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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIII. NUMBER 81.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENT.
FIVE CANDIDATES FOR CITY
CLERK’S OFFICE; 401 VOTES
POLLED
NOME, April 6. (/P)—With one can
didate each for 'mayor, city attorney,
treasurer and school board, and with
5 candidates for city clerk, one of
whom was a woman, Nome polled 401
ballots in Tuesday’s election.
Ed Tarnutzer was elected mayor,
Hugh O’Neil, city attorney; J. W.
Strangeroom, treasurer; William H.
Koch, member of the school board.
All were reelected.
Albin Poison, John A. White, A.
Balilke, were elected councilmen for
two years; Bahlke narrowly winning
OTer Mrs. Harvey Grant.
M. Jacobsgaard was elected to the
city clerkship, receiving 19 votes more
than J. O. Stokes, who withdraw from
the legislative race to become a clerk
candidate.
MEMORANDUM PREPARED FOR
LATE SENATOR WILLIS BY
G. N. PEEK
WASHINGTON, April 6. (/P)—1The
contention of Hoover’s friends that he
has been a consistant friend of the
farmer is assailed in a statement by
George N. Peek and placed in the Sen
ate record by Senator Norbeck.
Peek is Chairman of the Executive
Committe of two of the North Central
States Agricultural Conferences and
prepared the memorandum for the late
Senator Willis after pamplets, review
ing Hoover’s farm record, had been
circulated in the “Buckeye” State.
POWER FOR JAPAN
T0K\0, April 6. (JP)—A billion and
a half dollars are now invested in Ja
panese electric corporations. Only in
the last 10 years has use of electrici
ty been general.
MOLESKIN SHORTAGE
GLASGOW, April 6. (/P)—- Moleskin
coats will be dearer. Floods in Brit
ish Isles drowned millions of the lit
tle animals. It takes 250 to 300 skins
to make a coat.
ALASKA AT CORDOVA TONITE
The S S. Alaska, of the A. S. Co., is
due to arrive at Cordova at 6 o’clock
this • " n;ng, says the local report.
Th bring the big vessel into the
Port coward late tomorrow
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LITE SENATOR WILLIS
COLUMBIA, O., April 6. (/P)— State!
Commerce Director Cyrus Locker, j
Democrat editor, has been appointed j
by Governor A. V. Donahey, to succeed
the late Senator Willis as Senator
from Ohio. Locker will present him
self at Washington on April 16 for the
oath of Senator. \
SPANISH AVIATORS TO
MAKE ATLANTIC HOP
SPAIN TO NEW TOOK
i
HENDAYE, France, Spanish Fron
tier, April 6. (;P)—Advices said Capt.
Jiminez and Iglesias, Spanish aces,
have decided to try a non-stop Spain
to New York flight in a Spanish plane
named “Jesus of Great Strength.”
They recently broke the Spanish dura
tion record when they remained aloft,
for 28 hours.
THOUSANDS SPECIAL
POLICE GUARD POLLS
| CHICAGO, April 6. (JP)—Assurances
' that 5,000 men will guard the primary
| election polls next Tuesday is given
| by Police Commissioner Hughes. The
regiment of police will be augmented
by 5000 volunteers.
LIEUT. BERT HALL |
WILL ATTEMPT HOP |
SEATTLE TO TOKIO!
LATE THIS MONTH; MAY CONTIN
UE AROUND WORLD IF IS
SUCCESSFL
NEW YORK, April 6. (£>)—Lieut.
Bert Hall, of Bowlingreen, Ky., an
nounced he will attempt a solo non
stop flight across the Pacific ocean
from Seattle to Tokio late this month
or early in May.
If the ocean flight be successful Hall
said ,he will continue around the world
by way of Harbin, Moscow, London
St. Johns and New York in an attempt j
to lower the existing time record for;
encircling the globe.
On the Pacific flight the aviator will j
be competing for a "27,500 prize offered
j
by the Seattle Chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association and the Imper- j
ial Japanese Aviation Sociefy.
Hall is one of seven original mem
bra of the Lafayette Escadrill and
has an imposing war record.
Hollywood, 3; Oakland, 1.
Mission, 5; Sacramento, 6.
Portland, 4; Los Angeles, 2.
Seattle, 1; San Francisco, 4,
PERFECT WEATHER IN
SEMI FIB RACES
SEATTLE, April 6. (/P)—Almost
perfect weather and a placid lake
seemed assured for the varsity races
this afternoon when a warm sun broke
out and only ai light breeze. All Wash
ington crews continued favorites.
FIRST TEST FLIGHTS
SAN DIEGO, April 6. (TP)—'The first
test flights of a new monoplane recent
ly completed by B. F. Mahoney, of the
Aircraft Corporation, for Col. Chas. A.
Lindbergh, was made by Col. Lind
bergh. The flier took off in the plane
this morning and remained in the air
for an hour. Col. Lindbergh smiled
with boyish pride as he examined the
plane.
GOFF TOSSES HUT INTO
RESIDENTIAL ARENA
WASHINGTON, April 6. (£>)—'The
colors of the seventh Senatorial candi
date for the Presidential nomination
are now flying with the entry of Gut
D. Goff, Junior Senator from W. Vir.,
in the Primary May 29 when 19 dele
gates to the convention will be select
ed.
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ter
We never did like Him!’
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YU
SHOVIN
TORNADOES FOUR
STATES CAUSES
THREE DEATHS
SCORE INJURED; BUILDINGS DAM
AGED; IN WIDELY SEPERAT
ED AREAS STATES
KANSAS CITY, April 6. (/p)—Tor
nadoes, climaxed by a general wind
and rain storm, caused at least three
deaths and left a score injured and
damaged buildings in widely seperated
points.
The storm swept southern Kansas,
northern Oklahoma and Arkansas.
One was killed and many injured in
Arkansas; two perished and hundreds
were driven from their homes when
nearly seven inches of rain fell in one
half hour at Shawnee, Okla.
Hail accompanied the rain, causing
holes in roofs and broken windows.
Two blisters occurred in Texas.
SPORT VS. PLATO
PARIS, April 6. (IP)— Abel Hermant,
French writer and a member of the
French Academy, who is also a splen
did swimmer, said recently, “I take
greater pride in being able to swim
the crawl than in my ability to read
Plato in the text.”
USURER TOO AMBITIOUS
FLORENCE, Italy, April 6. (£>)—
Vittorio Piperno, money lender, de
manded 250 per cent interest. Au
thorities intervened. Piperno is now
“in confine,” living as best he can on
a government allowance of 55 cents
a day.
A HEFTY VOLUME
TOKIO. April 6. (£>)—The Emperor
of Japan has listened to 600 lectures
in the past six years, delivered by
eminent Japanese and distinguished
foreigners. He has now ordered that
they all be published in book form.
RIVALS FOR SWITZERLAND
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 6. ,
(ff)—The Swiss are alarmed for the
future of their winter sports by re
ports that artificial snow is making
cold weather diversions possible in
many European capitals.
URUGUAY STUDIES TAXES
MONTEVIDEO, Urugary, April 6.
(;p)—Uruguay has sent Cesar Gori to
Europe to study modern methods of
managing public offices engaged in
tax collection.
VOLUNTEERS BUILD ROADS
ALBONA, Italy, .April 6. (£>)—Mus
solini ba3 instructed the Prefect to
thank the people of Albona for their
voluntary labor in rebuilding roads
and erecting a reservoir.
LIGHTED RACE TRACK
BERLIN, April 6. {JP)—An electri
cally lighted outdoor race track has
been ti out with success at the
Marienuori trotting course.