The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1939, Page 8

COUNCIL CLEARS UP REMAINING TAXATION WORK Street by Caer Building Ordered Cleared of Obstruction A routine session of the City Council was adjourned last night a few minutes after the City Clerk completed half an hour's reading of minutes of tax equalization sessions last week. The Council ad- ed to take up a few left-over tax essment matters. Councilmen voted last night in approval of a general wholesale li- quor license for the Jakeway Dis- tributing Company but withheld ac- | tion on an application of the Alaska Liquor Company, until Councilmen have an opportunity to investigate management of the new firm To Clear Street At the suggestion of Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill, the Council ordered that the obstruction built on Fifth Street by builders of the new Coop- er Building be removed at once. The shed houses a power saw, which Mulvihill said could just as well be placed in the lot at the rear of the building, leaving the street clear for traffi Mayor Harry 1. Lucas announced that requests for a new street from the Fosbee Apartments to Eighth treet and another in the Gastineau Avenue neighborhood were being studied by the City Engineer, who will submit estimates on the jobs at the next Council meeting. | Superintendent of Schools A. B.! ps invited Councilmen last ght to go through the school build- ings here and inspect recent im- provements and the condition of the plant in general CHARLOTTE 1S IN PORT Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Charlotte arrived in port this after- noon from the south, Skagway bound, with many tourists aboard, and the following passengers book- ed for Juneau: Donald Terrill and wife Rizzardo, Anabel Simpson R CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR GROUP ABOARD ALASKA Fifty members of the Los Angeles branch of the Christian Endeavor Union are aboard the Alaska. The group is making the round trip and is among the 150 persons carried to Mendenhall Glacier by the Gray Lines. HOONAH held Joseph e —— | NATIVES MARRIED HERE Richard Bean and Edith Sheakley, ! both of Hoonah, were married here today by U. 8. Commissioner M. E.| Monagle. Witnesses were Gordon Gray of Juneau and Judson Crans- ton of Haines. | SHERIFF HIMSELF | COMING 10 GET ARIZONA FUGITIVE, Sheriff L. D. Divelbess of Nn\u_m) County, Arizona, is coming here personally to return Larry Ham-; bsch to face prosecution on a bogus check charge, the U. 8. Marshal's office was notified today. Hambsch was arrested this week at the Mon- tana Creek CCC camp. | DELINQUENCY 1§ CHARGED T0 YOUTH A juvenile delinquency charge was piaced today by the U. S. Attorney's office against Archie White, 16, Hoo- nah Native, White was arrested by City police. He is accused of steal- ing a boat. .- SAN FRANCISCAN HERE Charles T. Bryam, representative of Schwabacher Frey and Company of San Francisco, arrived in Juneau aboard the Alaska and will spend several days here. He is registered at the Baranof. THE DAILY ALASKA Rofiing Up From Rio Carlos Martins (center) Bra gre arrival in New York from Rio de bride is the former an ambassador to the United States, s Commander and Mrs. Ernani de Amaral Piexoto upon their The Janeiro on their honeymoon. Alzira Vargas, daughter of President Getulio Vargas, of Brazil. Her husband is governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Studies to be Turk War Pilot Miss Naciye Toros, ated womanhood, she is studying to be a military pilot for her mother country. Returns Home from School in Portland Rosa Danner, who has been at- " tending busines college in Portland for the past few months, returned to her Juneau home on the steamer Alaska. Miss Danner is the daughter Mr. and Mrs. George Danner. -+ of iADMII!Al VARNELL IS BACK AT HOME SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 19. | —The man who upheld the dignity | of the United States and protected the rights of American citizens dur- ing three trying years, Admiral Har- ry Yarnell, came back to his native | land yesterday to retire to private life. | For three years Admiral Yarnell commanded Uncle Sam's Asiatic fleet. During that time Japan seized large chunks of China, bombed ships indiscriminately just as they did cities and began an apparent at- tempt to drive all foreigners out of China - - VISITING RELATIVES Registered at the Baranof Hotel this morning were Mr. and Mrs. A G. Pendo and their two children of Lead, South Dakota. Mrs. Pendo is a sister of Mrs. Martin Lavenik and Mrs. Garland Boggan, both of this city. 1 A T S I R, A Great Time for EVERYONE —— ELKS’ PUBLIC DANCE HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN Mike's Place Opens Its Cocktail Bar Tonight in Douglas. YOUR SAVINGS ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT- ER RETURNS WITH THE ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn. of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 THIS EVENING Stanley Cox and His Royal Alaskans Band EVERYONE WELCOME ADMISSION $1.00 TS5 T ST T B o | adv. IRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1‘\.9," | S FISHTRAP CASE TRANSFERRED T0 DISTRICT COURT ' Juneau Has 1$191,000 Worth | 0f Autos %y Juneau has $191,500 worth of k automobiles, according to Asses- |l +Company and Two Watch [BOYS CONFESS TO LOOTING HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY Cache of Stolen Arficles s’ Found at Auk Bay by Deputy Marshals A cache of rifles, revolvers, cam- eras, fishing tackle and other arti- cles stolen from Glacier Highway houses and summer cabins in the past 10 days, was discovered today by Deputy U. S. Marshals in an uninhabited house at Auk Bay Two boys, aged 12 and 13, have admitted the thefts, the Marshal's office said. At least six homes were brokeri into by the two youths. All of the stolen articles have been recovered, | however. It has not been decided what action will be taken against the youths, who are not under ar- rest Houses entered and articles stol- | ening time. | en were as follows: l I 24 —_— . - Lynn Sparks, Loop road, a 7Tmm RAINFAI_ N Weather Bureau reported. | rifle. August rainfall now stands at THAN 3 INCHES Ray Sophy, Auk Lake, rifle, Hum'l revolvers, camera, fishing rod and disthande: o @B 611 X1t Angust record of 14.02 inches in 1902. The August Total Passes Mark of 10 Inches, Nears | reel, two hunting knives, ammuni- tion. | month still has 12 days to rain | Last night’s rainfall was heaviest CHAMBERLI rainfalls 1. - George L. Webb, 13 mile post house entered, but nothing taken from 6:30 to 8:35 o'clock, from 11 Herman Bakkon, eight mile post, to 11:45 and from 2:23 to 7 o'clock cigarettes, $4 in cash this morning. Forecast for tonight chairs across several of the rooms|Juneau’s weather history fell in the John F. Chamberlin in order to reach rifles which a man 24 hours from 7:32 o'clock yester- | broker, residing at Ketchikan, could have reached without assist- day morning until 7:32 today. The | registered at the Baranof. He will be ance. | total was 3.08 inches, the U. S..dn town on business for a few da; i sor Herb Redman. The total, announced at last night's City Council meeting is $58,000 above that of last year and $41,000 bet- ter than city officials estimated a week ago. Taxed at the rate of 18 mills, the automobiles will mean $3,547 in taxes to the city this year. Automobiles last year were assessed at $133,000. Under the system of revaluation this year, the total was expected to reach $150,000. City Clerk Harley J. Turner has added up the indi- vidual asssessments, however, and finds Juneau has more auto- motive wealth than anyone sus- pected. Added to the previous total of real and personal property, the automobiles bring the :s- sessed valuation total in Juneu this year to $7,302,580. - - ating in Closed Period |aska Pacific Salmon Company, A. a fisheries violation was filed District Court here today by the U. | S. Attorney. The case was trans- ferred from Commissioner's Court. All defendants pleaded innocent through counsel today and trial was set for next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Bebean and Thomsen, trap watch- men at Funter Bay, were arrested by a Bureau of Fisheries warden on a charge of fishing during the weekly closed period, an hour be- | fore the Monday morning legal op- and tomor- | A Mr. Price, next door neighbor | of Bakkon, cigarettes and matches. Authorities knew the culprits were boys because they had dragged | One of the heaviest | revolver. oy L IN veteran Bielan Sakieff, Montana Creck row: Rain. is " | J. Bebean and Antone Thomsen with | in| ‘1 TWO HALIBUTERS SEATTLE, Aug. selling here today are as follows: | From the Western banks—Con- .| stitution 40,000 pounds, selling for slayer Jack Russell has been brought |11'% and 10% cents a pound; Para- 1 . |gon 39,000 pounds, 19% tate Prison at McAlester. Russell men Charqed Wlfh opel' s and 10| o5 jailed pending arraignment on From the local banks—Ideal 10,- 000 pounds of sable, selling for 4 3-4 based on the Lindbergh kidnap law. cents a pound; Argo 12,000 pounds Authorities claimed that the sing- An informdtion charging the Al-‘of sable, at 4 3-4 cents, A high grade dairy cow may pro- | nois. duce as much as 10 tons of milk in shortly after Russell escaped from a year. Kidnap - Slayerfls SELL AT SEATTLE Taken from Prison; (Charged in Chicago CHICAGO, Ill, ‘Aug. 19.—Kidnap | 19.—Halibuters back to Chicago from the Okiahoma a Federal indictment .which was | ing cowboy confessed to slaying and | kidnapping Billy Hamilton in Kan- sas. 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