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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-17
American League

records to ascertain that Dickey still is baseball's greatest catcher There's not much question about his being tops in handling pitchers and the batting averages reveal that he was No. l among the back stops.
 Dickey Heads RBI Row
 Only one regular catcher in the major leagues-Hank Danning oi the Giants = outhit him, but Dickey knocked in far more runs and the RBI column is the most important offensively. Danning hit 313 and belted in "A counters. Dickey hit 1902 and drove in 105 markers.
 Clark Griffith, the sly fox of Washington who likes to needle the Tanks, is one who names Dickey as the man to watch. If Bill has a bad year, says Griffith the Tanks are done for. The rec ords, though, show that Bill can slow down quite bit, at bat and afield, and still be as good as any catcher in baseball.
 Dickey has hit over 300 during all but one of his II years. That 1885 season he hit .279 but came back the next year to threaten for the batting championship with a figure of 1882. A fellow who has a lifetime average of 1920 is going to be a dangerous guy with a stick as long as he can tote one up ic the plate.
 So keep on eye on Dickey. But don't worry too much about him
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STOCK QuoTAr1oNs

NEW YORK May IT. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can 97 American Power and Light 29s, Ana conda 22A, Bethlehem Steel ", Cur tis Wright 99s, Commonwealth and Southern 1, General Motors 42l2 International Harvester 47la, Ken necott 28M, New York Central Il ll2 Northern Pacific 5h, United States Steel 5OA, Pound S3.212.
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GAMES THURSDAY Pacific Coast League

Portland 3; Seattle 4. Los Angeles 8; Oakland 1 Sacramento G.; San Diego 5. Hollywood A. San Francisco 3.
 NatlOnaI League Chicago 5; Boston 4. All other games postponed on ac- count of cold or rain.
 American League Boston g. St Louis g. All other scheduled games post poned yesterday on account of rain or cold.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-17
FIREMEN ON JOB

KIPP, Kan, May 17.-'Twas a strange spectacle the volunteer fire laddies made as they rushed the furnishings from the. blazing home of A. w. Sundgren, near here. Out they came carrying the heating stove, a fire blazing cheerily in it..
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-13
Barclay On Bridge

locked pretty hopeless. but when
East played the s, indicating a
possible sequence of S-9-1O, he
saw a ray of light. If that was
East's holding, play Of the )
would make it clear South mad
the X, possibly now singleton, In
that event, West might lay down
the 4 and drop the king, then lead
the rest Of the suit and the spade
X. Counting the club finesse, West
could thus beat the contract.
South saw. however that play
of the X on the trick would make
West think East had the J, so that
is the card he chose. He then
went to dummy with a heart and
lost the club finesse to West. Sure
enough. West led the 6 Of hearts
to his partners ], but South had
it instead and proceeded to run
the tricks that gav> him 4-No
Trumps and a clear top, winning
his crazy gamble in the bidding.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
PROGRESS

Commemorating Venturas "A years of develop ment as an incorporated city, the Ventura County
 Cafornia) Star-Free Press recently published an 84 progress edition It the largest newspaper ever published in Ventura County. Roy Pinkerton, editor is a former Seattle newspaperman and is known to many Alaskans. The Star-Fress Press has plenty to write about Venturas bustng present and colorful past It is present and past entirely unlike Juneaus Modern Venturas foundations were laid not by god-seekers and fishermen, but by Franciscan missionaries and Spanish ranchers. The modern industries are oil and citrus farming.
 By comparison, Juneau is only 40 years olo as an incorporated city. The Empires bo-page pro- gress and development edition of last spring. on the basis of pages for years, shows Juneau ana Alasha have plenty to be written about too
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
20 YEARS AGO HIT fME EMPIRE
OCTOBER 21, 1911

OCTOBER 21, 19-0
 snow storm raging at skagway Canal delayed the sailing of the bucked strong head winds Skagway unusual Juneau the reciai by Mrs be assisted by MISS Jennie Lunden
 Evelyn Cleveland were married this Cartwright presence o H. Greening performed the the bride atron oi hohor wedding v
 Richardson grade returned from vacation in Vancouver with mother.
 M J. O'Connor Deputy in the city Daniel Cure who had been staying at the Aynda Hotel for spend a vacation
 born the previous day to Mr. and Mrs Hanso O
 Highest, 41 g; lowest 393; rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compe"
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

IOESDAI, OClObErt 1z
 This is an uncertain day in plan etary direction, bit threatening in the morning, but promising later. There is a sign encouraging to conflict of all sorts.
 Heart and Home: This is favor able configuration for women who look ahead in preparing for their households. While there are as poets contributing to nervous ten- sion, self discipline should over come impatience with depression. The, stars presage service in Army, Navy and aviation for great num- bers of young men and the mater nal instinct to prevent disruption of home and university programs should be stifled for the public good. True patriotism means unsel- fish devotion to national ideals. z
 Business Affairs: Great accom- plishments in the building ofgair- planes and other mechanisfns seln- ployed in war will have a far- reaching effect in the United States. American executive ability will be demonstrated in amazing ways and prosperity will be en- loved for a number of months. Se- cret plans for carrying out ambi- tious commercial enterprises are forecast are likely to be successful Merchants are under a good sway
 National Issues: Subversive- agen- cies will try to gain support of women in the United States through devious methods, including orgali- cations that appear philanthroDt ] Mothers and wives should exerdlSs caution. Energies focused on the ] Red Cross or relief organizations sponsored by responsible persons will be effective in employing great numbers of girls.
 International Affairs. Radio pro- paganda now will SOW fears and threats to the peoples of the Vest ern Hemisphere. Closer cooperation between the United States and Can ada will provoke intense resent
 ment among dictators intent upo, ruling the world. Sinister plot.
 hinging upon the national electior
 will fail in their objectives. Tht , food problem in Europe will caust overtures that have double purpose American diplomats should be ex
 ceedingly wary through the auturnf months.
 I Persons whose birthdate it j. f have the augury of year of up !, and downs Legacies will come t e many. s5t Q Children born on this day ma.
 be intense in nature, impression able and ambitious. They are likel to crave sensations and should b carefully guided. Copyright, 194O
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attendance slack, and members who haven't gone home would rather listen to a ball game than a de- bate.
 When the Senate cOnvenes, the clerk has to run through the roll call several times before he can get 6 quorum. This does not appear in the Congressional Record, where the roll calls are consolidated into one.
 Sometimes, in desperation, the clerk counts as present some mem- bers who have called up by tele- phone from their offices, and an- nounces that 49 members have an- swered to their names. But Sena- tor Vandenberg objects. we don't legislate by telephone" he says Where do you get 49? only see 25."
 So the clerk rings the bell and calls the roll all ,Qver, again. On the opening day of the ! Worlds Series, slack attendance SC irked Senator Thomas of Oklahoma that he scolded the absent mem bers publicly. Later, he resorted t. announcing the score of the bal game, inning by inning, as an at traction to keep members on th' floor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
An Unappreciated Weapon
Cincinnati Enquirer

During the World War, the ant-arcraft gun was so ineffective that it became joke. In the years subsequent, it greatly improved, ana stlA it was not very highly regarded either by military men or laymen Fortunately, however, Great Britain built and bought large numbers of them And today the anti-aircraft gun is not treated with contempt
 It is true that relatively few enemy planes are brought down by anti-aircraft fire. One reasonapy reliable estimate is that five percent of the Ger man planes shot down England or her coasts were the victims of anti-arcraft batteries But the usefulness of these guns is far greater than ths percentage would suggest
 The A guns as they called, serve two prl- mary purposes One is to force enemy planes to flv at great heights, 10000 feet and above. This makes accurate bombing difficult or impossible. The other is to provide strong defense of certain small but particularly valuable vulnerable areas, such as downtown London certain military ardromes, and shipping conveys.
 The fighter plane is Britain's main defense weapon of course against enemy air attacks. Noth- ing can alter this fact. But the anti-aircraft gun has proved it's worth. Without circle of AA bat teries downtown London would be far more heavily bombarded And if it not for well-placed bat teres around airdromes, these would hardly remain in use by now.
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ents on securing mass production Functioning as Chief of Staff, he would be in charge of deciding what models, types, plants, etc., were to be produced to make pos sible the mass production needed for modern military effectiveness.
 The job of providing the ingre- dients of this mass production raw materials. labor, transportation would be up to the other Com missioners. And to keep this ma chinery running smoothly, Pro- curement Director Donald Nelson bespectacled managerial genius ol Sears, Roebuck and Company would be installed as Coordinator
 He would act as the link between Knudsen, mapping out the produc- tion blue-prints, and the othel Commissioners putting them into effect. Nelson would be the tie thai is now missing and so urgently needed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
NAZI LIFE PREsERvERs

The thoroughness of Nazi pre- parations for an invasion of the British Isles is revealed in con- fidential report from military in- telligence sources in Surabaya, Java.
 Several months before the attack on Holland, Germany purchased 5000 tons of kapok in the Dutch East Indies. The shipment went via Vladivostok to avoid British capture, and reached its destina- tion during the summer.
 Lighter and more buoyant than cork kapok is used in life pre- servers: is essential to their mapu- facture. Military experts estimate that on the basis of two pounds per pressryer the Nazis| had algsaei' 2 kapok to equip an army or S'uW'-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
AN EMERGING PARTNERSHIP

Ever since the desultory and pointless War of 1912. relations with Great Britain have been improving and expanding, except for period of strain during the Civil War which found England's mercantile interests fatly in opposition to the mili- tary policy of the Union. To a degree far greater than most persons suspect Americas foreign policy is the product of understanding with England
 The Monroe Doctrine originally was the joint product of English and American diplomacy. Its strength through the early decades lay in the will ingness of Great Britain to back it up, in time when she had sea power and did not. Our policy in the Far East has been developing in the light of Brtan's policy and in such way as to insure that each of the great English-speaking nations might aid the other in the defense of common interests in Asia
 In more recent decades Anglo-American coopera- tion has taken the form primarily of a division of labor with the British fleet controlling the Atlantic and the American fleet the Pacific. As the common peril of a resurgent Germany has taken form, the unwritten. almost unspoken partnership of America and Britain has been crystallizng.
 We have seen the United States revise It's neu- trality policy once to accommodate Britain Another revision may be made soon We have seen our gov- elnment send 100000 tons of armaments to British ports with unprecedented speed to arm Britain Tor an expected German onsaught. Great Britain has assigned to the United States sites of incalculable value from Newfoundland to British Guiana-a string of strategic positions such no country in history has had before its ocean front And in turn we have released for Britans use 50 warships
 This is not the proof that an alliance exists Indeed it is clear that does exist. If there were an alliance be would be committed to enter the war But t is clear that partnership has been formed founded on common interests and bound tight by common principles and ideals
 partnership Is possible because British and American needs and interests are closely parallel in all parts of the world Il desirable and imper- ativslv necessary because neither power be cer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
Daily Lessons in English " v. L. GORDON

ch
  the verb KNIT
 hol-okost, first as in o in COST, syllable
 NIISSPEILED: Sweden not SWEDEN usual standard regular typical and it is yours Let us each day Today word the mind spirits incentive !- a stimulus men"-Samuel Warren
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LOOK and LEARN szy c. GORDON

percentage English language derived the Latin? Franklin D. Roosevelt hold immediately before he President?
 many people reported missing United States annually? A. elpe? 5 is the northern post the world?
 ANSWERS: l. o g. During recent year, 192000 A. regular oval 5 At Alaska
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WUULKN LIIQULI!L ROBERTA LEE

would like member of certain bridge perhaps would like to 
 No The best would be to give small bridge party ana three members of this particular club
 served two at the same meal like mashed potatoes?
 
 e. a bridegroom give his best and his uhers? is
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loo for crossing the English Chan-

900 for crossing the English Chan- nel
 The sale, made at time when Holland was trying desperately to appease the Nazis, was through the netherlands India Association of Karok Growers, which controls 90 percent of the worlds supply oi the pod that grows on a tree na- tive to Java. At the time of the B. OOO-ton purchase there was ap- proximately 15,0OO tons of kapok available for export.
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tain if is strong enough alone to survive in otali tartan world.
 It it idle to try to combat this fact of Anglo American cooperation by empty references to splen- did isolation For the fact is that the partnership of Britain and America has been developing for more than century It has emerged from mere cordiality into a working arrangement because the facts of world politics have compelled both nations to work together.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
Bombs and Skyscrapers
(NeW York TimeS)

(NeW YOrK llmeS)
 Mayor La Guardias statement about New York under aerial bombardment is not as wild as may seem at first blush He said that if an enemy were bombing the city from the air the safest place III town would be a skyscraper. It has been demon- strated that modern steel buildings stand up best against earthquakes, and even Hitlers heavlest bonbers cannot quite compete with the work Of a good seismic disturbance. Tokyo, after the great earthuuake of 1923 rebuilt in the modern man. her
 Before building colapses under bomb fire it must be hit A tall slim target is harder to ina than low building that spraWls over acres ol ground like one at least of the London structures which have appeared in the news This is Somerset House on the Thames which is the British hall oi records for wills and similar documents. The same amount of spaee-and the same number of people vertically distributed might have better chance ir our modern civilized warfare,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
POLITICAL CHAFF

Intimates ascribe ex-heavyWeignt champion Gene Tunney's sudden interest in the youth movement to future political ambitions. They say he is secretly planning to run either for Governor or Congress Ill 1942 Reciprocating Senator Bob LaFollette's declaration for Roosevelt, silver-haired Leo Crow ley, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and potent Wisconsin Democratic leader, will back LaF'ollette against his Demu- cratic opponent-if the latter con- tinues in the race. There is strong inner party pressure on him to quit. The Sheboygan Press, leading Democratic paper ~ caustically as- sailed him as an anti-New Dealer
 COP researchers are pre- paring an extensive report on the earnings of every member of the Roosevelt family since 1883. Still undecided is whether and how this material should be used in the campaign Slow on the trig- ger. the Democratic National Com mittee allowed the faster-movine COP to get Madison Square Gar. den this year for the last Satur' 1 day night of the campaign. But tho Democrats have nailed down tht final radio hour, signing up al networks for Il to l2 p.m., Mon' I day, November 4.
 . ABSENTEE SENATE
 AIf the Congressional Record tolc ! the whole story, it would revea that Congress, during the pas i. month. has been fed UP with it' SS- sTx.<r~ock y&<e ySoH.at 1exsfj
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HAPPY BlRTHDAY1 {

OCTOBER 21
 Beulah Sund tfi w. E. Bathe
 M E. Morrison o J. P. Christensen 4i Mrs. Ida Reinikka T'hora June Thunes A Luba Petievich Dale Holland Mrs. Bess Lavenik N Dr. w. M. Whitehead Joan Airline Rhodes Mildred Johnson
 Mae Fraser Mrs. Anna Larsen Fred Soberg Berthele Alexander Harold Brostrom
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We never fully realized how audacous the Nazs were until we heard that German plane had bombed an Irish village. Faith, and if brickbats only had wings!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-21
PoLIrIcAL-Go-RoUND

There is a good reason why Sem ator Burt Wheeler, red-hot isola- tionist, has been so silent on the issue since the surprise defeat of Senator Henry Ashurst, Arizona conscription foe. Wheeler is being opposed by E. K. Cheadle, Repub- lican World War veteran and It. Colonel in the Montana National Guard. Called into active service, Cheadle has been forced to wage his campaign through press state ments and radio transcriptions, but although handicapped is vigorously challenging Wheeler on his isola- tionist and anti-draft stand.
 Copyright, l940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc)
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Inventor with bomb Ferry showing S. army officials type aerial bomb which, he claims would Kill a The device 10 times larger above machine bullets simultaneously ground rife bar that living within striking distance could In destroying itself the bomb would throw out 5000 feet coed attached designed to rip apart
 anything with which in contact
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

te5ontlnued from Page One,
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at Skagway and along Lynn Caha oes aing of the otorship ship bucked strong had most O way Skagway
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An unusual treat the music lovers of Juneau was U planned by Mrs of Tane She to be assisted Lundell soprano.
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Weather: Highest. 4l9; lowest, 393; rain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-15
GibbOn Man Pays
Fine After Hitting
w. e. Paffrath Car

w. E. Paffrath, Andrew Smith
and James Dryer of Redwood
Falls escaped injury when the
Paffrath car was struck from the
side by a truck at the intersection
of highway 10 and the main street
of Gibbon about 100 p. m. Friday.
c. o. Doering Gibbon farmer
who was driving the truck, plesI-
ed guilty to careless driving in
Gibbon justice court Wednesday,,
was fined $25 and costs and
agreed to pay $25 toward repair
of the Paffrath car. Damage to
the side and front end of the ma
chine, estimated at SIS, was par
TALLY covered by insurance.
Doering stopped at the stop
sign but started again without
noticing the Paffrath car. Mr..
Paffrath turned his machine with
the truck as it struck and avoid
ed more serious results.
The group was on its way to the
University of Minnesota where
Mr.. Paffrath was to get his son,
Robert and a group of other stud
ents to spend the weekend here.
He called E. H. Bollum who went
to Gibbon and picked up the Paff-
rath car, loaning Mr.. Paffrath his
automobile to drive to the Twin
Cities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-15
|AAA Sign-Up
Meetings Are
In Progress
TWO DAY SESSIONS IN
MANY TOWNSHIPS;
DELHI LEADS OFF

Sign-up meetings for the 1910
soil conservation program are
underway in Redwood county.
Fay Starr, county AAA chair
man, has arranged two-day
schedules for the majority of
townships. In previous years only
enc day was set for each COM
munity.
Delhi township led off the SEES
sions Wednesday and sign-ups for
residents there are also underway
today at the Delhi hall.
Other sign-up meetings will be:
Kintire, today and Friday at the
Belview American Legion hall;
Charlestown, Friday and Satur-
day at the Avalon Palace, San
born; Shutdown, Friday and Sat-
urday at the Clements village
hall; Granite Rock, today and
Friday at the township hall;
Swedes Forest, Friday at the Bel
view Legion hall; Underwood in
the Vesta hall, North Hero in the
Revere hall and New Avon in the
district seven schoolhouse- all
Monday and Tuesday; Morgan in
the village council room Tuesday
and Wednesday and Lamberton
in the Lamberton council room
Tuesday and Wednesday.
More dates will be announced
later. d.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-15
High Scores

Continued from page one)
quarter, led ID to 6 at halftime
and enjoyed a 26 to IL advantage
at the three-fourths mark, over
the Morgan team which missed
Klaassen, ace of the Aces.
Scores q Points
Hillemeier, center, scored 81
points as Bird Island took the
Belview fracas, the fastest scoring
battle of Wednesdays play. The
Islanders were ahead Is to at
the first period, 80 to % at the
half and jumped to a 43 to 81 lead
before the last quarter.
Renville Builds Edge
G. Kottum with seven baskets
and three free throws led Renville
to victory over Delhi. Renville
was on the long end of the score
IL to at the quarter, q to II at
the rest period, and IS to "a going
into the home stretch.
Holmbergs Advance
Holmberg's, with Zimmerman
and Peterson scoring freely, took
things in hand at the outset and
ran up an 8 to l lead in the first
few minutes of play. The home
team led 1914 at quarter time,
increased the margin to 81 to 8
before the half and was ahead %
to ii at the end Of the third canto.
Rally Falls Short
In the most exciting and by far
the toughest game, Tracy eked
out a two point win over Frank
lin. Tracy started hot, jumping
into an 8 to 3 quarter time lead.
The Lyon county entrant held the
hig end of a 10 to II half-time
edge and increased that margin
early in the second half to % to
IA. Franklin then staged a 10
point rally which almost closed
the gap.
Hendricks Triumphs
The Hendricks WabaSso contest
closed the first round. Hendricks
led to 4 at the quarter, found
the net often in the second stanza
to lead 20 to 8 at halftime and
forged into a 35 TO 10 lead at the
third intermission.