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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. F. j. Waite are the
proud parents of a baby boy weigh
ing 9 pounds 2 ounces. born this
morning at st. AIMS Hospital.
D. Pearson wS.S flown to Juneau
yesterday and admitted to St AIMS
Hospital from Polaris Taku for
medical care on a hand injury.
Sophie Gomez entered st. AIMS
Hospital today for medical super
vision.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
EIGHT FLY TO
( FAIRBANKS ON
pAA SCHEDULE

Eight passengers flew north to
Fairbanks on today's schedule flight
of Pacific Alaska Always.
~Rltos Murray Stuart and Walt
Hall took north j. D. Harlan, W.
Johnson, Robert Marshall, Hugh
Matheson, T. G. Paulson, A. Schu-
bach, K Lind and Don Hagerty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20

I. $500. She spelled II right to
win the national spelling bee.
2. (a) The ticks were associated
with cases OF Rocky Mountain
spotted fever in Pennsylvania. (b)
1876 men released from New York
prison had been exposed to small
pox.
8. Cuban officiais said permission
had not been obtained to land its
passengers, 9o7 Jewish refugees
from Germany.
4. Four. Thirty three.
5. True.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
The Book ALASKA, Revised and
Enlarged, Now On Sale; S1.00.

"Alaskana" by Marie Drake at all
book stores, so cents.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
CITY FLOAT REnECKED

Workmen are busy at the Doug
las City Dock getting things in
shape for summer activities. The
old ferry float is being replanl.ed
and the pile driver is on the job
to renew some Of the piling under
the wharf.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
TourisfsAre
Aboard Yukon

Aboard the steamer Yukon are 80
roundtrippers, also SO making the
Yukon Circle Tour and 10 in the
Golden Belt Tour.
There are So passengers aboard
the steamer booked for Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-06-20
TIDES TOMORROW

DIR. STEVEs,. CHIROPODIST,
gives quick relief to paining feet.
Office, 10 Valentine Building. Phone
648. adv.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Kicking by Redskins
Is 4 Yards Under
Top Average
PingeI Of Lions Leads
While Hall of Rams
Makes Longest Boot

With seven players sharing the
duties, the Washington Redskins
punting average this season was
4 yards under the average dis
tance of the National Leagues best
kicker, while the longest boot made
by any Redskin was II yards shorter
than the record for the year.
Both the best average on punts
and the longest kick were made by
rockies. Johnny Pingel of the De-
troit Lions averaged 43 yards from
the line of scrimmage each time he
kicked, while Parker Hall of Cleve-
land placed one 80 yards away-the
seasons long-distance kick.
Sammy Baugh, the Redskin most
called upon to punt, averaged 80
yards on 26 kicks, with the longest
travelling 50 yards. Johnny Spirida,
Jim Karcher and Jimmy Johnston
each of whom averaged l ward
more than Baugh-kicked less than
half as often as Sammy, Spirida
being credited with 10 punts and
karcher and Johnston with only
eight. Jim Meade also kicked eight
times, averaging 81 yards.
Two other league rockies, Sid
Luckman Of the Bears and George
Faust OF the Cardinals. averaged A
yards, but kicked less than 30 times
Statistics on those who punted at
least five times. showing the num-
ber, average and longest.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Boston College Ready
To Break Camp for
Cotton Bowl Game
AiIine Players Making
Gains; Cold Weather
Sends Men Indoors
By the Associated Press.

by LQe ASSOCIATED PIeSS.
ANDOVER, Mass, Dec. 23-The
Boston College eleven planned to
break camp after workout today
to allow the players to spend Christ
mas at home before departing for
the Cotton Bowl encounter with
Clemson at Dallas. Tex.
Although Chet Gladchuk, regular
center, and Bob Jauron, reserve
back, remained on the hospital list
with slight touches of grippe, pre-
vious victims were back in practice
yesterday, indicating the attacks
were not as serious as at first be-
lieved.
Gene Goodreault, right end; Full
back Pete Cignetti, Left End Dick
Harrison and Bill Griffin, a sub
tackle, donned sweat suits and
worked out in the afternoon, indi-
eating they would regain the physi-
cal edge their brief illness had
dispelled.
Frigid breezes forced the squad
indoors yesterday and weather re-
ports indicated the final New Eng
land drill would take place today
under similar conditions.
Coach Frank Leahy still was dis
satisfied with the shape of his
squad. although he realized the
limitations imposed by the New Eng
land winter. He was confident that
a practice session at St. Louis and
another at Dallas would iron out
all the kinks.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Star Missouri Kicker
Off for Bowl Fray
With Game Leg
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23.-Blaine Cur
renee, end and one of the Missouri
Tigers star punters, and Clay
Cooper, halfback, left last night
for Miami, where they will Join
their teammates, although it is
doubtful whether Currence will see
much service in the Orange Bowl
game against Georgia Tech.
Currence, who with Cooper stayed
here to take part in basket ball
games, was suffering with charley
horse and was not in uniform as the
Tigers lost to Washington University
last night. He played about five
minutes against st. Louis Univer-
sity the previous night.
Coach Don Faurot earlier had ex-
pressed the belief that Currence's
injury is not serious. Should he be
unable to play, the Tigers punting
problems may be serious, as Ronald
King, another kicker, also is ailing.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Tax on Race Wagers
To Aid State Urged
In Kentucky
Movie 'Bonk Night Slot
Machine Assessments
Also Are Proposed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 23.-Pro-
posals made in the past to place
State tax on money bet in pari-
mutuel machines at Kentucky race
tracks definitely will be placed be-
fore the 1910 General Assembly,
according to Representative Henry
Ward of Paducah.
I'm going to introduce bill for
that" said Ward.
Kentucky is the only State know
of that doesn't do this now and I don't
see why we shouldn't. I'm not going
to make a big fight to pass the bill,
but I'm going to put it before the
House"
Ward said he would propose a 3
per cent tax. The latest report of
the State Racing Commission
showed a total of s11 ,668,820 passed
through the machines in 1889 in
dicating that such tax would yield
around $357.000 annually. The State
now has 15-cent tax on race track
admission tickets. This levy
brought in s67,668 80 this year and
per diem tax which produced
s114500 in 1899.
Administration officials were silent
regarding Wards proposal and also
as to an informal proposal by At
torney General Hubert Meredith to
tax movies bank night" or money
night prizes and slot machines.
I'm opposed to allowing movies
to give prizes and I'm opposed to
slot machines" said Meredith, "but
If they are going to be allowed to
operate, they should be taxed like
anything else"
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Basket Ball Scores

Central, 81: st. Johns, 26.
Roosevelt, 27: GonZaga. %.
Southern California, 55: Notre Dame. 3S.
California, Al; Michigan State, 81.
Villanova, SO: Tulane. 81.
Washington State, A: Bradley Tech, 3s.
Princeton. 3S: Syracuse, SO.
Rochester 81: Michigan, %.
WASHINGTON and Lee. A; Western Ken
lucky Teachers, "a.
Scranton, 46; Dayton, 81.
La Sale frosh. SO: St. Joseph's frosh, 80.
Washington o.. "a: Missouri. 30.
Denver. "a; Greeley State, AZ.
Texas, 81: North Texas Teachers, 40.
Loyola Gos AngeleS), 40: Arizona, 33.
New Mexico Aggies. 40: Drake, AZ.
Omaha: so: Montana State, Al.
Rice. 60: Centenary. 2S.
Toledo, 81: St. Mary's (Tex), 3S.
Toledo. 80; Alma. 3s;
Silver City Teachers, 45; Texas Mines.
Arizona Teachers, Al: Snow. 81.
Milwaukee Teachers, So; Wayne Nor
Fort rtAi HAYS. VS. 80: Bethany. 81.
Idaho tseqthern Branch)' 3s: Oregon
Iowa wesleyan: so: Iowa Success. 3s.
Illinois Normal. 3s; Oshkosh Teach
wabash i5s; IL 80; Illinois College. 90.
Southwestern, 43; East Central Okla
ssS;5E Ssi5' SsSs' i Fns'nssr'ns' 4s: Brooklyn
virEinI. Mina, Juniors. 80; ~
1sst TSxas TsashseA l6: Tulsa. q.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Sam Rice was the lone Wash
ington regular to hit over 300
this year. He batted .321. Ty
Cobb, with a 1884, led the league.
The Griffmen finished seventh
in team batting with .260 fig
ure.
Bling" Miller was sold to Lit
tie Rock of the Southern Asso-
citation by Detroit. Miller was
hampered greatly by illness last
season
Should Jack Dempsey get his
$500,000 demand for a fight with
Georges Carpenter he would net
less than 100000 after various
taxes took their toll.
Benny Leonard, lightweight
champion, easily earned a news
paper decision over Jake Abel in
a 10-round bout at Atlanta.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Brewers Land Kingston Star;
Still Angling for Robin

outstanding scorer of the Philadel-
phia Sphas, to Washington, he said
today. Posnack stated that he had
made the Sphas an offer which will
be difficult to refuse and expects
them to be definitely interested.
TomorroWs game will introduce
to local fans Bob McDermott, cur
rent leading scorer of the league,
who chalked up II points for the
Clippers when the Brewers met
them in Baltimore recently. A pre-
liminary between the Regal Clo-
thiers and Jewish Community
Center courtmen will start at las
o'clock with the league game sched-
uled to 60 on at 2:30.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
lucky Walters True Greatness as Cincinnati Pitcher Revealed Figures
Central, Roosevelt Big Threats
For Court Honors> Wins Over
st. John's, Gonzogo Show

Central and Roosevelt High
Schools promise plenty of action
early next month when they meet
on the basket ball court for their
first interhigh game Of the season.
Judging from performances this
winter, each has crack quintet.
In seven games, neither has tasted
defeat.
Both displayed their winning
styles last night at Tech gymnasium
in the second Of a series Of double
headers being staged this winter by
st. Johns and Gonzaga, each of
which. incidentally, dropped its Sec
ond straight to an interhigh team.
Showing the same superiority it
displayed on the football field, Cen
trail beat St. Johns, 81 to 26, while
Roosevelt gained revenge for grid
loss by beating Gonzaga, q to o..
Both games were hard fought. No
less than 20 fouls were called.
Roosevelt Looks Good.
Roosevelt upheld its reputation as
one of the best schoolboy aggrega-
tions in town in its triumph over
Gonzaga. Neither team was able to
show any superiority during the first
period, but after that the Riders
warmed up and held 14-to-7 lead
at the half. Late in the fourth
quarter Gonzaga moved to within S
points of tieing, but then fell back
as George West and Hymie Perlo
hit the bull's-eye consistently.
Again the losers supplied the high
scorer, Fred Rice of Gonzaga lead
ing with 9 points.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
QuaIifiers in Stars
Tourney Warned
Of Duplication
RoIIoff Rule Clarified:
CIurke's Great Finish
Steals Show at Hall

Bowlers who unwittingly thought
they qualified at two different alleys
for The Star tournament rollof
next week, some having missed the
rule limiting qualification to one
plant, should notify alley managers
of their oversight.
None will be permitted to shoot
this set must be rolled at the alley
where the contestant made his first
appearance in the preliminary. No
prize will be awarded to bowler
afoul of the rule. Notification Of
Implications will help alley man
ayers in running off their schedules.
Former Champ Corrected in Time.
What might have been a notable
mistake in this connection was that
of Ace Elkins, a former Star tour
nament champion. Ace thought he
qualified at two plants and had
elected to roll the final at the wrong
one when warning reached him.
Bowling fans who saw the Christ
mas fund matches at Convention
Hall last night, sponsored by the
Times-Herald, were Alternating
today mostly on stirring singles
scrap between Astor Clarke and
Tony Santini. Clarke won, like the
true champion he is, by single
stick. With the issue to be settled
in the final frame, Clarke cleanly
struck and counted 10.
This left Santini with a mark
necessary for victory and 10 to tie
Tony with his first ball left a clus-
ter of five pins. He cut through
with his second and mined out.
Santini Away Winging.
Twice during the five games
Clarke came from behind. Straight
off he went 46 pins in the hole
when Santini uncorked 100
against his ia, Clarke counting
poorly on five spares. Astor turned
the tables in the third string with
157 against 81. From there on it
was a dog fight. In the same an
nual show Santini had beaten
Clarke five straight times.
Joe Harrison and Perce Wolfe
swept to an easy victory over Frank
Mischou and Julius Singer in
doubles, 8l4 to 757, Harrison roll
ing 430 and Wolfe 384. Singer shot
1898 and Mischou 359.
In the five-man team match
Bill Krauss led the Cuff & San
TIM quint to 37-pin decision over
the Buchhok Occidentals, 1913 to
1875. Joe Harrison paced the
losers with 405. Wolfe with 100 and
Clarke with 156 made a college try
to pull the Occidentals out of the
hole in the last game.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Pirates First Bosemun
Anxious to Get Goino
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 23.- First
Baseman Elbie Fletcher of the
Pittsburgh Pirates is going to get
a head start on training for the
1910 campaign.
From his home at Wollaston,
Mass, Fletcher wrote Buc officials
to send his glove so he could start
working out in college cage early
in the year"
Obtained from the Boston Bees
last year, the first baseman per-
formed brilliantly for the Pirates
both at bat and in the field.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Ring Promoter, 18,
Fills Dads Shoes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. o.
Meet Jimmy Toppi, fright
promoter at the tender age of 18.
Said the Elder Toppi, himself
a matchmaker, when the Penn
sylvania Athletic Commission
gave his son a promoters license
yesterday:
Hes 8 feet 2: big enough. I
reckon, to Ill nv shoes"
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Reedy Named Coptoin
Of MILDLY Booters
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 23.-Naval
Academy soccer players, victors over
Army in their fall contest, have
elected Midshipman j. E. Reedy of
Grand Junction, Colo, as their 1910
captain.
The Naval Academy announced
Midshipman j. Lynn of Langley
Field, Va, had been chosen soccer
manager.
Evening star., 1939-12-23

Another move to strengthen his
Brewers for the stretch drive of the
American Basket Ball League cam
paign was made by Owner Chris
Heurich, jr., today when he signed
Ben Kramer, veteran guard of last
years champion but now disbanded
Kingston ColQnials.
Kramer, one of the steadiest
guards in the loop last season and
q fair shot, will start with Coach
Mack Posnack tomorrow afternoon
when the Brewers play host to the
Baltimore Clippers in a league
game.
Posnack has not given up on the
deal which may bring Phil Rabin,
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Nutmeg Sports Scribes
Vote Medal to Mack
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 23-
Members of the Connecticut Sports
writer's Alliance voted today to
award its first annual gold medal
to Connie Mack, president and man.
ager of the Philadelphia Athletics,
who made his professional baseball
debut in this State.
Mack, baseball's grand old man,
who today observed his 77th BIRTH
day anniversary, will receive the
award at the writer's dinner here
next January 20.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Rockville Five Speedy

Richard Montgomery High School
of Rockville is sporting 667 aver
age today after yesterdays win over
Damascus High, "a to 9. Tommy
Ray ed the winning attack with
IL points.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Saturday. December 80. 8 PM.
Babe Ruth's Daughter
ENGAGED to Be Wed
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Mr. and
Mrs. George Herman (Babe) Ruth
have announced the engagement of
their daughter Julia, %, to Richard
Wells Flanders, 80, of Melrose, Mass,
owner of Cranmore Mountain Lodge
at Kearsarge, N. H. He is the son
of DR.. Walter H. Flanders of Mel
rose.
No wedding date has been set.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Old Central Aces Called

Forrest Burgess is lining up old
Central grads for a Central High
School-Alumni basket ball game
Tuesday night at Central. Those
wishing to practice should call him
at Taylor 1884.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Notcops Retoin Lead
In Rifle Circuit

National Capital Rifle Club main
tanned its lead in the Washington
Rifle League as the four man team
totaled 1904 points ahead of Marine
Aviators, who totaled 1O78. H. E.
Riley was high for the leaders with
286.
j. Fondahl of the 5th Marine
Reserves is second high in the
league with 281 as his team beat
Georgetown, 1.078 to 1862.
Navy Yard defeated National
Rifle Association, 991 to 944.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Nee-Ny-Noy-Lond
Puzz|ing Coast
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 23.-
Confidential note to Knoxville,
home of the Tennessee football
team:
How do you pronounce Coach
Robert Neyland's name?
Is it "Nee-land," "Ny-land" or
"Nay-land"?
Please advise, because the Re
ception Committee out here is
about to split three ways on the
question. Two sides are bound 70
be embarrassed.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
S. c. Coach Ducks Injury
In TripIe-Cor Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY Che HSSOC1ateu Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-Howard
Jones, Southern California football
coach, had to do some fancy broken
field running with his automobile
to escape injury in a three-car crash.
Two machines collided on dark
Canyon road between Ventura
boulevard and Burbank. One of
the cars struck Jones machine, but
he did some deft manipulating to
escape with only a glancing blow.
Jones wasn't scratched.
Evening star., 1939-12-23

Totals IL 527 Totals 622
Personal fouls-Roosevelt Miller t3).
Ctango (2). Goodman t3), Brubaker. Perio
90 Robertson. Gonzaga: Burke, Dullea.
Counsilman ~, ODonnell (2). Score at
half: Roosevelt. 14-7. Referees-Shirley-
Keppel "a. b..
Central Wins Late.
Central jumped into a 10-to-0
lead in the first quarter but st.
Johns came back strong to rally only
II to IL at the half. From then until
the closing few minutes the score
remained close. Then Central, with
a first-year player, Teddy Thomai-
sides, leading the attack, gradually
moved away.
High scorer for both teams was
Frank Cady of st. Johns. who tall
lied IA points.
Evening star., 1939-12-23

Totals 8 s26 Totals--14 3 81
Personal fouls-St Johns Cady. Cooke.
Munhall t3), Corrado t3). Brogan t3l;
Central. Thomaides C2), Apost olakos t2).
Di Blast "a, Martin a.. Kligman t2l,
Mandes. Referees - Messrs. Fox-Enright
"a RI
Evening star., 1939-12-23

Five years ago - Cincinnati
Reds bought Johnny Mize,
rookie first baseman who Nit
1852 and $40 in two years with
Rochester. for SIS, 900, from st.
Louis Cardinals.
Evening star., 1939-12-23
From the
Press Box
Propaganda Is Shifted
In Cofego Knee Case
BY JOHN LARDNER.

oPeSioA SoiA AcopoiiQellI VI 4uc o|d1.
NEW YORK, Dec 23-The
movies have such a powerful effect
on the public mind that people as
far North as Duluth are muttering,
my, my, what a heel that Gen.
Sherman must have been!" as they
stagger out of the theater, having
just been exposed to four hours,
give or take a couple of minutes,
of Gone With the Wind"
Now, Gen. Sherman was God
fearing fellow who played with
matches only in the line of duty.
He was kind to his kids and he
stopped to pat dogs on the street.
The general would have been
shocked to know that Miss Mar
garet Mitchell has made a kind of
coast-to-coast Boris Karloff out of
him. If you asked the general, he
probably would say that old Joe
Wheeler was much closer to the
Boris Karloff type.
THAT Wheeler is the boy who can
burn and pillage," the general used
to say "Tsk tsk! He has no
ethics Whateyer!"
Evening star., 1939-12-23
Tip on How to Figure Score
Of Air Bottles is Given

1t seems to be all in the point of
view. The author of Gone With
the Wind" when she sat down to
whittle her famous message on the
head of pin. undoubtedly was
anti-Sherman. That comes of being
exposed to a warm climate. In the
case of Lloyd Lewis, the cultured
Chicago sports editor, who has been
lashed by the winds of Lake Michi-
gan for year after year and stricken
by many case of frostbite as he
forged up State street, we find
different reaction. Mr.. Lewis wrote
sherman, Fighting Prophet" in
which the general appears as one
of natures noblemen.
The truth lies somewhere in be-
tween, probably a little closer to
Mr.. Lewis hypothesis. It's like the
box score of one of those air fights
between Great Britain and Ger
many. There you have two official
scorers, and sometimes a slight
discrepancy will creep into the
blow-by- blow.
The English scorer will have it,
German losses-36.
English loses.
Whereas the fellow who is calling
them for Germany will see it like
this:
German losses-2.
English losses-47.
Both guys can be right, but the
chances are against it. A good for
mula is to add both totals, divide
by two, subtract three for faulty
translation, and get in touch with
somebody in Denmark who saw the
fight. If there was nobody in Den
mark at the time it happened, move
the decimal point back one place.
I notice that the football players
at the University of Southern Cali
fornia, and their coach, Howard
Jones, while they enjoyed "Gone
With the Wind" and cried in many
of the right places, are highly
skeptical of Southern report
which comes from Knoxville. Tenn,
anent the right knee of George
bad News" Cafego.
To them, Mr.. Cafegos knee
smells of propaganda.
WHO is Kidding Who?" About
Cofego's Bunged Joint
who is kidding who?" comments
Harry Smith, all-America guard.
I'll believe it when I see it," OBJ
serves Coach Jones. -.
Cafego is important to any
scheme OF Rose Bowl operations,
though Tennessee struggled along
without him in her last couple of
games. He still limps bit in prac-
tlce. The last communique issued
by Maj. Robert Neyland, head of
the Tennessee intelligence depart
ment, goes as follows:
The condition of Cafego fills me
with doubt, suspense, hesitation.
dubiety, aporia, befuddlement un-
certainty, indecision, confusion, ig-
norance, diaporesis, and onus pro-
bandi. 1t places me upon the prongs
OF Morton's fork (historicaD and
the horns of a DILEMMA. I am adrift,
astray, at sea, out of my bearings,
and in the dark. The state of af-
fairs is desorientee CD and sub spe
rati L). What will the morrow
bring?"
To this dispatch, Coach Jones of
U. S. c. replied with the following
communique, delivered in a sus-
picious tone of voice:
Hmm
In spite of his preliminary limp,
the Trojans will not be surprised to
see Cafego bound off the bench
like deer when the whistle blows
on New Year Day and charge up
and down the field with all his pris-
tine vigor.
The trouble is, in this day and
age yoll never know where Won are