THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
At Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, January 10, 1951
FURS MAY BACKFIRE
(Jessen’s Weekly)
There is irony in the situation of Russian furs shipped
into Seattle from England going into the making of lin
ings for heavy weather clothing for the U. S. Air Force.
Domestic fur producers have fought bitterly against
the importation of Soviet furs that spoiled the market
and forced many of them out of business. Longshoremen
have joined their protests by refusing in many instances
to unload Russian furs at American ports.
So—Russian shippers got around this difficulty by
first sending the furs to a British port where there
seems to be no objection to things Russian, and trans
shipping them from there to the States. The particular
shipment was unloaded from the British freighter Dor
rington Court after being loaded at Manchester, Eng
land. Another shipment of Russian raw fur was expect
edto arrive via Vancouver, B. C.
The furs were consigned to a Seattle firm under gov
ernment contract to supply the Air Force, according to
the report.
Well, if some of those same furs backfire on Russia
as some of the scrap iron we shipped to Japan did prior
to World War II, did on us, nobody will mind. Russian
wolf fur, which predominated in the consignment, is
said to be ideal for lining parkas and other winter gear
because it will not freeze like other furs.
VETERANS MAY LOSE SCHOOL BENEFITS
Veterans, discharged before July 25,1947, must begin
their educational training before July 21st 1951, under
the terms of the present law, which extended to veter
ans the right to go to school after their discharge.
Because most educational institutions begin their sec
ond semester in the next few weeks, the legal require
ment means that veterans must soon get under the wire
in order to be assured of their training benefits. There
are some exceptions to the requirement but they do not
apply to most of the veterans of World War II.
EDUCATORS ENDORSE U. M. T.
For many years, the majority of the educators in the
United States have opposed universal military training
on the grounds that it would “militarize” the country”
and detract from the influence of the public schools.
Not long ago, however, a representative body of
American educators announced support for universal
FLIRTING AGAIN
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Information About
The Alaska
Business License
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ceipts, sales to Federal and Terri
torial Governmental Agencies or
Instrumentalities thereof must be
included in the gross receipts fig
j ure Also, commission agents
I must include in their gross re
ceipts not only their commissions
I earned, but the total sales value of
the consigned goods. Real Estate
Brokers, however, report only the
commissions and fees earned on
| sales and rentals; the same ap
i plies to salesmen and (brokers hav
! ing a business license. They only
' report the gross commissions as
•business receipts unless they sell
stock on hand. Whenever sales
from stock on hand are involved,
the value of the goods so sold
must be reported as gross receipts.
Contractors include in their gross
receipts the entire amount speci
fied in their contracts. Amounts
paid directly or assigned to sub
contractors oan however be de
ducted. The sub-contractor is then
required to pay -the license tax on
the portion of the contract turned
1 over to him. Retailers who do an
occasional wholesale ibusi ness
must include the amount of the
wholesale transaction in their
gross receipts, unless they obtain
a separate Wholesalers License. A
separate Wholesalers License en
ables the retailer, after separating
the wholesale transactions from
his other sales, to list such re
ceipts license tax free, provided
finished products sold to dealers
for resale to consumers are in
volved, and provided the dealer
acquiring such products reports
the sales to consumers among his
gross receipts.
Already a distinction between
retailers and wholesalers licenses
has been made. Separate licenses
are required when two or more
distinctly separate businesses are
operated by an individual or a
firm, as a garage and also a gro
cery store, for instance. On the
other hand, when a meat market,
grocery store, dry goods, etc., are
combined in one establishment,
such multiple operations can be
covered by obtaining a license la
beled General Merchandise. Sim
ilarly, a license obtained for a
roadhouse would cover the cater
ing services, room accommoda
tions, and the selling of such sun
dry items as are usually carried
on the counter Whenever related
businesses are owned and operat
ed by the same person on the
same premises a broad interpreta
tion of the law makes one single
license sufficient.
There is no question about it
that a person regularly engaged in
selling or providing services, re
gardless of the amount of business
done, has to obtain this license for
the privilege df doing business in
the Territory. One -who works as
an employee at his usual wages
and desires to carry on a sideline
in selling or providing services
could possibly get by and not take
out a business license, provided
that sideline does not bring in
more than $100.00 per month
gross. But since -the law also
states that a person regularly en
gaged in the selling of goods or
services is considered to be in
Demo Senators
Plan to Back
Truman’s Policies
WASHINGTON, (/P)—A group
of self-styled Progressive Demo
cratic Senators charted plans
Monday night to back President
Truman’s foreign and domestic
! programs.
The Senators met for more than
! four hours in the apartment of
! Senator Lehman (D.-L.-N. Y.),
but emerged close-mouthed on
their strategy plans.
Several Senators declined to
discuss the meeting, but others
told a reporter that Statehood for
j Alaska and Hawaii was one of the
1 major topics.
These Senators predicted that a
| fresh effort would -be made soon
to get Congress to approve state
hood for the two Territories in
line with the President’s recom
mendations.
In the last session, the House
approved statehood for both of
the American outposts but the
bill died in the Senate after strong
opposition developed from some
southern law-makers.
No formal action was taken at
Monday night’s meeting but Sena
tor Humphrey (D.-Minn.) said
there was strong sentiment to
“back his (the President’s) hand
on both programs ”
It also was learned that the
names of two of the President’s
chief Senate Republican critics—
i Senators Taft of Ohio, and Wherry
| of Nebraska—entered into the dis
| cussion, but no one would dis
close what was said.
Attending the meeting were
Senator Douglas of Illinois, Neely
of West Virginia, McMahon of
| Connecticut Anderson of New
I Mexico, Kilgore of West Virginia,
Murray of Montana, Magnuson of
Washington, Benton of Connecti
cut, Green of Rhode Island Pas
tore of Rho’de Island, O’Mahoney
of Wyoming, Humphrey and Leh
man.
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Hospital News
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Admitted to the hospital is Wal
j ter Nayokpuk of Shishmaref.
Discharged are George O’Con
’ nor and James McCoy.
The State Flower of Massachu
setts is the Mayflower.
! business even if the gross is less
I than $100.00 per month, and since
most sidelines call for regular
steady performance, most of these
sideline activities would require
obtaining a business license. It all
depends on whether the sideline
is regularly performed and per- (
haps even advertised affair, or
whether only occasional perform
ances are involved. And even if
there are only isolated and spas
modic activities which, however,
may bring in more than $100.00
per month gross, with this exem
ption gone, the sideline is then
construed as being in business
good and proper subject to the
Alaska Business License. Ivory
carvers and similar home handi
craft workers do not take out a
business license unless they gross
more than $500.00 per year.
Renewals of 1951 licenses have
i
1 to be attended to this month.
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military service, accepting the plan of James B. Conant,
President of Harvard University, which calls for the
conscription of every youth who reaches the age of 18.
The altered opinion of the educators of this country
; reflects credit upon them and indicates that they un
I derstand what is going on in the world.
CAP News
(Reported by Don Ford)
During the months of January
and February, the Nome squadron
of the Civil Air Patrol is putting
on an extensive drive for New
memberships. For the past year
the CA1P has been more or less
dormant, and while there has been
some activity among the ranks,
there will be an incerased amount
of activity in the immediate fu
ture. Plans for the new Cadet
program have already been start
ed, and iby late winter will be in
full swing under the direction of
Lt. John Almquist CAP Training
Officer. Any high school students
from the ages of fifteen to eight
een are eligible, including the girls
as well as the fellas.
During the next two months,
the CAP will accept sixty select
new senior members. These mem
bers must (be at least eighteen
years of age, show an active inter
est in supporting Aviation, and
show an earnest desire for want
ing to enter the organization. It is
firmly believed that an organiza
tion with members that will at
tend meetings undelinquently,
and show the desire to be there,
will prosper and in time have
something to be proud erf.
At the present time, the Nome
squadron has its own plane, a
Stinson L-5 for use in search and
rescue flights, of which there are
so many this time of year and es
pecially in this part of Alaska all
year ’round. Also there are at
least three other ships available
for CAP ues in case of emergency.
All members at one time or an
other, receive flight time if they
so desire; either pilot orientation
or observer time; which ever they
are best suited.
The squadron is under the com
mand of Major Lester D. Bronson,
and any person that is interested
in becoming a member may either
call him at his home, Main 19, cfr
call Lt Vera Lonergan, CAP Per
sonnel Officer, at City Cab. Meet
ings are held twice monthly; the
firse and third Wednesdays.
Of interest to many of us here in
Nome, is the organization of the
Anchorage CAP Ski Flight. Mem
bers of the Anchorage CAP Wing
staff have organized a Ski Flight
within the organization. Purpose
of this flight is to have a Ski Pa
trol and Trail Crew ready at- all
times for Rescue and Emergency
work in frigid temperatures.
Members of the flight will be
taught rescue operations under
the most difficult cold weather
conditions. Senior members par
ticipating include Capt. Ralph
Clark, Maj. Francis Merrithew,
and Capt. Bob Finegold. Capt. J.
D. Stone, CAP Laisson Officer,
praised the Wing for its very
worth while project.
JUNEAU, (JP)—The Territorial
Board of Veterans Affairs reports
that more than $6,000,000 has
been loaned to veterans in Alaska
since -1946.
Robert Ellis, board chairman,
said after the ‘board’s annual
meeting that well over half of the
loans have been repaid.
The board estimated that 5,000
of the Territory’s 6,000 eligible
veterans have benefited under the
Alaskan Act.
COLFAX, Wash., (JPJ—Six per
son burned to death early today in
a fire that swept the Robert Wal
ker home.
Police chief Joe Deysenroth said ,
Mrs. Walker, her four small chil
dren, and Mrs. Walker’s brother,
Gene Myer, 28, died in the fire.
The husband was severely burned.