Karl Dewey Says Legislature
Will Enact New Tax Measures
At Rotary luncheon Thursday
at the Bering Sea Club, Karl
Dewey, Territorial Tax Commis
sioner, addressed the meeting and
told of the Alaska tax structure.
He said tax revenues this year
are running considerably above
the collections in the same period
last year.
Dewey said that under the pre
sent tax structure, schools and
education use about 60 percent of
the territory’s revenues, but the
estimated budget for schools in
the next biennium calls for $20
million which would take about
80 percent of the revenue. This
the territory will not be able to
do. Therefore he looks for tax
increases or a property tax of
Fur Seals Worth
$10 Million Taken
From Prihilof Is.
SEATTLE, (fft — Two residents
of the lonely Pribilof Islands ar
rived here aboard the Navy vessel
Washburn Wednesday.
The ship also brought a record
load of fur seal pelts.
The visitors are the Rt. Rev.
Theodosy Kulchitzky, and Mrs.
Blanche Sjoblom.
The Rev. Theodosy, as he is of
ficially known in the church, has
headed the Russian Greek Ortho
dox Catholic Church on St.
George Island in the Pribilof
group for 20 years.
He will remain in Seattle until
early next spring, when he will
return to St. George Island with
the first U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service vessel visiting the island.
Mrs. Sjoblom is a bookkeeper
for the Fish and Wildlife Service
at St. Paul Island. She was car
ried off the ship. She had suf
fered a heart attack while on the
island.
The Washburn brought 118,000
fur seal pelts valued at more than
10 million dollars. It was the
largest harvest of the pelts since
the United States government
took over administration of the
Pribilof fur seal rookeries in 1911
and nearly double last year’s
take.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
at the Nugget
some kind to be enacted by the
next legislature.
The tax commissioner said the
2nd Division is not getting due
credit for tax payments made by
contractors whose office are in
the Third Division. He cited the
example of the M-K Co., whose
main contracts this year are in
this division but whose tax re
turns are filed in Anchorage in
the 3rd Division.
Mr. Dewey is a member of the
Juneau Rotary club and was a
member of the Nome club when
he lived here before going to
Juneau.
Jim Blanning of the attendance
committee spoke on the import
ance of regular attendance at Ro
tary meetings and President
Goodrich announced henceforth
punctuality will also be stressed.
In all future meetings lunch will
be served promptly at noon and
woe betide those members who
are habitually late.
Rev. Thomas Knudsen was a
guest and Jim von der Heydt and
Harry Gabrielson were welcomed
back after short absences in the
States.
Two Young Schoolgirls
Run Down and Killed
By Youth in Family Car
CHICAGO, iff! -*■ Two little sis
ters were killed by a careening
automobile Wednesday as they
walked home to lunch from the
opening day of school.
Jeanette Griffiths, 7, a second
grader, and her sister, Alexan
dria, 5, a kindergarten pupil,
were struck as they walked in a
group of 25 other students on a
sidewalk adjoining school.
A third girl was knocked down
and scalded by water spilling
from the car’s radiator.
Richard Dombeck, 16, driver of
the car, had received a temporary
driving permit Tuesday and was
operating the family automobile
for the first time alone.
Astronomy Notes
By OLAF HALVERSON
A new plane* has made its ap
pearance in the sky after an ab
sence of approximately two years.
The planet, which now holds a
commanding position in the sky,
is Mars. No doubt many have
seen this reddish colored planet
in the southeastern sky in the
evening.
Because of its distinctive red
color it was called Mars by the
ancients, since it had a fiery, war
like appearance. The color of
Mars is presumed to be the char
acteristic color of its soil, Ik of
which is in a desert condition.
Observatories over the world
are vying with one another to
discover new facts about this in
teresting planet which moves so
rapidly in the sky. At its nearest
approach to the earth’s orbit it is
only 35,000,000 miles away, while
at its furthermost it is 62,000,000.
Today, Sept. 7, Mars is closer
than it has been for two years.
Eberle vs. Eberle, In
District Court Involves
Property Settlement
An equitable decision was ren
dered this morning in District
Court by Judge Walter Hodge in
the case of Eberle vs. Eberle, in
volving a property settlement.
The plaintiff, Mary Lou Eberle,
now Mrs. Ed Wilson, was repre
sented by Fred Crane and the
defendent, Dallas Eberle, was
represented by Everett Hepp.
The plaintiff was instructed to
release her claim to property here
and the defendent to pay $200 on
furniture in the house.
This afternoon, a hearing was
scheduled on the bankruptcy pro
ceedings of Alaska Tankers, Inc.
Verne Martin, referee for bank
ruptcy in Alaska, was to arrive
here from Anchorage in time for
the hearing.
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Supreme Court
Justice Retires
WASHINGTON. Ofv—J u s t i c e
Sherman Minton of the Supreme
Court today announced that he
will retire on Oct. 1
Minton said he is leaving the
high bench because of impaired
health. The jurist will be 66 years
old on Oct. 20.
In a letter sent to the White
House this morning, Minton noti
fied President Eisenhower of his
plan.
The justice has a circulatory
condition in his legs. He told the
President he does not feel he
could carry out “the exacting du
ties of my office” in his present
condition.
Appointed by President Harry
Truman, Minton went on the Su
preme Court bench Oct. 12, 1949.
He has sufficient years of ser
vice on federal benches to retire
at full pay of $35,000 yearly.
Minton served as a Democratic
senator from Indiana from 1935
to 1941.
His retirement will give Eisen
hower his third opportunity to
fill a Supreme Court vacancy.
Eisenhower previously appointed
Chief Justice Earl Warren and
Associate Justice Marlap to the
high tribunal.
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Wrangell Fisherman
Fined For Violation Of
Salmon Regulations
JUNEAU, UP) — Bert McCay,
Wrangell seine boat skipper, was
fined $1,000 by U.S. Commission
er Gordon Gray Wednesday after
pleading guilty to violation of sal
mon regulations.
Four -crewmen aboard McCay’s
boat were fined $500 apiece on
similar pleas of guilty.
Commissioner Gray also dis
missed a charge of impeding a
federal officer in the perform
ance of his duty which was lodged
against McCay. The charge was
filed in connection with the dis
appearance of Charles Rudmann,
a 24-year-old stream guard who
is still missing. McCay was ac
cused of casting loose a skiff used
by Rudmann in the performance
of his duties as a stream guard.
Rudmpnn, on Aug. 1, arrested
McCays brother, Alan, for viola
tion of a fisheries regulation in
the Port Houghton district. Alan
McCay was fined $1,000 and four
crewmen on his boat were fined
$500 each on their plea of guilty
after being arrested by Rudmann.
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