Will Return to
Homeland in Style
““With 72 Relatives
CHICAGO, UR — Ragnor Ben
' son, who as a teenage boy from
Sweden started working in 1915
for 35 a week, plans to return to
his homeland in style and with
plenty of company.
Benson, now a wealthy Chicago
contractor, has chartered a Scan
dinavian Airlines plane and will
take 72 relatives with him on the
trip of some 9,000 miles. It will
cost him an estimated $40,000.
The 56-year-old contractor, who
. is proud of his American citizen
ship, will take a letter of greeting
from Mayor Richard J. Daley to
the Mayor of Malmo, one of Swe
den’s principal cities, which is
about 75 miles from Benson’s
birthplace, Almhult.
The plane is scheduled to leave
Chicago April 14 and return
May 6.
Benson was born on a small
farm, fourth in a family of 10
children, and was impressed toy
three free spending umcles who
returned occasionally to Sweden
from America. He and his sister
were brought to the United States
toy an uncle in 1911.
4TH GRADERS ENTERTAIN
Friday, Washington’s birthday,
Mrs. Samuels’ 4th grade class en
tertained their mothers at school.
The program consisted of musical
numbers, puppet plays and some
class demonstrations. The puppets
as well as the plays given were
made by the childrne. Refresh
ments were served after the pro
gram to about 15 mothers.
A. F. Says New Giant
Cargo Plane Is Only in
‘Development’ Stage
WASHINGTON, UP) — The Air
Force—backing down from a
Feb. 14 announcement — now
says it is “considering the pos
sibility of terminating” the de
velopment of a giant new trans
port, the C-132.
Eight days ago, the Air Force
issued a press release saying it
was building “the giant of the
airways.”
On Tuesday, however, the Air
Force said Douglas Aircraft Co.
has only a “development” con
tract for the cargo carrier and
planned to build two models.
Thus far, it added, one wooden
“mockup” has been built.
The initial statement Feb. 14
said the huge plane would have
a top speed of more than 460
miles per hour, and could carry
a maximum payload of almost
200,000 pounds.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
Refugees Expecting
‘Escape from Siberia,’
Find Yukon Cold Too
WHITEHORSE, Y. T, UP> —
Five Hungarian refugees arrived
in this northern frontier town the
other day — a blacksmith, a civil
engineer and three mechanics.
Harry Boyle, bearded young
publisher of the Whitehorse star,
commented in the near 20-<below
zero cold:
“Presumably when they fled
from Hungary they anticipated
they were escaping Siberia. I’m
not so sure.”
Helpful Aids for Preparing
Income Tax are Offered to
Merchants by Government
Pacific Northwest Businessmen:
Do you know how to prepare your
1956 Federal Income Tax Return?
The government has issued a
new booklet, “Tax Guide for
Small Business,” to provide an
swers to tax questions and prob
lems common to most small busi
nesses. It deals with the Federal
income, employment, and excise
tax problems of corporations,
partnerships, and sole proprietor
ships, and covers the operation of
a going business, the establish
ment of a new business, and the
liquidation and sale of a busi
ness. This 128 page booklet in
cludes a Check List and Tax Cal
endar for 1957.
Another, “Bulletin F—Tables
of Useful Lives of Depreciable
Property,” is helpful to business
men in determining amount of de
ductions for depreciation and ob
solescence in figuring their in
come tax.
A new 1956 edition of “Your I
Federal Income Tax” has been I
issued giving the latest informa-1
tion for the guidance of individual i
taxpayers.
These three booklets are avail
able from the U. S. Department of \
Commerce Field Office at 809 j
Federal Office Building in;
Seattle. Price of each booklet is1
30 cents.
F/range Puss in Ceiling
Gives Nocturnal Serenade
MONROE, La., UP) — There’s
been very little sleep for the Cliff
Ferguson family since a contrac
tor added a room 19 days ago and
unwittingly closed a strange cat
in the ceiling.
The cat sleeps during the day,
meows during the night and
shows no inclination to leave.
“It’s about to drive me crazy,”
said Mrs. Ferguson.
After days of hoping the cat
would find its way out, the Fer
gusons chopped a hole in the
ceiling but the cat refuses to
emerge. His vanishing act has
paid off in a “salmon-milk flat,”
which has become his nightly
fare.
Mrs. Ferguson said the four
little Fergusons are eager to have
the cat for a pet.
Monday |ii:00—Bob Crosby Wednesday
11:15—Latin Americana |
5:30—Music for Dining 111:30—Make Up Your Mind 6:53—Sign On
6:00—News 11:45—Masters of Melody 7:oo—News
6:15—Sports Caravan j 12:00—News 7:15—Weadier Roundup
6:30—Revenuers’Romp 12:15—Behind the Story „. . oh)l,_
7:30—Conversation 12:30-P!atter Parade 7.13—Rise & Shine
8:00—Music fr. America 1:00—Hillbilly Jamboree 8:la—Morning Devotions
8:30—People Arfe Funny 2:00—Matinee 8:30—Breakfast Club
9:00—Rocky Fortune | 2:30—Music a la Carte 9:00—Coffee Concert
9:30—FBI in Peace & War | 4:00—Fred Waring 10:00—Turn Back the Clock
10:00—One Night Stand 4:15—Dinah Shore in-in_u- ,n a Star
10:30—Martin Block 4:30—One Man’s Family ™ .
11:00—News 4:45—Bing Crosby ltCX ^ ‘y
11:15—Musical Express 5:00—Marines In Review 11:00—Bob Crosby
11:30—Land of Dreams 5:30—Music for Dining 111:15—Swin . ng thru Dixie
12:00—Mr. Midnight 6:00—News 11:30—Make Up .Your Mind
1:00—Sign Off 6:15 Sports Caravan 11:45—Mas’ers of Melody
_ 6:30—Revenuers’ Romp :72:00 News
Tuesday I ^lS-Behind the Story
-.to ojn, on 8:30—The Honeymooners ; 12:30—P:a er Parade
J-Sews | 9:00—Gunsmoke ! 1:00—Hillbiliy Jamboree
n'. ig_Weather Roundup . 9:30—Indictment 2:00—Matinee
7ljg_Rise & Shine 10:00—One Night Stand 2:30—Music a la Carte
8:15—Morning Devotions '10:30—Martin Block 4:00—Fred Waring
o:^Zr^^ncert ill: 15—A6Joy Forever 4:15—Frank Sinatra
IHil™
10:45—Rex Koury 1 1.00—sign on
Wilson, Guest at
;Nat. Guard Dinner,
i Apologetic for Slur
PHILADELPHIA, UPt — Secre
tary of Defense Charles E. Wil
son, sticking to his guns on the
six months training program for
the National Guard, last night
carried his argument into the
opposing camp.
He was the honor guest at a
dinner of the Philadelphia City
Troop, one of the oldest Guard
units in the nation. The blunt,
white-haired Defense chief stirred
a storm of comment last, month
when he remarked that some
young men joined the Guard to
avoid the draft during the Korean
War.
Wilson, in an interview before
his talk at the dinner, said he did
not come to Philadelphia to apol
ogize for his remarks about the
Guard. He declared he came here
at the special invitation of Maj.
Gen. Anthony J. Drezel Biddle,
Pennsylvania’s adjutant general,
who has given his support to the
Army-Wilson six months active
duty plan. Numerous National
Guard leaders favor only an 11
week program.
In his talk at the Philadelphia
Guard unit’s armory, Wilson de
parted from his prepared text
and said he was “highly apolo
getic” for his 'comment on the
Guard. That reference drew a
burst of applause.
Nome High Team
Goes to Fairbanks
For Tourney Play
The Nome High School basket
ball team will be leaving for
Fairbanks on Tuesday for the an
nual Western Alaska High School
Activities Association Basketball
Tournament, which will be held
Feb. 28th, March 1st and 2d. The
players, leaving with coach Bill
Ullrich and manager Peter Bar-!
ber, are George Kost, Charles W.
Fagerstom, Jacob Titus, Vernon
Carlson, Stanley Senungetuk, Jo
seph Senungetuk, Paul Glavino
vich, Charles Snyder, Charles P.
Fagerstrom and Aaron Bell.
The first scheduled game for
the Nanooks will be with the
Eielson Air Force Base High
School team on Thursday, Feb.
28th. Other Class B schools in
Nome’s division are Valdez, Wa
silla, Cordova and Ft. Greely.
High School girls accompany
ing the team are Arlene and Jan
et Muller, Susanne Fagerstrom,
Bunny Doyle and Mary Jo Swan
berg.
Giant Gold Nugget Found
In Eastern Siberia Mine
MOSCOW, OP) — Moscow news
papers said last week a gold nug
get weighing nearly 23 pounds has
been found at the Bodiabo Mines
in the Irkutsk region of Eastern
Siberia. It was one of the largest
ever turned up at Bodiabo. The
papers said a nugget weighing
more than 31 pounds was found
j in the Ural Mountains region in
1936.
Alaska Tax Collector Jobs
Open to Qualified Men
Internal Revenue Service has
vacancies for Tax Collectors in
i Alaska (men only). Beginning sal
ary is $5,440 a year (plus 25%
cost of living allowance). Appli
cants must have five years of ex
perience in the following general
fields: collections, accounting, le
gal, business management.
Additional information may be
obtained at the office of Internal
Revenue Service, Room 409, 905
Second Avenue Building, Seattle.
Applications should be ad
dressed to Chief, Personnel
Branch, Internal Revenue Serv
ice, 905 Second Avenue Building,
• Seattle 4, Washington.
N. Y. Dock Strikers Return
To Heavy Backloads from
Ten-Day Work Stoppage
NEW YORK, U¥) — Dock men
went 'back to work late last week
on piers in New York and other
Northeastern Seaboard ports, end
ing a costly 10-day strike.
Signals summoning longshore
gangs sounded at 7:55 a. m. and
a few minutes later the docks
buzzed with activity once more.
A huge backlog of cargo means
plenty of work ahead.
The scene was repeated else
where along the coast from Maine
to Virginia following the signing
of new contracts between em
ployers and the 45,000 members of
the International Longshoremen’s
Assn., who load and unload ship
cargoes in the ports. '
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QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
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