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VOL. 41. NO. 3. NOME. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1939 Price per Copy 15#
Czechs Bombard Hungarian City
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Presidents Budget Calls for Many Billion Dollars
Czechoslovakia
Bombards City
Hungary Border
BUDAPEST, Jan. G UP) — The
Hungarian government reported
two £z»choslovakian 'artillery
bombardments on the border city
of Munkach and a pitched battle
between Czechoslovakian and
Hungarian forces. Reports of the
battle, 'nvolving cannon, tanks,
and armored cars, spread a
wave of exeitment over the na
tion. Munkach Is in the territory
Czechoslovakia ceded ti Hun
gary two months ago.
t High officials in the govern
ment met, and continuing the con
fidence of the Foreign Office, an
nounced a protest made in Pra
gue, charging the violation of
Hungary’s border. It was said
that German and Italian lega
tions in Budapest were informed
that “Hungary waives all respon
sibility for what may happen.”
In an official statement, official
advices said both sides suffered
casualties in the first bombard
ment at 3:40 a m., P. S. T , and
' said a hotel, and motion picture
i'he-iter, the •kln.rVach Municipal
Theater had 'been struck by
Czechoslovak shells. A second
barrage begaa at 5:20 a.m„ a
Hungarian news agency said, re
porting four hits on buildings.
Hungarian military sources re
ported at 7 a.m. that “the assault
/ of the invaders" had been repuls
ed ail along the line but inter
mittent shelling continued.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Funeral services lor the late
Otto Hunter will be held Satur
day, January 7th at the Feder
ated Church, to which all friends
and acquaintances are invited to
attend. Rev. Vincent Widney of
r ficiating.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Funeral services for the late
Charley Sims will be held at the
St, Joseph’s Catholic cSiur j| \
Tuesday morning, January 10th,
at 9 o’clock. Father .1. F. McEl
meel officiating. Interment Bel
niont Point cemetery.
Newspaper advertising
will develop new business
for you.
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France & Britain
arc Encouraged by
Roosevelt’s Hints
UNDATED, Jan. 5 f.T> — Anti
Democratic tides relied higher as
President Roosevelt's call for pre
parations again “aggressor gnv
ernmen's" evoked totalitarian
storms in Germany and Italy.
A new cabinet was installed
in Tokyo by reactionary Baron
II ran urn a who became premier,
succeeding Prince Konoye, who
will head the high authoritarian
new government under Hira
mima. Japan is now expected to
impose increasingly strict con
trol of economic life and will
seek to consolidate her conquests
in China and bring all the pol
itical parties under one group.
Heads of every government
studied President Roosevelt’s
warning, and Britain and
France found encouragement in
the President’s hints in change
of America,n neutrality legisla
tion and what is regarded as
veiled threats to aggressor na
; lions. The German and Italian
press accused Roosevelt of play
ing domoitiV politics, deserting
1 our historic policy of isolation.
France harassed abroad by It
alian colonial a pirations faced
a new strike lockout . which
threatens her wobbly domestic
peace.
Boys less than eighteen years
; old were called to defense of the
Spanish government as Franco’s
, forces said they had fought their
I way to the outskirts of Borjas
; and Blancas, the southern key of
the government defense line of
! Eastern Spain. They also said
A retest, sixty miles northwest
of Barcelona had fallen.
On The Job
j
1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 <JP) —
i Carl Lomen, following closely
the government’s attempt to lag
islale him out ,of the reindeer
business said however, he is not
worried about losing the business
as Congress authorized two mil
| lion dollars to purchase all rein
jdeer herds and turn them over
• to the natives. The new Congress
President Asks
for Multi-hill ion
Dollar Budget
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (/Pi —
President Roosevelt asked for a
vast sum for national d fense in
a multi-bill’on dollar budget, pro
jecting another deficit and an un
precedented public debt of forty
four billion four hundred fifty
e’ght million d liars in 1!)40.
In the annual report to Con
gress on the nation’s finances he
advised emphatically against “vio
lent contraction" in spending or
“drastic new taxes” but opened
a way (however, to “moderate tax
increases” to meet the increased
expenditures of $442,000,000 for
armament. For farm relief costs
he called for $8,995,663,200 of
federal spending in the fiscal
year beginning next July first.
The estimated deficit for that
year is $3,326,343,200 and asked
for $1,600,000,000 for national
defense including an extra five
hundred million dollars to speed
up the armaments program. Of
the latter sum only $210,000,000
will be disbursed next year.
The budget included an esti
mate of at least $750,000,000 re
quired to operate the WPA unt l
June 30th, the present funds be
ing expected to run out February
first. For the next year the Presi
dent asked one billion five hun
dred million dollars for the WPA
but requested no new WPA pro
gram, but estimated that three
hundred sixty six million dollars
would be necessary to carry out
the work already under way.
is expected to be asked to carry
out the program.
Mr. Lumen said he believed he
and his brothers owned about
250,000 deer. “We can’t count
them any more we just estimate”
he said.
“SOURDOUGH”
STATIONERY
That unique and humorous,
and typical Alaskan stationery—
“Sourdough Roadhouse Letter
heads and Envelopes”, have been
brought strictly uptodate, and are
now available at the Nugget offi
ce.
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APPLE A DAY (IF HE CETS IT) is good enough for baby “Snooks,” celebrating Hal*
_ - iowc’en at the Philadelphia zoo. Joe and Annie (right) just couldn't be bothered.:
FISH INC HAS THRILL S for Charles MarassI of Lakeside, Cal., a bedfast invalid for eight j
years. Lying on stretcher in boat, he shows 31'--pound bass he caught near San Diego.
$27,036,000 in 1938
In Minerals Taken
From Alaska
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' WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (JP) —
Alaska the seven million dollar
; government investment paid
1 $27,036,000 dividends in minerals
1 in 1938. The Bureau of Mines
estimated that this is the value
j of the gold, platinum, copper and
j silver and other minerals taken
1 from hiJls and streambeds dur
ing a year of production of which
$21,917,000 in gold brought the
l tctal mineral yield since the pur
; chase from Russia in 1867 to
more than 776 million dollars, or
nearly one hundred eleven times
more than the territory cost or
iginally.
Officials said that while they
estimated that the gold produc
tion would be $119,000 less than
the record year, 1906 they were
not surprised when the final re
ports were received, found that
the actual output last year eclips
ed that earlier period of gold
production by 62% in the placer
production and 38% in the lode
output.
The estimated value of the plat;
imun mined was $1,025,000; cop-!
per, $2,932,000. coal. $570,000;;
silver, $287,000; lead, $102,000;!
and other metals, $303,000.
The bureau said that there had'
been an enormous increase in the
output of platinum and formed
“one of the notable mining ev
ents of the year,” placing the
Territory third or fourth on the
list of the countries supplying
the world with precious metals.
Check-Up
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (A3) —
The Comptroller of Currency, is
sued a call for the condition of
all National Banks at the close j
of business on December 31, last(
year.j
Dept. Justice
Investigating
Nazi Activities
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 —
President Roosevelt said the De
partment of Justice had under
taken the investigation of alleged
violation of criminal statutes by
Nazis, Communists, and certain
other organization in this coun
try. He said that Attorney Gen
eral Murphy informed him by
letter which was not made public
but Roosevelt said ithe alleged
violations were submitted to the
Department by the Dies’ com
mittee investigating unAmerican
activities. Roosevelt would not
comment on the reports that he
opposed the request of Dies for
an additional hundred fifty thou
sand dollars to carry on the in
quiry.
Frankfurter Is
Named to Seat
Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 i/P. —
President Roosevelt named Felix
Frankfurter, aged fifty six, of
Massachusetts, and professor in
the Harvard law school, as asso
ciate justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed the late Ben
jamin Cardozo.
Frankfurter has a long legal
background, and his chief spon
sor is Senator Norris, one of the
leading liberals in the Senate.
He is a native of Veinna, was a
law professor in Austria and has
been at Harvard since 1914.
The President also named for
mer Senator Pope of Idaho as a
member of the Tennessee Valley
Authority to succeed Arthur Mor
gan.
James Patterson, was named
as U. S. Marshal for the Third
Division of Alaska.
First Meeting
Legislature is
Next Monday
i JUNEAU, Jan. 5 i/Pj—'With the
j arrival of Jesse Lander from the
4th Division every senator and
representative is present for the
fourteenth legislature opening
j next Monday noon. The first for
i mal caucus of the two groups is
i tentatively set for Sunday after
noon, when it is expected that
| they will decide on a president of
j the senate, a speaker of the
j house, secretaries and clerks.
I Legislators conferring with
Territorial officials said Senator
Walker will accept the presiden
jcy of the Senate if it is offered;
and Howard Lyng of Nome is
apparently slated for the Speaker
ship.
Severe Storm
Hits Astoria
ASTORIA. Jan. 6 iTP) Towering
seas smashed the coastline yes
terday and roared inland and
killed one and injured at least 6
others. It tore out seven hundred
feet of newly placed Southern
Pacific Railroad track and wreck
ed many homes and cottages.
The giant breakers and trailers
of the four days storm which
has apparently blown itself out,
at times took proportions of a
tidal wave.
Roy Sautbert, aged forty eight,
owner of the “Sea Lion Caves"
in North Florence, was drowned.
Combers carried him to sea and
his body has not yet been recov
ered.
LOST—A man’s cap with fur
lined flap, taken by mistake at
the Nevada Cabaret, Saturday
night, owner may exchange same
by calling at the Nugget office.
F. Frankfurter, New Supreme Court Assoc. Justice
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