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Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1935
No. 132.
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By Paul Million
Copyright. J 035. by Paul Mallon.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. A neat
solution of the holding company bill
deadlock was worked out nearly a
WEEK ajOt out
nosey newsmen
spoiled It. That
Is the complete
explanation be
hind all the mys
terious Jockeying
which, you have
been reading
nhntit. since then.
What happened Bbvfcjfc
hi-. j
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leaders finally E
persauded Prcsl- iu
riant RnnKRVelt at
last Sunday night s conference that
he would have to surrender on the
misnamed "death sentence."
A plan was adopted to make the
surrender painless, but It had to be
kept quiet. It called tor Senator
Barkley to reframe a compromise he
had originally submitted privately to
house and senate conferees, which
same compromise had been turned
down by them. This time the house
was to accept it and push it through.
Thus the house would take the rap
for the surrender. The White House
would merely bow later in acquies
cence. But the newsmen, dad rat them,
sent out stories about the president's
agreeing to surrender. These were
read by Senator Wheeler, who led the
fight for Mr. Roosevelt's "death sen
tence" but was not consulted In the
final deal. Senator Wheeler displayed
great anguish. He Is a tighter who
frequently gets licked but never sur
renders, even when prudence dic
tates. Adjournment of congress was act
ually held up while everyone worked
to get around Wheeler. The maneuver
was In charge of Mr. Roosevelt's offi
cial getter-arounder, Vice President
Garner.
r 'at. tai
M.M.I. u.
J .A certain senatorial leader bolabor
' id newsmen en masse (or printing
the surrender story. He denied It ar
dently, adding something like tills:
"It would be oil right It the house
surrendered and the President ac
cepted the bill, but It would never
do to say publicly that the president
surrendered."
That was all the newsmen wanted
to know. They laughed off denial,
reprinted the surrender story.
Congressmen generally speak to the
President in private as demurely as
an office boy talks to the boss. It
was an unusual scene therefore when
nine congressmen (six Democrats,
two Republicans, one progressive)
romped all over Mr. Roosevelt the
other day at a White House gab-test
on the neutrality bill.
Democrat Slsson. of Whiteboro. N.
T., hotly Informed the boss that. If
the neutrality bill failed, the Presi
dent alone, of ell people In the na
tion, would bo responsible.
Democratic Maverick, of San An-
i- Tna answered the President's
request for broader discretionary
power by saying, in cneci: i -
nnlnn t1 Pft It."
It Isn't the heat. It s the humidity.
The story is going around that the
New Dealers purposely
exuoctcd from the
new tax bill bo congress would not
remit re how drastic the bill la.
It la true that the estimates are
ultra-conservative, but not for the
reason mentioned. Tax experts reaiiy
held down their estimates hccs'.se
they do not believe that large corpor-
finm lar-ffl incomes and lnree es
tates will meekly submit to the new
rates. They believe the Increased lev
ies will be substantially avoided one
way or anotnf r.
ThM-ftii vou will find a secret de
feet of the whole existing Income tax
system. Rates on the rich have al
ways been high, but tho rich do not
pay them. The rich have opportuni
st., fnr tar avoidance, not available
to men on salaries or to professional
7 people liKe doctors ana m)ns.
incomes of people who cum their
money always get soaked.
The senate and house pa.rvd tp
buck to each other on rail pension
legislation so fast that It slipped from
their grasp and fell on the Presi
dent's corns.
It was agreed explicitly at the Sun
day night conference that the pen
sion legislation would not be passed.
The legislation Is divided Into two
bills, one setting up the pension sys
tem and the other levying a payroll
tax to carry out the system. Rail
brotherhoods want It badly, so the
,enate decided to take up the. mean
ingless authori7aMon bill and pa U
without the tax bill. The undemand
ing was that the houe would kill
the bill and senators would set the
political prestige of voting for It.
But the house leaders heard about
It and deeded if anyone was going
to pet any rustical pretl-e out of
this. It would be houe members.
(Continued on Page rlv
HOUSE BALKS AT
MANDATORY L
COTTON, WHEAT:
i
Recess Till Monday Taken
Comic Opera Tactics!
Precede Strange Ending j
Seven Measures Passed
By Richard L. Turner
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (AP) In
one of the strangest parliamentary
tangles In Its history, congress came
to the very brink of adjournment to
night and then recessed until next
Monday.
In machine-gun-like actions a few
minutes before midnight, the house
acceded to a senate request that the
slno die adjournment resolution be
returned to It. The senate rescinded
It. A recess was requested and
granted. i
At the center of the tangled web
was the third deficiency bill. To it
the senate had added an amendment
catling for mandatory loans of 12
cents a pound on cotton and 1
cents a pound on wheat.
The house . objected strenuously.
Its leaders refused either to allow a
vote on the amended bill or to send
it to conference. A hurried confer
ence of senate-house chiefs assem
bled. Then, after much delay and
wordy debate punctuated by comic
opera tactics on both sides of the
Capitol, the votes ensued that led
to the abandonment of the midnight
adjournment plans.
In Its effort to complete a final
roll call before midnight the house
turned back its clock 10 minutes at
11:45. But the action was unneces
sary. This strange ending capped a day
which saw congress sweep o the
White Hours seven measures. Its slate
was virtually clean save for the dis
puted third deficiency bill, Import
ant because of lta appropriations for
the administration of the social se
curity, Guffey Coal and other new
programs.
Sent to the president today in the
futile adjournment rush were:
An unprecedented seven-point neu
trality bill, intended to keep the na
tion out of future conflicts:
The $250,000,000 tax bill;
The highly controverted utilities
bill;
A new federal alcohol control meas
ure; A ban against gold clause damage
suits after January 1;
An extension -until March 31 of the
time In which President Roosevelt
can cancel mail contract.
Approval of Interstate compacts to
restrict oil production.
Then, to further cap the climax.
President Roosevelt dispatched a let
ter to the capltol long after night'
fall, asking that steps be taken dur
ing the recess to prepare for legisla
tive action to supplant the deceased
NRA.
Apparently certain of an adjourn
ment tonight, the president earlier
had sent to both Vice President Gar
ner and Speaker Byrns letters bid
ding them good bye and congratulat
ing them on the '"good work" of the
session. But he spoke too soon.
"I expect we will be here several
days." said Senator Robinson, the
democratic leader, after the recess
finally waa taken.
The oapltol was in a state of con
siderable confusion, and a veritable
hot-bed of rumors and reports as to
what would be done as midnight ap
proached. Apparently reliable reports were cir
culated that Vice President Garner
had determined to bang his gavel at
midnight sharp, automatically bring
ing adjournment. IT the senate request-
for a return of the adjourn
ment resolution had not been granted
at that time.
Other report were circulated, based
on word from apparently reliable
sources, that the third deficiency bill
would be allowed to die by adjourn
ment, as means of settling the dis
pute. Both house leaders, apparently anx
ious to throw responsibility for
either ending or continuing the ses
sion upon the senate, rushed the
final roll call through in leas than
25 minutes. Seldom has th roll been
called that fast.
The senate was notified of the ac
tion but seconds before Oarner's
travel would have fallen at midnight,
With hardly a moment's delay, the
senate rescinded the motion to ad
journ and then recessed.
COAST BUSINESS
SH0WSRKESS10N
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. I API
The department of commerce report
ed a more than seasonal decline In
bank debit?, partially offset by catna
in other field, accounted for a re-re-v'ton
in the level of Pacific roast
bMf.iK.- (iKlrx from Us 1935 high.
whoCeea. markets were strong.
Romance Pirates
At Oregon Resort
'Badger' Gentlemen
ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. 24. (AP)
Authorities revealed today that
romplalnts have been received
trom Seaside that a number or
male visitors at the coast resort
have been victims of a mild form
of the old badger game.
The victims become acquainted
with personable young women tn
beer parlors and the women In
vite them to their cottages where
more drinking ensues,, the reports
state.
Finally "husband" walks in. He
appears Jovial, but confesses he
Is hard up and asks the visitor
to "loan" him anywhere from
10 to 925.
Most of the visitors advance the
"loan."
NEUTRALITY BILL
PASSES CONGRESS,
WARM FLAYED
Feverish Days Of 1917
Recalled By Stern Notice
Of Arms Embargo.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. AP)
Congress gave stern notice to the
world today by word and action
that America would resort to un
precedented measures to preserve her
neutrality during any foreign war.
Scenes rivaling the feverish days
of 1917 marked the epochal step
taken by the senate In sending
to the White House a modified,
yet still sweeping, resolution plac
ing a six-months' mandatory em
bargo on arms shipments to bellig
erents. President Roosevelt's signa
ture waa forecast confidently.
The decisive 77 to 3 vote by
which It approved house amend
ments to its original neutrality pro
posal was capped quietly by an
other dramatic senate interchange
that culminated In a refusal to rcg
lster what some termed an official
"rebuke" to Senator Pope (D., Ida.),
for a statement he made In Eng
land predicting the United Statet
might become Involved in another
world war.
Although discarding 47 to 26 a
resolution by Senator LaFolIette
(Prog., Wis.), serving notice that
the senate had not authorized any
of Its members to represent It abroad
"directly or Indirectly," senators
made It plain that such statements
as that of Pope were "unfortunate"
but carried no official weight.
The neutrality resolution, repre
senting a reversal of traditional
American policy In permitting the
president wide discretion In con
ducting International affairs, calls
for an outright ban on shipment
of arms and munition to belligerents
until February 39, 1936, two months
after the next congress convenes.
HELEN MOODY TO
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. ( AP)
Mountain wilds of Siskiyou coun
ty In extreme northern California
today beckoned Helen Wills Moody
and her husband, Fred.
Said the recently recrowned Wim
bledon champion:
"It will be the first camping trip
like this for Freddie and me but
not the first for me. I used to be
a Campflre Girl, you know." They
are expected to be gone several
days.
ST
TRY ROGERS' JOB
HOLLTWOOD, Calif., Aug. 34.
(AP) An offer that he write a dally
opinion, to take the place of the
dally offering of the late Will Rog
er, waa made today to and declined
by Fred Stone, noted actor and
close friend of the actor-philosopher.
The offer waa made by Charles
Drlscoll, representing the syndicate
which formerly handled Rogers
writings.
"Will could go on for anybody,
take anybody's plfe and make the
show better," said Stone, "but no
one In the world could go on for
Will Rogers or even attempt to take
his place. I would not even think
of trying to writ for Will Risers.'
TULAMEEN. B. C, Aug. 34 (AP)
The three Infant children of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Robinson were
burned to death today in a fire
i which dcntroyVd their home here,
i They were Bernlce, four, Pat, two.
and bib?.
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ON NEW DEAL ACTS
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Oregon Solon Supported
President Five Times And
Absent Twice Opinion
Varies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 34. (AP)
The records of four Republican sen
ators mentioned as possibilities for
the party's presidential nomination
next year show wide divergence of
optnton on measures of major Im
portance acted upon by the 74th con
gress. Support for New Deal sponsored
legislation, or direct support for the
President, Is shown In the records of
Senators Borah of Idaho, Vandenberg
of Michigan. Dickinson, of Iowa, and
McNary of Oregon. But on seven Is
sues, they voted en bloc but qnce.
Here Is the record:
AAA amendments requested by the
President to broaden the farm ad
justment program:
Favoring, Borah and McNary; op
posing. Vandenberg. Dickinson did
not vote.
Patman bonus bill, vigorously op
posed by the President:
Favoring, Borah and Dickinson;
opposing, Vandenberg and McNary.
All four repeated their votes on the
move to override the veto.
Wheeler-Rayburn Utilities bill,
favored by the President; favoring,
Borah and McNary; opposing, Van
denberg and Dickinson.
Social Security bill, a New Deal
measure :
All favored.
NRA Extension measure:
Opposing, Borah, Vandenberg and
uicKmson. McNary did not vote.
Guffey coal 'bill, 'designed by the
administration to set up a "Little
NRA" In the soft coal Industry:
Opposing, Vandenberg and Borah.
Dickinson and McNary did not vote.
World court adherence, urged by
the administration:
Favoring, Vandenberg and Mc
Nary; opposing, Borah and Dickin
son.
On the seven measures listed Borah
supported the administration three
times, opposing four; Vandenberg
supported three times, opposing four;
Dickinson supported once, opposed
four times and twice did not vote;
and McNary supported five times,
twice abstaining.
BY DRIVER, LIVES
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Aug. 34. ip
Mrs. J. E. Sharkey, 63-year old wife
of a homesteader, waa rescued today
after ahe had been wrapped In gunny
aacks and tossed Into a gully to die.
She told authorities at the county
hospital ahe waa struck by an auto
mobile early last night and regained
consciousness later but was unable
to free herself from the sacks, she
cried for help until after dawn when
ahe waa found a half mile from the
place on the highway near her ranch
where she said the accident occurred.
The hit-run driver apparently wrap
ped her In the eacka. placed her In
his car and then tossed her out Into
the gulley.
Physicians aald tonight ahe prob
ably will recover.
WAR BOOM HELPS
ITALIAN LABOR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. A
war boom was credited by the com
merce department today with slash
ing Italy's unemployment to the
"lowest mark In recent years."
But the wave of intense activity
waa restricted largely to industries
producing materials useful for con
flict between nations. The depart
ment added, also that need for mon
ey to pay for increasing "special pur
pose" Imports had made financial
problems more acute.
The Italian Industrial production
index for May. latest available fig
ure, was up 36 per cent from May
last year, and these gains have been
extended.
risrkamss Arrhltwt Namrd
OREOON CITT. Aug. 24 (API
r. M. StokM of Portland ns Ben
named ar-hltrt for the propose
new ,200,000 Clartcsmss county
courthouse, to be built If public
works administration funds can be
obtained.
Held In Slayings
Earl Kimbalt, alias Earl Cramer,
was held In Auburn, Calif., charged
with slaying James G, Kennett and
a youth identified as John T. Man
gan. He denied a story ha told of
killing 23 other persona. (Asso
ciated Press Photo)
EOF
JAIL OR WORKING
NEW YORK. Aug. 24. (AP) i
Hugh S. Johnson, who made the term
"crack down.'.' common currency as
director of NRA, today applied It to
hla current Job, that of works pro
gress administrator for New Vork
City.
lu a drastic ultimatum... Johnson
announced all employable persons on
home relief will either report for
work on works progress Jobs or be
cut off from public charity. In the
case of married men. It will mean
work or go to Jail, for Johnson warn
ed that prosecution for non-support
awaits those who refuse to work.
The move grew out of Johnson's
inability to realize the purposes of
his own Job. He had planned to put
75,000 persona to work this month.
At the end of the third week the
score stood : Jobs created, 40,000;
workers requisitioned, 28.000; men
actually put to work, 6.000.
On Monday, the deadline, WPA In
vestigators will visit home relief dis
trict offices, contact home relief re
cipients and assign them to WPA
Jobs. The plan was approved by Harry
L. Hopkins, FERA administrator.
HOOD RIVER LEAD
ROOD RIVER, Ore., Aug. 24. 7p)
The lead apray tolerance on apples
and pears has been lowered to .018
this season, while arsenic and fluor
ine will remain at .01, Federal in
spector J. M. Wilson aald today.
O rower and shippers have been
asked to supply samples on every lot
or fruit washed. Reports will be made
the following day.
JULYlfSALES
T $152,211
SALEM, Aug. 24. (AP) Receipt
from state liquor sales In July were
$443,695.81, approximately 413.000
more than In June, the Oregon
liquor control commission reported
today.
Net profit for the month was
153.311.10, to which store sales
contributed 151,585.70, agencies 3B,
323.35, and license and revenue dl
vision fl3,302.l6. Sale of permits
brought In 4,244.
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WEATHER OUTLOOK
Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday
but considerable clouda on coast;
somewhat warmer" In east portion
Sunday; moderate northwest wind off
the coast.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24.,
Outlook for period Aug. 26 to Sept.
1, far western states:
Generally fair but conaldcrab'.e fog
on coat latter part of week. Unset
tled condition southern California at
Detuning of work. rrmperstiir'5
generally above normal In Interior.
GENERALLY FAIR,
YOUTH TO UNITE,
Radio Speech To Young
Democrats Hits 'Tories'
Compares Washington's
Blacksmith With Modern
Conditions.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. (AP)
Rapping sharply at "Torlea" and "the
reactionaries of 1935." President
Roosevelt tonight urged American
youth or all parties to "unite and
challenge" the methods of the old
order.
Seated at a desk In the basement
oval room of the White House, two
mtcrophones before him, the Presl
dent spoke primarily to the conven
tlon of the Young Democratic cluba
in Milwaukee .but also to the nation
at large.
"Rulea are not necessarily sacred
principles are," he said. "The meth
ods of the old order are not, as some
would have you believe, above the !
challenge of youth."
The chief executive asserted at the
outset that, despite reports to the
contrary, his address would not be
devoted to answering his political
critics. He would, he aald, employ the
same words If he were "addressing a
convention of the youth of the Re
publican party."
Hitting again and again at those
he said were "united In standing still
on the same old spot," he spoke In
general terms of a need to Improve
social conditions, health and security,
financial and economic machinery
and government. He did not refer di
rectly to any of the work of the ad
journing congress.
"Facta are relentless," he said. "We
must adjust our Ideas to the facts
today." -
Keep Good of the Past
Concluding his final "challenge"' to
"the youth of America of all parties,"
he said:
"Let us carry, on the good that the
past gave us. The best of that good la
the spirit of America. And the spirit
of America Is the spirit of enquiry,
of readjustment, of Improvement,
above all a spirit In which youth can
find the fulfillment of lta Ideals.
"It Is for the new generation to
participate In the decisions and to
give strength and spirit and contin
uity to our government and to our
national life."
The president, at one point, recall
ed to many hla recent references to
"back to the horse and buggy days."
"The rules that govern the rela
tionship between an employer and an
employe In the blacksmith's shop In
the days of Washington," he said,
"cannot, of necessity, govern the re
lationship between the 60.000 , em
ployes of a great corporation and the
Infinitely complex and diffused
ownership of the corporation."
His "horse and buggy" reference
was made at a press conference at
which he criticised the supreme
court's overthrow of the NRA and
hinted at the possibility of a new
constitutional amendment.
Conditions Change
Continuing from the "blacksmith1
analogy, he spoke then of the need of
labor being allowed to choose Its rep
resentatives to "bargain colectlvely In
their behalf." And next of the mod
ern need for protecting Investors In
huge corporations who might other
wise "be exploited" without their
knowledge.
The original concept of credit con
trol for flnanclrig the economic life
of a nation of 3,000,000 people, he
said, naturally would not be ade
quate for the United States today,
therefore making "constant develop
ment" necessary. He then turned to
Improvements In social life, citing
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A
TBLLOWSTONE PARK. Wyo Aug.
24, (pi Rep. Hamilton Plh of New
York told a group of western young
republicans today that the party
must "quit lta shadow boxing and
pulling Its punches."
The eloquent easterner, addressing
a conference of representatives of the
republican party from It western
states, described the "new deal" rec
ord as one of "squandermAnla, btun
dermanla and powermanla" and as
"the greatest failure In American his
tory." He proposed an eight-point pro
gram which he declared lbs party
should demand.
ISTANBUL. Aug. 24. (AP) Tur
key, anxiously watching the Italo
Ethloplan situation, determined to
day to kevp In cloae touch with
other Balkan pact signatories Ru
mania. ugotMavta and Greece and
to await developments.
F. D. R. Reads Poem
WASHINGTON. Aug. 34. (7P Ten
lines by an undesignated newspaper
poet found their way Into President
Roosevelt's speech tonight to Indict
what he called the "prophecies of
gloom."
They were:
"My grandpa notes the world's
worn cogs.
MAnd says we're going to the dogs;
"His grandad In hla house of logs,
"Swore things were going to the
dogs;
"Hla dad, among the Flemish bogs,
"Vowed things were going to the
dogs:
The caveman In hla queer akin
togs.
"Said things were going to the dogs;
'"But thla Is what I wish to state
"The doga have had and awful
wait."
STRAHORN SAYS
Uncover 'Old Burnquest
Vein,' Find Water Supply
'Empire Builder' Tells
Of Plans And Prospects-
New strikes of high-grade gold ore
In widely separated veins, with a fine
flow of water for mill operation, have
been recently uncovered In the Opp
mine near Jacksonville, according to
Robert E. Strahorn, president of the
Pacific States Mines. The water sup
ply for operations has also Improved.
Explorations in the workings have
also uncovered four or five feet of
the old Brunqulst vein, which assays
from 6 to $30 per ton. The Brun-
qulst vein, In the early days, con
trlbuted thousands of dollars to the
output of the Opp mine. Extraction
of the ores will be pushed.
"Our steady pegging away to make
a real project of the Opp mine Is
steadily reaching fruition," Mr, Stra
horn said. "We have planned for a
big development."
Mr. Strahorn, Identified with most
of the large railroad and Industrial
development In the Paclfta northwest
In the past 90 years, and known as
the "Empire Builder," further ex
pressed himself as "highly gratified"
with recent developments and pro
gress. There la now milling ore In three
different rones sufficient to operate
the 100-ton mill for six months.
H. Q. Meyers of Boise, Idaho, presi
dent of the Northwest Brokers, who
are financing the Opp mine devalcp
ment. has been In the district for
several days Inspecting the mine.
Work Outlined
Mr. Strahorn further stated:
"In the course of his Intelligent
planning for broad future develop
ment, Superintendent Mitchell has
been pushing several upraises from
various levels with the ultimate ob-
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Page Nine)
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ON UTILITY BILL
WASHTNOTON. Aug. 34. iVP) The
utilities bill for which President
Roosevelt waged a montha-long bat
tle with congress tonight waa sped to
his deek from Capitol Hill.
Compromlaes formed Its major Is
sues, but the president, power in
terests contended, achieved a big
measure of the holding company abo
lition he demanded. On Its long Jour
ney through congress this Issue start
ed senate and house lobby Investi
gations. Pinal action came swiftly. Only a
few minutes after the house accepted
the final conference draft of the bill
by a 322 to 113 vote, the senate did
likewise without even caillng the
roll.
repColTage
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 94. (API
Returns to the Texas election bur
eau at 7:30 p. m., with 1A counties
out of 354 represented, one com
plete, showed 18.723 votes for re
peal of statewide prohibition and
7,340 against. An old age pension
amendment to the state constitu
tion wa leading 3.043 to 2,860.
Unofficial returns from major
cities tn today's special election
showed startling majorities for re
peal of prohibition.
Houston, San Antonio, Port Worth
and Dallas reported a leading wet
vote.
MIGHTY FLEET TO
Z
Ethiopians Dig Trenches,
Fear Air Raids. As Italy
Mobilizes More Troops
London Talks Of War-
(Br the Associated Press)
Great Britain ordered the strength
of lta Mediterranean fleet concen
trated around the Sues canal Satur
day as Emperor Halle Selassie warned
his subjects how to prepare against
an air raid.
The day'a Italo-Ethloplan develop
ments included:
VALETTA. Malta An official an
nouncement disclosed a ring of Brit
ish warships would be placed about
the Sues canal, with ships stationed
at both entrances.
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia began the
construction of frontier trenches.
Emperor Halle Selassie Issued a proc
lamation instructing the civil popu
lation how to seek safety In the event
of an air attack.
BOLZANO An army of 150.000
Italian soldiers moved through tha
mountains, preparatory to maneuver
beginning at dawn. Simultaneously.
350.000 other fascist troops wilt
emerge In war drills In other sections.
NAPLES A tremendous ovation
was given the departure for Africa of
nearly 6.000 troops, Including two
sons of Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law.
LONDON, Aug. 35. (Sunday) .
( AP) The British press was filled
with ominous talk of war today.
The Sunday Observer published an
article by J. L. Oarvln, demanding
that parliament be summoned to ap
prove a wholesale strengthening of
the navy and air force through a
special loan.
"A new hour has struck In our his
tory," Garvin wrote. "With our
whole mind and resolution we must
create a strength which will maintain
our peace on equal terms or will turn
the scales as of old against any as
sailant whatever who may make our
peace Impossible."
And prayers for Peace
LONDON. Aug. 34. (AP) A spe.
clal prayer service in connection with,
the Itallo-Ethloplan crisis will be
conducted In Westminster Abbey
dally at s p.m. until further notice,
VALETTA, Island of Malta, Aug. 34.
(AP) British plans to throw a
tight ring of warships around the
Suez canal, vital question mark In
the Italo-Ethloplan dispute, were an
nounced officially today.
The crack vessels of the Mediter
ranean fleet will leave Malta August
39 for points In and around the Sues
territory.
At the same time the government
ordered construction of publlo air
raid shelters throughout the Island.
Leaflets were distributed Instructing
the public tn how to take precautions
against attacks from the air. (A sim
ilar precautionary campaign was
launched In England some weeks
ago.)
"30"
From WILL ROGERS
(Editor's Note: The following
article probably Is the last writ
ten work of Will Rosen, it was
sent by air mail from Juneau,
Alaska, on A u runt 10, and re
reived after his death.)
Well, all I know la Just what I hear
when I talk to somebody, and as I
generally do all the talking, why I
don't hear much, but Z started out on
thla trip with the Idea that I was
going to do some listening.
As I told you In a dally dispatch
awhile back, Rex Beach hit Juneau
Just before we took off. Rex seemed
to know everybody there, and all over
Alaska. That "Spoilers" I expect la
one of the finest novels ever written
about this or any country.
He hasn't been up here In years.
He has alwaya maintained some min
ing claims up around Nome, but lta
fishing and hunting where his heart
lies. He had no more than hit Juneau
there a few weeks ago when the very
next day he was out In what they call
"Strip" fishing for what I think they
call "Jack italmon." Then a littla
later he will start bear hunting, and
he sure knows this country.
He come to Nome In about 1901.
that was wnen she was really "Hot",
You see the "OS'ers" were for Dawson
and the Klondike district, a thousand
and more mllea from Nome. Then
the Nome strike took it away from
the old Klondike district.
Rex and his wife Greta, (that's
Mrs. Fred Stone's sister) they were
responsible for me In the movlsa.
They was making a great Alaskan pic
ture, and the character waa "Laugh
ing BUI Hyde". It was one of hla
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