THE NOME NUGGET
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PROBLEMS OF UNIFICATION
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GERMANY
. . . WHERE HONOR IS DUE
Bronze busts of F. W. Woolworth, Marshall Field,
John P. Wanamaker and George Huntington Hartford
were unveiled in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart the other
day, hailing these men as the nation’s outstanding
“store-keepers,” and the first to be memorialized in the
newly-dedicated “Merchants of America Hall of Fame.”
The winners of this posthumous honor were select
ed by America’s top marketing authorities and business
and financial analysists from a panel of ten nominees,
which in turn, had been chosen by today’s best-known
merchandising executives.
We doubt that anyone will quibble at the electors’
choice, since the lasting significance of this new Hall
of Fame is to remind us of the vital work that every
sincere merchant everywhere has done, and is doing,
in building and maintaining this nation’s economic
leadership. And we should be grateful indeed to the
Merchandise Mart, which has nothing to sell but our
American free enterprise system, for turning the spot
light on some long-neglected truths.
We have accepted mass production as the peculiar
ly American miracle that has lifted our living stand
ards above all others . . . and now, at long last, we
stop to realize that it was our store-keepers who kept
it going by selling these tremendous volumes of all
manner of goods ... by policing the quality of these,
goods ... by continually introducing us to new and
better things ... by developing and maintaining honest
and fair merchandising practices, so that Americans
may shop without haggling, and merchants need not
bite the coin ... as is still done in older countries!
And as we honor the names of Woolworth and
Field and Wanamaker and Hartford, we see them as
symbols of high-minded public service that is exem
plified today by men we all know—in our own com
munity. '
AUTHOR OF THE WEEK
By W. G. ROGERS
Sally Carrighar travels and
•writes: After long stays in the
Sierra Nevadas came "One Day on
Beetle Rock;" from Jackson Hole,
Wyo., came "One Day at Teton
Marsh;" and now after living in
Alaska, she has written "Icebound
Summer." She made her home in
village of Unalakleet, hunted seals
and whales with the Eskimos, and
journeyed by dogsled to their in
land traplines. She says she flew
more than 4,000 miles by bush
plane to get the information she
needed for a couple of chapters
about lemmings. Miss Carrighar
has had a Guggenheim, and for
mal assistance from government
agencies. Alaska is going to be
her home, she says, until it has
provided her with a couple more
books.
President Believes
Korea Truce Near
Despite New Raids
WASHINGTON, UP) — President
Eisenhower reportedly told Con
gressional leaders Tuesday he be
lieves a truce is near in Korea
despite the massive new attacks
by the Communists.
The leaders, meeting in their
regular weekly White House ses
sion with the President, were
briefed on the situation in Korea,
including the successful negotia
tions for an agreement with
South Korean President Syngman
Rhee.
Eisenhower was described by
some of those who attended as
optimistic about the chances for a
truce with the Communists. These
informants asked not to be quoted
by name.
The President and military
leaders were reported to regard
the newest Communist offensive,
directed at areas held by South
COURT RULES AGAINST
UNION IN FIGHT OVER
"ILLEGAL" 1948 STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO, — The
j International Longshoremen’s and
Warehousemen’s Union lost an
other round Monday in its fight
j to escape payment of $750,000
damages to the Juneau Spruce
Corp. of Alaska.
The Federal District Court of
Appeals upheld the Marin County
Superior Court which directed the
ILWU to pay. Alaska courts also
so ruled.
The corporation sued the union
in April 1949, for $1,025,000
charging the ILWU struck the
company unfairly in April, 1948,
in an attempt to organize work
ers and for the right to load
barges.
Korean troops, as designed pri
marily to straighten ont a bulge
made in their lines by a 1951
Allied offensive.
The President’s optimism ap
parently was shared by members
of Congress who made it clear
they expect a truce soon.
DID YOU KNOW?
That if a person marries, after
making a will, and then dies, the
will is deemed in-operative or re
voked as to the surviving husband
or wife, unless an agreement to
the contrary is made in writing.
No evidence to rebut the revoca
tion of the will can be received in
court, except the ante-nuptial
agreement.
In this case, the surviving hus
band or wife is entitled the same
rights (intestate share in the es
tate) as if there had been no will.
DID YOU KNOW?
That if a will is found torn to
pieces, among the testator’s pa
pers, after his death, there is a
presumption that it was torn by
the testator with intent to revoke
it.
Moral: Don’t leave your will
lying around where someone can
tear it up!
DID YOU KNOW?
That more laws are made by the
courts than by the legislatures.
For every statutory law passed
by legislatures, the courts make
many, many interpretations. These
interpretations, when' applied to
a particular set of facts or a cer
tified question of law, make up
what lawyers refer to as “Case
Law.”
DID YOU KNOW?
\ That your wife may receive
only Vi of your estate or less—if
you die without a will and leave
a child or children surviving! This
is the law in mahy jurisdictions.
DO YOU KNOW;
In computing your personal fed
eral income tax, when may you be
considered the “head of a house
hold” in order to claim the exem
tion or rates as such?
(The answer will be found else
where in this issue.)
DO YOU KNOW?
When is hearsay admissable in
evidence? — and for what reason
it is admissable?
The Answer will be found in
next week’s column!
THE LAW IS A COMPLICATED THING!
THIS IS THE LAW in many areas or
jurisdictions. These items are not inten
ded to give you a complete answer to
your legal problems. Every case must
stand alone. CONSULT YOUR OWN AT
TORNEY for the answers to any ques
tions you may have.
Copyright 1953 Steuben Syndicate
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Mexico’s easternmost point is
slightly east of Chicago.
Tax Collections In
Alaska Show Gains
Governor Reveals
JUNEAU — Tax collections by
the Territorial Department of
Taxation during the first s i x
months of 1953 total more than
nine million dollars and top last
year’s take over the same period.
Figures have been released by
Gov. B. Frank Heintzleman who
recently returned from a visit to
Nome and Northwestern Alaska.
Tax collections by the Territor
ial Dept, of Taxation amounted to
$9,310,004.50 for the first half of
1953, the governor announced.
Collections for the six-month per
iod were reported to the Gover
nor’s office by R. D. Stevenson,
acting tax commissioner.
Tax collections by judicial div
isions for the first six months of
the three years were:
First Division: 1951, $2,384,110;
1952, $2,443,131; 1953, $2,519,055.
Second Division: 1951, $133,024;
1952, $132,487; 1953, $120,583.
Third Division: 1951, $3,651,126;
1952, $4,640,547; 1953, $4,827,122.
Fourth Division: 1951, $1,110,
929; 1952, $1,726,835; 1953, $1,
663,231.
Biggest single producer of Ter
ritorial revenue during the first
half of the year was the Alaska
Net Income Tax, which brought
in $3,127,595.29. The commercial
fisheries, including the raw fish
tax, fishermen’s licenses and gear
taxes, paid $2,207,418.53 into the
Territorial treasury during the six
months.
Other major sources of revenue
were: Business license tax, $1,
268,435.82; liquor excise tax,
$709,518.64; automobile registra
tions, $531,779; motor fuel oil tax,
$48,515.67; tobacco- tax, $360,113;
school tax, $125,285; drivers’ li
censes, $109,033.25, and mines and
mining, $104,114.84.
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