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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-12
ALL-5TAR CLASSIC
 GAME T0M0RR0W;
 TWO PLAYERS KICK
By JOE REICHLER

St. Louis, July 12-lR--The fate of the Major League All-Star classic hung in the balance today.
 Incensed over the refusal of Bobby Teller and Marty Marion to play in the 18th annual All-Star game here tomorrow and the apparent apathy of others, big league club owners were preparing for a showdown with the players.
 From a reliable source it was learned that the Mogul's backed by Presidents Ford Prick of the National League and Will Harridge of the American, were ready to issue the following ultimatum to the players:
 Either you live up to your moral obligations and play when called up- lon or let's drop the whole thing"
 Each of the eight pitchers com- prising the American League staff worked either Saturday or Sunday.
 The game will start at l1:30 am. P. D. T.
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SACRAMENTO
 B. B. PLANT I5
 DESTROYED

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 12-- LP-Edmonds Field. the 26-year-olo baseball plant of the Sacramento Solons of the Pacific Coast League was destroyed by fire early tooay.
 The flames. racing through the finder dry-wooden stands. spread to A nearby residential area. TWO homes were gutted. A third house and two automobiles were damaged.
 Four firemen, including Chiel Terence Mulligan, and one police man were injured.
 The flames leveled the plant III little more than an hour
 Yubi Separovich, Solon general manager. estimated replacement cost at more than a million dollars. He said the insurance coverage would not run over s250,OOo
 The Solons were expected to be- come a travelling team for the re- mainder of the Coast League sea- son.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE

DOUGLAS S6,50O takes 4-bdr. house, compl. furn., utility room, furnace, basement, 50X200 lot. Also 2-bdr. home, view, large basement, part furnished. BOATS: Marion J, The Forester; The Dell, 40-ft. senier be at the habor Sunday.
 CALHOUN St. large corner lots with rentals over l0%o on in vest. View. Beautiful Erickson home, Star Hill, 3 bdr., utility, cool room, compl. furn., lovely garden; 2 bdr. home on 2 view lots, unfurn. Edwin; Pollock, Star Hill.
 GLACIER Ave 1-bdr. compl. furn. Hardwood floors, terms; former Danner home; 2 part. furn. houses, l acre, light plant, Lemon Creek.
 McMULLEN Estate, income appr. S160 month.
 TWO 3-bdr. homes Behrends Ave; Foster home, 10th, pine panel, fireplace, hardwood floors, furn- ished furnace. basement, etc. BEACH prop. Briggs, Sheppard. Edwal ds; Bacon at Auke Bay 50- foot beach plus acres pat. land and house priced quick sale. Ed Schneider at Auke Lake, $3,500; Douglas Beach, S2550 l acre and cement basement West Juneau $8,000 Coles pile driving; $500 falling equipment.
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ELk5 DUMPED S-5
 BY LEGION RALLY
 IN FIRST INNING
CantiI|on Tagged for Two Doubles, Four Singles
 in First Frame

Bringing the heavy artillery to the front line early in the first inning, the Legion got of to a quick start yesterday to bring Ill five runs and snow the Elks under s-5 in the nine inning game.
 Nielsen got the fireworks under way with clean single and was brought in with the next man at bat when Rolison swatted cut a double to right field Cope, con- tinuing the rally, stepped up to the plate for a single. Two more runs were brought in when Notar came around to tag Cantillon for the second double in four men at bat. MacDonald's infield fly was lest in the sun and he made home on Bells out Pasquan popped up
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FOR SALE

REDUCED PRICE: Immediate sale. 4-unit apartment house. Excellent condition. Large apartments with dining room and Channel view. Best residential location. New stoves and refrigerators. HOUSE with waterfront location on Fritz Cove. Insulated for winter living. Bath. Large living room with fieldstone fireplace. 110-volt light plant with appliance in- clulding washing machine. NEW two bedroom house on 10th Street. Tile kitchen and bath. Floor furnace.
 LARGE two bedroom house, Auke i, Bay. Patented land.
 OLD House with four bedrooms. Living room with fireplace. We'll furnished. Excellent Channel view. Low price.
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Cnannei League
LEADER5 '5l IN B. 3.

Leaders in baseball through games of Sunday are as follows:
 National League Batting-Musial, St. Louis, 403 Ashburn, Philadelphia $50 Runs batted in-Sauer, Cincinnati and Musial St. Louis GA.
 Home .runs-Sauer, Cincinnati 24, Kiner, Pittsburgh 23.
 Pisclling-Poat, New York 82 300; Brecheen, St. Louis 9-3 .750.
 American League Batting Williams, Boston .388; Boudreau, Cleveland .359.
 Runs batted in-Stephens, Boston 75; DiMaggio. New York "A. a} 'af.tl Home runs-Keltner Cleveland 20; DiMaggio, New York l9.
 Pitching-Fowler, Philadelphia 8-1 .875; Reynolds and Raschi New York 10-3 .769.
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OAKS KEEP Al TOP IN
 PC LEAGUE
By BILL BECKER

The Oakland .Oaks-after a hec- tic week with San Francisco-ruled the Coast League roost today, thanks to Cookie Lavagetto.
 Lavagetto, an old hand at such things, broke up yesterdays second game with a ninth inning single scoring Brooks Holder for 6-5 win.
 The Seals took the Sabbath op- ener, 12-4.
 Big Jack Graham led San Diego to a double triumph with his 10th homer of the year and his fourth of the week. Portland was the vic- tim, l1-7 and 80.
 The Angels split with Holly wood Dewey Adkins halted the Stars with seven hits, one Gus Zernials 24th homer, to give Los Angeles a 6-3 win, but Rip Rus sells two roumd-trippers helped bring Hollywood a 6-5 revenge.
 Sacramento's awakening Solons split with Seattle to win their ser- ies six two. This was the hot test performance of the year for the last place Solons. And last night their park, Edmonds Field, burned down.
 Nanny Salvo did slick seven- inning shutout relief job with homerun support from Jim Tabor and Joe Marty to win the opener, 6-3 Then the Sacs were checked by Johnny Corsica, 5-2 ! Sacramento, unless some other park can be found, may have to
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to Smithberg to retire the run heavy ming.
 Ed Nielsen, Cope and Notar SCOT ed for three more runs in the fourth
 Being unable to catch on in the sixth. Notar walked the first four men. bringing in Smithberg, and Logan scored on Palmers single. Then settling down, Cantillon was famed and Snow was the retiring out when thrown out first. In the first of the seventh the Elks brought in Hagerup and Tyvol by virtue of two hits and two errors. The eighth and ninth innings fea- tured tight ball, with neither team scoring.
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ROTARY PICNIC E
 PRONOUNCED SUCCESS

With perfect weather, good food and plenty of entertainment Ro- tarians and their guests enjoyed a very successful annual picnic yes terday afternoon at the Aux Bay Recreation Center.
 Ball games, races and other con- tests were held for the groWnups and the youngsters had good time being taken for motor boat rides Bill Hixson was chairman of the annual Rotary picnic.
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LEGION AND Hk5
 BASEBAlL TOMORROW

In regularly scheduled league game the last place Douglas Fire men are slated to meet the third place Elks at the ball park tomor- row night at 6:30 o'clock.
 Both teams suffering defeats in their last appearances, Douglas fur ther secured hold on the cellar spot by losing forfeit game to the Moose Friday, and the Elks were moved out of second place yester- day when the Legion got off to a quick start to dump them o-5.
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4TH JULY PLAY0fF
 NO GO YESTERDAY

Opening of the delayed 4th of July playoff series in the Gastineau baserall league was further post roned yesterday when the schedu- led double header failed to go off as clocked and the Legion and Elks took the field in a regular nine inn ing league game.
 It was originally planned to have the elimination playoff yesterday with the final game being this coming Sunday.
 Date of the playoff will be an- nounced when available.
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U. WASHINGTON
 FOUR OARS TO GO TO 0LYkpl(S

PRINCETON, N. d., July 12-The University of Washington's four loared crew with coxswain qualified for the Olympic rowing squad and a trip to London by defeating Yale and the West Side Club of Buffalo, N. r., in the final tryout race on Lake Car negie last Saturday.
 Washington won by length and q half in 6:433.
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WILLIAMS. BEAU JACK
 WILL FIGHT

PHILADELPHIA, July 12-lR- Ike Williams, at his best when the chips are down, takes on what may be his toughest assignment tonight against Beau Jack, w
 The sharp punching Trenton. N. J., titleholder was ? to l favo- rite to beat the former Georgia shceshine boy seeking to regain q title he has held twice before.
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Summary; Two base hits, Notar Rcliscn, Snow; left on bases: Le- zion g, Elks 12; double plays: No- tar to Nelson, Werner to Cantil- lon to Snow; hit by pitcher. J. Nelson; base on balls: by Notaf T, Cantillon 2, Palmer l, struck out. by Cantillon 2, Palmer 2, Mo- tar 5. Umpire at plate, Shaw field umpires, Ed Krause and Hagg Time of game, 215.
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ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Juneau Independent School District will purchase fire insurance in the amount of 20,250O0, said insur- ance to be for a term beginning on September 1, l948. Said insurance will be placed with fire insurance companies acceptable to the Board of Directors through local agents who meet the following qualifica- tions:
 l. In order to participate in the distribution of school insurance local agent must have an establish ed office in the City of Juneau.
 2. The agent must have operated an insurance agency in Juneau for at least one year prior to participa- tion in the distribution of school insurance.
 3. Any agent participating must agree to mutually prepare with other agents a single standard form of fire policy acceptable to the Board of Directors of the Juneau Independent School District.
 Therefore, all Juneau fire insur- ance agents are hereby notified that if they qualify under the above re- quirements and desire to participate in the distribution of fire insurance they should so notify the Superin- tendent of Schools, Box 1271, Ju- neau, Alaska, prior to July 30, 1948. Board of Directors
 Juneau Independent School District By: EDWIN c. CLARK
 Superintendent. First publication, July 9, 1948. Last publication, July 12, 1948.
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GAMES SATURDAY
 National League

 Brooklyn 16; New York 10. Chicago 4; Pittsburgh 2. Boston 4; Philadelphi 3. Cincinnati 4; St. Louis 3.
 American League New York 5; Washington 2. Boston 4; Philadelphia 0. Detroit 5, Chicago 4. (Only games scheduled.
 Pacific Coast League Portland 5; San Diego l. Oakland 8; San Francisco 6 Hollywood 4; Los Angeles 2. Sacramento 6; Seattle l..
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STOLEN AUTOMOBILE

Someone borrowed former Police Chief Milo Clouse's auto Saturday night, according to report Clouse made to City Police Sunday morn ing. Clouse had left his igni- ton keys in the car It was found later Sunday on Hemlock Street.
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WILLIAM WINN-p Phone 234

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 TROLLER, ready to go; 30 it., 25 hp Universal. $500. TROLLER, needs new keel next season, 30 it., 2-1 .Jeep. $1l00. GOV. ELISHA P. FERRY, sleeps 10-l6, shown by app. $l750O. 5 HIP ELTO outboard, $60. USEC CARS-Plymouth, Oldsmo- bile, Hudson. DUPLEX APT. several homes. NEARLY NEW dining table, four leather seat chairs. $50. 130 GALLON water or oil tank. S10. ELEC. ADDING MACHINE. 8 bank. Portable radio, accordion, guitar, slide camera.
 WE HAVE A BIG SALES AND
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ATTENTION MASONS

Stated Communication Monday evening at 7:30 with Labor in the E. A. Degree. J. w. Leivers, 1885 2D Secretary.
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be a road club for the rest of the season.
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In 1900, Bedloe's Island, now site of the Statue of Liberty, was given by New York State and City to the Federal government in connection with plans to fortify New York har- bOr
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WESTERN LEAGUE

Final scores of games played in the Western International League over the weekend are as follows:
 GAMES SUNDAY Tacoma AT; Bremerton 1-2. Spokane 3-3: Wenatchee 2-3. Yakima 60; Salem 5-5. Only games scheduled.
 GAMES SATURDAY Tacoma 8-5; Vancouver 5-6 Victoria 6-4 Bremerton Ill. Wenatchee T; Spokane 0. Salem g; Yakima
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Shad is the most valuable fish of the Atlantic Coast and next to the Pacific salmon, the most important species of North America.
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OFFICE Equipment and Supplies in Cooper Bldg: Including check proectors, filing cabinets, fluo- resent desk lamps, electric wall clock, small glass top desk, leath- CT settee, 2-unit dictaphone. art
 metal telephone stand, and other items of valuable and necessary office equipment and supplies. Contact Mrs. Seaton at Tele-
 phone 182 or 800. 934 At
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Retired Old Peoples Plight

10 tne Edltor OF Inc star:
A well-known economist has argued that
it might be advantageous to peg imitation at
some level-the purchasing power of a dollar
and half to be equivalent to the prewar
dollar was suggested. Some Of our legislators
are advocating the advantages Of higher than
of their constituents for whom they speak.
But these and others who discuss imitation
generally ignore what it does to persons living
on fixed income.
Laborers, white collar workers, and pro-
fessional people have received repeated adjust
ments in wages and salaries, which, however,
lag behind imitation Farmers business men
and manufacturers are on the whole we'll
pleased with what imitation Is doing for
them. Their gain is at the expense of the
group living on fixed incomes, the only group
to which imitation has been a total loss.
For the most part, the group on fixed in
comes Is made up of elderly people in retire
ment. The value Of their hard-earned dollars
is being depleted more and>more, and it seems
that no one cares that the present generation
Is robbing the helpless, unorganized, pre-
ceding generation OF their earnings.
There Is some talk of making a slight
adjustment for retired Government workers,
who form only small part of the retired
group. But the discussions mention only few
hundred dollars a year, an adequate adjust
ment for those whose income is about $50 a
month! Even so, the talk has not resulted in
action. ONE OF THE FORGOTTEN
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Traffic Safety Resolution

To the Editor OF The Star:
Congratulations to you on your editorial in
The Sunday Star on traffic safety
Congratulations also to our local traffic en-
forcement agencies, namely, Inspector Arthur
E. Miller and his fine detail of traffic officers.
I note that there were u traffic deaths here
in the Nations Capital In 1947. People just
seem to take these deaths in stride. person
shot, "It's just horrible!", but person dead in
traffic accident is just as dead as person
with bullet in him. Why can't we be more
careful and pay more attention to our driving
and our walking, so we won't be part Of the
statistics for 1913?
think it would be very appropriate for our
traffic department to use the following slogan:
''Not Wanted in D. c.. Any Traffic Deaths"
Let's ell of us make the following resolution
for 1948 and keep it: II resolve not to be
in the traffic death statistics in 1948"
A. p. DESTREN
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Now Comes the SuIes Tux

The Commissioners recommendation for
q sales tax, in which the President and
the Budget Bureau concur, has been taken
for granted It's need this year became
obvious last year, when Congress enacted
a tax-increase program which, bearing
down very heavily on some taxpayers,
failed to produce the needed revenue.
The surprise in this years budget is
that even with enactment of a sales tax
1t is being brought into approximate
balance only by the use of invested saw
ings accumulateds during the war And
when we examine what we have then, 1t
still is short Of meeting some OF the
recognized needs OF the community.
In the schools, for example, which in
building facilities have fallen behind the
needs of shifting and growing popula-
ton, no new construction, other than what
already has been authorized is allowed.
It is pretty obvious that If Congress intends
to carry out a school building program
recommended by the Board of Education
the money cannot be obtained from cur
rent revenues. 1t will require borrowing.
Thus we have come to the point where
q sales tax no longer represents choice
between alternatives. It is the single
substantial source of revenue available to
the community in meeting its swollen
expenses. Since first recommended in
1899 as keystone of the local tax struc-
ture, it has been defeated time and again
in favor of other taxes, all of which we
now have.
But in that interval number OF addl-
tional developments have occurred which
make it's imposition here inevitable.
Twenty seven of the States have adopted
it as a major source of revenue. 1t Is
now in effect in nearby Maryland. 1t
has been found by experience to be
among the least burdensome OF taxes
and one of the most dependable. In
Washington it would be the only tax which
reached the unusually large percentage
of the local population now exempt from
any direct local taxation. And without
it the local budget can be balanced only
at the cost of neglecting basic requirements
in local government.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
GSI Explosion

To the Editor OF The Star:
On January 8. 1s4s, Denny J. Belluci a
supervisor employed by Government Services.
Inc, in Munitions cafeteria, was injured by
gas explosion originating from an oven. Be-
cause of the fact that the UPW-CIO had called
a strike against the corporations cafeterias,
reporters from all papers called my Office i'm
mediately to ascertain the cause of the blast.
The accident had just occurred, and did not
have the full details, but gave them the only
information which had, based on first reports.
This was to the effect that Mr.. Belluci had
tossed a lighted match into defective oven
which he knew had been filled with gas, with
out waiting for the gas to- clear. I went on to
state that he apparently had not used the best
judgment under the circumstances.
AS often happens in such cases, the first re-
ports which received were erroneous in many
respects. The result was that most of the news
stories were in vein that cast reflection on
Mr. Belluci's judgment and, further investiga-
ton shows, this worked an injustice on man
who was almost entirely faultless in the matter.
The purpose Of this letter is to correct the
original impression given and clear Mr.. Belluci
Of carelessness.
Following usual procedure that morning, he
began to light the gas ovens with a taper.
TAtci 'ASLtAtS o11c OVel Ile SGdTIeQ IOWaIQ
another to light 1t and 1t was then that the
explosion occurred. He discovered that the
jets were open on one oven. The only explana-
tion which can be offered now is that some
person, possibly new employe, had attempted
to light this oven before Mr.. Belluci and, fall
ing had neglected to fully turn off the jets,
thus permitting gas to accumulate.
1t would be appreciated if you can find
space to print the true story of this incident
because one of our finest employees has had
mental injury added to physical pain because
OF the aspersion cast upon him originally May
I add that Mr.. Belluci has always shown him.
self to be one Of our most careful, conscientious,
hard-working supervisors and his injury in line
OF duty is serious loss to the operation of
Munitions cafeteria. J. c. NIEHUsS,
Personnel Manager.
Evening star., 1948-01-13

inhationary spiral that has hit the work.
elements in the population.
All of this has been grist for the Com
munist mill. Admittedly, the Communists
have exploited such legitimate grievances
for their own special ends. This is under
stood by intelligent Brazilians, and the
present government is attempting to
grapple with the countrys economic and
social problems, but much remains to be
done. In the measure wherein they are
constructYely dealt with, the causes Of
unrest will be progressively removed and
communism will lose its most specious
arguments.
Evening star., 1948-01-13
Brazil Cracks Down on Reds

In tumultuouS session the Brazilian
Chamber of Deputies passed bill can
ceiling the mandates of Communists hold
ing elective offices throughout the nation.
Since the bill had already passed the Sen
ate and was quickly signed by President
Dutra after the Chambers action, every
Communist in Brazil is today out Of official
life, from Federal legislators to municipal
aldermen and town councillors, with the
exception of few elected on fusion tickets
with other parties, who remain in office by
virtue of alternative party labels. This
purge of Communists was the logical after
math of the legal outlawing of the Com
munist Party in Brazil which took place
several months ago. So far as statutes can
do it, communism has been eliminated
from the political picture.
The effect of this drastic action will be
awaited with interest. Certainly, COM
munism has made notable progress in
Brazil and has been highly disturbing
factor from both the pol, tical and eco
nomic viewpoints. 1t has had aggressive and
persuasive leadership, especially in the
person of the party head, Luis Carlos
Prestes, who occupied seat in the Federal
Senate. The party also had fifteen depu-
ties in the Chamber. Prestes has on many
occasions voiced his intransigeant COM
munism, publicly declaring, among other
things, that if Brazil should ever be at war
with the Soviet Union, he and his followers
would stage revolt. The expectation
among qualified observers is that the Com
munist Party will now go underground"
and foment trouble in every way, from
strikes and sabotage to the dissemination
Of revolutionary propaganda.
In Brazil, communism undoubtedly has
been encouraged by the existence of bad
economic and social conditions. In the
rural areas, a semifeudal situation pre-
walls on many of the big plantations, with
attendant poverty, illiteracy, and general
backwardness. Brazils relatively recent
industrial development has been accom-
panied by low wages, poor housing and
tagging social services. OF late years, these
chronic ills have been intensified by an