The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1944, Page 3

THURSDAY, LAST TIMES TONIGHT! | "Frontier Badmen" | FRIDAY—SATURDAY Show Place of Juneau NEXT SOFTBALL GAME ON SUNDAY Three games have been playcd‘ in the Juneau Sottball League dur- ing the week. Monday night the Coast Guard defeated PAA by a score of 7 to 3. Each team col- lected nine hits, but the Coast Guard by getting their hits at the right time ran up a four-run lead. Three errors by PAA proved costly. | The second game Monday evening{ was cancelled due to coronation of Miss Liberty. e Game Wednesday night in the first game the City Team and Finance Red Birds played to a 5 to 5 tie in seven innings. It was necessary to call the game due to lack of time. The game will be played off at a later date. In the second inning the City Team e¢ot to Blum for three hits on which, with the as- sistance of two e'rors by the Fi- nance Red Birds, they scored four runs. The Red Birds took the lead | in the sixth, only to have Henning,| pitcher for the City Team, hit a home run in the seventh inning to tie up the game. In the seconi game the SubPort defeated PAA 13 to 3. The Sub- Ports got to Morlin, PAA pitcher, in the sixth irning for eight hits and nine runs to put the game on ice. Kistner, lor SubPort, allowed only five scattered hits, three by Sherard of PAA. * The Fourth of July All-Star Soft- ball game was cancelled due to in- clement weather. This game will be played Sunday at approximately 4 p. m., after the hardball game, which was postponed from the Fourth, also. Team standings for second half are as follows: Team— Signacs SubPort, Finance Redbirds Coast Guard Finance Redbirds* PAA City Team* [ 1 *Tie game, to be played off. e Won Lost Pet. 0 1,000 666 500| 500 500 333 000 1 1 1 1 2 e o o o o WEATHER REPORT JULY 6, 1944 — e STORY OF OLD WEST T0 END, CAPITOL SHOW | | | Like Old Man River, William| Farnum keeps rolling along in mo- tion pictures. | One of the videst actors in point | of appearance on the screen, Far-| num’s newest picture assignment is as a cattle buyer in Universal's “Frontier Badmen” showing for the last times tonight at the Capi- tol Theatre. | Farnum, now in his late sixties, (became a Shakespearean actor at |the age of sixteen. He entered mo- |tion pictures with William Fox, and |was one of the first matinee idols of the screen in the early days of ;Mnr_v Pickford, Blanche Sweet, |Norma Talmadge, Tom Santschi land many other pioneers. In 1927, while making “The Man Who Fights Alone,” Bill received serious inguries that ithe screen for several years. Only in recent years has he returned to his first love—acting. | “Frontier Badmen,” directed by| Ford Becbe and William McGann, | has a distinguished cast which fea- tures Robert Paige Anne Gwynne,‘ Noah Beery, Jr, Diana Barrymore, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine and] others. Lon Chaney has a leading! role. " CARDSDRAW AWAY FROM OTHERTEAMS Winning Stre_ak Extended | to Seven Games-Mun- | ger Going fo Army | (By Associated Press) 1§ The National League's leading St.| Louis Cardinals continued to draw | away from the field and extend the current winning streak to seven games with a win yesterday over the New York Giants. George Munger, pitching his possible last game before entering the Army, marked up his eleventh triumph of the year. The Cards scored all of their runs in. the third with four hits climaxed by Ken O'Dea’s homer with two aboard. Jim Tobin, master of the flutter knuckle ball, kept the Cubs guess- ing yesterday for his ninth victory. The big righthander, credited with a no-hitter earlier in the season, retired the first 16 men in order. Philadelphia took a doubleheader from Pittsbugh. Kewpie Barrett is credited with both wins, one game being only one inning to finish the uncompleted game of May 21 called by the Sunday curfew. In the other game the Philadelphia bunch pounded three hurlers for 14 hits. Cincinnati made it three in a row over Brooklyn yesterday. Ed Heusser limited the Dodgers to three hits. The defeat extended the Dodgers’ losing streak to nine straight and all games played in the West. — - — BROWNS KEEP FORGING UP (By Associated Press) The St. Louis Browns stretched| their American League lead by’ downing Philadelphia yesterday, and Boston lost to Detroit. Dutch Leonard, veteran knuckle- | kept him off | ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA JUNEAULAGS IN FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE A slight gain over yesterday's bond purchases has been made and the all series total now stands at $3179,288.25. Series E bond purchases today are tabulated at $144,339.75. With only three days to go, Ju- neau is lagging in the Fifth War Loan Drive and it is questionable whether the $435000 quota will be SEALS BACK AS LEADERS P.C.LEAGUE (By Associated Press) Francisco regained leader- the Pacific Coast League yesterday eveaing by defeating Oakland. The Oaks had knocked ithe Seals out of the lead by win- Ining the July 4tL doubleheader. {Last night the Oaks were unable to |solve the offerings of Bob Joyce land the Seals pounded Manuel San ship in This Is Really Good; Draft Board Letter Delivered ;. HEADQUARTERS XPEDITIONARY July 6. — Private | George W. Lemelin, of Detroit, | who landed in France on D- Day with the amphibious en- rs, opened a letter on the field as German shells were bursting around him. The let- ter was from his board advising him he had been granted a one-year deferment. —~———— MANYSTARSIN | MUSICAL FILM, | 20TH CENTURY s a picture to| happy, H'.\“ musical | Rhythm,” | If ever there make every movie fan |Paramount’s unparalleled comedy, “Star Spangled which opened last night at the 20th Century Theatre with just about| |everything imaginable in the way| home draft |Of entertainment, and just about | {everyone on the Paramount lot {It's without doubt the best and| | biggest show of shows in Hollywood | “uxmry a feast for eyes and ears| {and heart and funnybone | No matter who your favorite! reached before Saturday. - eee LOGGING ENGINEER AIDS IN SELECTION, PULP TIMBER UNIT Here for a few days to confer with Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzieman, James W. Girard has arrived from Ketchikan, where he has been assisting iocal forest of- ficers in selecting and designating timber areas to he placed in the pulp timber unit being laid out in that locality. Mr. Girard is chief logging engineer for the Forest Los Angeles 3 Hollywood 0. |Service from Washington, D. C. San Francisco 8, Oakland 1. Mr. Girard has also been mak- Seattle 8, Po:tland 4. ling a study of the cost of logging Sacramento 6, Sun Diego 5. ;pulp timber in Alaska, the methods of evaiuating stumpage, and the National League | Philadelphia 12, Pittsburgh 4, 2.|development of economical units for ' Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 4. | the proposed operations. St. Louis 4, New York 1. | As engineer for the Forest Ser- Boston 17, Clucago 2. |vice, Mr. Girard has worked in all American League parts of the United States on lum- Cleveland 2, New York 6. | bering problems, both for the Fed- Detroit 8, Boston 1 eral Government and private in- ‘Washington 3, Chicago 1 terests. Since the beginning of the St. Louis 4, Philadelphia war he has been with the War Production Board arranging priori- |ties for obtaining supplies of crit- Pacific Ceast League tical timber items such as aircraft Won Lost Pet.|lumber, aircraft veneer logs and 46 42 523 other forms of industrial timber 45 43 511/going info war u i 45 43 511! From here Mr. Girard will go to 46 45 505 Ocean Falls, one of the largest 44 500! paper mills on the ocast of Brit- 45 489 ish Columbia, where he will study 45 .489 log suply problems before returning 46 .465“0 the States. FIRE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS 2 ALARMS 458| youngsters playing with matches 4411y the vacated residence of the 408 | Tanaka family, located near the! -397| Home Boarding House, set fire to | some old furniture in the building Pct. | and flames quickly spread through- 568 out the house and the Juneau Fire 534 | Department was called to the scene .507| about 11:30 o'clock this forenoon. | 500 Although the flames and smoke | .486 | were visible from almost every sec- 479 tion of the town, there was not a| 479 | great deal of damage reported. 444 Last night the fire department was called out about 6:00 o'clock to the Mayers’ residence on Willoughby | Avenue, where some clothes had | | been set on fire by a lighted cigar- | Eette. There was no damage. CALL FOR BIDS FOR CARRYING U. 5. MAIL Bids for carrying United States | mail between’ the Juneau Post Of- fice and the Airport are now open Anyone interested may apply at Hu" Postmaster’s office or read the re- quirements posted on the Post Of- fice bulletin board. Bids will close on July 15. DB TH weltoal ! Sister Mary Ambrose, nurse at | 8t. Ann’s Hospital, is enroute South on a short vacation trip. Salvo for eight hits for five runs ‘nnd then clipped substitute pitcher Ken Gables for three runs on five walks and two hite. Seattle is in a tie with Oakland for second spo: by defeating Port- land 8 to 4 last night. San Diego lost to Sacramento |last night. The, Solons trailed the Padres but managed to punch out two counters ir the ninth to win. Los Angeles shut out Hollywood | as pitcher Ray Prim allowed only| six scattered hits an dfanned six,| scoring his tenth mound victory of | the season. GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League 2 STANDING OF CLUBS San Francisco Oakland Seattle San Diego Los Angeles Portland Hollywood Sacramento National League | Lost Pet. | St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgli New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston Chicago 716 557/ 538 486 | American League Lost 32 34 34 33 37 38 St. Louis Boston New York Chicago ‘Washington Cleveland Detroit 38 Philadelohia 40 — Mrs. Anna Caldwell Honore_d d at Shower A shower was given on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. H. J. Leonard in honor of Mrs. Anna Caldwell. Guests attending the affair were Mrs. Ethel Dent, Mrs. B. Stoddard, Nona Rogers, Helen Goodrich, Alice Sexton, Florence Galleau, Mrs. Ash, and the honor guest. Games were played throughout the evening, followed by refresh- ments, and the presentation of many lovely gifts to Mrs. Caldwell. | Company office CIRCUS TENT ABLAZE;MANY ARE KILLED Fire Breaks'0u<t After First| Act of Affernoon Performance e’ ¢ | HARTORD, Conn., July 6.—An } undetermined number of persons,: estimated by various officials Paramount star is, you're sure to; see him—or her—n “Star Spang- | led Rbythm.” Don't get the ijdea that Spangled Rhythm” is just a revue; it isn't. It tells the story of Vic- tor Moore, Paramount studio gate- man, who has deceived his sailor son, Eddie Bracken, into believing | that he runs the studio. When die shows up at the studio with a | group of friendas, something drastic has to be done, and Mqore and Betty Hutton, his switchboard op- erator friend, do ii. Before Vvery |long, every one of the sta 15| helping them do it and it all adds | up to really hilarious fun | All the stars—mcst of them play- ing thermselves—are seen on their between 50 and 100, died this after- |home ground, the Paramount stu-| noon in a fire that turned the tent |dio. They all perform against a) of Ringling Brothers and Barnum- |background of music, dancing and | Bailey Circus into a tragic scene of comedy, making “Star Spangled death and pandemonium, |Rhythm” the ' greatest entertain-| The fire broke out just after the |jment of its kind first act of the afternoon perform- ance | o uickly became o seene of tne LT» HOWARD CROKEN wildest confusion. Women wandered | S'I'ops HERE BR'EH.Y T0 VISIT RELATIVES| dazed over the lot frantically calling Lt. Howard Croken, who has| for their children. The circus animals appeared to |been stationed on the tip of the| Aleutian chain, passed through Ju- have not been touched as they were | tethered in ground some distance {neau recently an his way south for a furlough. During his brief stay from the burning tent. ——————— {here, Lt Croken visited with his mother and his sister, Mrs. Mar-| Blair Frederick Paul Has First Birthday 5. Blair Frederick Paul, son of Mr.| and Mrs. Frederick Paul, celebrated H ARRY HopmNs | b | his firth birthday party yesterday | at the home of his parents. Guests and their mothers were | REIUR"S Io Jo | Joan and Tommy Smith and Ml's.( “Star | | D -o James Smith, Suzanne Morse and — | Mrs. Sam Morse, Roger Carnes and, WASHINGTON, July 6. — Harry Mrs. Millard Carnes, Kathy and Hopkins has returned to his job, as Karen Taylor and Mrs, D. G. Taylor, | special assistant to President Roose- | Ronald Brant, Mrs, William L. Paul: velt, after a six-month illness and | and Miss Frances E. Paul. | convalescence. | Under protest, pictures were taken | SRR S i SRR of the party by the guest of honor's’ NEW YORK, July 6. — Herbert uncle, William Paul, Jr. Brownell, Jr, National Chairman B R (of the Republican Party, announces FULTON AND KRUSE e poesidentiai campotan. HAVE NEW QUARTERS for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. The Executive Committee will in- iclude Ralph Cake, National Com- Fulton and Kruse, building con- mitteeman from Oregon and for- tractors and cabinet workers, have mer Manager for Wendell L. Will- moved to their new quarters in the kie. | Caro Building at 146 South Main | | Street. They were formerly located ~rrrrrrr s lin the old ferry weaiting room, more recently occupied by the Atkinson Fulton and Kruse, announce that considerable new equipment has been ordered to take | care of the increase in their busi- | e | Women's Aveanc { | P e e ] IN FROM TENAKEE 5. Asp has arrived here from Tenakee and is registered at the Baranof. - eee NUNANS IN TOWN Mr. and Mrs, H C. Nunan are here from Ketchikan and have reg- istered at the Baranof Hotel. |to raise base pay of enlisted men FOSTER & MARSHALL " PAGE THREE WHERE THE BETTER BIG PICTURES PLAY TIOMCENTURY NOW PLAYING Shows at 7:30 and 9:35 P. M. Almost As Many & More Son A Paramount Picture with William Bendix % Jerry Colonna |l Macdonald Carey * Albert Walter Abel * Susan Hayward | Marjorie Reynolds * Betty stars As The Flag! g Hits Than In The Hit Parade! More Fun Than :vor Before! ‘ Starrng Y BING CROSBY Y 808 HOPE s FRED MacMURRAY Y FRANCHOT TONE s RAY MILLAND (e o powes S BETTY HUTTON ll % e00iE SRACKEN Dekker Rhodes 7 SONG HITS! 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