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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943 at the
postoffice at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3. 1879
GET A HORSE!
•’ x-"' sure,there's Plenty of
( ROOM RIGHT THERE TO HANG
> ONE ON FOR THE SUPERHIGHWAY
N-. CON STRUCT/ON PROGRAM
Bill To Raise Money for Road Program
Features Special Fee for Heavy Trucks
FEDERAL CIVILIAN
PAYROLL JUMPS TO
2,346,691 IN FEBRUARY
WASHINGTON, (JV-The feder
al government’s civilian payroll
increased by 3,464 in January to
reach a total of 2,346,691, the Sen
ate-House Committee on Nones
sential Expenditures said Thurs
day. Sen. Byrd <D-Va>, committee
chairman, said this was the first
monthly increase since last Aug
ust.
Major increases were reported I
for the Post Office, Treasury, Ag
riculture and Interior Depart
ments. Civilian employment in the
military agencies declined 2,017
between December and January, I
Byrd said.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Kotzebue: Sgt. W. Acree,
Agnes Savikelik, W.C. Stevenson,
Ernie Gustafson, Mrs. Parsons,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark.
From Unalakleet: Theresa Jack,
Roseanna Dan, Angela Coffey.
From Anchorage: Clark Cap
ron, Frank Russell.
To McGrath: Emma Leppala.
To Anchorage: Elsie McCaffer
ty, Darrell Swanson, Sgt. Kaigler i
Byrd, C.M. McIntyre, John James, '
John Dixon, Gerald James.
Man Gets To Celebrate
101st Birthday Twice
TULARE, Calif., UP>—It isn’t
everyone who celebrates his 101st
birthday twice.
Fred Wells, a native of Grass ’
Valley, accomplished that yester-j
day. The Tulare man always
thought he was born March 1, |
1853, and until he found out dif
ferently, he was planning to ob
serve his 103rd birthday Thurs
day.
But baptismal records in Grass
Valley revealed recently Wells
was born March 1, 1855. So know
he’s going to be 101 all over again.
Two years don’t make much!
difference to Wells, who says:
“The first 100 are the hardest.”'
• WASHINGTON, OP—A bill to
raise gasoline, tire and other high
way excise taxes will go before
the House with an added starter—
a special registration fee for heavy
trucks.
The House Ways and Means
Committee, which voted for the
truck tax Wednesday, estimated
it will add $900 million to the
proposed new taxes, raising the
total during the next 16 years to
nearly $14 billion.
The money, along with the yield
from present highway taxes, is to
be used for a long-range road
building program with emphasis
on a 40,000-mile network of stra
tegic interstate highways. Present
and projected taxes will make an
estimated $38,700,000,000 avail
able as the federal share of the
$51 billion program.
Rep. Reed (NY), senior Republi
can on the committee, proposed
the truck tax. A bill without it, he
said, would be “completely un
fair” to ordinary motorists.
The bill would impose a yearly
registration fee of $1.50 per 1,000
pounds for all trucks weighing
over 26,000 pounds, based on
either the weight of the unloaded
truck or on its licensed carrying
capacity, whichever is greater.
The weight limit was fixed to
make it apply to heavy commer
cial trucks, of which there are
about 700,000.
Other provisions of the bill
would apply uniformly to all ve
hicles regardless of size or weight.
They would raise the gasoline
and diesel fuel tax from 2 to 3
cents a gallon; the tire tax from
5 to 8 cents a pound; and the tax
on trucks, buses and trailers fr^>m
8 to 10 perment of value.
Snowslide Crushes 83 ROK
Bariacks In Famed 'Punchbowl'
SEOUL, ttf) — A thundering
snowslide that roared down the
mountaious slopes of Korea’s
famed Punchbowl battleground j
crushed 83 South Korean army '
barracks and left at least 103
South Koreans dead or missing.
No Americans were in the area,
100 miles northeast of Seoul.
City Council Hears
| McNees Report On
Cities* League
John McNees, who represented
the City of Nome at the League of
Alaskan Cities, gave a very com
prehensive report Monday eve
ning. Although the meeting was
held in October, this was his first
opportunity to make the report,
as he went directly from Anchor
age to the Constitutional Conven
tion.
McNees recommended that at
the next meeting of the League
the mayor, a councilman and a
member of the Public Utilities
Board ^attend.
Answering some of the Coun
cil’s questions following his re
port, he stated that other cities
are faced with the same sales tax
issue in relation to merchandise
coming in over the dock for indi
viduals and not intended for re
sale, but no solution is known at
present.
On the recommendation of the
city attorney for the re-writing of
the City ordinances, McNees stat
ed he had investigated and found
that legal fees for the same job in
Anchorage amounted to $11,000
plus another $6,000 for other
work.
McNees reported that the League
was planning to work hard for
legislation to make it possible for
Alaskan cities to be able to collect
3 percent sales tax as is done in
many states.
His report also revealed that to
increase city taxes for needed in
creased revenue Cordova and oth
er cities had re-evaluated their as
sessed property and charged 2.2
percent whereas Nome has only
1 percent.
A request by Charles Mills,
barber, for a shooting tunnel was
denied by the Council.
The Council approved the ap
propriation of not more than
$1,000 for special “wing blades”
for the D-8 to assist with snow j
removal.
A letter from Dr. Rude, chair-;
man of the Board of Juvenile In
stitutions, suggests and urges the
city to turn down all applications
from liquor dealers who have
been caught during the year sell
ing to minors.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
FAIRBANKS PRECINCT. FOURTH DI
VISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JAMES HECTOR McLEAN. deceased.
No. 1643
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pur
suant to an Order entered by the Pro
bate Court, Fairbanks Precinct, Fourth
Division, Alaska, in the above entitled
matter, the undersigned will sell at
public auction for cash at the best price
obtainable, at the front entrance of the
United States Postoffice Building at j
Nome, Alaska, on Monday, the 16th day
of April, 1956, at the hour of 2:00 p.m. of
said day, the following property of said
decedent in the Nome Precinct, Second
Division, Alaska, to-wit:
An undivided one-half t Vi i interest in
the following patented mining claims:
Patent No. 641618, dated 5-14-18, Min.
Surv. 1135, No. 5 Below Discovery
on Solomon, Gypsie and Alice; Patent
No. 654420. dated 11-22-18, Min. Surv
1171, No. 4 Below Discovery on Solo
mon, Surprise Bench,
on bids for said claims as a unit or sep
arately as called for at the auction, with
payment of cash by the prevailing bidder
or bidders.
The right is reserved to refuse any and
all bids, and sale is subject to approval
by said Probate Court.
DATED at Fairbanks. Alaska, this 1st
day of March, 1956.
/s/ Florence M. Rivers
Administratrix with
the Will Annexed.
/s/ Ralph J. Rivers
Attorney for
Administratrix
Publ. Mar. 2, 9, 16. 23, 1956.
Democratic Group Will
Criticize GOP Handling
Of Natural Resources
WASHINGTON ,UPC-The Dem
ocratic National Committee an
nounced yesterday formation of a
Division of Natural Resources.
National Chairman Paul Butler
said the division will tell the peo
ple “how the Eisenhower Admin
istration has failed to administer
the vast resources which belong
to all of our citizens in such a way
to benefit all of those citizens.”
Woman Gives Birth
To 2nd Leap Year Baby
WOOSTER, Ohio, (Ah—A 32
year-old woman from nearby Big
Prairie gave birth Feb. 29 to her
second leap year baby in four
years.
The child arrived at 5:12 p.m.,
a bouncing boy of 7 pounds, 5Vt2
ounces. As yet he has no name.
His leap year sister is Debra
Joyce, born in 1952.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Shriver, have two other
small daughters.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued fair tonight and to
morrow. Low temperature expect
ed tonight -30, high Sat. -15.
Temper, Temper
NEW YORK, OP*—Fourteen-year
old George Wright, who won
$100,000 on a TV quiz program,
has made sure he and his brother
and sister get an education.
After a conference Wednesday
with bank officials, the following
figures were disclosed:
State and federal income taxes:
$52,500. Family living expenses
for the next year: $7,500. (His
father will file a separte income
tax return.* A tax-deductible gift
to George’s Madison Square Boys
Club: $10,000. For the education
of the three children: $30,000.
George won the money on
NBC’s "The Big Surprise.”
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CAP CADETS' DANCE SET
FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
The CAP Cadets have announced
thefr monthly dance for Saturday
evening at the City Hall. About
50 young people are eligible for
this teen-age event.
The group in its more serious
work is studying map reading un
der Carl Liebig.
Bcb Jacobs, well-known bush
pilot for Alaska Airlines, accom
panied by his wife, returned from
a month’s holiday in the States
which took them to Mexico and as
far east as New York.
During their absence Frank
Barr, from the Fairbanks area,
has been assisting with the bush
flights here.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted to hospital: Vaughn
Iokenna. Discharged: James Kea
liher, Luke Capron.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Giielle ar
rived in Honolulu last Thursday,
it is reported, and plan to vacation
there for a month or more.
JURORS ARRIVE TOO LATE
Angela Coffin, Rosanna Dan,
and Theresa Jack were among the
grand jurors here who arrived
too late to serve. They were
brought in Thursday by Alaska
Airlines.
Former Judge Earl Cooper was
properly outfitted as court jester
to the Queen of the Fur Rendez
vous and shared in the limelight
at the Coronation Ball last Satur
day evening in Anchorage.
Bootlegger Gives Up
After Third Raid
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP)—Three
weeks ago, police mounted an
around-the-clock series of raids
against downtown Oklahoma City
bootleggers in an attempt to stamp
them out.
One of them, Ray Haynes, paid
$1,500 in fines and bonds plus at
torney’s fees during that time.
Twice he told police he had quit
selling booze; twice the raiders
came back and found more.
Yesterday, they returned for the
third time. On the door of the
establishment was tacked a huge
; funeral wreath, and the words:
“Left Town.”
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“Why Will Hell
Be Emptied?”
Title for Closing Service
Of Revival
SUNDAY. 7:30 P.M.
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FOR THE
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