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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 75,.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA. i.iONDAT, APRIL 1, 1929.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
m INT RADIO
COiKl TO
BE TAKEN 01
DETAILS OF PROPOSED CON
SOLIDATION HAVE NOT YET
BEEN MADE PUBLIC
NEW YORK, April 1. (A5)—The
International Telephone & Tele
graph Co., and the Radio Corpora
tion of America have reached an
agreement whereby the newly
formed radio communication unit
of the R. C. of A. is to be taken
over dv the International Co.
Altho the details of the proposed
consolidation have not been made
public it is believed that stock
of the International Corporation
■worth about $100,000,000 will oe
•delivered in exchange for 300.000
outstanding shares of the Radio
Corporation of America Communi
er.tioos Incorporated.
General Harbord, president oi
the Radio Corporation and Sosth
ene Pehn, president or the Inter
nationa’ announced that the con
solidation cannot take place until
a -epenl of the amendment to the
Y/hite «ct is put thru, as it forbids
such a merger.
CONGRESSMAN IS
STILL NUMBERED
4. AMONG
OFFICIALS EXPRESS OPINION
HE WILL GIVE SELF UP LIKE
A GENTLEMAN
CHICAGO, April 1, (/Pi—Three
days after a warrant had been is
sued for his arrest, Congressman
Michaelson is still missing and his
whereabouts a mystery since last
Thursday when the public first
learned of the indictment.
He is charged with liquor smug
gling. Reports current are that
he has communicated with federal
authorities and is preparing to
give himself up but this has not
been confirmed. Officials express
ed confidence he would soon sur
ender and post a $2,000 bond.
KELLOGG SAILS FOR
VACATION, CONTINENT
:<LV/ YORK, April 1, (/P)— Form
er Secretary of State Frank o.
Kellogg sailed aboard the liner He
IX France for a six weeks vacation
on hte continent. Before sailing
he • .rv.ived a letter from Henry
E'inr.'.n his successor in office in
wive.', the new secretary declared
tha. h; will follow the policies in
troduced by Mr. Kellogg.
GUILTY OF FRAUD
N£,\V YORK, Ar.ril 1. f/P)—Geoige
Sf.urrc.ts, John and Hubert Locke
and Harry Carragher, officials of
iiie oehinct Cameron Mitchell &
Co., witch promoted Camerio Cop
per stick and swindled the public
out ot approximately $5,000,000,
w..s found guiltv of conspiracy
and using the United States mails
to uerraud. I
AUTHOR, EDUCATOR, DIES
NEW YORK, April 1, (ZP)—Bran
der Matthews, author and educa
tor, died at his home here after an
illness of more than two years. He
was 77 years old. The immediate
cause of death was from influenza
! which he contracted a week ago.
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NO WAY OF DETERMINING
{ WHETHER GIRL HAD BEEN
MURDERED, OR SUICIDED
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 1,
(.P)—A bodv which is believed to
be that of Miss Frances St. John
Smith, who vanished ..from her
room in the Smith college during
January 1928 under very suspici
ous circumstances, was found in a
: marsh which skirts the edges of
jthe Connecticut river.
| The chief of police of Long
jMeadews, after making a superfi
cial examination of the body de
clared that as far as a check of
"■he clothing was possible the body
appeared to be that of Miss Smith.
From general measurements
taken from the girl’s body in the
i marsh it is said that they tally
jCinseiy with those of the‘ Smith
I'nrl. There was no way of deter
mining whether the girl had been
lmurdered or had committed sui
cide.
WOMAN SUES FRIEND
NEW YORK, April 1. (A1)—Mrs.
| j]!en Fried appealed for a tem
porary injunction restraining her
ne time close friend Malvina Sol
omen from making love to or see
I ng: Emil Fried, her husband. Mrs
Fried is filing a $75,000 dollar suit
or alienation of afections against
Miss Solomon.
MUM I. HEMfCK
NOTED AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
PASSES AWAY AT HIS
PARIS POST
PARIS, April 1, (/!'■> —United
States Ambassador Myron T. Her
rick, who won the hearts of the
French people when he refused to
leave Paris with other diplomats
when the city was threatened by
jthe German invasion in 1914, died
peacefully yesterday at the age of
76.
The noted Ambassador had not
been in robust health for some
time but was not seriously ill un
1 til 24 hours before death.
A bronchial attack, from which
he frequently suffered, caused his
heart to collapse. He was conscious
until a half an hour before death,
and was cheerful and chatty and
talked of engagements. He sudden
ly collapsed and never rallied.
SUNDAYS GAMES
Hollywood, 3,7; Sacramento 7,11
Portland 5.0; San Fran. 4,5
Seattle 0,3; Los Angeles 16,7
Missions 4,3; Oakland 3,4
SATURDAY’S 0 \MES
Portland »; San Francisco 1.
Sacramento 1; Hollywood 10.
Missions 4; Oakland 5.
Seattle 12; Los Angeles 7.
! COAST LEAGUE STANDING
Portland
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Oakland
Missions
Seattle
Hollywood
San Francisco
W L Pet.
5 2 714
5 2 714
5 2 714
4 3 671
3 4 420
2 5 286
2 5 286
2 5 286
! COAL MINE EXPLOSION
i BRUSSELS, April 1, UP)—Twentj
four are dead and 25 injured, tin
j result of a series of explosions ir
; the Winter slag mine near Hasselt
Limberg. The first explosions oc
; cured Saturday at a depth of 2,00(
; feet.
oil leasethoT
VALUELESS BRIGS
FORTUNE, WIDOH
|
ENGINEER’S WIDOW WILL RE
CEIVE LARGE SUM; ALSO
GRANDCHILDREN
: BROOKLYN, N. Y„ April 1. OP
j—An apparently valueless tract o:
| land nea Vera Cruz, Mexico, upor
i which Albert T. Johnson, a civi
! engineer, took a lease in 1901, anc
: which was stiil considered worthies;
iin 1917, when he died intestate, wa
revealed in Brooklyn surrogate'
I court a few days’ago to have
; present value tr his heirs of $1,073,
j 340.20. This huge figure repre
! sents only 5 per cent of the pro
i fits that have accrued to the Tux
pan Petroleum Corporation, whicl
| acquired the lease before Johnstor
I died and began drilling for oil ii
! oil wells there, but had sought min
1921. Johnston had not foreseer
I eral water, coal and salt.
| Mrs. Martha S. Johnston, the en
Igineer’s widow, of New York, get:
i $328,788.82; three children gel
i $164,394.83 each, and three grand
children get more than $50,000
leach.
MISS VAN WIE GOLF CHAMP
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.. April
1. irP)—Mi s Virginia Van Wie won
he annual mid south women’s op
n goid championship with a score
f 162 for 36 holes. Miss Glenua
Collett was second with a score of
165, and Miss Billy Hocks won
liird place with 167.
SOCIETY FOLK TAKE OVER OLD HAVANA BEaCH i OR SEASON
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A view of the new “La Playa” at H avana, fomerly serving the general
puhhe but now monopolized by guests of large hotels. Left: Myrtle Bucklev
of New York. Right: Ruth L. Clark, C hicago, recent visitors there. "
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STRONG FEDERAL FORCES PRE
PARE TO ADVANCE ON JIM
INEZ
MEXICO CITY, April 1, (/Pi
Rebel headquarters claimed an im
portant victory near Escalon, in
} central Mexico, against the feder
al advance guard. No news of any
' big battle has been received here,
; however, and regular dispatches
conflicted with the rebel claims.
General Escobar reported 400
; federals had been killed and 1,500
wounded in a 10-hour battle which
began at noon Sunday.
Fifteen rebel planes are said to
have participated in the clash.
Latest dispatches from the fed
eral army reported a strong feder
al force, north of Escalon, was pre
paring to advance on Jimenenz.
General Almazan, leader of one
of the main federal columns, is re
ported to be far north, at Dolores,
which is only a short distance
south of Jimenez and 30 miles
north of Escalon. He reported some
fighting but placed the losses at
50 rebels and nine federals.
3T. LOUIS, April 1, (/P)—Twenty
I two were injured and three miss
ing, and from 30 to 40 farm build
ings wrecked, the toll of an Easter
; storm of tornado velocity which
cut a swath through rural south
east Missouri,.
Several are reported to be in a
' serious condition. The storm origi
nated in northern Arkansas and
swept 170 miles north of Bismarch.
Missouri. A dow'npour of rain and
hail accompanied the storm.
RAPID mo OF
DISEASE AM
SHANGHAI, April 1, (/P)—Health
authorities have become alarmed
at the rapid spread of meningitis
among the natives and foreigners
since the first of February and
the disease has approached the
-pidemic stage. More than 1,000
lases are under treatment here
md many have died. Among this
lumber were nine foreigners.
USELESS RETURN TO THRONE
BUCHAREST. ADril 1. (/P)—Dow
ser Gueen Marie of Rumania,
10 is now in Spain, has inform
d the Rumanian government
lat the former Crown Prince
arol recognizes the futility of any
ttempt to return to the Rumania
irone.
USING COMMON SENSE
LANSING, Mich.. April 1. (/p)_
u unanimous vote the state se
ite passed a bill repealing the
fectiveness of the law which
nde violations of the prohibition
lings subject to life sentence.