Each season we look forward to the
New Year, a time when we can
extend greetings to our friends and
customers, and thank them sincerely
for their patronage.
It will be a true, pleasure to continue
to serve you in the future... and in
the meantime please accept our wish
that the New Year will be rich in
good things for you and all those
dear to you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
ARCTIC OIL DELIVERY
Territorial Unemployment
50 Per Cent Higher
Than Last Year
JUNEAU — According to Em
ployment Security Commission
records for the past two weeks,
unemployment throughout the
Territory is approximately 50 per
cent higher than last year.
The greatest increase is in Fair
banks, where the local office of
the Employment Security Com
mission of Alaska has 1,500 job
seekers listed, compared with 770
a year ago—an increase of almost
100 per cent. Anchorage has 2,600,
compared with 1,900 a year ago,
and surprisingly Ketchikan has
almost twice as many as last year
—423 compared with 217. The to
tals in the five local offices are
5,090 this year an4 3,457 a year
ago.
There is a popular misunder
standing that all, who are regis
tered with local employment of
fices, are receiving Unemploy
ment Insurance — but, actually
only slightly more than half of
the above-named 5,090 unemploy
ed are filing for Unemployment
Insurance benefits.
Unemployed workers, who live
at a distance from the five local
offices, file for Unemployment
Insurance by mail. The most cur
rent statistics available for this
type of claimant reveal that dur-.
ing November, 1953, there were
1,386 filing, as compared with
only 727 a year ago.
From the above figures, we can
conclude that there are at least
6,476 unemployed at present in
Alaska, compared with a mini
mum of 4,184' a year ago.
Tibet has about 500,000 priests
who constitutes one-eighth of the
population.
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As each new chapter of the New Year
unfolds, we hope it will contain
good health and increasing contentment
for you and yours. Happy New Year.
"NC" MACHINERY BRANCHES—NOME, Phone Main 22
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Whitehorse, Dawson
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Your Friendly Community Store
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Wholesale and Retail
Phone MAIn 133 FREE DELIVERY
The N.C. Store will be closed all day Saturday, Jan. 2
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