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VOL. 41. No. 40. NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1939 Price oer Copy 114
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FBI Report German-American Bund
Chamberlain Promises More Pledges Aid Poland
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Hitler Threatens To Cancel 1935 Naval Accord
Britain to Stand
Behind Her Pledge
To Aid Poland
LONDON, April 3 (P) — Pre
mier Neville Chamberlain told
the House of Commons that the
Anglo-French pledge to aid Po
land would be followed by sim
ilar committments of other coun
tries 'Which stand in the way of
any attempt made by Germany
to dominate Europe.
Chamberlain further said “I’m
no more the man for war today
than I was last September. I
have no intention and no desire
to treat the German people other
wise than I would have our own
people treated here.”
He also said that Britain was
concerned to “preserve not only
the independence of this country,
hut all States which might be
threatened by aggression.”
The statement came after the
following developments: ‘ R. A.
Butler, under secretary of for
eign affairs, indicated that Brit
ain was prepared to make a re
armament loan to Rumania: and
Foreign Secretary Halifax told
the House of Lords that nothing
could be further from the truth
than the German charges that
Britain and France were trying
to encircle the Reich.”
Cel. Joseph Beck, Polish for
eign minister, arrived in London
for vital consultations.
Chamberlain rejected the re
quest for compulsory registra
tion of British man power as a
step toward conscription, which
he said would interfere with the
drive for recruits for an enlarged
territorial army.
Cardinal Dies of
Heart Attack
VATICAN CITY,April 1 (P)—
Donato Cardinal Sbarretti, aged
2, was found dead in bed by a
servant who went to awaken
him.
His death reduced the college
of cardinals to 60 members with
33 Italians and 27 foreigner's and
10 vacancies. Doctors said the
Cardinal died of a heart attack.
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‘TRAITORS,’ did Rep.'
John Martin (above), Colorado
Democrat, call participants iR
N. Y. bund meeting which Mar*
tin denounced on House floor.
Hitler Harangues
Crowd Of 50,000
For Over an Hour
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WET .HELMHAVEN, April 1
(,P)—Hitler warned England that!
J if she is heading for war with \
Germany he wouldn't hesitate to
cancel their naval accord of 1935.
In an address that lasted 1 hour
and one minute, delivered to 50,-1
000 persons who gathered at this
North Sea naval base to hear his
speech in which he replied to the
British and French pledge to aid!
Poland, Hitler warned Poland dir- j
ectly, saying “He who is willing |
to pu’l chestnuts out of the lire
for others must expact to get
burned.”
He sa d he once concluded the'
naval agreement with Britain
with the fervent desire that he
might never have war again. “If
however, that wish doesn’t exist
cn the other side, then all prac
tical conditions for concluding
such a treaty have vanished."
NOT A CANDIDATE
The undersigned, an employee
of the Polet Stores, wishes to
announce to the public and es
pecially to his friends, that he is
not a candidate for city council
man.
Signed: Everett Jones
Report on German
American Bund
Is Made Public
■WASHINGTON. April 3 (/Pi
Attorney General Murphy made
.public a 14 volume report on the
“German-American Bund,” and
asserted one of its principal cb
cctives was to foster “German
ism and German ideals” in this
■country.
The report was compiled by
the FBI in 1937 and given out by
suggestion of chairman Dies of
the House Committee on un-Am
er'can activities.
The Bund report carried 175
photographs, pamphlets and mis
cellanecus exhibits but contained
no recommendations for legal ac
tion and was confined principally
to the Bund’s origin and activ
ities which is reported to have a
membership of 6,600 distributed
in 50 local units.
Committee Votes
Down 150 Million
For Relief
WASHINGTON, April 3 (/P)—
The Senate Appropriations sub
committee refused by a vote of
8 to 2 to increase the hundred
million relief appropriation to
one hundred fifty million, the
figure President Roosevelt recoin
mended. Senators McKellar and
Overton were the two supporting
the higher figure.
MS North Star
North Bound
SEATTLE, April 3 (/P)—Carry
ing 200 CCC enroll ees enroute to
Mcunt McKinley Park, Alaska,
the Motorship North Star is post
ed to sail at 9 p.m. tomorrow.
The vessel will also carry 1000
tons of freight.
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TO SAFEGUARD BRITAIN'S STAKES in Africa—scene of increasing friction be
tween Italy and France over colonial territory—Viscount Gort, chief of staff of England’s army, re
cently visited Cairo and discussed English defenses with Egyptian officials. Left to right: Hussein i
Slrry Pasba, minister of public works, Viscount Gort. Kbalry Pasha, under-secretary of war, •
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INSIDE THIS TUNNEL — SHIPS will be tested, as to design and serviceability- at the
new L'. S. model basin at Cardcrock, Md The 1,300-foot “tunnel” shelters two basins, one shallow and
on/* rearhiiiF a of *>*> f/*#*t. Till* i<; an official IT navy llhoto.
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New Steamer For
Nome Sailing From
Seattle
S. W. (Sam) Taggart, propriet
or of the Nome Lumber Com
pany, who returned to Nome
from Seattle via Fairbanks late
Friday afternoon via plane, in an
interview with the Nome Nug
get today, in reference to the
new steamship company which
plans on entering the Nome,
Bering Sea and Kotzebue Sound
areas, had the following to say.
That the Consolidated Olympic
Lines is a permanent company
operating vessels thruout the
year and are in position to give
the people of Nome, Bering Sea
and Kotzebue Sound sections a
service equal to any other ser
vice at less cost.
The steamer El Capitan is a
4000 ton, steel, ten-knot freight
er, equipped with new clean
cooler and cold storage rooms.
The company has inaugurated
this service after careful consid
eration and solicitation made by
many sincere citizens and solely
upon their representation that
this service would be welcome
and permanent.
The steamer El Capitan sails
from Los Angeles, Calif., May
2nd, and from San Francsco, Pier
16, May 10th; leaving Seattle,
May 20th from Pier 6 for Nome
and Bering Sea ports, including
St. Michael, Unalakleet, Golovin
Bluff, Solomon, Teller, and Kot
zebue Sound paints.
Mr. Taggart who is the desig
nated Nome agent for the new
steamship service, requests those
who ship by this firm to instruct
shippers of your merchandise to
deliver same to the Steamer El
Capitan, Pier 6, Seattle, Wash.,
and for further information call
or see him at his office at the
Nome Lumber Company.
Mr. Jack Young, proprietor of
'the Golovin Bay Packing Co.,
will look after the interest of the
new steamship company in the
Golovin section.
“Whitey” Wilkenson, formerly
connected with vessels plying the
Bering Sea area, has been named
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freight agent at Seattle. Mr. Wil
i k an son is well known to many
Nome and northern shippers.
Readers attention is called to
the advertisemet on page 4 of the
Consolidate Olympic Line for
further information as to sail
ing dates, etc.
Hitler Launches
New Battleship
WILHELMHAVEN, Germany,
April 1 </P>—Hitler was tense and
appeared somewhat preoccupied
as he stc-od with his arm uprais
ed in the Nazi salu'e at the laun
chi rag of Germany's new 35,000
ton battleship. Von Tirpitz. Thou
sand of people were there and
hai'ed him.
Hitler was described as amaz
ed and angry at Britain because
of the Polish question, and which
h e expected to have a reply lat
er.
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II Duce Says
Italy Lacks Space
NAPLES, April 1 AtP)— Musso
lini tcld peasants that since they
lacked enought space for their
families “somebody will have
provide it." Hearers shouted for
expansion into Tunisia.
School News
The city schools will reopen
Tuesday at one o'clock, after hav
ing been closed since last Thurs
day to allow an epidemic of colds
to abate. The three day Easter
vacation planned for this week
has been cancelled which means
that the school term -\\ ill close
on schedule as usual.
■Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spr.ng and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
WITH A COURTLY BOW, Mayor LaGuardia greeted
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt when the First Lady attended New York
opening of the WPA federal theater’s Negro swing version of
‘•The Mikado.” In center, with a toothy smile, is Harry Mopkln&