Best House Types
For Alaska Climate
To Be Determined
What kind of house should I
build in the northern part of
Alaska, the Panhandle of Alaska,
the coastal area of Alaska? Should
my Alaskan home be essentially
cheerful, light and expansive, or
should it be like a parka—keep
the elements out, and the heat in?
How much money should be
spent on insulation? How much
heat should be sacrificed to per
mit picture windows to give a
sense of freedom and escape to
those who live within?
With building costs rising high
er and higher, people want to
know what type architecture,
what kind of housing materials,
and what type of interior decora
tion would make the most effi
cient and most livable home for
the Territory.
The Alaska Housing Authority
is starting a program to find the
answers to these questions. Mr. E.
Glen Wilder, the Executive Di
rector of the AHA, which has
loaned more than $13,000,000 to
finance adequate home construc
tion for Alaska, hopes that he can
come up with a type of house that
fits Alaska as well as the Cape
Cod dwelling fits New England.
“We in Alaska have a lot to
learn about housing and home
construction,” Mr. Wiftler said.
“The Board of Commissioners of
the AHA has authorized a pro
gram to start right from scratch
to find out everything there is to
know about the problems of
building here: our short winter
days, the around-the-clock day
lirh in summer, and also the
psychological and physiological
factors of life in the Territory.”
At the AHA Board Meeting
in Juneau last month, vice-chair
man Z. J. Loussac, raised the
question that started the search
for the home types best suited
for Alaska.
Loussac said, “Driving through
Baltimore one time I was shocked
to see the miles of houses that
were exactly alike. I wondered
what kind of people came out of
British Paratroops
In Surprise Attack
On Malaya Reds
By Robert B. Hewett
SINGAPORE, (JP)— British para
troopers jumped into a rain-swept
Malayan jungle clearing Saturday
in a daring attack against a sus
pected communist stronghold near
the Thailand border.
Fifty - seven picked jumpers
made the raid, first paratroop
operation against the terrorists
in five years of fighting. They
did it to nip a reported communist
propaganda move—declaration of
a Red state in Malaya.
“This is better than walking,”
said Maj. Alastair McGregor
shortly before he led troopers of
a special air service regiment in
a leap 600 feet above the treetops.
The first radio message, 40 min
utes after the jump, reported “no
opposition — everything okay.”
From the air there were no signs
i of movement, except that of the
paratroopers, wading through rice
paddies and untangling khaki
chutes from the trees.
SENATOR TAFT ENTERS
WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY
CHARLESTON, W. Va., (/P) —
Sen. Taft (R-Ohio> formally en
tered the West Virginia primary
today for a test of strength with
Harold E. Stassen for the Re
publican presidential nomination.
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those houses. I wondered if the
' the people who lived in these
Baltimore - type homes and their
aspirations were as stereotyped as
the houses they lived in. I saw the
| same thing in other communities
across the land. I wondered if we
in Alaska were not falling into
a rut by accepting the architec
tural styling that has become the
accepted standard in the States,’*
Loussac said.
So the Alaska Housing Author
: ity will start from scratch and
study every type of architecture,
every method of construction,
every type of home in America
and abroad to come up with the
answers Alaskans want.
Territorial Taxes for 1951 Show Total of $13,436,731.41
A statement issued by the Territorial Tax Commissioner for 1951
shows a total of $13,436,731.41 collected in territorial taxes.
Of this amount Second Division paid a total of $300,773.65, which
is divided as follows:
Amusement and Gaming Devices . $ 2,012.50
Automobile License Plates . 4,285.00
Automobile Drivers Licenses . 944.00
Business Licenses . 13,789.36
Construction of Roads (Motor Fuel Oil) . 39,027.86
Duplicate Certificates of Ownership . 36.00
Excise Taxes - Liquor . 37,610.44
Fisheries:
Cold Storage and Fish Processors (Ch. 97) . "95.29
Raw Fish Tax (Ch. 82) . 6,273.28
Sport Fishing Licenses . 157.00
Inheritance Tax - Principal . 239.52
Inheritance Tax - Interest . 16.77
Mines and Mining - License Tax ... 24,482.72
Ne‘ Income Tax .1...124.602.49
Property Tax . 6,291.93
Punchboard Tax . 312.00
School Tax . 6,167.50
1 Tobacco Tax . 34,429.99
TOTAL . $300,773.65
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