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VOL. 41. No. 41. NfOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, April 5, 1939 Pnce Per °°P>' 13*
British Consul Assassinated By Mob
Italy to Commence Occupation of Albania Tonight
EYEFUL . .V. EYELETS !
Mrs. John R. Mayberry of Bos
ton rave spectators an eyeful
when she appeared at Palm
Beach, Fla., wearing a swim suit
that combined 1939’s strapless
•node with a buttoned eyelet
style suggesting the '90‘s.
Anchorage Results
ANCHORAGE, April 5 ffl —A
landslide vote swept Mayor H. E.
Brown and three councilmen, M.
A. Andresen, D. E. Hewitt, and
Harry Hill into office yesterday,
against a fit!d of so-called labor
ites, headed by Harvey Smith, a
member of the Territorial legis
lature and union leader.
Brown started out with a vig
orous 4 to 1 lead which dropped
slightly late in the day, but he
finished one of the most spirit
ed races in years by a vote of
850 to Smith’s 272.
Other results were: Andresen,
' 815, Hewitt 843, Hill 735. The
closest opposition candidate was
W. R. Cannon who polled 375.
A perfect spring day yesterday
brought 1143 citizens out to vote.
George Vaara was unopposed
fof the school board.
This will be Brown’s third
term as Mayor.
Juneau Election
JUNEAU, April 5 (IP) — Harry
I. Luckas, incumbent was elected
Mayor against three opponents,
carrying E. J. Blake and Elroy
Ninnie with him on his ticket for
councilmen.
Henry Messerschmix on the op
position ticket was reelected
councilman.
R. E. Obtertson defeated Rus
sell Herman for school director.
The labor vote didn’t show
much strength.
Proof of Labor Blanks can now
be had at the I-ome Nugget office
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British Consul
| Assassinated
By Frenzied Mob
! MOSUL, Iraq, April 4 f/P) —
j G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason, British
| consul at Mosul, was assassinated
! by a mob which rushed 4he con
sulate and burned it.
Martial Law was declared and
order was restored four hours
later at 5 a.m. PST. Mosul is on
the Tigris River about 200 miles
Northwest of Bagdad.
The reason for the outbreak
was not at once made clear, but
occurred during the frenzied
mourning for young King Ghazi
who was killed in an auto acci
■ dent a few hours earlier.
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Chamberlain
Soft-Pedals
Fighting Talk
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LONDON, April 5 (/P) — Pre
j rnier Chamberlain to'd the House
! of Commons and the H use of
Lords that Stanhope’s “man the
! guns” speech was unp ►medit
ated. He said it was not true that
! Stanhope. First Lord of the Ad
miralty, asked the press to give
special prominence to his state
ment that the anti-aircraft guns
of the British navy were ordered
to be manned.
He said he, personally, would
give directions that British news
papers should suppress or dis
count Stanhope’s speech because
it gave an incorrect impression.
Chamberlain said he acted “to
; spare the public unnecessary
: agitation” over the declaration
j made by Stanhope. Chamberlain
1 also said amid laughter and
cheers that “apparently my ef
forts to spare the public unnec
! essarv agitation were not alto
gether successful, but the inci
dent will, at any rate, serve to
demonstrate the constant readi
ness of the navy in all eventual
’ ities.”
Now is the time to look over
your job printing needs for the
spring and summer. The Nug
get Office will be glad to consult
with you as to your wants and
prices on same.
BACKBONE OF U. S. AIR FORCE. these cadets at
2,300-acre Randolph field, Texas, the "West Point of the air,”
march toward their planes for a cross-country flight, wearing the
parachutes that serve as cushions during flights. Most cadets are
college graduates from 20 to 27 years old. Sixty-four instructors
conduct the training period which is in three 4-month stages.
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Open Air Service President Lebrun
sJULv, Elected 2nd Term
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There will be a half-hour ser-!
vice on Chicken Hill at 8 o’clock I VERSAILLES, April 5 t/Pi
! Easter morning if weather per-! Pres:dent Albert Lebrun was re
mits. The church bell will be elected President of France for
rung at 7 o’clock if the day is another seven-year term. He is
considered suitable for the out- second man in the history of
of-dcors service. If the day is too Ihe French republic accorded the
cold or too stormy, there will be second term which starts May 10.
no bell, and the service will be The Daladier government 'pre
held at the same hour at the vailed upon the former engineer
Federated Church. aged 67, to stand for reelection
All citizens of Nome, both as a demonstration of national
Eskimo and white, are cordially unity in the face of the unset
invited to share the inspiration tied European Situation,
cf the early service. Ba.loting by the National As
__ sembly ended at 4:20 p.m. when
the bal’ots were taken to the
Are you reading your own pa counting room for tabulation,
per—The Nome Nugget. Sub- Lebrun polled 487 out of a pos
i scribe Now. sible 909 votes.
Italy Signifies
Intention To
Occupy Albania
BELGRADE, April 5 i/P» —In
formation received from usually
reliable quarters is to the effect
that Italy intends to begin oc
cupation of Albania sometime to
night. Official circles in Belgrade
commenting said "We are not
frightened by these devlopments
as we are on friendly terms with
Italy." and asserted Italy had al
ready informed Yugoslavia of
her intention to occupy Albania
and place the country under It
alian protection.
Jack Benny
Heads Guilty To
Charges Smuggling
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NEW YORK, April 4 bP) —
Jack Benney, radio, stage and |
screen comedian threw himself
on the mercy of the federal
court and admitted his guilt to
the charges of smuggling, based i
upon the purchase of $2,130
worth of jewelry as a gift to
| Mary Livingstone, his wife and
i partner.
Judge Vincent Leibell sentenc
| ed him to pay three fines total
| ing $10,000 and serve a year and
; a'day in prison. The prison sen
tence, however, was susupended.
Benny’s face was sober looking.
George Bui-ns pleaded guilty
| to virtually the same charges on
I December 12 with fines of $8,000
j and was given a similar suspend
! ed sentence.
Relief to Get
Only 100 Million
WASHINGTON. April 5 bP)—
The Senate Appropriations sub
committee voted unanimously to
recommend the $100,000,000 re-!
lief appropriation, the sum voted
by the House after Roosevelt had
1 asked for $150,000,000.
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WOOINC COOD WILL ‘DOWN UNDER' the globe, two Nazi aviators, Rudolf Janett and Korst Pulkowskl, flew this
2.600-pound Arada from Germany to Australia to demonstrate the use nf small nlares on a lone flight. Their trip was ^11.000 miles.
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SKYWARD heads Alice
Gibson, ’chute jumper badly
hurt two years ago. She’s be
gun her comeback at the para
chute towers, Hightstown, N. J.
Fairbanks Holds
Over All City
Officers This Year
FAIRBANKS, April 5 .(/P> —As
a result of Tuesday’s election, the
entire Fairbanks city govern
ment continues the same as last
year.
Mayor Leslie Nerland and
school director Louis F. Joy were
unopposed.
Councilmen Paul Greimann,
Dr. H. G. Hughes, and P. J. Mc
Donald were re-elected by a sub
stantial vote.
Ike Thompson, independent
candidate for councilman was et
the bottom of the list.
Carlos Brownell
Re-elected Mayor
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SEWARD, April 5 (/P) — Don
Carlos Brownell, was re-elected
Mayor carrying with h .n his 3
favorites on the Council over a
field of 7. They are W. R. Benson,
Joe Doshen and Henry Leirer.
The election waxed hot toward
the end, Brownell winning over
Gus Hanthey. a merchant, by 6t>
votes. Carl Or lander was re
named school director, as there
was no contest for that. post.
This is Brownell’s 9th consec
utive term as Mayor of Seward.
Ketchikan Election
KETCHIKAN, April 5 (/P) —
Harry G McCain was elected May
[ or; R. E. Hardcastle, Henry Br
i wick and L. P. Sunderland to
the council; Dr. W. E. Epperson,
to the school board; S. H. Peter
son, to the Utilities Board of Con
| trol.
The total vote was 1607 tho
| highest in Ketchikan’s history.
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