The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1945, Page 6

PAGE SIX CHISOX PEEL DOWNBENGAL EDGE IN JR. Mark Chnstman Beaned-! Lost to Browns for at Least 10 Days By Jack Hand (Assoeiated Press Sports Writer) If Steve O'Neill doesn't see Chi- cago again until world seri time it will be okay by the gentleman from the hard coal section of Minooka, Penn O'Neill's Detroit took a Tigers | fourth position. COAST LEADERS ENROUTE NORTH T0 LAST CLASH |Battle for 4th Spot Opens Virtually “In” (By The Associated I'ress) tle for fourth place it in this wee holds Pacific A b the spo Coast Le: and ¢ {the first game of a will go a long way mining which team the post-season pl two teams are e and off t eries which toward deter- gets a4 cut of ff money. The ‘deadlocked for | | Meantime, the circuit - leading cafe, if not comfortably plump, five Portland Beavers and the second- | Park last out half- lead into Comisky afternoon and limped thankful for a pame Friday last night game shadow over onrushing Wash- | the ington. The White Sox called Detroit’s jinx team for two clubs have split exactly even in 20 games with two to go. But ; next to Boston, Jimmy Dykes’ gai has been roughest on the Tiger Cats. The Tigers finally pulled one out the unfortunate (for Detroit) | series by whipping Ed Lopat in the opener of yesterday's doubleheader, but succumbed to the dark-ball special of the veteran Johnny | Humphries in the afterpiece, 7-0. It was Humphries' best pitched | game of the year and his m-.«\ shutout. St. Louis just about dropped out of the picture by bowing twice to| Cleveland in twi-night double- header, falling eight and un(‘-]mll lengths behind first place | Frankie Hayes' homer with two on in the ninth broke up a 6-6 tie in the initial fray and Jim Bagby retired the Brownies with the bases loaded and one run across in the last half of the inning In addition to losing the game, St. Louis lost the services of Third Baseman Mark Christman who was hit by a fast pall thrown by Allie Reynolds. Dr. Robert Hyland said the infielder suffered a brain con- cussion and was in serious condi- tion and would be out of the lineup | for at least a week to 10 days. The scheduled Brooklyn at Boston and St. Louis at Pittsburgh tilts in the National were rzined cut and all other clubs in both Jeagues had regular offdays. GAMES MONDAY (American League) Detroit, 6-0; Chicago, 2-7. Cleveland, 9-8; St. Louis, (Only games played). hardly can a 7-4. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS (American League) Team— Ww. Detroit 54 Washington New York be | gained the | pennant by winning seven | even Seattle Rainiers will be idle | 'fhe teams are travelling north for their last encounter of year. The Beavers hold an| | eight-game, lead over Seattle, and | virtual possession of at Hollywood last week | games in m"ht‘ starts. | Both the Beavers and the Rain-| | iers have games remaining in| the last eight weeks of the season. | If the front-runners only break in their remaining cont | Seattle must 36 to achieve place tonight 55 win | tie | | Copies also will be | the | Gazette, | teams Pet. four 568 the Stat 563 | the fifth * 33 lulu, this week, Sac- meet the sixth- | Padres and the | Stars take on An;,(»]r's Angels. In other ramento’s Solons place San Diego tail-end Hollywood the skidding Lm AP SPORTS ROUNDUP NEW YORK, Aug. 7—The 1944 citation for sportsmanship has been awarded posthumou: to Torger Torkle, the champion jumper who was killed in action in northern TItaly last spring, the Sportsmanship ~ Brotherhood - nounced today. The citation will be presented to Torkle's brother Kyree, who is a chief petty of- ficer gn the U. S. Destroyer Leon. | sent to Torkle's games parents in Norway A GOOD IDEA Van Garrison, sports editor of Burlington, Towa, Hawk-Eye has come up with what he calls a “whopper idea.” He sugges that instead of sending only the winner of the world series {to play exhibitions against service in the Pacific, the two league champions go on tour with the world's title going to the team first winning 21 games—the first games would be played in then, Harrison suzgests, ould be played in Hono- sixth in Guam, the Manila, ete."—Receipts SOUNDS LIKE the seventh in | Tonight-BeaversNow |§ the |~ ;| curred | flight. Maj THE DAILY ALASKA E.MPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA { 1O SEEK OUSTER FOR SEN GI.ASS WANT ADS " FOR SALE ll) lNGER (‘leurlc pmmhle nmnzz machine. Phone Blue 650. WANTED — Portable typewriter. Phone 143. | 'FREEON" Compressor, 1/ | practically new. Phone George | Brothers. | | PORTABLE phonograph, 8x10 tent, electric heating pad, bath room | cabinet, one-pound tall salmon | cans, 8 day wall clock, 52 inches ! tall. 925 West 11th St. i :IX NEW walnut finish, treadle- type, Singer Sewing Machines, | complete with stool and sewmg kit; convertible to electric when motors again are available. $120, f.ob. Seattle. Alaska Merchan- | disers, 2026 Eastlake Ave., Seattle, ! , Wash., GECAUSE ILLNESS HAS KEPT SEN. CARTER GLASS (left), 87, from attend- ing Senate sessions for three years, John L. Green, Arlington, Va,, county treasurer (right) says he will ask the Virginia Court of Appeals to call the seat vacant and will seek a special election for a successor. Glass was Secretary of Treasury under Woodrow Wilson and has served in | _ IS e AL /5 Congress since 1903. Green contends that “virgiania is entitled to two |40 ft. 7/16 gal. chain, $20. I down Senators” and with: Glass absent it has but one. (Internationai’ sleeping bag, $35. I Arc welder, MALBONG NAVYSENDS i KILLED IN | CITATIONTO TEST HOP TOKYO ROSE Famous Pacific War Ace Claim She Brings Laughter, Had 40 Jap Planes | Enfertainment, fo to His Credit Yank Troops BURBANK, Calif., WAS! lIIN(.T()\' Aug. T.—Tokyo Richard Ira Bong, the farm boy Reoce, seductive-voiced Japanese girl| who became America’s aerial ace of propagandist, won a citation from aces by downing 40 Japanese planes the Unitad Sta Navy today for while emerging unscathed from “Moritorious service contributing over 500 combat hours, today lay greately to the morale” of American dead, the victim of a jet P-80 troops in the Pacific ooting Star explosion which oc- As a furtBer tribute four minutes aft take- ¢f Tokyo Ros2 “pring laughter and entertainment to our men and women,” the Navy granted her per- miscion to broadcast “soon” a des- cripticn of Adm. William F. Halsey riding the Japanese emperor’s white horse through the streets of Tokyo. Said the citation: “While the United forces in the Pacific have been ex- tremely busy capturing enemy-held islands, sinking Jap ships, and kill- Japs and more Japs, Tokvo Rose, ever soliciticus of their morale, has persistently entertained them, duy- ing those leng nights in fox-holes and cn board ships, by bringing them excellent state-side music, | |FOR SALE—Large house at 725 Basin Road. Price $3,500. See| Merle Rhodes, 431 Seward St. ‘3 ROOM, pmt]y furnished house; 5 flcms land. Auk Lake Loop Rnad. " Phone 642. I 1800 Ft. reinforcement steel. George Brothers. leI‘URNISHEl) 5-room hous Dixon. Phone 651. WILL PAY Cas: for uflh,cmtor Phone 621. FOR SALE—Two bedroom house, furnished. For information, see Chris Huber, Glacier Hn,hway !-‘OR SALE — Tlum,,LL $25. Man's grey suit, size 40, good! condition, $25. Man’s black over- coat, size 40, like new, $40, Ask for Una at Percy’s Cafe, or call at 125 Gastineau Ave.; before 11 p. m., or after 7 p. m. Aug. T — Maj. 1 FOR SALF C.\IJln(‘ sr\wlng ma- chine. Wheeler & Wilson, $35.00. 3 Call Red 662. | to the ability | - - = Bl TWO BEDROOM beach home on, Point Louisa; 110-volt Delco| lights, water, basement, furnace; fully iurnished. Write P. O. Box 3031. | FOR SALE—Several good Toggen- | burg and Saanen grade goats; also some pure blooded | stock; also young bucks. P. O.| Boex 2321, Juneau, Alaska. a to off The explosion, which scattered parts of the plane over a wide area, occurred yesterday afternoon just after the 24-year-old pilot left the Lockheed Air Terminal on a test Bong apparently tried to jump clear of the disintegrating ship, but flames ight him, His body was found 100 feet from the flar jet turbine. His para- chute h The wiry, pt sed fighter pilot, who had been testing P-80's for the Army Technical Service Com- mand since July 9, knew he was in trouble soon as the plane States armed Zenith radio smn ‘\utnmmn record changer free. Green 734. 2 flat Lavella clarinet, $60. Green 734. LOST AND FOUND | B " ebonite, HEP,| | WANTED--Woman ‘Axly one cyllnde; ! PIANOS RENTED—1unea. WANTED_Home for 3 part-Per- sian Kittens, 2 months cld. Call in downstairs Winter and Pond WANTED — Small tr lrycle Phone Red 609. WILL PAY CASH for good bicycle. Paul E. Hickox, Bmanof b ADORABLE Angma kmens Lo bc given away. Ph. 61. WANTED—10 to 12 t. skiff. Call 1 long, 1 short, 037. BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNT- ING SERVICE. Phone Black 290, George Fournier. WANT someone to do laundering in their home. Phone Blue 410. A COMPETENT male “accountant and bookkeeper will shortly be available for full or part time employment. Qualified in the preparation of financial and op- erating statements. Interested em- ployers on either full or part time basis will please address Empire C 5995. | to do house- work once or twice a week. Write Empire, XYZ. : WANTED~Womcn press OPEI'fluOrD and ironers at Alaska Laundry. MANGLE-. F‘OLDER wanted. Apply at the Alaska Laundry. Juneau Lumber Mills have several' thousand feet of logs on Douglas| Island beach near Douglas Bridge. ‘Will pay reasonable sum to par- ties delivering logs to sawmill. gasoline t;.ngine including washing machine. Phone Green 1758. WANTED — Talomed young lady for part-time work in connection ' with Tourist Guide. Steady po- sition of responsibilicy ‘later for party qualifying. *Phone 10, ask for Mr. Jacobin. { | WANTED—Used furniture. 306 Wil- loughby. Phone 788. MISCELLANEQUS TO BE GIVEN AWAY—6 Adorable half-Angora kittens. Ph. 21. | milk | ® | REMEMBER — We buy, seli and' trade second-hand merchandise. Phone Douglas 25, Douglas Trad- ing Post. Ander- laughter and news about home. These broadcasts have reminded all our men of the things they are fight- ing for, which are the things Amer- ica has given them. And they have inspired them to a greater d - atiom than ever to get the w over quickly so that soon they will hc able to thank Tokyo Ros2 in person.”| - — took off radioed the control tower. Suddenly, a puff of black smoke belched from the world's fastest plane as Bong levelled off in flight. A Lockheed service mechanic, Frank Bodenhamer, reported: “The right wing tipped, the pilot's es- cape hatch came off and the plane nosed over straight down. A column He LOST~ Purse bclvn" ng to Leo! Jack. Please return to Empue# Valuable papers and ‘jewelry.' Keep the cash. ! LOST—Between Juneau and Thane, | hub cap for 1936 Ford. Reward.!| Phone Blue 786. i LOST—Lady's Bulova wrist watch. son Shop. GUARANTEED Realistic Perma- ment, $7.,0 Paper Curls, $1 up Lola Beauty Shop. Fhone 201 815 Decker Way F you have empty 10cms or apts. for desirable people. inform the Gastineau Hotel. Chicago 515 Boston Cleveland St. Louis of smoke went into the air for about 400 feet.” Other witnesses said cxploded with a terrific .495 of the first four games would make 500 up the players jackpot, the rest the a ‘479 for the men of the armed forces HE e roar which SHIP STEWARD HARBOR MACHINE SIOF West 11th & F St. GENERATOR WORK and | | Finder please return to cashier, | Baranof Coffee Shop. Reward. Jl'bTESO\ l\' JU\FAU Philadelphia (National Leagu Team— w. Chicago 63 St. Louis 59 Brooklyn 55 New York 54 Pittsburgh 51 Boston 46 Cincinnati 43 Philadelphia 26 (Standi unchanged. J layed.) Pet. 649 501 s No games (Pacific Coast League) Team— w Portland 82 Seattle Sacramento an Francisco Oakland San Diego Les Angele: (Standings played.) Pet. 578 492 495 41» Hosmfifuorfs were di Lioyd ted to weather e, yes- dy here disorderly conduct being held in Fed ing arraignment was employed at ber Mills. R - ATTENTION ELKS! Regular night at Eight be Please there s34 vorld 561 Pacific 641 Bishop puts it, . pick tha fla meeting Wednesday| 340 Who would go gaga for a chance {to see a classic that is a ritual part of the American sport parade. ., That talk of zing baseball’s series somewhere in the so that the fighting men could see it is receiving more and more support—the latest from 459 three Congressmen. Representatives .44g Henry Jackson of Washington, 263 W C. Bishop of Illinois and Andrew J. Biemiller of Wisconsin have re- turned to Honelulu after a Pacific And they ay emphatically Pacific world series would baseball As Congressman the smartest thing baseball could do would be to pla that a help 's83 its world series in the Pacific, be- h ‘492 fore potential post-war customers >+ + CLIMAX SOFTBALL SERIES PUT OVER - Caught in a \\.Nhuu! last night, the Old Awks and Freshmen will gain this evening to ring up curtain on their final series to winner for 1945 in the 1l league. | is billed to go games, with the slightly favored on the 1 of the right flipper of no-| Jack Annetti | time for all games it Firemen's Field; the | tting .o - ULLBERGS ARRIVF Helen Ul 2, holder of the Tth War Ticket nd the trip to Juneau, on a Pan Am- can Clipper with her father, E Ullberg, and will spend a week i guests of the Baranof Hotel, while visiting the many sightseeing | places in Juneau i — eee Want-ads bring - - NOTICE August 10, no telephone | for the month of August tr; the Juneau Softk The dec five tosser is 7 o'clock rm n frec vesterday npire results! | After rentals will be accepted at a discount. Al 1 | remittances must bear postmark of | |not later than discount day. Please | | be prompt. | JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS i TELEPHONE CO, —ady. | | In the | poin IS INDICTED, , 5o Calif., has arrived in Juneau rep-’ resenting the Caterpillar Tractor ' Company, and is a guest at the| charges of jettisoning between 3,000 Baranof Hotel. and 4,000 peunds of edible beef and; it 0,5, T3 2R falsifying his records, was announ- MR., MRS. MUNRO HERE ced by a Federal grand jury today. Mr. and Mr e Seattle, are guests at the Baranof| Empire Want-ads bring results! Hotel. Q“mm»m“nmmmnomnmm shook the vicinity. plane, and Bong's v t lot This was the end, then, for the Poplar, Wis., boy who had earned 26 decorations, including the Con- gressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Air Medal, the latter presented him by King George of England. Most of the body, landed 1 of San Leandro, > FIVE HERE GET CGNDUCT AWARD | i 1 rd Geood Con- ards have just koen received y five members of the per- connel of the Capts Port nization. in of the cxen ry deportment required three years ars William A. Ogg, caman 1/¢; delbert G. Larson ef Motor Ma- ate; Richard C. Kendall, ck D. Garlock, se 1/c and & m. 1/c Empire Waat-ads bring resulls! NOTICE OF HEARIL PETITION Commissioners Court for the of Alaska, Division Num- ON In the rrit ber One. | Before FELIX GRAY, Commissioner and ex-officio Probate Judge, Ju- au Precinct Matter of the Guardianship of the Estate ¢f FRANK MORRIS, an insane person NOTICE is hereby given that H. .. 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