The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1937, Page 5

+ [y THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1937 BRINGING UP FATHER " READ LAST WEEK'S PAPER- IT'S THE FIRST CHANCE | HAVE = WHY DON'T You TRY TO - ERGL IS GERTLEMEN TR O TON DE THAMES AT OF P BELONG TO YOUR CLUS-BUT 1S ON THE PHONE NO-YOLI'D RATHER SIT AND MUM— TO YOoul YOU SEE-THE CLLASS EOPLE S5 CALL ME UP- WHAT'S THE USE OF T4 ING - | MUST KEEP HIS LORD WAIT THAS ALK NT SHIP N YOU HAVING By GEORGE McMANUS WITH HIM TODAY ~ LUNCH il INDIANS LOSE TO ANGELS IN GAME TUESDAY Missions Wallop Portland —Get 26 Hits to Win by Score of 21 to 0 (By Associated Press) Fay Thomas, of Los Angeles, yes- terday turned back Seattle for his third straight win, although he had to pitch himself out of trouble sev. eral times. Los Angeles won by a score of 9 to 2. The Missions made 26 hits yester- day, Hal Tost holding Portland i four hits and a shutout. The Mis- sions scored 11 runs in the first frame, six in the second, one in the third and three in the fourth. San Prancisco bunched hits yes- terday in the fourth inning W« score two runs to defeat Oakland 2 to 1. Sacramento scored two runs in a seventh inning rally yesterday to beat San Diego 8 to 5. GAMES TUESDAY Pacific Coast League San Franciseo 2; Oakland 1. Seattle 2; Los Angeles 9. Missions 21; Portland 0. Sacramento 8; San Disgo 5. National League Pittsbuigh 3; Boston 0. Chicago 1; New York 10. Cincinnati 12; Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 7; Brooklyn 9. American League Philadelphia 4; Detroit 1. New York 2; Chicago 7. Cleveland 4; Boston 11. Washington 5; St. Louis 7. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast veague Won Lost rct Cacramentc .26 13 66" San Francisco 23 14 622 Los Angeles 22 16 B¢ San Diego 21 18 538 Seattle 17 19 472 Portland e 18 21 417 Oakland. . 14 24 361 Missions 13 26 333 National . League Won Lost Pet. Pittsburgh ............ 12 3 .800 St. Louis . 10 7 588 New York . 10 8 556 Brooklyn .9 10 A4 Chicago 8 10 444 Boston ... 210 " Philadelphia - 7 1 .389 Cincinnati .. 6 10 376 American League Won Lost Pet Philadelphia -10 5 867 Cleveland i (] 600 Boston . 8 [ 571 Detroit 9 8 529 New York 9 8 .529 8t. Louis _ 9 400 Chicago 6 10 375 ‘Washington . . 8 1 353 ————e—— MAKES 60OD ON HIS SPORT TALK MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 12. — Ward Cuff, Marquette University fullback the past three years, can “talk a good game” in any sport. For four years he told the stu- dents what a good boxer he was. The other night he put ‘on gloves and kayoed Chuck Hooper to win the Marquette heavyweight title. } Baseball Paths Cross Twice In 0dd Deals CINCINNATI, O., May 12—When Manager Warren Giles of Cincinnati broke into baseball in 1919 as busi- ness manager of the Moline club of: the 3-Eye league, his first official act involved the sale of Charley Dressen’s contract to St. Paul. His first important act as general man- ager of the Reds was # sign Dres- sen as the 1937 manager. New Islands Are Discovered North of Siberia, Report MOSCOW, May 12—The Russian hydregraphic ship Toros reports the Hornsby h: discovery of four new islands and five straits northeast of Dickson Is- Al Righ ing the seams off the ball again, he” gravely asked.the rookie if he was following instructions. Hornsby suggested that an eye be kept on NO BASEBALLS | i|playing day in and day out. | ARE LOST NOW BY THIS BUNCH LINCOLN, Neb., May 12.—Frank (Red) Mueller, Lincoln High Schooi baseball coach, called his candidate: together early this season and ad- monished them to take care of the 24 new baseballs the team owned. “The athletic fund is running low,” he_ said. He counted the baseballs a month ‘ater. He found 26. Sport Slants . Rogers Hornsby, one of the great- st right-hand batters baseball ever produced, has his heart set on just one more batting mark before he retires to the dugout. He wants to biing his total hits up to 3,000. At the start of the current season he was 88 short of his goal. Last year Hornsby appeared in the lineup only twice, adding two hits to his total. Now a year older (he has just celebrated his 4lst birthday, he hopes to get into enough games to realize his ambi- tion. ' That is why he will play sec- ond-base for the St. Louis Browns as long as his legs hold up. As is the case with most great swatters, Hornsby retains his batting 2ye. But his legs cannot stand The St. Louis heat is not Iikely to hel his chances. Hornsby is taking no. risks with his aging underpinnings in this changeable spring weather. When the day is cold, or damp, he Half a dozen big leaguers have made 3,000 or more hits. Cap An- son was first. Ty Cobb, Nap Lajoie. Tris - Speaker, Eddie Collins and Hans Wagner were the others. In 1924 Hornsby set a modern major league batting mark at .424. Over the years of 1921-25 he ‘aver- aged .401. That record has not been equaled in 60 years of baseball. Once at the height of his batting career he fell into a 2-day slump. A rookie who never hit .250 in his life seriously pointed out mistakes in the Rajah’s stance and grip. instructions again and again. The ribbing went on for hours. his batting style to avoid future slumps. - HE _41-YEAR-OLD MANAGER OF THE BROWNS - ONE_OF THE GREATEST RIGHT HAND BATTERS IN THE GAME'S HISTORY - S7ILL LIKES HIS BAISE WITS ts Reserved by The Assoclated Press PITCHERS HAVE | INNINGS, MAJOR STEELE KAYOES BATTAGLIA 3RD ROUND,ITLEGO Middle King Shows Critics by Impressive Victory Over Canadian SEATTLE, May 12. — Tacoma's | Freddie Steele emphatically “showed (his castern critics” a thing or two here last evening by kuocking out Frank Battaglia, Canadian title- |holder, in the third round of their scheduled 15-round bout for the Whorld’s Middleweight Champion- ship. Steele had been keyed up to go for a quick knockout by remarks of Eastern sports writers that he does not lock like a real champion. The champion scored knockdowns in the first and second rounds of the fight,' Ithen finally floored the Canadian challenger for the full count of ten' thirty-four seconds after the bell opened the third frame. HARD NUT FOR JOHN L, LEWIS T0 CRACK NOW Senate Investigation of Har- lan County, Kentucky, Provides Rare Topic By PRESTON GROVER WASHINKTON, May 12.—John L. Lewls has found ancther hard nut to crack in Harlan County, Ken- tucky. The story is being told in the patchwork testimony of a Senate in- vestigation into violation of thej| rights of labor. The committee is| sympathetic to the position of la- bor so not much of the employer’s side of the story is told. Any that dues appear belsters the picture af savage distrust between bosses and the bossed In those fabulously| tough coal camps in the big black mountains that divide Virginia and| Southeastern Kentueky, The town of Lynch, one of sev- DEMPSEY GETS ‘THE WORKS’ Jack Dempsey, “the works' as Wild 8ill Collins, former champ, w! mauling the grunt and groaners rid’s boxing champion, is kl’l'amr.e‘:rm. a blula‘ royal in the namite Dunn but otherwise was uninjur shown getting Ted Germaine set upon ame to h(:'uul. Jack set about mightily that he badly bruised a_band, nuucLAs; | NEWS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ON TOMORROW EVENING —— Commencement exercises for nine Douglas High School seniors will The finish came when Steele eral on a tributary jutting out sent Battaglia flat on his face on the from Poor Fark, was described by canvas with a crushing left follow- witnesses as almost wholly owned ing a two-fisted barrage. Batta- by the United States Coal and Cck? glia was dragged to his corner by Company. The only notable exceps his handlers, still out after the ref- tfon is a strip of public highway eree had finished his count. down the center. of town. That's A sellout crowd of about 9,000 important to remember, because the saw the fight, bringing in a gate compgny, witnesses said, has issued estimated at $40,000, of which Pro-'en order that no union organizer moter Nate Druxman had guaran- cam cperate on company property. teed Steele $17,500, or he may re- That includes the side streets and ceived half of the total receipts if the homes of the mihe workmen. they are determined at more than his guarantee. Battaglia’s cut was DEPUTIES’ :(t)gobe fifteen percent, or ahout 56"\ Union organizers testified that ¥ “deputies” ordered them off the side Iicn Overlin, Jack Dempsey’s streets, and even ordered them out Ri¢hmond, Virginia, protege, Who of the homes the miners had rented had been originally billed to meet from the company. Steele in last night's title fight, had These “deputies’ had a strange CCCMEASURE | TILTS TUESDAY: TURNED DOWN, LOWER HOUSE Refuses to Extend Agency Permanently — Puts Limit at Two Years iCastleman Turns in Steller Mound Performance But Giants Lose Behind Him (By Associated Press) Cy Blanton, of the Firaies, shut out Boston with five hits in yes- {terday’s round of battles in the| {National League. The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded Cardinal pitch- ers for sixteen safe blows, while/ WASHINGTON, May 12. — The Clyde Castleman held the Chicago House flatly and finally rejected Cubs to only four hits, while the President Roosevelt's reoommendn-follnu dropped a one to nothing | sufficiently recovered from his at- tack of jaundice to sit in the second jrow ‘as the champion made good his. promise he would prove his right to reign to the Eastern fight crities who- had intimated he is more a “chump than champ.” When Steele’s first punch knocked |Battalgia down Overlin exclaimed, hot few dared attend. “I saw that start but didn't see it finish. I never dreamed he was so fast.” Both Steele and Overlin are under contract to Promoter Nate Druxman and may fight this sum- mer. Steele weighea in at 156 pounds and Battaglia at 159 pounds. ' iy Dodd Drawing status which witnesses seemed un- able to define. They wore badges and carried arms but refused to say {be held tomorrow evening, May 13, (At 8 a'clock in the Coliseum theatre. | Program for the evening arranged by the graduating class is as fol- lows: Invocation, Rev. John A. Glasse; Balutatories, Ruth Lang- seth .and Arthur Reinikka; Selec- tion “At the Opera” by DeLamater, School Orchestra; Reading, “Value of Commercial Subjects,” Agnes |Baroumes; Reading, “Place of Mu- sic in the Schools,” Vera Kirkham; Voecal Solo, “The Golden Key" by (Carol Jacob Bond, Mrs. Glen Kirk- 'ham accompanied by Mrs. Robert Rice and Mrs. John Livie; Presenta- tion of Class Gift, Gerald Cashen; Acceptance, Helen Edwards, Presi- dent of A.8.B.; Songs, “Glow Worm” and “Our Old High" High School Chorus; Valedictory, Jennie John- son; Vocal Solo, “Our Yesterday” by Herbert Leslie, Mrs. Glen Kirk- ham accompanied by Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Livie; Presentation of Class, Meartin'R. Pedersen; Awarding of whether they were policemen, com- piplomas, Arne Shudshift, Presi- pany employes, or just what. dent of Board of Education; and Union organizers called meetings “Graduation March” by Lawrence, of miners but the testimony ran, school Orchestra. these were so picketed by deputies Instead of having, as customary, a main speaker to deliver an ad- Several testified that men who dress, members of the class were joined the unions promptly lost asked to speak on given subjects. their jobs because of some slight The students to be graduated are infraction of company rules while Agnes Baroumes, Gerald Daniel such penalties were withheld from Cashen, Robert Wilson Feero, Jen- non-union men, |nie Johnson, Vera May Kirkham, A company superintendent testi- Ruth Lillian Langseth, Eino Arthur fied that a “secret election” brought Reinikka, Joseph Leo Riedi, Ben T. a vote of 267 to 5 against organiza- Shitanda; class colors, orchid and tion of a union. But each miner 8reen, class flower, carnation; class had to sign a ballot. Spectators MOtto, “An empty wagon rattles laughed at such secrecy. the loudest.” ——— e tion for a permanent CCC organi- zation, which has been passed by the Senate, and instead, the bill for the CCC was extended for two years only. Administration leaders made no attempt to reverse the ballot by which the insurgent membership voted overwhélming to retain the agency only on the temporary ba- sis. : RICHARD JACKSON TO DIRECT LEGION | DRUM, BUGLE CORPS Richard Jackson, Juneau 'High School boy, has been named to di- rect the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps during the summer onths while Director Byron Miller,| music instructor at the Juneau schools; is’ gone during the summer vacation. Young Jackson was ap- pointed at the regular Tuesday night meeting of the, corps L, night. Di- rector, Miller yill ‘be’ with-the corps. one more wéek before turning it over' to Jackson, who is both a bugler and a drummer. ‘Young Jackson will direct rehears- v|als and- have complete charge of ;|the corps during the various, public levents in which it will take part this summer. Helmets with Legion emblems have been ordered by Al- ford John Bradford Post for the boys and they will make a snappy appearance when at affairs during the summer. ' LOUIS SWIFT DIES, CHIGAGO ., May 12—Louis CHICAGO, ift Company, packers, died in a o iWhen' the ‘Rajel: staried:’ Bust-. [severa! weeks. game. The Philadelphia Athletics hand- ed Roxie Lawson his first defeat of the season when they beat out the Detroit Tigers behind the five- hit hurling of George Caster. RULES LIQUOR LAW INVALD Measure Preventing Sale of Whiskey, Under 4 Years Old, Is Knocked Out OLYMPIA, Wash., May 12.—Judge D. F. Wright has ruled that the 1909 law preventing the sale of whiskey under four years old, be- came inoperative with the passage of the State liquor act three years ago. Harry H. Johnston, Pierce County District Attorney, who sought an injunction, plans to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. — T HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, May 12. — Halibuters arriving today, catches and selling price follows: From the western banks—Pioneer 33,000 pounds, Zarembo 30,000 pounds, both selling for 8% and 6 cents; Eclipse 33,000 pounds, 8% and 6 cents; Neptune 30,000 pounds, 9 and 6 cents; Portlock 33,000 ad the novice go over the|Bwift, 76, former President of the|pounds, 9% and 6 cents. Prom the local banks—Evolution 18,000 pounds, 8% and 7 cents. Wrath of Two Senators Now Claim Ambassador Speaks Out of Turn in Request- ing Court Plan Okay WASHINGTON, May 12. — Two Senatorial opponents of President Roosevelt’s court plan suggested to- day that United States Ambassador Willlam Dodd return from his Ber- lin post because of his letters to Senators Glass and Bulkley urging support of the bill because of a “dictatorship” threat in the United States. | Senator Frederick Van Nuys, of Indiana, said the Ambassador had ‘“‘overstepped the boundaries of hi official position somewhat.” Senator William H. King, of Utah,’ said Ambassador Dodd demonstrat- ted he is “not the ,proper man to represent this country in Germany.” Yesterday, the Ambassador mads public a statement that a “billion- aire was planning to establish a dictatorship in the United States.” | — e REPUBLICAN IS ELECTED IN PA, HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12, — Richard Simpson, Republican, has been elected to Congress from the Eighteenth Pennsylvania district, succeeding the late Representative Benjamin Focht, Republican. Simpson defeated Lowell Alexan- “Democrat, by 8,000 votes. | | l I hospital here after an illness of 15,000 pounds, 8% and 7 cents; Argo!Simpson campaigned against Pres- ident Roosevelt’s court plan, NO CHANGE i The committee brings out little testimony of living conditions. That is partly out of its scope since it' is investigating infractions of civil liberties. But such testimony would form a clearer picture of the sit- uation. Questioning more company officials might also help. One of-! ficial said “lots” of the workers’ houses had running water. He con- ceded it was 30 out of 225, Have the Wagner labor decisions made any difference? Perhaps it is too early to say, but John Y.! Brown, former Kentucky Congress- man, now mjne union attorney,| said he was told by a company exe- cutive that union organizers still must keep off company property. The Wagner Act protects the right to organize, but not to trespmss. | BOMB EXPERTS | INVESTIGATING AIRSHIP CRASH Ground Crew Commander Tells of Burst of Fire on Zep's Cover NEW YORK, May 12.—The Police Department has revealed that three of its detectives, experts on bombs and explosives, are investigating the burning of the zeppelin Hindenburg at Lakeburst. Lieut. R. F. Tyler, commander of the ground crew at Lakehurst, is reported to have told the Depart- ment of Commerce investigating board that the first burst of fire appeared on the zeppelin's cover and eame from an explosion within the hull, y ECHOOL OFFICIALS TO CONFER ABOUT BUILDING Bob Dupree and Arne Shudshift, two members of the Douglas School Board, met with Gov. John W. Troy and an Executive Board yesterday afternoon at the Governor's office, to confer about receiving the ter- Legislature toward the erection of the Douglas School. I soon as the actual work of building would begin and not until every-< thing was ready for action. If nec- essary a special meeting of the board could be called and the money could be presented to the propes officials within a short time. After an inquiry was made as to when the construction would begin, Dupree stated that it would be as soon as it was verified whether or not a PWA grant would be avail- able which information would be forthcoming within the next two weeks. e A PICNIC GROVMDS ARE SELECTED BY STUDENTS At an’' A.S.B. meeting yesterday afternoon, Auk Bay Beach was se- lected as the picnic grounds for the annual end-of-the-term outing to be enjoyed by Douglas High School students Friday, May 14. ARG SR TSk S L “BUSY BEES” ORGANIZE Yesterday afternoon at the home of Ruth Langseth, leader, the “Busy Bees,” 4-H Club in first year sew- ing, was organized. Oificers for the Club elected at the meeting were: President, An nabelle Edwards; Vlce-pr:hf:nne Dorothy Langseth; ‘Secretary, Ar- line Rice; and Reporter, Virginia Langseth. Emily Patricia Anderson is also a member, ! - >ee HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE TO FINISH TERM With the completion ' of final examinations yesterday afternoon, the end of another school term came to a close for students of the Douglas High School. : Today and tomorrow were sef aside for the faculty to check equip- ment on hand and compile reports. e — D.LW.C. MEETING The Douglas Island Women's Club will “meet at 8 o'clock this eves ning at the home of Mrs. Mike Pusich with Miss Florence Ryan as- sisting. e ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fox of Douglas announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margery W. Fox, to Mr. Robert E. DeWitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DeWitt of Se- attle, Washington. - The wedding will be solemnized Sunday, May 16, at the St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Douglas. Rev. Charles E. Rice wilk iritorial allotment granted by the officiate. Members of the family and imme~ diate friends will be present. A re- Gov. Troy stated that the allot-|ception will be held in the church ment would be turned over just as; parlors following the ceremony. The First National Bank JUNEAU CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$75.000 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. )ttt s o B M Sl siscresbianalo s e M TS 2% Paid on Savings Accounts