The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 3, 1939, Page 5

POLLY AND HER PALS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1939. YESSIR, SAMBO. THIS EDUCATION STUFF YUH REALLY BELIEVES IT, BOSS 2 SUTTINLY, SAM WHY, ) _——————— WHEN T WUZ AKID T - & COULDNT COUNT ov_gy A HUNDRED. THANKS FER TH INFO) OL'EGG. I'LL SURE / REMEMBER IT----) wo, 1o ( Pacific Coast B. B. Szason For’ 198iads Portland Hops Fight ! by Taking First Three Games Played (By ‘\wo(‘mt(‘(l Press) Portland stepped right out in front in the Pacific Coast League by run- nning the opening winning streak to three games at the expense of Sac- ramento, Seattle avenged a disastrous open- aturday by taking two games from San Francisco on Sunday. Hollywood and Los Angeles split doubleheaders on Sunday after Hol- lywood won the opening game Sat- urday from Los Angeles by a score of 10 to 9 Oakland beat San Diego Saturday but the doubleheader on Sunday rained out Following T. Williams Now Regulai For Red Sox Is Going to Be Rightfielder -2 Years in Profes- sional Game DILLON GRAHAM ure Sports Writer ¥ 14 By AP F SARASOTA, Ted the April 3.—Last spring Williams bustling Red Joe DiMaggio seribes youns me into Boston Sox camp another Coast Diego outfielder hailed as Pacific Jan wo much of a first year sensation as was that cther California fly-chaser But before Wil- around long en h with the Yankee: liams had been Lo get a good s was the mburn he wes packed i to marters Cronin saw that he was but with Roger Chapman wound there wasn't a-spot for Wil- liams. Cremin told him to go out and et some more seasoning while bid- vg his me. So the beanpole kid treated the Minne s fans to of the test swatting they'd seen in He burned up the American ciation. He led the A. A. hit- ters w erage, scored 130 runs, for 1 total bases and b home runs. rted to th Minneapolis trainin; the opening of the league with games Saturday and Sunday. the teams are traveling to- day to open Tuesday on the follow- ing schedule in effect through next Sunday Los Angeles at Sacramento San Francisco at Oakland Portland at Hollywood Seattle at San Diego a some years b S URDAY SCORES Seattle an Francisco 13, Oakland 2: San Diego t) Hollywood 10; Los Ang Portland 1; Sacramento 0. hit ed out When he camp aside anc the man has Red Sox Cronin took him “Young man, you're With Ben Chap- Cleveland, Bo room for rd-hitting out- ficlder. Croni 1t be surprised if Wi s turns out to be one of the rookie flashes of the season The Red Sox also needed another left-handed hitter. Williams will fil that necessity. The 20-year-old re cruit stands 6-feet-3 and weighs 180 He's only been in professional baseball two years, with San Diego and Minneapolis - this yi said: rightfielder.” traded to SUNDAY SCORES Portland ; Sacramento Seattle 3, 3; San Francisco 2, Hollywood 10, 2; Los Angeles 6, 7 San Diego-Oakland, rain. STANDING CGF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost 3 0 0 ton Pct 1.000 1.000 _ Portland Oakland Seattle Hollywood San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Sacramento BARANOF BARBER SHOP Most Beautiful in Alaska ARTISTS AT HAIRCUTTING Your Hair Is Cut to Fit Your Features 1 1 ) 2 1 3 Don’t Forget Vote Tomorrow. Entrance Thru Lobby PHONE 411 CONNOBRSMOTOR COMPANY WANTED Oldest Eleciric Washer If you have one of the oldest washing machines in Juneau or Dougla ill be inters iin the SPECIAL TRADE- IN ALLOWANCE that we have to offer at this time. YOUR OLD MACHINE IS WORTH MORE NOW THAN IT EVER WILL BE AGAIN. i SERVICE DEPT.--PHONE 61 6 Alaska Eleciric Light & Power Co. JUNEAU.——ALASKA——DOUGLAS Eight By CLIFF STERRETT WHEN You AN' ME AREAPLAYIN' GOLF shertly after taking off from the Oklahoma City Municipal Airpert. the plare took, off, the left wing dipped Escobar Is Still Champion Gets Unanimous Decision in Fifteen-rounder with K. 0. Morgan SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, April 3 Sixto Escobar, tained his world bantamweight title by outpointing K. O. Morgan, of Detroit, in a 15-round match here Sunday The decision was unanimous. Morgan was cut on both eyes and appeared groggy for six rounds and was almost out from exhaustion in the tenth but then rallied but it was too late. Escobar tipped the scales at 118 pounds and Morgan weighed 117% Imunds R _| DAN GIllIS DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE Dan Gillis, who had been a pa- tient at St. Ann's Hospital, passed esterday morning and the remains are at the Charles W. Cart- er Mortuary. Gillis was taken to the hospital from Hoonah about a month ago. Funeral arrangements are awaiting word from a brother believed to be in Seldovla. e - Dunt l‘orgel — Vote Tomorrow. of Puerto Rico, re- | the cabin werc ir MANY PROJECTS IN ALASKA ARE To BE REDU(ED Tenight at the Trinity Parish | Cut in Harbor Improve- ¢ ments, Flood Confrol Is | mis tuciie Fox and mrs m. Opposed by Dimond (Continued from Page One) shown that the recommendations of the Army Engineers, who have no selfish interest and no interest at all, except the public interest have beeni sound Call on President Supporting the Alaska items in the flood control and harbor im- provement program, Delegate Di- mond, accompanying a small group | Bill Doucett, docked in Juneau Sat-| of selected proponents of this leg- islation, called on the President March 20 to enlist his support fo: the full program Congress has authorized, and the Army Engineers recommend, con- struction of six river and harbor projects and two flood control items in Alaska which await only the al- location of funds to start work on them. These are Egegik River im- provement $5.000, Fairbanks flond control $656.000, Juneau sgall boat harbor $162.000, Sitka small boa harbor $160.000 (because of the ex pansion planned for the navel air base at Sitka it is expected that present plans for this improvement will be modified. The House Com mittee on Rivers and Harbors has requested a review of the report on this project and it is believed that a reexamination will be made at an early date), Skagway flood contro! and harbor improvement $105.000 | Unalaska Harbor improvement $60.- 1000, and Valdez small boat basin $68,500. How much fire insurance do you have? How much SHOULD you have? Do you have enough? Too much? Too little? Are you unprotected against hazards that may cause you serious financial loss? You should know the be glad to help you. answers to those questions. Come in, write or telephone. We'll SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 Office———New York Life sons were killed and four were sericusly injured when this t and the craft shot earthward. win-mo‘ored Braniff Airways transport plane crashed and burned Witnesses said the left motor of the ship tore from its moorings as I'hen came an expliosion and a fire so intense the eight trapped in rated. PUPPET WORK FOR | BLDG. MATERIALS TRINITY GUILD ~ FIRM PLANS NEW OFFICES, JUNEAU Coast AsbesTos Company to Establish Headquart- ers in This City Three representatives of the Coast {a!]l members of the Junior Trinity will gather for the regular | meeting at 8 o'clock ild | weekly Gudbranson will be hostesses for the evening and all members are urged | to be present as manipulation of the | puppets is going to start. > BILL DOUCETT BRINGS SITKA IN SATURDAY The halibut schooner Sitka, Capt. gon, arrived in Juneau on the Bar- anof with plans to open an office here for their long liné of fireproof asbestos siding and roofing. F. E. Weldon, making arrange- ments for the opening the Juneau office, said quarters for the office have not been chosen, but a “feéler” office will be opened shortly with !the hope that Alaska business will {expand enough to permit enlarge- ment of the local offices to make {them the headquartres of work throughout the Territory. L. L. Smith, who brought his wife morth with him, will have charge wrday night with freight for I. Gold- ¢ stein. For dock cargo, the Sitka had two | more of the new Reinell boats pow- ered with air cooled gas engines, for wlm h Goldstein has taken the agen- . One of the craft is cabin-equp- pe d The Sitka will break its hdhbut’ gear out of storage here and fit out for the season. - work with him, All are guests at the Baranof Ho= tel. B 'TANKER MOFFET DUE HERE TODAY » HospiTaL NOTES ad- this, Hunter was Ann’s Hospital surgical care Mrs. Howard mitted to St. morning for Capt. Bleucher, is scheduled to ar- rive on the Channel this afternoon with a large cargo of oil products ‘;ior the local station. Allen Hermann was a surgical dis- missal this afternoon from St. Ann’s| It was not exepected the big ves- Hospital. Im-l would be able to dock this after- i noon because of high wlnd - JOHN MARKS DIES John Marks, who had been a pa- income of:tient at the Government Hospital Texas farmers from cotton has drop-|for some time, passed away yes- ped from $748.000,000 to $155,401,-| terday afternoon, The remailns are 000, the latter including government at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary payments, | pending funeral arrangements. Jack Dunn was dismissed from St.! Ann’s Hospital today after having received medical treatment. ————— | Since 1923 the cash Tune InOn KINY —TONIGHT AT 10 O°CLOCK and hear E. J. KRAUSE Independent Candidate for IAYOR Asbestos Company, of Portland, Ore- | of the office, and A. Gribble will The Standard Oil tanker Moffet, ] U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. W Forecast for Juneau and Fair tonight east winds. Weather forecast for Southeay partly cloudy; fresh to strong east force at times over Frederick Sound with an east-west direction and fr Lynn Canal. “orecast «f winds along {ne Coast of the Gulf of Alaska strong east and northeast winds tonight and Hinchinbrook from Dixon Entrance to Cape cinity, Tuesday partly cloudy; cather Bureau) ' beginning at fresh to strong 30 pm., April $: ast and north= t Alaska: Fair tonight, Tuesday and northeast winds reaching gale Chatham Strait and channels esh to strong northerly winds over Fresh to Tuesday along the coast LOCAL DATA Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 a.m, today Noon today sarometer Temp. 29.89 27 29.99 30.20 2 RADIO Max. tempt. 1 last 24 hours | 38 | 36 -14 Siation Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor ... Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco New York Washington WEATHER Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip, temp, Humidity Wind Velocity 4 N 26 41 30 36 18 Weather Cloudy Clear N Clear REPORTS TODAY 4 4am. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weathe: 0 Clear Clougty Pt. Cldy Clear Clear’ Cloudy Cloudy Clear’ Clear Clear sl 21 PO~ - EceceoHooooS Cloudy Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear is - SYNOPSIS A trough of low barometric pressure extended from the lower part of the Gulf of Alaska over Southeast Alaska and southwestern Canada this morning with one center of 29.66 inches off Dixon Entrance and another of 20.64 inches at Prince George. over the rest of Alaska, The barometer was high northwestern and central Canada, the Bering Sea and the north Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Aleutian Islands with a crest of 30.80 inches at Aklavik and a secondary crest of 30.70 inches south of Unalaska. over the western Aleutian Islands, over lower southeast Alaska, southwestern Northwest during the last 24 hours the Alaska Railroad and colder ov with little change over other Juneau, April 4.— Sum ise, 5:21 MARCH SETS NEW RECORD FOR WEATHER Colder IhanN—ormaI, Twice Normal Precipitation and Sunshine Less In Junean the weather for the month of March, 1939, was colder than normal, the precipitation near- |ly twice the normal amount, and the sunshine slightly less than the |usual amount, according to the monthly meteorological report is- sued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau Office. ‘The averuge temperature was 31.8 degrees, as compared with the nor- mal of 337 degrees. The highest temperature for the month was 44 degrees on the 29th and the low- est, 16 degrees on the 16th. Previ- ous extremes of temperature for por |March are, highest, 61 degrees in 11900, lowest, -5 degrees in 1900. | The total precipitation for the {month was 9.09 inches, or 359 linches above the normal. The greatest amount of precipitation in ‘any 24-hour period was 3.29 inches lon the 28-20th, exceeding the pre- |vious heaviest 24-hour fall by 0.16 inch. Measurable precipitation fell ‘on 22 days. The total snowfall was 1289 inches and the greatest 24- 'hour snowfall was 111 inches on |the - 24th. The greatest depth of snow on the ground in the viein- lity of the Federal Building was 8.5 inches on the 24th. Only a trace of snow was recorded as on the ground at the end of the month. There were four clear, two part- ly cloudy, and 25 cloudy days dur- ing the month. Out of a poss\ble' 366.2 hours, 1302 hours of sunshine | were recorded, with only four days | {haying 100 percent sunshine. The | average relative humidity at 3:30] |am. was 79 percent, at noon, 69| percent, and at 3:30 p.m., 66 per- cent. The prevailing wind direction was from the south, with an aver- age hourly velocity of 8.4 miles per hour. The maximum wind velocity | for a sustained period of 5 minutes | lwas 28 miles from the east on the 19th. Solar halos were observed on the {3rd, 11th, 12th, 16th and 23rd, llght' ifog on the 1st and 31st, and auro- \ras on the 7th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 15th, jand 16th | - ROY HOFFMAN | ON PLEASURE TRIP Mrs. Roy Hoffman, wife of the assistant chief of the Juneau Po- lice Department, sailed south for a | vacation trip of six weeks on the| |steamer Yukon. Mrs. Hoffman pluml |to attend the World's Fair at San Francisco before returning home. | - GOING INSIDE John O'Shea Sr.. veteran Fair- | banks man, passed through Juneau on the Baranof, returning to the |Interior after a few weeks v |Outside. AIRE i Don't l'oriel - Voh- Tomorrow. MRS. Light precipitation occurred over the Sew= ard Peninsula and southeast to the upper Kuskokwim Valley, also anhd light to moderate precipitation Canada and the Pacific Temperatures were warmer along lower Southeast Alaska last night tons of the. Territory. dm.; sunsel, 6:47 pm. MAIL ROBBERY "ORPHANS" ON WAY OUTSIDE Heading for a new life in 3 new part of the country, the two young daughters of Mrs. James E. Sparks, charged along with her husband in connection with Federal Building thefts here, left on the Yukon; yes- terday for the States. The girls, Dolores and Patsy Ruth, O'Connell, are going to live with' their father, divorced husband of Mrs. Sparks, at Placerville, Cnm- ornia, Since the arrest of Mrs. Spnrkathq girls have been in the care of the Child Walfare Division of the Board of Public Welfare. The Division got n touch with the father in Calif- ornia, investigated to learn he was able and willing to take care of his daughters and arranged for nmr Journey south. Sparks has been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on four counts of robbing the mails and stealing in a public building. His wife is | charged with disposing of some of the stolen articles. e Legion Auxuhary Meets Tomorrow Tomorrow night the American Legion Auxiliary will hold a business meeting in the Dugout at which time plans for the May Day dance will be discussed. Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, Chair- man of the Child Welfare Commit- tee for the month of April, will outline her plans at the sessibn. ' Baseball Dance Given by Moose Saturday Night Saturday evening at tm Elks Ballroom members of the Moose Baseball team were s of their annual dance, which was ac- claimed a sutcess by all attéfding. The affair was given by the Gas- |tineau Channel champions for the purpose of raising funds to equip the squad with new ball suits for the coming season’s fray. — eee— | Easter Breakfast Discussed at Meet At a meeting of the Husiness and Professional Women's Club, “held during the noon hour in the ban- quet room of Percy's Cafe, plans were discussed for the Easter Breakfast, which will be an evént next Sunday at 12:15 o'clock in th> | American Legion Dugout. A guest at the luncheon W as Miss Virginia Dudley, who is sociated with the Child Welfare | Department in this city, and who is a member of the Business anl Professional Women's Club | Maine,