The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1950, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950 SELECTIONS | BEING MADE, CAGE GAMES (By the Associated Pre Bradley University, the nation’s No. 1 college basketball team, may yet gun for an unprecedented tour- nament “slam” this month Already in the National Invita- tion Event, the bouncing Braves of Peoria, Ill, had the green light today to try for a berth also in| the NCAA. Earlier the NCAA dis- trict selection commuttee had slam- med the door on them | Bradley’s Missouri Valley Cham- pions, the committee ruled, may attempt to earn the District 5 berth by meeting the Big Seven titlist at Kansas City March 20, Kentucky ana Dequesne are other possibilities for double tournament action. A fifth team was added to the 12-team invitation field last night with the acceptance of a bid by Syracuse University. Other teams in wne Invitation are Bradley, Duquesne, St. John's of Brooklyn and LaSalle. Only two places are definitely | filled in the eight-team NCAA field. | Unbeaten Holy Cross will repre-| |a Madison Square Garden double- sent District One, Ohio State Dis- trict Two. Long Island and CCNY won in header. LIU thrashed previously once-beaten Hamline and CCNY [ | 0SC, WASH. U MEET TONIGHT (By the Associated Press) Oregon State College, its hopes ! for a co-hold on the Northern Di- | the hands of the Tdaho Vandals as (themselves, clashes tonight and edged Manhattan, 57-55. Utah and Siena registered upsets. | Utah beat Wyoming, 39-30, to pull the Cowboys back to a first place tie with Denver. Siena upended St. Bonaventure, 42-38. Miss. State surprised by eliminat- ing Tulane, in the Southeastern Conf nce after Georgia edged Miss. U. 59-58 North Carolina State easily took | Virginia Tech, 77-42, in the South- ern Conference tourney. The nation's top scorer, Gecrge King of Morris-Harvey (WVa), threw in 63 points against Tiffin to| ason total to 860 points. | raise his Morris-Harvey won, 117-52. MIZE STILL SHOWS WEAKNESS IN ARM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March' 3—(P—Johnny Mize, the big first| baseman who hurt his shoulder| Jast season shortly after the Yan-| kees obtained him from the Giants, still feels weakness in his throwing{ arm i Outfielder Dick Wakefield refused | to sign a reported $17,500 COntl’RcL; to await a better offer. N BIRES AT MADSEN'S! i SCHW! 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Neither will be any cinch. 1,500-METER SWIM | RECORD OF MEDICA FALLS TO OHIO ANN ARBOR, Mich,, March 3— (M—A 15-year-old swim record set by Jack Media of the University of Washington in 1935 was broken last night when Jack Taylor of Ohio ] { { State won the 1,500-meter free style event of the Big 10 swim meet. Taylor’s time of 18:58.1 was one and two-tenths seconds under Me- dica’s mark, the oldest record in |a ‘ 8 by car for Lakeland /! {and left camp by | the NCAA book. DODGERS 10 USE (OX ANYWHERE IN FIELD VERO BEACH, Fla, March 3— (M—Manager Burt Shotton of the Brooklyn Dodgers figures on using everywhere in the infield. Shotton said he would even work Cox at first base, but there seems small chance for regular first sack- er Gil Hodges losing that position. | BOUDREAU CARHIT: ACCURATE BUNTER TUCSON, Ariz, March 3—(®P— Manager Lou Boudreau, one of the slowest men on the Cleveland In- dians team, turned out to be the most accurate bunter in initial tests of that skill yesterday. Coach Al Simmons had groundskeeper chalk circles between home plate and first and home plate and third. Lou was the only batter to hit the targets. FROM ANCHORAGE Ed Gardner of Anchorage, rep- resenting the Coastwise Line, is re- | gistered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM MT. EDGECUMBE Max E. Boyer of Mt. Edgecumbe is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. g HEE Here’s the very la new modern loveliness for your bedroom . .. by Harmon test in modern bedroom furniture . . . designed for you by Harmon ... buy one piece or buy the set ... we } won’t guarantee you’ll fall in love with these beauties — Come in soon and always welcome. but we know you will. look around . .. you're Thomas Hardware and Furniture | vision basketball title as much in| the | JUNEAU SKIERS - " READY FOR BIG INTER-CLUB MEET Juneau Ski Club’s Class B'and ¢ |racers were readying their equip Iment today as the inter-club sk | meet approached. The meet will be held . Sunday beginning at 1 p.m, Skiers wil tomorrow and try to find the right combination of waxes for the snow /they will be racing on. | Applications from Class B and |C racers will be accepted at the Quilico Sports Center until the | store’s closing time tomorrow af- ternoon. Set for the men’s Class B races {are Neil Taylor, Bob Carlyle, Dale Stewart, and Dr. J. O. Rude. Wo- men Class B racers will include Peggy Pearce, Elizabeth Thompson Louise Skinner and Edy Yetter. Junior Class B races, for skiers from 12 to 18 years of age, will see Gordon Oakes, Robert and Em- est Kolhasses, and Richard Smith in action. Bob Osterman, “Brother” Tapley and F. Peterson will be among those running the course as Class C rac- ers. Other racers are expected tc enter the meet before closing time Awards will be made for combined slalom and downhill times. Slalom races will be held on the Douglas Island slope one mile from the Douglas highway. Downhill races will begin at the second cabin at 4 pm. and end at the foot of the jumping hill 400 yards off| the highway. | The inter-club meet precedes by one week the invitational south- eastern Alaska Championship com- petition which will be run the fol- lowing weekend on the Douglas Island slopes. The Championship meet, for Class A and Class A Junior racers, will attract skiers from all parts of the Territory. Ketchikan has already informed Juneau Ski Club officials that a team of seven skiers will| come north for the meet. | Anchorage, Whitehorse, Cordova, | and University of Alaska ski teams have been invited to compete for the Championship trophies, it was announced. NW HEAVIES WILL VIE FOR MYTHICAL LAURELS MARCH 14 PORTLAND, March 3—®—dJdoe Kahut to Woodburn, Ore, and Seattle’s Bill Petersen were signed‘ yesterday to go 15 rounds—or less— March 14 for the mythical North- west heavyweight boxing crown, promoter Salkeld announced. Peter- sen now claims the title. UCLA HOLDS ON T0 WOODEN AS COACH LOS ANGELES, March 3—(P— Athletics authorities at UCLA aren’t letting their champion bas- ketball coach, Johnny Wooden, get away. Athletic Director Wilbur Johns tore up Wooden's old contract, which still had a year to run, and gave him a new one, obviously Juicier. ‘Wooden, who came here from In- diana State, has coached UCLA to two championships in succession in the southern division of the Pa- cific Coast conference, all in the two years he's been at UCLA. FISHERMAN DIES Olaf Ove, a Sitka fisherman, died at 6 am, today at St. Ann’s hos- pital. He was 63. Mr. Ove was born in Norway. His |get their last practice session in| JUNEAU WINS ATKETCHIKAN; SCORE 54-33 KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 3— Special from News to Empire)— Playing a brilliant, fast basketball game for a solid 45 minutes, the Juneau Crimson Bears high school basketball team took the Ketchikan | Polar Bears by a score of 54 to 33 "pefore a packed house at the Coast Guard gym here last night. The Ketchikan players piled up a cad in the first quarter with snappy passing and accurate long shots but the well organized offense of the Juneau team stopped the Yakhi scoring spree and the first half ended with Juneau leading by four points. Ketchikan started the second half with a desperate drive but lost the ball continuously to the well rganized Juneau team. Ketchikan’s Coach Hollister at- tributed the loss to the larger gym floor which tired his players early and was resting his team this morning in hopes they would gain strength enough to win the second game tonight. In the event Ketchikan captures | tonight’s game a playoff game will be held on Saturday night to de- | termine the winner of the South- east Alaska basketball champion- ship for high schools. The winner of the title here will meet Seward for the All Alaska championship. 64 - FOOT FIELD GOAL IS SUNK IN GAME LAST NIGHT NEW YORK, March 3—(®—Jack Byrnes, Manhattan forward, sank a 64-foot field goal — a Madison Square Garden record—in the bas- ketball game last night with CCNY. Byrnes was standing just a foot beyond the CCNY foul line, toward center with time running out in the half. A second before the buzzer sounded he let go a tremendous heave that banged against the board and swished through. REUTZ IS SIGNED AS COACH AT ST. MARY'S MORAGA, Calif., March 3—P— Joe Ruetz, former Notre Dame star guard, has been signed as head football coach at St. Mary’s Col- lege. The Board of Athletic Control announced his selection to succeed Joe Verducci last night. Verducci quit at the end of last season to join San Francisco State College as football coach and faculty mem- er. Ruetz, 33, was graduated from Notre Dame and first came to St. Mary’s in 1938 as assistant to Slip Madigan. After war service with the Navy and Marines, he played two years with the Chicago Rockets of the All America pro football con- ference. He returned here last year as assistant to Verducci. GROOM - ELECT DIES AT PARTY ON WEDDING EVE WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 3—®—Charles McCarthy, 59, choked to death on a fried egg on the eve of his wedding. McCarthy choked on the egg dur- ing a prenuptial drinking party an autopsy surgean disclosed yesterday. otf T remains are resting at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary pending word from his wife in Sitka. LUCIDOR COMING The southbound freighter Lucidor is scheduled to arrive in Juneau Sunday. PAINTING AND DECORATING Priced to Meet Your Budget PHONE 996 Ralph Treffers Police, however, detained the bride-to-be, Mae Bower Ingraham, 45, onetime Mack Sennett bathing beauty and three men celebrants for further questioning. Dr. Frederick Newbarr said that a wound on McCarthy’s head, which police thought had been made by a bludgeon, evidently occurred when the man fell as he strangled on the egg. BETTINGER HERE Lee C. Bettinger of Kodiak is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S Call RAY “awiiiy PLAST Free Estimates — Your rooms refinished with the plaster that INSULATES RICE for ERING Distinctive Phone Douglas 21 COAST LEAGUE TRAINING NEWS; EXHIBITIONS ON SAN FERNANDO, Calif., March/| 3—(M—Pitcher Frank Laga pulled a muscle so Manager Fred Haney to- day switched pitching assignments for the Hollywood Stars’ exhibition game with Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., tomorrow. Haney named Ben Wade to fill in for Laga. EL CENTRO, Calif., March 3—# —The first casualty in the San Francisco Seals’ camp found scout Al Kioresi nursing a damaged etbow. The scout, a former umpire in the Coast League, was working behind the plate when one of Gon Demp- sey’s slants hit his elbow. Long holdout in the Seal carmp remained Walt rudnich. | OCEANSIDE, Calif., March 3—i#| —The Los Angeles Angels’ mokies; opened their spring exhibition schedule impressively Thursday with a 15 to 2 triumph over the Camp Pendleton Marines. The Angels collected 12 hits. First baseman Ben Taylor yielded the biggest stick. He batted in five runs, | three of them with a seventh in-| ning homer. PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 3 —{P—Manager Paul Richards of the Seattle Rainiers has posted his starting lineup for today’s exhi- bition game with the San Francisco | Seals at El Centro. He'll have Frank Colman at first; | Morley Bockman at second; Charley Davis at shortstop; Al Lyons, Doc Cramer and Jack Warren in the outfield; Bill Heisner and Eddie Tanner catching. Jim Davis, south- paw from Birmingham, gets the starting call on the mound. RIVERSIDE, Calif, March 3—® | —The Portland Beavers' roster is up to 30 players today with the| arrival here of shortstop Joe Polich | and outfielders Mark Dierks, Bill Elder, Orrin Snyder and Art Pen- nington. | MODERN FRENCH MUSIC AT 5:30 SUNDAY, KINY, Two prominent Juneau musicians will combine their talents for an unusual half-hour broadcast Sun- | day afternoon. Marye Berne Ehler, soprano, will sing a group of modern French songs. She will be accompanied by | Ruth Popejoy, who also will give contrasting piano solos of similar origin. Of the songs, Mrs. Ehler says, “They have the innate elegance characteristic of the French, and a haunting melancholy runs through some. All are beautiful.” The unusual program will be heard at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on KINY. SEAL HERD SIGHTED IN CRAWFISH INLET The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone, on seal patrol yesterday, sighted a herd of four hundred fur seals in Crawfish Inlet, 20 miles south of Sitka. The Cahoone, based in Sitka, has been carrying out a regular patrol | of the area since a sprmg-heraldmg‘ herd of Pribilof Island-bound seals was first sighted in Crawfish Inlet several weeks ago, Coast Guard headquarters here said. HANS HOLAAS IS | NEW SKiI CHAMP JBANFF, Alta., March 3—®—Hans Holaas, 26-year-old lumber-mill worker from Eugene, Ore., is the new North American and Canadian cross-country ski champion. He cov- ered the 1l-mile endurance-test trail in one hour, nine minutes and 59 seconds yesterday. Three minutes and 55 seconds back of the 1949 U.S. National Cross- Country champion was Claude Richer, 20-year-old physical educa- tion student at Ottawa University. » KIRKER HERE Paul E. Kirker, Jr., of Anchorage is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM GUSTAVUS Mrs. A. F. Parker of Gustavus'is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. Railroads supplied the steel in- dustry with 3,750,000 tons of scrap metal in 1949, says the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S DR. T Simpson Bldg. DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OBERMAN OPTOMETRISTS Phone 266 for appt. EYES EXAMINED Second and Pranklin DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS LENSES PRESCRIBED U ?en a‘l.E a. m. MIRROR CAFE Chinese Food Steaks—Chicken W=A=N-T A-D-S FOR SALE FOR SALE e | e it ittt . ONE BEDROOM, beautitully tur-|4 NEW HOUSES in the Highlands nished home—immediately avail- able, electric kitchen. View. $7,500. COMPLETELY furnished home. yiew. $3,750. PINE PANELED living room with fireplace. 2 bedrooms. View. Se- atter Tract. JUNEAU'S choice home on Gold Belt. New, beautiful, comfortable, adequate. Excellent heating sys- tem. View, hardwood floors, wall- to-wall carpeting. Fireplace, base- ment, garage. Double plumbing. 2 bedrooms, finished. 3rd can be finished. DOUGLAS—2 bedroom apartment with commercial store front on ground floor. View. Two lots. Garage. Newly decorated. ALSO new FHA 2-bedroom home. 2 Apt. houses, completely furnished. Always rented. 3 APTS, garage, extra lot, magni- ficent view, best location. Excel- lent income. See by appointment. SEVERAL choice lots: Gold Belt, Calhoun, Irwin St., Glacier High- way, Douglas, and Douglas high- way. WE have buyers for boats and have boats for sale including the ARB 12 and a cruiser easily converted if desired. MACHINE SHOP equipment at haif price. 2 SMALL houses $850 and $1500. Terms, MURPHY & MURPHY REALTORS - ACCOUNTANTS Phone 676 over Frist National Bank TYPIST needed, permanent posi- tion, 38 hr. week. Alaska Merit System. Phone 531, call at Room 10 shattuck Bldg. 40-4t COAST GUARDSMAN and wife arriving Juneau March 7, require one bedrm. furn. apt. or equiv- alent. Please contact I. C. Cahail. Phone 991—ext. 1 or Green 915. 38-tf DAY NURSERY—Mothers care fo! your small child. Mrs. Wm, Pas- sey. Ph. 938. 406-t1 ALERT young man typist about 25 years of age for general office work. Good opportunity with old established Juneau firm. State qualifications in full. Write Box 643 Empire. 41-tf WANTED—Office girl at Baranof Hotel, 41-tf CLERK-TYPIST desires few weeks work. You name days and hours. Call Red 649. LOST AND FOUND LOST—1 Tire chain—somewhere in city. Blue 302. 423t LOST—22 calibre Woodsman auto- matic pistol, btween corner of 5th Avenue East and Rifle Range in AB Hall. Finder please notify Henry Harmon. Reward offered. LOST—From small boat harbor 16 ft. semi V bottom quarter decked skiff, Reward $20.00 Blue 415 after 6. 41-3t Notice is hereby given that the collector of customs for this district has issued an order dated February 25, 1950, authorizing the name of the gas screw FREDERICK F, of- ficial number 241536, dwned by Dar- win E. H. Hoel, of which Juneau, Alaska, is the home port, to be changed to CAROL ANN H. JAMES J. CONNORS, Collector, Juneau, Alaska. First publication, March 1, 1950. Last publication, March 4, 1950. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That on February 23rd, 1950, in the Commissioner’s Court for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Gertie Berggren was appointed executrix of the estate of Ole Jackson, de- ceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, with verified vouchers as required by law, to said execu- trix at the office of her attorney, Howard D. Stabler, in the Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. GERTIE BERGGREN, Executrix. First publication, Feb. 24, 1950. Last publication, Mar. 17, 1950. That on February 23rd, 1950, in the Commissioner’'s Court for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Gertie Berggren was appointed executrix of the estate of Anna Jackson, also known as Annie Jackson, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, with verified vouchers as re- quired by law, to said executrix at the office of her attorney, Howard D. Stabler, in the Shattuck Build- ing, Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. GERTIE BERGGREN, Executrix. First publication, Feb. 24, 1950. Last publication, Mar. 17, 1950. R SRRl £ b S ‘The U.S. Bureau of Mines has de- veloped a method of detecting quartz grains in rock particles, section, two bedrooms and al. lowance for a third, full concrete basements, garage, laundry, el ectric hot water heaters, auto matic oil furnace, completely in sulated for a low maintenanc cost. Financed by FHA on vel liberal terms. Secondary finan ing for down payment is ava: able to qualified veterans. 8 UNIT apartment house, cen- trally located, owner leaving town, good income. Bob Druxman REPRESENTING WILLIAM WINN PHONE 891 123 FRONT ST. 2 SUMMER homes, Lena Pt. $2,500 DOUGLAS Btble £chool Bldg. $7, 500, r 2-BEDROOM, Douglas. 2 lots $8,« 400. 2-BED, Dauglas, furn, $8,500. BUILDING lots, Douglas, Auk Bs West Juneau. GARAGE and lot, Auk Bay, $1 500. BASEMENT and lot,” West, Junea $2,850. ] 2-CHAIR barbérshop equip. $600 4-ROOM house, dock, Elfin Cove— $1,400. i HOUSES, apts, stores—Juneau, 2 NEW DIVING outfits, 3-way tel $1,000. 10 WASHING machines. Each $25, ELEC. HOTPOINT range $40. WESTINGHOUSE 7 ft. refrig. $160, CHARCOAL Broiler $175. 16ft open boats $300-750. '31 PLYM. pickup, 5 tires $75. '41 CHRYS. sedan. $400. '49 STUDEBAKER pickup $1350. AUTOMATIC canner $25. BICYCLES $25. BIRDSEYE maple bedroom set $85, GOOD couches $40 with chair $60. DOORE~-$5. Windows $2. BATH tubs $30. Toilets $20. OIL furn. (Johnson) burner new $200. HOT water radiators $25. PETER WOOD SALES AGENCY SEWARD ‘AT MARINE WAY Telephone 911, FOR SALE ® © o o 0 o 0o o o FOR SALE — Motor ,yessel “Bronco,” length 33 ft., beam 10 ft, shallow draft, oak frames and ribs, % in. rein- forced marine plywood. 110 h.p. Chrysler, 2:1 reduction, motor completely rebuilt 2 years ago. Boat and motor in excellent condition. Would make ideal gillnetter or river boat. Must sell at sacrifice due to illness. Will accept any reasonable offer. Also 1941 covered pickup, new motor 2 yrs, ago. Boat and car may be seen at mile 14%. A. E. Tickell, Auk Bay. ® © o o o 0 0 o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “COMBINATION fishing hoat “At- omic” $8,000, length 33 feet, 6 ton net, 60 horse power Kermath diesel, ideal as troller or smail halibut or seine boat. In good condition, located at Haines Pack- ing Co., cannery, Hainds. Contact Art Burke, Home Grocery, Box 2169 for further details.” ACCORDIAN, Italian make, almost new. Call at White apt. No. 5 tcuf§ 7 pm. 41-3t PROPERTY at Elfin Cove suitabl for cafe or cocktail bar. Writ Empire, C 634. 39-6 4+ ROOM HOUSE, fireplace. 1 acrt cleared in lawn, berrtes and gar- den. % mile beyond Auke Bay Grocery. Cecil Donohue. * 39-6t 2 NEW 650-16 six ply deluxe tires $15.00 each or $25.00 takes the pair, Ph. Blue 735 after 5 p.m. 38-4t FREMMING RESIDENCE at Elfin Cove. 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