The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1947, Page 3

SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1947 > Empire \ lot about this ‘Post- | business during COMMUNICATION | | | LEADERSIN MAJ.LEAGUES . last quite figure cut what it meant. Now 1 find myselt enmeshed right in the | middie of it and for sure now, don't New York, .345. know what the hell it is all about!| Keller, New York, Can you enlighten me? Here is mj seesaw | 35 aggio New York, 34 or should I our story Heme runs—Keller, New York ortly before the cessation of Williams. Boston, 12 hestilities with . a fine big Securit American reague Boudreau two hits after Cleveland their allowed only Batting runs | 3 1 n i ed in York 5-2, we ¢ 714 wesed site, S| up The tics was as tight housewife during ing. Reading Oakland Los Angeles Oakland by walloping slugf last clsco was dropy from the Franc STANDING UF CLURS Pacit.c Coast pLeague verdict to an Diego. L Angeles moved into what was virtua a triple tie by edging Hellywood, 8-6, in 10 ings Complicating mento moved to game of four ilverizing the Bes The Oaks made it four over Seattle on two-run single i ing a 10-all des Vince DiMaggio sparked splurge in the fourth with a bases- I Jjammed homer. Tt s his third cir- Bro cuit smash in two S Cir n Francisco’s 100k Bob Philadelphia Chesnes lost decision Louis against 2 burgh cost reg three Les ninth, br Previc National League The Teen-Agers have also had d luck during the first half sea- games. They have played but > game, five rained out or post- on account of wet grounds. 5 day, the game at 2:30 the schedule calls for a between the Elks and Legion with two other games remaining m the first half, Tuesday, Legiocn v Mocse and next Friday Moose Am p S saven = Vs, B The Teen-Agers also have Ryl a game scheduled for Wednesday 10Ushby Ave Anyway, the project Detroit night with. ths Meaes. was completed, fine people moved New York i, and we home owners already in ! Sporis Cruiser } cievelona b .o Beston the neighborhood appreciated the [} Chicago iFOR CHARTER! York icago New Joston p c iEA@iEE i e 2 L] ! Angeles climaxed a al with the Stars by pushing Py d Davis' throwing error. A re-| Pitching—Shea, New appoared’ ¢ rner of 1 Hollyw night crowd of 11,-| .778; Hutchinson, Detroit Ave. near my home. It i H - er with two on. The defeat dropped | 353; W Philadelphia, .351 pr ortly after this the Stars into seventh place be-| Runs batted in—Mize, New York, considerable agivity ensued and d San Die i5; Maishall, New York, 42 soon a large fill was put in and Sacramento Home runs—Mize, New York. 16; three large frame si.dciures sprung Jack Salveson Miller, Cincinnati, 12 then a per £ ‘wait for Pacific Coast League 1 x 3 t on points tcday as a bome run and two singles A nine- ) . St. Leuis, 5-1, .833. vith Japan und a temporary halt wartime ration- Fun b 8 4in - the ”“.“ “-‘ e to the proje Local pressure was and gave Garth M obvicusly brought to bear due to Solon righthender, his sixth v BflSEBAll GAME ON housing shortage and shortly there- seven starts after the sign was torn down and FR'DAY RA'NED OUT word passed around that tne pro- erans; the work was carried on and o Nt 5 pe. L don't deny that it served a pur- ’ he sc "“‘_h: baseball game l‘j pose and vastly improved the ap- ween the Elks and Moose last ,o.a50e o1 the locality, but at a 5 e : far above its value, due to the et scheduled league games of 5,41 ggod reasons; Government : the first half postponed on account ramentc S 93 of the ¢ en: AN T v:‘ "“1‘ Sy it _‘ting their ‘cut’ and probably others Withif ' a halt el F‘fid‘ C amEnts not mvolved getting a little as well Portland by Geats 30 ids next Friday night With 1,0, 160, Jocaticn certainly wasn't - ond half to start with the scheduled for Sunday, June , . fin at per yard, nor for its scenic surroundings with a stink- ing sewage strewn mud-flat on cne the other and the near tenement and slum district immediately under Courthouse Hill just across the third inning 1 on the world contest, fea- Natwna: League red HOMES FOR WAR ted Press Sports Writer) : 3 22 hits, inclu Pit Rowe, Philadelphia, 7-1,' material’; then the end of the war ject was to provide homes for vet- ARGISRO, iight was rained out leaving three money with everybody involved get- 18- ) e picked for its economic value with side, a decrepit native village on avenue, = ned innati : o'cle £ However, it could have been se- lected for its strategic value for husbands to keep their wives home after dark as a number of them don’'t care to walk alone up Wil- , | game fourth Chesnes allowed ks wo wild to two Padre tallies, ‘ Philadelphia FIGHT DOPE imprevement even if it didn't do Louis °® FISHING PARTIES the city much’ good irom a taxable (Fishin standpoint Things went fine for a while un- | til well-dressed strangers started ' ° Scenic & Photo Cru at Hourly F ° Wate prowling arcund our property with Lodge note books and cameras. None of Call BILL 30 Results of events last night are as follow t New York—Tony Pellone, 145%, New York outpcinted Charley Fu- ari, 145%, Irvington, N. J. 10. At Spokane—Jee 212, De- treit, boxed four-round exhibition ! with Tiger Jack Fox, 192, Spokane. nof. ge BT 3l s At San Diego. Calil.——Freddie 5 ring Gastineaa Channel League . w L be only around during working hows, when the heads of the ilys were not apt to be around. T finally got tired of such reports and#actions and set about tracing | 3eshore . Harrisburg, Pa. out- dcwn one of the more persistang ed Dick “Smokey” Underwood, Of these trespas He wasn't in Los Angeles, 10 his room at the Baranof when he At Minneapolis—Miguel Acevedo, learned the purpcse o1 my visit 141, Havana, outpointed Lulu Cos- Over the house phone—but he sure tantino, 135, New York, 10. as the devil was in when T disre- PR SRS . garded ethics and barged up to his TAKU LODGE room After a torrid verbal dis- Call Mary Joyce at the Baranof cussion I learned absolutely noth- reservations and transportation ing except that someboedy or other angements. _adv. 604-tf intended to and could take my! . property and the property of sev- eral of my neighbors and to ex- plicitly quote him; “Why, pecple in Gov't. work were build- g these ‘fine’ apartments for We don’t want your homes, we jus want our ground which your homes are sitting on. We'll give you a fair | price for your improvements and rent you ,one of our nice apart- ments fcr $65.00 or $75.00 a month ”l After my reply to his very sport- ing proposition I don’t think he ap- proved of me as a possible tenant.| However, I did get a iew names to | work on. I went to all of these and | erred back and around and | learned even less. Soon, I, and the " neighbors involved received ‘show cause’ notices from the District At- | torney’s Office why we shouldn't| ke ‘de-housed.” Two of us went up to the D. A’s Office and iron- ically, printed on the door were | the words ‘Department of Justice | After a pleasant chat with the | young D. A. in tr <f Jus- | | tice’ we learned that he was mighty i sorry but he couldn’t do anything for us as his orders came rmm‘ | Washington, D. C. He iurther ad-| vised us to get a ldwyer to enter| our protest when Court sojourned | | —at our expense of course, ‘| In the meantime, the City upped |the taxes on all of us and in my| | case three times what the party be- BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY |fore me paid. I complained to the Mayor and the City Clerk and in-§ Junecau Cold Storage Co. jon g qulrred how 'hey could tax us .whru Louis fam- these approached any of the prop- DUDIDS BLUE 560 or H erty owners and somehow seemed to | ! ! ! ! | ! ! < Everything Sporting Goods it'’s yor You trust its Quality STEP OUT LADIES! FOR ELKS AND i’s your big evening THEIR LADIES (LADIES® NIGHT) - ONLY - FOL- | at the FLKS LOWING FLAG | DAY EXERCISES TONIGHT vears, and never could ! claimed our pro- per was informed that I was paying for Police and Fire pro- ind gathered that I must paying the Police and Fire for the Gov't. project get both but the City xes, and mine were treb- ment tection 150 be ¥ ction r completion of said project ¥ vent to a lawyer whose rity has always been ch, and who we knew been interested in Juneau tribulations and progress ed us that some war mea out of e opin ther above has al- way nd its trials He adv sure would soon be going istence and that in hi there was a possibility we' n be bothered—that was over year ago. Then, on March 9, I we all received a communic attorney stating that after scme research the errment could take our property e they saw fit. Not for cur Gov't. to t e we let the matter and went about im- ious properties and vith and pay sov good frem our in effect Gov- ng to argue the ta pbiepa of course Then cn June 6, last, we received wther communication from our attorney— thi, stating that the Gov- crnment was going to enter a judg- ment against us this coming weel and inquiring if we wished tain lim to our protest. I calied him cu the phene and learn- ¢d that a certain War Em Act was still in effect and that the possibility of us retaining cur Lomes was nil. Naturally, T couldn’t see the sense in retaining a lawyer ©t a price to say no for me in court when I can say it myself for noth- ing There are sev pects to this prought to the Juneau public. Whq are we being evicted? All of us involved are long-time residents of Juneau—several of us being born here of pioneer parents. Also, all of us have been st ily improving our meagre holdir Why does our property have to be taken for the new proposed project when there is so damn much prop- erty cheaper to acquire Wes sent project, and so much more of the project. that could be sed as slum ¢ d util- ized to good advantage. 1y should the best houses and properties in the area be cleared out? How can the Ci enough to tax us for pr we can't own and they jurisdiction over? Why the cr nation between us and people renting in the Gove nt ject? After all we are all living tide-land. Why should "this b alone when better than one-third of Juneau and every other town in 8. Alaska for that matter sits on tideland? If cur properties be taken needlessly what's to pre- vent other unscrupulous pocket- padders frem s other prop- erties under the guise oi Govern- ment agencies? I wonder if the home or head offices of this FPHA. is provided with true facts concerning condi- tions arcas invelved and also who benefits financially from all this hocus-pocus? Neither I nor any of the famil'es involved want to or wil stand in the way of progress. If there is a pulp to r enter that should attention of have g perty that don't ha dis- on our battle can izing When you travel . . . go by comfortable Flying Clipper. Daily Clipper service to Seattle and key points Inside. Fares are low, with 10% off for round-trip tickets. When you ship or order . . . specify speedy Clipper Express, now available to 6 continents. Clipper Express saves valuable time, opens up new markets, results in faster turnover. Rates recently slashed on many items. For details, call or write our nearest office: Baranof Hotel—Telephone 106 Pan AHERICAN WoriLo AIRWAYS ke J?s/:lll of I/{%}ny (,c/}fipr/x .‘%“ o s mill other in wit adly move If the War for strategic 0 we 1 ertainly wouldn't object B tell me that those fram ve A-bomb shelters! the our or any oing | houses nd—we'll that ‘fair’ price to require it fensive reas indust our t out for Dept ere ipport town | should here as 4 nt provides a lot | ry Federal Offices, a citizen than old and sidents who have made and spent small 1ortunes frankly think that it is high time Juneau got wise to it- elf—What happens when Dic wake up to the fact that the A. J may never reopen: when Anchorage the Capitol away from serewball le lation and labor disputes close industries in this retains the Coast and is most better stab at| premoting the p industry there | than we are here; when ka s ne T. B. Sanatorium and ANS of- fices when the USED. pro- « quota of lumber. What do we get? And what is to become of | these Government apartment hous- es put in where we were driven| out? I leave the an to the boys the land citizens give | more desirable established e maneuvers us; when surisdictional down seasonal Ketchikan headquart certainly making a ccally, be mate grab! Truly yours 'KINKY" BAYE - SPOKANE FIGHTER GETS SORE NOSE BOXING JOELOUIS SPO! Tiger had v weight chs L. H Junge Fox of he would 14.—(M—Aging j Spokane, who ‘tag” heavy- mvion Joe Lg had & today as his memento + f ound exhibition boxing ght e Leuis gave Fox a ncse bleed in the first round after the vateran figi.ter had used his trick of rolling | with the roves to land some solid punches. The two sparred in the econd and third rounds and wound | up the match with some slugging in | the fourth. The champion weighed | in at 212, Fox at 192. - NOTICE T will not be re bills made by the N Service, Jack nose their four e for any t Dairy DAYTON .- REBEKAH Lodge 15, Auk Ba Beach, bus leaves IOOF F 12:00 noon, returns 5: adv- 605-12 Picenie, MEN WHO Y DAY SHAVE EVERY Glide . GHAVE CREAM uuo-llus“ e eam ODERN shave ¢ The ‘(‘\0‘ MODERN men June | WHAT'SDAD'S FAVORITE SMOKE Dees Dad prefer a good cigar or puffing away on a friendly pipe? Which ever it is we have it. Add to his pleasures on Father’s Dav by selecting his gift at Perey’s FATHER'S DAY CARDS LIGHTERS @ TOBACCOS @ POUCHES Cpen Evenings and Sundays Again this year, boys'11.10 15 years of age inclusive can compete in “the greatest amateur racing event in the world'' —the All-American Soap " Box Derby. . Each entrant has an opportunity to win prizes and trophies in the locl Derby. The winner goes to Akron, Ohio, with all expenses paid, to race against boys from all over the United States and Canada. The winner of the National Finals is awarded a four-year college scholarship and several trophies. You may become the 1947 Champion! Enter now! Get your entry blank at DARNELL'S SPORT CENTER The last day to enter is JUNE 15 - So HURRY!