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The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27
By BRIAN BELL Press Sports Writer !

AFt@1SSt0e SCo SRSf ho
 NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The All- American rootball team of the As sociated Press for 1927 will never win a game but only because il will not have a chance to play.
 From end to end and in tho backfield the team is made up of stars as an all-star team should be-
 Averaging 1855 pounds, the II players stand on an average of one inch under six feet or eleven inches over five feet. The line scales 190 pounds to the man while the backfieid weighs in al an average of 175.
 The team has everything in | football way. Speed in abundance is supported by plenty of brawn and that there is not lack of brain is witnessed by the fact that DO of the II choices were captains of their teams this season while the eleventh is a captain-elect.
 The 1927 galaxy of stars is es- pecially well equipped to play T passing game. All the backs Spears, Drury, Welch and Joesr- ing-can throw and catch passes. Oosterbaan and Shiyer, the ends, also specialize at both ends of the overhead attack. Bettencourt. the center. is just as good at passing from five yards back of the lina as he is in the center of it.
 Billy Spears can punt and drop kick and he could get toe lp from Chick Shiver if needed. "Bud" Sprague is also a man of parts and can kick off with any of the free booters.
 . The 1927 constellation repre- sents an array of versatile ata- letic talent. In addition to the best football players to be found there are number who doubla in brass by playing baseball and basketball or attacking records ot field and track.
 The eleven players come from nine states, Connecticut and Cali fornia being twice represented Connecticut furnishes the twp guards and while Bill Webster rc- mained at home, John Smith went far away to Notre Dame.
 BENNIE c. OOSTERBAAN. Michigan. end. takes his letters at Ann Arbor as he finds them. He has won seven and if ne makes the grade in basketball and baseball in his last chances he will tie the record of Harry Kipke with nine. Oosterbaans name has become synonymous with first class end play since ne moved from Muskegon high school to Ann Arbor. Far famed as re. ceiver of passes when Bennio Friedman was tossing the ball he stepped into the other Bennie ; vacant shoes this season and be- came first string tosser for the Wolverines.
 IVY M. SEWER. Georgia, end. was a smashing fullback when i'e went to Georgia but was made ii'- to smashing end when he be- came eligible for the varsity. Standing an inch over six feet and weighing 1S9 pounds he stoi- ped all the backs who had de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27

IF your health is good and II your business prospects en-
 couraging. and you're on friendly terms with your neighbors your ship has come in. It doesn't require a fortune to purchase the good things of life. There's a lot of happiness in pure foods. We don't charge anything for our satisfactory service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27
ALL.AMERICAN SELECTIONS FOR 1927
FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM POS George Cole, Dartmouth End Jesse Hbbs, Southern Cal. Tackle Ray Baer, Michigan Guard Claude Grissby, Georgetown Center John Barnhill. Tennessee Guard John Smith, Pennsylvania Tackle Raym'd Mathews, Tex. Chris. End Joel Hunt Texas Aggies Quarterback Alton Marsters, Dartmouth Halfback Glenn Presnell. Nebraska Halfback McCrary, Georgia Fullback
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27
TO MEMORY,
 ANDY SMITH

BERKELEY. Cal. Dec. 27- When Pennsylvania and California meet on the gridiron here Dec 31. a players bench will be dedicated 10 Andy smith. former coach at California, and all alumnus and former coach of Pennsylvania Smith died in January, 1926.
 Players of both teams will as sist in the ceremonies. The bench will be 45 feet long and made of granite and teak wood.
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INDIANS ARE
 SOLD;KLEPPER
 IS PURCHASER
Seattle Baseb all Club Changes Hands = An
 nouncement Made

LOS ANGELES, 1ee. 27-Wil- liam w. klepper. of Seattle. an- nomcad he has purchased from Charles Lockhard and Wade killc- fer, tho Seattle Baseball club.
 klepper made the announce nent following meeting wiia Loclshard and killefer at which he said ha had concluded nego- tiaticns for the purchase of the Indians.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27
DIXIE IS CHEN TWO PLACES
 1S GAME W SECTION ROOMS;
 WEST GETS FIFE, EAST FOUR
By ALAN J. GOULD

YORK; Dec -27-The neetng of ailAmercan foot following the last constellation pace swfter, share the numerical standpoint the contributions of the South the alsar greater striking feature of the third annua opinions qualified officials sports editors experts battlefront
 the Al-American in character that college captures Middle West three the South and Far West each two
 altogether including the the and third reveal the East and Middle with places while the South including eight the Ear West five Twenty three colleges represented in this galaxy
 get South has progressed it is only that contributed only three to the All Amer including nomination and four 1925 Thus this the South inserts more stars into the picture than it has in two previous years combined Georgia Bulldogs Place
 Four Men On Three Teams
 gaining places the 2myhca neups Minnesota has three while Michigan Army
 
 The Georgia phalanx led by Captain Chick Shver first choice end along with the souhs other representative Vanderbilt quarterback Herds McCrary uback gains post the second eleven while the Georgia Hangs and Gene smith, guard the third team
 little Center College eaped to national fame some placing two of its stars Weaver and McMin on Walter another. Red Roberts on the mythical list has the South had much to cheer about had this with Georgia Centenary and other teams lead touchdown Such Georgia Tech Aamaba done their bt for the South but this high mark for the brand of football played the line
 the we'll the broad spaces of of the merrest whirls of All picking of matched and "balyhooed talent in S2very section
 NSprague And Joesting
 Of 26 Eleven Survive
 the 1926 Associated Press a-star team tackle and Captain their while and end returns to the wing he held down mythical
 decisive experts for the fulback did quite to his 1926
 
 Che 0 he backfeld concerned
 Southern California captain and balcarrying but he haback his natural position from quarterback in the for Bill Spears vanderblts triple Pittsburgh gains the other < halfback position.
 pun such passed kicked and = Nebraska batterine Keener Gilbert of Michgan Carroll of Washington In the Southwest two of k Joel Hunt of Texas Aggies and ,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-27
LUTHERAN SUNDAY
 SCHOOL EXERCISES

The Resurrection Lutheran Sun day School will have a Christmas party for all of it's members and friends at the Lutheran Church Thursday afternoon at ? o'clock. A jolly time is in store for all the children who come.
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THIRD TEAM

the keenest of rivals placed result, but there little To chooseb bet
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

tional freedom. The court incidents
which brought on the riots and
strikes were regarded as threatening
the stability of he labor unions. So
far as can be fairly determined,
there has been do disposition to look
with disfavor upon the government
itself, and it wiz have been noticed
hat it was the palace of jusice"
which was destroyed, not the par
lament buildings or other govern
ment structures. Two strongly I'M
popular court decisions have been
the basis of all the rioting.
Chancellor Seipel handled the
situation exceptionally well and the
fact that he and his cabinet re-
tain the reins OF government indi-
Gates no radical change in the gov
eminent is likely. Fundamentally
the tudICtliUG lldS iletu the IOllil-
dence OF the majority Of his people.
The reported compromise with the
warning elements if true, no doubt
were aided by the desire to stop the
rioting as quickly as possible in or
der to avoid outside interference.
that a coalition government be-
tween the Seipel adherents and the
Sociay Democrats will be formed
would seem TO be a premature an
nouncement. When it is realized,
however, that the Social Democrats
have 80 per cent of the votes in
Vienna, while Seipers majority lies
in the surrounding districts, such a
compromise would be a political
maneuver not entirely unlikely.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18
THE NEW HAVEN

TIL New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad has reached one
of the most critical of its financial
periods and what happens within the
next few years will largely deter
mine the prospects of a resumption
of dividends.
In 1880 100000 of the govern
ment debt of SS7,030,O0O falls due;
and the remainder natures on or
before October 81, 1885. Meanwhile
/ the railroad is paying per cent
on the money. This is high rate for
bonds and as the company's finan-
cial basis at present is one-third
stock and two-thirds bonds the drain
of bond interest upon the company's
income is heavy.
The federal government itself has
Just passed through one of its
periods of "refunding". its obliga-
tons and will save millions thereby.
Railroad corporations are justified
in doing the same thing, although so
far repeated attempts to reduce the
interest on their obligations held by
the government have failed. There
are those who think it rather unfair
| for the government to be so meticu-
| lous about refunding its own oblga-
| tons and at the same time failing TO
make it possible for railroads to pay
a lesser interest rate on govern
ment loans.
The New Haven's refinancing plan
! has as its object the change Of its
financial fabric to one of AZ per cent
stock and 81 per cent bonds This
means less stated interest would be
paid on outstanding securities, and
the returns on stock, OF course, de-
| pending upon the company's income.
! The reason SO many American rail-
roads have developed top-heavy
bond obligations was due to inabil-
/ ity to float stock issues for many
| years. 1t is possible that today, with
earning power considerably increas-
ed, stock, especially preferred stock,
has a better chance of finding buy
ers.
The $49,o36,o0 in preferred stock
which it is planned to issue in re-
financing the situation calls for 7
per cent, which is more than the
government demands. The remand
er of the government debt, however,
is expected to be refunded at lower
rate than 6 per cent, and a sub
stantial reduction in funded outlay is
anticipated.
The success of this financial
change will depend largely upon
public confidence in the officers OF
the railroad. This confidence has
been decidedly on the upgrade TO,
several years.
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Dissertations
On The Weather

Forecast for Eastern New York:
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday:
probably local showers in northwest
portion; cooler on the coast tonight;
moderate northwest winds becoming
variable
Conditions; A disturbance cen
ters this morning in the lower st.
Lawrence valley with a trough
extending southwesward to the
Jersey coast. Pressure is also rela-
lively low over the upper Lake
region. An area of high pressure
overlios the remaining eastern
districts and also the northern Mis-
Sissippi valley with centers of maxi
mum pressure over the south At
lantic coast the Ohio valley and
Canadian Northwest. ShoWery, con-
ditions prevail in northern New
England; temperatures are lower
generally in the Lake region, Ohio
valley and Middle Atlantic states
Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather with cool nights and
warm days
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18
HIGH SCHOOL COSTS

1t perhaps has gone unnoticed to
any great extent, but, aseording to
the high school costs- pss- pupil fig
ures published this yeas and those
published in former gears, New
Britain no longer has the doubtful
distinction of having the highest cost
high school.
Hartford now has that distinction;
and let them have it. Waterbury is
next highest, Stamford third, Meri-
den fourth, and Bridgeport tops New
Britain by the insignificant sum of
SO cents more per pupil.
New Britain. with its average cost
per pupil of 1888, is only 30 cents
above the average for the seven
largest cities of the state.
The reduction for New Britain
must be due in part to the constant
" increased enrolment at the hlgh
school. The nearer the enrolment
gets to the maximum capacity of the
institution the less the average cost
Soon or late the city will have
10 construct a new high school,
Then for some years the cost per
pupil will be high, until the two
buildings are nearing their maxi
mum of use.
The present condition, so far as
+ pupil cost is concerned, is well-nigh
ideal. Only New Haven has low
er rate per pupil, and its rate is
radically lower and far below the
average. None of the other cities, so
far as we are aware, are studying
New Haven's system, We must pay
fairly well for anything worth while.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

@. Has a steamship ever been
operated by radio without ara one
being on board?
A. Several years ago the old bat
tleship U. s. S. Iowa was fitted for
radio control and used by the fleet
in target practice. The ship was
propelled by her steam driven en-
gines. fuel being fed automatically
under the boilers. No one was on
board the Iowa during the period
Of this practice. By radio control
the ship was steered from distance
by the control vessel, and the speed
was regulated in the same manner.
@. What causes tides?
A. Gravitational attraction of
the sun and moon. but principally
the moon. which is much nearer the
Garth than the sun.
Q. From what is the following
verse taken:
Stars of the summer night
Far in yon azure deeps
Hide, hide your golden light
She sleeps, my lady sleeps,
Sleeps"
A. From Spanish Student
Serenade" by Longfellow.
@, Does skim milk supply the
same nutriment in the diet as whole
milk?
A. Skim milk contains much less
fat than whole milk and is not so
rich in flavor but it has a large or
larger proportion of protein, carbo-
hydrate, and ash. Protein is the
most costly nutrient in the average
diet and most difficult to attain in
inexpensive meals but skim milk
supplies it in a cheap and suseful
form. Skim milk, therefore, may
greatly increase the nutritive value
Of the diet iffreely used in cooking
or as beverage in case the supply
Of whole milk is limited.
Q. What country in the world
produces the most wheat?
A. The United States.
@. What are the two leading
newspapers published In Russia?
A. Pravda and Isvestia.
@. Does the United States ex-
port as much as it imports?
A. Since 1898 United States ex-
ports of merchandise have exceed
ed imports.
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an ansW to any
question Of fact. or Information by
writing to the Question Editor.
New Britain Herald. Washington
Bureau. 1929 New York avenue.
Washington, D. c.. enclosing two
cents IN stamps for reply. Medical.
legal and marital advice cannot be
given, nor can extended research
be undertaken. All other questions
will receive a personal reply. Un-
signed requests cannot be answ ared.
All letters are conf1dential.-Editor
@. What is the Spanish for
sweetheart"
A. "Querida" or "amante."
@. Have either Jack Dempsey or
Gene Tunney college education?
A. Dempsey has only a grade
school education. Tunney was edu-
Gated at St. Veronicas Parochial
School and DE La Sale Academy.
@. What is the total amount of
deposits in the Postal Savings sys-
TEN?
A. According to the report of the
Comptroller Of the Currency for the
fiscal year ended June 80. 1926, the
total resources of the United States
Postal Savings System are s141,811,-
911.52 and the outstanding princi-
pal, represented by certificates of
deposit is S134,17S,5SS. No person
is permitted to have a balance to
his credit in Postal Savings Of more
than $4,000 exclusive of accumulat-
ed interest.
c.. Who played the part of Buck
in the photoplay New York;?
A. Richard (skeets) Gallagher.
Q. Is the driving force applied to
or only one?
A. Both rear wheels are driven
by the motive power but when car
travels around curved path, the
distance travelled by the outside
wheels is greater than that travelled
necessary to apply device that
vii lpernit, them to rotate at diff
ferent speeds. and receive an equal
division of the power. To accom-
plish this q system Of gears, called
the differential is provided which
permits one wheel to travel indie
pendently of the other while going
around a curve, so that the outer
wheel may accommodate itself to the
longer path it has to travel.
@. What is the riddle Of the
SPHINX?
A Juno sent a monster named
Sphinx to ravage the territory of
Thebes. This monster had been
taught riddles by the MUSES. and she
propounded one to the Thebans:
What is that which has one voice,
is four-footed, two-footed and at
last three'footed:" or, as some
have it What animal is that which
goes on four feet in the morning, on
two at noon and on three in the
evening"? An oracle told the The
bans, that they would not be deliv-
cred from the Sphinx until they
had solved her riddle. They often
assembled to try their skill but as
often failed, when the Sphinx al
ways carried off and devoured one
Of their number. At length Oedipus
came forward and gave the correct
answer. MAN. who when an infant
creeps on all fours. at manhood
stands erect on two legs, and in old
age hobbies about with the air of
a crutch."
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

puB IoAem sqL 'p!ed 90 pInoo AQUA
city clerk are displeased with this at
titude and are threatening to bring
charges, but o. =. Curtis, former
chairman of the smallpox commit
tee, is inclined to back up the aud
itor.
The boundary between city and
town was almost destroyed but has
been saved by the Relation of the
mayor and w. l.. Mumason that
this boundary began at the front
wall of the old high school, now be-
ing torn down. 1t has been de-
cided to establish stone marker at
the point.
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Girl Is Rescued After
Diving Raft Overturns

Athol, Mass, July IS R1Helen
Flavin, 10. was rescued from drown.
ing by Nelson Gelinas here yesterday
afternoon when a two deck raft on
which she and twenty other swim.
mers were floating at Lake Rohunts
was overturned in 20 feet of water
and about so feet from shore. 1t is
believed she struck her head when
the raft overturned and had gone
down once when Gelinas Owed down
and pulled her to the surface. He
then swan with her to the shore
where after first aid, she was re-
vived. Firemen called to the scene
dived under the overturned raft in
search of other bathers but found
none trapped.
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THE NIENNESE RIOTS


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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18
on THE GO

If the week end is hot, sultry and
clear we don't like it.
If it rains, although the weather
may be comfortably cool as result,
we don't like it.
When it is clear and hot We hurry
20 go somewhere where it is COOL
or try to remain cool while driving
TO the destination.
When 1t rains it gets cool and we
can be comfortable without hurry
ing anywhere.
Yet we don't like it. Truth is, We
want to oe on the go regardless.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

1t is said that Nice-President
Dawes has a terrible time keeping
his pipe lighted; that in one New
Mexico town tab was kept on him
and he used up an entire boXful of
matches to keep the famous pipe
lighted an hour. At that it is easier
10 keep the pipe going than changing
the Senate's rules
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

Miss Roberts, who was so years
old. became prominent on the stage
in 1906 when she opened in. New
York in ''The Strength Of the Weak"
For five years she played in
Faust" opposite Morrison. Her
last stage appearance was In 6an
Francisco in Dancing Mothers."
Later she appeared in motion pic.
ture with Ronald Colman. and Wilma
Banky.. but was forced to retire be.
cause of i'll health. The actress
body will be taken to New York fol
burial
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TAKES TOO HIGH
Textile Industry Survey Reports That
Net Income is Easten Up By Big
Leyies.

Boston, July IS (UP)-Taxation
virtually eliminated the net income
of the entire textile industry in the
10 most important textile states in
1924, according to an analysis pre-
pared by the National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers.
The combined tax bill for the
north and south that YER amounted
to s71,755,29s or 90 per cent of the
combined net income of s72,41s,9S0.
State and local taxes aggregated
s49,57S,350 or 69.2 per cent, showing
according to the report. that money
saved by reduction of federal taxes
has been absorbed by steadily in
creasing state and local levies.
Massachusetts, textile mills, in
1924, paid taxes totalling IT'S per
cent more or nearly eight times the
loss sustained by the mills. Taxation
brought the total loss in that year to
S29,247,S43, according to the report.
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THE DESERT SONG!

As Revealed by kilograms
Patricia Borden, Telegraph Operator
HON THOMAS HUBER
GLENCREST
ME
HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING VA
CATION STOP EVERYTHING Ok
HERE
HON MICHAEL TRASH
ACTING MAYOR
CHICAGO
ILL
THANYs FoR, TELEGRAM STOP
HOPE'TOWN IS BEHAVING IT
SELF DURING MY ABSENCE
STOP IF YOr RUN INTO ANY
PROBLEM WIRE ME STOP New
ER CAN REPAY YOU FOR POST
PON1NG YOUR VACATION so I
COULD HAVE, NINE
HON THOMAS HUBER
GLENCEES1
ME-
COAST TO COAST PEDESTRIAN
WANTS MAYORS SIGNATURE
STOP WHAT SHALL DO SIGN
YOUR NAME OR NINE
TRASk
HON MICHAEL TRASH
ACTING MAYOR
CHICAGO
Ill
DON'T SIGN ANY STOP PEDEs-
TRANS SHOULD NOT BE EN-
cor RACED IN CHICAGO STOP
ENJOYING SELF
HUBER
HON THOMAS HUBER
GLENCR
Me
JUST LEARNED THERE is BOOT
LT3GGFR IN JANITORS STAFF
CITY HALL STOP HOW SHALL !
DEAL WITH HIM
TRASH
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

An authoress says women have
made no progress in politics since
they got the vote; a"mere man
author claims men have done little
better than to be the tools OF polItl-
clans. Both may be right.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18

Down in New York astute citi-
zens, zoaers and forward lockers
want to eliminate the central post
office from the corner Of the park it
occupies. How did it come the post
Office was ever permitted TO be stu
ated on the corner OF a park?
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Larger

Mildred; Fat people are so
Slly. There's Mae, for instance -
she's a regular picnic
Carolyn: Looks more like a cele-
bration to me-"
Ming Toy Cohen
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Theodore Roberts Cousin
Dies in California

Los Angeles, Cal, July IS P)-
Florence Roberts, actress, the cou-
sin of Theodore Roberts, famous
figure of tie screen. died here yes
terday morning. She was the widow
of the late Lewis N. Morrison. and
wife of Frederick Vegeding. actor.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-18
Member Audit Bureau OF Circulation

rhe A. 3. c. Is national organization
which furnishes newspapers and adver-
Users with a strictly honest analysis OF
circulation. Our circulation statistics are
based upon this audit. This insures pro-
lection against fraud IN newspaper d's-
,ributIon figures to both national ana
Io6al advertisers