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Evening star., 1938-12-19
NIGHT GAME
Stars Gone, De|huds
Battle 10 Escape
Heurich Cellar

Delaware & Hudson's entry In
Heurich's Amateur Basket Ball
League was moved from first to last
place in the standings today as the
six games it previously had won
were declared forfeited.
Charges of professionalism lodged
against Fred Thomas. Cliff Keyser
and Waverly Wheeler and upheld by
the District A. A. U. resulted in the
forfeitures. W. W. Chambers now
moves into first place with five Of
fetal victories against no defeats.
The Delhuds will offer a revised
lineup tonight in renewing their
league campaign at $50 against Lit
tie Tavern. Other games at Heu-
rich's Gymnasium are to pair Dis
trict Firemen and Hour Glass at
7:30 and Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation with Dapper Dams at $50.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Softies in Twin Bill

The last six games of the second
half schedule in the Community
Center Indoor Baseball League will
be played this week at Tech Gym,
with a double header tonight to
open the last series. Plaza meets
the Unknowns at Z pm. to be fol-
lowed by All-stars and Treasury
at $50.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
T. and W. Gridmen Rule
In 135-Pound Class

Taranto and Wasman's 135-pound
football team was recognized as the
city champion of its class today, fol-
lowing its 1910 victory over George
town A. C. yesterday.
In the play-of game for the Ma
tional Capital League title, R.
Schaefer and Walker scored touch
downs in the first and second periods
to bring victory to their team.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Plumbers Risk Luure|s

Clovers and Christ Church quints
meet tonight at tbs in South
east Community Center League
play at Hine Junior High School,
to be followed by Atchinson-Keller
Plumbers playing Social Security at
BIS and District Commissioners
meeting O'Donnell's at 9:15,
The Plumbers currently are lead
ing the loop with five straight vic
tories, followed by Young Democrats
with one loss in six starts and Gals
Valet with one loss in five starts,
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Trio in SCORING Tie

Three basket shooters on as many
teams in the U. S. Government
League are tied in first place for
individual scoring honors. Joe Zwisle
of Boiling Field has 10 baskets and 7
foul shots. Paul Blumenstaadt of
Army Medical Center has sunk 18
2-pointers and free ones. and John
Klescz of Marine Barracks has 81
field goals and penalty shots, all
for a total of IS points.
Evening star., 1938-12-19

Three years ago - Capacity
crowd of 17,462, record for bas-
ket ball, saw N. Y. U. beat Cali
fornia quintet, 1926, in Madi-
son Square Garden.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Georgia Hays Davis Sweepstakes Victor Seeks Another Tourney
From the
Press Box
Poll to End Sports Polls
Might Prove Helpful
By JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK, Dec. 19-This being
the time of year for polls of one kind
and another-like who staged the
greatest comeback of the year, yes
or no? and which athlete with store
teeth made the biggest gain in 1888?
and what woman athlete named
Helen Wills Moody is the best tennis
player?-we are about to take the
muzzle off our own poll and hurl it
in the jaws of a waiting world. Any
waiting world will do.
Was football overemphasized in
1898, and, if so, who will buy the
next round?
That is the question that 10000 900
sports fans are asking themselves as
they fasten on their roller skates.
Was it Glenn Cunningham, the bolo
puncher from the Philippines? Was
it Sea Biscuit, the Wild Bull of the
Pampas? Was it Katherine Rawls,
the Fordham flash? Was it man
named Snyder, wanted by the police
of Kenosha. Wis?
The fact is. none of these problems
has anything to do with our poll,
which is dead serious. and little
more dead than serious. at that.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Kinefish Votes for Foxx,
SoIem for PenuIt

We sent the question to Dr. Robert
NJ. Hutchins, president Of Chicago
University and advocate of the 10
cent football game Nobody has
stronger views on the subject than
DR.. Hutchins. We wish we had re-
membered to put stamps on the let
ter when we wrote him, because his
answer might have been pretty in
tereSting
On the other hand, King Levin
sky's answer was no good at all. The
Kingfish replied
My vote goes to Jimmy FoXx. At
the beginning of the season, they
were saying that Jimmy was through.
They said he was washed up. They
said he would never hit above 300
again. And what was FoxX's answer
to these taunts? What was his re-
action to the sneering jibes of the
critics? I forget what it was. but
when they say Joe Louis had me
scared, they lie!"
Ossie Solem. successful head coach
of the Syracuse football team. comes
directly to the point. Is football
overemphasized?
Eyes writes Solem, who was
known as the Galloping Ghost dur
ing his playing days, football is
overemphasized on the penult. Every
body says F o o T BALL. AS soon
as people begin to say foot B A L L,
we will have something"
Coach Solem neglects to say what
It is We will have, but he speaks
with authority. because it was he,
and not Pop Warner, who invented
the penult. The penult calls for
fankers on the right and left and
a single wingback. You can pass
run, or kick from this formation,
but you are a sucker if you don't
kick. Six dollars a day, without
bath, is an outrage.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Today year ago-Mel Otis
lifetime total of 306 homers set
new National League record, as
revealed by National League bat
ting averages.
Evening star., 1938-12-19
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Basket Ball.
The Citadel VS.. Catholic, Cath
olic Gym, 8:15.
Montgomery-Blair High VS..
Catholic Freshmen, Catholic
Gym, 7.
st. Johns VS.. Anacostia, Ana
costa Gym, 7.
The Valley settler., 1938-06-03

l. White ElisS---------
2. Arct ic Seedl ing-----
3. IN tie Gold------'----
4. E2rly .Ohio----------
5. Cobbler-------------
6. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
2. Green Mounta in------
The Valley settler., 1938-06-03
LATAllUSKA VALLEY FIR
SEPT. 5,l,5, 1853

me pIOQQCO Us 4OE WHICH DEGE-Ll4S
are Offered. must be shown in the
Quantities named to obta in pre-
miums.
All articles in this division
should be clean and free from dis
ease and insect pests.
class l--Potatoes
Cons iderable care will be neces-
sary in handling potatoes 50 that
they may be dis syed to the best
advantage. 1t is best simply to
brush the dirt off, and il snail
lots each potato should be brou-
ght to the Fair building wrapped
in paper to prevent the SKIN from
slipping.
Exhibitors should read carefully
the remarks under ~ ricultural
Fair Exhibits I-eGiul sizeQ po-
tatoes are most desirable. Four
to 70 OF. sizes are the Limit for
morAet' stock. Six OF. IS the i'd
cal for the teble stoc-c. The mar
ket prefers the shello" eyed type.
premium list: Division Of veCe-
tables:
Potatoes will be iudoed BY the
Following score card: 49,
Freedom from disease--25 points
Trueness to type------2O points
Qua lity-----
Uni formi ty------------l5 ~
~
The three prizes will be offered:
list, 81. SO; 2nd, $l.oo; 5rd, $50.
|. White Hliss---------3s potat6es
2. arctic Seedl ing-----"
m +0 ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FREDDIE STEELE SIGNS FOR BOUT
 WITH ANY BOXER
Will Fight Overweight Man Tn Seattle Civic Arena
 on June IA

Fred die Steele, middleweight champion of the world, has signed with Nate Druxman, Seattle fight promoter, to box any man in the world, over l60 pounds" on June IA in the Seattle Civic Arena.
 Eddie Miller. Steele's manager, said, Freddie wanted an oter- weight match before signing defir- itely to defend his title this sum- mer but that doesn't mean that we want any pushover or easy warmup fight The tougher it is the better as I want to see Steele really ex- tended. A soft touch is out as Steele wouldn't get one bit of good out Of going in there and belting some mug out in a few rounds. What we want is @ real test of his condition and we can only get that from a formidable opponent.
 Steele never felt better in his life. All that bunk peddled in New York about him retiring from the ring for a year and the rest Of 1t was just a rotten attempt Of the mob back there to ease Fred Apos- toli in as champion in New York state. You notice that all the phoney reports on Steele's condi- tion stopped as soon as Apostoli wound up in the hospital and on the shelf"
 It will be Steele's first bout since he defended his crown suc- cessfully against Carmen Earth in Cleveland few months ago, when he knocked Earth out in five rounds.
 According to Druxman, the Steele- headlined card will begin Seattle's biggest boxing season. E
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
SEATTLE TAXES
 P0RTLAND;CAME IS SHUT OUT ONE
Schoolboy Pitcher Phenom Wins Eight Contest
 of Season
(By AssO cia,ed Press)

Fred Hutchinson, Seattle school boy pitcher phenom, won his eighth game of the season last night He limited Portland to four hits and also starred at batting, getting four hits in four trips to the plate and starting two Seattle rallies.
 Sacramento rallied and gained three runs in the seventh inning to defeat San Diego. Left-hander Bill Walker held the San Diego players to six scattered hits
 Shortstop Tom Carey doubled in the second inning yesterday with the bases loaded to give Hollywood a win from the hapleSS Oakland bunch.
 Keith Frazier, once a pitcher for Los Angeles, yielded only six hits as san Francisco won
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
MAY IN JUNEAU ;. COOLER, WETTER
 THAN NORMAL
No Clear Days = 4 Partly Cloudy, 27 Cloudy, Re-
 ports Weather Bureau

The month of May, 1888. in Ju- neau was slightly cooler and con- siderably wetter than normal with little more than half the normal amount of possible sunshine, ac- cording to the monthly meteololog- ical report issued today by the Juneau Weather Bureau Office.
 The average temperature for the month was 469 degrees as con- pared to the normal of AT degrees. On the 22nd the mercury reached 70 degrees, t3e highest for the month, while 34 degrees on the 3rd was the lowest. Previous extremes for May since 1883 have been 30 degrees and A degrees respectively.
 The total precipitation for the month was SIG inches. or 2.S4 inches above the normal, making it the fourth wettest May since 1883. The wettest May in 46 years of record was that of 1884 with 1911 inches and the driest that of 1905 with 158 inches. The total snowfall for the month was onyy a trace which fell on the 18th. The greatest precipitation occurred on the l2-13th when 2.40 inches fell in 24 hours. Measurable pre- cipitation fell on g days.
 There were no clear days, part ly cloudy and 27 cloudy days. Out of a possible 5l9.9 hours, 1196 hours, or p per cent, were recorded during the past month. xt
 The average relative humidity at 3 30 am. was 85 per cent, at noon, 65 per cent, and at 3:30 p.m., 63 per cent.
 The prevailing wind direction fox the month was from the southeast with an average hourly velocity of 76 miles per hour. The maximum velocity for a five-minute period occurred on the 11th when veloc- ity of 29 miles per hour from the southeast was recorded.
 Solar halos were recorded on the 2d, Sd, 9th, 9th, 17th. 2lst, 22d and 23d; Lunar halos on the 8th and 9th and light fog on the 18th. Light frost occurred on the 9th and heavy frost on the Sd and 17th.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

worth of government contracts in Pennsylvania.
 Che of the Independent Demo- cratic candidates in the primary charged { h a Governor George Earle. himself a member of a wealthy family, ha d borrowed some S26,500 from McCloskey in 1885. Governor Earle readily ad- mitted the borrowing to newspaper men, and showed he had paid it back. The governor explains it as loan of convenience on tempor- ary basis. McCloskey agrees.
 McCloskey seems surprised, a little hurt, that anybody should think his loans or contracts im- portant
 He is a man of quick decisions. He makes up his mind like flash, instructs his staff rapidly, decisive ly. He drives his automobile at breakneck speed, and himself the same way.
 Criticizes Tax Policies
 The McCloskeys have three boys and three girls, the oldest of whom is l8 They live in a cathedral-li home in wealthy Montgomery coun- ty, adjacent to Philadelphia. Me- Clcskey is president of his golf club (but shoots an indifferent 100), keeps a kennel full of blooded dogs, loves the theater. He almost always keeps a date with the family for dinner at 2 pm.
 The Pope has decorated him for lay service to the Catholic church, and last year received McCloskey in audience
 He admires President Roosevelt, but he's not pleased with some of the Federal governments tax poli- cies, and would substitute another scheme for social security taxes.
 He's got his own pet ideas on the subject of taxation, insisting that the government is business the same as his own and can be run the same way
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
WARD, ROBINSON ARE INITIATED
 BY JUNEAU ELKS

Fiscal Agent Ray Ward of the Forest Service and Roger Robin son, also of the Forest Service, sprouted antiers at the initiatory ceremonies of the Elks Lodge last night. Memorial ceremonies were read for Gunnar Blomgren, member of the order, who was drowned last Monday. Following the ceremonies refreshments and a social hour were enjoyed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
Nome IN Mans Widow Becomes POetess

Emma Ring Daly. widow of James P. Daly former Territorial Legisla- tor from Nome, and long time AL askan. who recently passed away, has lad published book of verse in his memory, entitled, "Flowering Agates."
 Attractively bound with a blue leather cover, the books first glance appeal is strong. Reading through from first page to last page. the first impression grows to a fine feeling that what you have read in soft lyrical words is deep insight into the heart of a pen wielder of profound perception.
 Emma Ring Daly has written a book of poetry of which Alaska. which claims her, will be proud. Each successive verse snowballs the touch of nostalgia and the reflec- tive thought of natures beauty in life and in death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
) Q U C | A s N E W 5
STAINS LEAVING

MT. and Mrs. w. R. Spain and three children, Mary Ellen, Billy, and Evelyn are ready to embark on the North Sea tomorrow for Seattle which will become their future home, unless some other city appeals more to them or more par ticularly, perhaps, if the desire to return north does not appeal too strongly.
 The Spains are real Alaskans after their long residence in the Territory, MT. Spain having arrived in Douglas from Seattle 28 years ago last month, while his wife came here with her parents from Michigan when she was two years old.
 Formerly with the old Treadwell Company, MT. Spain has been with the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company in the accounting depart ment as cashier, almost since the plant started operating
 Mary Ellen, oldest daughter, last night graduated from the Juneau High School and she expects to enter business college in Seattle while the other two children will attend grade school there
 By their leaving, Douglas will lose one of the towns very sub stantial families and it is hoped and more or less expected that they will find their way back again. Sixteen years have passed since MT. Spain was Outside and he has at least earned this trip which will afford him much needed vaca- ti0n
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
GIANTS STILL IN SLUMP AT
 HITTING BALL
Medwick Has Great Day at Stick Aiding in Win
 for Cardinals
By Associated Press

The Giants lead was cut yeSter- day when Russ Bauers limited the Terrymen to five hits. New York is still in deep slump in hitting.
 Medwick got one homer, one double and two singles to lead the Cardinals in a win from Philadel- phia.
 Jo hnn y Vandermeers five-hit pitching gave Cincinnati a win from Brooklyn yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

cerned with plans for the annual camping and outing with members of the Juneau troop, which will be held at Eagle River next week Five boys are going as follows: Bobby Fleek, Harry and Frank Cashen, Kenneth Loken and Jimmy Devon. Several visitors were present at the session and an interesting talk on Scouting was given.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
THREE HOMERS FAIL TO WIN
 FOR YANKEES
Single in Ninth Drives in Run to Get Victory
 for Washington
By Associated Press

Although Gehrig, Ducey and Crosetti each made homers yester- day, the Yankees lost to Detroit, Vern Kennedy gaining his eighth straight win of the season.
 Buddy Lewis singled Myer home in the last half of the ninth in ming to give Washington win from Chicago yesterday.
 Boston ended a long slump yes- terday, defeating St. Louis. Man ager Cronin hit a homer during the game for the Red Sox.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
COPsTEAD BACK ON JOB

R. c. Copstead is back at the block at the Alaska Meat Company, hav- ing returned from the south on the steamer Alaska. He was south for several weeks seeking medical treat ment and returned feeling prime. Mrs. Copstead also returned to her Juneau home
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

led bit more than you'd expect in a man of 45.
 50 you're the man they're call ing contractor boss is our greet ing.
 McCloskey smiles a casual sort of smile.
 I'm a business man." he says. This is big business. It's a one man business. I happened to be low bidder on several million dol lars worth of federal and state building contracts
 The contractor feels casually through a drawer in his desk.
 Here are a few estimates on a $30,000 job" he says, passing them over to you Tired-like, he sweeps his hand down line of 30 or more items overhead" limestone, :" cement pipe" and the like. T wonder if anybody thinks I've got time-or could make any money fixing all the people that handle these raw materials from the time get em until the building is ap- proved by the architect.
 Leader? No Time
 That's McCloskey's reply to charges thrown at him by the vet eran Democratic party leader in Pennsylvania, Senator Joe Guffey. Guffey broke with the regular Democratic organization to back CIO labor candidate for gover- nor Guffey's man lost.
 T haven't got time to be party leader" says McCloskey. T cant leave my business long enough to see all the people leader has to see.
 Joe Guffey can sit at .the head of the table, as far as I am con- cerned. But now that things are as they are, I've told him am going to be on hand"
 McCloskey's career is ample proof that he can fight. He is one of sev- eral children in large Irish Catho- lie Philadelphia family The family fortunes waned when he was still youngster. so at l5 he quit school and went to work for an uncle who was contractor The pay was ST a week.
 For FDR in 1882
 The young fellow. watched his oppol .unities, and before he was 20 had bid in a small contract him. self and made $500 on it. The World War gave him a shot at sev- edal bonuses on navy building con- tracts. and except for one serious reverse, the sailing from then on was easier.
 In 1892 he was attracted to the Roosevelt banner, and contributed to the party, although he had been registered Republican for cou- pie of years. He was low bidder on the Federal postoffice depart ment building in Washington, and since has won some $10,000, 900
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
GAMES WEDNESDAY Pacific Coast League

Sacramento 4; San Diego 1 Seattle 6; Portland 0. Los Angeles 5; San Francisco 0. Oakland 3; Hollywood 4.
 National League Philadelphia 4: St. Louis 9. New York l; Pittsburgh 1. Brooklyn 1; Cincinnati 4.
 American League Detroit 8; New York 4. St. Louis 3; Boston 6. Cleveland 5; Philadelphia 9. Chicago 4; Washington 5.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
START WORKING

Helen Edwards and Jackie Sey are putting in part time at Franks Cabin learning the routine of busi- ness preparatory to taking charge there when Mrs. Kirby leaves for the Westward next week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FIRE BOYS TO MEET

The regular monthly meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Depart ment will be held tonight beginning at o'clock in the Fire Hall. There will be the usual feed" following the business session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FLEEKS TO MOVE

Elroy Fleek and family will start moving tonight from the Shitanda Apartments to the Spain house on Mob Hill, where they will make their home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FRANK STEVENSON
 SERVICES SATURDAY

Funeral services for Frank Stew enson, onetime prospector, who died yesterday afternoon at St. Ann's Hospital, will be held Saturday morning at g o'clock at the Cath olic Church of the Nativity. Fun eral arrangements are being made by the Charles w. Carter Mor- tuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FIREMEN TO MEET

The regular monthly meeting of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Depart ment will be held tonight in the Firemen's Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
ON VACATION

Miss Margaret Pimperton this morning started two weeks vaca- tion from her duties at the B. M. Behrends dry goods store.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
DON'T--MISS

Marye Berne and Ernest Ehler in concert Masonic Temple, Friday night. Tickets 60 cents. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

The Sahara desert embraces an area nearly as large as the main land of Europe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
GOODIE SALE

By Methodist Ladies Aid, Saturday, June II, at Bert's Cash Grocery.
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
FIVE DOUGLAS SCOUTS
 GOING TO EAGLE RIVER

The regular meeting of Douglas Scouts last night was largely con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

Column One: Rudolph Ed man, Phyllis Jenne, Henry Sa- Ire, Mary Ellen Spain, Robert Ridley, Mary Metcalf.
 Column Two: John AlStead, Caroline McAlister, Roy De ROuX, Miilie Marie JOrgenson, Bill Alexander.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02
Meet McCloskey; He Backed Jones, Recent
 Pennsylvania Contest

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

Lode and pIacer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-02

Column One: Mitchell Dani- loff, Patricia ssey, Ann Campbell, Richard Aiken, Elaine HOusel, Beatrice Primavera.
 Column Two: Lyman Snow, Dolores Smith, Ellen McKech- nie, Leonard Lowell, Lillian Xii lOh, Jane BlOmgren.
Evening star., 1938-07-08
new YORK COTTON
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, July 8-Although the
official acreage estimate of 26,904, 900
acres was somewhat above trade ex-
pectations, cotton today displayed a
steady undertone.
October, which had eased from 900
to 8.88 Immediately after the report
was issued, recovered to 9.04 when
offerings proved light. In midafter-
noon it was selling at 899, when the
list was 2 to S points net higher.
Cottonseed Oil.
COttonSeed oil recovered earlv losses
of 4 to 8 points today as covering CO.
veloped prior to the cotton acreage es-
innate at noon and following the rally
in grains. September fluctuated from
1888 to 8.47 and around midday was
selling at 846. or point net lower.
when the market was unchanged to
down l point.
Crude oil was quoted nominallv at
6as cents in Texas and s7s in the
Southeast and Valley.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. July S iR,-Cottor f1,
lures opened steady net 3 points his
to | point lower today FOREIGN narksts
soIs aers about as exoected but tradins vas vas
connneo TO evening up in advance Of an
houncement OF the acreage estimate.
n July CONTRACTS opened at o.05: October.
HoSi december 9.l2; January ais:
March. go. and May. a23. Additlonsi
Incubation OF October and December con
tracts was encountered. after the start
and toward the end Of the first half hour
these options were 3-4 points net lower
Wnlle other months were quiet At their
opening figures.
COtt0nSeed Oil.
Cottonseed oil opened steady: July.
S.O2b: September. SOB: October nah:
December. s.O3b; January, S.Oob. b Bid.