Alaska Popuation
On The Increase
Says Interior Dept.
((A1)-Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, — (A>) —Alas
ka’s civilian population is now
around 90,000 to 94,000, the In
terior Department said today.
Far and away the largest city
is Anchorage, with about 19,000
inhabitants.
Next in order are Fairbanks,
8,500; Juneau and Ketchikan, 7,
000 each; Sitka 2,000; Nome, (est)
1,600; and Cordova, Petersburg
and Palmer with 1,500 each.
Altogether the Territory has
12 places with a population of
1,000 or more, compared with
eight in 1940.
Joseph T. Flakne, chief of the
department’s Alaska branch, told
a reporter the estimates were all
based on careful study of all av
NOME LIQUOR STORE FINED
SELLING LIQUOR TO MINOR
The Nome Liquor Store .owned
by the Nome Mercantile and Min
ing Company, was fined $25 in
U.S. Commissioner’s Court, for
selling liquor to a minor.
ailable information.
The last census, in 1940, gave
Alaska 72,524 inhabitants, - 39,170
whites and 33,342 non-whites. In
1930 the total was 59,278, and in
1920, 55,036.
Flakne said the proportion of
women probably has increased
measurably since 1940, when there
were 43,003 men and 29,521 wo
men.
Estimated populations of other
major towns in a territory which
is one-fifth the size of the United
states:
Kodiak and Wrangell, 1,200
each; Seward, 1,000; Skagway,1
650; Valdez and Unalaska, 600
each; Douglas, 525; Craig 500;
Haines and Seldovia, 400 each;
Homer, 325; Nenana, 250.
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ARCTIC VETERANS
FORT RICHARDSON, — The1
Alaskan Air Command has an
nounced that there is a shortage
within the command for Arctic j
veterans, needed for instruction
purposes in its Arctic Indoctin
ation School and in the 10th Res
cue squadron. The Air Command
also announced that there is a
new military occupational spe
cialty assignment for such men
and the title is “Arctic Survival!
Expert.” Men holding the SSN:
of 3383 (Arctic Survival Expert),!
would be eligible to the rank of
Master Sergeant.
The job description for a sur
vival expert contains a long list
of “must” experiences such as
ability as woodsman and in set
ting up and operating practical
camp suitable for terrain con- j
ditions, knowledge of layout and |
preparation of landing and aerial
drop areas, land navigation, land'
and water transport, characteris- j
tics of wild life, knowledge of na- ;
tives, first aid and signalling.
According to the Alaskan Air
Command, men possessing these
accomplishments would be util
ized to the best advantages of the
Air Force in Alaska, and would
receive assignments most suited
to their past training or exper
ience. Men detailed to the Arctic
Indoctrination School at Nome
would be assigned as permanent
party to the training or supply
staff and would assist in the train
ing of students or the mainten
ance of camp. Men detailed to I
the 10th Rescue squadron would I
in all probability be assigned to
the land-search branch where they
would receive training. in search
technique combining land and
air liaison.
Men interested in applying for
this new specialty should contact
their nearest Air Force Recruit
ing Office.
Flood End Official
Waters Recede In
Columbia River
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exceeded by the 54-day record of
1894.
But the misery of the homeless
will go on for days at other points.
At Vancouver, Wash., the river
will not get back in its banks at the
15-foot level for another 10 days.
It will be two weeks before 5,000
residents north of Portland can
reclaim their homes.
For more than 18,500 survivors
of Vanport, there will be no re
turn. Their housing project city
was shattered completely Memor
ial Day. Now in trailers and bar- I
racks, they face the prospect of
waiting months at least for homes.
No financing or construction plans
yet have been made.
It was the costliest flood on!
record. The damage is in yet-un
totaled multi-millions. The known j
death toll is 49, and still not cer- j
tainly final. The homeless were
estimated at 60,000.
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6 Months To Claim
Refund On Taxes
KODIAK, Alaska, 17 th Naval
District,—Only six months remain
in which to claim refund for in
come taxes abated by Public Law
367 of the 80th Congress. for
members of the Armed Forces
who died since the start of World
War n.
This law provides for the abate
ment of Federal income tax in
the case of any individual who
diies on or after December 7,
1941 while in the active service
as a member of the military or
naval forces of the United States
or any of the other United Na
tions, and prior to Jan. 1, 1948.
nancy smith, son and
mother here on visit
Nancy Smith and Son, former
ly here with the C.A.A. and her
mother who also spent a year
here making many friends, are
spending the holiday here from
their home in Anchorage.
No tax is payable for the tax
able year in which falls the date
of death, or for any prior tax
able year ending on or after De
cember 7, 1941, during any part
of which the deceased was in ac
tive service as a member of the
Armed Forces.
Any payments not made for such
period abate, and if collected shall
be credited or refunded as an over
payment providing a claim is filed
before January 1, 1949.
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