The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1948, Page 2

PAGE TWO ATTENDANCE, | Hockey Games. GRID GAMES ON INCREASE " —— YORK, Nov, 5P Almost jore pe¥sons are in the aver- 546, ted Press sur- ndance at 130 rep choals over the nation. it was 24,500 et inerease is in the| nference, but crowds v everywhere cxcept in the sixt Texas schools Arkansas, which make up the South- west circuit, are 125 per cent ahead of 1947 Eastern attendance has fallen off crowd this sea- | ac- | ile Bowl campaigns, ied Stanford eleven on one game was played last nig the Pacific Coast Hockey | le 1e with results as follows Westminster 4; Portland 3 - eee - FOOTBALL ROUNDUP By BOB MYERS L@S ANGELES, Nov. 5—® California and Oregon are f over Pacific Coast Conference New ored op- ponents tomorrow in their respective | spirit- | and challeng inters un- defeated Army in an ctional candidates’ activ The rival efforts dominate conference Rose Bowl clash in New York H THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Manager of the world’s champion Cleveland India Shops and all schools closed at noon and the er LOU BOUDREAU, | 4.4 per cent, In the midwest the in-|but their games must share inter ‘\ of Harvey, Tlino; crease is-7.7 per cent. It's 49 per|est with a conflict between two in-| the festivities. Photo shows Boudreau and Governor Dwight Green of cent- in the south and 1.5 in the|dependent elevens at cramento. ' pAnde Far West including the Rocky Moun- | This one sends a good Santa| tain area. Nationally, theé increase 15/ Clara team against high scoring; an eyen four per cent. University of Nevada before a s 11]RUMAN wlll No‘l’ D"U‘ ' [‘S The 100 schools polled played 331 |out crowd. Tne Broncos are prob- 44 home games’in‘September and'Oc- |ably the last biz barrier between; tcber. These drew a grahd fotal of {Stan Heath and the Nevada u-un\ puRGE 'HOSE wuo NEWS 8,455,827 spectators. and their bid for national rec v Average attendance in the mid-{nition and an invitation to a major F l |D HI = west has been 33,659; in the.south- [bowl game—possibly the Sugar Bowl; Al EDI A M ELIZABETH LANCASTER WEDS 29,430; east, 2. and far \\ml 22, 208 we 616, BOBBY JONES IS IN HOSPITAL FOR NECK OPERATION ATLANTA, Nov 3 ‘?“—— B()l)\)_\ Jones, Jr—>the' grand slam goll champion of the '30's—is improving | in a hospital alter an (vpcral on nn‘ his neck. Dr. Upton Clary, one,of two phy: cians treating “Jones, said last night that the holder of many golf titles had undergone an operation to re- lieve “pressure,on the:spindl-cord in the neck which™has béen ‘causng a disturbance in his gait.” Jores made every golf record 0oso- | lete in 1930 when he made the first and only “grand slam’—winning the U open and amateur and.then takiig the British .amateur and games Leading football| to ' be played this *weekend " will’ ‘be as follows: 1 E i Army vs Stanford Boston U vs Fordham. Brown vs Western “ RéServe. Buckness vs Wash.-Jet{éeon. Colgate vs Cornell.’ & Columbia v Dnnmouth.‘ Georgetown ‘vs NYU: 7 Harvard vs Princeton.” Holy Cross' vs Duquesene. | Lafayette vs Rutgers. | Maryland vs So. Carolina. Merchant Marine vs ‘¥ale. Navy vs Michigan., & Pennsylvania vs' Penn State. Pittsburgh vs Ohio State. Villanova Vs Kentucky. West ‘Virginia vs 'Ohio. Midwest Illinois vs ‘Towa. Indiana vs Notre Dame. Towa State 'vs Drake! . Kansas State vs Nebraska Marquette V& Michigan’ Minnesota Missouri: ys Nr'xlhwrcie).n Ve Oklahoma A-M ¥vs Tulsa.o South Alabama vs Mississippi South. Auburn vs Mississippi State. Clemson vs Furman. Duke vs Wake Forest. Florida vs Georgia. Georgia Tech vs Tennessee. LSU vs Vanderbilt. Miami vs Cincinnati. ississippi - vs Chattanooga. Carolina S, vs Virginia. -hmond vé¢ Davidson. South Carelind! s Maryland. Tulane vs VMIL VPI vs Washington and Lee. R Bouthwest’ Arkansas vs Rice. Baylor vs Texas SMU Texas A and M. Tech vs Texas Mines. Recky Mountain Arizona vs* New #Mexicor~ * = Colorado Coll. 'vs Nebraska State U Vs vs Utah State. Detroit West California vs UCLA Idaho vs Montana State Montana vs College of Pacitic. Oregon S. vs Washington S Oregon U. vs Washington. St. Mary's vs Portland Santa Clara vs Nevada - Fish drink little if any water; Colorade Denver they open and close their muuths‘ to pass water through the gills to obtain oxg.gen w-le wr R v 5 south, '22‘-] Cali. nin, with three conference victories behind and three more contests coming up, takes on a (somewhat unpredictable younger rother Bruin from the University jof California at Los Angeles. 4 Lo | fer to manage the Hollywood Stars. at New Crleans. rynner-up teams in the conference; Ihis campaign. Oregon’s Webfoots, four confer- ence foes down and three ahead, journey to Seattle to play four-) nmu loser Washington Oregon State and Washington State tangle at Pullman, Wash., in; an interesting duel between two! News was received by friends (By Associated Press) here of the marriage recently of Persons close to the President say | Miss Elizabeth Lancaster of Cen- tral Lake, Michigan, to Mr. Charles Phillips, also of Central Lake Miss Lancaster was a teacher the Douglas Public Schools for two years, teaching the fourth and fifth 'grades. She also holds a similar position at her home town of Central Lake. { ‘Hlm( he won't fire and hire people | 8 | in a spirit of revenge. They say that he isn’t mad at anybody—not even those Democrats who were flukewarm in their support during n However, there's no doubt that ! some h(‘ad:\ will fall. But his friends say Truman isn't interested in i repr mh They say he is interested in building up the Democratic Par- and in building up new leaders RETURN HERE 1ty Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Featherstone JACK KRAMER IS RATED BESTPRO | ~. TENNIS PLAYER NEW YORK, Nov. 5—(®-- Jack Kramer of Los Angeles today gained official recognition as the best pro- fessional tennis player in the United States. He drew the No. 1 spot in the 1948 rankings of the brofessional lawn tennis association. Behind Kramer in the rankings came Bobby Riggs of Altadena, Calif, the best in the business until | big Jdko came along The P.L.T.A. bracketed Don Budge and Frankie Kovacs of Oakland, Calif , in_third position. FRED HANEY OF BROWNS MAY BE MANAGER, STARS HOLLYWOOD, Nov, 5—®—Fred Haney, former manager of the St ic Browns, is ‘considering an of- ‘Haney disclosed that he met j terduy with the Coast League Clul directors and said it was “an at- tractive offer.” He promised to give club officials an answer within two weeks - FIGHT DOPE The results of fights last night Llollows: Philadelphia—Willie Belram, 135': New York, outpointed Jimmy 134'2, Philadelphia, 8. York (Sunnyside Garden)-— ony Labua, 138%, New York, out- pointed Joey Belfiore, 138'2, Phila- delpkia, 8. Pittsburgh—Sonny Hampton, 140, L’uiiulo ny. uutpomled S’\mm\ , 144 !xm Atiantic” ity s Stpior | Newark, N. J., outpointed LeRoy ’Col(man 159, Lodi, N. J. 8 > ‘ It is believed that the slow tilt- ing of the northern shores of the | Great Lakes, & few thousand- years will cause four of the lakes to drain southward hence, except Huror into the Mississippi River . e Residents of a Welsh village say their town has the longest plac name in the world—Llanfairpwll- | liogogogoch: | Lol'wn 163, gwnyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysi- | Idaho and Montana State settlej . .oyrye it forward and two daughters returned thi their differences at Boise in a non-| gources close to the President week from Mt. Edgecumbe, where conference affair, and the nmo‘MV that he is not the’least bit it:- Mr. Featherstone has been con- goes for Montana at .\hvnuln,“,l'_(qm in a third term. nected with the construction of the against College of Pacitic e hospital building. The family is Look for Oregon to pour it on in theéir former residence, the Washington, if possible. The wob-\ Yurman Cabin, on Second Street, foots barely got by an under-rated but plan on returning again to St. Mary's last week, and mu the Edgecumbe project ufter the been informally but publicly rated| first of the year. inferior to California in polls taken | —_e from sueh sources as the USC play- | TO & TES ers and the St. Mary's coach, the lemon and green jerseyed mrlx Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford from Eugene may be on the furious | are passengers today on the Prin- s T cess Louise, Jenroute to -the states, e where they intend to make their heme; They will pick up their son in Illinois and then continue to Florida where they will spend the winter. Crawford is a former partner in the Douglas Oasis Cock- tail Bar. B NEW ORLFANQ Nov. - 5.—#— Torradoes killed at least eight per- sons and injured at least 36 others in thne north and central portions of Louisiana and Mississippi early today. Sheriff Sam Parker of Yazoo JUNEAU-DOUGLAS GIRL City, Miss., said a white child and SCOUT BD. DIRECTORS tive negroes were killed when a tor- TO MEET ON MONDAY nado struck near Benton, Miss., 10 miles east of Yazoo City, in the central portion of the state. Cther ‘tornadoes struck the middle (county) . La., about 38 miles “"”""Chmch west of Natchez, Miss.; and at Rip- ! ley, Miss.,, close to the Tennessee‘u postponed, it is line, At least one person was killed | (at each place The regular meeting of the Ju- ' neau-Douglas Girl Scout Board of across | pirectors will be held at 8 o'clock hoped there w:ll be a rull 'utendance V[om‘lay Whole Town Honors louBoudreau of Catahouls Parish,!yonday evening in the Lutheran As last month’s meeting had to ans, was welcomed by the citizens ntire populace turned out to join in Illinois (right) as they rdde in the NEGRO NOW IS INLINE FOR MAJOR. COM. (contmued ircm page one) leaders and committee chairmen Acceptance by the formality. Almost without exception, chair- manships are decided on commit- tee seniority; ti is, on “how long a ‘'man has been on the commiitee, rather than how long he has been in Congress. If tradition is followed in his case, Dawson will be the first mod- ern day negro Congressman to head an important regular commit Tpe expenditures committee has broad authority look into all the executive departments of the government. Its risdiction covers ctivity invalving the spending Federal money House and Senate chairman: kled ‘with southerners Clneress In the Senate, they Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, land, among others. manships will include of both Carolinas, s.gsnppi. Georgia, to committee ips will be heavily sprin- 8lst in the will Ar! ‘\Lll\- and House Mis- and Tennessee. Virginia, b A ! 10 minutes, s Metropolitan © TIDE TABLE ® e NOVEMBER 6 . High tide, 5:27 am., 138 ft. ® Low tide, 11:08 am., 58 ft. e High tide, 16:56 p.m., 15.2 {t. e Low tide, 23:55 pm., 15 ft. e . e s 000000000 - - ADDRESSES THOUSANDS Triumphal Entry fo Wash-| 'REGER TAKING AN ington Greafest Turn- out Since Apnl 1945 (Continued 1xum Page One) Bark conclud “I shall do everything administration to advanee the cause of pnmel throughout the world.” The President’s train from In- dependence, Mo., pulled in at 10:55 | a. m. (EST). , Big Scramble Members of the Cabinet and other dignit aboard their gratulations w ed lustily away. Hours before the President's ar- 1, crowds re gathered along 1 Pennsy Avenue route frem Union Station to the White House At the station plaza there was a surging mob Government workers were excus- | ed from their jobs for a couple of hours. School children left school | with nctes from parents, or simply rlayed “hookey” to get in on the itement. There were thousands | of out-of-town visitors. Washington had seen no suchj outturning lin D. Roosev fr Warm suddenly ident. € time — - to make a success and; and shaking and con- on for more than while the crowd yelled | Police Band 1945 when Fx’\x\k~ 1t's bch came home | where | war- | Ga., the MARINE INSPECTOR HERE fin { ions GERMANS STRUNG UP FOR ATROCITIES (By The Associated Press) The Americans hanged 14 more German war criminals. They had killed unarmed American fliers and committed atrocities in concentra- tion camps. Pro-Communist railroad unions were voting for a 24-hour rail strike France. Non-Communist un- having 40 per cent of the 500,000 rail workers boycottéd the vote. The strike“seemed to be 'a sympathy measute for the coal mine. workout," now in its fifth week. The back-to-work movement was gathering strength slowly 'in the coal fields. - e AL VIRGINIA LEAVE; TO W. Max Reger, Kenai Division super- viser for the Forest Service, who has spent two weeks in the Ju- neau office, will leave Saturday for Parkersburg, W. Va. After his annual leave there, Reger will bring his family back, about the middle of December, to live in Seward. 1 -Shirts: in | shipping strike. transportation to FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948 TRUCKS HAUL MAIL, SEATILE - FA'RBANKS ANCHORAGE Contracts have been let by the Railway Mail Service for the trucking of all class. es of mail frem Seattle to Fair- banks and the Interior over the Alaska Highway, it was revealed here by Paul Warber, the director. The first truckload of mail to be shipped over the highway reach- ed Fairbdnks last week. The ser- vice is designed to relieve the load cn the Army transports which have been carrying the mail since the The truckers are to be paid 10 cents per pound. The service is of a temporary na- ture only. With the ending of the shippil strike, the service is ex- pected to be discontinued. .o - BRE. AK.S LEG HUNTING K. Raatikainen of 'Pelican City left this morning via Alaska Coast- al Airlines for his home. Raati- kainen broke his leg while hunt- ing near Sitka last week. He was under the care of Dr. W. W. Chart- eris in Sitka and has been in Ju- neau 1lor saveral days awaiting Pelican. SNOW WHITE | LAUNDRY at 10:00 out at 4:00 the SAM Eday No l.osl Ilems in 4 Monlhs Ask Your Nelghbor Who Patronizes | SNOW WHITE Lt. Commander A. J. en, Mar- ne I tion cffiver from Ketch- ed in Juneau yesterday | and left for Hai today. He will, Monday and will be American-Lab e consultation on mar- on Monday at mo‘ Tuesday's balloting handed the| , | Democra’ -42 edge in the Sen- ate, and a 90-vote House margin. With all aces finally settled, the new Ho has 262 Democratic| members, 172 Republicans, and one PUBLICPINOCHLE PARTY 8:00 P. M. SATURDAY, NOV. 6 1.0.0.F. HALL — JUNEAU Prize Awards and Refreshments—First in Series of Three SPONSORED BY SONS OF NORWAY \ § (bvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrereee) - BILL CARLSON RETURNS FOLLOWING ARMY DUTY, | HEIDELBERG, GERMANY | | Hi Back in Juneau after spendmg | ! i OLD THOM 27 months in Germany is Bill Cnrl- son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert! Carlson. Carlson was with the U.! S. Army Constabulary in Heidelberg | and Stuttgart, Germany. He said| | that he enjoyed being in Germanyw and would like to return. While he was in Germany, Carl- ! son was able to attend the Nuern- | berg trials. He was present the| day that Herman Goering was tes-! Lifying He said that the living| conditions in present-day Germany were much better than many news-l 3 papers have reported. Carlson also | visited in Switzerland and France| before his return to America. Carlson enlisted in the Army in]‘ 1945, one semester before he fin- ished his high school course. He! has: re-entered Juneau High School | NEXT TIME BET ON PSON and \ull be graduated next June. | -oe - bmflLE-» Charles I Fitzger- | ald, .64, Superintendent. of the Wakhington-Alask-Yukon division | of the Railway Express .Agency died:today at the Mayo Clinic, Ro- chester, Minn., his oftice was no- tified. ; ‘VLJ IN.T ‘l*fit‘ ed i B BRIGGS HERE P. E. Briggs of Seattle is regis- tered at the Baranof Hotel. Briggs 1w formerly owner of the Briggs Steamship Co., which operated be- tween Prince Rupert and South- east Alaska por D CANNERYMEN HERE J. K. Johnson of the New Eng- land Fish Company at Ketchikan, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. Slnflfl“.\,l s r drinks, I"'W GLb ROMPSON BRAND Lester Wingard, canneryman of | Petersburg, is also in Juneau. | e — Americans use about 1,250,000,000 pencils a year. { Tastier !aeccuuse it’s OL 0%, straight n3 that instead of D TA IOMPSON is . This assures a better blend for orcof. 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