prompt payments will
SAVE EMPLOYERS MONEY
Employers subject for contrib
utions under the Alaska Unem
ployment Compensation Law
were reminded today by Walter
J. Sharpe, Direotor of the Alaska
Unemployment Comp ensation
Commission, that payment of
fourth quarter and all 1939 de
linquent contributions before the
deadline January 31, 1940, will
save them many dollars and pre
clude the unpleasant penalty of
paying double taxation.
. ..“The Federal Government im
poses a uniform payroll tax on
all employers of eight or more
workers,” said Mr. Sharpe. “This
excise tax in 1939 was 3 per cent.
However, since Alaska has an
unemployment compensation act
each subject employer under the
Territorial law may deduct from
this tax up to 90 percent of its
amount, his own contributions to
the Alaska unemployment com
pensation trust fund. In other
words, he pays only three tenths
of one percent to the Federal
Government. .
Employers will realize the nec
essity for the prompt payment of
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their 1939 contributions when
j they know that before they can
j take credit on their Federal tax
for the amount they have paid to
| the Territorial fund, the Territor
ial division must certify to the
j Federal Government the exact
.amount of their payments.”
To take advantage of the imaxi
mum Federal credit allowance
employers must have eontribu
itions for the fourth quarter and
pevious quarters in the mails and
bearing a post mark before mid
night, January 31, 1940.
Mr. Sharpe is most anxious
that this double tax shall not be
imposed upon any Alaskan em
ployers.
All employers reported as cov
ered by the ALaska law have
been provided with forms on
which to make their fourth quar
ter contributions reports as well
as quarterly reports of wages earn
ed by workers in thei employ.
Contributions to the Alaska un
employment trust funds are com
puled on wages payable when
eaned by the worker and not
when actually paid to the work
er.
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ROOSEVELT BIRTHDAY
BALL TO BE JAN. 27TH
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Plans for the annual Roosevelt j
Birthday Ball have progressed |
throughout the Territory and
Nome has already organized its
committee for the occasion.
Whereas in other parts of Al
aska funds raised through these
dances and entertainments are
used for the relief of victims of
infantile paralysis, Nome con
ducts what is known as The
Benefit for Crippled Children,”
the fund being used for a wider
purpose, due to the infrequency
of infantile paralytic cases in this
section.
Heading the committee this
year is Mayor Fred Kubon, pub
lic-spirited municipal leader;
Leonard Smith, Bernie Knudson
and Rev. Wilbur P. Wood of the
Federated Church.
Tentative plans at this time
call for an entertainment to be
given at the school auditorium,
Jan. 27h the evening when other
Jan. 27, the evening when other
cities thruout Alaska will also
celebrate. Admission tickets will
be on the streets, it was an
nounced next Monday. z
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WHITHER AWAY, WIRRAWAYS ?—Australia makes her claim for a place in avia*
Hon s sun with these Wirraways over Sydney. The country “down under’’ has stepped up defenses.
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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A SOLDIER—Their hearts are in the greeting
Sylvia (left) and Ronald, three-year-old twins give their father. Pvt. Harry Neil of the Essex Scot
V Ush regiment at Windsor, Ontario. Under heavy convoy, Canada has already sent one contingent of
*» soldiers to Britain, is training more. Some 100 Americans were in this first batch.
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WHERE EARTHQUAKES STRUCK TURKEY
The above map shows the region (in circle) in Turkey which was aftected by the recent earth
quakes which took so many thousand lives.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, Second Division
In the matter of the estate of
HECTOR LAURIN, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, EMILE LAURIN,
has been appointed by the above
entitled Court, Administrator of
the Estate of Hector Laurin, De
ceased. All persons having claims
against the Estate of said deceas
ed are hereby required to pre
sent the same, duly verified, to
the undersigned Administrator of
said Estate, at Nome, Alaska,
within six months from the date
of this Notice.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this
12th day of January, 1940.
EMILE LAURIN,
Administrator of the estate of
HECTOR LAURIN. Deceased
Publish Jan 12,19,26, Feb 2, 1940
SALES
Every Month in the Year
Auction Sales Dates
1940
February 14 July 17
March 13 August 14
April 10 September 11
May 15 October 16
June 12 November 13
December 11
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON
REQUEST OF SHIPPERS
Advances will be made as
usual when requested.
Transferred by telegraph
If Desired
jThe Seattle Fur Exchange
1008 Western Avenue
Seattle, Wash.
EAT AT THE
North Pole Bakery
Anti Restaurant
BAKERY GOODS
ALWAYS FRESH
FOOD ALWAYS GOOD
For Oualitv Service
and
Prompt Delivery
Call
Modern Cleaners
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Lyons & Orton
Attorneys At Law
Rooms 918-921 Alaska Building
Seattle, Washington
rhos. R. Lyons Ira D. Ortor
CHAS. CAVEY
Has Opened A Liquor Store
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
L. O. O. M.
No. 1413
Meets first and third Mondays
of each month
Odd Fellows Hall, 8 p. m.
Pioneer Water Co.
Fresh, Sparkling Spring Water
ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE
NELSON AND BULLOCK
Phone Black 44 or Main 15
Tanana River
Natives Suffer
Scarlet Fever
Almost 50 natives of the Upper
Tanana River villages of Tetlin
and Tanacross were reported
Monday victims of an epidemic
believed to be scarlet fever.
To date no patients have been
lost, according to Miss Lucille
Wright, United State government
nurse in charge of the public
health in the two river commun
ities, 40 miles apart by air.
Dr. F B Gillespie, deputy
health commissioner for the 4th
Division, said in Fairbanks that
his communications with Miss
Wright indicated the natives were
suffering either from scarlet fe
ver or a streptoccoccus throat in
fection accompanied by a second
ary skin rash.
Pilot Herman Joslyn, of Wien
Airlines, who flew mail and med
icine into the villages reported
Miss Wright told him there were
about 40 cases of the ailment in
Tetlin and eight at Tanacross.
She said the suffering natives
in Tetlin represented about half
the population of the village.
A 200-pound load of mail
which Joslyn brought to Fair
banks was refused by the post-j
office, and remained at the air
port until arangements are made
for its Sterilization.
Fairbanks Health Center at-1
tendants said the mail will be i
disinfected by placing it in an j
autoclave sterilizer before dis
tribution in the postofhce.
Several hundred pounds of val
uable furs were Tuesday added
to the list of “untouchables”
which arrived in Fairbanks with
a large load of mail Sunday from
the epidemic-stricken native vil
lages of Tetlin and Tanacross.
Believed bound for fur ex
changes in the States, the pelts
trapped by natives in the river
communities now swept by a dis
ease diagnosed as scarlet fever,
may not be forwarded by post
office authorities for a “quaran
tine period” of approximately 3
weeks.
DIONNES BUY S20.000
WORTH OF WAR BONDS
OTTAWA, Jan. 17 — The
Dionne quintuplets donated to [
Canada’s first war loan drive to
night with a contribution of $20.
000. The contribution was made
through the guardians of the five
little girls. The drive was open to
the Canadian public today.
Several large Quebec and On
tario companies have already con
tributed advance subscriptions
for war funds totalling over four
teen million dollars.
Save $2.00 by paying in ad
vance for your subscription.
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PASSION PLAY ACTORS
HAVE GONE TO FRONT
OBERMMERGAU, Germany —
i Characters in the famous Oberam
t mergau Passion Play who last
j spring began to raise beards and
let their hair grow for the 1940
| peformance have submitted to
military haircuts and are at the
front.
Only Alois Lang, who was to
have portrayed Christ this year,
has been allowed to remain un
shaven and .unclipped. He served
in the Alpine division during the
World War. Although his class
has not yet been called up, there
is a possibility he may not es
cape service. Meanwhile he has
returned to wood carving, Ober
ammergau’s chief industry.
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Anchorage Jury Returns
V’erdict Innocent, Hallett
—
ANCHORAGE, Jan. 17 — A
jury return eda verdict of inno
cent in the A. Hallett retrial af
ter 29 hours of deliberation whe
ther or not he was responsible
. for the disappearance of his wife
at Kodiak.
Six men and six women work
ed all Monday night and Tues
day except fo four hours rest at
their hotel.
TRUITT WILL NOT
ENTER RACE AGAIN
JUNEAU, Jan. 17 —James S.
Truitt, Territorial Attorney Gen
eral since 1932. announced today
he would not be a candidate for
reelection.
In a statement to the Empire,
Attorney General Truitt said:
“I will not be a candidate tu
succeed myself, for reasons of
my health. I am not physically
able to make another campaign."
Mr. Truitt was elected in 1932
and reelected by a large major
ity in 1936.
Mentioned as possible candi
dates for the Attorney General
ship are Henry Roden, Juneau
attorney and Territorial Senator
and George W. Folta, Assistant
U S Attoney at Fairbanks.
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OWL ON THE PRO W L—Thanks to this wise old bird,
an owl, there's one less rat in Lowell, Mass., and that glare he's
giving the photographer might mean, “Just try and get it away
from me.” The cameraman was covering a story at the board of
health when commotion in a nearby tree attracted his interest.
The catch was made somewhere in that area.
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