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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
Concerning:
Will Rogers
Says:

The feature in The Washington
Times, where for several years
Washingtonians have read the
humor and philosophy Of Will
Rogers, is missing today. And it
will never appear again.
It was in 1892 that the editor
of The Times decided to run the
daily feature by Mr.. Rogers, and
ever since that time it has been
a most popular and widely read
feature.
Only yesterday came a letter
from the feature syndicate which
distributed the Rogers column, ex
planning:
"Will Rogers is taking an ex.
tended airplane trip with Wiley
Post. One of his purposes in
doing this is to secure material
that will lend variety to his daily
feature.
cat some of the remote places
they plan to visit there will un-
doubleday be no telegraph COM
munications available. This will
necessitate the occasional OmiS-
sion Of the dispatch for a day
Or two until he can reach the
next telegraph office. Therefore,
If any lapSeS in service occur,
you will understand the reason
for them.
while on the trip Mr.. Rogers
will recount his experiences and
some Of the dispatches will be
longer than usual"
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The message stated that both
had been apparently killed in
stantly" and that both bodies
were bruised. This fact also was
borne out by Morgan's statement
that although he we able to re-
cover the body of Rogers imme-
diately, he found it necessary to
tear the plane apart in order to
extract the body of Post.
Only a few Eskimos were the
witnesses to one of the most
tragic aeronautical disasters in
the history of this nation. They
apparently had given directions
to Post when he landed and then
stood on the bank of the little
river to watch the machine with
its two illustrious occupants take
off only to crash to destruction a
few moments later.
Apparently too shocked and
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was not SuperStitious, but he con.
Stantly knocked on wood.
Hated Full Dress
He dreaded to attend 8 function
where he was forced to wear even
ing clothes.
He had been abroad seven or
eight times, but still thought the
United States was the only coun-
try in the world.
Perhaps his greatest silent pic
ture was "Jubilo," which he made
for Pathe over decade ago. Later
he made this into a talking pic
ture.
On the set Rogers tried to make
even the lowliest extra feel his
equal. The highly respected actor
frequently would stop in the mid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-16
R0GERS-P0ST.
PLANS KEPT
SECRET
Both Refused to Say
Exactly What They
Intended to Do

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. is G.N.SD.
Will Rogers and Wiley Post sur.
rounded with mystery the start
Of the Alaska flight which ended
tragically today.
First news Of the venture came
from New York on July 6, when
the Soviet Embassy announced
permission had been given Wiley
Post, Mrs. Post and Fay ellis
wells, wife of Linton Wells, world
traveller and writer, to make q
flight across Siberia to Moscow.
The intended route backtracked
the famous world-girdling flight
of Post with Harold Gatty in 1881.
Three weeks later a rumor was
published that Rogers might &C.
company Post and Mrs. Post across
Siberia to Moscow. It was learned
that q previous passport Rogers
used while in Russia was still
valid.
Purchased New Plane
Meanwhile, Post had purchased
a new red monoplane, which en-
bodied the latest in aircraft con-
struction, and was fitted with pom.
toonS for overseas flying.
On July Is, when Post and his
wife were preparing to take off
in their new plane from Union
Air Terminal, Rogers appeared
nonchalantly at the station,
bought a magazine and a pack
age Of chewing gum and stepped
aboard the plane.
RumorS at once were circulated
that their destination was Alaska.
Next day a dispatch from Albu.
querque, N. M. told of the famous
pair vacationing in the hills of
northern New Mexico, fishing
trout instead of hunting Siberian
tigers.
From Albuquerque Post and
Mrs. Post flew by easy stages to
Seattle, while Rogers returned to
Los Angeles.
On August 7, Post and Rogers
took off from a secluded airport
near Seattle, on the first leg of
their Alaskan flight. Mrs. Pos
made a last-minute decision tc
remain behind. ...e.
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ROGERS Wit
RECALLEDBY
HIS DEATH
Sharp Wisecracks Al
Might Won Peoples
Heart


His ready and sometimes barbed
wit, directed at the mighty more
often than the lowly, won for Will
Rogers q place in the hearts Of
the American public. Sharp a.
the famous Rogers wisecracks
sometimes were, they never were
offensive.
Some of his best gems were re
called today.
In 1882, Rogers met Filipino
government clerk and promised
freedom to the islands, adding:
what do you want independ-
ence for? You'll get off as bad
rs we are then. We've got in
dependence and look at us.
You've got to have q sense Of
humOr to have independence
nowadays"
BECOMES MAYOR
When he inaugurated as mayor
Of Beverley Hills, Cal, in 1926
Rogers told his well-wishers:
Il won't promise an honest
administration, but I'll promise
to split fifty.fifty with you.
And If we can't make expenses
that way, we'll start = taber-
nacIe."
That was at a time when Aimee
Semple Mcpherson. Los Angeles
evangelist, was wildly in the
news.
On current events Rogers com
mented freely. Some Of thes'
choice wisecracks were:
"They all say the Government
can't do anything toward run
ming any business, but they
break their necks to see that it
don't try"
SENATE IS BUTT
"Our Constitution protects
aliens, DRINKS and q. S. SEN
atOrS. There ought to be one
day q year (juSt One) when
there is an open season on Sen.
atOrS."
Here are some typical bits OF
Will Rogers humor, from recent
dispatches.
On the New Deal, after the Su
preme Court decision:
"She went to the bat three
times yesterday, with the Su-
preme Court pitching, and she
struck out each time"
On a quiet day in world news:
Congress laid dormant, Hit
Ter was refueling and MuSsOlini
was changing a record"
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mighty good men have been lost
to the world. Will was one Of
my best friends. I just can't
talk about it."
UNIQUE TRIBUTE
A unique tribute came from
Representative Will Rogers (DO
Oklahoma, whom the humorist
used to kid because of their identi.
cal names. He said:
Oklahoma has lost its great
est son. He endorsed me for
Congress and his endorsement
was worth $4,000 votes"
Speaker Joe Byrns, another
friend of Wills, said:
II am stunned. You know,
had q premOnition of this.
told my wife several days ago
that will should not have gone
on this trip to Siberia. This
whole country loved that man."
Senator William G. McAdoo CD
of CALIFORNIA, president of the Ma
tional Aeronautical Association, q
constant flier himself and a close
friend Of Rogers, said:
This is most tragic. Will ROg-
erS was a unique character in
America, and his loss will be
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Rogers often declared that he
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vented him from taking witty pot
shots at the powers that be.
Former Vice President Charles
Gates Dawes, of Evanston, and
Rogers were close friends, and
Dawes was the recipient of many
Rogerisms while the Evanstonian
ruled over the Senate in the Hell
n Maria" days during the last
Calvin Coolidge administration.
In recent years, Rogers devoted
most of his time to the motion
pictures and became one of the
highest paid stars in Hollywood.
He appeared in more than a
score of pictures, the latest of
which were Life Begins at 40"
and Doubling Thomas"
Comic in 1903
A great wad Of gum and a
droll Oklahoma drawl were
Rogers chief stage and cinema
props" other than his wit.
Although who's Who in Cali.
fornia" lists Rogers first vaude-
vile appearance as occurring in
1905 at the HammerStein's roof
garden, Rogers himself in 1894
gave a party in Hollywood for
George Wirth, circus owner, and
announced that it was Wirth who
gave him his first job before
the public. That, he said, was
in 1908 and he wore a black and
red velvet costume.
Will Rogers made his first ap.
pearance on the legitimate stage
in Chicago at SIS a week.
It was early in 1900. Prior to
that time Rogers had been per
forming his now-famouS Texas
pony and lariat act exclusively on
the vaudeville circuits.
George w. Lederer, pioneer Chi
cago producer, was one of the first
to recognize Rogers inherent
sense of humor. Lederer engaged
the comedian to appear in THE
Girl Rangers" at the Auditorium
Theater in Chicago.
Brilliant Debut
The producers wife, Rene Da.
vies, sister of Marion Davies, was
in the leading role of 1.-THE Girl
Rangers. Rogers "bit" fit in per-
fectly and he scored an individual
success. Critics predicted a bril-
liant future for him.
Will Rogers pioneering in avia-
ton was recalled today by Harold
Crazy, vice president of United Air
Lines in charge of traffic, on the
occasion of the humorists's tragic
death.
He said:
"Win Rogers has flown tens
Of thousands of miles.
"As q matter Of fact, Rogers
was one Of the first people we
ever carried when We started
our tranScOntinental route in
the days when we operated
single engined planes.
when we inaugurated our
COaSt-to-cOaSt service Rogers
was one Of the first to try out
the new service"
RaZzed Mighty
Ironically, Rogers was killed in
a plane crash, as was Knute
Rockne, famous Notre Dame foot
ball coach and a close pal Of the
comedian.
Both were staunch advocates of
airplane travel.
Rogers ready wit and directed
at the mighty as we'll as the low,
at Republicans as we'll as Demo
Gratis. Some Of his gems were
recalled today.
Rogers often declared that he
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river in an isolated section of desc
late Alaska, Is miles south OF
Point Barrow, caused the accident
which resulted in the tragic death
Of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, &C
cording to an official report re-
ceived at the War Department to-
day from the Army Signal Corps
headquarters at Point Barrow.
The graphic report of the trag.
edy stated that >both Rogers and
Post had apparently been killed
instantly when the plane crashed.
The bodies were found in the
wrecked plane by Staff Sergeant
Stanley r. Morgan, in charge Of
the Army Signal Corps at Point
Barrow.
The fact that the right wing
was sheared off indicated to
Army officers that the planes
propeller may have caused the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-14
Concentrate On Aduwa Front


Junction of the northern Italian army, extent of whose advance on the Adhwa -Adlgrat front is shown on the shaded portions of the map, with the eastern armies is expec.ed to be achieved with ht- tie resistance, due to the reported surrender of the powerful Ethio- plan governor of Southern Tigre province. CapituIatiOn of the Ras Halle Selassie Gugsa, with 12,000 troops, reported in dispatches, has opened the way through his domains, which extend loo miles southeastward from Adigrat to . point near Bedda, including much of the fertile Mescic valley. The western border of the province iS near MakaIe, which will be an iln- portant objective in the near fu- ture, and the invades already have taken steps to cut of the caravan rOutc from that city to the north. Encirclement of Ak sum, the Philippians holy city, where the Ark of the Covenant Is believed hidden, is reported to be nearly complete. Italian air forces have been operating over Dessye, shown on the map as an important caravan center. In their march southward the Italian forces will be safeguarded on their eastern flank by the unin- habitable desert of the Danakil
 Depression.
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NEW HAVEN POLICE
 HOLD JAMES NOLAN

Arrested here last night, James Nolan, g, of Washington, Conn, was held by New Haven police on a charge of stealing an automobile. He was picked up here by Motor Patrol men John Meaney and George Mo- Elligott on Watertown avenue, while attempting to start an automobile. Close at hand was a car which had been reported stolen in New Haven.
 When brought to headquarters, Nolan admitted that he had been in the car stolen in the Elm City. He may later be charged in the local courts with tampering with an auto- mobile.
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Penalties Adopted
 After Short Talks
(Continued from Page D

they will not join in penalties.
 Every penalty must be approved by the big committee before it is put into force.
 Under the system quickly worked out to arrange penalization of Italy, the general staff committee takes charge at each stage and names a subcommittee to consider speci- fic penalty. The subcommittee drafts its penalty and submits it to the general staff committee, of 18. The general staff approves it and then submits it to the big penalties committee for final action. The big committee includes all nations members of the league ex- cept Germany and Paraguay, which have given notice of resignation. Guatemala, Salvador and the Do- minican republica which did not send delegates, and Ethiopia and Italy which are excluded as dis putants.
 Determined on Peace Washington, Oct. 14.-(UP)-The United States is determined to keep the peace, and will call upon the rest of the world to do like- wise, Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared to-day in an address to a group of representatives of La- tin American republics.
 Simultaneously he appealed, tacit- ly, for a united front by all Ameri- can nations to compel pacific solu- tions of international disputes and observance of the worlds peace ma chinery.
 Hull's speech was made as a well come to the second general assem- bly, of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History which convened at the Pan American Union to-day.
 Peace" Hull said, Sis the goal toward which civilization has been struggling and is the first and most necessary requisite for the growth and refinement of science, litera- trre and art; for the progressive improvement of the social, economic and spiritual welfare of the peoples of the world.
 "The disturbed and menacing conditions elsewhere constitute a solemn warning to us. It is to be hoped that all nations soon will for ever forsake the barbarous institu- tion of war. and that suspicion mistrust and selfish ambition, will be forever banished. Knowing the sincere devotion to the cause ot peace of the governments and peo- pies of the Americas, I am confi- dent that I speak for all when, ir the name of our 21 nations, I say that we are determined to keer the peace and that we call upon the rest of the world to do like wise."
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the back porch from where they jumped to the ground, where blank cts were held in the hands of class mates. The IT students who were driven from their rooms were placed in temporary quarters by college authorities yesterday. A drive was begun by the student senate to raise relief fund for the benefit of the group. g.
 After medical treatment, McDon- aid recovered quickly, and was pro- nounced fit yesterday.
 Telegraph Story of Fire
 Storrs, Conn, Oct. 14-(UP) - Seventeen Connecticut State college students today were living in make shift quarters and wearing borrowed clothing as result of a fire which destroyed the Alpha Phi Fraternity House early Sunday.
 Most of the students escaped by sliding down 8 fire rope or beo sheets tied together. Others jumped into blankets held by rescuers.
 Two were overcome by smoke, Ed. ward Mcdonald, Jr., Waterbury, ano Amedeo Bondi, Jr., Springfield Mass, a Massachusetts State college graduate student in bacteriology Mario Taurchini, West Haven, broke a toe when he landed heavily in z blanket, and Carlo Markland, a col lege employe, suffered cut hand.
 The sleepers occupied attic roomi in the three-story frame building Smoke aroused several of the stu dents who spread the alarm. Elever were cut off from the front part O the housetby flames and knotted bee sheets to slide to safety. Others util' ized the only fire rope.
 The cause of the fire was not de termined. Most of the students los all their personal belongings ant temporary loans were made by thu institution for clothing. The studen senate canvassed the college for | relief fiind
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Macheda, Queen of Sheba, visited Solomon at Jerusalem and returned to her own reign in what is now Tigre province, and to her capital of Aksum, with Solomon's child Menelik on her bosom. Founder of Dynasty
 Menelik was the founder of the dynasty and Emperor Halle Selassie is a direct descendant.
 At this point begins the legend of Aksum whose church of St. Mary Zion has been with the one excep- tio.. of the present emperor the scene of the coronation of every Ethiopian ruler.
 Evn without the Sheba legend Aksum is the most interesting and most ancient town in Ethiopia prop CT.
 Its origin is lost in the uncertain history of the early pre-Christian era but centuries before Christ it was fourishing and its fame out reached the Red sea.
 Probably it was overrun by tribes from Arabia. Latin Monks Arrive
 In the third century A. D., Latin monks landed on the coasts of Ak sum kingdom and spread Christian- ity, making the city the center o1 Christian Ethiopia. The church oi St. Mary Zion, Jesuit church was erected in 1900 and rose on thu rui4ls of Ethiopia's first coptis Christian church.
 Evidence of the connection of an. cient Aksum civilization with Egypt ian civilization is found in the hun. dreds of rectangular oblesks in tn, present city limits.
 Aksum's holy fam through tn, ] centuries brought the privilege O sanctuary to it. Free men guilty O crime, refugee slaves and persecut ed people who obtained it's sanctuar. could,not be taken out by the powel of the emperor.
 Ark of Covenant
 Philippians believe that the Arl of the Covenant is deposited at Ak sum. Thousands of pilgrims g there each December for the cere mony of the ark. It is covered witt a great beautifully embroidere, damask cloth So that no profan | eyes may see what 1t looks like. Ii the procession the ark is surround ed py the high clergy of the mos privileged class, in Ethiopia, wh claim direct descent from the higl priests who were the custodians Q Solomon's temple.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-14
BY WEBB MILLER (Copyright 1885 by United PresS)

Aduwa, Ethiopia, Oct. 13.-tvia Asmara, Eritrea, Oct. 14.-UP)- Aksum, holy city of Ethiopia, sur rendered to Italy to-day without the firing of shot. Its priests of- fered submission to the Italian army on the northern front. No soldiers remained in the ancient city, burial place of Ethiopia's kings and one time capital of the Queen of Sheba'
 It's surrender, and the surrender of Ras Halle Selassie Gugsa, gover- nor of southern Tigre province and other chieftains, opens the way for a new drive southward on to the plateau without probable resistance Aksuns surrender was of vast mili- tary and sentimental importance to tlae Italian northern armies.
 1t was a climaX-for the present ito voluntary surrenders of priests and chieftains who foreswore ale glance to Emperor Halle Selassle of Ethiopia
 Six More Chiefs Quit
 Surrender of six more chiefs was announced today. Many priests have walked into the Italian lines
 Aksum's occupation came after week of careful preparation. The town was almost surrounded. Lines of communication were built right LID to the edge. No shot was fired because the Italians realized the sacred character of Ethiopia's Rome or Mecca.
 Now the first phase of the whole Italian campaign in the north is complete.
 The Italian line runs from a point east of Adigrat to Axum, through Aduwa. A rectangle of territory 6O miles wide and g miles deep on the : northern frontier of Ethiopia is un- der complete Italian occupation.
 Priests of the holy city, and heads of it's 13 monastries, submitted themselves today to Gen. Pietrc Maravigna, commanding the Gavin ana division of regulars which oc- cupied Aduwa.
 Soldiers Had Fled
 All Ethiopian soldiers had fec