AUK BAY INN
FIRE SWEPT,
EARLY TODAY
Frame Building With All
Contents Totally
Destroyed
The Auk Bay Inn, large tvo-story
frame building, on Auk Bay, oper
ated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jahnke.
was totally destroyed by fire early
this morning, which presumably
started from an oil burner in the
kitchen.
Practically everything in the Inn
was destroyed as the flames spread
rapidly.
Nearby residents, including the
men from the Road Camp at Auk
Lake, went to the scene but fire
fighting efforts were useless.
Mrs. Jahnke had prepared break
fast for herself, husband and an
other man and Is said to have been
out in the yard when she noticed
the flames, Elnore Jahnke, a
daughter, was still asleep at the
time but she escaped in her night
clothes.
The Auk Bay Inn, part of the old
Auk Bay's cannery plant and used
as a mess hall, has been one of the
resort places along the Highway
for years. The Jahnkes have par
tially completed their new home •
above the Inn.
Supply Survey
Continued by
Empire Today
Stocks Being Rapidly De
pleted and Are Relative
ly Low, Report Shows
(Continued front page Onc>
Coast Grocery Company says that
stock in his warehouse is low. that
he is trying to handle his trade so
that it will last as long as possible,
but it is essential that supplies get
through soon, if the branch is to
continue serving the trade through
out this area.
Manager Wallis George reported
that the Juneau Cold Storage Com
pany. itself, has sufficient fresh and
cured fish on hand in the plant for
local consumption to supply a heavy
demand for at least a month.
