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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1944 THEATRE Show Place of Juneau Now Playmg CASS MLEV MARTHA 0'DRISCOLL PATRIC KNOWLES THOMAS GOMEZ TONY and SALLY DE MARCO COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra MARION HUTTON and The Glenn Miller Singers DELTA RHYTHM BOYS LEIGHTON NOBLE and His Orchestra PERCY KILBRIDE FRANKLIN PANGBORN NEWS- CARTOON Show Starts 7:15—9:15 , MAN LOSES LIFE IN AN EXPLOSION ON SEINE BOAT | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 31.—| Francis Anderson, about 32, who is survived by his wife and family somewhere in South Dakota, lost| his life in a seine boat explosion| + and fire at the oil dock here yes- terday. Anderson was trapped in the forecastle. | Another man, Kenneth Bell, is| in a critical condition. Bell was rescued through the ventilator, but| the Tescuers could not get to An-| derson, who was visiting on the boat and had gone below to take| a nap. .- JOHN MAGUIRE IN TOWN John Maguire of the Union Oll; ) Company, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. YOU CANNOT FIND IN THE ENTIRE NATION Such perfect spot for a carefree recreation as Alaska’s foremost resort THE HEALTH SPRINGS BELL ISLAND, ALASKA NEAR KETCHIKAN So Come Now and Enjoy a Delightful Vacation! Baranof Beauty Salon WHERE SATISFACTION and SERVICE are SYNONYMOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: Miss Jane Wells has rejoined our staff after an absence of 6 months in the States. Her old friends are invited to ask for her in phoning for appoint- ments. SHOP HOURS 9A M.TOEP. M OPEN EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT PHONE 538 1|at the Capitol Theatre. | | Hollywood stunt men who represent }.What. | o1dtimers |port by a score of 16 to 6 Sunday |afternoon, and the crowd attending |was the (game at that, but the soldier out- | Yates, 1b | Nickie, 3b |Schmidt, 2b |{Kuehne 1, Koski 1, Jensen 9; double i passed ball, OLSEN-JOHNSON COMEDY NOW AT CAPITOL SHOW ! Comedians Olsen and Johnson |take a humorous ‘“poke” |Dead End Kids in their new Uni- 'versal picture, “Crazy House,” now A scene in the comical film shows the two comedians making a tour of the Universal lot, and visit- ing the studio school. Pandemon- ium breaks out and among the tot and 'teen age pupils are five the famous Dead Enders. The stunt men put on a free-for- all fight, with Olsen and Johnson being mussed up more than some- OLDTIMERS WALLOPED BY SUBPORT SCORE BY Subport The oldtime baseball players of Juneau were walloped by the up and coming youngsters of the Sub- largest yet gathered in Firemens Park this season. - The oldtimers played a bang-up | fit got to them after the fifth in- ning and the result of the game was then never in doubt. | Following is the box score and summary : Subport AB E o ol Player— Ricei, rf Menton, ss Millnor, 1If at the| ANGELS IN SLIM LEAD, (By Associated Press) The Hollywood Stars a shutout, The wins |Solons out of the cellar. take ‘ol‘ shutouts on Sunday. GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League Seattle 2, 0; Portland 0, 1. 4, 2. Sacramento 6, 1; Oakland 7, 2; Hollywood 10, 5. National League Pittsburgh 4, 0; Boston 6, 2. St. Louis 4, 9; Brooklyn 10, 7. Chicago 4 ,11; Philadelphia 2, 2. American League Washington 1, 3; St. Louis 2, 7. Boston 5, 2; Cleveland 3, 3. Philadelphia 4, 3; Chicago 6, 0. New York 10, 7; Detroit 2, 13. GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 2. Hollywood 6, Oakland 3. Sacramento 3, San Diego 1. Portland 9, Seattle 2. National League Cincinnati 4, 5; New York 5, 3. Pittsburgh 3, Boston 0. St. Louis 14, 12; Brooklyn 2, 7. Chicago 4 ,Philadelphia 2. American League Philadelphia 6, Chicago 4. New York 2, Detroit 3. STAN] F CL] Pacific Coast League Won Lost Pet. Los Angeles ... 62 539 Krogman, cf .. Bondi, 3b Kesnick, 2b Ventrelli, ¢ Anderson, p Kuehne, p [ e HOOMMONNW®W T soomcoococor~on Totals Oldtimers | Player— Ellenberg, cf Jensen, ss, Killowich, ¢ MacSpadden, 1b Grummett, 1f Werner, 3b . Keaton, rf, ss . Koski, p., cf . P - covmMmSowo | Totals .. Summary—Home runs, Millnor 2‘ Jensen 1; two-base hit Kesnick; | three-base hits, Krogman, Kuehne; left on bases, Subport 5, Oldtimers, 3; struck out, by Anderson 3, plays, Kesnick to Menton to Yates; Ventrelli. Umpires Lovgren and Carnegie. Scorer, Jack Langseth. BRAVES WIN TWIN BILL FROM BUCS (By Associated Press) In the National League yester- day, Al Jave:y pitcher a two-hitter as the Boston Braves blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 2 to 0 on the Braves’ own field to win a double bill. The Braves came from be- hind with three-run clusters in the seventh and eighth innings to cap- ture the opener 6 to 4. Cincinnati and New York divided a twin bill. Frank McCormick sparked the Reds to a 9 to 3 vic- tory in the nightcap, hitting two homers, each with one on base. The Giants won the opener 8 to 0 as Rube Fischer thwarted Bucky Walters' attempt to gain his six- teenth win. The St. Louis Cards, tallying twice in the eleventh inning of the nightcap, defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 9 to 7 to gain an even split in a twin bill. Pitcher War- ren Racking nicely paced an eight- hitter to win the opener 10 to 4 for the Cards. The Chicago Cubs ran their string of successive victories to six, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies twice, 4 to 2 and 11 to 2. Henry Wyse, although relieved in the ninth inning of the opener by Bob Chipman, was credited with his |San Francisco | Hollywood o Oakland |san Diego | Cincinnati ol Boston ol Philadelphia 61 59 58 57 56 56 .53 National League ‘Won Lost Pet. Portland Sacramento | Seattle . 564 5511 474 Pittsburgh New York ... 0! Chicago 415 407 394 American League Pet, New York |Cleveland ... Chicago . Detroit ... Washington Philadelphia .. LEANING TOWER OF PISA IS NOT DAMAGED,REPORT WITH THE FIFTH ARMY BE- FORE PISA, July 31.—The Leaning Tower of Pisa had neither been destroyed mor damaged by artillery fire, an observer at a nearby post declared tonight, and the Leaning Tower could be plainly seen from a forward observation post through @lasses. Earlier in the day a German broadcast designed for North Am- erican listeners asserted artillery fire from American guns had level- led the Leaning Tower, one of the original seven wonders of the world. Soldiers Even Learn To Cook by Numbers CAMP VAN DORN, Miss— Strange sounds come from a camp kitchen: “By the numbers! One (hoist). Two (mark). Three (cut). (roll. Five (tie). Six (tie again).” It is the new division mess ser- geant and cooks school standardiz- ing the operations of preparing a rolled roast. were found to have been cooks in civilian life. e, E. G. WHALEN ARRIVES ternational, linois. —e e FOUR OUT VIA PAA tenth victory. Les Fleming hurled the nightcap win. ‘and Mrs. Ingar Nore, Neely, and A. W. Kern. P.C. LEAGUE Los Angeles and San Francisco divided a doubleheader Sunday, but the Angels still hold the Pacific|their Coast League’s lead by one game. smacked | header from Washington yesterda Oakland twice Sunday, and Sacra- mento nudged San Diego at both game ends of a twin contest, one game stretch their lead to four and one- the half games. Seattle and Portland split a pair advantage of a long home stand. Los Angeles 9, 0; San Franciseo San Diego 6, 0. Cincinnati 0, 9; New York 8, 3./ 3 Navy 731‘ Four There are 30 in the class. Ten per cent of the mess personnel here E. G. Whalen, of the Lions In- has registered at the Baranof Hotel from Chicago, Il- Leaving today for Seattle on a PAA plane were the following: Mr. Matthew THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNLAU ALASKA BROWNS WIN TWO BATTLES OVER SOLONS (By Associated Press) Those indominitable St. Louis Browns, refusing to give ground to determined pursuers in the; | American League, swept a double- 2 to 1 in 10 innings for the first and 7 to 3 in the last to The Browns now will have the/ |Bob Muncrief and Denny Gale- |house hurled effectively in the |twin victories, and the ninth in-| ning was the deciding frame in |both games. Cleveland and Boston divided a doubleheader. Manager Lou Boud- |reau’s double scored Paul O'Dea to give the Tribe a 3 to 2 win in the second game. The Red Sox | won the opener 5 to 3 with a |three-run raliy in the final inning. Jess Flores’ seven-hit shutout |gave the Philadelphia Athletics an even split in a twin bill with Chi- cago. Flores won 3 to 0 after Bill Dietrich turned in his twglfth vic- tory of the season, 6 to 4, for the | White Sox in the opener. | The New York Yankees and the |Detroit Tigers pounded out a total of 55 base hits and divided a| doubleheader. The Yankees won the first game 10 to 2. Detroit took the second 13 to 7. Hal New- houser racked up his sixteenth win in the nightcap and Hank Borowy got his thirteenth in the first game. 17 More Jap Vessels Are Submarined WASHINGTON, July 31. — The| announces American = sub- |marines have sent down 17 more Japanese vessels, including one es- ]cort ship, raising to 38 enemy ship- {ping losses announced in two days. e 'NAVY ANNOUNCES - CUTBACK IN SUB | BUILDING PLANS WASHINGTON, July 31. — The Navy has announced a cutback in the submarine building program, attributing the step to two factors: the loss of fewer subs than ex-| pected, and the need for at least eight other type of ships or weap- ons. The announcement gave no fig- ures either on the cutback or the| existing fleet of underwater craft.| On the basis of subs known to be| building or commissioned, however,! the undersea fleet is apparently in excess of two hundred. The Navy said that these classes of supplies now needed are air- craft carriers, cruisers, new types of assault ships, tankers, bombard- | ment ammunition, rockets for both planes and ships, forty millimeter guns, machinery for advanced bases, and high octane gas. | I | | superintendent of Flanner House. mme WORLD ¢ RELIGION vWW.REID Believing the old adage that| Satan finds mischief for idle hands., |and that this has close relationship moving drama, to present-day juvenile dellnquency,‘ the Rev. James R. Colby of Christ St. John's, Au Sable, Michigan, has most forgotten crafts. In the group| and, Mr, Colby says, are| not apt to get into trouble. Among |the activities are sewing, repalrh\g‘ toys, making *quilts, printing, lino-| leum blocks, and rug weaving. | “Those who through that carry the world contribute to| most urgent need something more precious and more relevant; than that which statesmen: and| diplomats can ever do,” said the Archbishop of Canterbury at the 145th anniversary of the Church! Missionary Society, in London, Eng- land. “We need the statesmen’s| work, and, of course, we must pray for them that they may be rightly guided; but all that can be done by them is to devise machinery for| the kind of people who are ac- tually in the world. There is some- thing deeper that must be dore before any solution can be really| final, and that is the winning of men out of their selfishness as in- dividuals or families or classes or races or nations into the fellow- ship of the family of God.” the Gospel | Under the auspices of the Am- erican Friends Service Committee (Quakers) a new interracial ex- periment is being tested in Indian- apoolis, Ind. In “Flanner House,” a community center for which a| new building has just been opened, Negroes and white serve together on committees, staff, and board of | directors. Last year the center| served 104,000 people in a multi- tude of ways, and in its new House, | designed by an outstanding Negro architect, it will serve a much larger constituency. Flanner House offers its congested community a gocial service department, a day nursery, clubs, educational classes, toy library, work shop and an em- ployment department. Last year 10,000 placements were made by the employment department in coopera- | tion with the U. S. Employment Service. Cleo W. Blackburn is the| Believing that “Christian stew- | ardship”—defined as “acting on the| principle that man is only a tem-! porary trustee for all earthly pos- sessions which in reality belong to God"—is one of America's present | needs, the United Stewardship Council, composed of representa- tives of practically all Protestant churches in America, is this year | emphasizing their principle as basic | to true freedom and lasting peace i nthe world. They are planning that this principle be emphasized from every Protestant pulpit in the | Carson |with deep concern | person 'THE HARD WAY' NOW SHOWING AT 20TH CENTURY A powerful stoly of a woman's | misguided devotion for her sister is portrayed in Warner Br “The Hard Way,"| which opened at the 20th Century | Theatre yesterday. | | | | young | |Episcopal Church, East Tawas, and ' The story deals with Helen Cher- | nen, a woman with great innate lorganized a group of thirty of his'potentialities who is forced by un-| |parishioners to revive old and al-} fortunate circumstances to remain in a grimy, sordid town where lare boys and girls as well as adults. m\(‘rv(hlng is touched with the gray |Th9\ are occupied and kept off the|dust of the coal mines. | streets, Disgusted and embittered with | her miserable lot, she is determined that her lovely young sister shall fare better. Her opportunity arises when a second . rate vaudeville team, Run- kel and Collins (played ,by Jack and Dennis Morgan) ap- |pears at the local vaudeville house. She takes advantage of Albert Runkel's admiration for Katherine 'to foment a marriage between the two, and when the troupe leaves on a tour Helen and Katherine are |aboard. Dr. Arthur H. Limouze, of the General Council of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. A, is giving a series of broadcasts on “The Supreme Stewardship” over the Blue Net- work of the National Broadcasting Company, each Monday of August and September, from 12 noon to 12:15, Eastern War Time. | |‘” OPLENTURY Playiug kvery woman has her DA LUPINO MORGAN JOAN 4.ESLIE 1 price A WARNER BROS. Picture ien JACK CARSON - GLADYS GEORGE iaye Emerson . Directed by VINCENT SHERMAN Wcreen Play by Daniel Fuchs and Pgter Viertel BUY WAR BOND AT THIS THEATRE /the home, the land, and the com- A recent statement of the Fed- munity as primary and as those in | eral Council of the Churches of \yhich life will find its deepest sat- Christ in America gives approval jsratcions, then there is little to be to the Government and church giq polioy -of resettling Americans of pEls and also the re Japanese descent in communities things of the spirit.” in East. the middle west and in the| It says: “We hvae noted the expressed attitude of certain public officials ' against the resettlement of peoplel of Japanese ancestry in their com- | munities. We call attention to lhc‘ fact that these are law- nbidlng people whose character and con~! duct have been exemplary under | trying ordeals such as few of us have had to face. They have been thoroughly investigated by Govern- | ment agencies before being released | from relocation ¢enters for resettle- ment. There has not been a single of Japanese ancestry| brought to trial in any U. S. court on charges of sabotage. Arnerican | soldiers of Japanese descent have served this country with courage and distinction in Europe, Africa,| and the Southwest Pacific.” cause has not been defeated and | will not be; it's merely in the process | of being reborn.” | are the seed . rvoirs of the These value: - e WALLACE STATES DEMOCRAT CAUSE HAVING REBIRTH' DES MOINES, ITowa, July 31— | Vice-President Henry A, Wallace told the State Democratic Platform Convention, of which he is Chair- | man, that the party could succeed in November “only if it brings the | farmer and worker together on a | liberal constructive platform. The AT'I'EN’I‘!ON MASONS Called Communication of Mt. Ju- |neau Lodge Monday evening with work in the F. C. Degree. der of the W. M. J. W. LEIVERS, Secretary, e PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPRY Have a portrait artist take your oicture. Hamersley Studio. Opposite Federal Building, Phone 294. adw By or= CALLAHAN IN TOWN L. P, Callahan, of Libby, McNeil| | and Libby, has registered at the | | Baranof Hotel from Seattle. “In the realm of rural values the | church has a supreme mission of interpretation and activity,” accord- ing to Dr. Mark A. Dawber, secre-, tary of the Home Missions Council of North America. “Rural people, themselves do not appreciate the“ significance of what they represent | in the national picture and the ! degree to which they may help de-' termine civilization. Moreover they must be helped at the point of getting more of life’s satisfaction | out of their soc-called ‘common’| things. If rural life cannot be brought to the place where it will land. As a part of their effort, accept these values of childhood, SPECIAL . 0il Permanent Machine or ENTRIES FOR TENNIS TOURNEY WILL CLOSE TOMORROW EVENING Richard Byrns, Supervisor of the! Evergreen Bowl, announces that | lists for the tennis tournament will be closed on Tuesday evening, and anyone wishing to enter is asked to contact Mi. Byrns today or to- morrow. — P ALEX KERN HERE Alex Kerh, of Anchorage, is in town and has registered at the Baranof. Machineless Limited Time Only $7.50 /s Open Evenings PHONE 318 GRIDYS €AUTY /ALON COOPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building gt <653 Women's Avpaner Spend Your Vacation at Warm Springs Ba Enjoy Alaska’s Most Healthful Mineral Baths. Enjoy Trout Fishing on Beautiful Baranof Lake. Also other Sport Fishing—Hunting in Season. 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