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VOL. 41. No. 36. NOME, ALA3CA, FRIDAY, March 24, 1939 Price oer Copy im
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Hungarian—Slovak Forces Fighting
Joint British-French “Stop Hitler” Block Checked
$3,714,000 Won in U 5 on Irish Sweepstakes Race
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Mrs. Albert L. Hay, 26, who has admitted she always wanted a
big family, is shown with the third set of twins bom to her and
her truck-driver husband in 43 months. The latest offspring are
shown with Mrs. Hay in Salt Lake City. They had not been named.
King of Italy
Says Wants Peace
ROME. March. 23rd, •<£>)—King
Vittorio Emaneul told the new
legislature that Italy had notifi
ed Franoe of the questions ap
parently dividing them. Seme
of his listeners got the impres
sion that his government was
awaiting French moves towards
a settlement.
The King also said: Italy want
ed peace to last “as long as pos
sible’’, so that she could develop
her African empire, but he de
clared that it Was necessary to
continue rearming “in the sky,
on land and sea."
130 Thousand for
Alaska Came Laws
WASHINGTON, March 23 (JP)
—The Agricultural appropriation
bill us introduced, carried a hun
dred eighty-six thousand dollars
fear biological investigations of
animals and their relations to
plant life and investigation of |
wild 'life in Alaska, including the
erection of necessary' buildings. 1
$130,798 is for the enforcement I
of Alaska Game Laws.
Alaska experiment stations
will receive $15,000 under thej
Hatch-Smith lever acts and$8,750
under the Adams-Purnell and
Capper-Ketchiiaan acts.
CUTTING QUITE A FIGURE before Rumanian I
,Crown Prince Michael, this tiny skater who’s not yet three years
Pld appeared In a royal skating show at Bucharest and received
■uoh applause the crowds called her little 1‘Sonja Henle.”
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Hitler Formally
Welcomes Memel
To German Reich
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MEMEL, 'March 23 (/P)—Hitler
concluded an eight-hour visit to;
this Baltic port, the latest addi- j
tion to his expanding realm.!
When he departed al 7 a.m. PST
aboard the torpedo boat Lepard,
his destination was not disclosed.
He arrived aboard tihe battleship j
Deutschland this morning, ac-!
companicd by a large navy party
and formally welcomed the war,
lost Memel back “into a great
Gorman Reich.’’
Lithuania yielded the port and
its 1,099 squire miles of terri-,
tory yesterday, shortly after a
triumphal landing. Hitler indicat
ed Germany’s swift absorption
cf one stretch after another of
European territory may come to;
a halt.
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Poland Refuses
Join “Stop Hitler”
Block of Nations
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UNDATED, March 24 </F>> —
The joint British and French ef-;
forts to erect a “Stop Hitler”
block of European nations was
apparently checked by Poland’s
refusal to join.
A Warsaw newspaper, the Ex
press Poranny, considered as the
mouthpiece of the Foreign office,
said Poland would join no infer- j
national bloc. Political circles re- j
garded the announcement as j
tantamount to rejection of the j
proposed British-French accord, j
At Bratislavia, The Slovak De-;
fense Ministry reported that Hun!
garians iheld the town of Sob-1
ranee, which was bombed and
one Hungarian plane shot down.
Fighting also occurred in Eastern
Slovakia. The Slovak commun
ique said the Hungarian forces
were resisting strongly, but fear
ed to retreat under heavy air
attacks. N u m e rous casualties
are reported in the fighting yes
terday and today along Slovak
ia's uncertain eastern frontier.
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Court of Appeals
Orders Reinstate
Frank Lynch
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23
The U. S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals ordered the Seattle Post
Intelligencer to reinstate Frank
Lynch with back pay and in
structed the five newspaper or
ganizations of the Hearst inter
ests to cease and desist its un
fair labor practices.
Lynch was among the strikers
in August, 1936.
The opinion was rendered on
the petition of the National La
bor Relations Board which
sought enforcement of its order
of January, 1937. The court also,
ordered that the personal repre
sentative of the late Philip Arm
strong, who was also a striker,
be given Armstrong’s back pay.
"Workman” Wins
Irish Sweepstake
Odds at 100 to 8
AINTREE, March 24 </P)—Irish
bred horses dominated the 101st
Grand National steeplechase, as1
“Workman” who was heavily
backed with odds of 100 to 8,
shoved his way over the four
and a half miles of the Aintree
course to victory.
Dorothy Paget’s favored “K:l
star” was third.
Capt. Brigg’s “MacMoffat,” a
20 to 1 outsider won by a split
hair from “Eire.”
“Workman” owned by Sir
Alexander Maguire, chairman of
a large Irish manufacturing com
pany, finished three lengths from
“MacMoffat,” after taking third:
last year.
“Kilstar” a former cavalry of
ficer’s mount was purchased for
$1500 and was trailed by an
other fifteen lengths by “Role”
an 8 to 1 choice.
Only 11 out of 37 starters finish
ed the race.
$1,500,000 WonBy
Ten Persons in U S
NEW YORK. March 24 OPl —
The Irish Hospital Sweepstakes
won $3,714,000 for ticket holders
in the United States including
$150,000 to each of ten persons
whose tickets were drawn on
Workman,
Raw Meat Eater
Killer Of Five
Killed In Holdup
POWELL, Wyoming. March 2-1
(/P>—Earl Durand, 26, the moun
tain man who ate raw meat and
who was sought for the slaying'
of four persons was finally shot
and killed v.'hen he attempted to
hold up and rob the First Na
tional Bank of Powell.
A. B. Snyder told the Assoc
iated Press that Durand was
shot twice but it was not until
he claimed his fifth victim since
Thursday of last week, when he
shot down two officers who
sought to capture him after he
escaped from the Cody jail and
when he killed two possemen
Wednesday.
Snyder said Durand entered
the bank and attempted to hold
it up and take all the available
money from the Teller’s desk. He
shot and killed Johnny Gaw
ghrop, a bank employee, but as
he attempted to flee from the
bank he was shot twice, once by
Bob Nelson, the bank cashier.
Meeting Postponed
Public Health Council meeting
postponed until Wednesday ,
March 29, 7:30 p.m. All members
urged to attend. Public cordially i
invited to attend same at City I
Hail.
Chairman H. G Miller
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
Kayak II, South American horse boomed as one of the favorites
for the SIJO.OOO Santa Anita handicap since the withdrawal of his
mate, Seabiscuit, from the Charles S. Howard stable. Kayak II is
shown as he galloped H -»ugh a workout at the Lo» track
Russia Willing
To Consult Powers
LONDON, March 23 [/P)—Rus
sia notified Great Britain that
she would sign the British-spon j
sored declaration for an immed
iate consultation among interest
ed powers in the events of pos
sible further German aggression.
The Soviet embassy spokesman |
said that Foreign Minister Lit
vinoiT announced his nation’s de
cision at M -cow to Sir William
Seeds, British am'o ssador. The
British cabinet, however, it is re-1
ported, failed so far to make up
its mind on this i.-sue.
Hungarian Troops
Enter Slovakia
BUDAPEST, March 23 UP)
The Slovakian government pro
tected to Hungary against the en
try of Hungarian troops in Slo
vakia and drew the reply ifchat
ihe vague statue of the boundary
was responsible.
The Slovakian protest said the
Hungarian troops crossed the
frontier from Carpatho-Ukraine,
which was occupied by Hungary
last week in the break-up of
Czechoslovakia, and was there
fore engaged in military action
on Slovakian soil.
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A bloodstained man’s glove was one of the meager clues to the
mystery slaving oi 27-year-old Anya So^aycra (right), Russian
dancer and student of dramatics slugged and attacked on tho
campus of Los Angeles City College. She died later in a hospital
as a result of the beating. Capt. Dalton K. Patton (left), of the Los
Angeles homicide squad is holding a bloodstained man's glove
found near the scene of the crime.