estimated to make up a full third
of the annual federal budget. All
this cost is a huge burden on the
productivity of our citizens. Such
wastfullness has no place in this
peoples’ republic!
Consider the effect on our na
tion now, if we could eliminate
one-third of the tax requirement!
Not only would we have needed
money for world . rehabilitation
and for retiring the national debt.
While establishing a sound fed
eral economy by elminating these
needless government costs, we
would increase the standard of
living for everyone. But most
important, by ending the reign
of bureaucracy, we would halt
the march toward totalitarianism!
•
JUNIOR SENIOR PROM IS
GRAND SCHOOL PARTY
The Junior-Senior Prom was
held last Saturday night at the
High School Gymnasium where
a peppy seven-piece orchestra fur
nished music in the beautifully
decorated hall, which was com
pletely canopied with blue and
white streamers.
A large crowd was in attend
ance for the popular event.
MRS. PEARSE WALSH
HAS APPENDECTOMY
Mrs. Pearse Walsh, who has
been in charge of Dr. J. B. Tuck
er’s office, is in the Army Base
Hospital for an appendectomy. She
is reported doing well.
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Compacts, Toilet Water, Candy
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Buckles, Sheaffer Pen & Pencil Sets
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Alaskans Return
From Hawaiian
Vacation Flight
(Continued from Page One'
'of a 7,600-mile flight from An-1
chorage to Honolulu and return
via San Francisco and Seattle.
The six Kodiak and 34 Anchor
age residents, many members or
affiliates of the Elks Lodge, took |
off on April 30 on the first direct
commercial flight from Anchorage'
to the Hawaiian city.
Nine hundred miles out, how
ever, they turned back to take on
additional gasoline at Cold Bay,
in the Aleutians.
The 2,600-mile overwater hop
from Cold Bay to Honolulu was
made without incident. The plane
was operated by an eight-member
crew, including a stewardess, Mil
dred Crabtree.
Flight time from Anchorage to
Hawaii was 17 hours. They also
I took a one-day side trip to the
1 island of Hilo during their five
day stay in the Territory,
i Vernon Johnson, past exalted
ruler of Elks Lodge 135 in Anch
orage, said the party landed at
Honolulu cuccooned in the furs
of the far north and bearing sal
mon and other gifts for Hawaiian
Gov. Ingram M. Stainback.
They were guests of the Hono
i lulu Elks and participated in a
j May day celebration in the Haw
aiian city. Johnson said:
“The Islanders pressed us con
tinuously about reports that Alas
ka was trying to become the 49th
State, edging Hawaii into 50th
place.
“We told them we favored sim
ultaneous Statehood for both ter
ritories. This would require only
one change in the flag.”
Members of the delegation were
enthusiastic about the trip and
predicted that similar jaunts will
be taken by other groups of Al
askans.
They left Paine Field at 6 pm.
Russian Move Will
Force U.S. Hancl
A.. ■
I SEOUL. Korea, —(/P) —Russia
' moved to force the American hand
I in Korea as pre-election Red ter
rorism hit Seoul, national cap
ital and headquarters of the Amer
ican zone, for the first time.
Lt. Gen. G. P. Korotkov, Soviet
commander of north Korea an
nounced arrangements have
been” made for. the immediate
withdrawal of his troops to “make
American troops withdraw from
Korea simultaneously.”
His announcement did not name
any specific date for the with
drawal and was so worded as to
leave some doubt that the Rus
sians even intended to get out at
all. Similar proposals previously
have been rejected by the United
States.
Korotkov, former Russian com
mander oA the Estonian front,
made his announcement in a let
ter to Kim Doo-Bong, chairman
of the recent north-south unity
conference in Pyongyang. The
letter was broadcast on the Pyon
gyang radio. The conference, dom
inated by Korean Communists,
urged both Russian and American
troops to leave the country.
CONTRARY TO USUAL BE
lief, the nightingale sings not only
at night, but at all hours of the
day as well, according to the En
cyclopaedia Britannica. Only the
male sings, however, and in Eng
land the nightingale is heard only
from the middle of April to the
middle of June.
Alaska To Counter
With Plan For
Shipping Service
(Continued from Page One)
on terms they believe will be fav
orable to the Territory.
The present service is operated
under an agreement with the mar
itime commission.
The commission furnishes the
companies government-owned ves
sels for $1 a year.
The companies are allowed
about 10 per cent of their income
before taxes.
Under the proposed extension,
MIDNIGHT SUN MINING
CAMP OPEN FOR SUMMER
The Midnight Sun Mining Co.,
operated by Eric Kvivan and Ole
Sinnes, in the vicinity of Rain
bow, opened over the week-end
in preparation for the summer
mining activities.
Giving is good but, after so
much, it ceases to be intelligent.
from June 30, until Dec. 31, 1949,
the compomes would be allowed
not more than 15 percent of the
revenue from the operations and
on the few ships they own would
be allowed 10 per cent before
taxes.
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