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Hull Suggests Elastic Foreign Policy
MISSING PLANE PASSENGERS TAKEN DAWSON
Football Scandal Stirs Up Pacific Coast Conference
HULL SUGGESTS MORE
ELASTIC POLICY FOR
USE IN DISTURBANCES
Secretary Of State Advocates Additional
Discretionary Powers Be Given Pres.
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(Bv The Associated Press)
Washington, Nov. 8, — The
American policy of using “ap
propriate” influence to stop
foreign wars, while still keep
ing out of them, was enunciat
ed by Secretary of State*Hull
in a national broadcast of a
radio address, intended to ex
plain the country’s neutrality
stand in the Italo-Ethiopian
conflict.
The Secretary of State at ’
the same time made a plea
that wider discretionary pow
ers be given the President in
directing this country’s for
eign affairs in times of inter
nation disturbance.
His suggestion was inter
preted by some observers as
paving the way for an admini
stration request to the next
congress, for more far-reach
ing but less rigid neutrality
laws, than the present act.
The existing law expires at
the end of February.
Congressional efforts are al
ready under way to extend
it.
The secretary’s speech was
read into the microphone by
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Mount Asama Is
Throwing Volcan
ic Ashes On Tokyo
(By The Associated Press;
Tokyo, Nov. 8, —Clouds of
volcanic ash sifted down on}
Tokyo, as a result of the
year’s most violent eruption
of famous Mount Asama, 90
miles northwest of here.
The volcano gave vent to
terrific noise and a pillar of
smoke was visible for thirty
miles. All the surrounding
villages were darkened by
the smoke and ashes. No
casualties have been reported
yet. Considerable damage to
late crops is feared.
Scientist Dead
(By The Associated Press)
Garrision, New York, Nov.
8, —Henry Fairfield Osborn,
7.8, scientist who is an advo
cate of Huxley’s theory of ev
olution, died here of heart dis
ease last night.
“BILLY” SUNDAY EVANGELIST
DIES HEART ATTACK CHICAGO
--,
Board Of Inquiry
Considers Failure
Release Controls
(By The Associated Press)
Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 8, —
The official board of inquiry
neared the end today, of its
investigation into the crash
and burning a week ago, of
the mammoth new Boeing
bombing plane, on Wright
Field.
A suggestion was made
that the accident was trace
able to the failure of the pilot
to unlock the controls which
safe-guarded the plane while
it was one the ground. It was
reported that the suggestion
was being considered.
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(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, Nov. 8, — Rev.
William A. “Billy” Sunday,
72, evangelist, died here sud
denly Wednesday night of
angina pectoris at the home
of William J. Thompson, a
brother-in-law.
He came to Chicago Sunday
from Winona Lake, Indiana,
with his wife and stayed at
the Thompsons. He went up
stairs shortly before eight o’
clock complaining of illness.
He died before a physician
arrived.
Billy Sunday suffered his
first attack of illness three
years ago at DesMoines. His
widow said he had a severe
heart attack last May. Mean
while he had attempted to
keep up his revival work but
his strength waned steadily
during the summer.
He lived quietly at Winona i
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Missing Pilot And j
Passengers Found
On River Island
fBy The Associated Press)
Dawson, Y. T., Nov. 8, —
Pilot Jack Herman and his
five passengers, missing sin
ce last Saturday on a flight
from Dawson to Fairbanks
were found uninjured on an
island in the Yukon River,
thirty-five miles below here
by Bob Randall of the Nor
thern Airways.
Pilot Herman and his
passengers went to the Cas
siar roadhouse near where
the plane landed.
They will be brought to
Dawson and then flown to
Fairbanks later. The air
plane was undamaged and
is expected to be flown out
when the river freezes
firm enough to provide a
proper runway.
Formal Acceptance
(By Tne Associated Press)
London, Nov. 8, —The for
eign office announced that
the United States today had
formally accepted Britain’s
invitation to a naval confer
ence. Italy is the only one
of the five big powers which
has not replied.
To Serve 25 Years
(By The Associated Press)
Walla Walla, Nov 8, George
T. Moore of Seattle voluntar
ily walked into prison to start
serving a twenty-five year sen
tence for second degree mur
der after his fight to reverse
his conviction of the slaying
of Frankie Ray, Seattle night
club entertainer, had failed.
Twenty-five thousand doll
ar bail was forfeited because
of his failure to enter prison
when ordered.
Hurricane Did Do
Damage Bahamas
Last Sun. Storms
(By The Associated Press}
Nassau, Bahama, Nov. 8, —
Reports today said Commis
sioner John Eldridge Russell
and ten others were drown
ed at Great Abaco, when the
hurricane of last Sunday
swept the island.
Five vessels of the sponge
fishing fleet were destroyed,
and three others were badly
damaged. Property damage
was small, the report said.
Alliance News Assn.
Japanese National
Agency Is Created
(By The Associated Press)
Tokyo, Nov. 8, — Japan’s
national news agency, the sub
ject of three years’ negotia
tions, came into being official
ly Thursday when the gov
ernment issued a charter for
the Domei Tsushun Sha, trans
lated, meaning “Alliance
News Association.’’
Newspapers now members
of the new organization, claim
ninety percent of the nation’s
daily circulation.
The news agency will re
ceive special privileges of
communication all of which
are controlled by the govern
ment, which pledged itself to
respect the editorial indepen
dence of the Domei Tsushun
Sha.
The existing news agencies
Shimbun, Rengo Sha, and
Nippon Omepo. will be invit
ed to become absorbed by the
new organization. Acceptance
on the part of the Shimbun
and Rengo Sha is assured, it
was reported.
China Clipper Is
EnrouteTo Begin
Service To Orient
(By The Associated Press)
Miami, Nov. 8, —The China
Clipper, huge Pan American
Airways flying boat, took off
this morning under clear skies
for Acapulco, Mexico, en
route to San Francisco to in
augurate a trans-Pacific flying
service to the Orient. Aboard
were a six-man crew and six
passengers.
Soviets Parade On
Anniversary Bol
shevik Revolution
(By The Associated Press)
Moscow, Nov. 8, — The Sov
iet army yesterday paraded
its most modern weapons
through Red Square in a great
show of might, on the 18th
anniversary of the Bolshevik
Revolution.
Joseph Stalin reviewed the
parade of tanks, infantry and
cavalry.
Klemcnti Voroshiloff, com
missar of war and navy, in
commenting on the day, said
that the danger of a new
world war hung over man
kind.
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ITALIAN TROOPS ARK
UNOPPOSED IN MARCH
TO MAKALE FRIDAY
Deserter Governor Marches Head Italian
Army Into Makale \\ ith No Resistance
Kingston I Smith
Ami (!o-pilot Are
Missing on Might
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(By The Associated Press)
Singapore, Straits Settle
ment, Nov. 8, —Darkness fell
over Malacca Strait last night
without any further word
from Sir Charles Kingsford
Smith, missing on his flight
from England to Australia.
He had as co-pilot Tom Pethy
bridge. The plane was last
sighted by C. James Melrose,
over the Bay of Bengal. Ships
in the bay were warned to
keep a sharp lookout for the
plane.
The Royal Air Force is to
conduct a search at dawn to
day. Aviation experts fear
for the safety of the fliers
who were in a storm area.
The Nome Daily Nugget is prepar
ed to do your job printing.
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Nov. 8, —Italian
troops marched unopposed in
to Makale. Striding before the
Italian columns was Ras Haile
Selassie Gugsa, Makale’s for
mer governor, who deserted
to the invader’s side. He was
the first to enter the conquer
ed city. Behind him Italian
legions poured from three
sides.
The advance was unhinder
ed. Blight miles East a column
of Blackshirts under General
Kuggiero Santini occupied the
village of Doo.
The Ethiopian troops left
Makale before the arrival of
the Italians, dropping back
between the city and the Eth
iopian stronghold of Dessye,
two hundred miles to the
south.
The departure of Emperor
Haile Selassie is believed im
minent. London, Paris and
Berlin awaited conversations
to ease the tension.
FOOTBALL SCANDAL CROPS UP
CAUSE TROUBLE PACIFIC COAST
(By The Associated Press)
Los Angeles, Nov. 8, —
James Key, father to the Un
iversity of California at Los
Angeles football player
known as Ted Key, said to
day that his son’s real name
was Clois Francis Key, there
by ending a controversy
which has sizzled through the
football world since U. C. L.
A. authorities benched him
last Saturday pending an in
vestigation into his eligibility.
Key was kept out of the
California game, and the ab
sence of the star fullback
from play is credited with
having a great deal to do with
UCLA’s defeat.
The father who had declar
ed previously that his son was
R. F. “Ted” Key, said he did
so to insure his son getting
an education.
Young Key had used Ted
Keys credentials to enter U
C L A. He was also ineligible
on account of playing college
football previously.
UCLA authorities, them
selves started the investiga
Founder Is Dead
(By The Associated Press)
St. Louis, Nov. 8, —Henry
Giessenbier, founder and first
president of the U. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and
the St. Louis Junior Cham
ber, died here last night of
internal disorders, at the age
of 42 years.
Appointed Mediator
(By The Associated Press)
San Pedro, Nov. 8, —Pro
fessor Paul A. Dodd of the
University of California at
Los Angeles, was named as
federal mediator, in hopes of
breaking the deadlock over
the longshoremen’s boycott of
“hot cargo” from the Gulf of
Mexico.
tion. What effect the disclos
ure will have on coast con
ference standings has not yet
been disclosed.