Most Alaskans Will
File T ax Returns
Very few residents of Washing
ton and Alaska during 194k are
exempt from filing an income tax
return by March 15 in this dis
trict, according ti internal revenue
collector Clark Squire in Tacoma.
Every person having gross in
come of $600 or more must make a
return, even though he may not
be taxed. A husband and wife
must file a return if the combined
gross income is $1,200 or more, or
if separate gross income of one j
spouse is $600 or more.
It is no longer necessary for the ]
the taxpayer to sign his return be
fore a notary public or a deputy
collector. He is urged to follow in
structions on the income tax
forms, prepare h:s return and {
mail it with remittance to the col- [
lector. This will enable him to \
save time and avoid inconvenience i
of standing in line at the Internal
Revenue office.
The collector warns taxpayers
that failure to receive a blank
form does not relieve him from
filing a return or paying his tax
on time. Forms may bs obtained
from local banks and postoffices
and from the office of the Collec
tor in Tacoma and zone offices.
The nearest zone office is in Fair
banks.
Deputy collector Oron W. Dover
is scheduled to be at Nome from
March 1 to 15 to advise taxpayers.
At that time he may be contacted
at the Wallace Hotel. This sched
ule is contingent on weather con
ditions. During the above period
Deputy Dover hopes to also assist
taxpayers at Candle, Kotzebue
and Teller.
Floating Ice Clogs
Port Of Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (VP)—-Floating
ice clogged the Columbia river ap
proach to this inland port city to
day.
The prolonged freezing weather
already had idled several thousand
lumber and logging industry
workers and brought the region
its most critical power shortage in
years.
Upriver movement of ocean ves
sels was slowed and barging oper
ations stalled. Ferry operations at
The Dalles were halted who the
river froze over in the slack wa
ter pool above Bonneville Dam.
Aluminum reduction mills in
this area were cut off from some
power service, other industries
have curtailed late day time op
erations and scores of offices have
s arted ern’y closing hours.
A voluntary br< ovn-out appeal
for outdoor lighting throughout
Oregon was winning cooperation,
utilities executives reported, as
they worked to maintain essential
service.
Postal Inspector
Shot In P.O. Lobln
9
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, (/P>—
Fostal inspector E. M. Harkins
was slain today in the lobby of
the main post olfice.
This is the second slaying here
:r> two days. Attorney Earl Pruct
was shot and killed late yesterday.
Harkins was 51 year old. He had
been a postal inspector since Sept.
30, 1931. During the war, Harkins
sciv-.ri overseas as a postal in
*portor.
Tlie slayer surrendered to postal
employees. Tvy heard the shot. |
ran out into the lobby and the
Miner Buried ly
Koek Slide Freed
CAIRNBROOK, Pa. (>P) — A
band of miners worked more than
ten hours in one-man relays to
rescue a fellow worker trapped in
a rock slide, but he died shortly
afterward today.
William Wallace, 27, was crush
ed under a 20-ton rock slide yes
terday in the Cairnbrook mine. He
was unconscious when freed.
The rescue workers had been
forced to labor one at a time be
cause of the threat of further rock j
slides. As they worked, Wallace j
whispered to them:
“Please, please, please, get some I
of this weight off me. Hurry up
fellows. I can hardly stand it.”
1 ier Can’t Take
( ff In Wet Snow
ANCHORAGE, (JP) — War r e n
Wright is sitting comfortably—if
immobile—in his four-place plane
on the Cook Inlet flats, doggedly
trying to outlast the weather.
The Tenth Rescue Squadron, in
radio contact with the manager of
the Northern Commercial Com
pany’s aviation department, said
he was forced down on a flight
from Lake Clark to Tyonek, 55
miles southwest of here.
Wet snow, which stuck to the
skis on his plane, was preventing
a takeoff.
TJ.S. Commissioner’s Court
Pfc. Bookwalter is being held to
answer the issuing of checks with
out sufficient funds.
Thomas J. Prout is being held
for jury trial for issuing a check
without funds. The trial will prob
ably be held tomorrow.
A warrant has been issued for
the arrest of James Larson on the
filing of a complaint of disorderly
conduct against the person of
Glenna Paul.
U. S. Commissioner Ted Duf
field states that his office is ready
to accept payment of School Tax,
issue car licenses, Territorial Driv
ers’ licenses and Intent:on to hold
on Mining Claims, and he would
appreciate the payment of same at
an early date to avoid the mid
summer rush.
Fish Gives Away
Fishy Story
BENTON, HARBOR, Mich. f/P)
Little 7-year-old Diana Davidson’s
story of falling in a mud puddle
didn’t sound fishy. But it was.
Wringing wet and shivering,
she arrived home and told her
mother her sled had tipped over
and thrown her into a pool of
melted snow.
Mrs. Wayne Davidson accepted
the story and began to undress the
child to give her a hot bath.
As she pulled off the jacket of
her snow suit, out popped a six
inch fish.
Thereupon. Diana admitted that
she had disobeyed her mother’s
orders and gone out on the ice of
j treacherous St. Joseph river with
playmates. She broke through and
was pulled to safety by eight
year-old Louis Franz.
Diana's been a good girl since,
her mother said, even tough it was
a while before she could sit down
comfortably.
man said:
“I shot him and want to give
myself up.”
Officers did not identify the
man held.
Governors Message'
Asks For “Sound
linanrial Basis”
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mistakably given to you by the
people of Alaska.”
Criticizing the Territory’s taxa
tion system as patchwork, he said
experts’ studies dating back to
1938 found them “pretty well
agreed” on basic measures. Greun
ing said the analysis found that
the structure “bore no relation
either to financial capacity of the
Territory, to its needs for revenue
or to possible fluctuation in its in- j
come.”
In estimating the two-million
deficit, he said, it took into ac
count not only a general fund de
ficit of $785,209, “but also expen
ditures which were frozen and re- j
payments which had been de
manded from the World War II
veterans’ fund.” He said it did not
include over a million dollars in
loans and bonuses to which veter
ans are entitled under the veter- j
ans’ act of 1946. |
i
Schools, the university, public1
welfare and social services are all
. suffering from the financial pinch
and the special session was justi
fied as a means of bringing the
earliest possible remedy, the Gov
i ernor declared.
j Gruening continued: “Those
revenues which are procured by
| action of this legislature will start
flowing into the treasury at the
j earliest possible moment. With the
; short special session rectifying
past amissions, the 19th Legisla
ture can apply the qualities of
statesmanship throughout the reg
ular session to the problems and
I opportunities of Alaska’s future.”
The Territory’s credit and repu
, tation, he asserted, are impaired
I by a wide array of bills which
| cannot be paid.
Some organizations and mdivid
i uals represented by these claims
; are facing actual hardship because
. of the inability of the Territory to
pay its bills.” The governor said.
The emergency is still growing,
he continued, ‘‘although Territo
rial agencies have held their
i spending to a bedrock minimum.”
The situation is aggravated by the
fact that government costs, like
others, are rising, Gruening said.
He declared the responsibilities
of approaching statehood and the
proximity of Russia make it dou
blv important that the legislators
put Alaska on a sound financial
basis and increase its public serv
ices.
The Governor concluded:
“Alaska should become a shin
ing example in these northern
latitudes of what the American
way of life should and can be.
That remains to be done.
“Across Bering Straits another
way of life which contrasts wholly
with the American ideals of free
dom is strongly entrenched and
active in the pursuit of i‘s goals.
“In the cold war of ideologies,
Alaska should became the bul
wark not merely of physical de
fense, but of the American idea.”
SEATTLE, UP)—The Alaska De
, velopment Board reported yester
: day it will appeal to the Civil
Aeronau ics Board against any
! curtailment of services allowed
non-schedulcd air carriers operat
ing to or within Alaska.
In a telegram to CAB chairman
James O’Connell, the board asked
favorable consideration instead
for the expansion of such service
because of the “unique” Alaska
transportation situation.
Certificated regular carriers,
the board said, “don’t begin to i
take care of Alaska’s needs.” i
Pedestrian Dies ,
As Auto Hurls i
Him 64 Feet
Edward A. Becker, 37 years old,
i machinist, was killed Dec. 27.
when he was struck and thrown .
B4 feet by an automobile in East i
Union Street at 19th Avenue, in
Seattle. ,
The force of the impact was so ,
great Becker was knocked out of
his shoes, which lay 25 feet from
the point of impact, Coroner John
P. Brill, Jr., reported.
The motorists, Clifford B. Jones,
55, estimated his speed at 20 miles
a nhour at the time of the acci
dent. Traffic patrolman said, how
ever, his automobile left 105 feet
of skid marks on the pavement.
Jones was charged with reckless
driving and released on $150 bail.
Edward Becker was born and
raised in Nome; his father having
operated a machine shop here for
many years.
He is survived by his father, a
younger brother and a sister of
Seat le.
Blue point oysters were origin
ally so named from Blue Point, a
Long Island near which certain
delicious oysters were found.
Congress Will l |>
Truman's Air
Foree Budget
\V A SHING TON, l/P)— P: e side n 1
Truman*' budget brake i-n an
force expansion plnas stirred u
i Congressional hornet's nest to
day. Both Democrats and Repub
licans joined in.
Mr. Truman recommended
minimum 48-combat group an
force in h:s budget message Mon
day. Rep. Vinson <D.-Ga.), pros
pective chairman of the Hous*
armed services committee, dis
agreed.
j “I am thoroughly convinced an
| overwhelming majority of Cor
! gress will vote for the fund? to pul
into being a 70-group air fore*
over a period of three or four
years,” Vinson sadi. “It is the min
imum we must have for security,
i Senator Tydings <D.-Mo.), chair
man of the Senate armed service*
'committee, said he didn't 'bin*
1 *he President’s recommendations
I “ruled out” an ultimate 70-grou,
force, but intended to study the
matter very closely.
Mr. Truman took the stand that
i the number and size of planes is :>
better way to measure air force
•strength than by the number e?
groups.
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Bronson Water Delivery
Phone Main 19
Alaska Airlines
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4 Scheduled trips a week: Monday, Wed
nesday, Friday, Saturday. Nome, (Moses
Point Flag Stop), Unalakleet. McGrath.
(Farewell Flag Stop), Anchorage. Alaska
Airlines IS STEADILY INCREASING
THEIR SERVICE to the people of Nome
and the surrounding districts. We are
proud of our dependable service, and in
tend to maintain the BETTER SERVICE
to Nome. Low freight rates and even
lower rates on produce shipments will
help everyone—Merchants. Businessmen,
and Housewives.
Mail service four times a week speeds
i
your correspondence.
Alaska Airlines maintains a Shopping
Service too, for your convenience:
TRAVEL, SHIP, THE DEPENDABLE —
THE STARLINER ROUTE.
One carrier service from Anchorage to
Candle, Deering and Kotzebue.