One of the newest, most exciting automobiles to appear on the American motoring scene in recent
years is the glamorous 1956 Dodge Four-Door Lancer hardtop. All of the youth and vigor of true hardtop
styling has been skillfully combined with the comfort and convenience of the four-door sedan. While the
car shown above is in the Custom Royal series, the same body style is being offered in the lower priced
Royal and Coronet series. * '
U.S. Tax Commissioner
T. Coleman Andrews
Confirms Report He’ll Quit
RICHMOND, Va., OP)—T. Cole
man Andrews Saturday confirmed
the widespread reports he is quit
ting as commissioner of internal
revenue.
The 56-vear-old Virginia Dem
ocrat, who took the top tax collect
or post in the Eisenhower Admin
istration in 1953 when the revenue
service was under criticism for
lsxness and favoritism, said he
felt the Washington job he under
took has now been completed.
“I would have preferred to wait
for the President’s announce
ment,” Andrews told newsmen
here in his home city, “but the
report has become so widespread
that I am harrassed and embar
rassed at every turn. I have been
pulled off planes, my phone keeps
ringing—and with some reluc
tance I must confirm the reports.”
Andrews will leave the Wash
ington job to become chairman of
the board and chief executive of
ficer of the American Fidelity and
Casualty Co., the Richmond firm
that is the world’s largest insurer
of trucks.
Alaska Airlines’ Protest
Over Pan Am Fare Cut
Dismissed by CAB
WASHINGTON, <d>>—The Civil
Aeronautics Board Friday dis
missed a complaint of Alaska Air
lines against a proposal by Pan
American World Airways to re
duce the round-trip fare between
Seattle and Nome.
“The complaint does not state
facts which warrant suspension,
investigation, or other action on
its part,” the CAB said.
Pan American proposed to re
duce the Seattle-Nome round-trip
fare from $230 to $207, effective
October 16.
Alaska Airlines asked the pro
posed fare be suspended and in
vestigated.
Other Far North tround-trip
fare reductions, averaging 10 per
cent, which Pan American pro
posed to put into effect Sunday
include:
Seattle-White Horse, B.C., re
duced from $142.40 to $131.40;
Seattle-Juneau, from $110 to $99;
Seattle-Ketchikan, cut from $91.80
to $86.40; Seattle-Annette Island,
from $82.80 to $77.40.
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Judge Hodge Moves
Libel Suit Against
Empire to Ketchikan
JUNEAU—Judge Walter H.
Hodge, acting to protect against
what he called the possibility of
newspaper prejudice influencing
the jury, last week granted a mo
tion by the plaintiffs in the libel
suit against the Empire Printing
Co. that the case be heard outside
of Juneau.
Judge Hodge set the trial for
hearing at Ketchikan Nov. 14.
Motion for change of venue was
made by Plaintiffs’ Attorney Buell
Nesbitt of Anchorage, who cited
an editor’s note which appeared
in the Empire Sept. 12 as grounds
for doubts that “we could get an
impartial jury” to hear the case
in Juneau.
Nesbitt represents three former
high territorial officials who al
lege they were libeled in a news
story in the Empire three years
ago which dealt with the opera
tion of the Chilkoot ferry. Plain
tiffs are former Gov. Ernest
Gruening, former Highway Engi
neer Frank Metcalf, and former
treasurer Henry Roden.
They are asking $100,000 pun
itive damages and $100,000 ex
emplary damages. The case was
consolidated earlier and set for
hearing Oct. 24 in the trial calen
dar of the present term of court.
Alfalfa is probably a Spanish
version of the Arabian word
alfacfacah, which means the best
sort of fodder.
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Territorial Tax Collection ;
Down 1 Percent From
1954 Fiscal Year
JUNEAU—Territorial tax col
lections for the 12-month period
ending June 30, 1955 amounted to
$15,723,694, according to a report
of the Alaska Legislative Council.
This amount represents approx
imately a one percent decrease
from 1954 fiscal year collections
of $15,880,830. Figures released
Aug. 26, 1955 by the U.S. Census
Bureau indicate that state tax col
lections increased 4.5 percent in
the same period. *
State collections in 1955 showed
increases over 1954 collections in
41 states, while the remaining
seven reported decreases.
Total 1955 tax collections in in
dividual states ranged from $1.3
billion in California to $20 million
in Nevada.
Per capita Alaska territorial tax
collections were $75.59 in 1955,
showing slight decrease from the
$77.47 per capita collections of
1954. Average state taxes per
capita increased from $70.31 to
$72.25 during the same period.
In 1954 14 states had higher
per capita tax collections than Al
aska. In 1955 17 states had higher
per capita tax collections.
Ronald Gillis, 77, Dies
At Pioneers Home
SITKA, (#V—Ronald Gillis, 77,
a resident of Alaska since 1904,
died last week at the Pioneers
Home, where he had resided since
1953.
Born Sept. 12, 1878,-in east No
va Scotia, he prospected in the
Fairbanks and Nome areas until
1918, when he moved to Kodiak
and became a fisherman.
He was a brother of R. L. Gillis
of Candle who died earlier this
year in Vancouver, Wash.
Beta Sigma Phi Holds
Annual Preferential Tea
The annual Beta Sigma Phi
Preferential Tea was held Oct. 16
at the home of Vice President
Nancy Goodrich. The table was
decorated with the traditional
yellow roses and 25 silver candles
representing the 25th year since
the founding pf the Beta Sigma
Phi by Walter W. Ross. .....
Anita Mays assisted with the
pouring as both tea and coffee
were served with dainty sand
wiches and cookies.
Rosalynd Wood was a guest.
In spite of the threatening atti
tude of King Winter, the cheerful
atmosphere inside contributed'to
an enjoyable afternoon for allv "
The last regular meeting of the
Beta Sigma Phi was held Oct. 6
at the home of Marilyn Asbridge.
Virginia Brown and Christine
Carpenter were guests. The meet
ing was called to order by Presi
dent Mary Honsberger.
During the meeting a recording
was played that had been made
by the founder, Walter W. RoSs.
Betty Gustafson told of her
lovely trip to Anchorage last
summer, as a delegate to the con
vention which was the first ever
held in Alaska.
Because Louise Gooch was un
able to attend, her assignment on
the chapter’s activities for the past
year, was read by Ellen Wald
heim.
After the meeting, a party ar
ranged by Anita Mays was en
joyed by all, especially the char
ades where many won prizes.
Jerry Kalake and family, who
have been here all summer, left •
for Teller Mission, where they
plan to spend the winter. Kalake
has been working for the U.S.
Smelting Co. this summer.
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