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

> Pace, Salica | ner and booed the decision of a draw. It was the first title fight here in a decade. Both men entered weighing 117'% pounds. i Purdue Defeals Ilinois the ring Go Fifteen Ri@amds,Draw Bantamweight Champion Fails to Put Qut His Challenger Cleveland, bantamweight 1d Lou Salica of New pionship af Basket- baII—Scorg 33-31 ¥ 15-round draw he 1o QI ‘Desbte 4 rowe e ol JORAME AT March 5. — MHE TN Purdue last nighc won the Big The fight appeared even all of Ten basketball championship, de- the [} way to the ringsiders although crowd thought Salica was win- of 33 to 31. Winner of Big Ten Cham-| feating Illinois by the close score Buy A— PETERSBURG HOOPSQUAD | HERE TODAY Powerful Wr_angell Nar- | t rows Quinfet Beat | School Champs 1 Eight basketball players from | Petersburg, representing the first| centingent of approximately a half a hundred invaders of Gastineau |Channel for the Southeast Alaska | Basketball Tourney, arrived in Ju- neau on the Yukon this morning from the Wrangell Narrows metrop- olis. The eight, comprising Hack's Re- liable Happy Tappers, are at the Gastineau Hotel. They are Captain |Elden Lee, and players Dave Oh- mer, Bob Concannon, Aril Mathi- sen, Lloyd Pederson, Keith Ander- son, Norman Heimdahl and Ed Hagerman The weighty name of the team belies the team'’s strength. The fact that this team has whipped the Southeast Alaska High School champion Vikings of Petersburg two | games of three, means they are {Q:lng to be in there plugging for | the tourney crown—and the game the Petersburg High School won, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940 1 HOPE SPRINGS ETER big league, these Cuban baseball players listen scout, gives them tips at the Senators camp in O Roberto Ortiz, outfielder and the league’s tail-enders, the Moose The Moose have yet to win a ball game and are promising to sink their teeth into this game, their last chance to put a number . 4 CLEANER 3-Minute Test Proves €-E Value ve the value yourself the amazing demon- stration the G-E CLEAN- ER gives in its ple-a: tion cleaning’ efficienc E RT WOMEN EVERYWHE .. women with an value are praising the NEW G-E CLEANER. YOU MUST SEE IT NOW! Priced from $31.95 A STOP IN and Let Us Demonstrate! "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 s 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 | | was made a victory oniy through in the win column this season. an overtime period, 27-25. | oOutside of one contest between Sitka’s town team, a squad of Haida and Henni the season sharpshooters that is phenomenally |is completed, i prelimin- accurate on long backboard shots, |ary piay is concerned. The play- lis expected to arrive by fishing off for the City League champion- boat this evening, while the Haida [ship, between Haida and Krause, is NAL AMONG ROOKIES—With dreams of a season in the attentively as Joe Cambrio (center), Washington lando, Fla. Left to right: Arturo Castro, pitcher; Louis Minsel, 3rd base; George Torres, outficlder. and pitcher; be marching to a banner tourist year, Schoettler said, with “all indi- cations pointing to unusually heavy travel northward this summer.” - - SIX FLOWN IN WITH SIMMONS Shell Simmons went out to the islands in the Lockheed today, tak- Dartmouth’s Queen YOUNG COUPLE GOING BACK T0 FARM ATHOMER Swansons Taklng Load of Implements Including | First Tractor Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Swanson, a young State of Washington couple who had a trv at farming at Homer on Cook Inlet, were through pas- sengers on the steamer Yukon today SALES Every Month in the Year AUCTION SALES DATES They are returning to thelr Kenai 1940 acres after a trip outside. And they March 13 August 14 are taking with them a load of farm " 4 April 10 October 16 equipment, including the first trac- |, September 11 tor ever to sink its cleats into July 17, Decémber 11 Homer soil. The Swansons are enthusiastic about farming on the Kenai Pen- June O ® e 0 insula and predict a bright future special 8 for Homer special Sales Held On ey Reauest of Shippers FORMER JUNEAU " SKIARTISTIS g MISSING, MEET 3 | THE SEATTLE FUR Sven Saren, one of the best “ski- EXCHANGE yumpers” ever marking Juneau ki s, is goln be sorely missed o going 1 : 1008 Western Avenue Seattle, Wash, Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph, if desired. at Sunday’s fifth annual ski tour- ney, to be held under the auspices of the Juneau Ski Club at the head of the Douglas Island ski' course. Saren, a one~time champion with the club, was Juneau's best for the time he was here, running off with everything In the way of honors at jumping and downhill racing. bers. . the member is entitled “to act criticism.” ball, is being pinned on new mem- Membership cards set forth that as screwy as he pleases without any |is Dbringing down Skagway nnd! |Army teams from Lynn Canal to- | morrow. The patrol boat Cyane| will be in tomorrow with a team| that beat the cutter Haida handily | in the First City some weeks ago.| | Play will begin Thursday eve- | | ning, with probably four games to| |be run off Thursday and Friday | nights and championship play-off Saturday night, although definite | plans have not yet been made for !the schedule. | Climaxing the three days of bas- | ketball, a public dance will be \held in the Elks Hall Saturday ;night before visiting teams return respective towns, ol ! \GALAO ROLLS UP 603 PINS | AT BRUNSWICK Emil Galao, weht wild at Lho; Brunswick alleys last night and; rolled as a 623 total as his Bruns- wieks won three of four games from | the Juneau Florists, In the othér game of the eve-| ning Signhal Corps won three of| foir points from Home Grocers. Torjight’s games are Bfunswick v8. Cosmos and Cosmos vs. Drug- gists i the order named. | Scores last night were as fol-| lows: to their Juneau Florists ( | | Haim 138 150 185— 473 | Lajoie 175 190 166— 531 | Carnegie 179 188 168— 535 Totals 492 528 535—1539 The Brunswick i E. Galao 192 193 238— 623 | vgrin 226 165 161— 562 | Seston 148 158 165— 471 | Totals 566 516 564—1646 % Home Grocery Luft 173 184 198— 535 Mrs. Kaufmann 139 130 143— 412 Koski 165 171 169— 505 (Handicap) 15 15 16— 45! Totals 492 480 525—1497' U. 8. Signal Corps Radde 179- 179 - 179—°537 ' Craken 186 181 204— 571 Stevenson 165- 208 . 13¢4— 507! Totals 530 568 517—1615° “Average score, Did not bowl. : PRGNS 74 SRR CRIMSONBEARS. -~ AND MOOSE 10 | - PLAY TONIGHT One Hasketball game is scheduled for tonight in thé High School to come later, - oo SCHOETTLER SEES BIG TRAVEL YEAR FOR ALASKA, 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schoettler and daughter Marja, returned on the Yukon today Schoettler, manager of the Bar- anof Hotel, has been in Seattle on business for the past three weeks. His wife and daughter have been | spending the winter in the Queen City, visiting friends and relatives Alaska, in travel sense, appears to S ing John Johnson to Hoonah and Martin Lehtor to Hirst, Yesterday. retwrning from Sitka, Shell brought in Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKinley, Herb Aldrich, John Presmer, D. Barnaby and Cathryn Wilson D VAN FISK HERE | FROM WRANGELL “u H. Fisk, Muyor of Wrangell and Democratic candidate for the It Is understood Saren is at Két- chikan and will not be able to make the tourney Sunday, which promis- es to be marked by the entry of approximately 60 skiers or more. T ——— MRS. TIMMERMAN ILL Mrs. Jesta Timmerman, with the Territorial Department of Health, has been confined to her home by illness for the last few days. CUAL SNF WILBUR THROUGH Marjorie Jean Carlin ¢ | R. R. Kimball enjoyed a short 'POPULATION OF SITKA AREA IS | 2,160 PERSONS The population of the Sitka area, |including Japonski Island, James. |towh Bay and the surrounding fs- lands, is now 2,160, it was an* nounced today by Census Super- Shown with her trophy, Miss Mar- visit today with his cousin, Alden|Visor J. P.. Anderson. jorie Jean Carlin, of Brooklyn,N. Y., wilbur, sheet’ metal man of Fair reigned The figure for the incorporated a visit here. Dated up With T.N. T. 5 Here 1s Johnny Paychék, heavyweight from Des Moines, Towa, who gymnastum between the High School s scheduled to soon meet Champiori Joe Louis in a title fight. queen of the Dartmouth College winter carnival. She is 20 ~ears old, has blue eyes and light brown hair. ! House of Representatives, arrived today on the steamer Northland for L ‘Big Airliner - ReadytoBe TurnedOver SEATTLE, March 5—The world's | ! first airliner designed to fly com- mercially at speeds in the neigh- borhood of 250 miles an hour and | at heights of four to six miles will | be turned over to Pan American Airways by the Boeing Aircraft Com- pany on March 11. The new clipper, with its super- charged engines and air-tight cabin which will accommodate 33 passeng- ers and the crew, will be put into !service in South America i Dismissed NEW YORK, March 5. — Federal Judge Edward Conger today dis- missed the Government's one mil- | lion, [fifty-three thoi{and dollar damage suit against eighteen lead- ing tire and rubber companies | charged with violating the Sherman anti-trust laws, BB s Rl Kefchikan Indians Jailed in Seatfle; Won't Pay TaxiBill SEATTLE, March 5—Mrs. Haf- riet Verney, 40, and Mrs. Evelyn| Schultz, 32, Ketchikan, Alaska, In: | dians, have been jailed on com- | plaint of taxi driver Leslie Tirel | He charged they refused to pay a | taxi bill a0 - It 0 ORDER UNTIL WE PAY FOR THE LAST ONE. » O.K.THEN, CANCEL. TH' ORDER --- By CLIFF STERRETT 2 Sy O N AN' TELL 'EM WE CAN'T RI3 Copr 1940, King Peatures Syndicace, Inc, Workd rghts reserwed towni of Sitka alone was anngunced \recently as 1,045. * I i > | " 'BUILDING PEkMir A'bullding permit has been issued to Dan. Ruassell to remodel his building at 632 Calhoun Avenue at o coat of - $2,600. Empire . ciuasineds bng results iy R 8 AR e e e e i e ) NITE r banks. Wilbur came in on the Yu< kon' and flew north with the PAA. He spent. the last month and . a half in the States on a buying trip, HOLDEN GOES ON EMERGENCY CALL TO KAKE Man Shobis Self with 12 GuaFe Shot?un at | Island Village | Alex Holden took off In' the baby Fairchild this afternoon at 3 o'clock on an emergency trip to Kake, following a radio report from that city that a man had shot him- self with a 12-guage shotgun. Holden expected to return with the injured man shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon. e & LOCAL SCREW-BALLS OBTAIN CHARTER;TO | THE EMPIRE IS ON THE JOB At night, the whole fam- MEET NEXT MONDAY | § sty safoys THE EMPIRE'S LA many featuers. THE EM- A charter in the Honorable As-| § PIRE-is an indispensable part of Juneau life — it amuses, educates, in- forma, it's the best value in the world! Become a subscriber, phone 374. soclation of Amalgamated and Ex- anerated Screw-Balls of America, Canada, Europe, and All Points has been granted to an Alaska | group which plans an urgnuimnon" meeting and get-logether in the Bubble Room of the Baranof Ho-| tel Monday evening at 9:30 o'clock. | The Alaska Screw-Balls were granted charter No. 13. F. V.Smith | is Chief of Alaska. Local oflicers| are: Edward J. Giovanetti, Chief; Ed P. Rodenberg, Keeper of 'the| Maguma; Rod E. 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