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German Ambassador to U. S. is Summoned Home
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Nansen Office Refugees Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Legion Pledged
Uphold Policies
Pres. Roosevelt
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17 f/P)
—The American Legion is pledg
ed to uphold Roosevelt’s policies
m the international situation, as
its National Executive Commit
tee began a two-day meeting.
National Commander Stephen F.
Chadwick of Seattle said the Le
gion was in accord with the Pres
jdent’s action regarding “shock
ing reversals to tolerance and
civilization which have filled the
press of the world in recent
weeks.”
U. S. and Britain
Enjoy 2-5 of All
World Trade
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Ah—
The United States signed with
■Great Britain and Canada, the
trade agreement which the State
41 Department said contained con
cessions which greatly benefit
American industry and agricul
ture. “Substantial concessions on
farm products were secured from
the United Kingdom, also main
concessions were obtain on in
dustrial products in all countries
covered by these agreements,
since the expansion of the ex
ports of factory products adds to
f ihe buying power of American
, v age earners for the products of
the soil.” The department de
clared that the U. S. and Britain
enjoy two-fifths of the worlds
trade and that the British Isles
and Canada are this country’s
first and second best customers.
THE KEGOAYAH KOZGA
Lending Library, is located at
Polet’s Branch Store. Book ren
tal ten cents a week.
Daladier Planning
Dissolve Chamber
PARIS, Nov. 17 (/P)—■ Premier
Daladier was reported by Depu
ties to be planning to dissolve
the Chamber of Deputies and
rule France for a time without a
parliament, if it refuses to ratify
his three-year plan for revising
French economy. Such a step
was reported under consider
ation as socialists and commun
ists massed forces to fight the
cabinet’s economic financial de
rees. A general confederation of
labor with an enrollment of five
million workers will be called
for a general strike if necessary
to defeat the decrees.
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Two are Killed
& Five Injured
In Navy Crash
HONOLULU, Nov. 18 m —
Two navy fliers were killed and
five others injured last night
when a navy bomber of VP-10
squadron crashed into a boat
house at the fleet air base during
an attempted landing.
The killed were Lieutenant P.
H. Ashworth of Wenham, Mass;
and aviation cadet J. M. Beam of
Bardstown, Kentucky. Lieuten
ant Commander A. R. Brady, ex
ecutive officer of the squadron
was taken to naval hospital, suf
fering from shock from submerg
ence. but his conditions is not
believed to be critical. The other
four were inlisted men just slight
ly injured.
The plane apparently touched
the water as it was about to land
on the channel, then crashed into
the boathouse when trying to
rise again.
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masked men, protected from fumes of arsenic-sawdust
' bran mixture, spread death for the grasshoppers in western Texas.
i 1 Poison Is laid down In 100-foot strips. National guardsmen are aid*
j Ing •anchtrs In the fight near I'slhart, Tex.
END IS NEAR for these grasshoppers gathered bv I’at f'o
raite (left) and .1. \V. Hogue along the 'hopper battle grounds .u
Texas. About 500 persons have been fighting near Haitian to
poison grasshoppers while they're still wingless
Telegraphic Briefs
KING AND QUEEN
ACCEPT INVITATION
LONDON, Nov. — The King
and Queen of England have ac
cepted the invitation of Presi
dent Roosevelt to visit the
United States during their trip
to Canada in 1939.
ENGLAND ORDERS
50 U. S. BOMBERS
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LONDON, Nov. — The recent
; order for 50 bombers placed with
American manufacturers was
confirm ed.
ASKS FOR BIDS FOR
NEW DIRIGIBLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. — Bids
will be asked for construction of
a dirigible, 325 feet long, as au
thorized by the last session of
Congres. The new sky ship will
contain 1,000,000 cubic feet of
helium. Construction will require
two years.
PIIOTOKD SALLY
FROM AN ANGLE
HOLLYWOOD. Nov. — Sally
Rand appeared in Court here in
an assault and battery charge
brought against her for attack
; ing two photographers who had
i “shot” her from an “angle.” She
was fined $25.
JAPS ISSUING SCRIPT PAPER
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SHANGHAI, Nov. — Inflation
of Japanese money is under way
in this Chinese city. Japanese
, army men are issuing script in
payment for local supplies and in
payment for labor. The script is
1 redeemable in Japanese currency,
$70,000 FORGOTTEN BY
OMAHA DEPOSITORS
OMAHA, Nov. — There is
$70,000 on deposit in the banks
of this city, listed as dead ac
counts forgotten by depositors.
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ANCIENT "FLOOR
BOTHERS DRILLERS
WASHINGTON, Nov. — A
“wooden floor” of logs buried at
great depths by ancient glaciers
has been giving oil drillers con
siderable trouble in Fayette
County.
One log 20 inches in diameter
was struck at the 55-foot depth
between difficult hardpan depos
its. The drillers had to resharpen
drills repeatedly to get through.
NEEDS WOMAN
STREET SUPERINTENDENT
PORTLAND Nov. — Tin City
council tabled the request of Mrs.
J. C. Woodman who complained
of dirty Streets in the city and
suggested that a women be ap
pointed street superintendent.
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CORNFIELD S THE ROCKPILE for prisoners captured by Egypt’s desert police In
campaign to rid the country of hasheesh smugglers. Hasheesh, a plant whose leaves and stalks are a
narcotic plague in Egypt, Is sometimes smuggled with aid of camels—a small, shaved, hiding spot be
ing covered over with loose camel hair. Above corn Is growing In soil transplanted from the Nile.
German Ambass
ador To America
Summoned Home
BERLIN Nov. 18 </P) — An
official German news agency said
that Hans DieckhofT. German
ambassador to the United States
was summoned home to report to
Foreign Minister Joachim. Von
R'bbentrop. The announcement
said the ambassador would “in
form the foreign minister in de
tail concerning the queer atti
tude towards events in Germany
of a domestic nature, which is
apparent from declarations by
President Roosevelt and other
authoritative personalities in the
United States." U. S. Ambassa
dor Wilson is already on his way
home.
Canadian Mail
Plane Crashes
REGINA, Saskatchewan, Nov.
18 (/Pi — Pilot D. Imrie and co
pilot P. Hill were killed when
a westbound Trans-Canadia Air
lines mail plane crashed a few
miles west of here.
9-POWER TREATY
IS DOOMED
TOKYO, Nov. — Enbre elim
ination of British and French in
fluence in China, as announced
by the Japanese government,
means the doom of the nine-pow
er naval treaty which embrace.'
the United States Simultaneous
ly with the closed door policy
and open door program to be per
mitted Germany and Italy and
Japan, it was announced with
drawal of cultural and economic
committees from the League of
Nations.
Eleven Die In
Crush To See
Dead President
INSTANBUL, Turkey. Nov. 1*
— Eleven persons died and
many were injured, and others
fainted in a crush of persons try
ing to get into Dolma Batch*
Palace to view the body of late
President Kama! Ataturk. Most
of the casualties were women.
Nobel Peace
Prize for 1938
Is Awarded
OSLO, Nov. 17 </P>—The Nobel
Peace Prize for 1938 was award
ed to the Nansen Office for Ref
ugees. in Geneva. This is th«
fourth time the award has gone
'to an institution rather than to
an individual.
In 1922 the prize was awarded
to the late Fridtjof Nansen, who
gave his name to the office. Th*
honored prize, last year, went to
Viscount Cecil Chelwood, Presi
dent of the League of Nations
Union.
Daughter Is
Born to Egypt
Royal Family
CAIRO, Nov. 17 (/P)—A dau
ghter was born to Egyptian King
Farouk and his young queen Far
ida. Since the child is a girl, th$
heir apparent to the throne con
tinues to be Prince Mohamed
Aly, Farouk’s elderly cousin.
Card Party and Dance, Sat. Nov. 19th, I.O.O.F Hall
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