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VOL. 37. No. 106. NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Italian Forces Conquer Addis Ababa
EXAMINATION DR. TOWNSEND POSTPONED
Emperor Selassie Flees To Switzerland And Exile
Yukon Territory Offered Alaska
Road Commission Use Machinery
Build Part International HidTy.
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, May 5, — The
preferred use of Yukon
Territory’s road building
machinery in order to faeil
itate construction of part of
the'proposed International
Highway, will be impossib
le to be accepted this year,
said Ike P. Taylor, Alaska
Road Commission official,
because the machinery will
not be available until too
late in the season.
A letter was received at
Anchorage by Donald Mac
Donald, A. R. C. engineer
from Comptroller George
A. Jeckell of Yukon Terri
tory, saying the machinery
would be at the boundary
line near Forty Mile and av
ailable for use by the A1
aska Road Commission ear
ly in August.
Jeckell said the Yukon
Territory was going to con
struct a road from Sixty
Mile to the Forty Mile area
and was willing to let the
Alaska Commission use the
equipment to continue the
road thirty miles to Chick
en.
The use of the Yukon
equipment would obviate
the diffiulty of getting the
Alaska equipment into the
area.
Taylor, at Juneau, s'aid he
would be glad to use the
machinery but it would be
too late to do any work this
season. The Alaska Road
Commission is planning on
only five miles near the
boundary, and that depend
ing on what money is avail
able in the Interior Depart
ment bill, when it is finally
approved._
WASHINGTON
CURRENT
COMMENT
In his Jefferson Day ad
dress, the President said:
“The best the captains of
the country could do for
you before the depression
was not good enough then,
and it is not good enough
today. * * * * The govern
ment must give, and will
give, consideration to such
subjects as the length of
the working day, the stabil
ity of employment on an an
naul basis, and the payment
of at least adequate mini
mum wages .
In substance this is the
creed of the New Deal.
Shortly before election,
candidates do not dilate up
on matters which are to be
ignored in election debates.
It seems certain that, re
gardless of the generalities
that undoubtedly will find
their way into both plat
forms the issue of the com
ing campaign will be the
New Deal. Each party will
place its entire stake on one
card. If the Democrats are
returned to power, they
will undoubtedly look for a
substitute for the discarded
NRA. If that substitute
fails, they are done, for a
generation at least. If
turned out of office on a
New Deal platform, they
are likewise done. If the
Republicans fail to aecept
the New Deal issue, they
are likely to be charged
with approving the chief
point for which their op
ponents stand. If they ac
cept that issue and are sent
to the woods, the sun has
set for them for good. Elec
tion day will mark the fun
oral, not of a .candidate, but
of a party. Both sides may
well look with fear and
trembling on the events of
November. Election will
amount to a killing, not a
boxing match, regardless
of the result of the ballot
count.
Washington is crowded
with the customary influx
of spring visitors. Few of
them think of the grave of
John Howard Payne, a
quiet mound warmed by
the April sun. His piece is
a little out of date anyhow.
If he had the opportunity
to pen it over, probably he
would write: ’Mid pleasur
es and palaces tho’ we may
(Continued on Page Three)
EMPEROR SELASSIE IS
ENROUTE EXILE AS
WAR NEAR END
Italian Motored Column Entered Addis
Ababa Lime To Save Legations Of
Several of European Countries
(By The Associated Press)
London, May 5, — Sir
Sidney Barton, British Min
ister to Ethiopia reported
to the Foreign Office today
that a large force of Italians
in motor trucks entered
Addis Ababa this afternoon.
The Italians fought their
way from Dessye over the
mountain road to the city
which has been in the
throes of rioting and loot
ing. The Italians are expect
ed to restore order immed
lately.
The British government
notified the American Em
bassy here that the Ameri
can Legation in Ethiopia’s
capital had been evacuated
safely and that a British
detachment had repelled an
attack by native rioters on
the Belgian legation, where
the British Indian troops
attacked with machine gun
fire, dispersing the rioters.
It was assumed that Min
ister Engert and wife, and
other occupants of the poor
ly fortified American lega
tion, were taken to the
stout British compound, 3
miles across the city.
Fleeing Emperor Selassie
was taken in a British cruis
er toward Haifa, Palestine,
with reports that he had
salvaged all his crown jew
els, gold bullion, silver cur
rency and six motor cars.
Everett A. Colson, Amer
ican farmer, and advisor to
Selassie said that the ruler
Decision on Guffey
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, May 5, —
The Supreme Court announ
ced today that they had
postponed the time of ren
dering a decision on the
Guffey Coal Act for two
weeks, when they adjourn
ed today until May 18th.
who owns a villa at Vvey,
Switzerland, will probably
go there and live in perm
anent exile.
Colson said that reports
that the Emperor was weal
thy, were only mythical. He
claimed that Selassie’s hold
ings were principally in
land.
Leaders of the southern
Ethiopian forces, Ras Nas~
dbu and his Turkish advis
er Wehib Pasha, also lied,
and are stopping at Djibou
ti for the present.
Received l rom
<Bv The Associated Press)
Juneau, May 5, — A new
regulation was made to lim
it license to one"half year
ending December 31st, 19
36, and thereafter annual
ly. Remittances should be
made accordingly.
One retail license only is
to be one hundred and fif
ty dollars for fee for a year
and all other license fees
are the same.
No licenses are to be is
sued outside of incorporat
ed cities unless a petition
is signed by more than one
half of the residents of the
voting precinct on file in
this office.
Application blanks have
been sent to all present lie
ensees.
Editor’s Note—The above
wire was sent to the Nug
get by the Secretary of the
Territorial Liquor Board.
NOTICE TO BICYCLISTS
Bicycle riders are warned
to keep off sidewalks. By
order of
Chief of Police.
House Investigating Committee
r c
Examination Ton nsend Pension
Been Postponed For 2 Weeks
Be Careful Whereof You
Speak—Is Admonition
A New York distributor
recently issued printed
cards with the following in
scription:
A Father's Advice
“My son, never speak un
kindly of ‘price cutters’—
never knock them. Because
God made them the same
as He made crabs, hornets,
lizards, ants, roaches, centi
pedes, fleas, lice, wasps,
bugs, snakes, skunks and
other unpleasant things. In
His inscrutable wisdom He
made them. Why He made
them only He knows. Some
day He may enlighten us .
. . but up to now I’ll be
d—d if I understand.’
(Bv T'ie A :<n pi-.'ss)
Washington, May 5, —
After serving one day as
commanding officer of the
Sixth Array Corps Area at
Chicago, Major Gene: al li t
good, who spent seven
weeks of military exile af
ter criticizing Wi’A spend
ing policies, requested im
mediate retiivmeni today.
■ The veteran officer an
nounced he would write a
book “in which I will show
how the United States can
get a much better national
defense at much less cost to
the taxpayer.”
False Fire Alarm
Another of those danger
ous false alarms was turn
ed into the Nome fire de
partment last night late
from D Street and the rail
road tracks.
It came in via the auto
matic alarm system and the
department made the run
but discovered no blaze.
After conferring with of
ficials today it was learned
that a quiet investigation
was under way and the id
entity of the persons who
pulled the alarm, determin
ed soon.
(Mv The Associated Press)
Washington, May 5, —
The House Investigating
Committee examination of
Dr. Townsend was postpon
ed for two weeks shortly af
ter the founder of the pen
sion movement, accompan
ied by his counsel, arrived
in Washington.
Townsend and Chairman
Bell conferred immediately
and then announced they
had agreed on a postpone
ment.
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Seattle, May 5, — Miss
Elizabeth Pattce, aged
a Seattle girl, sailr-d
day aboard an
Steamship Company
for Seward.
She will travel be b
r. 1 and airplane to Deering
where she is to wed Frank
Zimnisky, well known min
:t of that section.
Miss Pattee accompanied
Mr. and Mr;. Ar> Chamber
lain to Deering ago,
la i ng care of in .r baby
in the capacity of i nurse.
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Madrid, May 5, — Riot
ers inflamed by rumors that
priests and nuns were dis
tributing poisonc I candy to
chi,then, set fire to a dozen
Roman Catholic churches,
schools and monasteries.
Thirty two were wound
ed in the rioting as the riot
ers swirled through the av
enues and streets shouting:
“burn the churches.”
Guards and rioters ex
changed gunfire as they at
tempted to clear the streets.
It pays to watch the bar
gains in the ads appearing
regularly in the Nome Dai