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VOLUME XX1I1. NUMBER 26. SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 1, 1928.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Army Appropriation
Bill Reported House
1 Contains Local Item
FUNDS FOR ALASKA ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REG
ULATION LOWELL CREEK IN SEWARD, $590,
000 FOR MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
ROADS, BRIDGES AND TRAILS, AND ADDI
; TIONAL $225,000 FOR SAME WORK—$50,000,000
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS DURING FISCAL
YEAR.
WASHINGTON,. Feb.- 1. (/P)—Carrying a total of
$399,000,000 including $80,433,000 for non-military activi
ties, the annual army appropriations bill was reported to
the House by the appropriations committee.
The amount represents an increase of $3,654,000
over the current funds but a decrease of $494,000 under
« the budget estimates.
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The committee said they found that1
a deficit existed in the nation’s am
munition reserve but not an alarming
amount. It asked §7,000,000 be used
for procurement of ammunition next
year.
It is said the War Department plans
to present a program for 1930 looking
to gradual elimination of the existing
deficit and of the total items non
military.
An allotment of S50,000,000 is made
available in a lump sum for carrying
out existing rivers and harbors pro
jects: continuance during the next
fiscal year of an army of 118,750 in
cluding 1.24S men to be absorbed into
the air corps under the five year avia
tion program. ^
It also provided an appropriation
for the air corps which amounted to
$24,850,000 plus a contract for author
ization of $5,000,000.
The committee said the total num
ber of planes for the five year pro
gram would be more than met at the
end of the year. There would be
1,393 planes on hand against the pro
gram figure of 1,353. The bill pro
poses to appropriate nearly the $5,
000,000 towards new construction at
military posts; and appropriation of
$33,981,000 is for sea coast defense is
also provided.
ALASKAN ITEMS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (/P)-^Funds
for army activities in Alaska were:
construction and maintenance of
roads, bridges and traiils, $590,000;
regulation of Lowell Creek, Seward,
$100,000; wagon roads, bridges, trails
$125,000.
Funds contributed for the improve
ment of roads, bridges and trails,
$100,000.
SAME AS SEWARD
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. (/P)—Tempera
ture minimum 20, maximum 33.
IED ALASKAN RESIDENT
PISSES PORT HAYDEN
HUSBAND IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Feb. 1. {JP)—The first j
maT boat in the spring will bring to
George Albert, trader at Port Hayden
Alaska, a long expected letter from
bis wife and also the news of her
! death.
i His wife, Mrs. Nellie Albert, aged
62, died last Sunday. The funeral ser
I vie c was held on Monday. Before s<he
was stricken she wrote her husband
a letter and it 'will go out on the
san.e boat that will carry the news
>f l;-?1* death.
" We hope this one sees his shad
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SENATE PASSES BILL
MERCHANT MARINE
UNDER U. S. CONTROL
OVER THE OPPOSITION OF COOL*
IDGE AND ADMINISTRATION
LEADERS
WASHINGTGON, Feb. 1. (Jp)—Over
the opposition of President Coodlidge
and administration leaders the Senate
passed the Jones’ bill to expand the
American merchant marine and main
tain it under government control.
A combination of Democrats and
western Republicans sent the meas
ure to the House by a vote of 53 to 31.
This took place after rejecting over,
whelming votes in a long series of
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amendments put forward in a last
minute attack by those who contend
ed the measure would establish a poli
jcy permanent government ownership
and operation of a merchant fleet.
The S. S. Aleutian, enroute to the
Hawaiian Islands, was reported to
be 718 miles off Hilo at 11 o’clock
last night.
DEMPSEY IS THRU
SAYS DISPATCH IN
MIAMI NEWSPAPER
RICKARD SARCASTIC TO REPORT
ER; POSTS $100,000 FORFEIT
NO WORD FROM JACK
MIAMI, Feb. 1. (/P)—'“Tex” Rickard
indicated Jack Dempsey has been
eliminated from further consideration
so far as another match with Gene
Tunney is concerned,
i He was told by the Associated
Press that the Miami Daily News pub
lished a story saying it had learned
thru reliable sources that Dempsey
will never fight again and, adding
that Rickard and Tunney’s manager,
Billy Gibsonfi had been unable as yet
to announce the champion’s opponent
for next summer’s bout.
The present promoter said; “If I
, were you I’d go ahead with the same
! sort of a story.” He declined to elabo
I rate on this statement. Meanwhile
in New York Rickard’s bankers post
ed the $100,000 forfeit necessary to
bind the option of the champion’s
services for 1928 in accordance with
. the contract made last fall.
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BULL I
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CHICAGO, Feb. 1. (/P)—One negro
; prisoner was shot and killed; another
shot and killed himself and a police
man was wounded, when several
prisoners in the Wabash Police Sta
tion attempted to make a break for
liberty from the bull pen.
Thirty prisoners were in the bull
pen and some attempted to take ad
vantage of the excitement and escape
but were thwarted by a tear bomb.
FISH C0MMISSIH1
0. C. PROTEST AGIST
LIMIT SALMON TROLLERS
VICTORIA, Feb. 1. (3s)—Protesting
for the Provincial Government against
the Federal proposal to limit salmon
trollers to one line each, Commission
er of Fisheries Sloan, telegraphed the
Ottawa Legislature members.
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He declared this would place troll
ing in the hands of Japanese who
alone live on the proceeds from a
single line.
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