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

CITY'S ASSESSED VALUATION IS UP MILLION IN YEAR Juneau Properly Assessed at $7,000,000-Board Confines Hearings real and au, ex-| slight- this disclosed today of the equa held at the City st night this year is of Jur valuation Assessed proper tomobil million dollars year, a large share crease being ac- counted for, howev by the new Baranof Hotel, which is assessed at $452,000 Fifteen protests were disposed of by the board last after which the equal tarted “going thro he b studying individ- ual the close of e board had prog vlphabetically only B's”, rais! some as- Assessor Herb Redman ers continue tonight m 8 to 10 o'clock. | be set Friday through the sessments of and lowering ¢ Hearings will and tomorrow, fr The tax levy will night. -+ WALLIS GEORGE, JR. SUCCUMBS TODAY AT FAMILY RESIDENCE Well Known Juneau Youth | Passes Away Early This Morning Wallis George Jr n of M and Mrs. Walli passed away early thi at the family home in of the Baranof Hotel The 1 s 21 years of aze and of the neau Higl ing his graduation about fc s ago he attended busir college 1n the Pacific Northwest and after spending a year in Seattle and another year in Portland, returned to his home here last January good scholar and well known in student b affairs, Wallis was well liked amc » city's younger et and had host of ends throughout Alaska and the Ate idk his p. g Wallis is survived by a Maydelle, of high school age The flag at the Baranof Hotel iz at half staff in respect to the| young man, whose father is one ot the principal stockholders. The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary pending fun- eral @ ment .o Picnic Party Honors Young Donald Dull luncheon and wiener Basin Road celebrat- ed the third birthday today of Donald Dull, young son of Mr and Mrs. Edward Dull Gue: for the occasion included Patsy McAllister Sue Ward, Na- dine Dobson, Wanita Dobson, Olga and Anka Dapcevich, Rosie Doo- se, Bobbie McMan- honoree's brother, Ed- A picnic roast on the gan, Elwell Kra nis and the ward Dull AR REDMAN Regular meeting of the Elks Lodge will be held tonight with the I ility that Exalted Ruler Herp Redman will make his report on the recent convention. Redman was de te from the Juneau lodge for the convention. YOUR SAVINGS ARE INSURED, ARE AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT- ER RETURNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 INSTANTLY | '2Canadians Are Arrested OnSpy(harge Four Chinese Also Report- | ed to Have Been Tak- en Info Custody | TOKYO, Aug. 9.—Two Canadians |and four Chinese are reported | have been arrested on spy charges at Huchow in the Honan province |of China Semi-official sources said the Canadians were accused of us- ing Chinese property under their control to organize so-called “Na- tional Salvation Societies” of Chi- nese opposed to Japanese rule. Names of the Canadians are not given | Huchow is a few miles south of the Yellow River port of Kaffeng | Information is lacking of reports from Shanghai that 25 UnUited States missionaries were arrested while trying to flee from Kaffeng to escape increasingly violent anti- American demonstrations. - SHANGHAI NOW PREPARING FOR VIOLENCE REIGN Emergency Volunteer | Corps Get Ready-Fear 1 Sunday Outbreak | SHANGHAI, Aug. —Residents {of Shanghai formed Emergency | Volunteer Corps today in prepara- | tion for violence expected Sunday |on the second anniversary of the outbreak of fighting at Shanghai n Japan's undeclared war on | china The municipal Police went on an emergency status at midnight last night. Search parties were on |alert today. Special precautions were taken along the block where several newspapers are located. The offices of the news agencies were also well guarded. At the border of the tional Concession, two have been established containing | high powered machine guns. An- sther portable fortress has been es- tablished at a prominent street in- tersection. Police stand guard with their guns in hand constantly. Interna- the caps ordinarily worn by entineis. the - - GET LIVE EAGLES Mr. and Mrs. Ira McLean recent- Iy arrived in Valdez from their fox ranch at Bald Head Chris Island with 12 live eagles to ship to Seattle Aerie, F.OE, Seattle. - > Empire Want Ads Bring Results. to | that | the | pillboxes | Precautions at the British Con- | | sulate and the bridge leading to| he Japanese occupied city includ- | li Ericks: :d substitution of steel helmets for | npe EriCkson | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1939 AIR DEFENSE FOR LONDON GIVEN TESTS World Awaits Danzig Speech Tomorrow by Nazi Leader There Associated Press) British air and naval maneuvers and a German survey of civilian man power helped today to keep the European trouble pot simmer- | ing while new anti-American dem- | onstrations occurred in Japanese controlled sections of China. Although a plane crashed and marred Britain's air raid defense | drill, the Air Ministry declared “The observer system was working perfectly” to detect theoretical in- vaders who swept over southern England from the direction of Germany The King reviewed 133 reserve warships anchored across Wemoit Harbor, manned by 14,000 reserv- sts, called up for special training. The men and ships will depart soon to join extensive summer maneu- vers of the home fleet. The return of Danzig Nazi lead- er Albert Forester to the Free City {rom a visit with Hitler at Bercht- esgaden was announced today by party officials who also announced Forester will speak tomorrow at 11 am. (PST) from Danzig. It is said the Danzig Nazi lead- er will emphasize the ‘“unbearable war threat of the Poles,” but it was not divulged whether or not Forester will bring a personal mes- sage from. Hitler. Forester's speech will be made before a mass meeting of his party. .- 'BOAT CAPSIZES; 2 MEN TRAPPED IN CABIN, DIE {Lone Survivdr Rides Out| Gale in Dinghy- Reaches Cordova 9.—Ben CORDOVA, Alaska, Raymond, half dead, af a ing the capsizing ‘of a power on Prince William Sound in Sunday’s storm. Aug. boat last Raymond reported that his com-| panions, Henry Hill, 55, and Wil- the power boat trapped in the cabin. Raymond escaped and recovered the dinghy. He was almost incoherent when he capsized, arrived here and was immediately taken to a hospital. ARSI A LSRR DANCE FOR MILK FUND Wrangell Elks are to give a dance on September 2, proceeds to go into a mllk fund for meeduy ch\ldren { 0 values up to $18.50 arrived here | r battling mountainous seas in| mall boat and then afoot, follow- | 25, were drowned' ¢ Clearance ALL EVENING and AFERNOON DRESSES One dress $9.95—~——another for 5¢ ANOTHER GROUP INCLUDED UP TO $9.95 One Dress $3.95———another for 5c BLOUSES - SKIRTS - HATS and SLACKS — $1.00 CHANNEL APPAREL SHOP Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only Hof Evidence Given Before ‘ Crime Ju ry\ | National Drive Gefs Under Way in New York-G- Men Are on Hand NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—The spec- jal Federal Crime Jury has opened its national drive against crime by questioning witnesses under a strict cloud of secrecy The hearings are held in a guarded court room on the sixth floor of the Federal Building ad- joining offices of the Federal Bu- reau of Investigation. Federal of- ficials apparently were taking no chances of exposing the identity of their witnesses for fear of re- taliation at the hands of fugitive criminals. One of the witnesses questioned late yesterday is believed to have been a gray-haired woman who is believed to have nursed comrades of the arch fugitive industrial racketeer, Louis Lepke Buchalter. | Another witness is described as a heavy-set middle-aged man. Both| were taken up to the court room | in a private elevator operated only by G-Men. Edgar Hoover, chief G-Man, is on hand with a special picked crew to aid in the investi-| FIRE AT SEA BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 9. The American freighter Pipestone Coun- ty, 770 miles out at sea, reports fire in No. 4 hold, and asks for aid Coast Guard cutter Champlaign, 160 miles away is headed for the freighter and the Guarder Chelan, 320 miles out, is also speeding to the locality. The f hter has a crew of 40 men aboard, but it is not believed there are any pa: R s EXPECT SLUNAR FLIGHT LIVERPOOL. — “A successful as cent to the moon within this cen- tury” is practical, says Prof. A. W. Low, president of the British Inter- planetary Society, which is urging the Air Ministry to experiment with rocket ships. The Luncheon Delicious | i | | BEEF POT ROAST | and CORN FRITTERS Baranof Tomorrpw When Your Appetite Demands Better Dinner— THE ROYAL CAFE Is the Place o Eat! NO BLACKOUT LONDON, Aug. 9.—A blackout of London and a huge area of South- ern England for air maneuvers scheduled for tonight was | poned late this afternoon because of an unfavorable weather forecast The air ministry said that the maneuvers will be resumed tomor- row and the blackout staged to- morrow night. e The Book ALASKA, Kevised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. AUGUST SPECIAL . 5.Fi. STANDARD Hotpoint gpepierpaton With Pop-up Ice Cubes $149.50 "= RICE & AHLERS CO. BOOM FOR GARNER DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 9. favorite son of Texas mv.sldonn\l' boom for Vice-President Garner reached nationwide proportions to- day. The chairman of the Garner-for- President Committee said that a national organization aimed at win- ning the 1940 Democratic nomina- tion for “Cactus Jaci to be set The Vice-I-resident has not in- dicated as yet whether he will enter the race. His friends are put- yting the pressure on him heavily however. post- BUY AT HOME ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES We Are Open for Business with Complete Lines of WESTINGHOUSE RANGES and REFRIGERATORS WESTINGHOUSE LAMPS and APPLIANCES EASY WASHING MACHINES and IRONERS SETH THOMAS and TELECHRON ELECTRIC CLOCKS & SUNBEAM and HAMILTON BEACH APPLIANCES WIRING SUPPLIES It is our aim to give good service at the most reasonable prices. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. 140 SO. 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