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TOWINC 'WOUNDED* BOAT — Coast Guardsmen
tow out of battle range a landing craft disabled by Japanese mor
tar fire as it sped toward the beach at Saipan. On the shore at
** i <£* right of the stricken vessel the action still continues.
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Revenue Offices
To Be Visited
Alaska offices of the Internal
Revenue Service will be visited i
during August by Harry W. Call, j
chief field deputy, according to;
Clark Squire, collector,
q, Squire also announced the as- •
signment of three new deputy col- j
_ lectors to the offices at Juneau
and Fairbanks. Leo L. Lazetti is
being' transferred from Seattle to
t&ke charge of the Juneau office,
replacing Wesley C. Overbey, who
entered the armed forces. Paul
R, Pugh, who has been acting
head of the Juneau office since
the departure of Overby, is being
transferred to Spokane, Washing
ton.
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Accompanying Lazetti will be
Wesley C. MacDonald, who is be
ing transferred from Seattle to
serve am a deputy collector in the
Juneaa office. Both men are
scheduled to arrive at Juneau
August 5th.
James W. Manning of Spokane
has been assigned to the Fair
banks office, which is in the
charge of Deputy Peter Gatz.
Call is scheduled to arrive at
Ketchikan July 31, where he will
spend four days. From there he
will accompany the two new dep
uties to Juneau and also visit the
offices at Fairbanks and Anchor
age, returning to the headquarters
office at Tacoma about September
1st. His trip is being made in
connection with the personnel
changes and for general inspec
tion of the Alaska offices. His
last trip to this territory was made
in July, 1941.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
In Accordance With Chapter 38.
Session Laws of Alaska, 1943
WHO MUST PAY SCHOOL
TAX: All male and female per
sons between 21 and 55 years of
age must pay the school tax; a fe
male person who is unemployed
and who depends for her support
entirely on her husband is not re
quired to pay the tax; persons in
the active military or naval ser
vice of the United States, paupers,
insane persons and those cared for
by the Territory or who are per
manently injured, infirm, maimed
or crippled are also exempt.
WHEN PAYABLE: The tax is
payable after the first of January
in each year. It must be paid to
the school tax collector upon de
mand. If no demand is made for
paj'ment, it must, nevertheless, be
paid to the school tax collector
or to the Territorial Treasurer on
or before the first day of Decem
ber in each year. Please remember
that no demand or notice is re
quired to be made or given; but,
as indicated, if such demand is
made, the tax must be paid im
mediately to the collector. If pay
ment is not made, a penalty of
$2.50 attaches and both are col
lectable by suit.
EMPLOYER MUST FURNISH
LIST OF EMPLOYEES AND PAY
TAX. Whenever requested l^r the
school tax collector any employer
who has people working for him
who are subject to the payment
of the tax, must furnish a list of
his employees together with the
age of each of them to the col
lector, and must also pay the tax
wages.
DOUBLE PAYMENT OR PAY
MENT BY MISTAKE Any per
son who pays, the tax when he is
not liable therefore, or if it is paid
by an employer for his employee
when such employee is not sub
ject thereto has the right to claim
refund of the amount paid; such
person should first request the
school tax collector to make such
refund and if this cannot be done,
he should forward such request
to the Territorial Treasurer at
Juneau. Upon receipt of such re
quest the Treasurer will investi
gate and if he finds that the tax
was paid by mistake, will make
the refund immediately. Remem
ber that request for refund must
be made not later than ninety
days after the end of the calen
dar year during which the tax
was paid.
NON-RESIDENTS SUBJECT
TO TAX: The tax is payable by
residents as well as non-residents.
If the non-resident is merely a
sightseer or tourist, he or she is
not required to pay the tax; but
if he or she comes to the Terri
tor for the purpose of engaging
in business or employment and
actually does so, though not a
resident, he or she becomes liable
for the payment of <he tax.
PURPOSE FTR WHICH TAX
IS LEVIED. This tax is collected
to assist in the education of the
children of the Territory of
Alaska.
Your cooperation is appreciat
ed.
OSCAR G. OLSON,
Territorial Treasurer.
By CARRIE M. McLAIN, School
Tax Collector, Nome and Vi
Cni4y.
Please pay your. School Tax at
the City Clerk’s office.
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WARSHIPS AND
PLANES WIPE OUT
JAPANESE TOWN
U. S PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS AT PEARL HAR
BOR, Aug. 9.—(AP)—American
warships and planes completely
wiped out one Japanese town,
sunk 11 ships, and damaged 30
o'her surface craft in the boldest
strike against the enemy islands
guarding the southern approches
to Tokyo, Admiral Nimitz an
nounced today.
The warships shelled Chichi Is.
land in the Bonin group, less than
600 miles from Tokyo.
Never before have U S. naval
surface units attacked ground
installations so close to Japan's
capital.
Four other islands in the Bon
ins and Volcano group were: at
tacked.
Thirteen Jap planes were des
troyed in the biggest bag in the
two-day raid. *
A Japanese convoy of 11 ships
was also wiped out.
The attacks cost the carrier
force 16 planes and 19 airmen.
American cigarettes which still
reach Paris cost $6.00 per pack
age.
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