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Joe Louis Knocks Out Baer 4 th Round
BAER KNOCKED DOWN 4 TIMES DURING FIGHT
Fourth Round of Battle Lasted Two Minutes 4 Seconds
LOUIS KNOCKS
OUT BAER IN 4th
ROUND FIGHT
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 24th—
The roar of today’s mightiest
crowd to be lured to the ring
side by fight ballyhoo in eight
years, signalized the return
of pugilistic prosperity tonite
at 6 o’clock Pacific Standard
Time, in the vast open spaces
of Yankee Stadium.
The fight will be broadcast.
Win or lose, Joe Louis,Detroit
negro whirlwind boxer and
heavy weight puncher, is the
main magnet for the one mil
lio dollar show. The weath
er forcast for this event is fair
and warmer.
Close to 95,000 spectators
are paying $1,184,830.00 in
expectation of seeing the non
championship match. Some
tickets of the $25.00 class are
bringing from fifty to two
hundred dollars each on Broa
dway, proving that the fight
is a “natural,” of a type for
which the pugilistic populace
has been waiting for a long
time.
Each fighter is assured of
about three hundred thous
and dollars cut on the pro
ceeds for tonight’s perform
ance.
Louis is still the favorite to
win,but caution on either side
it was believed, would pro
long the fight and may disap
point thousands who are an
ticipating a repetition of the
Jack Dempsey-Luis Firpo
brawl of several years ago.
I
By Byron Price
(Chief of Bureau, The Associated
Press, Washington.)
The unanimous disposition in po
litical circles is to regard the con
test for next year’s Republican pres
idential nomination as wholly un
settled, although some currents of
party opinion recently have clarified
the situation to a limited degree.
It is apparent, for instance, that
the old feud between the right and
left wings of Republicanism is re
viving. That alone is important be
cause it has a direct bearing on
any calculation as to 1936 candi
dacies.
The causes for the revival are
several. One is the intensive activ
ity of the conservative leaders, who
are organizing on a wide front to
insure an out and out party avoid
ance of any concession to radicalism.
Naturally there is a reaction among
the left-wingers.
In its present status, this cleav
age affords as good a basis as any for
analyzing what may happen as to
candidates.
Hoover Vs. Borah?
Considering the two sections of
the party separately for the moment
it is quite apparent that so far as
the conservatives are concerned, they
are sure to try to capture the nom
ination.
(Continued on Page Three)
HE PREDICTED LOUIS TO WIN
The best guess is that the fight will not last more than
six rounds. Max Baer, erstwhile champion, but who went
down to terrible defeat at the hands of James J. Braddock,
the present titleholder, has not the speed, stamina, or boxing
ability to cope with Louis in a drawn out engagement, and is
therefore expected to come in flailing with everything he has.
However, the negroe’s chances if he opens like this, will
increase with the bell for each succeeding round.
(Special Feature)—J L Moreno, of Maryland, who vis
ited the fighters at their camps and in New York today wrote
special stories for the Associated Press from a psychiatrist’s
viewpoint. He picks Joe Louis as the victor. Moreno said
that Louis should win by the psycological probabilities that
have placed the odds two to one in favor of the negro.
He states that the greatest probability is that Louis
will win by a technical knockout anytime after the ninth
round, or take the decision. The second probability is that
Louis will knock Baer out in the middle round of the bout.
There is an outside chance for Baer to knock out Louis with
in the first three rounds, he added.
(A general story of the fight will be printed in tomor
row’s edition, as the news of how the fight went on has not
been received up to the hour fo going to press. An official
Flash from the Associated Press was received in Nome one
half hour after the fight was over in New York, telling of
the knockout of Baer by Louis—A record for transmission
by press of news between New York and Nome.)
PRICE SEES FEUD IN
REPUBLICAN RANKS
ABOUT CANDIDACIES
Right And Left Wings Of G. 0. P. Are Ana
lyzed For Positions In 1936 Campaign
American Legion
17th Convention
Favor Pay Bonus
(By The Associated Press)
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24, —American
Legion members opened their 17th
annual convention with the bonus
foremost on the program for settle
ment.
Forty-five of the Legion’s domest
ic departments submitted resolu
tions asking for payment at full
face value with cancellation of ac
rued interest and a refund of inter
est already paid.
Shoots Three Then
Commits Suicide
(Bv The Associated Press)
OROFINO, Idaho, Sept. 24, —Wal
lace Johnson, a section hand, dur
ing a quarrel, shot Matt Mattson,
three times, swung his rifle on Mrs.
Mike Bobell and Mike Ovich and
fired shots into their arms, after
which he committed suicide. Matt
son is in an extremely critical condi
tion, and the others are only suffer
ing flesh wounds.
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Soft Coal Miners
Strike Is Called
On Wages, Hours
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, — An!
industrial struggle, carrying a threat
of paralysis to a basic industry, was i
declared under way as the United
Mine Workers called on the soft coal
miners, numbering four hundred
thousand, to stay away from the na
tion’s pits.
The strike call instructed the
miners not to work unless the opera
tors agreed to the new wage and
hour agreement by midnight last
night.
At that hour the conferees were
still snagged in the dispute. Presi
dential action is expected unless the
controversy is expedited at an early
date.
WANTED—A two or three room
cabin to rent for one year—Inquire
at Nugget Office.
Coughlin Believes
Death Long Killed
Hope Republicans
_
(By The Associated Press)
BOSTON, Sept. 24, — The Bost- j
on Daily Record,in an interview with
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, quoted
the Detroit Radio Priest as saying
that the death of Senator Huey
Long has dashed the hopes of Re
publicans for a Presidential victory
in the nert election.
The Boston newspaper quoted
. Father Coughlin as saying that at
most Senator Long controlled only
i three states, but it was with these
three states that Republicans hoped
' to split the Solid South. ,
The Rev. Coughlin said that he
believed Senator Long was sincere
in motives, no matter what people
may have thought of his methods.
The interview contained Father
Coughlin's denial that his National
Union for Social Justice had any
alliance with the Share the Wealth
movement sponsored by Long.
Farley Tells Of
Recovery By The
Increased Income
fBy The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. — Steadily
rising postal receipts, as a reliable
barometer of business, were termed
evidence of returning prosperity by
Postmaster General Farley, before a
national association of postmasters.
He said that the postal income
had increased from five hundred
and eighty eight millions a year,
for the year ending June 1932 to
six hundred and thirty million for
the past fiscal year, despite the re
ductions in rates.
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ITALY REJECTS LEAGUE
PLANS SETTLEMENT OF
ITALIAN CONTROVERSY
Italian Counter Proposals Want Lands Of
Ctliiopia To Connect Her Colonies
('Ey The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Sept. 24, —Rumors swept through the
League lobbies, that the Italian delegation, angered by the
Italo-Ethiopian committee’s attitude, might leave Geneva.
The reports were heard after the British delegation
took the position that Italy’s counter-proposals to the Leag
ue plan for the settlement of the dispute, were unacceptable.
The League plan was accepted by Ethiopia but reject
ed by Italy. At Rome, the government offered counter pro
posals which were reported to improve the demand for a
wide belt of Ethiopian territory, connecting the Italian col
onies of Somaliland and Eritrea. This wa1 -hat aetcrized ■>.->
preposterous in Addis Ababa where Emperor Selassie’s
spokesman said that such a grant would leave Ethiopia only
mountains and deserts.
The tense situation in the Mediterranean was eased
considerably bv an official Italian communique to the Brit
ish ambassador to Rome, assuring Great Britain that naval
concentration did not mean any immediate war.
French circles were reported holding the opinion that
England’s preparations in the Mediterranean were causing
Mussolini to reflect seriously concerning his proposed in
vasion of Ethiopia. More optimism was shown today in
financial circles. Business was fairly good on the London
stock and other foreign exchanges.
DeWolfe Hopp er
Dead From Heart
Disease Tuesday
(By The Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 24, DeWolfe
Hopper, 77, noted actor, died here
today of heart disease. He had been
ill for only one day. Yesterday he
participated in a radio broadcast.
APPROPRIATION FOR ALASKA
AIR MAIL TO BE APPLIED FOR
JANUARY SESSION CONGRESS
Appropriation Is Expected To Be
Included in Next Deficiency Bill
Indication that air mail service
in Alaska will be improved next year
in a way that may eliminate the
withdrawing of regular plane sched-,
ules as has been forced this fall,
is given in a letter to Governor
John W. Troy, from Harllee Branch,
Second Assistant Postmaster Gener
al, in reply to the Governor’s re
quest.
Mr. Branch stated that the Post
Office Department plans to go before
the Bureau of the Budget in Jan
uary when Congress reconvenes and
ask for a deficiency appropriation
(Continued on Page Two)
Committee Turns
In Its Report To
To The League
fBy The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Sept. 24, — The cab
inets of Great Britain and Italy,
worried by the international situa
tion, are meeting in formal delib
eration.
Great Britain has decided to eon
tinue its imperial defense commit
tee as a council of action, until the
situation is further clarified.
In Geneva the big five committee
acknowledging defeat in its efforts
to find a basis on which to solve
and after the program he was tak
en to the hospital where he grew
gradually weakers, until he died.
Prof. Predicts A
Collapse Prices
Another Crisis
BOSTON, Sept. 24, —A predic
tion that the Roosevelt program
would lead eventually to another
price collapse and an economic cris
is, was made by Professor Mevin
T. Copeland, of the Harvard Busi
ness School.
He said “over expansion in cred
it and currency would lead some
years hence to another price coll
apse—yet here we are piling up
another huge debt which may be a
millstone around our necks when
the next crisis comes.”
the crisis, turned in its report to
the League.
The report drew no conclusions,
but merely recited the historical
facts of the case which is to be
taken up by the League Council.
From Rome came reports that
the relations between Italy and
Great Britain seemed definitely im
proved as a result of a conference
between Mussolini and Sir Eric
Drummond British Ambassador.
In Ethiopia, warriors were report
ed marching toward the border as
a precautionary measure against a
surprise attack by the Italians.