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New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
ALL-NEW BRITAIN COURT
 OPENING GAME SCHEDULED
Basketball Team Opens Season On November 16 iu Capi-
 tai City

A popular attraction. Hartford New Britain contest, will feature the opening of the Connecticut State Basketball league, according to an announcement made today by Man. ager Clarence Lanpher. The All New Britains, ttr~ local entry in the league will play the Hartford DiXies, the Capital Citys representa- tivcs> on Wednesday evening, No vember IS, in Hartford.
 New Britain's opening will prob ably be Saturday, November 19, when the Meridcn lnsilcos will come to this city. Manager Lanpher is considering whether or not he will open his season earlier at what may be the opening of the new Stanley arena on Church street. The game Of course will not be a league at traction since the opening date for the league has already been decided at a meeting of the managers held in Hartford Sunday evening.
 lie teams Tn the league Will De: New Britain, Hartford DiXies, Mid dlctoWn. Atlas of New Haven, Bris- tol Endees, Meriden Endees, Insilcos Of Meriden and Waterbury.
 There will be games in the Stan Icy arena every Saturday night and an orchestra will be hired. The following mon have already been s.gnel up for the team: "Butsy' Sturm, guard; Ted Kilduff, guard. and Jim Iakewsti, centeH all mem- hers oi last years state champion ship team, and Tom Leary, guard last years Fordham university bas- kctball team.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
KEARNS WANTS REVENGE
Plans to Groom Mickey Walker as Heavy and Have Him Whip Jack Dempsey.

Chicago, Oct. 9 Pl-Jack Kearns who has had Jack Dempsey, his for mer pal, in the courts for years claiming his managerial percentage, now talks of seeking revenge in the ring.
 kearns plan Is to groom Mickey Walker, middleweight champion, for the heavier ranks. Walker. kearns said, is about ready for the light heavyWeights now, and will be able 10 mix with the biggest boys before long. When that time comes, Kearns hopes Dempsey may be one of those in Walkers path.
 Walker meets Mike McTigue here Nov. l.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

make the pants Of heavy canvas. After that came the famous mole skins. The date was around 1889, and the pants were not made of the animals skins, but of a cloth some- what similar.
 But the moleskins soaked up wa fer and canvas again was used.
 The development of the open game changed the style of football clothes. Even in 1918, a football suit weighed eight pounds more than it does today.
 Tho genesis Of football clothes is traced in detail by Stagg in his new book, Touchdown
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
PANNEES TO PRACTICE

A request has been made by the manager of the PaWnees football team that every member of the team be present at practice session at the South street grounds at : o'clock this evening. An important matter is to be brought up.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
NEW YORK AMATEURS TO
 MEET CONNECTICUT BOYS
Three Champions From Metropolis to Meet Cream of Nutmeg State Fighters-"Iron Horse' Joe Sturino Carded to Meet Jack Kelly - Frankie LaPera Scheduled to Fight Leo Larrivier - Springfield Team Also Entered In Tournament.

Sturino's conqucror he is meeting one of COnnectlcut's best battlerS. The first bout Friday night will take place at S:30 o'clock with the others following closely after.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
LANE VERSUS CALDWELL IS
 GRID PROGRAM SATURDAY
Dartmouth-Yale Game Will Be Outstanding Event In East - Pennsylvania Tackles Navy and Harvard Entertains Indiana - Princeton Takes On William and Mary - Army -Bucknell Contest Should Be Good One.

week, opposes Thiel at Washington, Pa. West Virginia and Carnegie Tech will settle their differences at gages Lafayette at State College, Pa.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
FAVORS GRID SCOUTING

Major Frank Cavanaugh of Ford ham is one prominent football coach who favors scouting an opponent in action.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25

Captain "Dckc" of Findlay col ioge in Ohio has played every min- ute in every game for two seasons
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
TT MAY B!. .Al.NQIt t~T

Early season games show that Almqust of Minnesota is likely to lead the Big Ten in scoring this year
New Britain herald., 1927-10-25
NEW PHILLY OWNERo

There is rumor out that George NJ. Cohan. Of theatrical fame, is try ing to buy the Philics.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
YANKEES cLlNCH TENANT

New York, Sept. 14, R-The Yankees clinched the. American League pennant beyond all mathe- matical doubt with a double vic tory over Cleveland, each by a score of five to three-
 Babe Ruth clubbed out one homer in each game and brought his total for the season to flfty-two and led the attack that definitely assured the Yankees their second straight championship, their fifth in seven years under the manage ment of Miller. Higgins, the Yam kee "steamroller" flattened all op- position, almost from the start of the. season and clinched the nag with the finish of the season still nearly three weeks away and with an overwhelming margin of seven- teen games over the second place now held by the Athletics.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
FRIDAY
  (TELEGRAeHtC)

Chicago, Sept. l6, R)-The heat wave which struck the Middle West today entered it's fourth day. The heat wave, which has broken all September records, caused a score of deaths up to the present reports. Weather Bureau officials promised another blistering day before cool weather could be expected. While almost every city in the Central States are daily reporting the tenn perature above ninety, farmers and agricultural bureaus are rejoicing. fearing only, that 1t will prove too much of . good thing and scorch the corn, which has already been helped very much. There were thir- teen deaths due to the heat We'd nesday in Chicago, raising the tot al to twenty-three deaths for three days. All the Chicago schools are closed,
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
NEBRASKA LEGISLATOR TAKES
 F STIFF BEATING

New York, Sept. 16, (P)-George Godfrey scored a technical knock out over Monte Mum, a former Nebraska legislator in two minutes and twenty seconds in the fourth round of scheduled twelve round match. The referee, Lou Magnolia, stopped the bout with Mum hang ing on groggy and helpless. Mum was outclassed from the start. and landed only few blows in the third round. Mum went down for the count of nine and after get ting up in great distress the bell saved him. He came out in the fourth round with his face hope less mask, a beaten man. Godfrey was fresh and more experienced. Mum took severe beating. His nose was bleeding and his arms hung futilly at his sides.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
VICTORIA ARRIVED
 C.. < SEATTLE WEDNESDAY

Seattle, Sept. If, @-Making IF knots per hour from Ketchikan, without the use of her :intermediate cylinder, the steamer Victoria ar rived here today from Nome. The vessel brought one hundred forty six passengers, large shipment of gold bullion, whale oil reindeer carcasses and canned salmon. The steamer Alameda replaces the Vic- toria on the next trip sailing from Seattle Sept. 18th.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17

Association Placer of this Survey NO. 1897. On the East the Ellen Claim, Survey No. 1S2S and Alpha Group No. 1923 on the South. Bnrkes Association Survey No. 512 on the West unsurveyed.
 The notice of location of said placer mining claims are recorded in the office of the Recorder of the said Cape Nome Mining and Record Ing District and Precinct. as fol- lows:
 Albany Association and Buford Association Placers, Volume POS, fage 124. and Channel Association and Quicksand Association Placer Mines in Volume POS. Page 123. The mineral monument to which this survey is tied is located and described as follows:
 U.S.L.M. No. 512 is a lime stone l2 inches above ground, marked U-S.L.M. 512, located on high ground about 210O feet North of the Shore of; Boring Sea and about one-half mile South of Snake River and about five miles westerly from the Town of Nome in the Cape Nome Mining and Recording Dis trict and Precinct, Territory of Al. aska. and is in latitude 64 degrees 31 minutes N; longitude 165 deg rees B minutes W.
 ELMER REED
 Publish-Aus. 20, 27, Sept B. 10. 17. 24. Oct. 1. 8, 15, 1927.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17

connected to tanks. Four tanks are missing. The three tanks contain ed large quantities of gasoline The engine and body were evidently torn from the wings leaving no trace of the control in the cockpit except one lever and a speaking tube. The ships undercarriage and the left wheel are fairly com plete but the wing supports are a tangled mass of stays, giving evil dence os boistrous weather exist ing since the disaster"
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

In the Probate Court for the Ter
 ritory of Alaska. Cape Nome
 Precinct, Second Division.
 In the Matter of the Estate of ALFRED H. DUNHAM, Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance to an Order of Sale made by the above-entitled Court on the 18th day of August, 1927, the undersigned, administra- tor of the above estate, will Sell at public auction to the highest bid der for cash. subject to the con- firmation of said Court, on Satur- day. the 24th day of September, 1927, at the hour of twO-thirty o'clock p. m. of said day, at the Office of the U. s. Commissioner for the above-named Precinct and Territory. at Nome, Alaska, ali the right, title, and interest of the said Alfred H. Durham at the time of his death in and to the following real estate in the Town of Nome. Alaska, and particularly described as follows:
 Lot 4 in Block on Front street in Nome, Alaska.
 Lot 30 in Block 6 on Front street in Nome, Alaska.
 West # of Lot 2s. in Block 29 on Second Street in Nome, Alaska.
 All of said real estate being in the Cape Nome Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
 | Terms and conditions of sale: Cash. in lawful money of the United States. twenty (20) per cent to be paid to the undersigned at the time of sale. and the balance upon confirmation of sale by the Judge of the above-entitled Court. and a delivery of conveyance. 5
 Dated: this 30th day of August. 1897. ass, HUGH oNEILL, 4,.,.,-
 Administrator of the es-ate of Alfred H. Durham. Deceased. Publish Aug. 20. 27. Sept. 3. 10, IT, 1897.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
TO SWIM 25 MILES
 ON 07th BIRTHDAY

Santa Monica. Calif., (P)-Mrs. Anna E. Van Skike. 66, who took up swimming ten years ago and marathoned her way from sickness to health, believes she is just now reaching her prime as swimmer.
 To. prove it, she has dectcded to celebrate her sixty-seventh birth day with a 25-mile sea jaunt.
 Every year for 10. years Mrs. Van Skike has padded away the mile stones. Starting with mile swim tn 1917, she has increased the dis tance on each birthday anniversary until last year she did 16 miles. f.
 This year she will swim from Venice beach to Point Dune. 4-
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
RECkAGE OF DOLE FLIGHT
 HONOLULU PLANE FOUND

I San Francisco, Sept. IS, R)-A Niece of wreckage, painted bright $ ellow, with several wires dangling N rom it, thought to have possibly I peen a part of the monoplane Gold n Eagle. flown by the missing Dole Honolulu flight contestant, was sighted in the Pacific several hun dred miles on Cape Flattery on September first by two members of the crew of the four masted EJchooner William A. Smith. Capt. Gustav A. Schmidt, master. was reported by the schooner, which was on the date the wreckage was seen, four days out from the Aleu- tian Islands bound for San Fran cisco, making about ten knots an hour in. a heavy sea. when Isaac Neilsen, at the helm, and Nose Ri- ley, on deck, sighted the piece of wreckage sticking four feet out of the water, but the two seamen be- lieved it to be 'ar part of another fishing vessel and made no attempt to pick it up. The vessel is not equipped with radio and, no one aboard had any knowledge of the airplane race to Honolulu. which started August sixteenth. The wreckage was sighted September first. thus. Captain Schmidt states. drift of one-half mile an hour could have brought the piece of wreckage to the position where it was seen even if the plane had landed in the water in direct course to the Islands. He added that there was no life on the wreck age, and said. that even if there had been It could not have hung on 70 long in view of the heavy sea which was running.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
HARRY HILL BE FREE ON
 BAIL IN FEW DAYS

Ottawa, llls Sept. 1G, R--Harry Hill, the heir to fifty thousand dol lars under his mottt. will, may be free within few days under one hundred hpn.an.i do.,'s bail
 Hills attorney said today ina' It. is preparing 90 ask that llil: either be relea s.d on bond CT formally ar raigned immediately on the char,;, of murd.rinp his mother. The II. S. AttotraJ :. ofTioe said that Eii's release will not be contested. Hills father is said to be capable of fur nishing the bail bond
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
POPULAR AMERICAN DANGER
 KILLED IN FRANCE

Nice, France, Sept. 16, H)-Issa- dor Duncan, a popular American dancer was killed here today in an automobile accident when trying to run a new automobile. A gust of wind blew a long scarf, which she was wearing around her neck, over the side of the car, and it became entangled with one of the wheels, dragging the dancer out of the ma chine into the roadway and broke her neck.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
UNIFORM LAW FOR
 DIvORCES FAVORED

Reno, R)-A national divorce law, SO that a person would not be considered divorced In one State, married in another and a bigamist in a third" is favored by Miss Eel ice Cohn, woman lawyer in Reno.
 Miss Cohn Is the only feminine attorney actively practicing in this State, and in the last few years she has handled divorce cases almost exclusively. Miss Cohn is credited with the authorship of Nevada's 6 woman suffrage law.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
INCOME TAX ALASKA INCREASED MILLION 1927

Seattle, Sept. 16. P)-Income tax collections for Washington and A. .aska district for 1927 fnceresed ssmnoys than a million over previous vearss Burns Poe. Collector of In- lternal Revenue announced.
 Poe said: Evidently roucy was coined more freely and bnsiness vas better in lss7. There have be sn. certain cu's made Ny cnncress resulting in not nearly % many persons filing Income tax returns as heretofore. yet with more people relieved from paying income taxes.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
PRIDE OF DETROIT FLIGHT
 CALLED OFF, REPORT

Tokyo, Sept. 1S. tP)-The Pride of Detroit globe circling flight was today called off by Brock and Schlee, and they will take boat for the United States and ship their monoplane home. A cablegram from the Schlee children begging their daddy to think of them before attempting a flight across the Pa cific, is largely the cause of the cancelling of the tight, it is repor' ed.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
MAYOR WALKER PRESENTS
 MRS. NUNGESSER s9OO.O0

Paris. Sept. 16, P)-Mayor Walker of New York City. follow ing in the footsteps of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh while he was here on his triumphal tour, paid the ill-fated aviator Nungesser's mother visit and presented her with check for nine hundred dol lars, the remainder of a fund col lected in New York by the admir- CTS of the aviator. The old mother of Nungesser asked timidly if she might embrace the visitor. The Mayor was moved as he bent ten derly over her, and with tears in his eyes, kissed her gently.
 Telephone Your Subscription to the
 Nugget at Once.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17

the receipts showed great in crease"
 The collections for 1927 were
 thirteen million, one hundred nine ty.tWo thousand two hundr.u seven dollars compared with twelve million one hundred ffty-six thou sand seven hundred thirteen dol 'ars for the previous year. An an alysis of the receipts showed that the corporations paid three times as much as the individuals.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
JAMES A sTEEsE
 TO. RETIRE OCT. isth

heton, Sept. IL. @-The
 pertinent announced today tor James A. 'stsese will, De Do Prssident and Engineer bf the Alaska Road Com
 on October 18th. Second Ant Frank A. Petit will. be- Board Member and Assist gineer Ofncer.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
MAJOR GILLETTE COMING
 F,4 NOME VIA AIRPI4ANE

In wire to Superintendent Ross Kinney. of the Alaska Road Commis sion received, this morning, Major Gillette informs him that he is leaving Fairbanks today, (Thurs- day)- for Nome via airplane. Up to the hour of going to press noth- ing further had been heard of the plane, or whether or not. 1t was going to call at Candle enroute. ..
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
MASSACHUSETTS, SEEKS
 OLYMPIC. ROWING TRIAL

Worcester, Mass, F) - Lake Quinsiga mond, where many row. ing classic has been contested, may be the scene of the 1928 Olympic trials.
 John H. Meagher. member of the National Association of Anna teur Oarsmen, who has been active in bringing regattas to Worcester, has pledged his support to move ment to bring the national regatta here.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
.ANEsE TYPH0ON AND TIDAL
 FAVE TAKES MANY LIVES

pkyo. Sept. l5. R-Four hun i persons are dead and some ,ty-three hundred persons are '1red, with seven, hundred houses Iroyed in Yumamoto prefecture
 the consequence of a typhoon 1 tidal wave, reports the Japan home. ofiice. It is stated that western part of Kuikui Island Tered the worst. Nagasaki, a of one hundred sixty thousand
 in the typhoon path. The tail
 the typhoon struck Tokyo this rning. Several thousand houses
 the low-lying sections are food
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
sEY-TUNNEY FIGHT jTARTS. o:43 PM. SEPT. 22

TILE, Sept. 14.' @-The
 ey-Tunney fight starts at six i've Pacific Coast time, Sep r 22nd.
 litor's Note-The Nugget will je the fight by rounds and will ply issue an extra edition of Bulletin to satisfy the sport fans of Nome who will no
 be sporty enough to buy a tin.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT
 CELEBRATES 10TH, YEAR

New York, Sept '16, R)-Wil- liam Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in celebrating his seventieth birth day, in telephone conversation from his summer home at Murray Bay, Canada, with Martin Green. of the New York Evening World, said he believed that the world is grow ing better but not as rapidly as some people think. The Chief Jus tice sent a message of most grate- full appreciation for the boundless messages of good will he received on his birthday yesterday.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
HARTLEY HOWARD WIRES

A. Polet is in receipt of te1e- gram from Senator Bartley Howard who took passage on the steamer Victoria from Nome stating that the vessel arrived at Seattle September 14th at 6:30 but the message does not state whether 1t was in the morning or evening.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
WARE, MONIES FIRST MAIL
 CARRIER, CROSSES DIVIDE

Seattle. Sept. IS, R-John Ciin- ton Ware. sixty-six years of age. who carried the first mail into Nome driving a dog team from Dawson. died here yesterday. MT. Ware was the man from whom Rex Beach created the character of Steve in his famous novel "The Silver Horde"
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
AIRPLANE. TURNED RACK
 ACCOUNT STORMY WEATHER

The plane carrying Major Gill cite which left Fairbanks yesterday for Nome, was forced to turn back due to stormy weather. Weather reports were sent to Fairbanks at 2 o'clock this morning but up to four o'clock this afternoon no word had been received as to whether the plane started again today.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
WRDCKAGE FOUND SEALS
 FA4E or OLD GLORY

New York, Sept. II. OP)-rhe Daily Mirror announced the re- esipt of the following nsssass from the Steamer Kyle: s.yvrsck- ass Of the ncnoplans Oaa Glory uas taken fren . heavy sea and senstlss of thtsty-four fsst of wing slass fasl suasss aHd fssd pipes eontaiains tAs thfes tank section.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
|URSDAY e 4s.t
 ElEGRApNlc)
DETROIT
 IS AT TOXIC, JAPAN

Japan, Sept. 14. (R-Ig-' Ran flight protests, Brock
 aviators flying the Pride t oR a round the world |buncedt. their intention. to lway Island and said that missed; the island they 'ontinue,, on to Hoppluin. ived here, ;Wedaesday..'
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
NO SPECIAL SESSION
 OF CONGRESS BE CALLED

Washington, Sept. 15. @-It was stated officially, at the White House >that unless, convinced by further investigation that a special session of the new Congress this Fall is necessary, President Cool idge will adhere to his original de- cision against calling one.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
CORRECTION

In yesterdays Bulletin We inad- vertently omitted stating that Major Douglas H. Gillette will suc- eeed Major James steese retired. e president and engineer oficer of the Alaska Road Commission, on October 18th. sg9 saff
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17

ADvEas11slaee- Copy for ads b the weekly Nsgsst must be in this. oAaes not later than Thussdav NOON.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17

The adjoining claims are, on tn. North, unsurveyed claims and
 claimants unknown and Democrat
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
HUGH O'NEILL.

Administrator of the es-ate of Alfred H. Durham. Deceased. Publish Aug. 20. 27. Sept. 3. 10, 1T, 1897.
The Nome nugget., 1927-09-17
QUICKsAND ASSOCIATION PLACER MINING CLAIM

Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi- cal with Cor. Mo- Channel Asso- citation Placer. Cor. No. Buford Association Placer and Cor. No. 4 Albany Association Placer, all of this survey, and previously des- cribed, from whence U.S.L.M. No. 512 bears S. 62 degrees 54 min utes w 1452.7 feet; thence N. 22 degrees 30 minutes E. 1291.30 feet to Cor. No. 2, identical with Cor
 No. Albany Association. of this survey. and previously described; thence S. 51 degrees 53 minutes E. 972.50 feet to Cor. No. 3, identi- cal with Cor. No. 2 Ellen Placer. Survey No. 1926. fir post IS in ches above the ground. 4 inches square in earth mound. scribed 30 1927. for this survey: thence IS. 6 degrees 07 minutes W. 1409 40 feet to Cor. No. 4. indentical with Cor. No. Channel Associa- tion Placer of this survey, and pre- viously described; thence N. 53 degrees 50 minutes w. l372.0O feet to Cor. No. 1 and place of be- ginning. containing an area of 38.lO0 acres.
 Said four placer mining claims containing total area of 141.139 acres. There ars no conflicting claims. s-
 The adjoining claims are, on the North. unsurveyed claims and claimants unknown and Democrat
Putnam patriot., 1927-10-06
AIR EXPRESS SERVICE
Secretary Hoover Offers Congratuia tiens For Company Forward Steps

Allie s. King, agent of the Ameri- can Railway Express. September lst. nam, states that Secretary of Com merce Herbert Hoover has wired from Washington his confidence in the air express inaugurated by the Amefi- can Railway Epress. September ist. Mr. Hoover described il Us '.the most important acknowledgement ever made by the business world of the possibilities of aircraft in our mo- dern transportation system.
 Mr Hoover's approval of the new service WIS contained in q telegram to k. E. NJ. Gowie. president of the express company, reading:
 Il extend to you my eougratula- tions on the initiative of the Ameri- can Railway Express in thus early adding to its facilities the far reach Jug service which air transportation has to offer In turn. air transporta- tien has the advantage af your eSteu- siye organization ln beyond termi nal carriage. and am sure they will work ta mutual advantage. The in adeuration df air express ls beyond doubt the most important aekn8W- lcdgment YXer made by the busi= hess world of the possibilities af air eraft in our modern transportation system and the future will. l am cer= tain. prove the wisdom 0f the step"