The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 31, 1945, Page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1945 : | price of $11,950, does not require him (ou“(ll v oIES to be present to assist the Board of .'o COMPROMISE Equalization. The Mayor stated that Henretta has verbally agreed |to so assist, without additional charge, and that the evaluator is due to return to Juneau this Friday. City Will Foot Bill for Com- | mitiee fo Survey Grievances The Board of Equalization (Continued from Page One) ning at 8 o'clock. The City Ordi- nances provide that the Council |shall sit as an Equalization Board | from the first Monday in August of |cach year for a period of not less than four nor mora than seven days; not less than two hours each day | sions open here next Monday eve- body would have quasi-official standing. | “We want the Council to have a| part in the proceedings,” he declar- ed; to which the Mayor replied that City the Council wanted no part of them. ! strongly supported the Council in On that note the meeting almost|its stand against the original pro- broke up. | posal of the taxpay citing the Compromise Reached | Territorial law which sets forth h The final agreement was a com- | ssessment valuations shall be promise in which the Council held rived at. to all its prerogatives at a Board There should be no complaint of Equalization but made some con- declared, if each and every person cessions to the Taxpayers Associa- with an assessment grievance re- tion: ceives a fair hearing by the Council 1—That the City will pay the on his own specific case. He stated freight for a committee which can that comparison with assessments help dissatisfied assessees in pre- on neighboring properties would not senting their positions. khave to enter into decision, that the 9 That the committee of three Ccuncil’s outlined duties are simi- selected will have the ear of the lar to these of a jury; hearing evi- Council when it sits as a Board of dence presented to it, then reaching Equalization. |a decision on values. Evaluator 3—That the committee will have Henretta has made out his case, the the cooperation of the City Hall taxpayer may bging in rebuttal. staff in going over the assessments,’ ThLe next session of the City Coun- as long as it restricts its inquiries Cil will be held this Friday evening, to grievances. |the {irst regular August meeting, On the other hand: i when the Mayor is expected to bring 1—The Council will not be bound in his revised city budget. to accept findings of the commit- Tax Rate Talk tee. Only once last night did discus- 2—Where no complaints are lodg- sion swing around to matters con- essments will not be open to, e g the actual tax rate to be censideration by the committee— set. The Mayor revived statements even if they should find some they made by Taxpayers’ representatives might consider toc low. This was last Friday evening that there would not directly stated, but was im- be nc objection to the maximum plied in limitations placed on the mill tax levy if values were egualiz- committee’s actions. ed. 3—The Council, as a Board ©f| pr W, p. Blanton replied that Equalization, will also give ear totpe atements ' still stand — as to receive any suggestions that will laid it in hearing all assessment complainis during the period al- lotted. Stabler Cites Law he cvaluator Howard S. Henretta’s 1ong as values are truly made uni- views regarding assessments he has|form and are not inflated. But, he teb: Y i |added, “It the City can't operate at A reading of the City's contract|the fyll rate on actual values, the with Evaluator Henretta was the dir- city had bou"r retrench.” ect cause of another high point in < last evening's session. The con- | tract provides that valuation shall| OFF (oloR . be reached through estimates of re- | placement values of structures, de- | termined by cubic contents, with| TUCSON, Ariz—Dr. I". H. Gelder- Cepreciation allowances. | mann says his 48 white hens are ex Absolutely Veid | changing suspicious, dark glance To this formula former Federal |An identificd member of the flock Judge Simon Hellenthal took strong (recently laid a black egg. exception, declaring: “I believe that | = eny assessment made according to e “contract woud te ‘anory ~ HOSPITAL NOTES void.” He pointed out that the con- ! aanei (vact provides for consideration of ~G. H. Stringberg has entered St replacement costs only, which, he Ann’s Hospital for medical atten- said, is only one of several factors tion. necessary to consider in arriving at| Marshal Erwin underwent a to actual values. His statement brought !sillectomy at St. Ann's Hospital loud applause f) the nearly-filled | terday. Council Chamber. \ W. W. Long has been admitted to It was also brought out that Hen- St. Ann’s Hospital for sllrp'my retta’s contract, on which he has B already Leen paid the full agreed Empire Want-ads brnnj results! The Council stated its willingness Attormey Howard D. Stabler SET Io M ov E;mm(,unrod the sale of Irving's | The new owners took possession to- Umnak Island Base | copstead caia that the store win 1\'fl~mr Ding Market to Roald Cop-| <<lm(l and Harold Bates, owners of World's 2nd Largest Vol- day and will operate the store under cano Crater Threatens |the name of the Twentieth Century! be campletely renavated and rebuilt | B: at a cost of $25,000. Cold rooms nnd‘ at | i sl Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Irving today |the Twentieth Century Meat Market. | Market. freezing rooms will be installed for Olen Clements Press War Correspondent) « UMNAK, Alaska, July 23—(De-|the storage of fresh produce and layed)—OIld Mother Earth, ordi-|meat he Twentieth ~Century narily a docile old soul, grumbled |Meat Market will be moved into the new store, where it will become the eat department of the market and !will ke operated on the same large scale as in the past way down deep. Hot voleanic ash lumps of 1,000, degrees centigrade temperature hot a thousand or more feet into ° the air from the huge eight- m'l°(rumucusfl\:x;“gc“:;;"::o::fli;;mgg crater which is called Tulik for SRR B BE O mahhn: # a [ » | g want of an official name. teady supply of fresh produce at all Mariners at sea in nearby Cher: mes. The present grocery depart- nofski Bay were startled. Soldiers’ Pt will K s pAB. on land cast apprehensive glances —pn o ioncrar Copstead said, in- u} llw‘ smoking crater near Tulik | |clucas complete and separate dock Mantadngy 4 | facilities which were operated by the Everybody made ready to run for Whing Ding Market and storage their lives. The Army formed hasty space for sfi;lples to insure a steady plans to evacuate the soldiers. But supply. ro hot lava came boiling down the | Romereling of the store is to begin mountainside, on this island in the a¢ once, but business will be carried Aleutians. on as usual. Mindful of the. last big eruption e this area, when Katmi Volcano { in of the Alaskan Peninsula rumbled pOS'I'WAR WORRY in 1912 and formed what is now known as the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, the Army sent SAID (AUSE oF out a call for an expert to look the crater. Dr. Howell Williams over In six days, - CHURCHILL ousT/ of the University -of California Creclogy Department showed up. o had been surveving ramounc- S€Nate Duo Urges Employ- tious Paricutin Velucan in Mexico for two years. Dr. Williams made several trips to the area of activity, braving the molten lava and the flashes of fire that illuminate the sky at night. WASHINGTON, July 31 — Two. Finally he pronounced the sgenators, urging passage of a legis- crater safe for the time being. He lative employment program, asserted | said 30 to 40 feet a minute of hot today thz Churchill government was | lava is flowing in the active cone ousted in England by an electorate | but that it.showed no evidence of fearfull of postwar idlene: i overflowing the eight-mile crater Chairman Wagner (D.-N.Y.), op- bowl ening Banking Committee hearings “But,” added, “there is no on the measure, declared that the pessible to determine the “war-weary” British “were not sat-‘ length the present flow isfied that the government in powcr; | ment Legislation fo Pre- ! serve C(apifalism | he way of time . will continue, because there are no was sufficiently resolute in its de-| previous records upon which to termination to achieve postwar full ! | base an estimate.” employment.” 50 the Army is taking no “So, they have elected another | DRESSES and HOUSE COATS COATS SUITS HATS 15 Price Channel Apparel 20TH CENTURY THEATRE BLDG. chances. An emergency evacuation government which is pledged to tlmt plan has been laid out to remove Durpose” he said. specdily the men stationed 16 miles | Senator Murray (D.-Mont.) ob- from this, the so-called second- Served that the British “seem to largest crater in the world, if a have turned toward Socialism as a violent eruption should come. | possible solution of their problems BRI | of domestic reconstruction.” DOUGLAS HERE “In the days to come,” he said, “T can see nothing but conflict and re- Roy Douglas has arrived in town crimination for capitalism in Am- from Fairbanks via Pan American erica unless we provide a program World Airways, and is a guest at jwhich will insure employment op- the Barnnuf Hle i portunities for all Americans whe — ———— | are able and willing to work.” e [Former “Kid" Star . Gefs AAF Release INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 — Lt. Jackie Coogan, co-star with Char- !ley, Chaplin in' the silent movie, "‘The Kid,” was enroute today to a' lmpamuon center at Santa Ana, | Calif,, to be released from the 1Army Air Corps. Coogan took part in one of the .commands daring missions — the vghder landing of U. S. Engineers 'and British Indian troops 160 miles (behind Japanese lines in North | Central Burma in March, 1944. The | operation opened the way for clear- !ing the Japs from Burma. | Coogan, who has been in the lArmy since 1941, wears the Air | Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and ! the Presidential Unit Citation, | TIME TO CELEBRATE | ST. CHARLES, Mo. — The St. Charles jail may be opened for in- spection for the first time since it was built in 1911. The place is with- cut a prisoner for the first time in 34 years, said Sheriff Lester Plack- meyer. ) | TWO BEDROOM beach home on THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA WANT ADS FOR SALE CE COUPE—Radio, heater. all 335 or 0343, JRSION Patricia leaves Sat. Even- m., Aug. 4, for Haines, | Float. A free trip up/ M ing, 11 p. from Ferry the Highway will be provided by) the folks at Haines. Min. passen- | gers, 10; Max, 14. Booking dead-| lin at. noon. Fare, $20. Breakfast m. & Mon,, and tax incl. Trip weather permitting. WANTED — Experienced laundry helper capable operate machinery and press. Salary, $150 per mo., plus apartment, heat and light, or $1 per hour. P. Colton, Skag- way. | WILL PAY CASH. for refrigerator.’ Phone 621. FOR SALE—1941 Dodge Luxury Liner. Phone Blue 265. FOR SALE- 1938 V-8 4-door, $200; Savage washing machine, $60. G. L. Ward. Norway Point. Thornd-' sen house. FOR SALE—2 nice homes in Doug- | las. Exceptionally good buys.' Priced $2100 & $2750. Terms to suit purchaser. Lee Swift, Doug-| las Trading Post. Douglas 25 or 42 | SINGLE mcm'd playcr er attashm in mahogany case. Excellent con- dition. Green 783. GENTLEMEN—Would you like to come home after a hard day's work and listen to a radio Lhatl you can receive programs from New York, Frisco, So. America, | Paris, Berlin and all parts of the | globe. And have a record player | with the radio so that you could | play your favorite pieces? 1t sn,\ then come to the Winter & Fond | Apts., Apt. 2, between 11:30 a. m. 1 and 4 p. m, as I have cne to! sell. | TROLLER DIANA—33 overall; 8, ft. beam; 2-year-old Chryslel! Marine engine. Equipped and| ready to go. Owner leaving Ju-| neau and 1aust sell at sacrifice. | See Harbormnaster or Domthyl Ulrey, Rm. 125, Federal Bldg. | B e gl FOR R SALE—1wo bedroom 1 house, | furnished. For information, see Chris Huber, Glacier nghway | FOR SALE — Trumpct sh Man'’s grey suit, size 40, good condition, $25. Man's black over-; coat, size 40, like new, $40. Ask) for Una at Percy's Cafe, or call at 125 Gastineau Ave.; before 11 p. m, ura(ter'lp m. Johnson outbosrd Call 11 before! New 22 h.p. new 17-ft. boat. 5 p.m. FOR SALE—Cabinet sewing ma- chine. Wheeler & Wilson, $35.00. Call Red 662. | Simpson residence, Gold Belt “Ave. Apply Nugget Shop. Point Louisa; 110-volt Delco lights, water, basement, furnace; fully furnished. Write P. O. Box 3031, FOR SALE—Seveial good Toggen- burg and Saanen grade milk goats; also some pure blooded stock; also young bucks. P. O. Box 2321, Juneau, Alaska. WANTED SEWING & Altering done. Blue 405. WANTED Bmm) radio set. De- scribe please. P. O. Box 1181, Mother's working to 6 p. m. Phone| year-old child. hours 9 a. m. 203. WANTED—House or two-bedroom | Apt. Call Thomas Hardware . MANGLE-FOLDER wanted. App])‘i at the Alaska Laundry. | Juneau Lumber Mills have several | thousand feet of logs on Douglas| Island beach near Douglas Bridge. | ‘Will pay reasonable sum to par- ties d"llverlng logs to sawmill. Auy one mlindcx gasolmo (‘ngme‘ including washing machine. Phone ' Green 759, MACHINIST WANTED — Steady| year around work. Warner's Machine Shop. | WANTED — Talented young hdy for part-time work in connection with Tourist (uide. Steady po- sition of responsibilicy later for party qualifying. Phone 10, ask for Mr. Jacobin, WANTED—Used furniture. 306 Wil- joughby. Phone 788. MISCBLLANEOUS DOLL CLOTHES made to order. St. Margaret's Guild. Phone Black‘ 245. RLWAHD~825 00 will bc paid for, information leading to the 1den- tity of person or persons break- | ing into house and cabins on premises of Sumdum, Sanford Cove, Endicott Arm. D. A. Kodak, Bex 3012, Juneau, Alaska. et ARSI o FISH—Cuithroat tront unlimited in Baranof Lake. Boats for hirg, ! mineral baths, groceries, liquors, ' furnished cabins. O’'Neill & Fenton, Warm Springs Bay, Ihrmn! Alaska. —Adv‘ REMEMBER — We buy, sell and, trade second-hand merchandise, Phone Douglas 25, Douglas Trad- ing Post. PIANOS RENTED—1uned. Ander- son Shop. QUARANTEED Realisuic Perma- ment. $7.00 Paper Curls, $1 ap, Lols Beauty Shop = Fhone 201 315 Decker Way F you have emmy 100ms or upts for desirable people. inform the Gastineau Hotel. HARBOR MACHINE SHOFP West 1ith & F 8t, GENERATOR WORK and MACHINE WQRK SEAVIEW APT. one block from l Federal Bldg. SERVICE Chrisitenson Bros. Garage 909 Twelfth St. PHONE 659 Zenith radio $100; automatic record changer free. Green 734. B flat Lavella clarinet, $60. Green 734. LOST AND FOUND | LOST—Key ring, cnmainlnz several keys; also tiny pearl knife. Re- turn to Empire. LOST — 2 Pwke(pbofllfl conulnsnz important papers. Keep money but please return papers to Em- pire Office. LOS’I‘—LnayI Bulova wrist wbwh Finder . please return to cashier, Baranof Coffee Shop. Reward. LOST—Green yarn handbag, * on Channel bus, about 5 p. m, Sat- urday. Contained travelgrs check, fountain pen, personal papers. Finder call Red 163. Reward. ebnmte, | i We have a few ICE C G.E. LIQUID WAX, t FOR YOUR REFRIGERATOR 13 x 7 inch glass defrost trays, and some cabinet. ALSO... Some Covered Glass Dishes » Alaska Electric Lnglll and Power Company Phone 616 3! UBE TBAYS. Some o clean and polish the | CARO TRANSFER HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 844 Phone 344 “It’s the Nicest Store in Town” Baranof Hotel Building WE SPECIALIZE in Cold/ Waving Permanents Styling Shaping Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Baranof Beauty Salon OPEN EVENINGS BY /ANTED—Someone to care for 2-| Jea PAGE THREE NOW! [eather Lane °°X'F DANCING ¢ FINEST EVERY NIGHT IN \ / ALASKA SUPPERS ° COCKTAILS NO COVER CHARGE ———— i L i JUST IN @ 12-Volt Heavy Duty Wet Storage Batteries ® Sand’s Marine Toilels See Us for All Your MARINE NEEDS and MACHINE SHOP WORK i Chas.G. Warner Co. 406 So. Franklin Phone 473 9900000000060 00 JEWELL BISLEY OF LOS ANGELES | HAIR STYLIST Wili be with LUCILLE'S BEAUTY SALON NG MONTH OF AUGUST | BT AN R SRS S0S 30 Y 5 “ARRI WACI T\TE Sllfll’ Acetylene Welding, Blacksmithing Plambing, Heating, [P CATERPILLAR REG.U. 8. PAT,.OFF, | DIESEL MAR]NE ENGINES MECHAN- ICAL SERVICE GENUINE PARTS SEE NORTHERN COMMEICIAL CD Alaska and Yukon Territory Distributor * ™ PHONE"S67 JUNEAU BRANCH 227 RACTORS—MINING MACHIN ANCHORAGE — FAIRBANES Bus Leaves VALDEZ9A. M. Monday — Wednesday — Friday , Valdez to Anchorage, one way, $19.45 Valdez to Fairbanks, one way, $21. 15 TAX INCLUDED O’Harra Bus Line_s WAY | | | 1 There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! There Is No SUBSTITUTE for QUALITY . . . and when qudllty is combined with correct color harmony in your decorating the result is more pleasing. Why not consult us on your next home beautifying problem ? JAMES S. MeCLELLAN Phone Douglas 374 P. 0. Box'1216