The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1940, Page 5

PADRES, ANGELS ARE NOW TIED IN PLAYOFF SERIES San Diego Beats Los An-| geles Last Night-Seat- | tle-Oakland Tonight (By Associated Press) Ban Di evened the playoff series in the Pacific Coast League by winning last night in the game with Los Angeles ar king the score ame e e score last night | San D 8 and Los Angeles one h Bill Thomas, the curve ball ar-| tist of the San Diego team, kept the | Los An s Any weil in hand | while his mates were blasting Lee Stine to the showers in the fourth inning with a five-run uprising. | Scattl i Oakland resume lhr“ playoff s tonight in Seattle. | D NOTICE AIRMATL ENVELOPES, showing speeches enroute to San Francis o7 route from Seattle to Nome, on | sdle at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. | ministered in the interests of the, {a major industry and said: ’planrs. yes, we must have them ago, but great as that need, the Roosevelf [DUCKS, GEESE PLENTIFUL ON IsAtacked | coppova FLas By Willkie prit Lygick Says Season in sl Westward Best in Dg(}iie Duck flats of Westward Al f:a this year have more hirds on them than at any other time in the past ten years, according to Phil Lydick, Bureau cf the Census employee, who returned this week from Cordova. Lydick, who spent three weeks of vacation visiting his mother, said that on the Copper River flats no one was having any trouble this vear getting the limit every time he went out. | Most of the ducks are local birds, the big migration not yet having arrived. Lydick said. Geese are also plentiful. He said the yellowleg geese left early this year, were around at the opening of the season. The nimred predicts a large flight of birds in Southeasl Alaska as well d is keeping his shotgun in con- |diticn for the opening of the sea- GOP Nominee Continues| Belittling President- 4-Point Program (Continued from Page Opre) entire nation | Willkie advocated development of American peacetime aviation into “War and should have had them years need for future peactime aviation is even greater.” Willkie discussed this industry specifically. Leaving here, Willkie was sched-| uled to make several rear platform | R lblqlest Bank in Alaska | | High School | officers and Lee T | office of senior class president. Le- Commercial The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau. Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Departmen? son here October 1. Sfudent-fi Selec? ‘ Clas; Officers Elections were held at the Juneau this week for S 3 sucas was given the avlngs |Roy Vestal was clected vice presi | dent, and Miss Betty Reed, secrcs- tary-treasurer. i 8 In the junior ck Chee Hermafin | was elected president, Horace Adréms | Jr., vice president; and Miss Jjoan | Hudon, secretary-treasurer. / Jack Newmarker is class presJdent for the sophomores, John B jvard, 50 that none| 4 l | {Crucial Series Between| vice president; and Miss Anns. Loia; | Davis, secretary-treasurer. | The fairer sex will wield tlee gavel for the freshman class, wifh Mi June Powers as president. Vice Pres- secretary-treasurer is M | Femmer. Alasko / b e & 5 Empire Clussifieds Plyf' { The BUY In ig-G Big-Game Rifles N buying a Winchester Model 70 rifle, you get the world’s finest development in a bolt action sport- ing rifle. 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And ask about the new Winchester Super’- Speed_cartridges, both regular-sind'Silvertip, T P | / ident is Kenneth Thibedéau and lbs/’MargareL Won Lost Pet Cincinnati 94 41 .667 | Brooklyn 83 61 576 St. Louis il 65 539 | Pittsburgh 3 10 510 Chicago 1 13 497 Ncw York T ] 465 Philadelphia 46 97 322 { American League | Won Lost Pet, | Gleveland 8 61 582 Detroit 8 61 B2 New York 80 64 456 Chicago ki) 67 541 ‘Boston =75 69 521 St. Louts 63 83 432 Washington .60 -8 414 b3 % 3m | turn DETROIT Il | FIRST, TiED Leaders Starting This Afferndon (By Amchlr'ix Press) The Detroit Tigm;: bombarded the Philadelphia Athl('t,‘.rs into submis- sion in both gameg yesterday after- noon to climb in‘& a first place tie with the Clevelagfrd Indians. Today the Tig & s and Indians open a crucial series/ in Detroit, playing three games. / The Indiarg yesterday defeated the Washing'/n Senators on Lefty Al Smith's ‘§x-hit pitching. The New “sork Yankees, still re-| fusing to be/ counted out in the pen- . overwhelmed the Chicago White Sox. to keep within four games of the 1 g ders. Manarr Joe Cronin on the bench with a giked hand, the Boston Red Sox lord to the St. Louis Browns. Paul/Derringer chalked up his 20th victo' 7 of the season as the Reds fl back the Phillies for the lhil/ straight. Tf e Giants dropped their 11th sty’g ight game as the Cubs pounded the«m for 14 hits. / THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, ERIDAY, SEPT. 20, 1940. CLEVELAND, - AMUNDSEN AIDE | COMES BACK AS | NEWSPAPER MAN Capfain Hammer at Nome with Pole Expedition -Wife Is Writer Capt. Haakon H. Hammer, who was with Capt. Roald Amundsen | when the explorer was organizing a North Pole expedition at Nome; Wainwright and East Cape between | 1921 and 1924, is back for his first | visit to “civilized” Alaska. | Capt. and Mrs. Hammer flew here | by PAA Electra from Fairbanks yes- | terday after going by steamer to Seward, train to Anchorage and plane to Fairbanks. They will go south on the Princess Louise next Monday, stopping meanwhile at the | Baranof Hotel Expelled by Mussolini Hammer, who has the distinction of being the first newspaperman ex- pelled from Italy by Mussolini, is now Pacific Coast representative of the International News Service, with offices at San Francisco. He and Mrs. Hammer, who is a journal- ist in her own right, have been mak- ling a survey of the news distribu- | tion system in Alaska. | | Mrs. Obera Hammer, a writer for | | King Features Syndicate, will take | ing color combinations, easy to sew on new | Spun Rayon Wool . Feather Flannel . . Faille Tatfeta . . . | Silk Rayon Jersey Matelasse . . AN EARTH I {=outh with her information for a | number of articles for Sunday sup-| #The hopes of Prankie Frisch, of J:e Piltsburgh Pirates to oust St. twice yesterday. GAMES THURSDAY National League Cincinnati 4; Philadelphia 1. Chicago 8; New York 2. St. Louis 2, 8; Pittsburgh 1, 2. American League Detroit 13, 10; Philadelphia 2, 1. New York 10; Chicago 1. Boston 1; St. Louis 2. } Washington 1; Cleveland 3. | STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League ARMY T0 PUSH COMPLETION OF YAKUTAT FIELD Captain Flies fo Site~Crew fo.Land Late This Month An Army airfield at Yakutat with some air detachment stationed there is to be developed immediately. Capt. Benjamin Talley of the Army Engineer Corps arrived from Portland on thé Alaska Clipper last night and flew to Yakutat today with Pilot Alex Holden to make pre- < liminary arrangeiments for landing Army workmen at Yakutat last this month, The captain will return here Sunday or Monday to fly south on | the clipper. e SIMMONS MAKES SITKA HOP AND HOLDEN YAKUTAT Shell Simmohs flew to the coast today and Alex Holden flew to ‘Yakutat. 3 Simmons took Carl Cummings and Roberts to Hirst, while Holden took. Capt. ‘B. B. Talley, of the U. S. Army ‘Engineers, to Yakutat. Yesterday, Holdén borught in Mr. ‘| and Mrs. A. 8. Chaney, Mrs, Gunder- son and Miss M. Bucharoth from Sitka. Mrs. Pred Guthirie to 8itka and J:|! ‘n)rmen's. One article will deal with transportation in Alaska, ti |vating the Hammers in tryi | moti- | g all class| g ouis from third place faded quick- | the various modes of travel during | [y as the Cards set back the Bucs | their visit. | Flew from Spitzbergen | | Capt. Hammer conducted a num- I ber of flights for Amundsen in 1923 |and 1924 from Spitzbergen, estab- lishing bases and scouting out routes | Which were later used by the ex- \plorer in his flight over the Pole | with Nobile. | | Hammer has been a correspondent | in Europe and Asia for many years. | | He met Hitler in 1936. Last March | he was ready to go to Norway to| | cover the campaign there, whcni | Hitler interrupted by making his| conquest of Norway complete. ! TROLLING BOAT FLOATED AGAIN The ‘troller which was grounded | vesterday on Brent Island in Auk Bay 'was reported pulled off the reefl yestérday afternoon by John -Mar- tinson; who reported no lives were ‘ost ‘and little damage was done to he beat. It is understood the craft dragged anchor - during the recent strong southeaster and went on the beach. Enlisted Man Dies When Plane Crashes TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 20.—A man who died in a flaming crash of an army airplane was identified ‘ast night as an enlisted man at McChord Army Air Field, Morris ieller of Union City, Mo. The identification was made by ther men at the field. Heller took ip the plane without authorization Tt crashec 4 ~ar the edge of the field, and burst into flames, killing him instantly. - eee FULL DRESS ACT BUT NO REHEARSAL ALAMOSA, Col, Sept. 20. — As- istant Fire Chief William Shuldt, vho also is exalted ruler of the Ala- nosa B.P.O.E., was presiding at a odze initiation ceremony. Other members of the volunteer fire de- jartment were participating, every- one in full dress. A car, parked at the curb in front f the building, caught fire. The volunteers responded on the run nanned a hose, put out the flames, srushéd off their fancy uniforms and returned to the initiation. A BN T W e JOB ENOUGH, TOO SPARTANBURG, S. S.—A wom- in who enrolled for the recent Dem- ocratic primary filled in the occu- pation blank space with one word— “Mother.” AT AUK BAY IS 1 B. M. BEHRENDS C0. | ® KHAKI GREEN ® SOLDIER BLUE ® WINE NAVY BROWN A huge assortment f whether it’s a dress fo ness, street or formal AIR SURVEY BY DEFENSE BOARDENDS "Getting So-m—e;/here' Says General of Northwest Defenses (Continued from Page One) bers of the Joint Canadian-Amer- ican Defense Board left by plane yesterday for inspection of British Columbia defenses after overlooking the air station at Sitka. The party arrived in a heavy rain and thick mist Wednesday after- noon. Members of the board included Capt. H. W. 8hill and Commander Forrest B. Sherman, of the U. S, Navy and Lieut. Col. J. T. McNar- ney, U. S. Army, members of the American division. Canadian mem- bers were Briz. General Kenneth Stuart, Roval Canadian Army; Capt. L. W. Murray, Navy Air Command- 2r and A, L. Cuffey, Air Force. The party spent its entire time on Japonski Island studying blueprints and touring construction work for the purpose of gathering informa- tion for the collaboration of Canad- ian and American coastal defenses which will be presented to the next meeting of the full board in Boston 1t the end of the month. The board then headed south to inspect Tongue Point, near Astoria, Oregon. Pt 4 Sl i A The Daily Alaska Emptre guaran- tees the largest daily circulation o any Alaska newspaper. THINK 1Ll EVEN ORDER " By sfionfifi'némfiis‘“_ | 7; i;}esehiing Fall's New Dress Fabrics In all their startling glory FALL'S DRESS FABRICS ARE HERE . . . Richer, softer, more beautiful than ever . . . Distinctive weaves, charm- Printed Rayon Crepes . . 65¢c yd. make your selection, and you’ll ap- 1 preciate our grand low prices vou'll find proper, lovelier materials in this thrilling showing. , soft draping, fabrics, you'll . . 85 yd. . . 100 yd. . . 8c yd. . . 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