The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1944, Page 3

| ] % TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1944 LAST TIMES TONIGHT! ONLY A SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART (AN LIVE THIS STORY! PREVUE TONIGHT THEATRE Show Place of Juneau S ———————e—— | VANDERMEER STILL STRIKES "EM OUT July 11.—The SAMPSON, N. Y Sampson Blue Jackets, behind the hurling of Johnny VanderMeer, racked up the fifteenth win against a single loss, to def Claveland last night 15 to 2. VanderMeer struck out ten Indians e - MORE NIGHT GAMES FOR AMER lEAGUE PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 11. — The American League ha oted to permit members to play more night | games in the future, but delayed | action on setting just how many | more night games will be scheduled e rreeees | e lLunlun AvpaneL oy Sccesson ° e rrrrrrrorrrersees | 'MUSICAL HIT T0 spot | | 'MONTGOMERY T0 by the w; | picture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite! END TONIGHT AT | CAPITOL mzmtl | Clever spotting of name bands! and entertainers throughout “Rev-| eille With Beverly” makes the Col- umbia musical one of the notch melody hits of the year. film has its final showing tonight 4 HURLERS top | The | HEADED FOR BIG SEASON AT SOFTBALL By FRANK ECK AP Features Sports Writer | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE——JUNEAU, ALASKA BIG MOUND \ALL-STAR DUEL FOUGHT TONIGHT Subport Defeals Signacs—;Ame,i(an, National Top at the Capitol Theatre | NEW YORK, July 11.—Four hurl- c | i Brought on the studio lot at var-|ers who know how it feels to win| oast Guard Walks | Liners to Play Annual jous times during the creation of 20 games in one season in the| Over C”y Team 7 . the film were such bands as those|majors, again have an excellent) Gamein Pl"SbUfgh of Duke Ellington, Count ,/chance to crash what is commonly o o Freddie Slack and Bob Crosby, as known as the “select circle.” In a pitchers’ battle last nightj iRt | S . joreos| PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 11 well as entertainers like Frank Sin-| There are two in each league./the SubPort defeated the ngndcn‘gm\ Flisani, M"mn:“‘l_»m, b atra, the Mills Brothers, the Three|The American League hopefuls are|2 to 0. Kistner, on the mound for| qo5 /" 0 o Ty Tan o o Radio Rogues and the Wilde Twins.[Paul (Dizzy) Trout of the Detroit|the SubPort, never was in trouble, nounced that Bucky Walters, ace In each case, the individual | Tigers, whose 20 wins last season | allowing only two hits, and the| | Cincinnati hurler, will be the start- groups are heard in the piece for|tied Spud Chandler of the Yan-fonly threat by the Signacs was cubjy, . iioper for the Nationals to- are the Count which they For instance, o'Clock Jump” ord sales in most popular Basie’s the country. fore, Basie and his band are seen|Boston Red Sox in playing the number with plenty of camera closeups of Basie and his| piano playing. To give Duke Ellington's “Take the A Train” the production due it, the studio saw to it that the band plays inside an elaborate club car| lon a streamlined limited. Studio camera crews took special pains to e to it that each outstanding mu-| in all the bands was high- as he did his specialty. Frank Sinatra ising young| vocalist whose records are givin;:‘ Bing Crosb; a run for top sales,| has a prominent singing and acting| in “Reveille With Beverly.” 1 g — Isician lighted MEET BEAU JACK IN BENEFIT MATCH YORK, July been given to Bob Montgomery, lightweight titlist, and Beau Jack for a war bond benefit fight some-‘ time next month, it is announced| r bond sports committee. | BER G 11.—Permis- by the Army New York| NEW sion has PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY \Have a portrait artist take your Federal Building, Phone 294. adv. IN THE UNITED | FLIES BORDER TO BORDER and COAS From Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles Chicago, New York, Washington and the East UNITED = AIR LINES SEATTLE—Fourth Ave. and Union Street VANCOUVER—723 West Georgla Street ‘“STATES’’ T TO COAST B. C. and Seattle to FOR ONE ( Hot Point ELEC RANGE ® Alaska Electric Light and Power Company . JUNEAU Phone No. 616 SALE NEW) TRIC DOUGLAS Phone No. 18 “One/of wins, kees for the circuit’s most number off by a perfect throw from Grear-| and Cecil (Tex) Hughson son in left field has topped all rec-/who paced the league with 22 vic-|ning Mueller hit a double and was Thcxe-‘touu and 113 strikeouts for 1942 Sewell Out to Repeat {loop with 27 and 22 victories, re- whose blooper ball gave the Pit Walters appear: 20 this season for hie was the first third of the him. This could be season behind Walters’ WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS Complete Summer BEAUTY CARE A full staff of experienced operators to satisfy your every wish in hair styling. . SHOP HOURS 9A. M.TOG6P. M OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 the National Lundeberg, a walk to Redker and a who single by Grearson to score Lunde- The big arms in League are Bucky Walters, | pitched the Cincinnati Reds to pen- | berg. nants in 1939 and 1940, pacing the|the Signacs, allowed five hits. In the second game of the eve-‘at 9 o'clock tonight (Eastern war- | S]’)(‘cllvclv and Truett (Rip) Sewell,| ning the Coast Guard walked nvcr‘tml!* at Forbes Field. Experts be- | . thv City Team to the tune of 19| lieve McCarthy will use Yankee ace burgh Pirates 21 conquests last sea- to 2. son and tied him in wins with Mort & Cooper of the Cardinals and Elmer That |Riddle of the Reds. a cinch to crash|the City Team. | in the majors to win 10 games this|Signacs are laying for spring and he did it with only one-|only team to defeat the Signacs m best season|{City Team and SubPort will meet. When the former|Thursday evening at 6:30 the Fi- night when they try to break the In the strangle-hold the American League first m-i has held on the annual All-Star the |scoredeby a single by Croft. The|game |SubPort scored their second run in} joe McCarthy, Yankee mentor, | the fourth a single bY and boss of the American Leaguers for the seventh straight time, said |he would not make his announce- on the mound !or‘mem as to his starting pitcher { until shortly before the game starts inning on Senescu, The Coast Guard boys had |Hank Borowy, who has eleven vie-| field day, getting eleven hits. | tories and four defeats so far th old bugaboo, eight errors, ‘yem and has not pitched since las helped greatly in the downfall ol“rh“l"""‘ when he blanked Cleve- and | | Wednesday evening at 6:50. thej The betting gentry mace the PAA, the BAMC as even money as each side has over .300 batting average in the lineup and the pitchers are all with top-heavy win records. Hard luck has hit the Nats when {the first half of play. At 7:30 the; T VUL PN | on the mound. Max Lanier, veteran St. Louis south- | third baseman won 27 in '39 he was nance Red Birds and Coast Guard| [paw, developed a sore arm and charged with 11 setbacks. w.uu-mwlll fight it out. Monday evening|Eddie Miller, Cincy shortstop, is un- now shows 12 wins and 3 losses. ‘m(- Coast Guard and Signacs will ‘able to play because of a sore | Among the “newcomers” seeking| play off for the championship of \shoulder. to take 20 decisions is Hal pr.‘lhn tirst half. The expected lineup tonight is as houser of the Detroit Tigers. The| Box scores and league standing follows: first twirler in the American L,.d_\(un cond half follows: A A(,T"i(m‘ Lra'zut[ b gue to win 10, Newhouser already| SubPort Tucker, Chicago, center field "has surpassed his best previous ef-| player ABRHE h)\('nr:‘, Ws::lunuhm.[nfz?ll flvl(l, [forts. He never won more than| wellenstein, 3.0 a DY RMeADTT, B F ey nine games in a single season. He Mueller, 3b 81t AYv)hlnwn”B‘u.stnn o e Hib Ahat UL Salvus, 1b 2 0 0 0 Keltner, Cleveland, third base. Other American League possibili-|croft, ¢ OIS ) yeey éflsw“. Ascond-Dass: ties are Hank Borowy of the Yan- pundeberg, ss - T R VRS Hemsley, New York, catcher. |kees and Jack Kramer of the St.|Redker, 2b 1 0 0 0 Borowy, New York, pitcher. | Louis Browns. Grearson, 1f 8 .0 1%} National League Munger a Sensation |Roff, cf 2 0 0 0 Galan, Brooklyn, left field. With Cooper late in getting start- Rice, rf 2 0 0 -0 retta, Chicago, first base. ed, Max Lanier and George Munger | Kistuer, p 2 0 1 0 Musial, St. Louis, center field. might be the Cardinals’ big win- e —| W. Cooper, St. Lou , catcher. ners this time. Both were credited! Totals 22 2 5 3| Walker, Brooklyn, right field. with seven wins during the Iirst’ | Elliott, Pittsburgh, third base. third. | FURSE | Ryan, Boston, second base. Lanier seems to improve with qua;:r-r A'B R H E| pMarion, St. Louis, short top. age. The 29-year-old southpaw hitiSundsten, If 3 0 1 0| walter, Cincinnati, pitcher. |his high of 15 successes last season HOfstatter, ss 3.0 8% Heavy Hitting after winning 13 the previous cam- | LePRYson, » 2 0 0 0f Forbes Field is generally recog- palgn. Munger, after achieving a |Senesct: P 2 0 0 0 nized as one of baseball's most record of 9 and 5 in 1943, his firsy| Stafford, cf 3 0 0 0iheautiful parks. In the eyes of vear as a Red Bird, showed 10 Beach, 2b 2 0 0 0 batters, it is “a hitter'’s paradise.” triumphs in his first 11 decisions|LOWIeY: € 2 0 1 0| When a batter steps to the plate, Thits ‘asaian; Bradley, 3b 20 0 ojhe {ac;"s l:;l‘lhi’ dlstfl;me beyo(n;imt‘k;e i rf centerfie ence a impse ol @ Young Bill Voiselle of the Gnamswa‘;’;eu[; i: 2i g g é scape worthy of agpah:)tcr's brush. f and Jim_ Tobin cof .the Boston ; ~ " _| A great hill, grass-covered and tree- Braves are other possible Nauonal“ Total a1 o 1 |studded, forms the sky-line back- | |League 20-game winners though| O ground with Carnegle Institute, their respective clubs have a habit| Coast Guard Pitt's skyscraper schoolhouse, the of kicking away those close ones. Player— AB R H E cathedral of learning, and other| MeMahon, ss .4 2 1 0 buildings of culture, religion, and | A i {Pick, f 3 2 0 0 science all in the picture. No base- G"sham G'rls Are |Stimac, p g g lll?all par}( ever stood in a more ex- Perone, 3b 3 1 o 1|clusive section of a city. Stapleton, 1b 18 0 1 Park Is Beauty : Honored af Pany Murdock, 1f 4 2 1 o The park itself has a unique 2 Derrick, 2b 4 2 2 ( beauty in that no advertising sign A recent party, honoring Mary . | of any description, except for patri- and Ann Grisham, who are leaving |Berger, ¢ . ¥ 8.2 2 0f 40 reasons, has ever been permit- ltoday for the south, was given at|Wallingstein, st 3 2 0 0lyqon its fences. That was the way the home of Dr. and Mrs. William |Beach, ¢f 4 2 3 0 /ihe late Barney Drefuss intended M. Whitehead. " T 7T 7. lit to be when the park was dedicated The young guests attending the| Totals 33 19 11 31 1909. affair were Gretchen and Jane City Team | In contract to vari-colored adver- Adams, Dee Dee Ninnis, Jane Al-| Player— AB R H E;lispments at many other parks, lison, Julie Hudson, Agnes and|Becker, ss 3 0 1 1|Forbes Field has but two signs, one |Kathryn Hared, Sue and Michael |Kirsten, p 3 0 1 1|urging the purchase of war bonds Wade, and Barbara Judson. | Grummett, cf ST O‘and stamps and the other, a 32-foot Games were played throughout|Werner, ¢ gra s 0‘ figure of a U. 8. Marine, asking en- the afternoon, followed by refresh-|Iversen, 3b 3 0 0 1::::3";;::5 that branch of the A Bindpten, Jt 3 0 0 0 "y the background fs restful ‘Magm'ty, st ge 10 1 and helpful to a batter, enabling |Krufoff, 1b 3 0 0 0lpim to keep a clear eye, follow the B f Patterson, 2b 3 0 0 2 pa) closely as it leaves the pitcher’s arano Lowrey, rf 2 0 0 1ipand, and gauge his swing to split- {Senescu, ss -1 0 0 0 second perfection Beauty Salon — — — —|“Because of this advantage, base- ! Totals 28 2 ball men believe the 1944 All-Star e classic will produce more hitting TEAM STANDING than in mg‘zr(;\::m G,%esh Tegitor Won Lost Pcl.| s is the first time Forbes Field Blgnaes 3 1 .70/ nas peen the scene of the game. p SubiBlan -3 1 .750| However, the World Series has been Finance Red Blrds‘ 2 1 -666 | held in the park three times—1909, Coast Guard 2 2 ,s,rm‘ 1925 and 1927. City Team* .0 3 .000] Pirate officials say they will be *Tied game. Iflble to seat 36,000 for the All-Star 'MURDER MYSTERY | | CONTEST IN LAST SHOWING AT 20TH CENTURY| Many actors have sky-rocketed (Yl fame, only to fizzle out like a damp firecracker. Not so Richard Denning, handsome young 20th | Century-Fox player. He believes in taking his time, so that when his ‘break” came, he was ready After graduating from the Uni- versity of California, Denning came to Hollywood in 1936. He preferred an unting job at a studio—but was given a bit part instead | This was fun, but Denning thought he knew his limitations 'So instead of taking the studio’s offer of bigger and better roles, he incubated a while, playing those “atmosphere” bits: a corpse, a mob character, and other small roles for| the valuable experience to be | gained. When 20th Century-Fox tapped him to play the tough danger-lov- ing detective in “Quiet Please, Mur- der” featuring George Sanders, end- ing tonight at the 20th Century ‘Theatre, he was ready. - 'REPORT MADE ON HALIBUT LANDINGS The records of the International Fisheries Commission shows that for the period from April 16 to June 30, the following total amounts of hali- but have been landed in Pacific ; Coast ports from Are and 3 Area 2 Area 3 9,005,000 5,531,000 8,281,000 143,000 u. Fleet Canadian Fleet Total 17,286,000 5,674,000 The above figures are preliminary and subject to amendment. In 1943 the landings from April 16 to June | | 30 amounted to: | Area 3 | Area 2 U. 5. Fleet 13,224,000 10,698,000 | | Canadian Fleet. 10,634,000 126,000 | | Total 23,858,000 10,824,000 | In 1944 landings commenced more | | than a month later, due to delay in departures of all fleets, and are not | directly comparable with the 1943 landings to the same date. For the month of June, 1944, the following amounts of halibut were | ! landed: Area 2 Area 3, | | U. S. Fleet 8,008,000 465,000 | 143,000 Canadian Fleet.. 7,483,000 i Total 15,491,000 ’) 608,000 | Acknowledgement is made of the| assistance Lheu by the Department | | of Fisheries, Canada, the United States Fish nnd Wildlife Service, and the Canadian and United States | Customs in the compilation of these | | totals. | ——eee AWVS Asking Aid | " In Entertaining of Men from Aleutians The American Women's Voluntary | services are asking for the names of more Juneau homemakers who would like to help with the enter- | tainment of service men arriving from the Aleutians on furlough. This hospitality may take the form of a potluck dinner, or possibly a trip to Mendenhall Glacier. Telephone numbers may be left | with Mrs. Ernest Gruening flor notification when some hospitality may be extended, or the names may be handed to the hosf at the AWVS booth in the Baranof Hotel during the hours of 2:30 to 5 in the afternoon or from 7 to 9 o'clock in the evening. | contest. | Forbes Fleld is a big park. From home plate to the deepest point in center field the distance is 457 feet. The left field foul line is 365 feet to the fence, and the right field line 300 feet. The distance behind the plate to the grandstand is the greatest i the majors, totaling 110 feet and making two bases possible for base runners on virtually every wild pitch or passed ball. | Porbes Pleld is well equipped for | | a night game. There are 864 flood- lights of 1,500-watt capacity, throw- ing out light sufficient to illuminate | all the homes of a city Ol 25 000 BARNEY GODGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH T WISHT SOME VARMINT \NOULD GIT ME OUT'N TH\S V6 JaP CHICKEN COOP ' Broiled Steak and Frwd Chicken SER VED ANY TIME The Derby Inn DINE AND DANCE BAR DINE AND DANCE | Keithahn |art, H. O. Adams, TIOMCENTURY PAGE THREE NOW PLAYING Every Thrilling Moment ‘of Their Lives In DEADLY Peril! They had love in their hearts ... and murder on their N NG LELY ER Directed by JOHN lAkKlN * Produced by RALPH DIETRICH * Screen Play by John Larkin 'EST WORLD NEW From @ Story by Lawrence G. Blochman GOOD SIHOWS LOWEST PRICES COMMITTEES NAMED FOR CONVENTION OF A. L. IN SEPTEMBER ;5 were appointed for the Americanl Legion convention to be held here in September, at the meeting last evening at the Dugout The reception, registration and tours committee is composed of Fred Henning, Chairman, -with Le- roy Noland, Frank Hungerford and George Getchell Program and {printing will be handled by Leo Jewett, Chairman, assisted by E. I The finance committee appointed was Al Zenger, Chair- man, with Claude Carnegie and Tom Petrich. Forty and Eight ar- rangements will be in: ¢harge of George Gullefsen, liaison ofticer, The Mixer, which will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall at 8 o'clock on the evening of September 2, is to be in charge of George Cleve- land, Chairman, with A. W, Stew- Minard Mill and Committe Joseph Johnstone. Committee members for the child welfare breakfast, slated for Sep- tember 3 at 8 am. in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel, will be Waino Hendrickson, Chairman, assisted by Dr. J. O. Rude. The banguet, which is to be held the night of September 4 at 6:30 in the Gold Room, will be charge of Homer Nordling, Chair- man, with Ralph Martin and John McCormack. The American Legion ball, held the same evening at the Elks Hall, beginning at 10 o'clock, will be under the direction of Steve Vukovich, Chairman, assisted by H, Lester Rink, Joe Thibodeau, Ralph Wright, and William Hc man. — e MEHERI and Mrs, LEAVE J. Meherin Mr J west bound and also bound for the are interior, where they will call on the trade during the trip. S .. MARRIAGE LIC E A marriage license plied for at the office States Commissioner A. E. Steele and Golden has been ap- of United Waltman in| Felix Gray by ! DOUGLAS NEWS TAX MILLS SET At a meeting of the Douglas City Council last evening, the new as- essment rates were approved and a tax rate of 17 mills set for 1944. The tax rate last year and previous years 0 mills, the maximum tax, The Fourth of July Committee met and closed the books for the year 1944, depositing surplus funds for next year’s use in the First Na- tional Bank at Juneau, VISITING NELL KILBURN Mrs. W. R. Winsor and son Robert rived on this morning's steamer 1d will visit here with Mrs, William Nell” Kilburn. Mrs. Winsor is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Kilburn and her home is in Portland, Ore=~ gon. Mr. Winsor was unable to make the trip. MRS. J. B. CARLYLE HOME Mrs. J. B. Carlyle came home this morning after a six weeks’ va- cation in the Seattle area, visiting with friends and relatives. Her son Jackie acmmnnnlud her on the trip. 2 AN(HORAGE TRIPS (- FOR ALASKA AIRLINES An Alaska airliner left early today Anchorage with the following persons: E. T, Erickson, B. A. Odell, | W. C. Johnson, Fred Anderson, M. | Mathison, A, J. Grekie, O, F. Quick, | 1. A. Hedges, Harold Larson, R. Ends, | R. V. Jor Joe Rosetti, F, B. Smith, and R. J. Sommers. Pilots were Silver and Long. A second flight, later today, car- ried A, F. Ewers, C. E. Pier, Leo | Edwards, Bruce Wardrobe, J. D. | Cowley, J. N. ,Muraski, Anton Nord- ling, W. C. Hickson, and T. G. | Hopper to Anchorage, and C. Wheel- | | er to Cordova. TIDES TOMORROW | | for Low tide —0:31 a. m., 24 feet. High tide-- 6:27 a. m,, 143 feet Low tide —12:47 p. m., 1.0 feet. High tide--7:15 p. m., 156 lul By BILLY DeBECK RUSTLE YORE BONES, HEFTY Y NE GOTTA FREE T NARD BIRD TO FIGHT ! Located at SKAGWAY SKAGWAY'S ONLY DINE AND DANCE PLACE SINCE THE GOLD RUSH!