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VOL. No. 273 NOME, ALASKA, Thursday, NOV. 21st, 1935 Per Copy Ten Cents
G.O.P. NATIONAL COMMITTEE CALL ISSUED
Emperor Selassie Completes Air Tour Southern Front
SELASSIE RETURNS TO
ADDIS ABABA AFTER A
PLANE TRIP TO FRONT
Is Believed Ethiopian Emperor Gave His
Special Battle Orders On Flight South
Twenty Cardinals
Named Pope Pius
Ceremony Dec. 16
(By The Associated Press')
Vatican City, Nov. 21, —
Twenty new Cardinals were
named by Pope Pius today.
They include 15 Italians, 2
Frenqhmen, 1 Argentinan, 1
Czechoslovakian and 1 Span
iard. They will be elevated to
the College of Cardinals Dec
ember 16. The college will
then have 69 cardinals, one
less than the limit fixed by
Vatican law.
Students Rioting
Budapest Stopped
By Use Of Sabers
(By The Associated Press)
Budapest, Nov. 21, Police
used sabers today to break up
an anti-Semitic riot at the
Budapest Conservatory of
Music, wounding a number of
rioters in the brisk fight
which raged in and around
the building'. Students also at
tempted a demonstration at
the university institution al
though it was closed.
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Selassie Returns
From Flight To
Southern Fronts
(Continued from Page One)
Undated, Nov. 21, — Em
peror Selassie returned to
Addis Ababa after a two days’
tour of the southern front,
which he left just before two
Italian planes flew over th,e
section.
In Paris, French and Brit
ish experts resumed talks,
seeking a solution of the Eth
iopian conflict.
In Rome, Italian authori
ties said they were closely
watching the Paris negotia
tions as to whether a basis for
a discussion agreeable to It
aly would be offered.
Heavy rains delayed Italy’s
southern army, while air pil
ots confirmed the concentra
tion of Ethiopians south of
Makale.
A battalion of French Sen
egalese fighters moved back
to interior French Somali
land to guard against any
frontier emergencies which
might arise through the care
for any influx of refugees
from Ethiopia.
Sources close to Selassiee
believe that he delivered de
finite battle orders to Ras Nas
ibu, southern commander at
Jijiga.
Autonomous Movement North China
Comes To An Abrupt Stop Today
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 21, — The
autonomy movement in five
provinces in North China,
came to an abrupt halt today.
Indications seen in Tokyo
show that an imperial sug
gestion was responsible fnr
the sudden halt.
Official sources in Shang
hai expressed fear that the
halt was only temporary. Jap
anese and Chinese quarters
agreed that it was definite.
The Japanese high com
mand in Tokyo instructed sub
ordinates in the Asiatic con
( Continued On Page Four )
No Nobel Peace
Will Be Awarded
1935: No Reason
(B.y The Associated Press)
Oslo, Norway, Nov. 20—No
Noble Peace Prize will be
awarded this year, the com
mittee announced. No ex
planation was given but on
previous occasions the com
mittee refrained from making
an award on the grounds that
no individual merited such
honor.
Eskimo Legend
Tells Of Samson
Of The North land
Northern Samson Whose Feet
were Webbed. Could Kill
Bears With Ease. Cap
tured Whales Alone
The Eskimo story tellers
have a legend resembling that
of the Biblical Samson whose
feats were equal to those of
the Bible hero, and who was
betrayed by his women.
The Eskimo strong man liv
ed in the Northland long ago.
The natives believe the story
implicitly and as evidence ol
its authenticity point to the
ruins of his igloo which wa.->
near Kotzebue Sound.
This strong man whose
name was Elugunuk was very
large and the fingers of his
hands and his toes were wel
bed like those of a duck. He
was a great hunter and fisher
man and performed great
feats of strength. He could
swim out to sea and kill the
seals, and his strength was
so great he could kill bears
as easily as a small boy could
kill rabbits. Unaided he chas
ed down a whale. He had a
brother who was also a strong
man, and lived far inland
from the sea near the head
waters of the Kobuk.
The strong man had many
wives. His igloo was filled
with them and although he
was good natured and peace
ful, his wives feared him very
much, as did all the people.
One night while he slept they
bound him with thongs made
from the skin of walrus and
carried him to the top of a
cliff and flung him into the
sea. He did not resist, but
when he struck the water, he
burst his thongs like they
were marsh grass and swam
back to the village.
The people were very much
afraid but he told them not
to fear him, that all he desir
ed was to live in peace. But
his feat scared them worse
than ever and it was not long
after this until his wives
bound him again and taking
a stone knife attempted to cut
off his hands. The pain of the
first gash awoke him and
breaking his bonds he talked
kindly to them telling them
not to fear him, but his wiv
es and the people continued
to harass him until his dis
position grew morose and
when he found a woman that
was comely he killed her hus
band and carried her to his
igloo.
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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMIT FEE IS CALLED
MEET AT THE CAPITAL
Chairman I let (her Says Purpose Is To Plan
Campaign Fii'ht Alienists Of New Deal
Fletcher Calls For
Meet in" National
Committee of Reps.
(By The Assooiatod Press)
Washington, Nov. 21, The
Republican National Commit
tee has been summoned by
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher,
to meet at the capital Decem
ber 16th to arrange for a na
tionalconvention.
Simultaneously he appoint
ed a finance committee of six
teen headed by William B.
Bell of New York, president
of the American Cyanide Co.
to secure money “to cam
paign against the alien doct
rines and maladministration
of the New Deal.”
Fletcher said that the pur
pose of the national commit
tee meeting was to fix a time
and place for the 1936 Con
vention, and to announce the
apportionment of the delegat
es to “that convention, and to
transact other business.
The National Committee
was represented as awaiting
money offers from municipal
ities to determine where the
convention shall be held. Or
dinarily the national com
mittees of the two major par
ties expect from two hundred
to two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars from a com
munity where the convention
is held. Citizens of the con
vention cities usually raise
the funds in expectation of
reaping returns by increased
lousiness incident to the con
vention throng.
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Ellsworth Hops
On Second Trip
Across Antarctica
(By The Associated Press)
New York. Nov. 21, — The
New York Times reported
that Lincoln Ellsworth hop
ped off on his second attempt
within twenty-four hours, to
fly across the Antarctic con
tinent.
Ellsworth, and his pilot
Herbert Holioik Kenyon,
were forced to give up their
first flight yesterday and re
tain to the base ship, the Wy
att Earp, because of an oil
leak in the motor, after three
hours and 11 minutes of fly
ing.
The pair had favorable
weather again today for the
new take-off, with virtually
no winds and only a few light
clouds.
National Grange
Includes Other
Features Policies
(By The Associated Press)
Sacramento, Nov. 20. —
The removal of marginal
lands from competitive pro
duction and the elimination
of needless utility holding
companies were added to the
policies of the National
Grange for next year.
The Grange urged the ex
pansion of producer and con
sumer cooperatives, and speed
ed up its campaign for safety
educations in school to cut
down automobile fatalities.
West Coast Fur Sales Inc. Indicates
Sharp Demand Alaska Furs At Sale
rBv The Assoriatod Press)
Tacoma, Nov. 21, The final
sale of the old season for the
Western Fur market, was
held Wednesday by the West
Coast Fur Sales Inc., with to
tal purchases in excess of
$40,000.
Washington-raised silver
fox brought good prices.
The demand was keen for
Alaskan muskrat, beaver,
mink, and red fox for cut up
trade. Seventy buyers attend
ed the sale, a number of them
representing a London firm.
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Strange Malady
kills Caribou On
Kusknkwim Riv.
RED MOSS' BELIEVED TO
PLAY HAVOC; NUMBER
OF MEN AFFECTED.
Many caribou have died and
men have been seriously af
fected during the last sum
mer in the region adjacent to
Medfra, on the upper Kusko
kwim, from a complaint be
lieved to originate in the “red
moss” of the vicinity, accord
ing to Leonard Grau, well
known long time resident of
Wasilla. Mr. Grau has just
returned from Medfra where
he was employed by the Al
aska Road Commission for
the past season, says a recent
issue of the Anchorage Times
“ The malady prevalent
among the caribou,” said Mr.
Grau, “is believed by the resi
dents of the district to have
been caused bv eating the red
moss, which appears among
the reindeer moss on the hills
of the region. It is particul
arly prevalent along the south
slope of the Novi range. The
water in the vicinity which
was drunk by the men this
summer made many of them
ill for a time, especiallywhere
it seeped from places covered
by the red moss.
“Streams in the vicinity
were discolored by the seep
ages from the red moss, and
many small pools on the hill
sides or in the valleys were
bordered with the red moss.
Streams in the vicinity were
full of grayling when the wa
ters were high, but when they
receded the fish left the
stream,apparently driven out
by the contaminated waters.
“Some have suggested that
there is arsenic or other min
erals in the range which poi
sons the water. There is a
geological contact in the re
gion which possibly carries
minerals which are responsi
ble for the change in color of
the moss and in the condition
of the waters. The condition
deserves the attention of
scientists. I have not heard
of animals dying in other sec
tions from the complaint
which apparently has carried
off so many this season near
Medfra.”
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