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MERRY CHRISTMAS SUED
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., UP)
—Merry Christmas has been sued
for divorce in circuit court here.
Mrs. Phyliss Christmas filed
suit Thursday for divorce from
Merry Lawrence Christmas, and
charged he took her automobile a
year ago to go downtown and
never came back.
She said Merry Christmas is
now somewhere in Arkansas.
Letter-Size File Folders For
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NOTICE
DR. E. E. BACH, Anchorage optometrist,
will be in Nome Sept. 27, 28, and 29 to
do eye examinations. For appointment, stop
in or call Polaris Hotel.
Latest styles in frames for glasses will be
available.
Territorial Tax Collections
Are Less Than Last Year
JUNEAU — Territorial tax col
lections for 1954 as of August 31
were $11,186,288.37 according to
figures released by Tax Commis
sioner Karl F. Dewey.
But this sum is $649,575.72 less
than taxes collected by August 31
in 1953, Dewey said.
Explaining the reduction in tax
es received by the territory, the
tax commissioner gave these facts
and figures:
The school tax is down $34,172.38
from last year.
| The tobacco tax is down $24,
366.05.
The liquor tax is down $31,
760.55.
Greatest shortage, however,
comes in fish taxes. Trap licenses
are down $133,200 from last year
and raw fish taxes down $368,
641.05 and account for over $500,
000 of the reduced tax receipts.
“The school tax figure would
indicate that there are about 7,000
less employees in the territory
this year than last year. And
fewer employed people would ac
count for the reduction in tobacco
and liquor taxes received,” Dewey
said.
Bavarian Border Police
Say Captured U.S. Officer
Was on Spy Mission
MARKTREDWITZ, Germany, UP)
—Bavarian border police said
Saturday they believe one of the
two U.S. Army men captured
Friday by Czech frontier guards
was an officer in civilian clothes
on his way behind the iron cur
tain on an espionage mission. The
Army said it wasn’t so.
“The soldier in question was a
lieutenant,” a U.S. Army spokes
man at Heidelberg said. “He was
in civilian clothes. He was not en
route to Czechoslavakia and he
did not carry forged credentials.
The lieutenant was in civilian
clothes because as an interroga
tion officer he must interview
German civilians on this side of
the border.”
The two Americans were “pre
sumably apprehended” by Czech
border guards while on a routine
patrol, the Army said Friday night
in announcing the incident. It
said a third member of the patrol,
who was some distance away at
the time, reported that his two
companions were “taken by sur
prise by the Czech guards who
came from the rear.”
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Flying Object
Startles Romans
ROME, UPi—Startled Romans
who saw a strange cigar-shaped
object streaking over the capital
Friday night flooded newspaper
offices with anxious calls. Radar
operators also reported picking up
the missile on their instruments.
Technicians at Ciampino air
field outside Rome describe the
object as a “half cigar” which ap
peared at one instant to plummet
towards the earth for more than
1,000 feet, then rose at tremendous
speed and finally vanished.
Ciampino officials alerted the
air watch center at Patrica di
Mare near Rome's Ostia Reach.
Observers there said they caught
the object in their radar instru
ments.
Observers at Patrica di Mare
said the object, which they de
scribed as silver-colored on one
side and red on the other, was
traveling in a northwest direction.
Several witnesses said the object
seemed to emit a trail of smoke.
WEATHER FORECAST
Forecast Nome: Continued fair
with light variable winds, mostly
northerly. Lowest temperature
expected tonight 24, highest Tues
day 42.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
13, low 22. Max. wind 18 mph.
from the N. Sunrise 5:38 a.m.,
sunset 6:10 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 48, low 42. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 57 in 1926,
low 19 in 1920.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 31 Light snow
Kotzebue 35 Part cloudy
Wales 34 Part cloudy
Nome 27 Clear
Unalakleet 30 Clear
Bethel 34 Part cloudy
McGrath 31 Clear
Anchorage 42 Cloudy
Fairbanks 30 Clear
Whitehorse 32 Light snow
Edmonton 47 Part cloudy
Juneau 42 Rain
Ketchikan 52 Rain
Seattle 62 Part cloudy
San Francisco 70 Smoke
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NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY NOON
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Jane Perkins
Worthy Matron
Evelyn Branson
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
488 First Ave. West, Nome, Alaska
10 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
John Cooley, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month.