The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1939, Page 5

IT'S ONE ;O THEM ONE -WAY WINDOW- PANES L,\_rw SINGLE IN (Tigers Beat NINTH WINS FOR PADRES Seatle los;?Series' Op- ener-Angels Take Close Contest (By Associated Press) A sharp single into the right field ! by Dominia Dallessandro in the last 'Armstrong, " AmbersAre | N.Y.Yankees Five fo Two Bobby Doe};fiés Day with Bat with Two Homers —Reds Lose Out (By Associated Press) Led by Big Hank Greenberg, the Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees y IT WORKS LIKE THIS - You KIN SEE OUT, BUT CALLERS CAN'T SEE IN / Title Match NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Armstrong, Lou Ambers and | respective managers have i ium August 22 in - Henry their signed of the ninth inning last night gave terday afternoon. Greenberg scored | official contracts for the light- San Diego a victory over Seattle in his twentieth homer of the season. \woigh: title bout at the Yankee the series’ opener. Los Angeles snapped a slight run- | | Two Homers to Win Bobby Doerr made two homers ‘Smdlum, on August 22. Earller Henry's manager had! less losing streak by beating Sacra- yesterday to score a vitory for L.erty;said that he would refuse to sign mento last night. James Collins’ ninth inning double. Oakland peppered three San Fran- cisco hurlers for hits when they counted to score a victory. Johnny Frederick’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning last night scor- ed Harry Rosenberg from third to give Portland ‘a victory over Holly- | wood. GAMES TUESDAY ‘ Pacific Coast League | Seattle 4; San Diego 5. K San Francisco 5; Oakland 7. | Portland 6; Hollywood 5. | Los Angeles 3; Sacramento 2. | National League New York 5; Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn 5; Pittsburgh 3. Philadelphia 2; Chicago 6. Boston 3; St. Louis 4. American League St. Louis 5; Washington 7. Chicago 4; Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 5; Boston 7. “Detroit 5; New York 2. Gastineau Channel League i Elks-Douglas, postponed, account | wet grounds. Makes six consecutive postponed games on account of rain or wet grounds. | | | STANDING OF CLUBS ' (Official to date) { |- Pacific Coast League I Lost Pet.| 597 | -568 | 521 | 508 | 458 456 454 435 National League f ‘Won Pct. 659 538 526 517 ‘Won 4 n 63 60 54 51 55 54 Seattle Los Angeles San Francisco Sacramento Portland Oakland San Diego Hollywood 68 0 Cincinnati St. Louis Chicage Pittsburgh Brooklyn New York Boston 4 Philadelphia 295 :195 American ieague Won Lost 66 27 57 53 48 49 Pet. 709 | 626 .558 521 516 New York Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit 34 42 43 46 in the first inning wit htwo men on bases and the second four-baser was in the first inning with two men on loaded. Jack Knott hurled nine-hit ball as the Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics. Get 14 Hits Larry Rosenthal hit a homer in the third inning yesterday as Wash- ington combed the two St. Louis pitchers for 14 hits. The Giants nosed out yesterday by a 10-inning victory over Cincin- nati and snapping the Reds’ win- ning streak at 10 games. French Pitches Victory Larry French pitched the Cubs to a win over Philadelphia yesterday. Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons, who had |{not won a game since mid-July,! | broke out yesterday and pitched the | . Dodgers to a win over the Pirates.| | e e——— JULY-CLOUDIER, | COOLER, WETTER THAN AVERAGE Weather Bureau’s Sum- mary Shows Rain Fourth Heaviest in 44 Years The month of July in Juneau av- eraged slightly cooler and much wetter than normal, while the per- centage of sunshine was below nor- mal, according to the monthly meteorological report issued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau of- fice. The average temperature for the month was 56.4 degrees as compared with a normal of 566 degrees. The mercury reached its highest point on the 18th when a temperature of 77 degrees was registered. The lowest temperature last month was 46 degrees on the 26th. The high- est tempearture on record for any July at Juneau over a period of 44 years was 89 degrees in 1915. The lowest temperature over a similar period was 38 degrees in 1895. The total precipitation for the month was 8.44 inches, or 3.34 inches ‘Washington 40 Philadelphia 34 St. Louis 26 57 58 66 412 370 .283 Gastineau Channel League (Second Half) ‘Won 5 4 2 1 6 LOUIS PREPARING FOR NEXT MATCH DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 2.—Heavy- Lost 2 Pect. 714 -667 143 Douglas Elks . Moose | above the normal. There has been | only four Julys in the 44 years of | , record in Juneau with more precipi- | tation than that of July, 1939. The wettest July on record over a period of 44 years was that of 1917 when 1050 inches were recorded, and |the driest was that of 1915 when| only .25 inch was recorded. The maximum amount of precipitation to occur within a 24-hour period last month was 2.30 inches on the 21-22. Three Clear Days There were three clear days, five partly cloudy and 23 cloudy days during the month. Out of a possible 542.8 hours the amount of sunshine received was 1384 hours or 25 per The win was on Grove. The first circuit clout was | the contract unless Ambers posted a forfeit of $20,000 guaranteeing a return match. No such forfeit was posted how- ever. A clause was inserted in the con- tract which was filed with the New | | York State Boxing Commission | to the effect that Ambers in the| | event he defeated Armstrong, would battle Armstrong in a return match | in Madison Square Garden on No-| vember 1. | 'UNITED STATES BUYS BOOKS THAT TALK FOR I7$ 120,000 SIGHTLESS (Continued from Pagz One) It was an invention perfected in 1829 by a blind Frenchman—Louis Braille—which contributed so much |not only in opening to sightless persons the literary treasures of | the past but also in making it pos- sible for them to read and write. ; An igenious yet simple ar- | rangement of six raised dots (the )Bmme cell) grouped in various | combinations opened to each blind | person the whole universe of re- | corded thought. And each blind | person, in turn, could express his |own thoughts, write letters, books, |draw maps and even compose mu- | sic. Upon this invention. the educa- tion of the blind is based. U.S. HAS 120,000 BLIND Congress in 1931 authorized the Librarian of Congress to provide books for the adult blind of the United States and arrange for plac- ing these books in libraries which might serve as regional centers. There are some 120,000 blind persons in the United States. Only about a third of them lost their sight before the age of 20. The others were beyond the school age when stricken, lacking the special training for reading raised types. What could be done for these? By 1877, Thomas A. Edison had niade the phonograph an accom- plished fact, and he visioned its use in reading for the blind. But| not until the present decade were phonograph records sufficiently| perfected so that they might, with- out undue bulk, contain whole books. The experimentation which| led to the final achievement of the | | “talking book” stands to the credit| |of the American Foundation for| the Blind, Inc., of New York City.| | A book of normal size can now | be engraved in the microscopic! | groove of about 18 records. The| | method was instantaneously suc-| cessful. Congress authorized funds| | for adding records to the books| | already distributed. In five years | some 425,000 records have been placed in the regional libraries. weight champion Joe Louis departs| cent which is 4 per cent below the| A COOPERATIVE VENTURE i ! To enable the blind to use these a spray from a high pressure hose. tonight for Northville, Michigan, to train for his September title defense against Bob Pastor. The Louis program calls for light training for about three weeks. Long walks and some light exercise will be on the schedule to loosen him up prior to going into speed training near Detroit in late Au- gust. e DUFRESNE INSPECTS BEAVER COUNTRY AT NONDALTON, ILIAMNA Completing his inspection of beav- er country in the Iliamna Lake and Nondalten seetion, Frank Du- fresne, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, expects to"reach Anchorage next Monday in the course of an administrative ‘“"k“ on the gridiron for bottom | yorthy cause. Nor should the pub- work. trip through the Territory. 23-year average. The total wind movement during the month was 5411 miles, or an average hourly velocity of 7.3 miles. The maximum velocity for a sus- records (as well as to give employ- | iment to blind and other relief | | volumes, 1'1' 50 to 790 and 5.50 cents a pound. ~ Signed Up | Will Meet in Yankee Stad- | ASH IN PUT THAT WINDOW- PANE » Car Flames e — soR Ab Jenkins, veteran Utah endurance auto driver, and holder of many world’s records, suffered third de- gree burns when his Mormon Meteor III caught afire during his endurance run at the Bonneville Salt Beds, Utah. Jenkins had pulled into the pits to have the rear end of the car checked when it developed a rumble, and when he started out flames burst from the machine. from the machine. His son Marvin, (right), is holding a fire extinguisher to aid his father, uniform generosity, they permit- | ted their books to be transcribed. Do the blind read the books which are thus provided for them? Last year the circulation of books in raised types was nearly 500,000 and of “talking books” over 4,000,000 records. | Martin A. Roberts, 64 years old, | writer of this article, has been at| the Library of Congress for more | than 35 years. He climbed from the bottom of the ladder to his present ranking of chief assistant| librariar. He has a bachelor of| science degree from Johns Hopkins University and has taken special courses at Harvard and Columbia. As superintendent of the main reading room, he directs the pro- viding of facilities for readers from all over the world. RS G L 5 HALIBUTER SELL, SEATTLE 2 SEATTLE, Aug. — Halibuters selling on the Seattle Fish Ex-| change today are as follows: From the western banks — Sey- mour 40,000 pounds, 8% and 7'4 cents a pound; Wizard 40,000 pounds, 8% and 7% cents. From the local banks—Flint 15,- 000 pounds, 8% and 7'% cents; Evo- lution 11,000 pounds, 8'% and 7% cents; Pershing 18,000 pounds, 8| and 7% cents. RUPERT PRICES At Prince Rupert today, 140,000 rounds of halibut were sold for WATER GREETS OFFICIALS ON GAMBLING SHIP Palice Drena;d When At- fept Is Made to En- force New Law LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2—State :d Ccunty police have boarded the gambling ship Rex in the face of Owners of the floating casino were ordered to cease operations labor) an emergency relief project at once under a court order. ' has been set up in New York City The crew of the Rex defied the tained period of five minutes Was nger the supervision of the Am-|order and escorted the 18 officers 22 miles from the southeast on the o.o., poundation for the Blind, off the ship. All were drenched 18th. Skagfifi’&fiafler Is Nominated Today WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.— Presi- dent Roosevelt has nominated Wil- | the Library of Congress acting as| | sponsor. This project has manufac-| | tured some 20,000 talking-book re- | }producau, | | These have been distributed to| blind readers throughout the U. 8. | under the direction of the L(brn-! {rian of Congress through the state |agencies of the blind. Although with water from the hoses. A Coast Guard patrol boat circled the gambling ship but took no part in the struggle. State Attorney General Warren said orders would be served on the operators of the other three gam- bling ships. A bill passed by Congress last liam Murray to be postmaster at|ihe United States government ac-|month prohibits the operation of Skagway, Alaska. TROLLER COMES IN The troller Vyella, a Sitka boat of the deep sea troller variety, came in to Juneau to sell its fish today |tually pays the original cost of | these books and machines the lo-| | cal governments — state, city and | county—contribute largely by, maintaining and servieing them. | It is a cooperative venture in a lishers be forgotten. Wih almost l gambling ships outside the three- mile limit covered by the state law. Water taxis carrying patronsand supplies to the ships were ordered to cease operations or face prose- cution on charges of conspiring to, commit a felony. "M. up 3-4, Nickle up %, Santa Fe LendingBill | Killed;House Is Crificised Presidemays Action| Forestalls Definite In- dustrial Pickup (Continuea from Psge One) ing projects will now have to nblamf jobs on relief. | With the lending bill out of the| way it is very likely that Congress will adjourn by Saturday. A major bill still pending is an 800 million dollar appropriation for further low-cost housing projects. The House action yesterday made it likely that thousands of WPA workers will be forced to take a 30-day payless vacation. HOW IT STRUCK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 2—Bond prices failed today to surge upward and confirm the rise in the Stock Ex- change. The bond market closed irregular with only fractional gains and losses. Curb utilities were strong today, but the market closed almost unchanged. Trading was con- sidered fair. Stocks advanced fractions to more than a point today in a burst of mild enthusiasm over the rejection |of the New Deal's lending-spending program. The market opened off in response to London's reaction of the Congressional revolt on the lending-spending proposition. However, after the first few min- utes of trading, it was decided that a defeat for President Roosevelt was more important to Wall Street than the losses of money the President had asked to lend to business men than the market reversed - trend The ‘turnover was almost a millior shares. Closing price changes were U. 8 Steel up %, Bethlehem up 1-3, G up 3-4, New York Central unchang- | ed, Edison up 4, Telephone up %, Douglas up 1-3. Commodities were mixed in trad- ing today. Cotton was lower and grains higher. Cotton lost 6 to 12 points, Corn was one-eighth lower to higher. D Defehse Bill for Panama Canal Passed by House WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. —The House has passed the bill today au- thorizing the expenditure for en- larging the defenses of the Panama Canal. The measure was approved by a | vote of 164 to 144. It provides that 15 million dollars of the total sum will be expended during the cur- | rent fiscal year, Jenkins is shown being extricated KEN NELSON GETS TEMPORARY FOREST SERVICE POSITION Temporary appcinvment oi Ken- neth Nelson as Field Assistant in the Forest Service during the ab- sence of ‘Paul Judge was an- E FEVER—From JUNGL Iphia borrowed his no of Philade Tarzan jungle films John Leyerer tion for beach attire at Cape May, N. J., where onlookers got an eyeful staring at the leopard trunks and shapely Miss Claire Ellis of New York. Meteor Seen By Fishermen | which as it shot along, broke irto a shower of bright fragments, fi- nally disappearing. Ancther fisherman who tells. of observing something similar (or, it might have been ihe same incident) is Martin Holmberg. When off Cape Chacon, Alaska, he saw what he | WL ncun;ed Ct;l)?:ger?l{e ldm“;:‘;:m’;mg:‘s' | took to be a meteor. These exper- 3 J PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.. Aug. 2. | lences coincide with reports from b:en WPA E':ngllef:r au,a:hedA:a —Scotty Reld of the local fishing around Vancouver, telling of sights the. Clayernpe’ E ik ;’“ o, Ao | vessel JR. says that when off Tri-|in the sky, which, as a rule, are sistant Dlstrlct e I e Aor | Ple sland one night, last wesk end, decidedly uncommon. miralty vision, is on leave for he noticed a peculiar disturbance B The Book ALASKA, Kevised and ) two months. He and his family left | ;" vho gy for the States yesterday. e, Empire classifieds pay. Your Undle Whiskers Tran And (reale”sr Bgl!er Fishing by _Ihe By The AP Feature Service FOR CENTURIES Columbia River salmon have been follow- ing a fixed, mysterious four-year cycle. They hatch in the upper reaches of the river, grow several inches, drift down to the Pacific Ocean, add from 10 to 60 more pounds, and swim back up the river to spawn and die where their lives began. | | ! | | | i P UP THE LADDER at OVER TI 3. W Rock Island dai salmon, climbing 100 feet in 10 seconds . . . HE HILL the salmon travel in spe cially-built trucks, They ride in ice water . .« Weather was fine. What he saw was the sudden appearance of what appeared to be a great black ball, Soon the biggest man - made thing on earth — Grand Coulee dam, in central Washington State ~—will have ended the salmon runs for all time. To save the fish, the Federal Government is providing new liv- ing quarters for them. To tempt the salmon .to move in, the Gov- ernment is making their lives s g i m go the INTO THE TR. 2. iplanis Salmon | Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. PRI g e Vo SR Empire Want Ads Bring Results. Move ‘ The fish will be caught at an- other dam 150 miles below Coulee ] and transported to new spawn- ing grounds. The salmon no long- l er will have to make great jumps in the river above Coulee to reach spawning areas. ’ Fishermen say a salmon here- | after will put up a much stiffer fight on the end of a line because he won't have lost strength in the up-the-river struggle. N o AP at Rock Island where all salmon are counted and corraled for a trip across land. AND 'HO! salmon will s 4. ME': A shallow stream m the pawn. miles from their birthplace.