Fairbanks Tries To>
Keep Warn At
52 Below Zero
FAIRBANKS, <JP) — Fairbanks’
steam-generating plant was taxed
to capacity today to provide heat
to combat a severe sub-zero cold
wave; that has gripped interior |
Alaska for nearly a week.
Merchants and hotel and apart
ment-dwellers reported increasing
hardships as steam pressure fell
off in the fact of 52-below-zero
cold. ' |
The Fairbanks Cold Storage Co.y
retail toed store and cold storage
lockers, after five days without
heat, reported heavy losses in veg
etables, eggs and panned goods.
Efforts to save the food by using
electric heaters and cold oil stoves
were unsuccessful.
Utilities officials said the trou
ble resulted from a combination
of the bitter cold, extra heavy
power loads, and an inferior grade
of coal used in the manufacture of
steam. I
The Northern Commercial Co.
power plant was strained almost
beyond capacity and electrical
crews worked to reduce loads.
Permission was sought to use the
boiler in the federal building.
Lack of steam pressure affected
downtown stores, hotels, apart-,
ments and business houses gener- ;
ally. ■’>>:
Stores had exhausted their sup
plies of perishables, fresh milk,
fresh meat and eggs received in
the last commercial flight a week
ago today. There were plenty of
staples but no fresh foods.
The temperature dropped to 52
degrees below zero last night and
ANNOUNCE WAR CASUALTIES
WASHINGTON, (ff)—Total an
nounced U. S. combat casualties
in Korea were 45,137 yesterday.
The total, disclosed by the de
partment of defense, was based on
notifications to next of kin
through Jan. 12. It was 2,424 more
than the figure for the previews
week.
The department listed 6,509
killed, 29,951 wounded and 8,677
missing in action.
The wounded total includes 772
who have since died of wounds.
Total deaths reached 7,303, in
cluding deaths from wounds and
22 known dead among the missing
in action.
The missing figure also includes
622 men who have since returned
to American control and 108
known prisoners of war.
Total army casualties reached
36,956, including 5,208 killed, 8,203
missing and 23,544 wounded.
Marine casualties stand at 7,332,
including 1,116 killed, 6,008
wounded and 208 missing.
Cumulative navy casual ties
reached 496, and 56 killed, 372
wounded and 68 missing.
The air force totals were 353,
including 129 killed, 27 wounded
and 197 missing. ?
the weatherman said no relief was
in sight.
A thick fog covering the Fair
banks area has complicated the
problem of supply. During a six
hour break yesterday, two planes
slipped in and picked up five leg
islators who were flying to the
Legislature at Juneau, the fog
closed in again and last night vis
ibility in the streets was reduced
to less than 10 feet.
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The XX Public Library an
nounces the receipt of more books
including two fine reference books
on Arc Welding.
Fiction includes Benjamin
Franklin by Carl Van Doren; Cleft
Rock by Hobart; Melissa by Carl*
well; Lucinda Brayford by Boyd;
Great Tide by Hall.
The present Swiss Constitution
was approved by 22 cantons in
1848.
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SATURDAY, JAN 27th
RUMMAGE SALE
L-W-Y- COMMUNITY CENTER
Anyone who wishes to help
please come Friday morning, af
ternoon or evening.
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NOTICE
Dr Milo Fritz, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist will be here
the second week in February.
Anyone wishing to see him may
make appointments at the M-M-M
Hospital. 4-7-13
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NOTICE
Information has been received
from the American Red Cross Pa
cific Area Office that a Field Rep
resentative will be available to
conduct a First Aid Instructor
Course in Nome* February 25th
through March 9th if enough peo
ple signify their desire for this
l course. Anyone interested may
register by phoning the Health
Center between the hours of 1:00
and 5:00 until Feb. 1st. 8-3t
NOTICE
As of Jan. 1, 1951, 1 am sole
owner of A. & A. Sanitary Service.
CLYDE KAMMERER
NOTICE
—
Explorer Scouts Meet Tuesday
at 7:30 pan., American Legion
HalL Doctor Langsam will demon
strate First Aid.
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NOTICE
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Women who wish to remodel
clothing and sew warm clothing
for their families, are invited to
the L-W-Y Mission on Friday eve
ning, Jan. 19th. Bring your scissors.
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“No-Tax” Session
Predicted For
1951 Legislature !
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ganization of the evenly divided
Senate might (bring a lively battle
to start things off. He recalled the
deadlock of several days in elect
ing Senate officers when the 1949
Senate was evenly divided.
Butrovich himself has been
mentioned prominently as the
possible choice for Senate presi
dent. He declined to comment on
whether he would be interested in
holding the presiding officer’s
gavel if it is thrust in his direc
tion. The budget-framing finance
committee job is his first love.
In discussing the tax possibili
ties, Butrovich said the only likely
new sources would be a boost in
the income tax or a levy of more
excise .taxes on the things the pub
' lie buys. He said he doesn’t think
anyone wants either. .
The favorable phase of the tax
! ation picture, he said, is the rev
enue from income tax. Since it is
10 per cent of the federal income
tax, it will automatically increase
when the federal tax goes up.
“I think it will produce $7,000,
000 in the next biennium,” he as
.serted. “It will more than make
' up for what is lost in the general
j property tax.”
The property tax, enacted by
the 1949 legislature, was held in
valid by the Distric 'Court in Alas
ka. Butrovich predicted it will be
tied up in the courts for the next
biennium, so it can not be taken
into the revenue picture.
Butrovich cited a report from
Tax Commissioner M. P. Mullaney
of income tax collections of $3,
302,077 for 1950. That’s a rate of
$6,600,000 for the biennium, and
the Senator recalled that the 1949
Senate finance committee estim
ate was only $4,000,000 for the
two year period.
He recalled there were skeptics
in 1949 who predicted the tax
would fall short of the $4,000,000
estimate.
The income tax part of the ba-1
DISTRICT LAND OFFICE
INFORMATION ON
OIL AND GAS LEASES*
Oil and gas leases can be ap
plied for covering unsurveyed
land wholly outside the known
geologic structure of a producing
oil or gas field.
Write to tLand Office for lease
forms: Offer to lease and lease
for oil and gas—a non-competitive
5-year Public Domain Lease.
Applicant must be 21 years of
age or over, citizen of the United
States, if corporation, must be
duly qualified as shown by state
ments.
Lands to be described by metes
and bounds (length and width)
and further requires names and
addresses of settlers on the de
scribed unsurveyed lands.
Area of described land is limit
ed to 2560 acres.
$10.00 filing fee must accom
pany the •application to lease plus
the first year’s rental—25c per
acre or fraction thereof.
Before drilling is begun a $5000
bond must be furnished and main
tained during the pehod of the
lease.
Lease terms and instructions
are printed on the application
ofrzn.
Land Office, Nome
By Helen M. Bockmon,
Act Mgr.
sic tax program long advocated by
Governor Gruening, was the big
gest source of revenue, by far.
The total 1950 tax take listed by
the tax ccrmissioner was $9,549,
310. The other major sources were:
raw fish tax $1,399,913; liquor ex
cise taxes $1,367,836; fuel tax for
roads $915923; fish trap licenses
$584,050; tobaCco tax $442,632; au
to license plates, $278,840; non
resident fishermen’s licenses $249,
541.
In discussing the prospect of ap
propriations in the next budget,
Butrovich said he doesn’t think
services of the Territory will have
to be curtailed, “but we won’t be
able to enlarge on them. We will
have to hcfld the line.”
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CLEARANCE
SALE
On Our Stock of Parkas
1 Common Seal, size 44 ... . $90
1 Common Seal, size 42 . . . $120
1 Common Seal, size 40 . . . $110
1 Common Seal, size 12 . . . . $70
1 Common Seal, size 10 . .... . $65
1 Spotted Seal, size 42 . . . . $100
1 Spotted Seal; size 40 .... . $95
1 Dari Rabbit Jacket, size 18 $110
1 Datk Seal Ladies Coat, size 14 $95
1 Squirrel Parka, size 14 . . . $100
4 Squirrel Parka, size 16-40-42 $110
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