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> . " i WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1 946 B.B. SEASON IS OFF 10 BIG START New Golden Era Started in Sports — Home Run Fever Revived (BY JACK HAND) (Asscclated Press Spcerts Writer) Baseball is back on the gold standard today with such pre-war glamor names at Jce DiMaggio, Bobby Feller, Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg in the headlines cnce again. Mel Ott and Hal Newhouser were the only holdovers from the war- time campaigns in the select circle, cdominated by ex-GIs, that delighted 236,720 fans at yesterday's cight big league openers. i Tka first day of the 1946 cam- paign, widely hailed as the bezin- ning of a new golden era in sports, was a huge success both financially and artistically. Attendancs show- ed mcre than a 100 percent in- crease over tre 1945 figures and was the second highest in history.| Home Run Pever | DiMaggic, Williams, Greenkerg and Ott revived th2 home ruh fever that has been running low in war- time, and Feller, Newhouser, and Spud Chandler showed the boys, scme fancy pre-war chucking Tr2 Newhouser-Greenberz team Trobably was the most eye-arresting of the lot. Lefty Hal spun a neat six-hitter for his first opening day win but he needed Big Hank's line drive homer to get a 2-1 decision for the world champion Detroit _Tigers over Nelson Potter and the St. Louis Browns before the day’s largest crowd, 52,118, One-Two Punch DiMaggio and Chandler also pro- vided a one-two punch for the New York Yankees who appear to headed back toward "the heights. Jolting Joe’s 400-foot clout with Temmy Henrich cn base eased the ace righthander alcng the way to a five-hit 5-0 shutout of Philad=l- phia as Shibe Park’s largest operi- ing day turnout, 37,472, watched in awe. | 430-Fcct Home Run Williams, making his first big league appearance since 1942, thrill- ed President Truman and 30372 Washington fans with a 430-foot home run, the longest seen at Grif- fith stadium in 15 years. Tex Hughson sprinkled 11 Senator hits along the route for a 6-3 Boston verdict over Roger Wolff. Feller turned in the prize pitch- ing job, a three-hit, 1-0 blanking of Chicago but the Cleveland fire- ball artist nceded a belly-flop catch by Bob Lemon, ancther ex- GI, to save the game in the ninth inning. - A chilled crowd of 20,106 watched Feller win his dusl with Specs Dietrich. | ‘The scores: American League i Boston 011 010 300—6 11 0 ‘Washington 001 001 001—3 11 1 Hughson - Wagner, Wolff, Hud- fon (8) and Evans. New York 003 002 000—5 7 2 ‘Philadelphia 000 000 000—0 5 1 Chandler and Dickey; Christo- pher, Fowler (7), Harris (9) and Rosar. St. Louis 109 000 000—1 6 O Detroit 010 100 00x—2 6 0 ! Potter and Mancusco; Newhouser and Richards. 'Cleveland 000 001 000—1 G 2 Chicago 000 000 000—0 3 0 Feller and Hayes; Dietrich and Tresh, Dickey (9). Naticnal League | ‘Brooklyn 001 020 000—3 10 2 Bosten 100 111 10x—5 8 1/ Gregg, Casey (T) and Anderson; Sain and Masi. Chicago 000 CCO 004—4 6 1) Cincinnati 001 020 000 3 11 0 Passeau, Erickson (8), Fleming (9, Prim (9), and Livingston; Mc- | Cullough (8), Sheffing (9), Beggs, Heusser (97 and Mueller. | Pittsburg ... 001 220 910—6 11 1. St. Louis 300 000 001—4 9 1 Ostermueller, Heintzelman (4) and Smith; Beazley, Dickson (), Brecheen (5), Burkhardt (7), Don- nelly (9 and Rice. Philadelphia ... 002 000 020—4 7 1 New York . 420 000 11x—8 11 1 Judd, Mulcahy (2), Lopatka l'l)§ and Hemsley; Voiselle, Adams (8), {Trinkle (9) and Lombardi. 1 | — | TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE | American League—8St. Louis at Detroit; Boston at Washington; New York at Philadelphia. Naticnal League—New York at Brooklyn; Chicago at Cincinnati; | ¥ ipittsburgh at St. Louis. ———,——— oo s v o0 0000 0 ° L3 ol TIDE TABLE APRIL 18 High tide 2:49 am., 17.7 ft. High tide 15:24 pm,, 155 ft. Low tide 21:14 pm,, 20 ft. .".'.\OGUOO LATERALLY PUTS SEALS IN TO WIN League’s Leaders Are Held Helpless by Acorns Before Final Spurt (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) San Francisco's steamed-up base- ball club got over the first big hump puffing like a little engine that thought it could for a lead of three and a half games in the Pa- citic Coast League For eight innings Casey Stengel's' Acorns of Oakland had the San Francisco Wreckers plainting for a score Tuesd: but in the ninth, Manager Frank (Lefty) O'Doul’s club rallied on pinchhitter Bill Eno single and shut out the third-place Acorns, 3 to 0. The Portland bottom rung Beav- ers snapped their losing streak in their first appearance before the hcme fans, with a 5-2 victory over the Hcllywood Stars. The other coast leaguers were inactive. Sacramento opens a series today in the second-place Los Angeles team’s park, and San Diego takes on the Rainiers at Seattle. RESULTS TUESDAY San Francisco 3; Oakland 0. Pcrtland 5: Hollywood 2 (Only ge scheduled.) COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS Teams w L Pct San Francisco 15 833 Los - Angeles 1 647 Oakland 11 579 Hollywood 9 529 Sacramento 7 412 Seattle 6 353 San Diego - 333 Portland 204 STATES COMPANIES QUALIFY TO ENTER ALASKAN BUSINESS Six non-Alaska companies,* four of them incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, have qualified here recently to do* business in the Territory of Alas- ka. The six new “foreign” firms fii- ing with the Auditor of Alaska are: | HOOVER, CURTICE & RUBY, INC., of the State of New York,| has designated Fairbanks as the principal Alaska office for its min- | ing enterprises in Alaska. Resident | ternoon from 1 o'clock to 4 o'clock. | legal agents names are the firm/ of Collins and Clasby, Fairbanks,' Health Nurse, will be in charge and | l | MINES, { Alaska d { lidence Hoover ALCO. corpcrated in the State of Dela- ware, plans operations at Edna Kosciusko Island, South- . aska. Frank B. Cuff is pres- ident of the company, which has assets over $5,000,000. It is a sub- sidiary company. Legal agents in Alaska are A. H. Ziegler and Wal- ter B. King, Ketchikan PALMER MABELLE GOLD INC, is a Washington corporation. F. R. Chambers is president and Palmer is the prin- cipal place of business in Alaska Legal agent is Howard Behrens, of Palmer. PARKS CANNING COMPANY, INC., a Washington corporation, has its principal Alaska office at Jjyak where its salmon canne is Harold M. Parks is presi- dent. Resident legal agent is O. A. Torgersc of Kodiak X FISHERY COM- Washingtori corporation; office at Iron Creek via Ko- President, Olaf Floe; legal gent, Frank Ledeck, Iron Creek. ALASKA-ASIATIC LUMBER MILLS, INC., Washington corpor- ition; Carl E. Edlund of Wrangell i¢ president and resident legal igent for Alaska; Alaska office and mill at Wrangell. Maydélle;aeorde Becomes Bride Of Jack Jefford b, Maydelle George, Jaughter of Mrs. May George of Anchorage and Mr. Wallis George of Juneau, and Mr, Jack Jefford, senior pilot for Civil Aeronautics Author are enjoying a unique and typica ly A an airplane honeymoon fol- lowing their marriage on April 11 at Unalakleet. The wellkown Anchorage left that city in the groom’s two- place plane on the morning of April 11 attired in ski clothes and bound for Unalakleet where their rriage was performed that af- ternoon by United States Commis- sicner Stephen Ivanoff at the home of Charles Traeger, trading pos operator and long time friend of the grocm. The wedding was fol- lowed by a wedding supper at the Tracger residence where the bride and groom were house guests until turday when they took off for Ncme in their tiny plane. The wedding came as somewhat of a surprise to the many friends of the couple, as only the bride’s mother was taken into their con- regarding their plans Mr. and Mrs. Jefford another week explor planr before returning to Anchor- age wnere they will make their home. Mr. Jefford is on two weeks leave Irom CAA and Mrs. Jefford will continue to be associated with her mother in the Alaska Treasure Shop at Anchoerage, which they pur- chased a year and a half ago. The pride is a former popular lady of Juneau. D WELL BABY CONFEKENC The weekly Well-Baby Confer- ence will be held at the Juneau Public Health Center, Room 108, Territorial Building, tomorrow af- N couple Sa Miss Margaret Welsh, Public - METHODIST CHURCH, ‘Use will ke made of poems on the! young THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA SPECIAL SERVICE, SERVICES ON EASTER UHERAN CHURCH, STARTS AT SUNRISE the Sunrise church youth the city are join ly sponscring, the Mzthodist Church offering its services in a full pregram for the dedication to The New Life, to which rtime his- | sons v calls, | e Epwerth League, of the,M ch is helping to sponsor the 6] Edwarc ck Sun! Service, and will ve 1 have an aster breakfast in the, Kassner church social rcom after the ser-, o o evening at 8 Resurrection Lutheran will obeerve the anniver- f the institution of the Lord: seial worship the Holy Comm Thursday o'cleck Church Beginnmg with Ser- vice, which the ganizations of or LS 1s ior following intc the f church: Mr. and Mr. and Mrs Dorothy Hol- Mrs. Arthur as: the d Byrns, Miss and viec. ! The sunday senoct wis ten e, HARRY PATTERSON Easter story and interpret its sig-) H All three choirs of the. church, e will sing in the Morning Worship| Funeal services for Harry Pat- Service, with the Youth Choir, di-iterson, pioneer Alaskan miner rected by Mrs. Don McMullin, sing- | fisherman and guide, found dead ing “Rejoice the Lord is King" by his boat The Murslet Monday, Warwall-McMullin The Senior!will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow Choir, directed by Mrs. Treat, will{in the Charles W. Carter mortuary ¢ing “Hall2lujah, Christ Is Risen” ch by Simper, and “Christ the Lord| \ C. E. Rice will officiate at Is Risen Today,” with the Junior; t rites to be followed by in- Cheir joiing in responsively. | t in Evergreen Cemetery - - _‘\’":,'“"““m‘:“l]x, 'O“, T. W. HAWRINS DIES i 5 3" et] william Hawkins, 78, one their vows in aj©f the best known businessmen of Life "“(‘Nd“ Seward, passed away at Seward cn The min-| APril 7 and funeral services were “The New i April 10 under the aus | d Masonic lodge. Sunday evening a siniple service| ame to Alaska in 1898 of the life of Christ in fine arts. TS R T AT will be presented. This service will| gg " he highlighted by a dramatization| “"BmcK M cf four scenes from the Passion| And Stop Dosing Your Stomach stery: the Garden cof Gethsemane, Simon the Ethiopian Carrying the| Nith Soda and Alkalizers Don't expect to get real relief from Cross, The Empty Tomb, and Pateri rededicating himself on the Beach.| he b r 8 ch, gas and bad and other alka~ cause of your trouble is A class received new mbers which will renew dedication to the New threugh the risen Jesus. ister's message will be Life.” of new s well life of Christ and scme of the best reproduction of artist's concepticn of Christ will b2 on display. An opportunity to accept Christ as real} in our life will conclude the service ursday Communion will be of-| fered at 8:15 p. m. to the new memkers - jeining the church and all these wishing to participate. An | adult baptism serv it being con-| ducted at 8 1 S p)t‘ud-‘ ing the Cemmunion vice. i Friday evening, Erryst A wellknown tenor soloist of the city, |/} will present a concert of Holy Wesk musie. There will be an oppor-| tunity for the congregation to participate in the singing of fam-| iliar Passion Week hymns ) o he intestinal tractwhere 8076 of yourfood s digested. And when it gets blocked it fails to ant for real relief is not alizer—but something to k'’ your intestinal tract. Some- ng to clean it out effectively—help ¢ back on her feet. 113 right now. Take hey gently andeffecs digestive tract, genuine relief ally good again. any drugstore— ir intestinal tract for Unbloek” rom indigestion. O al relief PUBLIC NOTICE * In order to avoid the charging of overtime for work performed on Saturday, the undersigned, in accordance with Supplementary Service Regulation No. 21 of Maximum Price Regulation No. 165 as amended, do hereby add ten cents an hour to the existing shop rate, as of this date—APRIL 15, 1946. Junean Welding & Machine Shep Harbor Machine Shop Motor Rebuild & Marine Service and O. D. Ccchran, Nome. Presi- all mothers are ipvited to lmnr;‘li dent of the company is Herbert their babies to these sessions, 2 2 [ AT ———————————————— . . . sociable refreshment for all bands *round *“I'm engaged!” An event no girl ever forgets. Refreshment is in order, so the invitation is Have u Coke. Coca-Cola just naturally goes with happy, friendly moments of informal hospitality. Coke belongs in your icebox—because it belongs with good times and friendly living. Coke =Coca-Cola “Coca-Cola” and its abbreviation BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Juneau Cold Storage Co © 1946 The C-C nd ope Brown and Haw- kins store at Anchorage for several vears then operated a similar ed store at Seward. Sur his widiw, daughter and NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAI ACCOUNT AND OF P 10N FOR DISTRIBUTION In the Ccmmissioner’s Court for the Territery of Alaska, Divi ber One Num- Before FELIX GRAY, Commissio and Officio Probate Jud Juneau Pre In the Matter the GEORGE RUSSELL, Deceased ereby given that H Administrator of the tate of Gec ssell, Deceased, has filed his final account of the administration of the and Petition for distribution to the heits f deceased according to proofs filsd; | And that a hearing will be had ‘on the final ount and petition for distribution, before the under- S d, at his office at Juneau, Al- a , at 'elock P. M. on June 20, 164! ch time and place all persens interested in the admin's- tration of the Estate and in the distribution of the residue, may ap- rear and file objections in writing to the report and petition of the | Administrator, and contest the re- {port and petition, | | Given under my hand and the| cal of the Probate Court above mentioned this 16th day of April, 1948 (SEAL) FELIX Commissioner and Ex-Officio Pro- | bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. First publication, April 17, 1946 , Last puklication, May 8, 1946 ot i T of | No Faulkne state GRAY, RANSPORTATION Di"Mé¢ P A N Y C O M| i | i { { NOTICE We wish to inform our customers that due to manu- facturing difficulties we will have to revert o the DISK MILK BOTTLE CAP until further notice . . . The popular HOODED CAP will be used again as soon as available. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. 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