White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-12-12

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HEADLINES
PEACE IN AFRICA was still a most
remote possibility this week, as Eth
opia itself protested the latest move
of the League of Nations to bring the
Italo-E Ethiopian conflict to halt.
Released Wednesday was a proposal,
said to have been drafted by Premier
Laval of France and Capt. Anthony
Eden of England, to II Duce giving him,
if he would stop the war, the north
ern and southern portions of Ethiopia
which his troops now occupy 1t would
also give him economic advantages IN
the African empire, granting Ethiopia
on the other hand the protection OF
the League and an outlet to the sea.
Highly indignant, the Ethiopian en-
voy. to France told the Premier that
rather than accept such an ignomln-
ious settlement, his nation would fight
to the last man. The proposal also met
the disfavor of the small member ma
lions of the League, who fear that
England and France are attempting to
dominate the League.
AS THE WORLD gave up hopes for
the lives of two of the most distin-
guished aviators: Sir Charles Kings
ford Smith lost in the Bay of Bengal
month ago, and Lincoln Ellsworth,
lost in the Antarctic, hopes that an
other famous aviator, long ago given
up as dead, might be found alive were
revived.
Crossing South America on barn
storni1lg trip seven years ago, Paul
Redfern, American aviator, dropped
from sight. After number of search
ing parties returned empty handed,
he was given up for dead. Now and
then, however, reports were circulated
that he was alive and living with In
dams. The Wild almost inaccessible
country over which he was flying lent
romance to these reports, and his story
soon became almost legend.
Several months ago the legend Of
Redfern's fate swept the headlines
again as a white adventurer of Dutch
Guiana told of visiting Redfern, who
was living with an Indian tribe in
the southern part of that country. He
displayed a diary, claimed to be the
aviator's, as proof of his statement, and
some credence was given his story.
Shortly afterwards, William LaVarre,
famous American exporer, sent back
word from Dutch Guiana that the re-
port was undoubtedly true.
This week, several Army aviators
from Panama are on their way into
the wild country to attempt to rescue
Redfern, and the world waits breath
lessly to learn if the legend is true.
ONE OF THE most fundamental
changes in the Pacific coast football
conference was taken this week, as
officials of the league drew up the
schedules for 1886. Most important in
novations are the relegation of Idaho
and Montana to sub membership, thus
cutting the conference membership to
eight teams, and the minimizing of
intersectional contests by requiring
each member to play schedule of
from seven to nine conference games.
Under the plan, old snobbishness will
necessarily be forgotten the policy of
scheduling breather games before i'm
portant games will be eliminated, as
most teams will play games of cham
pionship caliber nearly every Weekend
Three teams will play a seven game
conference schedule; four teams will
play eight-game schedules, and one
team will play nine conference games
In addition, southern teams will be
forced to come north more often than
they have in the past.
BY most sportswriters and fans the
new policy is hailed as an improve
ment in Pacific coast football, and it
is expected that this section will re-
gain some of it's gridiron glory, which
has been fading in the past five years
TWO YEARS LABOR brought six
convicts in the Walla Walla state pen
itentiary but few hours freedom
this week, as all but two of the eight
escaped men were recaptured within
"a hours after escaping from the prison
through tunnel.
It had taken them two years to dig
the tunnel, and they escaped as soor
as the job was completed. Their alb
sence was noted at breakfast, within
few hours of the time they escaped