The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX SALES TAX LAW ADOPTED BUTNO | DATE T0 SIART City Council fo Hold Meet ing for Study of Rules to Be Made The city ordinance calling for a one-percent special-purpose sales tax was adopted by the City Coun- cil at its meeting last night, but) no starting date for collections was set Instead, a special meeting of the council is scheduled for next Fri- day, during which® the council will hear suggestions for rules and reg- ulations under which the tax will be collected Mayor Waino Hendrickson said a starting date will probably be set during the meeting, but stated that he could not see how the sales tax could be put into effect before August 1. Requests for clarification of cer- tain sections of the ordinance Ty two Juneau businessmen present at the meeting last night indicated that city officials will have a num- ber of questions to answer before sales tax collections can be carried out with the minimum of trouble. Mayor Hendrickson said that the questions will be tackled at the special meeting. The sales tax ordinance was ap- proved by a slim margin when Juneau voters went to the polls during a special election June 20. Revenue from the tax will be used to pay off the city's present and future bonded indebtedness. City to Borrow Mayor Hendrickson told the coun- cil last night that the city will have to borrow funds to tide it over until November when reven- ues begin coming in, and the coun- cil passed a motion authorizing the borrowing of up to $50,000, as funds are required. Pointing out that it is in better financial shape than it was last year at this time, Mayor Hendrick- son said that the city would prob- ably have ended the fiscal year, October 1, without borrowing if business license revenues were pald quarterly as they were in the past. At present, business license fees are collected by the Territory at the end of the year, and 60 per cent of the amount collected in the city is returned to the city treasury, he explained. He said the city began to borrow in April last year, but all the moriey borrowed was repaid. While on the subject of taxes, the council read for the first time an ordinance amending the city’s pres- ent tax ordinance. The ordinance provides that mo- tor vessels will be assessed and taxed as personal property at the beginning of each year, when the vehicle is licensed. Municipal Building ‘The city will buy a strip of Juneau-Young Hardware Company property roughly 50 by 72 feet in dimension and adjoining the site for Juneau’s new municipal building on South Seward Street, the coun- cil decided. The city had been granted an option on the property. Price was set at $1.45 per square foot, the same as the cost of the Waynor and MacKinnon properties at South Seward Street and Marine Way, purchased recently as the site for the new city structure. Other terms of the purchase were that the city tear down the part of the building on the prop- erty purchased and seal off the end of the Juneau-Young building. ‘The council also passed a motion that bids on clearing and filling part of the municipal bullding site be called for. Cost of purchasing the site an€ filling and clearing will be paid from the $60,000 given by the Ter- ritory for the present City Hall property and the vacant lot ad- Jjoining it. Bids Opéned > Three sets of bids weré opened by the council and two low bids were accepted. G. A. Baldwins low bid of $337 for repairs to the City Hall roof, damaged during a windstorm, was accepted. Acme | the city Hall and other municipal | properties was also accepted. the bid submitted by Munter | Construction Company of Seattle | for purchase of the city’s steam | piledriver—$3,760—was rejected as being too low The council decided to purchase pump engine for a city-owned mnk truck. The pump engine with proper equipment for washing down | streets and pumping water for fire- | fighting will cost the city $850. The council also decided to pay $404 as the city’s share of the cost of putting through Park Avenue.| Most of the work has been done by the Juneau Water Company, which {has laid a four-inch water main Ilhrnugh to the Highlands. ! Mayor Hendrickson said he be- | lieved the company was “entitled | to consideration. It did a lot of ,work the city would have had to do.” MEDICAL SCHOOL MEN LOOK OVER ANS HOSPITAL Two medical school officials crossed tracks here today, both of | them are in Alaska for the same purpose—to look over Mt. Edge- cumbe Orthopedic Hospital as a possible training center for young physicians. ‘They are Dr. C. Howard Hatcher, professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Chicago, and Dr. | Robert Ray, professor of orthopedic surgery and head of the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at the Uni- versity of Washington Medical School, . Dr. James Googé, local health | administration chief for the Alaska | Department of Health, said that both the Chicago and the Washing- ton medical schools have indicafed ; interest in sending resident physi- cians to Mt. Edgecumbe for a year’s work. He pointed out that the plan for such a training center is part of | the effort by the Alaska Native Service and the health department | to improve medical and public health service in the Territory. FIGHT DOPE Fistic engagements last night turned out as follows: At Hollywood, Calif. — Frank Bu- ford, 194%, Oakland, Calif, out-! pointed Turkey Thompson, 206%, Los Angeles, 10. I At Long Beach, N.Y.—Lou Valles, | 155, New York, outpointed Gene Boland, 154, Scranton, Pa., 8. At New Orleans — Gene Burton, 145, New York, outpointed Lisel Isadore, 148, New Orleans, 10. LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the major through Friday games are: National League Batting — Robinson, Brooklyn, 371; Musial, St. Louis, .347. Runs Batted In — Kiner, Pitts- burgh, 64; Sauer, Chicago, 61. Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh, 23; Snider, Brooklyn, Sauer, Chi- cago and Jones, Philadelphia, 17. Pitching — Miller, Philadelphia, 8-0, 1.000; Lanier, St. Louis, 8-2, Laglie, New York, and Chipman, Boston, 4-1, .800. American League Batting—Kell, Detroit, .371; Doby, Cleveland, .356. Runs Batted In — Williams, Bos- ton, 83; Dropo, Boston, 82. Home Runs — Rosen, Cleveland and Williams, Boston, 25. Pitching — McDermott, Boston, 5-1, 833; Gray, Detroit, 10-3, .769. WIL GAMES Final scores of WIL games last night are: Wenatchee 8, Tacoma 2. Vancouver 2, Yakima 0. Tri-City 12, Salem 4. Victoria 6, Spokane 5. leagues AT BARANOF HOTEL James and Virginia Nicholson of the U.S. Weather Bureau are stay- ing at the Baranof Hotel. Seafood — Chicken — Steak — Disposal Service’s bid of $6 peri Dinners from 4:30 at the Country month for hauling garbage from/| Club. o-1t Highway 0il Delivery Alaska Transfer (Douglas Babcock) — delivers oil weekly to all summer homes out the Glacier, Fritz Cove and Eagle River Highways. | Chicago. It was the only day game. | | LEADERSHIP IN - NATIONAL LEAGUE ! IS TIED UP AGAIN (By the Associated Press) | Remember when Curt Simmons was “the $65,000 bonus bust?” and Ted Gray was just Art Houtteman’s roomie? Now they're the surprise pitchers of baseball. Scouts always said Simmons and Gray would make it big “someday.” They didn’t say when. Few thought it would be 1950. But where would the Phillies be without Simmons’ 10 wins? Or De- troit without Gray’s 10? They wouldn’t be fighting for a pennant. The Phils would be bumping laround in the second division if Simmons hadn’'t made good. Now, after Simmons’ 7 to 2 win over Brooklyn last night, they're tied for the lead with St. Louis. Same story with Gray. For years the Tigers waited for the southpaw to tame his wildness. He came up with Houtteman but Art zoomed ahead while Ted struggled for con- trol. Cleveland became Gray's 10th victim last night when he let down the Indians with four hits, 5-2. A crowd of 55,145 saw Gray whip Bobby Feller to keep the Tigers 37 games ahead of New York, which downed Boston, 5-2. Washington shelled Bob Hooper, who had beaten the Nats three straight, for 16 hits enroute to a 7-5 win over the Philadelphia A's. Chicago and St. Louis split a twilight-night doubleheader. Dave Philley’s two-run homer in the sev- enth gave Bobby Cain and the White Sox a 5-2 decision in the; first game. Owen Friend’s 10th in- ning single won the 4-3 second game for St. Louis. Pittsburgh snapped St. Louis’ seven-game win streak, 9-1, in the National League to drop the Car- dinals into their first place tie with the Phils. Johnny Sain, overiooked in the‘| All-Star picking, became the first| big leaguer to hit the 12-win mark, l subduing New York, 8-2. Larry Jan- | in the fifth, to end a seven-game win streak. Connie Ryan stole home on Johnny Vander Meer in the 11th| inning for Cincinnati’s 5-4 edge over | GOLD, COPPER | PRODUCTION UP 4 AND 2 PER CENT, WASHINGTON, July 8 — (® —| The Bureau of Mines says that gold production increased four percent and copper two percent in May. Gold output in Alaska was four times greater than in April. Colo- rado gold production increased 271 percent and Utah and Arizona five percent each. South Dakota produc- [ tion was virtually unchanged and California production declined two percent, Nevada one percent, Idano ! 17 percent, and Washington 7 per—' cent. In copper, Arizona and Umh‘ gained six and five percent respec- tively over April production. Mon- tana dropped 31 percent, Nevada five and New Mexico four percent. Gold production by states in May: South Dakota 48,000 fine ounces; Utah, 41,300; California 35460; Ne- vada, 16,470; Colorado 13812; Ari- zona, 9,600; Idaho and Washing- ton, 7,000 each; Montana, 4,000; Oregon, 1,093; New Mexico, 145; ) Texas, 3; Alaska, 8,664; states east of the Mississippi, 196. Copper output by states included: Arizona 34,500 short tons; Utah, 23,620; New Mexico, 4,714; Montana, 3,770; Nevada, 3,520; Washington, 430; Colorado, 301; Idaho, 175; California, 40. Seafood — Chicken — Steak — Dinners from 4:30 at the Country Club. 50-1t | Our Prompt Phone 33 P. Juneau Drug Co. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA |Elfin Cove News Noles lSpeclal Correspondence) ELFIN COVE, Alaska, June 28— Buck Harbeson of Dundas Bay was the most surprised person in Alaska Friday. Buck was working in the mud flats and had whiskers an inch long when a plane landé’ Buck met the plane wondering what it was all about and lo and behold, it was his sister, Mrs. Fred Smith, of Kalamazoo, Michigan whom Buck had not seen for 20 years. With Mrs. Smith was fier daughter Marjorie and a nephew Thomas Harbeson. Buck took his visitors to Elfin Cove and still says he can't realize he is with his| Mrs. Smith plans to leave | sister. for their Michigan home soon and regrets the short stay here but was happy to find her brother in good health, the party plans to re- turn again for a longer stay Alaska. Mrs. Ethel after a months stay here. W Mrs. Murphy when she came, was Mrs. Zola Devlin who visited for a week, and who also was a guest of the Swansons. This is Mrs Murphy’s second summer to vacu- tion in the Cove and she enjoys it here very much. The Charles Metz family on their boat the Sea Hawk left for the inside waters to fish last Wednes- day. Stanley Rude on his boat Harry also left the same day for | the inside fishing. Mrs. Jim Lingard and daughter- | in-law Mrs. Ray Clements and her | daughter Frankie are suffering from severe colds, the first colds for them in the past three years, iin fact, the first colds in Elfin Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elliott opened their cafe for business on June 23. Mrs. Henry Nelson is at home sen, his opponent, was knocked out | itaking a few days much need:d | rest after two months fishing in {the outside waters. THIS SALMUN DIDN'T LEARN; TAKEN FOR 2ND TIME AFTER LONG SWIM Some salmon apparently never learn. A king was tagged in the (Cross Bay area May 26 by Robert R. Parker, Alaska Department of Fish- eries biologist, after being caught on trolling gear. With the red and white tag fixed directly below its dorsal fin, it was put back into the water. The same king was caught'By a troller June 27 off Noyes Island, west of Prince of Wales Island. It had traveled 175 miles in 33 days before taking a troller’s lure for the second time. Although its being a “sucker for bait” was unusual, the distance it swam was not, according to the department of fisheries. Of the six salmon from which tags have been recovered since the troll salmon research program be- gan this spring, three have traveled at least 175 miles before being taken, C. L. Anderson, director of the fish- eries department said. One king—tagged by Parker in {the Cross Sound area—swam 400 miles in 27 days to a river near {Prince Rupert, B.C., before being { caught in a gillnet. More than 800 king salmon have been tagged since the research pro- gram was inaugurated. FROM OGDEN, UTAH G. F. Clark of Ogden, Utah, is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel. BECKSTROM HERE B. H. Beckstrom of Seattle is at the Gastineau Hotel. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S Prescriplions Accurately Filled Mail Orders Given Attention 0. Box 1151 Murphy who is a! house guest of the E. O. Swansons | plans to return to Juneau July 10, | 'Command of 10th Air Rescue Squad. In Alaska Shiffed ! WASHINGTON, July 8 — ® — | The Air Force has announced that command of the 10th Air Rescue squadron in Alaska has been shifted to the Air Rescue Service of tfi® Military ~ Air Transport Service (MATS). The union—famed for its role in various Arctic rescue missions—will continue under command of Col. Bernt Balchen. ' The Air Force said the action is the final step in a plan to coordi~ nate and standardize air rescue op- erations of the eight rescue squad- situated | at various places around the globe. Function of the air rescue service | is to aid U.S. civil and military avi- | ation as well as the planes of other | countries, the Air Force stated. Headquarters of the 10th Squad- ron will continue at Anchorage, Alaska. Prior to today’s announce- | ment, the 10th was attached to the Alaskan Air Command. | rons ‘Powerful New Land ‘Weapen Be Produced NEW YORK, July 8 — (/ — Dr. Vannevar Bush, scientist, said to- day a powerful new land weapon which could make short work of heavily armored Russian tanks could be in production in six | months. Asked about the danger of the new weapon falling into Russian {hands, Dr. Bush said “they might | riot use it in Korea for that rea- | son . . | Larry Lindstrom, who lives at the Gastineau Hotel, has returned from a trip to Ketchikan. | ANDRUS HERE | Max Andrus of Ketchikan is a | guest at the Baranof Hotel. ] FROM KETCHIKAN H. L. Paulson of Ketchikan is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM FT. RICHARDSON Hannah L. Wilson of Fort Rich- ardson, Anchorage, is at the Bara- nof Hotel. INDIANAN VISITS T. N. Steffen of Hammond, Ind., is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FROM PELICAN M. W. Soule of Pelican is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. FLOOR SHOWCASES FOR SALE At L GOLDSTE!NS Radio Sa_les & Service Phone 814 BOARD APPROVES | NAME LAFAYETTE ALASKA GLACIER| WASHINGTON, July 8 — # — The U.S. board on geographic names today approved the following names of towns, resorts and settlements| for use on official maps and papers: (In some instances the Post Office Department has previously made the changes the board approved to- day.) Alaska — Lafayette Glacier, four miles long and one miles wide, flow- ing northwestward between College Fiord and Unakwik Inlet, ending 3% miles southeast of Coghill Point in Chugach National Forest. Named at the suggestion of Wil- liam Osgood Field, Jr., of the Ameri- can Geological Society’s expedi- tion, for Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. EZTARD CHARLES | GETS FIGHT OFFER| BOSTON, July 8 — (® — NBA heavyweight king Ezzard Charles today had an offer of a $50,000 guar- antee to defend his title against Rocky Marciano in a Goodwin- Callahan A.C. Show Sept. 18 at Braves Field. Matchmaker Sam Sllvérman® said he made the offer yesterday by long-distance - telephone and tele- gram to Charles’ manager, Jake Mintz. Charles, declared physically fit Tuesday after a long layoff because of a bruised heart muscle, is signed first to ~defend his title against Freddie Beshore at Buffalo. Marciano, whose string of 28 straight pro victories includes 25j knockouts, is scheduled to meet Gino Buonvino next Monday at Braves Field. TEXANS VISIT Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Pickett of Carrizo Springs, Texas, are guests at the Baranof Hotel. SCHWINN BIKES AT MAD Save time! Save your skin! Closer shaves without a brush! GLIDER the modern shaving cream automatic washer gets your clothes clean! Lucky you—if you’ve waited for the wonderful Maytag Automatic wash- er. For this automatic washes clothes really clean. They re ready for the line in just 25 min- utes. See a demonstra- tion today! BUlI.ETINS} The chief of South Korea's tiny Air Force says his American-trained pilots have knocked out two Com- munist tanks and ‘“several” enemy trucks. American combat casualties to date are listed at 240 men—of which 192 are considered missing in ac- tion. Many of the missing are ex- pected to make their way back isuoner or later to American lines. A communique from General MacArthur tells of the capture of ground forces of a Russian-made tank of prodigious size—60 tons. The metal monster is the largest Red armor yet reported seen in the Korean war. The House Veterans Committee may consider a bill next week that would extend the benefits of the G.I. Bill to the men who are fight- ing in Korea. The British Labor Party now has a majority of seven instead of eight in the House of Commons. The ma- jority was cut when a Labcrltel member was appointed as a judge in Britain’s high court. 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