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Evening star., 1938-12-18
Woodmen Circle

The N. o. Club from Morris Shep-
pard Grove met at Mrs. Fannye
Kolbs' on December g. The juniors
Christmas party has been taken over
: by the mems groves, and will be held
December 80. The next meeting of
the Home Forum Group will be held
at the home of Mrs. Martha Kowal-
ski, the date to be announced later.
Election of officers will take place
December 27. Refreshments will be
served. The next N. o. Club meet
ing will take place at Mrs Amelia
Calmafls', 819 D street NE, on Jan
uary II.
Miss Bertha De Lauder and Miss
Virginia Baker entertained the drill
team at a get-together party at the
latter's home on December IL. Mrs.
Pauline Rohrs, State manager, was
guest Of honor. Miss Margaret
Knot, a bride-to-be, was showered
with gifts. The design and pur-
chase of uniforms was discussed.
The Imps Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Edith Mavars. 655
South Carolina avenue Sc, on De-
cember 81, at 8 pm. Bring gifts
for the tree.
Evening star., 1938-12-18

Tulane University, which is 104
years old, occupies a 93-acre CAM
pus In New Orleans.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
Lands Opposes
Baseball Farms
But Hands Tied
Majors Continue to Comb
Land for "Share-Crop-
ping Minor Loop
By DILLON GRAHAM
AP Feature Service Writer

BELLEAIR, Fla, April 16. =
"Gentlemen's Agreements" are out
but baseball farms still flourish.
The old judge, Commissioners
Kenesaw M. Lands, cracked down
on agreements bound solely by a
hand clasp when he chastised tbs
st. Louis Cardinals the other day
filming several of their minor league
associates and freeing" some loo
bush league players.
Lands doesn't care for farm
systems. But with almost every
major league club investing heavily
in minor league properties his hands
were tied
However. the commissioner felt
he could-and should--see thai
everything was kept above board
that tie-ups were specified in writ
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Minneapolis, Little Rock, Halle
ton. Pa; Canton, Clarksdale, Miss.
Moultrie. Ga, and Danville, Va.
The Boston Bees own Evans
Vile, Ind; GAINESVILLE, O.. Sails
bury, NC, and Beaver Falls, Pa.
The Yankees own Newark, Kan
sas City, Binghamton, Norfolk and
Akron and have working agreement;
with Augusta, Joplin, Wenatchee
Snow Hill, Ell Paso, Butler, Norfolk
Neb., and Neosho.
Washington owns the Charlotte
NC, club and has working agree
ments with Trenton, Salisbury
Greenville, Sc; Americas, Ga, ane
st. Augustine, Fla.
The Chicago Cubs have work
ing agreements with Birmingham
Moline, and Hot Springs.
The Philadelphia Phillies operate
Centreville of the Eastern Shore
league and have a working agree
ment with Montgomery, Ala.
Cincinnati owns Durham. Wa
terloo, Columbia, SC, and Mus
kogee and has working agree
ments with Syracuse and Albany
Durham has a working agree
ment with Williamson and f
Dorado, Muskogee with Rogers
Ark, and Columbia with Unior
City in the Kitty league.
Working Agreements
Pittsburgh does not own any
clubs but has working agreements
with Montreal, Knoxville, Savan-
nah, Ga; Hutchinson, Kas.; Mount
Airy, NC, and Carthage, Mo.
Cleveland has working agree
ments with Springfield O.; Os-
wego, NY; Owensboro, KY; Troy
Ala; Logan, W. Va, and Fargo
ND.
The New York Giants chair
includes Jersey City, Blytheville
Ark; FIT Smith, Ark, and Mil.
ford, Md.
The Chicago White Sox have
working agreements with Dallas
LCngyiew, Tex, and Rayne, La
The Philadelphia Athletics have
working agreement with Williams
port, Pa.
/ The ST. Louis Browns own Sar
/ Antonio; Springfield. Ill, and Johns
town, Pa, and have working agree
ments with Meridian, Miss; Pales
tine, Tex; Batesville. Ark: Fina
lay, o.; Lafayette, La; Mayfield
KY, and Sloan Springs, Ark
Detroit owns no minor league club
but has working agreements will
a dozen, Toledo is its Glass AA clul
and Beaumont, Tex, is its Glass A
associate.
The Brooklyn chain includes Ell
mira and Greensburg. Pa; Nash
vile; Clinton, Ia; Winston-S Salem
Dayton, O.; Superior, Wis, am
Reidsville, sc.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
MILLION SPENT
ON CLOTHES IN
PAST 5 YEARS
Helen Wilson-Ne Heard
of Her Well She Runs
Up Large Bills
BY ROBIN COONs

HOLLYWOOD, April Is. = Here
And There:
Helen Wilson, of whom you prob
ably never heard, has spent more
than $1,000,000 on clothes during
the past eight years. But she dress
es simply and comparatively mex
pensively, and on her shopping
tours-almost daily you wouldn't
pick her out for a big buyer.
That's what she is wardrobe
shopper for Selznick's pictures. She
spends whole days shopping, says
she gets as much kick out of order
ing string of beads as she does
communicating whole lot OF $50
yard material.
When she became studio buyer,
her first assignment was to find
clothes and materials for Mae Muir
ray and Eleanor Boardman. She
took the stars along, and later
Billie Dove, Colleen Moore and Fay
Wray shopped with her for picture
clothes.
But now her expeditions are solo
Carole Lombard, Janet Gaynor
Madeleine Carroll stayed at che
studio when Helen went buying
The stars could have gone along
had they wished, but the public
with autograph books h n d v
would have slowed down the work
So Helen orders stuff on approval
About half of it is kept-and she
considers that high percentage
Carriages Come High
In "Jezebel" Bette Davis drove g
caleche, which the studio rented fol
SIS a day but paid $3.50 to put II
shape.
Lee Sheldon, the vehicle and ami
NAL man at Warmers, bemoans the
shortage of old fashioned carriages
of which he had to procure sixteer
for this film. There are blackboard
and farm wagons in plenty but few
carriage trade" vehicles-victorias
landaus, and barouches.
Sheldon knows six or sever
horse men" who rent livestock ant
vehicles to studios The trouble is
the carriages are used only two o
three times a year and the rest o
the time they serve as chicken
roosts in the barns. That's why
costs $3.50 to restore Bette's calecht
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en- public ownership of utilities in
juneau"
The hacker of the public owner
ship idea declared the vote at the
recent city election indicated that
the people of Juneau favored the
public ownership of utilities and
that it was up to the city to act,
You have little gold mine here,
MIR. Gross said. with public plant,
the city can pay off its debt, build
new schools and have money to DO
many other things which are now
impossible
The Council authorized Mayor Luz
cas-, whom Mr. Gross agreed to ac-
company, to see l.. H. Metzgar, Gen.
eral Superintendent of the Alaska
Juneau Gold Mining Company, re-
lative to selling power to the city.
and also to see w. S. Pullen, Man
ager of the Alaska Electric Light
and Power Company, relative to In
terest rates on meter deposits and
report back to the Council.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
YANKS FAVORED
TO REPEAT WIN

NEW YORK, April 16-Sports
writers today favored the New York
Yankees to take the pennant again
this year.
The prediction arose out OF
penant poll of sixty writer's OF the
diamond sport.
Six writer's favored Detroit and
two Cleveland
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
SEATTLE WINS
BY TWO RUNS,
NINTH INNING
Portland Beavers Go On
Batting Spree Score
IA Runs In Sixth
[ BY Associated Press

The Seattle Rainiers scored twice
in the ninth inning yesterday and
defeated the Los Angeles Angels
by a score of to 3 after droppng
the first of a 3-game series. The
Angels scored all of their runs in
the sixth inning. The game was
played in Los Angeles.
At Sacramento, Bud Hafey broke
up the Solon- Hollywood deadlock
IN the last OF the twelf h inning yes
terday, scoring one ahead of HIM
The Bees won to 4.
At Oakland, the Portland Beavers
went crazy in the sixth inning yes
terday and scored IA runs on eight
hits and five errors. The scoring
spree is thought to be a record. This
Beavers collected - hits during the
game, every man batting and get
ting at least one. The score was 10
to r.
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ing. So, his investigation and ex-
pose of the ST. Louis chain-gang.
Whether other clubs we're guilty OF
the same practices as the Cardinals,
the judge did not say. Either they
were innocent, or the judge is bid
ing his time.
System Inaugurated
Branch Hickey OF the Cardinals
originated the farm system away
back in 1921. He became tired of
losing money and finishiri last
while the richer clubs were able to
buy up All the talent So, he began
branching out.
w hen we started everyone
made fun of the idea" Hickey
said. They called it futile thing
an academic creation in the
mind Of a pedagogic softly. But the
first thing they knew the Cardinals
developed winning propensities.
when the big red wagon came
down the road, its horn blowing
get out CT the way they tried to
stop it. But they couldn't, so they
got red wagons, too. Now the streets
are full of them"
Rickey's first step was the pur-
chase of a half interest in the
Syracuse, N. Y. club. And from
that beginning his chain has grown
until it is the largest in baseball
The Cards got the jump on the
other clubs but, as Hickey says, riv-
ais weren't long in seeing the value
of farms and acquiring them.
Gets Stung
Colonel Jake RUPERT of the YAM
KEGS tried to buy his players for
years but finally he got stung badly
few times and went into the
chain system himself.
Tom Yawkey, the millionaire
owner of the Boston Red Sox
was another who tried to buy pen
handwriting teams and found i
couldn't be done. So he hired Billy
Evans and told him to build up &
farm system.
The working agreement oper-
ates in this way: A minor leagu'
club finds it needs capital. Tn,
major league club loans it mone5
to operate and, in exchange, ths
minor league outfit offers thu
major team the choice, of its play
ers at the end of the season.
Seasoning Process
Through ownership and work
ing agreements the majors als'
have clubs where they may sent
their surplus players, those no
quite ready for the big time bu
who likely will be of value will
year or SO of seasoning"
The CARDINALS still have the big
gest "chain gang in baseball. Flo
the 1888 season st. Louis owns club
in Rochester, NY; Columbus, o.
Sacramento, CAL. Houston; Ashe
vile, NC; Decatur, ILL.,; Ports
mouth, O.; Columbus, Ca; Albany
1 Ga, and Shelby, NC.
Through working agreements ar
ranged for clubs they own, the Card
have the inside track on talent play
ing for Albuquerque, NM; Cam
bridge, Md; Charlottesville, Mo
Daytona Beach, Fla; Duluth, Mimi.
I Fostoria, O.; Grand Island, Neb
Jacksonville, Tex; Kinston, NC
Martinsville, Va; Midland, Tex
Mobile, Ala; New Iberia, La; Pa
ducah. KY; Union Springs, Ala
and Pine Bluff, Ark.
The Boston Red Sox own tn
Rocky Mount, NC, club an
have working agreements wit
1
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Sheldon would like to start his
own stable of fine carriages. II h'
had couple of months to tour the
country. he knows he could find
any number.
Practice Gagsing
The Marietta Bitter who oSca-
sionally gives harp ccnc2rt u
Mrs. Walter Abel. And line.
too. Lee Tracy's going to Bread
way to star in THE Gag Stays IN
piece about radio humorists--
which is why he's been s-ipp.n5
over to radio rehear5als and e4.
sessions. Lee needs q stage
hit to bring him bett-r pictures ~.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
Larson and Jones
Get First of
Sport" Kings

Holgar Larson and Tom Jones
take the pink ribbon for the first
fish caught with sport fishing gear
during 1888
The two men brought in two
large Kings yesterday evening that
they said they caught between Tee
Harbor and Eagle River.
They reported herring in scat
tered schools.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
JOE SNOW HITS
610 TOTAL FOR
BOWLING HONOR

Joe Shows GLIB on the Bruins
wick alleys last night was the pac-
ing score as his Pcrcy's trio beat
Eogean's in total, though only one
game cut of the three.
Independent won but one game
out CT three and managed to pile
up enough total in the final tally
to score a victory.
There are 70 games in tourna
ment play tonight Or tomorrow and
the alleys are open to the public.
Lat night'j -c3ics We're:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
NO SUNDAY SERVICE
FOR EPISCOPALIANS

Owing to the illness of Dean G.
Rice, there will be no services on
Easter Sunday at the Holy Trinity
Cathedral There will be childrens
service however at O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon for presentation OF
Lenten offerings.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Tie first passenger air service
from Paris to South America will
inaugurated this summer by Air
France. A weekly service is planned.
The 1900 mile flight to Buenos Air
es with intermediate stops will be
made in about four days.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
BLAZE

The fourth fire alarm in three
days sent the Juneau Fire Depart
ment to the home Of Fl. G.. Wilcox
at the rear of the Northern Light
Presbyterian Church at Fourth and
Franklin this forenoon to put out
an inconsequential shingle blaze.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
OLSON BACK ON JOB

Territorial Treasurer Oscar Oh
son, who has been confined to his
home for a week suffering from a
severe cold, was back at his desk to-
day, reporting himself feeling lit
again.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
MRS. NOVEL; RETURNING

Mrs. Everett NOVEL; and children
are aboard the North Sea for Ju-
neau after residing in Seattle for
some time. Mr.. NOVEL; is represent
tative CT Blake, Moffitt and Towne,
and makes his Alaska headquarters
here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
GAMES FRIDAY

Los Angeles 3; Seattle 4.
Hollywood 4; Sacramento 5.
Portland 10; Oakland IL.
Only games played.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
MOVES TO BEACH

Mrs. F.. w. Williamson today NOV
ed to AUX Bay for the summer sea-
son. She has taken the H. E. Brown
cabin
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
STANDING OF CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
MRS. KENDLER WILL
AGAIN SERVE ICE
CREAM AT DAIRY

Just in time for the Easter drivers
to make use of the opportunity, Mrs.
ice Kendler today announced the
re-opening tomorrow of her summer
ice cream and homemade cake SER
vice at the Alaska Dairy.
Mrs. Kendler, whose ice cream
service has proved much appreciat-
ed by local highway travellers dur
ing the several summers since she
first inaugurated it, invites both
new and old friends to take their
friends and take respite from their
driving and enjoy a delightfully."-
restful interlude amid the serene
beauty of her modern home AND
its countryside surroundings, where
she will be pleased to serve them
during the coming summer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Mack Marshall underwent a ma
jor operation at st. AIMS Hospital
this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Charles Littlefield, Richard Young
and May Davis. tonsilectomy pa
tients, were dismissed today from
the Government Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16

Sergei Rachmaninoff, noted pia-
list. said in London recently that he
had tried in vain to understand
modern music.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
HOSPITAL NOTES

Berthile Alexander, a medical pa
tient, was dismissed from st. AIMS
Hospital today.
Mrs. H. E. Smith and son were
dismissed today from st. AIMS
Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-04-16
MAYOR NAMED TO
SUPERVISE ALL
CITY ACTIVITY
Dan Ralston Remains as
Police Chief Eta Mae
Kolasa Is City Clerk

Continued from Page One)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

BEGINS UPON
LIBRARY BLDG.

In mud ana sIuSu, building crews
rerorted Thursday morning to Con-
tractor Fred Smith at SAB State
street to begin construction and
reconstruction of the building that
will house the Eel Centro public
library within six months.
The SCI 900 building permit issued
to the contractor skyrocketed the
building permit total for The year III
ii Centric to $49,O57.
The remodeled library building,
with a new wing added, will pro
vie double the space available in
the building before it was condem-
ned two years ago as hazardous i'll
the event of an earthquake.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
THOROUGH IVA
PROBE SOUGHT

Continued From Page y
proyal of pending appropriations
for the iva.
King and Bridges, in their joint
resolution, proposed a special COM
mittee of five senator's with auth
ority to subpoena documents and
records, delve into "all phases of
the administration of the IVA. ="
Our resolution is intended to
meet the obvious necessity for a
thorough airing of the administra-
ton and internal affairs of the
IVA" the senators said in a Joint
statement.
We propose investigation of %
charges that have been made
against IVA" they continued.
Among the charges they said should
be investigated were:
Whether there has existed a
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment in purchases of lands for
reservoir sites and PHOSPHORUS de-
poSitS;
Whether the majority of the
members of the IVA board have
gagged the minority in appearance
before congress by suppression of
the minutes of their meetings and
in other ways;
Whether IVA has been scandal
lously wasteful of pubic funds;
Whether it exhibited partiality
to great corporations and monopo-
lies to the detriment of the small
consumer in its power contracts;
Whether any officer or director
of IVA has been improperly in
fluenced, directly or indirectly, by
political preference or other con-
sideration in return for bestowal
of such contracts
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

Heavy users of electricity in the
valley, such as ice plants, mills
and others, were asked to refrain
from using power Thursday, since
the supply from San Diego is linn
tied. Repair crews patrolled all
lines to keep service going Thurs
day.
Telephone service to Los Angeles
failed before 9 o'clock Wednesday
night, and shortly afterward lines
to San Diego went out. Service
to San Diego had been reopened
Thursday morning, but lines to
Los Angeles were still out. Lines to
the east were still operating, but
traffic was heavy over the wires.
Telephone operators were working
in frenzled haste to keep messages
moving. No trouble was reported
on lines in the valley.
Telegraph communications TO the
north and west went out at about
the same time telephone lf>es fail
ed, but service was on schedule to
eastern points.
Mail service held by one thread
Thursday, with eastern mail sched-
uled to arrive at pm. No rural
deliveries were made because there
was nothing but local mail to dis
patch, said Postmaster Frank Rich
mond. Deliveries of local and east
ern mail were made on city routes
Thursday.
All railroad service to Los An
geles and San Diego was cut off
by washoutS. Shipments of produce
Wednesday, before the WaShouts,
amounted to only 20 cars, in COM
parison to an average at this time
of year of about 200. Harvests
were impossible because of the rain,
it was explained. Rain in Phoenix
and Yuma made the same situa-
ton prevail there.
Only passable highways out of
the valley were those TO San Diego
and Yuma. Great blocks of con-
crete were washed out of the Los
Angeles highway between White
water and Banning.
Road districts in Imperial county
reported the best of rural roads
passable, but all others impossible.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
HOPE WAVES
FOR AIRPLANE

Continued from Page u
Shaver Lake district because the
plane was last seen not far from
there and road maintenance
crew in the vicinity reported hera-
ing a crash at about 9:30 pm.
Tuesday night
The road crew said that, until
they heard the Douglas twin
motored ship was missing, they
believed the noise was caused by
a falling tree.
Ten minutes before the road
crew heard the crash. Mrs c. G.
Landry. living at the Southern
California Edison Power house at
Big Creek, saw the red and green
lights of the plane.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03
VALLEY ISOLATED
BY COAST STORM

Continued from Page ID
through Indio without knowing the
Whitewater bridge was out.
Rainfall at the Imperial station
Wednesday night was only .13 of
an inch, but the total reported
there for the entire storm was las
inches.
Reports were current through
out California that Imperial Val
ley was under water" Blame for
the reports was laid on lack OF
communications.
Failure of power and highway
facilities were the only factors
making the storm unusually severe
for the valley.
Only power available in the val
ley between 1920 Wednesday night
and 9:23 Thursday morning was
that generated by the irrigation
district plant at Brawley, and Serv-
ed TO its customers there No inter
ruption was reported in district
service.
Wednesday nights power failure
was the second in "a hours for
most of the valley. The first in
terruption came between 2 am
and 7 am. Tuesday.
Then, at 3:45 am. Wednesday
the Lytle river bridge near San
Bernardino was washed out, and
with it went the Nevada -Califor-
MIA company's Coachella Valley
line. A few minutes later the same
river washed out the company's
Rincon line west of San Bernar-
dino. Next the Boulder Dam line
was washed out. Twenty-Five min
utes of darkness followed, with SER
vice again at 1852 pm.
Service was maintained by the
company until 1920 pm, when
the line went out between the
valley and San Bernardino. Patrol
ling crews had the break repaired
by 5 am. Thursday, but failure
of all communication facilities pre-
vented dispatch of orders to change
the switch at Rincon. Radio, tele-
phone and telegraph messages fail
ed to get through until four hours
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-03-03

lne Kings river. rlSlng Steaully,
flooded the Clovis district south of
Fresno.
Farms Flooded
More than l.Ona. acres of orchard
and farm lands we're flooded in
Merced county.
Coalmga, in western Fresno
county. was isolated by bridge
washouts and blocked highways
Water was standing in some
Fresno streets. out danger OF flood
conditions there were diminishing
The area between Los Angeles
and the sea, including Compton.
Culver City, Hawthorne. Lennox.
Long Beach and Venice were the
hardest hit by 1000 waters. The
San Fernando valley including
Glendale, Burbank. North Holly
wood and Van Nuys were flooded
by torrents of runoff water.
Near Hunting Beach, the Santa
Ana river roared over its banks
and flooded an area approximately
seven by IS mics. -
Failure of power lines cut off
communication from Los Angeles
to most points in Arizona.
Motion picture stxdios in Holly
wood and Culver City reported
their losses TO sets and other
equipment would reach into the
hdnderds oi thousands OF dollars.
The west end of the famous Rose
Bowl in PaSacena was threatened
for time when roaring waters
from Devil Creek dam swirled
around the gigantic concrete struc-
ture in Arroyo Seco.
The Los Angeles municipal pow
er line from Boulder dam was car
ried out by the flood waters near
Victorville. The municipal line
from Mono basin. in the Owens
Valley, northeast of the Tehachapi
mountains, and the Southern CAL
ifornia Edison company's lines in
San Bernardino were washed out.
The city of Los Ange-es used its
auxiliary steam power plants in Los
Angeles and Wilmington to provide
emergency electricity and power.
Utter Desolation
There were no means of commu-s
nication to San Diego except by
navy radio.
The general scene around Los
Angeles and extending for miles
was one of utmost desolation. All
low spots were under water Homes
were deserted, thousands of auto
mobiles were abandoned Many
pavements were torn out. Streets
and highways were under water
and piled high with mud and
debris.
Roosevelt highway, scenic
thoroughfare leading from Santa
Monica to Ventura county. was
covered by many landslides. Thru
out Los Angeles small slides cover
ed sidewalks. Trees were uprooted
and poles carrying wires gave way.