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VOL. 41. No. 138. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 17, 1939 Price per ««py m
Nazis Close Schools for Three Years
GERMANY INTIMATES WILL LISTEN TO FDR
Announce Appointment Gruening Gov. of Alaska
A YOUNG ‘OLD GLORY ’—When Fort McHenry, Me!.,
recently observed the 125th anniversary of the writing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key, above 15-starred
replica of the flag that inspired the national anthem flew ov~r
Fort McHenry. Key wrote song when, aboard a British vessel in
Baltimore harbor, he watched the Britons bombard the foit.
British Empire
Blocks German
Aspirations
UNDATED, Nov. 1(3 UP) — AH
was quiet on Europe’s battle
fields giving the world, time to
find out what really lies behind
the war which aside from Ger
many’s conquest of Poland pro
duced no major battles either on
land or at sea.
Evidence grows, at least in
Germany, that the struggle is
considered one for world power,
between the expanding German
Reich which has already wiped
out Czechoslovakia, Austria and !
Poland, and the old established •
British Empire.
The Germans have pictured
France as the misled ally of Brit
ain. An authoritative German
source declared that Germany in
tends “to fight until British su
premancy in the world is destroy
ed.’’ Judging by these words,
German deems the die cast that
the British Empire blocks Ger
man aspirations.
Britain defined her war aims
“to redeem Europe from recur
ring threats of German “aggres
sion.’’
The Russian press renewed
their attacks on Finland for fail
ing to yield t^ Soviet territorial
demands. Press coment remind
ed diplomats of articles in So
viet papers published shortly be
fore Russia joined Germany in
the partitioning of Poland.
The Western Front, as for days
past, remained quiet and warfare
ebbed at sea.
Supreme Court
Justice Butler
Passes Away
WASHNGTON, Nov. 16 UP) —
\ssociat-2 Justice Pierce Butler,
of the Supreme Court died here
riarly today. The 76-year-old jus
lice entered a hospital for treat
• cn for bladder trouble last
summer and with the exception
of two weeks when he was able
to return home he remained
there since.
His death meant that President
Roosevelt appointees will be in
the majority on the court, Roose
veil already having named four
of those on the nine-man trib
unal.
Buter was a Democrat, but of
ficials of the Roosevelt adminis
tration termed him one of the
two conservative members of the
court the other conservative be
ing Justice James McReynolds.
His death came so suddenly
that neither his doctor nor the
members of his family were pres
ent. The attending nurse called
the doctor and informed him of
Butler’s passing.
In a formal statement Presi
dent Roosevelt expressed regret
and said “I have known Justice
Butler a great many years and
have always regarded him as a
personal friend of undoubtedly
great ability. His complete frank
ness in his expression of his phil
osophy and his honest convic
tions commanded my respect.”
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Nine Persons Are
Killed in Student
Disturbances
BERLIN, Nov. 17 (JP>—A Pra
j gue dispatch of the DNB, official
German news agency, said nine
persons were shot to death and
a large number arrested in con
nection with student disturbanc
es there. The dispatch said that
Prague academies and universit
ies wore ordered closed for three
years.
The DNB, said there were ex
traordinary measures taken af
ter studsn.s, described as “fol
1owsrs of Eduard Bones” assault
cd Germans. Dr. Eduard Benes
was the last president of inde
pendent Czechoslovakia. No in
dication was given as to whether
the nine were executed or killed
in the fighting.
NO ONE TO COMPARE
WITH F D R
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16 —
Wm. Gibbs McAdc~, returning
from Washington said he believ
ed President Roosevelt will be
nominated overwhelmingly and
elected in 1640
He said, “The general concen
sus” in Washington is that Roose
volt will be a candidate. “Who
is there comparable to him in ex
perience, wisdom, high human
ideals and who so well as he can
direct the affairs of the Ameri
can peop'e in the great crisis
now confronting civilization?”
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A1 Capone,
(Serves Time,
Is Released
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (/P) —
1 Scsrface A1 Capone, the notor
' ious gangster of prohibition days
was re asod to relatives at Lewis
i b '.rg. Pennsylvania. James V.
' Dennett, Director of Federal Pri
: soners announced that Capone
i 1 b. e.n transferred from a fed
oral correctional institution near
1 • An ;c cs to the United States
Pcv : n'ivy at Lewisburg and
. as released today upon the ex
pire "nn of his sentence.
Capone began service of a ten
year sentence for evasion of in*
| come taxes on M v 11, 1 !>:;2, and
. completed this portion of his sen
ier.ee on January ID, 1032, upon
which date he began serving one
ye r for failure to file his in
i come return allowances. For
good behavior his sentence was
cut to today.
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SUP, BRING B1 T ERECT,
N IL ON CHARLES DIES
JUNEAU, Nov. 15 -—A second
protest to President Roosevelt
for communtation of the death
sentence of Nelson Charles to
life imprisonment was turned
down, the same as of October 31.
last Friday morning.
Shivering, but erect, Charles
stepped on the trap, which was
sprung at 8:46 and he was pro
nounced dead at 8:52 a.m.
In his last words, he said he
was innocent. The funeral will
he sometime this week under the
auspices of the Salvation Army.
V/ HAT’S THAT, AGAIN?—Said Prisoner Stewart O.
Jacobson to Jai! Superintendent Matt Starwirb (left) at Seattle:
“Sure, I made it so I could jump rope for cxer And he dem
onstrated, how, right on the spot. But Supe: ; :.ndent Starwirh
somehow doubted that the eight-foot rope found in Jacobson’s
cell had so innocent a purpose. It was made of blanket strips.
READY TO SERVE —A Coast Guard Reserve fag is run
up by Albert O. Hughes on his 45-foot cruiser ttojestc. A Reserve
enro'lee in J'oston, Hughes will perform coast guard duty when
regular coast guard craft are out on navy assignment.
Appointment Is
Formally Given
To Gruening
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (fP) —
The White House announced that
President Roosevelt has formally
given the recess appointment for
Governor of Alaska to Dr. Ernest
Gruening.
Germans Inject
Pres. Roosevelt
Into Peace Talks
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UNDATED, Nov. 17 (Ah—Eu
rope’s conflict continued to be
fought maihly on the verbal
front. British military authorities
offered the “conviction” of a dis
agreement between Hitler and
his general staff which caused
“indecisive tactics" hy the Nazis
on the Western Front.
German authorities already
have hinted that their tactics
would be changed from the de
fensive to the offensive but at
the same time it was weighed
anew how the Nazis feel toward
a mediation by Roosevelt. The
President’s name was injected in
to an informal peace talk by Ger
many in October 6.
German authorities said that
Hitler would accept an armistice
if proposed by the American ex
ecutive with a view toward a gen
eral European peace settlement.
That talk ran its course in a week
when Washington made it clear
| that it had received no formal
invitation or offer of mediation
and even if it should receive one
chances are it wotuld take no ac
tion unless assured in advance
that Great Britain and France
would listen.
Berlin introduced President
Roosevelt’s name again today by
saying Germany would not be in
terested in any general media
tion offers but would be likely
to respond if he asked the bellig
erents to outline their war aims,
! as a move toward finding a com
mon basis for mediation.
Both French and German com
muniques recorded minor act
ivity on the Western Front, but
that warplane are busy.
MOTHER KILLS DAUGHTER
AND SELF IN SEATLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 16 — Patrol
man Lee Norton was sitting in
the radio report room at police
headquarters when a report was
received of a double killing at
6415 Trenton avenue, and within
a few seconds he learned his mo
ther-in-law, Mrs. Cora Clark,
had shot and killed his wife,
then killed herself.
The coroner’s office said Mrs.
Clark apparently was upset at
the temporary separation from
her daughter. Her policeman bus
band said the daughter planned
to go to California.
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