The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1941, Page 5

Business Very Good GILBOA, O., March 26—William Devore, filling out an application occupation, decided not to overlook blank which required naming of his any bets. So he put down every- thing: Constable, church janitor, schogl janitor, school bus driver, stock buyer, custom butcher, cattle dehorner, thresher and buzz saw op- v, canning factory fireman, el- n board member and cider press helper. Draffees .Féél Too Big;fiej ng Shoes J.. March for road work, Offi pared for possible marc ¢ but not for the proi has poppad up. George Danker had to rush ler for 15 pairs of size 13 shoes. e largest size stocked at the post ~ OVERSIDE Marguerite Haggard, 17-year-old L. S. U. By NORMAN WALKER AP Teature Service BATON ROUGE, La.—Don'tever get the idea that the girls (bless ‘em) can't draw as sharp a bead as their boy friends. They'll snipe a target to pieces. “Given the same training, women are as good marksmen at men -any |time,” says Major F. E. Dunaway, _ | Army officer in charge of the Lou-| isiana State University co-ed rifle team. | For two years straight the co-eds have beaten the men's team and .| this spring, with the price of a {' picnic at stake, i from both prone and sitting posi- insist theyll fire tions. They want no quarter, | Major Dunaway maintains it's good for a girl to learn to shoot a : rifle properly. For one thing she ! gets so she’s not afraid of guns, as many women are. Then she 1 knows how to handle them with e : bers of the anti-tank pany, Seventeenth Infantry, prac- tice embarkation and debarkation at Camp Ord, in above photo. They're climbing a high platform built to simulate climbing a ship’s ladder. Including those peeking at their buddies from the top, there are thirteen men in the picture. No mishan, though. ! safety. Probably women never will take places alongside their menfolks s soldiers, the Major says, but in case of a serious invasion they might find it pretty handy to be able to shoot like one. | “Those who have had marksman- ship training will be better fitted in an emergency,” he declares. L.S.U. co-eds have stepped up in- terest in rifle practice since the U. S. defense program began. Now there are 150 in the class, with an ambitious intercollegiate competi- tive schedule. A SR Y S LT Empire Classifieds Pay! ~ PASIO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941. " (O-EDS BEST MEN'S RIFLE TEAM freshman, is a 97-of-100 marksman. == ARUSSIAN STAMP COUNTERFEITER ONCE GAVE A FREE DRINK OF VODKA TO THOSE WHO PURCHASED STAMPS, HE WAS CAUGHT WHEN ‘| HETRIED TO SELLTHE'- CHIEF OF POLICE : STAMPS FOR MAILCARRIED | IN FLOATING SAFES/ Reg. U. $. Pal. Office 334-566, May 5, 1936, by National Federaiion of Posl Office Clerks -5+ In 1921 Netherland ships carried floating safes to insure against loss of mail through the ship sinking. The safes were curious, raftlike contraptions, generally constructed on the forward deck and hitched to the rigging so they could be cut adrift in case of emergency. Spezial stamos were required for such mail, 'i'here is n_o s-ubstiluie for Newspap;r Advertising R DOWN 6 TIMES, BUT WINS Bob Pastor, New York heavyweight, was knocked down six times in the first round, but got up to fight a 10-round decision victory over Turkey Thompson, Los Angeles negro, in their fight betfore 14,000 fans in Los Angeles Referee Abe Roth (left) waves Thompson to a neutral corner as he starts counting over Pastor after one of the rapid-fire knockdowns. 'BRINGING UP FATHER WELL=I THINK I'VE GOT GRAND-DAD OUD FRENDS SO TE WILL. REALLY GET HOMESICK - ‘| exploring with editorials ELKS ALLEYS | | HAVE ONLY 2 ' PIN MATCHES Only two matches were played at {the Elks bowling alleys last night | as both the California Grocery and | the Capitol Theatre keglers took a lead from their opponents by scores |of 3 ta 1 | The Dodge Dealers fell down to | the Celifornia Grocerymen to fin- | | al scores of 1455 to 1380; and the | Butler-Mauro squad was toppled | over to the tune of 1373 to 1378 by the Capitol Theatre. | Last night's bowling scores fol- low: California Grocery | Phil Berthall .. 140 182 199— 521 | A. Burke 165 165 165— 495 | T. Taylor 145 159 135— 439 1 Totals 450 506 4891455 | Dodge Dealers | (spot) 15 15 15— 45 | Mrs, ‘Daviin 141 101 147— 389 Bob Davlin 174 148 124— 446 | Iverson 145 161 194— 500 | — e e . Totals 475 425 480—1380 | Butler-Mauro Drug | (Spot) 21 7 21— o1 | HR.Vanderleest 158 169 198— 525 | Jeane VanderL't 131 131 131— 393 Mary VanderL'st 142 153 79— 374 | Totals 458 480 4351373 i Capitol Theatre R. Duckworth’® 180 .180 180— 540 | Mrs. ‘Duckw'th® 132 132 132— 396 C. Boyer 162 139 141— 442 474 451 453—1378 (Grand Coulee b;m Is Greatest Thing Ever Built by Man Is Claim | (Continuea from Page One) Totals future of the Great Northwestand | they fell to talking of that stretch | of millions of acres of rich but | too-arid land that rolls up and away. from the cliffs of the Co- | lumbia River east of the towering | Cascade Mountains, | | That was their land. They knew what it would do if it had water. They knew that it once had had water, Ages ago, an ice barrier | slipped down from the mnorth, | blocked up the Columbia River and i bed, it gouged out the- now dry, dead-end canyon which is called | Grand Coulee. Then the ice reced- | ed, the river dropped back into its old channel and left Grand Coulze and surrounding land high and dry. Probably somebody, mopping his brow, said: “I wish we had an ice pack ngw,” It was “Billy” Clapp who sald: “Why- not? We could dam the Columbia and then pump the water up into the Coulee.” So. the story goes, Mathews said he thought that was a darn good idea and. Rufus Woods hammered the table and said: “Billy’s got it!” | In the days that followed, talk | turned . to. plans and plans to ac- tion. The first plans for the pro- Jject were; doodles on that Ephrata cafe .tablecloth. They started writ- ing letters and making speeches to small groups. Woods ‘started in bhis newspapers. 15 YEARS OF EFFORT Farmers called them nuts. Others just shoak their heads, If .they had seriously suggested bending the Co- lumbis River bed skyward and rid- ing ‘the current to the moon, few of their neighbors would have con- sidered .them any crazier. It was some time along there that “Jim"” O'Sullivan, who had already mss- tered the feat of becoming' both a lawyer and - engineer, decided if they were cragy, he wanted to be crazy, too. For nearly 15 years, they bom- barded the state legislature, Wash- ington business men, farmers, Con- gress and the government in Wash- ington, D! C, with every known form of persuasion up to the bor- | derling of violence. As the depres- sion moved into the '30’s, what had been only a vision in a little Eph- rata cafe became a vision in the nation’s “eapital and plans' were drawn and funds issued for start of the great project. Now, with its first hydroelectric unit finished and | changed its course to the south! | wherg, hundreds of feet above fts these famous slips — Mawr” and D’signers trimmed models. summer. SIZES: 32—44 31%2—37%2 From two great slip houses come present their tailored B. M. B A GREAT SALE Of TWO GREAT SLIPS D'SIGNERS LACE TRIMMED Regular 250 +1.85 You Save 70c on Each Slip You expect a great deal when we use the words “GREAT SALE” but nobody ever expected values like these. They are perhaps the greatest slip buys of the year, and you'll feel the same way when you get your supply. You know their lovely quality, their perfect tailoring and fit .. . their long wear . . . You know these popular four-gore alternating bias cut. You know this is an event. Stock up now for all spring and , Barbizons “Bryn their lace "In Juneau — It's BEHRENDS for VALUES!" EHRENDS Co. QUALITY SINCE 1887 g 7 S e ot S water backing up behind that 500- foot high gargantuan wall of con- crete into what ‘will eventually be- come a 150-mile long lake, the only vision .}éft i5 that needed Lo bring the great industrial and agri- cultural empire to its' full flower- ing. And that’s 'the’ story of the four Fathers of “Grand Coulee, as it was told to the. Without them, the “biggest work ever done by man” might never have been done at all. Football Stars Secking Cop Jobs MINNEAPOLIS, March 26—The man builds. some . powerful football teams but what kind of policemen country knows Coach Bernie Bler-| does he turn out? e e bl ® WHITE * PINK - FLESH T A decade ago the United Btl'au’ The city soon may find out.|Was largely dependent upon ims greats, Andy Uram and ' Marty Christianson, backfield stars, and Marvin Levoir, who won his spurs . police force. DAILY "SHORTY" WHITFIELD N Three former Minnesota gridiron|POts Of potash Qi PHONE 3774 GLACIER HIGHWAY DELIVERY originating in Germany and France. Today .there exists a domestic potash industry of sufficient ‘size to meet all an., ticipated requirements of the near in the line, have petitioned for the| ;¢\, e right to take examinations for the| ] e Try s classified ad in The Empirs TRIPS COAL——WOOD LUMBER —— GROCERIES PHONE 374