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VOL. 41. No. 50. NOME, ALASKA, Wednesday, April 26, 1939 p^ °°Py
Hitler to Answer Roosevelt Friday
Britain Starts Conscription Men 20-21 Into Army
Clasby Nominated District Attorney For Nome
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This obviously proud mother Ls Mrs. Luella Brookbank of Dayton,
O., to whom a 4 pount 8*2 ounce son was bom. The baby was
named Merrill Frederick, for his father, Merrill Brookbank, age
15, and his paternal grandfather, Frederick Brookbank. The mother
soon will be 14. Mother and baby are shown in a Dayton hospital.
Festival Bombed
HANKOW, April 24 f/P>—-It is
estimated that 25 men and wo
men were killed and 100 serious
ly injured when an unidentified
person threw a bomb into the
amidst of a crowd of Chinese cele
brating with a few Japanese, un
der Japanese direction, the estab
lishment of the new Japanese or
ganized city .government.
Found Guilty of Murder
KETCHICAN — Nelson Char
i les, 37, was convicted of first de
gree m urder of his mother-in—law
j by a federal court jury. The con
vict ior. carried a mandatory
death sentence by hanging.
Charl es was charged with Idli
ng Mrs. Celia Johnson last Sep
tember while criminally assault
ing her.
He testified he killed her but
denied the rape charge, saying
he was drunk and did not remem
ber.
HELD AS PHANTOM’ BURGLAR
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Police believed their long hunt for the “phantom burglar” who
preyed on movie notables in Los Angeles and Hollywood was end
ed with the arrest in San Francisco of Ralph Graham (left), 40,
who admitted, said Capain of Police Inspectors Charles Dullea, sev-1
efral robberies in Los Angelese and Hollywood w-hen he was seized
with an assortment of valuable jewels. At right as Mrs. Charlette
Graham, show'n as she was questioned in Los Angeles after her |
arrest while attempting to flee a home in which officers found
jewelry “worth at least $20,000.”
Hitler Snubs
Brit. Ambassador
Neville Henderson
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BERLIN. April 26 (JP) — Sir
Neville Henderson, Britain's am
bassador, after waiting two days, ‘
succeeded in conveying to Hitler
the message he brought from
Chamberlain regarding the Brit
ish motives of introducing peace
time conscription. The ambassa
dor however, had to content him
self with seeing Baron Von Weiz
saecker. Secretary of the State
Foreign Office instead of Foreign
Minister Von Ribbentrop with
whom he desired to talk. At the
same time the British subordin
ate was received only by a subor
dinate.
Hitl er himself was welcoming
Foreign Minister Ginca Marko
vich of Yugoslavia, the foreign
minister of the country which
pledged loyal cooperation with I
the Rome-Berlin axis regardless I
of the content of the British mes
sage which was not made public.
Germain official spokesmen
made it plain that Hitler’s
speech for Friday, replying to
President Roosevelt was complet
ed and nothing Chamberlain had
to tell him would change what
he intended to say.
Britain Starts
Compulsory
Army Training
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LONDON, April 26 (JP)—<Cham
berlain made a statement care
fully timed with Hitler’s address
in Berlin Friday, and announced
in Parliament that around 310,
000 men, aged from 20 to 21 will
be compelled to train annually j
in the British army.
Announcing the first contin- j
gent of Britain’s “World War'
babies” would train six months,1
then be given the choice of en
tering the territorial army.
Chamberlain said he decided
that conscription would “impress
the world” of the nations deter
mination to resist any attempt of
European domination. He said
earlier during questioning that
Britain is ready to discuss a “gen
erail settlement” with the Ger
man government and if satisfied
with it “it is welcome and likely
to have useful results.”
He told listeners that his gov
ernment is ready to participate
in any world conference altho no
specific invitation was received
from President Roosevelt.
Criss-Crossed
CHICAGO —When a surgeon
examined George Wales, 21, prior
to operate for appendicitis, he
found that the patient’s heart
was on the right side of the
chest cavity, his liver on the left
and his stomach on the right.
Therefore, an incision was made
on his left side and there, sure
enough, was the ruptured appen
dix.
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SCRAPPING THE VERSAILLES TREATY, Adolf Hitler remilitarized the Rhine*
land, restored army conscription, built up the air force, revived the fleet. He let Field Marshal Goer*
iny, director of the four-year plan, worry about Germany's e.oc Mnic self-sufficiency and the urgene
need of raw materials for national expansion. The Nazi anti-Jew drive went on with relentless finality.
Pres. Nominates
Charles Clasby
District Attorney
WASHINGTON, April 24 tOP)—
President Roosevelt sent a group
of judicial appointments to the
Senate including Charles Clasby,
U. S. Attorney for the Second
Division, Nome, Alaska.
Simon Hellenthal, District
Judge for the Third Division,
Valdez, Alaska.
Calvert Magruder, Judge in
the Federal Circuit Court <xf Ap
peals, First District and Walter
Huxman to the Kansas court of
appeals, tenth district.
The President also nominated
Leon Henderson, New Jersey
member of the Securities Com
mission to succeed Doug' as. The
chairman was unnamed although
Henderson and Jerome Frank
were mentioned.
Henderson is now executive
secretary of the Monopoly Lnves
igating committee.
Other Appointees
WASHINGTON, April 25 </P)—
President Roosevelt nominated
William Leiserson, Ohio member
of the NLRB to succeed Donald
Wakefield Smith. The latter’s
term expired several months ago.
Leirson is a new member of the
National Mediation Board.
NOTICE
Written applications will be re
ceived at the office of the City
Clerk up to 5 o’clock p.m. Mon
day, May 1st, 1939 for the posi
tions of CHIEF. ENGINEER, and
DRIVER at Nome Fire Depart
ment.
M. J. Walsh
City Clerk
Publish April 26, 28, May 1.
New Plan
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WASHINGTON, Apri 25 (/P)—
President Roosevelt submitted to
Congress a sweeping government
reorganization plan calling for
the creation of three new Federal
agencies, by merging the welfare
works and lending functions, the
fourth point of the plan.
The first to be projected under
the government reorganization
act calls for the transfer of the
budget bureau from the treasury
to the executive department. A
new federal security agency will
be created as well as federal
works agency and loan agency.
The plan is to become effective;
at the end of 60 days, unless both ‘
houses of Congress vote against;
it.
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Britain's Biggest
Budget Since Vi ar
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LONDON. April 23 </P) — Sir
John Simon, Chancellor of the
Exchequer .introduced Britain's
largest budget since the World
War. The House of Commons an
nounced that the government
will spend $3,150,000,000 for de
fense and possibly many more
new taxes would be imposed.
Simon said the changes would
bring the revenue for 1939 and
40 to $4,713,000,000.
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.
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT ?
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Shooting of a German citizen, Dr. Hjalmar Krarzt. by a Jew, at
Brasov, 100 miles northwest of Bucharest, was believed by some
sources might be rgearded by Germaas a another “international
incident,” due to the touchy situation between Germany and Ru
mania. Not far from Brasov is Sarajevo, where Gavrille Prineip’s
bullet ended the lives of an Austrian Archduke and his wife and
precipitated a world conflict.