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The Nome nugget., 1939-03-15

Please advise what capital, knowledge and equipment are necessary to get started. and if possible put me in touch with miners or claim owners l might write to and contact personally upon my arrival.
 William V. Brown
 2809 Benton Blvd.
 Kansas City. Missouri I am interested in knowing what chance man has in Alaska coming with perhaps 5000, good health, a willingness to work and work hard, and hope that he can strike 1t rich enough to make it seem worth while.
 James P. McLane
 236 Superior Street
 Toledo, Ohio.
 I am a senior in university and am finishing in the spring. would like some information about the possibilities of pros pecting and. the necessary cap ital it would require. There are several of us that are interested.
 Travis Nash
 Texas Christian U.
 Forth Worth, Texas. This letter is to inquire as to mining possibilities in Alaska fer a young man with small amount of capital. I am 28 years old, single, and in good health, and would be willing to make Alaska my home.
 William Paulin
 729 Jefferson St.
 Muskigan Hts, Mich.
The Nome nugget., 1939-03-15

I have been deeply interested in settling in Alaska and feel that I am now financially able to do so.
 John H Phillips
 1482 Hubbard i Detroit, Michigan
The Nome nugget., 1939-03-15

l am considering coming to Al aska to settle permanently and am interested in the possibilities for a young college graduate with enough money saved up to keep himself for a year or two. I am particularly interested in gold mining.
 w. w. Hamilton, Jr.
 239 Fourtr St.
 Beaver, Pennsylvania. am contemplating settling in Alaska next summer. 1 have a small amount of capital. My chief interest, however, is to try my hand at placer mining.
 Leslie w. Spofford
 182 West 31st St.
 Bayonne, New Jersey. Are there mining possibilities for a hard working person with smal capita outlay?
 Gordon Winlock
 Manning, Iowa l have little money that I would put in a reliable business after getting the lay of the land.
 Leo. A. Weuve
 827 West 43 Sstreet
 Los Angeles, Calf. Would you arrange for me to get in touch with mine owners in your region?
 w. C. Attebert
 128 "L" Street
 Salt Lake City, Utah. We have three shovelS of var -ous sizes with dragline attach ments and the usual equipment. We have few dump trucks but would prefer work that did not require them. Would be interest ed in bid or hourly rental work.
 Archie L. Till
 Meridian, California.
The Nome nugget., 1939-03-15

Have The Nome Nugget sent to your mining claim.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
AYERS REPEAL
WAR MENACE!

WASHINGTON - Sen. David i.
Walsh. D.. Mass, chairman OF the
naval affairs committee, told the
senate Tuesday that repeal OF the
existing ban on arms shipments to
belligerents would be tragic and
might involve the United States IN
the European war.
simultaneously, Assistant Repub-
ncan Leader Warren r. Austin, OF
Vermont, proponent Of arms
embargo repeal. introduced an
amendment to the bill which would
suspend the whole neutrality pro-
gram whenever peace Is restored
In Europe.
I'VE who are against repeal are
primarily opposed now to a parade
of war weapons from America to
Europe" Walsh said, because we
never again want to witness the
parade of dying and manned Amer
lean youths that emerged from
the World war from Europe to
America"
Walsh shouted that Instead OF
pleading here in the senate for
traffic in arms or war profits we
CONTINUED on Page s, Column %
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People In
The MelUS

Make Baer, former heavyweight
boxing champion, will celebrate his
birthday five days earlier In the
future. He stopped at the Omaha,
Neb.. city hall TO get a copy OF
his birth certificate, and WAS sur
prlsed when the document listed
his birth as Feb. IL, 1909. Gee,
always celebrated my birthday
Feb. 49," he said =.
The mother Of Jane Withers, Is
year-old movie star. faces possible
prosecution for alleged violation
of a Massachusetts child labor law.
James T. Meriarty, state labor COM
missioner, threatened Mrs. Walter
Withers with prosecution because
the child actress was making
nightly appearances at a Boston
garden food show. The girl gave
a half-hour performance after the
threat was made, causing Morisrty
to declare he would press the
case
Triplet daughters were born at
Fresno, Cal, to Mrs. X. Dorothy
Menezes, 20. They were her first
children a campaign TO ban
from Lynn, Mass, thesters all mo-
ton pictures starring Divorces
has been opened by the Lynn chap
ter, Women Of the Moose. Senior
Regent Lillian b. Fitzgerald said
the appearance Of such stars was
disgusting TO home-loung men
and women and others who believe
In the sanctity OF the home and
marriage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
LIGH T
Question of Profits
Disturbs Army and
Navy Contracts

WASHINGTON - Henry
Morgenthau's tax collectors
have already tangled with
various munitions industries
steel. aircraft. shipbuilding
over the knotty question OF
profits and taxes on their
pending rearmament con-
tracts. His hard-boiled atti-
tude gives great anguish TO
war-navy officials charged by
the president with rebuilding
the national defense on land
and sea.
Under the Vinson- Trammell act
these manufacturers are limited
20 profits ranging from 10 10 IL
per cent-a law based on Nye
committee revelations Of certain
unsavory practices during the
World war. In filling previous
contracts, however, the munitions
people discovered that their earn
ings dwiBdied to three and four
per cent after treasury experts
had disailowed numerous claims
for expenditures In expanding their
plants to handle emergency orders.
IN these preliminary pourpariers
the contractors have tried 10 OBJ
tain advance commitments on pros
pective taxes and exemptions.
Morgenthau. however, has so far
refused TO make any agreements
until the final contracts have been
drawn. and evidence submitted to
justify every penny to be spent in
plant expansion. On the desk OF
tax experts handling the problem
lie copies of the Nye reports on
1e14-1916 profits to the so-ealled
merchants of death"
White House leaders steering
the revised neutrality measure
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column A.
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ADMITS DAMAGE
HITLER THREAT
NOW REVEALED

LONDoN-Adolf Hitler threat
ened to throw 100 army divisions
tabout 2.4oo. 900 menD against the
allies. II was disclosed Tuesday In
a final report by Sir Neville Hen
derson, British ambassador TO Ber-
lin, on developments leading up
to the European war
Henderson's final report WAS an
extension OF an earlier blue book"
published by the government. re-
lating the tense diplomatic ex-
changes including his converse
tons with Hitler and Marshal Her
mann Goering just before Germany
invaded Poland.
The first report by the smbas-
sador disclosed that Nazi leaders
warned Great Britain Soviet Russia
might step in II war started. hint
ing Moscow would aid Germany.
The final report said Hitler
asserted that as soon as his armies
had subdued Poland, the full
strength Of 100 divisions would be
hurled against the allied power in
the Rhineland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
DECLARES U. s.
HAS DEATH RAY
SALT LAKE CITY-President

SALT LAKE CITY-President
Albert G. Burns. Of the National
Inventors Congress, said here to-
day he believed DR.. Antonio Lon
gorio. who claimed 10 have in
vented a death ray" has given
the secret of his mysterious and
roversial-device to the United
States government.
Burns said he had seen the ray
demonstrated. He explained it ae-
complished its deadly purpose by
means of some type of ray" that In
emitted. He said the ray "robs
the red corpuscles of mammals Of
their oxygen almost instantly and
the creature dies painlessly."
ANYONE knows such a ray
may mean victory or defeat In
any war" Burns declared.
Since Longorio's discovery OF a
death ray was made public re-
Gently, some scientists through
out the country have disputed the
claim of the weapons potency,
while others have supported the
contention that such device In
possible. Longorio is said to have
destroyed his original instrument
after several demonstrations be-
cause Of his fear Of its power.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
CONNECTS
HER on SINGLE
FOUGRyCOlllT
Dorothy ZAcharay L.
Found Guilty After
Being Brought Here
From Toledo. Ohio

Mrs. noroths zaehsFa,.
comsly - year-old lwunssss
from Toledo. Ohio. faced = pea
sibls prison term Of % ,.Ars
Tuesday after . jury In Jsdss
Rcl~rf 4. Evans supsrsor
court found her Tuilty II
forgery.
shs as hsld raasits On cnly shs
first - the five eeasis CHARGED
sKalnss her. however That AS =
s1s cheek on ths Msiion Nstlonsi
ssns ~ rsttshufTh. Ia and slsnsd
Dorothy H. connsll. ebIea shs rave
10 Mrs Helen Cleveland. manager
~ ths Washington apartments IN
Tacoma.
The ethsf four checks Oh the
same bank IN which she had no
account. and signed with the same
name. we're csshad. according 10
testimony. with the aid 81 $40 .
ConncIl. Tacoma auto mechanic.
whose wife she represented herself
TO be. For those the jury refused
10 bold her totally responsible.
Estrsdited frosn Ohio
Mrs. Zachary. IN . wsii-drsma-
tired story IN her own defense be-
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that German msaasstlss N xsrIe
sotAisd mofs ,h.a 400. 90 p<apls
Aaasf Hitter hAa saaasse~si
plans fos rspssssstlns German
mlnosssiss ihroas hssss ksstsrn
Europe. ~ part II hss csopssA-
tion with saviss Russia fof satu.
ton Of outstanding probisma
Ne osxsn putsink hls pisn lnse
praetics In the Baltic states LAT.
via. I.ishaHnls and Estnnsa ~
s<ndins shlps which sss bringing
thousands ~ racial I;sfsnans hcns.
many for re-s<ttisment IN con-
ausrwd bAnlieA territory. Absut
lao 90 racial Germans are IN III
Rattle STATES
THEY'RE SCATTERED
There Also are hundreds II
THOUSANDS u racial Germans seal
tered through Soviet Russia. Wn-
manlan. YuKosiavisn and Italian
territory. Nsxls have taken the
attitude In some instances that The
Hitler minority plan Ia proof q
carmany's declaration that she has
no further territorial ambitions IN
Europe one of the Naxi afEu-
ments for ending The war On The
western front.
The German minorities, many a
them descendants of Teutopie
knights who roamed far from
home In ths middle ages. are scat
tered from the Baltic states
through the Russian ukrains and
around 10 the Italian TyroL
IN = COUNTRIES
German figures on the minoritiss
passed even the unofficial estimats
Of $500. 900. They included min
critics In the following countries:
Yugoslayla 10000. Rumania.
soo. 600. Hungary 10000: Italian
Tyrol zoe. 900; Russia SO. 900; Lat
via 10000. Estonia 1900. and
Llthuania 5000.
Transfer Of the German min
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
TURKS, Firms
OPPOSE RUSS
EASTERN EUROPE

Turkeys foreign minister. suIkru
saracogiu, will leave Moscow 10.
night for Ankara without having
signed q Turko-Russo mutual a.
sistance pact
A reliable source said his d.
parture did not end negotiations,
but that IT marked conclusion Of
one phase Of them, and that II was
hoped they would lead to mu-
tual assistance accord eventually.
Despite insistence there had
been no breakdown In negotia-
lions, u was obvious Russia
had met lie first obstacles In
its swift extension Of influences
over the Baltic and the Black
sea-Baikan areas.
Turkey had baked at one end,
Finland at the other.
FinIands special envoy, J. X.
Paasikivi, had arrived and return
ed home without accepting any
Russian demands.
The news from Helsingfors was
that he would not return to Mos
COW until Friday at the earliest
after the conference Of the Finnish
president and the kings Of Sweden,
Norway and Denmark at Stock
holm, starting tomorrow. This
meeting was expected to result In
united Nordic neutrality bloc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
BILLINGS FREED
BY GOV. OLSON

FOLSOM PRISON. Calf. WAR
rem X. Billings. The forgotten
man- Of the san Francisco Pre-
parednes day bombing case. ioins
Tom Mooney IN freedom today
after serving az years for COM
pllcity In the 1915 tragedy.
Gov. culbert L. olson. who par
doned Mooney outright last Janu-
airy 7. committed Billings life sen.
tence for first-degree murder 70
time served" and expressed hope
a fun pardon would follow.
Olson's action was made on rec
ommendation OF a majority Of the
state supreme court. 10 whom the
governor sent ths prisoners APP
plication for . pardon on Oct IL.
Olson said numerous prominent
members Of the bar had declared
Billings was convicted as a first
offender, and that the governor
therefore had the power 10 grant
t1ff anu bnttttAttttt@f E.t'ssf
without the necessity for obtain
ing a recommendation from the
supreme court
Further, said Olson, he WAS
convinced that BlIlings, iiks
Mooney, Was convicted ON
"perjurcd testimony and
through suppression Of eu-
dence," and that be WAS inno-
cent Of the crime.
I'm pleased, Of course" said
Billings. He said he had no alter
native but TO accept commu-
tation." He Will make his future
plans after he confers with his
attorney. he said.
Billings, now 10. was convicted
Sept. IL, 1916, lens than two
months after a bomb exploded at
Stuart and Market streets In San
Francisco. Ten persons were killed
and 40 injured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18

Undersheriff Clyde Knowles LETT
Tacoma for Portland Monday even
ing to spend at least one fun DAY
and perhaps longer tracing the
mast record of Miss Marguerite
Cardenas. 23-year-old Ashford
woman. whose shot brought oealh
last Thursday TO John Reese ~
vear-old Pierce county pioneer
A charge of murder in the mrs.
degree was filed against the young
woman in Justice Clarence T. Lay
toms court just before 0 ciocA
Monday evening as hold charge
pending preparation of the COM
plete complaint in superior court
While the county officers pro
ceeded with their case, MISS Cai
denas' attorney, Bertil E. Johnson
himself a former Pierce county
prosecutor, said ne would tax 70
her some time Tuesday IN tns ev
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
MURDER TRIAL TO OPEN
IN PORTLAND OCT. q

PORTLAND, 0re,-The trial OF
Allen d. Brumfield, 26, accused
OF first degree murder in the STAY
ing Of Mrs. Hattie Hooker, 81, a
Good Samaritan hospital attendant,
will open in circuit court Oct. 20.
Brumfield alIegedIy shot Mrs.
Hooker while attempting to escape
from the hospital, where he was
held under guard after being
wounded In a gun fight with police.
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ATHENA ARMED,
SURVIVOR AYERS

WARRINGTON onstsv 4. An
dsrson. travel burssu opsrsiee =
Evanston. H.. WIN w. - ~
q. 3. Athsnis when Il W. sunk
last Sept ., hes fii>d IN sffidsvtt
with the ststs department stating
the vessel carried guns, Il We
learned authoritstivsiy today.
In his affidavit Andersen told =
the sinking 81 the Athena imm~-
distsIy after the outbreaks Of The
Europson war. and said that chisf
officer Copeland told him tbsrs
were plenty u guns On board.
There were no guns mounted on
the Athena. but the vssssI was
heavily reinforced for gun mount
inEs. he said.
Three congressman Intercepted
Anderson. according 70 statements
In the affidavit. They were Reps.
Francis n. Cas- r., 8. D.; Over
ton Brooks, D.. La. and Walter
N. Pierce, D.. Ore, the latter =
personal friend Of Anderson who
was born and reared In his district.
In response TO questions BY
Brooks 1t was learned. Anderson
said he knew personally the Off
GERS and men of the Athenia's
crew. lie talked With chisf Off,
Ger Copeland and asked him where
the guns were. he related. and was
advised that there were plainly of
them In the hold Of the ship.
Copeland, An1erson related,
said the guns were 70 b USED
for coastal dsfenses - Hall
fax and Quebec.
Pierce wanted 10 know n the
vessel was TO be QUILTED ~ q
raider. Anderson said Copeland
advised him the ship was to -
outfitted - . raider for the re-
turn trip TO England.
Anderson said be was hooking
down into the hold and was talk
ing with one Of the seamen loading
cargo at Liverpool, and asked 4
the cargo was guns. He said the
seaman answered In the affirma-
tive.
There was r,imor on board The
ship to the effect that the Ger
mans knew the Athena carried
guns. he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
War Or No War,
TOnlnly Gets Beer

LONDON - Submarines or no
submarines, the British Tommy
will have his British beer.
It was disclosed today that A.
SOC, 900 pints of British beer have
been shipped TO France for the
British expeditionary force. 1t will
be sold for eight pence a bottle.
It was sent because, 1t was said,
the British soldiers couldn't stom-
ach the beer manufactured in
Franco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
SLAYER Of GIRL
ORDERED TO DIE

LOS ANGEIEs-DeWitt clin-
ton Cook. 20-year-old psrolee Of an
Iowa reformatory, Tuesday was
sentenced 10 die in the gas cham
Der OF San Quentin prison for the
murder Of Anya sosoyeva, former
Follies dancer, on Los Angeles city
college campus last Feb. "a.
Judge Thomas Ambrose also Inn
posed sentences totaling from 2s
years to life, In addition to the
death sentence, for series OF
other crimes. including similar as
saults ON two other women, to
which Cook had pleaded guilty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18

Adolf Hitlers war in earnest Is raining aerial and
submarine blows British power in effort TO break
the allied blockade Of Germany.
spectacular u-boat raid into the British Lions den
Scapa Flow Saturday when the batteshp Royal OAK
was sunk an aerial attack the great naval base
today when the battleship Iron Duke damaged yes
eriays aerial attacks the Fifth of Forth naval yards
where three warships damaged and AIR raid alarms
along the entire east of England today Indicated the
into it, ~ h. conflict
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
WACES-HOURS
BOSS RESIGNS

WAsHIN GTON President
Roosevelt today announced the res
ignation, effective yesterday, OF
Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer
F. Andrews, and detailed Col. Phil
ip Fleming Of the army engineers
to take over Andrews post.
Because OF a technicality in
army regulations, Fleming viii
assume the duties Of the wage-hour
but not the title.
Andrews viii have position on
the engineering staff of the Re-
construction Finance corporation.
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scapa Flov occurred at To- DO a.
m. today. he said one German
plane was shot down IN flames
ADMITS DAMAGE
Lord Chatfield said about four
German planes participated IN to-
days attack on scapa Flow.
Two bomh<. he said. fell very
near the hattieship Iron Duke.
flagship Of The fleet which en-
tContinued on Page Q. Column ID
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The Germans lost AZ least five
bombing planes In two days Of
raiding the Scottish bases. and
First Lord OF the Admiralty Wins
ton Churchill reported Is To 20
U-boats sunk since the start Of the
war.
But the Maxi victories were
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Knowles Checking on Past
Life of Confessed Slayer

ian. She has been held there
since last Wednesday night Reese
died early the following morning
from a % caliber rifle wound
which the girl insists she inflicted
to save herself.
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WEATHER

Possible showers tonight and
Thursday. Temperatures: High,
81; low, So. Sun rises, 6:32; sets,
5:l8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-18
MONTREAL EDITOR DIES

MONTREAL - Albert Carmen.
editor-in-chief Of the Montreal
Daily stas. died early Tuesday.
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British commons hears
amazing admission that
ROYAL Oak was sunk in
harbor at Scapa Flow,
mighty empire naval base
north of Scotland.
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Hitler UlOlAd Summon
100000 "H0n1e'

Germany intends 10 rspAsrsts oil German lnofttlsa ro
al countries Of Europe p~shs f0rsiUn offtee
spokesman nj Berlin sAid today.
sassnssny sss'ss ss~ tAsA us>eahs -
ina. German Esrss Ahassis ~asss ~sss -
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demonstrations
Of what might happen II 200. In
stead of a dozen planes, crossed
the North Sea.
The British navy's supremacy IL
the greatest weapon of the empire
and the backbone of allied de-
lenses. Any disaster none Ia yet
seriously threatened-to the Brit
ish navy would be one of the worst
blows to the allies, II not a de-
cisive factor in the war.
COUNTER BLOWS v
Thus, with Hitler's Pc often
sive a failure, the Nszi 81. 'egy
in seeking a spectacular dem.N-
strauon of the vulnerabiiity Of the
British navy becomes obvious. and
presages far greater German
thrusts in the future.
At the same time 1t was ex-
pected that allied counter-blows
by air would be forthcoming. The
first already may have been un-
dertaken. as Dutch reports said
planes were seen speeding toward
the German naval base at Emden
and that heavy explosions were
heard from that direction.
RUSSIA WILL HELP
The Soviet's official newspaper,
Izvestls published an editorial as
serting Russian remains neutral,
but firmly intends to supply raw
materials to Germany.
The Nazis have counted on Rus
STA economic aid TO Illustrate the
allied sea blockade. but Britain
also had been seeking TO increase
trade with Russia, in hope Of cut
ting into the Nazi source OF sup
plies.
In the British house of lords to-
day Lord Chatfield, defense coordl-
nator. announced the aerial raid on
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
......~........Nys45.00o
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-03
Fifth Art Institute Opens
At Blue Ridge Next Week

burtesy Of the Eastern Arts Asso-
dation; Penland crafts; original tax
tie designs, air prusn decorated teX-
ties, and silk swatcnes, throuSh the
c,urtesy of Blanche A. Byerly ct
New York city; three eXnlb',s
81 town by the American Federation
Of Arts in Washington, d. c., and
photographs by Edith TAFT OF Mon
,rsat. .s
The Institute committee is COM
posed of Dr. ". D. Weatheriord,
prs rssident Of Blue Ridge college, the,
chairman; Miss Carroll, Mrs. Juanita
MeDougald Melchoir of Syracuse
University; Prof. Russell L. Smith,
head Of the University Art Depart
meht; Miss Julia Wetherington,
Stale Department Of Public lnstruc-
tom Mrs Carroll Wright, special
Correspondent of Charlotte, and r..
NJ l1rumman, Director Of The Uni
versty Extension Division Wnicn is
aiding in arranging the program.