The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1939, Page 8

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REBUILDING IS PROBLEMATICAL IN FIRE AREA Concerns Await Arrival of Adjustor fo Make Plans —Loss Estimate Jumps owned building which contained the Pioneer Rooms. It is not known whether Mr. Gold- | , will do any renovation work Building ructure uponr: which he holds # Fire Stil Smolders evening water or rred tim- | and burnt Tix ing been continually at it since 5:30 o'clock yesterday mc . ing. All embers will be out beyond oldstein ndled by a sentative Companies tment Bu 1, member of the jonal Fire Underwriters Associa- jon, according to announcement by Curtis Shattuck of the attuck Agency here losses S Build here with all possible J. Moe 1 of the Port- Adjust- arrive office of the ment Bures will prob in Juneau next week. Until he arrives no buildir renovation of any extent will be decided upon. Threat of Delay Threat of delay of the on his trip to Juneau is being met by a combined railroad-air trip from Portland. He will attempt to go to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, either by train or boat and proceed from ther to Juneau by plane. Weather conditions are unfavorable for air travel at the Portland end of the jaunt at present Agencies here have no reliable in- formation about prospective building plans of the Goldstein Building. Only project decided upon is reno- vation of the First National Bank adjustor revival before the water is turned off Possible utilization of the standing walls as a shell for a new building depends on the da ge inflicted by the excessive heat. is subject to deteriora- t and it is possible these e suffered. It is question- le ti the hollow shell as it now ands will house a new building and thé belief here is that the adjustor will pay off all claims on the build- ing figuring the structure ¢ com- plete loss with no salvage value on the standing concrete. Terrific Heating The 25-year-old 18-inch reinforced concrete walls took a terrific beating in the fire and although they stood | the onslaught of the flames and strains of yesterday problem of them being suitable to support a new building is open to question A recheck of losses incurred by the various affected business con- cerns including the Goldstein Build- ing indicate that the figure of $250,000 ag announced yesterday would probably be conservative. Local agents here are ready to sub- Concrete tion by hi holocaust the | [(Irluu would total between $250,000 and $300,000. | e PRI S R | Stock QUOTATIONS !‘ Juneau mine %2, American Can Light and Power 3 Bethlehem Steel and Southern common 6% 4, General Mot~ jonal Harvester New York Cen- Pacific 11'% United States asked Commonwealth Curtiss Wright iss Wright 4 47':, Inte 577, Kennecott 3¢ tral 17%, Northern Southern Pacific 16%, Steel 58 Bremner bid 1 Pound $4.68% DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow. Jones averages: industrials 143.99 ails 30, unhnox 24, 87 WEATHER WARMER SNOW PREDICTED Juneau’s winter weather moder- jated considerably today, with the hmw rature rising from its mini- mum of 9 degrees at 1:30 o'clock an hour later. Forecast for tonight is cloudy and | with snow predicted for | warmer, tomorrow. Ketchikan today experienced its | lowest temperatore of the winter when the mercory stood at the eight degree mark. ot RIS Official figures show 1,002,591 bi- cycles registered in Tokyo, or one to a family. . Johnnie Walker wi’ soda isthe wur-r-1d’s finest drink. Ye can take my word for that, but ye dinna’ hac fo. RED LABEL, Svearsold. BLACK LABEL, 12 years old. Hetk 86.8 proof. .. Try 1t! 17’5 sensible to stick BORN 1820.. . still going m«ng j with JOHNNIE WALKER BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY {EW YORK, N.Y.; SOLE DISTRIBUTOR ATTENTION UNITED FOOD CUSTOMERS Due to the Disastrous Fire in the Goldstein Building Yesterday WE ARE OPERATING OUR |RD in the morning to 13 degrees half | ROTARY RECORD FOR CONVENTION Commitfees Redouble Ef- fort to Prepare for Clubmen Records and correspondence deal th plans for the Rotary dis- convention here in M. destroyed in yesterday’s fire in Soldstein Building when the office of J. C. Cooper went up in fla Committees now will redouble their efforts in making ments for the conclave, A. B. P} lips reported at today's Chamber of Commerce meeting. Plans being made to entertair 600 Rotary visitors, who are com- ing on the Aleutian and Prince Rob- ert from Seattle and Vancouver, and possibly on two additional beats from San Francisco. HAIDA SCHOOL IS ON TONIGHT PER SCHEDULE - Regular session of the Haida navi- zation class will be held tonight at! "?-3'1 in the High School building. {work in that district, Class meeting tonight will be con- ducted by the regular four officers who have in the past served in in- structors roles. Discussion will continue from the topic of bearings and soundings which has been treated the past two weeks. Officers teaching the class will be Lieut. N. 8. Fulford, Lieut. Richard Foutter, Ensign A. F. Wayne, and Ensign Glenn Rollins. FURNISHINGS FROM FIRE ZONE AWAIT CLAIM BY OWNERS Several truck loads of furniture and personal belongings which were [ ul(‘d away from downtown build- when the fire danger e now at the Forest 1ouse on Willoughby ting to be claimed by!Mae owners, CccCC workers moved the ma l]\ from buildings adjoining the Gold stein Building and stored it at the warehouse temporarily. Most of the goods have been claimed but some still remainhs, the Forest Service an- nounvced today - - TELEPHONE LINE FINISHED BY ((ef Expansion of vk in South- cute is made | intenance work on the te phone line. {rom lakle lato, leading to suspension of CCC nounced today by Forest Service of- | ficials. Additional men have been recruhcd for CCC crews here. e The income which farmers in the | United States receive from meat ani- | mals represents about 25 per cent of their entire cash income. ® Motorship Einer Beyer Is| | games and si | et to Nu-| it was an- | Dles Probers WASHING' TUN F‘( b. 9. — The House voted to give the Dies stigating unAme 5 $100,000 to contir \.I approved by | sounded almost | lution was vote that unanimous. > - SHIP BRINGS PERISHABLES, | MEATS HERE Now in Ketchikan with Freight from Seattle KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 9.— Ketchikan received its first ship- ment of meat and perishables from Seattle since the shipp tieup when motorship Einer Beyer rived here this morning. The ship was iced down somewhat and the crew was busy chopping off ice while cargo was be un- lcaded before proceeding to Peters- burg and Juneau R Surprise Party ls Given by Friends of Mrs_. Tom Hall A surprise gathering was held by friends of Mrs. Tom Hall last ening at her home on Glacier Higl way, during which time birthday cengratulations were extended the honoree, Ronald I r acted as master-of- ceremonies for the occasion, and pre- sented Mrs. Hall with a huge birth- day cake. Many lovely gifts were re- ceived by the guest of honor and | the evening was spent in playing | Guests ca during the surprise affair included: the Rev. and M G. Edward Knigk Mr. and M Fritz Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Burns | Mrs. E. O. Fields, Mrs.| Jim Gibson, Marion ! A. J. Buckingham, Tom | and Tom Hall Jr. } - Hall Sr. | PRINCESS NORAH IS AT I(ET(HIKAN Pacific steamer Prin- loaded with passengers, chikan and scheduled to at 7 o'clock this ngell, Petersburg Canadian from evening for W and Juneau, —— (PRO LEAGUE BOWLERS WILL VIE TONIGHT S ngle with Editors ning at 7:30 o'clock in a match in the Professional Bowling League. Accountants and Druggists \HI' match skill at 9:30 o'clock. s have been brought into production and four more are to be drilled to increase the water supply in the northwestern part of Mexico City. Schilling pure Vanilla hasthe exquisite fragrance and deli- cate, elusive flavor that only Nature can produce. It gives that taste which makes folks \ say: “My, that's good!” 37 SPICES 19 EXTRACTS GEOBGE BROTHERS PHONES 92 and 95 PHONES 92 and 35 Large Shipment of Fresh Meat and Egys Due on Steamer Princess Norah TURKEYS - NOW AVAILABLE—18 TO 20 POUNDS EACH o BT POUND Drink FRUIT and VEGETABLE JUICES for Health! AMOCAT TOMATO JUICE LIBBY TOMATO JUICE LARGE TOMATO JUICE BEET JUICE SAUERKRAUT JUICE CARROT JUICE PINEAPPLE JUICE ORANGE JUICE LARGE ORANGE JUICE PRUNE JUICE GRAPEFRUIT JUICE FANCY COOKIES o Per 2°) e Pound FRESH Hardwheat FLOUR $1.40 BREAD 43-POUND BAG 6o 50c Leavs 43¢ SODA CRACKERS o€ PLAIN OR SALTED 2-Pound Carton ALAD DRESSING 330 ll;:;r! TASTEWELL FRESH LOCAL EGGS @0¢ DOZEN Celiophane Packages 19¢ NAVY BEANS RED BEANS Yellow SPLIT PEAS Green SPLIT PEAS BABY LIMA BEANS PEARL BARLEY Whole GREEN PEAS BROWN RICE POLISHED RICE MACARONI SPAGHETTI PALMOLIVE SOAP SUNNY MONDAY SODA 7 23¢ PEAS SLICED BEETS CUT BEANS YELLOW CORN. SPINACH PORK AND BEANS 2 saxce mvs 29g OYSTERS TUNA FLAKES SWEET ORANGES 4rox29¢ ina B 2 rarce mns 35¢ 2 CANS ch Z DOZEN 4gc SWEET ORANGES 3 vo~ 8¢ DOZEN BUC BUSINESS THROUGH PIGGLY WIGGLY This change will in no way hinder us from giving you the same fine treat- ment that we have in the pa 16 24 WINESAP APPLES LARGE SWEET ORANGES YELLOW NEWTON APPLES DANJOU PEARS-LARGE EXTRA LARGE LEMONS PAY’N-TAKIT NOTICE? JUNEAU INSURANCE AGENCY STANLEY V. GRUMMETT, Mgr. Is Now Logated in Temporary Quarters in the ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS and LOAN ASSN. offices in the Use Either Store’ Phene Number VALENTINE BUILDING SEWARD ST. — Phone 3 GEORGE BROTHERS PHONES 92 and 95 PHONES 92 and 95

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