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FT THE WANDERING REPORTER
Kid McCoy Marries Again—
RUSEVILLE, Ind.—K id MrCy.
63 years eld, former mii.IH-wd'ght
cha.. pion pugilist, was married in
Ru.ihviile to Mr;:. Sui Cobb 44. a
dhtant restive, I: was McCoy’s
ninth and last rnarria. t. he declared
btc.-ise “they count me out at uc-n.”
McCoy won the middleweight title in
1S9.1. He fought 200 ntrht- in his
career- A3 ar. Snrhipped ...iddle
wt: at. he tumid to the i phi h avy
weM-ht class, and lost t James T.
C .... :t. former champ:on f the
■world and then to Tom Sharkey.
Faddy World Fight Lotus—
A fight with Joe Let h- i- now Bud
dy Baer s c al—hr wants to win th?
t • 1 r. even more he wants to
avtn-e the • .taring Louis gave
Ma.v.e. Ik kid brother ha. trimmed
hi.? weight down to 240 pounds and
his l. r ing and punching have als ■
impreved g. early.
FrarJock-Eaer Fieht Planned—
The t.i-ht promoters ar.: now try
ing tc h~'ch up a fight between the
two “ha.-beens,” Max Batr and Jim
Braddot-k, to be held In Chicago
soms time in September. We can’t
s--.- where the j r <ro .ters get the idea
the Maxie would have a chant.
ag~...-. Braddock 1 even make a
good fight out of t. Baer has been
washed up frr ometime I ut the
ham-an-3 -jpg-rs seem t,o have trouble
c - t drr .if it- Me;be former
•1 . .p.oii Jjin Braddock will succeed
in pounding that idea home if the
talked of match comes off.
WILKINS WILL CROSS
NORTH POLE UNDER ICE
\ — W YORK C .i - V; ,r on of ?
s::tmarine boat to 1 raise under the
i 3 from Spitsbergen, Norway, to
the c ast of Alaska has been begun
f firstly a. a British shipyard, Sir
C orgi Hubert Wilkins, polar e»
plo-er. declared in New York. The
cost of the c aft and the expense of
Outfitting it will trial §251',
The start will be _n.r ' from.
Spi _bergt-n next Ma;.. . distance
to the Alaska shore is about 2,200
miles.
The submarine will be equipped
with an electric drill to bore up
through the ice to permit <: surface
ob=.ervat' ns. The craft will carry
a err v of - oven men.
‘Wilkins and party in 1932 cruise;5
in a subnta ine under the Arctic ice
north of Spittbergen. At times they
were 590 feet below the surface and
voyaged under ice 25 feet thick.
“Sin'e I bought a car, I don’t have
to walk to the bank to make my de
posrs.’’
"Ah, you ride here?*3
“Mo, I don’ make any.”
Teacher: “Now. if I subtract 26
from 94. what’s the difference?’’
Bored Pupil: “That’s what I say'
Who cares?”
A certain editor ran this as a
leading editorial. “The business mat
of this town who is in the habit oi
hugging his stenographer had bet
ter quit, or we will publish his
name.” The next day 37 business
men called at the office, paid then
subscriptions for a year in advance
left 37 co'ttnna of advertising tc
run indefinitely, 2nd told the editoi
not to pay any attention to fool
stories.
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JAPAN-GH1NA
ON VERGE OF
BIOOONFL’^T
SHANGHAI. China. Aug. 7—Din
lemats repre-ecting both Japan and
China lock steps today to settle the
’apsr: -e-r cinese c .nfiict by peaet
fu! means.
"There f- still a chance to effect a
-cttlemen: Shig-. ru Kstratroe. Ja
panese ambassador to Chins who has
fust come from the zone of hostil
: ie- in North China, declared ‘ day
in Shanghai. He =sid ho was deter
mined t exhaust all diplomatic
mean- for the -elution of the Japsn
o-: -Chinese issue.
A spokesman for the Chinese for
eign tffic-.' asserted today in Shang
hai that if .Tausn desires open peace
r potiations they vrT.i be opened.
Japanese to Leave Hankow
H.ANKCnV. Chins. Ane. 7—C m
r>.e evacuation of all Japanese in
'‘arkr.w, iirn rtsnt commerc es e n
ter. was ordered today by Japanese
ccrsu’ar < Ticia’ = and -Jan-ine«e naval
(officer-. Then dY^e’ed all Japanese
; to leave the city before roots Sunday,
i The Japanese authorities report
la rut booses of Chinese troops are
concentrating in the Hankow area.
Nank>ng Fears Gas Bombs
NANKING. Aug. 7—Ch:na's cap
' 'tal city, with the country on the
verge of a declared war. is in a fe
v-r tonight over the apprehension
, that Japanese planes ir. ar, air raid
■ will drop gas bombs.
The Air Defense Association ha?
bought gas masks and has trained
1 its members to give simple ir.struc
■ tions to the more than 1,000,000 in
habitants of the city on whrt to do
when an serial attack is made with
, gas bombs. The association has is
sued notices aying airplane? are
“exoected to drop bombs momentar
i ily.”
Japanese Force? Increased
PEIPING. China. Aug. 7—Japan’s
army in North China ha? been
increased by 15.090 new troon? in
cbe Tientsin area. It is estimateo
by informed Asiatic observers that
a total of 4 x000 soldiers have been
massed for th» next serious Japan
ese-Cfcinese encounter, which, it is
believed will be at Nankow Pass, 30
miles northwest of Peiping, since
both Japanese and Chinese armies
art moving in that direction.
Money Voted For War
TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7—Japan’s
parliament today ended its two
weeks’ session by voting funds to
. •. at :he expenses of hostilities in
China. Chief among measures pas
i * bv the parliament is a war ap
propriation bill carrying $121,500,’
which Gen. Sugiyama. Japanese war
n:-ter. declared would be sufficient
for military operations unless the
scope of the conflict widens.
Premier Fuminaro Konoye issued
a statement saying the situation in
X rth China is extremely serious.
COPIES OF LIABILITY
REPORTS SENT EMPLOYERS
The Unemployment Compensation
C -m mission of Alaska has mailed to
: .i vers, operating in whole or in
ps - in Alaska, copies of liability
1is toge ther with an explana
tion of the law.
The e rpeorts are to be filled out.
ride: .natty of law, by all employ
ei =. whether or not they are liable
contributions under the Alaska
i. \v. Reports are to be filed with the
C mir.ission before August 31, 1937.
If you are an employer, and have
not receiv;-d a liability report, or a
copy of the law, you should contact
*he Unemployment Compensation
Commissi:a. Box 2661. Juneau, Al
aska. by the first mail.
FLAT OPERATORS NOW
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME
Or account of the dry summer and
low water, placer mining, -with the
exception of the dredges, was prac
tically at a standstill in the Flat re
gion when the wet weather set in.
Now-, with the recent rains, the
creeks are booming and the opera
tor? are endeavoring to make 'up for
lost time.
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