The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1940, Page 5

. SEATTLE IS » T HANDCUFFED BY NEWSOME Rainiers?n]ally ‘Make Break in Ninth Inning But Can't Win | By Asscciated Press) Dick Newsor an Diego’s right- handed mound Seattle ast night until t n outbreak. But at s had a good lead and C ns were defeated. | Newsome allo only three hits until the ninth inning when he was hit for five The Portland Beavers finally won a me. Last night they de- feated amento on outfielder Herman Reich’s homer with one man aboard base and two out in the tenth inning. Lee Stine pitched Los Angeles to a victory over the Oakland. Stine held the Angels to five hits. GAM TUESDAY Pac Coast League San Francisco 5; Hollywood 2. zeles 8; Oakland 0. iento 2; Portland 4. Diego 6; Seattle 3. National League o 3; New York 1. 3; St. Louis 4. ] SANITARY PLUMBING and | HEATING COMPANY | ‘W. 4. NIEMI, Owner “ Let your plumbing worry be our worry.” PHONE 788 | L 2 lalian Claims British Cruiser Torge_doed, Sea ROME, Aug. 28.—An Italian news agency claims that an Italian tor- pedo plane scored a hit against a British cruiser in the Mediterran- ean. It was asserted that a huge| fire broke out on the cruiser and the vessel began to list badly. - B WRANGELL TO DANCE ‘Wrangell will make the last pay- ment of $65000 on the municipal lighting plant on September 16 and one of the big events in the cele- bration will be a publie dance. T handcuffed the |y, 4ing and equipment of the plant is now valued at $150,000 American League Chicago 4; New York 5 STANDING OF T Pacific Coast LUBS gue Won Lost Pe Seattle 101 54 Los Angeles 84 69 Oakland 84 0 San Diego 9 4 Sacramento 6 9 Hollywood 75 9 San Francisco 69 84 Portland 47 106 National League Won Lost Pct. Cincinnati 75 44 630 Brocklyn 67 51 St. Louis 62 55 New York 61 56 Pittsburgh 59 58 Chicago 62 61 Boston 47 2 Philadelphia 39 (5] American League Won Lost Pt Cleveland 72 50 590 Detroit 69 53 566 New York 65 54 546 Boston 66 57 537 Chicago 62 57 521 ‘Washington 52 68 433 St. Louis 51 3 411 46 n .393 Philadelphia Oldest Bank in Alaska Commercial Savings Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department The B. M. Behrends Bank Tuneau, Alaska G i ) i Horts: getting tagzed ~* © Cubs Win . By Hurling Of Passeau S Martin Marion Makes First Homer of Major League Career to Aid Cards (By Associated Press) Claude Pa u, Workhouse ) noon, gave th als a victory ove Yanks Keep Dr ng troit Tigers, > - aska newspaper You Can Still Buy This “Big 8” General Electric Refrigerator At The Lowest Price Ever Quoted! 25° A Present low rate for it possible! GENERAL Ice Cubes! Frozen Desserts! Safe Pre- servation of Foods! 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More Usable Storage Space . v » More Conveniences than ever before, WEEK"® electric current plus the @zr1ecrnic THE FALLEN GLADIATOR third by Jim Tabor of Red Sox, who has been doing so much pitching, won his fifth game yest after- noon in 13 days with a en-hit victory over the Giants and kept the Cubs on the drive toward uw‘ first division Makes Firet Homer | Martin Marion's first homer of| his major league carcer, made in the fourth innir lay after- Louis Cardin- the Boston Bees The Yankees continued their be- lated drive toward the top yester- day by tur back the Chicago White Sox in a ten-inning victory and advanced the Yanks to five and one-half games beh the jdle Indians and two and one-half games behind the likewise idle The Ddlly Alaska Emplre has mr' ‘largest paid circulation of any Al { who lost 8-3, De- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28, —1It's agony, all right to Charley Keller, Yank outfielder, The ump is George Pipgras, Vs CIANTS DUGOUT_Brought into the Giants’ fold 15 years ago by John McGraw, Mel Ott (left) posed in New York With his present boss, Bill Terry, at recent “Mel Ott Night.” As & Giant, Ott has hit 369 homers, scored 1,332 runs, Air Mail Service ' Is Branching Out | (Conunuea irom rage One) with a special air mail mes- from nearby small | towr | senger service | towns, | Fifty-three of the towns under | the new set-up have this kind of | service — but even that is like | lightning compared to the old de- |livery in sections where railroad | service is poor or non-existent. | L | NOT A CASUALTY | Last year, the postoffice says, ‘Lthe All American outfit flew 438,145 miles, made 23,000 pickups, had a | performance record of almost 92 | percent and didn’t have a single | casualty. It's that last point to | which the flying people point with pride. Postmaster Geueral Farley ing to many, indicates an early win- |early this morning, bringing in & | called it a safety record “perhaps, ter hnd the fowl are going south to | | without precedent” for a pioneer | service. The states now included in air ing to be a tough winter and this |returned to Seattle. are is indicated by the extraordinary One person comir crop of blueberries, equal to the crop B. Penny. New of 1933 which forecast a cold winter vere taken aboard as the boat was service to “the sticks” Ohio, West Kentucky, Jersey, | mail | Pennsylvania, 1 ginia, Delaware, York and Vir- New Pennsyl- lvanm has the lion’s share of stations so far, with 54, | Just how fast the service will | be expanded or even whether it | will be, officials won’t say, but off | the record, members of both de- ( partments think the feeder air mail idea is here to stay the (Geese Seen, [Eagle River | One of the largest flocks of geese seen in this section in years, es- pecially this early in the season, was on the flats at Eagle River yesterday. The flock numbered into | the hundreds and the birds were large and plump. The presence of the geese, accord- | | | get in milder climes. ‘Wise-ones also claim there is go- which did come. 1940. 5 4 Ir Famous Long-Wearing WEATHER RIiRD SHOIS Sturdy, long-wearing, scientif’ ly con- tructed W THER BIRD SHOES are here in all their “school time glory.” A tA GameRefuge Is Established | 515 Square Miles Sef Aside Due fo Recent Heavy Influx A game refuge of 515 square miles, | designated as the Eklutna Laki | area, has been set aside by the De- partment of the Interior at the re- quest of Anchorage sportsmen, cording to an announcement today by Executive Officer Frank Du-| fresne of the Fish and Wildlife Srer-i The refuge was created, the De-' partment order explained, to pre- vent extermination of sheep, goat, bear and other big game at the hands of the several thousand sol- diers and civilians who have re- | cently moved to Anchorage to work |on the airbase. No hunting or trapping will be |allowed in the area. The Eklutna Lake area extends | from Knik Arm to the glaciers, be- tween Knik River and Eagle River. |1t adjoins a 77-square-mile goat and sheep refuge on the south. g e Tyee Arrives | With Freight | | | | | | | | | | | grand as S . which will give the children more wear 5. The freighter Tyee was in port| cargo of general merchandise for/ Gastineau Channel, taken aboard at | | Ketchikan from the Taku which | in was Miss | No outbodund passengers | booked full from other porus ! | LOOK-IT'S A LETTER FROM MY DEAREST YEH- HE VIOLATED EVERY LAW IN_THE HELLO-THIS IS MR. JIGGS CALLIN'-1S THIS YOU-CAPTAIN? WELL-LISTEN-I CAN'T GET TO MY OFFICE.TODAY -AND ME WIFE'S COUSIN AMBROSE IS YEo -~ YES ~ WELL-DON'T WORRY- MR. 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