The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1945, Page 5

8:05—10:45 A ROUND-UP OF MIRTH AND MELODY! of featuring with “TRIGGER” and **ARY LEE . DALE EVANS § .aurston Hall . John Eldredge SECOND FEATURE OODNIGHT SWEETHEART” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, A TWO FEATURES = THIS WEEKEND, CAPITOL'S BILL Newest of the deluxe musical Wes- Henry Roden elicited the informa- tion t hat assessment valuations can- not be sustained in the Courts if they are arbitrary—they must be reasonable. Mayor Ernest Parsons, who stated that he was attending the meeting as an interested spectator, was call- ed upon by Chairman Hixson for terns starring Roy Rogers, is Repub-{remarks. The Mayor passed the lic's high-budget “Song of Nevada”|matter of assessment inequities to featuring Dale Evans and Mary|the Board of Equalization, but did Lee, which comes to the Capitol to- lay bare the main root of the City's night. Against the background of thelhe stated: modery West, the picture combines' “I am glad to see a meeting of this action, new songs, unusual chorus kind. routines, comedy and romance to uation of this kind has to exist be- make wholesome escapist fare. fore the people will take an inter- Rogers rides and sings as the light (est in civic affairs.” % hearted, footlocse cowboy, who at, Chairman Hixson responded by the request of a wealthy rancher,|declaring his opinion that the tax- attempts to break up the romance of | payers group should be a perman- the rancher’s pretty daughter and ent organization to keep an eye on her suave, fortune-hunting fiance. |the City Hall. Voluntary donations Climaxing the picture is a stage-'amounting to slightly more than ach race in which six-horse teams $26 were collected to further the are driven in a cross-country con-'work of the Taxpayers Association. test which took five days to film. - Thurston Hall, John Eldredge, the; (The following is the exact word- Sons of the Pioneers, Lloyd Corri- ing of the resolution adopted at last gan, Kenne Duncan and LeRoy Ma- evening's Juneau Taxpayers Associa- son are in the supporting cast of the tion meeting in the Coliseum Thea- musical which features new Western tre, and signed by those present. songs, novelty tunes, ballads, and Copies of the resolution have been spectacular chorus routines. | made available for additional signa- The second feature is “Goodnight|tures at Juneau Drug Co., Butler- Sweetheart” with Bob Livingston Mauro Drug Co., Harry Race Drug and Ruth Terry, a light comedy. |Co., and other downtown business es- 1D o T tablishments.) TAXPAYERS | “TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF JUNEAU, ALASKA: “We, the undersigned taxpayers of their complaints. A query by Mn.""HENRY AlDR'(H present assessment imbroglio, when | It is only too bad that a sit-| LASKA PLAYS CUPID" IS AT 20TH CENTURY That Aldrich boy is in town again| and he's head over heels in love troubles in Paramount’s -“Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid” which arrives| itonight at the 20th Century theatre.| Diana Lynn, the young actress ;proclmmrd by the Film Daily poll as the top juvenile performer is| Henry's high school sweetheart, but his love troubles do not. concern Diana. They are the result of try-| ling to find a wife for Mr. Brndk,.| Henry's Botany instructor at Ccn-; terville High. From all reports, the, complications that develop top pre- vious Aldrich mixups in affording hilarious comedy. In “Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid” the whole cast excels since the roles | iprovided give them ample opportun- ity to display their talents. There is comedy galore, plenty of action as |all concerned get into a mix-up and| lit all adds up to a treat for aud- iences. Another in the gay Ald- rich escapades, “Cupid” scores a | bull's-eye. Filling his stellar role as the screen’s effervescent Henry Aldrich| is Jimmy Lydon, while Charlie Smith again plays Dizzy. Vera Va- gue, one of Hollywoods' top notch comediennes, has an important role| {in “Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid.” (John Litel and Olive Blakeney are EloVmsenlymaenfyrenenlt G (9 CENTURY 2-BIG HITS! ot ’Em TONIGHT and SATURDAY! : \\X\HC’S G‘\ . HI KIDS? "iere JUNEAU JUNIORS Saturday Matinee 1:30 P M. CONTESTS—PRIZES LOADS OF FUN DON'T MISS IT! Love takes an awful beating when Henry muscles in on the ‘Lonely Hearts' Racket. chr{"t Girl .. The Sassy Sen sation of “Miracle |Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich and Vaughan the City of Juneau, have received Glaser is the pendantic Mr. Brad- our notices of assessments for the ley. year 1945esand we have examined| A second feature on the week-end of Morgan's Creek" Mass Meeting Adopls Resolution for Equali- zation of Assessments week. Wood is working on the pub- lication of a business directory which will list every store and| business in Alaska. | ‘Wood said that he plans to upen} Ketchikan and Seattle offices by| October 1. Mrs. Wood has been living in Juneau for several months | with the couple’s two children. | Wood, former War Manpower ” coe KIDDIES SPECIAL MATI“EE > e these, and also examined others for|bill is Johnny Mack Brown in “Raid- | the purpose of comparison, and we ers of the Border." | SATURDAY—1:30 P, M. EVELYN AND HEB GANG WITH NEW F vAl E iin the tax roll for the present year. | “Apparently the assessor was very | AlAS A BUSI“ESS ’carelcss in placing values upon cer-| \tain parcels of property and bmld-f DIRE(IORY Soou | PLUS A WALT DISNEY CARTOON meahs i, 1 the o s, but contain many gross inequities. | e — - - “Values, in many cases, have been | | 5 . Sh | 'l' k ' | DiE]’R!(H BA(K EN higher than can be sustained. | Peter Wood, owner and manager | o S a en a | ¢ “According to the records of the of the Alaska Information Service . » ! (Continued yrom Page One) :Cn,y a large sum was paid thg u.sses-;m Fairbanks and Anchorage, tnduy} prlsoners T’y'ng U. S. AF'ER MANY = = N3 {sor for his work in valuing the announced the opening of a Juneau | taken up. ,essessments. It would ‘seem from| Resolution Adopted the results obtained that a large N The principal business expedited Portion of this money has been wast- FT. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, July, HOLLYWOOD, July 27.—Actress gt A i 27-—Three prisoners at the United| Marlene Dietrich came home from|adoption—without a dissenting vote wfl::;'wo’}vfif,'nd:m;,";fl,’,:ifex:,ih&,f‘:;h\ Stetes disciplinary barracks were| 13 months of entertaining soldiers|from the many taxpayers present— o € 5 "0 TG I i <Al Ior a resolution to the City Council, &% ventually make a saving | cape attempt by six inmates commer “I got used to it over|drawn and proposed by Attorney tl | The three prisoners who were not | there—I wonder if I'll get used to it L. Faulkner. (The resolution is quot- ("¢ competent residents of the City wounded were re-captured. The|over here.” ed in full below). |to re-vamp the whole assessment roll | | ove . and equalize the values, as the law| work group en route from the bar- racks to Sherman Field, the Ft. Leavenworth air field. MARTIN IN TOWN W. H. Martin, of Bellingham, ‘Washington,. is a guest-at-the Gas- AT 7:00—9:40 find that there are gross inequities| - e GAMES, CONTESTS AND FUN! ings, and the assessments are by no placed much too high and much! e | [the present tax program” will be Propert: for the purpose of the 1945 office in the Gastineau Hotel next | 5 at the meeting last night was the 9 hot, one fatally yesterday in an es-|in the Furopean theatre with the| 5 it the Council will employ two or | men were members of a e, stineau Hotel. 60-man | “All I want to do now is rest, and then I'll go to the South Pacific if they'll let me,” she told reporters when she alighted from a plane. “I feel like a D.P. (displaced person) T've been away so long.” The Berlin-born actress played shows under all sorts of conditions from North Africa to Germany. alasie eheing Sitka Pefershurg Sloatfieas. Daily Scheduled Trips TO Also Trips TO HAINES SKAGWAY HOONAH AND OTHER SOUTHEASTERN PORTS For Information and Reservations Phone 612 @ o @ laf, Camynes Wrangell Keichikan I 8 L for DININGEXDANCING. and having fun? © Dancing Nightly 8 to 12 ® Suppers ® Entertainment Heather Lane Ray Hutsfield Bubble Room Orchestra ® No Cover Charge £ = \Baranvgc BURBLE ROOM Mr. Faulkner prefaced his presen- tation of the resolution by explain- iing briefly the procedure of levying city taxes. He particularly con- demned the practice of bringing in an evaluator from outside when requires. “To attempt to sustain the pres- ent assessment roll and collect the taxes on the values fixed by this years' assessor, will surely involve of Juneau values, obtainable within the City. e |sustain the present tax roll with its Attorney Faulkner cited, as one or'ins&nues. will surely fail. numerous examples of assessment' e therefore respectfully request inequities that have come to his at-|the Council to employ one of two tention, the case of the Salvaunn'mmpflem men to go over the assess- Army, which recently acquired the Ment roll for the pufpose of correct- Decker Building here at a price of Ing the gross inequities mentioned, $45000 and has found the invest- and for the purposé of placing true ment to be unprofitable at that fig- values on all the property listed on ure. Last year the assessment’on, 1€ rolls. the property was $37,700. This' ‘'We urge that this be done be- weur ft ks Dok Falsed m'zm,fore any action is taken by the Several persons in the audience re-| Councl to equalize the taxes upon vealed other “horrible examples® UN® Property of such individual tax- oF ihiale Bnt payers as may be able to appear before the Board in the limited time which the Council can, under any circumstances. devote to its duties as a Board of Equalization,” COASTAL AIRLINES, THURSDAY FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines brought the following incoming passengers from Excursion Inlet: Joe M. John- son, Ed R. Chemeleski, Jewel M. Nelson, Harry Wood, Henri LaVellle, and Danie] Campbell. From Tenakee: Sten and George Hintner. Leaving this morning were the fol- lowing: To Pelican City: Don Milnes, C. Terry, Harold Tomas, Mrs, Klippart Henretta Fee Wasted Stating his opinion that a large portion of the more than $11,000 the City has paid to Mr. Henretta {for his revaluation is wasted, Mr. Faulkner called for action now to correct the inequalities. Stressing that the Council, in its brief sitting as a Board of Equalization, can hardly hope to cope with the numer- ous complaints sure to come before it, he proposed in his resolution that the City have another evaluation made before the Equalization hear- ingings, by one or two qualified resi- dents of Juneau. Simon Hellenthal led the move to ratify the resolution to be presented to the Council'and copies were made available for signatures by the gath- ered taxpayers before the meeting broke up at 9 o'clock. Copies of the|and Zeine Klippert. petition are to be made available for! To Ketchikan: Walter A. Pien- other signatures at downtown drug-; houshi, John C. Restana, Romery stoges on ensuing days. McGee, C. E. McConnell, Ed Auer, Mr. Goldstein received approval ! Grant Welsh and Roy Barsness. for his suggestion that the Council|{ To Petersburg: J. M. Strear and be asked to delay its equalization|Bruce Parker. hearings long enough to give all| To Sitka: W. J. Hines, C. N. Van- dissatistied taxpayers times to enter | Ermans, E. B. Clayfon and' E. E. — Chutuff ATTENTION Special Meeting of the BUILDING AND CONSTRUC- TION TRADES COUNCIL MONDAY, JULY 30 — 8 P. M. at the A. F. of L HALL. All Construction Unions™ Specifi- _cally Invited. The Juneau Building and Con- struction Trades Council. qualified men, with better knowledge expensive litigation, and it is our firm opinion that any attempt to Commission Director for the Fair-| banks area, resigned and estab- | {lished the Alaska Information Ser- | | vice about eight months ago, intro- | |ducing (an ' Alaska News Letter, which lis circulating weekly in the | States to persons interested in Al- aska and Alaska's business. The Alaska Business Directory, for| which material is now being gath-l ered all over Alaska, will be the| first publication of its kind in the Territory since 1923. Listings are free. Sections are devoted to each of the 15 major Alaskan com- munities. Wood said that several members of his Juneau crew started to work today. Their office in the Gasti- neau Hotel miezzanine will be oc- cupied after the first of the month, ! ‘and in the meantime, temporary |offices will be in Room 330, Bar- anof Hbtel. | AUSTRALIA PLANS TO REDUCE ARMY ALSO AIR FORCE Various Organizations Will Parficipate in Offen- sive on Japs CANBERRA, Jjuly 27.—Australia plans to reduce her Army 50 per cent and her air force nearly as| much, but considers it vital that her forces take part in the main offen-: sive against Japan, Prime Minister J. B. Chifley told the House of Rep- resentative today. He said the Army would be cut from six divisions to three and the| Air force from 53 squadrons to 36, but that the Navy would be main- tained at its present strength. Chifley added that the Govern- ment Advisory War Council propos- ed Australia’s main contribution to| the offénsive be a Royal Australian Navy Squadron, under its own com- mander, and an expeditionary unit of land and air forces operating un- der Australian commanders in a manner similar to the Australian {Imperial Forces (AIF) when in the Middle East. He added that three Royal Aus- tralian Air Forces (RAAF) squadrons from overseas would be provided as a contribution to the very long range RAF task force in the Pacific. A token forge would be associated if possible with the British in op- erations to recapture Singapore to avenge defeat there in 1942 and to contribute to liberation of Australian prisoners of war. The reminder of Australian forces would continue their present opera- tions in Borneo, New Guinea, New Britain and the Solomons. R OSPITAL NOTES EXTRAL.\Uens A NEW “LITTLE LULU” COLOR CARTOON! home from St. Ann's Hospital after receiving medical care. Mrs. Daniel Livie has entered St. Ann's Hospital for surgical atten- tion. Mrs, E. C. Gope has been admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital for surgery. Jule Potter entered St. Anns’ Hos- pital yesterday, where he is a sur- gical patient. Catherine Stevens has returned to her home from the Government Hospital, where she was a medical patient. Andrew Johnnie of Hoonah has been admitted to the Government Hospital. James Jackson of Angoon has en- tered the Government Hospital for medical attention. B - HOWARD IN TOWN L. J. Howard arrived in Juneau yesterday in a small private boat from Excursion Inlet and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. - - DEETER HERE E. A. Deeter, of Seattle, is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. ABOARD CLIPPERS BETWEEN Alaska--Seattle Mrs. Harry Abel returned home yesterday from St. Anns’ Hospital with her twin boys. l Mrs. Hilda Runquist has returned Pan AMERICAN Wonto ArauArs MURIEL SIMPSON HERE | | | Muriel Stmpson arrved m Ju- | neau yesterday via Pan American | COLISEUM THEATRE from Seattle, and is at the Bar-| | TONIGHT ONLY! v COLISEUM *‘ “JOHNNY DOESN'T | * LIVE HERE BELITA in ‘[ 11 “LADY LET’S DANCE” ANY HOBE Colorful 27 in. x 45 in. RUGS $350 Some all wool, some combined with rayen fer long wear. All of them in nice colors, suitable fer any room in the house. Hooked, floral, modern and Oriental patterns, ARDWARE (0. Y, e THOMAS H Phone 555