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VOL. 41. No. 55. 'TOME. ALASKA. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1939 Price per copy - M
Danzig Plebescite Would Return To Germany
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Duke Of Windsor Broadcasts Appeal For Peace
FROM DENMARK
cotnes Crown Princess Ingrid
(above) who, with her husband.
Crown Prince Frederik, plans a
continental tour. She’s rated a
beauty with a flair for clothes.
NOTICE
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The Nome Sports Association
will hold its regular meeting
Thursday night. May 11 at 7:30
o'clock. A new president is to be
elected and important committee
reports heard. All members are
urged to attend.
Calvin Poole, Pres.
* Ladies Day Luncheon Tuesday
All members and all interesed
in the development of Northwest
em Alaska and their wives and
lady friends are urged to attend
the Ladies Day Luncheon to be
held at the Nevada Grill, Tues
day noon. May 9.
For your reservation phone the
* Secretary or the Committee will
assure you a seat.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS AT
NORTH POLE BAKERY
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Chamberlain Hints
Willing Arbitrate
Polish Issue
UNDATED, May 8 UP) — The
decision of Italy and Germany
to hind their axis of relationship
in a formal mil tary and politic
al alliance threw a sharp con
trast on the opposing interests of
Rome and Berlin on one side
and Paris and London on the
other.
In Italy, the new accord rais
ed Fascist -hopes for a German
Polish settlement on the belief
that Mussolini wouldn’t have en
tered into such an arrangement'
if he expected it to involve him
in an eastern European conflict.
Nazis hailed it as “a mighty
bulwark of steel guarding Europ
ean peace” but called Poland’s
■attention to its implications of
an alliance on the other side and
brought new importance to the
prolonged- British-Russion nego
tiations to add the Soviet Union
to the British-French lineup.
Now that Italy and Germany
have made what diplomatic ob
servers in London called a
“pysch-ological attack” the Brit
ish government dropped a hint
to Poland, whose independence
Britain is pledged to help defend,.
that she would welcome an “am
ioable settlement” of the Polish
issue with Germany over Danzig.
Both Chamberlain and Richard
Butler undersecretary of foreign
affairs intimated that Britain is
willing for the establishment of
some form of international ma
chinery to ‘arbitrate the question, ’
if Germany and Poland asked j
her to in Warsaw. I
The press reaction to the It- i
alian-Genman agreement was
that “it is a new Hitlerite bluff”
but has not changed Poland’s de
termination not to be influenced
by what one paper called “new \
methods in the German policy of
intimidation.”
FIRST LADIES, BOTH
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The “First Lady of the Land,” Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, flew as a
passenger with the “First Lady of the Air.” Stewardess Clara John
son of United Air Lines, as Miss Johnson started her ninth year in
United’s service on the company route between the Pacific North
west and California. Dean of all stewardesses ;in the United States
and said to have done mote flying than any woman in the world,
Miss Johnson has chalked up close to 2,000,000 air miles since she
-*• started her sky career March 25, 1931.
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,"royal visiting list7]
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ROAMING ROYALTY scheduled to visit United States
this spring and summer Includes these representatives from the
Scandinavian countries. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and
Crown Princess Martha of Norway thus met at a party in Stock*
holm, Sweden, and may meet again on American shores, when
they arrive for a tour of cities—and two rival world fairs.
Action Taken
On Larceny
Of Reindeer
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In an interview with J. Sidnev j
Rood, Acting General Reindeer,
Supervisor regarding the purpose \
of his airplane tr p to Candle
Thursday, Mr. Rood stated:
“U. S. Attorney Charles Clasby
proceeded to Candle to prosecute
a case involving larceny of re;n
deer, and I accompanied him to
aid the Government. Complaint
bad been brought by Unit Manag
er W. M. Hemsing, oursuant to
instructions from our Office.
“Complaints charged violation
of Sections 4802 and 4814 of the
Compiled Laws of Alaska. Sec
tion 4802 makes reindeer a sub
ject of larceny, while Section
4814 makes it felonious to wan-;
tonly kill, wound, disfigure, or!
injure eny animal belonging to
another.
“We remained only a couple of
hours in Candle. Witnesses for
the Government had arrived
there are Mr. Hemsing’s request,
and the evidence was already as
sembled. The defendant pled
guilty to the charge of larceny,
and was given appropriate sen
tence. Also, he paid for all ani-!
mals killed, which were valued
at $45.00. The felony complaint
was dismissed.
“You will find some croolts ev
I
ryvvhere, in the hills of Alaska
is well as in the alleys of Chic-1
sgo. Of course, dishonesty is un ;
isually disquieting here, where it j
is necessary that people leave:
heir cabins, mining equipment, j
and other property unwatched:
for long periods sometimes.
“Reindeer are private pi'operty,
like a man’s dogs, or his cattle.
Owners are entitled to protec-1
fion. It is unpleasant to shame a ;
man before society by causing!
his arrest and arraignment be-;
fore the Courts, particularly on j
such a charge as theft; but thei
Native^ are a poor peo.ple, and j
they depend upon their reindeer j
for food and clothing. Of course,
larcenous practices constitute a
threat to everyone’s security.
“We are instructing the Native
people regarding methods of in
vestigating cases involving lar
ceny of reindeer. It is up to them
to help the Government protect
their property. Some of them are
very good grade detectives and
witnesses indeed,” said Mr. Rood.
CLASBY APPROVED
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Ah —
The Senate Judiciary Committee
approved the nominations of j
Charles Clasby for U. S. Attor
ney for the Second Division of j
Alaska and Simon Hellenthal as j
judge for the Third Division.
Presdent Roosevelt approved the
House bill authorizing payment
of $4,165 to eight government em
ployees for personal losses in fir j
es in government buildings at |
Kwethluk and Point Barrow. '
German Plebiscite
In Danzig Would
Y ole to Join Hitler
BERLIN, May 6 f/Pi —German
prop- sals for a plebescite in the
fiee city cf Danzig to decide
whether it should return to Ger
many arc believed to have been
made and the outcome is regard
ed as a forgone conclusion.
Danzig, which was established
out of territory taken from Ger
many after the war, and whose,
population is more than 90 per
cent German would vote to join
Hitler, revealed Mon-signor Ce
sare Ors.nigo, papal nuncio, in
Germany who visited Hitler and
conferred with officials who said
it had to do with Catholic mat
ters rather than the international
situation.
Newspapers are splurging re
ports of aileged attacks on Ger
mans in Poland’, saying that
many have had to flee, and that
Hitler had better come to the aid
of the German population who
:-ra being terrorized by Polish
bands in “an unbelievable way.”
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Duke of Windsor
Makes an Appeal
To Avoid War
VERDUN, France, May 8 uP)—
The Duke of Windsor addressed,
from the World War fortress of
Verdun, an appeal to all political
leaders “to avoid a new World
War.”
The f rmer British king, mak
ing his first broadcast since his
historic abdication speech, said
he spoke “Simply as a soldier of
the last war whose most earnest
prayer it is, that such cruel des
tructive madness shall never
again overtake mankind.”
His speech was broadcast to
the United State by the NBC,
while the King and Queen of Eng
land are crossing the Atlantic for
a tour of America. The speech
was relayed over the Frenh gov
ernment radio but was not broad
oast in England.
The former King spoke from a
radio car brought from Strass
bourg to the inn where he and
the Duchess are staying during a
tour of World War battlefields.
NOTICE
Written applications will be re
ceived by Chief Laws at the Fire
Department up to 5 o'clock p.m.
Monday, May 8, 1939, for the
positions of ENGINEER and
DRIVER at Nome Fire Depart
ment.
W. \V. Laws,
Chief of Fire Dept.
Publish May 3, 5, and 8.
Have The Nome Nugget sent to
your mining claim.
STARVATION CAMP’ IS SET UP
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Protesting WPA dismissals and relief benefit cuts, some "00 job
less set up a commissary tent on the lawn of the County-City
building in downtown Seattle. The tent bore the sign “Governor
Martin's Starvation Camp No. 2,” Leaders said “Camp No. 1” had
been started at Spokane earlier.