The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1940, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 CARDS GET 3 HURLERS, TEXAS LEG. Promising Pitching Acss Are Bagged - Very Good Rookies By DILLON GRAHAM i AP [eature Service s Cardinals appareni- ed the Texas League’s bright- Cards, driving for pennant, have sev- s on their squad, 1 loop 7. it's biggest game | winning pitcher and the earned run | leader. Dick Dickson, 1565-pound right hander, won 22 games for Houston to top the twirlers. Harry Bree- chen, a wiry southpaw, tied with the veteran Ray Starr in the per- centage column with 18-and-7 for 720. He set a new record by toss- ing four straight shutouts and pitching 38 consecutive scoreless in- nings. St. Louis took two more pitchers from Houston. These were Ernie White, who pitched a no-hit game against Fort Worth, and Francis Joe (Red) Barrett who won 13 and lost Dead-Eye Lake Eddie Lake, a shortstop whose record of 153 bases on balls proves ‘he is hard to pitch to and has a good eye; Infielder John Hoop, and Outfielder Hal Epps are other Hous- ton grads now Cards. The Chicago Cubs acquired a nice looking southpaw named Vern Ol-| sen. The Tulsa twirler won 18 games and, coming up to Chicago late last season, finished four games for the 3-Minute Test Proves G-E Value value yourself nazing demon- G-E CLEAN- 1 its triple-ac- ning efficiency. IART WOMEN EVERYWHERE . . . women with an for value are praising the NEW G-E CLEANER. YOU MUST SEE IT NOW! Priced from $31.95 STOP IN and Let Us Demonsirate! "’Seattle Prices Are Our Prices” Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. PHONE 616 Southeast Alaska Basketball Tourney—March 7-8-9 OUR MODERN PRINTING PLANT IS EFFICIENT! The Empire Job Plant contains all the necessary mechanical equipment needed to turn out good printed mat- ter rapidly! And this equipment is operated by men who are speedy and experienced, too. Be sure to see us when you need printed material of any kind . . . our prices are low, our work is good. Phone 374. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE Phone 374 Cubs, allowing two hits and no runs in 8 frames. Seven Beautmont recruits get trials with Detroit. -These - are Pitchers Floyd Giebell, John Gar- sica, Harold Manders, Hal Newhaus- er and John Tate, Outfielders Ned Harris and Pat Mullin. Others include Pitcher Orval Grove and Infielder Don Kalloway of Ok- lahoma City, Cather Tom Turner of Houston and Pitchers Jess Dob- ermie and Vallie Eaves of Shreve- port and Infielder Frank Metha of Ft. Worth with the Chicago White Sox and Pitcher Calvin Dorsett of Fort Worth with Cleveland. S TR Circui Clouters Max West and Hank Leib- er Made Record in National League NEW YORK, March 1.-—-Max West of the Boston Bees and Hank Leiber of the Chicago Cubs were the only National League baseball players to hit home runs in every park in their circuit in 1939. West hit two homers in his home park, 17 on the road. Leiber hit 16 of his 24 circuit blows in anley Pield, Chicagu UGRIN AGAIN TALLIES BEST BOWLING MARK Mike Ugrin, who has a habit of rolling top bowling scores in Ju- neau kegling circles, hit the ban- ner score again last night at the Brunswick, falling only nine pins short of 600 as he rolled 216, 202, and 173. Ugrin’s Brunswickers won three of four points from the Cosmos, and Home Grocers won three of four from the Florists. Tenight's games are Brothers vs. wick Cafe vs. Barbers. Scores last night are as follows: George Brunswick E. Galao 179 199 176— 554 M. Ugrin 216 202 173— 501 M. Seston 165 183 179— 527 Totals 560 584 528—1672 Cesmopolitans Rayela 172 172 184— 528 Art Nelson 145 158 176— 479 Hildinger 157 169° 1786— 504 Totals 474 499 540—1511 Home Grocery Halm 160 170 173— 503 Lajoie 156 191 197— 544 Carnegie 175 155 190— 520 Totals 491 616 5601567 Juneau Florists Luft 169 154 180— 503 Thibodeau 150 151 146— 447|7 Koski 206 179 189— 554 Totals 525 484 495—1504 Every Homer Means Record NEW YORK, March 1--All Mel Oftt of the New York Giants has to do to set a new record is belt one over the fence. By hitting 27 home runs last year he advanced the National League's total home run record to 369. Now every time he hits one it's a new record. PASTOR, SAVOLD BOUT POSTOPNED NEW YORK, Mar, 1.—The 12- round heavyweight fight between Bob Pastor and Lee Savold, sched- uled for tonight in Madison Squate Garden, has been postponed indef- initely. An examination showed Sa- vold suiteriug from an attdck of the flu. e e———— MARSHAL TO KETCHIKAN U. §. Marshal William -T. Ma-| 1 honey left on the North Coast to. day for Ketchikan on officlal busi- ' ness. He expects to return within a week. Druggists and Bruns-, HENDRICKS 1S BEST KEGLER; ELKS TOURNEY at the Elks alleys Best bowler last night was Jim Hendricks, with| 536, pacing the Mail Clerks to a three-game win Sweep over the Grizzlies. The Eaipes won three also from the Luckies, and the Butchers won two of three in a tight oonum from the Mallards. Tonight's games are, Physmnns vs. Amazons, Engineers vs. Editors| and Builders vs. Femmes. Scores last night were as fol- lows: Snipes (Spot) 6 6 6— 18 Iverson 162 171 197— 530/ Ward 144 196 167— 507 Dufresne 144 120 138— 402, Totals 456 493 508—1457| Luckies Mrs, Sperling .. 125 131 131— 387 Mrs. Dufresne .. 114 149 185— 398/ H. Sperling 123 175 150— 448 Totals 362 455 4161233 Mallards (Spot) 48 48 48— 14 Manthey 111 123 145— 379 Boyer 142 131 120— 303 Stoft 140 140 140— 420 Totals 441 442 453—1336! Butchers Hutehings 130 129 161-— 420, Hudson 170 170 170~ 610} Shattuck 136 168 124 428 Totals 436 467 4561358 Mail Clerks (Spot) 15 15 16— 45 Mrs, Lavenik . 163 156 158— 472/ Hermann 175 143 118 4351 Hendricks 158 189 189-- 530 Totals 511 503 475--1489 Grizzlies 4 Mrs. Duncan 143 122 133— 308 Dupcan . 130. 164 148— 442 Riendeau 181 176 139— 406 T()tals 454, 462 4201336 e City Refires $14,400Bonds In Past Year Refinancing-E—ffedive To- day-To Save Taxpay- ers $3,870 Annually City of Juneau bonds wmm $14,400 have been retifed duting the | past year, according to an announge- ment today by Mayor Harty I. Lu- cas. Pny}nenls on bond principal in'the municipal fiscal year have been as follows: PWA four percent paving and sewer bonds, $3,000 paid last Octo- ber 1. 2 PWA four percent 1835 paving bonds, $4.000 pafd June 30. Old six percent sewer bonds' of 1929, $5,000 paid Mareh 1. To this $13,000 total will be added the redemption on April 1 of $2,400 in four percent boat harbor bonds. Indebtedness $323,000 Total bonded indebtedness of the City of Juneau on April 1 will be $323,000 consisting ‘of $90,000 in four percent WPA paving and sewer bonds; $58,000 in four percent WPA 1935 paving bonds; $39,000 in old six percent sewer bonds of 1989; $46,000 in four percent boat harbor | bonds, and $90,000 in six percent 11827 school bonds. Effective today, the six percent ~ewer and school bonds . totaling £120,000 are refinanced at three per- cent interest, which will mean an annual saving of $3,870. This saving f interest will retire the entire sue of school and sewer bonds in 15 years without any further cdst 5 the CH~ th principal, Un the refinancing. program, the cty . ¢hligated t oset aside Sufficient unds eath year t9. retire the mtke onded .rdl:hmme&s ol BN e P mul-!{ltflh i A. Bauer, of the AM&% Cotu & o phssétiger.bn tfie Notth- ‘and which left Seattié todsy. He is FEBRUARY WARM AND SUNSHINY {Weather SEfiTnmry Shows 58 Percent of Day- light Was Sunlight | The month of February in Juneau |averaged warmer and much drier {than normal with the percentage of |sunshine correspondingly above the normal, according to the month- ly meteorological report issued to- day by the Juneau Weather Bu- reau office. The average temperature for the month was 32.2 degrees, as compared |with a normal of 30 degrees. The warmest February on record was |that of 1912 with an average tem- perature of 37.4 degrees and the ;eoldesl was that of 1936 with an av- lerage temperature of 15 degrees. {The. mercury reached its highest polnt last month on the 4th when u temperature of 47 degrees was ! registered. The lowest temperature |1last month was 10 degrees on the 28th, ‘which is also the lowest tem- perature recorded thus far by the Weather Bureau in Juneau during the winter of 1839-1940. The high- est temperature on record for any { Febtuary at Juneau over a period of 46 years was 57 degrees in 1938 and the lowest February temperature over a similar period was 15 de- grees below zero in 1917.. The aver- age temperature in Juneau for the four-month period from November, 1939, to February, 1940, inclusive, was 36.8 degrees or 4.8 degrees above the ‘average. Little Rain or Snow The total precipitation for the mionth was only 223 inches, or 3.39 inches below. the normal. There { have been only four Februaries in the 46 years of record with less precipitation than last month. The | wettest Februaiy on record was that of 19823 when 13 39 inches were re- corded and the driest was that of 1906 when 157 inches were record- ed. The maximum amount of pre- lelpiiation to occur within a 24-hour pericd last month was 0.99 inch on {fhe 8ih and 9th. The total snow- fall (unmelted) for the month was 23 inches, of which 14 inches oc- eurred between 7 p. m. and mid- night yest y. The average snow- fall for the month of February is 246 inches. The maximum depth of snow on the ground at any time last month in the vicinity of the Federal and Territorial Building was |14 inches at midnight last night. g Clear Days Th'm were 11 clear days, three partly cloudy, and 15 cloudy days during the month. Out of a possi- ble 271.7 hours, the amount of sun- shine received was 166 hours, or 58 percent, which is 28 percent above the 22-year average. The highest percentage of sunshine on record for the month of February is 71 COOKING APPLES - LARGE—CRISP ARIZONA KITCHENETTE—80 COUNT MONARCH—14-OZ. FIRST 4 TEAMS IN CITY LEAGUE PLAY TOMORROW Double Bill Postponed Be- cause of Dance-Should | Be Two Good Games Because - Junior Prommers will School gym, tonight's played tomorrow night. ball this year, with the four lead-| ers of the loop tangling NAPKINS - -2 pkgs. for 25¢ percent, which was recorded in 1936. The prevailing wind direction for February was from the northeast, with an average hourly velocity of 88 miles. The maximum velocity {for a sustained period of five min- utes was 37 miles from the northeast on the zam HANSEN HERE FROM SITKA; IN Eller Hansen, popular Superin- tendent of the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, arrived in Juneau on the trip to the Capital City in a year. Hansen said the home is now operating with a capacity listof pioneer residents, 176 at Sitka, and 21 at the springs, with 30 old- timers on_the waiting list. After a long spell .in bed follow- thrombosis, Hansen .appears to be p{in better' health, weathering the usually fatal attacks exceedingly| well, Hansen is conferring with the Board oOf Trustees and is at the Baranof Hotel, planning to remain a few days before returning. — .- HILLARD ON VACATION J. J. Hillard, Deputy Collector of is| Customs, left on the North Coast 600D HEALTH North Coast last night on his first| ing his third siege of oomnaryl Last Tuesday it was predicted there would be a warm contest, but only one of the double bills| materialized. This time it is prom- ised there will be fireworks. In the first game, Henning and| Haida play, and in the second, the High School takes on the league- | leading Krause five. LARGE CROWD | ISEXPECTED AT JUNIOR PROM [Annual Affair Tonight in High School Gym | Spring activities at the Juneau High School will be started this ev- ening when the Junior Prom, given annually in honor of the - Serior Class members, is held in' the gym- nasium, Clever decorations will transform the gym into a colorful ‘setting (which will serve as a background for the coronation of the 'Prom | Queen, who will reign over festivi- ties during the evening. . Intermission numbers have ‘been !planned and music for the’ occasion [ will be provided by Wesley Barrett and his five-piece dance band. i — Japan has been the largest buyer of scrap metal in the United States returping aftér a peridd of jéave in today for two months’ leave in the every year for 10 years except 1931. the States. States. That year Canada headed the lxst POLLY AND HER PALS PAW, I'M SORTIN' OU'r YER sr-mz*rs " SEND SEND_AWAY, SISTER, SEND AWAY. By CLIFF STERRETT | months; WINESAP .41bs. 25 |APPLES ... Box $1.89 LARGE—GREEN NO. 10 59¢ SPINACH - - - -Pound 15¢c {ASPARAGUS -Pound 30c GRAPEFRUIT - 4 for 25¢ [RUTABAGAS - -7 Ibs. 25¢ Tomato Catsup SWIFT'S—15-OZ. TINS SUNSHINE COCKTAIL CRACKERS Pkg. 29¢ Your Income | Tax Refurn losses from Ca sualties, Theft and Wages Explamed | o be deductible, a loss arising have the floor tonight in the High|from “fires, 'storms, shipwrecks, or| weifare will be moved over scheduled | other ¢asualty” need not be connect- weekend to' new quart basketball double header will be|ed with the taxpayer's trade or bus- | Gouncil Chambers at the City Hall, |Inegs. If his home or. his automo- storm, he may claim a defluction for the loss sustained. ~Loss of property by theft or bur- glary is an. allowable deduction, and need not be incurred in trade or | business. Hence, the loss occlshmedl by the theft of jewelry or an auto- mobile used for pleasure and con-| venienge is deductible. It must be established, hflWWfl'. that the property actually was stoi- en. Should circumstances attending the loss leave the owner in doubt | as to whether it was stolen or lost, the claim would not be allowed. Losses from wagering transactions | are allowable only to the extent of the gains from such transactions, | A loss is deductible only in the! year in which it is sustained, even though, as in the case of a theft or | casualty, it may not be discovered until a later year. Losses compen- sated for by insurance or otherwise, of course, are not deductible. However, in the event the amount of insurance is not sufficient to re- compense for the loss sustained, the excess of the loss over the amount of the Insurance is deductible. In general, losses for which an amount may be deducted for in- come tax purposes must be evi- denced by closed and compléted transactions, fixed by identiftable events, bona fide and-actually sus- tained during the taxable period for which claimed, ‘For instance, a' person ponm.stng stock | of & corporation cannot de- duct from gross income any amount | dlaimed as a loss merely on account of shrinkage in value of such stock | through - fluctyation "6f the market or otherwise. In the case of an individual me loss allowable in such cases is that actually suffered when the stock is disposed of. If any securities (that' is, shares of stock in a corporation and rights to subscribe for or to |such shares) become worthless dur- !ing the taxable year and are capital |assets, the loss resulting therefrom shall, for income-tax purposes, be considered as a loss from the sale or exchange, on the last day of such taxable year of capital assets Losses of individuals from the sale or exchange of capital assets are allowed as follows: 100 percent if the capital asset has been held for not more than 18 months; 66 2-3 percent if held for more than 18 months but not for more than 24 and 50 percent if held for mcre than 24 months. e Rats measuring three feet from nose to tail-tip were captured by the {Richard Archbold expedition to New | Guinea. TOMATO SOUP -3 for 25¢ | TOMATO JUICE 3 fo 25¢ NUBORA WITH TUMBLER COCKTAIL SAUCE - -23¢ BROOMS ... Each 53¢ RELIEF OFFICE MOVING TODAY T0 CITY HALL Apph(ants lor Rehef to Be Interviewed at City Council Chambers The Juneau rv]ler office Territorial Department of of the Public the the in it was announced today by Wal- And there isn't any fooling about |bile is destroyed by fire, or his sum- ' gare Director William B. Kirk. {t—It]l be the best bill of basket- |mer bungalow damaged by foor,or | On Monday the office will open in its new location and all appli- | cants for relief hereafter will call there. Office hours will be from 2 to 5 o'clock on Monday, Tuesday. | Thursday and Friday afternoons. Miss Adelhyde Gunther, Juneau (and Douglas welfare worker, will be in charge of the new office. C(ONWAY TO GET APPENDIX WORK Jack Conway, Sitka business man who arrived on the North Coast last night with his wife and child ‘to spend a few days in Juneau in con- | nection with a court case, had plans for visits with Juneau friends cut short today when he went to St. Ann's Hospital suddenly for an ap- pendicitis operation. Mrs. Conway and child are re- mninlng at the Baranof Hotel e et IS ON THE JOB At night, the whole fam- , l ily enioys THE EMPIRE'S many featuers. THE EM- PIRE is an indispensable part of Juneau life — it + amuses, educates, in- forms, it's the best value in the world! Become a subscriber, phone 374. | | | | | L e E! f 3