The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1939, Page 5

i \ 4 v [ (8 ) THAT'S JUST SINCE HE'S BEEN MINDING MRS GAB'S PARROT WHILE SHE'S AWAY, 1 CAN'T FIGGER IT OUT ! ASH AIN'T AS'T ME FER SPENDIN' MONEY FER FIVE DAYS NOW, CROSS COUNTRY SKIING CONTEST IS CALLED OFF Week of Rain Leaves Arees in Too Poor Condition Without New Snow Poor snow conditions prevailing throughout the lower reaches of the| Douglas Ski Area, where it had been planned to hold Juneau’s first cross- | country ski race, tomorrow, this| morning caused the postponement of all ski competition for this week- | end. After receiving reports on snow | conditions and forecasts on the weather, which read “more rain,” the racing committee of the Ju- neau Ski Club agreed that a new fall | of snow will be necessary before | further Henning Cup or other com- petitive events can successfully be | held. | With the race called off, it is| most likely. that the ski trail will be ' generally desterted tomorrow and until snow conditions improve; wiv.hk only a few of the hardier mountain sliders working their ways up to/ the higher elevations in search of | terrain that has not been too gut- ted by the past week of incessant rainfall. e TWO_TEAMS HT | 1415 PINS FOR | - SCORE AT ELKS Feathered League contestants in | the Elks bowling last night result- | ed in the Owls pushing the Frig- | ates for three- straight wins. All | game scores were under 500, high on decision, the first step LITILE PATTY ASPINALL STAR, SWIM CHAMPION Oy o toppted the pins for 120 (Only Twelve Years Old Buf She Is Fastest of All Duckworth of the Vultures rolled | a solo in the second game as the Canzoneri Stages Comeback Tony Canzoneri, former featherweight and lightweight champion of the world, pours the leather to crouching Eddie Zivic, Pittsburgh welter. lost the welight, during their ten-rounder at New York’s Hippodrome. Tony,won warned him, and in the fourch.ime Interior. These, however, have rest of his club and the opposition Buzzard trio stayed home and let their averages work. His 195 first game score was good for single ‘Wimpy' Strokers INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 13.—Blue- game honors. One out of three 'eyed, twelve-year-old Patty Aspinall games was captured by him for the ' of Indianapolis, just at the age when Vultures. |most girls still are playing with Last game on the evening’s list dolls or beginning to have “crushes” “turned out a deadlock in pin tally | on boys, is America's youngest swim- when both teams hit for 1415 eacn. | ming record holder. The Egrets however bunched their | And while most of her friends are spares and strikes to score a two Out playing or are slipping down to out of three decision over the Teal. & neighborhood movie, Patty can be 'found practicing at the Indianapolis Following are the scores of last night’s games' | Athletic Club swimming pool. & Owls For most twelve-year-olds—par- Halm 170 166 180— 526!liculm'ly girls—the Olympic Games Hutchings 165 165 165—°495 |are just something they hear older Herann 164 142 131— 437 l;;:;i(;ns talking ab?ut. But not for A trip to Finland in 1940 as a Totals i 499 473 486—1458 | yomper of the United States Olym- igates Ipic swimming team will be “okay” i‘;’;fi : :g: i: :36" i;g |in the words of the youthful Hoosier i Y 43— | swimmer. Hales 141 111 151— 403 New Reocrd T m=——— ~——{ It was November 26 that Patty Totals 495 428 439—1380 |swam the 200-yard breast stroke ¥ g event in the Purdue Univ. pool in s, Vultures 2:55.4, clipping six-tenth of a second Duckworth ..\185 168 161— 524 off the previous American record Cope ... 160 160 lGD—'lSO;thBt had stood since 1932. Her new Niemi .. 145 145 145—°435 mark was recognized by the Amateur —~— =—"— ——| Athletic Union. Totals. ... 500 473 466—1439 Patty, a. quiet youngster who Buzzards doesn’t have very much to say when Henning 165 165 165—°495 | there are only strangers around, can Thibodeau 160 160 1m—-4so|be found at the Athletic Club pool Walmer ... 155 1556 155—*465 every day except Sunday. Four days —— =—— —— - |8 week she practices for an hour Totals 480 480 480—1440 |and a half. The other days she X practices for forty-five minutes. Egrets Time to Play Shaw 132 146 180— 458 That doesn’t seem to give her Monagle ........... 155 155 155—*465 :fl‘tl;: T; for l;iflyi °°m§"8hif; “fl- i . 151 172 169— 492 er school Work, but she B ‘5 lnm;wers that with “I manage to have plenty of time,” 04—1415 b Totals T:?I SERp Her school work doesn’t suffer 9 either because she is rated as an g‘“"c:“ g i;g gg i;?— z‘llg excellent pupil. She’s in the seventh iendeau s . . grade. Foster ... . 145 145 145—°435 Swimming is just “play” to most g youngsters of her age but it's seri- Totals . 494 455 4B6—1415 1,5 pusiness to Patty and it has *Average score. Did not bowl . |peen for three years. ks About a year ago she started ‘MEHERINS RETURNING working on one of the most diffi-! cult and tiring strokes in swimming J. J. Meherlin,kone o; th;o le;:lé:lfl { —the “flying breast s?hoke" or “but- brokers in Alaska, and al - | terly.” The “wimpy,” she calls it. dent of the Baranof Hotel, Inc.,| Old style breast strokers kept their is a passenger for Juneau on the|arms under water all the time, Baranof. Mrs, Meherin is also com- | swimming much the same as a frog ing north. ; does. With the flying stroke, how- S A it A TR ever, the arms are lifted out of the! PARKS ON BARANOF water at the completion of the down 5 —_— pull and swung out in front of the| head for another downward pull. George A. Parks, who has been “Rides” the Waves i games played last night: DON'T BE CHILDISH, PA. SHE'S THE TOWNS GREATEST 6055IP- ~DIDN'T THINK MRS. GAB WOULD GIVE ANYTHING SUBSTAN- TIAL FER TAKIN' : B0OS ACCOMPANY DECISION GIVEN BURMAN ON FARR { Welshman Fr;ps Another Fight After Gallant Closing Rally | NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Despite ia gallant showing in the Ilate rounds of his ten-round batile !with Clarence “Red” Burman last \night in Madison Square Garden, . Tommy Farr dropped a decision to the accompaniment of lusty boos | from the crowd. The Welsh heavyweight, trying desperately to win his first fight lin America, had tough going in |the first six rounds, but in the {final heats turned on the leather attack that showed him the more |experienced man. { In the first round, Farr and Burman came out of their cor- ners, mauling and generally taking leach other’s measure, but in the fading. seconds of the round, stood toe to toe and slugged. Burman Starts Etrong Burman in the first round began a body attack that told heavily on Farr's heart and rib section, while Farr shot steadily for a vulnerable Jjaw spot. | In the third eriod, Burman popped the Welshman too low and round as the referee up on his comeback ladder. v b . .mauling contest again with a viei- | 3 ! cus drive that made Burman give !{':l:lmmiu":‘i m:;‘raf?z::( {:’Ep‘s’“‘?“ his first ground of the mix. The, 1 ngs to take I't P face ofg the water. The kick also Demiiey gpnowge " wes L Supaeaus | enters into this stroke and the/ swimmer literally ‘“rides” the top of the water with the arms, head | and shoulders out of the water much of the time. | That's Patty’s specialty. She swims Ewt::‘a[:;fe-f or. % wilg qat fang e es, swifter footwork and general | shn :; | Dick Papenguth, Patty’s ceach, is‘g::lk]e::g SR o ;‘:S'm:::: | convinced she is a de(ix;{t’:ocu(lglwnder; Past Obiniele 3 lac 'mpic ! ‘Learmafisda:e %x;e;h:ven furlhgr:p {, Qpentngithe seveatit roung s | I""“PN predict she breaks eVm’yitno.k a pushing around as he had breast stroke record in the book this | NeVer taken f{rom Nova, Baer or year.” Louis, forced to give ground every- {where he backed, but with the gong :about to ring, counter-attacked | | furiously with a barrage of head | and body shots that were continued | CONIRA(I SIG“ED lin the eighth round. | BY (ARI_ HUBBEH' As the ninth got under way, it was easily seen that Burman was| . y very tired and Farr was the bet-, NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The signed | ter man at that stage, pushing his | contract of Carl Hubbell, left-hand- |lighter opponent from one corner ed mainstay of the New York Giants’|to the next, dealing telling Welsh hurling corps for the last eleven |rights at every step. | years and chief question mark for| No Comment f 1939, has been received by the club.| Farr listened to the decision as| ‘Though Hubbell will have to prove |a stunned man, but made no com- this spring in training camp that he |ment or grimace. He stepped from | has recovered satisfactorily from an|the ring, perhaps for the last time opeartion for the removal of a bone|on American soil, raised his right chip in his elbow, Manager Bill|glove to the crowd and received Terry has announced there would be |a tremendous cheer. no salary reductions this season. Burman was elated and is look- | Hubbell's salary last season was|ing forward to the possibility of | estimated at $22,500. a matching with the world’s heavy- | There was widespread fear that|wejght champ, which may not be Hubbell's sore arm would end onelih. prown Bomber Louis, but may of the greatest of modern Pitching|pe john Henry Lous, Ahie sl careers. Last August 18, almost two colored lads scheduled to settl: e the months after he had won the tWo- |, ,un january 24 in the Garden. | hundredth victory of his career, he| "~ hontators at the side, | complained of a sore arm after being ! said Burman fought the best fight bfecen by. the B dyn Dodgers, of his career last' night and looks A short time later he was oper- 1 ated on and returned to his home :::m:mm;“: s oy sHme in Meeker, Okla., to rest. Lately he has been pessimistic over the Keeper Yeams fo ‘ Get Back fo Lonely success of the operation. Would Stop’ l (ape Spencer Light Still unable to use his flgl;t hand, | Immigration For 10 Years the injury of which caused a mercy run by the cutter Haida early this| ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Senator Reynolds, Democrat, North Carolina, month, Keeper-James C. Scriver said today he was drafting a bill to|Revertheless is itching to get back suspend al immigration for a period | % Cape Spencer light. of ten years, “or until every unem- An operation at St. Ann’s Hospital | ployed American is back at work.”|Tested the blood poisoning which Reynolds.added he also was pre-|Dad thredtened loss of the hand, paring measures to deport “every and while the member is still sore alien criminal” in America and to|and stff, it will not have to be em- | require compulsory registration and | Putated, for which Scriver says he fingerprinting of aliens. . |is duly thankful’ | - — Seriver will return to the ‘light- | i house as soon. as transportation is BASKHBA“. available, but probably won't be able ‘to work for several weeks. Meanwhile the light is being kept The following are scores of Pa-{burning by his two assistants: citic Coast Conference basketball ——.-——— TAYLOR COMING NORTH Ike Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, ac- from the Welsh camp. In the tactics and began firing for a {chin spot also, and in the sixth jround definitely had the period his Stanford 42; Southern California 39, 3 California 54; UCLA 39. south during the holiday season, is a passenger aboard the Baranof for Juneau. When Patty goes into the stroke, | her arms flying out in the air, she companied by Mrs. , 15 & passenger for his Juneaa Head-| Oregon 31; Oregon State 26. ‘Washington 34; Montana 28, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 1939. i : By CLIFF STERRETT AND ASH MAKES HIS MONEY RENTING THE PARROT OUT TO OUR FUSSY NEIGHBORS/ 'GAS TAX URGED - FOR TERRITORY ~ ROAD PURPOSES Highwa yfigineer Also Wants Regulations for Traffic (Continuea trum rage One) taxes of the States vary from 2 to 7 cents a gallon, in addition to the one cent per gallon on federal tax. Tax Self-Collecting Engineer Hesse says in his report: “It is the fairest tax that has ever been devised in that the tax paid is precisely in proportion to the ex- tent to which the roads are used. It bas the further advantage of be- |ing a self-collecting tax as well as a painless tax, “There is no legitimale reason why motor vehicles for which the high- ways have been built at a cost of millions of dollars should not con- tribute something to them in the way of taxes. “Receipts from this sort of a tax, should be credited exclusively to the road funds,” No Enforcement orial Traffic regulations for Terr highways are virtually essential, the | report declares. The Thirteenth Legislature refused to enact a high- way code, as regulations had already | | been drawn up by the Secretary of Tommy -Farr broke a beginning no force since no penalty is provided for infractions and all road building |agencies are helpless to enforce | them, the report states. | Heavy mining machinery is be-| damaged by the face shots coming® {ng transported across highway | bridges which were not constructed fifth, Burman altered to carry such loads, Hesse said, and | | without legislation the road agencles |own way, showing snappier punch- | ~. FRENCH | .o SOMALILAND p ABDIS b BRITISH ) 3 L ABABA *SOMALILAND, ; i / 'nre powerless to stop the practice, “A driver can stop his car in the middle of the road on a curve, wan- der off into the woods and pick blue- berries and if the oncoming traffic crashes into his car there is noth-| ing that can be done in so far as/ traffic regulations are concerned,”| it is remarked in the report. ‘! Road building agencies would be happy to assist in preparing a mea- sure for the legsilature to regulate traffic, Hesse says. S have been reported on the march to reinforce the border ! its £ ust across the line in ite rmy in Somaliland, as Italy masses orces ’D‘lb et . The French warship | ‘Money Fer Rodfle | :::nfl';h 'l:: ‘l.l:d onlou{" t{n'neal- of the crisis, which arose from Italian | The practice in the past of taking | (G Tnjipouti, Gulf of Aden coaling station and terminus of the | ‘'rench troops up the financial slack in the Terri- | Ethianian sanital. tory at the expense of the roads is criticized in the report, which states, { | “you cannot eternally take the funds | 5907 miles of sled roads and 7,8843 & jury on a more serious cha away from the roads and still have ! ‘oo e trails, of assault with a dangerous Todgh. 1" Shelter cabin expenditures by the pon. o ‘ Only 749 percent of Territorial merpitorial Engineer in the blennium | The case of the United St expenditures are for roads, the re-|gmounted to $4,367.40 and money |y Harry McR on adul port says, while the federal govern-)u‘ed for telephone land lines total- charces will follow that : ment in Alaska spends 10.79 PET- | 1oq $1,131.80. . y P cent of its total funds for the pur- mpere are 117 aviation fields and Next on the calendar i8 the pose and expenditures in the North- | ejght sea plane ramps, platforms ©f Mrs. John C. Nelsop vs. ¢ City of Juneau in connection wi west States are: Nevada 33.80 per-| Alaska, according to cent; Montana 32.10 percent; Idaho ::: r:‘::: ¥ 3 . a sidewalk fall near the Elks . on April 1, 1037, |27.31 percent; Washington 21.78 per- | o o AN onnors Motors vs. CASES SCHEDULED French-owned railroad to Addis Ababa. The report holds that division of Clara A. Raymond vs. Iver ONE MURDER TRIAL e {690,000 nsked .in Tonnection. .wi cent. is next on the docket and road funds equally between the four Divisions is impractical. In the years| . son on an ejectment sult. from 1931 through 1938 road fund BY (wu' 'W‘v' | February 20 is set for the . disbursements were as follows: First | ling of trial again in the Division, $225,017.43; Second Divi- |cal Research vs. W. D. Qross, With calling of the court culen-‘ieqmpmem disagreement. The dar today, it was interesting 10 jg g retrial of the twg-year-eld note a wide variety of cases onl|in which CGross recelved a J the docket for the next few weeks, ment. * %5 Mk running the gamut from picking ' ————— sicn, $208,012.15; Third Division, $200,837.58; Fourth Division, $200,- pockets to murder and a $90,000 y g y civil suit, McWILLIAMS | NORTHBOUND 1 K. McWilliams, Aeronau 429, 2,385 Miles of Koaa Jack Diaz will be tried, begin-: | Inspector in Alaske, is u pass In the First Division 3.5 miles of road have been built and maintained by the Territory, 645 built and maintained by the Alaska Road Commission, .5 miles built and main- tained by the Alaska Road Com-| mission, 126.3 miles built and main- tained by the Bureau of Public Rcads, and 256 miles built and | maintained by the U. S. Forest Ser- vice, giving the Division a total of 2205 miles of road. ning Monday, for alleged petty larceny and alleged picking pockets. ! & Following that trial, Phillip John- E¢%, Aboard the Barahof for son of Petersburg, will be tried| ¢ 2 on & murder indictment in the death of Willlam Mills, May 8, whol j died, the indictment said, at the Max F. Love, prominent | The Territory has a total of 2,-| hands of Johnson by striking and banks man, is & passenger a 385.1 miles of road at present, the beating. [the Baranof for Juneau. He Jack Diaz will then again face go by plane to the Interior. report states. In addition there are BIG “PUSH UP” ison. .. not only in milady’s hairdress, but in the Classified Ads. Businessis UP . . . | RESULTS are UP, and the Classified Ads will put you on the UP and UP for some exira | cash, if you will place an inexpensive ad fo sell your used furniture, musical instru- ments, and your “don’t wanis” that are somebody else’s “do wants." 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