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The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-10-30
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 produced in Juneau for nearly presented The musical the first of its kind to be here.
 Following special Arab costumes for yellow bows brought the decorative scheme ball the Shrine Club Grand Halloween Ball Moose Hall. to time.
 C. the Northwestern for Seattle whe she to a months
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CALIFORNIA; HARD WORKER

Last spring the one-time ham and-eggs Senator from California, Sheridan Downey, was considered a dead political duck. With war time prosperity, Californias ham |and-eggs enthusiasm waned. Re-
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KEEPS UP WITH THE NEWS
 Every morning after breakfast, Dewey spends an hour reading all the New York papers, occasionally
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COOPERATION ALL IMPORTANT

be applied to other air routes.
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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boys the High School had formed new ac he of a Glee Club
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Weather report: High, sa; low, s7; partly cloudy
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S. left the Admiral Rogers for Seattle where visit with Mrs for time
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V. c. Clauson leaving on the Northwestern for here she was visit for a few months.
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The first musical comedy to be produced in Juneau for be presented by the American Legion T comedy footght revue, the first of its kind here
Evening star., 1944-03-06
kcSpaden Is PAGER
10 the Last in $1,000
GuIfport Victory
BY the Associated Press.


GULFPORT, Miss, Mar. g.
Harold "Jug" Mcspaden, par-crack-
ing Philadelphia Country Club pro-
got back into the winning groove
to take first money in the s4.50o
Gulfport (Miss.) Open golf tourna-
ment.
A front runner since the tourna-
ment got under way Friday. Nc
Spaden stormed down to the finish
with a 3-under-par 68 yesterday to
bring his 72-hole total to 276, six
strokes better than his nearest rival,
Sammy Byrd of Birmingham, for
mer New York Yankee outfielder
and winner of last weeks New Or
leans Open.
McSpaden's victory was good for
81 900 In War Bonds, with a maturity
value Of $1,333.33, while Byrd's sec
ond-place 282 won him $3.50.
One stroke back OF Byrd was
Byron Nelson, Toledo (Ohio) vet
eran, who carded 2s3 for the four
rounds and won $3.50 in bonds. Tony
Penna, Dayton tOhio) pro. was
fourth with 284, two strokes ahead
OF Johnny Revolta, Evanston Ill.)
star. who won the Texas Open re-
Gently. Revolta matched McSpaden's S
SO on the final round. but his over
par shooting in the first and third
rounds forced his total to 286.
Tied for sixth place were Fred
Haas, jr., New Orleans amateur.
and Leonard Dodson. Kansas City
professional. Each fired 288. Craig
Wood, duration National Open
champion. of Mamaroneck, N. Y.
shot 289 to trail Haas and Dodson.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Hy the Associated Press,


NEW YORK, Mar. 6-Parson Gil
Dodds goes in both ends of double
header Saturday when the Boston
theologian who won his fifth straight
in the special mile at the IC-4A
meet, trots out for the Columbian
Mile and 1,0O0-yard features of the
knights of Columbus competition
that closes the Madison Square Gar
den indoor track season.
Dodds had more trouble than
usual in making it five in a row in
4:10.2 at the collegiate carnival be-
cause Bill Hulse of the New York
A. c. was determined to set the pace
and keep it as long as he could.
Hulse roared through 58.3 quar-
ter, a 2:02 half and 3:03.5 three
quarters before yielding to the par
son with only three and half laps
to go. Gil had made seven distinct
bids to pass the leader, but each
time the winged footer had sprinted
to hold the pace. Once Dodds got
out in front, Hulse had to drop out
of the race and Dodds led Ensign
Ollie Hunter home by some so yards.
The persistent Hulse will be joined
by Dartmouth's Don Burnham, who
Evening star., 1944-03-06

HyattSvilie was the mems runner
up with 17-607. Stewart Culp of
Silver Spring, with 37-601, placed
third. ]. T. Symanoskee, another
Air Track roller, was fourth with
1857, j. Paul Ward, jr., Junior
Board of Commerce League, fifth
with 1888 and sixth was Rich
ard Fisher, Fort Davis with 1854.
A field of 179 which included TO-
odd women, rolled in the event
which Is named for one of the Cap
itals foremost bowling leaders.
Baltimore Again on Top.
Baltimore bowlers continued to
dominate the mems major duckpin
tournaments, winning their 14th vic
tory of the season last night in Bal
timore when Cliff Kidd triumphed
in the annual South Atlantic Singles
with 993. George Hranicka, an ORR
ole. was second with 97l. Tony San
TIM of Lucky Strike, with third
place score of 949, led the WASH
ington contingent with two King
Pin rollers, Al Wright and Bob Mici-
otto, finishing sixth and ninth with
respective counts of 935 and GIG
Perce Wolfe, the Capitals No.
duckpinner, was 10th with 914.
Other Orioles finishing in the
money were Norman Roppelt, fourth
943; Hal Tucker, fifth, 939; Nova
Hamilton, seventh, 924; Winfield
Guerke, ninth, s19; Tom Harrison
11th, 9l2; Otis Shepherd, GIL; Car
roll Hildebrand, 9l0; Andy Cook,
alo; Walter Stahler, GOT: Al Neubert
907; Meyer Jacobsen, 905 George
Young. 905, and Bob Fisher, 9O5.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Perry Goes 10 Garden
II He Beats Banks

Success against Billy Banks on
Friday night in the 1O-rounder
heading the Uline Arena boxing
card means another big step upward
for Aaron Perry, the District Negro
lightweight who currently is regard
ed as the hottest article among
Washington's young ringmen.
Manager Harry Garsh reveals he,
has been negotiating with Promoter
Mike Jacobs for place for Perry
on the Madison Square Garden show
of March 81 and suggests Tippy Lar
kin as opponent. The names of
both Larkin and Lulu Costantino
were suggested as possible opponents
for Perry after he won over Freddy
Addeo recently at the New York
fight headquarters and Garsh says
he prefers Larkin.
1t all depends on how we'll Aaron
does against Banks. however. "Billy's
a good fighter and Perry will have
to get past him first before we book
any more fights" says Garsh.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Three Wildcats Make
An-Southeastern
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. KY. Mar. 6.-Three
members Of the championship Ken
lucky Wildcats were named to this
years All-Southeastern Conference
tournament basket ball team, Sc
lected by visiting sports writers and
officials. One representative each
from Tulane and Georgia Tech COM
pleted the lineup. Kentucky de-
feated Tulane, 62-46, in the final
Saturday night.
Big Bob Brannum, hub of Ken
tucky's offense, led the polling to
earn the center position. Both
guard positions also went to the
where Jack Parkinson
and Jack Tingle led the field.
Tulane's slender Alex Athas, who
tied the tournament scoring record
with % points against Georgia Tech
Friday night, ran second only to
Brannum in the voting to clinch a
forward berth. His running mate
was Wesley Paxson, who formed the
spearhead of Techs attack.
Slightly shy of enough votes for
the first team were Techs Frank
Broyles, at guard, and Kentucky s
Wilbur Scfu, at forward.
The second five was composed of
these two, along with Tulane's Ferd
Lorio at forward, the Green Waves
Hugh Taylor, who was placed at
center, and Dick (Whitey) Hoskins,
Louisiana State University, who
copped the other guard berth.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Flashy Hockey Bisons
Push Bears for Lead
By the Associated Press.

oS tne hSSOClRted freSS.
The Buffalo Bisons stayed hot on
the heels Of the Hershey Bears last
week in their stretch battle for the
Eastern division championship In
the American Hockey League.
The Bears played a 3-3 tie with
the Cleveland Barons, Western di-
vision leaders, then blanked In
dianapolis, 2 to 0. Buffalo, how
ever, swamped indianapolis, to 2
and followed through last night by
trouncing the Barons, II to 5, to
climb within three points Of the
Bears with two weeks of the regular
season left.
The largest Buffalo crowd of the
season, 10.051. saw the Bisons tram
pie the Western division kings.
Buffalo now has a string of nine
straight games without a defeat
and can pull within one point of
the Bears by beating Providence to-
morrow night.
In another league game last night
Indianapolis frightened its grip on
second place in the Western loop
by whipping the hapless Providence
Reds, 6 to 2, before $500 at Indian
apolis. 1t was a roughhouse con-
test. with Hymie Butler of the Caps
and Ross Knipfel of the Reds twice
trading punches.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
The|mo Northrop Sets Record
To Steal Lynn Bowling Show

Stealing the show with tourna-
ment record score for women of
SAT, ambitious Thelma Northrop,
l02-average bowler of the Arcadia
Independent Ladies' League, last
night at Arcadia shared laurels
with j. M. Lang of the st. Martin S
League whose 639 topped the male
contestants in the ninth annual
Margaret Lynn Handicap.
With amazing new-found skill. the
peppery Thelma, who rated only a
10-pin handicap, fired 637 from
scratch for the first 6O0-score ever
rolled by a woman contestant in
the big mixed event. After games
of 121 and ia she shot 155 for the
highest game of the tournament
and finished with l29 and 118 to
tally 402 for her last three games.
Lang, with 14-pin handicap
fired 625 from scratch with games
of 127, lit, ]26, lat and 108.
Jean Fawcett Is Second.
Jean FaWcett, 95-average Silver
Spring roller, was the runner-up ir
the women's section with 33-594
and Betty Halvorsen of the Wash
ington Ladies' League finished third
with 1882. Mrs. Dolly Puryear
who last summer rolled a 50-game
continuous match with Madge Lewis
in the million-d dollar Silver Spring
Board of Trade War Bond tourna-
|ment, placed fourth with 1853
while Olga Bowers, Department .oi
Justice, was fifth with 24-578. Ger
trude Mullan of Northeast Temple
was sixth with 30-577.
Paul j. Rees, Air Track League OF
Evening star., 1944-03-06
|Canadiens Top Flag
Victory With Loop
Scoring Record
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
The Montreal Canadiens long
since have won the National Hockey
League championship. Last night
they added bit of icing to the
cake by setting a league record in
goals scored
In whipping the Toronto Maple
Leafs, 8 to 8, before 10000 on the
Montreal ice, the Canadiens ran
their number of goals for the season
to 202, or four more than the league
record of 1913 set a year ago by the
Leafs. Every goal the Canadiens
score in their remaining games au-
tomatically is a new record.
1t was Montreal's 10th consecu-
tive game without a defeat and its
eighth victory in row. The only
mar on this latest demonstration
of their skating prowess is a %
tie with the Chicago Blackhawks
on February 13.
The Hawks, incidentally, moved
into third place by trouncing the
Detroit Red Wings, to /, before
1887 at the Chicago Stadium. If
the Hawks stay in third place they
will face the Canadiens in the Stan
ley Cup semifinals.
The f1fth-place Boston Bruins
muffed golden opportunity to gain
ground on the fourth-place Leafs
by being held to a A tie by the
last-place New York Rangers before
1886 at Madison Square Garden,
in New York. 1t was the Rangers
18th consecutive game without a
victory.
Herbie Cain of Boston and Maui
rice Richard of Montreal each
turned the hat trick by scoring three
goals.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

1t. Col. Joe Burger, one of Uni
versity of Marylands all-time ath-
letes, is back from 16 months in the
South Pacific with word that the
boys down there are very much in
terested in sports happenings back
here in the States. They listen
avidly to all the short-wave radio
news they can get. says Col. Burger,
dividing their interest equally be-
tween world events and sports.
Burger, an Old Line graduate in
1925, was all-America lacrosse
player at Maryland in 1924 and 1925
and also played a crack game of
football and basket ball, being on
the all-time all-Terp eleven. He
was in the South Pacific with the
Marine Amphibious Corps and saw
action at Guadalcanal and Bougain-
vile. A
The marines are doing their own
part to keep sports alive down there,
he says. particularly with boxing
matches in the rest area. Softball
and baseball also are favorites.
Boxing takes the spotlight, how
ever, says Burger, and numerous
big tournaments are held. Some
of the marine mittmen he has seen
in action down there will make
good pro fighters after the war, he
predicts.
Do athletes make good in the
marines? They certainly do and u
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Three games are scheduled to-
night in the District basket ball
championships that opened last
night with 10 teams competing on
the Heurich court.
Marine Paymasters will meet
Naval Attachment at 7, Landover
Hills tackles Retail Clerks at 8 and
Gallaudet Informals face No. 10
Boys Club at 10. In preliminary
FBI will play Jacobsen Florist in a
Heurich League game.
In the tourney openers Metros
swamped Orioles, 51-26: Engineer
and Research edged out Navy Radio
and Electric, 37-36; Prince Georges
County Boys Club won over Chevy
Chase Ramblers, 1884: Friendship
Ramblers defeated Marine Person.
mel, 1888, and Navy Bluejackets
eliminated Conklyn Florist, 48-40.
Marinettes beat T. c. War Depart
ment girls, 51-27,~to win the third
Heurich League round and will play
United Typewriter girls for the
championship. In another Heurich
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Tests Show WAVE Ensiuns
Equal Of College Maids

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, Mar. g.
In agility and speed the average
WAVE ensign of % and "a years
old equals college freshmen and
sophomores. recent tests at Mount
Holyoke College reveal.
An arduous obstacle race, devised
by Ensign Jean Hodgkins of the
Naval Training School of Communi-
cations and Miss Elizabeth Webber
of the Mount .Holyoke College ply
sical education department, was ne
gotiated by the average Mount
Holyoke underclassman in / min
ute 20 seconds, while the average
ensign finished in / minute 10 Sec
onds.
Lowest scorer among 100 WAVES
and 240 college students was Jean
Smith of Auburn, Mass, Mount
Holyoke freshman. whose time was
81 seconds. WAVE Ensign Mary
Jane Chase of Silver Spring, Nd,
placed second in SO seconds.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Dodds Seeking Double Victory
In K. of c. Meets Mile, 1000

won the IC-4A mile in 1902, and
Rudy Simms of N. Y. U. to provide
competition for Gil in the Colum-
bian while AL Daily of Manhattan,
collegiate champ, and Les Eisenhart,
AAU king, will be among the 1000
yard starters trying to trip Dodds on
the S64 question of his double or
nothing bid. Glenn Cunningham did
the trick in 1885, but failed and lost
both events in 1889.
Although the special mile stole the
play from the college boys Satur-
day, Army's splendid team perform
ance came in for plenty of notice as
the Cadets with Al points came
within one point of tieing the all
time meet record. In dethroning
N. Y. U. champ, the Army captured
only two events, the 35-pound weight
throw and pole vault, but failed to
place in only two. Navy, in second
place with 3612 points, took flrsts in
the high jump, broad jump, shot put
and 600-yard run.
Ed Conwell of N. Y. U. won the 60
yard sprint in 63 and Burnham in
the mile were the only repeating
titleholderS.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Great Lakes Record 33-3
For Hot Court Campaign

By the Associated Press.
GREAT LAKES, Ill, Mar. 6.-The
Great Lakes basket ball team
ranked as one of the country's
strongest, dropped anchor on its
1894 season last night-with no
plans for postseason contests.
The Sailors, possessor of a 81
game win streak during the season
finished play by walloping Wiscon-
sin, 63 tos47. 1t was their 33d win in
a 36-game schedule as compared to
last seasons won-lost record of 34-3
Herman Schaefer, former Indiana
star, set a new individual season
record. scoring 420 points to break
Bob Calihan's two-year- mark
of 308.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Richest Florida Turf
Season Hits Stretch
In Tropical Meet
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 6.-Florida's
richest racing season hit the home
stretch with the reopening today OF
Tropical Park for 30-day spring
meeting.
Hialeah Park closed Saturday
after establishing q State wagering
record Of $36, ,786 ,127. compared with
the previous record of s25,927,8 ,876
in 1910.
Ten fleet thoroughbreds were en-
tered in the $4,000 six-furlong Trop-
ical Spring Inaugural, with Calumet
Farms best mare, Markell, the
favorite. She won two races at
Hialeah but was disappointing in
another try and was given a rest.
Trainer Ben Jones entered Calu-
NETS Kentucky Derby prospect,
Pensive, in the 81 200 Flagler Purse
but crowded list caused some
doubt as to whether the horse would
start.
Markell will have a Calumet
running mate, Son of Peace, in the
Inaugural. Other entries are Adroit,
Sparkling Maid, Dream Parade,
Kesargo, Mintlock, Shiny Penny,
Mixer and Mighty Master.
Tropical officials were confident
of high pari-mutuel play, although
nothing like the s735,724 daily av-
erage at Hialeah.
Hialeah's total attendance dropped
from the 531 1862 in 1910 to 462 2079,
daily average of 9,24l. But bet
ting per capita averaged s7961 this
year as compared with $4797 in 1910.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Farkas Is Ponderinq
Advice 10 Retire

Handy Andy" Farkas, Redskin
fullback who recently was rejected
for military service because of foot
ball injuries and who at the same
time was advised to quit the game,
seriously is thinking of taking that
advice.
1t wasn't any one specific injury
that caused his rejection, Farkas
reported, but a series of beatings he
has taken in six years of pro play
ing. THE doc said ought to quit
before I got worse, and I've been
doing a lot of thinking about what
he told me-" Farkas said.
At the end of last season there
were reports that Farkas, because OF
his spotty playing during 1943,
might be traded to some other team.
but in view of the manpower Short
age this largely has died down.
Farkas said today, however, that
he either would play for Washing
ton or not at all. He has a posi-
ton as athletic director at the En-
gineering and Research Corp. at
Riverdale and plans to keep it.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
.Gauzza Would Brine
ISandIot Event Here

Getting ready to go ahead with
another sandlot baseball season as
soon as weather permits, Vic Gauz-
"a, president of the Departmental
League and moving spirit behind
the amateur diamond game in
Washington, already has made a
bid in an effort to get the All-Amer-
lea Amateur Baseball Associa tion's
championship playoff series for
Washington.
The new organization was formed
last month at meeting in New
York, with Gauzza representing the
Capital. And Vic wants the cham
pionship games late this summer
for Washington. Philadelphia and
Baltimore also are asking for the
title tourney, according to word
from Wilford L. Carter, president,
in Baltimore.
Teams from these three cities as
well as Northern New Jersey New
York, Waterbury, Brooklyn, Elmira,
Greenville and Anderson, S. c.,
and several others are expected
to take part in the championship
tourney,
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Bears Give Finest Exhibition
Here in Downing Rochester

Pro basket balls champion Bears
turned back the Rochester Sea-
grams, 1887, yesterday before
capacity crowd at Turner's Arena in
one of the finest games they've ever
played here.
Pop Gates of the Washington club
and Tommy Rich, Rochester ace,
got the game off to a torrid start,
but the Bears braced quickly and
held 1874 lead at the end of the
opening quarter.
Evening star., 1944-03-06

Gates, Charles Isles and Tarzan
Cooper headed a Bear rampage in
the second quarter to increase the
home teams edge to 24-16.
The third quarter saw much ac-
ton with each team scoring 10
points. Meehan carried the honors
for the New Yorkers in this period
with Puggy Bell and Gates the
Bears stars. Gates set a hot pace
In the last quarter to become the
games high scorer with 18.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Roudreou IA, but Plans
For Tribes Truininq

Ey Illt AsSOClateo Press.
CHICAGO, Mar 6-Lou Bou-
dreau, manager of the Cleveland
Indians, who recently was classified
IA, is going ahead with plans for
the clubs spring training.
The 26-year-old Indian manager
said that he will leave Sunday for
Lafayette, Ind, where the Ameri-
can League team will open spring
training week from today at Pur-
due University.
Since notified of his Ia classifi-
cation, Boudreau said he has heard
nothing further from his draft
board.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Higbe, Ex-Dodger Hur|er.
Fort Jackson Muinstuy

Ry the Associated Press.
FORT JACKSON, S. c., Mar. g.
Pvts. Kirby Higbe and Jimmy Nc
Clure appear to be two sure bets"
for the pitching staff of Fort jack
sons baseball team this season, says
Col. Duncan G. Richart, post COM
mander.
Higbe, a native of Columbia,
S. c., was in his third year with
the Brooklyn Dodgers when he en-
tered the Army last fall.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
One From East, Two
From West Sought;
Garden List Full
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Mar. 6.-Mystery OF
the three missing teams needed to
complete the brackets In the NCAA
postseason tourney drew the at
tention today of college basket ball
fans.
With only scattered games re-
naming to close out the regular
season 13 teams have been picked
for the Is berths in the National In
vitation at Madison Square Garden
and the NCAA. From what section
of the country will come the other
three teams?
One must come from the East to
compete against Dartmouth, Ohio
State and Temple in the Eastern
NCAA playoffs. The other two will
compete against Arkansas and Pep
perdine College in the Western
NCAA at Kansas City, indicating
they will come from that region.
Arkansas, with a season record OF
is wins and seven defeats, and
Pepperdine, a Los Angeles school
with 20 wins against II defeats, were
chosen over the week end.
Garden Lineup Complete.
The Madison Square Garden tour
ney lineup was completed with the
selection Of Canisius and Bowling
Green last week. The six teams
previously selected are De Paul
Oklahoma Aggies, Kentucky, St
Johns of Brooklyn, Utah anc
Muhlenberg.
Army bowled over Maryland and
its traditional rival. Navy, to wind
up its 15-game schedule as the only
major undefeated team in the coun-
try. Indicative, however, of the
topsy-turvy nature of the 1914 war
time season was wave OF upsets
over the week end.
The defeats of Canisius by Cor.
nell, of Temple by st. Joseph's ano
Of the Oklahoma Aggies by the
Norman Navy Skyjackets topped the
list Of surprises. Other eyebrow
lifters included Idaho's win over
Washington, Tulane over Georgia
Tech, St. Francis over City College
of New York, Northwestern over
Iowa, Aberdeen over Mitchell Field
Indiana over Purdue. Connecticut
over Rhode Island State, Kansas
State over Nebraska and New York
University over Oklahoma.
The National Picture.
This is how the picture looks ma
tionally:
East-Army and Dartmouth out
standing. Ernie Calverley, Rhode
Island State, finished season with
534 points for new major season
record. He tossed in Is against Con-
necticut.
Big Ten-Northwestern's last
minute 42-4l win over Iowa gave
Ohio State undisputed conference
title with 10 wins against defeats
Southeastern Conference Ken.
lucky easily swept through annua
tourney defeating Tulane In final
Saturday night, 62-46.
Big Six-Oklahoma and lows
State co-champions.
Southwest Conference-Arkansa'
and Rice co-champions.
Southern Conference.-The.
Pacific Coast-Washington wor
Northern half of conference, beater
in only one league game. Califor.
MIA won title in Southern division
Outstanding service clubs include
Great Lakes with 80 wins in 81
games and Norfolk Naval Training
with 21-game winning streak ane
a season mark of 80 wins agains
| two defeats.