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NEWS LETTER
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett* Delegate to Congress from Alaska
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Barrow Post Office
The Civil Service Commission
called for applications this week
to fill the permanent position of
postmaster at Barrow.
Applications are to be submitted
to the secretary of the Board of
Civil Service Examiners at Ju
neau by May 31. The office is
third class and pays an annual
salary of $3,400.
* Commissioner Fees
United States commissioners in
Alaska would be allowed to re
t a i n as annual compensation
$7,500 in net fees instead of the
present $5,000 ceiling under Dele
gate Bartlett’s bill approved this
week by the Subcommittee on
Territories.
The bill, which will be reported
favorably to the full House In
terior and Insular Affairs Com
mittee, amends a law passed in
1948 which raised the limit from
$3,000 to $5,000. In 1951 the Ju
dicial conference adopted a re
commendation to raise the limit
to $7,500 on the net fees which
commissioners in the territory
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce met
in regular session Tuesday noon
at the Board of Trade Firelite
room with president Galvin pre
siding.
A. Polet, chairman of the tour
ist committee, urged all to at
tend the special committee meet
ing scheduled in the evening.
The Alaska Public Works pro
gram was discussed at some
length with special emphasis on
what Fairbanks and Anchorage
are doing. It was announced that
publicity alone for the various
projects in Fairbanks have cost
the individual members of the
Chamber over $15,000. In order
.that Nome may plan to partake
in federal aid for much-needed
civic projects, the Chamber’s De
velopment Board were directed to
activate themselves and present
their program to the City Coun
cil.
Rev. R. Treat expressed appre
ciation to the members of the
Chamber for their participation in
the Red Cross drive.
Guests o*f the Chamber were
Charles Featherstone of the edu
cational department of the ANS,
who is on a routine inspection of
schools; and Louis Huber, feature
writer for Christian Science Mon
itor and other publications. He
stated he has been in Alaska
since 1930 and tries to write about
Alaska as Alaskans see it.
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may retain.
At the present time the bill if
enacted would affect seven United
States Commissioners in Alaska
who collect fees in excess of
$5,000.
Justice, Commerce and
Judiciary Appropriations
The House Appropriations Com
mittee approved funds providing
for 25 additional deputy marshals
in Alaska when it reported the
State, Justice, Commerce, Judici
ary appropriations bill for 1953
last week to the House.
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The same appropriation bill also
contains $12,885,519 for the activ
ities of the Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration in Alaska, including
$11,230,264 for salaries and ex
penses, $1,070,000 for air naviga
tion facilities, $435,000 for the op
eration of the Anchorage and
Fairbanks airports and $150,256
for the federal-aid airport pro
gram. The operation funds for
the two airports were reduced
$35,000 by the committee from the
budget request of $470,000.
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Communists Ready
To Swap Russia
For Airfield Repairs
MUNSAN, Korea, {JP) — Com
munist negotiators hinted Tues
day they are ready to give in on
Russia as a “neutral nation” to
help supervise a Korean truce if
the Allies would permit the Reds
to repair their airfields.
The hint was indirect. It was
so broad it might have been over
looked if Communist newsmen
had not previously said the Reds
were ready to make such a trade.
Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman
of the U.S. joint chief of staff,
speaking in Macon, Ga., denoun
ced as absurd the Red demand
Soviet Russia help police an arm
istice.
“We have been meeting Soviet
equipment on the ground and in
the air for more than 20 months,”
General Bradley said. “If the So
viets had not provided modern
equipment, the war in Korea
would never have been passible.”
U. S. Minesweeper Has
Close Call with Artillery
SEOUL, Korea, UP)—Red artil
lery shells splashed all around the
American minesweeper Endicott
when she swept into Chongjin
harbor, 70 miles from Soviet Rus
sia, the Navy reported Tuesday.
Shore batteries fired 75 rounds
of 120 millimeter shells at the
converted destroyer, the Navy
said, and the Endicott was “strad
dled many times” by the shell
bursts.
The Endicott, other U.N. war
ships and planes from the U. S.
aircraft carrier Philippine Sea
opened up on the Red batteries
and silenced them. The Navy’s re
port did not say whether the En
dicott was hit.
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Report of the Financial Condition
of the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
2nd day of April, 1952.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ... 424,676.78
Loans on real estate . 131,804.25
United States bonds and securities . 556,425.00
Other bonds and warrants . 99,593.87
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 25,840.98
Other\real estate owned . 7,526.74
Due from other banks .*. 215,301.47
Checks on other banks and other cash items . 17,866.99
Gold Bullion . 1,614.55
Cash on hand . 122,314.31
Expenses in excess of earnings . 6,375.42
Prepaid insurance . 2,680.84
Other Assets ..'.. 63,238.58
Total ..$ 1,675,259.78
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid . 119,496.33
Demand deposits . 1,107,147.59
Time deposits . 323,615.86
Total .$ 1,675,259.78
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, G. R. Jackson, President of the above named bank do’ solemnly
sw’ear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
G. R. JACKSON, President
(CORRECT ATTEST)
G. R. JACKSON
WILLIAM T. HALEY
Directors
(NOTORIAL SEAL)
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
7th day of April, 1952.
BETTIE ANDERSON
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires April 23, 1955.
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GOOD NEWS
FOR THRIFTY SHOPPERS
INEXPENSIVE
COTTON DRESSES
HAVE JUST BEEN RECEIVED
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(and we do mean Inexpensive)
ALSO
✓
A brand new selection of
CHILDREN’S
DRESSES
AND SWEATERS
(8 to 14)
P.S. We have RUBBER BOOTS now
for Ladies and Children
SHOE PACS
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for Men and Boys
ATTENTION FLOWER LOVERS
On Friday, April 11 we’ll have—
LILIES, RED ROSES
CARNATIONS
GARDINIAS, DAFFODILS
Don’t Miss Seeing—
The New Table Model
* MOTOROLA RADIO
THE RCA 45 RPM
Record Players
THE VM-TRIOMATIC
3-Speed Record Players
(New SIESTA Switch)
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