The bill provides that Alaskans be given the sole privilege
of fishing for salmon in the Territorial waters,
APPROPRIATION
FOR NAVY GOES
THROUGHSENATE
Measure Will Probably
Reach White House
Coming Week
555 PLANES TO
BE CONSTRUCTED
Twenty-four New Ships In
cluded in Program—
Conference Cnlled
WASHINGTON, May 35.—The
largest peacetime naval appro
priation in America's history,
totalling almost half a billion
dollar . and including funds to
start construction on 24 new
navy ships and to build 555 new
plane1', will probably be sent to
the White House within the
next few days.
The Senate approved the
measure yesterday but included
items for ship building which
had been trimmed previously by
the House, thus the measure
goes to the committee on con
ference.
ITALY BOWS TO
BIG LEAGUE IN j
ETHIOPIA CASE!
— i
Agrees to Compromise
After Great Britain
and France Acts
_ I
GENEVA, May 25.—Italy capitu- j
la ted last night before tenacious
pressure of Great Britain and
Prance, and agreed to compromise
proposals towards settlement of the
Italio-Ethiopian dispute.
The League of Nations Council
adopted two resolutions arranging
arbitration of the dispute unless
incidents between the two nations
Pave been settled by August 25
»’hen the Council will be convoked
in special session to deal with the
situation.
Premier Benito Mussolini gave
a. last minute sanction to the reso
lutions which also included refer
ence to the standing Italio-Ethlop
ian treaty prohibiting recourse to
armed forces.
U. S. ARMADA
RETURNING TO
PEARL HARBOR
Navy’s Largest Air Cruisers
Complete Unprecedented
Non-Stop Flight
HONOLULU, T. H„ May 25.—
Spectacular airplane nights climax
the return of the United States
Fleet to Pearl Harbor from the most
extensive far-flung maneuvers the
Pacific has seen.
