TELEGRAPH NEWS
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I7. 8. ARMY PLANKS
TAKING OYKK MAIL
(By The Associated Press)
WAiSHNGTON, Feb. 19 -— Tho
United States Army squared away
tor the biggest job tackled since
the war in toting the mails thru
the skyways in the dead of winter;
The nation’s fighting birdmen turn
aerial postmen officially at mid
night, the task expected to be un
der way several hours before that.
Safety-first is one of the prime
thoughts :n the minds of the com
manding; officers, and no unwar
ranted chances are to be taken.
Forty-eight pilots are ready to
take off op twenty-one mail rout
es cross-cutting the country in
sixty-eight daily trips, contacting
seventy cities as compared to a
hundred and s'xty-seven cities by
contract-holders.
ARMY INTENT ON
• SERVING AIRMAIL
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Feb. 23 — Undaunt
ed by four fliers being killed and
one severely inured when fiv^
planes were demolished during
thfe past week in connection with
their airmail task, the army is
intent upon pushing the mailsi
through. A program has been
brewing in the House to put the
pouches bock On private planes.
Republican quarters hinted that
when an emergency airmail bill
Is called before the House, pro
bably today, an amendment will
be offered. If approved, it will
take the army off the mail job
quickly', but the amendment has
been facing plenty of trouble.
ANOTHER ARMY
, FLIER KILLED
lBy The Associated Press)
DBSHIJ5H. Ohio, Feb. 22 —
Lieutenant I). Lowry, crashed to
hi.s death-today in snowy weather
over a wooded section near a
farm. He threw several sacks of->
mall from the plane before crash
ing.
I'NOATEI). Feb. 20 — An At
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lanta-Riehmond plane nose-dived
over Oreenville, S. C., bent its
propeller and smashed the under
carriage. The pilot was unhurt.
In 1.05 Angeles, fog forced the
cancellation of the first scheduled'
army mail-plane flight. Another
plane tried unsuccessfully to sur
mount the S'erra Nevada mount
ains. but returned to Sacramento.
NEW YORK. Feb. 21 — James
Butler, founder of a grocery store
chain and race horse owner, died
today.
UNDATED. Feb. 20 — The wea
i her played havoc with the air
mail service in the hands of the
army today. Blinding snow, sleet
and fog grounded all army'“’mail
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planes in the East. Service planes
are able to fly except in spots in
the west and south.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 - Dele-,
gate Dimond introduced >a bill au- j
thoriz'ng a preliminary survey of
the Bethel Harbor.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 In
! spite of definite White House
warning that now is not' the time
for payment of the bonus, mem
bers of the House of Represent
atives mustered enough signers
to a petition to force a vote on
the issue March twelfth.
UNDATED, Feb. 20 The
Steamer, Northern Sword, a coaat
wise craft, rammed ashore off the
coast of Boston, Mass., having
flashed an SOS a short time earl
ier. An unidentified steamer sent
up distress signals off Cuttyhunk,
Mass., calling for quick assistance
in a blinding sleet and snowstorm.
The Steamer Baxter reports that
she was leaking fuel.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 —
President Roosevelt won't be able
to get away for his sea-going vac
ation in April. Much work in the
six point program of Congress
will delay the session and delay
the President’s contemplated rest.
The program encompasses the reg
ulation of stock commodity ex
changes, the reductioir"of cotton
acreage by compulsion, veteran's
benefits, taxation, emergency air
mail, sugar control. Speaker of
the House Rainey said, “If con
troversial legislation continues to
‘pop up’ he may be here all sum
mer.”
HONK I, BARRYMOKK HAS
LKADING ROI.K IX “WASHNG
INGTOX MANQl’KRADK"
Time honored customs ;n Con
gress such as the the hazing of re
calcitrant newcomers, the Senate
ceremony accompanying the swear
ing in of a new lawmaker, and a
hundred and one little detail un
known to the general public come
to the screen in "The Washington
Masquerade," coming to the Dream
Theatre, Tuesday.
Barrymore, who scored one of
his greatest stage successes as
the poliCcal leader in the original
Bernstien play, repeats his role in
the modernized screen version.
How a woman is hired by the
lobbyists gang to tempt him from
his duty. how he falls ih love
with her and how. finally realiz
ing the way he has been duped,
he upsets the tables of Jdje
side interests, forms the back
ground for a spectacular romance
of the national capital.
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MINING EXCHANGE OPENS
IN KETCHIKAN
(ByJ The Associated I’ress)
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 23 - .1. E.
Johnson, of Davis and Johnson,
realtors, 'announced Thursday their
opening of a mining exchange be
lieved to be unlike any heretofore
offered. it will enable owners
with promising mining properties
to list prospects so that those in
terested in mining investments
can" took them over, instead of
making it necessary for prospect
ors to hunt far and wide to find
capital for developing their hold
ings. The exchange will not han
dle stocks but will merely lia'.
promising properties with the
den of-bringing capital and said
holder of property together. It
will substitute the practice of old
er days when prospectors were
displaying rows of ore samples in*
saloons, hotel lobbies and other
public places waiting for the glist
ening metals to attract' passers
by. They would then attempt to
promote their mining develop
rifents. Johnson believes this ex
change to he feasible on account
of the * acute interest shown in
gold mining propositions.
BONDS FOR THREE
ALASKAN CITIES AUTHORIZED
fey The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20— Four
b'lls including the authorization of
three Alaskan c'ties to issue an
aggregate of a hundred and eighty
seven thousand dollars in bonds
for municipal improvements. The
Territories Committee said the
bond proposals would authorize
the C'ty of Juneau to issue a hun
dred thousand dollars in bonds for
municipal improvements works;
jSkagway to issue forty-seven thou
;sand dollars for similar works.
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BILL PROPOSED FOR MORE!
GOVERNMENT PLANES
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fBy The Associated Press)
; i. WASH IN(:TON, F<‘b. 21 %n
atof Dill proposed an amendment
to the half-million dollar naval
construction bill to provide-for
the government manufacture of
more than five hundred airplanes.
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I Bachelor: Before the wedding
you told me that married life
would be one grand, sweet song.
Benedict (gloomily): Yes; and*
since then I’ve fdund it one grand
sweet refrain.
, Bachelor: Refrain?
Benedict: Yes. .my wife insists
that I refrain from cards, refrain
, from smoking, refrain from the
j dub, and refrain from going to
baseball games or on fishing trfps.
NAT I’liANK MOVKMKNTS
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Feb. 19, Pilot Brown flew to
St. Michael where he picked up
radio operator Hillman who was
taken to his new post at Nulato.
St. M'rhael now has a short-wave
radiophone service under the op
eration of Capt. Hoelcber of the
N. C. Company. Brown then flew
to Kotzebue where he spent the
night. r
Feb. 20, Pilot Bro\Vn returned
to Noipe via Candle with Father
Oabr'el Menager. who has been
visiting his brother in Kotzebue.
Feb 21, Vic Ross flew from
Fairbanks to Nome with two weeks
mail. He aim brought Fritz Wein
ert and son together with James
Baldwin, stopping on h's way a*
Golovin to pick up Joe Dexter, al
so bound for Nome.
Feb. 22, Vic Ross flew to Fair
banks with Hyman S. Brewster
and h's wife who are bound for
the outside. Also Mr. and Mrs.
Howe left on the same plane en
ruote to Seattle.
Chester Brown flew to Nulato
with Ross Kinney, who is enroute
to Juneau and Harry Donnelly who
is bound for Flat. On the re
turn to Nome. Brown attempted
to fly to Candle but was balked
b|y bad weather, returning with
h's passengers, Fritz Weinert. and
son. Ross Kinney transferred
from Brown's plane at Nulato to
that of Vic Ross, and Vic took
the Brewsters. the Howes and
Ross Kinney to Dunbar on the
railroad. Vic Ross later went to
Fairbanks.
Feb. 23. Pilot Brown left Nome
for Fairbanks with marshal Tom
Gaffryey^ Din Kelly, Barney Kelly
and (Cap! Hill, all enroute to the
outside. These passengers were
transferred to Vic’s plane at Ruby
and taken to Anchorage, arriving
about 5 p.m. Brown then return
ed to Nulato, where he spent th->
'tight. (Cap! Hill is enronte to
the Pioneers Home at Sitka.
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STAR'S CHARACTERIZATION- IN
[caSIPUH ROMA NCR FAR CRV
FROM PRKVIOI'S ROI.KS
Following, his outstanding suc
cess ini the role of the young offi
cer in > "Mata Hartr’ Itanvon No
varro comes to the screen in an
ent rclv new clunartemation in
"Huddle,-'—to—be shown at the
.Bream Theatre, Friday.
He portrays the role of Tony
Amatto, mill hand in'a large steel
plant, who wins a. scholarship to
Yale University. His efforts to
[adjust himself to a strange social
environment by the right of brawn
and athletic achievement are a
|stirring basis for ■ the story.
; Madge Evans plays opposite No
varro for the second time in her
career.
j Una \ierkel, the girl with "that
ole southern drawl" plays the
Southern girl who stirs things up
in the Yale campus.
As the fight ng couch of tha
varsity football team, Ralph Grav
es, is given opportunity at one
of the virile type of ioles that aro
his specialty.
, BASK BA Id.
latat Wednesday. saw two. of the
modfc interesting games of tho
season. In the first game of tho
evening, both the married women
and tho single girls batted out
heavy scores until the fifth Inniug
the married -scoring in every inn
ing except two. The single girls
however, seemed to have a bet
j ter batting average and wound
their score up to nineteen, as
jaga nst eleven for the married
J women. With their good fleld
iplay, thej married women should
jstand a good chance for takiug
the next gaune. when they play
I the singles next WexTnesduy. Tho
| umpires were Lyle N'pvins and
! Rex SvvpjU. and the score-keep
jers were ■ Alvin Polet and l>oo
jPratt during both games.
The second game of the evening
; was the closest' game of the sea
I son, and was also hard-fought..
The first, third and sixth wero
the only innings in which scores
were made. Although it was “nip
and tuck" all tho way through,
the Federals finally won out -Vith
a score of seven against three for
the Commercials. —•
Married Single
iSleeman, 2 Wallace, la
Palmer, e Mish. c
Sm'th, p Linaberrv, rf
Carriker, Is M. Johnson, p
.Dill, 1 b A. Pllriekson, 2 b
j Graham, rs Herbert, 3 b
.Wallace, if Turner, rs
Helleriek. 3 b Johnson Is
McCann, rf B. Pllriekson, 1 b
Married - - 3 1 2 4 0 0 1 — 1 1
, Single — 4 4 0 9 1 1 - 19
Coinmcrcinte v«. Federal*
Palmer, If O’Leary, rs
Miller, rs Lyle, rf
Unde, 2 h Rood, Is
Lomen, c ager, 2 b
Merrtfield, 3 b Dill, p
Roberts, rf R. Lee. 3 b
Se'denverg, 1 h A. Lee, -c
Larson,-Ms Marks, 1 b
•Lehmann, p Puisis, if
Federate -—2 0 2003 -7
Cotn ls 2 n- 0 0-010 3
Next Wednesday u double-head
er game will be played by the
Hammons- versus the Alaskans
and the Married women versus
the single girls. This game pro
mises to be just us active as any
of the season. Ft starts at R p.m.
at the large Eagle Hall and the
admissions :s only four bits
Poorpay (to tailor): I’ve bro'*
this pair of pants to be re-seated.
You know. I’ve had to'* sit -a lot.
Tailor: Did you also bring along
my last bill, to be receipted? You
know; I’ve had to stand a lot.
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