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Ethiopians Claim Late Victories
ETHIOPIANS CLAIMING
TIDE BATTLE TURNING
DURING PAST 3 DAYS
Victories Claimed By Ethiopians On Both
Northern And Southern Fronts
Tide Of Battle Is
Turning Favor Of
Ethiopian Forces
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 25, — The
Ethiopian government today
claimed that the tide of bat
tle on the northern front was
definitely turning in its favor
as the result of two victories
within the past three days, by
the crack troops under Dejaz
match Wores.
Simultaneously, semi-offi
cial reports from the South
said that the Italians had been
driven from Gorrahei with
heavy losses.
The League Sunday post
poned for several days its dis
cussion of oil sanctions, on the
request of Premier Laval of
France.
Rome reports today saitf.
that more than three hund
red thousand men were ready
to converge on the Ethiopian
defense from three different
directions.
The Eritrean army is con
solidated in its position for a
new advance from Makale.
On the southern front the It
alians worked on new bases
from which to drive ahead
to Harar, Jijiga and Direda
wa.
Postpone Meeting
On Oil Embargoes
Against Mussolini
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 25, — The
postponement of the League
of Nations sanctions commit
tee meeting to consider an oil
embargo against Italy next
Friday, was arranged Sunday
night, leading to the hope
that Geneva peace negotia
tions between Italy and Eth
iopia may bear fruit soon.
The action of Great Britain,
a strong supporter of the pro
ject for oil sanctions against
II Duce’s government, in ag
reeing with France to recom
mend the postponement, caus
ed this reaction.
The league committee of 18
were to have considered add
ing other “key products” as
well as oil, to the list of raw
materials which cannot be ex
ported to Italy by League
members.
Relief Money Spent
Territory of Alaska
Totals $1,696,345.00
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 25, —
Federal Relief Administra
tion statistics showed that
the New Deal had spent more
than thirty million dollars for
relief in territories and poss
essions outside of continental
United States, since May 19
33.
Alaska has received $1,696,
345.000.
The total for all states and
territories during that time is
$2,924,000,000,00.
Uprising At Natal
Brazil Worrying
Gov't. Authorities
(By The Associated Press)
Rio de Janerio, Nov. 25, —
An army group, which fed
eral officials said, was com
posed of communists, today
held Natal in its power, defy
ing the national government.
President Getuiio Vargas,
called the cabinet into special
meeting to consider the sit
uation.
A great northern area is af
fected by the Natal outburst.
Authorities said that sympa
thetic uprisings in the states
of Pernambuco and Alagoas
were stifled yesterday.
It is believed that the re
bellion was undertaken by
non-commissioned officers in
an effort to gain power. The
government accused the reb
els of communistic aims.
Army Pilot Killed
In Airplane Crash
(By The Associated Press)
Columbus, Texas, Nov. 25,
—Lieut. E. Holtermann, 28,
Army pilot was killed when
his plane crashed in an isolat
ed section of Colorado county
last night, enroute to San An
tonio after a cross country
flight to Beaumont.
Pan American Airways Clipper Plane
Making Fast Time Enroute To Manila
Clipper Airplane
Lands at Midway
Carrying U S Mail
(By The Associated Press)
Midway Island, Nov. 25, —
The China Clipper settled to
the water here at 2:01 P. M.
or 9:01 P. M. Eastern Stan
dard Time, after covering
1,323 miles from Honolulu, in
slightly under 9 hours at an
average speed of 147 miles
per hour.
21 persons, seventeen hun
dred pounds of mail and sup
plies for \yay points were on
board.
Twelve of those aboard
were Pan American Airways
employees bound for island
bases of the giant Clipper.
The huge craft carries a
crew of nine while the ship
is flying enroute to Manila.
The Philippines Clipper,
another Pan American ship,
arrived at Alameda Sunday
from the Atlantic Coast and
began preparations for a take
off for Manila, December b.
Arrived Fairbanks
With New
Plane From Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Nov. 25, —Pil
ot Roy Dickson, accompanied
by Sam Bell arrived at Fair
banks Sunday in five days el
apsed time, or sixteen hours
and forty minutes of actual
flying time from Seattle, with
a five place plane.
He flew by way of Tele
graph Creek, Whitehorse and
Circle, reporting an unevent
ful trip. He proceeded to
his base at Anchorage Sun
day afternoon.
TWO NORTH CHINA
PROVINCES STATED
IN FAVOR OF J APAN
Chinese Governor In Charge Pulls Coup
Announces Autonomy: Others To Come
Autonomous State
Proclaimed Today
In Northern China
(By The Associated Press)
Peiping, Nov. 25, — An
autonomy was proclaimed in
a large sector of northern
China, in a sudden coup by
Yin Ju-Keng, administrative
commissioner of the demili
tarized zone.
Yin has been on the friend
liest terms with the Japanese
military group.
The new government is
scheduled to be proclaimed
Monday.
Yin’s proclamation said that
his government would recog
nize the sovereignty of Nan
king, but warned that it
would allow no interference
in local affairs.
His proclamation further
declared that the cooperation
of North China with Japan
and Manchoukuo was essen
tial to the northern people.
Head Of Autonomy
Favors Cooperating
Japan, Manchoukuo
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 25, —Yin
Jo-Keng, head of the new li
man Autonomous council for
25 counties in Hopeh and
Chasar provinces, asked the
Japanese government officials
and militarists to send troops
to purge North China of com
munists.
Yin announced in his pro
clamation, political indepen
dence from Nanking.
“I stand for the rescue of
China and close harmony
with Japan,” he stated.
It was disclosed that five
other provinces have been in
vited to join the self govern
ment. Yin emphasized that
the movement was autono
mous and not separative.
He said that his govern
ment will control all reven
ues except salt and customs
duties.
There is a widespread be
lief that the autonomy gov
ernment might spread to oth
er North China provinces and
along the Great Wall where
Japanese troops are ready
for any attempt by the central
government to block the pro
gram by military force.
U. S. Chamber Poll
Shows 97 Percent
Against New Deal
(By The Associated Press)
Washington. Nov. 25, —
Overwhelming opposition to
New Deal legislation trends
was recorded in a nation-wide
poll of business men and mem
bers of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Ninety-seven percent of
those voting were disclosed to
have balloted against the
trends._
Two Men Escape Death \l\ Freezing
After Week Spent On A Tinv Reef
(By The Associated Press)
Norway House, Manitoba,
Nov. 25, —Stranded seven
days on a rocky, unnamed is
land, six feet square, Donald
Lamber of Black River and
Arnold Lundberg of Beconia,
lay in the hospital here today
writh frozen feet, escaping
death by freezing.
The pair were forced to
spend a week on the island
reef while the lake froze, so
they could plod their way
across to the Black River, (50
miles south of here for aid.
The breaking of the pro
peller on their motor boat,
during an offshore wind caus
ed their plight.
Sane thinking among our!
lawmakers is needed.
STONE LAMPS OF
ESKIMO SUBJECT
FEATURE STORY
(Continued from Saturday)
Some Measured 48 Inches
The lamp of a good house
wife, according to Eskimo id
eas, never smoked. In size the
lamps varied from very small
lamps, measuring four to five
inches, to very large ones. I
have one in my collection
which is 48 inches long and
12 inches wide. The size of
the lamp varied with the lo
cality. If seal were plentiful
and easy to obtain, the lamps
as a rule were very flat and
semi-oval, and have a small
ridge in the upper part for a
reserve supply of oil. They
vary in shape according to the
great primitive ingenuity of
the native.
The lamps were made from
soapstone, pottery or wood.
Soapstone was favored, but
could not always be used. It
was found in but a few local
ities and sometimes took sev
eral years to make a journey
to the quarry to obtain it. At
one time soapstone was a me
dium of exchange between
the different tribes.
It was customary to place
the lamp in burial places ov
er the body of its owner.
Show Strokes Stone Hammers
The very old lamps show
signs of stone hammers and
jade chisels. The soapstone is
well adapted for making
lamps as it is easily worked
and it has the property of ab
sorbing oil in its porous sub
stances, besides being the on
ly material that never be
came overheated, and at the
same time it retains the heat
longer than any other mater
ials known to the Eskimos.
For special occasions, lamps
made from whale bone were
used by Eskimo doctors in
connection with their cere
monies in healing the sick.
These lamps are always de
stroyed at either the recov
ery or death of the patient.
The soot collected from burn
ing of these ceremonial lamps
was highly valued for tatoo
ing by the women.
Old Lamps Still Used
These seal oil lamps are
still used by the old natives
and wherever a scarcity of
wood exists. It is interesting
to note the old men grouped
around the dim light enthus
iastically telling their folk
lore to the younger genera
tion. The Eskimo girls take
great delight in playing with
miniature models of these
lamps. For various reasons the
natives prefer to live two or
three families in the same ig
loo. At the same time it was
a mark of ettiquet for each
woman to have her own lamp
(Continued on Page Two)
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