The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT COMMITTEE HITS 'DISCREPANCIES' IN ASSESSMENTS | Varied Yardsticks Used in | Evaluation Properties, Says Report Juneau's City Councilmen took noi( action on the report of the special committee which was delegated l:\~t:‘ week to examine the assessment uvll*; when the report was presented to the County meeting as a Board of Equalization last evening [ Entitled: “Report to the Cou ‘r‘;!i of the Committee Appointed to Lis- ten to the Complaints of the Tax- payers,” the report states “This Committee has been in ses- sion for four days listening to com- plaints and inequities which h'n(‘ shown up in the recent sment ‘ We believe that it is impossible to straighten them all out within any such time as has been allotted to this Committee. We also wish to draw to your attention that there are many people who are substantial taxpayers in Juneau, such as fish- crmen and persons away from| Juneau, who have not been able to| come in and voice their protests. | “practically every one of '.h(‘s(’ people who are complaining \mu]d be more or less satisfied if the 1944 | tax roll were used as a basis and the | millage rate raised | “This Committee met with Mr. Henretta on Saturday, August 4. We are attaching a copy of the trans- cription of some of the questions and answers brought up at this meet- .ng. We believe this transcription | should be read before the Board of Bqualization gets down to trying to arrive at equitable adjustments. We, ‘ as members of this Committee, went out with Mr. Henretta on Saturday ; afternoon and looked over one or two blocks, and in practically every | instance he agreed that the real es- | tate values were set too high. “If the land values in the Casey- | Shattuck Addition were followed through consistently, we would say that they are more or less equitable. | However, the biggest discrepancy that we have discovered throughout the town is the amount per cubic i foot applied and the amount of de- | preciation given. There can be only | one fair way for all taxpayers, and , that is a complete going-over of | these cards to equalize these | amounts. This is a job that cannot be accomplished in two or three; days. and cases that we can call to your attention. { “During all the time we have set and at the meeting we had with Mr. Henretta, there were no members of the City Council, nor the Mayor, present. own information it would have help- ed in trying to solve this problem if they had been present at some of | these meetings. After all, this Com- | mittee has no authority. ! “We have listened to a good man_vl complaints and in a large majority | of the cases thers is justifiable cause for complaint, but in order to be fair, everyone, whether or not they complain, should be put on the same | basis in trying to arrive at the act- | ual value of their property. “We wish to call to your atten- tion that Mr. Henretta agrees that' in trying to determine the actual value of a property, the sale price, providing the sale is made within! a reasonable time within which the asressment is actually made, is the | best yard-stick to apply.” - We have specific instances We believe that for their | | ‘means good driving, excellent plan- | started many of the men who now i one of the toughest trucking jobs | ers—many of whom have as much THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—— CHINA CONVOY-The Heroic Tale of Truckers Who Made 6,000-Mile Trek From Heart of Persian Desert to China LEDO-BURMA ROAD—That scratch along the flanks of the mountains just ubovn the river is famous road. By RALPH L. GUYETTE Central Press Correspondent | WASHINGTON—In the chang! over from a European to an As atic war many gigantic tasks and heroic deeds will be recorded. There will be many stories of brave men and powerful machines. But none will outshine too greatly the recent accomplishment of a United States Army Quartermas- ter truck outfit as it redeployed to a new theater. In a feat rivaling Hannibal's his- toric crossing of the Alps, the truck convoy, under the command of Col. Paul R. Guthrie of Den- ver, Colo., completed a 6,000-mile trek from the Persian desert to the Chinese supply center at Kun- ming. Moving by sea to Calcutta, In- dia, the group transferred to cars of the Bengal and Assam railroad and moved overland-to the stock terminus at Ledo. From here the convoy took off under its own power and rolled over the newly- constructed Stilwell road to Kun- ming. Perfect Record Not a truck was lost en route and every piece of important equipment arrived intact. This ning, and a thorough knowledge of trucking operations. These qualities the truckers had in plenty—plus the courage and grit that keeps a man going no matter how tough the action. When the European conflict comprise this transportation outfit volunteered in a body to handle the Army could give them—haul- ing Lend-Lease supplies up the Persian Corridor to Russia. These volunteers were men of the American Truckers’ associa- tion. Enthusiastic, wise in the ways of the road, these old truck- W.5.C.5.Meeting | Tomor@y Evening The Women's Society of Christ- ian Service of the Methodist church will hold their regular business meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Devotions, led by Mrs. Norman Rustad, will be held in the Chapel| of the church, followed by the busi- ness meeting and program at the| parsonage. Mrs. George Washmg-l ton will be the featured speaker on the program, talking on the subject, “Latin-America.” e GARDEN CLUB WILL MEET ONTHURSDAY | - | | | | | for our people.” | islands. GUERRILLA EDITOR | RETURNS TO FIGHT| SAN FRANCISCO—A 29-year-old| Filipino who suffered Japanese tor-| ture and risked his life to spread the news of Gen. MacArthur's ad- | vance toward the Philippines now is getting ready to go home to car- ry on the fight for “a square deal| He is Manuel Manahan and has’ been here from the outset of the world security conference, report-| ing for a pool of some 18 newspap-| ers now operating on a very limited | scale in the liberated parts of the! A tall, good looking youth, Man-| ahan did ® espionage work during the Japanese invasion and, after; Bataan fell, he helped publish the | Liberator, a small monthly newspa- The Garden Club will meet|Per that told the story of America’s| Thursday afternoon, Aug. 9, at 1:30 | War effort and exposed Filipino col- o'clock for a dessert lunch at the |laborators. home of Mrs. M. D. Willlams. Mrs,| The Japanese arrested him, Williams will be assisted as hostess | father and five evacuees whom he! by Mrs. D. C gdon |used regularly behind the enemy The program period will be de-|lines to spy on Japanese troop and voted to a study of “Flower A,.,’.supply movements. rangemer under the direction of| The Japanese slapped his face Mrs. Art Glover |with a 45 revolver, cracked his The business session be de- mkul] broke his arm and threw acid voted to a completion of plans for | |on him in a vain attempt to make the regular flower tea which has i him “squeal” on other members of | become & part of the club’s pro-|Dis group. After several months’| gram in the past few year | imprisonment in Fort Santiago, heh An announcement of the date|Was released. He shrank in weight| for the flower tea and other from 187 to 101 pounds. arrangements will be upon completion of plar ade - - . | edicto Valenzona, in Manila and MR. MRS. RENSHAW HERE | the two laid their plans. With a Mr. and Mrs. Ray Renshaw, of duplicating m: ine, an unreg- Ketchikan, are guests at he tered shortwave radio and about Baranof Hotel. 0 or 30 native newsboys, they be- L >>- "mnshmu the Liberator. SEATTL M HERE - ->oo — — IL\“‘WI‘RLL HERE Magnus Liknes and Arne Ferk-| Charles E. Hammerle, of Garvey, | instad, of Seattle, are guests at' Cal a4 guest at the Gastineau | the Gastineau Hotel | met Manahan Capt. Ben- Shortly afterwards, a guerrilla leader, Hotel _ i nucleus of the convoy. ll{ as 500,000 miles to their credit without an accident—made up the Augmented by selectees, the average age of the men in the crew is over 30. But that did not stop them from moving more than 400,000 tons of material over some of the most varied and difficult ter- rain in the world—from the Per- sian Gulf to Russia. Colonel Guthrie, in speaking of these old campaigners, was eager to give them a big share of the credit for a successful achieve- ment. “The great knowledge of truck- ing operations possessed by mem- bers of the American Truckers' association,” said the colonel, “was of invaluable aid in training new men in truck and convoy opera- tions.” The colonel continued with a modest comment that the trip was just another job. Well,. the job could be as easy as that. But the official report reads without refer- ence to the hundreds of obstacles, overcome and left behind. The report does not tell of the breakdowns, the hairpin turns, the dust and dirt, the weariness and fatigue and utter dejection of con- stant labor. Like the old covered wagon trains, the convoy was arranged and laid out according to a definite plan. Every 25th vehicle carried food, and every third vehicle fuel. Each company had a truck loaded with lubricants and carried a bull- dozer for emergency use. Unlike the wagon trains, how- ever, fresh water was not to be had at most any stop along the way. So each unit was forced to carry its own water purification plant, Two surgeons, five hospital corpsmen, two dentists and their technicians took care of the health of the party, while a chaplain looked after their spiritual welfare. Now and then an empty truck “FORCFUL DETAINER BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Carol | Nevill Tisher who, intermittently, was to serve a 15-day sentence on an intoxication conviction, didn’t show up at the jail yesterday. “I couldn't,” he explained in Nuys for disturbing the peace.” “Ninety days — in county jail,”| responded Justice of Peace Cecil D.| olland. ——————— INDIGNITY teacher. had spanked her. the court CLEANUP LINE day. called police. Court, “I already was in jail m Van‘ g LOS ANGELES — A jury of school boys might have rendered a differ- ent verdict but Judge Reuben S. Schmidt granted ' a divorce to a Mrs. Marjorie Anderson Maxwell, 29, the school teacher, won‘her suit in which she testified her husband “He told me he would spank me h‘q}hkf‘ a naughty pupil every time he felt it was necessary—and he put me over his knee to do it,” she told OMAHA, Nebr,—Omaha police made their first “sodp run” yester- Three women in a block-long line waiting to buy the hard- to-get soap, One told the officers she couldn’t get back in line; a sec- ond said she thought there was go- [m‘ to be a riot. was interspersed so that, in the' event of a breakdown, cargo could be shifted without delay to move- ment. The last 1,500 miles was consid- cred the toughest part of the jour- ney and so Captain Vandenbosch was sent ahead over the route to make notes on terrain, road con- ditions, etc. As a result of the scouting, dual wheels were attached to the trail- ers to prevent tipping on hairpin turns. This scheme proved to have a two-fold advantage; for in this way extra wheels, tires and tubes could be brought into China with- | out using valuable cargo space. Along with the trucks, several giant pieces of equipment were in- cluded as an experiment to test the | capacity of the Stilwell road. | There was an Air Force C-2 | wrecker with 25-foot trailer, a 750- | gallon tanker with 600-gallon | trailer, and an 18-ton truck with 42-foot trailer. Digging and Fighting The fact that all this big equip- ment arrived intact is another trib- ute to the skill and ingenuity-of the truckers. When asked what impressed them most on their trip the men were quite expressive in praising the diligence of the Chinese people. “Everyone here,” marveled Cpl. Lawrence Kieffer of Detroit, Mich., including the women and chil- dren, is out digging with his little shovel.” Yes, the Chinese are digging— digging and fighting. And now they will have the help of Corporal Kieffer and Colonel Guthrie and the rest of the men in the China convoy. After a four-day rest in Kun- ming, a command inspection of ve- hicles and men was held. And tests showed that the men were superior in morale, discipline and motor maintenance—fit and ready for their job of helping “the people with little shovels.” I MRS. MAYBELLE GEORGE AND DAUGHTER VISIT IN NOME | Mrs. Maybelle George, owner of the Alaska Treasure Shop in An- chorage, and her daughter, Miss Maydelle George, secretary to Mayor John ¥ Manders, recently returned to their home in Anchorage aiter week visit in Nome. While ahe was north, Mrs. George made | perchases for her gift shop which ' |ed and sank in 20 feet of water in |and a day after she was formally ‘lnunched {new bowling worlds to conquer now |the boy is “persistent, painstaking, to make music his career. | shortages and crowded busses made j catch a plane from there to New $IX ARE INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK SEDGWICK, Kansas, Aug. 7.—| Six Rock Island railroad employees were injured yesterday when the, Rock Island Rocket and a Santa Fe freight engine sideswiped at a switch near here, causing the Rocketj to plow into a ditch for nearly 100 feet, | 'FLYING BOAT T0 BE BROUGHT UP. ! BALTIMORE, Aug. 7—A New York salvage firm undertook today the raising of the 72'%-ton Hawaii Mars, huge flying boat which crash-land- Chesapeake Bay Sunday—two weeks | 12 YEAR-OLD BOWLS 300 ON N. Y. ALLEYS By CATHERINE PARKER CANANDAIGUA, N. Y.,—Twelve| year-old Gus Selbach is looking for| ! that he’s broken the records at the YMCA alleys where he bowls| cach Friday after his weekly music, lesson. Gus took up bowling a year ago. ‘ While his scores were seldom higher | than 100 he decided he liked the| sport. Gradually he pushed up until he rolled a 274 last February. Tnae GLAMOROUS —A poll of | GI's in eight theaters elected film actress Rita Hayworth (above) their favorite glamor girl./~ NEEDS FOR UNRRAARE 4 LONDON, Aug. 7—A highly re- J | sponsible American source said to- day that UNRRA's program through 1946 would require new contributions Hrum participating nations of be- | tween $1,00,000,600 and $2,300,000,- i | 000. Details ¢f the financial program { will be presented to the UNRRA { | Herbert Lehman, he said. The larger § | figure was reported to depend upon i whether the Council grants Russia’s plies. The United States’ to the crganization's fund to date has amounted to about 72 per cent { of the total. Ernest Bevin, Britain’s new For- eign Secretary, told the Council that liberated Europe must be succored during the next 12 months to pre- vent “discase, shed.” D BEY HERE : | Nick Bey, of Todd, is a guest at ‘mc Barnnof Hotel. SITKA WOMEN HERE | Dorothy M. Van Zante and Flor- ence Lee Hobbs, of Sitka, have ar- rived in Juneau and are guests at next week he set a new alley record with a 299 and later he broke hls own record with a 300. YMCA secretary Ralph O. Strat- ton, who has kept a careful record of Gus' bowling achievements, says » le . . . particular and careful in bowling as : in all he does.” Gus thinks his music has a direct connection with his bowling success because, he says, piano playing has| strengthened his hands. He plans Mean- | lo . . . . i while he switches with ease from a : | piano session with Bach and Bee- 1 ‘Lhoven to a bowling game. He uses a full-size, 15-pound ball' ® | even though he weighs less than 100 pounds himself. i et e THEATRE MANAGER OF ANCHORAGE RETURNS On his first visit to the Statcs}‘ for 20 years, Sid Raynor, manager of the Empress Theatre in Anchor- | age, returned home recently and | home. a vacation in at the present, Mr. too congested and said that gas it impossible to go anywhere. “Food prices were high and many of the restaurants were closed because of meat and butter shortages,” he said. e ! ANCHORAGE WOMAN TO ! FLY TO COPENHAGEN I ‘The first resident of Anchorage to fly to Europe will be Mrs. Oscar Neilsen who has left here for an extensive visit to her former home in Denmark. She flew to Seattle to | York. From New York to Foynes,A Ireland, she will travel by Pan Am- | erican Airways and there will board a British airliner for the last lap of her journey. She was last abroad in 1939, just prior to the war's out- | break. PAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEE VACATIONS IN ANCHORAGE | —- ' i Mrs. Clara E. Jeter, of the Pan ' American Airways Alaskan Divisio § office in Seattle, recently arrived in - Anchorage by plane to spend a va- cation visiting friends. Mrs. Jeter's husband, who was in the PAA traftic department was one of the victims of a fatal airplane accident in the winter of 1944 while returning to his post in Anchorage. ———————— { MRS. HUNT IN TOWN | specializes in Alaskan arts and ! crafts. ! el LT B | Empire Want-ads Mrs. Ferne B. Hunt, of Bremer- ton, Wash., is a guest at the Gas- bnng results! tineau Hotel. A Arriving Today FULL SHIPMENT FRESH 10:15 A. M. As the officers maintained order, one woman asked them to “just keep 'em from squeezing us to death. Last week a little girl nearly smothered.” | et | MacDONALD IN TOWN i J. A. MacDonald, of Seattle, is| a guest at the Baranof Hotel. \ B3 CA$I'I el Empire Want-ads bring results! and VEGETABLES TWO JUNEAU DELlVERIES DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 A. M. MINIMUM—$2.50 er GROC El 2:15 P. M. WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 7:30 0’Clock This Morning ° o In Juneau—Maximum, 62; minimum, 50. Precipitation, 1.04 inches. At Airport—Maximum, 61; minimum, 50. Precipitation, 16 inch. FORECAST o . Rain today and Wednes- day. Little change in tem- perature. DEPRIVATION DALLAS, Texas—As Mrs. N. M. expressed himself as happy to be Corley was sleeping under an elec- Seattle is no place to take tric fan while the hovered in the Raynor said. He found it too hot, 'entered Lhe room and took thc fan nineties, This fine selection of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables is due fo arrive on the hoatonight.... 54 Enjoy the Harvest of the West Coast Lettuce Fresh Peas Cantaloupes thermometer | l a thief! | the Baranof Hotel. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1945 - DISCUSSED, ! conference here by Director General | request for $700,000,000 worth of sup- | contribution | anarchy and blood- | TEUSLERNAMED REAR ADMIRAL SEATTLE, Aug. 7—The promo- tion of Capt. Frederick A. 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