Report of The
Grand Jury To
District Court
The Grand Jury which was
in session for about a week,
concluded its business last Sat
urday afternoon and upon ren
dering its report to the Court;
were excused from duty until
further notice. Following is the
report as submitted.
Nome, Alaska
April! 15, 1939
To: The Hon. J. H. S. Morison,
Judge of the District Court
f For the Second Division
Territory of Alaska.
Sir:
In accordance with instructions
given by you to the Grand Jury
on April 10th, 1939, we herewith
submit a report of our actions
upon indictments presented by
the District Attorney, the exam
ination of the federal offices, our
recommendations upon the same
and a general resume of condi
tions brought to our attention
and acted upon by us.
Ten indictments were submit
ted to us by the District Attor
ney. Nine true bills and one not
true bill were returned.
The fol'owirvg federal offices
were visited and conditions per
taining to the same were discuss
ed with the several officers in
charge. We hereby submit the
following report and recommend
ations:
Marshal’s Office
An inspection of the above
named office disclosed the nec
essity for a fireproof vault and
several miscellaneous items
which the committee was inform
ed had already bee.i requisitioned
through the custodian. The gen
eral condition and management
of this office was found to be
quite satisfactory.
U. S. Commissioner’s Office
An inspection of the Commis
sioner’s office revealed faulty
plumbing which caused the wa
ter to drip from the exposed ov
erhead piping to the office furni
ture below. Cracks in the ceil
ing pennit dust and sweepings
from the floor above to come
through. The records and gener
al management of the office were
in order.
U. S. Attorney’s Office
The District Attorney’s office
was inspected and found to be in
good order. We would recom
mend that a small fire-proof safe
be purchased for this office for
the safekeeping of important re
cords pertaining to this office. We
would also suggest that this of
fice be provided with a Zeiss
Ikonta "B” F-2 lens camera for
photographing scenes which are
deemed necessary by the district
attorney to be used as court evi
dence.
Clerk of the Court Office
This office was inspected and
found to be well managed. The
officer in charge was interviewed
and seemed contented with his
quarters and appurtenances. No
recommendations were neces
sary.
Federal Jail
A visit through the Federal
Jail proved to be in a dean, san
itary condition. Due to the length
of time necessary to hold violent
prisoners, we would recommend
that a padded cell be provided.
We would also recommend
'hat an improvement be made in
the ventilating of the kitchen and
ce l block.
General Recommendations
A general inspection of the Fed
eral Building ind:cated careful
supervision on the part of the
custodian in maintaining cleanli
ness and order.
We woul d recommend that a
survey be made by the proper
authorities in regard to the in
stallation of more adequate
means of fire escape, for the Fed
eral Building.
We wish to bring out the fact
that jurors and witnesses are sub
poenaed by the government to
attend this court at expense to
themselves since the compensa
tion provided for this service is
not sufficient to cover the bare
expense of food and lodging in ;
Nome, Alaska. We would there
fore recommend that the com pen
sation for the above service be
increased to at least cover the
cost of food and lodging.
After duly examining the rec
ords of the court in regards to
appropriations granted this court
for the relief of destitutes, and j
the portion of the appropriations'
spent in the past, we would re-1
commend that the court be more i
lenient in the disbursement of j
the aforesaid appropriation in1
the future.
We would recommend that pro'
vision be made and funds allot
ted for the immediate investi- j
gallon of deaths of persons sus- j
picioned to have met with foul
play.
We. the members of this Grand
Jury, take this occasion to ex-;
press our thanks and apprecia
tion to all! members of the De
partment of Justice of the Sec
ond Division, Territory of Al-,
aska, for their help and coopera-1
tion in the execution of our
duties.
Respectfully submitted.
And signed by the members of,
the Grand Jury'.
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
MADRID STAGES JOYFUL GREETING FOR VICTORS
Madrid throngs are shown as they went wild with joy at the cn try of victorious Nationalist
troops into the Spanish capital, ending the civil war. A truckload of Franco’s men are shown in
the Calle de Alcala. This picture was transmitted by telephone a nd radio from St. .1 an de Luz,
on the French frontier, to London then ee to New York.
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AUSTRIAN REFUGEE KISSES THE LAND OF THE FREE
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One refugee’s reaction to his arrival in New York from appres sion in Europe is shown in this
picture as Hermann Leopoldi, Vennese song writer who spent n ine months in a Nazi concentra
tion camp stepped from the liner City of Baltimore and kissed t he hard pavement on 18th St.
because he was so glad to arrive in America.
Old Council Goes
Out Of Office.
New Council In
Tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.
the old council will meet for the
last time and adjourn sine die,
after which the new city coun
cilmen and Mayor will be sworn
in and organization completed.
Those going out of office widl
be Mayor Alvin Polet, Council
men Sam W. Taggart, Henry
(Hank) Miller, and Edward An
derson.
Holdover members of the old
council are George Madsen, Jack
Hurley, and Leonard Krohlow.
New members elected recently
who will make up the balance of
the new council are: Mayor Fred
A. Kubon; Councilmen Edward
Anderson who was reelected,
William H. Kelsey and Lyle
Nevin.
The new mayor will probably
announce his committees after
the council takes their seats. The
appointment of a Chief of Police
and Chief of the Fire Depart
ment may or may not be made at
the first meeting, the customary
way of doing same is to give
sufficient time for applications to
be made for the positions of
Chief, driver and engineer, and
to be read at another meeting
later.
NOTICE
Don’t forget to leave your name
and addiess for the Nugget to be
sent to you via airplane at your
mining camps, from now on.
MYSTERIOUS MEXICAN
RADIO TO GERMANY
MEXICO CITY, — The Mexi
can press linked the hunt for the
mysterious unlicensed radio
transmitter to the investigation
of the so-called German espion
age in which newspapers said the
brother-in-law of the police chief
of Berlin was detained among
the eight persons taken into cus
tody.
The man was identified by the
press as Baron Hans Heinrich
von Holleufer, related by mar
riage to Count von Helldorf, Ber
lin police head.
The German legation announc
ed it had intervened through the
Mexican foreign relations office
to obtain a stay of deportation
proceedings against the Baron
who came here in 1931 as a ref
ugee from pre-Nazi Germany
and remained as a representative
of several German firms.
Informed sources said those de
tained with the Baron were
“mostl y Germans.” Their deter
tion followed the disclosure of an
unregistered short wave radio
transmitter operating in a Mex
ico City suburb.
The communications depart
ment officials said it picked up
the strongest signals in the vic
inity of the Spanish cemetery on
the outskirts of the city.
How Mining Claims can b«
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
h, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
oamphlet form, for sale at Tha
Vugget Office, for 10 cents.
RARELY SEEN sister of Hitler shared political new*
items with him at party headquarters in Munich in 1932.
MASS FUNERAL HELD FOR STRATOLINER VICTIMS
Amid thousands of flora1 remem Vances, mass funeral services were held at Seattle for eight of
fhc ten victims of the $500.00(1 B , ing Aircraft company's S'rat liner crash near Alder. Wash. In
cluded in the funeral services, w *re those for two Dutch air offic ia’s, who were aboard the ill
fated craft on a test flight. This’s ;> scene during th■> funeral c remony
HITLER RETURNS FROM TRIUMPHANT TOUR
Back in his capital after a triumphant tour of his new provinces- of Bohemia and Moravia, Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler (right center, foreground) is greeted by Field Marshal Hermann Goering (left
foreground) at Goerlitzer station in Berlin. In an address of welcome, Goering nraisf’d Hitler and
gave him a pledge “never to relinquish this ggantic. this great and tremend us courageous cre
ation of yours, come what may.” This picture was sent by radiofrom Berlin to New York.