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Volume 36. Number 221. NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
British May Boycott Italy Case Attack
JOE LOUIS AND MAX BAER TO MEET TUESDAY
Roosevelt To Commence* Southern Campaign Georgia
CONCENTRATION NAVY
SHIPS BY GR. BRITAIN
WORRY TO MUSSOLINI
Flunking Movements of British Naval Pow
er Cause Italy’s Submarines Be Moved
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 19—Britain’s increasing concentra
tion of fighting ships in the Mediterranean, a concentration
which even is calling warships from the West Indies fleet,
is linked, in the opinion of many delegates to the League,
with suggestions for an economic boycott of Italy, in case
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Dispatches from Naples said that twelve Italian sub
marines from Trieste arrived there this morning. This
shifting of the base from the upper Tyrrhenian Sea is attrib
uted to the presence of the heavy British fleet in the Medi
terranean.
Certain delegates said they believed that Mussolini
might regard such a boycott as a virtual act of war, particu
larly in view of the possibility of a naval blockade being un
dertaken to enforce such a boycott.
Meanwhile within the British empire, a political part in
the crisis was precipitated by the government’s attitude that
the League covenant must be held. Heads of the labor par
ty convoked in emergency meetings.
UNDATED, Sept. 19—The Ethiopian government was
stated by an adviser to the Emperor, as considering that it
had done everything possible to avert war and that from
now on the question of peace rested in Italy’s hands.
The present war scare has had world-wide repercussion
which included a stock exchange boom in Tokyo, and public
manifestitations of sympathy with Ethiopia.
Authoritative sources in London asserted that the Brit
ish Air Minister was building up the Royal Air Forces at
strategical Mediterranean stations for any eventuality which
might result from the present dispute.
It was announced in Rome today that all members of
the military classes from 1911 to 1914 inclusive who had
been previously exempted from regular training because of
physical defects and other disabilities, had been recalled,
effective October 15th for a second exhibition.
More Money Due
On Income Taxes
Cause Mistakes
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, — The
collection of an additional two
hundred and seventy six million
dollars in income taxes was re
commended by Treasury agents who
have been carrying on investigations
of old returns.
Guy T. Helvering, Commissioner
of Internal Revenue said that these
new assessments were in addition to
taxes reported voluntarily by indi
viduals and corporations, and repre
sented the results of investigating
done by 2436 agents during 1935 fis
cal year ending June 30th last.
Investigators pointed out that
many of the tax returns were short
due to entirely misinformation on
the part of tax payers, and that
this type of citizen invariably made
up the deficiency.
Announces The
Appointment New
Chairman F. R. B.
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, Sept. 19, — The
President announced today the ap
pointment of Marriner S. Eccles of
Utah as chairman of the Federal
Reserve. In accordance with the
new law reorganizing the reserve
system, Eccles is now governor of
the old board.
The president made no announce
ment relative to the other six mem
bers of the new board. Eccles is
to take over his new office February
1st. The new law will give the
board greater control over the cred
it of the nation.
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Roosevelt To Open
Southern Campaign
At Atlanta, Georgia
(By The Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Sept. 19, — A chall
enge to the political strength of
Governor Talmadge was seen by
many Georgians in a published re
port in a newspaper, that President
■ Roosevelt would open his South
ern campaign for renomination, with
an address at Atlanta. Talmadge
I has been a bitter critic of the pres
ident, carrying on his fight with a
j series of speeches in the middle
| west.
Is Convicted Of
' Slaying Husband
June This Year
(By Tne Associated Press)
I PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 19, —
Mrs. Mary E. Merrill, 52, was con
ivicted today by a jury of the slay
' ing of her 62-year-old husband last
Mystery Airplane
Crashes And Two
Pilots Are Killed
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, — A
mystery airplane, secretly designed
for possible use by the U. S. Army,
crashed at the municipal airport1
here on its first speed test, killing
Thomas VanStone 32, Burbank, Cal-1
ifornia veteran test pilot, and Du
gald Blue 26, Santa Monica copilot j
The makers were reticent about
the plane, but airport attendants
said it had a rating of two hundred
and fifty miles per hour, and was,
designed for real low flying, for
j example—over marching troops,
June with an axe, and then burying
him in the cellar of their home. The
conviction carries a mandatory life
sentence.
LOST—A small alligator purse,
containing over $20.00 in currency
and silver. Finder please return to
Nugget Office and receive reward.
Rex Beach Noted Author Describes How
He Developed Characters For Alaskan
Novels. Were Composites From Many
(Juneau Empire)
(Continued from Yesterday)
The Silver Horde
“One day last fall I was talking
with the Mayor of Vancouver about
my book on the salmon industry,
The Silver Horde. The Mayo had
been a labor leader and worked up
from the rank, became a strike or
, ganizer, etc., and he remarked that
the thing that struck him most
about the book was that here was
| an author who knew the inside of
the labor game, and how a strike
could be organized for private ends
and not for the good of the laborers.
Although I think I portrayed labor
conditions authoritatively, none of
the characters used here were bas
ed on fact except one big foreman,
called Big George. I patterned him
after a fellow I knew in the Arc
tic around Candle Creek. This fellow
Big George Matson, was a squaw
man and had a big family. He was
a roistering, drunken, fighting-crazy
sort of a fool. The first time I ever
came into Candle Creek I came
with a team of dogs and got in just
at twilight. I was told I was in for
trouble. Big George was on one of
his tears and it was his custom on
these occasions to beat up any and
every stranger who came into town.
They said he would give me a good :
walloping. Whenever Big George
started to fight he would slip off his
hood, wiggle out of his parka and
fight in his fur pants.
‘That night I was in the only
saloon in town—it was run by the
kid brother of Tex Rickard; young
Tex, they called him—when in came
Big George, drunk, and on the look
out for me. But instead of being
pungnacious, he became tearful,
bought me some drinks, and want
ed to hug me. I must have remind
ed him of some longlost relative, be
cause he hung around me like a big
Yukon dog, and instead of fighting
me, he pitched in and beat up the
little rat who had guided me into
town, which tickled me to death
because it saved me the trouble. The
fellow had interested me in some
claims he had just to get a free trip
home.
Big George Helps
"Big George was awfully good to
me. When I discovered that the
claims I came for were worthless,
I looked around and found some oth
ers on which the recording time was
nearly expired. The question was j
how to get to them. Big George
brought me out, wallowed through
the snow and found the stakes. We
were out for two or three days to
gether. He was like a great big
tame dog. I never did get over Big
George! When it came time to do i
the story of ‘The Silver Horde', I
manufactured a character like him.
“I don’t know where he is now.
He came down to Nome once when
I was there. He used to pull in the
tug-of-war teams. He was so tre
mendous he was as good as a whole
team himself. This time I saw him
he came down and got drunk and
(Continued on Page Two)
JOE LOUIS AND MAX
BAER PREPA FOR
BOUT NEXT TUESDAY
Both Fighters Anxious To Got In Bing To
Settle Who Is To Fight J J Braddoek
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 19th—Joe Louis, Detroit’s brown
bomber and Max Baer, one-time world’s champion, are draw
ing near to the close of their training grinds in preparation
for their bout in the Yankee Stadium next Tuesday night.
Louis went through a terrific session Wednesday at his
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey camp, polishing off several
sparring partners. Except for another boxing session on
Saturday, Joe Louis is through with the hard work. He will
do only lossening up exercises, Thursday, Friday and Sun
day.
At Speculator, New York, Max Baer has been drawing
crowds who find him impressive, or anything but impres
sive, depending largely on the day. Wednesday he tore
through a couple sparring partners, never drawing a long
breath. He weighed a shade under two hundred and eleven
pounds, after the terrific workout. His trainers said he is
counting the moments until he gets into the ring with Louis.
Kills His Relatives
Then Commits Sui
cide Family Affairs
(By The Associated Press)
NEW'ARK, New Jersey, Sept. 19,
—Police searched through bank
books showing deposits of about
thirty thousand dollars, in efforts to
find the motives which led Charles
Russell Geary, 43, to kill his broth
er and two uncles by marriage, and
then commit suicide.
The dead are John S Geary, 42
and Orlando and Benjamin Levan,
60 and 55 respectively.
The killings took place in Charl
es’ comfortable apartment here. The
police believe that the deatlis re
sulted from a “family affair.”
NEWARK, Sept. 19, — Police said
later today they learned from
neighbors that Charles, his brother
and the Levans went out with Ben
jamin to a nearby tavern and had
several drinks of beer.
They then returned to the apart
ment and sat down at the kitchen
table and began discussing family
affairs.
Charles left the group and walk
ed outside^ probatory to the car.
He returned and when he reenter
ed the apartment suddenly, he forc
ed the other three men to line up
in front of him with their hands
held high and their backs toward
him. Then he began firing. After
he had killed them he poured him
self a cup of coffee and walked in
to the sun parlor, sipped half the
contents and telephoned to the pol
ice, after which he committed sui
cide, fully dressed in the bedroom.
The police found bank books
made out in the name of Mrs. Kale
Levan, wife of Orlando. She died
three weeks ago after a stroke. The
deposits totalled about thirty thou
sand dollars.
Prime Minister
Of Canada Places
Blame On Sov iets
(By The Associated Press)
CALGARY, Sept. 19, — Prime
Minister R B Bennett of Canada, in
an address blamed agents of Soviet
Russia for the disorders during this
summer in Canada and the United
States.
He said: ‘‘It has been flagrantly
indicated to the world that the dis
orders occurring in Canada and the
United States were instigated by
agents of the Soviet." Bennett, on
a tour of the Dominion voiced a plea
for the construction of constitutional
methods to reach social and econom
ic objectives.
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