14-Game
Streak Puts
Giants Up
New Yorkers Trail Brook
lyn Just Five Games
Things Look Tight
By RALPH RODEN
Associated Press Sporlswritcr
The New York Giants' sensational
14-game winning streak today pro
jected the National League pennant
race smack into the limelight with
the American League's tight flag
race.
Manager Leo Duroehcr’s pen
nant-hungry Giants swept a
double-header from the Chicago
Cubs yesterday, 5-4 and 5-1, to
chop the once succulent lead of
the Brooklyn Dodgers to six games.
The Dodgers split with the tail
end Pittsburg Pirates, winning the
nightcap, 4-3, in ten innings, after
blowing the opener, 12-11.
Meanwhile the American League
race remained in status quo as the
Cleveland Indians retained their
one-game lead over the New York
Yankees by splitting a doubleheader
with the Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox. trailing by five
games, won the first game. 5-0, but
the Indians took the second, 2-1.
The Yanks divided with the Chi
cago White Sox, losing the opener,
3-2, and winning the nightcap. 8-6.
In other American League games,
the Washington Senators swept a
pair from the St. Louis Browns, 9-3
and 9-1, and the Detroit Tigers de
feated the Philadelphia Athletics,
6-0.
Remaining National League
games saw the St. Louis Cardi
nals and Boston Braves and the
Philadelphia Phils and Cincin
nati Reds split double-headers.
The Cards beat the Braves, 12-10,
but lost the second game, 9-1. The
Phils edged the Reds. 2-0, after
Cincinnati had won the first game,
4-2.
Two home runs by Wes Westrum
and one by Don Mueller accounted
for all of the Giants’ runs in their
first game triumph. Westrum won
• tflie e«Hh-Avith-* lbw<»A)ut homer in
the ninth.
Jim Hearn limited the Cubs to
six hits in the nightcap as the
Giants compiled their longest win
ning streak since the 1936 champs
won 15 straight.
Dodgers Not Worried
Over Giants' Win
Streak-'We'll Win'
BROOKLYN, Aug. 27—Of)—Don't
get worried over the late surge of
the New York Giants, Brooklyn
Manager Charley Dressen admon
ished today — his Dodgers aren’t.
“There arc no jitters on my
ball club," the chief of the Brook
lyn brains department said. “The
spirit is fine, and we're going to
win the pennant.”
There certainly was room for mild
doubts—everywhere except on Flat
bush Avenue — after the red-hot
Giants, extending their winning
streak to 14 games, chipped another
chunk yesterday off the Dodgers’
once imposing lead.
A couple of weeks ago Brooklyn
enjoyed a cushion of 13Va games,
and appeared home free. Today'
just six games separate the two clubs I
at the top of the National League.
Brooklyn has 32 games left to
play, the Giants 30. They have
fcur left with each other — two
at the I’olo Grounds next Sat
urday and Sunday, and two at
Ebbetts Field Sept. 8-9.
“Those are the series,” Dressen
said. “I promise the Dodgers will
do better than in the last series."
The Giants swept a three-game set
at the Polo Grounds Aug. 14-16.
League Leaders
By the Associated Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting (based on 300 times at
bat) — Muslal, St. Louis, .362: Rob
inson, Brooklyn, .340.
Runs Batted In — Kiner, Pitts
burgh, 94; Irvin, New York, 90.
Hits — Ashburn, Philadelphia.
173; Furilio, Brooklyn; Dark, New
York; Musial. St. Louis. 128.
Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh,
36; Hodges, Brooklyn, 34.
Pitching (based on seven deci
sions) — Roe, Brooklyn, 171-2, .895:
Maglie, New' York, 17-5, .773.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting—Fain, Philadelphia, .332;
Kell, Detroit, .331.
Runs Batted In — Zernial, Phila
delphia, 110; Williams, Boston, 109.
Hi(s — DiMaggio, Boston, 160;
Kell. Detroit, 156.
Home Runs — Zernial. Philadel
phia, 28; Williams, Boston, 26.
Pitching—Morgan, New York and
Kinder, Boston, 8-2, .800.
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League Standings
By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
W
79
78
73
68
58
52
50
38
L
46
47
50
57
65
71
76
84
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Pittsburgh
W
78
73
60
61
58
54
52
52
L
44
51
60
63
60
69
69
72
Pet.
.632
.624
.593
.544
.472
.423
.397
.311
Pet.
.639
.589
.500
.492
.492
.439
.430
.419
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle
Hollywood
Portland
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
Sacramento
San Francisco
W L Pet.
92 61 .601
87 66 .569
78 76 .506
75 77 .493
74 80 .481
69 83 .454
69 83 .454
67 85 .441
By the Associated Press
TENNIS
At Forest Hills, N.Y. — Frank
Sedgm&n and Ken McGregor wor
the national doubles title, defeating
Mervyn Rose and Don Candy, 10-8
6-4, 4-6, 7-5, in an all-Australian
final.
At Brookline, Mass. — United
States defeated Great Britain, si?
matches to one, for 15th consecutive
victory in Wightman Cup series,
GOLF
At St. Paul — Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta, Ga.. defeated Claire Doran
Rocky River, Ohio, 2 and 1, ir
finals of National Women s Amateui
championship.
GENERAL
At Williamsport, Pa. — Stamford
Conn., defeated North Austin, Tex
3-0, in final game of Little League
World Series.
At Vandalia, Ohio — Arnold Reig
ger, Seattle, won overall and all
around titles as Grand Americai
Trapshoot ended.
Slugger Insists
Pill Losing Life;
Pitchers Say No
CLEVELAND, Aug. 27—(*—'Te: j
Williams, the only active majo
leaguer to top .300 in ten successiv
seasons, says that the ball is deadei
today than it has been for severa
seasons.
•'I don’t care what anybody says,’
insisted the pride of the Boston Ret
Sox. just before the importan
doubleheader with Cleveland yes
terday. “I’m convinced the bal
doesn’t have the life it had last
year or the year before. And what’s
more, it is getting deader all the '
time.”
Ignoring a reminder that he hac
just swatted six practice pitche |
over the right field fence, the lank> !
slugger stuck to his rather sur
prising statement. Ask any pitche
and he will swear it’s getting mon
lively.
Now It's a Horse
Race to Draw Fans
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 27—W—Bil
Veeck of the St. Louis Browns car
have his midgets and clowns. Parkt
Carroll, general manager of tlv
Kansas City Blues, is going to usf
horses to draw baseball fans,
Carroll has scheduled a harnes:
race between two fast trotter:
Thursday night at the American
Association game here between Kan
sas City and Minneapolis.
Baseball Stars
By the Associated Press
Pitching: Niles Jordan, Phils —
Pitched the Philadelphia Phils tc
a 2-0, three-hit victory over Cin
cinnati in his major league debut.
Batting: Jackie Robinson. Dodgers
— Blasted tenth-inning homer to
give Brooklyn a 4-3 triumph over
Pittsburgh in second game of a
doubleheader.
DAUGHTER FOR LUPROS
A daughter weighing 6 pounds 8
ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Lupro Friday morning at St.
Ann’s Hospital. She has been named
Patricia Jane and joins a brother,
Michael.
Rainier; Have
Flag Almost
Nailed Down
Ten Days Should See
Suds Clinch Pennant
15 Games to Go
By the Associated Press
With 15 games to go, Seattle toda;
has a five-game lead on second plac<
Hollywood for the Pacific Coas
League pennant. Barring the wild
est kind of form reversal, Manage]
Rogers Hornsby’s pace setters shoulc
nail down the flag in about 10 days
The Stars and Seattle split thcii
Sunday doubleheader. Seattle ex
ploded for three runs in the eight!
| inning of the opener and won, 4-1
I Earl Johnson besting Wally Hood or
I the mound. Hollywood took th<
finale, 6 to 1, as Bob Chesnc:
notched another pitching victory
i The clubs play the final contest o;
| their six-game series Tuesday.
Portland swept a doubleheader
from Oakland, 8 to 6 and 3 to 1.
This gave the Beavers the series,
four games to one, and estab
lished them two games in front
of Los Angeles for the third place
rung in the standings.
Los Angeles split its double bit
with San Diego, the Angels copping
the first as hurler Bob Spicer won
his 16th game of the season, 4 to 1
and the Padres grabbing the other
7 to 5.
San Francisco shut out Sacra
mento, 1 to 0, in the first game of
their doubleheader, and the team:
then battled through 13 inning.'
until the midnight curfew caught up
with them and they suspended op
erations with the count knotted at
2-all.
24-Hour Vigil Kefs
Woman Two Presents
3n 21st Birthday
ANCHORAGE, Aug. 27 — <01 —
Newlywed Norma Dietrichs wound
jp a 24-hour vigil by getting two
/resents yesterday on her 21st
jirthday anniversary.
First was a lease to a small
ract of land in the suburbs of
Anchorage. Second was a 21-can
ile birthday cake.
The persistent Mrs Dietrichs
•tarted her vigil at 10 o’clock
Wednesday morning. She and her
husband, Finn Dietrichs, have had
heir hearts set on a certain pi<ce
jf land. While her husband was
working as a carpenter on a new
\laska Native Service hospital
lere, she got in line.
If the former lessees failed to
nake the required improvements,
.he land became available at 10
i.m., yesterday. Mrs. Dietrichs
aid:
“My husband is an alien yet, so
came in to legally sign the ne
essary papers.” <
Dietrichs came to the U. S.
four years ago from Norway
and is now seeking citizenship.
He met Norma when both were
me arts majors at Ohio Wesleyan
Jniversity. They were carried in
lie college town June 23. Mrs.
Jietrichs is from Medina, O.
First in Line
A half hour after Mrs. Dietrichs
ot in line, bringing along her
,wn chair for the wait, she was
ollowed by Lieut. E. V. Sutton of
\nchorage and Sgt. Robert Tin
ley, formerly of Salt Lake City,
Utah. They sought two other par
;els of land.
Land office personnel lent
Sutton and Tinncy, both sta
tioned at Elmendorf Air Force
base, chairs for the night. Then
the three sat.
Thursday morning the land of
fice personnel opened the door on
i darkened room illuminated by
11 candles on a cake the Air
?orce men had managed to have
;ent in.
Mrs. Dietrichs’ lease was ready
or her, tied up in ribbons with
i birthday card.
Sgt. Tinney, an Air Force cook,
has been in Alaska a week and
hopes to return to Salt Lake City
„o marry his fiancee and later
settle here.
Sutton, the father Of two child
ren, hopes to move from j trailer
■amp where he now is living.
Mrs Dietrichs said she is going
o return to Ohio Wesleyan to
complete her education while her
husband stays here to build their
rome.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Ann’s hospital
Saturday were John M. Adams. Mrs
W. Turner, Patricia Baxter; admit
ted Sunday was Mrs. Eileen Scarif
ier; dismissed Saturday were B
Henniger, David Johnson; dismis
sed Sunday were Archie Betts, Mrs
G. G. Underhill, Mrs. David Osborne
and baby girl, Thomas Merrill, Mrs
Jean Seegart.
Born at St. Ann's hospital tc
Mrs. Martin Grant at 8:50 p.m
Saturday, a boy weighing 7 pounds
13 ounces.
Admitted Sunday to the Govern
ment hospital were Marilyn anc
Herman James of Amroon; dismis
sed Saturday was Sadie White ol
Juneau.
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i
Tl;c Bureau of Reclamation, o;:e
of the greatest propagandist in a
galaxy of bureaus that squander
millions of taxpayers’ dollar ev
ery year for self-advertisin', is
■Currently carrying on one of the
j biggest campaigns In its 49 years
! of existence.
“Some of the noise in the sky
these days is not summer thunder,’’
said Rep. Norris Poulson of Cal
ifornia recently, “but is the Rec
lamation Bureau Drum Cor); sig
naling the approach of the great
est display of self-aggrandizement,
political duplicity and wasteful
spending in its history.”
The main theme of the present
campaign is the opening of the
big Central Valley project in Cal
ifornia, but the campaign itself
is branching out to boost present
and future projects in many of
the western States and in Alaska.
Thousands of words of slanted
news stories on the Central Val
ley project, quotations from Bur
eau officials and propaganda fil
lers, as well as photographs, car
toons and maps have been mailed
to newspapers throughout the
country from Region 2 of the
Bureau of Reclamation, Box 2511,
Sacramento, California.
Since there are around 12,000
newspapers in this country and
most—if not all—of them received
.the Bureau’s propaganda package,
the cost of the campaign adds up
to something more than peanuts.
One Congressman guessed ‘that it
cost at least $200,000 to mimeo
graph and print the releases for
what he called “this tidal wave
of Bureau slush,” and he did not
even attempt to guess the cost of
preparing L.'~i distributing the
material.
Most of this stuff followed other
government press releases into
the editors’ wastebaskets because
there was more cf it than the
papers had room for, just as there
is a surplus of all such material—
the New York Times in one week
received enough government press
releases to fill 100 of its pages—
and most of it is actually of little
interest to the readers.
But with such floods of press
releases, some of them are bound
to find their way into the news
columns and that is the principle
upon which government agencies
operate their publicity mills — if
the seeds of propaganda are broad
cast widely enough and thickly
enough, some of them will sprout.
That this is a wasteful and
! costly practice bothers thq bur
! eaucrat not at all. It is the tax
| payer who foots the bill. And, un
i fortunately, the taxpayer does not
; get an itemized bill to show him
| how much of each of his tax dol
lars goes for legitimate expenses
of government and how much is
thrown out with the trash in the
editors’ wastebaskets.
If that kind of statement were
rendered the taxpayer there would
i no doubt be a drastic curtailment
! in the publicity activities of many
| Federal agencies.
Factual information from gov
ernment offices is, of course, both
| necessary and desirable. But a
i great portion of the releases from
’ many agencies cannot be classi
fied as factual information or as
anything else except pure press
i agentry. And not only is this sort
! of propaganda unnecessary; a
great part of it is actually illegal.
“Notwithstanding the fact that
the employment of publicity ex
perts is forbidden by the act of
[ October 22, 1913, unless funds are
■ specifically appropriated for that
purpose,” says a report of the
Brookings Institution,” publicity
agents are nevertheless appointed :
j under other designations.”
A House committee in 1947 re
[ ported: "The law is being viola
! ted repeatedly by numerous ad
ministrative agencies. In hundreds
j of ways, some devious, some blat
i ant, Federal offiicals and employ
I ees are ignoring or flouting the
Criminal Code, often for the de
liberate purpose of fostering sent
! iment and support for administra
! tion policies and programs.”
\ And the Hoover Commission ad
ded: “In many cases public re
. lations work is concealed entire
j ly from routine accounting re
i view, principally by the device of
I carrying publicity operatives on
the roll as supervisors, adminis
i trative assistants, or technical ex
| perts.”
The Hoover Commission estima
; ted the annual discernable cost
of Federal publicity and propa
ganda at $105,009,000. Nobody has
determined the hidden costs.
Said Rep. Pou'son in his indict
I ment of the Reclamation Bureau's
I present publicity splurge. “The
! source of the funds for promoting,
propagandizing and paying for
the Bureau’s brawl are known on
ly to Michael W. Straus (Com
missioner of Reclamation), a mas
ter of delusion. and Oscar L.
Chapman, the sachem of sham.
If anybody can find out by what
authority they arc spending this
enermous sum, it is more than
Congress can do, or at least has
j done or other occasions when
] Bureau funds have been juggled
■ until they were a puzzle no ac
. countant could solve.”
( While the Bureau of Reclama
tion may be no worse than some
of the others, it is an ag- ]
ency that is expected to be active
I in increasing the Interior Depart- j
i ment's strangle hold on Alaska. ■
' The Alaska phase of the Bureau's
| campaign was launched quite re
| cently by Secretary Chapman. His
'statement and the lengthy report
| upon- which the statement is based i
| will be closely scrutinized in this
! column in the very near future.
Dredges Charged
With Storing of
Combustible Fuels
Following an investigation made
by Coast Guard inspectors, the
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredg
ing Company has landed in court.
U. S. Attorney Patrick J. Gil
more, Jr., today filed an inform
ation against the company in U.
S. District Court containing two
counts.
Both allege violation of the fed
eral law which prohibits the car
rying of combustible materials on
boats without a permit. Two dred
ges, the No. 19 and No. 2, are
charged with having a quantity of
fuel oil stored aboard. The dred
ges are working in Wrangell Nar
rows near Petersburg.
The case will be heard during
the fall term of court.
WOMEN'S SOCIETY HOLDS
RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY
The Woman’s Society of Christian
Service is holding a rummage sale
today in the Methodist Church
basement beginning at 10:30 o’clock.
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Alaska Coastal
Weekend lights
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a
total of 325 passengers over the
weekend. Sunday’s traffic included
a total of 98 passengers with 17
on interport, 38 arriving, and 43 de
parting.
Arriving from Haines: Mr. and
Mrs. R. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.
R. Sommers, K. Pehrson, L. Gentry;
from Dixon Harbor: Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Schauffer; from Hoonah:
Haze! Forsen, Jimmie Martin, P.
Woodring, N. Nelson. Bob Willis. H.
Marks, Ed Kunz; from Pelican:
Sarah and Jansie Kerme, E. Davis:
from Petersburg: Mr. Brown, Mr.
Sandahl.
From Ketchikan: D. Talford, Guy
Spellman; from Taku: Mr. and
Mrs. Graham, Gary Graham; from
Sitka: Mrs. R. Clithero, Mrs. E.
Van Horn, Mrs. J. Van Horn, Mrs.
A. Soley, B. Cushing; from Hood
Bay; Mr. and Mrs. P. James, Her- !
man James, Willie Mills; from Sup
erior: R. C. Brown: from Hawk In
let: Bessy Jimmy, Ruth Hayes, Art
Dennis.
Departing for Skagway: Mr. and
Mrs. William Wasser, Lt. W. Nor
cross, Mrs. F. Smith: for Haines: E.
Edwards; for Hoonah: W. James,
William Smith, Mr. and Mrs. B.
Parks, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Moody,
Diana Parks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mar
tin, E. Williams, Willie Marks, Mrs.
E. Merrill.
For Hawk Inlet; J. Nicholson: for
Hasselborg: A. Heisler. J. Hawes,
B. Kunz, B. Bloomer, D. Whitney,
H. Keenan, A. Sharkey, Ann Poor;
for Pelican: Mrs. G. Underhill; for
Petrsburg: C. Terwilliger, Mrs. J.
Cale, E. Kirshoffer; for Sitka: Mrs.
Nevitt, Mrs. Bessonette, A. Gordon,
A. Drake, M. Albright, S. Lawson,'
W. Green, C. Wright, T. Batchelder, j
M. Moles; for Superior: Frank
James, R. Brown, Mabel Benson.
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