in
Kaunas, Lithuania, accusrd of fo
menting post-election disorders.
In Berlin, the Economics Min
istry put new obstacles in t)he
way of Jews removing property
from Germany, forbidding them
to take anything except posses
sions for strictly personal use.
Changes of copy for holiday
advertisements must be in the
Nugget office the day proceeding
publication, in order to insure!
heir being printed.
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SISTER-IN-LAW of
Prime Minister Chamberlain,
Lady Chamberlain (above),
whose late husband was Sir
Aaslcn, is reportedly active "be
idrd scenes” in English polities.
NORTHWEST IS BUST
CUTTING XMAS TREES
SPOKANE, W ., Dec. — In
the land of snow and spruce,
stretching from the Pacific
Northwest through the Minne
tr>ta—-Wisconsin land and as far
4ast as Maine, modern-day lum
berjacks are bucking the ele
ments in the $10,000,00 business
of supplying America wis Christ
mas trees.
en million or more of the trees,
spruce, fir, balsam, and pine, will
be this year’s total, forest service
officials estimate. National for
ests will supply nearly 300.000
traes. The rest will come from
private and state lands.
The stump value ranges from
two to five or ten cents a tree,
depending upon its size. That's
what the land owner receives.
The city buyer, however, after
the trees have been brought to
town from the woods, will pay
anywhere from 25 cents for one
standing a few feet tall, to $1
and up or the larger ones.
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Aged Seattle
Woman Pleads
Guilty Murder
m
SEATTLE, Dec. 13 (/Pi—Mary
Elanor Smith, aged seventy three
| sobbed wildly and pleaded guilty
1 to the first degre murder of
James Eugene Bassett, here, ter
■.ears ago. She changed her olea
right after Bassett's widow
ci anther Marion Bassetr test:
fied that she didn’t want the
ea'i penaltj inflicted. A few
minutes later the jury was em
powered to decide between death
and life; imprisonment and re
, tired to deliberate her fate.
Mrs. Smith cried that heir con
! fession to the slaying last spring
was not made voluntarily; “it
was such a terrible thing to my
' son," co-defendant Mayer wrho
. killed himself Sunday, in the
county jail, just before court con
; veiled. The jury was brought in
and informed for the first time
i of Mayer's death but were not
i told it was suicide. The jurors
cast startled glances at Mayer’s
vacant chair.
Mrs Smith changed her plea
by agreement of counsel after
presiding judge Batchelor reject
ed a motion directed toward a I
verdict of acquittal.
Sentenced To Life
SEATTLE, Dec. 13 (/P) — The
jury gave Mrs. Elanor Smith life;
imprisonment after being out
only nineteen minutes.
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BEHIND STEEL WALL OF NAZI BAYONETS and Hitler's mighty war machine are the German people. This
camera study of Germans, made as they cheered Premier Chamberlain on recent peace missions, reflects mingled emotions of hope, anxiety.
NEUTRALITY was dis
used with the President by
**cP- Sam McReynolds (Tenn.).
Sensational
Kidnap Case
Comes To End
OLYMPIA, Wash., — Dr. Kent
W. Bern ynd hree co-defend
ants were convicted on first de
gree kidnaping charges as their
sensational and packed trial for
the torture and abduction of Ir
ving Baker ended in Superior
Court.
The Jury, after 10 hours de
liberation, recommended life im
prisonmemt for Berry, 50-year
old physician; William McAloon,
55. impassive former Montesano
night marshal; James Reddick,
27, taxi driver; Robert Smith, 32,
Grays Harbor County farmer.
The jury also convicted Berry,
McAloon and Reddick of first
degree assault charges, carrying
20 year maximum sentences with
recommendations for leniency in
Smith's case. The action led to
speculation that the kidnaping
charge against him must be sus
pended by the court.
The four men forced Baker, 37,
retired Coast Guard officer, and
automobile agency operator,
from his home, torturing him
with a belt and pliers while he
lay bound hand and foot in an
isolated gravel pit.
Berry claimed as h,is defense
that Baker raped Elizabeth Ber
ry. 27, his wifu, in an automo
bile during a July 4th party.
Berry received the verdict
with trembling lips. Mrs. Barry,
who sat beside her husband thru
out the trial and testified in his
behalf thruout the trial, burst
into tears whon she heard the
verdict.
As soon as the court adjourned
Betty shouted at the jury:
“The prosecution rigged up
this whole thing- Of course we
-will appeal. If there ever was a
frame-up. this is it!”
A woman juror leaned toward
the doctor from the jury box
and said:
“Sir, you perjured yourself.”
Judge Wilson said arguments
for a new trial will be heard in
two weeks. He set no time for
the sentences.
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