The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1941, Page 5

Washingldn Takes Lead, Basketball THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1941. - WHAT TO EXPECT OF YOUR BRAKES MPH 75 100, DRY CONCRET e " WET CONCRETE Distances In Feet 150, 175 125 (3 Juneau Loses NO_CHAINS T | Also Doubles Kuskies at Tob of Northern Division - Stanford Heads Southern For the fist time this season, all | five Northern Division basketball teams of the Pacific Coast Confer- e ce will see action this week and a 1ything can happen Oregon beat Oregon State and Washington is now left all alone at the top of the division. Stanford is leading the Southern Division. Big_Party February 1, 40-8, 8-40 There is a big party slated for ithe night of February 1 at Percy's Cafe, prior to the President’s Birthday Ball and card party affair. The big party is a get-together of the 40 and 8 and 8 and 40. The members of the 48 and 8 are expected to take their wives and the member of the 8 and 40 are expected to take their husbands to the dinner which is scheduled to start at 7:30 o'clock. John Newman is Chairman of the affeir, assisted by George Gullufsen E Waino Hendrickson. - 150,000,000 gallons ¢ J moved daily to U. 8 I than crude oil refincries, j-L'llIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!|IIl|Il|I||Ii|||I|||II||Ill|||IIII[IIII!HIIlIlIIlI"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIII|IIIII|IIII iy DONE BY AT LOW PRICES! ! A 4l SCORES AT mportant basketball games played n the coast la CHAINS—ALL WHEELS INSREAR WrEELS W AN i ////l////?/fi/// iz - (/////V////V T2 HAINS—ALL WHEELS A AP Feature Service This chart on braking distance for automobiles as affected by weather tions is the result «f 300 tests made on frozen Lake Cadillac in Michigan and on snow-covered roads. It wsa prepared under direction of Professor Ralph A. Moyer of Towa State College, Chairman of the Committee on Winter Driving Hazards of the National Safety Council. For good treaded tires on ice the distance ranged from 115 feet at near-zero temperature to 220 feet at near-thawing. Actual stopping distances at 20 miles an hour are 22 feet more than each of the average braking distances shown, because, the council points out, it takes the average motorist three-quarters of a second to react and apply brakes after seeing reason to stop. w0 SKIING SUMDAY IN SECOND MEADOW Encouraged by Saturday's snow- BASKETBA[[ all, many skiers took to the Doug- as Ski Trail over the weck-end. However Sunday’s warmer weather brought wet snow and rain, spoiling The following are final scores of| ncst of the trail for skiing with the exception of the second meadow. Under the management of Bill Washington ; Montana 31 Hixson, the ski tow was kept busy Washington State 24; Idaho 23. |yesterday. No accidents were report- Stanford 39; Southern Californiajed by the Juneau Ski Patrol, al- ©ough the trail was extremely haz- Saturday night: 1 | doubles games bowled | between the Juneau and Ketchikan The singles and at Kelchikan scores of the Elks yesterday are as follows NGLES Juneau Stevenson Ketcehi Howard DOUBLES Juneau an Hagerup Carnegie Total Ketchikan Daniels Maloca 1062 Total R NEW HOMES BUILT FOR FIELD MEN TACOMA, Jan. 20 —Non-commis- | sioned McChord Field officers who laverged have been living in rented houses as | far distant as Olvmpia and Puvallup | will move by May 1 into 150 homes that will be constructed for them near the bombing air base, Frank A. Vanderlip, Jr., federal works com- mission representative, predicts. The homes, costing from $3,500 to $4.,500, will be built on a 37-acre plot adjacent to McChord Field. Con- two weeks. > Try a classified ad In The Empize UCLA 35; California 33. ardcus in plac EXPERTS TR R T GOOD PRINTING is an essential to most busi- ness men and fo many private individuals. The Juneau Empire, equipped with fine, modern printing machinery manned by expert crafts- men, is in a position fo offer fine printing at unusually low prices. You'll find printing done to the most exacting standards when it's done by THE EMPIRE, and you'll find also that it’ done economically. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PHONE 374 HIA AR TR 0O O A N = = = I il | | | | struction probably will start within | s befs NS e ress Gramsic cimax of e on Toaugurston Dus. gnitod o Juneau Is Single Game, Loser fo Annual Bowling Feud Be- Elks bowling team and the Ketchi- | kan EIKks, Kelchikan' A lifetime 79 + ol service long an, tween Two Teams of Elks Is Ended The annual bowling feud between | played on the Ketchikan alleys has ended and the “invaders” have lost the 15-game series by 374 pins. Not so bad as good scores | were made during the tourney and two of the Juneau pinsters generally high individual games at/ that. The scores of the two final| games, with Ketchikan having a| lead of 334 pins in three previous games, are as follows: | FOURTH GAME I Junenu Elks | Carnegie Hagerup Riendeau Holimquist Stevenson Prepare for a lusciou Warp and filling. Soft, Warm, Luxurious. | SPECIALDOUBLEBOULE Total Ketchikan Elks Daniels Zorich Maloca Castle Roady Howard Containing not less 532 2489 svenson, Total High game score: Carnegie, 213 FIFTH GAME Juneau Elks Carnegie Hagerup Lavenik Holmquist Stevenson 460 496 462 515 5560 ‘Total 2483 Ketchikan Elks Daniels Maloca Bauer Whaley Howard Extra long 473 ne e, ¥ 25% wool. 481 445 474 | 532 ‘Total 2505 High game scores: Stevenson, 226; | Daniels, 207, | —-——— Tradifional Opening Day Scorned, Senale ! day however, came_when Sen. Wil- liam Langer, North Dakota. stodd (Luntinuea Trom rage One) Barkley, majority leader, inl posed: “There have been filed with the Senate and I now have on my desk charges of North Dakota ob- jecting to administration of the, lack of excitement on opening day. oath of office to the Senator-elect, | o be it was because the spid- Mr. Langer. I have read the§c 2,1“:1‘,‘,;}'“ steel ::\Iww l.ccflmylmhlchargns and affidavits, which, if| | true, are serious and would seri- stalled 5 the chamber roof # ptalledinpiaes sio S | ously affect the qualifications and approximately 1,000 bills and reso- lutions into the hopper. Over in the Senate, more than one of the members must hgye been bored with th however, Savings on Blankets FAMOUS PENDLETON . . . 17.50 FORMERLY 22.50 Double IOO%AVir'gin Wool Belbourne 9.95 virgin fle w FROM 13.50 Pure virgin wool FROM 14.00 FORMERLY 9.00 100% 66 x 8( Qof t virgin wool VA than 25% wool. 72 x 84. QUALITY SINCE 1887 amistice is developing of the leg- islative contest, ~— up to take the oath and Senator| The proposal was heard after | Willkie met President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull on Sunday on a [lying visit to Wash- ington before his Clipper trip on Wednesday to survey conditions in England to get first hand informa- tion. Administration leaders said they believe Willkie's visit to the White ) Well Known Cannon Leaksville Contains not less than 50% wocl. Solid colors. Satin bounc Cannon WooI—Sithe Blanket . . 2.95 72x90. Satin bound. Harmony colored borders. Not less than GENUINE REGISTERED PENDLETON 3 9.95 A lot of wool and a real blanket for the price BRIDAL - DOUBLE BLANKET . . 6.50 .3.95 L B.M. BEHRENDS C0. STUDENTS BACK IN SCHOOL AFTER INFLUENZA SCARE The prevailing influenza epidemic is now on the downward trend at the Juneau Public Schools, accord- Ing to Supt. A. B. Phillips. On Friday, classes were dismissed House will tend to bolster the Re- | early, with a total of 141 absentees lent an air of strangeness and un- reality that had the gentlemen fitness of the Senator-elect to be- publican support of the lease-lend | (ported in the High and Grade |bill even though Willkie has sug- jumpy. At any rate, in the 33|c¢ome a member of this body.” minuies hat the Sensie was ini L ¥ L0 Ot L0 Lo i sapslon plcu%y Rppenec. ;pin crash to the floor. But the Sen- | In the first place, 74-year-oldigyq gt the problem in short order. Sen. Hiram Johnson of California, | op.. assuring the Senator-elect re-cleeted on an all-party ticket| gy ype privileges and Elections lef < lgibe, known. thst he wo"ld](}ommnwe would give speedy con- have none of this business of be-| iy avion 1o the matter, the body ing escorted down the aisle by h‘s'ngreed to let Mr. Langer take his sla_tc colleague to take the.oath of oath “without prejudice to the office. One of the Senate’s OldegtiSenawr and without prejudice to stoms is that the incoming Seen-}the rights of the Senate.” | ator shall be. escorted to the Sen-| "l n Gufr is Senate history| ate president’s platform to take t,hci made. oath, When Sen. Sheridan Downey, p California’ Democrat, stepped up to| accompany Senator Johnson, the latter declined, and firmly. It was; reported, how authentically I do/ not know, that the Senate veteran protested that it was a silly custom | and that he was perfectly capable of walking up the aisle alone. It was the fifth time Senator Johnson had taken the trip, the first time he had taken it alone. Custom went to pleces again when ex-Sen. William H. King, of| Utah, kept his seat and calmly readi the Congressional Record while his; successor, Sen. Abe Murdock, was' - et being sworn in. According to Sen- declaring for an outright gift to| ate rules, Senator King, being 2 Great Britain of aid amounting to | former member, has the privilege of one or two billion dollars. being on the floor whenever he| The indication in this “gift” strat- pleases, but capitol veterans said egy will be employed to determine | it was the first time in memory{‘me fight with the plan to defeat that any out-going Senator had the present lease-land legislation. kept his seat while his successor| The notice of an opposition bill, ing given the oath of of- served on the Administration leaders | in | R SR Republicans Are fo Fight | . FDRMeasure (Continued from wz2ge One) " By GEORGE McMANUS geted three modifications measure, that a time limit for ex- traordinary powers to the President be inserted in the bill, retention of the “purse strings,” and that Con- gress study the measure section by section to determine whether all authority conferred on the President is necessary. —— - chocls. Today, however, the teach- to the | yg staff is back in full force and the ibsentee list has dropped to 90 stu- dents, There are 61 still on the sick list in the Grade School and 29 students reported absent in the High Scheol. —_— e —— Subscribe to the Daily Alaska | Empire—the paper with the larges, Try a classified ad in The Empire. | paid circulation, BRINGING UP FATHER _ QUICK-GET SOME WATER- HE'S UNCONSCIOUS-HLURRY - OH= THIS IS TERRIBLE — HURRY - HURRY - TELL SUSIE TO HURRY WITH IT- CATCH HER-SHE'S GOING TO FAINT THEN CATCH ME-= I'M GOING TO FAINT-TOO ’N E-E-EEK/ THAT'S MY FIRST HUSBAND - HURRY-GIT A PITCHER 75 Ma Wike W vou = L Y PLEASE HURRY ? o VERY WELL-BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ME IT WASN'T FOR YOU~ o e T i M e . ‘TABBY' KEEPS TAB_sure, they're pals—"Polly” the parrot and “Tabby™ the eat—but that doesn’t prevent Tabby from keeping a sharp eye on her feathered friend. Both are owned by Barbara Wilson, 411 Mamilion St, Albany, N, X,