The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1945, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA' EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA Byrnes Becomes New Secrefary of State PAGE TWO TUESDAY, JM 945 STREAMLINER JUMPS TRACK INDOWNPOUR Diner Take;fiver Plungej with 3 Aboard-Justice Murphy Said Safe DUNLAP, Ia, July 17.—Fourteen | cars of the eastbound Chicago and) | Northwestern Union Pacific stream- liner “City of Los Angeles” jumpecl| the -track after a cloudburst mrly» today, and one car—a diner—plung- | ed into the Boyer River with three | persons aboard. The two conductors and a waiter escaped, as one end of the car sank into the river and the other end lodged on the nearby bank. Justice Frank Murphy of the Unit- i ed States Supreme Court was a pas- senger on the train, but apparently | | escaped injury. When he did not |answer a call at his compartment | other passengers in the car told a reporter he was not injured nnd‘ THE NEW NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION C O M P ANY HI-CHAIR Byrnes is sworn in as Secretary of State in a White House ceremony. From left are: Chief Jus- Rep. Edith Nourse Rcgers (R.- | James F. tice Richard S. Whaley of Court of Claims, who gave the cath of cffice; . a chair that you will be proud to have your ];rvcinm baby sit in ... greater safety, with a rigid M[me—t throughout . .. too, with a foctrest and removable handsome enough for ar ed addle scat, COMES IN V WAXED HONEY joints scientifically designed for lower center of gravity, and rounded edges wonderfully comfortable for baby, shaped arms, adjustable sliding tray . and it's ny dining room! with hand on Bibl ELVA-SHEEN BIRCH or MAPLE | coming ye DE LUXE 2-|N-‘ HI-CHAIR ! Tota A truly De-Luxe model that is really two pieces of furniture. or table . . It is easily converted into a play-chair . also with the Thayer adjustable foot- rest and removable tray . .. in Birch, Honey Maple and with red or blue upholstery. $18.25 10 $28.95 R M Rehrends Ca QGUALITY SINCE /887 LOWERING RIVER RELAXES THREAT T0 ARCTIC TOWN gh Water Period Passes | Leaving Noatak Vil- lage Still Infact ‘ The ~retic village of Noatgk is ¥ no longer in immediate danger of being carried away by the turbul- ent Tlood waters of the Noatak § River, according to word received %ltere this morning by the Alaska S'at.nc Service. The river level uring the past week fell four feet, t to the village school building, e iHI relieving the t gand nearby ANS ®at least until the fall periof of high | water. The report was received here by ANS Construction Engineer Ralph Mize from Cortez Crutcher, teacher at Kotzebue, who was dispatched to Noatak by to investigate conditions at isolated Eskimo community owing a report mushed in by the native chief at Noatak that the bank on which his village sets was being bitten away by the ravaging river. When the first knowledge of the encroachment on the village site by the Noatak River was received here July 5, it was stated that the § floodsstage stream had already taken out 60 feet of the bank and séhatocracks. in ihe underlying ice the fol € [ extended back toward the village |an additional 40 feet. Just how ‘much further the river's rampage H\uslnd impending devastation to- i ward the remote community will not be known here until more de- tailed reports are received by mail. When fuller details are received, ANS officials here will contemplate \measunm to protect the village at| | the next high water period. An! !memp: to straighten the stream ! channel was commenced last sum- mer but was halted by the freeze-| up before completion. It is thought, however, that the work that was accomplished, by the natives under Mr. Mize’s directions, may have done much to save the town site during the recent d;mxer period. ADOLF, EVA ARE REPORTED 10 BE IN PATAGONIA WASHINGTON, July 17—A State Department spokesman said today that the U. S. Embassy in Buenos Aires will investigate re- ports that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are in Argentina. In response to a question, the spokesman said that the Embassy would look into the story, sent by a Chicago Times correspondent from Montevideo, that the pair had reached a solitary section of the long Argentine coast by submarine and are living on a huge German- I by | Minister |goes to the Senate—probably to- BASE FOR TAXES IN COMING YEAR Ernest Parsons, Mayor of Junenu tcday cutlined the likely l‘ormulac to be followed by the City Admin- istration in setting taxes for the cvaluation of real property in the completed. The Mayor following statement: r future the City As-| mailing notices of the ent for Juneau. interest has besn expre: Juncau taxpayers in just what might be expected from the city in the way of taxes this year. Howard S. Henretta's report to the Ccmmen Council on June 6 shows the following figures on real prop- value: placement valwe ol all taxable propervy is $12,299,450 % ciation allowed 2,838,334 Tctal not taxable value 9,461,116 Vet gain over 1‘114 3,717,516 of Hl\ net gain ($3,717,516) a sub- stantial amount vpnsmh proper- ty heretoforé not on the tax rolls. In meking the appraisal, Mr. Hen- ret i construction costs of the pericd of 1940-41 and such s have been applied fairly to all y in Juneau. of computing your tax on the old basis of 80 per cent estimated value it will be figured on a new tasis of 100 per cent of valuation. There are several good reasons for this changs in the method of com- putation, nc fect the ultimate tax to be paid. Tre mil rate will be adjusted according to the budget require- ments of the city for 1945-46. This will be done after the meeting of the Equalization Beard to be held in August. At the Board Meetings taxpayers will have opportunity to appear and present any objection to the valua- tion placed against them. R < LEOPOLD ASKS PLEBISCITE ON. CROWN RHURN Belgium’s King Must Get| Parliament's Consent to Remount Throne BRUSSELS, July 17. — The Bel- gian Chamber of Deputies voted today to prevent King Leopold from reassuming the throne until he is given Parliamentary consent. The vote was 98 to six, with 32 members abstaining from voting. The bill, introduced by Prime Achille Van Acker, now MOrrow The action was taken after Van Acker read a letter from Leopold saying he would bow to the will of the people—suggesting that he wished a plebiscite held upon whether he should retain his throne. The King is staying in Bavaria. Unifed Air Lines Gefs Pacific Route WASHII\CTON July 17. — Civil Aercnautics Board Examiners today reccmmended that United Air Lines, Inc., be authorized to establish an air route between San Francisco and Les Angeles and Honolulu, Hawaii. In selecting United for the route, which presently is served only by Pan American Airways, Inc, the examiners also recommended that cwned estate in Patagonia, ipplications of five other compan- e5 ke dended, | . Mass.); Mrs. Byrnes; Secretary Morgenthau; former Secretary of State Edward R. Settinius, Jr.; Byrnes Secretary Stimson; Secretary Anderson; Postmaster General Hannegan; President Truman hclding Byrnes' ccmmission. (AP ‘Vlrephotn) YMAYORQUTUNES Paris Girls ) as it will be based on' e of which ‘should af- ¢ iance and qualities as hostess. | notes , Cordova . “ Northway BANDONEDB-29 WHEREABOUTS IS | UNANSWERED YET! Want G! Fun 'LIONS CLUB PLANS that he was resting. ABEERRe T T AFFAIRS HONORING MR. BIRCH, WIFE Past International Presient of the{ Lions Club, who will arrive in Ju- neau tomorrow with her husband, | will be entertained at a buffet| e‘FueI SuppITfould Carry, Pilotless Superfort | L i Vast Distance ; GRAND RA¥iDS, Minn., July 17.' L rch centinued today for a B-29 abandoned by its nearly asphyxiated Not Mamag PARIS — When boy meets girl in Faris is dcesn't always end in a life-long rcmance. Most of the meet- ings which take place when a Tommy or GI gets a tew days' leave in the crew, but Army Air Forces spokes- gay city are fleeting incidents and ., expressed the opinion it would ' few broken hear 2 left behind. ind far from this vicinity. The various hospitality centers, Edward J. Stycher of Bayonn>, which provide a whole series of y J., the pilot, said that before he dazzling blondes and alluring bru- .. the crew bailed out Sunday nettes to order, are mnot in the pgnt heset the automatic pilot and marriage market. headed the ship west. Since the » plane carries a large fuel supply, he | aid it might fly for hundreds of miles before its tanks were empty or it crashed into a mountain. When the crew left the ship, it was an altitude of 9,500 feot. (RUISE VESSEL IS FIRE LICKED WHILE AT DOCK “French girls like a good time they expl od to me at Canada Corner, the hospitality center run by the Knights of Columbus war ser- vices in the Avenue d2 1'Opera, “but to marry and go right away to Can- ada or the United States—oh dear >, no! The peor little things are scared at the thought of geing so far and want to stay right here in Paris. Theylll marry Frenchmen i the end. at “But, though we get few real ro- mances, there are many lasting friendships made. In years to come many a British Tommy and Canad- ian will come back hers, perhaps with his wife and all the children, and k out again the girl he used to take around Paris on leave. They showed me how they keep er of all the girls who help to entertain the troops. They range from daughters of bakers to daugh- ters of ambassadors. Many s in French so cisty and not a few names of the famous “Two Hundred Families of France” are listed there. Against each girl's name are list- | ed all the facts concerning h | notes on her age, personal appear- The, are cooly business-like (if ccmetimes cruel) but the book con-’ taining them is carefully locked away. One I saw listed as “not pretty, but very gay and talkative.” U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN m’m FOR 24 HOURS ENDED AT 4:30 A. M,, 12TH MERIDIAN TIME Max. temp. TODAY | last | Lowest 4:30a.m. 24 hrs. | - Statien .* | temp. temp. Precip. Anchorage .. 50 51+ . Barrow . 4 30 30 59 Bethel .00 48 50 01 48 47 18 04 .06 s board-Many Burned SARNIA, Ont, July 17.—Flames licking swiftly along decks of the cruise ship Hamonic forced scores| and at a leap or slide ropes to safety, destroyed the 360-foot vessel loading dock today. At least 75 persons suffered in-| juries or burns. The fire, starting with the ex-| plosicn of a gasoline engine, razed| 1,000 feet of sheds of the Northern Navigation Company, consumed 12 loaded freight cars and 21 empty| cars. A company spokesman indi- cated unofficially that the loss might reach $1,000,000. | Weather at 4:30a.m. Drizzle | Fog Rain Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Rain Rain Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cloudy Rain Clear Pt. Cloudy Fog Cloudy Clear Rain Pt. Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Dawson .. Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Juneau Juneau Airport Ketchikan Kotzebue McGrath .. Nome 64 47 50 51 49 45 51 41 46 47 53 a 50 4 50 46 53 44 51 63 55 51 50 44 " 50 4 52 46 49 52 54 50 Petersturg . Portland | Prince George Prince Rupert i ! San Francisco ...... | Seattle | Sitka ‘Whitehorse 40 48 | Yakutat 48 50 i *—(4:30 a.m. yesterday to 4:30 a.m. today) | MARINE WEATHER BULLETIN Reports trom Marine Stations at 10:30 A. M. Today | WIND Height of Waves Station Weather Temp. Dir.and Vel. (Sea Condition) Cape Decision r 53 Calm 2 feet ' cape Spencer Cloudy ~ 50 W 1 foot | Eldred Rock Pt. Cloudy 53 SW 3 feet | Five Finger Light Pt. Cloudy 57 Calm 1 foot | Guard Island Pt.Cloudy59 S 1 foot Lincoln Rock Clear 54 NNW 7 Smooth | Point Retreat Cloudy b5 SsSW 10 Smooth i MARINE FORECAST: Southeast -Alaska, next 36 hours. Lynn Canal south winds 15 to 20 MPH. Cross scund Sumner and lower Chatham | Btraits, westerly winds around #20 MPH decreasing early Wednesday morning and back to southeastérly, 10 to 15 MPH Wednesday. Light I»anable winds remainder Southeast Alaska. Cloudy with intermittent light rain Wednesday, / 15 20 7 Forced fo Jump Over- . of her 350 passengers and crew to F supper. at 7 o'clock in the evening| at the home of Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, to which an invitation is extended to the wives of Lions, and also to visiting Lions’ wives! who may be in Juneau. | Sponsored by the Lions Club, with Mrs. Hermann and Mrs. John McCormick as hostesses, the affair which is to be informal, is for the| purpose of giving Lions Club wives | the opportunity of getting ac- quainted with Mrs. Birch before the banquet to be held Thursday | ening The formal banquet honoring Mr, and Mrs. Birch, and given by | the Lions Club, will be in the Gold| m of the Baranof Hotel at 7:45| o'clock Thursday evening. i Following the banquet, Mr. Birch will make a radio address at 9:30) o'clock. FARRE B TS e Railway Passenger | Coaches Are Pooled | WASHINGTON, July 17.—Al rail- ay passenger ccaches today were | ced in a pool to be available for vse by tke Armed Services. The Office of Defense Transpor- (taticn said the result probably would be considerably less space on pass- cnger trains for mvmans The order provides that'all railway ssenger, baggage and express cars, | exclusive of Pullman sleeping cars, | may be used for such purposes as ODT may direct. | ————— | MOWATT IN TOWN | James Mowatt, of Vancouver, has | arrived in Juneau and is regislered at the Gastineau Hotel. In War..... In Peace... ALASKA Pier 58 f Mrs. Frank V. Birch, wife of Lhe‘ FERN'S PORTRAIT STUDIO A photograph captures forever the beauty of the bride on her wed- ding day. We will take all your wedding pictures. i PHONE 567 SECOND STREET e — ] AUDITS SYSTEMS TAXES NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY Public Accountants—Auditors—Tax Counselors 208 Franklin Street — Telephone 757 Fairbanks Office: 201-2 Lavery Building tun.OCH N. NEILL JOHN W. 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