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SEATTLE, Jan., 10, (/P)—'The
SS Alameda, of the Alaska
Steamship Company, sailed from
here today at 9 a. m. for Alaska
with 112 passengers on board.
The list of reservations for Sew
ward was as follows:
Dean E. M. Patty and Mrs.
Patty, John J. Corey, C. A. Pol
lard, J. A. McGovern L. S. Hebert, |
J L. Freeman, Dr. J. A. Suther-1
knH anrf Mrs Sutherland. Mrs. 1
i«ZAiU U. *jmv**v**«..«, - — --
Tom Roust.
Chas. E. Cramer, T. J. Notti
veit, Mr. and Mrs* Alger Gra
ham, J. J. Courtney, Pattie Sei
raan, Mrs. H. L. Bliss, Mrs. S.
Holms, Lynn Smith, E. O. Peter
son, Joe Nefrieger, W M. Greg
ory, Elliot Richardson, Mr. and
Mrs. Alexa^ Hadden, Louise Wend
ler. Hall *Delasaux. Hartley For
r-ster.
WOT FROM TO! OF
KING TUT NOW SHOWS
nil muiuiii Finn
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TRAIL. B. C\, Jan., 10. UP)
*'heat gi own from seed 1'oun
:n the sarcophagus of an Egyp
".an pharoah is growing .today r
xlie little farm of Charles A. Ber
rv pioneer resident of Robson. M
Perry calls the grain “King Tut
•* :ieat, because seed was foun
' nong the effects of Tutan
Amen, who enjoyed a revival c
prominence some years ago whe
his tomb was penetrated by arcl
Insists When the Eari of Cai
_ arvon and Howard Carter opr
k cl up the tomb at Luxor, Egvj
.a 1922, they found a number
rs of food, and among them w
• heat. This food was to serve t
-:;ng in the next world. The fo
including the wheat, was estims
- d to be 3,000 years old. In 1£
Sydney Cunningham, farming u
aer the Soldiers’ Settlement Bo;
* South Cooking Lake, Albei
received a lew of the kernels fr
.. friend. He threw some of
grain on the ground in his g
den and the wheat grew. Si
from wheat grown by Mr. Ci
r.ingham was sent to Mr. Bei
He planted it and it grew to n
rarity. Although the wheat
soft and has a low milling val
Mr. Berry values his “King T
wheat and next year will pi;
POPULATION GROWS
Another citizen was addec
Alaska’s growing population u
a son was born this morning
'he Seward General Hospital
Mrs. John Smith of Anchor
Mr. Smith is a well-known j
road man of that city. Mo
and baby are reported to be d
wen.
DREDGES SET RECORI
What is certaily a record
Interior Alaska and what is
*.eved to be a record for all ,
Xa has been set by the C
Cleary and Gilmore dredge,
The F. E. Co., which are still
ging away, reports the
TRADEWIND TAKES OFF (
HAMILTON, Bermuda, J a n., |
0, (JP)—The monoplane Trade
vind hopped off for the Azores
it 12:15 p. m. or 8:15 a. m. Pa-j
ific standard time, on the sec
>nd lap of the first pay-load
light from the United States
o Paris. The weather was fav
uraoie.
1RITISH PUGILIST
GOT DIRTY DEAL
NEW YORK, Jan.. 10, (/P)—
Vince Dundee of Baltimore won
a decision over Len Harvey, the!
British middleweight, in a 12
round bout.
Dundee was floored twice in
the first round for the count of
nine each time.
Ten thousand booed the deci
sion. Harvey weighed 154 and
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DETERMINED TO ST
JOST m OUT'
KETCHIKAN, Jan.. 10, (/P)—
! Pilot Eckmann landed here todaj
after a three hour flight arounc
Annette and Duke Islands with
out sighting any wreckage of the
I! Renehan plane. He plans to re
l|: sume the search tomorrow, pro
vidmg the weather permits.
__ i What was reported to hav
lCj been a blanket found on Annett
i Island turned out to be a “eraz
,r quilt” and unlikely to have an
bearing on the Renehan plane.
r The Coast guard cutter Cvga
••! is aiding in the search.
Pt,!
of DARTMOOR, England, Jan.
as (,Pt—Finding the losses sustain
he incompatible with good busiia
od judgement, the Prince of Wa
it- has decided to abandon his st
*26 on the Duchy of Cornwall estat
n- For years he has been intere:
rd ed in developing strains of hac
ta, neys, Arabs and Dartmoor poni
)m He will continue to breed t
he ponies, however.
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SPEZIA, Itlay, Jan., 10, U
Rich deposits of minerals I
been discovered in the Valley
Vara, where the Vara and Ms
rivers unite. This zone of
valleys and mountains is near
Mount Nero, 2850 feet high, wl
both Shelly and Byron dim
impressed by the magnificent v
Peter Bertieri, an Italian n;
loing
officer, prospected this zone.
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for
be
\las
pper
3 Of
dig
News
had two years’ experience in
copper mines of Colorado an
gold mining in the Transvaa
Shafts sunk to a depth o
feet tapped ore assaying 1.07
23 copper, 167 silica and 22
phur. Traces of silver, of a
cial quality of iron magnes
arsenic and calcium have
found. Other assays have give]
analysis of 20 aluminum, 20
COLO LEAVES TRAIL
OF DEATH IN CHINA
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SHANGHAI, Jan., 10, (/?)—
Hundreds of persons died in a
snow storm which has since sub
sided after racing through cen
tral China southward from the
Mongolian desert to the Yang
ze valley and which layed an icy
:over over the entire area
Hundreds of thousands are ,
suffering acutely.
Temperatures are everaging 13 j
below zero. Many froze to death !
among the poverty-stricken pop
ulace and it is believed the num- I
ber of deaths will increase.
THE STOCK MARKET
A. Juneau . 9
A. Can 123
Bancorporation 25
Cons- Gas 87
Cities 17
Zellerbach 6
Durant ..• 1
Motors 36
Goldman 6
Int. Tel. 23
Kennecott 24
Lehigh .... 7
Radio ........ .14
Richfield .5
Stand. N. J. 50
Carbide 59
Union of Cal. 24
Steel 142
TIN MINTS OF
liim
SUSIE!! TO OOL
'7 ST. JUST-IN-PET WITH, En
)! land. Jan. 10. </P)-Municipal cos
struct ion projects arc being urgi
to remedy along the Cornish coa
10. line the slack unemployment can
ed ed by collapse of the tin mark)
?ss Dropping from $1,458 a t<
les three years ago to about $539
ud | ton now, the tin depression h
es. thrown thousands of miners o
st- of work and forced the gover
k- ment to the extreme measure
es. extending the dole to “Cous
Ho T-inlr **
Formerly the Cornish miner v
lost his job migrated westwa
but the mines of America no loi
er offer a haven. So too is hal
the march to the diamond e
minoe rvf Ronri
j With the closing of the Gr
jvor mine here only one, mine
lleft working in the country. r
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Lave
of
.gra
the
news came like a thunderclap
| the inhabitants of St. Just
I Penwith, a d i s t rict stricl
by the recent closing down of
Levant mine.
to
dch
Ded,
;ew.
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T8 TIKE I ‘FL
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d inj CHICAGO, Jan. 8. “K
1. | Levinsky, Chicago heavywe
f 62 was skipping rope in a
gold, | when his manager A1 Miller, s
sul-i led up and said:
spe-1 “Hev, King, I’ve another J
sium, | for Flint—Michigan.”
been I The “inkfishe’s” face lookec
n an \ blankest.
iron! “Flint Michigan,” he respor
!“What does that guy weigh?
SENATE CONFIRMS SMITH
WASHINGTON, Jan., 10, (/P)— j
he Senate on Friday, confirm-i
3 the nomination of Lynn
mith for U. S. Marshal, Division (
our, Alaska.
POLICE NET DRAWS
CLOSER IN CRICACO
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CHICAGO, Jan., 10, (/P)—De
tectives said that they had cap
tured two intimates of the Leo
brothers and that they had j
found important evidence in the!
apartment where the brothers I
lived,
They are held for the slaying
of Lingle, news reporter on the
staff of the Chicago Tribune.
The State attorney said he will
file murder charges against the
brothers who have been identi
fied by nine persons as the men
who shot Lingle.
! SEMITE UNO WIDEST
LOCK DINS ON MIMES
POWER COMMISSION
tj WASHINGTON, Jan., 10 (/P)
President Hoover said he was
r planning to reply without delaj
> to the Senate resolution request
* ing the return of nominations
* of the three power commission
^ ers.
2 He said tlie first procedur
calls for a conference with th
Attorney general as to the rigli
■ of the Senate to follow cours
questioned on the constitutions
grounds that during the five-da
debate the President did not in
_ dicate his stand.
J*
;et, WASHINGTON, Jan., 10, </P
;0n The Senate 'requester Preside
a Hoover to return the nomin
ias tions of the three members
mt the new power commission a
•n~ voted for a reconsideration
of the nomination of George O
sin Smith, chairman, commission<
Claude L. Draper and Man
ho Garsaud
rd, i President Hoover is report
ig- to be ready to refuse the Se
;ed ate’s request.
t FlflST 1MML PLANNED
“i FOB NEWFOUNDLAND IS
the '
10, (/P)-Newfoundlancl, on f
of many aviators flying to f:
or failure, may have its own
mail service some time this mo
Two Newfoundlanders plan to
tabliish an experimental air
with an airplane similar to
one used by Amy Johnson,
; tish aviatrix, in her flight
ing’-! Australia.
NT'
tight,
gym,
itrol
fight
i its
ided.
Mail deliveries to far nort
parts of the island now tal
month or more in the w
season when ice flows are h
and strong seas are running,
plane will be equipped with
and tested throughout the
son to determine whether a
manent winter air mail servi<
warranted.
GIRLS FELL FAR SHORT OF
EQUALING MEN’S RECORD
REMAIN ALOFT
The attempt of Bobbie Trout and
Edna May Cooper to establish
a new endurance record ended
at 5:20 Friday night after 12
hours and 50 minutes in the air.
They lacked only three hours
and 58 minutes to tie the pre
sent woman’s record but fell far
sort of equaling the men’s rec
ord.
oaiu miFi/ui
n uuuic
JL lie gllld
ended their attempt but Joseph
Martin, the flight manager, said
they were ordered to land when
it was learned that citizens of
Englewood were circulating a pe
tition in protest because the
girls were flying their plane at
a low altitude.
SIZABLE FORM III
GOLD FOUND III GARS
| SAGUACHE. Colo., Jan. 10. UP
0 --With the recent finding of e
ei fortune in gold by his widow, hid
t den by Johnny O’Neil in tin can;
e in a trash pile in a shed at the
j rear of the family home, a famou;
I early-day valley character whc
passed away in 1927 is brought t<
the minds of many oldtimers o:
this section. Johnnie O’Neil’s golc
was secretly placed in a mysteriou:
out-of-the-way hiding place.
Jnhrvnip CVT\Jp-il rUprt .Inn 9.R
; 1927, leaving quite valuable pr<
perty and securities enough of ti
ready cash to enable his wido
to live and enjoy the pleasai
; life that she had deserved
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