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Bees stung Cincinnati - with Max West and Chet Ross smashing out { 3=run homers. | Brooklyn blew an cision and the Cardinals whipped the Phillies, running their wins to Flag Race Drives in 2 Majors Yankees, Eafdinals May Have Started Too Late ; fo Get Anywhere | eight straight The Giants dropped a game on 13-inning -oe RUSSIA HELPING | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | The question now is whether the | Yankees and Cardinals started to stretch their drive: soon enol | to get anywhere in the flag races E in, the Major Les MOSCOW, Aug. 24—The Soviet After losinz two games, Cleve- | nowspaper Izvestia detlared in, an land calls on Feller today to attempt to salvaze one game from the series with the Yar Steve Sundra pitched the Yanks to a decision yes- terday with six hits and then broke ade by supplying her with raw ma- terials in return for receiving Ger- man industrial products, including up the game with a 2-run single grmaments. that brought the Yanks within seven i <o R S games of the leadership. e Meanwhile the stingless Boston Empire Classifieds Payr ' CLEANING SERVICE Motor-Driven Brush Cleaner and Standard Set of Attachments REGULAR § VALUE | $53.90 . This full-sized General Electric Cleaner, with high-speed motor, motor-driven brush and many of the latest features, is complete with attachments which offer dozens of extra cleaning services, such as upholstery, lamps, bookcases, mattresses, etc. Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. PHONE 616 GENERAL - ELECTRIC CLEANERS Oldest Bank in Alaska Commercial Safe Deposit Sévings Banking by Mail Department The B. 1. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska e - - ) ) 2 11-inning de- | to|, beat Chicago in a| { game. | GERMANY Eeattle Rainiers a defeat last night| |that was far worse than the score| article today that Russia is helping | Germany to beat the British block- | SEATTLEIS | ' GIVENBUMP, | RunnersupI\Tl_Wiil oames - -Porfland Loses by | Dropped Throw ASSOCIATED PRESS) (By | | | The Hollywood Stars handed the | indicated. Seattle is credited with only one earned run but the Rain- iers fail to be worried with the| wide margin still wide, although | the runnersup won last night Los Angeles shut out Sacramento behind the 3-hit pitching of Ray] OMEN FOR OCTOBER-Football's not far off when Prim. San Francisco handed the coaches get together. Here are Jim Crowley (left) of Fordham game on a platter to San Diego af- and Bill Kern of West Virginia, at W. Va.’s coaching school where |ter a big lead, but gave up six runs they talk over their coming game, Oct. 5, in New York. i | trailed 3 to 4 going into the eighth | cellar honors, dropping a close one, |in the seventh inning Portland continued the race for WINNERS OF 1940 EVERGREEN BOWL NAMED, AWARDE Nearly All at Announce- ment Hearing Receive Remembrances however, to Oakland. The Oaks but Eddie Adams, catcher for Port- land, dropped a throw at the plate | to let in the winning run | GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League Seattle 5; Hollywood 7. Portland Oakland 5. | Los Angeles 8; Sacramento 0. | San Francisco ; San Diego 11. | National League Pittsburgh 13; New York 10. A " 1 gl?ut::nllhfin;nl::.“Limu o With the 1940 athletic ‘ournament Brooklyn 4; Chicago 5, eleven in- season drawing to a close at the ey Evergreen Bowl Friday afternoon FUNE SRR, the winners were announced and presented with their awards. A Cleveland 3; New York 5. large crowd was prest for the ac- St. Louis 4; Philadelphia 6. Chicago 2; Washington 3, thir- tivities a‘nd the p ntation pro- teen innings. gram which started at-3 o'clock in N the afternoon. Contests for the day STANDING OF THE CLUBS | Were started at 1 oclock in the afternoon and completed shortly bo- Pacific Coast League 4 fore 5 o'clock. Almost every person Pct Won Lost Seattle % 52 ‘653 | there went home with some sort of Oakland 82 68 547 x’er_ngxnbx'nnrv of the summer’s ac- Los Angeles 81 68 saq | HVittes. 5 San Diego Th 3 517 2 Hoxs Hollywood B '500| Men's singles tennis — Joe Bird, Sdoranidnts % 76 “a97 Permanent possession of trophy for San Francisco 66 83 443 | Winning in 1939 and 1940 Portland 45 109 292 Women'’s single tennis—(Tourna- National League ‘mrnl not yet completed i Won Lost Pet. | HIEh et Cincinnati 71 43 .| Girls’ tennis—Colleen Hellan (cup Brooklyn 65 50 565 | permanently given to Marion Dob- St. Louis 59 53 527/%om for winning in 1937 and 1938) New York 58 54 518/ Boys’ tennis—Jim Johnson (Cup Pittsburgh 58 56 | permanently given to Raymond Paul Chicago 60 58 | for winning in the 1937-1938 tour- Boston 5 6 5 | naments). Philadelphia 38 71 | Girls' ping pong Lila Sinclair American League (Cup permanently given for win- Won Lost Pet, | Ng in 1939 and 1940) Oleveland T 48 597/ Boys’ ping pong—Rodney Nordling Detroit 61 52 ‘563 | (Cup permanently given to Re New York 62 53 ‘539 | mond Paul, winner of 1937 and 1938 Boston €3 55 ‘534 | tournaments) ! Ohidsgo 50 55 p1g| Grls’ horseshoes—Dessa Schneid- Washington 51 65 440 | T (Cup permanently given to Ida- St. Louis 9 m ‘408 | Pelle Dobson for winning 1937-1938 Philadelphia 46 69 4op|tournaments), e — Boys' horseshoes—Waiter Fukuya- | | ma (Cup permanently given to Ray mond Paul, winner of 1937-1938 | tournaments). Girls’ golf—Dessa Schneider. RETIREMENT OF TEXAS COMPANY | HEAD REVEALED | Capfain Rieber, Who Aid- | ed Nazi, Quits Oil Firm fi@gelher ; NEW YORK, Aug.24.—Capt. Tor-| kild Rieber, who quit the Chairman- | ship of the Texas Corporation and resigned recently as a Director of the Company, announced today his “complete retirement” from affairs of the big oil concern. | The chairmanship resignation | came after disclosure of his associa- tions with Dr. Gerhardt Westrick, special trade envoy from Germany | accredited by the German Embassy | in Washington, | R ORGP o The Daily Alaska Empire has the | largest paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper — s SANITARY PLUMBING and | | HEATING COMPANY | W. J. NIEMI, Owner *’Let your plumbing wotry be { our worry.” PHONE 788 | ——— —— ’ Boys' golf—Jack Newmarker (Cup | permanently given to Tom Powers, winner of 1937-1938 tournaments) Grade School Girls' tennis—Dorothy Thidobeau | (Cup permanently awarded to Col- 1 leen Hellan, winner of 1937-1938 | tournaments.) Boys' tennis — Edward Kennedy ItCup permanently presented for 1939-1940 tournaments) Girls’ ping pong—Alga Dapcevich. B ping pong—George Paul Girls' horseshoes—Dorothy Thib- odeau. \ Boys' horseshoes—Tom Fukuyama. Girls' golf—Dorothy Thibodeau Boys’ golf—Tom Fukuyama. The winner of the women’ championship will be announced just as soon as the Mrs. Allen vs, Jean Anderson match has been com- pleted. The soft ball league has the major portion of its schedule yet to complete but it is hoped that this will be taken care of just as soon as the baseball league has completed its games. Many of the ployers are playing on both hard and soft ball teams, making it difficult to sched- ule games. Also, owing to the fact that many of the high school boys are return: from the canner the ‘All-Stars” team should be able to get back on its feet again Winners—| al Program The following is the list of contest winners in tne final program of activities to be held al the bowl this year, | Sand box display—(under seven years of age) Robert Sprague, Richard Pavalot, Stella Dapcevich. Cartoon contest—Boys—Ages 6-8 |years;, Richard Pavalot Robert Sprague; 10-13 ye Chuck Rivera, Georze Shaw; ages 14-16 1 s, Bill Kennedy, Rodned Nord- ling. | Gitls—Ages 6-0 years: Stella Dap- | | cevich, Helen Dapcevich; 10-13 | years: Bessie Dapcevich, Alga Dap- cevigh: 14-16 years: tennis ages ! | Ann’ Dapeevich | Hogseshoe pitching for distance | | Boys , — Spr Ages 5-17 years: Robert ue, Jerry Godkin; ages 8-10 | Jim Sprague, Stanford Clark; | 11-13 years: Lindy DuPree,| hert Mead. Girls—ages 5-7 years: Helen Dap- " BRINGING UP FATHER YOUR MOTHER IS5 SET ON MAKIN' ANOTHER TOUR - SO | ASKED YER HUSBAND IF HED TALK TO HER AND TRY TO DISCOURAGE THE IDEA-IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE = TO GO-EITHER- }//é/\ ’ \ N A ] 20 (P = —o R ‘ $ing RO Pk u % 3 S DON'T WORRY -DADDY~ | KNOW MY HUBBY WILL WIN HER OVER-AS HE DOESN'T CARE WELL-OLD TOPPER- ’ THAT WORRY IS OFF YOUR MIND-| CONVINCED HER A TOUR WOULD BE il i LAt ‘H“IIIIIIIIlIII[!MHI!!HMIIIII? CONVINCED SO You HER-EH? A YEP-1 GOT HER TO BUY ' INSTEAD- cevich; ages 8-10 ye Mae Dape vich, Marie Kennedy; ages 11-13 years: Ann Dapcevich, Dorothy Thi- bodeau Golf Ages stroke for 6-7 years: distance—Boys Robert Sprague. ages 8-9 years: Joe Sprague; ages 10-11 Gerald Shaw; River: Jim Girls: cevich; ag nedy Ages 6-7 years 8-9 years: ry Thibodeau; Helen Dap- Marie Ken- yea Bessie Dapcevich, Shirley Er- win. Wading across the pool Helen ! Dapcevich Splashing and shouting contest Boys: Dennis Holt and Billy Carl- son, tie for first; Girls: Helen Dap- cevich Under water swim for distance Boys-—Ages 9-11 years, Dennis Holtz 12-14 years: Billy Carlson 6-8 years: Helen Dapce- ages 12-14 years: Alza Dapce vich Water race—Dennis Holtz, Billy Carlson Coin finding (Over a dollar’s worth of coins were tossed into the pool and all tried for them)—Dennis Holtz came up with a hand full of coins and no breath Running races years: Robert Spr: alot; ages 7-8 y Boys—Ages 5-6 te, Richard Pav- Bobby Keaton Jerry Godkin s 9-10 years: Jack Herrington,, Hershel Barrett; ages 11-12 years: Tom Fukuyama, Lindy DuPress; ages 13-14 years: Evan Scott, John Kennedy. Girls—Ages 5-6 years: Stella Dap- cevich, Doris Barlett; ages 7-8 years: Helen Dapcevich, Donna Olds; azes 9-10 years: Marie Kennedy, Joyce Knight; ages 11-12 years: Dorothy Thibodeau, Maralyn McAlister; ages 13-14 vears: Pat McAlister, Alga ch, backward race—ages 9-11 Jack Herrington, Don Krane. | AR Y T Hollywood Sights And Sounds By Robbia Coems. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 24 tights, black boots, bls ‘Tyrone Power wearing black hat and black moustache, is doing a job he never did before He has played Jesse James, and deLesseps, and a pioneer with Brigham Young, and except for. Don Ameche he looks more the way historical characters are supposed to look than any other young man in the movies But now Doug Fairanks, Rather. playing against the fan memory of Doug as he was in one of his jumpingest, jitteriest, silent epics, “The Mark of Zorro.” They're calling it “The Californian” now, and they've stream- lined the tsory, but that's what it is — good old Zorro, the Robin Hood of early Los Angeles, when the fifty city was a pueblo and scarcely a 'dot in the mind of Mother Spain he's playing senior. he's Ty hasn't reached the fence-leaping stage yet “That's still to come,” he says. “Right now I'm bothered by the fencing.” He's taking lessons from Fred Cavens; the duel master of the studios, who taught Doug, Sr. how to whip an army with a single sword. Ty is pitted against Basil Rathbone in the fencing sequence. Rathbone is a picture veteran of the foils and an amateur fencer in his spare time Rouben Mamoulian is directing “The Californian.” “The Mark of Zorro” as the first movie he saw when he went to Lon- don some 20 years ago from his native Tiflis. He saw the movie again the other day It may be crude by today's standards, he reports, but the “psychological thrill” still is there, and the pic- The new version, he says, will have its athletic, down. “After all,” he explair ture doesn’t suffer. business toned acrobatic PERCY’S CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT e sTorP 1 at PERCY'S ANY TIME for vears: Ted Holtz, Don Krane; ages 12-14 years: Evan Scott, John Ken- Dinners or Light Lunches nedy that all Juneau is talking Girls' backward race—Ages 9-11 about. TRY OUR FOUN- . Joyce Knight, Maralyn Me- TAIN, TOO! s 12-14 years: Dorothy Thibodeau, Ann Dapcevich Bicycle Hill Clmb—Boys, 12 and under: Ed Kennedy; gir 2 and under: Joyce Knight; boys, 13-16 years: Evan Scott; girls, 13-16 years: Pat McAlister. All persons who have won perma- nent possession of a cup and were not there to receive it may call for their cup within the next two days at the Mead Apartments, where Harold F. Roth, Recreational Di- rector, is residing. O lobbies,Eongress And Ghost Writers Given Warnings (Continued from Page One) | other was made to Fairbanks' order, and this is going to be a logical story.” There’ll be another difference, according to Ernesto A. Romero, technical adviser. Romero, for 12 years attached to the Mexican consulate here, knows how movies with Latin American locales should be made. “Once Hol tuming, furnishings ood paid no attention to such details as cos- accents when it made pictures of South or Central Ameri Romero says. “Latin Americans laughed at or resented Hollywood's pictures of themselves. “Today every care is taken to assure authentigity. This set- ting, the home and patio of the Alcalde of old Los Angeles, is We take some dramatic license, but we | a beautiful example. | take none with details of wardrobe, settings and speech. Every Spanish word spoken by the players, to give flavor to their speeches in English, will be pronounced correctly, and Latin Americans will appreciate it.” The leading lady is Linda Darnell. The day I was on the set she walked in, informally slacked and bloused. Mamoulian ‘ took one look at her hands, and delivered a paternal lecture. i “Linda,” he said, ‘in a few days we shoot you.at prayer. Your hands must be clasped, and you must look as beautiful as telegrams from his constituents than to anything else. After all, a painting by an old master. But the audience will look at your they are the ones who butter his| hands and it will say, ‘Ah, Linda, has been biting her nails bread, The flaw in the pressure-(| again!’” from-home lobby is that a lot of “I'l use false nails,” Linda promised Mamoulian. Senators and Representatives have | Pat McAlister, | taken to checking up on the send-| Jetters| - —— ers of said telegrams and nd woe be to the legislation that NOTICE TO CREDITORS §h | government officials, members of| s to be balked B O o “be| Congress, administration spokesmen IN THE COMMISSIONER'S hone; | and administration enemies fre-| COURT FOR THE TEERRITORY B it quently are NOT written by the| OF ALASKA, DIVISION NUM- THOSE SPEECHES YOU MERE | men who deliver them. Delivering| BER ONE. That the speeches delivered by THREE'S A CROWD OF RED SO X_—Meet the Red Sox sluggers—Jimmy Foxx (let), i Lou Finney and Ted Williams (right). On this occasion Larrupin’ Lou was snectator. because of a cold, By GEORGE McMANUS YACHT [l il a speech is one thing, but writing| Before FEELIX GRAY, Commis- | it is another. Often good speakers| sioner and ex-officio Probate | lack the knack of setting them| Judge, Juneau Precinct. down. Sometimes pressure of busi-| IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST | ness prevents a man devoting time| WILL AND TESTAMENT OF | to writing a speech, In nearly alll EVA C. WILSON, Deceased. | instances, the speakers confer with NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN the authors, give them an outline|that the undersigned was, on the of their ideas and let it go at that lelrd day of August, 1940, duly ap- That President Roosevelt issues' pointed executrix of the Last Will some of his most important stories and Testament and of the estate for Monday morning newspapers|of Eva C. Wilson, deceased. when news is dullest. Stories is- All persons having claims against sued then' almost invariably will the estate of said deceased are re- get a good play. (Other political quired to present the same, with leaders have discovered this, too,’ proper vouchers attached, to the “‘wllh the result that Monday morn-| undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, ing news is not nearly as dull as|within six (6) months from the date of this notice. KENNA ADAMS, Executrix of the Estate of Eva C. Wilson, deceased. First publication: Aug. 24, 1940. Last publication: Sept. 14, 1940. .- TTy a classified ad tn The Empire. GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY DAILY TRIPS it used to be.) S e, NOTICE | AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showing | air route from Seattle to Nome, on | sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv, ——— | Empire Classifieds Pay! COAL——WO0O0D LUMBER—GROCERIES ® PHONE 374 “SHORTY" WHITFIELD a f .