800,000 “Little
Nazis” Granted
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Amnesty
(By James J. Devlin)
FRANKFURT, Germany, (^)—
Approximaely 800,000 “little
Nazis” in the American zone of oc
cupation were granted amnesty
the day before Christmas — by
proclamation of Gen. Joseph T.
McNarney, U. S. commander in,
Europe.
By the amnesty the number of
Germans in the American zone lia
ble to prosecution under denazifi
cation laws is reduced from ap
proximately 3.000.000 to 2,000,000.
O. W. Wilson, chief of public
safety in the American military
government, estimated the amnes
ty and a speedup in German court.
hearings would allow the denazi-!
fication program in the U. S. zone
to be completed in another 18
months.
“At the present rate, it would
have taken six years to get through
the backlog of 3,000,000 cases,”'
said Wilson, formerly a police ex-;
ecutive of Berkeley, Calif.
He said 40,000 German civilians
NEW ACTIVITIES PLANNED
AT BERING SEA CLUB
The Bering Sea Club has made
arrangements with the Hyde or
chestra to have dances every other
alternate Saturday evening, start
ing with January 4th.
At the request of several mem
bers of the Club something new
will be started on January 5, Sun
day, when the first matinee dance
will be held. It is planned to have
one every Sunday.
Tuesday night the club is plan
ning to start a bridge tournament.
Bridge fans are requested to get
in touch with Mrs. Joe Wallace for
further details.
were interned in the American
zone, awaiting denazification
trials. More than 400 German tri
bunals are now hearing cases.
The amnesty, the announcement
said, will apply to all persons who
are not chargeable under the “law
of liberation from national social
ism and militarism” as major of
fenders, or offenders whose yearly
income during the calendar years
1943 and 1945 was less than 3,000
marks and whose taxable property
in 1945 did not exceed 20.000
marks.
Neill, Clark & Company
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS
TAX COUNSELORS
Office in Wallace Hotel - Phone Main 11
Juneau NOME Fairbanks
WIDOW OF HANS HANSEN
TO VISIT DENMARK
A letter was received by Mrs.
1 hristie Waldheim from Johanna
Hansen, widow of Hans Hansen,
who was a pioneer of Nome. She
states that she has spent the war
years in Kinhalton, Iowa, and was
recently married to William Chris
tensen there. They plan to leave
tor a visit to Denmark in the near
future.
BERING SEA CLUB
Don't forget the big New Year's
Eve dance. Hats, horns and ser
pentine for all Dancing until the
wee small hours.
NOTICE
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r red W. Kraft is no longer a f
partner in ‘‘Nome Builders.” He
will not be responsible for debts!
contracted.
154-3tp FRED W. KRAFT
Classified Ads
FOR SALE—New, maroon, Ax
minster rug, 9 x 12, at cost. Pohne
Minster rug, 9 x 12, at cost. Phone
Main 159. 156-3t
D R E A M
r II E A T E R
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1 Show, Dec. 30 and 31, 7:30 P.M.
Monday and Tuesday
"THE SEVENTH CROSS"
Spencer Tracy - Signe Hasse
Also "Safety Sleuth"
—•—
1 Show Jan. 1 and 2, 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday and Thursday
"MEET THE PEOPLE"
Dick Powell - Lucille Ball
Atvthe Holidays ...
Christmas is the Season for Rejoicing; New Year’s the Season for
Resolution. To all the Territory we extend our best wishes for a Merry
Christmas. And, on the threshold of a New Year of bright promise for
Alaska, we pledge anew our resources to fhe further development of
the great Territory which our Stariiners so proudly serve.
RLRSKR RIRLinES^
Anchorage, Alaska
ROOF GARDEN
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The committee for the Pioneer
Roof Garden met Sunday after
noon $or a final check-up on pro
ceeds of the party held December
21st.
Charles Jones reported this
week the party was so successful
that the pioneers are planning to
put hardwood floors in the new
hall. Jones, chairman of the enter
tainment committee, was to be
commended on his choice of talent,
Which under the direction of Jane
Galvin, brought Hollywood to
Nome by remarkable impersona
tions:
Browney Whaley as Gene Au
trey, Jane Galvin as Cass Daley.
Johnnee Bartlett as Rosalind Rus
sell, Eunice Logan as Carol Lan
dis Eloise Beecom as Heddy La
maar, Roger Johnson’s Midget as
Lassie, Hank Miller as Lassie’s
manager, Pearse Walsh as Frank
Sinatra, Jack Whaley as Bing
Crosby, Elda Jones as Gretta Gar
bo, Daniel Jones as Boris Karloff’s
Frankenstein, Jane Scott, Phyllis
Roell and Julia Silverman as the
Andrew Sisters, Dora Cooper as
Baby Snooks, Bernice Yakubov
skv as Grade Allen, Roger John
son as the Postman. Neva Whaley
as Mae West, Robert Ledgerwood
as the Miner “fresh from the
creeks,” George Beecom as Jimmy
Durante.
The entire program was an
nounced by Dick Webb as master
of ceremonies, and each member
of the cast introduced to the Nome
public as a celebrity from Holly
wood.
The 38th annual Roof Garden
will go down in the annals of the
Pioneer Igloo No. 1, as one of the
most entertaining parties ever
held in Nome.
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DANNY KOHLER HAS
EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY
Little Danny Kohler, age six,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Kohler,
was taken to the Army hospital
last evening for an emergency ap
pendectomy and is reported doing
nicely today.
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Phone Black 153
Box 114 Nome. Alaska j
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Know Your Furrier
ED. R. SHEPHERD
Alaska's Own Furrier
Fur Parkas Fur Coats
Alaska
Fur Factory
P.O. Box 2107 ANCHORAGE
NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman has chosen A. L. M. Wig
gins, Harteville, S. C.f banker to
be undersecretary of the treasury.
The White Houne announced to
day that Wiggins, former presi
dent of the American Bankers As
sociation, will succeed O. Max
Gardner when the latter becomes
Ambassador to Britain. Presiden
tial press secretary Charles G.
Ross said the nomination of Wig
gins will be sent to the Senate af
ter the Senate acts on Gardner’s
diplomatic appointment. Gardner
will continue as treasury under
secretary until that time.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman today appointed Carroll
Louis Wilson, 36-year-old engineer
as general manager of the U. S.
atomic energy commission.
Wilson, a right hand man of Dr.
Vannevar Bush in the develop
ment of scientific weapons during
the last war, has been a consultant
to the commission since its ap
point in October.
In announcing the appointment,
Presidential press secretary Chas.
G. Ross said Wilson had been
picked for this "most important
post” after an exhaustive inquiry
that extended throughout the
country.
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (/P> —
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet Rus
sian delegate, rejected today the
United States demand that the
veto be waived on atomic control
and called for an item-by-item dis
cussion of the United States atomic
plan.
Speaking to the most critical
meeting of the United Nations
atomic energy commission Grom
yko said the United States, by
proposing there should be no veto
on punishments of nations violat
ing the atomic pact, was in fact
revising the United Nations charter.
CAMPBELLTOWN, Scotland,
(#*)—This is the traditional home
of Scotch whiskey, but today some
of the town’s thirstiest citizens
were offering up to $40 a bottle
for the liquor. The high prices
arose from scarcity. There are two
million gallons of Scotch in the
town’s warehouses, but it’s in bond
for five years more—and when re
leased, most of it will go to the
United States.
LARS RYNNINGS
MOVE TO TACOMA
Mr. and Mr. Lars Rynning have
sold their home in Seattle and
moved to Tacoma, where Mr.
Rynning will be in the greenhouse
business.
“Headless” Valley
To Be Investigated
TORONTO, (/P) — Confirmation
or denial of the many rumors sur
rounding the famed Nahanni
(Headless) Valley of northern Brit
ish Columbia may be forthcoming
next Summer.
Lt. W. E. Bateman disclosed yes
terday that he and a group of Ma
rine veterans will drop into the
valley by parachute.
The valley, which has claimed
the lives of many who sought to
explore it, is reputed to contain
[ tropical vegetation and a waterfall
twice as high as Niagara. Indian
natives have reported prehistoric
animals ranging the valley’s head
lands.
Last September, a Yakima,
Wash., couple and a relative—Mr.
and Mrs. James Watts and Ed
ward Ross—were reported miss
ing in the valley for some time be
fore making their way to civiliza
tion.