The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1941, Page 5

Summer Doldrums Hit Bizz Book Publishers Also Night; Club Owners in New York Complaining By GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK, July 8—Publishers| Row is worried. This ‘is a season| of slim returns in the book busi- ness, People aren’t buying, yet Lhel 1ange in material is wider Lhani ever, | Yesterday 1 had lunch with one editors of & New York n ancient firm that oper- a branch of the mother| in England. . .. I asked| not with much originality, | the book business?” “Ter-! Q “How; rible,” he said, “terrible.” | He didn't know why. The w and the uncertainty of He named an author whos: books had run into many editions Reviews, on his latest book were excellont yet its sales were barely 50 percent of what they expected. This was no isolated instance. The people just aren’t buying books. maybe, SHgRRvEy The summer slack has hit the| night clubs, too. A number of the b carriage trade stops have closed for the summer. . . . June, July and August present a gamble, 2a risk that not all operators care fo take, The Copacabana is closing, but will re-open in the fall. . . - Ben Marden’s Riviera apparently has switched from its policy of changing orchestras. . . . It has| signed Pancho to play until Mar- den’s closing time in the fall. 1 walked into a 52nd Street club the othér night and counted 17 peopie at the bar. That wouldn’t y the bar-captain’s salary. . . . g‘;‘x;\llznrly. one b?f one, the lights on' Carl qubell. has never been the Broadway theaters are winking credited with winning one of base- Only 18 marquees show ball’s nnnua} All-Star games but be driv- he turned in perhaps the most e Spectacular exploit produced in the | mid-season classic's eight-year his- tory. By DILLON GRAHAM out. . . . life. . . . The crowds must ing out to the parks, and to the night ball games. Dance Carnival at the Garden io ball - pitcher started for the Na- understand it, to comprehend its tionals. In the first scope . . . Literally thousands sway-| two men on base, Hubbel 'sm,ck ing to a Conga tune simultaneous- out Babe Ruth, Dou Gehrig and They have a line a mile Jimmy Foxx. And in the second 1ing. ... But it's cheap. It'’s mass he fanned Al Simmons, Joe Cro- entertainment.”. . . You have three nin. and Lefty Gomez. Six strike= bands and the largest expanse of outs in succession, five of them floor space in New York to romp against the heaviest hitters in the around in. . . . You have until 3 game. o'clock in the morning to have Hubbeu naa a 4-0 lead when he your fun—for 66 cents. That's the|left the box but the Americans inning, with | games has had its super-star. . Sports Editor, AP Feature Service| Five times the standout honors have gone to twirlers, three times to hitters. Max West was the first comparatively lesser - known star to grab top acclaim. He banged out a homer with two on base off Red Ruffing in the first inning last year to pace the Nationals to You have to see Monty Proser's’ Back in 1934 the Giant's screw-|% 4-0 win, the first shutout in the | series. Who'll be the star of this year’s All-Star game at Detroit today, July 8? No one can tell but Bob | Feller, the American League’s ace| | pitcher, may be the first player to‘l ALASK4N stand out in two All-Star games. <R Hero in 39 Bob stoie the show in 1939 when, with one ‘out and the bases load- |ed in the sixth inning, he got the Nationals out and held them to one ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1941 SPECIAL SHOE SALE The event thrifty people wait for . . . our regular July Sale of Shoes! When we say all these shoes must go, we mean that we price them attractively so that we will have a sell-out. Whether or not you were thinking of buying NEW SHOES NOW, you won't want to miss McCarthy Congratulates Record Breakr ; Joe McCarthy (left), New York Yankee manager, pumped the good right hand of Joe DiMaggio in the dressing room at Washington, D. C., after the second game there in which DiMaggio hit in his 42nd con- secutive game for a new record. Between them is Coach Art Fletcher of the Yanks. Tery All-Star Game Turns Up One Man as Iheflg_y’s Super-Star 1933—Babe Ruth banged an early homer and came up with a great running catch of Chick Hafey's hlt: that seemed good for a triple, as| the A's won, 4-2, 1935—Lefty Gomez pitched six innings and gave up three hits and one run as the Americans copped, 4-1. 1936—1z Lean’s hurling brought the Nationals their first triumph. Diz allowed no hits in his opening three innings. 1937—Lou Gehrig drove in four runs. He started Dean's defeat with a homer and later hit a dou- ble. 1938—Johnny Vander Meer be- came the first rookie to win. He gave up only one hit in his open- ing three innings. The Americans have won five of the eight games, [HELP AN | i ! | Telephone 713 or write ¢ The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. answer, just 66 cents. Of the three ganged up on later flingers and, f;“ i"B h; 3 2/3 "‘“(:"LE-;- H{’)“‘"‘;'l\ OFFICE WORKERS: two young bands—Larry Clinton, Charlie Bar- won, 9-7. Hubbell has done a pitch-| Tom Bridges got credit for the 3-1 104500 “g00s 92 ana 23, college grad- net and Benny Goodman—Olin ; has proved far and away the most without gaining official credit. popular. . . . The crowds around | Clinton became so heavy that the people finally were asked via loud- speaker to keey away. . . . ‘They asked the crowds please not; to jam too close. . . . Nothing like this happened at the other stands. Charlie Barnet, though only 27, has been married and divorced four times. . . . After a long tank-jump- ing tour on the road, Sammy Kayewl l:as opened at the Essex House. . . .| What turned out to be the worst play of the season opened the other night, and after ‘five min- utes the audience began drifting| out into the darkness. It was sO bad that one became fascinated, wondering if it could possibly be as terrible as it seemed. Toward the end, when audiences usually are tense and awaiting to applaud, there was such a concerted rush for| the exits that people were knocking ‘each other off balance in their eagerness to escape, VESSELS DUE HERE WILL SWITCH DOCKS Southbound, ' the steamer Mc- Kinley will dock at the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Company dock at 7 oclock this evening, accord- ing to latest reports, and will move to the Alaska Steamship dock be- fore sailing for Seattle. The northbound steamer Baran- of will tie up at the Alaska Steam- ship dock when she arrives from the south at 6 o'clock and will sail for the Westward from the A-J aack. BRINGING UP FATHER NOW-L I =1 TOLD YOU GET RID OF ALL THE TTQASH Al THE HOUSE- ND HERE THIN Al §7 T BUSY- ANNQY ME- Every one of these All-Star games Washington’s National airport, which ‘cost $15,000,000 to build, has Large waiting rooms, dining rooms and & promenade deck to watch of the new port. One room has been designated “President’s Room” 2 ing stint in five of the eight games Win- Here are the stars of the other ished visitors. been officially opened for traffic. the arrival of uates, one year's teaching experi- i ence, wish office work or sales work. ! Please call: ES-329. —Washifigton’s” New $15,000,(‘)00'Airport Ufieh_ ' plan used es @are features and will be to receive dis- Moose-Elks Play Today Riding high as the league-lead-| ers for the second half of the| schedule, the Juneau Moose nine will meet the Elks at the Firemen's Ball Park at 6 o'clock tonight for a seven-inning contest. | ‘Lumorrow night the same teams l i will meet at the same tiine at the same place in a fray postponed re- cently because of rain, { CiviL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS I ‘The Civil Service Commission an- nounced today that it would fill impdrtant administrative positions in defense and other Government agencies through the competitive ex-' amination procedure. Among the | pesitions for which registers will be established are: Executive Officer, $8,000 a year; Chief Administrative Officer, $6,600; Principal Adminis- trative Officer, $5,600; Senior Ad- ministrative Officer, $4,600; and Ad- ministrative Officer, $3,800 a year. Persons appointed will serve as ex- sentives in 8 Pederal Government agency or division thereof. Extensive and highly responsible administra- | tive experience acquired either in public, or private employment is re- {quired, the amount of experience, } ind degree of responsibility vnryin( with the grade of the position. Un- { usually high capablilities are neces- sary, It is useless to apply if you cannot meet the high standard of re- |quirements shown in the announce- ment. Applicants will not take a written test, but will be rated on their qualificaions as shown in their applications, subject to corrobora- tion. Applications must be filed with the Commission’s Washington office by July 21, 1841. | Another examination just an- nounced by the Commission is for | pouitry coordinators to carry out {the administration of the National IPoultry Improvement Plan. The po- |sitions are in the Bureau of Animal | Industry of the Department of Ag- |riculture, and pay $3,800 a year. A 4-year college course with major study in agriculture which included courses in poultry husbandry and experience in administering or sup- |ervising organized poultry improve- ment work are necessary. For this examination applications must be (filed not later than August 1, 1941, The Commission also announces | new: examinations, with revised re- quirements - for persons qualified in all branches of naval architecture and marine engineering. The salar- ies for. such positions range from $2,600 to $5,600 a year. Persons who were not placed on employment reg- isters as a result of the previous ex- aminations for these positions, which closed June 30, 1941, are urged to apply at once under the terms of | the new announcement. Applications | will be accepted until June 30, 1842. College study in naval architecture | or tharine engineering, and profes- sional' experience in this work are ordinarily required; however, pro- vision-4s made for the substitution of additional experience for educa- tion, and for the substitution of ship- yard:.experience for the prescribed professional architecturel or engi- neeping experience. All applications must be sent to the ,Washington office of the Civil Service Commission not later than the & dates specified. Full in- formation as to the requirements for these examinations, and applica- tion forms, may be obtained at 311 Fedgral Butlding, SOMERALLY WENATCHEE, Wash., July 8 — Here’s a rally for you. Wenatchee was trailing Tacoma 11 to' 6"going into the last half of the nipth in a Western Interna- tional’ League baseball game. these values! Joyce Playshoes Regular 4.50 and 4.95 35 Pa NOW §3.25 BROWN, BLUE and Duckskin and Striped VITALITY SHOES Sale Good Wednesday and Thursday! ir WHITE NE LOT———BROKEN SIZES Blacks and Slashed Whites to Vitality Shoes Blues, Black and Whites Gabardine, Suede and Calf 123 Pairs in sizes ranging from 4%A o 9AA $3.95 PAIR Good Sizes in Every Style B Bebrends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 NATIONALDEFENSEIS | NOW HITTING NEARLY ALL: WARNING GIVEN (Continued from Page One) There just isni enough to go around. 1 Zinc is scarcer, too, to galvanize| your fense ' posts, for roofing an’d! for garbage cans. Steel for thatj new home you've been planning 1§ being delayed 14 to 18 weeks now, because Wncle Sam is buying so much. . Mrs. Jonn Q. Citizen, you're al- ready paying 25 to 30 percent more for wash frocks, or taking poorer quality. And just wait until you get ready to buy your winter coat and furs! Theyll cost you at least 20 percent more, say the retailers. If your husband thinks he'll es- cape, he's mistaken, Either he'lli take cotton and wool mixtures, or he'll pay $250 to $5.00 more for nis winter suit and overcoat. y As for food, we have plenty. In general, food prices are much lower| than they were in prosperous 1929, ind somewhat lower even than they, were in 1837. Starting from the head of the batting order, Wenatchee collected nine straight singles., Each regu- lar—plis a pinch hitter for the pitcher—connected - with a- one- baser for six runs and the victory, which came with the bases still loaded and nobody out. The' Datly Aiaska Empire has the | ‘argest paid circulation of any Al- | wka newspaper. Fmpire Classifieds Payl The government index for all foods, taking the 1935-39 average as 100, shows prices were up around 131 in 1029. The index stood at 1079 in 1937, and it's only up to 100.6 now. But in areas where defense in-| iustries or Army camps are located | ood costs are much higher, or they're spotty and uncertain. Take the case of my wife and the string beans, here in Wash,| ngton. Last summer, her gro- cer bought a local standard-pack By GEORGE McMANUS having all these little troubles: Diversion of supplies to de- £3¢ o creates demand and scarcity. 2, More people are working, and demand Is greater for things they couldn't buy before they got johs. 3. The government is pegging | prices or promising to peg them on several farm products, among them pork and tomatoes. They'll need lots of tomatoes for Britain. Vita- can of string beans, and sold them | Mins. to her for five cents a can. Now| 4 Many manufacturers and peo- she pays nine cents, and her grocer Plé themselves, tend to- create “an tells her string beans can't be had ortificlal searcity 'by buying moie until the new pack comes in this than they need as'& backlog: Thats onth. what caused the sugar crisis a few But, strangely enough, there may, Months ago. The Government, be no canned bean crisis in Keo- StePped in on that, broke up thé kuk, Ia, or Peoria. panic and the extra profits, ] On the other hand, top round! ¥-S. te housewives: . . steak around here is now 33 cents' About the only u\ln( you buy @ pound, agafnst 45 cents last fall, Often that won't be going' up or Why? Many reasons. But the big SCarce soon, will be utoeunq;'l‘h:zv one “is that somebody started o 8re substitute fibres aplenty, even price war on round steak a few if Japan pegs the price of silk years ago, and the stores had to Yowre actually paying ‘less now meet the compefition—even at a than you were a.year ago. Joss. | ———e————— BUY DEFENSE BONDS | —— FIRSTGIRLTHREAT ‘There are four reasons why we're