The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX BIG FIREWORKS AGAIN PROMISED FOR JULY FOURTH The Fireworks Committee -an- nounces five fireworks displays over the 4th of July weekend, some por- tions of which have been in the making since early last fall. The 16 man committee under the able direction of Cleo Commers will present all of the displays from the subport dock and yards. Brief dis- plays of daylight fireworks and bombs will be fired at 2 p.m, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, July 2,3, and 4 The super-colossal, extra spec- tacular, pyro-dynamic, “biggest and best show we ever had” display will be fired on Monday evening at 11 o'clock, and it will last nearly an hour. To finish off the 4th holi- day with a bang, there will be a sizeable display on the 4th ot July at 11 p.m. featuring the queen’s name in 5-color glittering pyrotech- nics, over 100 feet in length, to- gether with the queen’s crown, which is over 30 feet high Among the numerous items of RAINIERS IN SIXTH SPOT, -PC LEAGUE (By the ciated Press) Those slow starting Seattle Raifi- Pacific Coast League’s first division today, with young Jim Wilson once again applying the steam The Rainiers rolled through an- other whistle stop last night, mov- ing up into sixth place as Wilson derailed Portland, 5 to 3, with a four hitter It was the hefty right hande: 10th straight triumph this season and it gave Seattle a 3 to 1 bulge in the series. The new occupant of the No. 7 position is Los Angeles. The Angels haven't been faring so well lately Last night they succumbed by 4 to 3 to second place Oakland. Southpaw Al Lien and the San Francisco Seals finally found the right combination against league materials in the fireworks to be'leading Hollywood Stars. The Seals used on the various shows are over | uncorked a 17-hit attack that dis- 300 large aerial shells, 47 of which | patched the Twinks, 11 to 2, and were made to order for the Juneau display at the fireworks plant dur- ing the slack season last fall, and arrived here in Juneau during De- cember. There will also be over 300 sky-rockets most of which are ot the 8 pound granddaddy size Among the new set-pieces this year are a picture of Uncle Sam in fireworks 30 feet high, a huge flower on a stem which changed color as it burns, a 400 foot row of 4-foot wheels in changing colors, a 30C foot row of 4-foot revolving globes (the big 10-foot globe had babies!> Among the old standards retained from previous years, many of which have been improved upon, are a 200 foot moonlight waterfalls pigeon races, a 300 foot candle bat- tery, the Juneau sign, the Ameri- can and Alaskan flags and red and green illumination lights. The fireworks committee, which was started four years ago just be- fore the 4th of July still has tive of the six original members of thg committee. Several more of thc members have served three year. and only three new members have been admitted to the committec this year, with an ample waiting list of volunteers. The group of displays to be fired this year would cost from $8,000 tc $10,000 if fired by a display con- tractor as such diplays are handlec in the states, but Juneau, by ¢ fortunate combination of circum- stances is able ‘to obtain’ theirs for 25 percent of this figure. In the first place, the more than 2000 man hours of labor which go into assem- bling and firing of such a group of displays is donated 100 percent in cluding the use of all the trucks cranes, lift trucks, and other gear necessary for such a job. In the sec- ond place, all the local material used, such as lumber, wire, rope glue, scotch tape, string and myriad of other small items have been donated by local Juneau mer- chants, who have always given thc fireworks committee 100 percent cooperation. And in the third place Juneau is able to obtain their fire- works at wholesale cost which stretches the fireworks dollar con- siderably, which like all other dol- lars doesn’t go as far at is used to. The fireworks display, as well as the many other features of the 4th of July celebration are all made pos- sible by the purchase of tickets for the candidate for queen and DY which someone is going to be owner of a new auto. WIL GAMES Final scores of WIL games played last night age as follows: Tri-City 5, Spokane 1. Wenatchee 2, Victoria 0. Yakima at Salem, postponed, wet ground. Vancouver at Tacama, postponed, rain. CALIFORNIANS HERE Among Californians newly reg- istered at the Baranof Hotel are Roger Garraty of Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bowman of Oakland, and C. R. Smith, J. P. Riley and Joseph H. Lorenz of Burlingame. \ halted Hollywood's winning streak at seven games. Sacramento lost again to the San Diego Padres. The score this time was 7 to 5, but the Padres almost didn’t make it. Orestes Minoso’s three run homer in the fourth bul- warked San Diego to a 7 to 1 lead before the Solons narrowed the | gap during a wild spell by Roy Wel- maker, the Padres’ starting pitcher Welmaker was removed during Sacramento’s three run fifth in- ning, but he got credit for the vic- tory anyway. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League w L Pet Hollywood .. 54 32 628 Oakland 48 36 BT San Diego 47 41 534 Portland 40 42 A48E San Francisco 42 44 48t Seattle 40 45 471 Los Angeles . 40 47 460 Sacramento 32 56 364 National League | W L Pet | Brooklyn 34 22 607 Philadelphia 32 22 582 St. Louis .. 33 24 579 Boston . 31 26 544 Chicago .28 25 528 New York 28 27 508 Pittsburgh 21 38 356 Cincinnati 17 39 304 Games Friday Brooklyn 15, Pittsbargh 3. Boston 4, St. Louis 3. New York 5, Cincinnati 2. Chicago 7, Philadelphia 4. American League w L Pet Detroit .38 18 879 New York . 38 22 633 Cleveland 3¢ 25 576 Boston 33 30 524 Washington 27 32 458 Chicago 33 441 St. Louis . 37 351 Philadelphia 21 40 344 Games Friday Detroit 10, New York 9. Boston 12, St. Louis 9. Cleveland 13, Washington 4. Chicago 11, Philadelphia & LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the big leagues through games of Friday are: National League Batting Robinson, Brooklyn, .358; Musial, St. Louis, .352. Runs' Batted In — Ennis, Phila- delphia, 48; Sauer, Chicago, 46. Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh, 15; Campanella and Saider, Brook- lyn, and Ennis, Philadelphia, 14. Pitching — Miller, Philadelphia, 6-0, 1.000; Konstanty, Philadelphia, and Hiller, Chicago, 4-1, .800. American League Batting Kell, Detroit, Doby, Cleveland, .357. Runs Batted In — Stephens and Williams, Boston, 68. Home Runs — Williams, Boston, 20; Rosen, Cleveland, 17. Pitching — Byrne, New York, 8-1, -889; McDermptt, Boston, 5-1, .833 315; 5- COUNTRY CLUB Open—Day and Night ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Plumbing 0Oil Burners Telephone Blue 737 Nights-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. T e e S ST T S e TS SIS ) iers are still highballing toward lht‘l | after a stormy meeting at which 1t | ACCIDENT PREVENT SAYRES IN MAKING NEW SPEED RECORD SEATTLE, June 24—{—A thrown propellor just as he was entering| the final spurt wrecked Seattle| automobile dealer Stanley Sayres’| bid for a new world hydroplane re- | cord late yesterday—but he may| try again today. | The first patrol boat man zo} | reach the hydroplane quoted Sayres | and his designer-mechanic, Ted | Jones, as saying the tachometer registered 150 miles an hour just before the accident. The world's| record of 141.74 miles an hour was set by Sir Malcolm Campbell in| 1939. BEARS FIRE 157 WHO REFUSED T0 SIGN AS NON-RED LOS ANGELES, June 24 — (® —| The University of California, wor!d's largest educational institution, has| fired 157 faculty members and| other employees ho refused to| sign statements saying that they! are not Communists A The dismissals were ordered yes- terday by the Board of Regents | | | 1 | | uphefd university president, Gordon Sproul. President Sproul told the regents that 9,929 letters were sent to the university employees, asking them to state as a condition of employ- ment that they are not members of the Communist party. All the non-signers were given the right to a hearing before the committee on privilege and tenure of the aca- demic senate. The 157 who were fired ignored this right. The dismissals are effective June 30. Names of those discharged were | not disclosed, since they could make re-application for their jobs bv signing the non-Communist state- | ment in their new contracts. Sources close to the university | indicated, however, that there are | no outstanaing scientist® on the| list. STEVE O'NEILL IS NEW SOXMANAGER BOSTON, June 24—(P—Jovial | Steve O'Neill, called into the Boston | Red Sox organization as an after- thought, has formully taken over | the American League’'s slumping pre-season favorites. He took command after General, Manager Joe Cronin announced in| St. Louis that Joe McCarthy had resigned his $50,000 a year job with the Sox. McCarthy left the Red Sox Thursday in Chicago and tlew back to his Buffalo home to be treated for pleuresy and intluenza. He said he is “physically exhausted.” THOUGHT SON WAS INTRUDER, SHOT HIM PUEBLO, Colo., June 24—M—A. | L. Groves, 73, was awakened from a sound sleep early today by a noise at his bedroom window. He saw a man standing outside, grab- bed a shotgun and fired. Sheriffe Joe Dejoy said the sus- pected burglar was Groves’ son Donald, 18. The youth was Killed instantly. The elder Groves was held for| investigation, but Dejoy said appar- ently the son came home to their suburban house, found the front| door locked and walked around to his father’s window to awaken him. of the Robert recommendations Dr. FROM ARIZONA Roy C. Bailey and family, of Seligman, Ariz., are at the Gasti-| neau Hotel. Stop—Day—or—Night for refresh- ments,. COUNTRY CLUB 37-2t STRAIGHT | BOURBON WHISKEY | BONDED 100 PROOF Distributed throughout Alaska by ODOM COMPANT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA . Texas Casting Expert Coming Using a toy fishin’ rod instead of a lariat, And. ton, Texas, is a Will Rogers tyne of to teach a novice to make a perfect cast in five minutes. going to enter the Golden North Sal If he weren)t such a good Texan \ he'd make a real Alaskan. Mayb¢ he will anyway, because he's cor- ing to Alaska in July under ..e sponsorship of the Air Force. l That’s Andy Anderson from Hous- | ton, Texas, about whom Bill Wil- liamson wrote: “A 130-pound red- faced little Texan who parlayed a fishin’ rod, a big heart, and ¥ sense of humor into = 3atio reputation.” While cn call i Aa‘ka to enter- tain the armed torces, Andy plans to accept an invitation extended by Jack O’Connor, preseident of the Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., to fist in the Golden North Salmon Derby at Juneau July 28, 29 and 30. He will be writing his regular column for 21 Scripps-Howard papers, gath- ering hunting and fishing material for magazines articles and taking fishin' pictures. He also will make | a number of anscriptions for a Texas broadcasting s*stion. “To entertain?’ a'all tales ana trick shoes on the side delight audi- ence and pupils when Andy takes the stage with his fishing rod. He guarantees to teach a novice how to make a perfect cast in five minutes But Andy’s real job is to help. It began when the war came and he shucked his 25-year job as sports editor and started touring Armj and Navy hospitals. Early in his hospital exhibitions he began inventing compensating devices to enable a one-armed boy to cast and wind a reel. Not all the handicapped wanted to learn to fish. So Andy, a true sportsman, went to work on other devices which he made and gave to worthy veterans. Soon, he was teaching the legleses to bowl and play baseball, the sightless to connect accurately with a golf ball. From 1942 through 1948, Andy visited more than 400 hospitals, contacting more than 200,000 vet- erans in every state in the union, and in Canada and Mexico. He 1s said to have given more fishing lessons than any other expert. This will be Andy’s first trip to Alaska in 40 years. Then, he rode the rods from the East Coast to | | o y Anderson of Hous- entertainer — and he guarantees Andy’s Imon Derby here. Seattle and worked his way north up the inside passage. He didn't find that gold, so returned to the states, joined the Army and went lto Mexico with General Pershing. Later, he served in World War I, and now carries a lifetime gold card in the American Legion and belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wa and the Disabled American Vei- erans His trip to Alaska Is being de- layed until after July 3, when he is tn zeceive the VFW National Good Ciuzer’ Medal. OM SEATTLE Mildred Phelps of Seattle is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. !rights to go back there brought | i German D. A. OFF FOR FIRST CITY TO CLEAR COURT CALENDAR FOR FALL District Attorney Patrick J. Gil- more, Jr., will leave tomorrow for Ketchikan to spend about three weeks with the court calendar in the First City. His wife and child will accom- pany him, but go orr to Boston to visit her parents while he is occu- pied in court. A number of motions will be cleared away from the court re-| cords, and several criminal cases | will be heard on which indictmentis were waived during the past spring. East Germany Washes Hands of Sudetfen Exiles (By Associated Press) 0 East Germany’s Communist gov- | ernment last night renounced all claims of 2,000,000 expelled: Ger- mans to return to Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. The Sudetenland was the scene of Hitler's bloodless Mu- | nich victory in 1938. | Renunciation of | I | | | | the German’s | immediate protests from West Ger- many, just as did East Germany's| renunciation of claims to lands| taken over by Poland. The East! agreement with Com- | munist Cechoslovakia was signed | iin Prague. | | i | H. A. Doerr of Vancouver, BC., 'is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM VANCOUVER KLEINS 60 THROUGH RAGING FIRES IN DRIVE OVER HIGHWAY Driving through several explo- sive forest fires while on their way home over the Alaska Highway, didn’t affect Mr. and Mrs. John L. Klein of Juneau, but when they got to Tee Harbor, the apartment house owner put his foot in a hole and arrived in town quite lame. The Kleins went outside early this spring and visited relatives and friends through the middle west, and picked up a new car in Lan- sing, Mich,, as a gift to their son, James, upon his graduation from the University of Washington, where he majored in forestry. They drove back to Seattle via the southwest, and the three plan- ned on driving together over the highway to Haines. But young Klein had an offer to go to work near Ketchikan with the forest service on pulp research work, so flew north, leaving his car behind with his parents. Mrs. Klein said (hey encountered the fires north of Calgary and near Edmunton, but were not halted, despite the raging blazes. They arrived at Tee Harbor aboard the Chilkoot. Their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Randall, took care of their two apartment build- ings in their absence. WANT ADS BRING RESULTS \S Up to Whose Neck in What? SURE, there was a fire at his house yesterday but he’s smiling. Why? Because he was adequately insured! Will YOU be smiling tomorrow if Fire strikes tonight? Make your answer a hearty “Yes” by seeing us for adequate insurance today! Shattuck Agency Phone 249 Seward Street JUNEAU FROM HAINES Paul Kendall of Haines is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. | DO YOU HAVE A V.F.W. Rifle? If so turn it in to Dr. Jackson at the Jeep Club before July 4th. i { H i Memo TO: AIR EXPRESS SHIPPERS You can ments by our office help speed your ship- bringing packages to ,nct later than 5 in the afternoon of the day before our scheduled flights. We mi ake two trips daily to Sitka, Haines and Skagway. Be Sharp! 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