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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
EsCobar
Is Still
Champion
Gets Unanimous Decision
in Fifteen-rounder with
K. 0. Morgan

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico April 3.
-SiXto Escobar. of Puerto Rico, re-
tanned his world bantamweight title
by outpointing K. o. Morgan, OF
Detroit, in 15-round match here
Sunday.
The decision was unanimous.
Morgan was cut on both eyes and
appeared groggy for six rounds and
was almost out from exhaustion in
the tenth but then rallied but it was
too late.
Escobar tipped the scales at 118
pounds and Morgan weighed 117a
pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
I. Williams
Now Regular
, For Red Sox
Is Going TO Be Righifielder
I Years in PROBES
sionaI Game
BY DILLON GRAHAM
AP Feature Sports Writer

SARASOTA, April 3.-Last spring
young Ted Williams came busting
into the Boston Red Sox camp
hailed as another Joe DiMaggio.
Pacific Coast scribes said the
San Diego outfielder would be as
much CT a first year sensation as
was that ether California fly-chaser
with the Yankees But before Will
liams had been around long enough
to get good slmburn he was packed
off TO the Minneapolis training
quarters.
Joe Cronin saw that he was a
conner but with Roger Chapman
around there wasn't a-spot for Will
liams. Cronin told him to go out and
get some more seasoning while bid
ing his time
So the beanpole kid treated the
Minneapolis fans to some of the
sweetest swatting they'd seen in
years. He burned up the American
association He led the A. A. hit
tiers with .366 average, scored $50
runs, hit for 371 total bases and
banged out 40 home runs
When he reported to the Red Sox
camp this year, Cronin took him
aside and said: Young man, you're
the rightfielder With Ben Chap
man traded to Cleveland, Boston
has room for a hard hitting out
fielder. Cronin won't be surprised if
Williams turns out to be one of the
rookie flashes of the season.
The Red SoX also needed another
left-handed hitter. Williams will fill
that necessity The 20-year- old re-
cruit stands 6feet-3 and weighs 1870.
He's only been in professional
baseball two years, with San Diego
and Minneapolis
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
BILL DOUCETT
BRINGS SITKA
IN SATURDAY

The halibut schooner Sitka, Capt.
Bill Doucett, locked in Juneau Sat
urday night with freight for 1. Gold
stein.
For dock cargo, the Sitka had two
more of the new Reinell boats pow
cred with air cooled gas engines, for
which Goldstein has taken the agen-
cy. One of the craft is cabin-equp-
ped.
The Sitka will break its halibut
gear out of storage here and fit out
for the season.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
Easter Breakfast
Discussed at Meet

AT a meeting of the business and
Professional Women's Club, held
during the noon hour in the ban
quet room of Percy's Cafe, plans
were discussed for the Easter
Breakfast, which will be an event
next Sunday at 1915 o'clock in thu
American Legion Dugout
A guest at the luncheon today
was Miss Virginia Dudley, who is
associated with the Child Welfare
Department in this city, and who
is member OF the Business al
Professional Women's club "a
Maine. - e.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
Baseball Dance
Given by Moose
Saturday Night

Saturday evening at the Elks
Ballroom members of the Moose
Baseball team we're sponsors OF
their annual dance, which was ac-
claimed a success by all attending.
The affair was given by the Gas
tineau Channel champions for the
purpose of raising funds to equip
the squad with new ball suits for
the coming seasons fray
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
TANKER M0FFET
DUE HERE TODAY

The Standard Oil tanker Moffet,
Capt Bleucher, is scheduled to ar
rive on the Channel this afternoon
with large cargo Of oil products
for the local station.
1t was not expected the big YES
sci would be able to dock this after
noon because of high wind.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
WEATHER SYNOPSIS

trough of low baometc extended from the lower
of the Gulf Alaska Southeast Alaska southwestern
another of 1864 inches Prince
the of Alaska northwestern central the
the north Pacific Aeutan
with 5000 inches Akavk
inches south of Unaaska Light precipitation the
ard Peninsula southeast the Valley
the Aeuan Islands,
southeast Alaska southwestern Pacific
Northwest during the last "a
with little change other portions the Territory
As am sunset, pm.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
Legion Auxiliary III
Meets tomorrow

Tomorrow night the American
Legion Auxiliary will hold business
meeting in the Dugout at which
time plans for the May Day dance
will be discussed.
Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, Chair
man of the Child Welfare Commit
tee for the month of April, will
outline her plans at the session
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
DAN GILLIS dies
AT HOSPITAL HERE

Dan ellis who had been a pa
tent at st. AIMS Hospital, passed
away yesterday morning and the
remains are at the Charles W. Cart
er Mortuary.
Gillis was taken to the hospital
from Hoonah about a month ago
Funeral arrangements are awaiting
word from brother believed to be
in Seldovia
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
PUPPET WORK FOR
TRINITY GUILD

Tonight at the Trinity Parish
Han members of the Junior Trinity
Guild will gather for the regular
weekly meeting at 8 o'clock
Miss Lucille Fox and Mrs. H.
Gudbranson will be hostesses for the
evening and all members are urged
to be present as manipulation of the
puppets is going to start.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
JOHN MARKS DIES

John Marks, who had been pa
tent at the Government Hospital
for some time, passed away yes
terday afternoon. The remains are
at the Charles w Carter Mortuary
pending funeral arrangements.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
MRS. ROY HOFFMAN
ON PLEASURE TRIP

Mrs. Roy Hoffman, wife of the
assistant chief of the Juneau Po-
lice Department. sailed south for a
vacation trip of six weeks on the
steamer Yukon Mrs. Hoffman plans
to attend the Worlds Fair at San
Francisco before returning home.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
SATURDAY SCORES

Seattle 2; San Francisco 13.
Oakland 2; San Diego 0.
Hollywood 10, Los Angeles 8
Portland l; Sacramento 0.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
GOING INSIDE

John OShea SIR. veteran Fair
banks man, passed through Juneau
on the Baranof, returning TO the
Interior after few weeks visit
Outside. IA, vi
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03

Jack Dunn was dismissed from St
AIMS Hospital today after having
received medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
U. s DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER

Juneau at
Tuesday partly cloudy strong
eas
Fair tonight Tuesday
fresh reaching
at times Frederick Sound
direction strong
of Fresh
northeast
Entrance
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03

Since 1923 the cash income of
Texas farmers from cotton has drop
ped from $748,000 900 to Sl55, 40l,-
600, the latter including government
payments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
SUNDAY SCORES

Portland 5, 3; Sacramento 2, 2.
Seattle 3. 3; San Francisco 2, /.
Hollywood 10, 2; Los Angeles 6,
San Oakland, rain.
STANDING CT CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Howard Hunter was adj
mitted to st. AIMS Hospital this
morning for surgical care.
Allen Hermann was surgical dis
missal this afternoon from st. AIMS
Hospital
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-04-03
MANY PROJECTS
in ALASKA ARE
TO BE REDUCED
Cut in H arb or Improve.
ments, Flood Control Is
Opposed by Dimond

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LOCAL DATA
RADIO REPORTS
TO-DAY

Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4a.m.
temp. temp. velocity "a hrs Weather
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Parking in the Park

Every city has it's parking problem, and Detroit's is worse than most because that city is right at the source of the automobile flood With the past few years have come several means of attack on the problem. First came the tearing down of old buildings for parking lots. Then came the parking meter.
 Now Detroit advances another step. The city's street railway commission is planning to buy large parking lots on the edge of the city's business district and offer free bus service to parkers from this area into the central business district. The idea would be to charge only enough for the parking to cover charges there a,4d for the bus service, thus clearing the business district of considerable individ- ual automobile traffic.
 A new Michigan law now permits cities to issue revenue bonds to buy and build municipal parking facilities. It puts the parking lot on par with water and sewer facilities as a public utility. Here is large lever which may pry loose one of the problems that is a bugbear to almost every American city - where in the world can we park?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
A New Viewpoint

Out in Illinois Highway Users Con- ference was held recently and some of its findings are extremely interesting. For one thing the conference developed the idea that the cost of building new roads is one that should be borne not alone by those who drive automobiles along the roads, but by other beneficiaries in the proportion that they benefit by such roads. This theory is based primarily on the fact that highways as such are not profitable. No one makes any money on them. They simply represent means of easy access between given points, whether for business or pleasure purposes.
 OftentimeS the cry is raised that Ioca- tion of new highway across mans property has resulted in decrease in val uation as well as loss of taxes for the land removed from the grand list. The truth of the matter is that the highway has enhanced property valuation and natur- ally there is a corresponding increase in government revenue. Said the Illinois group: "Motor vehicle owners should be expected to pay their full share of the cost of construction and maintenance of highways. There is, however, a definite and ascertainable portion of annual high way costs that should be assumed by government and community. The extent of this portion depends upon the social community services of the particular highway under consideration"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
New Things, New Words

It's something of job merely to keep abreast of the English language these days. Politics has whole new list of implementations," 'ideologieS," and "dialectics'. Sociology learns about "finks" and "time-lags," and whole new field of study is described by a term which would have stopped grandfather - "semantics".
 Television having made it's official bow, we are expected to learn that a blizzard head" is a blond actress whose hair pre- sents lighting problems. We must learn that ''telecast" is a television broad cast, and that an ''iconoscope" is tele- vision camera. Maybe only the techni- clans must learn that "womp" is a sudden surge in signal strength. Like everything else, language itself is getting specialized, and it's not easy to keep up on who means what.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

Summertime maneuvers of the Con- necticut National Guard may be radically altered as a result of the recent "alert basis" order of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin and the accompanying com- mand to officers of the CNG to get into shape. While nothing has been said to this effect we could surmise that if the decision to condition the guardsmen and their officers is good oneright now, then surely it would be natural follow-up to make the summer encampment assume a more warlike mien. This is not said to alarm anybody nor to put our National Guard on fighting basis. But if we are to carry any preparations to logical basis then it is fair to say that from now on it will be a grim outlook before our soldiery Connecticut must be prepared for any emergency in view of her strategic position and the value of her industries. Defense is sure antidote to war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Selected Poem

SLASH
 Harnon W. Smith in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Tines) Have you ever been lost in the woods somewhere And beloved your lungs half out? While the night held you fast in its dungeon there Did the soulless space laugh out? Did you sink to your belt in mre and muck And crawl over brambed waste? Were you blaming yourself and the cursed luck Of having swamp to taste? Were you cut by briers and bruised from falls, While making your way through slash? Did you stare at the top of the forest walls, As you groped through the rotting trash? Did you measure and weigh, as the night inched by. The values of faith and trust, And discover as light warmed the morning sky world that was kind and just?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

of 13,0OO qualified, unemployed mechan- ics who this union thinks ought to have first chance at any such jobs.
 The automobile industry has presented a similar situation. Very few young men have gotten jobs in that industry in re- cent years. Seniority rules of the auto unions give precedence for jobs to men with already-eStablishe labor records in the industry. We don't know any an swer to this conflict at the moment. The young and ambitious man without train ing but with a life before him, and the older, experienced worker with family responsibilities - both have powerful claims. The only final answer is indus trial expansion such as will provide room for both.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

do something in a department where there seemed to be no def1- nite program.
 Friendly persuasion finally in- duced Noble to change his mind, and he is remaining on the job. BUDGET DIRECTOR
 When he was Acting Budget Di- rector, Dan Bell frequently clashed with inner circlers because of his sharpshooting at New Deal spend- ing. Now he has returned to his old stataus as a civil service as- sistant to the Secretary of the Treasury. With big sigh of re- lief, he tells friends:
 "I'm sure glad to get rid of that job. It was no fun working 16 hours a day, especially when you're on the spot like I was."
 Mrs. Bell, however, tells a dif- ferent story. At a gathering of friends she conf1ded, "1'm just tickled to death Danny has his old job back. He is conservative and thrifty by nature. He was in the, army and had to obey orders, but Danny never could agree with that wild-eye crowd"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 AFL President William Green is one of the hardest workers in Washington. He dictates 750 let ters a week and his usual quit- ting time is 10:30 at night, after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Rise and Fall

Rise and Fall
 Of Conversation
 From Loren CarrolPs lively book,
 Conversation, Llease. A
 Clinic for Takers" (Bobbs-
 Merrill: $1.75).
 The number of words we speak every day runs up to fabulous total. On an average most of us spout 25 or 30 thousand. On cer- tain days, of course, we talk less than others.
 Take a woman about to ask her husband for a mink coat. Her output is likely to sink as low as 5000 a day till her husband says, My dear what's the matter?" When he catches on, it reminds him of the time he didn't speak word from breakfast until the hour he had fixed to ask the boss for raise.
 But a mink on the back or a raise in the pocket is likely to raise the daily total as high as 50,000 words. Other occasions that may lift the output to 50,- 900 level are operations, cocktail parties, trips to a pSychoanalyst, scandal in the neighborhood.
 Again, occupations and religious affiliations have something to do with the daily wordage. Quakers talk less than members of Ethical Societies.
 Try talking about ethics and see what a fancy total you can run up. Night watchmen talk less than stenographers.
 Just as individuals fuctuate, so does the nation. A week of rain, as the industrial scientists have discovered, slows down every thing. . But on the other side of the picture, the American total is probably quintupled during an election campaign or the football season. What the national total is after Hitler makes a speech or a movie star threatens to read her diary in court, only God and Dr. Gallup can tell.
 We spend an incredible part of our energy in conversation. If it is so important, why do we pay so little attention to 1t?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

Shades of wooden block paving! We read in the Bridgeport Times-Starr that the Park City is getting rid of the last of this type of pavement. Only two streets are still left with these paving blocks and in another month or so they'll be gone. Waterbury experimented with the wooden blocks quite some few years ago. In fact, central Waterbury had them exclusively. But they didn't survive the elements and demanded constant care and attention. Buckling was particularly noticeable, es-- pecially in the warm weather. We didn't think there was any of this sort of paving left in the state today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

which he takes a brisk walk be- fore retiring. He is at his desk at 8 o'clock every morning Sec- retaries Hopkins and Morgenthau both made offers to Edward J. Noble, then chairman of the Civil thau offered him an Assistant Secretaryship in the Treasury, and Hopkins second place in command of the Commerce Department. Hopkins won The Politically powerful United Mine Workers did not miss the fact thata during the deadlock negotiations with the coal operators the Republican administration in Pennsylvania, with an AFL can as State Labor Commissioner, promptly paid idle
 miners unemployment compensa- tion. Meanwhile Democratic re- gimes in Kentucky and West Vir- ginia baked at such benefits (. Latest book to appear on the desks of Congressmen is "The Demo- cratic Way of Life", by Illinois Representative T. V. Smith, pro- lessor of philosophy at Chicago =. The Townsend old-age pen- sion organization claims that 25,000 delegates from every State will attend its national conven- tion in Indianapolis June 22-25.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Worthwhile Effort

In an endeavor to furnish all the avail able facts on the background of legalized betting on horse and dog racing the Bridgeport Times-Star last week con- pleted a worthwhile endeavor. It sur veyed conditions in towns and sections adjacent to tracks in New England. Among those visited were Providence, k. l., Springfield, Mass, Taunton, Mass, Rock ingham, Mass, Salem, N. H. The reporter who made the survey and visited the com munities brought to light many facts which probably are unknown to a great many residents of those particular places and which they might be surprised to reao or hear.
 There was no attempt made in the re- porting or editing to gloss facts ana 1lg- ures. They were presented as ootalneo and the picture was really complete one 1t was also one that should be brought to the attention of Connecticut legislators who feel that legalized track betting is one sure way of removing many of Connecticut's difficulties. Any moral drawn from the check-up on conditions would be that the novelty and thrill oo not compensate for loss of business III many lines, general encouragement of betting, and lessening of responsibility towards legitimately-contracted expenses among average householders.
 Dog racing, we surmise, has proved the more vicious of the two enterprises, perhaps due to the fact that the races are held in the evening and attendance thus was made available to larger group or people. On the other hand the improve rner1t of the breed of horses and the real sport of racing horses have not been noticeable so far as actual operation or tracks near Providence, Rockingham or Salem is concerned. As revenue-pro- ducer for the state racing has been prof itable, but the accompanying evils have not been worth it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Views of The Press

have been on the branches since last fall, are swelling fast. Given warm weather, one of the loveliest displays of the New England spring will soon be spread across the landscape. One hesitates to make a positive predic- tion; this mackerel year has paid little regard to the rules and regula- tions that are supposed to govern the seasons. But the dogwoods are almost ready if the weather will only give them chance.
 And what miracles a few warm days at this time of year will accomplish. A few hours of sun push up the red peony stalks by inches. From day to day, the lilac buds swell visibly. Each mild day brings out new tulips in Bushnell Park. The shad- bush already begins to show white and some of the early apples are furtively blossoming. The spring show isn't on yet, but the scene shifters are at work and the actors will take their places whenever the weatlerman gives them more than few consecutive hours of warmth and sun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15

The plan to move the City Yards from Benedict Street up to Watertown Avenue, where the Isolation Hospital would be taken over, is all right, but. You can expect plenty of kicks from that section which is primarily residential. However, with the city owning so much property over around Brookside and the new ath- letic field, it might be wiser to concen- trate City Yard activities sthere, instead of putting the plant right out on Water town Avenue. And this latter site might not bring forth the objections of property owners to what they consider objection able construction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
SAVING DOGS (New York Sun)

The name of Dr. John w. Patton
 of East Lansing, Mich, will be long
 remembered by dog lovers, if the
 finding he has reached is substan- tiated completely. Dr. Patton, for
 merly professor at Michigan State
 College and head of a biological
 laboratory, has discovered that a vitamin cures a disease which is fatal to more than 100000 dogs year. ly. A deficiency of vitamin B1, Dr. Patton found, was the. cause of | fright disease, or running flts," and
 a leading veterinary magazine pre-
 diets that the Patton discovery might eliminate entirely deaths from that ailment. Experiments have
 shown 100 per cent effectiveness.
 This is good news to thousands of
 dog owners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Daily Almanac

Moon rises S:25 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:S6 a. nn.; sets 8:02 D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The number of wildfiowers that dot Con- necticut hillsdes right now or nestle mod- estly in hidden recesses of moist woodlands IS too great to mention. Your true lover of the great outdoors, though, often knows their names, their habitats, and can steer you positively to the one place where you may view a species that you never heard of, let alone have seen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-15
Current Comment

What the New Dealers seem never to have learned is that there is no substitute for mans job ex- cept another job. Whiting Williams, Cleveland in- dustrial relations consultant. That jail is a fine place, your honor. For years I had tried to get rid of arthritis. Now, after two weeks in alimony row, I am well man.
 George A. Schiemann of Chicago, promising the court to go to work and pay back alimony.
 Anything that's news these days influences women's styles. You will notice this springs fashions empha- size borders more than ever. This is largely because of borderline trouble in Europe.
 Sara L. Cisler, fashion expert. plowed it personally. Clark Gable, discussing his honey moon ranch home.
 
 I try to get votes by being myself. That isn't much, but what there is is me. I wouldn't be mental pros titute for all the gifts of the gods. Senator Cotton Ed" Smith. ex- plaining how he has stayed in U. s. Senate for 30 years.