The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1940, Page 5

KAUFMANN HAS HIGH SCORE AT ELKS ROLLING Bob Kaufmann was on the best wrse at the Elks pin races last n and came across the finish line with a tally of 543 pins, his| Cooks winning three games from | the Supers | Grocers, répresented by lone keg- | ler Koski, managed to get away with two wins and a loss from the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1940. Just Suppose Basketball Chiefs Adopt R 1 basket’s circumference be en-| larged. Allen came back with a proposal that the size of the ball be reduced. Said he: | 1 “Balls wear out rapidly and I| thing it would be much cheaper |to decrease the size of the ball| than to force everyone to pur-| chase new hoops. | He pointed out that the original| | basketball was 27 inches in cir- | cumference, that rules ballooned it to 32 inches and then reduced | iic to its present 29!z inches. He {also urged that some of the | bounce be taken from the ball so | that fewer shots will hop out of ring. Both factors would also | RADDE MAKES HIGH ROLL IN PIN MATCHES Ed Radde, with 584 for other bowlers in the Commercial League last night as his Signal Corps squad won four points from Bruns- wick Cafe and Juneau Floris 50 swept to four wins over the Drug- gists without much competition Tonight's games are George Brothers vs. Brunswick and Cosmo- set the pace e . Manton Leaves tor Prison ‘ the 15 oy, JOE RS ot —IT WYDA \ BEEN GOOD IF ‘ THEYD LEFT || | Builders. ball handling, he| politans vs. Home Grocery ‘ Scores last night are as follows: N e | Juneau Florists A Bl | Halm 188 168 Another of Allen’s pets is a plan| " . & to have the basket gs the center | Lajole o ‘1),,9 of a 16-foot circle. Offensive play-:camcgle el ers could dribble into or out of | the circle, but could not drive into the area for a lay-up shot if an- other player were in the ring. | The defense, by stationing a man | there, could make the area a vir-| tual “no man's land” for the of-!. | fense. | ét 423 N | Ken Loeffler, cage coach at Yale,| 103— 366 X \ came out shortly thereafter with 179— 495 ‘A modification of that plan. He : | would mark off a semi-circle with 5 la 14-foot diameter (seven feet on Pu: “Eoraes i ‘each side) under each basket. Kaufmann 150 158 127— 435 g 2\ | | No player would be permitted 213 168 160— 541 to invade the area until the ball had touched the rim or back- Hor: took the Mallards | oout of three. | Tonight’s games are, Fosters vs.| Femmes, Medicos vs. Physicians, | neers vs, Supers. s last night are as follows: s 218— 181— 141— § TH BASKET WHERE. 553 The Druggists 174 145 159 159 131 176 2 20 Grocers Totals 183 ‘145 146 474 Builders 167— 523 45— 435 14 458—1396 Ferguson Powers Larsson Handicap 112- 20— Totals Totals 484 500 Spot 23 Halm Mrs. Davlin Davlin . Signal Corps 200 196 188 182 151 159 158 177 139 Radde Croken | Stevenson - 492 ~ 47| pormer Judge Martin T. Manton (left) is shown in custody of U. S. Marshal Leo Lowenthal as they left New York by car for Lewisburg (Pa.) Penitentiary. Manton, once highest U. S. judge under the Supreme Court. is to serve two years for conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the U. 8. of fair and impartial services. Totals Totals 540 Brunswick 136 524 Cafe 138 4861560 Mr Stewart Roberts 145— 419 175 181 538 507 Mallards 54 *157 173 Carnegie - Reynolds 469—1514 Totals 514 486 4751467 Cooks 133 192 192 517 Supers 156 b4 157 156 54— 162 157— 471 Mrs. Petrich 121-— 450 Kaufmann ——— e | Koski 168 179 191 153— 454 172— 543 145— 528 Juk Chipperfield | Totals 470—1525 Boyle Overby Burke 170 189— 515 187 150+ 121— 458 155 129 154— 438 Totals 498 449 464—1411 *—Average score. Did not bowl. SALMON DERBY PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN HERE Action j SALES Every Month in the Year AUCTION SALES DATES ures of iust year's sal- men derby will be shown tomorrow (Wednesday) night in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel. The pictures will be run off, starting at 8 c'clock, by Jule Slaby and fol- lowing showings, the Alaska Game Commission will then show game pictures. The public is invited to the double showing of pictures and the enter- tainment is free. HARRYi BOWERS IS 1940 13 10 15 17 March April May July August October September December June 12 November Special Sales Held On Reauest of Shippers Advances will be made as usual when requested. Transferred by telegraph, if desired. 182— 538~ 1 g g ? 4 5 5 i | PURSE-KEEPER —This is a new photo of Ernest T. Weir,' steel magnate who's finance chairman of G.O.P. national committee, with the job of raise, _ ing campaign funds.” .- FINNISH RELEF | FUND IS GROWING Final Confributions Receiv- zofle sec- the three of to board. AP FEATURI VICE would If current proposals to change|onds. | basketball rules go into effect ncx(} Loeffler says most rebounds fall! season even the best informed fan just outside of this “no man’s may have trouble identifying the'land” and contends that the idea revised game | would solve the “tall man” prob- coaches man- | lems. a suggestion or| Take all the dozens of proposals, the game.” This MiX well, and throw 'em into us:, into mass pro-,8nd next years basketball court . will have tralfic officials, stop-and- go lights and 10 basketball players who can’'t watch the ball for keep- ing track of all the floor-markings. - o FOLTA RELEIVES NOTIFICATION OF NEW APPOINTMENT Official pointment Occupancy be limited Each year a lew age to whittle out two to “improve year they've gone duction | The result is a flood of ideas that range all the way from elim- ination of the backboards to a plan which would have both teams shooting at one basket. Central target of this bardment of new ideas is the guy, 'the six-foot-sixer who does just about what he pleases with! basket rebounds under present rules. | Columbia’s coach, Paul Mooney (his tallest man has to stretch way up to hit six feet), came up with the no backboard idea. His argument is simple Do away with the backboards and you do away with the rebound off the bom- tall notification of his ap- Councel at Large, So- licitor's Office, U. S. Department of the Interior, was received today by George W. Folta of Juneau Folta will leave for Washington as soon as he receives word that his nation as Assistant U. S. backboards. Do away with the xe- 4 iney ic received from the De- bounds and you take away MOSL . opmang of Justice and he takes of the advantage of PIAYeIS' i oapn for the new position. Very hbiehb likely he will depart on the boat ‘next Monday. His office will be in Juneau after he returns from a month's consultation in Washing- ton. s Allen Leads Field Dr. F. C. Allen, head of basket- ball's national research commit- tee and one of the most prolific suggesters in the game, tossed in another aimed at the big fel- lows who park under the basket and merely reach out with the ball and drop it—not shoot it— AN ESE ST S MINING PEOPLE HEADED FOR OPHIR GOLD FIELDS Mr. and Mrs. John Havenstrite are Yukon passengers on their way Sison Mura . 157 162 212 135 Totals 455 485 4431383 —*Average score. Lid not bowl >+ DENT CONVICTED BY JURY AFTIR 137-- 506 161— 458 WEARY SESSION Former Soldier Guilty of Assault with Intent fo Rape A jury which deliberated fram 4:55 o'clock vesterday afternoon un- til 10:10 o'clock this morning re turned a verdict in District Court today convicting William Albert Clayton Dent of burglary and as- sault with intent (o rape. The discharged Chilkoot Barracks soldier was acquitted on a third charge of assault Thhe woman assaulted by Dent was Mrs. Helen Thiemeyer of Haines. Members of the jury were Mrs. Maurice T. Johnson, Fred Henning, Frank Booth, H. O. Adams, Leonard Johnson, H. L. Clark, Aronld Hend- rickson, Mary Doogan, Mrs. Don Parson, Mrs. A. J. Goodman, Nels Bjerknes and Esther M. Ralston - HUBBARDE: ON YUKON to Three Miners Creek near Ophir FOOD VALUE OF CANNED SALMOY 55 10 BE TOLD Sales of canned salmon in re- tail stores throughout the United States will be stimulated during |early summer months by the ap- pearance of more than 15': million advertisements in color in leading national household magazines, ac- cording to the advertising commit- tee office of the canned salmon industry. The first gun in the summer sal- mon campaigh to clear distribu- tors' warehpuses of salmon in advance of the 1940 Alaska pack will be a color advertisement in the June issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, which boasts the largest circulation of any magazine in the world This advertisement will offer an attractive cold salmon platter for warm weather meals, The rich food values of canned salmon will be dramatized by a chart device which will tell millions of women read-| of salmon under the headline: | Here science pictures for you the! | great food values of canned sal- | mon.” Similar advertisements will pear in McCall's magazine True Story magazine. | In July issues of Ladies Home and ap-' T SWEDE_war threats to Sweden add to the cares of Gen. O. G. Thornell (above), Sweden’s chief of general staff. RAY WARD LEAVING ON FOREST SERVICE TRIP TO WESTWARD Ray Ward, Regional Fiscal Agent for the Forest Service, left today on the steamer Yukon for a month’s trip to Anchorage, Fairbanks, ‘Sew- ard and Cordova to instruct Forest BACK; TO STAY PUI; ed by The Empire Harry Bowers, of Seward, oldtimer | Given 10 Boyle of the westward section, is a pas-| 1senger aboard the Yukon bound for | _— | Seward. Bowers has been outside for the| past two years and as he says: “Be- | through the hoop. | He suggested that the baskets be raised two feet to a height of placers there. 12 feet from the floor. | Also aboard the Yukon is Jack That's just one of many ideas Allen, who is superintending drag- The Finnish Relief Pund keeps by Allen. A number of mid-west- line operations of the same inter- growing and today The Empire turn- ern coaches suggested that the ests in the Kaiyuh Hills. | Percy Hubbard, formerly well- b Journal, McCall's and American known Alaska flier now operating | Home magazines, more advertise- a Fairbanks garage, passed through | 2 5 on the Yukon northbound today ments emphasizing health benefits with his wife and visited Ju,lo““i;{,hfi:;;fid b U friends while here. June issues will reach approxi- | mately 8,000,000 homes, In July to resume dragline operations on Service personnel in financial mat- ters. THE SEATTLE FUR EXCHANGE 1008 Western Avenue D Today's News Today—Emplre, Seattle, Wash. | lieve me, I have come back to Al- |aska and I am not going out again for a long time.” 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! 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M Archbold of Kefchikan and Mrs. Robert Sum- | mers of Petersburg PETIT JURY RY 10 " REPORT MONDAY | The members of the petit jury of the Federal Court will not re- port again until next Monday | morning at 10 o'clock. It was pre- | viously announced the jury would | assemble again tomorrow morning ibub this has been changed — e, —— ‘TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: From tihrs date, March 14, 1940, |1 will not be responsible for any| | debts contracted by my wife, Anne lKarLson. adv (Signed) ‘'KARL, KARLSON. P s i HAS ANYONE HERE SEEN KELLY FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET NITE IS ON THE JOB At night, the whole fam- ily enjoys 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.