The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1945, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1945 (National League) Team— W. L. Pet Chicago 4 43 632 3 St. Louis .18 47 608 Brooklyn 66 53 .550] DR|VE B TH New York 65 57 533 [ Pittsburgh 65, 60 520 Boston X 56 67 455 Cincinnati 47 2 395! J R K p Philadelphia 36 83 303 (Pacific Coast League) g Team— W. L. Pet| i i Portland 92 59 609 Tightest Closing Struggles i B oo H | sacramento 8 72 520 Sm(e 1924 Foreseen | San Francisco 7 73 517 i ircui | Oakland T2 79 AT l“ Two c"(u“s San Diego 71 82 464 | Los Angeles 65 87 428 By Joe Reichler 60 91 .397) Hollywood > (Associated Press Sports Writer) T S 7 | The September stretch drive of | the seven leading contenders for | the two big league pennants prom- | ises to furnish one of the most | exciting races in baseball' history. | ¢ (By The Associated Press) | ator scopped the flags on the e‘,E;Nelson chalked up his mu-vuth! of th:-’ il cld;e Hias: thiams victory in 20 golf tournaments by | Boat 1 4aiE ti!;hl ;leck_and_r‘wck:mkmg the Knoxville Open with | 276—10 strokes better than Sammy | struggles in both majors simul-|p . | | Byrd. | taneously. | The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis| Cardinals are racing down the wire almost side by side in the National League while five teams are almost within arm’s reach of each other in the American. The double defeat of the Am- erican League leading Detroit PHILADELPHIA—Shirley Fry, of Akron, retained the National Girls'| Tennis Championship by beating | Jean Doyle, San Diego, 6-2, 6-3. | LOS ANGELES—Ann Curtis of | | San Francisco won three individual | 4 | titles, the 100, 400 and 800-meters | Tigers at the hands of the Bob|gyens ¢ the Women's National| Feller-rejuvinated Cleveland 1In-| 4 Ay Outdoor Championships dians yesterday not only prevented | 3 { the Bengals from gaining ground | 2 | on the second-place Senators, who|, SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y.—William| also lost two games, but enabled | Talbert, Wilmington, won South- the Tribe to move in’to fifth place, |ampton Invitation Tennis Tourney R R from | DY beating Alejo Russell, Buenos the top. Aires, 6-4, 6-2, 614. The Capitol City outfit remained one and one-half games behind AR BOpEel, akerrd Detroit by bawing twice to the Otto, Atlantic; Ia., rallied to defeat | afpused New York - Yankees ThejBabe Didrikson Zaharias, Los An- fourth-place Yanks are now cmly‘gclcs. 1 up, in 26-hole final of| six games behind. | Women’s Western Amateur Golf! St. Louis' third-place Browns, ~Curnament. [ demonstrated they were still in the | i thick of the scramble in quest of‘qEAST i iy Aol e g their seconr straight champion-‘”amh FALIieS| Cookarigh L(,)S An:: ship, by ripping the Chicago White |S°1¢S Won the Annual Women's Sox' twice, 3-2 in 10 innings, m]d;!nvuanun Singles Tennis Tourney 4-1, to reduce the Sewellmen's gap‘Mrs' Oocke | Al D_nrclh‘y to four and one-half games. ‘Bundy of Santa Monica, Calif., 8-6, | The National loop saw the Cards' % 1 whittle the Cubs’ first place leadf ’ | to two and one-half games whcn!OL(;S AN(;ELTE571" e Women's) the Redbirds treed the Bruins for Oll0o0r National AAU Swim | Championships, San Francisco's Wi thicd Seatghts pin. Clmrleylcrystal Plunge won the team title “Red” Barrett hurled a five-hitter o !with 50 points. Defending cham- to notch his fifteenth - . i teenth triumfh and pion, the Riviera Club, was second | handed the Cul ir ift : % bs their £fth: ity 95 points, while the Mult- | straight defeat. | | nomah Athletic Club of Portland, | {Ore., was third with 20 points. SUNDAY GAMES I —————— [ (American League) : | Cleveland, 3-5; Detroit, 1-4. Fedel'al r'lIIIdS |0r New York, 3-7; Washington, 2-1.; b | ELTS I Joblessfo Move trit same 11 .| 20DIGSS 10 MOVe [0 Boston, 4-4; Philadelphia, 3-3. | (First game 11 innings). New Vflrk Is Plan | WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—A na-| tionwide group cf business men '.0~1 day called for immediate use of fed-! (eral funds to get jobless war work-| ers moved to where they can get (National Leaguc) St. Louls, 5; Chicago, 1. New York, 6; Brooklyn, 2. Pittsburgh, 10-2; Cincinnati, 7-1. Boston, 6-3; Philadelphia, 5-4. | jobs. | (Pacific Coast League) The group—the Research Commit- | Oakland, 5-3; Seattle, 4-4. tee for Economic Development,! Los Angeles, 8-1; Portland, 6-0. San Francisco, 11-2; SA\cramento, 4-10. Hollywood, 8-1; San Diego, 6-3. | which is made up of 2,900 local com- | mittees of business men—suggested ilurther: | That most states should increase| their unemployment pay for jobless | STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS |people. (American League) —— .- Team— W. L. Pct.| Capital invested in the United Detroit 68 51 .511‘Stntes motion picture lndustry‘ Washington .67 53 558 totals $2,061,500,000; employees to- | St. Louis .63 55 534 tal 204,000, New York 60 55 5231 ————— | Cleveland 61 57 517 MR., MRS. DAKIN HERE ! Chicago ... 60 59 .504] Mr. and Mrs. F. Dakin, Eugene,| Boston 57 63 475 Ore, are guests at the Hotel Philadelphia . 36 79 313 Juneau. U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU . JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN | DATA FOK x4 :IOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M, 12TH MERIDIAN TIME | Max. temp. TODAY 1ast Lowest 4:30am. 24hrs, Weather at Station 24 hrs.* temp. temp. Precin. 4:30 am. Anchorage .. 61 | 50 50 .08 Rain-Showers Barrow 37 | 28 29 Rain-Showers Bethel . 53 | 46 Rain-Showers Cordova 57 | 49 T Fog Dawson 54 46 42 10 Fog Edmonton | 51 AR LT TN Fairbanks 59 46 06 Rain Haines . 61 | 51 52 2 Cloudy Juneau A 63 | 51 £ 08 Cloudy Jurieau Airport 62 53 49 01 Rain-Showers K;umikan 62 | 54 55 T. Cloudy Kotzebue | 41 49 Fog McGrath . 50 | oy 46 Pt. Cloudy Nome .. 50 37 44 & Cloudy Northway 60 38 38 T. Pt. Cloudy Petersburg .. 62 50 # Cloudy Portland .. 68 52 0 Haze Prince George s | 38 58 Pt. Cloudy Prince Rupert 58 | 52 ik San Francisco .. | 49 49 Clear Seattle 62 e 54 Fog Sitka 65 52 - 1 ‘Whitehorse . 67 52 42 i Clear Yakutat B 58 50 49 37 Rain-Showers *—(4:30 a.m, yesterday to 4:30 a.m. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports trom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today ‘WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Decision .. ..Cloudy 50 WNW 6 2 feet Cape Bpencer . Pt. Cloudy 49 WsSwW 27 3 feet Eldred Rock Rain 52 SsSwW- 22 § Tvaay Five Finger Light Pt. Cloudy 52 SsSW 9 2 feet Guard' Island . Cloudy 55 SE 2 Smooth Lincoln Rock .. Cloudy 53 Calm Smooth Point Retreat .............Pt. Cloudy 53 SSE 5 Smooth MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Lynn Canal— southerly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. Along coast—north of Sitka and Icy Strait westerly winds 20 to 25 miles per hour decreasing to 15 to 20 miles per hour tonight. Remainder of southeast Alaska—light northwest- erly winds less than 15 miles per hour, Mostly cloudy with scattered rain-showers_ entire distriet. TWO NORTHWEST CLUBS GEAR FOR SOUTHERN SWING Ducks Head Info Last Four! Weeks with Only 3- | Game Edge | (By The Associated Press) Portland's Beavers today hold a three-game lead over second-place Seattle in the Pacific Coast League And today both teams are headed for a two-weck stay in California that y be the deciding factor in the Cox League pennant race. 1 Four weeks remain in the seasou.! And the current first division teams appear sure to keep their foursome intact for the Governor's playoff. But in what positions they'll finish is a question Portland wound up in a 4 to 4 series tie with s Angeles last week., The Beavel lost three straight over the weekend. Seattle! swept four straight from Oakland | then ran into weekend difficulties. The Oaks took Saturday's game and got a split yesterday. | San Francisco won two out of three over Sacramento over . the weekend. The Seals copped Satur- day’'s game and yesterday they shared two games with Sacramento. Meantime, San Diego edged Holly- wood in series play, 4 to 3. The Padres won Saturday and broke even with Hollywood yesterday. "SIAMESE" GIRL TWINS ARE BORN PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 27—“Sia- mese” girl twins born here to Mrs. Rita Miranda in her Avondale, Ariz., home, were given an even chance today by hospital authori- ties to survive more than 30 hours after' their birth. The babies are in St. Monica's Hospital where X-rays were to be taken today and complete medical examination made. The girls are joined at the lower abdomen and have a single umblical cord. They were born Saturday night and were delivered by their maternal grand- mother. LU, el MR., MRS. RYON HERE Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Ryon, of Seattle, have arrived in Juneau and are guests at the Baranof Hotel. >+ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Japs Bow Heads in Sham 3 Lincd up in a stockade on Guam these Japanese pri listened to Hirohifc's broadceast acknovledging defeat at Y ettt e b R WASHINGTON — Letters indicate a particular interest in ex-service men's readjustment allowanc: el give the subject another whirl right now. The G I Bill speaks of readjust- ment allowances. Many call them un- employment pay. I have a hunch the first term significant. But let it go for now, and I'll tell you what I mean later. VETERANS' GUIDE | By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL § e o i D ploymeni Service) and register for another job suited for your abilities; if you continue to report there as directed until a pie job is | found for you; if you don’t refuse an Maybe when you heard about re- | |didn’t just quit your job or lose it adjustment allowances, it went some- thing like this: Your discharged Bouginville buddy comes up to you and gives with, “Say, Mac, I heard| where we get 20 bucks a week just for lying in our sacks and battin’ the breeze. What's the word.” Of course, you have to tell him, “Well, pal, it’s not that good.” Your buddy is a little off the beam. Here's how it works. If you lose your job, or haven't got one since you were discharged if you go Empire Want-ads bring results! to the U S E S office (U. S. Em- § ¢ Blouses Panties in Brief 2 3 2 2 S ) Sweaters Jumpers Vests available free training course that's offered; if you spent at least 90 days in unif Sept. 16, 1040, or were discharged for a service-connected disability; if you Wl scharged under conditions cther than dishonorable; if you through your cwn misconduct or by geing on strike — then you can get tke G 1 Bill's readjustment allow- ance. It's 20 dollars a week. The veteran with 90 days service can draw this $20 for 24 weeks. Each edditional month of service quali- {ies him for 4 more weeks of the allowance not to exceed a total of 52 weeks. This maximum of 52 weeks applies, even though the vet- eran may have had two or three or morg, years in service. “It's the Nicest Store in Town” rs of war bow the hands of the Americans. rm, part of which came after | OPEN MONDAY EVENINGS Women's AppanreL BARANOF HOTEL BUILDING AR R RRRI IR RRRRRRRRI PRI IR IR F IR IR RRRFRRI R R R R RRRFRRRRERRRRG FRRRRRRRF FRRFIFRRFR R IR I RF AR AT ¢ Now e A SICKS' QUALITY PRODUCT G ELECTR SICKS’ SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING CO. Since 1878 x E. G. Sick, Pres. — i e i 3 : | ved their heads in shame as they | | | | | ANCHORAGE — FAIRBANKS - Bus Leaves VALDEZ 9 A. M. Monday — Wednesday — Friday Valdez to Anchorage, one way, $19.45 Valdez to Fairbanks, one way, $21.15 TAX INCLUDED | ¢@°Hiarra Bus Lines ex-service man draws the ellowance for 52 weeks, this little government offer is automatically withdrawn. No more money, broth- er — your bank account is down to 2610, It's claimed that the wise veterans are the boys who, while jobs are available, are raking hay in the sun.' When a rainy day comes, they'll have something to fall back on. The readjustment allowance dough will fit into their back pockets nice and oft to break the fall. If an Yes, the question that's often tut- tutted around is, “If you use your allowance now, what will happen| ™= | when we come to the pause that dl‘-i i P Py presses?” { Thera is no substitute for newspaper advertising! g answer waii be, if you're then, i s A |out of work and can’t get a job, ;ea |you'll need your GI Bill readjust- SIS L L GRAY MARINE ENGINES now you'll hear, “Nuts, brother. 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