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VOLUME XX111 NUMBER 157 SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMOCRAT BACKS
HOOVER ATTACKS
* DEMO NOMINEE
CONVENTION NOMINATED DRY
MATE FOR SOPPING WET,
SIDEWALKS OF N. Y.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 7. (;P)—
Herbert Hoover is endorsed by Dr.
Edgar Y. Mullins, president of the
’ Southern Baptist Theological Siminary
who attacked Smith.
Mullens said he would vote lor
Hoover but said he always stood for
“Jeffersonian Democratic ideals. but
without slavery to party ties*’.
He declared the “wonderful Demo,
cratic Convention nominated a Bone
Dry running mate from Arkansas for
the sopping wet head of the ticket
from the sidewalks of New York. It
x&us tells the country it will; work the
greatest miracle of the age; to carry
fire and water in the same bucket at
the same time.”
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EUU SPRINT KING
DEFEATS CLASSIEST
19 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL BOY
FEATURES OPENING OF THE
FINALS
CAMBRIDGE, Harvard Stadium,
July 7. {!■P)—The n'ew sprint king, Ace
of the Olympic Pack, 19.year.old
Frank Wykoff, sensation at the Glen,
dale, Calif., high school boy, a husky
and dark haired youngster, featured
tin? opening day of thq final American
Olympic track field tryouts.
He won the lOO.metre dash over* the
flashiest field of sprinters in the
coun tsver seen equalling the Olympic
record of 10.3.5, four times.
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FIND AMUNDSEN PM
KINGSBAY, July 7. (&)—Amundsen
is 19 days overdue at Kingsbay today.
All search for him and his compan.
ions has been fruitless. They have
been swallowed u>p as completely by
the Arctic as the nine members of the
Italia and scant hope Is held that they
* will ever be found alive.
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DISMISSES PETITION
WASHINGTON, July 7, (IP)—The
Supreme Court dismissed the petition
of the American Silver Producing
Association and the Della S. Consol
idated Mines, to compel the treasury
to buy 14,000,000 ounces of silver bul
lion.
MAKE APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON, July 7. (£>)—1The
led Cross authorized an appropriation
or the relief of sufferers in the Kill,
snoo fire the Juneau chapter raising
unds locally. The amount appropri.
ited was unannounced.
IS RESIHl
TO THE PRESIDENT
\T PRESIDENT’S PLEASURE; PAST
PROCEDURE WILL PROBABLY
BE FOLLOWED
SUPERIOR, July 7. <(£>)—'The resig.
nation of Herbert Hoover from the
Cabinet, in effect, is at President
Coolidge’s pleasure, having been re.
ceiv»ed at the summer White House.
In a telegram to Hoover, President
Coolidge.invited him to stop off as his
guest on his way to California next
week. ‘It is? Expected Coolidge will
follow previous times, namely accept,
ing the reignations only when lie d£.
cided on th»air successors.
KILLED, AUTO ACCIDENT
WILMINGTON, Del., July 7. (£>)
Wiliam Ra4kob, 19.y4ar.old <p pi
John J. Raskob, chairman of the Fin
ance Committee of General Motors
was killed in an automobile acciden
near Centerville, Md., yesterday.
HOOVER’S WESTERN MANAGER;
ACTED BEFORE IN SIMILAR
CAPACITY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, July 7. (/P)—James
j Good has been named Western Cam.
paign manager for Hoover. * Work an.
nounced Good -was one of Hoover’s
ch'of lieutenant in the pre.Convention
campaign.
Good is a former member of the
House from Iowa preceding the late
| Martin Madden as Chairman of the
i Appropriations Committte«3. In 1924
| he handled the western pre.Conven.
I tion fight for President Coolidgi3.
. BASEBALL GilES
NATIONAL LEAGUE « '
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j New York, 11; Pittsburgh, 7.
j ^Brooklyn, 8; Chicago, 14.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago, 9; Washington, 8.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Missions 11; Seattle, 3.
Oakland, 12; San Francisco, 6.
, Hollywood, 0; Portland, 4.
i Sacramento, 4.5; Los Angeles, 2.7,
■second half of seventh inning.
RIVER BOAT MOVEMENTS
FORT GIBBON, July 7. (Special)—
The steamer Jacobs departed for down
river points at 4 p. m. yesterday. The
steamer Yukon departed up riv»er
bound for Dawson at 9 p. m. yeterday.
SEATTLE BANK IS
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ESTIMATED AMOUNT BETWEEN
$4,000 AND $7,000; NOT A WORD
SPOKEN
SEATTLE, July 7. (^P)—A sleek
dressed bandid, with topcoat over his
arm concealing a pistol, handel the
teller of the Marine State Bank s
check on which was written, “you are
covered; hand it over”.
The teller handned over a package
of bills ^estimated between $4,000 t<
$7,00. The bandit then walked out
No word was spoken during the hold
up.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Station
Tanana
Eagle
Ft. Yukon
Nome
I Bethel
Barometer
29.84
29.80
29.72
29.92
29.98
Temperature
60
60
62 .
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ARRIVES AT HOT SPRINGS
HOT SPRINGS, Alaka, (Special)—
The steamer Yukon arrived from down
river points at 5:30 a. m. yesterday.
' NATIONS SHARE EFFORT RESCUE NOBILE _
mnt wnvwr mi
THREE MEN LEFT
MAIN PARTY TO
TREK TO NORTH
CAPE-NOT SINCE
HEARD FROM
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§ NORTH N
SCAPE
kBAV
0*
NOBILE AND
FIVE COMRADES
ADRIFT ON ICE
an a -wn
[NORTH EAST[
LAND
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r ;
l DRIFTING
ICE
BAS OF DIRIGIBLE.
WITH SEVEN MEN
BELIEVED DOWN
IN ICE FIELDS
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AMUNDSEN AND }=
FIVE IN RELIEF
* PLANE MISSING
SINCE JUNE 19*
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'iTini'iir
^oaia
^Aimindsen
Gen. Nol>ile
AVIATOR MERRILL
ARRIS AT NOME
EliROUTE ANCHORAGE
; NURSE ACCOMPANYING ALASKAN
AIR ACE WHO UNDERWENT
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
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NOME, July 7. \/P)—^Slowly recover.
| ing from exposure Aviator Russell
| Merrrill is resting here aft»ar a flight
from Barrow. Merrill arrived last
night in a cabin plane piloted by Noel
Wain, in charge of Miss Emily Morgan,
nurse/at Barrow.
Th<a trip from Barrow to Kotzebue
was made Thursday; the journey
, from Kotzebue to Nome yesterday.
Merrill will be tafoan to Anchcrage
Junder the care of Miss Morgan.
► The Alaska delegate returned by
. plane from Kotzebue.
KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND
AMONG HUGEi CROWD AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS
WIMBLEDON, July 7. (£>)—Helen
Wills retained the championship in
the women’s singles and defeated
Senorita Elia de Alvarez befone a huge
crowd including the Queen and King.
Scores were 6.2 and 6.3> Henri
Cochet and Jacques Brugnon, the
French Davis Cup pair, won the men’s
doubles from Gerald Patterson and
J. B. Hawkes, Australian veteran;
i scores 13.11, 6.4, 6.4.
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CHINESE FRUSTRATE
OPIUM SUPPRESSION
FOOCHOW, China, July 7, (£>)—
i'Opium, for centuries past, the cause
of wars throughout China, continues
as one of this nation’s principal
causes of disorder, dishonesty and
un:est.
Efforts have and are being made
tliroughout China to abolish the
| i: ade, but the revenues to be derived
i from the traffic and the habit, clamp
* ] as it is on many of the populate
prevent and 'firstrate much of the ef.
fort made for < bolition.
RESERVES DECISION
NEW YORK, July 7, (jP)^The Su p
reme Court judge reserved decision
on motion to vacate the temporary
injunction restraining the merger of
Bodge Brothers and the Chrysler
Corporation. The injunction was ob.
tained by Colonel Hooker Goddard
and Hotel Latham stockholders.