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The Washington times., 1931-09-22
SH|F is TWO
BATTLES To
HOMEF|ELD
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

American University has sue
ceeded in arranging to have the
football games with Shepherd
| College and Shenandoah College
to be played on its new athletic
field.
The game with Shenandoah
College. listed October "a, was to
have been played at Dayton, Va,
while that with Shepherd College,
due October 81, was scheduled for
Shepherdstown, w. Va.
This gives American University
a more balanced schedule with
three home games and four
games abroad. The other home
game is with High Point, N. c.,
COLLEGE for o. ober II.
Regrets Loss of DiehI
Due to registration yesterday,
only 20 candidates were out on
the new field. Coach Young eX-
poets the complete staff of 80 to
be in uniform today.
"WeH have a better line this
fall, but our backfieId will be
weaker" says Coach Young.
"The loss of Forrest DiehI from
the backfieId is a staggering
blow. I'd like to have him with
us for we'd just about clean up
in our class Of college football"
Manning Cooper. son of Con-
gresham Cooper, is one of the
new backfield candidates. He'll
most likely get a regular position,
too, because he can kick and
pass, two departments in which
American University were def
cient last fall. Cooper also looks
the part of a fair ball carrier.
Regulars who have reported
are Chet Bowers, George Bor-
sani, Bill FuchSle. Lee ESper,
Kenneth Hoover. Fred Johnson,
Russell Lambert, Eddie Parke,
Wayne Larson, Harry Weeks,
Henry Johnson, Don Rodriguez,
Willet Denit and Harlan Hen
drick.
American U. Newcomers
Among the newcomers are
George Bevis, Scott Champion,
Lionel Dick, Bob Fuchs, Harold
Gutenberg, Jack Hoover, Dan
Kessler, Johnny Mohr, Jack Gtin-
son. Bill Washburn, Joe Thomas,
Phil HinckIey and Andy Fort.
Head Coach Tommy Mills is
going easy with his Georgetown
eridders on account of the in.
tense heat. He worked them in
dummy scrimmage yesterday and
put some of his tackles against
Frank Kersjes' freshmen line
men in a blocking and practice
session. Assistant coaches Johnny
Colrick and Frank Leahy pinted
out mistakes that appeared in
the dummy drill. Georgetown
opens with Lebanon.
II received a letter from a
AAHCHu VI HbhC III CHHSyH
vania, saying that Lebanon
Valley will be strong this year."
Mill old his squad after the
workout.
"Bo" R hardS. sophomore
tackle. is giving Gunnear Ander-
son. regular. stout opposition.
However. Anderson will most
likely start against Lebanon Val
ley because of his greater expert
ence. Tom Carolan. filling in
for Bob Brennan last years
end, is the only freshman to earn
a starting position.
FenlOn On Sidelines
John "Soapy" Fenlon. speedy
quarterback of the George Wash
ington University eleven, may be
from action when the
ColonialS engage Shenandoah Col.
lege in the Central High Stadium
Saturday aft noon. Fenlon has
a Sprained a Ae.
George Washington has re.
sumed drills on the Tidal Basin
grounds after a two weeks train
ing period az Camp Let's, Md. |
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
HOLD GRID PRACTICE

Brookland A. c.. Capital City
League entrants. will practice to-
night and Thursday zat 7 o'clock
at Twelfth and Mon1oe Sts. N. e,
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
TWIN BOAT CREW

Eugene and Thomas Clark, twin
brothers of the Undine Boat
Club, competed in the doubles
rowing championship at Toronto.
Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today In the "Businesa Service
Directory" published in the Classified
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
Chisox Get Keen Delight
In Giving Griffs Fight
By GARRETT WATERS

When Ted Lyons sent hot liner to Ose Bluege closing
yesterdays game between the Grmen and White Sox which
the Griffmen won to g. it marked joyous occasion for
Grff players.
The Washington times., 1931-09-22

The ScorebOard only a inning
or so before had just put up the
Cleveland-New York score which
told that the Indians had de-
feated the Yanks, 5 to /.
The liner which Bluege caught
off Lyons bat won, as mentioned,
for the Griffs. Had not OsSie
caught it, however the ball would
have gone for a hit, a run would
have been counted from third
base and the Sox would have
been very much in the game.
SOx Give Fight
But the stab closed festivities
for the day and brought signs of
satisfaction and relief from the
Griffs. They had won, the Yanks
had lost and once more they were
in the fight for second place.
Despite all this the Griffs are
wondering this to themselves:
why are these Chicago SoX so
difficult to beat? Why do they
give us such a scare all of the
time?"
It's really incOnceivabIe how
the SOx fight to defeat the
GriffS. They seem to get the
most enjoyment out of their
lives in offering Manager John
sons team the Stiffest sort of
opposition.
Yesterdays ninth saw them al
most snatch the game out Of the
fire. Trailing S to 2. Fothergill,
first up. flied to Gill. WatWood
walked. Appling sent long fly to
the same Gill, but Kerr singled to-
center. FonSeca. up for Garrlty,
singled to right and Watwood was
across. With men on first and
third Lyons stalked to bat-a
pretty good hitter for a pitcher,
if his past record means anything
at all.
Marberry, who was on the
mound for the GriffS, hurled his
all towards the plate. Lyons hit
sharply to Bluege. The ball looked
like bingle when it left the bat.
But Bluege cut over and caught
the sphere in front of Cronin, end |
ing the game.
Lyons Wild
A mild rally, maybe, but an inn
portant one while it lasted. To
lose would have meant much loss
of ground for the Griffs. Winning
as it turned out, enabled the
GriffS to go into tie with the
YankS for second place.
Ted Lyons, who has been 60
ing great guns of late, hurled
the entire nine innings for the
SOx. The GriffS made every hit
count to score their five runs
against him. Lyons wildneSS
helped also. Ted walked five
and every one resulted in a run.
Irving Bump Hadley was the
Griff pitcher for the first six in
nings. Manager johnson took
him out for Pinch Hitter Phelps
in the Griffs' sixth when a two
run rally was on. Big Fred Mar
berry finished out the string. Fred
hurled we'll until the Sox started
him in the detailed ninth, |!
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
Baseball
Standings

FGameS behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
WASHINGTON. <: Chicago. =.
Cleveland, &; New York, I.
Philadelphia, 3-5: Detroit. 2-6.
Boston. %: st. LOnis. %.
TODAY'S GAMES
Chicago at WASHINGTON.
st. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at New York.
The Washington times., 1931-09-22

Lifur, Los Angeles. and Bernice
Wall, Oshkosh, Wis.
Virginia Van VIE. finalist to
Glenna the past two years. is 60
ing to have hard time shaking
off Marion Turple Lake, Of Great
Neck, N. Y.
Frances Williams, Lehigh, Pa,
is favored to take Betty Abernathy
Pittsburgh. Next on the list is
Glenna and Miss Armstrong and
then Mrs. Charles Eddis, of To
ronto and Mrs. Arthur Harrison,
the best of the Buffalo women.
Mrs. Leo Federman, New York,
took four strokes more to qualify
than her opponent. Mrs. Leon
Solomon, of FIT. Worth. Tex, so
she will have her hands full to-
day.
The last match in the bracket
brings together Mrs. Helen Pay
son Corson, of Philadelphia and
Mrs. Henri Prunaret, jr., of New
ton Center, Mass, with Mrs. Cor
son favored to win.
Miss Hicks Has Easy Foe
Marion Hollis, who had an Sc
yesterday, plays Mrs. Roy Green,
also of Los Angeles. to decide
which is to meet Helen Hicks,
New York, tomorrow.
Miss Hicks isn't expected to
encounter much trouble with
Mildred Rackl, yOungSter
from Chicago. There Is little
to choose between Martha
Parker, of White Plains, and
Mrs. LeOna PresSler, of San
Gabriel, Calf, but it should
be a real match. Dorothy
Higbie's brilliant 81 to tie for
the qualifying medal makes
her a favOrite to beat FRITZ
StiefeI, Wheeling, w. Va.
Enid Wilson, the British cham.
pion, is in the last quarter, along
with Mrs. Opal Hill, who was six
strokes better than the English
girl for the qualifying round.
Today Mrs. Hill, who is playing
as we'll as any golfer in the field
has too much experience for Jane
Bunny" Brooks, Rockland, N, Y.
Enid won't have any trouble
with Martha Brewer, of Weston,
Mass. There is little to choose be-
tween Ada Mackenzie, of Toronto,
and Mrs. L. C. Nelson. of Day
ton, Ohio.
There are two English women
in the field of 80 and two Cana
dians, Miss Mackenzie and Mrs.
EddiS, of Toronto. and Miss Will
son and Marjorie Kerr, of Eng
land. The last-named is a sister
OF Mrs. Arthur Harrison, who also
qualified.
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
CHICAGO LASS
PLAYS GOLF
CHAMP

WILLIAMSVILLE, N. Y, Sept.
22.-With the qualifying round
behind them, the 80 women VINO
made the match-play grade in
the national championship tour
nament Of the United States Golf
Association got away to an early
start on their first round today
over the l8-hole route at the
country club of Buffalo.
1t is the ambition of the com,
mittee to keep the international
phase alive as long as possible,
and for that reason Glenna Col
lett Ware, five times holder of
the title and present defending
champion, has been drawn on the
opposite side of the draw from
Enid Wilson, British champion.
Glenna Has 81
This morning Glenna is play
ing Jean Armstrong, Chicago.
Jean had 81 to qualify, as
against 80 for Glenna. Miss
Armstrong matched Miss CollettS
40 to the turn and then came
back in a miserable 81.
Maureen Orcutt, Canadian
title holder, was the first Of
the field to get away this
morning, playing Jane Broad
well. The last named was the
lucky one of the quartet tied
at 80 for last place in the
championship 81, so Maureen
shouldn't have any real diff
PiCnu1fv
The Washington times., 1931-09-22

It's really incOnceivabIe how
the SOx fight to defeat the
GriffS. They seem to get the
most enjoyment out of their
lives in offering Manager John
sons team the Stiffest sort of
opposition.
The Washington times., 1931-09-22
GR|FFS MEET
SOX WHILE
.YANKS IDLE
BY GARRETT WATERS

Your Uncle Clark Griffith and
the scribes were having it out
in Griff's office before game
time.
"FerreIl's pitching for the
Indians today, isn't he?" Griff
asked.
YES" yawned the Scribes in
unison. "At least he's Sched-
uled to-"
An accompanying yaWn by
Griff as he answered.
The Washington times., 1931-09-22

"WelI, that means a CIeve-
land victory today. Let's see,
the Indians are playing the
YankS, aren't they? Yes, sir,
Ferrell will beat Mr.. McCarthy'S
men today, mark me-"
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30

call time out-having been bumped into by an opponent while up in the air. He still car ries a lump on the side that could have been real serious; Louis Mcdonald also checked out immediately following the game in the room where he went to pick up his clothes. pr. Kears- ley had to be called to give him a Stimulant to bring him out of his faint.
 The lineup of the Wrangell team will be somewhat different next week as Livingstone Des- mond, their regular center was returning from Juneau when the game was under way. The lineup of the local team also will be strengthened somewhat and with the game on the local floor it should be alarmed" in teresting.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Asks Large Sun, For
 Alaska Railroad

Senator Howell of Nebraska author of an amendment to the Interior Department appropria- ton bill providing $25O,OOO for developing tonnage for the Alaska Railroad, explained today the chief purpose of the fund is to determine the extent of an thracite deposits on the Mata- nuSka branch.
 Deposits of anthracite are reported fifteen or twenty miles from the end of the Matanuska branch" he said. "The money will be used to drill and deter mine the extent of these deposits which seem to offer the best op- portunity for developing freight tonnage on the railroad"
 He said none of the money would be used to help any parti- cular projects, such as private enterprises. The language of the amendment provides it shall be used for Investigation of the mineral and other resources of Alaska to ascertain the poten- tial resources available which will affect railroad tonnage"
 The Nebraska senator headed the Senate committee which re- gently completed an investiga- tion of the roads operations in an attempt to determine the cause of a deficit. The committee recommended increases in freight and passenger rates, curtailment of mileage and in vestigation of resources.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Dividends Given tt
 Stockholders

Stockholders of the Piggly Wiggly Stores of Alaska received checks to cover the semi annual dividends of eight per cent. This is the third semi-annual divi- dend for the owners of Peters burg stock in the company or ganized by Donald Armour, pre- Sident and manager of the Alaska Piggly Wiggly Corpora tion.
 The company has a policy of reinvesting it's profits in Alas ka by taking part in the up building of every town in which 1t is represented. All profits are paid to Alaskan people who aid in the development of the Terri tory. This is strictly an Alaskan organization for Alaska. Says MT. Armour. we believe we have built a reputation for fair dealings and want that reputa- t1on to grow. One of our store. managers is an Alaskan bow raised in the Territory, while others are Alaskans by making their homes here. It is our poli- cy to employ people who are of the North as managers and workers in our stores and hope that some day our entire work ing force will consist of such people. Piggly Wiggly is a per- manent Alaskan institution and always will, We hope, remain so,"
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Chicago Raid Exposes
 Graft in High Places

Records which were described by prosecutors as revealing "as- founding graft" that reached into high places and in some quarters said to reach into the halls of Congress. were seized in Chicago recently in a hotel operated by one of the chief lieutenants of Al Capone.
 The operator of the hotel ac- cording to the records seized was said to have a business ot social connections with various officials. Purported payof lists ledgers and other papers per- taining to liquor, gambling and vice, were among the documents seized.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Petersburg Hi Trounced Twice By
 Kahi Ball Team Tn First City Of Alaska

P. H. s. gave Kayhi a couple of good work outs on last Monday and Tuesday evenings at Ket- chikan. While the final scores were in favor of Ketchikan the Petersburg hoopsters are re- ported to have put up a game fight and played good basket hall, especially in the second game of the series, sinking sev- eral long shots for which con- siderable credit is due. Nervous shooting in the first game ruin ed the score for Petersburg, the final figure standing 10-36 for Kayhi. In the second game, Ness with 12 points and Gordon with IA gave Kayhi something to work for, although final spurt in the last quarter gave Ketchi- kan the long end of a 31-45 score. Petersburg's weakness is
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
WAY SEARCH WITHOUT
 WARRANT

"~A4ezOf1AN 4
 The House of Representatives naS passed a bill sponsored bv the Biological Survey defnine the authority of game wardens and allowing them to search boats, camps and houses with out search warrants for game or TUT and at the same time re- duces resident fee for hunting licenses to $2.
 The administrative functions of a department is now co-eoual with the judiciary in enforce ment of game laws in Alaska, This law has the backing of the Biological Survey to make legal their heretofore illegal search ing of boats, camps and houses for game and fur. It has been the practice of the officers of this department to enter boats and camps and to bulldoze their way around soaring innocent fishe~- tmen and trappers. Protests a. gainst these unwarranted ac- tiOnS so aroused tha citizanc of Alaska that the wardens were hard put to justify their illegal actions. The bill now legalizes their searches without warrant. There is no question in the minds of Alaskans that this law will be given a thorough airing in the courts to test the validity of it's scope.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Ford Prices Are
 Cut All Around

Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor company, has an- nounced reductions in prices of Ford cars and trucks of from $5 to $45 on 15 models.
 Reports we have received from our branches and dealers throughout the world leads us to believe that the automobile business will show a steady i'm provement," MT. Ford said. Since the automobile industry is a basic one, any betterment in it cannot help but have a benefi- cial influence on business gen. erally."
 In the case of the coupe and sedan, representing the models of greatest output, the price re- ductiOn is respectively $5 and $10, while the higher reductions are on the so-called deluxe mo- dels. The reductions were effec- tive last week.
 Tn announcing a reduction at this time, Edsel Ford followed a practice initiated by Henry Ford Cn several previous occasions when the automobile industry was suffering from business de- By reducing prices and speeding up production, the elder Ford invariably succeeded in his objective-hastening the general business recovery.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Wrangeu Town Team Giues
 Petersburg Team Drubbing

The Petersburg Town Team took a real drubbing at the hands of the Wrangell Town Team, Saturday night last in the A. N. B. Hall, Wrangell. A large and very enthusiastic crowd, in cluding Sam Cunningham and Art SorSett, cheered the home team to victory. The score at the Jed of the game stood 33-15 in favor of Wrangell.
 The first quarter started off fairly even with Wrangell a couple of points to the good but with Petersburg fighting it's way uphill on a large floor to which they were unaccostumed. It was mot long before this handicap made no little difference for the Wrangell team spread out their offensive and the Petersburg team did not follow out but kept their close attack and defense. The hard line passing of the
 Wrangell team and their team work soon gave them a lead that could never be challenged. In
 the second half the Petersburg
 team picked up little and for
 got to a large extent that they
 were not individual stars and their team work soon put the
 game on much faster basis Shaquanee was hurt so badly in , the second half that he had to
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
FLU IN EUROPE
k.

A wave of influenza is sweep ing Europe while Britain is in the midst of the worst epidemic of grippe, influenza and colds epidemic since 1927. France Ger many, Spain and Portugal re- port unusual suffering. Reports from Berlin estimated that 10,- 900 persons in Germany were being treated for influenza and colds and that one-third of the patients were in hospitals.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
Anderson and Langton Held; 1 Heauy Bail Required

that a blow had come on and Farrow meeting with engine trouble might have fallen over board. They evidently did not know at that time that Davis and Farrow had left Petersburg.
 U. s. Deputy Marshal of Ket- chikan came to Petersburg last week to investigate this case and along with Dick Burch, Cy Coyne and Deputy Marshal Hans Wick went down to Lanthorn's camp. After making several serious ob- servatiOnS they put the two men under arrest and brought them to Petersburg where they are be- ing held pending further investi- gation.
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30

An Associated Press dispatch from Ketchikan published in the Seattle papers tells that a series Cf mysterious disappearances of boatmen in Southeastern Alaska was being investigated by the United States Marshal's office and the Department of Justice
 The circumstances surround ing the disappearances are said to be similar but sufficient evil Gence had not been found to prove that the disappearances were plotted by a single killer.
 Those missing include Albert FarrOW and L. c. Davis who left Petersburg for Snow Pass last November and who were never found; Albert c. Anderson who went hunting ashore from his boat and failed to return and John Wikstrom a troller who left Ketchikan on his boat and just vanished from the face of the earth.
 The violent death of John Marshal who was found slain on board his boat near Ketchi- kan in October was the worst of the eases reported.
 FarrOW and Davis left Peters burg Novtmber 9th, on the gas beat T-2709, jointly owned by FarrOW and Clarence Langthorn and on their return trip from Snow Pass they failed to appear. Langthorn and Anderson report ed at Wrangell on the 7th of this month that they had picked the boat up at Fire Island, Snow Pass and taken it to town for re- pairs. The boat was half full of water, the clutch frozen, six fathoms Of xnchor chain out with anchor, tender missing a. long with some personal equip ment of the men They reported the boat was found on December 28 but did not report in to GUS toms officer until January 7th
 Lanthorn who was living with Anderson in Exchange Cove re- ported to w. R. J. Reed, U. s. Customs Collector for the Port of Wrangell that he had loaned the boat to Farrow to make the trip to Petersburg. He was over due when they started to look for him (two months later) and that Farrow's blankets, clothing and rifle were still on board the craft. They stated it their belief
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30
VOLUME NO. 5.
From Labor"

That the Interior Department has sabotaged the government owned and operated railroad is the only fair conclusion that can be drawn from a report on it's operations just made by Sen ator Robert B. Howell, of Nebras- ka, chairman of a select commit tee on investigation appointed by the Senate at it's last session.
 The committee, composed, in addition to Senator Howell, of Senators Kendrick, Wyoming, and Thomas, Idaho, went to Alaska last summer and held g hearings on the line of the rail- road, at which 56 witnesses tes- tit1ed. The report which has been made to the Senate sum- marizes the testimony.
 Several instances of what the committee declares to be gross miSmanagement" are cited as reasons for the unproftable op- eration of the Alaskan railroad.
 Power Plant Was Profitable
 At Anchorage, headquarters of the railroad, the government in stalled a power plant to supply power, heat and light to the shops and other railroad proper ty and also a telephone system.
 Subsequently the telephone system was leased to the munic- ipality for operation and the railroad company entered into a contract with Anchorage to sup ply electric energy in bulk to the town.
 "These arrangements" says the report, proved advantage ous to the railroad and satisfac- tory to Anchorage, as the muni- cipality has enjoyed a substan- tial profit as middleman SUD- plying telephone and electric service to it's citizens"
 However, private promoters conceived the idea of getting into the power business, and they se- cured assurance that if a private plant were built the government would cease to produce electric energy even for the railroad.
 Generous With Public Property
 "The railroads requirements were 40 per cent of all the elec- trical energy consumed in that region and unless the hydro electric plant could have the railroad as a consumer it's con- struction would not be justified, :" says the report.
 Not only did the railroad cease to produce it's own energy, but purchased it wholesale from the hydro electric company at 4 cents per kilowatt hour, while small consumers at Anchorage were offered rate of 21a cents.
 Through it's revenue from the sale of electric energy would be gone, the railroad turned over, intact, it's electric distribution system, covering the city, for the distribution of hydro electric
The Alaskan., 1931-01-30

Petersburg Junior Stamp Col lectorS' Club will hold it's first meeting next Monday evening under the leadership of Frank Hermann. A very encouraging letter was received by MT. Her. mann this week from John H Newman, the official court sten- ographer of Juneau, enclosing approximately five thousand stamps, enough to start each boy off with a fine collection So far, eleven boys have indi- cated their interest.