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j~ FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944.
.CALLING ST. PATRICK!
It seems that today as in times long
past, Ireland is in need of some plain j
and fancy snake treatment.
There arises the need to find somone
who can make history repeat itself and |
rid the “Isle of Shamrocks” of its present
day menace—the Nazi snakes who are
hiding in the grass, and as was the case
in the past, an outsider, will probably
have to take up the crusade, inasmuch as
the Irish seem to have no urge to clean
up their own politics.
Although there has been definite proof
of Nazi spy activities in Eire and North j
Ireland, enough evidence to those who j
will listen, the Irish president refuses to
commit his country to believe such in- j
formation regarding such activities, or
to agree to oust the Axis’ diplomatic of
fices from Ireland.
The Irish should not be like an ostrich
arid hide their heads in the sand of past
differences with England, while a Nazi
storm races all about them.
Ireland is even now accepting protect
ion of the Allies.
IT S CALLED EXCISE TAX
One feature of the new tax bill is like
ly to strike most people, when it goes
1 into effect, and strike them hard. Two
cent postage stamps, for example, will
lose their usefulness, when letters for lo
cal delivery take three cents. Toilet ar
ticles now carry a 10 per cent tax. This
is going to be 25 per cent.
Night club patrons will pay more for
i their fun. They may not have noticed
the present 5 per cent tax. They can
hardly overlook a tax that adds 30 cents
to every dollar they spencl. ' Furs and
silverware and other luxuries are boost
ed: and tickets to theaters and movies
and ball parks, now taxed one cent for
every dime charged, will have this tax
doubled.
So it goes, and quite properly, too.
It will boost the cost of living for most
people, but it won’t affect their bread
and butter, or what are properly called
their living standards. But the amusing
fact about this feature of the bill is that,
though these rates were endlessly dis
cussed. they were hardly noticed by the
general public.
These are sales taxes of course, though
thev are .called excise taxes. The Ad
ministration was dead set against a gen-1
eral sales tax, and it can’t be said that
we are getting one in this bill. But the
difference'is hardly perceptible to the or
dinary observer.
And, in view of the uproar caused by
the mere mention of such a thing, is
worth looking at what we are going to
get. These innumerable little boosts are
expected to add up to more than a bil
lion dollars. But the entire measure
aims at only a little more than two and ,
a naif billion. So, after all the commo
tion, we are going to secure nearly half
the increased revenue from a sales tax. j
—^Worcester, Mass., Telegram).
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IN W ASHINGTON
Tall, blonde, laughing Pfc.
Francis Coleman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Coleman, Nome,
Alaska, zfod Corporal James
Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilson Murray, Newfield,
Me., shorter and more serious
looking, are a duo often seen at
the USO club in Washington, D.
C., where both are stationed on
detached service. They like to
join in the dancing and singing
which is planned for the men in
service and the club on the sev
enth floor of the YWCA is the
spot where they meet each other
when they have time off from
their duties.
Pfc. Coleman joined up whep
he was in college in Washington
state and took his training at
Camp Webb, Tex., and Fort Sill,j
Okla. He is in the sanitation
corps of the Air Borne Command
and wears his colorful insignia
with pride.
Corporal Wilson, who formerly
owned a mink ranch and raised
New Zealand Red rabbits, went
into the army ten months ago,
and after training at Camp But
ler, N. C., was detailed to Wash
ington. Pfc. Coleman arrived
about the same time.
2ELLERBACH SALESMAN
TO VISIT NOME SOON
Clark Andresen, salesman for
Zellerbach Paper Company for the
Territory of Alaska, writes that
he will be in Nome shortly in ^
company with Mr. Bailey Covey, ;
representing the Imperial Candy !
Co., Alaska Distributors and i
others.
Communications
Pilot Point, Alaska
Nov. 11. 1943.
To the Red Cross,
Nome. Alaska.
Dear Friends:
We received two letters from
the Junior Red Cross at Nome
last year, requesting us to join,
so this year we are sending you
our membership fee of 50c and
we are sending $252.90 to San
Francisco as our donation to the
National Crildren's Fund.
The people here in our village
have been liberal this year. One
family alone contributed $72 and
others have given $30. Some of
these wish they could have but
tons Or pins or posters or some
thing to indicate their member
ship.
We received no pins last year.
Perhaps none are being sent. We
don’t know about that.
Hoping to hear from you soon
Sincerely,
FLORENCE HANSON,
Pilot Point, Alaska.
P S.—We would like 15 extra
pins for the donors at Ugashik
Village The gave us $115.00.
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No. 1, held another of their fine
card parties last Wednesday, with
a record turnout. There will be
two more parties in the series, at
which time the trophy winners
will be announced. The winners
of Wednesday’s party were: Mrs.
Pete Sather, first; Mrs. A. Polet,
second, and Mrs. V Booker, con
solation. The men winners were
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ond, and Bill Anderson, third. The
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