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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, December 12, 1951
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TAXES NOW TAKE $1 OF EACH $3.40
Now federal tax increases will bring the toll out
of every dollar earned to a higher level than in 1945—
the peak year of World War H. The toll, federal, state
and local, in 1952, is expected to be $1 out of every
$3.40 earned. In 1945 it was just a penny less. But in
1950 it was only $1 in each $4—still a high rate.
In 1941 the toll was $1 out of $5. Thus the tax
payer today is more heavily taxed than ever before in
U. S. history. The main question is—where do we go
from here? The answer will certainly have a bearing
on the 1952 elections.
AMERICANS EATING LESS MEAT
The Department of Agriculture estimates that per
capita meat consumption this year will be the smallest
in eight years. After increasing steadily in recent years,
high prices encountered by housewives this year have
forced consumption down sharply.
The average American family now spends twenty
per cent of its income, after taxes, for food. This figure
is higher than in the past for two reasons. First, the
cost of food has risen more rapidly than the cost of
other goods. Second, the average American family is
now buying a greater quantity per capita quantity of
food than it was only ten or fifteen years ago.
Food which cost $118 in the pre-war period of
1935-39 now costs almost $275. Compared to the same
1935-39 period, the average family is buying eleven per
cent more food today.
Already strained by larger food purchases, at high
er prices, the average family’s food budget could not
stand the sharply-increased price of meat this year and
thus the decline in consumption, which is expected to
be followed by some decline in prices.
SHOPPING DAYS
TO CHRISTMAS
Prehistoric Jawbone
JEFFERSON, la., (jT>) — A 55
pound lower jawbone of one of
Iowa’s native elephants was
found recently by Lynn Deal on
his farm near here. Excellently
preserved, the bone was identi
fied as that of a hairy mammoth.
The mammoth, a pleistocene-age
relative of the elephant, roamed
this part of the world 50,000
years or so ago. It was about the
size of the modern elephant.
| Eighth Army To
Stay Until Korea
Can Defend Self
U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Korea, (ff) — The
U.S. Eighth Army is going to stay
right here in Korea until South
Korea can defend itself, Gen.
James A. Van Fleet declared to
day.
“That is my mission now,” the
Eighth Army commander said in
an interview. “Of course the plans
can change, but right now I am
under orders to build up the
South Korean army until it can
stand on its own two feet.”
Van Fleet, who’ is a noted
trainer of underdog fighting men
all the way from Greece to Ko
rea, gave the interview in his
school house headquarters.
“We want the Republic of Ko
rea to have the sense of security
it needs so that its people will
feel certain they are going to
remain free,” sa;d the man who
chased the communists out of
Greece and then got them on the
run in Korea.
Grocers Want
Permission To
Raise Prices
WASHINGTON, (fl5)—'The na
lion’s grocers want permission to’
charge higher prices — basing
their plea primarily on increased
costs.
Price stabilization officials said
they would conduct a quick sur
vey of conditions in the nation's
560,000 food stores to see if “em
ergency” relief from present gro
cery store price ceilings is needed.
But the officials indicated over
all grocery price adjustments
would not come for some time.
Price Control officials said the
requested increase might add
one-half to one per cent to the
country’s present food bill.
The advisory committee told the
OPS that the grocers need to en
large their present overall profit
margin by two percentage points.
Earlier this week the OPS gave
thousands of manufacturers, pro
cessors, refiners and others—in
cluding businesses preparing
meat, milk, butter and other
foods for the retail market—per
mission to apply for higher ceil
ing prices.
And the Bureau of Labor Stat
istics reported that retail food
prices reached a new high on
Nov. 15. The bureau said an
eight-city survey pushed its index
up to 231.2, compared to the
1935-1939 average of 100. That
was about 14 per cent above pre
Korea prices.
President Sends New
Instructions To Ridgway
WASHINGTON, f/P) — Presi
dent Truman and his top military
and political advisors are under
stood to have agreed on the next
moves to be made in th& Korean
truce negotiations, now moving
into a decisive period.
Responsible informants said
a review of the whole Korean
situation and its ramifications for
American foreign policy through
out the world was the business of
the meeting which Mr. Truman
held Monday with defense and
State Department officials after
cutting short his Key West vaca
tion last Sunday.
It appeared that as a result of
the review, new instructions were
going out to Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, the United Nations com
mander in the Far East.
Mail Dropped On Pole In
First Commercial Flight
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The plane was dubbed the “Polar
Express” and was the outgrowth
of plans sponsored by two Alas
kans—neither of whom was al
lowed to accompany the six crew
men aboard the plane.
The 9-foot steel north pole,
painted like a candy cane, was
fathered toy Stan Garson, former
worker at the Navy’s Pt. Barrbw
oil reserve. The project was ex
panded by Mrs. Audree Vance,
otherwise known as “North Pole
Nellie,”, originator of the idea to
have children send along their
Christmas requests to Santa Claus
far doorstep delivery.
The Navy wouldn’t let Mrs.
Vance land at Pt. Barrow—it has
a rule against women at that
I farthest north Alaskan point.
Garson was ruled out by airline
and CAA rules that permit only
crew members aboard the plane.
A movie actress’ kisses were
blamed for stopping the flight
clock here yesterday. She was
Carolina Cotton, who’ bussed each
of the crew members soundly be
■ fore the takoff. The big craft
taxied to the end of the ramp, i
then came back.
“Bum magneto in one engine,” j
said the pilot. “Phooey,” a skep
tical crewman said. “We just
came back for another kiss.” They
changed the magneto, anyway.
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U.N. Fears Reds Will Not
Release Allied Prisoners
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Red Cross see how prisoners are
being treated and for refusing to
say how many prisoners they
hold and where.
The number of Allied troops in
Red hands has been estimated at
from 98,000 to 139,000. The U.N.
says it holds between 120,000 and
135,000 Chinese and North Ko
rean Reds.
The Reds said it would take
them a month to deliver all pri
soners.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols,
U.N. spokesman, said “the ques
tion of prisoners of war is being *
held over our heads” to force
what he called an undesirable
solution of the prisoner and truce
supervision problems.
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