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i wii, ‘but’ théy ‘Had “séruples. as " io| lhow they were going to do it. No | intentional fouls were made, and ! the game was one of the fastest, hardest played battles seen so far FIRST loss in Juneau. | The score at the end of the first period was a 10 to 10 tie and it could be seen that the Hornets were | Petersburg Cagers Destro 100% Win Record of Smoke-eaters feeling their way through the Fire-| men and being outplayed by zhc] | local boys. For another quarter the| . Petersburg boys loped easily about the floor, getting acquainted with the court and sizing' up the Fire-| !men to end the half 20 to 14 after ! allowing the Firemen to build up a lead. | Firemen Too Cautious | SCORES LAST NIGHT Over-eager, for they had a lot Petersburg 39; Firemen 34 to lose, the Firemen began miss- (Preliminary) ing their shots, Lindstrom was off Juneau 27; Douglas 17 and the only dependable, stabie }player out on the court was Jones,| A beautiful basketball record was, Who piled up a tally of 11 points. shattered last night in the Ju-|For the first half the game was neau gym as a packed house of hot and fast with the Firemen hoop fans shouted themselves gaining their lead by a Chapodos, hoarse and went into near-hysteria Jones, Jones score fest. Vern as they witnessed the Juneau Fire- Heimdahl broke the first frame tie men drop their first game out of after a serles of zig-zag passes 13 to the visiting Petersbuzg Hor-, that whipped down the floor. nets, In a preliminary game the Then after the half-time the Juneau High School and the Doug- Hornets opened up with a buzzing las High School, ‘second strings, that set the Firemen temporarily battled it out for four eight-minute back on their collective heels. Tom quarters to end with the Juneau Thompson, Petersburg High School High holding a 27 to 17 lead. |Star who is touring with the Hor- Clean Game nets, came into the game and Within ten seconds of the first Scored’ almost before the Firemen frame of the big game, thé score, knew that there had been a sub- stood two-all after Lindstrom Stitution. Both fives checked with| whipped out the first shot, to be, Precision and determination for the followed by Norm Heimdahl of the rest of the fray, byt still kept Hornets. jthe fouls down. They fought forl Both fives edged out onto the the ball and stole it ‘from one an-| floor for the cleanest game seen'Other With the speed of a Garand's on the Juneau maple court since muzzle velocity. the opening of the 1940-41 sea- Thompson Again son. The boys wanted to snare the Stocky little Thompson remind- | e Sy - | BASKETBALL | | TONIGHT | CONNIE MACK SHOWS How This was intended to be a demonstration by the venerable Connie Mack, Manager of the Philadephia Athletics, on the proper method of laying down a bunt—but it backfired somehow when Mack missed the ball. Benefiting from the demonstration are five pitchers (L-R), Nelson T. Potter, John McCollum, Her- ' man Besse, John Leovich and Bill Backman. The Mackmen opened spring training at Anaheim, Calif. | ed the Firemen that he was still there at the beginning of the last period, and the beginning of the end for the Firmen began. Thomp- son did it twicé to bring the score up to 29 to 27 and Nygren tied the slate with a fast one-hand push, Thompson again, and the score was on the Hornet's side, Taylor, and the game was tied. Then came a fast succession of Petersburg scores which built up the visitors’ lead. Lindstrom went to the show- ers on four personals and McMur- ray went in to take his place. The fight went on with the Fire- men realizing that if they could ever win it would be then, and the game became a bitter, delirious battle, Lloyd Pederson sunk the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941. CAFE KEGLERS TAKE SPRING PIN TOURNEY Musketeers Hold Second Place-Playoff Set for Friday The Brunswick Cafe bowlers won their last match last night as they| whitewashed the Juneau Laundry| squad on the Brunswick alleys to take first place in the Brunswick Spring Tournament. | NOT 10 BU NT ENGLAND SENT MORECLOTHING | BY RED CROSS Local Workers Complefe| Another Allotment- | Knitters Needed | Through Mrs. J. C. Thomas, as- sistant to John Newmarker, in| Red Cross work for Alaska, three more boxes of clothing for Eng- lish refugees were sent south on; Exciting News MONOGRAMMED TUMBLERS Fashfon’s newest innovation in SMART GLASS WARE—BEVER- AGE TUMBLERS with your OWN PERSONAL INITIAL—You'll love them yourself and what an ATTRACTIVE GIFT they'll make. In Stock as Skeiched Jewel Cut Initial Tumblers Clear Crystal Belgian type! 12-ounce size. Initial. Sand Blasted Panel All initials in stock now. Set of 6 for 2. Matching Monogrammed 2 Pitcher Matching Monogrammed Ash Tray, Set of 4 >0 Qurt 2 50 1.50 Matching Monogrammed Ice Tub 1.5” (Three Weeks Delivery on Pitcher, Ash Trays and Tub) "In Juneau — It's BEHRENDS for VALUES!" QUALITY SINCE 1887 B. M. BEHRENDS Co. Fiery Labor United States Secretary of Labor,‘ resultéd in the grant of a 15-day permit. On his return to England, Mann | National Minority Movement, which is the British bureau of the “Red In= ternational of Labor Unions"—an crganjation with a decided bias to said that the American Federation the of Labor was “hopelessly reaction-| ary.” NOTICE He first became a member of the| AIRMAIL ENVELOPES, showii socialist party in 1885. Later he was air route from Seattle to Nome, first secretary of both the London |sale at J. B. Burford & Co. adv. Reform Union and the National WHY SUFFER wath your feet? Democratic League. But these or-|Phone 648. Chiropodist Dr, Steves, Second place winners are the one of the last steamers for ship-! Three Musketeers. A fight for third ment to Great Britain, place will take place Friday night Included in the allotment were when the George Brothers and the 59 skirts, made by a group of Red Juneau Laundry fight it out in a!Cross sewers under the direction one match final, lof Mrs. R, J. Sommers and by the| In the second match of pin play| Luther Aid, who also finished 32| at the Brunswick last night, the|boys’' shirts, The Womenh of the| “left.” RIS E s o, Leader Dies, {last one for the Hornets with sec- londs to spare before the final PETERSBURG VS. ‘zun. and Petersburg walked off the Wrangell Institute || | floor after whipping the Firemen !for the first time in the season. | V8. | s Douglas High ‘ DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL GYM | : Player FG FT TP| Admission: 35 cents | ! EMPIRE || Printing SAVES You MONEY T STANDS to reason that the men and machines that print a large daily newspaper are well equipped to do almost any kind of printing job. In addition to this advantage, they are equip- ped to do the job more economic- ally. No matter what your print- ing requirements, THE EMPIRE can fulfill them quickly, inexpen- 4}slvnly, and well. | g ) The Daily Alaska Empire Phone 374 | Company and the George Brothers‘ -| season - was the: wotst Johnson Mathisen Nygren ......... N. Heimdahl L. Pederson . V. Heimdahl ‘Thompson P. Pederson ~lorococococoe @ =3 Player Lindstrom Powers Chapados Brown Jones' Taylor McMurray 19 FG 2 4 3 1 5 1 [ sieL i nail [ T Ry Totals | GAME TONIGHT | Tonight in the Douglas High School gym the victorious Peters- burg five will meet the Douglas Eagles in a doubleheader whicn will open at 7:30 with the Doug-| las High playing the Wrangell In- stitute. MATCHES SLATED AT EIKS ALLEYS Elks bowling scheduled for to- night is between the Snow White Laundry and the Engineers at 17 o'clock, the Columbia Lumber Com- pany and the Dodge Dealers at 8:15 o'clock and the Butler-Mauro! { at 9:30 o'clock. ¥ BOXER-GRIDDER DENVER, March 13. — Chuck Reading, winner of the middle- weight crown at the Denver Elks amateur boxing tournament, was! center on the Colorado State foot- ball eleven last fall. TOUGH BEATING BOULDER, Col. March 13. — A 52-33 trimming from Denver this v beating a Colorado basketball'team has taken 1 E. Schmitz | Harter | Juneau Florists took a 4 to 0 de-| feat from the George Brothers, with final totals being 1476 to 1437, | Last night’s scores follow: Brunswick Cafe 188 160 139— 437| 195 172 212— §79 183 210 166— 559 .. 566 542 517—1625 Juneau ‘Laundry sy ‘155 184 174— 513 132 156 149— 437 177 201 187— 565 464 541 510—1515 Juneau Torist 166 164 Mura Ragudos Totals Taguchi M. Rhodes Mationg Totals 190— 520 123 128 105— 356 189 158 214— 561 Totals . 479 450 509—1437 George Brothers Martenson 172 167 178— 517 159 139 176— 474 160 159 166— 485 491 465 520—1476 ST SRS A Federal spending for defense is ex- pected to reach a monthly aver- age of $900,000,000 in 1942. — e, Subscrive to the, Dafly Alaska Lajoie Ida Carnegie Carnegie B. Smith Totals Empire—the paper with the larges Jaid circulation. Moose, and a group of women| meeting with Mrs, H. L. Lucas, fin-| ished 19 dresses. Numerous knitted garments were done by Mrs. R. H. Willlams and her group of work-| ers and mittens were finished by | the native women. Convalescent! robes were made by the Trinity| senior guild members; mittens and caps were knitted by Mrs. Simpson J. MacKinnon and her mother, Mrs. Brifish Home ed Communist, Passes Away-Lively Career (Continued from Page One} physique, - he looked . more like. @ E. R. Jaeger; and the Junior Trin- h 1 AL i kind-hearted country physician than ity Gpild contributed children’s and , relentiess enemy of the establish- men’s caps and mufflers. There| o4 grder. were a number of women's and| children’s sweaters also completed! and turned over to the Red Cross by various individuals on Gas- tineau Channel. Accprding to Mrs. Thomas, knit- ters gre still in demand, and any- one who is able to do this work is urged to call Mrs, Thomas or Mrs, R. H. Williams. Layettes are also on the “need list,” and persons having used babies’ "blankets, that may be cut down, are asked to contact Mrs. Thomas. The Snow White Laun- dry has offered its services to clean any of the soiled blankets, without cost. A number of garments have not been returned to date, and those who_have finished artjcles are re- quested to send’ them to Mrs. Thomas as soon as possible from - a- conference foe. since 1937. ,T————— Empire Classifieas Pay! ‘Houston, is the Metallurgical Herbert H- MAGGIE'S = EN OF SCIENCE_—A Texan, J new president of the A ‘Engineers, chosen ati G."Moulton (left) of: Born April 15, 1856, he began work at the age of nine as a farmer’s |boy near his birthplace, Foleshill in Warwickshire. At eleven he went down into the mines and later carted slag on the pit bank for three years. Seven years as an engineer in Birm- inham followéd, and in 1877 he went to London and began an association with the trades union movement. Later he was barred from that move- met and on September 4, 1828, was foreibly ejected from a Trades Union congress at Swansea, Wales. Deafeated At Elections He stood as parliamentary candi- date four times, but never succeeded in gaining an opportunity to air his fiery views before that constitution- al assembly. But his world-wide travels, which included several visits to the United States, enabled him to reach a far wider public. His first experience of America of the Brooklyn bridge. He lived for a time in a Delancey street club- house, working néarby as a machin- ist, but soon returned to England and worked for the Westinghouse Brake company at King's Cross, London. His next visit to America was in 1913. On this trip he addressed an LW.W. meeting in New Yprk, at- tended an ironworkers' convention in Pittsburgh and lectured in Boston. Los Angeles, San Diego, Salt Lake City and a number of other cities. Admitted by Sec, Perkins He was barred from the United States in 1919 when America was deporting Emma Goldman, Alexand- Tom Mann, Self-Proclaim- | ganizaitons were not sufficiently “ad- vanced” for him. In his late years| he was honorary chairman of the| (adv.) ———,e Try a classified ad in The Empire @ er Berkman and other L.W.W. lead- ers who had obstructed the world war draft laws. Mann found this rul- Suman (right) of’ Institute of Mining ing still in force in 1933 when he planned a six weeks' tour of the United States and Canada. The Am- erican consul-general in London refused to visa his passport, but re- presentations to Frances Perkins, With all four wheels off the ground, the was in 1883 when he reached New| gince car negotiates rough terrain at the Ford proving ground at York in time to witness the opening | pegrolt, Mich. Mass production of 1,500 of the four-wheel drive ve- “BLITZBUGGY" ONBOUNCE & * e, o Army’s new light reconnais- -/ hicles has started. Top speed of the “blitz buggies” is nearly 60 miles an hour and they are capable of fully loaded. climbing grades of 68 per cent TRAFFIC TRANSGIISS{'O i

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