The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1940, Page 5

SEATTLE IS CLEVELAND WINNER FOR BIG PLAYOFF Rainiers Defeat Oaks-Los. Angeles-San Diego Batle Still On 1 (By Associated Press) Rainiers. wen their aughnessy playoff ng Oakland Sunday victory out of five by defe fourth for gam Les a doublel their serie: The winner of the Los Angeles- San Diego playoff meets Seattle for the $5,000 pot. Anceles and San Diego split Sunday to prolong DETROIT IN - TIGHT RACE Indians Take Game Sun- day-Two Teams Meet Again Next Friday (By Ascoviated Press) The Cleveland Indians “lam banz>d buack intc the thick of the American League race with a con- quest Sunday of the Detroit Tigerrs, aided by five home runs. The tr umph was Bobby Feller's 27th on the 1540 n and pushed the tribe to within one game of the leading Tigers, also paved the way for a spectacular finish to the flag when the teams ‘and their drive CLEANING SERVICE Motor-Driven Brush Cleaner and Standard Set of Attachments / 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, €tc, ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER (O. | GENERAL Commercial Tuneau, | ELECTRIC CLEANERS Gldest Banl: in Alaska Savings Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Department The B. M. Behrends Bank Alaska i schedule in a three-game Second game 10 innings. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT 23, 1940. series at Cleveland. of the homers in glarting Friday Feller hit one vesterday's game. Sclkirk Aids Yanks George Sclkirk hit twe homers and a double to drive in four runs Sunday to help the Yankees defeat Bosicn. Pitching, Homers, Win Effective pitching by Sid Hudson and Ken Chase and homers by Gee Walker and J.mmy Bloodworth gave the Senators a doubleheader victory Sunday ovar the Athletics. Johnny Vander Meers' wildness marked his comeback campaign as the Pirates defeated Cincinnati in the nightcap Sunday after: drop- ping the opener. GAMES SUNDAY National League New York 3, 7, Bosten 4, 3 Philadelphia 2, 2; Brooklyn 10 Cincinnati 2, 1; Pittsbuigh 1, ¢ St. Louis 8, 2: Chicago 1, 1. American League Bosten 3; New York 6. Cleveland 10; Detroit 5. 10; St. Leuis 0. Washington 5, 5: Philadelphia 4 Pacific C it Playoff 3; Oakland 1. The win Seattle the preliminary play- off series 9 Les Angeles 1, 8; San Diego 3, 0. GAMES SATURDAY National League Cincinnati 8, 7; Pittsburgh 1, 8. Brocklyn 4; Philadelphia 2. | Philadelphia 2. FOR COMPLETE HOME @ Now York 3; Boston 1. St. Louis 3; Chicazo 4, 11 innings American League Cleveland 0; Detroit 5. St. Louis 3; Chieago 2. | Ccast League Playoff | Los Angeles 2; San Diego 3. | Oakland 0; Seattle 4. | STANDING OF THE CLUBS National League Won Lost Pct | Cincinna 96 . 49 662 | Brooklyn 85 €2 578 | €t Touis 79 66 545 | Pittsburgh 5 72 510 Chicago 72 (6] 400 New York 68 i 469 Boston 3 62 84 425 Philadelphia 47 99 322 American League | Won Lost Pct. Detroit 87 62 584 Cleveland 8% 63 577 New York 82 64 562 C 80 69 537 % n 514 . Louis 65 84 436 Washington 62 85 422 Philadzlphia 55 92 .366 - - - Has Bembproof (el_lgr Already ST. HELENA, Cal,, Sept. 23.—Joe Simeneich, 68-year-old inventor, has built a bombproof cellar that trave Simoneich claims to have perfected a bullet-resistant sheeting which makes it possible for his shelter to be built above ground. The next logical development was to put wheels on it for convenience. ———— - Subscribe for The Empire. ONE WHO DIDN'T marched through a sout! | Answering a false alarm, in foreground, bringing death arrived on the scene soon after HUNTING PARTY - HAS ROUGH RUN - IN SOUTHEASTER Forester Goes Through Hard Blow-Glassware Is Shattered r Juneau couples rett last night after a storm: s'ck weekend. The party lef{ here Saturday ev- ening aboard Capt. Kinky Bayers' motcrship Forester for Pleasant Bay near Mole Harbor and ran into a heavy southeaster, The trip took 12 hours instead of seven, “all but three” aboard the ship were sick, and “every bit of glassware” and ‘“nearly all of the dishes” were broken in the pitching and plunging during the storm Those who made the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Danielson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kleweno, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Molloy. Carl Jensen and Helge Neilsen went along as crew with Bayers. Kleweno got the only deer, a big 175 pound three pointer, and mem- bers of the par reported seeing “lots of geese everywhere.” > - CIVIL AFRONAUTICS OFFICIAL DUE HERE Walter P. Plett, Assitsant Super- intendent Airways of the Civil Aeronautics Board in Alaska, is schéduled to arrive here by Electra from Fairbanks today. Plett is as- jsistant under Marshall C. Hoppin at Anchorage. this hook-and-ladder truck collided on a Ne to one person and injury to eleven. the crash, announced the s hour. In the car were seven persons, one of them the dead man, One Killed, 11 Hurt in False Alarm Crash FREE BOWLING FOR . BASEBALL TEAM AT ' ELKS ENTERTAINMENT Free bowliny for the Elks base- ball team and Gastineau Channel League officials will be one feature of Wednesday's entertainment the Elks Lodge is arranging for the team The entertainment and feed will | start at 9 o'clock at the Elks Hall, following the weekly lodge meeting. Leonard Holmquist is chairman in charge of the affair. ———— FCC PROMOTES STACY NORMAN ALASKA CHIEF Herbert Arlowe Arrives to Stcceed Juneau Man as Inspector Thr Juneau Commun ions announced H. Arlowe, inspector. formerly tached.to the San Francisco office, relidving Stacy W. Norman, for nearly three years in charge of the | Juneau office. Norman will devote his time to the ‘commission’s Alaskan monitor- | ing program, which provides for the establishment of listening stations at strategic points throughout the Territory, in connection with the national defense program. Arlowe is arranging to bring his family to live in Juneau within the next few weeks. e of the Pac Commission toda the arrival of Herbert At- GET BACK TO GERMAN YA little British lad gets an eyeful as a captured ‘Nazi pilot is | heastern England town to London-bound train. The pilot had bailed out of a Junkers during mass raid. w York street corner with the sedan Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, who edan’s speedometer was jammed at 52 miles per being taken away on stretcher at rights DEMOCRACY MUST BE MAINTAINED, | WILLKIE DECLARES' Nominee Approves of Aid fo Britain Also Com- * merce Help (Continued f.cm Page One) ments as a new opportunity for| cpn Lusiness, He sald he re- garded the creation of a high stan- watd ¢f living and economic pros- 7 ab as the only lcng term hape for the preservation cf democ- recy at home gain at his charge 1 contributed to| demoseracy in Eu- | a direct share for the war. His that the New Deal the supreme Court He hamme the end rore | argument | »mbarked in ry W wa cn 1238 instead of achieving 1 believed would o strength vorld democracy. The nominee British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as say- ing in 1937 there is one way above | all others in which the United Sta | ~an ‘aid the European fn-r her ‘rezain | ncrmal prosperity | mITS PUBLIC | PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23 | Wondell L. Willkie told a cheering crowd at the Bonneville and Grand | | Coulee Dams today the p(‘n))l\‘.\lmulj | | determine whether publicly-owned | power should be distributed through private or municipal systems. He left at 11:20 o'clock this forenoon | for Seattle where he will make a | speech tonight. en UTILITIES HERE YOU ARE -THE CREW IS HAVING | CORNED BEEF AN | KNEW YOU'D LIKE SOME- CABBAGE TODAY-AN' | ~ ALL | COULD "By GEORGE McMANUS They Just Came In Hosiery 1.3 pair 170 Pairs of the MOST-WANTED HOSE OF THE YEAR — and we must warn these won't last long— A lovely new fall shade “MUST- ARD BIEGE,” perfect with black and your new fall colors. If you like NYLONS we suggest you get yours tomorrow. SIZES 8'4—10'% Lim* Two Pairs B. M. Behrends Co. QUALITY QUITE A FELLOW! Neill (above), is the nation’s new tenni: SINCE 1887 —The pride of Oklahoma, Don Mc- s star. He now holds the National Clay Courts, Intercollegiate and National Singles titles. This was made when he beat Bobby Riggs at Forest Hills. BRUNSWICK IS WHIPPED WITH ELKS KEGLING Bowling three games at the Elks and the Brunswick alleys yesterday, the lodgemcn neatly took the Bruns- wic intc camp three games in a row with little competition. High bowler for the day was| Claud Carnegie with 562, Scores were as follows: Elks Tffert 175 168 185— 528 Hagerup 163 158 186— 507 Smithberg 188 181 165— 534 Carnegic 191 199 172— 562 Stevenson 169 173 185— 531 Totals 886 879 8972662 Brunswick E. Galao 145 189 138— 472 Israelson 139 128 1156— 382; ‘Taguchi 159 137 189— 485 Phillips 144 135 135— 414 Villiganas 155 153 170— 478 , Totals 742 742 7472231 Mrs. C.F. Jewellls Entertained Prior To Sailing South In ccrapliment tc Mre, C. F. Jew- °I1, mother of Lizut. Commander R, C. Jewell. Mrs. R. C. Jewell enter- | tained with a lunchecn and movies Saturday afternoon on board the Coast Guard cutter Haida. ? Asked for ‘the occasion were Mess dames R. E. Robertson, E. L. Barts lett, William A. Holzheimer, Cather= ire Gregory, W. W. Council, C. M. Hirst, L. P. Dawes and Howard Thompson. | After a two months’ visit in Jus {neau, Mrs. Jewell sailed for thi | States this merning on the Princess Louise enroute to her home in Sf. Louis. 1 | ————————— : ELKS ATTESTION | Elks Baseball Team entertainment 25. All members ady. | i | | | |and feed Sept. urged to attend. ———— Empire Clussifieds Pay! |— GLACIER DELIVERY DAILY COAL——WOOD LUMBER—GROCERIES ® PHONE 374 "SHORTY" WHITFIELD HIGHWAY TRIPS