The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1939, Page 5

W \ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY . YES, SO _You REAL AND SPIKE \ METHODS OF AND, OF COURSE, Y0U \ZE THE MODERN RETURNING HAS SPLIT ) GIFTS ARE A BIT MORE THOROUGH ! RADDE TOPS IN MAJOR BOWLIG GAMES AT ELKS | | In their weekly bowling spree the | city's top 1 : played two games at the Elks Alleys yesterday after- noon. | Shoving out a 638 match score Radde of the Alaskan Hotel led his | quintet to a two out of three win over the Brunswick club in major | league play. Radde’s score was high for the afternoon and one of the leading tallies of the bowling year. He chalked no game below 201 and clipped a 226 mark for high single | game. otal team match score was 2715 | for the winners and 2709 for the Brunswick. ] Other five-man game of the after- noon witnesed the Brunswick pla) ing the tail end of a double header g0 down in their second defeat, this time by courtesy of the Capitol Theatre. | Highlight of the contst was the| team game score of 1002 in the first | in the opener exhibition. Helped by | a 32-pin spot the boys managed to | eke over the average which means | 200 pins per man. Other feature was | the 624 individual score rolled by | Metcalf which on any other day | would be headline news but was| eclipsed yesterday by Radde’s 638. Pin count was 2808 for the Capitol | Theatre to 2619 for Brunswick Professional League games sched- | uled for tonight: 7:30—Accountants | vs. Professors; 9:30 Judges vs. Architects, i | | | Following are the scores of Sun- s games: Brunswi 16 212 203 175 218 177 164 189 144 972 886 Alaskan Hotel 26 226 155 180 166 145 898 Capitol Theatre 32 32 233 189 166 169 193 192 175 175 203 178 k 16 193 151 Spot Carnegie Hildinger A. Galao Ben Seston 197— 551 144— 537| 154— 495 177— 510 8512709 | Totals Spot Radde Vukovich Benson Hudson Lavenik 26— 78| Totals 87192715 32— 96| 202— 624 | 148 483 158 543 175—* 152 Spot Metcalf Barragar Holmquist Burke Ugrin 1002 934 8672803 Brunswick 16 180 197 176 154 179 Totals 16 180 162 202 166 164 890 16- 180- 162 168 123 178 8271619 | 48 *540 521 Ha6 443 521 Spot Carnegie Hildinger A. Galao Ben Seston Totals 902 D Liquor-infused Ice cream, as well as liguored candy is forbid- den in New Jersey, to safeguard | children, SAVING 165 LIVES, Ducks Unlimited of which Louis Lear (left) is Washington hcad, transplanted 165 siarving wild ducks from Alberta, Canada, to a Seattle lake. Above is inspection. BIG LEAGUE IS ON PROGRAM AT JUNEAU ALLEYS Major League teams on the Bruns- wick battle grounds yesterday af- ternoon turned out some first class weekend bowling for Sunday fans. By winning the first and last stan- | 7a the Juneau Lumber Mills earned | IT IS TOUGH SLEDDING 10 BE LEGISLATOR (Centinued 1rom Page One) 1 from have tomobiles the country been he decision over the Capitol quintet | for vears against a baffling stru n the sole contest Cashing a handicap and spread- their wood count, the Theatre five-man crew came out in front on total number of pins with 2627 against 2,616 for the Lumber Mill Individual scores ambled from 442 to 600, the latter tally being registered by Ugrin of the Capitol outfit Lumber Mill aggregate tally was bolstered with a flock of 500-plus scores marked by Iffert, Hagerup, Hendricks and Stewart. Games scheduled for tonight the Brunswick: 7:30 p.m., Juneau Florists vs. Emil's; 8:30 p.m, Alt Heidelberg vs. Brunswick Following are the scores of Sun- day game: June ing cau Lumber Mills 198 161 204 563 182 149 175— 506 167 189 182— 538 169 175 514 138 188— 49 1 Ifferi Hagerup Hendricks Stewart Stevenson 854 2616 Capitol (Handicap) Metcalf Barragar Holmquist Burke Ugrin Totals 2 155 119 144 175 222 96 = 517 156 157— 175— 199 525 179 600 Totalg 847 896 884—2627 Average score. Did not bowl. 442 447, —— | Washngton ture of laws designed automobile dealers in from reaching across grab the business of in adjacent states. ' Some states stop -all automobiles at the border to tax them for the gasoline they have in their tanks Several states, with real or fancied fear of plant diseases, have embar- goed importation (frc another state) of fruits or vegetables which might interfere with that produced in the how e Will it get to person wanting to go from one state to another will have to fly over the border—or burrow under it? R SCHOOLS WILL OBSERVE! WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY Sehools will be closed Wednesday in commeoration of the birtiday of ge Washington, this being the holiday for the Juneau Public chools until closing in the spr ast Friday patriotic programs were held in the grade and high schools, honoring in the combined program, the birthday’s of both and Lincoln - Todav's News ‘rodav.—Empire. to prohibit one state | borders to! rival dealers | | a point where a| The Badgett quadruplets and Mrs. Badgett, inset Texas’ newest set of quadruplets, the Badgett girls, and their proud mother, Mrs. Ester Badgett, 36, of Calveston, are pictured in their hospital cribs in Galveston. The father, Ellis, 35 was working in Louisiana when the girls were born. STUDENTS PEEVED, BUT WORK HARD BOSTON, Feb. 20.—More than 70 per cent of the students at Boston University’s College of Business Ad- ministration are helping in one way or other to finance their own educa- tionaa survey showed. Many work- ing undergraduates complained, however, they are missing a lot of fun -, Reservations Are Necessary for “Norlitemen Dinner Those planning to attend the Norlitemen dinner tomorrow even- at 6:30 o'clock in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, are asked to make their re- not later than tonight alling 373 Mrs. Vena Crone is in charge of dinner arrangements, and main ev- ent of the evening will be a debate on the question, resolved that “Al- aska Should Have a National Guard.” Judges for the event will include Judge G Alexander, George Folta and C! s W. Hawkesworth, - WILDES ABOARD 1e NORAN Keith G. Wildes, insurance agent, who went uth recently due to his mother’s illness, is returning to his Jur home aboard the Princess Norah. His mother is reported to be in about the same condition as when he went south. Texas Quadruplets, All Girls, and Their Proud Mother ‘The aggregate weight was 16 pounds two and one-half ounces. Multiple births run in the families of the mother and father, | | | | 20, 1939. WELL FOR ONE THING--THIS LIST OF ALL THE CANDY FOR CIGARS HE'S GIVEN YOU- MA.- AND THE NUMBER THAT WENT TO ANGEL ! OF NICKELS Gar Wood Not Affer Boat Mark NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Gar Wood, 3 Fox” of Algonae, Mich, Harmsworth champion since is not interested in the world held by Sir Malcolm reiterated here at a boat meeting believe that the re- rd is important enough to make ny ial effort to regain it.” iWood said in speaking for himself Orlin Johnson, his veteran ic. “We must have a sea- |worthy craft and not a mere cockleshell that cannot be run in ‘competition,” he added. If he ever \tries again for the world mark, he stated, the attempt will follow the next Harmsworth race in the event he is victorious in a new Miss Am- erica w | Campbell’s accom- plishments over the mes with his special trial bog bird,” and said that he “will not be surprised if Sir Malcolm issues a Harmsworth challenge SITE POSITION OF LOST PLANE STILL SURMISE Search Goesl?o Ninth Day with No Solution fo Baf- fling Disappearance (Continued rrom Page One) ay land 1920, 'speed cr {Ccampbell recent motor | “We do wn not [ was in the air for many hours yes- terday and made his last trip fly- ing supplies which he had picked up from the Haida, to the Brant stationed in Tanglefoot Cove. He will return to Petersburg today. Nothing Found Searchérs on the gasboat North Light, which returned late Satur- day night from Doty’s Cove section, covered the area thoroughly in the vicinity of Point Arden on the south shore and also stretches on the east shore of Glass Peninsula They found nothing. Alex Holden may wheel-equipped Fairchild for an acrial survey should the weather break- clear. His plane several years lago was used for photographing Purposes. | Out on the scene now conduct- ing land parties on a timber crui ing method, supplanting the aerial search which has been generally abandoned, are J. P. Williams, Ken Nelson, Howard Hayes, Ralph Rei- hi, Gene Weschenfelder, Albert Goetz, C. O. Barber, Anthony Thomas, Robert Conine, and James |Oswald on the Brandt. In addition utilize |there is on the craft a crew oOf | |eight under Captain Olson and {mate L. J. Collins. | The Wanderer carries Roy De- |Roux, Ted Lowman, H. M. McKin- In J. W. Artfield, Chris Jorgen- son, George Gullufsen, Pete Graff jand Kell Larsson. | Search still goes on for the lost |plane and occupants and concen- |tration is now on land operdtions. | Air flights today were reduced and lex Holden, chief pilot of Marine ! Airways, only remains cruising the larea hour by hour. ‘. Looking for five passengers, E. |E. Ek, John Chappell, Earl Clif- |ford, all prominent ;m‘ smen, George Chamberlain | Anchorage, and Jack Lennon, | mer Juneau messenger boy for the |Signal Corps here, and pilot Lon | Cope, veteran Alaska airways man, | planes and foot parties have |every clear hour for the past eight days minutely surveying an ,upproximal.ely 25 miles square. At this time the search Is en- tirely unrewarded. The land parties are hopeful of turning some trace due to the po- sition of Cope’s plane when last reported as “opposite Grand Is- land.” Flying the windward side of Stephens Passage on the Glas: {Peninsula shoreline, this would Point Arden. At the time the call was heard by A. B. Hayes at 2:15 o'clock, a week ago Sunday afternoon, this position was received. Five minutes later, Alex Holden, at that time in the air enroute to Tulsequah, [TODAY | in the SENATE ed i | Introd Senate Bill No. 62, by Commit- tee on Finance, appropriating $4,000 toward expenses of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce Senate Bill No. 6 Hofman, | | authorizing Deputy 1 als as prosecutors in justice court erim- inal cases, when a U. S. Attorney or Assistant is not present Senate Bill No. 64, by Rivers, amending the law defining burg- lary to provide that there need not Ibe a human being present in the dwelling for the offense of break- ing and entering to constitute burg- lary. Senate Bill No. 65, by Patterson, establishing a system of Territorial liquor stores. Senate bill No. 66, by Roden, cre- ating an Alaska Real Estate Board. Senate Bill No. 67. by Roden, de- claring the policy of the Territory in employing residents as laborers {in the fishing industry Senate Joint Memorial No. Hofman, asking that Congress give the Territorial Legislature juris- diction over fish and game. P Passed House Joint Memorial No. 1, by McCutcheon, asking Congress to allow shipment of merchandise over Canadian rail and water lines be- tween the United States and Al- aska ports, if similar privileges are extended to American ships in Canadian waters. -e NEWSPAPERMEN DO NOT FAINT AT EXECUTIONS 10, by Covering Assignment Is Just Like Any Other- ItIs Daily Routine | | By GEORGE TUCKER : NEW YORK, Feb, 20. — Almost | every day you read in the papers where charges of murder, after fair and impartial trial, are sustained against some offender of sociery, and he is executed. If this hap-, pens in New York State the con- | |victed is taken to Sing Sing and! | preseribed by law. | | Now the legal taking of human Jife s not a preity subject, and | | witnessing such a event is cer- | tainly nothing to brag about. BuL} {most newspapermen run into as- | signments like this at times, and| |when you do you take it in stride | the same as a fire or a xmlmeal‘ rally or anything ‘else. { I think the effect of an experience like this is different from what most | people imagine. Mrs. Fern Kuhns with baby some years ago. Now—John Pierce “John Vernon Pier Police arresting learn t on u charge of wife-beating, had a sex-changing operation navx-lra] fers tall and weighing 260 pounds, is a Kunns, shown left with her baby. M hut she no longer was a woman. * Tedesco, mother of two chil Denfist Outdoes Burglar CHICAGO, Feb. 20—Dr. Charles | M. Case, dentist, is pretty spry mx; a man of sixty-six. He won three sprint races and | a boxing decision over a burglar and gave away ten years to his op- ponent, at that. Dr. Case entered his office’ and found the burglar leaving. The lat- ter mumbled about an appointment for his wife, but Dr. Case saw his safe open. The burglar ran. Dr. Case sprint- ed and collared him at the ele- vator. They rode down, and while the operator called police, the bur- glar bolted. Dr. Case ran himt down a few doors away. The burglar started swinging. Dr. Case knocked his antagonist down twice, but passers- by interposed and gave the bur- glar a chance to run. After ex- plaining, Dr. Case took up the pur- suit, outdistancing three volun- teers, and driving the burglar into the arms of the police The prisoner, Herbert Taylor, ad- mitted taking $150 worth of den- tal gold and $5 in stamps from | the safe. experienced any emotion whatever, except that first time, and then the his | there put to death in the manner|“relief” was so great when it was over that I couldn't believe it. T went around for days ing to myslef, “Is that all there is to it?” T mean by this, things happen so swiftly that you are hardly in the room be- fore you are being ushered out. As a matter of fact, T can recall | the names of only two of the men | whose executions I witnessed. The first one I will always remember, | of course, because for days before | the execution I went around, as Especially if your 8ny raw cub would, thinking of lit- | beat includes prison and you wit- | tle else. The other was a celebrated | ce,” day laborer in Petoskey, Mich., hat “he” is a wonmn who assertedly years ago. “Mr. Pierce,” 42, six lieged to be the former Mrs. Fern rs. Kuhns is said to have told friends “Pierce,” shown right, married Lucy dren herself, four years ago. Sets Sports Style Mrs. Ritchey Farrell Mrs. Ritchey Farrell, Nashville, Tenn., society leader, wears the latest in summer sports costumes as she vacations at Palm Beach, Fla. The above-the-knee pleated skirt permits free leg movement for tennis and golf. PAROLE BREVITY RECORD SURE SET MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb, 20— “Out again, in again. Albert” Is & | ness a number of them. After the |Professor, internationally known Iname that fellow convicts cduld first time there usually isn't any | |impression at all. The man comes into the death chamber at a g!ven' | time. You note how many seconds | transpire before he is strapped in But all the others are dim figures whose names are forgotten and with them the nature of the crimes for which they died. ‘What brought all this on? T don't Iwell apply to Albert Jackson, an linmate of Spiegner State Prison, {who undoubtedly holds some kind of record for shortness of pargles. The man walked forth from che the ghair. If he has anything to know, really. Except that the boy ; 2 ; € e o the rs, and confines of the prison at 3 p.m. say you quote him. You always tell Just brought In pepe He was to have been a free man how many seconds elapse from the time he enters the cell to when the | | prison doctor officially declares “this | man is dead.” | Of course, if the man is a head- | liner who has evoked nation-wide | interest the story is played up. But | otherwise it is a few paragraphs. | Sometimes I read where the offi- | cial witnesses faint or fall to the | Juneau busi- | fall — veteran newspapermen, I quotation of Alaska Juneau min of | mean--and T have read also of sen- | Stock today is 9'z, American Can men near Birmingham—driving the for- | timental chair-side confessions that | 89%. American Power 27, Anacon- stolen auto. He was returned: to | da 28, Bethlehem Steel 68%, Com- Spiegner £ | had the witnesses in tears. | 1 never saw anything like that, | tions, but then neither am I asham- fell within the routine of early training in a mid-western State, and I took them as I did State fairs |and football games. | But I never saw a newspaperman ‘Inint. I never heard any sobbing | chair-side confessions that had me | Iplace him close to Cove Point or|was unable to raise the -ow miss- | ing pilot. In that interval of time he may | have been blown by the heavy| | westward Taku wind which would place him perhaps over land sec- tions between Point Arden and Olivers Inlet, 1 anmi not proud of the fact that T, spent | have seen perhaps a dozen execu- | Wright A 26%, General M, under a small head in the second section I happened to see: ‘Mur- derer Executed.” There's hardly a day that you don't read something like that. et~ ‘ Stock QUOTATIONS ,I S NEW YORK, Feb. 20. — Closing e monwealth and Southern 1%, Cur- tiss Wright common 6%, Curtiss otors 47% International Harvester 57':, Ken- area |ed of it, because those experiences|necott 36, New York Central 17%, | Northern Pacific 10%, Southern Pac ific 16%, United States Steel 59, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are todaj Dow. Jones averages: Industrials 14272, | rails 29.55, utilities 24.73 | and my colleagues in tears. I rarely | STOCK ABOARD NORAH Loren Stock, now manager for the Matanuska Cooperative Association, | is aboard the Princess Norah. He will either fly to the interior then to Matanuska or await the arrival of the steamer Baranof for the west- ward. | A > l Try an Empire aq. for thirty days if he behaved him- |self, There were chances for him to be free permanently, for his.pa- role was classed as a “test.” Jackson, however, was not free long. At 6:15 state police radio | broadcasts revealed that an afto- mobile had been stolen thirty-five miles north of Spiegner. An hou: later the newly liberated man was lapprenhended by highway patrol- Prison. » RGPS e MAYOR UNOPPOSED FOR THIRTEEN YEARS HUBBARD, Ore, Feb. 20.—Some kind of longevity record has n established by Garfield Voget, may- or of Hubbard since 1926. While other city officials may come jand go. Voget goes on forever, for he has never been opposed in any of the elections since he first took of- fice. | -~ ,ee 4 | During the Chizago World's Fair, |Chicago department stores showed a sales gain of 21.6 percent in July 11933, and 433 percent in August L1933