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“FORWARD ON LIBERTY’S TEAM’’
The nation’s 3,300,000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Explorers and their adult leaders will observe the 44th
birthday of the organization during Boy Scout Week,
February 7 to 13.
The theme of the observance is “Forward on
Liberty’s Team,” the current major emphasis of the
movement, which seeks to produce a greater function
ing manpower and provide a higher quality program
for its ever-increasing boy membership.
The anniversary is to be observed by 89,000 units
in all parts of the nation and its possessions, and also
in other parts of the world where American families
reside.
A principal activity of Boy Scout Week will be
paying tribute to the volunteer adult leaders of the
89,000 units for the contribution they are making to
the boyhood of the nation.
“The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest
volunteer adult education or training groups of the
nation,” said Dr. Arthur A. Schuck, the chief Scout
executive. “Almost 200,000 of our leaders took train
ing courses in Scouting and leadership techniques last
year.”
Nome has one of the first troops to be formed in
Alaska and is sponsored by the Rotary Club, while the
Cub Scouts, formed in recent years, is sponsored by
the Community Methodist Church.
When the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated
in Washington, D.C., on February 8, 1910, it was
founded as the voluntary movement it still remains.
Dr. Schuck said there are now 860,000 Scouters “who
take time from their own careers to give service in
Scouting in order to help their communities do a better
j b of building citizens.”
“Scouting belongs to the American people who
have made it possible,” he continued. “This is thor
oughly in accord with our democratic ideals and the
American way of life. As a voluntary movement its
dmrs are open to every boy of every race and religious
belief who wants to come in. It is dependent upon men
who care enough about boyhood and American insti
tirions to volunteer their time in Scouting.”
Aim above morality: be not simply good, be good
for something. —Thoreau
Properly Tax Law
Validity Argued In
9tli Circuit Court
SAN FRANCISCO, UPt—Argu
ments on the validity of the Alas
ka property tax were heard by
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Ap
peals here Friday.
The case is an appeal by Luther
C. Hess and the Alaska Juneau
Gold Mining Co. from levies im
posed by the Alaska tax commis
sioner.
Attorney Herbert W. Haugland
of Seattle, arguing for the appel
ants, said the property tax act sets
up a system of taxation “which is
not uniform and results in en
equalities in assessment.”
Haugland said the methods of
assessment and due dates of taxes
differed in various Alaskan cities.
Arguing for the territory, Atty.
Gen. J. Gerald Williams of Alaska
contended the municipalities and
school districts may assess taxes
under the Alaska Property Tax
Act and collect them in accor
dance with the mechanical and
procedural methods of taxation
prescribed by their local laws.
Haugland and Faulkner -conten
ded these various methods resul
ted in inequalities. They also said
the law violates the Alaska Or
ganic Act under which the terri
torial government operates and
also the 6th and 14th amendments
of the U.S. Constitution.
Officials Baffled By
Origin Of St. Paul
Polio Epidemic*
SEATTLE, lift—Although the
outbreak of poliomyelitis appar
enly has been controlled on tiny
St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea,
the question of where the disease
came from is baffling federal offi
cials who manage the fur seal
rookeries there.
Clarence L. Olson of Seattle,
general manager of Pribilof Is
lands operations for the Fish and
Wildlife Service, said Saturday 16
cases of the disease have occurred
among the 300 residents. The first
case was reported Jan. 7.
Two deaths occur 2d in the
first week, when 12 persons were
stricken.. Two more were stricken
the following week and two in the
next week thereafter, Olsen Said.
There have been no new cases re
ported in the past week. All those
stricken were Aleuts, who make
up the entire winter population of
the island except for 18 or 20
white employees of the Fish and
W'ildlife Service and the Weather
Bureau.
Of the 16 cases, ten did not re
quire hospitalization, he said.
“But nevertheless, this remains
an extremely severe epidemic and
f a very, very high incidence for a
population of 300,” Olsen said.
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Wien Alaska Airl'nes
Gets Permit To Carry
Mail To Remote Village
WASHINGTON, UPl—'The Civil
Aeronautics Board last Monday
authorized Wien Alaska Airlines
to carry mail on its monthly
scheduled flights from Fort Yu
kon, Alaska, to remote Arctic Vill
age throughout 1954.
Arctic Village is about 175 miles
north of Fort Yukon.
Wien Alaska has had authority
only to carry passengers and cargo
on the route. It said Arctic Village
has no practical alternate means
of transportation.
Arctic Village petitioned the
Post Office Department for mail
service, and the department noti
fied the board it wished such ser
vice started. The CAB granted
permission on a temporary basis
“owing to the remote location of
Arctic Village.”
New Lumber, Plywood
Plant At Wrangell Will
Have $2,000,000 Payroll
JUNEAU, (41—T h e Wrangell
Plywood and Lumber Corp. Fri
day filed articles of incorporation
with the Auditor’s Office, incor
porating for $2,000,000.
The incorporators were Mark
Renhard, formerly of Aberdeen,
Wash., president; Leigh S. Grant,
Douglas, vice president; and Carl
ton S. Renhard, Juneau, secretary
treasurer.
Mark Renhard, uncle of Carlton
and long active in Washington
and Oregon plywood and lumber
mill busines, said the corporation
proposes to operate a sawmill and
plywood plant at Wrangell to em
ploy 250 men with full production
and an annual $2,000,000 payroll.
Renhard said C. T. Takahashi,
Seattle importer - exporter and
chairman of the board of Alaska
Wrangell, has indicated an inter
est in contracting for the bulk
sawmill production, presumably
for shipment to Japan
Wildlife Service Hbports
Game Hunter Increase
WASHINGTON, UR—'The Fish
and Wildlife Service reported
Sunday that nearly one minion
more wild game hunters bought
licenses during the year ended
June 30, 1953, than in any pre
vious year.
A total of 14,832,779 hunting
licenses were sold by the 48 states
last year for a gross revenue of
$40,551,316.
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