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TY COBB IS NO 1 MAN IN
BASEBALL’S HALL FAME i
WITH RUTH, A CLOSE 2ml
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Babe Ruth, Wagner, And
Several Others Also
Included
(By The Associated Press)
Chicago, Feb. 3, —Tyrus
Raymond Cobb, fiery Geor
gian, who played 24 years
of major league baseball,
was awarded first place in
baseball’s Hall of Fame by
a vote of players and base
ball writers at Copperstown
New York, where the game
started.
Only Cobb, Babe Ruth,
Honus Wagner, Christy
Mathewson and Walter
Johnson received the re
quired number of votes to
determine the ten players
in the modern age, worthy
of entering the Hall of
Fame.
Cobb received 222 of the
226 votes cast for position
of number one, leading his
nearest rivals, Ruth and
Wagner who received 215
votes each. In order to en
ter the Hall of Fame, a play
er must receive 75 percent
of all the votes cast.
The voting applies to
players active from 1900 on.
Terr. Filings Are
Complete (dosing
Time Saturday
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Feb. 3, —Com
plete territorial filings are
as follows:
For Delegate, Dimond,
democrat, incumbent; Lest
er O. Gore, Ketchikan, re
publican.
For Auditor, Frank A.
Boyle, democrat incum
bent; Joe S. Hoffman, dem
ocrat Seward: C. S. Mac
Fadden, Cash Cole, both of
Juneau, republic ns.
Highway Engineer, Wm.
A. Hesse, democrat incum
bent; Roy J. Storey Cor
dova and E. F. Wann of
Fairbanks republicans.
Attorney General, James
S. Truitt, democrat incum
bent; Harry G. McCain, re
publican Ketchikan.
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First Division
Filings Wired
From Juneau
(By The Associated Press)
Juneau, Feb. 3, — Com
plete filings for the First
Division are Senate, dem
ocrats Norman R. Walker
incumbent Ketchikan; H.
R. Shepabd republican.
For the House, Kenneth j
Junge, Captain J. V. Davis,!
Frank Peratrovich, J. P. ]
Anderson, Mrs. Crystal!
Snow Jenne, Robert E. El- j
lis all of Juneau, Eric Ness
of Petersburg, George H.
Peterson, Douglas, J. T.
Moran of Charcoal Point,
Joe Green of Hyder, J. S.
Ream of Ketchikan, all dem
ocrats.
Mrs. Mildred Hermann,
Jack Wilson of Juneau,
Frank D. Price of Sitka,
Harry Race, Hanford H.
Henning of Ketchikan, all
republicans.
Two independents filed:
A. J. Nelson of Juneau, for
the senate and A. P. Walk
er of Craig for the House.
Filings In Fourth
Division Primary
Election In April
(By The Associated Press)
Fairbanks, Feb. 3, — The
Fourth Division filings com
plete are as follows:
Senate: democrats, Vict
or C. Rivers Fairbanks,
and Thomas J. Devane of
Ruby, republican Julian A.
Hurley of Fairbanks.
For the House: democrats
Leo W. Rogge, Victor Ross,
William F. Thompson, Al
fred J. Ghezzi, Catherine
Palm all of Fairbanks, Dan
iol L. Green of Manley Hot
Springs, Louie A. Smith of
U of Alaska, Nels Anderson
of Bethel; Republicans, H.
Elton Buzzby, Louis D Col
bert, Fred B. Johnston all
of Fairbanks, Marion G.
Edmundson of Circle Hot
Springs and Oscar Samuel
son of Bethel.
The Washington
News ■ Letter
OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
Washington, D.C., Jan. 11
Seven bills and two House
joint resolutions affecting
Alaska and residents of the
Territory were introduced
by Delegate Dimond when
the second session of the
74th Congress convened on
January 3rd. Among these
the following bills are ^
general interest:
H.R.9274, authorizing the
Territorial Legislature to
alter, amend or repeal cer
tain laws of Alaska impos
ing taxes for carrying on
business and trade. The
introduction of this meas
ure is in harmony with the
recommendation of Senate
Joint Resolution No. 9,pass
ed by the Territorial Legis
lature.
H. R. 9474, a bill to pro
vide that after July 1, 1936
not more than 30 per cent
um of the herring taken
from Alaska waters south
of 69 degrees north latitude
and east of 137 degrees W.
longitude, shall be used fox
other purposes than human
food or for bait to be used
in the taking of food fish.
This bill was requested by
the Alaska Troller’s Asso
ciation to safeguard the
trolling industry in south
eastern Alaska.
H. R. 9275, to permit the
entry of mining claims in
Glacier Bay National Mon
ument. Such entry has
heretofore been prohibited
by the reservation contain
ed in the proclamation of
the President establishing
the Monument in 1925.
House Joint Reso'ution
410, is to authorize a prelim
inary examination of Elfin
Cove, near Port Althorp,
with a view to the improve
rnent of its harbor facilities
House Joint Resolution
411, is to authorize a simi
lar examination, and for
the same purpose, at Unga.
Private bills were intro
duced by the Delegate for
the relief of following Al
askan residents each of
whom suffered disallow
ance of compensation while
acting as postmaster dur
ing the period following,
Oil Embargo Is
c
Before League
Comm. Geneva
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, Feb. 3, —Dip
lomatic phases of the Ethio
pian war re-assumed prom
inence, as the League com
mittee of experts met at
Geneva today to determine
whether an oil embargo
against Italy was practical.
On the battlefront, Eth
iopia was regarded as main
!y interested in retrieving
southern areas taken by
the Italians in their recent
advance northward from It
alian Somaliland.
From Addis Ababa march
ed sixty thousand warriors
to bolster the forces of Ras
Destu Demtu, who failed
to prevent the “Hell on
Wheels Column” of the It
alians,from reaching within
only two hundred and twen
ty-five miles south of the
nation’s capital.
the death of the postmaster
to the date of the appoint
ment of the succeeding
postmaster, at the offices.in
which they served:
Mrs. Anna Leak, at Gul
kana. Mrs. Carrie R. Sam
ms, at Kotzebue. Galen B.
Fry, at Richardson.
The necessity for these
bills resulted from legal
limtiations placed on the
General Accounting Office,
which prevented allowance
of the accounts when pre
sented by the Postoffice de
partment.
A private bill was also
introduced to authorize the
reimbursement of Sam Ro
mack for the loss of his g^s
boat which was sunk by
the Coast Guard Patrol
boat Morris, while manuev
ering during a storm at the
port of Seward in Sept.
January 7, the Delegate
introduced H. R. 9868, to
amend the first section of
the Act reserving lands for
educational uses in Alaska.
The original Act provides
that when the public lands
of the Territory are survey
ed, -sections numbered six
teen and thirty-six in cue
township should be reserv
ed from sale or settlement
for the support of the com
mon schools in Alaska and
sections numbered 33 in
(Continued on Page Two)
Harold Gillum, In Pilgrim Plane
(Iras'ied Sunday. (look Inlet. In
Pron! Anchorage, ^one Hurl
(By The Associated Press)
Anchorage. Feb. 3, — A
ten-place Pilgrim plane pil
oted by Harold Gillam and
flight mechanic Buddy Sel
tenreich. occupied by two
passengers—Jack Metzgar
of Anchorage and Elmer
Hedstrom of Cordova—
crashed in Cook Inlet off
Anchorage at 3:25 P M. Sun
day afternoon. All of them
were rescued, uninjured.
The plane sank. The
party left Cordova and
bucked headwinds all the
way to Anchorage, and the
trip which usually is only
an hour & 35 minutes, re
quired 2 hours and 15 min
utes.
The plane found ground
fog over the city and was
unable to locate the airport.
It Hew around for an hour
looking for a place to land.
Gil lam touched its wheels
to the ground at Ekutna
and noticed they could see
under the fog blanket. The
plane then came on to An
chorage but the fog hung
on the ground here and
forced him to try to return
to Ekluina.
The gas was exhausted
and the en ;ine quit. Gill
am headed his plane for the
Imet rather than take a
chance crashing in town.
The plane plunged be
tween the ice floes and the
four men stood on the plane
and hollered for help. They
jumped to the ice floes as
the plane sank under them.
Pilots Steve Mills and
Kenneth Neese of Anchor
age heard the ship crash
nd snread the alarm.
Soviets Obj eel
< By The Associated Press'
Moscow, Fob. 3, — Tim
high command of the Sov
iet Far Eastern Army ac
cused Japanese Manchou
kuoan troops, in a commun -
ique, of taking up a posi
tion facing the Soviet bor
der, and of sending scouts
into Soviet territory.
The scouts were compell
ed to retire under Are from
the Soviet frontier guard-,
leaving one of their num
ber dead.
Purse Seiner Is
Exploded Three
Men LosI Live-;
(By The Associated Press)
San Diego, Feb. 3, — An
explosion ' sank the s'xty
five foot tuna clipper Alym
pia off Cane Lucas, at the
southern tip of Lower Cal
ifornia, killing three of the
crew of eight.
The Romancia, another
purse seiner rescued the
five survivors from the wat
ler last night and is conduct
ing a search for the bodies
of the three who were kill
ed.
Negros, Whiles
hi i lash; -e hite
/> Of
v aicer
By The Associated Press)
P'T; r-on. Mo.. F b. 3. —
\ pa’ice for e ".’as doubl
ed after a clash otween
white nd nc;’"o residents
he e. in which special
oiTr: was fa wo nd
ed end seven o. rs ha rt.
Charles Vdhihr. died to
ri: v !"om ku 1 wounds
. uttered in rio in Salur
d: y ti ghl at a n ro. club.
' n i ! Fin y. n ro
or..or o' t 'e c ub rounded
in the fighting, is accused
of the slaying.
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