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Evening star., 1937-05-22
e,vs Reguned Punch Mats HlLers Lift Cubs and Bees
BUDDY SLUGS .385
OVER 8-T|LT SPAN
Promises to Aid Club Soon,
but His Homer, Single
Don't Check Tribe.
BY FRANCIS r. STAN.


TN A QUIET sort of way Buddy
Lewis has been going about the
business of building up an anemic
L rundown batting average, and
in the process, showing that he
is not one of those firSt-year base
ball sensations who tail off as soon
as the pitchers get real line on him.
Buddy'S average today still is woe
fully low but, Withal, a grand figure
compared to that owned 10 days ago.
1t was as recently as 10 days ago.
too, that some critics were shaking
their heads when Lewis name was
brought up. The kid who battod
over 400 during the Spring of 1896
and who finished the season with a
creditable .293 average wasn't batting
the weight of his bat.
Even among the Nationals doubts
arose. During the first Western trip
Buddy rarely saw a fast ball, unless
the pitcher was wasting it. Word
apparently spread throughout the
league that Lewis couldn't hit slow
curves and he wasn't at the time
But to judge by his hitting these days
1t wasn't because he was particularly
susceptible to slow curves He prob
ably just wasn't able to hit anything
Buddy Hits Tough Man.
BUDDY is seeing-and hitting-fast
balls now. In the last eight
games the kid has batted at
phenominal 385 clip and the Ameri-
can League pitchers apparently have
revised their estimates of Buddy. The
Browns hurlerS, to name one group,
Quit feeding him a strict diet of slow
curves and began to mix them up dur
ing their recent series.
Only once has he failed to hit over
that stretch of eight games and that
day he went "5-for-0," as the boys
say. He made up for that by getting
four hits in a game against ST Louis
and IN the rest he consistently has
made his two a day.
Nor have Buddys hits-he's made
IS in his last 80 times at bat-been
run-of-the-min hits. Two home runs
have bounced off his bat and four
others were doubles Time after
time he has crossed up the opposing
inield by dropping bunts and beating
them out. He is no type hitter" :.
no man who can be shaded too far
IN any direction.
Maintaining his terrific batting pace,
Buddy banged another pair Of signifi-
cant hits yesterday as the Mats
dropped a 7-to-5 decision to the In
dians in the opener of series that
was to conclude today. They were
significant because he got them off
Earl Whitehill, the old Nat southpaw,
who for years has reigned as the
hardest pitcher in the league for a
left handed hitter Il bit
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Pitchers Get Going.


SUDDENLY, however, both have
- come to life simply by getting
throWers out there on the hill who can
bamooozle enemy batters. At the
moment, each boasts a four-game WIZ
ming streak, chiefly because of top
flight fiinging
Ihs Cubs, with Tex Carleton back
from the hospital and Roy Parmelee
and Bill Lee dong their duty. have
Jumped from fifth to third place, in
front of the Giants.
The Bees. with Danny MacFayden
hnally clicking. and a couple Of
rockies, Lou Fette and Jim Turner
producing, have climbed out of the
cellar, and now are pressing Brooklyn's
oaffilng Dodgers for fifth place.
Evening star., 1937-05-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
CLARENDON NINE HOST.

Clarendon A. C.'s nine will play
Falls Church at the Ballston Stadium
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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But he isn't pitching and it
seems to be a part of human
nature to suspect things, and
Sandlotters Think Nothing of It.

O'NE1LL has done it so far. AS soon
as Bob complained of soreness,
Steve yanked him and except for that
~ston engagement, he hasn't used
him since. But whether he will con-
tinue to do so is something else again.
If Feller has his stuff, as the say he
has, ONeill may reach the point where
he will order Bob to pitch anyway.
The hue and cry against using
Feller too often strikes this depart
ment as little silly, anyway. Down
on the Eclipse, in the shadow of the
Washington Monument, there are kid
pitchers who pitch nine inning games
two and three times week. who pitch
double-headers. and who play the in
field or outfield when they're not
pitching.
They are not Fellers, to be
Evening star., 1937-05-22
WINNING STREAKS
LAID TO PITCHING
American League Flag Race
Unchanged as Three Top
Clubs Triumph.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TT TOOK Chicago's Cubs and Bos-
tons Bees a long time to find 1t
out, but they finally are convinced
that base ball never has produced
a suitable substitute for good pitching.
For the entire first month Of the
season, both outfits fooled around
trying to buck the old belief, and both
got nowhere-fast. The experiment.
ing Bees dropped to the National
League cellar. The Cubs, trying to
make up for pitching injuries by heavy
hitting, creaked into the second dlvl-
sion.
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Isn't Likely to Be "Dogging It,"

1T is reported that doctors who have
examined Feller we're able to find
nothing. X-rays revealed nothing, al
though, in all fairness to the boy, they
cannot show muscular ailment,
which is all Feller claims.
1t isn't likely, of course that Feller
is ''dogging it," At any rate, it isn't
logical, Bob is smart young man,
they say, and he probably realizes that
his current salary, which is reported
to be sl0,500, is only starter. If
he were able he would be pitching
and Jogging that fast ball by the
hitter and working up a good, sub
stantial argument a. to why the In
dians should pay him $4,000 or more
in 1888
But he isn't pitching and it
seems to be part of human
nature to suspect things, and
now young FelIer is on the spot.
So, too, is Steve ONeill, whose mis-
fortune it is to manage a ball team
in Cleveland. With Nationwide at
tention focused on Feller as a result
OF his sensational showing of last wear,
and the subsequent investigation by
Judge Lands, nearly everybody devel-
oped ideas as to how to bring Feller
along. Most of them thought that
ONeill should baby the kid because
Feller, as major Lacquer, is baby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Senator Norris
 Proposes Court
 Changes Today
Attempts Legislative Rem edies to Reasonably Con-
 trol Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Sen- ator George w. Norris. Nebraska, today brought out drafts of both a bill and a constitutional amend ment to impose what he terms "a reasonable degree of control" on the Supreme Court.
 While the Senate hearings on President Roosevelt's judiciary bill recess until tomorrow, Senator Nor ris suggested again other "legisla- tive remedies" attempted first in his bill to require at least two-thirds vote by the Supreme Court to in- validate a law passed by Congress.
 Calling the life tenure of Judges "a relic of absolute monarchy" Sem ator Norris suggested amending the constitution to limit appointments to the Federal Courts to nine years.
 If the Senate opinion favors a longer or shorter term, Senator Nor ris said, it would meet no objection from him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
British Block
 Japan Getting
 Asia Air Base
Financial Intervention Pre- vents Move Planned
 Tn Far East

SHANGHAI, March IS. - British financial circles report British in- tervention has blocked the efforts of Japan to obtain an air base at Macao, Portuguese colony, off the southeastern China coast.
 Macao lies only 40 miles south- west of the British Crown Colony
 The British disliked the prospect of Japan obtaining her long de- sired aviation foothold in South eastern Asia and the British block ed the Japanese interests from get ting long time lease on large tract for a landing field, offering the Portuguese's needed money.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
FDR Declares
 Democrats Have Right to Celebrate

WARM RING s, Georgia March l5.-President Roosevelt as- serted last Saturday night that the Democratic party could "cele- brate whole heartedly on the pro- gress we have made during the past four years ago I feel assured that it is but the forerunner of even better times to come"
 The message to a Victory Dinner at Columbus, Georgia, was read over the telephone from the temporary White House headquarters here by Marvin H. Mcintyre. the Presi- dents secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
.NORLITEMEN WILL
 MEET TOMORROW

Norlitemen will meet in the par lors of the Northern Light Presby- terian Church tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock for their March meet ing.
 Boy Scouts of the Norlite Troop are to be the guests for the even- ing and special program has been prepared for them. Robert Jern- berg has prepared a talk on finger printing and criminology and John Dudley will play improvised selec- tions on his musical goblets, &C., companied by Dorothy Waggoner.
 The Rev. John A. Glasse will pre- side at the meeting.
 All young men in the community are cordially invited to attend and reservations should be made by call- ing 373 by tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
HEROIC RESCUE
 FROM SEA FIRE
 BY U. s. CRUISER
L Louisville Steams $50 Miles in l2 Hours to
 Burning Vessel

HONOLULU, H. T., Mar. 15.-The smoothly executed Navy rescue is praised while eight passengers of the fire swept British freighter Sil- yer Larch planned to continue their interrupted world voyage.
 The Silver Larch is due here to- day, conveyed by four United States Navy destroyers.
 The voyagers, including two elder ly persons, were taken from life boat aboard the cruiser Louisville which reached the freighter in 12 hours after calls for help were re- ceived from a distance of $50 miles in the North Pacific.
 Fire in number hold broke out Saturday aboard the British vessel for the third time and threatened the entire ship. This caused Capt. Sanderson to ask for immediate as- sistance.
 The steaming of the cruiser Louis- vile, under forced draft, to the scene, is one of the outstanding fea- lures of the rescue.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
C|O PLANNING COLONIZATION
 IN NEW LINES
Electrical Manu featuring, Communications ln-
 dustries Next

CHICAGO, H., March 15.-The Committee for Industrial Organi- zation thrust another iron into the blazing labor fire last Saturday by aiming at unionization of the mill lion or more workers in the elec- trical manufacturing and commun- icating fields.
 The Executive Board of the Unit ed Electrical and Radio Workers of America, CIO affiliate, is prepared to open collective bargaining con- ferences with the General Electric. Westinghouse and American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company this week.
 In addition, the CIO is pressing concurrent drives in the huge steel and automotive industries and dick ering for new contracts for soft coal miners, also girding for cam paigns in the oil and textile in- dustries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
HEAVYWEIGHT KNOWN KILLED
 IN EXPLOSION
Many Are Missing in Dis aster at Chinese Fire
 works Plant

MANILA, March 15.-Twenty- eight persons are known to have been killed in an explosion at a Chinese fireworks plant at PaSay, a suburb.
 Officials estimated that 20 to 50 are missing.
 Fire followed the explosion.
 The force of the blast was felt for a radius of two miles.
 Most of the victims are Filipino women. Some escaped through the one exit of the plant.
 The police reported that several of those in the plant jumped from windows into a swamp surrounding the factory and were trapped in the mud and water and drowned. The cause of the explosion is undeterm- ined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
MADRID ROCKED |. BY EXPLOSIONS
 ALSO GUN FIRE
Insurgents, Defend d CTS in Fierce Conflict, Uni
 versity City Zone

MADRID, March 15.-.Four tre- mcndous explosions, apparently Government. mines in, the battle scared University City. rocked Ma drid early today as Insurgent ar tillery shells tore great holes in buildings in the down town district.
 Meagre reports from the Univer- sity City zone, where Government militiamen and insurgent forces have contested for weeks. described the explosive attacks as fresh at tempts to rout Gen. Franco's forc- es from their barricaded positions.
 Italian troops are reported fight ing with the Insurgent forces for strategic positions in the Guadala- para section northeast of Madrid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15

 ORDERED OUT
 AUTO PLANTS
Injunction Granted Writ to Be Issued by Cir
 cult Judge

DETROIT, Michigan, March Is. Circuit Judge Allen Campbell has granted an injunction calling upon the sitdown strikers to eyacuate the plants of the Chrysler Corporation which they have occupied since last Monday.
 Judge Campbell held that even if the Wagner Labor Relations Act is valid, it does not give the defend- ants the right to occupy property" :"
 Judge Campbell declared that re spect for law and order is menaced and there must be no compromises. The writ will be issued"
 Judge Campbell said the defend- ants freely admitted seizing prop erty of the Chrysler Corporation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
TACOMA CHOSEN
 AS INITIAL SITE BY ARMY CHIEF
Another Expected to Be Established at Fairbanks
 in Pacific Defense Plan
GEN. CRAIG EXPLAINS
 PRELIMINARY STEPS
Primary Purpose to Estab- fish Communications with
 Alaska and Northwest

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff, an- nounces the War Department has selected Tacoma as the site for the first of series of Army air bases to be established in strategic areas. Another is expected to be estab- lished at Fairbanks, Alaska. in the Pacific defense plan.
 This was the information given today by Gen. Craig before the House Appropriations mmitte the Annual Supply Bill.
 Gen. Craig said Tacoma was chos- en over proposed locations in other sections of Washington, Idaho and Oregon after the survey board had stamped it as the best location and the most advantageous of ac- quirement"
 The new depot will be known as the Northwest Air base and will be designed primarily to establish and maintain an Army air Force for with Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The air base embraces the Pierce County airport, consisting of about s60 acres of land given free to the Government.
 Gen. Craig said the final accep- tanoe is contingent upon 0onefess and appropriation of sufficient funds for acquisition of approxi- mately $50 acres intervening be- tween the airport and Fort Lewis. It is estimated the cost will be about $6O ,0O0.
 The Government will he asked for an additional $625,000 to begin con- struction and improvements to "en- able its utilization as an air base at an early date
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
HEARINGS ON COURT REFORM
 TO LAST LONG
May Continue for Another Month, According to
 Com. Chairman

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Pub- lie hearings on President Roose- velt's court legislation may con- tinue for more than a month, Chair man Ashurst of the Senate Judic- iary Committee said last Saturday night, and might not be finished then.
 The eighteen man committee is about evenly divided on the Presi- dents proposal to name six new justices for the Supreme Court.
 The belief is expressed that the longer the measure is delayed the better prospects it will have.
 The committee resumes hearings tomorrow to hear supporters of the Administration and then next week opponents will be given an inning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
ESKIMOS AND
 VIKINGS MET
 300 YEARS AGO
Smithsonian Archeologist Says Greenland Meeting
 Place of East and West

WASHINGTON. Mar. IS. -- pr. Henry B. Collins. Smithsonian h. stitute archeologist, said Saturday that the first meeting between the races of men who migrated out of Central Asia in opposite directions around the world probably occurred in Greenland more than 500 years ago.
 He said that Jeff Ericson and the Vikings who followed him, repre- senting Europeans, apparently found in Greenland Eskimo tribes whose ancestors had crossed Asia to Alaska, then migrated the entire width of arctic Canada.
 Dr. Collins said that evidence that the Eskimos and Vikings met in Greenland is based on the discovery of tools and implements of the Vik- ings, mingled with distinctly Eskimo tools
 The Eskimos, the archeologist said, apparently abandoned Green land and later moved back across Canada to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
 PARTY, GRUBER HOME, IS DOUBLE SURPRISE

When Miss Vivian Gruber enter tained with a surprise party Sat- urday night at her home in honor of the twenty y-second wedding an- niversary of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Evans Gruber, it turned into 8 double surprise when it became known that two days before had been the tenth wedding anniver- sary of two of their guests, MT. and Mrs. Oscar c. Olson.
 At the party Saturday evening were Mir. and Mrs. Roy Peterman, MT. and Mrs. Olson, MT. and Mrs. James Dennis. Floyd Fagerson and Maynard Wahlstrom.
 After an evening of bridge, with prizes won by MT. and Mrs. Olson, ice cream, coffee and cake were served. s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
FIRST OF ARMY AIR BASES DESIGNATED
Johnny Allen, Winner of Crand Prize in Three-Ddy
 Dog Derby, at Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 15.- Dashing across the line in fast heat of the three day dog race ser- ies, Johnny Allen, wiry 27-year-old native of Kokrines, on the lower Yukon river, won the grand prize of $1,000 on Sunday for the l937 dog derby of Fairbanks. His total time for the series of three days was 3 hours, 37 minutes and 59 sec onds. His time for the final heat was hour, 10 minutes and 49 sec- onds.
 Second and Third
 Bergman Kokrines, also native of Kokrines, won second place for the series, his time being 3 hours, 39 minutes flat. Kokrines' times for the final heat was 1:13:22.
 Bob Buzby, of Fairbanks, won third place. total time being 3 hours, 46 minutes and II seconds. Buzby's time for the final heat was 1:15:07.
 Dog in Basket
 Allen finished yesterdays heat carrying one dog in his basket and came in with six running. He start ed the first race Friday with Il dogs. His dogs are of the third gen. eration of Irish setter and wolf, all three year-olds excepting his leader Rip, which is four years old. He raised the dogs himself.
 Time of Others
 The time of the others finishing the three day races follows
 Edward Mayo of Rampant 3:54:16;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Court Exenlpts Public Employee
 from Taxation
Decision May Mean Thou sands Will Be Excluded
 from List of Taxpayers

WASHINGTON, March IS. - The Supreme Court has held an employee of municipal water works system exempt from Federal taxation in the case of William Brush. former Chief Engineer of New York City's Bureau of Water Supply.
 The decision was interpreted by the minority of the Justices as barr ing from taxation possibly thou sands of employees of city, state and Federal government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15

Mike Agbaba, 4:24:15; Mary Han sen 4:58:07; Hack Thomas 5:66; Joe Doleshal 4:30:20; Jeff Studdert 5:50:30; Robert Hanson, l4-year- old school boy, driving Hurley's Si- berians, 4:48:01; Mary Joyce, driv- ing rover Bayless's light Siber- ians, 5.59:50.
 One Minute Apart
 Yesterday, Studdert and Mary Joyce finished one minute apart. Studdert's dogs bolted for home 300 yards from the line. Mary Joyce drew alongside, about to pass him, when Studdert dragged his team back and regained the lead.
 Yesterday was perfect day and cheering throngs lined the course near the finishing line. Drags Dogs Across Line Mary Hansen's dogs shied at the crowd and she had to drag them 100 yards across the line herself. Starts and Finishes
 Of the 100 dogs entered in the first day of the race, seven failed to finish and six were carried across the line in basket.
 Eighty-four dogs started the sec- Iond day and 72 the third heat, two being carried back in baskets.
 Seventy original starters crossed the line under their own power in the final heat.
 Allen Never Outside
 Allen is married but has no chil- (Continued on Page Seven)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
INCOME TAX
 RETURNS ARE
 MOUNTING UP Eight Hundred and Forty Million Dollars Expect ed to Be Received BALANCED BUDGET IS NOW INDICATED Treasury May Not Have to
 Borrow Morgenthau Announces Plans

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.-Treas- ury officials checked the last min ute flood of income tax returns, hoping they would put the Gov- ernment on a balanced Budget for the remainder of the fiscal year.
 The March receipts are expected to total $84O, 1000. 900, the largest total since the World War days.
 If this estimate is borne out, the Treasury may not have to borrow additional funds this fiscal year.
 Secretary of Treasury Morgen- thau intends to retire $500, 1000, 900 maturing discount bills and pay about $160,OO0, ,OO0 interest on the public debt.
 Besides the income tax receipts, collections under the taxing pro- visions of the Social Security Act will put substantial sums in the Governments purse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
BECKER ASKS FULL PARDON,
 NOT PAROLE
Ten Jurors Join Convicted Man in Asking for
 Clefnency v :

WALLA WALLA, Wash. March 15.-Ten of twelve jurors who sent Ray Becker to the penitentiary IT years ago for the Centralia Indus trial Workers of the World Armis- tice Day riot, have joined Becker in his plea for full pardon, which will be heard here on April 3.
 Becker and six others were sent to prison for 25 to 40 years. He is the only one remaining and he still maintains his innocence and will not accept parole but wants full pardon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Wheat Prospects
 Are Given Boost
Snow, Sleet and Rain Hits South eastern Dust
 Bowl During Night

GUYMON, Oklahoma. March 15 Wheat prospects were hoisted in the southeastern dust bowl last Saturday night by crop revivine snow, sleet and rain storm.
 The moisture ranged upward to one inch in sections of the Okla homa and Texas panhandles, south- eastern Colorado and Southwestern Kansas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
WINDSOR TO
 VISIT WALLIE

LONDON. March 15.-The Duke of Windsor is planning g trip to France next week to meet Mrs. Wallis Simpson, according to ad- vices reaching here from a trust worthy Austrian source.
 It is said the trip will probably be announced as three or four day Easter excursion" and the for mer king may meet the woman he loves in or near Paris
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Storm at Sea
 Delays Start
 World Flight

OAKLAND, Cal, March IS. = Amelia Earhart postponed until to- morrow her start on a flight around the world because of storm 600 miles off the coast.
 All set yesterday afternoon to start the flight, Miss Earhart finally de- cided at 5 o'clock to delay hopping off when she received reports of a storm 600 miles off Point Concep- tion, the same disturbance as re- ported today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
CHARGED WITH
 BEING UNF AIR
National Labor Relations Board Makes Report
 in Lettuce Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. March IS. The National Labor Relations Board. in a complaint. charges 29 Salinas and Patsonville concerns with unfair labor practices. This is the aftermath. of last years let tuce strike.
 A hearing has been set for March 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
SUPREME COURT FAILS TO ACT IN
 8 NEW CASES
Refuses to Pass on Consti- tutionality of Labor
 Relations Act

WASHINGTON, March IS. = The Supreme Court today stirred specu- lation among the Administration of ficials by refusing to review eight new cases challenging the consti- nationality of the Labor Relations Act which the Government won in the lower courts.
 The highest tribunal in the land postponed until at least March 29 final decision of the validity of the Labor Act. Railway Labor laws and Washington State minimum wage law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Building Activity
 Forecast, Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March IS. Local builders predict $300,000 worth of construction here this sum- mer. Homes are to be built and present homes and stores are to be enlarged. There will be new roofs on many private buildings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-15
Safety Com. Dismissed

< NEW YORK, March 15.-The New York Times says the Department of Commerce has dismissed the Ma tional Committee on Safety at Sea, which was formed two years ago by President Roosevelt to mobilize pub lie opinion behind safety measures. The committee heads previously criticized Secretary of Commerce Daniel c. Roper.