The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 29, 1940, Page 8

8 THOMAS DEWEY o EXTERS PRIMARY Landis’Re IN ILLINOIS STATE 29, headquar NEW YORK. Jan - Dewey- for- President unces that the na Dewey will be entered Illinois Republican Prix April 9 provides in pres the vote is to S 1 purpose o. an expression of the senti E: will of the t voters Y respe to cand ates for nomination for the office of Presi- Suppor pointed out Tilinois p:i one importa the state has 58 dele- the National Republican 1. Previously Dewey an he will be enter2d primary - PERNOCK ISLAND 10 GET GRAVINA CAA INSTRUMENTS at in the Gra- I on of the Civil aeronautics Authcrity will be moved to a station at the nort d of pennock Island opposite Ketchikan by Assistant Meterolozist H. W. Douglas, who is leaving for the First Ctiy tonight on the M. McKinl:y - MILLER, RIVERS, REED FILE FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEER e Three declarations of candidacy for the office of Territorial Highway Engineer and Superintendent of Public Works were filed today with the Territorial Auditor { The new candidates are Irving McK Reed of Fairbanks, Vi C Rivers of Fairbanks and H. C. Miller (AP Feature Serv CHICAGO, Lt with the wavy white hair ing eyes and the stern tenance opened his mou vast baseball empire tha troit's fell anart tor W MOUNTAIN LANDIS " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 29, 1940. | his pow He outmaneouvered his opponents, i Took Command Early 'n at the outset, Landis let baseball know who wa$ headman Vhen a committee of league mag- nates came to offer him the job, Landis let them cool their heels in his ante-room for 45 minutes before cent Diamond Edic Is Typical of His Stri ' R - receiving them. The Judge — he ( elgn 0 ase a was then a United States Judge— |ecncluded his court business, and tcok baseball's job. He became High Commissionef in 1920, when organized baseball was staggering from the scandal of the 1619 World Series. Discipline came int obaseball with Landis. He barred eight Chicagc White S6x players from baseball. The men had been acquitted when tried under indict- ments charging them with 18 accepted bribes from gamble throw” the 1919 series to Cincin but the judge held they ed their place in baseball ; in his administration dis bumped into Ruth, the bigg: 5t pame in the zame. He fined the Babe and tw oother New York Yankees their full shares of the World's Series and suspended them for a th because they dofied a rule eeainst barnstorming 1 Down the years the Commissioner came through with othef moment- ous rul frezing players, ban- | ning from from baseball. Some- times his decisions favored the cwn- ers, sometimes the hired help Okehs Pitts In 1935 he ruled that Edwin C. (Alabama) Pitts, a former Sing Sing convict, could play profe: sional baseball. In 1936, he upheld the Cleveland Indian §' claim to Bob Feller, then a sensational young school-age Towa pitcher. A vear later he declared Tom Hen- rich, then a rockie in the minors and now a New York Yankee out- fielder, a free agent. He found that Cleveland retly owned Henrich while he was under centract tc nor league clubs It is likely that efforts will made to adopt some method of get nervously when a stern froWn hanqjing player contracts that will le old man | SCUlles OVer the Juc .;“5- u‘m‘f:f’l“‘ suit the Judge as well as the major the pierc- | @14 his bushy grey eyebrows Se€m und minor league club owners. cold coun- | 8o lagger. But the owners probably will have th and the| Wealthy Walter O. Briggs, the D2~ 15 do the giving in. ‘The Judge At was De- | r0olt ownety Was the most recent t0 joaen't budgze much., | feel the sting of the Judge'’s wrath pn Y | Among the major league club own- i “The judge doesn’t budge much.” ; e he ice) of Ketchikan. Rivers filed as a | In one sudden. swift stroke DIAVer ers there are perhaps others won- (ORRESPO DEN Democrat and the other two as Re- talent worth arounc & 1 million ' gering where Landis will strike nex " (E publicans. dollars was cut loose from the[wondering whether their own deal- (0 R o Present Highway Engineer is Wil- strings the Tiger Club held. lings have been satisfactory to the u SES FFERED liam Hesse, who has not as yet filed The law had spoken | Commissioner. CRARA G T e S R Landis. { Hits Farm Practices Y ” | 15% No other sport has a leader whose | Landis has long been opposed to Correspondence courses.in any- { authority comp: with Landis' some of the methocs employed by thing from farming to. psychology canadi“ nlscmml czar-like powers e is Bascball's| major league clubs in handling their and from aeronautics to placer min- 5 e B ConmGRICR AL farm systems. Two Vi ago he ing are now being offered’ free of | M Behrends Ban He is the most feared man in caught everyone unawares when he charge to CC Cenrollees in Alaska ad severely chastised the St. Louis Car- The 31 courses of study are made © v, o, M. & Fire never destroys a house without burming up what's inside of it. Fire insurance pro- tects the building. To protect.your household possessions against loss or damage by fire, you need Residence Contents Insurance. It costs surprisingly little. TELEPHONE 249 Office—New York Life [ VOUSTUSINEISUVSUSTUNSSESPV S e s 20 S 0SS A8 a0 ® Ifyou’d cook and stay calm—if you want more time for fun, by all means get yourself = General Electric Raage! Aninspectionofthenew models will show you what we mean! Aad if you intend, some day, to have that completely modern kitchen, here’s your chance to start. SHATTUCK AGENCY S e Alaska Eleciric Light & Power SEE THE NEW G-E RANGES THAT COOK AUTOMATICALLY dinals and freed around 100 play- available by the Correspondence Extension Service of the Chlifornia State Department of Education S SR CANADIANS GO TO | ers. Since then he has made free |agents of other players and fined lother clubs for violations of the baseball code. And then, a few days ago, he delivered his stiffest punch| of all. Four of Detroit's major |league players, including infielder | |Benny McCoy and outfielder Roy s | Cullenbine, and 87 minor league ath- OTTAWA. Jan. 29 —Canadians lletes were declared free agents. will hold the general election on |They are eligible to sell their ser- March 28 and the date of March vicés to the highest bidder. 11 has been set for the official In this biggest ruling of its kmd‘nominallon of candidates. in major league history, Detroit’s | — 4§ |farm chain' was turned topsy-turvy | S'o om FOR Wlnow r and the Tigers' hopes of overhaul- WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—A mi- ing ‘the Yankees in this summer's | campaign were dealt a severe blow., | Landis has been at odds with var-l,, 5oy wag written into the Urz- |been baseball's High S elonr, | S0LR BLOVIAIRE 910,000 for, e vl |But he hasn't been whipped. One A | widely-circulated report credited the B judge with going into an owners’ meeting to face a rumored move to oust him and commg‘out with a long-term contract at a higher sal- jary. Only last December unsuc- essful efforts were made to curb ————— BANK WINS DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST | | | A default judgment for $5,000 on behalf of the First National Bank of Juneau was entered today in District Court against the Alaska Empire Gold Mining Company. The |sum was due on a promissory not .- A. H. HUMPHERIES FILES FOR AUDITOR | { A. H. Humphries of Fairbanks to- |day filed his declaration fo candi- dacy for the Republican nomination |as Territorial Auditor. ‘Humpheries is a former Juneau resident. 2 SHIPS SUNK LONDON, Jan. 29 submarine sank the 2,800-ton Dan- ish freighter Enmland and 1,800-ton | North Sea today SHOULD BE EASY T0 FIND, MAYBE HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 24.—Hous- ton police are hunting Mr. X. and $5.00 Monthly | man, occupant of car Texas license A German | | Norwegian steamer Hesanger in the | New Yorkers | Hull Pleads for Trade Pacts Urged About Cleanliness Millions of Slogans, Dit- ties, Rhymes, Hints Appear Everywhere By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, Jan. 29. — New Yorkers are co being ex- horted by a million slogans, ditties, and rhymes to keep the streets clean and remember their manners Such has been the depth and sweep jof this drive that now we have a virtual renaissance in rhyming |couplets and polite little Chester- fieldian “hints,” and if one were to traverse the town a whole Child’s anthlogy of street cle: rs' verse T ht easily be compile r2 is a fine exampi» of the type of couplet that is calculated to :ame” you into being 1 up in Fi. Tyion Park where sotic seorctary of State Cordell Hull is shown with Representative Allen T. eally beautiful gardens may be qyeadway (left) after-appearing before the House Ways and Means cen, and if you study the placards posted prominently about, you will committee to plead for renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements. Hull and Treadway, who is from Massachusetts, were formerly colleagues on the committee. come across, “Let no one say, and say to your - - | shame , o v § ecessions and That all was beauty, until you|le drives a Receaiions S0 FARSER To Bulw et depressions and rumors of . ars have broken down the social Hero and thersabiout the city are| VxS have broken dowr i NEW ss 000 HOME set-up of this old Wd of ours and r ovely stretches of green lawn with t “Keep Off the Grass” warn- assembled it in quite a different o ON W. 11TH STREET " T e found the other evening in plain view. But Central W that our chautfe had been a discarded this crude re- e Browis Bro minder for the most polite “Please.”| " € 8 Bt inary, who had Ist 1940 bu ermit That's all . . . just “Please. kaphonists extraordinary, who had construction of me was = headlined the ver tres he was granted today by City Building In- 3 now driving paast. Not many ev- spector on Lagergren to Even the trucks it tote away ihe | enjngs pefore, the man who drove james 1, lical cont r, who et arbage bear a personal note |,y cab proved to have been a one- will build a dwelling from Mayor LaGuardia, “Your City ime member of our bar who fi- 1ith Street at a cost of § and Mine; keep it clean.” The gyred in many a criminal case. An- H. B. Foss Company were achi Mayor also takes time off from his gther had been a bond brokel for the home municipal duties to dash off little| go remember. this the next time ST 2 i verses for the Subwa" Sun, a sub- v Bt 1 feel gelti way one-sheeter pasted in all the . .p,y » may tu e VOU T et ey oo be voi Thrownfrom ee. And there are, too, the poetic H . axhartations, o, the Jarger wioke: tte Chairs During baskets on each street correr, “By the Law Abide; Place Trash In- ELASKAN WHO TOOK Earth Shock side,” which the more orderly of the . & — cltizenry beed KIS SKIS TO STATES There is even a form of contest .. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 20 on now to find a slogan that will RETURNS ox NORAR earth tremor, lasting more help people remember not to park than 60 seconds, caused c their chewing gum on park benches RS able 'm here la n or carelessly drop it on .the side-| An . Alaskan who went to the Property damage is repcrted. Some walks, Signs and slogans have simi- gtatds for skiing, long time Cham- resid were thrown out of Jarly been. employed to. eliminate’ per of Gommercite Curids Shattuck: CF e traffic accidents, particularly among admits he was a. constant sour children, and last year a book of of wonder to Sun Valley skiier songs was brought out to this end. gpattuck returned on the Prin- Mayor LaGuardia, even as his fa~ oo Norah today from the famed mous predecessor, Jimmy Walker, yaoy " i recort after spending a likes to dabble in .\m?g_y;m(l he IS month’s vacation Outside the composer of a widely chanted When Shattuck went south with ditty that goes “Sweep, sweep, SWeeD| yorman Banfield, who returned a street,” based on and sung to the fees b“_' ggre 8 10 week ago, the two announced their the old tune of “Row, row, row your Today's News Zoaay boat.” | intentions were to seek pastures Athens, Greece, not so many \\s:]eil;:e’ there really was snow for B“Lm__M,‘“?m Drilri Co.—in Doug- vears ago strove longingly to re- "o S - X las by Guy's Drug Store. capture some of its ancient glory by getting out a newspaper that was written completely in verse. With all the signs now around town, it appears that we, too, are on our way. Do you remember the original Six Brown Brothers, who played saxaphones and, who burned up | vaudeville 20 or 25 years ago? One of them is driving a cab in New York. The Brown Brothers weren't always brothers and they weren't always original, for they would come and go as the years went by but the name remained. It was a trade name, almost a corporation, and the Browns literally entranced the country, from the cities through | the whistle stops. with their jazzy |reedy sextette arrangements. ! Just which of the brothers is now a jehu in Manhattan I do not know. Nor have I his name or his num- ber. I just happened to run across |this paragraph in Caravan, quote: {“You never know who your driver may be nor what his calling before ! 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