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VOLUME XIV. NUMBER 47. SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1929.
the SEWARD PONIES BECOME HIGH SCHOOL
CHAMPIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA
WHEN THEY STAGED A FINAL RALLY TO WIN
SATURDAY NIGHT S GAME FROM ANCHORAGE
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM BY THE
SCORE OF 18 TO 16.
Nosed out by two points at the end of the fast en
counter, the Orange passed up a golden opportunity to
take the game and tie the series at three up, when Holdi
man and Ted and Bill Strandberg missed four consec
utive chances to score on free throws in the final minutes
of play.
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Coa h Wright again nominated*
his pat line-up of Inlet men, mak
ing voluntary changes only when
he substituted Carlson for Mc.
Cutcheon late in the third quartet.
McCutcheon was returned just oe
fore *:he struggle endec! to replace
Will St.randberg again retired on
personal fouls. With Donald Shell
horn, speedy Seward forward, in a
temporary slump, Bath revamped
his battle front playing “iron
horse” Guy Manthey" at forwatn
with Paymond, Rosness to jump
cl liter and Edwin and Otto Sand
hcck at the guard posts, which
combination went the full route.
Referee Groth, barely recovered
from a recent il'neis, was lauded as
lie appeared on the floor and sum
moned the rival centers to the cir
cle. Mr. Groth was assisted by
Prancis Leslie, requested by the vis
iting team, and much cred't is due
both arbiters for having kept the
game going at top speed.
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PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT ARf
LEAVING SEATTLE IN MORN
ING. FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, Feb., 25, (/T)—The 191
passengers from the steamer Aleu
tian from Seattle to Alaska whici'
"rounded Saturday night wert
transferred to the S. S. Alameda
>ff Waldron Island, 100 miles nortl:
of Seattle.
The S. S. Aleutian grounded or
Maud Tsland in Seymour Narrows
Tt came off Immediately and sent
distress signals after which it start
ed to ;eturn South but developed a
bad list, when near Bellingham. It
cast its anchor there and awaited
the Alameda on which the passen
gers vere taken to Seattle.
FOWL WISDOM
LAKELAND, Feb., 25, (A5)—A
crowing rooster which disturber
: rsidents proved to be a pet bantan
c.f a eov who had taught it to flof
its wr?s and crow whenever he de
manded
URGES SAFETY
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb., 25, {JP)—
.The American Lesion thru its 10, •
o 00 posts has begun a natior.a.
i-'afety campaign to cut down the
• total of a' eidents that occur year
'v. Signs reading ‘'Protect Our
'< ’hlidren” are used on highways.
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EXPEDITION WILL BE UNDER
TAKEN WITHIN Till NEXT
FEW MONTHS
OTTAWA, Feb., 25- ,?)—The
conquest oi the Arctic next spring
will iDe attempted, from the air,
according to a report here. A cir
cuit of the Arctic regions is being
planned by Germans with the
dirigible Graf Zeppelin. Captain
Walter Burns, German member
of the Aero Arctic International
scientific organization, and whc
visited with officials of the Inter
ior Department for the purpose oi
seeking cooperation, said the ex
pedition would be undertaker
within the next few months when
the sun shown 24 hours a day anc
expansion of gas in the airshif
would be obviated.
SEPPALA WINS RACE
QUEBEC, Feb., 25, M^-Leonan
Sepalla, the noted Alaska mush
er, won the Seventh Eastern In
ternational dog derby. Prank Du
puis was second and St. Goddarc
third.
ANDREWS SEEKS SIGNS OF “CRA
DLE OF MAN” IN MONGOLIAN DESER1
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museum or hat h/st
Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, famous archaeologist,
will lead an expedition into the Mongolian desert this
summer to search for human fossils of 5,000,000 years
ago He is shown above holding dinosaur eggs and
(below) is a scene of the camp established by him last
year.
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DAT .LAS, Tex.. F6b„ 25. !/Pi—Four
' ••lerson*! were killed and '.even r.r- 5
:'ious!y injured in severe wind
storms which swooped down over
two northwest Texas com muni: e .
At Hooper Mr. and Mrs. W ti.
Jones were killed when a tornado .
:swept thru a path less than 2 .3 t
met; the wind crashed tivir house ‘
:o the ground 10 miles away. T.v
,wind also took the lives of AlfioJ
Gibson and his wife, risgros.
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DENTIST WAS THE MAN WHO
IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH
GANG SLAYER
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DETROIT, Feb., 25, (A1)— Dr. Roy
. al Tucker, who was kidnapped
. from his home in Chicago Friday
[ night, was found Saturday, in a
dazed and half-fainting condition
here. He was picked up by a po
liceman; his hands, wrists and
j ankles were bruised and lacerated.
' Dr. Tacker said he had been
waylaid by four men wh oseized
and threw him into an automobile
1 after slugging him.
He asserted he recovered cons
ciousness only a few moments
before he was found in Detroit,
j Tacker is reported to have iden
tified a photograph which the po
lice believed to be one of the
gang slayers.
SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MAN
WITH MISSING FINGER, R.
BELLACASTRO
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| CHICAGO, Feb., 25, (/P)—Marked
( men, one with a finger gone and
another with a front tooth out,
; and still a third on whose face are
scars from burns, danced tanta
lizingly across the gang massacre
investigation today.
Each in turn appeared in the
murder picture as reconstructed
rom stories of witnesses.
The man with a front tooth out
and the man in the car with him
are presumably members of the
gang of four who executed the
gangsters.; the man with the
scars on his face may have receiv
ed the injuries several days later
when efforts were made to des
troy the car.
Not one of the three has been
arrested. A search under wav
for Rocco Bellacastro who has a
finger missing.
lEW’ARD BUSINESS MAN, CAL
M. BROS tl'S. iS ELECTED
GRAND TREASURER
CORDOVA, Feb., 23, (A5)—After
dopiing tiie resolution to con
tract a permanent monument to
doneers, The Grand Igioo Con
ennon. of the Pioneers of Alaska,
idjourned and delegates began
preparations for their thousand
niles mush back to their homes
hroughout the Territory.
The next convention will be held
it Anchorage on March 4. 1930.
The newly elected officers for
,he ensuing year included Pres
dent Paul Rickarts of Fairbanks;
rirst Vice President Herman
>entsch of Anchorage; Secretary
Jeorge Love of Valdez; Treasurer
2al M. Brosius of Seward.
WOMAN TOLD SERIES OF DIF
FERENT STORIES AS TO
CUSTODY OF GIRL
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb,, 25, (ZP)—
With Mrs. Chas. Sharp assuming
ill the responsibility for the kid
napping ol Doris Murphy, the po
lice announced John Williams,
v, horn she accused on Friday as
delivering the child to her, will
probably be released by the court.
Under questioning Mrs. Sharp
told a series of different stories
and admitted she had kidnapped
the child from the school play
ground.
PROPOSAL TAKEN UP FOR SUR
VEY CANAL ACROSS NIC
ARAGARUA
WASHINGTON, Feb., 25, (A5)—
The Senate disposed of another
major legislative proposal Satur
day when they passed the Navy
appropriation bill with a fund for
beginning construction on 15 new
cruisers. In the House the last ap
propriation measure was taken up:
It is known as the second def
iciency bill and called for $191,000,
000. House leaders are planning to
include the fund for $24,000,000
for extra dry enforcement, which
the Senate voted for.
With the Navy bill out of the
way the Senate took up the pro
posal, by Edge of New Jersey, for
a survey of a canal route across
Nicaragua.