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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE; FRIDAY, JUNE ‘20, 1941. DERBY DAY NEXT WEEK IS HOLIDAY Noon Closing Proclaimed by Mayor for Soap Box Running Mayor Harry 1. Lucas today pro- claimed next: Thursday,' June 26, “Derby Day” and a half holiday. It will be on that day that some 50 Juneau boys will compete in a Soap Box Derby sponsored by the Juneau Rotary Club and Daily Al- aska Empire to pick’ a Juneau win- ner who will go to Akron, Ohio, in August to compete in the national finals. The Mayor, citing the value of such events as the Soap Box Derby | in inculcating ideals of good sports- manship in participants and spec- tators, urged that all offices and | business houses close at noon Thurs- | day so that a record crowd will be on hand to witness running of the race on the 12th Street course. Parade Scheduled A Soap Box Derby parade, in which all cars will take part, will | begin at 1 o'clock Thursday after- noon, after which the racing starts at 2 and will continue through the afternoon as cars go down the course heat by heat. | The first prize will be an all-ex- pense-paid trip to Akron for the boy and his car. The cost of this| prize is being borne jointly by the Rotary Club and The Empire. Other prizes include a bicycle, radio, sleep- STILL A FAVORITE_Plight of the Washington Sena- tors—they've hit the American League cellar—hasn't lessened the popularity of well-liked Bucky Harris (above), 44, Senators’ manager, who's had that job since 1935. - dimensions. Several were ordered The most pressing- need in thel altered to come within the rigid national movement to restore the SOLDIERS ON ™ ISEATTLE IS 'WAYOUTSIDE FORTRAINING | Army Bombers Bring En-| listed Men from Fair- banks for School - In line with the Army’s new pro- gram of making officer's training available to enlisted men, two B- 18 Army bombers landed here late vesterday with seven enlisted men! i{bound for training schools in the East. Commanded by Capt. Wilson H. | Neal, the bomber flight landed from Ladd Field, Fairbanks, and s scheduled to return to the Interinr today, weather permitting. The men, to be enrolled in Army train- ing courses at Fort Monmouth, N. J., will sall south to Seattle on the Denali tomorrow and then proceed east by train. Recently inaugurated are the ad- vance training courses now offered to promise-showing enlisted men, | who are given opportunity to ad-| vance out of the enlisted ranks| ! through - intensive training courses.f Officers with Capt. Neal on the| | Fairbanks-Juneau flight are Capt. |c. W. Gilkes, Lt. Ancil D. Baker| |and Lt. Alvin E. Hebert. | | The men flown here from Fair-| | banks who are going to Fort Mon- | | mouth are‘ Sergt. Donald H. Tyer, |Jr., Alaska Communication 8Sys-| tem; Staff Sergt. Joseph B. Lykins, Signal Corps, Ladd Field; Sergt. { Callins, obtained by Seattle in the WINNER OF TWO GAMES Néw Players Obtained Make Good for Teams, ' first Appearances (By Associated Press) | Seattle won a doubleheader last night from Los Angeles and by the same score for both game, 4-1. Los Angeles got only four hits in the first game. Gilly Campbell, traded to the Angels, scored the only run for Los Angeles. Catcher Bob Campbell trade, doubled and drove in a run on his first appearance, Dick Barrett won the second game although giving out nine hits while Seattle only got six hits. | GAMES THURSDAY | Pacific Coast League Hollywood 8; San Diego 4. San Francisco 3; Portland 1. Sacramento 7; Oakland 5. Seattle 4, 4; Los Angeles 1, 1. National League New York 9; Pittsburgh 6. Brooklyn 9; Chicago 4. St. Louis 7;. Philadelphia 6. American League : Chicago 2; New York 7. Detroit 4; Boston 6. Cleveland 12; Philadelphia 1. St. Louis 0; Washington 12. | STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pct, Du Barry A New Fashion That's Catching On Like Mad “Coffee Couats” In Washable Rayon Crepe Reg. 4. 3 3.99 They’re fresh, gay. charming as a play dress, these amazin COATS” by Saybury ... DuBarry is the lady of them “COFFEE new all. A wide skirted, ‘concealed zipper front, out-of-the-ordinary beauty, which will literally sweep you off your feet. Huge white ostric plumes ‘printed on solid color background. Wear it for dress up, informal house wear, or wear it for fun. You save $1.00 on them. Saturday and Monday only. ® Geranium Red ® Porcelain Blue In Juneau — It's Behrends for Values! ® Sizes 12—40 Lewis C. Pritchett, Air Corps De-'gooamant, | tachment; Corp. Eugene W. Boy- gq) Dljgoo on, ACA; Corp. Willlam Miller, geatte specifications of the rules. Another trial and inspection for weights, brakes and steering will be held 51 21 3 35 37 34 108 527 521 ing bag, tool chests, fishing oufit, year’s pass to the Capitol Theatre and a number of cups and trophies. resources is Aan the | Nation’s wildlife effective means of reaching Every boy in the race will be given a steel crash helmet and a sweater bearing the Soap Box Derby em- blem. Inspection Session Last night more than 40 cars were on the course to pass inspection and make trial runs. All completed cars were inspected last night for T | RICAN rmriLLs CHILLS SPILLS = GREATEST AMATELR RACING IN JUNEAU =-eeeeee Thursday, June 26 The Greatest Amateur Racing Event AR & Ui GOSH DISAPPEAR- PU HANDKERCHIEF INTO THE CABINET-" /2 next Monday. the war of some items as much as-1000 cive to increased —wildlife popula- according to officials of the, | Fish and Wildlife Service, United ' quarters at the Gastineau while| | States Department of the Interior. waiting for the Denali southbound. percent. ||II|IIII||II|||||IIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIllmIIIIIIIIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIllIIIIIIIIIIHII_IlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII —THIS IS A SWELL | TQICIK '} Bol__’.'GHT— NO! LET'S HOW TO MAKE A HANDKERCHIEF T THE e————— Disruption of theé spice trade by and inexpensive practices has increased the price will | tions, e ee—— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS Soap Box ‘EVEIIT 1 THE WORLD, | D E R B Y S e e = On Twelfth Street Hill in the World! DON’T MISS THIS LOCAL EVENT Come and See the Juneau Champion : Selected! "DROP MATCH IN| LITTLE LID_TO RIGHT -PRESTO! THE HANDKERCHIEE, W~ HAS DISAPPEARED owners and users of land to ad- | vise them of the relatively simple! that restore environment condu-|to the Air Corps Officers Ground}o,kland S ACD, and Pvt. Stanley B. Brown; Signal Corps, Ladd Field. Gene Karstens, civil life, is going | School at Chicago. The men are making their head- 00O OO0 AT IIII|||I||IIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIflIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE—. 37 37 33 41 31 39 .81 41 30 41 League Won Lost 42 18 38 20 e 29 27 .30 .28 .500 446 443 431 423 San Francisco | Los Angeles . Hollywood | Portland | National Pet. 700 855 518 517 483 |St. Louts Brooklyn New York ... Cincinnati Chjcago gl Pittsburgh . w21 Philadelphia .......17 - American Won * Lost 39 .34 .31 .31 32° 26 19 Pect. 620 586 Cleveland Neéw York » >} 534 Philadéphia . St. Louis .. Washington . 20 ‘Gastineau Channel ! ‘Won 352 Douglas Moose Blks CARDS KEEP THEIR LEAD, NAT. LEAGUE ~eoffuanuney Homer as Chicago Falls fo Yanks (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) St. Louis maintained its three- game lead over the second place Brooklyn nine yesterday by down- ing last place Philadelphia in the eleventh on Prank Crispi’s single with the bases loaded. The Dodgers blew themselves to 15 hits in a triumph over Chicago, making Kerby Higbe's eighth pitch- New York closed strongly, scor- ing six. runs in the last three in- nings to defeat Pittsburgh. In the American League, Cleve- land ‘blasted three Philadelphia pitchers for 19 hits as outfielder Jeff Heath pounded out a homer, two_doubles and two singles. Joe ‘Dimagglo hit his 14th homer of the season as the Yanksdowned Chicago. Dick ‘Newsom gained his sixth win this season as Boston- defeated Dutch Leonard held St. to three hits as Washington got 17. By GEORGE McMANUS 420 | 365 | 564 | 5251 \Sacramentofiueezes Qut DiMaggio Makes His 14th : Louis|switchers because of dissatisfaction with results from their natural bat-| B M Rehrends Ca QUALITY Hollywood WinsOver | San Diego Victory-Seals Triumph Over Beavers Hollywood broke a 10-game losing streak ‘last night by downing San Diego. Sacramento won the first game of the current series by squeezing Oakland last night behind the sea- son’s best display of long range hitting, making eight of the eleven hits go for extra bases. Perris Fain’s home run with one night broke a 1-1 tle and gave San Francisco a win despite Ed Stutz's four-hit pitching for Portland. SWITCH-HITTER CULLENBINE IS RULE EXCEPTION Hanging Up Record for Gogg Swats ST. LOUIS, Mo. June 20.—Switch | hitters are rare in the major leagues. And they generally aren’t any great ¢ shuck at the plate. But every now |, and then one comes along who can|, blast the ball. , Right now a switgher, Roy Cullen- bine of the St. Louis Browns, is in the thick of the American league batting race. The outfielder who came to the Browns from Brooklyn was hitting .363 as the season moved into June. 3 Hé may be just enjoying a short splurge for he’s neyer hit so well before.. Last. season Roy's average Wwas a meager .230. Few switchers have ever been good hitters. Most of them become on base in the eighth inning last |’ Player of St. Louis Browns . ting side. A large percentage of switéhers are pitchers who can't hit anyway. Perhaps the best switch- er.of all time was Frankie Frisch. He was a great hitter and had a 19-year average of .316. " The hardest hitting switcher of | last. year was Outfielder Jim Glee- sop” of \the Chicago Cubs, who. hit 313." Gleeson, now “with Cincinnati, is hitting Jess than .200. There ‘are less thgn 20 switch hitters in the majors now, including Jimmy, Browh, Emmett Mueller,| Johnny Vander Meer, Augle Galan, | Larry: French, John Lucadello, Kep Stlvestrl, Ted Lyons, Edgar . Smith, Archie McKain, Steve Sundra, Rip Collins, George Dickey, Steve Peek, Bill Crouch and Lee Grissom. S/INCE /887 Cross-Eyed Man Gefs _(_l.uld(’(ut’q BROADUS, Mont., June 18.—Har- ry Brown, a 'cattleman at ‘Powder- ville, was cross-eyed. for 35 years after ‘a boyhood . baseball, accident. Recently his saddlehorse kicked him in the face, breaking his nose.’A few days later Brown’s eyes straightensd and his vision improved,: he, said, “about 100 per cent.” i e ———— The Daily Alaska Emplre .as the iargest paid. circulation of any Al- \<ka newspaper. 4 hel - Quizzed in Florida Murder 1da Belle Rosen; 28 (left) and Janette Krohnberg, 24 (right), both of New.York-City, are shown at Miami Beach, Fl:: police Inu;qu d for, questioning in connection with the death of Pete Clifford, nigl ub' operator. Clifford’s bullet-riddled body was found in his ) Held in Platinum P Mezenen (left) and Fred Mario (right), stewards o re arrested in New Yo# amuggiepiatinum frem the United States. A third manjs said to be a refugee from Hungary was also arrested.