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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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W.R. (Bill) Hughes resigns as manager of Juneau's Baranof Hotel after three years to open and manage the new 183-room Chinook Hotel in Yakima, Washington, scheduled for April 1, 1951; his successor unnamed.
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W. R. (Bill) Hughes, manager of the Baranof Hotel for the past three years has resigned to open and manage the new modern Chinook Hotel in Yakima, Wash. This will be the third new hotel that Hughes has opened in his 33-year hotel career. The New Chinook will have 183 rooms with banquet facilities for 500 and is owned by the Yakima Community Hotel Corporation. It is scheduled to open April 1, 1951.
Hughes successor at the Baranof has not yet been named but he will leave Juneau as soon as a new manager arrives here.
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Yakima, Wash.
Event Date
April 1, 1951
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hughes will resign from baranof hotel and leave juneau upon arrival of new manager; chinook hotel to open with 183 rooms and banquet facilities for 500, owned by yakima community hotel corporation
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W. R. (Bill) Hughes, manager of the Baranof Hotel for the past three years, has resigned to open and manage the new modern Chinook Hotel in Yakima, Wash. This will be the third new hotel that Hughes has opened in his 33-year hotel career.