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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17

f would be on a more equitable ba- sis for all boys.
 The trend in design of the Soap Box Derby racers was such that it was becoming more and more difficult each year for a boy to build a championship car said c. J. French, executive Derby direct or, and advertising manager, Chev- rolet Motor Division, co-sponsor of the event. "The Rules Committee felt that, with the new rules, more entrants will be attracted to the race because the cars will be easier to build"
 The most important rule changes involved hody design, steering and brakes. All the new rules em- phas!ze safety in construction, and all tend to make the new cars cas- fer to build and safer to drive.
 "Scme of the ultra -streamlined models that were being built for Derby racing were fashioned af- ter torpedoes, jet planes or trans parent submarines on wheels" said French. They were too far away from the original conception of the soap-b box racer. The new rules op- ened the race up to boys of av- craze technical abilities, and give many more poys chance to com- pete in the race'
 The Derby is open to boys from II to l5 years of age inclusive, and one of the cardinal rules that re- mains unchanged is that the car must be hoy-built throughout, and must be built by the boy who drives it in the race. Older boys or adults can eiYe advice only.
 The overall height of the car was reduced in the new rules from 32 to 28 inches, and 1t is provided that no windshield nor any trans parent material be used anywhere on the car The steering wheel was arranged so that the driver looked over the top of the car. These rules were changed to count eract the tendency of car-builders in recent years to construct their racers with windshields as an in- tegral part of the car.
 The use of a tilier for steering was banned, but a similar steering bar was allowed as a part of the steering apparatus when coupled with a steering wheel.
 Improvements were made in the of the cable-type con- nection of wheels to steering gear, providing that the drum around which the cable winds may be no more than an inch and a half in diameter A narrow drum makes for more accurate steering, the ex- perts declared. The cable must threaded through it to keep it be anchored to the drum or rom slipping
 Brakes were ordered changed so that the force of the drag on the pavement will be as far toward the rear of the car as possible The hraking surface, under the new rules, could be no more than l3 inches from the rear of the car, and in the exact center of the car, from side to side It had to be foot-operated, as before, with pedal The brake facing had to be of tire tread, and the sur lace touching the pavement was required to be as least nine square inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17
MANY RULE CHANGES GOVERN BODY DE5IGN
 OF THIS YEARS CARS

The l948 Soap Box Derby rac- ing cars. built under radically changed rules, were simpler to de- sign and construct and more in keeping with the original idea of a boy-built car made out of wooden boxes.
 The rule changes were adopted by the National Rules Committee of the Derby and were formulated so that racing car construction
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17
1 MRl. MARTIN LAVENlK, | MRS. GERTRUDE B0GGAN,
 WILL ATTEND REUNION

Combining a family reunion and attendance at the Juneau-Douglas picnic. which will be held in Seattle tomorrow, Mrs. Gertrude Boggan and Mrs. Martin Lavenik are making a flying trip to Seattle. Mrs. Boggan, who was accompanied by her daugh- ter. Karen Boggan and her son Rob- ert Helgesen, left yesterday via. Pan American Airways and Mrs. Lavenik will fly out this afternoon.
 Mrs. Boggan and Mrs. Laveni'; will
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17
ESCAPED SOLDIER ARRESTED; FACES
 TRIAL IN ALASKA

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17-tR- lst Sgt. Peter Myers, 29. who escaped from custody at the Presidio last Wednesday, was arrested in Rho New, yesterday by civilian authori- ties, Sixth Army Headquarters an- nounced.
 Myers was being held here pend- ing court martial in Alaska. the Army said. He formerly was at- tached to the 5lst Ordnance Supply Company, Fort Richardson, Alaska He is charged with embezzling S2,00C and with theft of Soldiers Savings Deposits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
 ALLEN DENNIS MONDAY

Funeral services for Allen Dennis, son of MT and Mrs. Leo Dennis. will be held on Monday afternoon at o'clock in the Memorial Pres byterian Church. The Rev. Walter A. Soboleff will conduct the services and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
 Allen Dennis, who was Is years old at the time of his death, had been coonfined to the Government Hospital for year Besides his parents he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Elsie Atchley, three brothers, Charles, Frank, and Raymond and one cousin, William Anderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17

is well policed, and Derby Downs at Akron is laid out to prevent accidents. When the l948 clas- sic is run August l5, let's finish the day with national spotless record for safety.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17

Juneau on Wednesday and Mrs. Boz gan and her two children will travel
 to North Dakota to visit for several i weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-17
COUPLE FROM HOONAH

MT. and Mrs. Frank See Of Hoo- nah are new arrivals at the Bar anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL
 LEAGUE

Final scores of games played last night in the Western International League are as follows.
 Victoria 6; Vancouver ?.
 Yakima 2; Wenatchee l l1 inn ings).
 Salem 6; Spokane 5.
 Bremerton at Tacoma, postponed, rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
NORA pRENTI5S' FEATURE TONIGHT
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Warmers Nora Prentiss.' the current screen attraction at the goth Century Theatre is an intense melo- drama, co-starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith and Bruce Bennett. The film tells the story of night club singer who falls in love with an already married doctor just when she felt that she had become too cynical about life in general, and men in particular, to believe in any thing, or anybody.
 Dr. Talbot played by Kent Smith> lives dull, routine life with his Inagging wife, Lucy Rosemary De- Camp and their two children. While Lucy and the youngsters are away for weekend, Richard visits Nora, who is a patient of his, at the night club where she works. They are instantly attracted to each Iother, and soon begin to spend a good deal of time together, secretly. until Nora realizes. that they can't continue their clandestine relation ship and be happy.
 When Nora decides to leave for a singing job in New York, he be- comes frantic and commits strange Ideed whereby he changes his identity and can accompany Nora to New York. Plagued with the fear of dis covery. Richards whole personality changes, until at last his terrible secret is distorted and the film moves on to a surprising ironic climax
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
COMEDY COMING
 SUNDAY AS BILL,
 CAPITOL THEATRE

Any film which has been get ting the terrific amount of word
 of-mouth publicity as Columbia's s Her Husbands Affairs due at the Capitol Theatre Sunday must be Iof top-notch movie calibre. Accord ing to all advance reports on the s. Sylvan Simon production, it's one of the most hilarious comedies in years
 Lucille Ball and Franchot Tone !are teamed as a glib, smooth adver-
 tising executive and his helpful little woman" Under the delft
 handling of director Simon, wise
 cracking Lucille and suave Franchot
 are said to give the best performan-
 ces of their vesatile careers. Heading the supporting cast are popular Edward Everett Horton; Mikhail Rasumny, in radical de- paiture from his gypsy portrayal in For Whom the Bell Tolls" and Gene Lockhart. who won approval with his role as the judge in The
 Miracle on 34th Street"
 The gently satirical pens of
 Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer have selected the advertising busi- ness as their subject, the result is screwball comedy at its best. When Tone learns of as mir arcle" cream which will do away with shaving forever, he launches "a nationwide campaign to acquaint the public with this wondrous new product. But the preparation pos sesses slightly unpredictable na- ture and what follows thereafter is decidedly hectic enought for the governor of the state to call out the militia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
JUNEAU 0LYMpICS IN PHOTO FINISH;
 TEAM 4 IS WINNER

With all teams being far from a cinch winner until the last few events were run, the track team explained by Rod Pegues came around the last turn yesterday af- tefnoon with 137 points to walk away with the first place cup in the week long Evergreen Bowl Olym- pics
 Just seven points behind the win- her was the Jerry Magorty squad which finished strong with l3O point total. Tn third place by only a slight hair were the Don MacKin- non thinly-clads with 127 points and the Elton Engstrom aggregate placed fourth with an 84 point total.
 Individual high scorers for the four day event were as follows:
 In the junior division it was Jeff Pegues with 49 points, Joe Ninnis with 31, Buggy Hayes 26 and Jerry Wade 24. The senior entries were led by Don MacKinnon with 56 points. Jerry Magorty with 5l, Rod Pegues at 47 and Edward Fox with %
 Yesterdays events, open to both classes, finished in the following order:
 In the 880 yard dash it was Rod Pegues rounding the two lap course in minutes 40 seconds, with Jerry Richardson, Jeff Pegues and Don MacKinnon making it in that order
 Joe Ninnis led the entries of the baseball distance throw, with run ners-up being Jerry Magorty, Jerry Richardson and Raymond Beach.
 It was Jerry Magorty who copped the mile run with very impressive 5 minute 20 seconds time. Don Mac Kinnon, Rod Pegues, and Julian Rivers placed in that order.
 Proving to be a fair marksman with the toe, Jerry Magorty took first in the football place kick, with Don MacKinnon, Bill Orme and Rod Pegues pulling down the place. ments.
 A winner in the baseball throw Joe Ninnis made it two firsts for the afternoon when he got off the best punt of the day to nose out Jerry Ritpardson. Don MacKin- non and Jerry Wade.
 Bob Garrett. physical instructor at the Bowl. said he was very well satisfied with the first Juneau Olym- pics, and is in high hopes that the event will become an annual affair
 The 1000 yard relay was won by team four composed of Raymond Beach. Julian Rivers, Albert Carl son and Jerry Magorty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
losAL BA5EBALLER5 IN EXHIBITION GAME
 } O'CLOCK SUNDAY

Bob Coughlin, Manager of the All-Star Juneau Club. said this morning that players are scheduled
 to turn out for practice at the park tonight and that there will be an exhibition game beginning at 3 {, o'clock tomorrow at the Firemen's Ball Park. Coughlin said he is very well sat-
 isfied with the turnout of the past
 week and that he feels confident of putting a good club on the field
 for the Sitka three-game series to be played over the Labor Day period. Although not certain as to a 1 definite roster of men who will
 make the trip, Coughlin said he ex-
 poets to have full team ready to
 go following the next few practice
 heats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
WERLE HURl5 IS INNING5;BEAvER5
 IN FOURTH SPOT
cBy The Associated Press)


 San Francisco's Bill Werle is resting his stout left arm today after hurling Is innings against Sacramento last night. Werle went the route in both ends of Pacific Coast league double header, the Seals winning the op- ener II to o. The nightcap was called at the end of the ninth with the score knotted att 3-all be- cause of the league rule banning
 any inning starting after ll:5O pm. siI'fa Werle's iron man chore boosted his record to IA wins against five losses. He allowed seven hits in the opener and scattered eight in the afterpiece.
 Portland continued to advance
 moving into fourth place in the standings by handing Hollywood l3-9 defeat in 10 innings. The circuits home run king, Jack ! Graham. returned to the San Die
 go lineup after being laid up since July 25 when he was beaned in
 Los Angeles. He came in in the eighth against the Angeles as a relief hitter last night and was
 walked.
 1 The third ranking Los Angeles 1 club won the game 6-5. Second place Oakland celebrated Ernie Lombardi night with an 8-2
 win over Seattle. Lombardi re- sponded with two singles and a double. The Acorns got four hom- CTS, two by Nick Etten. {, STANDING, OF CLUBS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28

A six ton electromagnet has enough magnetic force to life l3 average -size automobiles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
LEADER5 IN B. B.

Leaders in baseball, through games of yesterday, are as follows.
 Batting-Williams, Boston .37l; Boudreau, Cleveland .366.
 Runs batted in -DiMaggio, New York 1l5; Stephens, Boston IA.
 Home runs-DiMaggio, New York 29; Stephens, Boston 27
 Pitching-Kramer, Boston 14-4 .778: Fowler, Philadelphia 1924 .765.
 Batting-Musial, St. Louis .379; Pafko, Chicago .337
 Runs batted in-Musial, St. Louis 101; Mize, New York 98.
 Home runs-Kiner, Pittsburgh 35; Musial, St. Louis 32.
 Pitching-Chesnes, Pittsburgh TO- 3 .869; Brecheen, St. Louis, l5-5 .75O and Sewell Pittsburgh 9-3 .750.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
FIGHT DOPE

The fight dope as result of last nights ring events were not so hot, but here it is:
 At Spokane. Wash.-Joey Dolan, 126. Spokane, outpointed Charley Johnson, 126. San Francisco d0).
 At Denver-Corkey Gonzales, 121, Denver, outpointed Paul Cook, 123, Tacoma, Wash. (8).
 At San Diego, Calf Sonny An- drews, 180. Los Angeles, outpointed Francisco de La Cruz. 253, Fl Paso. Tex. t10).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28
JUNEAU PLAYERS
 MEET TOMORROW

It was announced today that there will be meeting of the Ju- neau Players in the City Council Chambers at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Purpose of the meeting will be the preliminary casting of the second production Ca drama) entitled Sundays Widow
 All non-members interested in amateur theatricals are invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-28

Losses from livestock that reached
 markets dead. crippled, or bruised in l947 were estimated at $25 million.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
Comdr. ]. H. Maynart
Kills Self in PLUNGE
From Naval Hospital

A certificate of suicide has been
issued in the death of Comdr. Ju-
Ian H. Maynard, USN, retired, who
died in 14-f1oor plunge yesterday
at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Montgomery County. Medical Ex-
aminer Frank J. Broschart issued
the suicide certificate.
A hospital spokesman said the
60-year-old officer had been suf-
fering from anemia and was in "a
general state of mental depression. +"
No one saw Comdr. Maynard Jump,
the hospital said. He was last seen
near a window of an eighteenth
floor recreation room and his body
was found about 400 feet below on
the roof of fourth-floor passage
way. The discovery was made about
5 pm. by medical corpsman. Doc
tors said he apparently had Jumped
a short time before.
Comdr. Maynard was a member
OF one OF Baltimore's Oldest families.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Rae Maynard, and a sister, Miss
Mary Hope Maynard, both of BaIti-
more.
Comdr. Maynard was graduated
from Baltimore City College and
Johns Hopkins University. He re-
ceived commission in the Navy
Supply Corps several years after
graduating from Johns Hopkins.
A veteran of both World Wars,
Comdr. Maynard was retired in No
vember, 1916, after 80 years service.
He was a member of the Union
League Club of Philadelphia and
the Army and Navy Club here.
Evening star., 1948-03-24
| Justice Bailey
| Acts Speedily in
Criminal Case

) After 30 years on the District
Court bench Justice Jennings Bailey
today was able to tell about a new
experiences criminal case dis
posed of in 10 minutes.
The jurist, who ordinarily devotes
his time to civil matters, yesterday
heard a criminal case to help cut
down the crowded docket. The &C
cused was Thomas Howell, colored,
%, 918 Third street NV, charged
with assault with intent to commit
robbery.
Howell was tried before the Judge
alone, electing to dispense with the
aid Of jury. Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan Schwartz
produced evidence to show that
Howell attempted to hold up and
rob Albert Meshaka Of 604 Fifth
street NV, in his variety store on
February S.
Mr.. Meshaka was able to run out
and summon police aid. Pvt. Fred
erick AXE of No. l police precinct,
Evening star., 1948-03-24

called for tonight to consider wase
demands Of 1,350.o00 government
workers threatening to strike to-
morrow.
Employees OF the Commerce Min
istry, tax collectors and some other
workers walked out today for a.
hour vacations"
Evening star., 1948-03-24

armed with information about How
ell. arrested him shortly.
Howell put on no defense. Jus
tice Bailey speedily found him
guilty. He will be sentenced later.
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ASK Me q
ANOTHER I
A General Quiz
THE QUESTIONS
- q

THE QUESTIONS
I. Do all deer shed their horns
every year?
2. Why aren't the keys on the
typewriter listed alphabetically?
3. Does garlic have food value?
4. Are there more golfers or
bowlers in this country?
s. Why are tons of colored CO.
mic sheets shipped to trading posts
In the jungles of Africa?
THE ANSWERS
I. Yes. Male deer lose their
horns in the spring of the year, but
sometimes they shed them at an
other time.
2. The originator of the typewrI
ter keyboard tried to arrange the
letters in a manner that would
make for the greatest ease of oper-
alton. He was printer and placed
them as in a printers type case.
3. Just trace of Vitamin c.
4. Three million golfers; fifteen
million bowlers
5. Natives won't buy things
wrapped in other paper.
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no ii -
REp0RzER1E&>
Congressional Football
IN WASHINGTON


IRON a window in the puny de-
L partment of labor quarters in the
Federal Triangle building at 18th
street and Constitution avenue and
looking across the green expanse of
the mall, the huge department Of
agriculture building - 10 acres big,
4,5OO rooms, 40 elevators, nine floors,
seven miles of corridors, $4,000 en-
ployees, streetcars running into its
basement and with its annual appro-
priations running up to some 700 mil
lion dollars-stands as a Gibraltar
like monument erected in behalf Of
and functioning for the benefit of the
six million American farmers.
The agency dates back to almost
1900 when a few people started it
working in a corner of the old patent
office. Lincoln officially established
it as a department in 1862 and it
attained cabinet rank in 1889. Ad-
ministrations come and go, but the
powerful D. of A. rocks serenely
along, not much perturbed about it.
By contrast, the department Of
labor, congressional football, did
not obtain cabinet rank until 1913
and the bill creating it was signed
by Pres. William Howard Taft. So
it is somewhat ironic today that
one of its critics is Sen. Robert A.
Taft, son of that president and him
self candidate for president.
TI,o 80 I,,rao,, Of ba 1ohor.
department dates back to 1883 and
that's about all the department is to-
day-a statistical bureau. President
Truman has put forth two .reorgani-
cation plans to combine all labor
functions within the department but
congress has discarded both plans.
1t has lost its children's bureau,
its USES, its mediation and concilia-
ton service and other bureaus. The
national labor relations board is set
up under separate agency, and so
is the railway mediation board. Its
appropriations have been slashed, its
personnel demobilized and disorgan-
lied until today it has about 1000
employees and its annual appropria-
ton is about IL million dollars.
Yet it is set up to function in be-
half of and for the benefit of 60
million workers, AZ million of them
non-agricultural workers.
But the paradox of this story Is
the fact that the department of labor
has been assigned one of the former
functions of the department of agri-
culture, namely to recruit some 10
million migratory and temporary
agricultural workers to harvest the
nations crops this fall. During the
war this was the function Of the D.
of A., and agriculture recruited,
housed and transported its migratory
labor force The act was repealed,
however. and congress tossed the job
into the lap of the labor department.
So with its meager resources,
the labor department is attempting
nationwide campaign to recruit
these workers who start in south
ern states about May Is and work
north ending up the job along
around October. Wheat and other
small grain, sugar beets, truck
crops, berries and fruits Of all
kinds, cotton, peanuts and potatoes
comprise the main crops to be har-
vested.
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Amt 1t So

The more a person studies hui
man nature, the less he is sur
prised at anything anybody does.
It's a race now, whether we
or prices will break first.
A lot of people care more
about who writes their songs
than their laws.
Strange as it may seem, con-
ditions In Europe will never
seem rosy rs long as they are
prcdominantly red.
It's too bad the guarantee Of
free speech doesn't include the
guarante that what is said will
be worth listening to.
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Colorful Chair

A LOVELY lacy-looking chair
n set with surprisingly life-like
pansies crochcted in shaded laven-
der cotton-the center buds are the
same colors, the rest of the pieces
in white or cream. Makes a pretty
dresser set, too.
To obtain complete crochcting instruc-
tions and stitch illustrations far Shaded
Pansies Set pattern No. 5jGS).
Send 20 cents in coin. Your Name. Aa-
dress and Pattern Number.
Due TO an unusually large demand and
current conditions, slightly more time is
required in filling orders for few of the
most popular patterns.
Send your order to:
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If the Arizona Legislature has
its way, congress will authorize
construction of a fence the en-
tire length Of the Mexican bor-
der to prevent infiltration of
hoof-and-mouth infected cattle.
And if a California legislative
committee has its way, its leg
islature will approve an appro-
rriation of $4,000 "for lunches
and entertainment of congress-
men" in the states fight for
tideland oil lands.
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D EAUTlFUL enough to treasure
- as an heirloom piece-this
proud peacock is embroidered in
all its glorious colorings and will
look handsome on your bed. Easy
for the beginner because the en-
broidcry is in simple cross-stitch.
The design measures II by 16
inches.
To obtain hot-iron transfer for design.
color chart and stitch illustrations for
Glorious Bird pattern No. SOD
Send 20 cents in coin. Your Name. Ad-
dress and Pattern Number.
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Aid to Education

The 0O-millon-dollar federal aid
to education bill, as it passed the
senate, leaves to the states the de-
cisions as to whether private and
parochial schools shall benefit. In
some states school buses haul pupils
of parochial schools; in some free
textbook states books are furnished
parochial schools; in some states
recreational a C | it e and free
lunches are provided. Debate on the
measure ranged from some pretty
low-grade bigotry and intolerance to
some high-grade craftsmanship. This
reporter liked the following quota
ton from the speech of Sen. Brien
Mcmahon (Rep., Conn.,:
at cannot be said that giving a
child a glass Of milk or fixing his
teeth or fitting up a basketball
court is going to make him an
atheist, Mohammedan, a Protes-
tant, Catholic or anything else,
but it may make him an American
better prepared physically to carry
on for his country in the event of
a conflict"
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N an for the Job

Sharp-nosed, blue-eyed, tn K
shouldered and barrel-chested Paul
Gray Hoffman, who has the nations
most important appointive job as
boss of ERR, will make 60 of it if
anyone can. He's the Eric Johnston
or Senator Flanders type of Repub-
lican-liberal and progressive, sound
thinking and human. So he knows
human nature and the importance Of
friendly human relations. He has
demonstrated that in business and In
previous government Jobs.