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Oldest Newspaper in Alaska._Memlier of Tlie Assoeiated |>,ess DEVOTED TO THE BUILDING OF A BETTER NOME AND THE SECOND DIVISION. NOME IS THE-STRATEGIC WORLD FLIGHT AIR BASE-ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION THE NOME DAILY NUGGET Volume 36. Number 186. NOME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. per Copy Ten Cents Will Rogers Wants “Lasso Reindeer” 0 MUSSOLINI CONTINUES MASSING MORE ARMIES Joe Louis Administers Severe Beating to King Levinsky WILL ROGERS SAYS HE WANTS HURRY TO NOME TO “LASSO REINDEER” Wiley Post And Will Rogers Remain In Juneau While Weather Is Adverse: But Rog ers Is Anxious To Get To Nome (By The Associated Press) JUNEAU. Aug. 8—Wiley Post and Will Rogers mildly disagreed over plans for resuming their flight, today. Post yearned for salmon fishing and Rogers urged a quick take off for Nome so that he could “lasso reindeer.” Inasmuch as weather forecasts are unfavorable Rogers said that he would compromise and let Wiley do his fishing. Post will also visit a short time with Joe Crosson of the Pacific Alaska Airways. It is unknown yet whether Mrs. Post will come to Alas ka to meet her husband-flier and continue with him on to Nome. “We were flying over Ketchikan and I told Wiley I thot . that was a nice looking place. He said he knew of a better one, so we kept on going. He’s been to Alaska so often he knows his way around, kind of like an old settler up here,’ said Rogers. They spent the night at the governor’s man sion. Levinsky Receives Terrible Beating 1st, Only Round (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 8, —Joe Louis, the brown bomber from Detroit, scored a technical knockout in the firsit round over King Levinsky, the ex-fish peddler from Chicago, of a scheduled ten round fight. The fight lasted only two minut es and twenty-one seconds. A crowd of forty thousand people saw the fiasco. Levinsky was knocked down four times by Louis hy heavy punch es to the head and body, and was sitting on the bottom rope of the ring, in a neutral corner when the referee, McGarrity ended the one sided battle. Levinsky was down for the count of two the first time, and took the count of five on the next two knockdowns. He was sitting on the ropes, punchdrunk, when the time keeper tolled off four, as the battle ended. Levinsky landed only one solid punch—a wild right to the head. Louis was aggressive from the start. The fifth or six punch that Louis landed knocked Levinsky to his hauches, and as he came to his feet at' the count of two, Louis charged after him lashing out with terrific punches. The crowd was in an uproar from the outset as Levinsky kept bounc ing to the floor. The cheering was thunderous. The referee finally step ped in and led Levinshy to his cor ner, awarding the technical knock out to Joe Louis. Intimates Propose Borah For Repub lican Pres. In 1936 (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, — Some of the most intimate associates of Borah are pondering whether to put him forward actively for the re publican presidential nomination next year. The decision hinges largely on whether the senator is willing to run. Heat Records Are Broken In Middle West More Deaths (By The Associated Press) UNDATED, Aug. 8, —The middle west’s summer heat waves left pro strations and deaths, and shattered previous temperature records. Two fatalties were recorded in Oklahoma and one in Missouri. The temperature ranged from 109 to 114 in Oklahoma and 103 to 108 in Kansas. Floods occurred in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, with hundreds fleeing from their homes. Two were drowned in Ohio when swollen streams overran their banks. ETHIOPIANS PREPARE TO DEFEND COUNTRY EVENT ITALY ATTACKS (By The Associaled Press') UNDATED, Aug. 8th—Emperor Sellassie ordered his warriors away from Adua, expecting that Italy would at tack there, and an authoritative source today forsees a sur prise campaign by the Ethiopians on Italian Somililand ini the event of such a move. In Italy II Duce is waiting for the tri-power conversa tions to begin, but is continuing his massing of war-power for military maneuvers about Brenner Pass, and is sending: more troops to Africa. The Italo-Ethiopian conversations' are set for August 16th in France. An Italian expedition was crushed at Adua forty years ago, according to the history of the section. Authoritative sources expressed the belief that the “king of kings”, realiz ing that Adua would probably be Italy’s first goal, may de cide not to defend it but use punitive surprise tactics else where. Reports said that Emperor Selassie had discussed with his chiefs, the concentration of forces on the Italian Somili land front, so that if Italy moves on Adua, they would swoop into the slightly defended area of the Italians in Somililand. The Italians would then be allowed to take Adua and pene trate deep into northern Ethiopia and then when they were there the Ethiopians would cut them off and demoralize them with guerilla tactics. Mining Report For 1934 Of Alaska Is Made Geo. Survey Mines in Alaska produced minerals worth $16,721,000 in 1934, as against $10,366,000 in 1933, according to an announcement made by the Inferior Department late in July, through the Geological Survey. The total val ue of the mineral output of the Territory since 1880 is $680,316,000. The following table shows in sum mary form the mineral output of Alaska for 1934. OUTPUT FOR 1934 Gold, $16,007,000 Silver ' 100,000 Copper 9,700 Lead 62,100 Coal 451.500 Miscellaneous mineral products including petroleum, platinum metals, tin, etc. 90,700 TOTAL $16,721,000 OUTPUT FOR 1933 Gold $9,701,000 Silver 55,000 Copper 1,900 Lead 85,600 Coal 481,000 Miscellaneous mineral products including petroleum, patinum metals, tin, etc. 41,500 TOTAL $10,366,000 The value of gold in' 1933 was computed at the old standard price for that metal, $20.67 a fine ounce, whereas the value of gold in 1934 was computed aat the new price of $35 a fine ounce. OUTPUT LIMITED Numerous causes other than those connected directly with the actual mining limited the output of Al aska mines in 1934. Many of these were local and affected only a small part of the Territory, but several of them had much widespread sig nificance. Of these more general factors it is hardly necessary to call attention to the fact that this coun try, as well as most of the rest of of the world, has not yet emerged from the violent depression that has deterred normal activities and dis couraged the starting of new enter prises. Furthermore, even those1 new enterprises that have been start ed require a large amount of pre liminary preparatory or dead work before they even begin to yield a small production. SHIPPING TIEUP Another of the general incidents) that adversely affected the Alaska Mining industry in 1934 was the gen eral tie-up of shipping for nearly 2 . months at the beginning of the op en season, by a serious strike of long shoremen and water-front workers. Even a short delay is seriously felt in a region like Alaska, where the open season is so short, and this was aggravated by the fact that even af ter regular shipping was resumed congestion of freight was so great j and the orderly handling of it so up- j set that even a longer time than ! usual elapsed before the miners in remote parts received all their need ed supplies and equipment. S LODES AND PLACERS 1 The output of gold from Alaska 1 corned from both lode (hard-rock) 1 and placer mines. In 1934 this out- c put was distributed between these 1 types of mines in the proportion of * (Continued on Page Three) i' HUNT BEING MADE FOR UTILITY MAGNATE DUE BE QUESTIONED SOON Ariniinislnitiou Forces Striving Hurd For Vole On Bill Outlawing Cold Clause Suits Against II. S. Government (Bv The Associated Press') WASHINGTON. Aug. 8—Administration forces drove toward a vote in the Senate today, on the Hill outlawing the gold clause suits against the government. Apparently impressed by cries of confiscation some sen ate finance committee democrats indicated they might seek to case the proposed inheritance levies in the new tax bill. Lobbying investigators of the house rules committee assembled today to question H. C. Hopson, utilities magnate, il he is found. It was intimated that he was somewhere in Maryland. A break in the hunt for him. may be expected momentarily. Meanwhile the senate and house conferees made some progress toward the settling of the dispute over the utilities bill. The principal argument, the question whether utility holding companies labeled as unnecessary, should be abol ished in s&ven years, still remains ^o be tackled by the con ferees. Considerable delay is being caused by the failure to bring Hopson before the committee for questioning. Post And Rogers Arrived At Juneau At 3:30 Last Niglil (By The Associated Press) JUNEAU, Aug. 8, —Eight hours ind fifteen minutes after he hopped >ff from Renton Airport for the northland, Wiley Post accompanied ov Will Rogers, landed here at 5:30 P. M. yesterday Pacific Standard rime. Rogers stated he intended to ac ■ompany Posts farther and that hey might resume their flight to light. Post’s only comment was that he vas going to stay here until they (et ready to take-off for somewhere, t was later revealed they planned o fly to interior Alaska. Republican Fess Says Democrats Will Win In 1936 (By The Associated Press) MOODY, N. Y., Aug. 8, —Former lenator Simeon D. Fess, of Ohio, epublican, expressed the belief that le expenditures of the Roosevelt ad ninistration would bring about a emocratic victory in 1936. He said [Owever. that he believed Herbert loover would be the strongest fac or in the country by 1940. I.) Year Old Hoy Falls To Death In Rocky Mountains (By The Associated Press) CAMP CHIEF OURAY, Colorado, Aug. 8, —William Brode, 15, scion of an old Memphis family, plummet ted to his death from a mountain eering adventure near Lindbergh Peak, in the Rocky Mountains. Ro bert Henderson of Omaha, his com panion, brought out word of the ac cident. Man And Woman Rescued From 2000 Foot Ledge in Park (By The Associated Press) YOSEMITE, California, Aug. 8, — Robert Tate, 35, of Inglewood is ser iously injured and in the hospital, and Miss Elizabeth Lorimer, 23, Mas sachusetts girl, was rescued without any injury from a two thousand foot ledge above Yosemite Valley, on the Granite Mountain side, after a full night with only a scanty foot ing between them and death. Tate had broken his shoulder and had body bruises and scratches, and poss ibly a skull fracture from a fall. The park rangers rescued them. The Nome Daily Nugget is prepar ed to do your job printing.