The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 6, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1946 PARSONS DENIES CITY OWNERSHIP | NOW DEAD ISSUE New ‘Mayor, Councilmen Take Office - Past Plan Wedding Again dence shown them. All the newly elected City leaders realize, he said, the seriousness of the responsibilities they have assumed. It is evident, he declared that the previous administration devoted a great deal of time to the con- (duct of the City's affairs. l Maintenance - Repair It is also evident from the re- |port of the City Engineer, he add- ed, that the main project facing |the new administration is main- | tenance and repair. (Engineer’s re- | HOSPITAL NOTES | Mrs. Archie Betts, Mrs. {Hollman and Mrs. Metta Esklund, !all medical patients, were discharg- a PI.UNGE, 58 led yesterday from St. Ann's Hos- pital. Master Ronald Baker entered St. | ARE HURT\Ann’s Hospital yesterday for medi- | cal eare. | { Robert Sanbo of Anchorage was % jadmitted to the Government Hos- pital yesterday for medical atten- | PILOT, Nev., April 6—Roaring| Evelyn | GLEN NEAL CHARGED COMDR. CLARK HERE | Lt. Comdr. John M. Clark is The U. S. Marshal's office here staying at the Baranof. He is a today wired a warrant to Peters- |member of the Yukon wreck in- burg for the arrest of Glen Neal, | quiry board. charged with grand larceny for al-| leged theft of the troller 31-A-196. FROM SITKA The complaint was sworn by the| Sitka residents registering at the owner, Eager “Red” Holloway, for-|Baranof are Mr. and Mrs. A. Palm- mer Juneau Police Patrolman, who |er, S. Webel. claims he gave Neal the key to the! —————- | boat on Thursday, March 28. Neal | I was to bail out the vessel, but 15 | jaee oo goere, lomed after the Year Reviewed Reviewing the past year in City affairs in a statement delivered just before he and three membe of the old City Council turned their seats to the new admini tion, retiring Mayor Ernest P sons denied that the issue of I cipal ownership of publ is dead. Parsons recounted the steps tak- en under his administration to I over about purchase, a program he said was apparently OF the Alaska Electric Light & Pa Company indi to him it would not agree to any reduction of its asking price of $1,500,000. It was at that point, he stated, that attention was focused on reducing electric rates—which has been done in a manner that should save resi- dents of Juneau approximately | $60,000 per year. All the work that has gone be-| fore leaves the city in a hetter| position than ever to acquire the| public utilities properties, Parsons continued. | Regarding the AEL&P's expressed | intention to fight the new rates| in Court, Parsons stated that the| City so far has not been officially, notitied of such intended action. | In case it should occur, Parsons| recommended the retention on the City payroll of Utilities Engineer | Walter T. Stuart and Attorney| Howard D. Stabler who, he said, would best be able to present the City's case because of their famil-| iarity with the proceedings so tar,‘\ { Water System Price Parsons stated also that the Black & Veatch report on the Juneau' Water Company holds that R. F.| Lewis’ asking price of $213,000 for| that property is too high, even| though it is below the reproducuon! ¢pst less depreciation appraisal made ‘ by Black & Veatch. If the water; cpmpany is not purchased, Parsons pointed out, the City is faced with | granting a new franchise. He gave his opinion—seconded in a regort by Stuart—that the proposed fran- ¢hise submitted by the water com-|the Police Department, as presents| |ly constituted, is the best Juneau pany is not a proper one. ' | Departments Thanked | Taking the various City depart—\ ment up individually, Parsons ' thanked them for their conscien- Sgt. George Nason of Nenomln&. Mich., wounded vétenn. listens to his bride-to-be, Barbara Reeve, of London, England, play the piano at Vaughn Hospital in Chicago. The couple was scheduled to wed the day the invasicn of the continent began. Then Nason was wounded. Miss Reeve flew to Chicago to get wedding plans started all over again. tious service during his administra- ;... e retiring Mayor tion. i 3 / ! highly commended City Magistrate The Street Department, he declar-lw““m A. Holzheimer whom, Le ed, has, under Foreman Roy Thom-| .. ¢ % 5 | said, is underpaid. as, done the very best it could un-) ¥ der handicaps of shortages of ma-| Other City employees receiving terial and equipment and has Ope,_‘Pa@nns commendations were Li- ated within its budget. |brarian Edna Heaton Lomen and | 2 i | City Clerk and Assistant Clerk, C. He commended the Fire Depart-i; popejoy and Mrs. Elmer . A. ment for “splendid work” which, on priend. Parsons recommended an one occasion at least, saved [hpw’xpansion of the City Hall staff ';:m'ml. l;u‘siln:ss Slccllun lof Jzneta;l'\with pay increases. City Engineer 3 et e‘ i e; DOV, J. L. McNamara also received praise fire inspection procedure as nfierlng‘ror his excellent services and coop- hope that fire .prevention will ”"eralion 5 sume a larger role in the futurs ‘Second B st r Bolics Dopartient Stating that completion of he Parcons stated his opinion that H also | port published elsewhere). | Little further took place at last | evening’s Ccuncil session. A |tion carried that the City Clerk! | will accept applications .for Oity| posts up until next Friday, whichi will give the Council time to-look | '° Were rep";‘ed sfm,’";l‘y h'f"I; | them over before the next meeting,| 1cn. coaches, Including o \two. weeks off. |tourist sleepers and three day ! Discussion: of & proposal to pu,_‘wnchcs, followed the locomotive | chase three Yakutat Huts from|Off the track, four hours before Army surplus, for erection as a‘:gfi: train was due.nt Sall Lake temporary Health Center on the lot| City: about 150 miles to the east. The train, with 290 passengers, next the Fire Hall, resulted in nam- i ing Hendrickson, Larsen and Will-|left San Francisco Thursday after- noon. jiams as a committee to investigate. Nielsen and Larsen were opposed to the proposal. Nielsen suggested | use of the small building on the | AB. Hall property should it soon| ‘kbe purchased. | plunged off the rails, leaving two, dead and 58 injured today. About BULLETINS Highlights of Year { S Highlights of year-end reports HONOLULU—Four more bodies read befors retirement of the old ©f victims of Monday's tidal wave Council and Mayor were: | were recovered today, bringing the Police Department—759 . persons number of known dead in the Ha-! jailed during the year; 22 cars re- | waiian Islands to 105. | ported« stolen, all recovered. Police | | ask 25 percent pay increase. | LONDON — The Polish Embassy Utilities Engineer Stuart—suggest- announced today Poland has in- led reasonable purchase price for structed her delegate to the United the AEL&P holdings is Black & Nations Security Council to bring up | Veatch reproduction cost new less the matter of diplomatic relations | depreciation figure of approximately |0f member nations with Spain. ! $880,000. | | Resignation of Police Patrolman' LONDON—A British Foreign Of- ! Franklin T. Allen was accepted; fice spokesman said today that' Allen having already left for the Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has' States. ‘agreed to a United States proposal A communication from Alaska'for a meeting of British, U. S,/ Delegate E. L. Bartlett stated that French and Russian foreign minister | | Juneau's application for an ad-!on April 25 in Paris. vance planning loan for a recrea-| —— | tion building has been approved by | cHUNGKING Departure. for |the Federal Works Agency in the yanchuria of the Sino-American | amount of $4,950. | Committee of three to settle Gov- | | ernment-Communist disputes has‘ ARC HOME SERVICE ~ ieineetayed imdefiniels memte on | AIDS 12 VETERANS """ | DURING PAST WEEK ApRIL 18 DATE OF NEXT i A marked mc:a.;: in requests by; MEE"“G, MQOSE MDIES Servicemen for assistance have| has had in some years. He rec- ommended a revision of the Depart- ment’s legal procedures and more adequate quarters and jail facil- G000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 April Showers . . We Love Yo RAIN, rain come again, you’'ll shout when you see our spiffy new raincoats in the hap- piest colors of the season. way they fit, the deep, roomy armholes, the Be ready for those April showers by selecting your rainwear apparel trim, belted waist. here today! Baranof Hot *It’s the Nicest Store In Town” WW"OOOMOM“OQMOOOOO the new Councilmen, for the (-.mfi.jwc‘!l have no further use for these! s ————- u | marine ways here and projected Gastineau Channel dredging will make more necessary than ever a second Boat Harbor, Parsons gave 2 pat on the back to Harbor- master Albert Bixby. come to the Juneau Chapter Home | Service Office of the Red Oross since the U.S.O. Club closed here recently, Mrs. John McCormick, Home Service Chairman has report- |ed. The Women of the Moose will hold | their next meeting April 18, not May 18, and it will be a combined business and social meeting. The | initiation ceremonies are to be held at the first meeting in May, with | tion. alleged to have left Juneau in che, Pelican state is the popuiar name Baranof Gift Shop A GREAT REDUCTION ON A VARIETY OF ANNOUNCES CHOICE ITEMS FOR SATURDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY Costume Jewelry Beautiful Painted Beverage Sets Crystal Bon Bon Dishes Powder Jar and Ash Trays Leather Billfolds and Compacts Lucite Picture Frames Triolite Compacts, comprising Lipstick, Rouge and Powder compartments Heirloom Pearls, dne- two- and three- strands | through mountainous northeastern| craft. for Louisiana. |Nevada the Western Pacific Rail-| R Y P W —— s ik ek “~|road's eastbound Exposition Flier| o B e . ¢ FARRELITE DEPENDABLE LIGHTS One big need pointed out by Par-} Since Monday of this week 12 sons was platting and landscaping servicemen have been aided in var- of the new cemetery. Earlier in;iuus ways, she said. Several were the session, retiring Councilman re-enlistments enroute to Fort Don Skuse had reported on a sur-;Lewis, Wash., or Fort Richardson,| vey showing possible burying space|held here by transportation delays, in the present cemetery to take care!and others were discharged servxoe-[ of the needs of about two years yet.|men on their way home. Meals, gkuse recommended, however, that'lodging and transportation w:re} not more than one year’s portion of | provided for these men through the »maining space be usad as the Home Service Office. | r is less serviceable and! This is but a small part of the! r be used for land: ng.|work being done for servicemen, skuse also highly praised the|veterans and their families all over | rviczs of Sexton Hans Nielsen,|the country, and the demand is ex-| is retirir after 19 y s in|pected to continue to increase, and| rge of the cemetery. Nielsen is|this is only one of the reasons whyj to make his home in the States. |all guotas in this year’s Red Cross Recommendations Campaign should be met. i recommendations made by! Juneau, Douglas and vicinity have Mayor Parsons included|a quota of $8,400 and at the present the City Dock which, he time slightly over $6,000 has been Other retiring sale of id, will always be a burden be- repcrted. The committee members d the income derived from it.|of the Business and Professional| He also pressed the need that “spot, Women’s Club are requesting that playgrounds” be provided and equxp—! all organizations and individuals! ped and suggested immediate pur-jwho have made pledges or who still hase of the A.B. Hall for recrea-; wish to contribute please do so as tional purposes. His administration|soon as possible, in order that a had, he said, taken seriously ex-|final accounting may be made. pressed intentions of service clubs/ Mail your checks to the American, to equip playgrounds after the City, Red Cross, Box 281, or call the‘ obtained proper insurance. |Home Service Office, 883, and! Regarding taxes, Parsons said he ' make arrangements for. someone to | ¥ye the business session and initiation to be followed by a social hour. You ean see believes evaluator Howard S. Hen- retta’s work had-“ccnsiderable mer- it,” though it left inequities that The - assessment rolls need - much work yet, he said, and advised em- plcyment of a full-time assessor. | In conclusion, Parsons expressed ! himself as sorry if he has made |enemies during his year in office, |but added that he feels he has |nothing “to be ashamed of.” Though the and all the members of his | Council were not always in agree- ment, Parsons said he is sure all iof them acted as they thought best |for the City. He gave his thanks to the Councilmen. Reporting on the City's bank bal- may take another year to iron out. | call, or leave your donation at the Red Cross Office, Room 12, Shat- tuck Building. A check from the Juneau Water Company for $100, and one for $75 | from the Juneau and Douglas Tele- phone Company are among the lat- est receipts, Miss Elsie Werner, B. P.W.C. chairman, reported, as she expressed the thanks of the com- mittee to all contributors. NELS ANDERSON, 67, i FISHERMAN, DIES HERE Nels Anderson, an oldtime resi- !dent of Juneau died yesterday af- ternoon at St. Ann’s Hospital at the ink supply! Oniy Parker has these HE distinctive, translucent barrel of the.Vacumatic is These and many others to choose from. We * invite you 1o drop in and see the many beautiful things that you will appreciate. BARANOF GIFT SHOP Baranof Hotel Building T | e T W omen's Avpaner You’'ll love the r el Building \ iance as of April 1, Parsons disclos- ‘The deceased, who ) N i § y § s \ { § § \ ll N § l} § I} l § ) ! ) : 3 Councilmen Thanked ! { ) E \ \ \ \ \ \ \ § \ \ Iy \ \ with money still due from the|%¥as born in Norway, was single,| Territory (liquor license refunds) ln_nd has not known surviving rela- might make it possible for the new |!ves. The deceased was a fisherman and cold-storage worker and had been employed by the E. E. Eng- strom Company the past 17 years. Officials Sworn In | The remains are at the Charles W. As soon as Parsons brought down!Carter Mortuary, pending funeral the gavel on his administration, | Arrangements ‘ied a City credit of $19,236, which,|the age of 67. administration to carry Lhrough‘ without resorting to the procedure common in the past of making short-term bank loans. R LA NEITHER HAS HE PHILADELPHIA, April 6.—For slxi straight evenings, Dominick Guer- ra’s automobile disappeared from in |Ed Nielsen, where they would be; front of his barber shop. He al- at the tail end of the roll call. :ways found it later, abandoned, a Hendrickson announced that as-|few block away. signments to Council committees| Tired of keeping track of the car, would be made at the next regu-'Guerra sold it. Two days later hel City Magistrate Holzheimer swore | 1in new Mayor Waino Hendrickson | and new Councilmen George Jor- genson, James | Larsen. Holdover Councilmen R. H. Will- iams and Stan Grummett shifted to seats alongside their colleague Henry Sully and lar Council meeting, got a plickage in the mail. It con- In a brief opening statement, the tained five duplicate ignition keys new Mayor thanked the voters of and an unsigned note reading: .| Juneau, and| “Now that you have sold your car 1 on behalf of himself as much a hallmark of pen qual- ity as the arrow-shaped Parker clip. And these bands of lami- nated pearl make the ink sups ply always visible. They show when to refill. If you find these world- Parker ‘ laminated pearl rings tamous pens hard to get, place 2. Non-brittle, 14K-gold point ! ' @ veservation order with yous , with.a fip of codlly, micro-grund " “dealer! More are expected . . +* Osmiridiom. -~k G0l and you won’t have long 6 "3 pojented one-handed filler— wait for these exclusive features: i VR s AR : 1. Patented translucent barrel — : 4 3 .. for a constant check on the ink 4. 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