The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 24, 1936, Page 8

8 TH E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936. —_— BASEBALL HEADS WIND UP DETAILS THIS EVENING Session SetEr—B P.M. Fire Hall—Talk Nowell or Junge for Umpire Final details for the City League ! season will be gone over at a meet- ing of baseball moguls set for 3 o'clock tonight in the Fire Hall, ac- cording to President William A.| Holzheimer of the League, who al-| ready has the ticket sale under way this week under the direction of Mrs. Dolly Kaufmann. Schedule will be gone into and it is essential that the full list of new and old players | be completed by that time. Players | already have been assigned but there is still opportunity for baseball men | to sign up and get into the leaguc. New players should sign up with Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill and for mer players with their m: gers There is particular dema at this time for infielders and pitchers to | show their wares. The boys arc| working out all the time now at Firemen’s field and by next week 1t | & is expected Prexy Holzheimer will | assign definite nights for each team to practice. Dope is that Ev Nowell or Ken| Junge may do the umpiring this| year. Nowell, a heavy stick man, | has signed up again with the Legion team but may not play if the Le- gionnaires can find an outfielder to | fill his shoes. Junge, another heavy | slugger and all around ball player is dropping out of play this seasor | and may be seen oficiating off and | on with Nowell. No definite an- nouncement on “umps” has yet been made by the President, but these two veters are reported as hot pros- pects. i LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER GIVES AID ‘The Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross came right to the front yes- terday and before nightfall E. W Clayton, whose cabin was destroyed yesterday morning on the Island side of the Douglas Bridge, had been outfitted with needed clothing, bed- ding, etc. This is only one of the many incidents in which the local chapter works quietly but effic- jently in extending aid. el GOODIE SALE By Lutheran Ladies’ Aid at Bert's Cash Grocery Tomorrow, Saturday. Remember the dinner, May 13. adv. e SHOP IN YUNEAU, FIRST! VIKING | CLUB CARD PARTY Pinochle—Whist SATURDAY NITE at 8 P. M. | | !Is Really Here | tifying, avowing and acclaiming that ' servatives had their qualms and the around. 1(action has it, and here’s the proof. | the bypaths aboard a real, live horse. | Anchorage Ice In Tanana Is | Beginning to Lift ‘ According to a radio received by | the Weather Bureau this afternoon from Fairbanks, the average snow depth in that vicinity has faded | from 15 inches to 3 inches since| Sunday. Chena river water and ice | has raised two and one-half feet| in the last 36 hours. Breakup is WOMAN DIES IN | MYSTERY BLAZE AT FORT WORTH Wife of BaseBall Team | Shortstop Burned Fol- lowing Explosion FORT WORTH, Tex., April 24 ,,:, Charles Engle, wife of the shortstop of the Fort Worth base- | ball team, was burned to death in s fire which swept her apartment this morning | Mrs. Engle died five hours after | firemen found her almost nude body inside the front door. Neighbors said they heard a muffled explos- | ion in the home about the time ol the fire. KRISTIE SATHER : FETED AT DINNER| A dinner ¥ henor Miss | Kristie Sather, who is visiting in Juneau, was given by Dr. and Mrs W. W. Council last evening in their home on South Franklin Street. | Miss Sather, who was formerly connected with the Bureau of In- an Affairs here has been in W. gton, D. C. for the past few } the government service t in She will be connected with the Bu reau of Indian Affairs here for a month after which time she will go | to Nome to visit her parents. - CARMICHAELS WILL ENTERTAIN SATURDAY Mr. and Mrs. B. Carmichael wiil | entertain in their home at Point Louise, with a weenie roast and bridge party Saturday evening. | | Guests invited to the affair are: | Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sweeney, Mr. and | Mrs. R. L. Davlin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Junge, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund- | strom Horseb;ck Rider Proves Spring ‘! Fishermen, baseball fans and the spring fever addicts who love to loll | along the waterfront have been t spring has arrived. But the con- folks out the road rose up in the mornings to find white frost still And there the situation stood while the sun shone on. i But now it's all over. The spring | One of Juneau’s best known girls today was seen galloping around | 1. 0. O.F. Hall REFRESHMENTS DANCING Admission 40c e e When horseback riding begins there | is no further question about the, season. The young lady, overtaken | by two men in an automobile with a camera, turned out to be Miss Barbara Winn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Winn, who wasn't so interested in whether or not it was spring, but in which side of a horse to climb on. Being a poten- tially good horsewoman she is us- ing the left side. Her trusty steed was from the Juneau Dairy. at the—— EXTRA! SATURDAY SPECIAL DUTCH SWEET BREAD PEERLESS BAKERY . | ATHLETICS WIN FROM RED SOX; SCOREIS9TO 1 Boston Saved from Shut- out Only by Home Run by Foxx PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 24 —The Athletics routed Wes Ferrill | yesterday afternoon and behind the three-hit pitching of Harry Kelly walloped the Boston Red Sox 9 to 1 for the second win of the seasan. Jimmy Foxx made his third home run of the season in the fifth in- ning and prevented a shutout. GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League Missions 3; Portland 4. IMRS. OSCAR OLSON IS | IN CHARGE SATURDAY AT DEMO QUARTERS | { Mrs. Oscar G. Olson will be chair- | man-in-charge at the Democratic | wemen’s headquarters tomorrow, according to announcement made ! tcday. Information pertinent to the primary election next week is being distributed at headquarters located in the store room on Seward street adjacent to the Juneau Drug Company. - SIX HALIBUT BOATS | ARE PREPARING TO SAIL | Six halibut boats prepared boday‘ to sail for the fishing banks. The | following vessels loaaded ice and | bait: Lou Helen, Capt. Knute Hil- dre; Oceanic, Capt. Ole Westby; Capt. John Lowell; Charles Larsen; Andrew Rosness. Vivian, Capt. and Tern, Capt. iwu.s entirely rebuilt two years ago | when the former Libby, McNeill and | Libby plant burned down, is one of | the largest and most thoroughly | modern in Alaska. Mr. Minard said today that when the season starts the big plant will be prepared for any kind of salmon run, as preparations now underway are geared to efficiently take care | »f a maximum pack. CANNERY BOATS COMING NORTH SEATTLE, April 24.—Four can- MINARD HERE BUYS SUPPLIES Superintendent at Taku . Harbor Cannery Also Hires Men Al Minard, Superintendent of the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery 1 Taku Harbor will leave Juneau cnight aboard the new cannery nctorship “Sunset” for the can- nery. For the past two days Mr. Minard has been transacting business in| nery tenders, each with a barge in Juneau. While here he omployedlmw' are leaving during today for several local men for work at the| Bristol Bay. Four more tenders will also purchased lumber and other| the salmon fishing season. supplies. Rl SR W. A. SMITH IS DEAD, SEATTLE Engineer WhoiBuilt Chil- koot Pass Tramway Passes Away SEATTLE, April 24.—Wallace # Smith, aged 73, engineer who built the tramway over Chilkoot Pass dur ng the gold rush days, is dead here Smith was born in Bangor, Maine, ind had lived here for years. RSP T 5 Two elderly Franklin County, Kas. women deeded their homes to the County in return for care for the re- Thelma, Capt. Bert Alstead; Fern, | cannery preparatory to opening,and| leave tomorrow in preparation for | mainder of their lives. - —— In 1900 North Carolina had 950 GASTINEAU HOTEL JOINS IN PAINT-UP The Gastineau Hotel joins in u\ae spring paint-up parade with a com- plete overhaul of the front of the hotel, the Gastineau Cafe and the Gastineau Liquor Store. An attractive coating of yellow is being used to bring new life o the building, and the work is beifg done by T. C. Collins and R. E. Shelley, local painters. B T . OFF FOR FAIRBANKS The North Canada Air Expregs Pilgrim transport plane piloted &y L. F. Barr, with flight mechanic Lee Barragar, left the local airport this afternoon for the Interior with the following passengers: For Fair- banks—John Wolf, J. L. 01’5‘!‘3_[1 and Paul Ventich; for Carcros 3 Harry Guthrie and one other pas-" | senger. i The cannery plant at Taku which| SHOP IN JUNEAI log schoolho Oakland 3; San Francisco 4. amento 5; Los Angeles 2. Diego 5; Seattle 4, night National League | New York 3; Brooklyn 4, ten in- nings. Pittsburgh 1; Chicago 2. St. Louis 1; Cincinnati 3, ten in- nings. Philadelphia 5; Boston 3. American League Chicago 0; Cleveland 6. Detroit 10; St. Louis 0. Washington 6; New York 40. Boston 1; Philadelphia 9. STANPING Or' CLUBS PACIFIC COAS. LEAGUE Wen Lost Pel. Oakland 18 1 720 Seattle 15 11 577 Mission 15 11 ST San Francisco 12 11 522 Portland 13 12 .520 Sacramento 10 14 417 |San Diego 10 16 .385 Los Angeles | 18 .280 NATIONAL LIAGUE Wonr Lost Pet. | New York 7 2 118 Cincinnati 5 4 556 Philadelphia 5 5 500 | Chicago 4 4 500, | Pittsburgh 3 3 .500 ! St. Louis 3 4 429 Brooklyn 4 5 A Boston 2 6 .250 ! AMERIC:N LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Cleveland 2 14 |Chicago 2 667 | {Boston 4 600/ New York 4 556 Detroit 4 429 Washington 5 545 St. Louis 6 250 Philadelphia 6 .250 | e s 2 MASKED MEN STAGE HOLD-UP DALLAS, Texas, April 24.—The| Provident Loan Company was, robbed of $300 in cash and jewelry valued at $50,000 by two masked gunmen who forced two employees into the vault. acreage near Garden | Sugar beet City, Kas., exceeds 8,000. NEW MANAGEMENT LEONARD’S VALET SERVICE Hlina Rantakan Elvi Wolti EXPERT CLEANING PRESSING—HAT BLOCKING PHONE 576 T R o T e FIFTY MILLION COFFEE ALL LEADING BRANDS Hills—M. J. 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