The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1945, Page 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1945 EQUALIZERS | ACCOMPLISH BUT LITTLE i Only Two Taxpayers Hear During Last Night's Session (Continued from Page One) | men were in the know regarding the cqualization policy. A statement by taxpayer Bill Hixson that his under- standing had been that all adjust-| ments of assessments would have to be made by the Board, but that he had recently heard of scttlements being made without Board action, caused, the ears of Councilmen Don Ckuse and Harry Lea to perk up. “It's news to us, too,” they declar- ed. Mayor Ernest Parsons re-affirm- ed that all adjustments must be male by the Board; any settlements made otherwise are only tentative and must be approved by the Board, he said. Since Mr. Henretta has come back he has corrected some crrors, he added. | A little later, however, Council- men Lea and Edward Nielsen were roused to heated comment upon discovering at least one sheet in the assessment rolls where original figures had been changed without submission to the Board. The ad- justment is up to the Board now,’' was the Mayor’s stand. | Study 10 Blocks | Following a schedule outlines by Evaluator Henretta, the Board last evening read over assessment sheets for approximately ten blocks includ- ed within “Zone A". Those assess- ments complained of, or which did not meet with full approval of the Councilmanic eye, were marked for “checking” later. No direet action was taken on any of them. In sev- cral instances valuations lower than last year’s were disclcsed. In all, nearly 50 percent of the assessments ceanned were questioned. In particular, the valuation put upon the Feldon Apartment proper- ty was the cause of lifted eyebrows. That property, which sold during the last faw days for an approximate $30,000, was valued on the rolls at much nearer $20,000. Councilmen were also considerably upset by some lot valuations varying considerable from the standards set by the Coun- cil committee prior to the revalua- tion. When the opening Beard session was finally halted shortly after 10 o'tlock last evening, the Chamber was still jammed with taxpayers still unheard, all frem “Zone A”. Board hearings were scheduled to resume this morning on a very slightly dented sment roll. MORE WIRK TODAY After a false start last night, the Board of Equalization this afternoon had apparently settled down to a procedure that gave promise of getting the major por- tion of complaints adjusted in the time alloted. Attention is being concentrated on those assessments regarding whieh taxpayers are present to voice objections, with the facts of each case being laid directly before the councilmen for action. Examination is being made of how assessment valuations were arrived at, with class of construc- tion, depreciation, replacement cost on cubage basis and previous as- sessments all coming in for con- sideration. Not all taxpayers this aftérnoon were going away entirely satisfied, but seemingly the “back room” | dickerings are now being conducted in open meeting. Where Evaluator Henretta has made re-checks, his | suggested revisions' are generally | being accepted by the council. — Bl | HOLMES FAMILY HERE | Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Holmes and | daughter, Eleanor, of Skagway, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel. LASKA COASTAL MAKES FLIGHTS | 70 MANY POINTS 1cka Coastal Airways late after | 3 day were as follo! To Taku Lodge: D. J. MacDougell. To Tenakee: Sam Asp. Inceming passengers were as fol- | low: | From Hoonah: Mrs. J. McKinley end Hilda Schoonover. n Pelican: Roy Hill, J. Coop-| sunta Rudolph, Hilmar Oberg ngstrom. burg: John Carter, Early morning flights teday tcok Ed Ramsay, P. J. Andrae, A. O.| Peterson and Paul Hickox to Hoonah 0 ursion Inlet: A. K. Reed and Iver Strom. Early afternoon trips were taken ! te the following places: | To Siitka: H. A. McEachran, Louise Holt, C. B. Hager, Mrs. C. B. Hager and Gladys Whitmore. To Tenakee: Ron Livingston and Johnnie Jackson. To Petersburg: John C. Lewis, Everett Smith, Tom Jensen, Camilla Mitchell, Wm. Brophy, Don C. Fos- ter, George Folta and Louis Peters.| To Ketchikan: Walt Varney, F. W. ! Yenney and Burt Anderson To Petershurg: Mr. Bahls. To Wrangell: Mrs. Douglas iff. KAKE VISIT 1S NOW CANCELED A From Sl..'lui - ALASKA WORKERS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA (ommoriial Uses of Atomic Energy Were Discussed Before War (Continued jrom Page One) . {|that it may be a long time before “!ithis country, Canada and Great fBrilam. which worked together on {|the bomb, will let the rest of the world know its secret. | Yet that secret gives the three ,:r( vers tremendous advantage over .eny other nation in waging war. i If the secret were shared world- {| wide, however, the consequences { | might be catastrophic. At some fu- {/ture time if the world’s nations ~ ||/choce up sides and went to war, " || they’d have in their hands the power ‘|| to destroy one another and civiliza- s,ticn, teo. | | B }YOUTHFU HERO f HOME FROM WAR # 15 STIL BASHFUL JANIS — Actress Janis Paige | HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. T — used a rustic ladder for a back- |Robert (Junior) Kelso, the nation’s ground as she posed for this |14-year-old war hero, has arrived | Tecent picture, | here, bashful and full of excuses DG — | for being 24 hours AWOL from home. (A A I_OOKING FOR | “The youthful winner of the | Purple Heart and two battle stars| !for combat in Germany blushed land grinned as he explained to his | father and his best girl that he T0 MAN STATIONS |road station and missed his train. | APPROPRIATIONS the veteran faltered, around the ears, and combat boots on the turned hero, turned red scuffed his rug. “Hello,” he finally gulped. “He was always bashful,” Gloria explained, “but I thought the Army | might it hasn't.” Then Robert reached into battered duffle bag for the bottle of perfume, a very small bottle, for which he paid 500 francs in Paris. “It's kinda small,” he said, “but it smells good.” ‘The Houston lad joined the Army when he was only 13 by giving his age as 18. He was given a 30-day leave at “ort Sam Houston where Army authorities announced no action re- rding his discharge. Robert had his heart set on stay- ing in the Army, and 1 was proud cf his patriotism,” the father said. But T think it best now that he £0 back ta school have changed him. I guess SUB-COMMITTEE HERE NON-STOP The Congressional group compris- ing the House of Representatives Department of Interior Appropria- tions Sub-Committee switched planes at Juneau yesterday — that is all Arriving 1ium Anchorage by Al- aska Airlines after their swing fell asleep in a San Antonio rail- | through the Territory, the House | | group boarded a PAA plane to of Seattle, have arrived in Juneau his | 'Represe-ntaiive of | " B.&P.W.ClubDue | In Jurngau Today‘ Miss Wilma Zimmerman, National Membership Chairman of the Na- tional Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club, is to ar- rive in Juneau this evening on the Alaska, and will spend as much time as possible while the ship is in port | visiting with members here | She will be met at the dock by several of the members, going from there to the Barahof Hotel. Miss Catherine O'Connor, President of the local B. and P. W. Club, re- quests that as many as possible of the members join them at the Bar- anof Hotel about half an hour after the arrival of the steamer. POLICE COURT Howard Emigh, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined $25 in City Police Court here | yesterday. John M. Elliott, also | drunk and disorderly, received the | same fine plus 10 days in jail Johnnie A. Jackson, drunk, was f fined $25. | - R - | MISS SHATTUCK HOME | Miss Virginia Shattuck arrived ,home on vacation by plane Satur- day, and is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shattuck. She |is on the teaching staff of the | Everett, Wash., High School. | - | MR., MRS. STATES HERE Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. States, | | | [ BY CONGRESSMEN s e | When blonde, pretty Gloria Nens,[r('l\u'n to the States, their Alaska and are guests at the Baranof WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 — The|15, opened the door for her re-'jiaunt finished. Hotel. A last-minute chanege in the iiin- erary of the Territori of the House of Representatives is now expected to bring the Congres- sicnal party into Juneau at the scheduled hour of 6 o'clock to- morrow evening. Delayed in departure from Ket- chikan, the Congressmen have changed their plans to eliminate their proposed visit to Kake, and will now come to Juneau directly | from Petersburg, after hearing | there tomorrow. The Congressional party is traveling north from Ketchikan aboard a U. S. Army vessel - - MRS. PIERCE IN TOWN Mrs. E. R. Plerce, CAA employee from Anchorage, has arrived in Juneau and Is a guest ! the Gas- tineau Hotel IN THE Qancouvin From Vancouver, B. 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For the A jobs, 12 per cent of the communicatc chosen for the train man and wife without nay be children AA operates about 440 air- nications stations along ral airways and at other points, station personnel | and re d information concerning the weather, air navi- gation faciliti and , landing ithal and existing > o N JUNEAU of Seattle, stineau Hotel. is ¢“STATES’’ UNITED FLIES BORDER TO BORDER and COAST TO COAST Time goes so quickly: You know this to be ever forget it. Bonds you own—the . value. | see little Johnny G is back - o Before you know it, the runty boy in knee pa...s has sprouted into manhood. The freckle-faced girl in pigtails is a stately woman, walking to the altar on her father’s arm. The “baby of the family” is packing up for his first year at the University. Time goes so quickly . .3 true, but don’t let yourself Keep it ‘n mind, particularly, every time you look at a crisp, new War Bond you’ve just bought. Keep it in mind every time you count over the E Bonds with your name on them and your Uncle Sam’s promise to pay you back $4 for every $3 in ten short years. Before you know it, you'll be living in the time when those Bonds are coming due for their full | | Andyou’llbedoingtheverythingayoudreamol | today as you put your money into Bonds. You-will—that is—if you've held on to your Bonds: ' | 3 Time goes 80 quickly: | Guard JUNEAU, ALASKA WEATHER BULLETIN DATA FOR 21 HOURS ENDED A7 4:30 A. M., 12TH MERIDIAN Mas. temp. TODAY * g last 24 hrs. 24 hrs.* Precip. 67 12 33 01 65 0 57 1.19 31 0 0 Lowest 4:30 a.m temp. temp. 51 20 51 51 51 54 10 50 ] 56 35 11 Station Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haine: Juncau Juneau-Airport Ketchikan Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Prince Rupert San Francisco i 88 64 68 86 60 | Whitehorse [ S 54 Yakutat 56 | 61 52 “—(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 Dir. and Vel NW 8 Calm S s ESE SE s 59 52 52 5 06 207 Weather Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Temp. 52 52 56 56 58 58 57 Station Cape Decision Cape Spencer Eldred Rock Five Finger Light Island Lincoln Rock Peint Retreoat 14 14 7 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 10 and scuthwesterly Wednesday. Rain tonight and Wednesday with shcwers Wednesday afternoon, v o T e L UES AN ALASKAN PACKER This is an official U. S. Treasury advertisement —prepared under the auspices of Treasury Depariment and War Advertising Coanol