The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 13, 1939, Page 5

ER COAST LEAGUE IS KNOTTED UF; 6 TEAMS TIED Angels Lead Pack with Ten Straight Wins—Sena- tors Are Victors (By ‘Associated Press) With the exception of the top and ottom clubs, it is all square in the Pacific Coast League with the six middle teams tied at .500. Los Angeles has stepped out ahead of the pack with 10 straight victories behind them while the cellar spot Sacramento Senators won their sec- cnd game of the season yesterday against Hollywood The Angels got hits when they | counted and defeated the li(al',-r.\[ 9 1o 5. Oakland scored three runs in the | opening frame yesterday off Bill Walker and then went on to defeat Seattle 9 to 4 San Diego won a 10-inning battle | rday with San Francisco i WEDNESDAY | Portland 5; Los Angeles | San Francisco 6; n Diego 7, ter innings Seattle 4; Oakland 9. Hollywood 17; Sacramento 9. STANDING OF CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost 10 2 6 6 6 6 Pet. I Angeles Hellywood Seattle Pertland San Francisco Oakland San Diego Sacramento 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 500 500 167 6 - > Salary Quarrel BROOKLYN, April 13.- Leod, ex-football back at Dart- mouth, wants $5000 to play one season with the professional fc ball Dodgers. This is just double what Dan Topping has offered him. At any rate, Bob will play in the All Star-Giant game at the Pol Grounds in September. - NEW YORK. Aprll 13.—~After 54 seasons of playing, only two games separate the teams in the Giant- Cub series. The Giants have won 551 games against 549 for the Cubs. The Giants have not been able to win a season’s series against the Cubs since Bi" Terry's first full year as manager. .- CLASSES NOW ENROLL] For Spring Recital, fifty cents per lesson, Dorothy Stearns Roff School of Dancing. 315 Third Bob Mac- Et Phone Red 119. adv. Huskies Prepare to Meet California Crew Although they have show Kelly, No. PALS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939. By CLIFF STERRETT C0OP SQUAD DROPS THREE [0 IRVING'S ¢ 7:30, Ge and American nts at 8:30 follow: Ca Lot Indepehde Meat vs, night zaimes Last Brunswick 144 170 499 544 465 1508 Uerir 177 474 470 564 CaliforniaGrocery 169 135 178— 482 157 144 161— 462 154 164 132— ¢ 480 443 ng's 176 168 166 Vil Totals Sturrock Bertholl G. Bavard Totals Try 140 207 148 136. 161- 170 Benne Roach 484 510 495 Cooperative 162 122° 116 158 178 162 Totals 456 -+ LADIES" NIGHT AT NORLITEMEN NEXT TUESDAY Next Tuesday evening n will have their zht, this being the f the season, the be held at 6:30 o'clock lors of the n Lif terian Church. All reserva to be made by Monday calling 373. The eveni program will be in charge of Charles W. Hawkesworth. chairman; George Schmitz, 442 night by Arnold, Kenneth Ferguson and Alex | Dunham. Dinner arrangements are in charge of Howard Stabler and Mrs. Mildred Hooker. Sherwood Wirt will arrange for the serving. MANY KILLED OR INJURED AS TWO TRAINS COLLIDE MEXICO CITY, April 13.—The Mexican National Railways an- nounced that at least 26 persons were killed and 42 injured in a col- lision of two of its passenger trains, 150 miles north of here on the Lar- edo-Guadfl!a]am lme C. B NOPE-YER WRONG THERE, STRANGER .I COME BY THIS SORTA WORK JESS I SPOSE YUH ) FINDS A JOB “ LIKE THAT GETS T!BE A TURRIBLE T‘EDIQUS TASK., / el “e St They ‘ms f‘) Hm Szmph “Has Not Got It”| | buil iversity of Washingten Ccach Al Ulbrickson has the lcok “of a man awaiting execution.” GAIL FOWLER weeths & i 1ing ve April 13. — Washing- - freshman owing victorie AT S win- and €alifornia junior ' varsity in ainst rsity race plethora of o e come to an al land estuar ornia me 5 p. on the clean sweep a; Washi Since 1930, Washingtor three crews have won 24 races and lost three to California in the annual Pacific coast regattas. - o PAY EXEMPTION BILL HANDED | WASHINGTON, t like ortho- aying Coach “Thev're un ¢ and down the next. Their phy tion is good, but their g ears i as just ical conc tude between They regard we f work. Th nstead of Of course there W would get a g system on race day before. But— Bears “Fragrant?” win, it will be because Cali- | fornia_ smells worse than we do {And T understand the Bears this rear fragrant—not flagrant.” | There are only two men back from | Washington's last year's crew, which finished third at Poughkeepsie but licked California. the uts punching the clock pounding r rs | ul the chance vod race out of the It's happened April 13.—Chair- man Norton, Democrat, of New Jer- sey, of the House Labor Committee | has introduced a bill to exempt from the hours provisions of the wage- hour et all persons receiving salary of as much as $200 a month She said in a statement that 200d deal of the objection” to the iabor standards act came from it ition to white-collar worker: men and women—engaged in work {not of a clearly administrative o Whatever it is—temperament OF|yooytive nature but which frequent- lack of ability—it's giving the 36- ;0 vagiires overtime work. year-old = home-grown Washington | “ury the case of bookkeepers, private coach that harassed look of a Man | c..ietaries, etc., high-salaried office awaiting execution. { ers, in the main,” she said, “it is Campaign Talk? .| felt that the application of the law | This talk about Washington's|y great hardship both ‘on the |crew starting the backward oyer” and. Smbloybelit just might be campaign fodder for| i’ manc instar e iies the coaches to stoke their crew-| .., those . described - actually men with. Look at the astonishing |, a quasi-executive capacil,;' record compiled by Washington g, j¢ is ytterly impossible to regu- crews pgainst California the 1ast|jase their hours of work.” few years: Mrs. Norten’s bill proposed a ser- ‘Washington ies of additional changes in the |- 41f we a as in has scored clean improvement over early seascn form, Ceach Al Librickson cf the Universily of Washington’s crews does not see how his varsity crew can defeat the University of California when they meet on the Oakland (Cal) estuary. The Washington varsity is shown during a workeut at Seattle. Left to right: Ted Alderson, bow; Johnson, No. 2; Canfield, No. 3; Hartman, No. 4; Jackson, Ne. 5; Murray, No. 7; Michaelson, stroke, and Coxswain Colbert, wage-hour act, based on recommen- | dations ‘made by Elmer Andrews, wage-hour administrator, at secret | sessions of the labor committee. “The practical application of the law has disclosed some situations | where its rigid applcation ecauses | undue hardship,” she added. “This disturbance had tended to create hardship on employer, reduce em-, ployment and in general dislocu.c the the flow of business in a particu- lar industry.” | The wage-hour law now calls for a maximum forty-four-hour week | for employees. The limit is to be { gradually shortened to forty. -, COUPLE MARRIED HERE THIS WEEK Miss Lola Ann Hegstad became the bride of Tracy L. Deveney at a ceremony performed Tuesday at the United States Commissioner's Court by Judge Felix Gray. Attending the couple were Mr. and Mrs Vngu Hulse. SISALESSON BRADENTON, Fla., April 131t |cest Hank Greenberg $25 to satisfy {a want to pitch. Tn batting practice the other day Hank went to the (mound and pitched to Frank Se- cori, rookie outficlder. Frank drove |a long foul over the left-field fence. | The ball went through the wind-| shield of Hank's car, ) | sither through the English Channel YEP. PURTY NEAR ALL MY ANCESTORS WUZ WHALE-HARPOONERS ! ENGLISH SEE NAVY| DOUGLAS AS CORK NEEDED TO NL“’S KEEP NAZIS BOTTLED s . sures sz l'() HEAD l)()l'(-L:\\ w. C. l Succeeding Mrs. Charles Fox as | president of the Douglas Island Wo- Club, Mrs Smith it the regular meeting heéld Mrs, Mark latter was elected (Cont}; ted Ixum Page One) jons soin navy She She to enormous propor wants to protect her key | *hesen last night hoste; | men’s Jay was | with The | to the Vice-Prc Jensen A JIALF Er "otk many -DRAWN CORK tands like a half-drawn o outlet of the Baltic. G is behind the cork. To reach | Cochrane is the new secretary anc cpen ocean, ¢he must travel Bém Deyon was re-sigoied P| treasurer. Their installation will take e in May Dispoml of honey in the treasury amounting to something like $15 | was decided in favor of the school for purchase of books, with proviso be able to do it again, | that each teacher be privileged to present Germany is headed|designate the books to be bought I. She has vastly increased | fOr her or his own use. Various com- materials resources, but it | Mittee reports covered a doubtful whether she has | "€lef and remembrance to the needy S5 Toma 16 ba aat nd sorrowful since last meeting, se of war. If she hasn't| ~Eneraving of the trophy cup with courses, and they may | 18me of Helen Edwards, who was tk. First she can try to get|¥inner last vear as the most out- rom Russin by seizing the | $tanding pupil, was left in the hands and second, she can- try | °f Mrs. Jack Sey. Mrs. Jensen gave an by way of the | * Yeport on legislation enacted by the Dardanelles and the | the last Legislature, of bills Killed gl and covered the Cocktail bill as her economic pact with | Passed Rumania, Germany already has a | . Plans footing of some sort in the Black | delegates Sen. Perhaps Turkey will let her go | SUmmer, there through the Dardanelles | ShOW at Mediterranean. But there ypears Enzland, in comimand tralezic spots, Gibraltar at i the Suez Canal at the idencv. Mrs. e between England and France, or rthward between England and the Scandinavian peninsula. England blocked both those passages during the World War. Her navy is being | 1t At W it to the oc¢ Black Sea, Me Thr to entertain Club women arriving in Juneau this and to put on a benefit the Coliseum for raising were considered n enoyed after the session included a song “One ' by Mrs. Smith, ac- Mrs. Jensen, and z contest which pertained to aska. Visitors present who were dmitted to membership were Mrs, 7d Baretich and Mrs. Milton Vale- on Refreshments were served by the hostess from into t busi- AIR STRENGTH IMPORTANT But if it really comes to a battle for food, as it did in the last war, giand herself is not invulnerable tegists point out that Germany, ommand of the air, could well rve England to her knees. 2t may be true that a well armed navy can d mada. That is yet to be tested in war. But it is certain th merchant vessels can bz destroyed from the air. Man) a British merchantman has been sunk i the Atlantic and the Medi- terranean by Insurgent planes dur- ing the Spanish Civil War. In command of the air, Ger- many could shut off England's supply as effectively as she i with submarines during the World War. The English public was frightened last fall at the prospect of bombs falling on the big cities. trategists say the real danger lies 1 the bombs that would be carried over the top of England to be dropped on merchant ships out in| the Atlantic. | H. L. Cochrane was absent from the Even without a base at sea, long | meeting. range hombers could operate com- UL ES G S fertably-from Germany. And if spots of Ireland should prove rebellious and permit enemy planes to come dewn for refueling, the task would Chicken Pox is reported to have be much simpler. appeared in several house holds. All of which reminds us that it is | Tony McCormick, Lucile Isaaks and still nice to live 3,000 miles away | Allan Engstrom are among the from it all. *hildren mentioned as afflicted. SCHOOL BOARD ME Douglas School Board enjoye: presence of Territorial Commission- er of Education Anthony E. Karnes, a meeting held last evening LO discuss with him school matters DX‘U- posed for next term here. Letters accepting reappointment | to teach next term were received from.Miss Hess, Miss Fraser, Mr. Ladd and Mrs. Oberg. Suggestions were made by Mr. Karnes for some rearrangement of regular subjects ught to provide a better balanced also promised ass the vacancies in filling in the sider Due to illness, Clerk of the Board CHILDREN REPORTED SICK tivities of | faculty, as applications were con- JACK ROPEB WHO IS TO MEET THE CHAMPION ICKES SAYS NEW COLONY IS DISTANT Warns Aga inst Settlers Coming to Northland Without Funds (Continued from Page One) bers of the Rebekah Lodge elected Mrs, Edith Sheelor as District De- put | Mus. Sheelor succeeds Mrs. Evelyn Hollmann, who has held the po: tion for the past and will attend the conference in Washing- ton this summer - POLES ARE LEAVING GERMANY ON WAY " BACK T0 POLAND Rumor Is Circulated that Warsaw Has Ignored All Nazi Pressure i | | | | \ | he had received relative to pros-| pective colonization. “The department has not made any recommendations with respect to specific settlements,” the secr WARSAW. Apr A7 tary said, adding: “The problem in- B v AL IR B volves aspects of national defense Foreign Office reported today that and immigration completely beyond Instructions had been given offieials the jurisdiction of this department.!of the Polish Embassy and Consular b ”Th_e ?over"o: u{_’“‘“k:‘ ‘[ll“d _}"m" offices in Germany Lo send tneir ious civie organizations of the Tej ! . ritory have emphasized both Ln“-‘r“f’""‘“ skne need for a greatly increased popula-| This report was heard as Poland tion and the importance of adequate ®Pparently ignored German pressuze private investment in Alaska as a D an attempt to keep her out of basis for such a new settlement,” | the anti-aggression bloc with Great However, Secretary Ickes added Britain and France. that many. prospective settlers, pos- The entire Warsaw press publish- sessing little beyond the cost of ! €d editorials supporting Poland’s re one-way ticket, found that lack of cently announced defensive alliance capital crippled their efforts and | With England. subsequently forced them to 1emn‘ 53 to relief, « “The Territory has discovered that | inadequately financed settlement is far from being beneficial and has| proven itself a severe strain on the finances of the Territory,” con-| cluded the Secretary of the Interior. | s - | REBEKAHS ELECT DISTRICT DEPUTY| At a short bu‘lm’%i meeting last | night at the I. 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