The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-09-28

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 Murdered from ambush was the conclusion reached by a coronor's $ jury that sat at Panama to in- quire into. the death of Cornelius Cronin, 67, whose body was found near his fish. wheel in the Yukon River 30 miles from Panama. Two bullet wounds from high power ed rifle bullet in the back of the aged man evidenced homicide. Robert Young was. named by the jury as. the possible slayer and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Cronin disappeared last Au- gust. When his body was found few days ago, and before it had been examined, the report was circulated that he had fallen off his fish wheel and had drowned.
 Albert Krader of Cordova, mis- sing since September 20, in fall- ing ten feet down an embankment, suffered a fatal gunshot wound in the abdomen from his accident ally discharged shotgun, in the opinion of deputy narshals who found the body a few days ago and brought it to Cordova. The gun, containing an empty shell, was found near. the body. Krader was hunting not far from town when the accident happened.
 John E. Coffey, generally konwn as ."Bll' Coffey. died in the hos- pital at Anchorage of injuries he suffered when hit by an autolno- : bile, driven. by Rayner Deacon" Brown, popular young resident of the town. The accident happened at a street intersection.
 Three cases of alleged murder will be tried before United States District Court Judge Lester Gore at Nome this fall. They involve Charles Frank, who was convicted twice of the killing of Joseph Sparrow. and recently on appeal from his last conviction. was grant- ed a new trial and who has been returned to Nome from the federal peneteptiary, at cLeavenworth, Kan; Robert Kolerok and Jonathan Kay ogok, Indians, for the shooting of, Kulerok's wife last October on Nunivak Island, and Mrs. Edna McGanI Indian, of {. ,Unalakleet for the death last fall of her in- fant child. s, c. a~ M 1
 Cracks in the earth, some sew eral inches wide and of consid- erabel length, were caused along Turnagain Arm between Seward and Anchorage by the earthquake that occurred in that region about two weeks ago.. ssa3 ss
 Two dams built by a colony, of beavers in the Power Creek Basin near. Cordova, have flooded five acres of land. The animals are still working. ...tz..
 Alaska boxers ;, were taken to Dawson and returned to their homes by airplane at the expense of the Eagles Lodge, in the Klon7 dike capital. For the benefit of st. Mary's hospital a Smoker was |held under auspices of the Eagles. Hal Fernandez of Anchorage and James Toohey of Vancouver, B. O., fought draw in the five-round main event. Cameron McKinn0n of Fairbanks also battled to g draw in the four round seni-final event. Spectators totaled 400.
 To provide meat for any persons who may become destitute in Fair banks next winter, a caribou hunt vii. be held under auspices of the Elks Lodge of the Interior City.
 A. Erickson. a. .fishesnazt of Dutch Haxbor, has set sail from there ir a 50-foot saif boat for San Ffan- cisco, planning to head directly across the ocean. He has foul months food supply ab6afd.
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 Twenty boxes of articles made by Indian residents of the Sel- dovia distrdict, centuries ago were recetnly sent from Seldovia to the University of Pennsylvania Mu- scum. They were found by Miss Francesca de Laguna, Dana Street and William Newman, archaeolo- gists of the University. Included among the articles was a collection of ancient lamps, on the bowl of one of which human figuree wer