THE NOME NUGGET
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Alaska Unemployment in December
Reached 7,709—1,750 Over 1956
JUNE AU—Unemployment in I
Alaska reached a high of 7,700
for the winter season last month,
the Alaska Employment Security
Commission’s monthly publication
“Alaska Labor Market Report”
said in its Jan. 2 issue.
This compares with 6,450 in
November and 5,950 in Decem
ber a year ago. Construction
■craftsmen and other outdoor
workmen were largely responsi
ble for the sharp uptrend in the
number of unemployed persons
an December.
The bulk of the canning and
fishery workers who became un
employed around Oct. 1 were still
unemployed in December and,
thus, tended to keep the unem
ployed total high.
The rush of the Christmas buy
ing season was noticeable in the
larger Alaska cities, but the an
ticipated uptrend was not as
great as that of last year.
The number of net in-migrants
to Alaskan cities has dropped off
noticeably, but the number of
mail inquiries relative to employ
AIa«ka’s Governor
In Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, UPV—Alaska’s
Gov. Mike Stepovich began a
round of conferences yesterday
with Interior Department officials
on territorial problems.
In the nation’s capital primari
ly in connection with budget re
quests sent to Congress earlier
this week, he said he plans also
to look into reported proposals to
reorganize the Fish & Wildlife
Service’s Alaskan program.
Stepovich, who plans to be here
10 days or two weeks, said he
has a tentative appointment to
appear Monday before the House
Appropriations Committee.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
ment in Alaska have continued.
Weather influences, combined
with a definite lack of demand
for workers were the main causes
for this decline. The sharp in
crease in the number of housing
vacancies in our cities tends to
substantiate this fact, the report
stated.
A moderate decline in employ
ment in the territory may be ex
pected in January due partly to
slackened activity in the post
Christmas buying season.
The possibility of an uptrend
in construction employment is not
assured at this time. There has
been no confirmation from offi
cial sources of any large projects
planned for the territory other
than the atomic energy plant near
Fort Greely.
A few other jobs are in the
making. At present, the construc
tion of the pulp mill at Sitka in
the Juneau area is the only bright
spot on the construction horizon.
Experienced workers for this
project are in ample supply local
ly.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
Tax Reduction
Might .Boost
Sagging Economy
WASHINGTON, (JV-Secretary
of the Treasury Anderson yester
day left the door open for a possi
ble tax reduction if other mea
sures fail to get the U.S. economy
to moving upward.
“I do not believe the balance is
now on the side of reducing tax
es,” Anderson said, but added he
could conceive of situations in
which “we might very appropri
ately want to consider” a tax cut.
His opinion, Anderson said, is
that the nation now has the “basic
ingredients” for an early economic
readjustment and a resurgence of
business growth.
But if economic expectations
should prove to be in error, he
said, “then we should have to
take into consideration whatever
measures are necessary” to stim
ulate business activity.
In his formal recommendation
to the House Ways & Means Com
mittee, Anderson specifically re
quested another year’s operation
of present excise tax rates on j
liquor, cigarets and automobiles, j
New Television Series
“Saga of Andy Burnett”
Will Start Here Sunday
In the fighting tradition of
“Davy Crockett,” Disneyland
will present “The Saga of Andy
Burnett” starting Sunday, Jan.
19 at 7 p.m. on KNOM-TV.
Starring Jerome Courtland in
the title role of a high-spirited
young frontiersman and Jeff
York as his rough - and - tumble
partner, Joe Crane, the “Andy
Burnett” series is an epic story
of pioneer adventure, recording
the daring exploits of the fab
ulous Kentucky mountain men
who led the country’s westward
expansion in the early 1800’s. It
will be told in six installements,
the second an 1 third on Jan. 26
and Feb. 2 and the final three on
consecutive Sundays later in the
season.
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SANITARY
SERVICE
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For Dependable
Pickup
Unemployment in
Canada Worst
Since Depression
TORONTO, UP) —Unemployment
in Canada is at its worst since the
hungry depression years. But the
government’s labor chief says it
may be leveling off.
There were indications the roll
of jobless has more than doubled
since mid-November. There are
no official figures but the best
estimates put the number out of
work at about 625,000. •
The Salvation Army and other
welfare organizations report in
creases in the number of requests
for aid. Mission houses are full in
many cities. The lines are longer
at the employment offices.
Many officials say a slowdown
in building construction is the
main cause of the wave of unem
ployment. The construction in
dustry has been hit by credit re
strictions.
Some officials say the increase
in the number of immigrants in
1957 added to the unemployment
woes. i.ast year 280,000 came to
| Canada from abroad.
Makes $500 Robbery
A $21,000 Job
‘To Impress the Girls’
CHICAGO, UP)—1Willie Lewis is
a 52-year-old glass blower who
likes to “impress the girls” and
“see my name in the papers.”
That’s why he inflated a $500
robbery into an eyebrow-lifting
$21,000 job, he told police.
Lewis, a Negro, had reported
two men forced their way into his
South Side apartment, slashed
open his money satchel and es
caped with $21,000 he had hidden
because he didn’t trust banks.
He said he won the money gam
bling in the Army in 1945, but
under questioning said he had ac
tually saved only >$500—by selling
lunches to fellow workers at the
plant where he is employed.
“I like publicity,” was his only
explanation. “I like to see my
name in the papers.”
STOVE and STACK
CLEANING
USED HEATERS AND
COOK STOVES FOR SALE
CALL TOM TUNGEWENUK
PHONE WHITE 193
THE HIGH COST OF SURVIVAL
How March of Dimes Funds Were Spent
for Polio Patients in 1957
Lest we forget—Thousands of Americans have survived paralytic polio
—but with heartbreaking disabilities. To help them in their fight for
something better than mere survival is the aim of the March of Dimes.
ATLAS
WEATHERGARD
f - Tires on your car bite into
*heavy snow and mud to get
you through—yet run quieter on
cleared pavement. Deep long-lasting
tread. Drive in for a demonstration.
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