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Liberty Leaguers Flay New Dea ers
WAR FRONT ACTIVIT1ESARE JUMBLED UP
6 Airmen Killed Mid-Air During Night Maneuvers
JOHN W. DAVIS CRITICIZES
CONSTITUTIONAL MOVES
NEW DEAL SPEECH EATS
Davis Criticizes Advocates
Constitutional Amend
ments Eve Dinner
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 25, —
John W. Davis assailed pro
posals for a sweeping con
stitutional amendment, in
an anti-New Deal prelude
to Alfred E. Smith’s attack
upon the Roosevelt admini
stration Saturday night.
The former Democratic
presidential candidate, in
company with Smith, was
the founder of the Ameri
can Liberty League, at
a dinner tonight, will listen
to an address by Smith.
Davis spoke before the
New York Bar Association
last night, centering his at
tack mainly on proposals
for changes in the Consti
tution, and the centralizing
of administrative economic
powers in the Federal Gov
ernment.
Davis stated: “There is
cause for wonder, in pass
ing, whether some of the
legislation these last three
years, wasn’t enacted in the
belief that such amend
ments were already on the
books.”
He spoke only in general
terms but left no room for
doubt, that the present
Washington administration
was his target.
Davis declared he had no
reproach for any man ad
vocating a constitutional
amendment who “gives his
reasons for saying so, but
that when panaceas are off
ercd on one side they can
only be answered by pane
gyrcis on the other—then
the argument lacks conclu
siveness.”
DEMOCRATS
ATTENTION !
Democratic Club meeting
Monday, Jan. 27,—8:00 P.
M. Pioneer Hall, for the
purpose of endorsing Dem
ocratic nominees for the
April Primary Election. Al
so other important busi
ness.
JOHN F. DEVINE,
3t President
ATTENTION MOOSE
A meeting of the members of
Moose Lodge No. 1413, will be
held Monday, Jan. 27, eight p.m.
at St. Joseph's Hall. Business of
importance. A full attendance is
requested.
W. H. KOCH. Secretary
Latest Estimates Place Russia’s
Army Largest In World Today
(By The Associated Press)
Moscow, Jan. 24th—Rus
sia’s standing army is the
largest in,the world. It has
been enlarged until it con
tains 1,300,000 men, Assist
ant Commissar for Defense
Mihail Tukhacevsky an
nounced recently in Mos
# cow. Twelve months ago
the standing army was ap
proximately!,000,000 men.
It has been increased 300,
000 in the last year.
After repeated charges
against the aggressiveness
of neighbors threatening
Russia with war both on
the East and the West, the
government at Moscow de
k dared that the military
budget for 1936 would be
more than double that of
last year Chairman of the
Council of the People’sCom
missars asserted last week
that both Japan and Ger
many were preparing to at
tack Russia.
This year, the Russian
government will spend 14,
000,000,800 rubles, or $2,
960,000,000, on armed for
ces Commissar for Finance
Gregory T. Grinko stated.
Last year’s army budget
amounted to 6,500,000,000
rubles but the actual ex
penditures amounted to
about 2,000,000,000 rubles
additional.
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French Heavy
Wins Decision
From German
(By The Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 25, —
Andre Lenglet, French
heavyweight, won a ten
round victory over Hans
Birkie of Germany Friday
night.
Lenglet weighed 208,
and Birkie 189. It wasn’t
much of a fight, but the
Frenchman showed the
small gallery of customers
that he is a real heavy
weight prospect, who may
be heard from later. Leng
let was credited with win
ning eight rounds, and the
German, only two.
"Single’' Money
£>e Used Palmer
Not Yet Arrived
( Bv The Associated Press i
Palmer, Jan. 25, —Tok
ens minted by the federal
government, to be used as
money among the colonists
was announced today.
While mainly for the pur
pose of commissary pur
chases, the tokens, already
dubbed “bingles” may be
used for any purpose to
which money is usually put.
None of the tokens have
been received here yet.
INTERIOR MAN DIS
APPEARS ON KOYU
KUK TRAIL IN DEC.
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Jan. — Den
nis O’Keefe, former Fair
banks boxer, has not been
reported since he left Chan
dalar for Wiseman, 52 days
ago, over the Koyukuk
trail. This is according to
a letter received here by
Postmaster R. J. Sheldon
from Bart Bartley, partner
of O’Keefe. The two men
have been mining on Little
Squaw Creek.
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6 Airmen Killed
Hawaii Collision
Mid-Air at Night
(By The Associated Press)
Honolulu, Jan. 25, —Six
airmen were killed in flam
ing planes, when two open
cockpit army bombing plan
es collided in mid-air last
night, during night man
euvers over Ford Island,
Hawaii’s military air base.
Two others escaped with
minor • injuries by leaping
with their parachutes. An
army investigation was or
dered to begin today.
The victims were Lieut.
William G. Bear, Staff Ser
geant Bernard F. Jablonow
ski, privates John B. Hart
man, Bruce Taylor, Tru
man J. Gardner, and M.
Parkhurst.
The pair who escaped
were Lieut. Charles E.
Fisher and private Thomas
E. Lanigan.
The planes were flying
at less than a thousand feet
abov^e the ground when the
crash occurred.
Fisher s parachute tailed
to open and he shot like a
bullet toward the ground,
scarcely a hundred feet
from the ground his chute
caught on a rope extend
ing from an oil tank to the
ground, which left him
dangling but a few yards
above the field.
Pilots Crosson
And Hall P A A
Land at Seattle
(By The Associated Press)
Seattle, Jan. 25, —Joe
Crosson, veteran pilot for
the Pacific Alaska Airways,
landed a PAA plane here
at 5:10 P. M. Friday, com
pleting a six hour flight
from Juneau. He was ac
companied by co-pilot Wal
ter Hall. They announced
they were enroute to Bur
bank, California, to give
the plane an overhaul.
Crosson said he planned
to stop at Prince George or
Vancouver, but because the
weather was favorable, he
decided to come on to Seat
tle.
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CONFLICTING NEWS LOSSES
ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN IL
DUCE S TROOPS ETHIOPIANS
One Report Says Thousands killed And
Other Says The Opposite
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Reports W olves
Nome, And N. W.
Alaska Increase
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Jan. 25, — Ad
vices of vast increases in
the number of wolves in
the Nome section and north
western Alaska, were re
ceived by the Governor’s
office in a request from
Paul Stafford, acting rein
deer supervisor, that meas
ures be taken to extermin
ate the predatory animals.
Wolves, running in large
packs, have killed as many
as sixty reindeer in one
night. The reduction in the
number of wolves is vitally
necessary before the fawm
ing season, Stafford said.
Reports from Noorvik.
Kiana, Selawik, and Noa
tak also state large wolf
depredations.
Poisoning is prohibited
under Alaska law. Trapp
ing is believed to be the
best method of control, but
experienced men are re
quired, it was slated.
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Undated, Jan. 25, — The
Fascist high command on
1he northern Ethiopian
front reported casualties in
the Tembion offensive of
783 men. They also claim
ed that 5,000 Ethiopians
died.
Marshal Badoglio set his
losses at 453 Italians and
three hundred and ten na
tives—a high mark for loss
es of the invaders.
The Ethiopian govern
ment said that troops en
circling Makale lr d wiped
out two Italian columns,
and killed captured or
wounded, thousands more
of the enemy in engage
ments in that region.
Mussolini dispatched a
thousand four hundred
more troops to Africa to
day, among them his neph
ew Gennaria Moschi.
The Ethiopian war office re
ported the capture of ten
if a .an cannon and a hun
dred machine guns.
League members await
'd action next week of com
mittee exports u '.signaled
to canvass the eft iveness
of existing sanctions again
st I:aiy. Assembly experts
we e called to most Feb
ruary third to consider the
practicality oi an oil em
bargo. The council ad
journed with the considera
tion of war problems._
Federal Reserve Board Issues
New Order To Stock Markets
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 25, —
The Federal Reserve Board
issued an order effective
February 1st, requiring
more than a twenty per
cent increase in margin re
quirements on most securi
ties. The board gave no ex
planation, but one official
said privately, that it was
obviously intended to slow
down any incipient stock:
market boom.
The order applies only
to new accounts after Feb
ruary 1st.
After the order becomes
effective, a man buying
stock will have to put up
55 instead of 45 percent of
the purchase price.
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