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VOL. 37.* No. 99 NOME, ALASKA, Monday, April 27, 1936. Per Copy Ten Cents
Italian Planes Drop Warnings Over Addis Ababa
Ice Goes Out at Fairbanks—Nenana Ice Still Holds
ITALIAN MOTORIZED COLUMN
NOW DRIVING DOWN LARGE
IMPERIAL HIGHWAY CAPITOL
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Southern Forces Continue Seige City
Of Harar Attempt Cut Railroad
Connecting Addis Ababa
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, April 27, —
The motorized column of
fifteen thousand troops,
from Marshal Badoglio’s
northern army, drove down
the imperial Ethiopian high
way en route from Dessye
to Addis Ababa.
Badoglio sent out his
white Italian soldiers to
augment the advance of his
guard of native Askari war
riors, who have already ad
vanced into a position far
up the road, over which
more than 1000 trucks load
ed with troops who recent
ly arrived at Dessye for the
assualt on the capitol, are
now making their way.
No opposition has been
encountered by the main
army on the drive since the
the capture of Lake Ashan
gi about half way between
Dessye and the capitol.
Marshal Badoglio report
ed that the southern army
under General Graziani is
menacing Sasa Banes, the
strategic outpost of Harar,
the second city of Ethiopia,
lying near the only railroad
line in the empire.
Three columns of Fascist
troops are menacing the
southern city from three
different sides.
Italian planes circling ov
er Addis Ababa dropped
warning leaflets to the pop
ulation saying that the city
would be destroyed if any
resistance was offered to
Fascist occupation.
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Communist Cains In France Foretell
Substance new Chamber of Deputies
(By The Associated Press)
Paris, April 27, — Sharp
communist gains in Paris
industrial suburbs and pro
nounced Leftist trends el
sewhere in the country
arose in the returns of Fran
ce’s first vote for a new
chamber of deputies.
The failure of candidates
in at. least two thirds of 618
district to receive a clear
majority for election, as in
dicated in incomplete re
turns, left the results in
doubt until next Sunday’s
runoff election in these
close contests.
The Leftists, by consoli
dating forces are expected
to emerge victorious with a
small majority for the peo
ple’s front, of communists,
socialists and radical solica
tors, indicating the new
chamber.
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Three Are Burned
(By The Associated Press)
Wilkesbarre, Pa., April
27,—Fire sweeping a three
story apartment house in
nearby Hanover township,
Sunday killed a father and
two children, and seriously
burned two other members
of the family.
The dead are John Kohl
aged 28, his son John Jr. 5,
and daughter Elizabeth 3.
King Fuad Is IB
(By The Associated Press')
Cairo, Egypt, April 27 —
The condition of King Fuad
who has been ill with a
throat and mouth infection
was reported worse this
morning, by royal physi
cians, who announced that
he has taken no food for
the past four days.
Steamer Alaska
Passenger List
Lnroute Seward
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, April 27 — The steam
er Alaska of the Alaska Line
sailed Saturday morning for Sew
ard. and carried 227 first, 10!)
steerage; one hundred and three
Seward passengers—
Sam Kenter and wife, Ross L.
Sheeley, Max Pierce and wife,
Mrs. S Taylor, Mrs. E F Casey.
Wellington Kuhn, Alex Kavink,
Miss M Baird, C Ellingen and
wife, Tony Lindstrom, Paul W.
Jones. Anne Luke, M Rasmusson,
George Moriarty wife and child,
A Webb, C Annunen, C Mannion,
A II Nickell, Mr. Kehwick, Mr.
Danielson, Christina Wilson, Al
ice Noble. Nels Westlund, Thor
va Kofved, Anker Blenstrup, H.
Bassia, August Melin, H A Thnrrt
pson, Harry Crebb, P J Parsons,
Mrs. W W Clarke, Peter Nikawe,
Eleanor Catzek, H S Moriarty,
A H Soneke, Captain C W Ad
ams and wife,
M Hayden Gaylor and wife,
Mrs. E Hogan, Jane Sellers. W H
Gileher and wife, Andrew And
erson and wife, T J Saint Amour,
Martin L Nelson, R Moriarty, H
Hasper, Adolph Carlson, Arnold
Houg, Robert Hayd, Lela Blanche
Phillips, Mrs M J Philips, John
Gustafson, Albert LaCrosse, Mrs.
Harlow, Frank Harlow, A F Wal
d "U and wife, Leslie Waldron,
Roger Waldron, Pat O’Connor,
John Peratti, Roscoe Warren Ben
Crabtree, Arne Peterson, Paul
Radshaw, Antone Stockland, A L
Douglas, John Larson,
Bob Jones, R Margloff, Mrs. L
Roberts, Ruby Laughlin, Axel Ol
son, I R Anderson, A1 Dafoe, Em
il Makela and wife, Helen Stock
amp, Mrs. Dick Craine, H N Cias
se, Edward Smith, Mr. Condit,
Arthur Slack, Stanley Snyder, W
J Grohnert and wife, John Dyste,
John Ullam, George Corta, Dane
Mansfield.
Airplane Carried
Medical Suppl ies
(By The Associated Press)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ap
ril 27, —The second plane
load of medical equipment
being brought from Toron
to for the treatment of Char
les Scadding, whose condi
tion remains serious, after
being rescued from the
.cave-in in the mine at
Moose River, arrived here
today.
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Pari Of Ice Chena
Slough Fairbanks
Moves But Not All
Ice Is Out In Front Fair
banks But Big Ice Jams
Above and Below City on
Chena Slough—Nenana
Expected To Go Soon.
The following ice condi
tions existing at Fairbanks
and Nenana as received by
the local weather bureau,
is herewith published for
the interest it contains at
this time of the year:
The river ice in the chan
nel in front of Fairbanks
has gone out, but there is a
gre >t ice jam above and be
lo\* ie city and much float
mg-ice is going by.
At iNenana the ice is still
holding, but the river has
risen 1 1 4 ft. during 23 hrs.
There is 6'4 feet of runn
ing water on both sides of
the river, which would in
dicate that the ice has rais
ed in the center of the riv
er. It is estimated that the
ice at Nenana may not
move for two days, thus de
ciding the winner of the Ne
Inana ice pool.
The temperature yester
day ranged high from 52 tc
56 above.
Last night the tempera
ture was 28 above, about 4
degrees below freezing.
Fairbanks 2 P. M. today,
deported a light rain, with
la current temperature of
42 above, a southwest wind
averaging 12 miles per hour
President Motors
To Home at Hyde
Park From N. Y
(By The Associated Press)
Hyde Park, April 26, —
President Roosevelt arriv
ed here Sunday alter a leis
urely motor trip from New
York where he addressed
the national democratic
club Saturday night.
In his speech he advocat
ed higher wages for work
ers, and more income for
farmers, which he said by
increasing the buying pow
er of a vast number of per
sons would react as favor
ably to industry as to lab
or and agriculture.
NEBRASKA PROFESSOR
WOUNDED HIS FELLOW
PROF KILLS HIMSELF
Suicide Had Just Been Notified He Had
Been Dismissed From University
W hen He Wounded Fellow
(Bv The Associated Press)
Lincoln, Nebraska. Ap
ril 27, —Professor John P.
Weller, foreign language
instructor at the University
of Nebraska, shot and kill
ed himself after wounding
Professor Harry Kurz head
of the romance language de
partment.
Kurz was shot in the
wrist in a corridor in Uni
versity Hall. Weller fled
when surrounded by police
and near Nebraska Hall on
the campus, he fired a bull
et from his revolver into
his chest. He died later at
the hospital.
Kurz said his life had
been threatened by Weller,
who Saturday was given
notice of his dismissal from
the University faculty.
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Caveiii In ‘“Joker Mine*" Near 0 rants
Pass Takes Life of One of Miners
(By The Associated Press)
Grants Pass, April 27, —
A cavein in the Joker Mine,
thirty miles northwest of
here Sunday caused the
death of Harold Spiker, it
was ascertained in the space
of several hours, after res
cuers had du.t* him from be
neath 25 feet of dirt.
His neck was broken and
his body crushed when a
timber cracked and the
mine caved in yesterday.
He was about four hund
red feet from the entrance.
E. H. Sicgrist, aged 11,
ran two and a half miles to
another mine and gas; i
out the news of the m' ks
plight.
Five mine and twent
CC boys dashed to his i -
cue. They carried Spik< ;
body back to their camp on
an improvised stretcher.
NOEL WIEN is going to Seat
tle in NAT Ford May 1st or 2nd.
Reservation* must be made at
SAT office Now.
Suspension of Annual Assessment
Work May Not Come This Spring
The past suspensions of
annual assessment work
on mining claims in the
United States, including A1
aska, will NOT be ordered
for the coming year ending
July 1, according to word
received from Washington,
by B. D. Stewart, Territor
ial Commissioner of Mines.
During the depression the
usual requirement that one
hundred dollars work of
work be done yearly to
hold a claim were suspend
ed, although sometimes, as
last year, the time was
practically up before Con
gress passed the necessary
legislation.
Holders of the claims, ac
cording to the American In
stitute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers, should
not count on similar last
minute action this year.
NOTICE
Anyone interested going
directly to Seattle in NAT
Ford make reservations at
NAT office now.
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