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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-05
ARRESTED BY POLICE

Alfred Fawcett was arrested last night by the Juneau Police Depart ment and lodged in the City Jail on a charge of drunkenness. He forfeited $25 bail this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-05
cAA MEN ARE HERE

L. R. Seely and J. c. Bowen. both of whom are with the CAA, have arrived here from Anchorage and are registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-05
SATELLITES HERE

Hildegarde Mehline is guest at the Baranof Hotel, registering trcm Seattle, Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-05

fConttnued on Page FousJ
Evening star., 1947-05-18

have what's known as nickel therapy. If you feel
you're in spot stick nickel into the telephone and
call fellow A.A He'll come wherever he is and he
stay with you until you're safe. l used dollars and
dollars worth of nickes on that nickel therapy was
never let down. . >. We also have a slogan, Stay
sober twenty -four hours day. Not for lifetime,
not even for week-just for those twenty four hours
It's gotten me past many rough stretch.
After six months, l was asked to speak at one of
the meetings Afterward newcomer came over to
ask me for advice. Me. l thought I'd never be able
to repay my sponsor Now knew the way The AA
way worked on that guy, I'll tell you. felt as
though my own life and my own ability to remain
dry depended on my success with him. And I've
worked on good many others since.
I've done some reading Benton said, land I'm
aware of the psychological explanation of A.A. The
alcoholic is outcast, always trying to come
back to the group, society. But the group says,
We don't want you. You've failed In A.A. he
has other people like himself. They know him. want
to help him. but they have high standards.
Nov when man Identifies himself with any
group he wants to be like them; their standards
become his Once AA. standards are adopted they
do result in sobriety - but that isn't enough. BY
recruiting more members, man builds up the power
Continued next page
Evening star., 1947-05-18

had to tuck them in. In the mornings had to walk
down steps backwards, one at time, for fear of
falling.
Il was at Bellevue again when two men, strangers,
came around to talk to me. Those two knew their
stuff They knew everything had to say because
they'd been through the wrnger themselves
Always Lonesome
lHE doctors and hospital attendants used to warn
me that my mind and body were going to pieces.
Hell, didn't they know l knew that? Did they think
maatsd to drink that way? Did they think was
happy even when was on a bender? l was the most
miserable, lonesome human being in the world even
when l was actually drinking" Here for brief
moment, by the sudden and intense upsurge of emo
ton Benton showed that he was telling his story
But these men talked to me quietly about A.A,
and promised to go to meeting.
We'll, went to one and then another and then the
thing really hit me- speaker got up and after giving
his name he said, I am an alcoholic and I've been
dry eight months and eleven days. Notice that
didn't say I'm an ex-acohoic because once you're an
alcoholic you never become an ex-alcoholic. But
you can become an exrummy And that's what |
am y an ex-rummy
Then this fellow started talking about what
alcoholic really was. what it means to be one. was
Evening star., 1947-05-18

s''eng IN the rear, and as he spoke started crying
ror the first time in my life l discovered what was
wrong with me- used to be told that spineless
souess' an immoral swine, that Id end up in lunatic
asylum But IN those five years nobody, nobody at
dil' sat down with me and told me that was SICK
physically alergc to alcohol that suffered from an
nicuraole progressive disease Away in the begin
nnlg' thought it was question of learning how to
contro my drinking, when to stop But the speaker
toio tne truth A drink is drink One is too much;
hohored IS not enough. If you're an alcoholic, the
answer is no alcohol None at ALL Nothing
Recuxrent Nightmare
UP TO this time. to use an A.A. expression just
wanted to want to quit. Now wanted to quit period
Evening star., 1947-05-18
WHO'S A DRUNK?
Continued from page fire

THAT stopped me for couple of months got
tight only on Saturday nights Then found myself
taking drink to get steady the next morning Soon
began to get tight all over again on Sunday. Then
began to take one or two shots on Monday morning
to settle those jingle jangle nerves before going to
work"
From the tone of his voice you would have thought
Benton was talking about someone else He spoke
calmly objectivey dispassionately. well, lost my
lob first of many. Somewhere along here also
lost my wife Divorce. She thought that if really
loved her I'd give it up. didn't even know how to
explain to her what had hap
Evening star., 1947-05-18

After the meeting, l went
over to the speaker and asked
him for advice. He agreed
to be my sponsor, and he
worked with me for months.
The next couple of weeks,
brother, weren't so easy. I'd
wake up nearly every night
with the sweats: l had a re-
current nightmare that l was
off again on a beaut of a
bender. During the day l
thought the city was on fire.
| thought all the glass in the
shop windows was breaking.
1--WE A.A.'s have many
slogans. They may sound
corny to the non-alcoholic,
but brother, they work. We
Evening star., 1947-05-18

HEART DISEASE: It's the
nations toughest health
problem. For an up-to-date
report on what medical
science is doing about it,
read Harriet Hester's
hard-hitting article in
next weeks THIS WEEK
Evening star., 1947-05-18

pened to me.
Benton continued quietly,
Years before, | used to look
at the slop-bums-you know,
the boys with the swollen
faces, the purple noses and
blunted habits, and l used to
pity them. 1t never occurred
to me that I'd become one
ofthem myself. But l did,
spent sixteen semesters in my
old alma mater, Bellevue, and
Itook two postgraduate cour-
ses in a state asylum. l drank
hair tonic and canned heat.
l knew every flophouse and
every alley in the city. l
couldn't tie my shoelaces, |
Evening star., 1947-05-18

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Evening star., 1947-04-27
Georgetown Divides
With Penn State
Special Dispatch to The siar

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, April 26.-
Pete Baker and George Morehouse
led 12-hit barrage as Georgetown
University came back to trounce
Penn State. 1876, in the second game
of a twin bill after losing the opener,
5-4, here today.
Baker, Morehouse and Co. scored
eight runs on five hits in the OPEN
ing frame. The two sluggers each
hit home run, while Penn States
Don Stark also collected a circuit
smash, his second of the day.
The first game was a different
story with Penn States Ken Yount
besting Hoya Bill Carroll in a tight
mound duel.
Yount also scored the winning
run on a fielder's choice after trip
ling in the sixth inning. Stark's
homer in the third gave the Lions a
temporary lead.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Johns Hopkins Is Winner
OF Conference Mile ReIoy

PHILADELPHIA, April 26 R.-
Johns Hopkins, with Leon Swartz
running a fine anchor quarter, won
the Mason-Dixon Conference mile
relay at the University of Pennsyl-
vania relays today.
The Baltimore four led all the way,
but James zuppa of the Catholic
University quartet gave Swartz a
battle for the first furlong of the
last 440 yards He faded in the final
drive, however, and the Johns Hop
kins runner pulled away to win by
10 yards. The winning team was
clocked in the good time of 3:27.8.
Third went to Washington College
of Chestertown, Md, and fourth to
the University of Delaware. Their
anchor men were far down the track
when Swartz broke the tape.
Don Sterns led off for Johns Hop
kins and handed the baton to George
Glenner with nearly Is yards to
spare. Glenner held to the margin
but Frank Hurka had to fight of
Catholics Harry Donoghue to start
Swartz OF on the final leg with
slim lead.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Bridgeport Team Ties
For u. 5. Pin Title

The Hollands of Bridgeport. Conn,
two-time champions of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, smashed
their way into a tie for the title
last night by rolling 1919.
The Bridgeport team hit scores
of 653, GIL and 655 which deadlocked
the Ice Palace of Washington and
the Bethesda Bowling Center, the
host teams, for the title.
The Hollands, if a playof for
the title is necessary after 40 teams
bowl tonight ending the tourna-
ment, have chance to set new
record for the congress by winning
their third national championship.
They have won on two previous
occasions. Bethesda is a one-time
winner.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
AS Again Rally in 9Th
To Whip Bosox, ST.;
Walks Ruin Fine
Pitcher Making Debut
Wakes Wild When One
Strike From Victory
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, April 26.-For the Sec
ond time in as many days the lightly
regarded Philadelphia Athletics to-
day rallied in the ninth to defeat
the Boston Red Sox, this time scor-
ing four runs after two were out to
win So.
In yesterdays drizzling rain the
AS came up with five runs in the
ninth to beat the American League
champions, lit.
Tommy Fine, pitching sensation
of the Eastern League last season,
had given only five hits and was
within one strike of winning his
major league debut when he walked
Ferris Fain.
George Bingo) Binks singled to
right, pushing Fain to third and
then Fine walked Barney McCosky
and Fermin Guerra to. force. in
run.
Johnny Murphy; making his first
appearance as Boston relief hur-
Ter, let go wild pitch and Binks
scored. Hank Majeski's single to
short right sent home McCoskey
and Guerra
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Chisox Regain Lead
As Lee Handouts
Brownies, 20
3osYeur-OId Pitcher
Yields Only z Hits;
fresh Hurts Ankle
By the Associofed Press

ST. LOUIS, April 26-Chicago's
hustling White Sox regained undis-
puted possession of first place in the
American League today with a 2-to-C
victory over the last-place Browns
Thornton Lees pitching and hit
ting and homer into the left field
seats by Don Holloway spelled VIC
tory for the Sox in the first of. a
three-game series. The veteran
southpaw, who will be 40 years old
in September, held the Browns to
two hits, one an infield roller, and
singled across the second Chicago
run in the ninth inning. Don Kollo-
ways homer into theleft field seats
accounted for the first run in the
seventh.
Lee made three of the II hits given
up by Nelson Potter, who suffered
his second shutout defeat at the
hands of the Sox.
Mike fresh, Chicago catcher,
turned his ankle rounding second
base in the ninth, and a preliminary
examination indicated a fracture
He was removed to a hospital for
an X-ray examination
Evening star., 1947-04-27
FeIIer Holds BenqaIs
To 3 Hits for Second
Straight 5hutouf
.Newhouser Is Victim
As $4,000 See 6-to-0
Tilt Without Paying
ey the A.soe;o.ed Press

CLEVELAND, April 26.-Bob Eel
Ter, Cleveland Indians fireball artist,
hung up his second straight shut
out victory today, a Shit, 6-to-0
victory over the Detroit Tigers and
beat his arch pitching rival, Hal
Newhouser, in the process.
The first Feller- -Newhouser meet
ing of the season drew crowd of
40,925, including 22,588 women and
children who were admitted free.
Feller, not quite as effective and
Slightly more liberal with hits than
he was in his one-hit masterpiece
against the st. Louis Browns last
Tuesday, still was in complete
charge. He famed seven and walked
six.
Newhouser definitely was off form
and finally gave way to pinch
hitter in the eighth after giving up
three runs and eight hits. The In
dians scored their final three mark
ers off Relief Pitchers Rufus Gentry
and Johnny Corsica in the eighth.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
BY the Assoeioted Press

DIES MONIES, April 26-Two
track records were ground into the
cinders at the 38th Drake Relays
today and another was tied as the
record d-breaking field of 1000 ath-
letes ended their carnival, un-
matched in performance in the last
five years.
Two high school marks also were
shattered, making a total of IL prep
and collegiate records broken in
the two-day contest.
Harrison billiard, long -striding Ne
gro star from Baldwin Wallace Col
lege, Berea, Ohio, holder of six ma
tional hurdling titles, smashed the
9-year-old Drake record for the 100
yard high hurdles, skimming the 10
barriers against stiff wind in AL
seconds. This blotted the former
record of 142, established by Fred
die Wolcott of Rice Institute in
1888.
1t was the 10Th consecutive
triumph this year for billiard, win
ner of the 120-yard hurdles in the
Penn Relays year ago.
Ohio States quartet of splendid
hurdlers-Lloyd Duff, Richard Max
well, WilliarI Seibert and Robert
Wright-cracked the second Drake
record when they were timed in
1894 in the 480-yard shuttle high
hurdles race. This clipped five
tenths of a second off the former
mark hung up by Oklahoma A. &
M. in 1941.
Ohio States speedsters, after
breaking the record in, the shuttle
hurdles and winning the 2-mile,
took their third relay triumph in
the mile event in 3.14.3.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
.GriffsAre Held
10 Five BingIes;;
Haefner Fails
KeIIer's $ Homer. Double
Give New York Its
Winning Margin
By Burton Howkins
s,or s.off Correspondent,

NEW YORK. April 26.-Washing-
tons three-game winning streak
came to a screeching halt here to-
day as Rookie Don johnson stopped
the Mats on five hits in tossing the
New York Yankees to 81 victory
before crowd of 3o,0I9.
Manager Ossie Bluege employed
three OF his starting pitchers in an
attempt to spank the Yankees, but
only Walter Masterson escaped un.
damaged. Mickey Haefner was
clipped for two runs in the third
inning and Bobo Newsom yielded
the Yankees their other run In the
fifth wheh muscular Charley Keller
hoisted home run into the lower
right field stands.
1t was the seventh Nraight game
in which the power-paralyzed Mats
failed to accumulate more than nine
hits and their only run stemmed
from an error by Pitcher Johnson
in the third inning, when the Mats
grasped a briefly enjoyed 10 lead.
Johnson Has Little Trouble.
Twenty-year-old johnson, an
angular right -hander who defeated
the Philadelphia Athletics in his
major league debut last Sunday, be.
came the sixth successive New York
pitcher to remain the distance and
in doing, so encountered little diff
Guilty with the Mats.
With one out in the second inning
johnson issued a walk to AL Evans.
Haefner tapped the ball at the
pitcher at that point and what
should have been double play be-
came a rally for the Mats when
johnson threw wild into center field
attempting to get Evans at second.
Evans continued to third on the
error and Joe Grace brought him
across with sharp single to left.
Grace obtained two of the Mats hits,
incidentally, opening the game with
a single to right.
That 10 margin existed momen-
tarily, for Haefner launched the
Yankee portion of the inning by
presenting base on balls to Phil
Rizzuto. George McQuinn pumped
a double to center and the bases
were jammed with none out when
Johnny Lindell also walked.
Di Mag Hits Into Double Play.
Joe DiMaggio drilled a crisp
grounder to Cecil Travis at third.
The Mats inf1elder stepped on third
base to force McQuinn, then whipped
the ball to Mickey Vernon at first to
nip DiMaggio for a double play,
but Rizzuto scored and Lindell took
second on the play.
Keller lashed a double to right,
scoring Lindell and Fastening the
exit Of Haefner, who was charged
with his second defeat. Newsom
replaced him and walked Bill john
son, but averted further trouble
when George Stirnweiss forced
johnson at second.
The 2-1 score lasted until the
fifth, when Keller picked out a
Newsom slow ball with two out and
none on and parked it among the
right field customers for his third
home run of the season.
The Mats threatened in each of
the last five innings, but not much.
Newsom singled with two out In the
ICoa NATC De- 3 X \ -
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Long Runs Feature
Terps' Grid Windup

A 47-yard run by Substitute
Paul Massey and 68-yard sprint
by Vernon Seibert in the fourth
period were outstanding yester-
day as the Blacks defeated the
Greys,a 1877, in an intrasquad
football game at the University
OF Maryland.
Some 1000 persons. including
many former Old Line athletes,
witnessed the scrimmage wind
Ing up Q spring drill period.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Yankee Stadium Rites
To Lead in Tribute
To Bambino TODAY
Ceremonies to Be Piped
Into Baseball Parks
Throughout Nation
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 26.-Babe
Ruth day will be celebrated tomor-
row across the length and breadth
of the land in a long overdue tribute
to the spindle-legged Bambino who
made the home run a national in
stitution.
A shrunken version of his old ro-
bust self after 50 days in hospital
bed and a painfully slow recovery
from a serious neck operation, Ruth
will be present in Yankee Stadium
to appear in brief ceremonies be-
fore the New York Washington
game that will be piped into every
ball park and most of the homes
Iof America.
Standing near home plate in the
shadows of the triple-decked sta
dium, often called "the house that
Ruth but" =" the Babe will listen to
heartfelt tribute from the highest
baseball dignitaries and lifelong
friends.
Francis Cardinal Spellman, who
has known Ruth since his early
days, will deliver the invocation and
blessings for his continued improved
health. There will be brief remarks
by Commissioner A. B. Chandler,
who fathered the ruth day" idea,
and Presidents Ford Frick of the
National League and VIII Harridge
Of the American League.
Brother Gilbert, now of Keith
Academy, Lowell, Mass, but for
merly of st. Mary's Industrial
School in Baltimore, will recall the
days 80 years ago when Ruth as
19-year-old youngster first left st.
Mary's to seek fame with Jack
Dunn's Baltimore Orioles.
The al-time home run king who
hit so in 1927 for a record that never
has been matched will be thanked
personally by 13-year-old Larry
Cutler of the Bronx on behalf of
"the kids of America" his most
faithful public.
The stadium ceremonies will start
at $50 pm. eastern daylight time).
Finally, after all the fancy words
have ratified off the distant walls
that once echoed the crack of his
home run smashes, the 52-year-old
Ruth will speak.
Japan will join in the celebration
with a "Babu Rusu Day" and the
occasion will be marked in many
Latin American countries.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Horvord Crew Outrows
Princeton ondMuss. Tech
By the Asseeiefed Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. April 90
Harvard's green but heavier varsity
crew opened its 1947 season by OUT
rowing Princeton by half length
and Massachusetts, Techs expert
enced eight by length and quar-
ter today in the only regatta it has
scheduled for its own Charles River
course.
The Crimson sweepers, bucking a
headwind every inch of the up
stream course, pulled away from
their stake boat with q slight lead
over their rivals and were In front
by . half length after the FIRST
minute.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Johnson, Yank Rookie, Halls Mats Streak, 3 to |
ork Beck in Come
After Fire Rescue
BY The Assoeioted Pres,

BOSTON, April 26.--Rudy
York played his accustomed first
base for the Boston Red Sox to-
day, apparently fully recovered
from a slight case of smoke in
halation suffered in an early
morning fire in his hotel room.
York was half-dragged, half
carried out Of his flaming hotel
room and a doctor who examined
him in the lobby said he suffered
only slight smoke inhalation.
York probably escaped more
serious injury because Miss Mary
Kent, 81. who lives on the third
floor of the Myles Standish Ho-
tel, above York, awoke to find
smoke rising from the floor open
ing beneath a radiator.
Acting Fire Chief Thomas
Manning said the blaze was
caused by smoking in bed"
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Rejuvinoted PhiIs
Singing New Song
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, April 90
The Philadelphia Phillies will be
literally singing a new tune to-
morrow.
Between games of the double
header at Shibe Park with the
Boston Braves, the Kelly sisters,
a foursome from the New York
City radio networks, will warble
to the tune of Blue Jay jeanne"
a song dedicated to the reju-
venated Phillies. h
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Eastern High Is Winner
In Baltimore Come, III
SpeeioI Dispoteh 10 The stor

BALTIMORE, Md, April 26.-Ed-
ward Kline, who replaced Pitcher
Joe Graves in the sixth inning,
turned in a hot two-inning relief
job to pace Eastern High School to
an LII decision over Polytechnical
High here today.
Graves, who pitched no-hit ball
for four and one-half innings, left
the game in trouble, but Kline
stopped the host teams rally with
a one-hit performance,
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Two Meet Records Shattered,
Another Tied in Drake RELAYS

Texas sprint team captured the
44o-yard university relay from Bay
lor by 2 yards in 0:41.2, third fast
est time for the event In the his
tory of the carnival.
The Texans came back to triumph
in the university half-mile relay
in 1:259, which tied the meet rec
ord made by Ohio State five years
ago. Running for Texas in both
sprint events we're Perry Samuels,
Charley Tatom, Allen Lawler and
Charley Parker.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
American U. Netmen
Win Over Catholic u.

American University's tennis team
handed Catholic University its
fourth straight setback of the sea-
son with q To decision at Ameri-
can u.
singles-Miller tA.) defeated Spencer,
81, 6-3; Rubin (A) defeated Levy,
Lyons. 60. 6-3; Lescure .lA.) defeated
Dougherty, e2, 6---3; DooIittle M.) de-
ts9 dsased cIrley 81 SO; Cowan tA.>
Doubles-Miller and Rubin (A.) de-
feated Levy and Lyons. 6E2. 3-6, 6-1;
schweitzer and Cowan, 6ES, "a, 6-3;
Curley and Darlington &C. ID defeated
doiley and LeScue, 6-4, 6-3
Evening star., 1947-04-27
European Cuqe TOURNEY

PRAGUE, April 26 (P.-Europe's
championship basket bali tourna-
ment starts tomorrow with IA coun-
tries represented. Italy, Belgium,
Czechoslavakia, Egypt, France and
Russia are among the more highly
regarded quintets.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Results of Varied CoIleoe Sports

Swarthmore, IA; Altimore Loyola, 2.
Dartmouth, Is; New Hampshire. o.
Army, IA; Duke, 6.
Johns HOPKINS. 8; Princeton. 2.
Union. s.: Williams, f.
Washington-Lee, s: Virginia 6.
c. c. N. T.. 7; Rutsers, Overtime.
Tennis.
Yale. 8; Dartmouth, O.
Colgate, 6: Williams. 8.
Wesleyan. s; Brown, i.
Michigan, 6; Purdue, l.
Duke, z; Presbyterian, 2.
Davidson. 8; Penn State, o.
Iowa State, 5; Grinnel. Q.
Army, Z, Pitt, 9
Navy, z; Columbia, 2.
Virginia Country Club. 6: Washington.
Lee, g.
Johns HOPKINS. 8: Gettysburg, 1.
Emporfa CKans.) State. 8; Wichita, (tie)
Santa Clara, s; st. Mary's (CaEf), 1.
Cornell. z; Rochester, g
Northwestern. z; ChicsEo, 2.
Golf.
The Citadel. 91s; Davidson, sh.
Kansas, Is; Washburn, O.
Gettysburg, 5; western Maryland, 4.
Prinseton, 5E; Navy, 3h.
Bowdoin, 2; NJ. l. T, 2.
Georgia Tech. 161s: Georgia, Ia.
Penn State, II la; Pitt, "a.
Cornell. Sh; Bucknell, IL.
Syracuse. 25; Rochester, g
Yale. S1z; Columbia, ".
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Yonks, 3; Mats, l

Runs batted in---Grace, Keller (2). Two
Christman. Home run-Keller. Sacrifces
ID. johnson t2). Double plays-D. John
son, .Rizzuto and McQuinn; Spence, and
weiss and McQuinn; Stirnweiss, Rizsuto
and McQuinn.. Left on bases-Washfngton
9; New York, Q. Bases on balis-OR
Newsom, l.. -Strikeouts-By Haefner, /;
Newsom, 1; Masterson. 3. Hits-On Haef-
ner. a in 23s innings; Eewsom, 4 In 3h;
Masterson. 0 in 2. Losing pitcher--Haef.
ner. Umpires-Summer Rue and Papar-
ella. Time - 2:05. Attendance - 30,017.