The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1939, Page 8

ALASKA LINE OFFICE HERE GETS CHANGE Adams Is Made General WIFE PAYS * Agent for Juneau District | —Hyner Appointed Agent H. O. Adams, Agent for the Al Steamship Company, and associ with the line for many years been advised by the Seattle thdt he had been elevated position of General Agent for the Juneau district Coincident to Adams’ assuming of his new office, Glenn Hyner, assist- ant under Adams, will become Ju- neau Agent Adams’ new office is created in line with an Alaska Steamship Com- pany plan to have four divisional agents in Alaska, at Ketchikan, Ju- neau, Cordova and Seward, to co- ordinate more efficiently the steam- ship business with smaller towns in the general agent's area During the years of Adams has put with the Alaska Line, he has served as Assistant Agent to Willis E. Nowell in Juneau and later had the agency at Peters- burg and Wrangell of the company before returning to Juneau Hyner served as Ticket Clerk with the Alaska Line in the Seattle of- fices until joining the Juneau agency with Adams. Adams will maintain dence in Junenll 3 HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 12—The follow- ing balibuters arrived and sold to- day as follows: From the western banks—Federal, 25000 pounds, 8% and 7% cents a pound; Brisk, 36,000 pounds, 8' and 7 cents, From the local banks—Angeles, 15,000 pounds, Freya, 18,000 pounds, Discover; has offices to the experience his resi- L g Joyce Sigman, known on the ge as Joyce Robb, who re- cently paid $5,000 cash to James H. Sigman, Denver capitalist, in a Los Angeles cut of court di- vorce settlement. The $5,000, the actress said, was to equalize their community property. She received $50,000 worth of prop- erty from Sigman. for 8% and 6 cents; Viking pounds, 8% and 6 cents; Faith, IT 18,000 pounds, Loyal, 18,000 pounds both at 8 and 6 cents RUPERT PRICES At Prince Rupert today 145,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 7.70 | to 8.10 and 6 cents. Ketchikan had no sales today. Although traditionally winds, Lander, rme ~f the yoming of strong 1tral part, Climatag state in the c of any region in the nation, Weathe 6,000 pounds, all selling . iCCUws akiuw. AHAS BEEN FIRST REC U PAT. ou The Outstar 1 preference buyers for RAY OIL BU RNERS tells .~ From the Very First fi trial and commercial the story. RICE 8 AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets— S ROTARY CONFERENCE—May 18-19-20 JUNEAU'S Hear-S PHONE 34 ay is interesting but Wear-Say is convincing! 6,000 | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1939. NAZIS LAY CLAIMSON | ANTARCTICA ‘Berlm Pa pers Say Over 231,000 Square Miles | Is German Owned BERLIN, April 12 German | claims to more than 231,000 square | miles of Antarctic territory is indi- cated by newspaper headlines and editorials. The claim is made upon the re- | turn of an exploring party. The expedition returned to Cux- haven yesterday, reporting territor- jal claims by Norway and at the | same time claiming part of the re gion was explored by Germans. (OFFICERS ARE CITY COUNCIL Majority Are Same as Last | Year-Redman Nam- | ed Tax Assessor Appointments to the various City offices were made at a special meet- ing of the Juneau City Council last night at the City Hall Although no action was taken at last night's session on the offices |of City Clerk, City Treasurer or | Magistrate, all other appointments | were the same as last year, except | for Assessor, to which position H. C Redman was apointed. It has been customary for a different assessor 1o | be chosen each year. Appointments were made as fol- lows: Street Commissioner Manager—H. I. Lucas. | Chief of Police—Dan Ralston: As- | sistant Chief of Police—Roy Hoff- | man; Patrolmen — Kenneth Junge {and T. A. Jones. City Engineer and Building | spector—Milton’ A. Lagergren. Librarian—Ann Coleman. Wharfinger—Hilding Haglund; As- sistant Wharfinger—J. L. Gray. First Chief—V. W. Mulvihill; As- | sistant Fire Chief—William Nieder- hauser; Fire Truck Drivers—John G. Olsen and Joe Hill. Fire Alarm Caretaker—H. ter. City Attorney—Grover C. Winn. Cemetery Caretaker—Hans Niel- sen. Assessor—H. C. Redman. | Garbage Dump Caretaker- Dominique. Health Officer—Dr cil. and City In- M. Por- Frank W. W. Coun- — Double Celebration Event Last Evening A two-fold affair was held last evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hutchings in the Day Apartments when they entertained with ‘dinner and four tables of bridge in celebration of their twen-| ty-first wedding anniversary and in { honor of Mrs. Everett Nowell, who is leaving for the south on the! steamer North Sea. Many lovely gifts and flowers were received by both Mrs. Nowell and the Hutchings, and prizes were won during the evening by Mrs. Keith G Wildes and Goldon Wildes. APPOINTED BY PAUL WHITEMAN buying Chesterfields at famous Gasparilla Ball in Tampa, Flovida. ® Listen to him every Wednesday night All C.B.S. Stations Copyright 1939, LicoETr & MyEks TOBACCO CON NEW CHINESE ATTACK MADE ~ ON JAPANESE Kai Shek Forces Begin Wide Offense Against Nippon Invaders SHANGHAI, April 12.—Chinese forces today attacked Kaifeng, capi- tal of Honan Province and outpost of the Japanese penetration west- | ward along the Lunghai Railway. Chinese sour said the.assanlt was part of a wide offens along a 1300-mil¢ line winding from Shansi Province, north of the Yel- low River, to the South China Coast in the region of Canton. e WILLIAMS BABY LAST RITES FOR GUY M'NAUGHTON ARE HELD TODAY The hundreds of Juneau resi- | dents who gathered in the Elk | ait this afternoon to pay final [rc\nrcts to Guy McNaughton, prom- ! inent Juneau citizen who passed away last week, and the many lovely floral offerings, were a tribute to the high esteem in which he was held by his many friends and co- workers. Au- The ritualistic service was of the Elks ledge under Herbert Redman, Exalted Ruler, and the Re John A. Glasse delivered the eulogy. Three selections, “Abide With Me,” “In the Gard and Dvorak’s “Goin’ Home” were sung by Mrs. Lola Mae Alexander during the s vice. Interment was in the Eilks plot of Evergreen Cemetery. included Harley J George Kohlhepp, John J. F. Mullen, Ben Mul- , Earl Cleveland Pallbearers SUCCUMBS TODAY g David Williams, baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Williams died this afternoon at St. Ann's Hospital. The remains were taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Out of respect, the B. M. rends where the dec 1 was an official for many years, the B M. Behrends, Inc, Co., store and other places of business were closed iduring the funeral hour. Beh- ALL JUNEAU ——to0! will soon be talking aboui the MAGIC MATTRESS LIGHT WEIGHT, GREATER: Comfort OF ROYAL FOAM Convenience Cleanliness SPONGE Cfic’sle/f ol T g , asure Time ryu?/wre EASTERN STARS HONOR CHARTER MEMBERS AT | DINNER LAST EVENING Approximately 150 persons at- ended the celebration last evening at the Scottish Rite Tmple, when members of the Eastern Star and their ¢ s enjoyed a covered dish dinner in the banquet room of the Temple in honor of the charter | members, and in celebration of the close of the silver jubilee year of the order. Following dinner the four char-| ter members were presented with | life membership ce: icates, and| the candle lighting ceremony was performed by Gladys Forrest, Wor-| Matron. assisted by officers of Star. A purple and white color scheme dded to the attractiveness of the inner tables, with purple candles, tied with matching cellophane bows, | offset by purple streamers of crepe paper. Mrs. Ray G. Day was in charge of the dinner arrangements, with | Mrs. Glenn Oakes responsible for the table decorations. . | Following the ceremony. in the| | | | | the (banquet room members of thé or-| der adjourned to the lodge room for a short business meeting, after| which cards were played in the blue | room. ‘Charter members of the order in| clude Mrs. H. T. Tripp, Mrs. Anna Webster, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nag-| hel, all of Juneau, Mrs. Alice Case, of Portland, Or: and Mrs. Oak Olson who is residing in California. NEW YORK, April 12. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7 American Can 851, Anaconda %, Bethlehem | Steel 56, Commonwealth and South- | ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5's, Gen- eral Motors 40, Intermational Har- | vester 5414, Kennecott 30'%. New York Central 14, Northern Pacific | 8%, Southeérn Pacific 12%, United Staces Steel 47%, Pound $4.68. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES : The following are today's Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 126.15, |rails 2332 utilities ...as our band travels around the country I find that Chesterfield is the ALL-AMERICAN CHOICE Jor more smoking pleasure!” It’s a fact... millions from coast to coast are turning to Chesterfields for what they want in a cigarette. They find Chesterfields have a better taste and a more pleasing aroma. Chesterfields show them what real mildness means in a cigarette. 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