You May Be Entitled
To Refund on Your
Employment Security Tax
; JUNEATJ—Alaska workers may
be entitled to a refund of part or
*11 of contributions which they |
blade during 1955 to the Alaska
Employment Security Commis
sion, according to A. A. Hedges,
feting executive director.
Those determined eligible will
fall into two main groups. First
fire those who worked for two or
more employers during 1955 and
earned more than $3,600 total
wages. Since only the first $3,600
is taxable, and the maximum tax
amounts to $18 (Vfe of 1 percent of
$3 ,600) an employee would be el
igible to claim refund for the
amount in excess of $18 deducted
from his wages during 1955.
The second group eligible to
claim a refund consists fo those
who have earned less than $450
but at least $200 during 1955. The
amount refundable to any indi
vidual in this group will range
from $1 to $2.25.
Refunds will be paid, Hedges
stated, upon proper presentation
of claims to the Commission.
Claims forms may be obtained
from Territorial Employment
Service offices at Anchorage,
Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Petersburg
and Juneau, or by writing to the
! Commission’s main office at Box
| 2661, Juneau.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, ot Commerce Weather Bures'
Clear apd continued cold with
northerly winds and gusts of 20
to 3tt mph.. Low temperature ex
pected tonight -18, high tomor
row -7.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
-8, lowest -14. Max. wind 42 mph
from the north. Sunrise at 9:26
a.m., sunset at 3:00 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 25, low 18. Extremes this
date since 1907: highest 36 in
1931, lowest -32 in 1934.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: K. Dahl, M.
Emery, F. Morris, J. Walker, D.
Satuck, K. Wiess, Charles Sam
uels, L. Nicholson, E. Campbell,
Calkins, D. Porter, Vahl, W. T.
Dills, Smather, M. C. Tyndall, C.
Kappell, Widman, W. Johnson, R.
Morgan, H. Coonfield.
To Anchorage: Maurice Kelli
her, Dick Ball, Lenore Ball, Sfc.
Franklin Luce, Richard A. Swain.
New Books Available
Now at KK Library
New books at the KK Library
are now on the shelves. They are:
The Bounty Lands, by William
Donohue Ellis; North, Kaare Ro
dahl; Now We Are Free, Mar
guerite Allis; Who Walk Alone,
Perry Burgess; Vinland The
Good, Nevil Shute; The Picnic at
Sakkara, P. H. Newby; To Keep
Us Free, Marguerite Allis; The
Missouri Traveler, John Burress;
The Shape of Sunday (biography
of Lloyd C. Douglas), by Virginia
Douglas Dawson and Betty Doug
las Wilson, Lloyd Douglas’ daugh
ters; Stranger in Angel Town,
Nancy Lester.
Gambler Will Sue For Return
Of 406 Confiscated Loaded Dice
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP) — A
convicted gambler yesterday filed
suit against Oklahoma City police
chief Roy Bergman to recover
406 dice seized in a raid by of
ficers.
Harold Loving filed the suit
in Justice of Peace court. He was
fined $40 the day after the raid
in which officers took the dice,
which they say are loaded.
Bergman estimates the dice are
worth at least $1,000, but says he
doesn’t intend to give them up.
Douglas Test Pilot Killed
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., OP —
Douglas Aircraft Corp. test pilot
Charles H. Kesler, 35, was killed
yesterday when his F4D Skyray
crashed while attempting an em
ergency tending at the naval air
station here.
The Navy jet interceptor was
on production test flight when it
developed trouble over the ocean.
One of the busiest persons in
Ketchikan these days is Mrs.
Tommy Givan, manager of the
Sear Roebuck Store which is mov
ing to larger quarters on Feb. 1.
When Mrs. Givan started her
work there five years ago she had
three girls as aides. Now the firm
employs nine girls, and three men
and has an enviable sales record
increase.
REVERIE
By Vera C. Siegwart
When you’re dissatisfied with
others—
Take your mirror from the shelf;
A bit of quiet reflection may
prove
You’re only dissatisfied with
yourself.
The joker has been the only in
novation in playing cards in cen
turies.
SCORCHY SMITH
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HALF ACRE CASTLE
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Airliner Lands OK
Despite Failure of
Electrical System
NEW YORK, Iff) — An airline
pilot, flying through snow and
fog without radio or navigating
instruments, brought his plane
with 24 persons aboard to a two
hour-late but safe landing at La
Guardia Field last night.
Pilot Robert Francis, 37, had
only a compass to guide him and
a flashlight to see it on a flight
from Boston.
Behind him in the darkened
cabin his passengers sat through
the frightful ordeal in prayerful
quiet. There was no panic.
The electrical system of the
twin - engine Northeast Airlines
Convair failed about seven min
utes after it left Boston at 4:56
p.m. The plane was plunged in
darkness and there was no way
for it to contact ground stations
or receive guiding signals.
Francis, a flier for nearly 20
years, watched the compass by
the light of his copilot's flash
light. He landed with less than
an hour’s gasoline supply at 8:12
p.m., 2 hours and 22 minutes late.
Alaska Would Get
$716,000 for Construction
Of Schools in Program
WASHINGTON, iff)—A 1 a s k a
would receive a total of $716,000
in combined federal - territory
funds under the school construc
tion program outlined by Presi
dent Eisenhower in his budget
message Monday.
The Department of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare said Alaska
would receive $358,000 in federal
funds and $358,000 in matching
territory funds.
Hawaii would receive $1,196,
000, divided equally between the
federal government and the terri
tory.
Search Resumes For
Kodiak Plane Missing
With Five Passengers
KODIAK, (ff) — Navy fliers re
sumed search yesterday for five
persons missing since Monday in
a Kodiak Airways plane last
heard from when it reported a
disabled engine 200 miles south
west of here. •
The fliers were turned back
Monday when a snow storm re
duced visibility to practically
zero. A Monday search was in
terrupted after five hours by 60
to 80 mile wind and low viilbility.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
George Bayer, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Sec.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
DR. FRED M. LANGSAM, Pres.
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Harry A. Lewis. W.M.
Norvln W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month