Symington States
Airforce Effective
ness Decreasing
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strength.
He repeated a statement he has
made before—that he believes a
70-group air force is essential to
the military security of the coun
try. In his written report to Con- |
gress, he had said the proposed
defense budget for the 12 months1
beginning July 1 won’t keep up |
even a 48-group air force.
But Symington told the report
ers the air force recognizes the
country could be defeated by eco
nomic disaster as well as military
disaster. He said he therefore sup
ports President Truman’s 48
group program without any reser
vation whatever.
In response to a question, he
said he has no opinion as to how
large an air force the country can
afford economically.
He added: “I don’t see how you
are going to balance the budget if
you face up to the international
situation.”
One of the questions Congress
is now considering is whether the ;
a cl m i nistrations $13,000,000,000 j
defense budget should be increas
ed to provide more money for air
GI INSURANCE CHECKS
TO ALASKA
Within a few days over 7,000
insurance dividend checks will ar
rive in Alaska for delivery to vet
erans under the National Service
Life Insurance special dividend
program.
The checks for Alaska under
the program started in January
were delayed through mechanical
difficulties encountered in pro
cessing the checks for the Terri
tory, according to information
given Delegate Bartlett by the
Veterans Administration when the
Delegate urged checks be sent to
Alaska.
The payment of the Alaska
checks was approved by the Vet
erans Administration on April 3
and the checks issued by the
Treasury Department on April 13.
I
force and navy plane purchases.
Defense Secretary Johnson or
dered the Joint Chiefs of Staff to
re-study this question after Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower told a Con
gressional committee recently that
he believes $500,000,000 “at the1
outside” should be added for air
craft purchases and strengthening
of Alaskan defenses.
The Joint Chiefs have reported
to Johnson and are scheduled to
discuss the problem with the
House armed services committee.
Financial Statement of the City of Nome
TERRITORY OF ALASKA )
CITY OF NOME ) SS.
I, Charles D. Jones, being duly appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Nome, to make the annual audit of the books and records of
the Office of the City Clerk, do hereby state that the audit has been
performed and the books were found to be correct. The receipts, dis
bursements and cash account were found to be as follows:
RECEIPTS
Taxes, Real and Personal $45,856.68
Taxes, Special and Delinquent 2,781.16
Penalty and Interest 187.10
Municipal Fines and Forfeitures 4,738.00
Pound Fees and Sales 25.50
Drivers’ Licenses 412.25
Motor Vehicle Stickers 4,130.00
U. S. District Court Clerk Licenses 7,114.13
Moving Bldg. Permits 530.00
Territorial Liquor Licenses 11,000.00
Sale and Rent of Real Estate 506.60
Miscellaneous 1,655.02
Sales Tax 2.438.88 s $81,375.32
♦Note: Total Sales Tax April 15, 1950 $8,754.07
DISBURSEMENTS
Fire Department $13,576.14
Police Department 12,062.39
Street Department 14,853.21
Health Department 2,474.57
City Clerk 3,624.70
Legal Services 1,095.00
City Hall 1,774.33
School Board 26,441.25
P.W.A. Bonds, Interest and Redemption 4,820.00
Nome Harbor Maintenance 2,500.00
, Miscellaneous 4,231.87 $87,453.46
Deficit for Year $6,078.14
CASH ACCOUNT
Balance Miners & Merchants Bank 4/13/49 $39,256.97
Less Outstanding Warrants 927.93
Clerk’s Cash Balance 4/13/49 38,329.04
Deposited 4/13/49 to 4/13/50 81,375.32
119,704.36
Disbursements 4/13/49 to 4/13/50 87,453.46
—
32,250.90
Less With-holding Tax 4/13/49 14.19
—
32,236.71
Flus Outstanding Warrants 1,031.88
Balance Miners’ & Merchants Bank 33,268.59
On deposit in J. G. McDougall Memorial Fund $321.52
On deposit in Bond, Interest and Redemption Fund 663.74
On deposit in Fourth of July Fund 56.18
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES D. JONES
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of April, 1950.
CARRIE M. McLAIN,
Notary Public for Alaska
My Commission expires June 18, 1950.
Publish April 26, 1950.
Labor Government
Wins Two Tests
In Parliament
LONDON, (/P)—Britain’s Labor
government won two critical tests
by a slim five-vote margin today.
Averting a parliamentary defeat
which would have forced it to re
sign.
In quick succession Labor twice
mustered 304 votes to 299 for the
combined opposition. The first
vote was on the governmen’s pro
posed increase in gasoline tax
from nine pence <10.5 cents* to a
shilling and a half <21 cents*, the
second supported the govern
ment’s proposed 33Vi percent pur- ,
chase tax on trucks.
It was Prime Minister Attlee’s
narrowest escape so far in the
new House of Commons elected
Feb. 23.
Although handicapped by ill
ness in the ranks, government
forces won through, 304 to 299,
over the combined opposiiton of
Winston Churchill’s Conserva
tives and the Liberal party.
Labor has at present an overall
margin of seven votes in the
House. Its closest shave previous
ly came on March 11 when it beat
down by 14 votes an opposition
motion of censure on its plans to
nationalize the steel industry.
A British Prime Minister de
feated on any such major issue is
required by this country’s unwrit
ten Constitution to offer his res
ignation to the King.
Technically, the King then
either can agree to a new na
Dewey Goodrich, manager of
the Nome Northern Commercial
Co., returned from a business and
vacation trip to the States, where
he has been for the- past three
months buying the kind of mer
chandise that he knows Nomeites
want. He states that he has pick
ed out some very good numbers
in men’s wear, both for dress and
work, as well as a fine line of la
dies dresses and lingerie.
Mr. Goodrich commented on
the weather, stating that today’s
weather was better than any he
had experienced while in Wash
ington and Oregon.
About 1,300,000,000 pounds of
butter are produced in the United
States annually.
tional election or let a member of
the opposition- try to form a new i
government. In practice, he ac
cepts the advice of. the outgoing
Prime Minister.
The victory in the House coin- !
cided with another close win for
V-abor. The government upped its
overall margin in the House to
eight votes with the election of a
Laborite in Scotland.
The Scottish race in the Dum
bartonshire west ‘division went to
Tom Steele, Laborite, by less than !
300 votes. The tally, after a re
i
count, was Steele. Laborite. 20,- ;
3G7; Robert Allan, Conservative,
20,074.
The nine Liberals in the House
of Commons decided last night to j
join Winston Churchill’s Con
servatives in challenging the gov
ernment’s two budget items.
Alaska Fishermen
Prirr (iomprlilion
SEATTLE, Uf*) — Alaska fisher
men are rolling up their sleeves
for a slam bang battle against
low priced competition of foreign
imports.
Henry Rostad, general manager
of the Halibut Producers' cooper
ative, reports that fishermen in
all Alaska ports, particularly Jun
eau, are aroused to the danger of
continued U. S. imports of fish
and fish products.
Rostad recently returned from a
swing around the southeastern
fishery-circuit—Ketchikan, Wran
gell, Petersburg, Juneau and Sit
ka.
“Imports, especially vitamin
oils from Japan, threaten the fu
ture of these fishermen, and they
know it,” Rostad said. "The black
cod fishermen around Juneau
stand to be the hardest hit. In
come from vitamin A oil com
prises about 60 per cent of their
livelihood.”
Meetings have been held and a
program of cooperation between
the various ports hi being worked
out, Rostad reported. Protests will
be tunneled from the different
groups and introduced into Con
gress, he said.
THE CHILDREN
WILL BE DELIGHTED
AT THE ARCTIC CLUB
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