ARC EMPLOYEES
CAN NOW OBTAIN
BACK OVERTIME PAY
Of interest to many employees
and former employees of the Alas
ka Road Commission is a recent
favorable ruling of the General
Accounting Office, at Washington,
on claims fur overtime pay for
services performed since 1937.
Those claims resulted from what
has been commonly termed the
“40-hour work week act,” which
was passed by Congress in 1931.
Due to unceraintv as to the appli
cation of this act to Federal agen
cies, the Road Commission did not
c mmence paying overtime com
pensation until the spring of 19 45.
Payment for overtime for previ
ous years has remained unsettled.
As informat:on on the subiect
became available to the Commis
sion, it was passed along to its em
ployees and many of them filed
claims in the Accounting Office.
It is in respect to these that the
Accounting Office has now ruled.
Decision of the Accounting Office
was delayed for some months
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
TREE DECORATIONS
Trees were first dec rated by
h'.n. ing apples and fruit on them.
L w:n d. dared that all of the trees
i in the forest blossomed and bore
1 fruit the night of our Lord’s Nativ
ity. The lights on our tree were a
; gift from Martin Luther, who one
Christmas Eve saw the stars peer
ing through the branches of the
'orest pines. Wanting to share the
; beauty, he brought home a lighted
| tree.
| pending the outcome of certain
I similar cases on file in the Court
of Claims.
The Accounting Office states,
however, that it has now been de
termined that these matters pro
perly may be settled upon their
meri s without further delay and
the Road Commission has been
instructed to make the necessary
audit of all claims now on file.
| The claims will be handled in the
' order in which they were filed in
j the Accounting Office. No claims
I will be considered by the Alaska
Road Commission unless reaching
! them through the General Ac
counting Office at Washington.
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At Christmas
time we want you to
know we're grateful for
your patronage.
SEIFFERT’S
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(Hazel and Bin|<s)
P. O. Box 50
NOME. ALASKA
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The farthest Northwest
5e to $5.00 Store in the
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SEWARD PENIN6ULA
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K.K.
Public Library
Open
Friday*—7:30 te 8:00 PJL
Saturdays—2:30 to 4i00 PM.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS—
:UELLS
Two thousand years before
Christ was born, bells were used
in the Orient for joyful as well as
i sad occasions. Since Christ was
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! born they have been used in many
I countries to announce His birth
day. They are used to announce
he hour of twelve on Christmas
Eve in Spain. In some places bells
are rung ^s the creche is lighted.
In others, bells chime as the
! “Golden Star” procession is mov
j ing. In some places Saint Nicho
I las carries a bell in one hand and
: switches in another. Santa Claus’
j reindeer wear sleigh bells. Chimes
! proclaim the entrance of Christ
mas in some places in America.
One who has heard the Christmas
Eve concert at the Bok Tower in
Lake Wales, Florida, can never
forget it and not fail to associate
bells with joyful, sublime tidings.
Reef Knot Non In
Reserve Fleet
PORTLAND. Ore. i/P. — The
steamer Reef Knot, the Alaska
“Christmas Ship'1 of 1946. was laid
up today at the reserve tleet an
chorage at the mouth of ‘he Co
lumbia River.
The vessel was put out of serv
ice when the Alaska Steamship
company quit operating d iring
the recent mraitime strike. It en
tered the Alaska trade Dec. 17.
1946, sailing from here for Seward
under special arrangement made
by Lt. Com. E. P. Chester, repre
senting the Governor of Alaska.
At that time the Alaskan fleet was
tied up due to a Puget Sound
strike.
The Reef Knot joins 161 other
maritime commission vessels now
a* anchorage near Astoria.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Rev. and Mrs. Capener and Miss Brown
£ We Hope..» ijj
f that your home is blessed j
? with all the contentment j
t possible during this
(I holiday season.
We’re stopping
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by with a cheery
greeting. I
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