Commander Herbert V. Wiley,
the only surviving officer of the
Akron crash, was recently trans
: ferred to sea duty on the West
Coast.
Three-Fourths of States
I
Stage Musical Contests
EMPORIA, Kas., June 15.—Three
fourths of the states of the union
now have high school music con
tests, a survey at Kansas State
;Teachers College at Emporia, birth
place of the idea, revealed.
Prank A. Beach, head of the
! college music department, is credit
;ed with originating the scheme in
; 1912: Since then he has helped
launch similar contests in half
j the states now sponsoring them.
, Beach has also acted as judge in
‘more than 500 contests.
SECOND DIMOND
BILL FOR HOME
RULE APPROVED
Chamber Backs Transfer
of Fur and Game Control
by Large Majority
Without a record vote and by
an overwhelming majority, the
Chamber of Commerce today en
dorsed Delegate Dimond's bill pro
viding for the transfer of the
control of fur and game animals
in Alaska to the Territory. This
is the second of the Delegate’s
Home Rule bills approved by the
Chamber, the first having been
the fisheries measure that was en
dorsed by it last week.
There was a minimum of debate
today, C. T. Gardner, Vice-Presi
dent of the Chamber and former
member of the Alaska Game Com
mission, opposed endorsement on
the ground that costs of admin
istration, which have averaged less
than $90,000 annually since 1926,
are too heavy to be borne by the
Territory.
Many Guests Attend
Guests at today's meeting in
cluded: Mrs. A. H. Nordale and
P. C. McMullen, out of town mem
bers of the Territorial Board of
Education; I. Merrick, prominent
Seattle attorney; Nick Bez and
Hans Floe, well known cannerymen
and W. R. Garster.
