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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-12-10
about Wagner

"Here's another angle about Wag-
ner," Barrow continued. 'He was
one of the greatest base runners in
the game. Here was big, awkward
2O0-pounder who used to steal from
so to 60 bases. Everyone knows
how great Cobb and Ruth were. But
I am talking about every angle that
makes up baseball-outfeld, infeld,
offense, defense, hitting, base run
ning-I mean everything.
''Cobb and Ruth have been our
two most phenomenal players. But
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-12-10
Our Judgment

Our Judgment
"'Tis with our judgments as
our watches, none go just alike,
yet each believes his own" ALEX
ander Pope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
REMUNERATION CLINIC
 WILL END TOMORROW

The last weekly immunization clinic on Wednesday mornings will be held tomorrow from 9 to 10 o'clock in the Juneau Public Health Center, when immunizations will be completed for diphtheria, small pox, typhoid and whooplng cough.
 Any who wish to begin immuniza- tions for whooping cough or typhoid should go to their private physi- clans, but those who are completing the series, will be taken care of at tomorrow's clinic.
 The next immunization clinic will be held on June 24 and from that time on will be held only once every four weeks in the afternoon. from l to o'clock At those clinics, immunizations will be given for diphtheria and vaccinations for smallpox.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
GROUP 0kAYS ARMY
 ALLOWANCES
Com mitfee Approves Classification of Mar
 ried Men

WASHINGTON, May 26 - The House Military Committee has ap- proved the Soldiers Allotment and Allowance Bill, authorizing the Se- lective Service Systems local boards to classify men with wives and children into categories to deter mine the order of calling them to duty.
 The bill different from the one already approved by the House Military Committee, provides for a deduction of S2l monthly from the enlisted mans pay, the Govern ment matching this with $28 con- tribution to provide the wife with $50 living expenses.
 The Government will pay $12 month toward the support of one child and $10 monthly for each additional child. The committee al- so approved the new provision for making war risk insurance com pulsory so that all men in the armed services are required to car " a $10,000 Government insurance policy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
Gastineau Channel League
JUNEAU, DODGERS TANGLE TONIGHT,
 BASEBALL GAME
Pacific Coast League

Juneau's baseball nine will make its second appearance in the Cas- tineau Channel Baseball League to- night, weather permitting, in con- test with the Dodgers. soldiers team which is yet undefeated in the league.
 Juneau was victorious in it's first start last Friday when it defeated the St. Louis Blues, To, in tight pitching duel. The Dodgers, like wise, have won one and lost none, defeating the Spare Parts 6 to 5 in the second game of the sea- son.
 Tonight's game will start at 6:30 o'clock and will be seven innings by agreement.
 At o'clock this afternoon, Art McKinnon, President of the Cas- tineau Channel League said to- nights game will probably be post poned until tomorrow night be- cause of weather conditions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
CLEVELAND L0SES IN
 LAST FRAME
Chicago Comes Through to- Hand Indians Fifth
 Straight Loss
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)

In the American League yester- day, Chicago broke the tie in the last inning to score four runs and hand Cleveland it's fifth straight defeat. Pitcher Bill Dietrich held the Indians to six hits.
 Seven hit pitching by Spud Chandler, coupled with important smashes by Buddy Hassett, brought New York a triumph over Boston for the Tanks fourteenth victory in IT starts. Hassett singled two runs home in the third inning for the winning tallies.
 Lanky Sid Hudson displayed com plete mastery over Philadelphia as Washington blasted Phil Marchildon for eight timely hits, winning a night game.
 After pitching steady ball all the way, Hal Newhouser lost his own game by throwing the ball away in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
COAST TEAMS PLAY GAMES
 FOR BENEFIT
AII-Star Squads in Army Navy Relief Battles
 Last Night
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A home run over the left field fence with two aboard gave the North victory over the South in the Pacific Coast League last night in an all-star benefit game in Cali fornia. The North did all the dam- age in the first inning. The South used four pitchers, the North team, three.
 Sacramento and Oakland made up the North bunch, while Holly wood and San Diego made up the South team.
 Seattle, meanwhile, three time Pacific Coast League champs, took on an all-star team made up of players from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland in an Ar my-Navy benefit game. The All- Stars collected five runs in the first inning for the victory. Both teams were held to seven hits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
METCAlF REPORTS
 ALERT YESTERDAY
 VERY SUCCESSFUL

Juneau residents yesterday even- ing seemed settled down to the important process of carrying out an air raid drill with minimum of confusion. Director Frank A. Metcalf reported today that the alert held yesterday was one of the most successful yet.
 There were no violations, he said, and more than ITO members of the Civilian Defense Unit were at their posts in record time after the alarm sounded.
 The next alert will be held next Tuesday with members of the First Aid Unit participating First Aid captains and instructors will have a special meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock in the City Hall for the purpose of discussing plans for the drill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
TUBERCULIN TES!S
 SET FOR WEDNESDAY

The final opportunity for Juneau residents to get tuberculin tests will be offered by the Juneau Public Health Service tomorrow morning from 10 to l2 o'clock.
 The clinic will be held in the Juneau Public Health Center. room l08, Territorial Health Building The clinics are open to all and every one who takes the test will be asked to report back on Friday during the same hours to have the results read and recorded.
 Anyone who has previously regiSt- cred positive to the test snoulI not come again.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26

a plane that can sleep 72 passengers and carry 150 troops. He said that Alaska should develop airports with long runways that can take big ships, support heavy planes.
 Cargo Gliders
 He declared that much work is being done Tn developing gliders that can carry cargo and be lowed by big planes. Nichols visualized the time when cargo glider could be picked ofe the ground at Ju- neau's airport by plane in flight and be carried by huge planes that would have a cruising range of 5000 miles.
 Congressman Nichols said that the war effort has reached a stage where things are finally beginning to happen. He said that the Ameri- can peoples money is being spent for things you don't know a damn thing about and don't have any business knowing about"
 Nichols, VIVA officials and mili- tary representatives, arrived in Ju- neau yesterday on big DC-3 on their way north.
 Other guests of the club today were Clarence Rand, Sitka contrac- tor, and It. Robert E. Thomlinson, naval communications officer at Juneau. Stan Grummett, new father" passed around cigars and Rotary Clubbers filled kitty for the new arrival.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
EvACUEE FROM
 JUNEAU WRITES
 ABOUT BIG CAMP
John Tdnaka Gives De- seription of Camp liar
 mony at Puyallup

A letter, passed by the censor, has 1een received by the Empire from John Tanaka, Juneau evacuee, now at Camp Harmony, A-6-6l, Puyall- ap, Wash Tanaka was evacuated with his parents and other Japan ,se Nationals, and previous to go- ng south, was given his diploma IS a graduate of the 1922 High School Class. At the graduating exercises he was named valedictor- ian.
 Tanakas letter, dated May IA says:
 We arrived in camp two weeks ago last Monday. The Alaska group was the first in the camp. The follow ing day the first group of Seattle evacuees arrived.
 Immediately upon arrival each person was given a thorough phy- Sical examination.
 Camp Harmony
 Camp Harmony consists of four areas, A. B. c. and D. We live in the largest, which is Area A. This was formerly the parking lot for the Western Washington County Fair.
 The barracks, which will house over 5000, was built in IT days by the Army Engineers Corps.
 Each family is given a room 20 oy IT feet and if more space is needed, the partition between the rooms is taken out.
 There are six mess halls, each capable of feeding over 250 at one time.
 Pay For Job Work
 Persons holding jobs will receive from S8 to $16 as pay. Tn addition each adult will receive $250 in cou- pons redeemable at the Army Can- teen Medical care, food, shelter and clothing is furnished by the Government.
 At the present, the recreational facilities are limited to soft ball, football and pingpong.
 Areas B. and c. are similar to Area A except that they are smaller in size. Area D. is in the fair grounds. Barracks were constructed wherever there was space They were even constructed inside the large exhibit rooms of the fair.
 No one is allowed to leave the camp even to another area except 1n business. Every day, friends out side the gate come and purchase goods from the evacuees.
 When the final deadline for the avacuation arrives Saturday the camp will hold the limit which is )ver 5000. A 100-bed hospital is nearly finished. It will be operated y Japanese doctors and nurses evacuated from Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
MRS. E. YARBROUGH IS
 HOME FROM KETCHIKAN

Mrs. Eugene Yarbrough, wife or Lieut.. Yarbrough, U. s. A., was a returning passenger to Juneau yes terday with Bud Bedding of the Ellis Air Transport from Ketchi- kan.
 Mrs. Yarbrough has been visiting relatives and friends in the First City for the last week
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
DESTROYER
 T0RpED0ED,
 NAVY SAYS
Old World War Graft Hif in Caribbean Sea = Ten
 Crewmen Missing

WASHINGTON, May 26 - The Navy today announced that the old World War destroyer Blakely was damaged by an enemy torpedo in the Caribbean Sea but reached port.
 Six members of the crew of the Blakely are reported to have been injured and 10 crewmen are miss ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
FITz5IMM0N5
 IS RELEASED
 BY BR0CKL YIN
CoIorfuI Player, r Years in National, May Be
 Dodgers Coach

BROOKLYN, May 26-Time has finally caught up with Fred Fitz- simmons as the Brooklyn Dodgers handed him his unconditional re- lease after IT colorful years in the National League. It is believed he will be retained as the Dodgers Coach.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26

On the Soviet front today, Rus sian headquarters reported that Hitler's mechanized armies are suf- fering heavy losses of tanks and men in an attempt to flank the Red Army in the 15-day-old battle of Kharkov.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
DONALD RUDE TO FISH

Donald Rude, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Rude, who was graduated from the Juneau High School last week, left yesterday for Peters, burg to spend the summer doing commercial fishing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
LOU NOVA IS LOSER
 10 SAv0LD
California Heavyweight Is Technically Knocked
 Out in Eighth

WASHINGTON, May 26 Lee Savold, cocky contender, stepped a long way up the heavyweight lad der last night by scoring a technical knockout over California's Lou Nova in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round bout.
 Referee Charles Reynolds stopped the fight when Nova was bleeding badly from the eyes and nose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
CHARLES WAYNOR BACK
 FROM BUSINESS TRIP

Charles Waynor, of the Alaska Credit Bureau, returned to his Ju- neau headquarters yesterday after a ten day business trip to South east Alaska communities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
zIvIC WIN5IN 10TH ROUND,
 JENKINS GO

PITTSBURGH, Pa. May 26-For- mer welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic last night slashed former champion Lew Jenkins into a gory wreck and won the match by a technical knockout in the tenth round.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
MIR. AND MRS. JEFFRIES
 ARE HOME FROM TRIP

MT. and Mrs. J. s. Jeffries were Juneau arrivals from Southeast AL aska yesterday returning from a short business trip to Ketchikan and other communities of the First Division.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
JOINS NURSING STAFF
 OF GOVT HOSPITAL

Miss Margaret Gilhooley, of New York City, arrived in Juneau yes terday and will join the nursing staff of the Government Hospital here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
LEAVES FOR KETCHIKAN

N A. McEachran, well known merchandise broker, left for busi- ness trip to Ketchikan on Sun day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26

The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
PIRATES GO LOWER IN
 STANDINGS
Cincinnati Knocks Pitfs. burgh Into Second
 Division
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Winning it's first night game, Cin- cinnati toppled Pittsburgh into the second divison of the Natonal League for the first time this year as Paul Derringer limited the Pirates to six hits last night.
 Curt Davis, meanwhile, pitched a fancy six-hit shutout for his sixth victory of the season as the Brook lyn Dodgers defeated Philadelphia The Dodgers collected seven hits off Frank Hoerst.
 In another game, May Vests first homer of the season came in the eleventh inning with one on to enable Boston to beat New York and hold second place in the Na- tional.
 St. Louis lambasted six Chicago pitchers for l3 hits, winning an easy victory as Ernie White linn ited the Cubs to only six hits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 26 - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2is American Can 64as. Anaconda 23l, Bethlehem Steel 50a. Commonwealth a n d Southern 3f16. Curtiss Wright 6A, International Harvester 43ia, Ken necott Z67s, New York Central 67s, Northern Pacific 5as, United States Steel 44&4, Pound S4.04.
 DOW. JONES AVERAGES
 The following are todays Dow, Jones averages: industrials 9941, rails 2393, utilities 1143.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
TURN OVER OF VESSELS
 INDICATED
On KharkOv Front

(Continued rom Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
GAMES MONDAY National League

New York l; Boston 3. Brooklyn 3; Philadelphia O. St. Louis, 10; Chicago 2. Cincinnati 6; Pittsburgh 1.
 American League Boston 1; New York 3. Chicago 5; Cleveland l. Detroit 2; St. Louis g. Washington 5: Philadelphia 3.
 Pacific Coast League No regular games played yester- day but All-Star games were played; in Oakland, South All Stars and North All Stars 3; In Se- attle, All Stars 5 and Rainiers 2. Teams open today on regular sched- ule for this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26

Empire Classifieds Pay!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-26
NICHOLS PAINTS ROSY FUTURE FOR
 AIR TRANSPORT

(Contlnued from Page One)
Evening star., 1942-12-21

In New Picture
At Metropolitan
Might to Remember
Scheduled to Obem
On Christmas Day

"A Night to Remember" Columbia
Studio mirthful mystery, co-star-
ring Loretta Young and Brian
Aherne, will be the feature attrac-
ton opening Friday, December IS,
Christmas Day, at the Metropolitan
Theater.
With accent on chills and fun,
"A Night to Remember" tells the
story of JEFF and Nancy Troy, a
young married couple who rent a
basement apartment in Greenwich
Village in order to get atmosphere
for Jeff's new novel. They move in
amid mysterious goings on among
the other tenants, and before they
spend "a hours there they have a
murder victim almost in their laps.
Their meddling with the efforts
OF the New York detectives and
their unorthodox procedure in de-
lection makes for some delightful
comedy according to advance re-
port
Supporting the leading players and
portraying either the foxes or the
hares are jeff Donnell, William
Wright, Sidney Toler, Gale Sonder-
gard, Donald MacBride, Lee Pat
rick. Blanche Yurka and james
Burke. e ...,..l. .
Paramount and Universal News
reels and selected short subjects
round out the program for the week.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

gifts and entertainment are pre-
Sented.
AS part of the program yesterday,
Managing Director Harry Anger ar
ranged special show for the chill
dren and their parents that supplied
an hour and half's entertainment
for them. Entertainers who ap-
peared in the show were the Earle's
popular Is Roxyettes, Joan Ritter in
"Sing-a-Song- With Mike" the thea
ter's own community sing program;
the Six Willys, iugglers par excel
lent. and Harry Baker, popular
Washington magician.
\
"Chetniks" controversy.
"Chetniks." 20th-Fox saga of the
fighting guerrillas of Yugoslavia un-
der Gen. Draja Mihailovich, is said
to have stirred up antagonism
among groups seeking control of the
Yugoslav government-in-exile.
William Goetz, head of studio pro-
duction, and home Office executives
in New York have received appeals
from the faction opposing Mihailo-
vich to amend or suppress the film,
which maintains the Chetnik view
point and which has been okayed
by the Yugoslav government-in-exil
through its Embassy at Washington.
Wire received by Goetz from the
Embassy states that enemy propa-
ganda IL attempting to minimize
and discredit Mihailovich.
Evening star., 1942-12-21

Poo-Bah of en- Andrew 4. Kelley.
tertainment, realized this, set about
to service those units in remote
areas, far from the beaten path
and railroad lines, dificult for the
touring attractions to reach. Here
the problem would have to be met
by self created entertainment.
Big Writers Cooperate.
One who was close to the enter
tainment program since It's incep-
ton can attest that Col. Young has
met his problems magnificently. The
policy was to have no neglected
units when it came to providing
them with good, wholesome diver
sion for leisure moments. Writers
promised to provide scripts, but
were laggard in meeting their obli-
cations. Out of delays came the
Committee on Scripts, whose duty
was to whip authors and playwrights
into a sense Of duty to the Army.
This committee is coming through
with plays and skits and vaudeville
specialties which will transform SOL
diers into Barrymores and Eddie
Cantors In embryo. The material is
scanned and selected by group Of
experienced showmen, which in
cludes George S. kaufman, Russell
Grouse, Clifton Fadiman, George
Abbott, Howard ,Dietz, Clifford
Odets, Lillian Hellman, John O'Hara,
Ben Hecht. Howard Lindsay.
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hack
EFT. All these are aces Of the play
house and Uncle Sam is grateful
for their advice, founded on years
of experience in the theater. They
are part of the Writers War Board.
The camps have the rights to some
800 plays with the authors waving
royalty.
Soldiers Are Enthusiastic.
The program Is paying dividends
In laughter and off-duty enjoyment.
Down at Camp Lee the brave war
riors in training recently offered
Glare Booths satirical savagery,
The Women" At Fort Hancock
soldiers have offered Room Serv-
ice" "Whistling in the Dark" "One
Sunday Afternoon" Mr.. and Mrs.
North" and "The Monkeys Paw"
At Fort Leonard Wood the khaki
capers have included Arsenic and
Old Lace, ," "Petticoat Fever" per-
sonal Appearance" Might Must
Fall" and "Reom Service
Evening star., 1942-12-21

YOU were never LOVellef, prefers
peasant dresses, and her latest COM
prises a dainty white blouse and
full, colorful skirt The blouse is
sheer voile, trimmed with beading
of black velvet ribbon and white
lace. The skirt is fine challis in
brilliant floral pattern of red,
green, blue and yellow.
Rita also has a new slack cos
tune for home wear The velveteen
slacks are topped by long sleeved
blouse Of heavy crepe printed in the
rich browns and yellows of a leop-
ard-skin design.
Another getup owned by Rita is
a white flannel one-pjece dress. It
is simple in line and has as its
only trimming an applique design
Of red and green felt. To wear
over the dress is coat of white
lambskin with silver buttons. Her
headgear is jaunty Cossack hat
Of the, same fur. The little red
and green felt poinsettias add 4
Christmas note to the coat that
Is equally good for sports wear or
for dressy occasions in the evening.
Smart Trench Coat.
A smart trench coat has been
designed for Brenda Marshall by
Milo Anderson, to wear in Back
ground to Danger" OF q nutmeg
brown. in a finely ribbed wool, the
coat features collar, lapels and
sleeve lining of mink. Inverted
pleats in the front of the skirt stem
from vertical slot pockets which are
trimmed with a half Inch binding
Of self-fabric. Brenda wears mink
beret and muff with the coat.
Miriam Hopkins. now working
with Bette Davis in "Old Acquaint-
ance," has designed an evening
hair ornament to 60 with one of
her gowns in the picture. It con-
sists of three starched net bows
Evening star., 1942-12-21

trimmed with multicolored sequins.
Talking about Miss Davis, she
lunched in the Warmers Green
Room the other day wearing a gold
jersey suit with cutaway jacket
and slim skirt draped at the front.
Her blouse, in the same shade of
crepe, had a high. cowl neckline.
Topping the ensemble was a pillbox
of breast of pheasant shading from
gold to cranberry red. A pheasant
lapel pin of jewels repeated the
shades. She wore black accessories.
Genes Dream Hat.
Gene Tierney has dreamed up a
hat with interchangeable crowns
and trimmings. Genes time saver
has medium crown of black felt
onto which several crowns can be
buttoned with large wooden fasten-
ings painted silver. One crown is
closel.' crocheted in fine red cotton,
with a snoodlike arrangement fall
ing down the back of the hair.
Another is Of emerald green velvet
IN a high-peaked shape with tive
short sash ends edged in similar
silver buttons. The third is a high
stiffened crown of striped rayon
taffeta in red, purple and black. All
these lend variety to simple black
suits. Genes next picture is Tam
pico," in which she plays opposite
Jean Cabin.
When Alice Faye finishes the
days work in Hello, Frisco, Hello"
she usually puts on slack suit for
the journey home. With these suits
she wears leather belt decorated
with gadget enameled deep blue
that Is glorified version OF a
streetcar conductors change clip.
It fastens on wide natural Leather
belt. A good idea is to put extra
dimes into the clip-it holds IS
worth-then buy a War bond!
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Earle Will Launch
New Show Thursday

Ths Warner Bros. Earle Theater
will open day earlier than usual
this week because Of the Christmas
holidays. according to John J..
Payette, general zone manager.
Nov. voyager," the new attraction,
will open at the Earle on Thursday,
December ~, Christmas eve.
Nov, voyager," Bette Davis lat
est starring production, is based on
the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty,
who Is also author Of the well-known
stella Dallas" Co-starred with
Miss Davis is Paul Henreid, con-
ttnental actor remembered for his
roles In Might Train" and Joan
Of Paris. Also In the cast are
Claude Rains. Gladys Cooper, Ilka
Chase, Bonita Granville and John
LOder.
Enric Madriguera and his orches-
ira viii headline the stage show
with Now. Voyager." Featured in
the salute to Latin American coun-
tries revue are Patricia Gilmore,
Eddie Comes, Carr Brothers. Tito
and his accordion ana 10 lombard
ana The Earln orchestra,
Evening star., 1942-12-21

" O4 eNAs
From the out
set it was ap-
p a r mt tn a t
those military
e S t a blishments
and camps near
populous centers
would be well
served, both by
professional en-
tertainers and
eager volu n
teers. 1t. Col.
Marvin Young,
guiding genius
and mill tary
-
Evening star., 1942-12-21
Praise From Author

ZURICH, Switzerland tBy Cable)
Walt Disney's "Bambi," the last
American film to get into Switzer-
land before Vichy France clamped
down on transportation, was given
. special preview here this week
at which Felix Salten, author of the
best seller from which the picture
was made, was guest of honor.
Screening was q tremendous sue
cess and the picture was unani-
mously acclaimed masterpiece.
Author. Salten cabled to Walt
Disney In Hollywood as follows:
With greatest pleasure saw pri-
vate performance your 'Bambi.' NV
impression your genius and gift of
imagination was greater than ever.