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Evening star., 1939-06-18
Havre de Grace Regatta
On Sanction LIST

Three strictly inboard motor boat
regattas at Lake Hopatcong, N. j..
July 8 and 9: Port Washington, N
Y. July %, and Northport, N. Y,
July %. have been sanctioned by
the American Power Boat Associa-
ton.
Other sanctions issued by the A. P
B. A. Racing Commission include
those for regattas at Cleveland
Ohio, June 1926; Havre de Grace,
Md, July 14-l5: Miles River. Md,
August 3-5; Chester. Pa, August 13
and Valley Field, Quebec, August
1920.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

clubhouse the club has hired a stew
ard. thus coming of age by all stand
ards OF yachting.
Gibson Islanders Race.
Just a few mics further north to-
day at Rhode River, Gibson Island
Yacht Squadron concludes its an
nual rendezvous with a race back
to their home port of Gibson Island.
Racing division yachts start off at IL
am, cruising classes Is minutes
later. WaShingtonians entering
boats are Commodore Corrin Strong
cutter Narada; Bill Heintz, sloop
KippeWa: Jacob Crane, sloop
Stormy Petrol. and George Briggs,
sloop Elizabeth NJ.
Last night bay yachtsmen
were guests aboard the Ma
rada, which, as usual on such
occasions, was crowded.
HeintZ launched his penguin class
dinghy Judy yesterday at West
River, the first of a feet of the little
sailing dinks to race there. Comets,
including the newly launched Robert
E. Lee of Clark Daniel. are sailing a
| tuneup race this afternoon as the
bulk of West River Sailing Club
| racers enter into the second week of
! competition.
Big Prizes for Regatta.
With more than $1,000 raised for
professional drivers and trophies for
amateurs, the three-ring regatta
circus down on the Virginia PENN
sula at Richmond, Hampton and
West Point the first week in July is
assured of success.
The seasons first mile trials
will be held on the James
River at Richmond July l
and 2.
The Hampton Yacht Club stages
its annual Virginia Gold Cup re-
gatta on the third and the following
day the scene shifts to West Point,
where outboards will have a field
day.
Site for the 1889 national out
board championships in September
has yet to be selected by the Ma
tional Outboard Association. Lake
Mead at Boulder City, New; Norris
Lake at Knoxville. Tenn, and the
Ship Canal at Brownsville, Tex, are
being prominently mentioned.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Yacht Do-Ho Will Ruce
In Unusual Event

Do-Ho, the 53-foot Elco that spent
several weeks at Capital Yacht Club
this spring on its return from Flor
ida, has entered into a unique race
outside of Boston with Stanley
Ferguson's 50-foot cruiser Trim II.
Howard Johnson, Do-Ho's owner,
challenged Ferguson to a race in
which the two, in cruising trim and
using the same type of fuel. will
compete in boat-for- boat basis.
Both have the same type of power
plant. Each has posted prize money
and the winner will donate the sum
to Central New England Regatta
Association, sponsors of Boston's
outboard regatta in August.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Close Watch 10 Be Kept
On Winning 0utboards

The National Outboard Racing
Commission will continue its rigid
inspection Of winning outfits at
sanctioned cupboard regattas this
season.
Bob Flagg of Worcester. Mass.
has been reappointed official N. o.
r. c. inspector in the East and
Charles Steele of Chicago. a men,
Der of the racing commission, will
be on the lookout for non stock rae
ing motors and parts in the Middle
West.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Tokomo Tigers Use Two
New PLAYERS Toduy

Takoma Tigers will meet Glen
Echo at o'clock today at Blair
road and Peabody street in a Mont
gomery League engagement.
Bobby Waters, recently returned
from Pennsylvania. and Frank Nc
Ginnis of the G.. w. freshmen team
will make their debuts with the I'll
gers in the outfield and on the
mound, respectively.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Softie Ringers Barred
By Finqerprints

MILWAUKEE, June II P.-
There won't be any ringers in
the Veterans of Foreign Wars State
junior softball tournament this year.
Fingerprints of the players are to
be submitted with entries.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Montgomery Shooters
Defeat D. 6. Police

Firing over the Camp Perry
course on the Montgomery County
range, Montgomery County Police
defeated No Precinct marksmen,
1O4O to 1,0l6. in a pistol match yes
terday.
j. B. Pruitt, of No. 8, was high
man with 287, while w. S. Crawford,
with 273, topped the victors. Four
man teams competed.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Shuster Repeats on Marlin.


S. Dodd Shuster is credited with
landing the first marlin of the sea-
son at Ocean City. The big spike
snout weighed IS pounds and was
boated after battle of / hour and
55 minutes. This gives Mr.. Shuster
the rare honor of boating the first
marlin two years in succession, as
he also brought in the first one last
year on June "a.
He was fishing on the Dodjim II
with Capt. George Taylor and Mate
Herbert Redden. The fish made 81
jumps before being subdued. 1t
measured feet 10 inches and had
tail spread of % inches and a
sword of 81 inches.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
ormy Weather mae Feud Spice 465 Mile Coast Sail Chesapeake
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE HUBER
4 Luna LIZ lnInI

The shows that Slip
ping Last week INCLUDING Arthur
George Shafer local florists w. Garrison,
Myers and Jack Chisolm from
Beach collected close hardead
thought something instead of resting on
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Condensed Fishing Reports.

Susquehanna River. at Conowineo Dam:
Capt. Paul SweIRart-CatChes poor TINS
past week. Pike and rock catches seem a
little better now
Susouehanna River. at Old Rock Run
Mil: Capt. W. w. Wllkinson-Guides have
pike
Point Pleasant and Brielle. N J-Fluke
on bottom fair. Mackerel jigging very
good Blues and bonita taken
Bowers Beach. Del: Capt. w NJ Steven
son-Catches running from 40 to 400 per
boat; one-third trout, balance croakers.
a few channel bass.
Lutte Creek. Del: Capt Irwin Pleasan-
Evening star., 1939-06-18

CABIN CRUISER. 32', Kermath motor
sleeps 4; galley. toilet, aux generator
luliy equipped. See Sea Jay" at Cor
inthlan Yacht CLUB or call Michigan 1885.
Price, Sl,lUo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
JAY WILLIAMS,
 RALPH M0REAU
 SLAL0M WINNERS
Informal Moonlight Races Held Last Night Over
 Novel Course

An informal moonlight sialom war held last night among the lawns and fences between Kennedy and Park Streets, on Fifth, with most 1f the better Juneau skiers entered The impromptu meet was arranged oy Ted Coomara and Ralph Nor eau, who spent most of the previous ,vening skiing about the upper end If town seeking an interesting loca- sion for the contest.
 A penalty of ten added seconds was assessed for each flag knocked down, whether by the skier, or by his ski poles in passing. As the flags were insecurely set, nearly every one incurred penalties.
 The winner for the two runs was Jay Williams, who made total of 50 seconds. He incurred no penalties. Ralph Moreau again made the fast est run in competition, 19 seconds but 25 second run plus a 10 second penalty eclipsed his chance of win- ming Ted Coomara with a 20 second run and a 22A second run also lost his chance of beating the local boys when he incurred 10 second pen- alty on his second run. Fred Ball placed second, with a total of 55 seconds, and no penalties
 All skiers are again reminded that there will be competition for girls next Sunday, with points being awarded toward cup which will be given the girl who assesses the most points in competition by the end of the season in April.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06

They may be huge dust storms.
 A few canals" are two thou sand miles or more long, almost straight lines. They stretch across the planets face at odd angles. Short feeders, like telephone cross trees, enter them at some places.
 Looks Like Vegetation
 Some areas on Mars turn dis tinctly gray green in summer Vegetation is the best guess as to the cause of this color change.
 If this is vegetation, it probably would be of a lowly, desert variety.
 Photographs do not show the canals" at all These have to be seen with the eye Some of the best astronomers claim to see them others have denied the lines are visible.
 The earths separation from com munication with Mars is becoming less certain now. Theoretically a pace ship could make the flight.
 Would Take 1000 Years
 Rocket ship propulsion would do it-for a man who had one thou sand years or more to live and fuels which do not now exist.
 The engineering principles have been established by rocket motor scientists. These have shown that a rocket will shoot through empty" space, in fact, travel much easier there than in atmosphere.
 Rocket engineers have produced speeds of TOO miles an hour with small rocket motors, and might predict that speeds of 1000 miles an hour are attainable. { At that rate, unless the rocket ship travelled many times faster in space, it would take about 400 years to fly to Mars when the planet is closest. The distances from earth range from 34,O00,00O miles to 46,- 100000.
 For Martians, if they exist, to be the pioneers in trip between planets, much more advanced knowledge than exists on earth would be necessary Scientists know that stores of high energy exist in the binding forces of atoms that could drive a rocket ship mill lions of miles.
 But there is yet no idea of how this energy can be obtained, and some doubt that it can ever be done. If Martians have found out how to get atomic energy, it is likely they also have the materials and the engineering skill to make a flight to earth.
 But no Martians have arrived, so that this speculation, like all the others, ends in the verdict-no evidence. of higher forms of life on Mars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
By HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
 AP Science Editor

NEW YORK--In 6u years since the so-called canals" were discov- cred on Mars, science has not been able to rule but absolutely the pos sibility of living beings on the red planet.
 Two kinds of beings are still pos sible there.
 One is the life as we know it" sort, meaning oxygen breathers like men. Astronomers have defi- nitely established that Mars has only about -thousandth the oxygen in its air that is present Ion earth. No human could live there without an oxygen helmet.
 Mars Shy On Oxygen
 But, as pointed out by Dr. Henry Norris Russell of Princeton Uni versity. one of the worlds great astronomers, persons on Mars, Of no greater intelligence than man, could have learned to extract oxygen to use for breathing pur- poses. A long time ago Mars is presumed to have had more abun- dant oxygen.
 The other sort of person on Mars would be "anerobic,v that is, not needing oxygen Among bacteria and a few other low forms of life on earth, there are "anerobes. . They live without oxygen So if evolution is plausible. life might develop on Mars with little need for oxygen.
 Mars temperature, around the Equator, in summer is about 50 de- grees Fahrenheit. This has been accurately measured by astron- omers. Clouds have been seen ill telescopes, They seem to stand about Is miles above the surface.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
Tear Gas Pen Guns Are Dandy, RaIston Finds

Police Chief Dan Ralston has held to the theory for some time that tear gas m g h be an effective weapon in an emergency. Today theory has given away to fact The Chief is convinced of it because he unintentionally tried it out on himself-and it worked
 Recently the Chief ordered some small tear gas guns which are about the size of a fountain pen and can be easily carried in the vest pocket, hut not always safely. the Chief has decided. The little weapons came on the last boat and yesterday. Ralston decided to do a little dem onstrating around the City Hall He showed Mayor Harry I. Lucas how it worked and then stepped out in the office of Miss Etta Mae Kolasa, City Clerk, to show her the trick. Miss Kolasa had just asked him to sign a paper The Chief reached into his vest pocket, obviously for a pen but actually for his tear gas gun with which to give the City Clerk thrill.
 Bang! Booley! and a couple of phewsl
 The tear gas gun went off in the Chiefs pocket, tore a hole in the bottom of his vest, nicked his flesh and surrounded him with such a terrible odor that the City Hall staff had to take to the street.
 '"They work all right declared Ralston. but seems like you have to get 'em out of your pocket first. "
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
 OF DOUGLAS MEETS

UT pA61 '
 Chief Pusicn's monthly report covering inspection of reported fire hazards was the principal interest of the regular meeting of the Doug las Volunteer Fire Department last night.
 The report detailed his visit in company with City Police Schramm to the Feusi & Jensen store, the Jim Fox house and the government school, where certain conditions caused previous concern to both the Department and City Council.
 In the first mentioned case gas and oils were found stored in close proximity to non-fireproofed sur roundings constituting a definite alleged menace to their own and adjacent property. After visit to similar premises in Juneau where it was found that such materials were kept in cement lined rooms an order for similar conformity had been issued to the local firm. In the meantime the gasoline and turpen- tine has been removed outside the building, as city ordinance, which was read, provided.
 Defective chimney in the Jim Fox residence is now repaired reliev- ing the situation there and the government school officials are pre- pared to order fire extinguishers as recommended by the Department, the report stated.
 The Chief thanked the firemen for their support and cooperation dur ing the past year, stating that the Department was in good shape.
 Trustee Erskine reported that a suitable tarpaulin had been pre- pared to cover the hose in the fire truck and was already in use. Chair man of Maintenance Committee re- ported hydrants inspected since the last freezing weather and found O. K. His recommendation that fire men on similar working shifts be placed on his committee, resulted in Martin Pedersen and Tom Cashen being named to serve with him dur ing the ensuing month.
 Committee appointed to arrange for the refreshment end of next regular meeting is composed of Ed Roller, Claude Erskine and Robert Bonner, Chairman Gair stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
TWO MATCHES ROLLED LAST
 NIGHT AT ELkS

Of three matches scheduled for the Elks bowling alleys last night in Feathered Legaue play, only two were run off, with the Eagles and the Buzzards failing to appear
 In the Osprey-Egret contest, the Egrets won two of three with Harry Sperling holding up the Osprey end with 535, including 206 that was the only game of the evening over 200.
 Kites took three straight from the Aukes.
 Tonight's games rae Feathered League matches again, with Vultur- es vs. Albatross, Gulls vs. Eagles and Condors vs. Owls.
 Last nights scores are as follows
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06

out of the three played so far and if they lose again this evening the series is lost to the Capitol City school team.
 Due to some minor injuries the local squad is suffering from and considering the superior number of players on the Juneau team Douglas high school team is somewhat the under dog in prospective results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
MRS. susPENIE FUNERAL

Last rites for Mrs. Andrew Sus- penie who died as the result of a stroke early this week will be held tomorrow afternoon at l,30 at the Charles Carter Mortuary in Juneau, Interment will be made in the Ever green cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
Hospital Put On Wheels

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Jan G. A mobile hospital, financed by popular subscription has been furn- ished the Army Corps of Navarro for front line duty. The caravan of buses contain an operating room. x-ray equipment, pharmacy and forty beds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
COULDN'T FINISH
 WHAT HE STARTED

TRAIL, B. O., Jan. 6.--After putt ting in eight years of labor on a lofty Italian castle here, Giovanni Vendramini has decided to live in a small house nearby.
 Before he gave up his project, Vendramini had erected massive lo~d'nark 55 feet high Because the builder ran out of funds, the struc- ture still lacks windows and roof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
THE PLANET MARS

A radio dramatization of a book about war between Earth and Mars sent a wave of hys- teria across the country. In the play, Martians arrived in space ships. spread death and destruc- tion by strange, frightful weap- ems. Science Editor Blake.slee
 here discusses the possibility of life on Mars and of communi- cation between the two planets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
FINAL TILT MON. NIGHT
 FIREMEN vs. FOUNDRY

Announcement was made at last nights Fire Department meeting that the play-off basketball game between the Smoke Eaters and met al workers at the Foundry is sched- uled for next Monday evening at the natatorium. Each team having won a game the thrid game promises a lot of excitement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
(0A5T GUARD
 AND FIREMEN ARE vI(ToRS
Sammy Nelson Sprains
 Ankle in Last Minute { of Play Last Night

The Haida and the Bremen bas- ketball teams stepped into the win column in the opening of the second half play for the city league crown last night in the High School gym when the Coast Guardsmen whipped '{rause's Concreters, 48 to 27, and the' Bremen nosed out win over l.hc Miners, 48 to 43.
 In the Haida -Krause game, the curtain raiser of ''swelr' evening of basketball entertainment, the Coast Guardsmen got away to a whooping start that gave them a IT to lead at the end of the first | qusrter
 I The game was never really in doubt, although the Krause squad fought to the last gun, with Woody Wilson and Ed Hoch dishing out fine basketball in anybody's league.
 Works Like Unit
 The flashy colored lad Love, piled up l6 points, backed up by pivot 
 was apparent, however, last night, that the Haida team was working better as a unit than it had at any time in the past,
 The game was comparatively clean, with little fouling, and no man going to the. bench with four personals against him. Krause made five free losses of eight and Haida made six of twelve, with Love drop ping four for four.
 In the second game tfracas is a better word), the Bremen got a disheartening lead on the Miners by the end of the first half, g to 9, the Miners not scoring a single point in the second frame
 Coming back fighting in the third bracket, the Miners put up burst of speed and closed up to within five points of the Firemen's 28 markers.
 Gets Hot
 Sammy Nelson, hardest driving player in the loop, got hot about that stage of the game and began to loop impossible shots from all angles of the court and it began to look like real race.
 With five, minutes to go, Miner Banta went to the bench for too many fouls, and Buddy Lindstrom went back into the game, but the uncanny shooting of the Hautala brothers, Elmer and Art. kept pull ing the game out of the fireg
 Two minutes were left to play and the Miners put on their furious rally that was almost hopeless, with the Bremen leading, 46 to 35
 Elmef Lindstrom dropped one, brother Bud followed suit, and then Sammy Nelson, playing perhaps the best game he has ever displayed on local court, went into melee under the Firemen player bench and came up with wrenched ankle, 54 seconds before the game was over.
 otiiAl tAyiliS, DuO biifuobi Ol.f dSdul dropped long enchanted push shot just after Ed Metzgar, tallest man in the league, had popped one in for the Bremen
 And that's how it ended -4843
 Game Rough One
 The game was the toughest of the
 
 season. but Bud Foster, referee, seemed to sense that the crowd was really enjoying blood thirst, and let a lot get by, like a smart referee should.
 When the smoke had cleared, it was found that Sammy Nelson had tailed 19 points for scoring honors of the evening. The Bremen made six of twelve in free throws and the Miners made three of ten
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
CARD OF THANKS

CAKD OF THANKS With sincere appreciation we thank all our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown us during the loss of our beloved son,
 GLENN RAGAN also to the donors of cars and for the beautiful floral offerings. MIR. AND MRS, IT, J. RAGAN
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
TAVERN TRIO WINS ! FROM
 A. J. MILLERS

New York Tavern took two games of three game match from the A. J. Mill last night at the Brunswick, with Bill Schmitz rolling in 564 pins for high total of the evening.
 One match is scheduled for 7:3O tonight between Independents and Juneau Florists.
 Last nights scores are as follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
|HOaxer Goes to Prison

LEEDS, England. Jan. 6.-Admit- ting he had sent out warning of the approach of enemy aircraft dur ing the Czechoslovakia crisis, Henry Wood, 26, post office telephone op- orator, was sentenced to six months for effecting public mischief.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT

The fourth game of the high school basketball series between Douglas and Juneau is scheduled for tonight in the Juneau Hi gymnas- iun
 Douglas has won but one game
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06
NOTICE AUTOMOBILE OWNERS

All cars must have their 1889 li- cense plates by noon, Saturday, Jan. T, instead of Jan. 27 as published through an. error Any car operating after that date without 1889 plates will be subject to fine.
 DAN RALSTON, adv. Chief of Police
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-06

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The Washington times., 1939-01-11
Plays
ToCompete

One-Act Play Tournament,
sponsored by the Community
Center Department, will be held
at Roosevelt High School from
February 20 through March 4.
Mrs. Mabel Clark, of the Com
munity Center Department, is
in charge of arrangements.
Fordyce G. Lyman, of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
is chairman of the tournament
committee, of which Mrs. E. K.
Peoples, director of the Com
munity Center Department, is
ex-officio member.
The following organizations
have announced their intention
Of entering the tournament:
lexington Players. East Wash.
ington Troupers, Falls Church
Community Theater, The Fellow
shippers, Buchanan PIT. A.
Players, National City Players,
Roosevelt Players, Wilson Wind.
TANNERS. Rock Creek Players,
Langley Lambs of Langley Com
munity Center, F.. B. I. Drama
Group, Greenbelt Players, Foot
light Club of Maryland Univer-
sity and the Holly Comforter
CeramiStianS.
The Washington times., 1939-01-11
New Program
AtTrons-Lux

In addition to IS minutes Of
news coverage, the world over,
the Trans-Lux Theatre for the
week beginning Friday will offer
a veriety of short subjects well
worth serious consideration.
Particularly interested should
be water enthusiasts, as a sub
ject Lady Life Guards" depicts
just what is required of the fair
sex when its members become
guardians of life along the
waterfront.
1t is a well-known fact that
the residents of the District Of
Columbia put off again and
again seeing the interesting
spots in their home town. The
forthcoming Trans-Lux show
will take care of that as "The
Washington Parade" unfolds
such interesting subjects as an
air view showing how Washing
ton was once a Virginia swamp
land, subway cars running
under Government buildings, a
new view Of the Lincoln Memo
rial-back door of the White
House, G-men hard at work on
crime detection and many other
unusual scenes rarely seen by
the average sightseeing indi-
Vidual.