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VOL. 40. NO. 148. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1938 P™e p«r Copy 15#
Japan Warns U.S. Against Lending Money China
4 Musica Brothers’ Grafting History Is Revealed
11. S. Banks to
Lend China
25 Million
UNDATED, Dec. 19 1/P)—’Warn
mg the Unit <1 States that its ex
port and import banks, plan to
lend twenty five million dollars
to China was “a very dangerous
political gesture" added strain
between Washington and Tokyo,
While Italian colonial demands
on France again worried Europe.
Japanese Foreign Minister
Arita described the proposed
Joan to China as an “inopportune
and regrettable act” and declar
ed Japan might regard it as “a
form of political pressure in
which Tokyo would undoubdetly
find new grounds for strengthen
ing th: proposed new order in
Asia." The new order means
closing the open door to China,
which the United States protest
ed so vehemently.
New anti-Jewish measures de
veloped in two countries in cen
tral Europe as the Rumanian For
eign Office disclosed the removal
of a hundred fifty thousand Ru
manian Jews to Palestine, and
certain British colonies. It was
envisaged that diplomatic nego
tiations are already in progress
' with Great Britain.
The Hungarian cabinet gave
the final touches to a bill that
will impose new social economic
restrictions on Hungary’s Jews,
possibly limiting their voting
right and also the Jewish popu
lation of Rumania to 'about a
million and Hungary to fifty four
^ thousand.
Only 5 More Days
To Christmas
UNCLE SAM in a minia
ture edition admires the trophy
cup he won in a baby contest at |
Ocean Park. Cal. The uncle's
real name is Kenneth ‘‘Casey’'
Johnson. He's four.
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'PROBLEM PRINCE' TO AID IN EMPIRE PROBLEM
EMPIRE BONDS between England and Australia may gain
strength in the appointment by King George of his brother, the
Duke of Kent (right), as Australian governor-general, The choice
is interpreted as a move by Britain to knit her empire together.
With handsome Kent, who’s sern at a boxing tourney, will go his
wife, Marina, and their two children.
LOSj TO 1..0NDON social circles in which the Duke of
Kent moved so gaily and—it must be added—with occasional em
barrassment to the royal family, is Australia's gain since the ap
pointment of 35-year-old Kent as governor-general of Australia.
He’ll assume office late in 1939, leaving behind such races as the
famous derby which he's viewing with the queen.
Phenomenal
Cold Wave
Hits England
LONDON, Dec 19 <A‘> — Icy
northeast winds from Siberia,
laden with snow and sleet struck
Europe in Northern Scotland and
southern Greece, sending temper
atures tumbling to record lows
Official forecasts said even worse
weather was coming. In London,
the temperature dropped from
42 degrees Fahrenheit to 26 in
twenty four hours, bringing the
coldest day in ten years. At
Hastings, one of Britain’s warm
est south coast resorts, the water
froze at the beach.
Temperatures of twentyfive to
thirty degrees below zero were
reported in the Carpathian
Mountains.
Survivors Of
M S Patterson
Still Marooned
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Three Musica
Brothers Held
on $100,000 Bail
NEW YORK. Dec. 17 </Pl —
Three Musica brothers, Arthur,
George, and Robert are being
hrild under one hundred thou
sand dollars bail on charges of
violating the Federal Securities
Act. The fourth, Philip, who as
F. Donald Coster was president
of McKesson-Robbins, third larg
est drug firm in the world, lay
dead, a suicide in Connecticut.
Assistant Attorney General
Ambrose McCall said inform
ation uncovered, on the -whole
sale sale of arms and ammun
ition which involved all the liv
ing persons of the fantastic fab
ric of the Musica family and fin
ancial exploits, grew hourly.
Sensational revelations were pro
mised and others already rocked
the nation as ten investigations
were under way.
Phillip was identified as a
world war spy and investigator,
later mixed up in murder, forg
ery and larceny—-an Italian-born
immigrant who changed his life
completely and fooled everyone
who rose to the command df a
drug empire. Reports circulated
that he 'helped to finance a
South American war; smuggled
arms into Spain in violation of
the Neutrality Act. He sent the
arms labelled as milk of mag
nesia.
The brothers played varied
roles as Phillip’s aides. George
Deetrick, vice president was
identified as George Musica;
George Varnard, Canadian agent
for the corporation, real name
is Arthur Musica; and Robert
Dietrick, purchasing agent was
Robert Musica.
The brothers were involved in
the million dollar collapse of the
United States Hair Company in
1913 for which Coster assumed
the blame.
McKesson Robbins common
stock dropped from $36.50 to
$7.55. The company has seventy
two wholesale branches in thirty
eight states and fifty five thou
I sand retail stores.
DUKE WILL RETURN TO
ENGLAND VISIT MOTHER
LONDON. Dec. — The Duke
of Windsor will return to Eng
land after the holidays to visit
his mother, Dowager Qu'een of
England, reliable reports said.
The Duchess, however, will re
main in the background. The
Duke’s visit will last for two
weeks. He has no intention of
taking up residence in England
until the rank of his American
wife is established.
YOUNG RAIL CLERK
SAYS KILLED GIRL
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. — Po
lice Inspector Jewel said Rodney
Greig, 21-year-old railway clerk,
confessed he fatally stabbed
Leona VIught, 19, former Uni
versity otf California student,
whose body was found m Oak
land hills.
The officer reported Greig said
he and Miss Vlught, tall and ath
letic, quarreled early Wednes
day in the back seat of Greig’s
automobile.
Greig told Jewell he thrust a
six-inch hunting knife blade into
the girl’s breast, and explained
the additional gashes in the girl’s
throat by saying 'he thrice punch
ed her in order to see if her heart
was still beating strongly enough
to keep blood flowing through
| her throat arteries.
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FACE TO FACE %\ ith a pumpkin grown so that it assumed
the contours of a human's skull, Dave Elman examines a 193S
It illowe’en creation. It’s the idea of John Cz, a truck farmei at
Madison, Ohio, who grows human-like pumpkins as a hobby
I. S. Circuit
Judge Dies
C1
ST. LOUIS, D c. 19 U. S.
Circuit Judge Charles Farris,
who was the first to rule oil the
policy of the Roosevelt admin
istration on the right of Congress
to abrogate the gold clause in
private contracts, died here at
the age of seventy four.
AL CAPONE NEARS
END OF TERM
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. —A1
Capone, Alcatraz Prison’s fa
mous inmate, completes his sen
tence January 19. But he won’t
go free. An Eastern sheriff’s
deputy will be on hand to take
him into custody, escort him East
where he wil! have to serve an
; other year’s sentence under a
misdemeanor charge
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JEWS ACCOUNTANTS
BOOKKEEPERS, OUT
BERLIN, Dec. —The German
government announced another
decree to th“ long list already in
force, ordering all Jewish book
keepers and accountants ofT all
jobs in Germany by the end of
December.
STRIKERS FLEE
OFFER OF WORK
EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec —
i They said “their fight is not fin
j ished”—but the unemployed men
who staked a sit-down strike in
the lobby of the Corona Hotel
were forced to make one con
i cession. With police guards call
ed to the scene of the protest
Hon. Dr. W. W. Cross, minister
in charge of relief, offered the
men their choice of $5 and board
or immediate arrest. The strik
ers moved out of the hotel.
of four planes to rescue the 18
' survivors of the motorship Pat
| te.rson, who are marooned at
Cape Fairweather, was postpon
ed because of adverse weather
conditions.
Pilot Sheldon Simmons, Lon
Cope, Johnny Amundson, and
Les Cook were poised for the
takeoff when weather reports
forced the postponement. Coast
Guard Cutter Haida and Cyane
and the Patrol boat Morris are
off-shore but still unable to land
boats.
An elastic adhesive surgical
tape has been invented to permit
a taped joint to bend.
O F T - M E N T I o N 6 D as a
possible appointee to the II. s.
Supreme court, Felix Frank
furter (above) is a professor of
administrative law at Harvard
law school. The death of Justice
Benjamin N. Cardoza created a
vacancy on the judicial bench.
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EVERYBODY WELCOME TO COMMUNITY XMAS TREE CELEBRATION
THURSDAY, DEC 22, 8 P.M. SCHOOL GYM. NO ADMISSION CHARGE SANTA CLAUS WILL BE THERE