Marciano Wins
Over Cockell in
Ninth Round
SAN FRANCISCO, UP)—It took a
lot of chopping to cut down Don
Cockell, the sturdy oak of England,
but whack him down he did, and
today America’s Rocky Marciano
remains the boss of the world
heavyweight fighters.
Fifty-four seconds and an as
sortment of blows after the ninth
round got underway, the power
punching Marciano disposed of
the gallant but battered and beat
en challenger from Britain.
Referee Frankie Brown stopped
the scheduled 15-rounder, award
ing mauling Marciano a technical
knockout and victory in the Rock’s
fifth defense of his valuable
championship.
The end was sighted in the
sixth, drew nearer when the game
Britisher was sent through the
ropes head first at the bell ending
the eighth, and the climax came'
when Cockell was smashed to the
canvas twice almost as soon as the
ninth round began.
It took eight counts for the hog
farmer from Horam in Sussex to
lift himself up from the seat of
his trunks in this bloody ninth,
and back down he went. He man
aged to gain his feet after five and
was even trying to punch back.
Then the referee called it quits.
Cockel], weighing 205 pounds
and 16 pounds more than Marci
ano’s 189, was bleeding from the
nose, a cut on the forehead at the
hairline and his left eyebrow had
a tiny slit.
Marciano was unblemished.
Even his vulnerable nose, sliced
open by Ezzard Charles last Sep
tember, was intact.
The crowd of 18,000 in the big
football stadium, cold as it was,
gave Don a tremendous ovation as
he left the ring. He had absorbed
a severe beating. He had taken
the best the American knockout
king had to offer for eight rounds
and come back for more, all the
time trying to land his best weap
ons. It came as a surprise later,
particularly to the American
writers who had admired Cockell’s
fine stand, to hear him say he
thought he got a “raw deal.”
Sitting glumly, even sullen, in
his dressing room, he let it go only
as “raw deal,” leaving it to his
manager to elaborate.
Manager John Simpson, wise in
managerial post-mortems, and
doubtless hoping for a rematch,
charged that Referee Brown let
Rocky get away with butting, and
low blows and punching after the
bell. Rocky did land several blows
on the borderline. In a flurry he
threw the last punch after the
gong once or twice. And the two
banged heads a time or two.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT, SECOND
DIVISION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
EDNA CHRISTOFFERSON FIX,
deceased.
* No. 1040
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Em
ily Boucher, of Nome, Alaska, has been
duly appointed the Administratrix of the
Estate of Edna Christofferson Fix, de
ceased.
All persons having claims against the
said estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the said
Administratrix at Nome, Alaska, within
six (6) months of the date of this Notice.
DATED this 4th day of May, 1955.
EMILY BOUCHER.
Administratrix
James A. vcm der Heydt,
Attorney at Law,
Attorney for Administratrix.
Publ. May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 1955.
Nome Students Going
All Out on Decorations
For Junior-Senior Prom
The Junior - Senior Prom is
scheduled for next Saturday eve
ning at the school auditorium and
promises to be a beautiful party
as the students are going all out
on decorations in silver and
purple. This is the last party of
the year and each season is con
sidered the dress - up party for
both students and adults in the
community.
A live orchestra will be on hand
to furnish music and a good time
is planned for the dancers.
Housewife Convicted for
Blocking Fire Report by
Staying on Telephone
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., UP — A
hot-tempered housewife has been
convicted of refusing to yield a
country telephone party line when
a volunteer fireman tried to re
port a fire.
Mrs. Mary Kayes, 43, of Rhine
beck, N.Y. could get a maximum
of a year in jail, a $500 fine or
both under a new state statute
covering use of party line tele
phones in an emergency.
A jury of seven men and five
women deliberated three hours
before returning the verdict last
night.
Mrs. Kayes, mother of four,
sobbed when the verdict was an
nounced.
County Judge John Schwartz
set May 24 for sentencing and
continued Mrs. Kayes in $500
bail.
According to testimony in the
two-day trial, Mrs. Kayes said
“let the damn thing burn and get
off the line” when Fire Dispatch
er Donald Townsend asked her to
give up the line to report a
brush fire last Jan. 21. Townsend
and Mrs. Kayes share the line
with five other users.
Townsend testified he. had to
drive nearly a mile to another
telephone in order to make the
call.
The fire got out of control be
cause of the delay and destroyed
a nearby barn.
President Plans Visit
To New England States
WASHINGTON, (#>—'The White
House announced Tuesday Presi
dent Eisenhower plans a six-day
visit to Vermont, New Hampshire
and Maine starting June 22.
It said the plans are subject to
possible change, however, depend
ing on developments in the inter
national situation, such as ar
rangement for a top-level Big
Four conference at that time.
The New England trip was ar
ranged at the invitation of the
senators and governors of the
three states.
The tentative schedule includes
several informal talks by the Pres
ident and two days of fishing in
Maine.
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Reports Conflict
On Uranium Finds
North of Valdez
VALDEZ, (JP>—Phil R. Holds
worth, territorial commissioner of
mines, Tuesday was asked to send
aiman to the Valdez area to inves
tigate a reported uranium find
north of here.
Tom Harris, president of the
Valdez Chamber of Commerce,
said he asked Holdsworth, by
wire, to step in because of a ura
nium claim filed by Ed Divine
and Jim Nixon.
Reports circulating in the Val
dez area on the value of the Nix
on-Divine claim are very contra
dictory, Harris said, with the re
ports ranging from “no chance
for anything of extreme value” to
extreme optimism.
Divine and Nixon said they are
certain they have really made a
big find.
Very few uranium claims actu
ally have been filed in the U.S.
Commissioner’s Office here, al
though Commissioner Margaret
Harris has received numerous in
quiries on the filing procedure.
The latest claim filings were
made Monday afternoon by Rich
ard Rose of Spenard and William
Peter of Anchorage.
Rose and Peter filed claim on
land about five miles south of the
site of the Divine-Nixon claim.
Rose and Peter claimed they
received a very good geiger count
er reading in the vicinity of land
upon which they filed claim.
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