The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1938, Page 5

. v «lightweight crown will FER A TH' HECK WITH SCRUBBIN' SURE wUH WASHED HER ? ~ ABSOLOOTELY, “THAT BRAT'S FACE 27 n ST T AUNT SUSIE, I PARTY ! { @rwgz ) WASHED HER ASH, ANGEL LOOKS AWFUL ! — 5 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1938. i By CLIFF STERRETT " SHE JESS DRES A BAD COLOR- AL By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 The product of Russia’s new mass yroduction automobile industry-—a r 110-horsepower se- about Washington the first of its ace ng these kind in the It was s and of it days of the is no end it and frank- amlining nt over the In desi for use is son proud think akin to a Cadillac ly fo ican SO YuH TOOK A T BE A ACCOUN HOW' D YUH HIT = althou g of its own personal O. K., UNK LISSEN,LOUT' HOW KIN Yu \ < EASY, UNK When we went out to Soviet OUTA TEN PASS IF YUH ANSWERED )= 1 FIGGERS L'L-L embassy to see it, Mr. Constantine QUESTIONS | |[ONLY HAFF TH' 7 MAKE A 75 / A. Oumansky gave us the details AS'T, 1 QUESTIONS AS'T PER CENT )‘ Mr. Oumansky is Charge d'Affaires FIGGER CORRECT 2 MARK in the absence of Ambassador Troy- ABOUT FIVE | f— anofsky who has been in Russia QAT the veral weeks while the usual ANSWERS ¢ Russian rumors gather 1 WROTE n his wake wWUZ The new car, model ZIS-101, is in mass production in Russia but not sufficiently in mass to supply Armslrong To Defend Title | LES, Dec. 29. LOS ANG -Form- | 1 announcement is made tk Hen- | /v Armstrong will defend his welter- | weight championship in a ten-round | bout here January 10 with Baby | Arizmendi, idol of Los Angeles Mexi- | can boxing fans. Coincident with the announce- ment came the appointment of Tom Gailery as premoter and Joe Water- man as matchmaker of Olympic Auditorium, biggest are in Los Angeles. Gallery, prominent for many vears in sports circ here, suc- ceeds Suey Welch, whose backer in the boxing game, Theatre Magnate Harry Popkin, decided to withdraw from the picture, Arizmendi, a natural lig will come into the ring 135-pound mark, and tweizht over the Amstrong’s not be at stake. — e SIGNAL CORPS TOPS OUT FOR WIN OVER 2. J Pt ‘The Signal Corps trio of the Com- mercial League rolled a total of 1460 pins at the Brunswick last night to take two games from the A. J. Mill Turner was high with 527 pins in total. There will be no tournament play tonight, but play will resume Friday with Alt Heidelberg vs. George Brothers and Rainier vs. Alaskan Lunch. Last night's scores are as follows: A, J. mill Mua 147 168 149— 464 Gomez 183 125 183— 491 Mamburam . 174 132 168— 474 Totals 504 425 500—1429 U. S. Signal Corps Turner 173 166 188— 527 McVey 143 150 123— 416 Stevenson 164 136 217— 517 Totals 5281460 NOTICE Liquor dealers are advised they must have applications for new li- censes in the Clerk of the Court’s office not later than 3 p.m. Decem- ber 27, if they are to be approvea for the new year, as City Council will hold but one special meeting to act on licenses. ROBERT E. COUGHLIN. —adv. Clerk of Court. ALASKANA, By Marie RED aper; 4 years old. BLACK LABEL, 12 years old. Both 36.8 proof. | | three sound movie Drake, 50¢ | Farr fo Meet " 'Red’' Burman NEW YORK, Dec. 2).—Mike Jac- | obs' Twenticth Century A. C. confirmed the signing of Farr, former British Empire hea ht champion, and Clarence (Red) Burman for a ten-round hout { at Madison Square Garden January 113. In two other heavyweight tens | Roscoe Toles, Detroit, will meet | voung Gos Dorazio, Philadelphia, and Maurice Strickland of New Z ‘ land, will meet an oppenent who h vet been selected | ‘ W | | not > NOVA 10 MEET BAER NEXT MAY Max Baer in Ne ome time next May, Ancil Hoffman, Baer's manager, said after a telephone con- versation with the New York pro- moter in Miami, Fla. OKED, DOUGLAS ¢ las City Council 2 special session at 4 o'clo afternoon and endorsed the Den Budge had a new henor added to this during 1938 on the tenris courts of the werld, n-wide poll ccnducted by The Asscciated Press, he was named the country’s | applications of John Marin and feremest athlete of 1938, the same honor he won in 1937, Mike Pusich for renewals of their | parlor licenses and Gay 1 | Smith and Tony Simin for liquor icense renewals. Application of Joe Riedi for renewal of his beer and wine license was oked at aformer meeti Moose Ball Club Pilot Reveals McNamee "Deal” Art McKinnon, manag Moose baseball squad, revealed to- day that the signing of the former Moose star Joe McNamee with the Seattle Rainiers, is a “big Moose- Suds transaction.” McKinnon received a letter from McNamee saying “the boss wants to know how much you want for me,” and wrote further that “the boss” (presumably Emil Sick) will “send a couple of boys up in trade.” The Moose pilot said today he LASKY AND MAHN SIGNED FOR FIGHT NEW HAVEN, Conn. Matchmaker Bill Br Haven Arena annou of Art Lasky, Pacific Coast battler and Nathan Mann of Hamden, years came throush in the heavyweights, to meet here January ' Christmas mails here. Born on Oc 6 in a ten-round feature bout. Both | ober 12, Mrs. Irvine wrote, was a fighters are essaying comebacks. baby boy, Royal Bruce Keefer, their - - first grandson. Mrs. Keefer was, iss Eleanor Irvine. Her sister Betty |is a sophomore at Willamette col- | Jege. They visit regularly with the “doesn’t know how much to hold In a hockey game last night, Seat- - ot a AR gt~ LA o llatter is married and at Salt Lake out for,” but ‘k‘ind of like the idea tle defeated Vancouver by a score University working towdrd his PhD, Gurrs and Demytts, also former res- idents here. Louis, older son of the g a Suds farm out of the of 5 to 2 | PR S | degree. - HAVE GRANDSON News of interest Irvine’s who were former re of Douglas and Juneau for Dec. 29 n of the New 5 the signing of the concerning many last > - A survey for the state wage board\’ ENTERTAINS JUNEAU GIRLS placed the necessary living evpenxl‘s‘ Eleven of her school mates from of the average working woman injJjuneau were guests of Doris Cahill Kentucky at $14.50 a week. \at her home in Treadwell yesterday - |afternoon for a Christmas party Decorations were synonimous with ———.—— The University of Georgia has machines and 28 sound films for classroom use was given served. o The guests included the following: SWING ¢ To Carefree Music by BORN 1820... - still going strong 3] 17’s sensible to stick with JOHNNIE WALKER BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY At the.. ELKS’ ., NEW YORK; N. Y.; SOLE: DISTRIBUTOR CANADA DRY GINGER ALE, Qrder Anna Lars Davis, Joanne Erwin, theatre in Douglas, the affair being WES BARRETT’S ROYAL A Fil - JINX the home demand. None is for ex- port and according to Mr. Ouman- sky none will be exported for quile some time NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND There is a lively demand at home. Officials need many. A few able to buy them. Still more re- ceive them for meritorious serv- ice. Scientists, engineers and noted d likely to get one almost production keeps up es time—if fi any as. planned trucks &nd 18,000 1937 compared with 1,702 automo- biles and trucks in 1929. Produc- tion for this year is scheduled at 250,000 ars and trucks, and the (1941 estimate is 500,000 Washington's 01 is piloted ook that the car's rated speed is kilometers an hour, which con- verts into 75 miles an hour. There was some to whether that was merely a rccommended safety limit. Witk its motor rating it seems it ought to do 100 miles or better automobiles in nfusion a top speed or White Sex hu was given brilliant Chicago shot accidert tien, lifetim leg in a recent gu the W 3 .”'v cx busine office by Ow harles Comiskey RADIO TUNED TO RUSSIA is shewn in a Dalias, Tex,, hospital where he is recovering. It hes a straight-elght motor and gets about I5 miles to the gallon It has a heater, the usual gadgets and gauges and a radio with both t wave which is tuned tions. American sta- »d up readily but it strictly hunt and peck s) : numbers don't fit Very soon now the embassy auto will have some companions in America. Four of its type, includ- ing slightly later models, have been unloaded in New York for use of the Russian commission to Grover Whalen's world’s fair. They have not been unpacked. Edward said the car took readily American gasoline. - SKIRACINGIS ~ NOW SCHEDULED Slalom races will be featured on the skiing program over the week- end holiday. Slalom gates will be laid out Saturday and skiers will be able Ito practice until Monday when timed races will be held during the afternoon. The events are sponsored {by the Juneau Ski Club and will’ be Nova Pounds Farr to open to all skiers on Gastineau Channel. Tommy Farr, crouching, slings a left to Ncva’s chin in an early round Slalom races are run between flagged gateways and are regarded ' as the safest type of ski races. Skiers must always have control of their skis to execute the many sharp turns and the courses set above the Treadwell Ditch will not allow a skier to open up at full speed. ! Juneau Ski! of their fifteen-round battle in New York, which for a time looked like Farr’s fight. Nova, however, came back later to pound Farr into helples: and won acclaim as the next World's heavyweight fight- ing champion. Note the tenseness of the Culifornian’s neck and shoulder muscles. | the holiday season. Betty Nordling, Emma Neison, | the annual Christmas event. Child-| It is hoped by the | Riet 'k b \siian oF iteraic- Grace Berg. Marilyn Merritt, Max- ren will be admitied free o the|Club Safety Committee that mor: | ment was Cootie, Grace Berg win- 1n¢ Nostrand, Shirley Davis, Marion | show and gifts will be distributed <kiers will g0 in fbr this sport which | ning high score prize and Emma C85% Marion Hussey, and Dorothy DU will teach them control of their skis. Nellsen consolation; a word-puzzle TiCketts P.-T.A. AT . TR SRy ( |eave Marian Cass first prize and R S BUILD BIG DAM Betty Nordling, low: at Hollywood POUGLAS KIDDIES TO A Parent-Teacher Associaion has| ppprrN_ A" gam being built in bridge, Maxine Nostrand was high BE GIVEN TREAT NOW | been organized at Palmer with Mrs. oy qermny, ~central Gerlgnanv will R A A o e O, Lee Marshall elected as President. |, STCE M TR0t CF o 0 s To each guest a Christmas favor| Tomorrow (Friday) evening, the 10¢ Palmer Homemakers Council o ."or s recervoir for 3,888,000,000 and refresbinents: werel o sponsored the organization meet-! 4 “caot of water and will take hildren of Douglas will be guests Auxiliary of the Fraternal B8- | five years to build. of Eagles at the Coliseum T e - R - Todayv's News "'amy.—rmpire. Today’s News Todav.—Fmbpire. f the he NEW YEAR EN ... LASIKKANRS . . . KEV YEAR'S EVE Public Invited FAVORS Admission Gne Dollar i The Russian Embassay Plants produced 182,000 ° SOVIET GIVES AMERICA A PEEK ' NEW MASS PRODUCTION AUTO American negro chauffeur Edward. Edward would’ be n a fine f if something 'went wrong with the car unless he knew instinctively hcw to repair it., The bock of directions is in Russian, of which Edward knows not a word. The car slightly narrower through the waist than current modes of h priced American cars. Contrary to usual European modes, it has a left hand drive. HIGH PRICED TIRES It w made in Russia to the last bolt, said Mr. Oumansky, everl the y tic ire which cost twice 1s much as natural rubber. Reputs edly hey wear longer but have less road-grip Incident the top is lofty encugh to mit high hats. The siar s here wear them the F her diplomats It sort of upsets you to learm that such cars are used in Moscow as taxicabs New Car This Waterworks | (Could Be Placed 3 In a Dog House are | | FISCUS, Ia ‘The FPiscus “mu= | nicipal” waterworks hopes soen to double its patronage—and when it does, it will have six customers. Housed in a shed about the sfze f a St. Bernard dog house, the wat- erworks serves three’ homes. There are six families in Piscus. It was built by Elmer and Harry KR v i ensen, who claim it is the small- est waterworks in the world. It really isn’t a municipal project, they ad- mit, for Fiscus isn’t incorporated. It consists of a three-quarter hcres| motor pumping well water into a 100-gallon pressure tank. The tank maintains 30 pounds pressure in the mains FARM SURPLUS RESEARCH WORK IS EXTENDED Four Government scientists in the Agriculture Department have re- cently received appointments-as dir- ectors of the four new federal agri= cultural research laboratcries estabs lished by Act of Congress to find new uses for surplus farm commods ities. Dr. Henry G. Knight, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Seils, who will be in charge of the work announced the appointments as fol- lows: O. E. May, for the northern laboratory at Peoria, Ill; D. F. J. Lynch, for the southern laboratory at New Orleans; P. A. Wells, for the eastern laboratory in the Philadel- phia area; and T. L. Swenson, for the western laboratory in the Sag Francisco Bay area. ] Secretary Wallace said the prin- cipal purpose of the laboratories was to “give a break” to the farmer in technological progress. He assert- ed that technological developments had created products competitive with farm commodities and added that the new government labotat- ories would “give assurance #hat a wer farmers will have at least as g chance of being helped as hs ® o by technology.” The Pacific Northwest" strenuous effort to get the laboratory but lost to Regional Forester B. F. Heint said. —— e Big game hunters in ithis season bagged 3,959 elk, deer, 29 moose, five mountain and 28 bears.