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Political Leaders Eye State Elections
POST-SEASON HURRICANE SWEEPS FLORIDA
Italian Advance Into Interior Ethiopia Wait Two Days
MIAMI HARDEST HIT
BY HURRICANE YES
TERDAY FOUR DEAD
Post Season Hurricane Sweeps Over
Southern Florida Doing Damage
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Russia Again Sends
Note Requesting A
Discussion Incident
(By The Associated Press)
Moscow, Nov. 5, — Russia
again asked the Japanese gov
ernment to discuss officially
the border patrol clash be
tween Soviet and Japanese
Manchoukuoan soldiers last
month.
The Soviet ambassador de
livered a second note to the
Japanese Foreign Office to
day, repeating their offer to
set up a mixed commission to
investigate the incident.
Anti-British Feeling
In Italy Is Expressed
By Rome Students
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 4—Students
of fascist Italy demonstrated
anew against Britain as Mus
solini’s troops continued their
Ethiopian advance. Bands
paraded thru streets of Rome
shouting down with England
and stripped English signs
from buildings. Other store
keepers hurriedly removed
British signs and goods from
their display windows._
(By The Associated Press)
Miami, Nov. 5, —A post
season hurricane lashed at
shipping on the Gulf of Mex
ico today, as rebuilding be
gan following yesterdays one
million, five hundred thous
and dollars damages.
Destruction and death were
carved across southern Flor
ida. Miami was just opening
its winter tourist season, and
was the hardest hit. Four
deaths were attributed to the
storm which headed for the
mainland yesterday after
skirting the Bahama Islands.
Hundreds were injured in
the eight hour blow from the
eastern shore city of Fort
Lauderdale, Cape Sabel and
southwest Florida.
Nassau reported five Baha
ma fishing smacks were miss
ing. Coast guard cutters were
dispatched to the aid of an
unidentified tanker in dis
tress a mile off the Miami
beach.
Commercial and pleasure
crafts were pounded by the
waves and wind. Several
boats were tossed high upon
the land. Some homes and
business houses lost their
roofs and windows, opening
them to torrential rains.
Streets were flooded in the
beach areas to a depth of
three feet.
Broken power lines were
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GAME IN ALASKA NOW VALUED
AT NINETY-THREE MILLIONS
The estimated total value oi
Alaska’s game is $93,318,000
according to figures released
recently by the game commis
sion.
The commission has been
making the first general sur
vey of the whole territory
with regard to the habitat
numbers and values of the
various species, and reports
that the work is now nearing
completion. A preliminary
survey was made last fall for
the work.
Alaska’s furbearing animals
are estimated to be worth
$35,000,000.00, according to
Frank Dufresne of the game
body. Game birds are set at
$27,000,000, and big game at
$31,000,000.
Mink rates as the most val
uable fur-bearing animal,
with $4,000,000, and caribou
as the most valuable big game
at $20,000,000. Ptarmigan, j
is set at $7,500,000, are Al
aska’s richest game birds,
while migratory game birds
are valued at $15,000,000.
i An interesting fact reveal
ed in the survey is the spread
of the coyote habitat, which
has increased by nearly fifty1
times in the past 15 years to,
cover almost the whole of the
interior. In 1920 they werej
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Wallace Warns Of
Letting Prices Of
Lands Change Now
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 5, Dwell
ing on the dangers he sees in
land speculation, Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, warned
the farmers against letting
farm and real estate prices
get out of line. He said “Any
thing which causes farm and
land values to get out of line
is bad for the farmers.”
General Mortors
Large
Interests In TWA
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Nov. 5, — The
acquisition by General Mot
ors of a dominant interest in
Transcontinental and West
ern Air Inc., from the Leh
mann brothers, bankers and
Floyd Odium of the Atlas
Corporation Investment Trust
awaited only a formal trans
fer.
New City Horses
Exercised Today
The new team of horses
which arrived on the S S
Northwind for the Nome Fire
Department were being work
ed out today, hauling the
fire wagon around the streets.
Some differences of opin
ion on the subject of wheth
er the City of Nome really
owned the horses, have been
heard since last week when
by action of the council, the
city seemingly rejected them.
Since then clarification of
the issue has been made, and
a telegram was sent to Mr.
Dan Ahern, to whom the or
iginal order was first made re
questing a team, asking who
shipped the horses. He replied
that he had shipped them,
to Nome. Earlier he had re
ported he was unable to ship
the team specified by the city.
It was presumed at first
by the council that they could
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Issue On Hot Cargo
(By The Associated Press)
San Francisco, Nov. 4—San
Pedro longshore labor rela
tions’ committee was sched
uled to meet late today, to
discuss issues involving “hot”
cargoes from Gulf ports.
Urges Early U. S.
Ratification Fish
Treaties Canada
(My Tho Associated Press)
Olympia, Nov. 5, — The
soekeye salmon industry will
support several thousand fam
dies, R K Tiffany, executive
| secretary of the state plan
! ning council said today, but
they will die soon unless the
pending fisheries treaty with
Canada is ratified soon by the
United States. The spawning
grounds are in Canada and
the fishing waters in Washing
ton and British Columbia.
Record Breaking;
October Freeze
Fairbanks Areas
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Nov. 5, — The
record breaking October tem
perature of 28 below zero ten
days ago, was followed by a
rise today, record-breaking
1 rain and melting snow caus
ing the early ice to move out
of the lower Kuskokwim riv
er testified to the wetest
[autumnal period in interior
Alaska since November 1906.
The Chena slough in front
of Fairbanks opened along
the edges as an effect of the
thaw.
Robert J. McKanna was el
jected president of the Cham
ber of Commerce succeeding
Paul J. Rickert who declined
the renomination. Arthur S.
Brown was elected vice pres
ident and the chamber reel
ected J G Rivers secretary
and George Preston treasur
er.
To Pay A Visit
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 5, —
Canada’s new Prime Minist
er, MacKenzie King, plans to
•come here Thursday to dis
cuss a reciprocal trade agree
ment with President Roose
velt and state department of
ficials.
Issues Bank Call
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 5, —
The comptroller of the cur
rency issued a call today for
the condition of national
banks at the close of business
November 1st.
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POLITICIANS TURNING
EYES TOWARD STATE
ELECTIONS GOING ON
i
State Elections Held Today Watched
J
Eor Omens Result Of 1936 Campaigns
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(By The Associated Press)
Undated Nov. 5, —Eager
for any omens of the 193C
campaigns, political leaden
fixed their attention on to
day’s scattered state elec
tions.
Much interest is centering
, in Kentucky, New York, New
i Jersey.
An eleventh hour develop
ment was emphasized in the
democratic organization in
Kentucky with the announce
ment that Thomas IJ Rhea, a
power in democratic politics
1 wrould join with Governor
Laffoon.
The new deal will be em
phasized in state elections ev
crywhere. In New York re
publicans contended their vie
tory would be a defeat for the
new deal and Farley dictator
ship of democratic policies.
They predicted they would
win the New York assembly
by ten seats.
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Italian Advance Is
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 5, —A two
day halt in the advance of the
Italian troops into Ethiopia,
was ordered ail along the line
because of rain and the need
of building supply roads.
The present front line will
be strengthened and commun
ications improved, to permit
continuous contact between
the columns.
The Italian advance, slop
ping through mud and water,
occupied the heights com
manding the rich plain sur
rounding Makala, their im
mediate objective, while oth
er forces converged in the Ag
ula sector.
Italy, at home, went on a
six-months’ war diet, prepar
ing for the sanctions cam
paign. Butcher shops were
forced to observe the new re
gulations.
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CARVING OF CANOES NEARLY
LOST ART WITH THE INDIANS
Canoe Was Far Better Than
Modern Boats As It Bid Not
Crack—Red Cedar Used If
It Was Handy.
Some of the people of our
race have said that the canoe
is far better than any of our
modern boats, an old South
eastern Alaska native said to
the editor of the Valdez Min
er, a year or so ago. He said
that it lasted them longer,
never leaked unless cracked,
and it did not cost them any
thing.
The old man said that early
in the fall he would start out
with his tent and provisions
and go to the mouth of some
river and stop there. Next
morning we started out to
hunt for a large red cedar.
There are plenty of red ced-|
ars, but the old man would
accept only the proper kind1
I
for his work.
There are trees that are
twisted and trees that are
straight grained with parallel
bark. After a five mile walk
he found what he wanted,put
his signature on it, and went
back to his tent.
The next day he hauled up
his tent and supplies, taking
only three tools with him—
an axe, a saw and an adz. The
first thing that he did was to
pitch his tent in a comfortable
place near the stream. When
he got things in shape he sent
for his wife. When she got
there it made him feel more
comfortable, as she cooked
for him and helped him with
the boat.
Early one morning he start
ed to work. The first tiling he
did was to cut down the de
sired tree and trim it. Next
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