The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1945, Page 3

LTS AMERICAN FLAG RACE CLOSES UP Tigers Fall Ea(;re Fellerto| Single Length Lead- Cubs Conceded In PENNANT RACES AT A GLANCE 8 Posillow 5 h w. B % “ g E a American League— Detroit, 8 62 0 7 ‘Washington 85 64 1 B National League— Chicago 91 54 0 9 St. Louis 8 57 3 9 I ok - By JACK HAND y (AP Sports Writer) Prospects of a fourth Detroit- Chicago world series hit a snag today with the Tigers faltering be- fore Bobby Feller’s one-hit shutout pitching. The Cubs held up their end of the bargain as Fordham Hank Borowy broke the St. Louis Cardi- nals’ “hex” with a 4-1 decision in 10 innings at Sportsman's Park. It was the ninth victory for the former Yankee whom Larry Mac- Phail sold to Chicago for a re-) perted $70,000 “because he couldn't | win after July Fourth.” { Boston, 4; Phik\‘dvlpm.‘. 0. FOR plAYOFFS "lm,dm(‘(b plA(E l“ p(l Brocklyn, 5; New York, 4. (Only games (Pacific Coast League) San Diego at Seattle, postponed; rain Los Angeles, 3; San Francisco, 1 Oakland, 7; Hollywood, 6. Sacramento, 7; Portland, 5. (By The Associated Press) Oakland's Acorns fanned their flickering hopes today for a Pacific Coast league playoff spot — but only the biggest of upsets will put them in the select circle. The Oaks wen their fifth straight last night in beating the Hollywood STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS American League) g W. & e stars, 7-6, to keep alive thelr mathe- o055 s 5 578 matical chance of overtaking the il o 85 64 5T fourth-place San Francisco Seals, g oy 7868 534 o droppéd a 3-1 decision to the Cf‘"_ X T4 70 514 105 Angeles team. Four games sep- le.‘“"“d 69 70 496 arate the two bay area teams, and Shany 178 6 with only five to go an Oakland loss teer SR 89 79 466 ang san Francisco win would clinch Philadelphia 51 94 356 mattars for the Seals. Eacramento’s Solons virtually tied (National League) the knot on third position by beat- Team— W. L. Pet ing the champion Portland Beav- Chicago 91 54 628 ers 7-5 to even their series at one- - St. Louls 88 57 607 | all. Brooklyn 80 64 556 San Diego and Seattle were rained Pittsburgh 80 67 544 out and will play a twin bill to- New York .16 69 524 night. Boston 63 83 432 d PSS NEET Cincinnati 60 8 414 Fnamna 4 ws 2 TWO STARLINERS (Pacific €oast League) | wi ro HERE FROM WEST Portland 110 68 .618 R Seattle 101 9% 5710 qne Starliner Nome in Juneal from Sacramento 95 83 534 Apchorage yesterday, piloted by San Francisco 93 85 522 capt peterson, Flight Officer Oakland 89 89 500 cCourtemanche, had the following San Diego 80 97 passengers: Lena Vander Giessen, Los Angeles 74 104 416, Mys. Rokert Larson, E. E. Bramble, Hollywood - 69 100 .388| Mrs. Glenn Eckert and child, Stan- 5 BT T i AR ley Hat Ji Law, T. N. Law, % IR Bond, Tom Dyer, David Hert- Ap SPORIS Mr. Logan, Joz Tschida, C. H | Ferward, James S oll and Gor- den McKenzie. From Cordova: Mr. Kaubnhausen, Mr. and Mrs. George Jones, Mr. representative of governmental, civic RODE“I CONTROI- business and private interests NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER MEET TOMORROW PUBLISHED, KETCHIKAN The Alaska Fishing News, pub- ind Publicity Committee of the lished for the past 11 years as first as pekly, then newly established Juneau Rodent Ketonlkan, st es, 8 wee . Centrol Program will ke held in the as a tri-weekly, tabloid form, blos- r Ketchikan Daily Iris Room of the Hotel Baranot at|SGmed forth as Tt Incon tomorrow, September 21, at Fishing News with tke issue of | which time plans will be formulated JUDGES DRA up Monday, September 17. The first issue was 14 pages containing news, for the exccution of a long term 5 and full of adver- UNIFORM RUI‘ES | ccmmunity-wide campaign calling wosld:and looal;sand full. of adve FOR All COURTS for the improvement of garbage col- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA tising. r @ lisher Sid Charles ‘“ction and disposal, the removal of | Editor and F,"b it 3 o ,I in an editorial squib in the first edi- (incidental rat harborage and the “ ¢ tha e ar o P 4 tion, says, “Now that we are in the | institution of other measures lead- daily field maybe we will have to ing to the reduction of the present 9Y i rat population. grin out of the other side of our The Rodent Control Program Bill fo Improve Commis- H % int | mouth.” SIO!’leI’S Admlnlsira- ponsored- by the Gastineau Publ:c‘ MRi. MK tion Is Perfected p {Health Council with the coopera- iticn of th i h BT . n of ‘We Judesu. Fuble BOAMN) o i vesterday via Aliske District Judge George F. Alexan-! der has returned here from Anchor- D e LAW HERE nter, the Territorial Department Health and the J“nl::u cm,tmrlh\es were Mr. and Mrs. Theo- | at the juncil. The Planning and Public- | dore N. Law, who are guests age where he attended a meeting of ;. mmittee will congist of ap- | Baranof Hotel. Mr. Law the the four Alaska Division judges, and| o iy ely 30 residents of Juneau, President of Alaska Airlines declared that he believed the mest-, ing was very successful. | The judges were kept busy all last | week formulating unified rules of! court procedure for the whole Terr . 5. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. WEATHER BURKEAU JUNEAU, ALASKA i WEATHER BULLETIN i tory. Alaska is all one district,| DATA FOR x4 TOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M., 12TH MZRIDIAN TIME Judge Alexander pointed out, and| Max. temp. | TODAY should have the same rules through- last Lewest 4:30am. 24 hrs, Weather at out; yet heretofore each separate di-| Staticr 24 hrs* | temn. temp. Preeip. 4:30a.m. visicn has operated differently in’| Anchorage 50 36 0 Cloudy i some respects. | Barrow -T. Concernad with the importance to| Bethel | smaller communities of having com- ! Dawson 20 0 Clear pe'ont U. 8. Commissioners and |Cordova | 31 0 Clear recognizing the inadequacies of the Eamonten 44 07 Rain | present manner of compensating Fairbanks 26 0 Clear Cemmissioners, the Judges devoted | Haines 44 21 Pt. Cloudy censiderable time at their mce!ingi]umau 01 Clear to perfecting a bill for presentation | Juneau Airport 37 05 Clear | to Congress, which would provide a | Ketchikan 49 14 Rain minimum salary of $200 per month | Kotzebue 0 for Commissioners. McGrath 317 0 Cloudy Commiscioners would also ke en-|Noma 40 0 Cloudy titled to retain revenues from fees Northway 25 25 0 Clear up to a total annual compensation | Petersburg 43 44 24 Pt. Cloudy maximum of $3,00), which is the! Portland 50 56 73 Rain present maximum. In addition, the| P 42 43 03 Rain Lill drawn would provide a travel- P 48 41 14 Cloudy ing supervisory commissioner to help! San Francisco 57 59 0 Cloudy in the administration of the var-|Seattle 54 55 1.01 Cloudy ious local Commissioners’ offices. | Sitka 47 49 .08 Clear The judges conference just com-| Whitehorse 31 31 04 Clear pleted is the first held since 1937. | Yakutat 32 33 07 Clear *—(4:30 a.m. yesterday to 4:30 am. today) MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports irom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today Reporting his impressions of A chorage, Judge Alexander ddclared | that city is fast getting back to| oot i e o e S ) R. Cock and F. L. McGovern. . Just when 1v appeared cermm;‘ RouNDup that Billy Southworth’s champs| were geing to eram another shutout : LT Hahn, Karl Hahn, Jr down the throats of the Cubs,| PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20—Heavy- Rered, L. E. Evans needing only one more out in the Weight Champion Joe Louis $ays master, Jack Stecle, Jack Steele ninth for a 1-0 verdict, Andy Pafko hell retire from the ring if Billy Charles Stesle and Jacqueline Steele ruined George Dockins' day with Conn beats him bad enough when Tpa Starlines Al flew to Anchorage: Mrs. Mrs went on to score three times in the title meeting. . . . tenth on only one base hit for 0 how I lose,” declared Sgt.- Joe. Mildraed their fifth success in 19 meetings - - - 1f it's a close fight and I lose, Dan Moller, Harry with the Birds, {T1l fight a re-match. . . . But if Liston, Pyt. E. H. Co| it's now three games from Chi- I lose bad and I figure it’s be- vick, Pvt. F. Duggan, cago on top to St. Louis in- second ' ¢ause I'm too old, I'll retire.” . Cul. Dexter G place with only nine to go, an The champion is not making pre- man, Mr. Rutledge, J. Rubenstein overwhelming advantage as the two dictions on a Conn-Louis bout . Albert Chamters, Mrs. clubs go into the final game of Reminded that Billy the Kid had Mr. Whitmore and Brown Kelly. their all-night series at Sponh_‘confidenlly announced he would From Jungau to Anchorage, p: mian's Patk. knock him out, Louis just smiled Sengers were: Earl Knight and Things were not so happy in mc‘and said “maybe he knows about Charles E. Wright. Hermann, Tom Morgan, Diamond, camp of the Detroit club which!that . . . T don't” NS 0 saw its advantage over idle Wash- O s 2 ington shrink to a single game THEY CAN'T ALL BE IN NGS l“ after the 2-0 shutout by Feller's Owner of the Chicago Cubs, Phil Tribe. Jimmy Outlaw’s Texas league | Wrigley, - is certain that his club single in the fifth inning saved will hold on to its lead in the the Tigers from the humiliation of National League and he has the having a no-hitter thrown against ' series tickets already printed. . . .| Pan American World Airways flew them in the thick of the race. |But he absolutely refuses to accept the féllowing 18 people to Seattle One long clout by Jeff Heath,!'any money for them until the flag vesterday: Letha Bell, Irmd Patton, his fifteenth homer of the year, is clinched. The Cub front 3imeon Oliver, Ethel Oliver, Harold with one man on, was the differ- office is returning hundreds of endrickson, Hendrick Valle, Earl ence between Feller's near-perfect checks daily. job and a combination three-hitter | Where the Cardinals are driving Wilma Eckert, Glenn Eckert, James offered up by Les Mueller, George ' hard to overtake the Cubs and win Gerredell, Joe Tschida, Lena Van. Caster and Tommy Bridges. |their fourth straight bunting, Presi- (er Giessen and Botty Jones. While Washington tangles with dent Sam Breadon not only has the To Ketchikan: Stanley Hatto, Lt. TEN PASSENGERS the Yankees today in the opener |tickets printed but he has his staff Howard Solloway and Comdr. Phillip ouses under construction and 18! of a two-game series preparatory at work on a souvenir program. . . . Pelletier. to a final three-game set in Wash- |But he, too, is sending back bun- | T ‘Whitehorse: Wilbur Irving, ington, Detroit must meet Cleve-'dreds of checks each day. ./ Marion Meyer and Thomas Smyth. land again and then face the St.|The Detroit -Tigers have been a TO Fairbanks: Antonio Polet and Louls Browns over the weekend. |trifle more optimistic about things. M&TY Polet. |. . They have been receiving INcCming passengers from Seattle world series applications, limiting ‘Y<'¢’ Charles Wright, Mary Moore, |four ducats to a person for each John Stinson, Earl Knight, Elean- lof the three games to be played pr ROWC Clarence Mehatfey, Wil- |in the American League. ietz and Mrs. James Prima- WEDNESDAY’S GAMES {American League) Cleveland, 2; Detroit, 0. St. Louis, 6-4; New York, 5-3. vera Philadelphia, 10-0; Boston, 11-3.| — 2 HSL A (Only games scheduled.) | DECIDE FOR YOURSELF oo rom, Wy hlietopee Manpsl Ajex. | (A quick look at the prospective ? + 11 gL ‘airbanks: world series second-basemen). i s lifl_m’mkh' John, Oatter. Cubs—Don gives credit to his dad, Ernie Johnson, REI"DEER SERVI(E former White Sox and Yanks in- ‘LOS ANGELES — The elimina- | Thurston, and to Joe Gordon of the tions of three-times National Wo-|Y¥anks for making him a major; IAKES OVER DUTIES tWo highly-regarded South Ameri- an assist. Johnson made it last| rryanstor of theactivi ! cans—Heraldo - Weiss of Argentina Season after 10 years in the minors, p, E ofInravIces of Alaske sént the nineteenth Annual Pa-| Emil Verban, Cardinals—Another gervice has been revealed here, The cific Southwest Tennis Champion- 1944 rookle who made good. He transfer was effective August 16, rotnds today. | fielding secupd sacker in 1944 and geer Service here on Second street Miss Betz was whipped yester- has upped his batting average from is now closed. former Eleanor Purdy of Beverly| Eddie Mayo, Tigers—Supposed Lp‘ur the Reindeer Service, is now em- Hills, 6-4, 6-1, in a third-round be the one who holds -the Detroit ployed in Juneau at Warfield's ! more he may have trouble holding his position. He anticipates re- PITTSBURGH-Sammy Angott fo himself together. 1} near .300 hltter.vassignmem by Civil Service. champion, scored a technical knock-| George Myatt—Lists his hobbies i out over NBA Champion Tke Wil-|as “hunting and woodwork.” TERR“ORIM. Gu‘m SPORT SHORTS = - 13 .‘ fielder, to Pirate Scout Sloppy; DIS(O"""UED: ‘"S men’s Title-holder Pauline Betzand jleaguer. The war might also get! i B ity ot Chlle—}b“‘ BHL" done OF . 8" far. cindeer Service to the Native Re- ships into the third and fourth|Was the National League's best| The office maintained by the Rein- day by Mrs. Jack Cushingham, the | 275- | 4. Sidney Rood, formerly in charge upset. infield together but if he’s hurt any Fharnficy, following termination of Washington, Pa., former lightweight | 100 > liams of Philadelphia in the sixth |There’s no sign of the latter in his‘ round. of thelr scheduled 10-round |-280 batting average. i non-title bout last night at Forbes | v ’ ! | WHAT'S IN A NAME? | All members of the Juneau Unit Field. | _with wins chalked up in 17 tour- | of the Territorial Guard will meet SPOKANE, Wash.—Four of the naments, Byron Nelson, Toledo, tonight at the A. B. Hall at 8 nation’s top golfers will lead the Ohio, golf star, one of the favor-|c'clock, for a good workout on the start of the $10,000 Esmeralda Open | ites in the Spokane Esmeralda small bore indoor ranges, Capt. here today. The favorites are Open, paused at a hotel desk. 1 Henry Har_mon announces. Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, Harold, “I am Byron Nelson,” he said. Teqms will be selected from mem- (Jug) McSpaden and Ben Hogan. |“l believe I have reservations here. ‘bErs in mt_endance and competition Yesterday, McSpaden tied the| “I am afraid not,” said the clerk. shooting will be conducted through- course record with a hot 64..But “All our rooms are being reserved | Cut the evening. McSpaden was frowning after theiror the golfers.” | All members should report dressed practice session. He said he is in a .- in covf-ralls_ and shotld be equipped putting slump. Empire Want-ads bring resuits! |With 22 caliber rifle and pistol. On the return flight, the follow- Karl Venitia Helen Lee Bur- . . Fairbanks came in a tying single. The leaders then|the pair finally get around to their as the second section with the fol- ‘It all depends Jowing passengers from Anchorage: Lu ly, Pvt. Bred- 1gzne Barato, h,’ Pfc. David Shul- Whitmore, i In St. Louis, Branble, Mary Larson, Russell Bond, |ficient commercial work, mainly re- | - sources Branch of the Alaska Native | nermal, In common with other| Alaska ‘ities, Anchorage is becom- | concerned with the| d by many job-seckers | flcocing into the city. { - > o | BOTH FAIRBANKS, 4 ~ ANCHORAGE HAVE | HOME BLDG. URGE Returning from his first Interior| field trip since his appointment as| Underwriter for the FHA in Alaska, | John Carter arrived back at his| office here by plane frem Fairbanks | yesterday. | He reported that residents of An-‘ chorage and Fairbanks are definitely interested in housing, but that ma- | terials in those cities are not avail-| able in any quantity yet. Most| plans are being laid for next spring, | wken Ancherage expects to see the! erection of approximately 100 resi- | dences and Fairbanks about 30. | Banks, material dealers and con- | tracters in both cities are anxious | ,LQ get started on housing construc- tion, ke reported, but there is suf- pairs to present buildings, lined up to | months. | At present, Fairbanks has seven | Were built during this summer. About | 10 houses have recently been com-| {pleted at Anchorage, 11 single| houses and three apartment build- |ings totalling 33 dwelling units are \In construction now. /ACT DONATES $250 - TO ALASKA'S NWF | - Territorial Headquarters of the | National War Fund today received la contribution. of $250 from the | Alaska = Transportation Company, IMrs. John McCormick, Territorial Chairman, announced. Of this amount, $50 will go to |Juneau; $50 to Ketchikan, $50 to | Sitka, $50 to Pelican City, and $50 to Haines. e, ®© e 0 00000 4600 { . |o o * TIDES TOMORROW * . . ® o o September 21, 1945 © o o . . ® High 182 ft. e ® Low -19 ft. e © High 182 ft. e ® Low 19:46p.m., -0.6 ft. . ° . . o.0. 0 .0 00 0.0 0 0 STEAMER DAY 10 BE NEXT SATURDAY Next Saturday will be steamer day in Juneau. The Princess Louise and | Alaska are due from the south and the Columbia is scheduled to arrive ! from the west, southbound. | The Denali and Yukon, to the | westward, are not calling at Juneau |scuthbound, going direct to Seattle i from Seward, jkeep them busy through the winter |f AR AR ) WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) | Cape Decision Clear 54 Calm 2 feet Cape Spencer Clear 53 ENE 29 3 foet Fldred Reck Clear, 33 N 23 4 feet Five Finger Light Clear 51 N 30 6 feet Guard Island Clear 54 N 27 3 feet Lincoln Roci Clear | 53 NNW 10 1 foot 1 Point Retreat Clear 49 NNW 36 4 feet | MARINE FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA: Lynn Canal, Stephens Passage, Frederick Scund and Cnatham Strait as far south as Point Gardner—gusty northerly and northeasterly winds around 40 miles per hour dacreasing to 25 miles per hour Friday morning . Sumner Strait, Clarence Strait ahd Revillagigedo Channel—northerly and north- westerly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour decreasing to 15 to 20 miles per hour Friday morning. Dixen Entrance to Cape Spepcer—northerly and northeasterly winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. Cape Spencer to Yakutat— | northeasterly winds 25 miles per hour veering to southeasterly around | 20 miles per hour Friday afternoon. Clear skies will prevail over entire | district. | HEAR DR. E. STANLEY JONES World Famous Missiona:y Y o September 16-21 Geiietal Mass Hggfing Each ~ Night—800P.M. Northern Light Presbyterian Church_’ Auspices Juneau Ministerial Association ADMISSION FREE CERLSIREEIE ST IeraRAEETRANIRINREINEN ) ALASKA ELECTRIC pad THE e e e e e FIRST POSTWAR WASHING MACHINE ° Arrives in Juneau We are pledsed to announce the arrival and display of the first new p’t’)stwar Washing Machine. This is @ prewar model of the famous Thor “Thunderboli” Gyrator Wash- er that was being manufactured and sold so exiensively just before Pearl Harbor . . . This type machine is right now rolling'off the assembly lines at the Thor plant in such large numbers as to assure you yours within a matter of a few weeks. See this Washer and leave your name with us so thai we can noify you as soon as our stock of these washers arrives . . . 00 T PAGE THREE NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION ‘_““<\:.5 109 L4 ] e ANCEORAGE — FAIRBANKS Bus Leaves VALDEZ9A. M. Monday — Wednesday — Friday Valdez to Anchorage, one way, $19.45 Valdez to Fairbanks, one way, $21.15 TAX INCLUDED O liarra Bus Lines REQUEST FOR BIDS Removal of Radio Transmission Tower Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Area Engineer until September 20, 1945, for dismantling the 300-foot steel radio transmission tower located behind the Signal Corps buildings on Twelfth Street within the city limits of Juneau, Alaska. Specifications call for complete dismantling of the tower and hauling to the Juneau Port storage area. Further information may be obtained from the Area Engineer, P. O. Box 1361, Juneau, Alasl OIL BURNERS DRAFT CONTROLS HEATING Smith 0il Burner Service ! Day Phone 711 P. 0. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 | GRAY MARINE ENGINES FISHERMEN'S PRIORITY ORDERS BEING FILLED FROM 60 TO 90 DAYS Non-priority orders being filled as material is released. 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