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VOL. 36. Number 249. ' NOME, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cent?
Italy To Make Bid For Peace 3 Terms
LOST ARMY AIRMEN FOUND-PLANE CRASHED
October 31 st Date Set League Sanctions to Be Applied
Truce Is Called In
Waterfront Strike
By The Officials
(By The Associated Press)
Lake Charles, Oct. 23, —A
truce was called in the Inter
national Longshoremen’s As
sociation strike, following a
pitched battle claiming two
lives and eight were wound
ed.
Governor Allen ordered
the port closed for three days
while attempts were made to
reach an agreement.
W R Mayor, president of
the Longshore Association
said that pickets and guards
would be withdrawn from the
docks while negotiations were
under way.
Joseph Ryan national presi
dent, and Charles Logan dis
trict director of the National
Labor Relations Board, to
gether with port authorities,
will meet in New Orleans to
carry on discussions.
Wounded Go Home
(By The Associated Press)
Alexandria, Oct. 23, —Two
Italian ships arrived at Port
Said enroute from the Italian
Somilaland to Italian ports
with 500 sick and 1000 wound
ed it was reported today.
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RESERVE FLIERS ARE
SAFE AT SMALL TOWN
AFTER 2 DAYS’ HIKE
Plane Crashed In Wilderness After Losing
Seattle-Portland Radio Beam At Night
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Oet 23, —Captain
Henry M Walker of Pullman
and Lieut. J M Goldstein ol
Seattle, army reserve pilots
who have been missing since
Sunday when they hopped
for Portland, are safe at Mor
ton, at the foothills of the
Cascades.
Their plane crashed in the
Randle district about thirty
miles east of Morton. Both
men spent two days walking
out.
Goldstein had a broken
nose and severe lacerations of
the right arm, and Walker
was cut and bruised about the
face and hands.
Walker said the wreck was
caused when the plane, los
ing the Seattle-Portland ra
dio beam along which they
were flying, a few minutes
later, encounted a snow storm
and the plane struck in the
tree tops, plunging to earth.
Walker said he jumped to
the ground and pulled Gold
(Continued on Page Two)
Baseball Commissioner Hands Out Big
Checks For World Series Ball Games
Landis Hands Out
World Series Mon
ey Detroit Tigers
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, Oct. 23, — Base
ball Commissioner Kenesaw
M. Landis, sliced up the big
gest world series player mel
on in the history of the game,
giving each player of the De
troit Tigers $6,544, but with
held the Chicago Cub’s share
amounting to $4,198 per man.
Although many believed
the money is held back for
fine levying purposes on ac
count of the Cub’s battles
with Umpire George Moriar
ity, the Commissioner explain
ed the delay, saying: “We
haven’t had time yet to mail
their checks out.”
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Hartnett of Cubs
Is Most Valuable
1‘lay er Nationals
(Bv The Associated Press)
Philadelphia, Oct. 23, —
Charles “Gabby” Hartnett,
the peppery catcher for the
Chicago Cubs was adjudged
the National League’s most
valuable player by the Base
ball Writers Association of
America.
Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, last
year’s winner was given sec
ond place; Floyd Arky Vau
ghn of the Pittsburgh Pirates
was third; Billy Herman of
the Cubs was fourth and Joe
Medwick of the St. Louis Car
dinals was 5th.
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Won't Contribute
For Olympics 1936
(Bv The Associated Press)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct.
23, —Anti-Semetic activities
in Germany were responsib
le for the refusal of the civic
finance committee to recom
mend a city contribution of
$500 toward sending Cana
dian athletes to Berlin to par
ticipate in the 1946 Olympic
Games.
Freddie Miller Has
Tough Battle Keep
His Championship
(By The Associated Press)
Boston, Oct. 23, —Freddie
Miller, Cincinnati southpaw,
had to use all of his great
skill in defending his feather
weight title against slugging
Vernon Cormier of Worcest
er, in a blistering 15 round
championship bout held last
night in the Boston Garden.
The aggressive challenger
kept Miller on the run from
bell to bell, the champion tak
ing many a solid clout as he
coolly boxed away. A unani
mous decision of the judges
gave him the right to keep
his title.
A small crowd of 4,300 paid
$6,600 to see the bout.
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Mussolini May Be
Peace Very Soon
(Bv The Associated Press)
Rome, Oct. 23, — Premier
Benito Mussolini is ready to
open negotiations for a fun
damental settlement of the
Italo-Ethiopian dispute ac
cording to belief in trustwor
thy quarters today.
However, it was emphasiz
ed that there is no chance of
inducing II Duce to discuss
terms until Great Britain re
duces its Mediterranean fleet
concentrations and ceases its
aggressive leadership at Gen
eva.
One source reported Mus
solini was ready to conciliate
on this basis—1 removal of
the British fleet. 2 Postpone
ment of League economic
sanctions. 3 Italy to be allow
ed to consolidate the territory
already conquered._
October 31st Is Date Set I!v League
When Sanctions Are To Be Applied
(By The Associated Press)
Geneva, Oct. 23, —Octo
ber 31 has been decided up
on as the date on which to
begin applying financial and
economic sanctions to Italy,
it was learned today in a re
liable quarter. It is under
stood that application of the
measures voted by the Leag
ue to halt Italy’s illegal war
against Ethiopia will be or
dered for that date when the
big penalties committee of 52
nations convenes on October
31.
Falls Over A High
Cliff, Body Found
(By The Associated Press)
Tonasket, Oct. 22 — The
crushed body of Benjamin
3und, 21, was found near here
after a twenty hour search.
He disappeared Sunday
from a hunting party. The
Dody was found at the base
af a high cliff near Blue Lake.
Enticing Awards And Special Prizes
To Be Made Available By Sears Co.
i . — — _ ~
Alaskan fur shippers will
again have an opportunity to
earn special cash awards for
Alaskans only in the Sears
Seventh National Fur Show
this year.
Award of $200 will be given
the fur shipper with the most
carefully prepared shipment
of five or more pelts, market
ed by Sears at Seattle from
December 2, 1935 to May 30,
1936. In addition, the second
best shipment will receive a
cash award of $50.
As an added encouragement
to proper pelt handling by
Alaskans, these special aw
ards were instituted last sea
son. J L Swank of Hope and
Pete Berg of Saginaw Bay.
Alaska were winners of these
awards for Alaskan fur ship
pers only.
In addition to these special
awards, Alaskan fur shippers
are eligible for awards total
ing $4,750.00. These include
four major cash awards total
(Continued on Page Three)
SOUTHERN ARMY OF
ITALY MAKING FAST
STEPS TOWARD END
Italian Somaliland Native Soldiers Aided
I>y Airplane Defeat Ethiopian Group
Chicago Mayor Says
Play Is Indecent
fB.y The Associated Press)
Chicago, Oct 23, —Mayor
Edward Kelly today ordered
“Tobacco Road”, noted stage
play by Erskine Caldwell
and Jack Kirkland which has
run for nearly two years in
New York, be closed as inde
cent and obscene. The mayor
saw the play.
Cuba Clears Away
Debris Caused By
Recent Hurricane
(By The Associated Press)
Santiago, Oct. 2.3, — East
ern Cuba cleared away the
debris rolled up by the hur
ricane which killed from one
to four persons and injured
twenty-nine, the storm appar
ently blowing out over Or
ient province.
One woman was killed in
Santiago. An unconfirmed re
port from Claimanera, said
three persons were drowned.
The storm killed three per
sons in Jamaica before reach
ing Cuba. Property damage
was estimated in Cuba, at
much less than reported.
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Italy’s Southern
Army Advancing
Successful Moves
(By The Associated Press)
London, Oct. 23, —Advan
ce guards of more than 300,
000 men moving into battle
in southern Ethiopia recoiled
from heavy hand to hand
fighting today and prepared
for a major battle, described
in both Rome and Addis Ab
aba, as only a few days dist
ant.
A force of 1000 Italian Som
aliland natives supported by
airplanes almost destroyed an
Ethiopian unit of the same
number yesterday in savage
hand to hand fighting, the
Exchange telegraph corres
pondent with the Italian ar
my said, and pursued the sur
vivors today across the plan
es.
Prospects of a large scale
increase in activities increas
ed; and at the same time in
North it was thought Captain
Francis Alex of Cuba would
be given active command. He
would be the first white man
in history to lead Ethiopian
troops into battle.
David Lloyd George
Attacks The British
Gov’t. Failure to Act
(By The Associated Press)
London, Oct. 23, — David
Lloyd George, war time Brit
ish prime minister today
charged that the British gov
ernment could have halted an
Italian-Ethiopian war last
March, had it taken a lead
for sanctions when Ethiopia
appealed to the League of Na
tions at that time.
The former liberal leader
in an attack on the British
government in a pre-election
address, also assailed Italy
and termed Mussolini “The
god of war in the world,
breathing lies, slaughter and
defiance!”
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