The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 29, 1939, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1939. POLLY AND HER PALS JESS STEADY YER BLOOD, BEEZARK,, AN' I'LL BUILD YuH A BLAZE LIKE TH' BURNIN' O ROME! Angels, Oaks | Confinue on Win Streaks Seattle Clinao Second Place - Portland Re- mains in Cellar (By Associated Press) There seems to be no stopping of the Los Angeles Angels and also the Oakland Oaks. The weekend results gave the Angels a two-game lead in the Pa- cific Coast League and also lified the Oaks into the first division for the first time this season. 1 The Angels beat the Seals twice on Sunday to take the series five to two. The Oaks took a doubleheader from Hollywood and the series six to one. | Seattle Rainiers clung to second place in the standings by beating the San Diego Padres two games out of three in the weekend seri splitting a doubleheader on Sunda Seattle won the week’s series four to three. Although they beat Sacramento four games to one, Portland remains in the cellar by half a game as the result of a split game Sunday. The Aneels battle the Oaks during the coming week. GAMES SUNDAY | Pacific League San Diego 12, 2; Seattle 3, 6. ! Hollywood 2, 1; Oakland 5, 2. San Francisco 3, 0; Los Angeles amento 4, 4; Porlland, 9, 3. National League Pittsburgh 2; Chicago 6. Boston 12; Brooklyn 16. New York 7; Philadelphia 2. NOVA MEETS YUH MEAN T'SAY ¥' NEVER READ ABOUT ROME BURNIN' WHILE NERO FIDDLED AN' [~—— ALL THAT?2 Nova Gers Advice “rom Jim In training for hi June. mer champion, Lou Nova, Ala , Cal. from former Champion Jimmy ALLEN HURLS SHUTOUTFOR INDIAN (LUB Buck News-ormWHurIs Win- ning Ball Against His Former Teammates (By Associated Press) Johnny Allen went the route Sun- day for the first time this season Trojans Set New Record For Meet NEW YORK, May 29.—The Uni- versity of Southern California Tro- jans have set a record for point totals in winning the National Inter- collegiate track and field champion- ship last Saturd The Trojans sco: Pittsburgh was points, and 26 d 71 point second Wi - By CLIFF STERRETT ) YUH KNOW WELL I AIN A PAPER F HECK NO, UNK.. HOW COuLD L L WL DERN T SEEN ER THREE HULL DAYS/ [Cot_1919, Kung Features Syndics NEW CARIBBEAN 'NEWS ITEMS DEFENSE DEPI. | saeamiow TOMSIA (Continued from Tage ONe) |ja) Correspondence)—Mr. and Mrs. Inc | \ \ \ ‘ | | o stored, when the fire department ar- | down in again. [ | Swimming is grand, but shar | make life interesting. Outlying ree | protect some of the beaches, \\-h-x.»! | others are protected by steel nets., | Fishing is good and sharks are part | of the fun i Living in the sub-tropic pleasure | |belt may be tough on son but | | Army records indicate the reverse 'A 10 yea tudy of Army hos-| i pital admissions at Honolulu dis-| i closes a number about 25 to 30 per- | cent below other hospitals in the| Army. Honolulu was right smart| happy about that report and San Juan says it is just as healthy a | spot at Honolulu | SO THAT'S PROPAGANDA And since we are always on the {1ookout to bring you word of the inicer things of life, we will quote you what Senator Henrik Shipstead | of Minnesota said Playwright Hen- \rik Thsen of Norway said of propa- ganda. |~ “Propaganda,” says Ibsen to Ship- | stead to you, “is an operation on the | mental vision so as to make the | most vile thing beautiful.” Bainbridge Colby, who was t tifying before the Foreign Rel | tions Committee at this moment. | would not let the subject drop. He |was a member of the emergency | fleet corporation during the war and knew first hand of propagan- da. He also quoted somebody else, {but we didn’t catch the name, Said | he: i “Propaganda is to mislead your enemies without quite misleadidg your friends.” g | We might stop at this point, but ! Mr. Colby didn’t. He said it was s mistake for this country to hav barged into the World War and h hoped our present leaders would not blunder about and put us in another one. To emphasize his point he Preacher Henry Ward " |Harry Hegdahl, who formerly lived in Marshfield, Oregon, arrived here Wednesday to make their home for an indefinite period. Mr. Hegdahl, who has accepted employment at the P. S. Ganty Store, was employed here two years ago on the construc- tion of the Federal Building. Miss Francos Krug, wWWio peen visiting for the past two weeks with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. | and Mrs. Arthur Franklin, left on’ the North Sea to return to her| home in Auburn, Washington. Be- fore coming here, Miss Krug spent | two months visiting relatives in| Juneau. George Baggan, who gx':\d\mtmli' (his week from the Juneau High School, arrived in Sitka Thursday to spend the summer fishing with | E. A. McDonald aboard the trolling boat Janie. Young Baggan was a resident here until last fall when | he moved to Juneau with his par- ents Joseph Skaris left on the | sea for Seattle, where she| plans to leave immediately for Blaine, Washington, to join her mother who is seriously ill | | North Mrs. Foster Mills left Thur for Anchorage where she plans to| visit for the next two months with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Osseward. ay Chris Larson and Walter Bacon | enjoyed a short fishing trip last week, returning here with a good catch from Sitkoh Bay. Mrs, Mildred Hermann, Juneau attorney, was a visitor in Sitka for a few days last week. While here| she was a guest at the home of Mr. rived. The loss was estimated at about $700, according to Jack Con- way, owner of the property. At the annual banquet of the Sit- | SAN FRANCISCO . . Roundtrip in deep-cushioned, air-conditioned coaches and reclining chair cars. 10 and 15 cent tray food service, free pillows. With American Express 2-day “all-expense 24 ka Women’s Club held ently at the Bayview Hotel, Mrs. Theodore | Peyton accepted the chair and will | supervise the work of the organiza- | tion which has been capably handled | for the past two years by Mrs. Jack Calvin. Mrs. C. G. Stuart was ip- | stalled as Vice-Preident, Mrs. J. Witmeyer, Recording Secretary, and Mrs. Glenwood Platt, Corresponding Secretary. A program of singing was enjoyed during the banquet and Mrs. Florence Hayes, who is visiting | here from New York, gave an inter- | esting account of her impressions of Alaska. At a short business meeting during the evening, it was voted to change the name of the group from the Sitka Women’s Friendly Club to the Sitka Women's Club. A girl baby was born early| Wednesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. | Earl J. Conkle at their apartment in | the Rands Court. The Conkles re-! cently moved here from Ketchikan. Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawrence Free-' burn with their small son, William, were passengers aboard the North, Sea arriving here Wednesday eve- ! ning. Mr. Freeburn is Superintend- |ent of the Pyramid Packing Com- pany cannery here and will remain until the end of the season’s opera- | tions Miss Elaine Bolshanin has return- ed here to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Bol- shanin at their home on James- town Bay, from Seattle, where she has been attending the University of Washington. Mrs. Washburn, wife of Lieut. G.| A. T. Washburn, U. S. N. and Mrs Prueher, wife of Lieut. B. Prueher, U. 8. N, who have been here for the past three months during the stay of their husbands who are both‘ attached to Patrol Squadron 20, Patrol Wing 4, Aircraft Scouting! Force, U. S. Navy, which has been From Seattle tours, including hotel, taxis, Fair ticket, sight- seeing— practically everything but meals. s31'85 OUR SPECIAL World's Fair train fares to both San and Mrs. R. W. 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Ag Mr. and Mrs. Arne Erickson are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son at the home of Mrs Marie Brightman Friday morning, May 26. | | The Sitka Library Board spon-! sored a benefit dance at the high | school gymnasium Saturday evening, | May 27, the proceeds of which will| be used for the purchase of new books and the payment of a li-| brarian’s salary. Henry Roden, Juneau lawyer, was reappointed Sitka City Attorney at a meeting of the City Council held | at the Territorial School Thursday | eevning. At this time a resolution | was passed stating that the popula- | tion of Sitka was over 1500, neces-" sitating the payment of a larger| license fee for all those who wish to obtain legal permission for the sale of hard liquor over the bar. Maggie Kadanaha, who has been teaching native arts and crafts at the Sheldon Jackson Presbyterian Mission School here for the past seven months, left last week to re- thern Pacific Wash. Hows § 622 Pacific Bldg., Portlan of d, Or. to their homes for the summer va- cation. The Presbyterian boat Princeton and the school boat S. J. S. previously transported studemts ping in Juneau for a short visit en to their homes in Southeast Alaska ports. The departure ended a busy week of end of the term activities which started May 14 with the bac- calaureate services at the First Pres= byterian Church. Achievement Day was observed May 17 with the pres- entation of awards made in the morning and the Activities program and exhibits at the school auditor- jum in the evening. The eighth grade promotion exercises, at which 27 students were admitted to the high school, were held the afternoen of May 18 and that evening a fare~ well social was enjoyed by the entire school, The high school commence~ ment program was held the morh- ing of May 19. Members of the grad- uating class included Romey Atkin- son, Norman Charles, Jean Greg- orioff, Margaret Kitka, Virginia Lott, Gertrude Lawrence, Andrew Jones, Wesley Jones and Robert Matrin, Cincinnati 5, 8; St. Louis 6, 4. quoted American League | Japonski Island since March 1, were | turn to her home in Skagway, stop- | to give Cleveland a shutout over the Beecher, one of whose women par- Philadelphia 5; New York 9. Washington 7; Boston 12. Chicago 0; Cleveland 6. St. Louis 2; Detroit 6. Gastineau Channel League Elks-Moose, postponed on account of rain. | | | | GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 9; Los Angeles 10. Hollywood 0; Oakland 5. Sacramento 2; Portland 4. Seattle 6; San Diego 4. National League Cincinnati 3; St. Louis 2. { Boston 2; Brooklyn 4. | New York 10; Philadelphia 1. H Pittsburgh 9; Chicago 1. | American League ! St. Louis 5; Detroit 12. Second game scheduled, called in fourth, rain. | ‘Washington 4, 6; Boston 11, 7. Philadelphia 2, 9; New York 8, 11. Chicago 6; Cleveland 7. | STANDING OF CLUBS (Official Standings) Pacific Coast League Won Lost 22 24 27 30 29 32 i .| 627 | 593 | 542 464 | 463 | 448 426 418 | | .. 37 35 32 .26 .25 26 .23 31 23 32 National League Won Lost 24 Los Angeles .. Seattle San Francisco Oakland San Diego Hollywood Sacramento Portland Pct. 686 636 | 514 500 | Cincinnati . St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia .. 22 New York 19 American League Won Lost 27 6 20 10 18 15 17 15 ‘U 21 13 20 Pet 818 | 667 | 545 531 400 394 344 324 New York Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit ‘Washington Philadelphia 1 21 St. Louis 1 23 Gastineau Channel League Won Lost 2 1 1 1 1 2 — - Pet. Douglas 667 EIKs .. Moose DIVORCE CASE Suit for divorce on grounds of incompatability has been filed in District Court by Margaret Harris McBride against Douglas Ross Me- Bride. 1 452 aska of the Medical Division of the 424 Office of Indian Affairs, is to read 333 'a paper before the convention of | 441 |the Western Branch of the Ameri- |can Public Health Association which |d MAXIEBAER ONTHURSDAY More Sugar-l;id on Line than for Any Fight in Chicago White Sox on three hits, Buck Newsom's seven-hit per- formance against his former team- mates, the St. Louis Browns, gives the Detroit folks something to cheer about. Buck did this Sunday. The Yankees beat the Athletics Sunday in a game featured by Geol Selkirk’s two homers | Dizzy Dean has his string of shut- {out innings broken Sunday at 18 Long T|me | to give the Cubs a victory. | Van Lingle Mungo was bombed ST out of the yox in a Brooklyn Dod- NEW YORK, May 27—The 15- geps marathon triumph Sunday round get-together of Lou Nova and | quer the Boston Bees. Max Baer in the Yankee Stadium | Gincinnati retained the lead Thursday night is the bettingest fight this town has seen in manj) moons and more heavy sugar is being laid on the line than for any fight since Louis smashed this same madcap Maxie four years ago. Odds are in Maxie’s favor but these same odds have been cut con- siderably since the sudden influx of Nova money from the Pacific Coast. .. - DR. WORLEY T0 SPEAK BEFORE HEALTH GROUP To Read Pa}é?at Oakland Convention-Leaving on North Star 1 Dr. J. F. Worley, Director for Al- in doubleheader at St. Louis. SISTERS ON WORLD HIKE CALCUTTA, May 29.—Two pretty | young Swedish sisters who are walk- | ing around the world have arrived in | Calcutta. They are the Misses Les- | beth and Greta Listorik. They left Stockholm on foot in | May, 1938. After passing through | fifteen European countries, they ar- |rived in Persia, but had to cross the country by car as they were I told that “hiking” was not permit- ted. The sisters hope to complete their world tour in two years. | e, Uses Alarm Clock : To Sound Bed Time meets at Oakland, Cal, July 23 Lo‘ — 28. { WHEATON, Ill, May 29. — Dr. Dr. and Mrs. Worley and their | Alexander Grigolia, associate pro- aughter are leaving on the vessel | fessor of anthropology at Wheaton North Star tonight to spend two | College, is taking no chances on months' leave in California. | absent-mindedness — about going to Dr. Worley's address before the |bed. Association will deal with the medi- | He uses an alarm clock to tell him cal service in Alaska. when it's bed time. Here's why: - - He yawned in class. Apologizing RETURNING 10 s it -bufore, &, gt st POLARIS HOME | gested the alarm clock idea and the ‘pro(&ssor adopted it. b Bl e A Mirs. Axel Eld and daughter, of | MOOSEHEARTS ELECT Tulsequah, arrived here on the Prin- | At a recent meeting of the Moose- cess Louise after a visit with rela- |heart Sewing Circle in Anchorage, tives in Victoria. | the following officers were elected: They will fly to Tulsequah to join Mrs. J. C. Knapp, President; Mrs. Mr. Eld, operations foreman for the Carl Ellison, Vice-President; Mrs. Polaris-Taku mine. They are guests Steve Ostrander, Secretary-Treas- but he held the Pirates to eight hllsl the National League by splitting a | | ishioners had come penitently to {him to plead: “But, please, make mistake | “Yes" responded benign Beech- ier, “but T try to make new ones.” R | | Stock QUOTATIONS sir, don't we all NEW YORK, May 29. — Closing cuotation of Alaska Juneau mine stcck today is 8%, Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 59%, Common- {wealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright General Motors 43%, International Harvester 30%, Ken- | necott 3312, New York Central 15%, | Northern Pacific 9%, United States Steel 50's, Pound $4.68%, Ameri- can Can 90%, American Power and Light 4%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, ' Jones averages: industrials 137,80, rails 2821, utilities 23.75. Chris Ziegenfuss, manager of the Pacific Sanitary Market here and Mrs. Inez Brown of Juneau, were married at a quiet ceremony at the home of Commissioner and Mrs. | william Knight in the Sitka Bazaar | Presbyterian National Board of Mis-| and Sandra, have moved into their | Apartments Monday evening, May 22. Mrs. Clarence Rands and Miss | Althea Rands were present for the event. Complete destruction of the Con- way Dock Company property in the native village here was averted by the prompt action of the Sitka Fire Department in response to an alarm turned in shortly after midnight last Tuesday. The fire, the origin of which has not been determined, started outside the small building which houses the property of the Union Oil Company which main- tains a marine station on the dock. | The flames burned half way through the heavy planking on the dock sur- face and destroyed several oil hoses and other nearby equipment, and was just beginning to make head- way into the interior of the metal building through a wooden door frame, where numerous cases of passengers on the North Sea for Seattle. | Dr. Frederick P. Thorne, Secretary f the Young People's Work of the sions of the Presbyterian Church, | U. 8. A, of New York, accompanied | by Mrs. Florence Hayes and John | | Abernathy, also board members, who | are visiting in Alaska for the pur- pose of photographing mission nc-‘ tivities in the Territory, have been! visiting at the Skeldon Jackson School here. The party left last, week aboard the school boat S. J. S.| for a trip to Haines and Skagway and will return for a further stay before continuing their journey, which will take them as far north{ as Point Barrow. | Mrs. John Maurstad, who has been | making her home here for the past three months with Mr. Maurstad, | who is in charge of the U. S. Forest | Service project of restoring the na- | tive totem poles in Indian River | Park, left last week for her home in Angoon. Mr. Maurstad will re- main here until the completion of his work. Empire Want Ads Bring Results. looks when filles with 160,000 at the Barnaof Hotel yrer. ) Here's the way the Indianapolis motor speedway gasoline and other oil products were Scene of Annual Indianapolis Race Cl Alrview of Indianapolis speedway spectators. It is here that the annual 500-mile race will be helt Decoration Day, May 30. assic May 30 1 route. | Weldon are making their home tem- | commissioner of Education, of Ju- | of the Sitka Territorial High School | intendent Glenwood D. Pratt, pres- entation of diplomas by J. J. Con- | cation, and invocation and benedic- | Members of the class were Lewis | Eleanor Frederickson, Helen Moore, evening. At this time a resolution Mr. and Mrs. Hans Peterson with their two small daughters, Tamara newly constructed home from the small home owned by Mrs. Peter- son’s father, N. E. Bolshanin, which they have occupled for the past tv'voK years, i With the Rev. Jackson L. Webster reading the marriage service at the First Presbyterian Church here Tuesday evening, May 16, Miss| Bernice Morton became the bride of Faye Weldon. The bride was at- tended by Miss Alice Cockett and E. M. Sticht was the bridegroom’s best man. Following the church ceremony, a reception was given the couple by the members of the staff of the Sheldon Jackson Presbyter- ian Mission School in the school auditorium . Miss Morton, whose home was formerly in Oregon has been the director of religious educa- tion at the Sheldon Jackson School for the past year. Mr. and Mrs. porarily at Jamestown Bay. Anthony E. Karnes, Territorial neau, addressed the graduating class and the assembled audience at the ninth annual commencement exer- cises of the school held in the audi- torium Wednesday evening, May 24. The program included, besides Mr. Karnes’ talk, addresses by Valedic- torian Alyce Curtis, and Salutator- jan Margaret Smith, musical num- bers by the school orchestra under the direction of Miss Helen Roan, a violin solo by Miss Josephine Hey- wood, accompanied by Miss Roan; vocal selections by the Boys' Glee Club, presentation of class by Super- way, President of the Board of Edu- tion by the ‘Rev. J. L. Webster. Burkhart, Alyce Curtis, Edna Drake, Margaret Smith, Donald Strait and Ruth Wittmeyer. Mrs. Arnold Curtis entertained with an informal reception at her home Wednesday evening, following the graduation exercises at the Sitka Territorial School, honoring the meimbers of the class. The North Sea carried away from Sitka the last group of students to Power Plant Paring Taxes COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, May 29.—This city of about 35,000 population, in the shadows of Pikes Peak, is rapidly becoming a dream city—to taxpayers. H On December 31, 1925, the ofty had an indebtedness of $2,200,000, On October 1, 1939—about four- teen years later—the city will entirely free of bonded indebted 5 CAUSE— A municipally owned electric lml‘t. gas and power plant. The revenue from the plant enabled city fathers to reduce annually. In 1939, the taxpa; bill had been decreased 32 per in a ten-year period. The plant contributed more than $1,500,000 cash for general city goves purposes, in lieu of taxes. And, city officials boast, the utili- ties rates for Colorado Springs - dents vary from 6 to 81 per cent than similar rates in Pueblo Denver, e Finns Honor Founding of Red Cross HELSINGFORS, Finland, May 29. —A new series of Finnish stamps, marking the seventy-fifth anniver- sary of the founding at Geneva the Red Cross organization in 1864, has just been issued here. P The stamps, known as the “Sel- ferino” issue, portray scenes from the Battle of Solferino in which' a French army defeated the Austrians in 1859, with a Red Cross, super- imposed on a blazing sun. Over the Red Cross the words “Convention De Geneve 1864-1939" are printed. The issue is printed in four values. - £ K. R. FERGUSON SOUTH ' ' K. F. Perguson, and family, left for the states on the steamer Dendli. Mr. Ferguson, upper class English instructor for the Juneau Public School and editorial advisor of the J Bird, will attend the University of Oregon during the summer where he plans to take advanced work on is Mater's Degree. S e leave the campus of the Sheldon Jackson Presbyterian Mission School The Book ALASKA, Revised Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00,