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Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
L. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES, April 20. CUP) -
Early trading on the Los Angeles
stock exchange today was slow and
irregular. with an appr oXimate
volume of 5000 shares sold in the
first half of the short session, only
three moved above yesterdays close.
Three others fell and IT were un-
changed
Sales included: l.. A. Industries
100 shares 2H unchanged; Security
Units % at 20 up one point; Ban
1ini Pet. 200 shares 5R down u
Richfield Oil so shares 7l4 unchang
ed; Standard of Cal. 100 shares
26M unchanged; Union Oil 20t
shares 16% down Il; Chrysler 10C
shares Ga unchanged; Edison com
mon 10 shares 25A unchanged; the
5h per cent pfd. 100 shares % un-
changed.
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Fresno Sprinter
Ties Record

FRESNO. April % CUP)-Tommy
Nelson. Fresno States outstanding
colored sprinter, tied the Pacific
coasts best mark of the year last
night by running the 100-yard dash
in 96 seconds and helped his team
mates swamp Santa Barbara S track
and field team 96 10 35.
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GaIento Puts on
Lively Exhibition

RENO, New. April 90 CUP)-
Tony Galento, the titan in tights
who was booed Justify Wednesday
night in San Francisco for appear :
ing in headgear and tights, showed
the hair on his chest last night and
put on a lively four-round exhibi-
ton match.
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BotfIers Defeat
EaqIe BowIers

Seven Ups Bowling team Friday
night defeated the Eagles two
games to one in the Fl Centre Duck
pin league. The Bottlers outscored
their rivals, 1914 to 1915 in the three
games
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Pace Golf Field

BAKERSFIELD, April %. up
A pair Of first round 68s. four under
par, gave a slim lead to Art Bell of
Monterey Park and Fred Morrison
OF Altadena today in the California
]pen golf championship
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Bill Maxwell, secretary of the
Ell Centro tennis club, Saturday
announced the lineup of Ell Centre
players to compete against the
Yuma town team in the final match
of the season for both clubs.
Pairings-Yuma player mention
ed first.
MEMS SINGLES
RieSSen VS.. James Stocks, 8 am;
Jones VS.. Bill Maxwell, 8 am;
Green VS.. Clyde Jack, 10 am; Lau-
rinas VS.. Allen Hens, 10 am;
Grow VS.. Burdette Kline, am;
Gray VS.. C. Birkhauser, 9 am;
Lillard VS. John Raymond, am;
Miller VS.. George White, 9 am;
Robinson VS.. Allen Bailey, am;
Goss VS.. Dorsey Whitelaw, am;
Hines VS.. Sylvester 10 am; Bron-
son VS.. Dan Judd, II; Tank VS..
Jerry Davidson, 9 am; j. Thomp-
son VS.. George Woo, 10 am,
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Baverne Stanton VS.. Mary Gres-
sor, 8 am; B. Tank vs. Amelia
Smith, am; Mrs. Osborn VS..
Doris Chestnut, 10 am; carp VS..
Birkhauser, 10 am.
JUNIOR MEN SINGLES
F. McCrary VS.. Jack Kline, II
am; N. Finn VS.. James Potter,
II am; w NeWhard, VS.. Bill
Knights, II am; r. Martinez VS..
Sam Fisher II am; c. Weeks, VS.
c. Lazo. II am.
BOYS SINGLES
C. Martinez VS. Bill Mccullough,
10 am; Mcmillan VS.. James Riedy,
II am; H Powell VS.. Bill Sharp,
IL; Bill Parks VS. Doyle Blackwood,
II; Bill Steiret, VS.. B. Clements,
II; McClung VS.. Bud McNeece. II:
L. OLSON VS.. Bert Holt, l pm; B
Connor VS.. Swanberger, pm.
MEMS DOUBLES
Riessen-Jone VS.. Maxwell Jack
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Whittier Defeats
San Diego State

WHITTIER, Calf, April %.
CUP)-Whittier college was a step
nearer the Southern Conference
baseball championship today, tri-
umphing 80 over San Diego State
yesterday in the first of a three
game title series.
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At
A Glance
Hy United Press

Stocks irregular in dun trading.
Bonds irregular. u. s. Govern
mcntS higher.
Curb stocks irregular.
Foreign exchange easy.
Cotton lower.
Wheat firm, up about a to y
cent; corn off around q to A.
Rubber easy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

Los ANGELES, April 70. IUP) =
California UrBns---sacKe0
Milo No 2 yellow ... 81 1221a LII y
Wheat, No. / hard e.. $1.32 u -1.3712
Wheat. No. / soft wh. $1.30-1 .35
Barley Bri. (Western) $1.13 h 1874
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MunseII Kayoes NesteII

ANGELES. April tUPl-JunOr Munsen knocked down
night the last time hard the time
California heavyweight five minutes
nd came m the fifth round
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1q4O O0pen Site Set

YORK April 49, P)The 1910 National Open champion
shin will played Canterbury Warrensvle o.
and the u Golf association announced
today scheduled the Philadelphia Country
rub. June 8, 10.
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MINNEAPOLIS FLAX

Flax quotations by courtesy OF
Southwest Flaxseed association.
May .............. ...'.''..' @l.oo
July ................. $1.69B
September .................,.. Sl.bS
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Goodman Bats
Reds Into National
League Lead

NEW YORK, April 90 (UP)-Take a UP, you NatlQna
league pitchers and don't take any Liberties with lVa
Richard Goodman of Northview Missouri and Cmcnnat
O. Tipers are Bill Lee, acknowledged premier pcher Oh
tbe leapue and his cohorts the Chicago Cubs statt
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

Valley cat fishing continues to
yield good returns El Centro en-
thusiasts found Imperial Dam,
New River and the WeStside canals
the best spots during the past
week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Hollywood Gains
On Second-PIuce
Seattle indians

Hollywood moved up slightly the second-pace Seat
tie Raniers today after five Pacific Coast league night
games in which Seattle split its doube-header with Oak
land
The Rainers survived four-run blast in the first
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L. 4. BUTTER & EGGS

Los ANGELES. April 20. UP)-
Butter: extras 232c, prime firsts
Il &c, standard 21c, undcrgrade
20Ac.
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l.. A. GRAMS

Spots closed lower, middIing 90
sales 3S.
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l.. a. BANKS

LOS ANGELES, April 30. UPt-
Transa .....-..-... ....- hM 8
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COTTON

Spots closed lower, middIing y.I2
sales none.
NEW ORLEANS, April 20. UP) -
Cotton futures closed steady.
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Good Catches In Lakes

Various reports have been re-
ceived concerning fresh water fish
ing which opened in San Diego
lakes this week. Good catches OF
legal size bass were recorded at
Lower Otay--but no large fish.
Bass in quantity, scaling almost
5 pounds in may instances, we're
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they are at present. This is all
right for shooting ducks or jackrab-
bits, but it will not work for planets
Actually it requires less power to
shoot a proiectile to Mars when the
earth is farthest from it, at a dis
lance of 234,OOO0OO miles instead
of 36,0OOO 900.
$50 Days to Make Journey.
A rough computation shows that if
the projectile ha dbeen fired accord
ing to this method on May 7, it
would reach Mars on January II,
1910. Thus $50 days would be
needed to make the journey by the
most economical route.
The same principle holds if the
Martians wanted to fire on us. The
worst time to do it would be right
now when Mars is closest. If they
took advantage of this scheme, the
shell should already be on it's way
for it would have had to leave the
red planet about 28l days ago.
The most serious objection to
projectile is that the friction of the
air against a body moving at 5000
miles an hour would be enormous
Likewise, to escape from the earth's
gravitational pull would require con-
siderable extra speed. And it is
doubtful if a projectile can ever be
designed to protect the people in
side sufficiently from the initial
shock. For the force against the
floor would Immediately f1atten out
an ant, to say nothing of what it
would do to human being.
Another method of interplanetary
communication often suggested is a
rocket ship propelled by some pow
erful explosive, such as liquid by
drogen and oxygen. This has the
advantage over a projectile in that
an enormous initial velocity is not
required. The rocket could leave
the earth gradually by spiraling out
ward in circles that continually
widen until free of the earth's at
mosphere.
Hazardous Undertaking.
Regardless of how the voyage is
made. it is going to be a highly
hazardous undertaking, to say the
least. But strange to relate, when
any one proposes to make such a
trip, there are always plenty of VOL
unteers. For example. in 1924, a
German scientist, Herr Won Her
mann Oberth. announced his inten-
ton of going to the moon in a
rocket. and people begged for the
chance to come along. Again in
1927, Russian named Ivan Fedorof
and a German space fan, Max
Waller, planned a journey to the
moon in a rocket 100 feet long, &C
companied by three out of the rs
people who had volunteered for the
honor. Manning the first space ship
would seem to be the least of our
worries.
1t must be admitted that the i'm
mediate outlook for interplanetary
communication Is not bright. But
to say We can never reach the moon
or Mars is equally rash.
About 1900, Prof. Simon Newcomb,
one of the greatest theoretical as
tronomers this country has pro-
duced. said that, the demonstration
that no combination of known sub
stances, known forms of machinery
and known forms of force, can be
united in practicable machine by
which men shall fly long distances
through the air, seems to the writer
as complete as it is possible for the
demonstration of any physical fact
to be-" But he also added that if
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children. And do the same thing to-
morrow morning when you come
back"
They do. The children run, skip
and jump to the street intersection.
at the corner; but once there they
put on the brakes-and look to the
left and the right, before crossing.
Mrs. Casalege started the school
with the help of the rector of EN-
manuel Episcopal Church, the Rev.
Gordon eraser, and she foots all
the bills.
Children Make Scrap Books.
For instance, the children make
scrap books-to be sent to missions
in Texas and West Virginia-and
Mrs. Casalege buys the scrap books.
The completed books are works of
art, in their way. They are made
mostly of beautiful Christmas cards,
collected by the pupils and their
teacher, Mrs. Casalege has an able
young assistant in Miss Virginia
Robinson of 1410 Ridge place Sc,
who still is in her teens.
1t was explained that many par
ents in the neighborhood are unable
to give complete supervision to their
young offspring during the morn
ing hours-and that is why Mrs.
Catalege went into the voluntary
work. The children, many of them,
are SO young they must take maps
in the afternoon, So that gives
them the afternoon protection nee
essary. Along about S o'clock their
parents are free to continue the SUI
pervision.
In school, the children enjoy the
fSinging of songs and hymns, learn
10 recite the Ten Commandments
make toys and useful playthings-
and have a grand old time of 1t, In
| general.
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Of various Chest agencies, were
shown through the 20-acre grounds
by Miss Margaret Kennedy, farm
official, who pointed out the routine
and its advantages to the youngs-
tiers. Miss Kennedy said that the
farm was an economy for the COM
munity in the preventive work it
accomplishes and that it cost only
half as much to keep a child in a
convalescent home as compared to
disqualification costs.
Maintained by the Community
Chest, the institution makes no
charge for its services. The home
is one of the departments of the
Christ Child Society which was
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founded in 1887 by Miss Mary v.
Merrick, who is president of the
organization.
Hostesses for the day were Miss
Mildred Merrick, representing Presi-
dent Merrick; Mrs. Arthur H. Nc
Conville, chairman of the Farm
Committee, and Miss Anna j. Ready,
director of the Christ Child Settle
ment House.
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To keep little boys and girls out
of mischief and safe from harm on
the streets, the bell rings and the
Little Mission School goes into SEES
sion each morning at $50 and re-
mains until lunch-hour at noon.
The school, held each week from
Monday to Friday in the parish hall
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church at
Thirteenth and V streets Sc, is the
outcome of an idea nurtured by
Mrs. Eleanor Casalege, of 1925 Six
teenth street Sc, whose mother
heart recoils at the long list of &C
cidents to childhood recorded each
day in the newspapers.
Because the lives of little ones
are in jeopardy most of the time
they are free from regular school,
Mrs. Casalege came to the rescue.
Last year she started the Little
Mission School in a small way, with
a mere dozen or so pupils. This
year she has 81 boys and girls,
from to IA years of age, in the
claSsrooms.
Started Too Late.
Now in its second week, the Lit
tie Mission School got started this
year just a little bit too late, Mrs.
Casalege deplores; for one Of the
star pupils, young Niles Tyres, was
killed on the streets just week be-
fore the opening.
With that tragedy in mind, Mrs
Casalege conducts ceremony each
day as the school lets out. At the
doorway of the church hall, as her
charges file out into the street, the
kindly teacher and monitor admon-
ishes them:
Look both ways-to the right and
left-before you cross the street
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Questions for Program
Asked by PLAYHOUSE

Planning for the quiz that will
feature the next presentation of the
Federal Employees Play house, Thurs
day night, Lee H. Shugar, the di-
rector, yesterday urged Government
workers to submit questions for the
program. They may be sent to room
6O4, ITO Fourteenth street NV, the
headquarters of Local 2, National
Federation of Federal Employees,
which sponsors the Playhouse
Two teams of four members will
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10 Chest Speakers
Get Education

Seventy volunteer members of the
Community Chest Speakers Bureau
yesterday were entertained and "edu-
Gated" to activities at the Christ
Child Fresh Air Farm for Gonzales
cent Children near Rockville, Md.
as part of their training period for
the annual chest campaign.
The speakers, who have been
working three hours week for the
past six months on inspection tours
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BY r. S. RICHARDSON.

10y N. ..
PASADENA, Calf. July 9-Great
discoveries are expected of the new
2OO-inch telescope when it goes into
operation next year
1t will push back the boundaries
of the universe. Stars will be re-
vealed whose light has never been
recorded on earth before
But there is one thing no tele-
scope can do, regardless Of its size
it can never tell us definitely whether
or not there is life on Mars. A
giant telescope can furnish us with
evidence of its existence, and we can
speculate endlessly about the prob
able appearance of the Martians-lf
there are there But there would
seem to be only one way we can
ever really hope to settle the ques-
tion-send projectile to Mars and
find out.
In sense the problem is already
solved. If cannon, explosive and
prolectile of the necessary strength
and power are provided, then, from
the laws of mechanics, astronomers
can calculate the precise direction
and the exact time to fire, to make
the projectile land on Mars In fact
such calculations show that if the
friction of the air and the gravita-
tional pull of the earth are neglected
a gun only slightly larger than the
one that fired on Paris could have
sent missile all the way to Mars.
Like Aiming at Dime.
The intricate calculations that
would be necessary to take all the
varying forces into account would
cover many pages. For, even when
the target is the size of Mars-4,20C
miles in width-it is hard to score a
bull's-eye from the distance the pro-
jectile would have to be fired
234 100000 miles. 1t is like aiming
at a dime tWo-thirds of mile away
Theoretically, there are many ways
to shoot projectile to Mars. But
one way is by far the easiest. Two
facts only must always be kept in
mind. First, we must be careful to
give the projectile just enough We
locity to reach Mars and no more
For to give it more would be need
less waste of energy and therefore
money.
Second, the cannon should be
aimed in the same direction the
earth is revolving around the sun
at the rate of 66,240 miles per hour.
now the calculations show that the
projectile must move with speed
of 1920 miles per hour in order
to attain Mars. By firing the projec-
tile in the same direction the earth
is moving, it will pick up" the speed
of the earth, so that it need come
out of the cannon with a velocity of
5040 miles. Therefore. this is the
cheapest way to reach Mars, be-
cause we make use of the high speed
of the earth, which costs us nothing
A curious fact about this method
Is that We would not fire when Mars
and the earth are close together, as
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Ccbru Likes Music

While musical program was be-
ing received at the home of an at
tendant to the Maharajah of Kapur-
thala in India large cobra was dis
covered in an adjoining room, its
head swaying in ecstacy to the music,
and as soon as the radio was shut
off it started to escape, but was shot.
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take part in the quiz, which will be
conducted by Gordon Hittenmark of
WRC and Lee Everett of WMAL.
There also will be three films shown.
The public is invited.
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substances hundred times stronger
than any then available and en-
gines equally powerful could be
made, then flying might become a
reality.
These conditions have all been
satisfied in less than half a century.
Interplanetary communication NAV
still be 100 or 1000 or 10000 years
in the future. But the obstacles in
the way do not appear so great
that man can never hope to sur
mount them.
British tramps will have gas
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Cannon Easiest Way to Fire
Man to Mars, Scientists Find
Figure Eorth's Motion Can Be Used
To Speed ProjectiIe to Planet

When the radio scare about an
inDdsion of the earth by men
from Mars occurred last October,
the planet tDaS 230,000.000 miles
n,Day. On July 81 it WiU be only
36,030.000 miles from the earth.
The facts about life on Mars are
told here in the fourth OF a series
OF fire articles by a member OF
the staff OF Mount Wilson OBJ
SerUatory, phoSe giant telescope,
100 inches in diameter, is the
largest noU in use.
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Honduras Puys Salaries

Honduras boasts that it is now
paying salaries of government civ
ilian employees regularly.
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British tramps will have gas
masks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
TWO PILOTS GO OUT TO ISLAND
 PORTS OF CALI

Pilot Alex Holden flew out to Sitka today with four passengers aboard, while Pilot John Amundsen flew another Marine Airways plane to Chichagof.
 Holden took M Dickinson, Nor man Cameron, H. s. Fitch and B. Burke to the Historic City, while Amundsen flew Mrs. Helen Mo- Cutcheon to Chichagof.
 Wallis and Maydell George are due to come back from Sitka, and Jack Littlepage is due in from Chi chagof
 Yesterday evening, returning from the islands, Amundsen brought in M Dickinson, Howard Wilcox and L. Wallace from Chichagof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
DISCOVER BIG PLOT,
 KILL KING
Carol, Other Government CTS Marked for Assds-
 sindtion-Arrests

BUCHAREST, June 17.-The po- lice announce discovery of plot to assassinate King Carol. Premier Armand Calinescu. Foreign Min ister Grigore Gafencu and other governmenters.
 Seven men have been arrested, charged with preparing quantities of hand grenades for an attempt at the assaSsinations.
 The seven men arrested have been employees of the government ar senal.
 The police said half hundred. arrests are expected.
 Two grenades were discovered in one home.
 Scores of detectives began raids and concentrating members of the outlawed Iron Guard, Nazi-like organization, which incurred King Carols ire year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
WAYNOR WINS
 SUIT AGAINST
 SQUATTER HERE
Tiny Fdr|in Is Ordered to Valdte Property in
 Sixty Days

A judgment was given in the District Court yesterday in favor of Charles Waynor, plaintiff. against Clarence (Tiny) Farlin, defendant, in an ejectment suit arising out of a dispute between the parties over a house constructed by Farlin on Waynor's land just north of the city limits.
 The court found Farlin had con- structed his house a considerable distance above the mean high tide line and that therefore was on Way nor's property. Farlin constructed the house at cost of $20 plus his labor under the belief that Way nor's patented land only extended to the extreme high tide line but the patent shows otherwise.
 Farlin was given 60 days in which to vacate.
 A number of other cases are pend- ing on the same point and others will be started soon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
STANLEY N0WI(kA5
 ARE GRANDPARENTS

A telegram received today by Mrs. Stanley Norwicka, told of the birth of baby boy weighing pounds to her daughter, Mrs. Olney Webb of Seattle. the former Grace Klein schmidt of this city.
 This is the first child for the Webbs and the proud grandparents were informed that both mother and the new citizen were in the best of health.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
NINE GO NORTH
 WITH ELE(TRA

Nine passengers were to leave with Pacific Alaska Airways for Fair banks today, and two were to come in.
 Those leaving with Bill Knox and Bill Savery were O. D. Coch- ran, L. L. Root, Mrs. L. L. Root, Bessie Van Glider, M Munter, A. Cordavado, Mario Bsharah, L. J. Wanless, Helen Bascom.
 Coming in with Pilots Murray Stuart and Walt Hall, were L. Wright and E. Fandler.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
LANDRUM OF FBI
 IS TRANSFERRED
 TO LOS ANGELE!

Sam Landrum, Federal Bureau of Investigation man who has been as- signed to Juneau for the past five months. is being transferred to a new post at Los Angeles, the U. s. Marshal's office here was notified today.
 Landrum is now at Seattle, hav- ing gone down several weeks ago to report to headquarters.
 No word has been received here as to who Landrum's successors in Juneau will be.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
TOM CASEY AND WIFE ARRESTED
 IN LIQUOR RAID
Juneau Pair Charged with Selling Whiskey-0ut
 on Stiff Bond

Charged with selling liquor with out a license in violation of Terri torial statutes. Tom Casey and Mrs. Tom Casey were arrested at o'clock yesterday afternoon in a raid on their Second Street adver- tising agency by Deputy U. S. Mar shals.
 Several alleged patrons were found on the premises at the time of the raid but none were held, officers said
 The Caseys obtained their release today by posting bond of S1,000 each The complaint charges that the Csseys sold intoxicating liquor, to wit, whisky, by the drink.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
DANCING PARTY TONIGHT FOR KATHLEEN CARLSON

For Miss Kathleen Carlson, who returned from college fast evening Miss Elspeth Douglas will enter tain this evening with dancing party at her home on D Street.
 Those invited include: Miss Edna Almquist, Miss Leona Saloum, Miss Geraldine Bedding, Miss Phyllis Jenne, Miss Valerie Pearce, Miss Helen Hildre. Dick Reese, Evan Wruck, Gene Eustace, Bob Shotak and Roy Banta.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagues:
 National League Brooklyn 5; Chicago 0. Boston l.; Cincinnati B. Philadelphia II; Pittsburgh 2.
 American League Chicago 2; Philadelphia 5. Detroit O; New York l. St. Louis 3; Washington 4, elev- en innings.
 Cleveland Boston game postpon- ed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-17
BROWN BEAR SAILS
 ON ALEUTIAN CRUISE

Heading direct for Kodiak and then along the Alaska Peninsula to Unalaska and through the Aleutians on an eight months cruise, the AL aska Game Commission flagship Brown Bear sailed from Juneau at noon today.
 Douglas Gray, Associate Refuge Manager for the Aleutian Islands, is making his first trip in the new capacity. Master of the Brown Bear is Capt. John O. Sellevold.