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VOLUME XIV NUMBER 50.
SEWARD, A, ..SKA,
xioi^AY, February 28, 1929.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GEORGIAN LEO IN FIRST HALI
BIT TOOK BEATING LATTER
ROUNDS
FLAMINGO PARK. Miami Beat’ll
Fla., Feb., 28. OP)—Tank Shark-"v
the Boston sailor man. outpointec
“Young” Stribling, Macon, Ga.
heavyweight in a disappointing 1!
round bout here last night.
The decision was rendered hi
Referee Lou Magnolia at the enc
of 10 rounds featured with few
sensations. There were no knock
outs and the most serious danger h
either came to Sharkey in th<
fourth when Stribling nailed Jack
with lefts to the chin nearly floor
ing him.
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
The match was a financial suc
cess as well as a social spectacle
bout drew a gate above
.ith a paid attendance ol
fj.OOO people.
Th . t.iny Piny Saucer, crampec
celebraties from all over the coun
try. Before the fight Jack Demp
sey was introduced and he wa;
greeted by a thunderous ovation
and Paplino Uzcudun, Spanish
•Tim Corbett, former heavj champ
fighte,1'. were also presented to tnc
crowd
Sharkey, the top heavy favorite
won only after a close call from
defeat and only t^e most desper
ate rally enabled him to overcome
Stribling’s early lead.
Outweighed 10 pounds, Striblinc
almost matched Jack's 192 pounds
with speed and deception despite
arm and rib ailments before the
fight.
Stribling put up a courageous
fight before the Southern crowd
who came to see their fistic idol
battle for high stakes. For more
rhan half the fight Stribbling was
the aggressor and more dangerous
in the fourth.
THRILLS THE CROWD
He thrilled the crowd when he
staggered his big foe with a crash
ing overhand right to the temple
but the handicap in weight and
tiie fact his left arm, which “Pa’
Stiibling' claimed to be almost
useless from the effects of neuri
tis, took a heavy toll in strength
and fighting power of the lithe
Georgian who fought on gamely
but a losing battle from the sixth
round on.
He was severely punished by
body attacks. Stribling won the
first,fourth and sixth and Shark
ey the second, third, seventh, ninth
and 10th rounds, according to the
Associated Press tally sheet.
7 DISCOVERER VALDEZ •
GREEK DIES VALDEZ
SEATTLE, Feb., 28, (IP)—Peter
Monohan, credited with being the
discoverer of gold on Valdez Creek
and who last December reported
another paystreak on the same
location, died suddenly at Valdez
Tuesday.
According to word received here
by Mrs. T. J. McNamara, a sister,
he had been prospecting in Alas
ka for 30 years. He also leaves a
brother in Seattle.
SECRETARY OF WAR
WASHINGTON, Feb., 28, <JP)—
fames W. Good of Iowa will be Sec
retary of War in the Hoover Cabi
net.
LEGENDS ENFOLD “GEM OF klSSIOfSs” TEXAS
San Jose mission at san aihuuiu, lex., was built by
Spanish priests more than two centuries ago.
AS PROFITABLE IN ALASKA AS
ANYWHERE ON THE CON
| TINENT
WASHINGTON. Feb., 28, (/Pi—
W. Irving Glover, second assistant
postmaster geiieral, has made the
, astonishing statement to Congress
committees, that information has
1 reached him to the effect airplane
''Deration in Alaska and the ad -
: joining territory belonging to Can
| ada, is just as profitable, relative
! ly, as anywhere on the continent.
Glover was asking Congress to
give him an additional $10,000 for
j airplane pay during the coming
! fiscal year. For the present year
! the appropriation is $150,000.
BEING GIN GLOSE
WASHINGTON. Feb.. 27. (/P)—j
The official statement from the, |
White House that President Coui-1
• dge was of the opinion that it j
would be advisable to continue fo
one -ear the administrative func
|*:ons of the Federal Radio Commis
sion is expected to have considera
ble weight with Congress, which is j
i considering the problem of radio
! regulp tion.
On March 4, radio will become i
one of the responsibilities of the
jrew President. Whether President
ffect Hoover in his conference with
president Coolidge discussed the
continuance of the commission or
the radio situation in general has |
not been divulged. Following the!
1926 breakdown in Federal regula
tion of broadcasting, President
Coolidge asked Congress to draft
new legislation and the Radio Act !
of 1927 resulted. i
PITTSBURGH. Feb.. 27. <A>i—
some ',.000 resolutions to amend the ••
Constitution of t he United States :
have been introduced since the
'/on. ‘ i1 tiU: •! v . uade the law i_'i
the land, and M. A. Musmamio
Pitt.'burg attorney knows the his-!
i.ooy of every one.
iN'ot only that, bin after readin j
>hru 40 y ars o the Congressional!
Record aiid more than 103 book
oe.tltr' with the inu educed resom- •
tons. Musmanno has written "Pro
nosed Amendments to the Con si.i- I
tution of the United States". ;
■ hat ary person can know as much
'.’he book repre ents the work o. |
hve years’ study
COMMITTEE REIMS
WASHINGTON, Feb., 27, (A3)—
The Senate appropriations com
mittee yesterday reversed its posi
tion on the Harris proposal tor the
$24,000,000 increase in prohibition
funds and voted down the attempt
to add this amount to the deffi
ciency appropriation bill which
was reported to the Senate the
night before.
VARGF SUMS EXPECTED FROM
SALE OBSOLETE BUILDINGS,
ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Feb.. 28, (A3)—
Secretary Mellon recommended to
Congress the expenditure of $398,
000. 000 to meet tie public building
reeds.
Of this amount Congress appir.
priated $200,000,000 ar.d estimated;
<43,000,000 would be available from •
1. he sale of obsolete buildings; of
:his sum Fairbanks was allotted
$379,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 28, (7Pi—
President-elect Hoover has com
pleted his Cabinet with the re
tention of James J. Davis, as Sec
retary of Labor, and the selection
of the Departments of Agriculture
and Commerce of two men who
are described as surprise appoint
ments.
OLD MAID'S PARADISE
TOKYO, Feb., 28, (A3)—The eman
cipation of Japanese women has
received new, semi-official recog
nition in the erection of an apart
ment house for unmarried women
in a Tokyo suburb. The Japanese
press refers to the place as "an
old maid’s paradise.”
MERCY FLYERS WHO CARRIED SERUM
EDmOMTON, Canada.—Another epic in the history
of aviation was written recently when Captain Wilfred j
“Wop” May and Lieut. Victor Horner flew a little open j
Avrion biplane from Edmonton, Canada, to Fort Ver
million, a small trading outpost 600 miles away where a
diphtheria epidemic raged. They brought 600,000 units '
of serum, sufficient to immunize the entire community.
T’t'e flierht took them two days and the temperature for <
he rnost part of the iournev was 35 degrees below zero. c
shows Mivor Pm-v, of Edmonson, and Dv'. Bw of s
he Provincial Health Department, bidding godspeed to i
A
COLONEL SAYS HE IS FEELING
FINE DESPITE YESTERDAY’S
ACCIDENT
MEXICO CITY, Feb., 28, UP)—
Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh and Miss
Morrow took the air again today
Hying a commercial plane which
the Colonel borrowed at Valbuena.
Miss Morrow seemed to be slight
ly nervous just before she stepped
into the plane but quickly recov
ered her composure and appeared
perfectly calm as the plane left
the ground.
It is believed Lindbergh is fol
lowing the custom of the army,
where he was trained, of sending
aviators back into the air as soon
as possible after an accident.
Colonel Lindbergh drove to the
Valbuena Airfield with n.e hand
at his dislocated should
bandaged heavily. He stu^
feeling fine. The couple land.,,
ter 30 minutes in the air.
(OMPT'I LFD TO LAND ON ONE
HTS PLANE TURNED
OVER
MEXICO CITY. Feb.. 28. (/Pi—Col.
Charles A Lindbergh and Miso
Morrow escaped injury when Coi.
Lindbergh’s plane turned over in a
spectacular accident just after he
landed from a flight of several
.lours.
It war learned Lindbergh and hij
.r.cc-e had landed at an unre
'’ealed destination while on a
j-'easurp flight ’o ing the right
wheel of the plane in landing.
Consequently Lindbergh had to
.tteir.pt. the difficult feat of bring
ng Ins fiance safely to earth while
he m .chine was minus one wheel.
DUBLIN, Feb., 28, (/P)-Miss Mary
MacSw'ney and a small group of
’ormer members of the Dail Eir
:ann, undaunted by events, are still
>7orklng hi !he establishment of
The Republic o.’ Ireland.”
Theii republic ■ onld have a pres
cient elected by liie people, a na
tonal legislative council, and a tia
ional economic council.
AIRPLANES ARE TESTER
RY'ONFY. Australia. Feb., 27, (/rvi
-A new idea in life saving has
‘een successful at Torrigal Beach
iere.
An aeroplane took up a 500-vard
ife line at one end of which was an
nflated motor tire and at the oth
r end an iron weight.
The plane dropped the tire near
swimmer and then dropped the
umbbell on the beach where res
ners were waiting to haul in the
wimmer clinging to the inflated
ire.