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ETHIOPIAN SITUATION GROWS MORE GRAVE
Offer Made To Louis To Fight J. Braddock In June
II Duce Believes Great Britain Means
War; Selassie Proclaims Holy War;
Reported12,000 Soldiers Deserted
Kansasan Tells Of
Interview With II
Duce About War
(By The Associated Press)
Rome, Oct. 15, —(Copy
right by the AP)—Premier
Benito Mussolini apparently
believes that Great Britain
means war. He seems to have
lost hope of avoiding a Euro
pean conflict, former Senator
Henry Allen of Kansas told
the Associated Press, after an
interview with II Duce.
Allen was received for a
half hours audience Monday
afternoon. He said he found
Mussolini in excellent spirits
despite "the depressing effect
of the times. Allen stated:
“In spite of the heavy in
ternational threats under
which he is proceeding, II
Duce impressed me as being
probably the calmest ruler in
the world today. Apparently
he regards the die as cast.
“He has no domestic pro
blem so far as the consolida
tion of his support among the
Italian people is concerned.
He gave me to feel that he
doesn’t hope for the avoidan
ce of a European war.
“He continues to assert he
will not leave the League of
Nations unless military sane
tions are employed. Appar
ently he believes frankly that
England means war!”
Bankers Europe
Don't Believe The
Plan Is Practical
(By The Associated Press)
Basel, Switzerland Oct 14
—At a central European bank
meeting held here, bankers of
the international settlement
board concurred in a view
that the league-proposed-fin
ancial sanctions “were more
theoretical than practical”.
12,000 Soldiers Are
Reported Deserted
(By The Associated Press)
Field headquarters with the
Italian army in Ethiopia, Oct
15 —Twelve thousand sold
iers with rifles and 150 mach
ine guns of the important
Ethiopian general gugsa have
deserted the Ethiopian em
peror and have joined the It
alians according to a field an
nouncement from headquart
ers today.
Ras Gugsa reigns over the im
portant territory south of Ad
igrat.
SECRETARY OF WAR DERN HAS
FRIENDLY VISIT WITH EMPEROR
HIROHITO JAPAN—NO PURPOSE
Sec’ty. Of War
Dern Visits With
Emperor Hirohito
(By The Associated Press')
Tokyo, Oct 15 —Emperor
Hirohito yesterday received
Secretary of War George H.
Dern in an audience. Dern is
enroute to Manila to repre
sent President Roosevelt at
the inauguration of the Phil
ippines’ new commonwealth
government.
When questioned Dern said
his visit to the Emperor was
merely of a friendly nature.
He would not disclose what
they talked about.__
Statisticians Say
Only 2 Commod
ities On Parity
(By The Associated Press)
Washington Oct 14 —AAA
statisticians figured that the
farm administration’s goal of
parity had been achieved by
only two basic commodity
crops—hogs and Maryland to
bacco by September 15th.
Parity under the AAA
means the relation which ex
isted during the period from
1905 and 1914 between the
prices farmers paid for goods
and the prices they received
for products.'
Proclaims A Holy
War To Retrieve
Holy C iity Aksum
(By The Associated Press)
Addis Ababa, Oct 15 —Em
peror Haile Selassie wept
when he was informed by the
Associated Press that the
Holy City of Aksum had fall
en into the hands of the Ital
ian armies.
Summoning his Bishop, he
told him that a Holy War
must be proclaimed to re
trieve the Holy City.
The Ethiopians surrender
ed Aksum without firing a
shot. The Italians treated the
inhabitants with deference,
hoping to avoid the very
thing which the emperor pro
claimed—a Holy War, which
it was feared would arouse
the Ethiopians to a state of
insane fury.
Mussolini Musters
Forces Of Nation
Combat Sanctions
(By The Associated Press)
Rome, Oct 15 —Premier
Mussolini today mustered the
industrial and commodity re
sources of Italy for a fight to
the finish against the financial
economic sanctions of 51 na
tions. Within a few hours af
ter the League of Nations set
up a commission to smash It
aly’s African campaign with
the weapons of hunger and
want. II Duce issued a sweep
ing decree nationalizing war
industries providing for dict
atorial powers to control pric
es, and mobilizing all work
ers.
Figures Given For
First Time Army
Of Italy In Field
(By The Associated Press)
Northern Ethiopian Front,
Oct 15 —An army of one hun
dred and ten thousand men is
participating in the Italian ad
vance, official figures show.
The army is equipped with
(Continued on Page Three)
Offer Made Louis
Fight Braddoek
For Title in 1936
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Oct 15 — Joe
Louis, conqueror of Max Baer
and undefeated in his march
toward the heavyweight tit
le, will get his chance to fight
for the championship, accord
ing to plans under way today.
Jimmy Johnston, Madison
Square Garden boxing official
offered Louis a match with
James J Braddoek, heavy
weight champion in June,
1936. Johnston wired Louis’
co-managers John Roxbor
ough at Detroit and Julian
Black at Chicago, requesting
them to reply within 72
hours.
Youth In Electric
Chair Watched !>y
Father Dead Girl
(By Tne Associntod Press)
Joliet, 111. Oct 15 —Gerald
Thompson, 2G. died in the el
ectric chair this morning, in
the old Joliet prison, expiat
ing the brutal murder of Miss
Mildred Hallmark, 19-year
old Peoria cafeteria hostess.
The young machinist made
a brief statement to the jail
ers as he shuffled to the chair
after being attended by two
Catholic priests—“I hold no
malice toward anybody. I for
give everybody”.
Among the witnesses per
mitted at the execution was
John Hallmark, father of the
dead girl and a former fellow
employee of Thompson in a
Peoria factory.
Forrester Dead
After A Perilous
Trip Salmon Riv.
(By The Associated Press)
Spokane, Oct 15, —How
ard Flint, 50, regional forest
service observer and radio
operator on a Salmon river
scientific expedition, died yes
terday in a Missoula, Montana
hospital.
Regional Forrester Major
Evan Kelley said he accom
panied the party down a peri
lous Idaho river and was tak
en sick, finally being remov
ed to the hospital by Pilot
Dick Johnson who made a
hazardous landing on a sand
bar. He is survived by his
widow and two children.
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BOY BELIEVED DEAD
RETURNS AFTER TRIP
WAS MISSING 8 YEARS
Authorities Believed Youth Was A Victim
Horrible Farm Murderer Years Ago
r
Customs Officials
Watching Closely
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Oct 14. —Cus
toms officials said that any
large munitions shipments
made to neutral countries arc
being scrutinized carefully by
customs agents in European
ports as an aid to determine
whether the exports were le
gitimate or were designed for
reshipment to belligerents in
violation of the treaty. There
is a possibility that informers
in a country might obtain
compensation for detecting
embargo violations.
\ outli First \ ictim
Of Hunting Season
(By The Associated Press)
Ml Vernon, Oct 14 —The
first victim of the Seattle
hunting season, was Dick Ing
man, 11-year-old son of C O
Ingman of Samish Island,
who was shot by the accident
al discharge of his own shot
gun.
Youth Missing I!
Years—Believed
Been Murdered
(My The Associated Press)
Marysville, Calif. Oct 15,
—A youth who for eight
years was believed to have
been murdered by Gordon
Northcott, who died on the
gallows six years ago for the
Winevil'e chicken ranch mur
ders, came back from the
dead yesterday.
He is Elmer Southerland,
who today sent word to his
father, John of Liveoak, 12
miles from here, that he was
alive and well.
For fifteen years father and
son have not seen each other.
Southerland has just return
ed from years of roving and
adventure around the world.
He knew nothing about the
great search that was made
for him years ago which end
ed when investigators con
cluded he was one of the vict
ims of the Macabre chicken
ranch killings.
Northcott had at one time
told officers Southerland was
one of the victims and that
"he had been fed to the chick
ens a long time ago.”
YOUNG DIVORCEE FOUND DEAD
BULLET PIERCED BODY WAS ON
LAWN ANNOUNCER BEING HELD
Rear Admiral Now
Enroute New Post
(By The Associated Press)
Portsmouth, Oct 11 —Rear
Admiral Snyder took his
leave of the navy station here
today, enroute to take com
mand of the Sixth Cruiser
Division with headquarters
at Long Beach, California.
The Admiral’s sendoff was
featured by a salute of thir
ten guns from battleships in
the harbor here.
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Young Divorcee
Found Shot To
Death On Lawn
(Ry The Associated Press)
Los Angeles Oct 14 — Pol
ice today sought a solution to
the killing last night of Mrs.
Harriet Walke, 29-year-old
divorcee and one-time film
extra.
Her bullet-pierced body was
found slumped on the lawn
of an auto court near Van
Nuys. The police are ques
tioning Lloyd Smith, 30, a
former radio announcer.
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