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Soviets Protest Japs Invasion Territory
MUSSOLINI SHOWS WILUNGNESS TALK PEACE
Consideration Is Being Given Alaska Army Air Base
SOVIETS PROTEST THE
ACTIONS OF JAPANESE
GUARD DETACHMENTS
Soviet Government Suggests Commission
To Investigate Incidents On The Spot
Soviets Directed
Another Protest
Against Japanese
(By The Associated Press)
Moscow, Oct 14, —Soviet
Russia yesterday directed a
“resolute” protest to the Jap
anese government against a
reported new invasion of the
Soviet frontier, in which sev
eral Russian guards and mem
bers of the Japanese Manch
oukuoan detachment were
slain in a clash reported to
have occurred late Saturday.
Those involved on both
sides were members of bor
der patrols.
The Soviet ambassador at
Tokyo made the protest. The
Soviet government proposed
a mixed commission be ap
pointed to investigate on the
spot, two border incidents
which occurred last month,
each case having given rise
to a Soviet protest to Tokyo.
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Royalist Wedding
(By The Associated Press)
Rome, Oct 14, — Don Juan,
Bourbon descendant, heir to
the Spanish throne, and his
cousin the Infanta Marie De
La Esperanza, were married
in the greatest of modern as
semblages of nobility Sunday.
Former King Alfonso was in
the throng which cheered the
ceremony.
Royalists Greece
Await Word From
King George 2nd
(By The Associated Press)
Athens, Oct. 14. —Jubilant
royalists awaited word from
King George II whether he
would return immediately to
the throne, regained by a
coup de'tat.
Unconfirmed reports said
the King would not return
from London until the maj
ority of the nation urges a
nationwide plebiscite. His re
turn was set for November 3.
COL THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS
NOT IN FAVOR MAKING ISSUE
1936 OF BUSINESS MONOPOLIES
Col. T. Roosevelt
Rejects Plan Of
Borah For 1936
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Oct. 14, —Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt, the
ranking figure in eastern re
publicanism, turned a cold
shoulder to senator Borah’s
proposal to lay the founda
tions of a 1936 presidential
campaign upon a “trust bust
ing” issue. Borah made the
proposal in a letter to Roose
velt.
In a cordial but none-the
less firm reply, Colonel Roose
velt expressed “entire sym
pathy” with Borah’s attitude
toward monopolies in indust
ry but flatly disagreed with
the senator that business mon
opoly be shaped up into a ma
jor issue in 1936. He wrote
the senator “government ex
travagance, multitudinous
taxes, and attempts to sub
vert our type of government”
overshadowed monopolistic
tendencies of certain industr
ies.
Premier And Cabinet
Poland Resigned
(by The Associated Press)
Warsaw, Oct. 14, —Colon
el Walery Slawek resigned as
premier of Poland and the
entire cabinet followed his
lead. President Moscicki ac
cepted the resignations. The
action followed what is con
Pan American Air
ways Clipper Plane
Arrived At Guam
(By The Associated Press)
Guam, Oct 14 —The giant
Pan American clipper plane
today rested in Apra harbor
after a 6,400 miles, three-stop
flight from Alameda, Calif
ornia.
The plane arrived last
night, completing a 1500 mile
hop from Wake Island in 10
hours and 11 minutes.
“Gofmauleg” meaning very
good, shouted a throng of na
tives gathered on the beach.
The clipper plane is expect
ed to return to the United
States in a few days. Her
next hop will take her to
Manila, 1700 miles from here
! along the line which will ev
entually extend to Canton.
New Liquor Chief
Sees Straying Of
Some Industries
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Oct. 14, —
Franklin Hoyt, new chief of
the federal liquor control
board is hearing about a cer
tain amount of straying from
liquor industries fair trade
rules since the NRA decision
was announced, which struck
down the coded setup He ex
pressed the opinion that the
new system of control enact
ed by congress gives very lit
tle change in the rules, which
were expected.
Doolittle Accepts
Award Medal For
Mrs. Will Rogers
(By The Associated Press)
St. Louis, Oct 14, —James
H (Jimmie) Doolittle, prom
inent aviator accepted for Mrs
Will Rogers, widow of the
humorist and actor, an avia
tion award made to her hus
band before his death.
The award was the Spirit
of St Louis Aeronautical Me
dal given every three years
by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers for mer
itorious service in the advan
cement of aviation. Mrs Rog
ers was unable to be present
and Doolittle is to fly to Santa
Monica this week to give her
the medal.
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GUERRILLA WARFARE
PURSUED ETHIOPIANS
TO COMBAT ITALIANS
Mussolini Indicated Today ^ illin«;ness To
To Talk Over Peace Gr. Brit., France
ITALIAN MINISTER WAS
FORCED BARRICADE
LEGATION HOUSE
UNDATED, Oct. 14—Field
operations of the Ethiopian
war shifted suddenly from
the northern front to the cap
ital, where the Italian Minis
! ter barricaded himself in the
legation quarters, after Selas
si’e demand for him to quit
Ethiopia immediately. Selas
sie gave the minister another
24 hours to get out or he will
be put out.
Hundreds of the emperor's
picked infantry men and 80
cavalry men mounted, are on
guard outside the legation.
The Italian Minister is wait
ing the arrival of Italian con
sular agents from Mogalo and
are due to arrive tomorrow.
Defections from the ranks
of Selassie’s hordes, are re
ported by the Italian Field
Headquarters. Italian officers
asked for surrender of Degiac
Haille, Selassie, Gugsa and
Gegiac, Kassa, Araia and fif
teen thousand riflemen.
It is expected according to
Italian sources that the entire
Tigre region will soon be in
the hands of Italy.
UNDATED, Oct. 14—Aksum
the ancient and sacred city
of Ethiopia, has fallen with
out firing a shot, when the
Governor submitted to Gen
eral Maravigna, at Aduwa.
Aduwa was formally annex
ed by the Italians as the cen
ter of the newly captured ter
ritory. The capitulation of
Aksum, enabled the Italians
to establish a line of defense
about seventy miles long on
the Northern front from Adu
Grat to Aksum by way of
Aduwa.
One hundred sixty thousand
Ethiopians are marching a
cross southern Ohaden pro
vince,toward what may prove
to be the first major battle of
the war.
The League Committee of
18 voted to impose a financial
blockade on Italy and more
drastic economic actions will
be put over until the milder
measures are tried.
Mussolini indicated his will
ingness to overlook the Lea-i
Catches Sail Fish
(By The Associated Press)
On the Pacific— Oct. 13 —
The president, after catching
another huge sail fish started
for the canal zone after three
days’ fishing off Cocos Island.
Ilislioj) To Defend
Palyjjamy Cult In
Vlounlain lie^ion
(By The Associated Press)
Kingman, Arizona. Oct. 14
—Bishop John Barlow, head
of an alleged polygamy cult
in the Grand Canyon Moun
tains, defended his people’s
belief, after three members
were ordered tried on charg
es of open and notorious co
habitation.
He characterized the pract
ice as the doctrines of God’s
believers, and the first true
Mormanism.
Joan Crawford Is
Married Franeliot
Tone New Jersey
j
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Oct 14 —Joan
Crawford and Franchot Tone
Hollywood screen stars, to
day honeymooned high up in
a fashionable New York hotel
and denied themselves callers
following the disclosure by
Mayor Herbert Jenkins of
Englewood Cliffs, New Jer
sey, that he had married the
pair at his home Friday. The
bride was ilhe former Mrs.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
\Sife And Father
In-Law Are Freed
Connection Case
(By The Associated Press)
Louisville, Ky. Oct. 14, —
Mrs Francis A Robinson, wife
of the fugitive Thomas R Rob
inson Jr., and her father-in
law Thomas H Robinson Sr.
were acquitted today of the
charge of participating in the
fifty thousand dollar kidnap
ing of Mrs Alice Stoll, weal
thy Louisville society matron.
The defendants said their on
ly activity in the case was to
get young Robinson, once an
inmate of an asylum, to free
Mrs Stoll.
WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
CONFER WITH DIMOND ABOUT
CONSTRUCTION ARMY AIR BASE
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gue’s “injustice,” and to talk
with France andBritain about
peace and why Italy needs
East Africa.
Emperor Selassie declared
that his warriors would never
tolerate the permanent occu
pation of Aduwa.
The Fascists major battle is
expected to occur when Sel
assie’s warriors attempt a
Hank attack on the Southern
Fascists front.
lownseml Brings
Out Pension Plan
(By The Associated Press)
San Francisco, Oct. 14, —
Dr Frances Townsend said
the Republicans don’t have
the ghost of chance to win the
presidential election in 1936
unless they adopt the old age
pension plan. He believes the
sponsorship by either party
would swing the election.
Consideration Is
Given For First
Alaskan Air Base
(By The Associated Press)
Washington. Oct. 14, Giv
ing credence to reports that
the War Department would
build the first frontier air base
in Alaska, authorized by con
gress, Delegate Dimond today
conferred with Army Air
Corps officials.
Dimond said the officials
requested he give them detail
ed information on Alaska,
generally, weather conditions
and present flying facilities.
It was indicated that sev
eral locations are being stud
ied. The Army hopes to esta
blish a base sufficiently close
to the coast where planes
would be immediatly avail
able. __