Ax Slaying Retrial
Testimony Same
As In First Trial
FAIRBANKS. — Retrial of
Leon Jonas on a first degree mur
der charge was in its third day
yesterday.
Testimony of six witnesses con
formed closely to the pattern of
evidence in the original 1947 trial.
Testimony of two witnesses in
1947 was re-read into the record
of the re-trial.
Jones is being tried for the ax
killing of Donald R. Harris and
Carl Ahnstrom at Little Gerstle in j
1947.
A new trial for the former Van
couver, Wash., man was ordered
by the circuit court of appeals in
San Francisco because of the na
ture of the trial court judge’s in
structions to the jury.
Court adjourned ahead of time
Wednesday after an attorneys’
clash on a technicality involving
a deputy marshal’s instruction to
the prisoner at the time of his cap
ture after one of Alacka’s great
est manhunts.
Warren Taylor. Fairbanks rep
resentative in the Legislature, is
the defense attorney.
Election Victories
Give “Fair Deal"
Smooth Sailing
WASHINGTON. (TP)—President
Truman said Democratic election
victories Tuesday should make it
easier to put his “fair deal”, pro
gram through Congress.
Mr. Truman discussed the elec
tions briefly at a news conference
after he was asked whether he
thought the results represented a
mandate to the legislators.
He said the Democratic platform
of 1948 set out what the Demo
cratic party favored.
He said the vote of he people
would be authority to go ahead.
It will make it easier, he said, to
carry out the Democratic plat
form.
In reply to other questions, the
President said he saw no reason ,
for any modification of the bi-par
tisan foreign policy as result of j
the defeat of Senator Dulles (R.
N. Y.i, GOP foreign policy expert. ,
Nobody but Berit McCormick
and Herast would have any such
thing in mind, the President as
serted. And he added flatly that
the two publishers are isolation
GORDON OSBORNE PASSES
THE CIGARS AT ROTARY
Sandra Sue arrived at the hos
pital Thursday morning in time
for her father. Gordon Osborne, to
proudly announce the event and
pass out the cigars. She was an
nounced by President Stan Mor
gan as the club’s newest Rotary
! ann.
Four new members were pre
sented their Rotary cards today
by membership chairman John
McNees and instructed by Presi- |
dent Stan Morgan. They were Ben I
Hyndman, Ted Duffield, Dan 1
Jones, and George Bayer.
Program chairman H. F. Harper
then called on committee heads
John McNees, Bill Cameron, Ben
Young and Jim Walsh to report
the activities of their committees,
and Karl Dewey reported on serv
ice projects already completed by
the club.
Harper announced that Ben
Young would have charge of next
week’s program in a report of the
vocational committee.
ists, you remember.
Robert R. BcCormick is presi
dent and publisher of the Chicago !
Tribune and William Randolph
Hearts is publisher of a group of
newspapers.
| Tax On Fur Coats
! Starts March 1
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Retail sales of all fur coats will
be subject to the 20% Federal ex
cise tax effective March 1, 1950, it
was announced today by Clark
Squire, collector of internal rev
enue.
A ruling to that effect was is
sued by the commissioner of in
ternal revenue as a result of prob- j
lems arising out of the amend- j
ment in 1947 of Sec. 2401 of the
internal revenue code, which I
stated that to be taxable the value
of the fur in the coat must exceed j
three times the value of the next i
most valuable component materi- j
al. The Commissioner stated in j
his ruling that the intent of the
1947 amendment was to relieve
from the tax ony coats trimmed
with fur. However, some fur coats j
have been offered for sale as non
taxable because the value of the
fur was not more than three times
the value of the next most valu- ;
able component material. There- 1
fore, regardless of the value of the
various components of a fur coat,!
the tax will apply on its retail
sale.
In the case of fur-trimmed coats,
determination as to liability for
tax will continue to be etsablish
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Appropriations for
Planning Of
Public* Works
WASHINGTON, (£*)—'The gov
ernment announced last night
how much States and Territories
can get in federal funds for plan
ning public works under a $25,
000,000 initial appropriation from
Congress.
The amount actually being ap
portioned now is $18,657,471. The
balance of $5,592,529 was held in
reserve for emergency use in areas
which might have or might devel
op severe unemployment.
Although Congress has provided
the money to permit the blue
printing of public works, it was
specified in the law that the gov
ernment will not be obligated to
build any of the projects.
Congress has authorized a total
of $100,000,000 for project plan
ning over a two-year period, with
one-fourth of that already spend
able.
Planning loans will also be
available to cities, counties, and
other political subdivisions. The
loans will be repayable, without
interest, when construction begins.
ed by the ratio outlined above as
to the relative value of the com
ponents.
SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
Sealed bids will be received in
the office of the ALASKA DIS
TRICT ENGINEER, CORPS OF
E N G I N EERS, ANCHORAGE,
ALASKA, until 3:00 P.M., on the
18th day of November, 1949, and
then publicly opened, for the sale
of a quantity of* items, including:
Quonset Huts of various sizes
Frame Buildings
Cowin Huts
Miscellaneous shacks and struc
tures
Wood tanks •
Paint, Malthoid roofing, barbed
wire, etc.
The property being offered is lo
cated near Marks Air Force Base;
also, in the Ordnance-Utilities
Material Yard area, the Old Hos
pital Area on the South bank of
Snake River, and the Plumbing
Supplies Area northeast of the
North-South runway of Marks Air
Force Base, near Nome, Alaska. It
may be inspected at any time, al
though a pass may be required to
enter the Main Base.
Successful bidders will be re
quired to remove the buildings
and materials covered by the bid
from the premises.
Specifications of sale, bid forms
and other information may be ob
tained from the Resident Engineer,
Nome, Alaska, the Air Installa
tions Officer, Marks Air Force
Base, or the office of the District
Engineer, Alaska District, Anchor
age, Alaska.
Pub. Nov. 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16.
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
or NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Stanley R. Morgan, Pres.
Ron Brousseau. See.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
each month
EARL COULTHARB. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Seey.
ORDER OF THE
WALRUS
NOME, ALASKA
WES WELCH, Pres.
A. L. WALKER, Secy.
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phene Mala 40