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Extraordinary Nite Session Congress
ITALY-ETHIOPIA EXCHANGE BITING NOTES
Roosevelt To Appear Before Congress Friday Night
SOURCES DISCLOSE MAJOR
OFFENSIVE OF ETHIOPIANS
RECEIVING RIG SET-BACKS
Stiff Resistance Being Made To f irs!
Ethiopian Major Advance
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Jan. 2, — The
first major Ethiopian offen
sive on the northern front
since the start of hostilities
is encountering serious set
backs, authoritative Addis
Ababa sources disclosed to
day. Official silence en
folded the movements of
Ethiopian war minister
Ras Mulugheta, who was re
ported to have launched
general attacks against the
Italians last Saturday. -In
formants today said they
were meeting with stern re
sistance.
The Ethiopian govern
ment termed an “odious
lie” the Italian charge that
two Fascist aviators who
fell at Dagguh Bur, had
been decapitated. In return
they said that two Swedish
Red Cross ambulance men
had been wounded and 28
(Continued on Page Two)
Nine Killed In
Crash Airliner
Mediterranean
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(By The Associated Press)
London, Jan. 1, — Nine
passengers of the airliner
City of Khartoum, includ
ing an American named C.
Luke, and three members
of the crew, are feared to
be dead, after an Imperial
Airways plane crashed in
the Mediterranean Sea last
night.
Searchers abandoned vir
tually all hopes that any
occupants of the plane
would survive except the
pilot who was picked up
late last night. The wreck
age of the plane was found
submerged four miles south
west of Alexandria, Egypt.
Mineral Increase
Of 2 Million Says
Geological Sur.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 2, —
An increase of approximate
ly two million in 1935 as
compared to 1934, was re
ported by the Alaska Bran
ch of the Geological Sur
vey.
The report said that the
mineral production for the
current year was worth
eighteen million, eight hun
dred and fifty-nine thous
and as compared to sixteen
million, seven hundred and
twenty-one thousand doll
ars for the year before.
Since 1880, reports said,
Alaska has produced about
seven hundred million dol
lars in minerals. *
The value of minerals
produced in 1935 were:
Gold 15 million, eight
hundred and ninety-two
thousand; copper one mill
ion eight hundred and for
ty-eight thousand; silver,
two hundred and sixty-two
thousand; coal four hund
red and fifty thousand; plat
inum two hundred and six
ty-four thousand; tin forty
five thousand; lead fifty-six
thousand.
93 Dead In Auto
Crashes New Year!
—
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, Jan. 2, —Statis
tics showed that at least 931
persons died in automobile
accidents yesterday in fif
teen states. The District of
Columbia had clear records,
—no New Year’s Day fatal-'
ities.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
Republican Club will meet
in Sullivan’s office in City
Hall, 3 P.M., Sunday, Jan
uary 5, 1935. All Repub
licans invited.
LEROY M. SULLIVAN,
Chairman.
Publish Dec. 31, Jan 2, 3, 4.
Stanford Victor
At Rose Bow!
Score Of 7 To 0
(By The Associated Press)
Pasadena, Rose Bowl,
Jan. 1, —Stanford football
players defeated Southern
Methodist by a score of 7
to 0 in the big New Year’s
Day game in the Rose Bowl
before 85,000 spectators.
The only touchdown of
the game was scored in tlje
first period by Bill Paul
man, Stanford sophomore
quarterback, slanting off
his own left tackle from
the two-yard-line, after a
forward pass had put the
ball in scoring position.
Monk Moscrip place kick
ed the extra point.
The famous annual Tour
nament of Rose game was
dull, neither team playing
up to Stanford’s level or
South Methodist calibre
which they had set earlier
in the season.
This was Stanford’s first
victory in three attempts at
the Rose Bowl.
Silver Countries
Should Work In
Harmony Other
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 2, —
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr., ex
pressed the belief tonight
that the current series of
conferences with Mexican
officials would prove bene
ficial to all countries using
silver currency.
“It’s in the interest of sil
ver-producing countries to
work together in the mat
ter”, he said. The confer
ence followed a program
outlined by President Roos
evelt at the time of the pas
sage of the metal purchase
act.
FOOTBALL FINALS
(By The Associated Press)
Southern Methodist 0,
Stanford 7; Texas Christian
3, Louisiana State 2; Catho
lic University 20, Mississip
pi 19; Hardin Simmons 14,
New Mexico Aggies 14; the
East 19 and West 3.
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Governor Troy
Sends Greetings
Alaska
(Bv The Associated Press>
Juneau, Jan. 1, — Gov
ernor Troy, in extending
greetings to all Alaska at
the outset of the New Year
said “Alaska can, with con
fidence, look forward to a
very happy and prosperous
1936. The year 1935 has
witnessed marked progress
in all material lines in the
territory. The outlook for
the next year indicates a
continued improvement.
“I wish all the people of
Alaska a happy and prosp
erous New Year and under
the circumstances, I predict
they will have it.”
Troy is studying the re
quest of Delegate Dimond
for a special session of the
Alaska Legislature, but
will await further develop
ments before taking definite
action.
Dimond urged a session
in order to revamp Terri
tory laws so as to take ad
vantage of the federal so
cial security act.
Are In Accord To
Fight For Bonus
Payment Session
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 2, —
The veterans’ organizations
pointed their line of attack
for congressional advocates
of the cashing of the sold
iers’ bonus, tonight, with an
agreement on a play which
they estimated would cost
less than one billion dollars.
Ray Murphy, national
commander of the Ameri
can Legion, James E. Van
Zandt commander of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and M. A. Harlan, com
mander of the Disabled
American Veterans, an
nounced they were in ac
cord and calling for a pay
ment without providing a
method of raising the nec
essary money. It was pre
viously estimated that the
bonus would cost two bill
ion dollars.
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REPUBLICANS DEMAND AN
EQUAL RADIO TIME WHICH
ANSWER PRES/S MESSAGE
Fletcher Contends Roosevelt’s Annual
Message Be Bid For Re-Election
Precedent To Be
Set Appearance
Pres. Roosevelt
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(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 2, —
Creating precedent in con
gressional history, senate
and house leaders arrang
ed an extraordinary session
for Friday night to receive
personally from the Presi
dent, his annual message
on the state of the Union.
Never before has a presi
dent delivered his opening
message at night. Only on
ce before, when Wilson de
livered his war message has
the chief executive appear
ed before a night session.
President Roosevelt’s
message will be broadcast
over the radio at nine or
nine thirty p.m. Eastern
Standard Time.
Italy, Ethiopia
Exchange Siting
Notes of Protest
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Jan. 1, —Italy
and Ethiopia exchanged
bitter recriminations over
warfare and the newest
calibre of Fascist aerial
bombardment Monday on
the southern front.
Emperor Selassie tele
graphed a protest to the
League charging Italy with
using poison gas and with
effecting the complete de
struction of a Swedish Red
Cross ambulance.
Rome countered with an
official communication in
sisting “the bombardment
which took place on the
Somaliland front was fully
justified by the proven fact
that two Italian aviators
who fell at Daggah Bur had
been killed by decapitating
and their heads carried to
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 2, —
The Republican high com
mand announced plans in
connection with President
Roosevelt’s message to eon
igress, in the first of cam
paign-year politics, demand
ing comparable radio time
for a quick G. O. P. reply.
While Democratic con
ferences shaped arrange
ments for the president’s
appearance before a joint
session of Congress Friday
night, Henry P. Fletcher,
chairman of the Republi
can National Committee,
contended that the presi
dent’s speech will be part
of his campaign for reelec
tion, and demanded equal
radio time for an answer.
Three Killed In
Crashes Seattle
New Year’s Day
i f'\ I'hf* Associated Press)
Seattle, Jan. 2, — King
County closed the year with
three traffic deaths raising
the total dead for the year
due to accidents to 154.
Jack McDonald 51, and
Edward J. Wright 75, both
of Seattle, were run down
by automobiles New Year’s
Eve. Fatally injured, Wal
ter Nelson Smith of Seattle
died of injuries received in
an auto crash Xmas Eve.
Hit By Car, Dead
(Bv The Associated Press)
Tacoma, Jan. 2, —Hurl
ed 50 feet by an automobile
which sped away, Walter
Fietz, 68T, a railroad employ
ee, died instantly last night.
Harrar in triumph.”
Fascists looked hopefully
to the new year to bring
them decisive military
triumphs in East Africa and
an end to the League sanc
tions siege.