HORNETS STING NANOOKS:
GUARDSMEN SHADE ANB IN
DOUBLE OVERTIME THRILLER
In the first game of last night’s
doubleheader basketball program
the Polar Hornets, led by “Tony”
Willoya, topped the Nome High
School by 55-40, after a slow start
in which the scrappy Nanooks
caught the Hornets off balance.
In a game that was a real heart
breaker for the ANB five, the
National Guard came up from be
hind, tied the score and went on
to win in the second overtime, by
the small lead of 42-40.
At the end of the regular game,
the ANB was two points ahead
when Dave Bell was fouled on a
rebound as the buzzer sounded.
Bell made both of his free throws,
tieing the game, sending it into
overtime.
In the second three-minute
period, Korky Kost sank a set shot
from the corner. Unable to score
after this, the ANB was all done.
SUSITNA CREW KICKS IN
TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS
SEATTLE, UP! — At each ship’s
payoff, officers and crew mem
bers of the Alaska Steamship Co.
vessel Susitna toss all the change
they receive into a half-gallon
jar marked “scrap metal for the
kids.” This goes to help needy
children designated by a commit
tee of crew members.
Last year, the Susitna played
Santa Claus to a Juneau or
phanage.
Wash. Congressman
Would Abolish Taxes
On Shipboard Supplies
WASHINGTON, UPI — Rep. Don
Magnuson (D-Wash) introduced a
bill this week to eliminate taxes
on supplies sold on U. S. ships
and aircraft that operate exclu
sively between the Pacifc Coast
and Alaska and Hawaii.
Magnuson said when the two
territories became states, the
Customs Bureau ruled that under
the tariff act supplies sold to
passengers and crews on ships
and planes operating from the
Pacific Coast were subject to ex
cise taxes and duties.
Such charges are not applied
to U. S. and foreign flag carriers
in foreign commerce and U. S.
carriers operating from Atlantic
and Gulf ports to the United
States, Magnuson said.
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DELIVERY
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Pure, Natural Water
Planners’ Report
Stirs Drive to ‘Set
Affairs In Order’
JUNEAU, Uft — Rep. Earl Hill
strand, chairman of the House Fi
nance Committee said Monday his
group expects to deliver its views
on the controversial State Plan
ning Commission capital improve
ments report late today.
He said the committee’s report
will differ from that of the Sen
ate Finance Committee, which
was submitted Monday, but de
clined to say what the differences
would be.
However, Hillstrand said his
committee is not dissatisfied with
the Senate committee’s recom
mendations.
The Senate group, headed by
Sen. A1 Owen, urged state lead
ers to take positive steps to “set
the economic affairs of the state
in order.”
The Senate committee said the
Planning Commission report had
“consequence and stature,” but
the committee felt Alaska would
exceed growth forecasts in the
planners’ report and that reve
nues would be higher than anti
cipated.
The planners predicted a fi
nancial crisis for Alaska.
Hillstrand and several legisla
tors have called the report too
pessimstic.
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150 Bills Now Crowd
Legislative Hopper
JUNEAU, UPl — The work to be
completed before Alaska’s Second
Legislative Session ends about
March 24 keeps piling up.
Four more bills were introduced
Monday, bringing the total for
the 22-day session to an even 150
measures awaiting action.
Some work not completed at
the first meeting of the Legisla
ture was carried over, but this
will not hold true for this session,
and bills not acted upon will die.
The bills introduced Monday:
A measure sponsored by Sen.
Irene Ryan (D-Anchorage) to ex
empt oil and gas production from
the state mining license tax.
A bill sponsored by Rep.
Blanche McSmith (D-Anchorage)
to increase from 10 to 15 days the
time required of employers to
provide transportation to em
ployes whose way to the state was
paid for.
A measure sponsored by Reps.
John Hellenthal, Helen Fischer
(both D-Anchorage), Richard J.
Greuel (D-Fairbanks) and auth
ored by Rep. James Hurley <D
Palmer) to prohibit sale of frozen
or dehydrated milk as fresh milk.
A House bill requested by the
Administration t o appropriate
$10,000 for architectural and en
gineering services on a fire and
vehicle maintenance station at
the Anchorage International
Airport.
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Treasury Opposed
To Rise in Gold
By CHARLES R. HOYT
WASHINGTON — The Treas
ury Department has reaffirmed
its opposition to increasing the
price of gold. The Administra
tion’s views were expressed in a
letter last week to Senator Bart
lett.
Two bills are before the Sen
ate — one a Bartlett bill for free
marketing of gold, and the other
co-sponsored by the Alaska Sen
ator, which would raise the price
of gold to $70 per ounce for all
gold domestically mined and
tendered to the Treasury.
W. H. Britt, Director of the
Mint, was emphatic in stating,
“The Administration has made it
clear on many occasions that the
United States has no intention of
increasing the price of gold.”
Sen. Bartlett, a former miner,
has been pleading the cause of the
gold miners since his early days
as a voteless Delegate to Con
gress. During his first session as
a full-fledged Senator with voting
privileges, he introduced or co
sponsored measures to relieve the
plight of the miner and rebuild
the industry which at one time
was the backbone of Alaska
economy.
“Too many mines have shut
down, and more will follow in
the near future,” Sen. Bartlett
said, “if something isn’t done to
either raise the price of gold or
enter it on the free market.”
The Senator pointed out that
the official value of $35 per fine
Troy ounce was established back
in 1934, and since that time ev
erything else but gold has risen
in inflationary stages. ‘The price
of machinery to mine gold has
skyrocketed, but the price of the
commodity remains the same;
which has forced shut-downs of
most mines in Alaska, and pre
vented opening of new ones,”
Bartlett said.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
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I Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
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BYRON G. REED. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
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President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
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Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
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VESTA SUNDSTROM. Secty.
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