The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1933, Page 7

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CITY STARTS MUCH BUSINESS Lumbermen DRIVE ON TAX TRANSACTED BY COLLECTIONS CITY GCOUNGIL Delin- Lee Rox Is Low Bidder on Cement Sidewalk Contract Rox and C was awarded t Council Suspends quent Payment Penal- ties Until June 15 de-| Lee der b - | walks f ht | cil meeti His bid for fum |the work was $599.00 as compared > to $846.00 bid by Hans Berg; $648.00 - 'bid by E. J. Cowling and $850.00 by - | Dishaw and Son. Work on the sid these|to Seward on Fourth S r a pen-ion Seward from Fourth the tax plus gy will be commen: from the ave not been | yuneau S time, and the p, bid- for To stimulate linquent y coun- of the ordir ment of erty taxes It was expls clauses, W real and om Main et and to Third d soon. ting the d a for the year was unanimously enforced Bols Council upon the fu s action served notice | g; in uent taxpayers that the law will be strictly|g18209.5 enfor However, to give them|gight an opportunity Yo adjust them-|p, selves to the change of policy and | jt escaps the penalty charges . Council members voted to suspend|winn, which totaled under the budget for the , in spite of the fact that for two additional the teachers, it was pointed out by Mr. enforcement until June 15 | At the same time the Councii| Building Permit declared its intention to amend| In addition to the business men- Ordinance No. 201 by allowing a|tioned, the decision to inaugurate cash discount of two per on | day saving time, and the op- 1~ tion of a resolution to amn torium on the penalties for de tax accounts if paid in full on or bafore the first Monday in October each year, when they shall qu taxes until June 15, the become due and payable. It council voted to appror lieved that the adoption of to support the Juneau C feature and the enforcement of the penalty provisions of the ordinance mj will have the effect of encouraging | f, d and granted a building per- » J. B. Warrack and company he addition to St. Ann’s Hos- e plans e hospital by the Vets Face Tough Assign- ide- | “THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933. To Perfect Are Preparing Competitive | Code,President Roose- 3 velt Is Informed WASHINGTON, May 20. — The National Association of Lumber Manufacturers oducts industry is preparing a competitive code agreement, with his approval under the pending in- | dustrial control bill. A meeting is being held here today as a pre- | paratory one, with a larger meet- | ing in Chicago later. Lumbermen hope to have by the end of June at least. TEN GRADUATE, | SITKA SGHOOL Commencement Address Is | Delivered by Rev. James H. Condit | SITKA, Alaska, May 20.—(Special | Correspondence) — The Sheldon | Jackson School closed for the year ‘;,vsivrduy at noon. The Rev. James |H. Condit delivered a splendid commencement address, his subject ing “Getting An Education.” The following program was given ‘aL 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon: ' Hymn, “Light of the World We | Hail Thee.” | Invocation, Rev. Greig. | “Poet and Peasant,” School Or- | chestra. Address by Rev. James H. Condit. | Song, “Bells of St. Mary's.”” ! Senior Class monogram awards Iby Russell Bope. Presentation of diplomas by W.| Leslie Yaw ! Hymn, “Faith of Our Fathers.” | Benediction, Rev. Towne. The high school graduates are Erma Baronovich, Arthur Demmert,| | Thomas Jackson, Flora Jacobs, Plora James, Walter Johns, George Lewis, Genevieve Ross, Ruby Sobo- A greement informed President Roosevelt yesterday that the forest i | F | SPECIAL BOAT FOR EXCURSION T0 WHITEHORSE “wp: - Prince of Wales” Will Take Passengers for Annual Celebration | For the accommodation of people from the Channel who wish to make the trip to Whitehorse to attend the annual celebration in! the Canadian city, on May 27,/ the motorship Prince of Wales,! captained by Cedric Davis, will leave Juneaw on Friday, May 26, and return to Juneau on Sunday the code worked out|evening May 28, it was announced today by J. B. Burford, who is handling the reservations. The schedule provides for Fri- day evening in Skagway, where a dance will be given, and repart- ure for Whitehorse on the train leaving Skagway early Saturday morning, arriving in Whitehorse by way of the scenic White Pass railway, at noon on Saturday. ‘The celebration on Saturday in- cludes baseball games, races, a big dance on Baturday night in White- horse. On Sunday noon the train leaves for the return trip to Skagway and the Prince of Wales will ar- rive back in Juneau late Sunday evening. “The Prince of Wales is com- modious and roomy with plenty of cabin and deck space so that everyone can be comfortable,” Mr Burford said. —_———.—.———— NOTICE Mr. Harry Krane has rented the dance floor upstairs.in Waggoner's Roadhouse for a dance Sunda night. The Roadhouse proper w not be formally opened until later. TOM SHEARER, BILL BRESLIN, - - H. C. COLEMAN RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP adv. H. C. Coleman, Juneau merchant returncd here from a short busi- ness trip to Wrangell, on the mo- torship Northland. - THREE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE RECENTLY BY PRES. ROOSEVELT Recent additional appolntments made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt include Undersecretary of the Treasury Dean Gooderham Acheson, Treasurer of the U. S, William Alexander Julian, and Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue Guy Tresillian Helvering. Undersecretary - Acheson is' 41 years old, son of the Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, a graduate of Yale, and Harvard Law School, he served as secretary to Supreme Court Justice Brandeis for two years, then joined an important law firm in Washington D. C. He has handled many dntricate - tax cases, represented Norway in the wartime seizure of ships, and is a liberal young Democrat. ‘William ‘Alexander Julian, |native of Kentucky who made a success of manufacturing shoes, and became ©Ohio’s Democratic Committeeman. The new commissioner of Inter- nal Revenue, Guy Tresillian Hel- vering, 55 is a Democrat from | Kansas. Through this appointment the way is opened for the appoint- ment of Collectors of Internal Revenue throughout the country. Bar Private Cemeteries Rt S, o TROUBLE 18 THREATENED Cuban Police Reserves Are Held in Barracks for Action HAVAN, Cuba, May 20. — Police reserves are held in their barracks'tead the news articles. and leaves of Army officers and men have been cancelled on the Thirty-first anniversary of Cuban Independence. The action followed rumors that opponents of President Machado may choose the day for riots and disorders to signify opposition to his regime. Already the Government is en- gaged in a campaign against rebels in several Provinces. e, - Read the ads as carefully 2 you MADRID, May 20.—The Govern- ment has decreed that foreigners in the future may not establish private cemeteries for particular nationalities or creeds. Instead all Spanish burial plots will be secu- larized so that any religious rite may be performed in them. SHEET Our Sheet Metal Shop is one of the best equipped in the North and is in charge of Mr. “Mac” Metcalfe, metal workers If it can be made o can make it. that ever came to “COCKTAIL FRUITS WITH BANANAS, No. 2 cans At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 METAL one of the best sheet Alaska. f Sheet Metal “Mac” RICE & AHLERS CO. Plumbing “We tell you in advan Heating Sheet Metal ce what job will cost” 101675 MAY DANCE CELEBRATION Sunday Night Waggoner’s Roadhouse MUSIC BY Harry Krane’s Orchestra Admision 7 5¢ per couple Featuring Scandinavian-American Music ment in Tomorrow's | the prompt and early payment of|pita) The City Clerk was nnu:urtr‘:lfl‘(? for the addition to notify all delinquent tax DPAYeTS|.,, thev nyere approved : R i Mayor 1. Goldstein announced he MUUSE Tn PLAY would look into the matter of pro- for an airplane hangar in response to a letter from A. B. Hayes, man- asking that a free mooring place for the airways hangar be n said he would report the of his investigation at the next All members of the council were | o present with the exception of A.| AUTO DRIVER'S LICENSES Empire Old papers for sale at Game at 5:30 taxes. J. B. Warrack presented of the action of the Council. council. curing an available mooring space LEGIUN SUNUAY ager of the Alaska Southern Air- R provided by the city. Mayor Gold councdl’ testing | tetf, Donald Thomas. F. MoKinnon, till Jeading the, Olty League BV nis home, recuperating from a min- only & e e the imer. |OF operation, and Wallls George, BN vons with Ahe S, Wb ¥ who is aboard the ‘Alaska on the jsan Legion aggregation will face a tough assignment Sunday when the second place Moose challenge their Jeadership. The Vets took the lead| The advertisements are you last Wednesday by knocking over gyjde to efficient spending. the Paps who are out to even up the score tomorrow. | Jack Schmitz i xpected to be the Moose choice to start the game. Manager Worth today had not made any selection, but it probably will be Junge, although Manning, who hurled last night, may be sent in if he is in condi- tion. If the Vets win, it will increase their lead over the Moose to one and one-half games and set the home from the south ———-—e—— way Jatter down in the cellar with the Bills. The game is slated to open | TO(I(ly an at 5:30 pm. 1 Sposial Prices|| * PA™ OF SaEER P During May and June Mounted Bears A KUM-BACK BA who is confined to Motor vehicle operator’s li‘censes for the two years’ period ending May 31, 1935, are now payable at the City Clerk's office. Every op- | erator of an automobile must ob- tain license by June 1. Fee, $1.00. A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. i —adv. d Monday CHIFFON HOSE with each pair of LADIES’ or MEN’S SHOES LL with each pair of CHILDREN’S SHOES Bear Rugs Write for Price List PERCY C. COLTON Taxidermist and Furrier George Bros. HAINES, ALASKA - DANCE - TONIGHT BY ECIAL ATTRACTION—*June in As Sung by PHILLIP F. PHELP, MISSION 50 CENTS LEADER DEPT. STORE ‘Store Open Evenings Evergreen Gardens SELECTION OF DANCE HITS—DIRECT FROM NEW YORK Anderson’s Dance Band Old Alaska” Composer LADIES FREE SOSSSSTONY § COLORITE ‘ HAT DYE Butler Mauro Drug Co. Express Money Orders Anytime Phone 134 We Deliver the way from St. This beer was tested for us and pronounced very superior. Harry Race, Druggist “THE SQUI_BB STORES OF ALASKA” Mrs. Willie Peters | GETS THE AWARD i George Bros. Telephones 92—95 Five Deliveries Daily Schmidt Country Club BEER We have one thousand cases of this famous American Beer on - Paul. Tuesday’s boat. Five hundred cases will arrive on Baseball DANCE Elks’ Hall Tonight Benefit Legion Baseball Team MUSIC BY “Steele’s Revelers” Free Check Room COME! Admission $1.00 Have a Good Time! 3 - NEwW Low PRICES ON GENUINE G-E WASHERS $152.50 for LIMITED—COMBINATION OFFER Model AW1 Washer Model T Table Ironer Worth of Laundry Equipment—Yours Only ... $124.00 Convenient Terms Alaska Electric Light and .1 . 1 Power Company Juneau—Phone 6 1 E L Douglas—Phone 18 i «

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