for our Allies is almost over.” He
proposed a “modest relief pro
gram” to cost only 250 million
dollars. And now he says we
should spend 12 and one-half bil
lions on international programs in
the next two fiscal years. A year
ago, he estimated the treasury
would have a surplus of 202 mil
lion dollars on June 30, 1948, and
now he predicts a surplus on that
date of nearly 7 and one-naif bil
lion dollars.
One place governments of all
kinds can reduce inflation is in
their pay rolls. According to cen
sus figures, federal, state, city and
county governments had a total of
5,808,000 employees last October.
They were drawing a record high
total salary of 1,108 million dol
lars. One out of every ten em
ployed persons in the nation was
on a public pay roll. No wonder
taxes keep on going up and up.
REASON TO BE COCKY
With a message of congratula
tions from both the Seattle office
and the San Francisco home of
fice of the West Coast Life Insur
ance company “Andy” Anderson
finds his name 12th of the list of
top producers on the entire Pacific
coast for last month. With some
$70,000.00 life insurance written
during that time, Andy becomes
eligible for an “all-expense paid”
trip to San Francisco in July.
Truman Asks For
Grain Control
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WASHINGTON, (^—President
Truman has prepared a special
message to Congress asking con
tinued power for the government
to say how much grain can be
used for whisky-making.
Present government power to
, control distillers’ use of grain will
end tomorrow. Congress voted it
last fall because of the grain
shortage and the Truman admin
istration’s campaign to save grain
for food for Europe.
The Senate has passed a bill to
continue the power through Feb
ruary, but the House banking
committee has pigeon-holed it.
BASKETBALL GAME AT
BASE GYM SUNDAY
Two outstanling basket ball
teams will meet next Sunday at
the Base Gymnasium for another
spirited game. The teams are the
Nome all Stars versus Nome Air
Base Fliers, who have already
played two games in town which
were enjoyed by a big crowd.
The entire proceeds of the game
will go to the Infantile Paralysis
Fund, as have the previous games.
People from town are invited to
. attend and may take the army bus
at 1:45 from town.
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SCHOOL NOTES
FIRST GRADE
During the last few weeks we
have lost but two pupils, Edward
Lee Shoemaker and Jean Ander
son went Outside with their par
ents. A new enrollment is Anna
Merrill from the U. S. Roadohuse.
Doris Russell and Marie Saterlee
are back in school after three
weeks of illness.
The first grade started three
new books the second semester.
THIRD GRADE
In arithmetic class we are learn
ing how to multiply and divide.
We have been reading about
the early American flags. When
this unit is finished we will draw
pictures of each one.
HIGH SCHOOL
The attendance at school ha/
been good in spite of the recent
cold wave.
The physics class made an ob
servation trip to the weather bur
eau station at the army base. They
received instructions in methods
used in forecasting weather con
ditions.
Keen competition in book ie
ports is being held by the English
classes. The title of each book read
is typewritten below the students’
names. The three longest lists are
those belonging to Ralph Bing
ham, June Dunbar and Margaret
Bjornstad.
Clear skies in midwinter reveal
the beauty of the stars. The planet
Venus, is very bright now in the
southwest. It is visible from four
o’clock in the afternoon until
seven. Venus will continue to
climb higher into the sky until
April 14th when it reaches its
greatest distance from the sun
called eastern elongation. It never
JUNEAU BOAT OWNERS
PROTEST C. G. REMOVAL
Jack Westfall, formerly of the
Golovin General Store, and for
some time employee of the Lomen
Commercial Co., heads a group of
Juneau boat owners in a protest
meeting held yesterday there
caused by the coast guards remov
al of steamboat inspectors from
Juneau and new headquarters lo
; cated in Ketchikan. They are de
! manding that the inspectors office
be returned to Juneau.
Jack Westfall operates and
owns the charter yacht Monterey.
exceeds 45 degrees out from the
sun.
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