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Tribunal Says Nazi
War Leaders To
Be Convicted
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By WES GALLAGHER
and THOMAS A. REEDY
^lUERNBERG, Germany, Sept.
30. (A3)—The international military
tribunal ruled today for the first
time in history that conspiracy to
commit aggressive war “is a su
preme crime” in a monumental
verdict indicating imprisonment
o/^the gallows for the 22 former
ladders of Nazi Germany.
The German general staff and
high command and the Reich cab
inet were acquitted of charges
that they were criminal organiza
tions. “Certain groups” of the
leadership corps, the SS or elite
guard, the SD (a department which
operated a spy system) and the
gestapo were convicted.
The first part of the 100,000
word verdict by judges of the
United States, Great Britain, Rus
sia and France strongly indicated
that Hermann Goering, Rudolf
Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and
the other defendants—politicians,
diplomats, military leaders, finan
ciers and party functionaries—
would be convicted on one or
more of the four counts in the
indictment.
The court indicated, however,
that some of the lesser defendants
might not be sentenced on the
part of the indictment charging a
conspiracy to commit aggressive
war.
The tribunal has decided that
certain of the defendants planned
and waged aggressive war against
12 nations and were therefore
guilty of this series of crimes,” it
said.
All defendants are charged with
two or more counts and most with
^ree of four under the tribunal
charter.
A 5,000-word summany of the
judgment, rendered after ten
months of a trial such as the
world had never seen before, in
dictated that smaller Nazi party
^functionaries who might not have
been sufficiently important to
participate in the main conspira
cies would be caught in other
counts of the indictment. The
court said evidence was “over
whelming.”
The demeanor of the men listen
ing to their fate generally was
grim. Goering and Field Marshal
Wilhelm Keitel both indicated
they believed themselves doomed
fto death. Hjalmar Schacht, former
wizard of German finance, sat
2|lide from the other defendants
with a pained expression on his
face. Hess rolled back and forth
in his seat with stomach cramps
and had to be taken from the rig
U. S. Navy To Stay
In Mediterranean
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. (i^P)—
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
declared today that United States
naval forces are in the Mediter
ranean to help carry out Ameri
ican foreign policy.
And they will be there for some
time to come, the cabinet officer
made plain in an unusual policy
statement.
Simultaneously, it was learned
that when the aircraft carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt is with
drawn from the troubled sea it
will be promptly replaced by an
other flat top. Previous emphasis
an FDR’s Mediterranean cruise
has been on the “good will”
theme.
Forrestal’s policy declaration
was released as the American
government <1) indicated full
backing to Turkey in that coun
try’s resistance to Russian de
mands on the Dardanelles, <2>
studies means to aid the present
Greek government in its troubles
with Russian-supported neighbor's
and (3) hoped uncertainly for a
peaceful settlement with Yugo
slavia over the disposition of Tri
este.
Persons familiar with the rea
sons behind the statement said it
was drafted about a week ago and
hence was not inspired by the
fresh Dardanelles conflict or other
current controversies.
SS Victoria Sails
For Northwest
Alaska
The SS Victoria sailed from
Seattle on Saturday evening, ac
cording to word received here by
the Alaska Steamship Co., agent
Tom Keating. The vessel loaded
out Saturday afternoon, leaving
about 200 tons of cargo on the pier
for shipment on a possible later
steamer. The ports of call are to
be Nome, St. Michaels, Unalakleet,
Moses Point, Golovin, Solomon
and Teller.
The “Vic” should arrive at
Nome about October 7th.
MRS. STANLEY BARTLETT
RETURN TO NOME
Mrs. Stanley Bartlett and child
arrived on the P.A.A. last Friday
evening to make their home here.
Mrs. Bartlett is renewing friend
ships made here while a nurse at
the M. C. Hospital.
idly guarded courtroom.
The defendants will learn their
individual fates tomorrow.
Wife Joins Regular in Foreign Theater
RPR MA-18®
Among tho first group of dependents of Army personnel to join loved
ones in o postwor reunion is Mrs. Jane M. White, wife of Staff Sergeant
Charles White, who recently arrived at Honolulu. Sergeant White is serving
in the Hawaiian Islands.
U. S. To Ransom
Captive Fliers
SHANGHAI, Sept. 30. (/P)—A
special plane loaded with money
and supplies to ransom and care
for five American fliers believed
held as slaves of wild Lolo tribes
men will take off Wednesday for
Chengtu, on the border of the far
western China wilderness.
Members of a U. S. graves reg
istration team said the plane will
carry a jeep, Chinese currency,
silver, medical supplies, food and
medical personnel. The party will
go to Sichang, in the rugged coun
try near the Tibet and Burma bor
ders, to establish an operating
base. Another plane will be held
ready to go in as soon as the men
are located.
The team arrived in Shanghai
Sunday with the bodies of three
American airmen believed to have
perished in the crash of a B-29 in
the Sichang area in 1944. The bod
ies were found by a preliminary
mission investigating reports that
Americans were held by the prim
itive Lolos.
Team members said these re
ports now were definitely substan
tiated. They added that a Bishop
Baudry, a missionary in the Lolo
| NWA Chamber
Has Guests At
Special Dinner
—
The NWA Chamber o{ Com- j
merce entertained the principals
in the Maritime Commission hear
ing on the lighterage rates, which
was concluded at noon on Friday,
at a special dinner Friday evening
in the Nevada Lounge.
The guests were David E. Scoll,
attorney for the Alaska Develop
ment Board; Ralph J. Rivers, at
torney general, Territory of Alas
ka; S. J. Wettrick, Seattle attor
| ney representing Lomen Commer
cial Co.; Mrs. Mildred Hermann,
Alaska OPA director, George Rog
ers, Territorial Price executive.
Mr. Rivers gave a lengthy re
port on his activities relative to
office of attorney-general in be
half of the Territory.
Mr. Scoll reported on his serv
ice to the Alaska Development
Board as intervening atorney in
the Maritime hearings on freight
and lighterage rates.
country, already had been given
money to try to locate and ran
som the captives.
NEWS IN BRIEF
SINGAPORT, Sept. 30. (/P)—
Lt. Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford,
commander in chief of Allied land
forces in southeast Asia, announc
ed today that 243 soldiers of the
13th British parachute battalion
had been convicted of mutiny by
a court martial and sentenced to
two years imprisonment. The men
were accused of refusing to par
ade May 14 at the Muar camp as
a protest against living conditions.
VANCOUVER. B. C., Sept. 30
(/P)—Charles A. Banks, world
known mining magnate, has ac
cepted the lieutenant-governorship
of British Columbia and will be
sworn into office in Victoria Tues
day.
Banks, who succeeds the Hon.
W. C. Woodward, has large hold
' ings in Australiasia, New Guinea,
the United States, South America
and Canada.
Born in New Zealand, he came
to British Columbia after World
War I to make a survey of mines.
SEATTLE, Sept. 30 UP)—Walter
H ilary, a Seattle parking lot op
erator, has caught only two sal
mon in his life, one, an 18-pound,
8 ouncer, put him in the finals of
the Seattle Times city salmon der
by; the second, 26 pounds, 11
ounces, won him the city title and
$1,750 cash first prize.
Four ounces behind Hillary was
Mrs. Bertha Casad with Eleanor
Erickson, third, at 21 pounds, 7
ounces. Each won one of the five
new Dodge automobiles given as
prizes.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30 </PW
The Pittsburgh Pirates today an
nounced the appointment of Billy
Herman, Boston Braves second
baseman, as their new manager,
succeeding Frankie Frisch.
SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 30. (/P>—
Maj. Gen. Albert E. Brown, who
commanded the force which cap
tured Attu in 1945, was appointed
head of the United States delega
tion to the U. S.-Soviet joint com
mission on Korea today. The com
mission has been in recess since
May 6.
TRIESTE, Sept. 30. f/P) — A
group of Trieste civilians identi
fied by investigation officers as
“pro-Yugoslav Communists” am
bushed and stoned 10 American
soldiers here last night, it was of
ficially disclosed today.
SEATTLE, Sept. 30. (/P) — The
Navy plane “Turtle” has messaged
passing Midway Island at 7 a.m.,
(PST> on its Australia-United
States flight. The distance was es
timated as past the midway point
on its planned 9,000-mile course.