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The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
5000 XMAS DINNER SERVED
NEGRO CADDIES IN FLORIDA

Palm Beach, FLA full Chist-
mas dinner plus all the trimmings
were sk~eletonized by nearly 100
Negro golf caddies on December 2
as provided by the will of Edward
w. Kroger, of Cincinnati, white,
banker and chain store head, who
died last spring.
Dinner for the caddies started 5
years ago by Kroger. To perpetuate
his memory he provided before his
death. that 5000 be spent for a
final memorial caddy dinner on the
Christmas following his death.
A special provision was made by
the banker and store magnate in
his will for his personal caddy.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

was defeated.
The 11-h round or the LIST round
of the next bout found both men
going about taeir work as if moth
ing had happened, tossing every
variety of punch in the prize ffeht
basket. Into the 18th round they
fought like cat and dog neither
ablo to lead this was a real old
fashioned slugfest my friends.
Fighting four more rounds at a.
fast clip found both men firing
rapidly going into the 10 round a.
mid the most rapid exchange of
blows | have ever witnessed by two
semi helpless fighters in the cen
ter of the ring Both men slightly
poised themselves for the kill land
ing to the midsection of the other
at the same moment of precisecity,.
both men sank to the nva in
pain unable to move, being counted
out for a DOUBLE KNOCKOUT.
Folks and Friends, if there ever
occurs another fight of this nature,
kindly let me know. My vote goes
to Tampa for the Queerest and
greatest fight,
.f.A
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
TUBERCULOSIS STUDY

Large appropriations are being
made for research in the study of
tuberculosis during the coming
year. Nebraska is keeping step in
this great health enterprise. Of the
sum realized from the annual Xmas
Seal Drive which has just closed,
95 per cent win be spent here in
Nebraska in the prevention of Tu-
berculosis during the year 1889.
The remaining 5 per cent is sent
TO the National tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION to carry on their program
n phase of which is research.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
SPORTS
CIRCUIT
By LOUIS o. HUDSON


Lexington. Ky.
Zeke, the immaculate valet for
Col. F. r. Bradley was in charge
of tho arrangements for the Coils
S0th birthday celebration held at
the Idle Hour fam. Bradley owns
some OF the worlds greatest race
horses, having 5 Kentucky
Derbies He has contributed liber-
ally to several Negro charities. The
Col works scores of colore1 help
at his large racing farm said to
be the most modern in the United
States.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Six leading universities will en-
gage in research in the study of
tuberculosis this year, Announce
ment has 5een made by DR.. Will
liam Charles White, chairman of
tae Medical Research Committee.
One hospital, Mt. Zion, in San Fran
cisco, Calf, also receives an ap-
preparation for special laboratory
work.
yale, Columbia, Cornell, Van
derbilt, Pennsylvania and Wiscon-
sin Universities will cooperate
with US in our endeavor to achieve
our final goal, the eradication of
tuberculosis" said DR. White.
Medical Research will continue to
be one of the strongest battle lines
against tuberculosis in 1882" he
says.
1t is gratifying to realize that
Nebraska can join in this nation
wide crusade against this disease
which menaces our youth. The
scope of the work is growing an
nually and with the chaotic econo-
mic conditions which exist the need
is very great for poorer living con-
ditions cause an increase in the
death rate in tuberculosis.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Louis Rated
ALI Al0ne

tail in preparing for John Henry
because you can't take anything
Tor granted in this game"
Louis will use four sparring
partners. Two of them, Basher
Dean and Mickey Dugan, have al
ready been selected.
The ligat heavyweight champion
has already started training at
Summit where he Is spending a
few days roughing it before start
in. spall.ing He intends to work
with heavy %sparmates to accustom
himself to weight conditions SINH
Lar to those he will face in Joe.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Kid Concrete

hand and his opponent Billy Long
of Lake Wales, Florida weighing
176, and the crowd went wild.
These men will fight a 10 round
bout. The crowd was left in wonder
mem as this was a finish fight.
But the show started in spite of
this.
No slambang fight before or
since have | witnessed that brought
the crowd to its feet before as
did this fight. Billy was the clever
est of the two, but AL was right
there to dish out his share of the
fistic goods. There was nothing to
choose between either mar during
the first eight rounds, both men
smuggling, and taking all the punish
ment the other had to offer. Meth
Ell man had backed away during
the contest, my, what a fight. Two
more rounds found the end of the
10Th round, still the fight was on
an ever basis. At the end of the
10 rounds, the men sat on their
stools, instead of them resting their
usual 1 minute they rested 3. The
announcer appeared again and in
troduced them to the crowd say
ing these men will fight another
10 round bout and again justice
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Dear folks, as Kid Concrete and
Grandpa Anvil together with Pop
Jr. the managers of the Kid had
too large a Xmas suffering with
turkey and eggnog troubles, u
hero the Kid, will not esum his
training until next week for his
battles with X. o. Punchem for
tho Down Home Championship
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
RING MAGAZINE NAMES
NOVA NO l
RAPS COMISH

Lou Nova, young Alameda, Cal,
heavyweight was rated the worlds
No. | contender challenger yes
terday in .eThe Ring" magazines
annual ranking of boxers.
Champion Joe Louis ranker as
tho boxer of the year." was plac-
ed all alone in group No. | topping
ell heavyweight. Nova heads group
No. 2 which includes Make Baer
Bob Pastor, Tony Galento, Make
Rosenbloom and John Henry Lewis
in that order.
Nova was given third place IN
the boxer of the year rating, be-
hind Henry Armstrong, who won
his second and third titles in 1888,
adding the lightweight and wei
terweight titles to the feather
weight laurels he won in 1897.
Fleischer considered Louis feat
in knocking out Max Schme'ing
in the first round a more notable
achievement than Armstrong II
fecoming the rings first triple
champion
IT. magazines ranking declared
til ...a4 m the middle
weight and featherweight divisions
and il gave surprise rating to n. u.
Morgan of Detroit above champion
Sixto Escobar in the bantam class
Recognizing no middieweight
champion the magazine named
Fred Apostoli of San Francisco,
recognized as titleholder in New
York and California, alone in group
No. /, while Solly Krieger of
New York, the National Boxing
Associations champion, vas put at
the head of group No. 2.
Similarly IN the featherwelght
division no champion was recogni-
zed by the rankings, but Leo Ro-
dak of Chicago and Pete Scalzo
of New York were rated l and 2
in group l..
John Henry Lewis of Phoenix,
Ariz. ranked sixth among the
heavyweight challengers, is recog-
nized as Interchangeable king
despite the New York Commits
stems declaration that the IT'S ID.
title is vacant.
In the other divisions the follow
ing men are recognized as cham
pions: Henry Armstrong, welter-
weight and lightweight; Escobar,
trntamweight, and Pete Kane of
England, flyweight.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
KEN MAGAZINE PRINTS
EXPLANATION OF WHY
NEGROES QUIT PROTESTING
PAN ON NEGROES PLAYING
FOOTBALL AGAINST DIXIE
SCHOOLS

Chicago, Jan. 5 (ANP)-Ne-
groes have "quit protesting a.
gainst the refusal of Northern
co~ches to insist on playing their
colored stars against Southern
teams because coaches let it be
known that they night keep Ne
gro players off their teams al
together rather than submit to such
pressure, says an article in the
Dee. 20 edition of Ken, the maya
zine published by Esquire.
Says the article:
Football contracts for games in
v~olving Dixieland universities "a
gainst northern or western schools
that may have Negro players, us
ually restrict eligibility to "mem-
bers Of the Caucasian race" This
clause is generally waived when the
southern teams play in other ter
r'tories.
Formerly, protest of Negro or
CARNATIONS against the restriction
handicapped eolored kids who were
trying to win places on northern
teams that had southern games in
prospect.
"a Big Ten coach whose team
had scheduled a game in the South
and a colored kid who starred in
the coach's Inc, we're responsible
for the discontinuance of the organ
lied Negro complaints against the
restriction. The coach, assailed in
letters, kilograms and telephone
messages from Negroes, called in
his colored player.
"Have I done everything | can
to help you get through school and
to make you a great football play
err" the coach asked. The kid ac-
knowledged the coach's help.
"Have the other kids on the team
treated you right?
"Every one of them does fine
by me-" the boy testified.
"And here's what we get for it,
The coach displayed a stack of
kilograms and letters in which Ne
gro organizations and individuals
insisted that the kid be taken South
with the team. IF this keep up,
I'll never again go through the
trouble of having a colored boy on
a team of mine. The Negroes try
to be bossier than the alumni
"Let me answer a few of those.
They're putting you and me both
on the spot. The boy sifted the
stack and left the room with an
assortment of wires and letters In
less than a week the protest had
died out.
"News of the incident got to
other coaches. That's the inside
of how colored kids retain an even
chance as northern varsity football
candidates"
Although no names are given, ii
is possible that the "colored kid"
was Willis Ward and the coach,
Harry Kipke, then of Michigan.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Nervous, Weak,
Ankles Swollen!

Mucn is caused by an ex-
cess of acids and poisons due to func-
tional Kidney and Bladder disorders
which may also cause Getting Up
Nights, Burning Passages, Swollen
Joints, Backache, Circles Under Eyes.
Excess Acidity, Leg Pains and Dizzi-
ness. Help your kidneys purify o IA
blood with Cystex. Usually the very
clean out excess acids and this o o may
make you feel like new. Cystex must
satisfy you completely or money hack Is
guaranteed. Get Cystex (siss-tex) to-
day. IL costs only &c a dose at druggists
and the guarantee protects you.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
New York City, N. Y.

Henry Armstrong was voted the
honor of being the greatest athlete
of 1898 by the United Press poll of
sports writer's. This poll vas the
coneensus of writers the country
over. The holding of a triple cham
pion ship in the past year was a
feat no other athlete has accom-
plished.
Pittsburgh. Pa,
Mike Jacobs, N. Y. boxing mogul
was at the camp of Tommy Farr
to day. While there two more in
terested spectators crowded Mike
challenging tho winner of the Farr
Nova fight Friday mite, Dec. 23rd
at the Garden. These gents hap
pened to be Roscoe Toles and his
manager Everett Watson. After
The bout in which he (Toles) beat
Gunner Barlund. Roscoe says he
will beat any fighter except the
Co. of Louis and Lewis. Joe and
John Henry, folks, and friends.
Hot Springs, Ark.
Julian Black, co-manager of Joe
Louis says Joe will fight Max Baer
after the John Henry Lewis bout.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Word reaches the desk that Nor
ris Brown will have a strong cage
team this coming winter. | hope
they develop another center like
"Toss 'em in Adams. This boy was
a sensation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
Bv ROBERT GEIGER
AP Feature Service Writer

BOULDER, Col, Dec. 21 -- The new convex basketball blackboard which grew out of a suggestion by the National Basketball committee gets a rousing vote of approval from Colorado University's defending Big Seven Conference champions.
 The curved board, says the com mittee, is necessary for the modern game. Coach Forrest Cox, a mem- Der of the national rules group offers these reasons:
 It opens a wider area of the end zones for shooting; it increases pos sibilities for angle shooting; it gives the ball greater rebound, thus re- Heving under-the-basket congestion, and it makes the basket more yis- ible to spectators.
 Cox predicted the new board, or one similar to 1t, will be approved by the committee for use the 1940-41 season
 At its 1889 meeting the committee agreed there was waste space on the traditional four feet by six feet blackboard and that this waste was a detriment. It proposed experi- ments be made to determine the best type of board.
 Much Less Surface
 Coach Cox installed two auxiliary convex boards, with curved instead of the traditional square sides and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
6pronloiiorls
 In J. S. Army

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l. Six Army Colonels are in line for early promotion to General Officers.
 President Roosevelt has approved recommendations by Secretary of War Woodring to fill existing and prospective vacancies.
 Col. Edmund Gregory will be- come Quartermaster General for the four years beginning next April l. He will succeed Major General Henry Gibbons.
 Others to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier or Major Gen. eral are Col. John Williams, Col James Clancy, Col. James Ulio Col. Shelley Martea. and Col. Frank L.ackland
 The President also approved the promotion of Brigadier General Jacob Fickel to Assistant Chief of the Air Corps. He will succeed Brigadier General Walter Kilner who is retiring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
FIGHTS FAXED

NEW YORK, Dec 21.-The State Athletic Commission has decided to turn over the investigation of the Harry Thcmas-Max Schmelling bout to the United States District At torney's office.
 Thomas appeared at a commits sion hearing today-prepared to testify if he was granted immunity
 Assistant United States Attorney William Cashell advised the com mission that it had no power to grant Thomas immunity.
 Sports Editor Arch Ward, told the commission that he had Thomas charges Of faked fights with Schmel- ling and Tony Gaalento carefully corroborated before he printed the story.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
WINTER GOMEZ
 TOh0RR0W;DAY5s
 GETTING LONGER
Shortest Day of Year Was Yesterday. with Six
 Hours, q Minutes ..Ds

 Winter arrives officially at 9;06 o'clock tomorrow morning when the winter solstiee occurs, according to the U S. Weather Bureau. rose But the shortest day of the year was yesterday, when the sun rose at 3.47 o'clock and set at 3:08, giv- ing Juneau six hours and 21 min utes of daylight The Weather Bu- reau keeps its official daylight rec ords in tenths of hours, however, and according to this record all the days from December IA to December 20 have six and four-tenths hours of daylight. < hi L. a l oa~ Days have already started getting longer here. A minute of light be- fore sunset was added to the day today, ~4s Sa4A sak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21

top. at Colorado University. The boards have approximately 300 square inches less surface than the 4x6 boards.
 Cox used them at coaching schools this year at Boulder and at Utah State The class in Utah voted SO to for them and at Boulder IT to ?
 Combined with the rule allow ing the extension of the end zones to four feet behind the board, in- stead of two feet, the new convex, rounded board makes it possible to score 9 basket from about 12 feet to either side of the board" says COX.
 With the square board it is bare ly possible to sheet at the basket, on the end zone line, from about 25 feet 10 either side, or at about the side line.
 Increases Scoring Zone
 For bank shots from in front of the blackboard this new board in- creases the. scoring zone by 720 square feet, figuring the ball con- taets the board three inches inside the edge.
 The visibility for spectators is increased because of the elimination of the unused area.
 Besides having rounded corners and being convex, the new board differs from the old one in method of mounting. The basket on the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
CHAMBER WINS
 WIDE SUPPORT
 Vs. SLATTERY
Endorsements Read Today from Three Groups
 at Luncheon

Support from three sources for the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. stand against principles advocated in the Slattary report has been received here
 Letters endorsing the Chambers recent brief on the subject were read at today's Chamber luncheon.
 .lThe Seattle Chamber of Com merce Board of Trustees has passed a resolution holding the conclusions and. recommendations of the Slat- tery report to be. "so novel and rad ically different from the generally accepted policy of developing Alas ka. and so drastic in their purport that no legislation embracing them should be introduced in Congress until f;,,l opportunity is given for a most thorough study of the prob able result. and until the people of Alaska. who are more vitally con- cerned than any other part of our citizenry, are consulted in every de- tail of the plan Cta
 e Settle Americans
 E. A. Sherman, Assistant Chief of the Forest Service, wrote suggesting Alaska could better be settled with American citizens from our north ern border states, who had the cour- age and intuition to enligrate to the States had learned our language, adopted our customs and were some what familiar with the workings If OUT rather unusual form of govern nlent Hras ae iisn
 |, The, Mining and Contracting Re- view, trade, magazine published at SaltiLakel City, ran the entire Cham berebrief under therheading Alaska Answers .Ickes. The brief is re- ferred to in a cover editorial as "a masterpiece of clarity, restraint and statement of fact"
 Silcox Resolution
 The Chamber today passed a reso- lution of regret at the death of F. A. Silcox, Chief of the Forest Service.
 Speakers were Dr. Leslie A. White, former Juneau boy. who is going to Bethel to take charge of the new Office of Indian Affairs hospital; y. s. MacKinnon, recently recalled to, active duty in the Navy, and AL len Shattuck, recently returned from trip through the States Canada, Mexico and Cuba
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
Deer, Deer, What's s Road Coming 10?

SEATTLE, Dec. 21.--A Wisconsin insurance company inquired whether the State of Washington would as sume liability for a salesmans au- tomobile damaged by wild deer on a public highway. Answered Assistant Attorney General Brow der Brown:
 Dear Sirs: It is the constant in- tent of the State of Washington to make these (state) highways safe for motorists and also for pedestrians, among which latter class our wild deer would be num- bered. This is the first knowledge we have had of the incident men, toned in your letter. Our wild deer has not reported in. Without any further information than that given in your letter we would con- clude that if ycar salesman was assaulted by one of our wild deer the incident would naturally fall under the heading of regrettable mistakes.
 "On the other hand, it may be that the state may have claim against your salesman for inflict- ing bodily damage and injuries on one of our wild deer and causing it to suffer excruciating pains and also subjecting it to great distress and agony both in mind and body. Such claim must be withheld pending the results of further in- vestigation on the part of our game wardenS."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21

board is almost at the extreme bot tom, instead of 12 inches up from the bottom The new basket at Col orado University is mounted much more rigidly on the blackboard than are the older types and the beard itself is much more rigid.
 Players say this causes the ball to rebound farther. e5Rf
 Tt is necessary to alter your shoot ing technique on this new board but you soon get used to it,p says Jack Harvey, all-conference center and sharpshooter. Its big im- provement over the old board"
 The new board has been installed at several ether universities through out the nation. It won't be used for any Big Seven Conference games this year but Coach Cox said it will be used in non-conference games if both teams agree.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
Bethel Mission YuIe
 Program on Tonight

The Bethel Mission will hold a special program tonight starting at 7:45 o'clock at which time the individual Sunday School classes will be represented by songs, exer- cises and recitations.
 Services will be held on Sunday at Il o'clock in the morning and again at 7So o'clock in the eve ming
 Groups from the Mission will carol during the holidays if the weather is permissible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
Nazis Send
 proiesi 10
 Inlernmlent
Columbus Grew May Get 50 Days vatdiion in
 United Stafes
By Associated Press

Germany sent protest to Argen- tina today against the internment Of the Graf Specs crew while a fu- neral with full honors was being pre- paared in Buenos Aires for suicided Graf Spec commander Hans Langs- dorff. #lfif,t
 Chances of direct light on his suicide lessened when Argentina orders were issued impounding letter Langsdorff left,to the German Ambassador explaining his act.
 Happy, Safe 'a
 The crew of another scuttled Ger man vessel the liner Columbus, seemed to be happy and safe on Ellis Island, New York harbor, while American authorities examined their case to determine whether or not they should be released as survivors of a merchant marine disaster
 If this view is taken of the Col umbus crew and passengers, 576 men and women are entitled to a sixty day stay in the United States.
 e Films Seek Loan 8a
 In Washington there are reports that Finland is seekingaa S50,000-000 lean from the United States Gov ernment to purchase war materials for use in resisting Russia
 A Finnish representative is said to have, sounded out Congressional leaders after failing to obtain the financing on Wall Street <
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
-T 7s1 TT E-TE ELECT CHAIRhAh,N
 F.p. COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. = The Federal Power Commission an- nounces that Leland Olds of New York had heen elected Chairman of the commission-effeetive Janu- ary l.
 Olds was appointed to the Power Commission by President Roosevelt last June. He had served for a number Of years as Execu- tive Secretary of the New York State Power Authority He sue ceeds Commissioner Clyde Davey Of California who asked to be re- leVed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
SEApLANES FLY
 ! TRIPS TODAY

Alex Holden flew to Tulsequah today and John Amundsen re- turned from the islands.
 Holden brought in Jack Dalzell, and Don Holden. He flew Art Nell son, Al Montgomery and Carl Simpson to the mine.
 Amundsen, coming in from Hirst and Chichagof, was bringing in Mrs George Hall and child, l.. Fitzgerald, Lloyd Jarman, Harry Lundell and Scott Ford.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
TRAIN HITS AUT0;;ENGlNE
 IS WREe.kED
CreWmen Killed One Body F0und-0ther Beneath
 Twisted Steel

HIGHLAND, Neb., Dec. 21.-The body of engineer David Jones of Omaha has been taken from the wreckage of the Union Pacific To- comotive.
 Officials said no doubt the body of Lee Roberts, fireman of Coun- cil Bluffs, is buried beneath the twisted steel of the locomotive of an eastbound mail train which struck an automobile at a railroad crossing early this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
GULLS BUSY FEEDING
 IN SALT PILE TODAY

Susie the Seagull goes for salt. That is proven by the spectacle trollers had today at the Cold Storage wharf.
 Seagulls were lined for hun dred feet, literally waiting their turn at pile of salt on the dock striuger, and some, not waiting, charged a companion gull from his feeding and gobbled salt until he too was routed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
Rising Sun
 gF
 Army Faces Wiping 0ut
Chinese Say Nippon Forces at Manning Trapped
 for Defeat

CHUNGKING Dec. 21.-A Chin ese army spokesman today declared the Japanese forces holding Manning strategic South China military cen- ter, have been isolated and the Jap anese army is on the eve of ma jor defeat in that area.
 The spokesman said Japanese units were attempting to advance north northeast of Manning, but were driven back to within ten miles of the city.
 Communications between Manning and the coast to the south are cut.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-12-21
FLYING TO JUNEAU

Benton Davis, Civil Aeronautlcs Authority man. is due in Juneau on flight from Wrangell to here this afternoon
 Davis, flying the amphibian Fleetwing in which he and CAA's Alaska head Marshall Hoppin re- gently left Juneau for a survey trip through Southeast Alaska, was due here around o'clock this af- ternoon.