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Entered «s secona-ctass matter Ati
rust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
'Yokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
' larch 3, 1879.
Takotna. Alaska, April 29, 1928.
RECENT HROADC \ STINGS
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NEW YORK.—Sixteen thousand!
rounds of ammunition for small fire-!
arms were seized by customs officers!
from Peter Traetvik, an engineer on
board a steamship. It is thought hr
was supplying rebels in Honduras
with bullets
I.OS ANGELES.—Tests of sanity j
of Norman Trevor, actor, were asked;j
by his friend, U. R. Warner, who said ,
the stage veteran imagined himself to
be wealthy, although - really only in
moderate circumstances.
NEW YORK.— A new type of men
oplane, designed hs an airplane car
rier, is being constructed in the fac
tory of Charles Levine The machine
is unique in design and comi'ines re
markable lifting power with 160 miles
per hour, speed
WA SllINGTON.—Senator Walsh
said he is tot out ‘‘to get Smith” in
the presidential race His candidacy,
he says, is based unon political cor
ruption issue..
PARIS'.—American "purists are!
protesting against that provision of;
the United States tariff law which
tom pels purchasers - of American cars
in Europe tx? pay an additional 45 per
cent tax when they take their cars
home.
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NEW YORK.— Or UiiaGes Viol
famous for his experiments in search
of cancer cure, died today of cancer.
NEW YORK.—Mr. and Mrs. James.1
Stillman sailed on what 1- described !
as their third honeymoon trip to JEu-j
rope, where they will join their son
Bud Sthillman, and his hride.
PARIS.—Although officially denied.,
it is authoritatively learned that the!
Erench government mas completed
plans for earring a loan next May fori
the partial repayment of. France’s j
(U'OO.OOn.onn fr!lU(;s (it III to the
Hank of Krnpce.
WASHINGTON.—Possibility of a
six-power disarmament project
loomed large with the agreement of
France and the United States to sub-,
mit a proposal for an unri-war treaty
to Great Britain, Germany, Italy and
Japan. The proposal was the out
growth of diplomatic correspondence
between the two nations.
CHICAGO*—Armed with shot and
machine guns, five automobile loads
of detectives rushed, toward the
northwest of the city. u> rescue
lhomas Gay nor, rich automobile
dealer, who was kidnapped and held
for 8100,000 ransom a week ago. Four
of the alleged kidnappers, said to be
members of a Detroit gang,. were cap
tured.
CHICAGO. — The forty-seventh
bomb since the iirst of the year ex
t ploded on the roof of a one-story
building. The owner, Henry Bonne-'
j’Vier, blamed the explosion on dis
gruntled labor leaders.
LONDON.—King Georye will pare
down his household expenses in 1928
by 8200,000, it was announced here
today. The Kiny voluntarily ar
ranged to reduce the appropriation
for the upkeep of royal palces from
8 00,000 to 8400,000 l'or the year.
OMAHA, Neh.—Omaha and more
1 than sixty other Nebraska towns are
recovering today from one of the
heaviest April snowstorms in the his
! tory of the State. Communication,
transportation and factories, which
were tied up yesterday, were in oper
ation on an almost normal scale to
day.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—One man
was reported missing, another be
lieved to have been burned to death.
: six others seriously injured and dam
age estimated at SdUO.OOO. was caused
by the explosion of a gas main at.
. the plant of the Grand Rapids Gas &
Electric Company here today.
i OMAHA, Neb.—-Declaring that the
i United States is the victim of an or
I ganized system of propaganda against
national defense. Secretary of the
1 Navy Wilbur, in an address before
the Chamber of Commerce today,
: urged business men to support an ade
! ijuate navy as a first guarantee of
national prosperity.
NOTED FIGHTERS WHO
PASSED DURING 1927
I NEW YORK.—Death rook p, par-,
ticularly heavy toll in the ranks of
i sport during 1927, especially in pox
ing, whc_re such not> d figures as
j Young Corbett, Aurelia Herrera,
: Freddie Welsh, Young Gritfo and
Tiger Flowers passed on.
It was a- strange coincidence that
two of the greatest featherweights or 1
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all time died within three days cif ‘
; each other, in April. Corbett won the
featherweight crown from Terry Me-j
Govern in 1901, but five years later;
Herrera knocked him out.
Fifteen deaths were, recorded alto
gether in boxing, six of which were
. the result of injuries sustained in t hi
ring.
Nearly every branch of competition
saw its ranks. t'iam di, Particularly
tragic was t;;e death of Sybil Bauer,
tib-year-old Chicago mermaid, Olym
pic champion and holder of 34 of the
3(5 existing world’s records for women
in backstroke swimming Amateur
athletics lost its outstanding execu
tive tigure when William C. Prout, of
Boston, president of the American
Olympic Association, died in Burton.
Golf mourned the loss of its “Grand'
Old Man," Walter J. Travis, former
British and American amateur cham
pion.
Auto racing s most conspicuous!
tragedy cost the life of J. G. Parry
Thomas, one of England’s most fam
ous drivers, who was killed while try
ing to break his own world’s speed
record.
Baseball lost one. of its greatest
.outfielders, Ross Young, of the New
York Giants, who died after a long
illness in San Antonio, in addition to
such figures as Billy Gilbert, old sec:
ond baseman of tha Giants; Otto Boy
chert, Milwaukee club owner; “Home
Run Charlie” B*-nnett., once famous
catcher, and Lave. Cross.
The turf world mourned Payne
Whitney and James Cox Brady, noted,
sportsmen. Rowling lost Otto. Kal
lusch of Rochester, three-time wanner
of world's championships. Edward P.
Larned, brother of the late William
A. Larned. and himself well known
as a tennis player, also died.
“What's the matter v^ith you?’*,
asked the con at U:S0 =v, m.
“Pm lost,” explained the wanderer'
“Don’t you know your way home?”;
“Sure I do, but that ain’t where I I
want to go.”
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Commissioner’s Court at Me-1
Grath, Mount McKinley Precinct.,1
Fourth Division, Territory of!
Alaska, before -\V. T. Yanderpool,
U. S. Commissioner; awl ex .officio
probate judge;
In the matter of the estate of Hu
bade Hebert, deceased
Notice is hereby given that the un-:
dersigned has been duly appointed ad
ministrator of the -estate of Hubade
Hebert,-deceased. '
All personsg havin claims against
said estate are required to gresent
the same, duly verified, *itn proper]
vouchers attached, to tra undersigned,,
at T.jkotna, Alaska, within six months
from date of this notice.
Dated Takotna, Alaska, April 7,
1928. . '
H..t .3VA.LLICK,
ufmitjistrator. i
First publication, April 7; last pub-j
lication May 5, 3928.,
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ALASKA JUNEAU WILL
PURCHASE JUNEAU MINES
SAN FRANCISCO.—The Alaska
Treadwell Gold Mining .Company, the
Mexican Gr id Mining. Company, and
the Alaska .United Gold Mining .Com*
pany, at their annual meetings, votnd
to sell all their physical holdings . to .
the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining.' 'oSh-i
pany, according to an announcement.'
made here yesterdjiy by F. W. Brad
ley, president of the Alaska Juneau
concern.
The deal will be completed when
the directors of the buying concern
give approval to the transaction. The
purchase price will be fixed at a con
ference between both companies, and
the sellers will be given stock in pay
ment for their holdings.
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WASHINGTON—A. woman in Nor
walk, Connecticut, sent Postmaster
! General New, a check for $250 to be
i divided among Wilbur Jewel, Maurice
j,O’Leary. and.Bert Thorson, mail driv- -
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