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Volume 36. Number 223. NOME, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Hugh Johnson To Be “Friendy Critic”
US. SENATOR SURVEYS EUROPEAN TANGLE
Rogers Testifies
Girl Killed Self
When Despondent
(By The Associated Press)
WESTCHESTER, Pa., Sept. 21 —
Henry Rogers firmly denied that he
had any part in the killing of Eve
lyn Hoey torch singer of Broadway.
He told the jury at the inquest
that she had shot herself to death
in his farmhouse because she “was
unhappy and depressed. She didn't
sing anymore because she thought
she had lost her voice.”
He said she was moody when she
was drinking. Once she tried to leap
out of a window in a New York hotel
and he pulled her back when all
but an arm and a leg were out of
the window.
Rogers admitted he and Miss Hoey
had been intimate in their relations
but denied that he wante to break
off the affair.
Five Persons And
14 Races Horses
Killed Collision
(By The Associated Cress 1
HILLSBORO, 111., Sept. 21, —Five
persons and fourteen race horses
died here in the collision of the
Century of Progress, speedy Chica
go and Eastern Illinois Railway
train, and an auto driven by a farm
woman.
Prince Of Wales
Buys Fast Airplane
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 21—The Prince of
Wales has bought a new 160-mile-an
hour airplane, the finest he has had,
but he still is a back-seat pilot Royal
command.
The prince for years has done a
good part of his traveling by air and
is said to be a competent pilot, often
steering his private craft for hours
at a time. He never has been per
mitted to fly solo, being accompan
ied always by his personal pilot,
Lieut. Edward Fielden.
The new machine is a twin-engin
ed biplane, with fuel capacity for
non-stop journeys anywhere within
the British Isles. There are six com
fortable army chairs in the cabin,
with a writing desk and a cocktail
bar.
Ford Due Sunday
The Tri-motored Ford plane of the
Northern Air Transport was suppos
ed to leave Fairbanks today for
Nome, but late advices just received
said that the plane was in Fair
banks yet and would take off for
here tomorrow morning, wp.
GENERAL JOHNSON TO
BE FRIENDLY CRITIC OF
OF NEW DEAL IN TALKS
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Johnson Believes Public Should See Vital
Issues Correctly For Next Election
(By The Associated Phess)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, — (Copyrighted by the As
sociated Press) — Attacking many phases of the New
Deal, General Hugh S. Johnson revealed plans today to
take the stump as a friendly but vigorous critic of the ad
ministration.
Johnson will retire soon as head of the Works Progress
Administration in New York state, and begin a tour, with
an address at the San Diego Exposition October 2nd. The
tour will take in all sections of the United States.
Johnson asserted astutely that only by “unswerving
loyalty to the president and his ideals” he believed he could
be of service in calling public service what he considers
administration mistakes. “I think this is a good time to do
i it because the fundamental election choice next year will
lie between the principles of Hooversim, which means spec
ial privileges, and those of Roosevelt which mean social
privileges. Public thinking must be confined to the real
issue,” he said.
Johnson criticized the administration s attempt to solve
the unemployment problem through the Works Progress
and Public Works Administrations. He criticized its failure
so far on the balance of the budget. He stated that a re
turn to the principal NRA constituted the first effective
means of solving unemployment.
The former chief of the NRA poo pooed talk of amend
ing the constitution so as to guarantee permanent New
Deal laws. He asserted that an amendment was not nec
essary. Gen. Johnson asserted that if the NRA case had
been properly presented the case would have shown such a
thing as the NRA employment was justified under the con
stitution.
When questioned about the American Liberty League, j
Johnson characterized it as “just an excuse for some demo
crats to vote republican.” All these things and many more :
will be dealt with in his lecture series. Johnson said, in add-1
ing, that he would say “a few things about the essential feat
ures of the problems of today, quite a bit about economics, '
and some about politics, and then a whole lot about con
stitutions.”
Britain Demands
Libyan Armies Be
Away Frontiers
(By The Associated Press)
GENEVA, Sept. 21, — Italian quar
ters informed the Associated Press
today that direct negotiations be
tween Great Britain and Italy had
already begun or would begin soon
on what Britain considers an Ital
ian menace to Egypt, through Libya.
Great Britain wants Italy to order
Libyan armies away from the Lib
; yan frontier, and the report is that
: if Mussolini will accept the proposal
Great Britain will reduce her pre
sent imposing strength of the Med
terranean fleet.
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Joe Louis Primed
For Fight With
Baer On Tuesday
(By The Associated Press)
POMPTON LAKES, N. J., Sept.20
Joe Louis' stock took another rise
here today as he pummelled part
ners while some wise old eyes look
on. These experts proclaimed him
a “great heavyweight.”
Sam Langford, grizzled old tar
baby of better days and one of the
onlookers, said he was convinced
that his Negro race had produced
another great one.
“He’s just too much for Baer,”
said Langford.
FOUND—One Yale Key—Dropped
near the Native School House on D
street. Inquire at Nugget Office.
Wall Street Has
Uneasy Spell Due
To Rearmament
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 21, — With the
beating of plowshares into swords
to become a new incalculable fact
or in a world struggle for economic
recovery Will Street and others are
inclined to look with some com
plaisance upon business created for
the steel, copper and chemical in
dustries by the prospects of rearm
ament.
They are growing uneasy over se
curities and prices which have tak
en a pronounced plunge in Ameri
can markets, lung intenl upon dom
estic recovery. The markets have
been disturbed by foreign develop
ments for the first time .n mure than
a year.
I
Is Hopping Nonstop
U. S. To Lithuania
(By The Associated Press)
I NEW YORK, Sept. 21. — Lieuten
ant Felix Waitkus, 28 Kohler, Wis
consin flier, took ofT on a solo non
stop flight from here to Kaunas,
Lithuania—a distance of 4500 mil
es. His take off time was 5:45 A. M.
today Eastern Standard Time.
AN AMERICAN SENATOR
SURVEYS SITUATION IN
EUROPE ITALY DISPUTE
Senator Pope Of Idaho After Talks With
Foreign Statesmen (lannot See Peace
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, Sept. 21, —James J. Pope, Senator from Idaho,
after an independent survey of the European situation said:
“If there has been any change, it’s even more certain
that there will be war. The concentration of the British
fleet in the Mediterranean creates a situation in which any
thing can happen.” The Senator will sail tomorrow for the
United States after several weeks of talks with European
statesmen. He visited in Geneva, while in Europe.
Pope continued: “The Ethiopian controversy, it seems
to me, to have its roots largely in an economic maladjust
ment. Much more could have been accomplished by the
nation’s of the world if they had recognized the Italian eco
nomic situation several years ago, and had attempted to
remedy it through some sort of peaceful cooperation.
“However, at the present time, the situation has cul
minated in a very acute threat of war. The League in
attempting to avert it may not be successful. One benefit
coming out of the crisis is the regimentation of world op
inion against unprovoked, aggressive warfare which in time
will result in future actions designed to promote a system
of law and order.
“A world enlivened public interest in international
relations cannot fail to bring about a beneficial result, re
gardless of what happens in the Mediterranean.”
MUSSOLINI REJECTS PLANS OF
LEAGUE FOR SETTLEMENT OF
ITALO-ETI IIOPIA CONTROV ERSY
(Bv The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 21, — Probably
the last flame for a peaceful solution
to the Ethiopian dispute, was appar
ently snuffed out when Mussolini
rejected the League of Nation's sug
gestion for a settlement.
Concerning the Italian decision, it
was announced by officials through
out Europe, that they predicted, bar
ring a sudden reversal of Italian pol
icy, that hostilities would break out
in East Africa during the first fort
night of October.
The Italian press continuing its
attack on Great Britain, declared
that that empire had already “ad
opted sanctions against Italy", and
added that the beginning of Italian
military operations in Ethiopia might
easily mean the beginning of hostili
ties with Great Britain.
Britain is fairly pessimistic that
II Duce will have a change of heart
on his announced program of "mar
ching straight ahead” and continu
ing “on his own despite Britain’s
warships in the Mediterranean.”
The report today that Great Bri
tain and Spain had come to a secret
understanding, was taken as evi
dence that the British Empire was
preparing for a possible conflict by
I lope Is Given To
Mooney Cause By
New Testimony
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, —
Sudden hope was given Mooney ad
herents as a result of the assertion
of an Oregon City man—Marshall
R. Spencer 58, an odd jobs work
er, that Mooney was on the roof of
the Filer’s building here when the
1916 Preparedness Day bombing oc
curred.
Spencer told the authorities that
he was the janitor and elevator op
erator at the Eiler's building when
the explosion took place and "Moon
ey and his wife were on the roof of
the building watching the parade
when the explosion happened.”
He said he had not mentioned the
incident all these years because “I
never thought it would do any good.”
Threats Are Made
Again Of Soft Coal
Strike impending
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Sep.t 21, — The
country is threatened anew with the
prospect of a call for a soft coal
strike Monday, as negotiations be
tween producers and the United
Mine Workers, for a new wage and
hour agreement broke down for the
sixth time in six months.
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every means.
These impressions were strength
ened by Spanish troop movements
to points of strategic importance,
along Spain's Mediterranean coast
line.
European capitals feared that the
blunt "no” from Mussolini to the j
League recommendations would call
forth sanctions at Geneva, a move
diplomats feared might result in
a general European war.
Great Britain made it clear that1
no ship would be withdrawn from
the Med.terranean until the East
African dispute was well on its way
to a settlement.
France, while avoiding any show
of military preparations or talk of
sanctions, continued to re-inforce her
troops in French Somaliland.
Washington, D. C. officials believ
ed that the Johnson law would pre
vent nations who have defaulted in
their previous war debts from se
curing war loans in this country.
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