The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1933, Page 9

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6515. ECOND SECTION JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS _ TWELVE PAGES ENGLAND THREATENS IRELAND WITH FORCE OF ARMS PRESIDENTIS EIVEN WARNING De Valera Cables Charges; to Associated Press— Gives His Views STEEL FISTED ] NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—(Special 1933 by Associated Press)—Eamonn | De Valera, Steel-fisted President of | the Irish Free State, declares in a cable to the Associated Press| that England is keeping Ireland within the Brifish Commonwealth by threatening to employ force of arms. President De Valera asserted that but for this threat, the Irish people would be free within 24 hours. “While regulations between the two countries rest on a basis of | force, there can be no real under- standing, no real friendship be- tween us and the . British people. For 750 years Ireland has ‘striven to win back independence. She will not cease now,” declared de Valera in his cable. The Irish Free State President’s message was an answer to the re- quest he declare his posifion in view of England’s latest refusal to discuss the ages old question of Trish independence. —_— - SOVIET BUYING ITALIAN PLANES | ROME, Dec. 8. — Five Ttalian seaplanes have been purchased for a Siberian air line between Vlad-! ivostok and Petropaviosk, a dis- tance of more than 2900 miles. Soviet officers flew the first plane north. - ., TREASURY SPUR Titles Are Reward for: Patriotic Collectors | in Arabia { i JIDDAH, Arabia, Dec. 8.—From | the desert kingdom of Sandieh-' Arabia, over which rules King Ibn Saud, comes a new idea for worried treasury officials. H They are trying to raise money, in Arabia for “constructive state enterprises” and every Arab has been asked to give at least five cénts. | But to encourage more sub- stantial returns, the semi-official journal “Sawt Al-Hedjaz” suggests that titles should be conferred for large individual collections. Thus, any Arab who collects $5 would be given the title of “pat- riot”; $7.50 would earn him “ac- tive patriot”; $10, “great patriot”; and $20, “super patriot.” Are Foiled In Attempt To Escape Thrilling Try to Break Prison Stopped by Foreign Legion SOUSSE, Tanisia, Dec. 8— Two persistent German soldiers, William Schultzky and Peter Boh- len, are charged with trying to steal, poison, buy, shoot and swim their way out of the Foreign Le- glon in one of the most cinematic French leaves on record. The harder they tried, it seems, the more of a jam they got into until their escapades took the ST n men adjudged the best players in Pacific Coas! . Stanford, Southern California and Oregon S ssociated Press Photos) Here are the writers and offici star aggregation. iting by the sleep of his superior,| he would meet them, Schultzky in e corner for the boat's engin- stole his boots, a camera and 400{and Behlen wandered to Hergia, eer to pass, ready to hit him with francs. a town of Mediterranean sailors a bottle, Schultzky, confronted the Part of the money he gave to|18 miles from Sousse. There, it | skipper with a leveled revolver he a stranger he had met in a cafe| happened, they were halted and| had hidden from the customs ag- who had promised to put him and | arrested by suspicious customs ag- | ents. The skifper promptly knock- Schultzky on a steamer bound for | ents. After a sharp fight the two| ed Schultzky overboard with a Malta. Whereup the strangerdls—'legionmues were put aboard a punch in the jaw. appeared from the picture. small boat in the harbor for re- Fished From the Sea Picked Up turn to Sousse. Schultzky, who didn't know how After waiting a long time on| But Schultzky and Bohlen were to swim, started to sink. Bohlen, a beach where the stranger said| undaunted. While Bohlen waited meanwhile jumped into the sea All Winter Coats REDUCED Were $45.00, NOW . . . $39.50 34.75 Were 37.50, NOW . . . OTHERS AS LOW AS $16.75 Fur trims . in this Pre-Christmas Clearance NE W! Sweaters ALL AT LOWER PRICES! Scarfs Lingerie " EIGHT SCHOOLS REPRESENTED IN ASSOCIATED PRESS CONSENSUS t football by an Associated Press consensus of leading coaches, sports e were the only football squads to place two men on the mythical all- BARGAIN . . fine linings . ... new materials . . . all included DRESSES SMERINC !nnd swam toward shore. He was seized, however, when he reached land, while the boat's crew fished out Schultzky. Under a strong escort this time, the two hapless legionnaires were turned over to gendarmes at | Sousse. Freida Schild, a hotel chambermaid, also arrested and accused of complicity, subsequently was released. Her role, if any, was not revealed. AL CRIMINAL GIVEN PAROLE FROM WASHINGTON STATE PRISON 1S BOUGHT BY E J, DAVID STERN BRAZIL GOUNTS vow vome = os o DOFFEE SUPPLY Stern, publisher of fhe Philadel- | phia Record, announces he has |a 28 to 70 year tctal sentence fol- purchased the New York Evening 1O PF JANEIRO, Nov. 28—The | 1,ying conviction of second degree Post, founded by Alexander Ham.- Government Coffee Departmenthas| purglary, perjury and being a started an inventory of Federal and | habitual criminal. ilton in 1801. The Post is the oldest large State ehouses to determine just Prior to coming to the State WALLA WALLA, Wash,, Dec. 8— Peter Miller, 65 years of age, 35 years of which have been spent in jails or prisons, has been re- leased from the State prison here and is now enroute to Mexico on Executive parole. Miller served 20 years here of city daily newspaper of unchanged 'how many million sacks it has on | prison here, Miller spent five years name in the United States. hand. Settling the definite rigure\ in Seattle and Tacoma jails and St | Will_help determine the extent of |10 years in Sing Sing, New York. Four wardens recommended Mil- have | ler's release during their terms here, Montana has 56 counties, an|the Government's destruction pol- | average ol ohe for each 10,000 of [icy. 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