may be needed in the administra
tion of this fund and what changes
if any are required either in the
law or the operation of this agen
cy.”
Frank Whaley has purchased a
home in La Mesa, Calif., near San
Diego, where he is employed by
the Rohr Aircraft Co., as inspector.
Information received stated Tiat
the family was busy putting in a
garden and ' looking forward to
fruit from the trees on their prop
erty. They have even invested in
a horse for the children .
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U.S. Commissioner's Court
Emma Henry was given the
maximum sentence of six mon'hs
in jail and a fine of $300.00 for be
ing drunk in a private house and
to the annoyance of another per
son.
Commissioner Duffield calls at
tention to the public to get inten
tions to hold now and assist this
office rather than wait untli sum
mer when his office is very busy.
He also urges that car owners
get their licenses and auto plates
as scon as possible and pay their
school tax.
Wage Earners—
KOW TO TELL IF YOU CAN
FILE YOUR TAX RETURN
ON FORM 1040A
1. Was your total income over
$5,000?
12. Was over $100 from divi
dends, interest and wages not sub
ject to withholding?
3. Besides wages, dividends and
interest, d:d you have any other1
income?
If you can answer “No" to all
three questions, you can file your
tax return on Form 1040A. Other- J
wise, use Form 1040. File early . . .
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
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tee upon urging by several mem
bers. ,
After a similar result in an ef
fort to rush the property tax bill
through again, the House voted
for the ways and means committee
to make the measure its first order
before March 15.
Collector of Internal Revenue
Tacoma, Washington
Why AIL of Alaska?
! uome people may wonder why the
Alaska Steamship Company serves all
Alaska including the smaller ports.
The answer is simple. We are invest
ing in Alaska’s future. The Alaska Line
has historically accepted the responsi
.
bility of serving all Alaska. In our efforts
to aid Alaska’s over-all development we
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also believe we are building future busi
\
ness for ourselves.
Every load of supplies our ships de
liver to the Territory—its small ports
as well as the large—helps Alaska build
the substance of its future prosperity.
As Alaska develops and grows strong,
new industries will flourish. We know
that new industries will mean more
population and vitality for Alaska and,
in turn, more and more shipping for
The Alaska Line.
That is why we serve All of Alaska.
Our futures—yours and ours—de
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(of business. James Nolan, First
! Division Democrat, led in urging
delay to assure a better law, A
short time later the committee
named Nolan chairman, succeed
ing Taylor.
In the Senate Democratic lead
ers who sought a combination of
the taxation and finance commit
tees lost out. The committees con
tinued on a separate basis with
Rivers as taxation chairman and
Butrovich heading the finance
group.
Every Senator is chairman of
one committee under the new set
up. A new committee of agricul
ture and forests was established,
with Huntley as chairman. Pera
i trovich, who stepped down from
' the special session presidency,
succeeded Huntley as chairman of
the fisheries committee.
—
Wednesday, January 26, 1949
JUNEAU. (/P> — The Alaska
House of Representatives was con
I sidering today a bill to peg the
j minimum wage in the Territory at
a dollar on hour.
Intro luced by the House labor
committee, yesterday, the measure
also provides for time and half
over 40 hours.
The Senate at the same time re
i ceived a bill from Republican
Anita Garnick of Juneau for cre
ation of a public employees retire
ment -ystem which would become
operative Jan. 1, 1950. It calls for
five per cent contributions by em
ployees, with employers providing
what ever balance is needed.
The general property tax bill
was scheduled for action in the
House today after the ways and
means committee reported it out
“do pass” last night. It was in the
same form in which it passed the
House during the special session.
It includes a one per cent tax on
true value with a $2,500 exemp
I tion on personal property.
The House also received a uni
form license tax bill which was in
troduced during the special ses
! sion but didn’t get beyond the
committee hearing stage. They
! were the major bills among the 11
i offered today, seven in the House
and four in the Senate.
The minimum wage bill includes
exemptions for baby sitters, deliv
ery boys and persons under 18 do
ing part-time chores.
The House public health com
j mittee introduced a bill to increase
! aid to dependent children from
$25 to $60 monthly for one child
and $30 instead of the present $15
for each additional child.
A judiciary committee memori
| al to the President and Congress,
| supporting Delegate Bartlett’s bill
for aid to Alaska housing, was re
ceived by the House.
Senator Anderson of Nome, in
troduced a memorial to the Fish
and Wildlife Service for opening
salmon fishing in Bering Sea north
of Bristol Bay.
The Senate received a letter
from Ketchikan public utilities
board of control protesting the
proposed property tax as .a possi
ble deterrent to the establishment
of pulp mills in Southeastern
Alaska.
The House passed this afternoon
twenty-three to one a bill to raise
old age pensions to ninety dollars
monthly. The only vote against the
bill was Republican George Misco
vich of Fairbanks, who said he op
posed it, because it included an
amendment making aliens eligible
after one year’s residence.
The shortest history of the long
est period of the greatest event
ever recorded is found in the Holy
Bible: Genesis I, 1.