The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1945, Page 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 , 1945 CASEY STENGEL SIGNED T0 BOSS OAKLAND ACORNS OAKLAND, Calif,, Oct. 18—Col- orful Casey Stengel is back in base- ball. The Oakland Acorns of the| Pacific Coast League will have the | irrepressible Casey as manager next season. Stengel was! given a con- tract limited to one year, at -his own request, at a salary of $12,000. AP SPORTS ROUNDUP By HUGH FULLERTON. Jr. NEW YORK, Oct. 18—Basketball |Jacobs is a New Jersey tulip grower would play secms to be on its way toward be-| coming our national game—at least in winter—if the southern colleges only move into the big. e, .. New England, mostly a blank on the basketball map up to last winter, is:looking for a big season, with Boston College returning to DOy to forget his “beefs” and sign with the intention of entering the yc action after a 20-year lapse, Holy On the dotted line for a return go profess Cross definitely on the big time and Rhode Island State moving into the Boston Garden double- headers—Bill Mokray, Boston bas- ketball boss, hopes to make up for last sen:’on.‘s $11,000 loss by putting at least one New England team in every game. NOT CUM LAUDE Eleven of the piayers in the late | unlamented world series are gradu- ates of American Legion baseball. Yes, the graduates. | Junior | word is Boxing promoters in seven cities stretching from Boston to St. Lou have joined up in an outfit to! “give financial and publicity aid”| for. fight shows throughout the country, and to foster what the organization announces will be, “class A boxing in America.” Larry Atkins, Cleveland promoter and president of the new “Boxing Pro- moters of America, Inc.” said the purpose of the new organization wilk be to give financial assistance! to . “promoters so .that they may present the finest fistic talent available.” BARRETT BACK IN N. W. The Philadelphia Phillies sent four players to Portland of the Pacific Coast League in partial payment for Rookie Shortstop Johnny O'Neill. O'Neill was obtained in exchange for five Phil players. . . . The four sent to Port- land are Pitcher Dick Barrett, Out- fielder Nick Goulish, Pitcher Mit- | chell Chetkovich, and Shortsmp‘ Wally Flager. . . One more will be sent to the Pacific coast later. CHILEAN L. A: BOUND i Arturo Godoy, the Chilean heavy- | weight, has been matched to fight Johnny Haynes, of Los Angeles, in| a 10-rounder at the Olympic Audi- | torium there on Nov. 20, Manager Al Weill announced today. Since coming to the United States| early this year, Godoy has won six straight, five by knockouts. HOT' STOVE' LEAGUE Baseball fans the country over are a little saddened to learn that two great veterans of the diamond are apparently at the ends of their careers, . . . First Baseman Jimmy | Foxx, who rates right behind Babe | Ruth in home run clouting, re- cefved his unconditional release from the Philadelphia Phillies, along with Catcher Gus Mancuso. . . . Business: Manager Herb Pen-| nock..says, both players asked for| their release. . Foxx was re- ported to have taken a radio jnh.‘ in Boston. | | SEAL ACE VOTED “MOST VALUABLE " OF PCL PLAYERS ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18—Bob Joyce,| xo_jrthe Pacific Coast League in 1945.] he award was announced by the| Sporting News, which pointed out! that Joyce compiled a record of 31: victories against 11 defeats, with a fourth place club. | { 1 | her for the San Francisco Seals,|yojjous “Indonesian Republic” in| MOSCOW, Oct. 18—Success named the most Valuable plnyeri S T $ PILE DRIVER BURNS | The Juneau Fire Department an- | swered the 2-1 call this afternoon | at:2:50 o'clock, when an exploding | boiler on Jake Cropley’s pile-driver | set the driver ablaze, causing con- | ciderable damage. | The fire, fed by oil and grease, had'a good start‘before hose lines could be strung out to reach the driver, on-the rock fill behind m' War Housing Preject on Willoughby enue, as the hose had to be laid | all the way from the Standard Oil Campany. b MISSOURI |Comdr. Don Faurot, the University | ! FEDER FAINTLY | SNEERS AT BIG FIGHT AUCTION Uncle Mike Back at Dual- Duke - Duping Anent Louis-Conn Clouting BULLETY EW YORK, Oct. 18.—Billy Conn has signed for a heavyweight championship match with Joe Lou®. The Pitts- burgh challenger agreed to a clause barring tune-up fights unless they have the approval «f Promoter Mike Jacobs. | | a By SID. FEDER (Associated Press Spors Editor) NEW YORK, Oct. 18 — Mike th an ambidextrous ability as a fight promoter. And teday he was busy with both hands. With one, he was shoving a pen into Billy Conn’s dainty ‘“duke,” trying to get the Pittsburgh pretty with Joe Louis. With the other, Mike was holding an “auction” over the site of the Conn nose-smashing With his lelt-hand Uncle Mike was trying to tell you how the $3,000,000 “taffy-pull next June would go to the “we'll get the mest money.” He carefully ex- plained how Philadelphia and its huge Municipal Auditorium and Chicago and its wide stretches of Soldier Field were running neck and neck for the big pot and he was open to all off But around Jacol Beach, the wild waves were saying that the Windy City would have to put up the Loop and the City of Bro- therly Love would have to give up Billy Penn from off the top of City Hall to get this tussle out of Yankee Stadium, N. Y., when post- time rells 'round. As for getting Conn to sign up for the fuss, Mike had a session lined up today with the legal mem- ber of Billy's fistic family, as a follow-up to the hour-long howling Lout job, | party he had with Billy’s manager, on a handicap basis. Johnny Ray, yesterday. [ Johnny, making his first New York appearance since Billy was | belted out by Joe in the thirteenth closed on October 31. The bowling round in June, 1941, told Mike the contract, as far as he was con- cerned, was about as valuable watered oil stock. His chief objec- tion was to the clause that said the !late Army Corporal couldn’t have nights, Wednesday evenings. Alley |any exhibition of tune-up appear- | hours are: Week days—4 p. m. to ances before the big beak-busting, party. b Johnny wants Billy.to have. Lhree; tune-ups in the bushes before he steps out there to try to do what he almost did the last time he said howdy to Joe. And when Mike tried |0 tell him that Louis signed with- | out asking for any tune-u Johnny explained he wasn't man-, aging the Bomber, and for Jacobs, to take that up with Joe. D 10 GET FAVORITE COACH | BACK FROM NAVY 18—Lt. | COLUMBIA, Mo, Oct. of Missouri’s favorite football son,| was reported today on his way out of the Navy to resume head coach- ing duties at his alma mater. Faurot, who picked up Missouri football ruins in 1935 after three dismal seasons under Frank Car: ideo, and turned ‘out three Big Six champions and two post-season teams, went into the Navy early in 1943. | | 1 i | - e DEMAND OUSTING OF DUTCH TROOPS IN EAST INDIES | LONDON, Oct. 18 — Mohamed| Hatta, vice-president of the re- Java, announced in a broadcast | today that he had demanded with- drawal of Dutch troops from The | Netherlands East Indies. | The demands, submitted to the| British commander in Batavia, also stipulated that no more Dutch | troops be permitted to land, thepossible to replace defective hearts Broadcast said. l He urged that the present ad-| ministration of the Indonesian Na-| tionalists be recognized as a de, facto government “in the interests| of peace, order and security.” British troops have been ordered | to widely seattered localities - in Java to quell sanguinary out- breaks by Indonesian extremists. — - — FRANK RABY HERE Frank. Raby, Anchorage, is regis-| tered at the Baranof. Il | Federal jon charges of fraudulently wearing ' TRANSPLANTING | Gorki Medical Institute, who was | BADMINTONERS MACHINE MAY ‘ ORGANIZE (LUB LAST EVENING | With two dozen Badmintoners on FORT LEWIS, Wash, Oct. 18— hand last evening at the High Gail Bishop, the human scoring School Gym, the Juneau Badminton machine who racked up more points last season than most bas- Club finally got down to electing officers for the current year. ketball players can collect in a life- Chosen to lead the Club's activ- time, will set no more records in AAU. competition. ities wera: Lou Levy, president; Tom He scored more than 1,000 points Burns, vica-president; Beverly Leiv- last season. ers, secretary-treasurer. Bishop, an Army enlised man, Discussion was immediately open- said today he planned to return ¢d on a “ladder” tournament to spur to Washington State College, if he ¢nthusiasm and sharpen play is released from the Army before hrcugh competition. A volunteer the start of the basketball season. COmMittee was named to complete If not, he said, he would sign gx‘u\ngcmcnts for the lunmey: Pres- professionnl baseball contract 14ent Levy, chairman; Emile Per- on his release, turning his back on % Erma.Johnson, Mrs. Barney the hoop sport. He did not meanAnderson and Jack Odenwald. the baseball team with which he| 00 Wrrner, retiring tx {gave his report showing a ¢ tadins A0 ret, ance in the Club’s treasury he will not continue in amateur . ¢ gver to the High School an basketball until his release from'pccoremens of shuttlecocks the Club the armed forces. Instead, he will j . % as on hand coach a team of former profes-| y¢ wus announced also that it is sional cagers now stationed here, likely the Club will soon receive: per= ion to use the Gym an addi- ticnal night each .week, with Mon- day evenings probably being added to the present Wednasdays ENTRY LISTS NOW ey OPEN FOR LEAGUE Alaska Soldier, BOWLING AT ELKS Tacoma Soldier In Checker Ggme TACOMA, Wash,, Oct. 18.—M. E. Dillon of Tacoma has his fingers crossed lest Sgt. Robert L. Robin- son, now stationed in Alaska, re- ceives a discharge from the Army before he finishes his checker game. posed of Elks men bowlers. One of _ Lhe game, carried on by the two that two loops will roll on Sunday Meh for the last eight months by afternoons, at 2 o'clock, the other on M1l Was the outcome of their meet- ing one day in Wright Park here while both were watching an out- door checker game. Twice a month the Sergeant in- dicates a play on a diagram and mails it to the Tacoman, an Army Guard at the Mt. Rainier Ordnance Lepot. Dillon then records his ccuntering play and mails it back to the Sergeant. At the last had a king men. Dillon of taking his fifth man from Rob- inson. He is sure he'll win as long as Uncle Sam doesn't break up the game. by handing the Alaska Ser- geant his discharge. LOCAL DRAFT BOARD PIGEON-HOLES VETS Thirty Selective Service regis- trants, all but five of them dis- charged servicemen, were dropped into new classifications by Local Draft Board No. 3 at its most recent Wearer of Arm 2 £ 2 - s g Se . I ble Classifications announced are: rious Trouble 1-A: FElwin L. Messer, Albert ames, Melvin G. Daroff. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Oct. 18~A, 2-A: Edwin G. Hasu, Grand Jury has indicted Leo E. Wasserman, 18, of Boston,' HOOP SCORING But, even if he nal basketball tournament in the spring. - > With tournament kegling sched- uled to get underway the first week in November, Elks Bowling Commit- tee Chairman Howard Simmons to- day disclosed plans for at least three leagues to operate this season on the BPOE alleys. Two of the leagues will be com- Tuesday evenings, at 8 o’clock. Friday evenings will see the Mer- chants League taking over the al- leys, with play scheduled at 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock. Merchants League teams will be “mixed” — Elks and their spouses All teams will be composed of five bowlers and tourneys will operate mail, Sgt. Robinson and five of Dillon's is now on Chairman Simmons advised that bowlers sign up immediately for the leagues, as the entry lists will be alley steward is in charge of the signing up. The Elks alleys are now open for practice every afternoon and eve- ning in the week, except lodge 11 p. m. Sundays—1 p. m. to 11 p. m. Plenty of good pin-setters are on hand. — 2-A’ (F): Norbert R. Puumala. 1-C (Disc.): Leon Constantine, Dennis A. Shepperd, Robert H. Loug- an Army uniform and “allegations within the bill accused him of traveling on forged air priorities as far as England. The indictment, returned yester- day, said that Wasserman on one occasion bumped an unidentified mw,v officer to obtain transporta- mer E. Lindstrom, Melvin H. Ross tion to England and at another| pgy) a Tarrant, Charley Jacobsen, time produced a higher priority‘_, H. H than an unidentified Army officer t:flfls“’mhfldg&;fi nn::w:..d()o!t) to get air passage to Europe. Hoffmann. " % The Federal Bureau of Investiga- oiop tion and allegations within the bill G ? said that Wasserman had never RE(O"VERSIO“ been a soldier but that he had also | traveled. as an Army sergeant to Los Angeles, Seattle and Fort Worth, as well as- Europe. CHICAGO, Oct. 18—Reconversion difficulties have been slowing down | essential parts of the radio industry and it. appeared probable today that far fewer new sets than an- ticipated will be available for the nation’s Christmas trade. el ‘The hopes of some prospective buyers that new models would in- ported by Prof. N. Py Sinit of the 1o gy ‘s> 2150 seemed likely Frank A. Hiter, senior vice-presi- g:“‘::yi::i "::8 S::;:‘n:’:::“: w::z dent of the Stewart-Warner Cor- hope that some time it mightB be poral.mx_x, fold: mEWIEG o) 8 s na) tion wide survey of reconversion , ,problems that manufacturers were in higher animals vt'lth sound ones.‘a]m at a set considerably im- Sinit used frogs in his first ex-|,roved over the 1941 model, but ple“’"em“ and later such WAIM pct 4 “wonder machine.” It would blooded animals as rabbits, cats and yoq0p the public at 1941 prices. dogs, he said. 4 “It was found that the animal, DALE to which the second heart had MpS. Y_HE“E been added acted in a perfectly ~Mrs. Marion Daley arrived by normal manner,” he added. :phne from Anchorage yesterday. e | She is registered at the Baranof. DALE TUTTLE HERE i e | ANCHORAGE VISITOR Dale J. Tutle, Sitka resident, is! E, E. Davis, Anchorage resident, registered at the Gastineaw Hotel,'is a guest at the Baranof Hetel, Engberg, Peter J. Dietrichs, Cleo J. Commers, Arthur L. Anderson, Emil J. Loughran, Theodore J. Smith, | Robert A. Neeley, Domenico Lozzi. Kenneth H. Reed, Lloyd Albright, Alexander M. Dalziel, George J. Keranen, Rogers R. McCormick, El- OF HEARTS (AN BE DONE, REPORT the verge, heed, Robert L. Davlin, Anders E.| NAVAL PERSONNEL MAY SOON VISIT | UNALASKA TOWN Resiriciionfiio‘Be Removed i According to Informa- Under Fire LOS A LES, Oct. 18—While| {Gerald L. K. Smith addressed a| tion Given Delega'e | “Ham 'N Eggs” pension plan meet- ing and predicted war with Russia| WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—Restric- tby 1950, more than 8,000 high|tions against visits of Naval per- |school students amd labor union (connel to the town of Unalaska, lplckets paraded last night in pru-{‘Alaska. will be removed when safe- test against him using a school |guards have been established, Dele- i building for his speech. gate Bartlett (D-Alaska) ir | Smith, one-time lieutenant of |formed Louisiana’s Huey Long, ('huruod‘ The ithat the demonstration, which po- |bounds |lice said was the largest they ever|April isaw, was inspired by lever Holly- |Navy Se {wood Communists.” The pension Bartlett, because of criticisms by {plan he supports, said Smith, “is!the Interior Deépartment of sani- the most effective move of the|tary and social conditions in the common people against Com-|lown. munism.” “These CIO-United Auto Workers pla-| sound cards described Smith as a Fascist, Harbor jand there were hundreds reading: now a “Our boys died for the demoecracy!tees. |that Smith would destroy.” A sound! Bartleit tcld a reporter |truck blared instructions for the thousht the restrictions should marchers, who swarmed around the lifted. “The natives,” he said, “have Pelytechnie High Sehool. been back on the island for a con- There was no disorder. siderable period ‘and the town - should not be k POWERSHUTOFF WPB CHAIRMAN ‘IS 1S THREATENER IN- MICHIGAN AREAS {10 Utility Workers Begin | Walkout - Tension in New: York (By The Associated Press) Idle in nation over labor disputes around 460,000, including 216,000 |soft coal miners who have been ordered back to pits Monday. Major Strike Developments PUBLIC UTILITIES — Walkout starts in CIO Michigan utility workers wage dispute, threatening to cut off electrical power to hun- dreds of factories and 2,000,000 residents of industrial lower coun- ties in state; nearly all. major cities besides Detroit threatened with power shut-off. COAL and STEEL — Country’s major postwar labor controversy nears end as UMW President John L. Lewis in surprise move orders 216,000 soft coal miners to end near-month long walkout in six states, resume work in more than 1,000 pits Monday; issue of union recognition for foreman's group up for future negotiations; back-to- work order means no further cur- tailment in steel operations. SHIPPING—Tension mounts in New York’s water front strike as leaders of rival AFL longshore- men’s function remain at odds over return of 35,000 striking stevedotes; |pollce quell disturbances; union leaders resume wage contract nego- tiations with ship owners as dock- | workers service: some ships of the |hundreds idle in 18-day-old strike. LUMBER—Striking AFL/ Lumber | Workers in Pacific Northwest, re-| doubling efforts to close down the | industry, urge affiliated building tradesmen to refuse to handle CIO- | produced lumber; CIO continues | conciliation conferences seeking | wage boost for its 40,000 members. | MOTION PICTURES—Police again | remove sit-down pickets from in!| front of Warner Brothers Studio| as Eric Johnston, new movie in- | dustry leader, attempts to settle 32-week-old AFL jurisdictional | dispute. i CONN. COURT HAS is been out of since taken, town has to Navy personnel The action was cretary Forrestal —wrote | reasons at this (on the same staging center Forrestal wrote are even time as more Dutch and) is for separa- he be | PICTURE INDUSTR HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18 — J. A Krug, chairman of the War Pro- duction Board, has been offered a $75,000-a-year job as vice presi- dent of the Motion Picture Pro- ducers and Distributors Association of America, The assignment would labor program for the which has been hampered by trouble for more than months. Eric Johunston, new the association, who is currently struggling to work out solution to the work stoppage problem. APPROPRIATION * FOR SURVEY OF MINERALS IS CUT WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — The House Approprlnnons president of trimmed from this fiscal | | the Bureau of Mines. Several western have protested’ against the cut If Congress passes the bill submitted to the House, pleration fund will - be H as i was recommended by ‘Truman. (OFFERED BIG JOB IN include formulation of a 1ONE-FANZe (e the certificats recorded by your industry goynty Recorder (sometimes County rike clerk) if you can. Also get a couple SeVEN of photostatic copies made, if possi= Committee service, has recommiended ‘that $420,000 be * rppars Year's whether budget for mineral explorations by cepted, because it might open the Congressmen men sent abroad to serve in or near the ex- Civil trimmed cians who were overseas—and par-| from $2,100,000 for the fiscal year ticularly that grand bunch of men; to $1,680,000. The $420,000 reduction who tcok plenty on the chin, the President M2rchant Marines. PAGE THREE I VETERANS' GUIDE By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL D e s ON wother Question and Answet D: The one about taxes is extra inte ting e Here we go with Rights for members of the Merchant Marine has been introduced. Query from Don J. C., Muskogee, Cklahoma: “Does a veteran get any I've had several letters from fel- rolief or exemption from income lows still in the service who read this taxes the fi year after honorable stuff and say they like it. But I discharge have one from a guy I know person- The answer is No. But I made a ally—M-Sgt. Ralph Munger ovét in not: that, back in April, Represen- England. He served with me some tative Flood of Pennsylvaniasoffered time back at an air base where we o bill to affect the taxes of ex- used to get out the “Post Star"—a'service people base newspaper. Ralph was editor, My nc read that the bill would for a time, and good abat? i that meins “soften’ tax2s for every year of and for one year before and He tells ma his girl sends him all .”!\_ the clippings of this column—gets ;i rvice. The bill also would! them from the Syracuse, N. Y. “Post gpay ecial deductions for five| Standard.” “200 to 300 men in MY yoarg aftor discharge. quadren,” Ralph says, “either read|” That bill was in the form of an them or hear quotss from them. ,yendment to the Internal Revenue They have done more to clarify— gode. My notes also indicate that than anything that has ever reach=:gisabled veterans would get refunds |if they paid taxes for any year since | | 1940. { Then, in July, Representative Do-' mengeaux of Louisiana introduced a measure which would exempt most vets from payment of any income tax for the taxable year in progress on the date of his discharge and the: next taxable year after that date. ' ce wks for the praise, Ralph. G. L. H, Chicago, asks this: “I'm a veteran of the World War and I've lost my arge certificate. How would I go about replacing it?" Hcnest, I've had all T can do to pt in o vacuum.” keep up with things affecting €xX- rpe paxt year 75 per cent of earn= | servio2 men of the Global War (saY ¢4 incoms wolld be exempt. World War IT if you want). 1 don’t yaqr 50 per cent. know much about the 1917 World " These are bills, of course, and War stuff. |nct laws. But Congress is in ses~ Global War vet, a lost S:0n, 80 keep your eye on the ball. ¢ >-eo Next But, for discharge cortificate can’t be replac- { cd. Upon proper application and ex- DOROTHY'S DANCING SCHOOL planation to the Adjutant General's i Cificc (Army) and the Judge Advo- Classes now enrolling. Baton- cate General's Office (Navy), a cer- twirling, tap, acrobatics, toe-ballet,; * titicate showing that you previously moderne, eccentric, toe-tap, charac- | held a discharge certificate will be ter and social dancing for be< issued ginners. Body-toning and tap ' at's why I've mentioned in the classes for stenographers. Boys* past that your discharge certificate class in acrobatics. Studio;, 411 Tthy! should be treated as carefully as Phone Red 525. (10,,093-t2)¢ your favorite pin-up girl picture.| >-ee — i DRINK KING BLACK LABE ble. All this is likely to be worth The offer to Krug was made by (he troublo later. stion from Mrs. A. G, ‘'m the widow of a lieuten- ant kiilad on a destroyer in the At- lantie. Cen't I get amy of the tenelits of the Servicemen's Read= justment Act? Not as the law now stands, Mrs. A. G. Senator Warren Magnuson from your own state (a Global War veteran himself, I believe) has in- trcduced a bill which would give the Lenefits of the GI Bill to widows of men whose death resulted (rom“ can be some doubt flbout\ this bill ever would be ac-| Qu gates to other groups; such as OWI Assorted Almonds Pecans Cashews Blanched Peanuts Filberts combat zones—Red Cross field dir-| ctors—active-duty members of the; Air Patrol—civilian techni- | GI Bill of | Incidentally, a separate OF MANSLAUGHTER BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. 18— The Superior Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has dropped the man- slaughter charge against Mrs. Imo- gene Stevens. The attractive wife of an Army Major had been accus- ed df shooting and killing a sailor— 19-year-old - Albert Keovacs of Nor- walk, Connecticut. 3 The coroner shortly afterward said that the shooting last June in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mil- ton at New Canaan, Connecticut, took place in an “auro of sex re- crimination, beer, and window smashing.” Fairfield County State Attorney Lorin Wills asked that the case be dropped because of reasonable doubt, or more, of Mrs. Stevens' guilt. SURRENDERS MANILA, Oct. 18—A Japanese | soldier, Shijo Fukumoto, came out of his hillside cave less than 20 miles from Manila today, and learned that the war was over. | He surrendered a bag of rice, |a half-pound of cassava chips (roots), one can of salt and two 'hand grenades, and was placed in a prisoner of war camp. “Now I can go home to Kobe, { he breathed with relfef. i i e R ' Empire. Want-ads Uring resuits! 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