The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1940, Page 5

(OMEBACK | OF YANKS | PREDICTED Veteran Man—ager of Ath-; lefics Forecast N. Y. | Team to Pop Up PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.—Con- nie. Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics who predict-| ed last January that the Yanks would lose the American Leaguc | pennant this year believes thav,} New York will come back and win the title in 1941, “I had a great team once nc recalled, “That team I got to- gether in 1910 was one of the greatest and I saw them crack up and lose when everyone said they couldn’t. Then they came back and were champions again, “That’s what the Yanks will do omething gets into a cham- pionship team,” the T77-year-old veteran pilot added. “I don't know what it is. You buy and train the best ball pla, have heavy hit- od fielders and perfect You go out and win sev- row. All of a hing. eral pennants in a B b YEA, YALE! _Coach “Ducky” Pond an® Capt. Harold ‘Whiteman (right) of Nashville discuss Eli c.iances » ¢ New Haven, WILLKIE, "HASTY, CLUMSY," LUCAS DECLARES IN TALK (Continued from Page One) | through dangerous economic and | military seas — the tremendous | storm from abroad is lashing, us.” | Lucas st “So far we still are safe, thanks to the firm hand at the helm—the hand that is guiding us toward the harbor of security “Shall we now disobey the old | adage of the sea whch tell us, | ‘Never drop the pilot in a storm?’ sudden that same team can’'t win nough to stay in the first division.' “What comes over the men 1 ‘an’t explain, but T know the symp- toms when I see them. That's what Wendell Willkie zen of Kansas who voted against| Alf M. Landon in 1936 could think upon us, it would be years before of voting for If we should change to the pilot our Republicans friends are urging in| e could learn the simplest laws happened to my 1910 team and 192;’[- President Roosevelt, Lucas said (r)l“n:i;'iptz'z“(ion. A pepnvdtie that’s what happened to the Yan- «pis judgment, his instincts, hi - a'__%.-._fi kees. | sagacity in international affair & B o | have not been rivaled since the| The The Daily Alaska mmpire guaran- tees the largest daily circulation of auy Alaska newspaper. days of Abraham Lincoln.” “Firm Hand at Helm” ORDER YOURS EARLY AND GET THE BEST SELECTION from the DAILY ALASKA Phone 374 by Breton sailors saved from a Complete Selection! Lower Prices Now! Christmas may seem like such a long way off right now. But do you remember that | last minute rush for Christmas cards last | year? You kept putting it off because | there was SO much time . . . and the first | thing you knew Christmas was upon you. That is why we suggest you come right | down to our office now and make your | selection. You'll find a wonderful assort- ! ment of beautiful cards, you can leave your orders_for personalized cards, and you can then send your cards out at your leisure . . . if you order your Christmas cards now. EMPIRE | mately $135.000, the world champ- la THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 1940. Reds Make Less than ! Last Year; CINCINNATI, Oct. 16.—Despite a soven-zame World Series from which the club will realize approxi- jon Cincinnati Reds likely will show profit smaller than last year when they won the National League pennant but were defeated in four straight series games by the Yankees. Warren C. Giles, vice-president and general manager, said prelim- inary figures “which probably are correct,” except for minor adjust- ments, indicate the club would show a profit “appreciably les than last year's $400,000. Giles said the difference was at- tributed to higher players' salaries and lower home attendance—ap- proximately 130,000 below 1939 when 980,000 fans went through Crosley Field turnsti'es, | CHARLES HUFF DIES | HERE AT ST, ANN'S Chares Huff, 74 years of age,' passed away last night at St. Ann’s Hospital where he had been admitted about four days ago for medical treatment. He was brought in from Pelican City, The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary pending fun- eral arrangements. - Twenty-two ho Karrel Popelik, Czech ski star, ginal pioneers still built by ori- tand in Galli- shrine of Ste. Anne dp;pnlis, Ohio, which was 150 years Beaupre near Quebec was erected | 0ld in 1940. | —_————— I | “Our ship of state is traveling|storm in 1650. Subseribe for The Bmpire SUBJECTED, BIG ATTACK Terrific Assault, Worse | Ever, Made from Dusk fo Dawn-Fires Set (Continued f-om Page One) squarely by two huge bombs and | then levelled as fire broke out. | Numerous Fires Rage | Piye oil bombs, known as “Goer- | ing's! | eooktails” started numerous I'tirés| ‘thtoughout the metropolitan |areas. < The German report says | havoc caused last night recalled the | wreckage at Warsaw, Rotterdam and | Dunkerque. | Hitler's High Command complains | angrily that British bombers who | have attacked German non-military i places and used them as targets | thus primarily directed against Ge | man civilian population, have in- | creased the “retailatory attacks on | London and therefore the tempo has | been considerably increased.” Flames Are Seen The German communique the “big fi following strong ex- 85 plosions, are raging in the heart of London and down to the Thames Bend as well as on the Victoria Docks and flames are visible out on the English Channel.” One bomb exploded near a shel- ter under a building where 110 per- sons had taken refuge during the night and by mid-morning resc crews had taken out seven and many wounded. LONDON CAFES PROVIDE BEDS FOR RAID HOURS LONDON, Oct. 16.—Restaurants in the West End of London are now providing dinner and bed at an inclusive price for customers caught by the regular nightly air- raid alarms, The new scheme has been in- troduced because many former customers have recently preferred to go home in the afternoon rather than run the gantlet of bombs and shrapnel after dark. Improvised dormitories have been provided with mattresses, pillows and blan- kets. dead snowy runs at Yosemite national park. enthusiasts, who may work up a lather of envy over this view of clearing an obstacle in one of tue PAN AMERICAN ' LUNCHEON HELD, .~ WOMAN'S (LUB Guest Spea \ Importance, Complete i Hemisphere Unity | Speaking at the Pan American | luncheon of the Juneau Woman's | Club, held yesterday afternoon in the parlors of the Lutheran church, Sam Duker, attorney, emphasized |the importance of complete unity | between the countries of the West- |ern Hemisphere, together with an adequate defense plan, The lun- cheen was given under the auspices of the Department of International | Relations, with Mrs. Fred Tiedt, {chairman, presiding, A colorful exhibit of Latin-Amer- ican art featured the decorations, and Mrs. Tiedt gave a highly en- tertaining history and description |of the objects. The display con- tained blankets, serapes, pottery, wood carving, drawn work, basket- ry, tooled leather, glassware and other Mexican, Central and South | American handicraft. Miss Phyllis | Poulin, teacher in the Juneau High Scheel had on display a hand-em- broidered evening ®coat, which she saw in the process of being made in Panama. A few of the pieces of pottery dated from pre-Aztec | times. Coming Event sket social in the grade school {gymnasium on October 29 will be lin the nature of a hard times af- fair, and all members, as well as their husbands and friends are asked |to be present in suitable costume, A ba | it was announced by Mrs. Harold | Knight. ! Mrs. Henry Harmon, dressed in |a colorful costume of southern |Mexico, sang three appropriate | selections, “La Paloma,” “Estrellita” |and “Amapola.” Mrs. Harmon | was accompanied at the piano by ‘Mrs. Robert White. Class to Meet Material for study of the 21 La- tin-American countries has been ireceived from the National Fed- | eration of Womens Clubs, and Mrs. | Tiedt of the Department of Inter- {national Relations, announces that the first class will meet next Mon- |day at 10 a. m. in the penthouse of the Alaska Electric Light and Pow- \er Co. All women of the commun- |ity are cordially invited to attend these classes and learn more about |our southern neighbors. “Defense” is to be the -topic for |the radio programs prepared by |the Department of Education for Ithe month of November. These ra- dio programs are given each Wed- | _ BRINGING UP F HOW DARE YOLI SAY YOU SAW ‘MY DEAR COUSIN LARRY BY IN A PA- ?IPLL HAVE YOU LINDERSTAND MY RELATIVES COME FROM E OF BL_ug FATHER gEAE;AAN' 1 SA K HANGIN® ON SHORT A ROPE AN COUPLE WITH BLACK AN’ BLLE EYES- \W ONE A 'Ll CALL UP THE POLICE STATION AND SEE IF | WAS RIGHT- HELLO — WELL-MAGGIE~I'M YOU SEE,I'LL HAVE L YOU UNDERSTAND HE 1S A HARD- WORKING_MAN AND NOT WANTED BY THE POL % 7 Features Syndicate, Ine, World nghts reser By GEORGE McMANUS ?fi(fil SAY HE IS - THE 2},’5/ POLICE CHIEF SAVS | THAT HE’S STILL IN SING SING AN’ YOU ARE RIGHT - THEY DON'T- EVEN WANT EZ‘ HIM OVER THERE- | GENERAL ker Emphasizes 0 ( GENERAL | ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE-PROVED IN THOUSANDS OF HOMES! | Of the millions of Cairods | in use in the past seven ( vyears, less than 1/10th of | 1% have needed replace- ment—a record that can- not even be approached by any other electrii: range heating unit. 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On Novembcr 19 a luncheon will be sponsored by this department, the 'subjest of which will be Books: In the Home, In the School and in the Com- munity. Mrs. Tom Parke, radio chairman announced that there will be a chil- drens program on the air every Fri- day at 5 p. m. Mrs. George Levecque is to be in charge of the Children’s | Hour. Fifty members and guests ab- tended the luncheon, which was prepared and served by the Ladies Aid of the Lutheran Church, and consisted of Mexican dishes. BILLKIRK SEES GAME W. B. (BilD Kirk, was one of! the thousands who attended the' world series. Writing to “Dolly” Gray, Kirk says he witnessed the| sixth game between the Cincin-| nati Reds and Detroit Tigers and it was the best game he ever saw, and Kirk is some baseball fan at| that. | Kirk also sent “Dolly” a score book which is a marvel from a; printer’s standpoint and general baseball information. | Kirk wanted “Dolly” to say ‘Hello” to all the Elks, GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY SAVE THIS DATE JUNIOR TRINITY GUILD will hold their annual Hallowe'en Silver Tea at the Parish Hall on Satur- day afternoon, October 26, from 2 to 5 o'clock. adv. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held before the undersigned Probate Judze on October 28, 1940, at 10:00 o'clock, A. M., in the office of the United States Commissioner and Ex-Officio Pro- bate Court for the Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinct, upon the petition of NELL McCLOSKEY jor admission to probate of the last will and testament of JOHN McCLOS- KEY, deceased, and for a confirma- tion of her appointment as admin- istratrix nunder the last will and tes- tament of JOHN McCLOSKEY, and for the issuance of Letters Testa- mentary to her. All persons in interest are hereby required at said time and place to appear or show cause, if any they have, why said petition should not be granted as prayed for. Witness my hand and Official Seal at Juneau, Alaska, this 15th day of October, 1940 FELIX GRAY, United States Commissioner and Ex- COfficio Probate Judge for Juneau, Alaska, Commissioner’s Precinct. First publication, Oct, 16, 1940. Last publication, Oct. 26, 1940. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors and all persons having claims against the Estate of Matt Nykanen, deceased, to present their claims against said estate to the undersigned at the office of Grover C. Winn in the Valentine Building, Juneau, Alaska, properly verified as required by law within siy months from the date of this notice. Dated this tember, 1940. 24th day of Sep- JOHN LAITINEN. Publication dates, Sept. 25, Oct. 2- adv, DAILY TRIPS COAL——WO0O0D LUMBER—GROCERIES ® PHONE 374 “SHORTY" WHITFIELD T T N SN