AIRLINES SET
NEW RECORDS
JUNEAU—Alaska’s busy airlines
carried as much freight in the year
ending June 30, 1948 as in the pre
vious four years combined, it is re
vealed in a summary of aircraft
operations compiled by the Alaska
Aeronautics and Communication
Commission here.
Freight carried in aircraft opera
tions within Alaska last fiscal year
totaled 18,758,493 pounds. This ex
ceeds by several million pounds
the total carried in all the years
from 1927 through 1939. It also
beats the record for the entire war
time period, 1941 to 1945 inclusive.
Passenger miles flown by Alas
ka aircraft also set a new record
last year, totaling 59,770,869 as is
compared with 38.333,117 in the
previous year.
Large as are the totals for last
year, they do not include statis
tics from a few certificated car
ries who are late in getting in their
reports to the Commission. Neith
er do they include figures from the
operation of the approximately 75
non-certificated small airlines re
ported or believed to have oper
ated within the Territory during
the fiscal yar.
Tax Collections Up
3 Million In '48
JUNEAU—Taxes collected by
Uncle Sam in the Territory of Al
aska jumped by more than $3,000,
000 in fiscal 1948 over the previous
year, according to figures released
to the Alaska Development Board
by the Collector of Internal Re
venue for the Washington and Al
aska district at Tacoma.
In the year ending June 30, 1948,
total internal revenue collections
in Alaska were $18,885,047.52.
These compare with a total of $15.
827,370.49 in 1947.
Income tax totals reported for
the Territory of Alaska include
only those paid by corporations
and individuals within Alaska.
They do not include the very sub
stantial payments by outside cor
porations or individuals who con
duct all or part of their activities
in the Territory. Most of Alaska’s
salmon canneries, for instance,
would fall in this category and
thus would not be included in the
figures given.
The large increase in Alaska
-collections came despite tax rate
reductions during the year and
are evidence of increasing activ
ity and prosperity in the Territory,
the Alaska Development Board
believes. Increases were noted in
all classes of collections including
corporation, individual, withhold
ing and other. The largest in
crease, however, was in the with
holding tax which went up by al
most $2,000,000 over the previous
fiscal year.
Power Investigations
May Be Extended
Extension of the hydroelectric
power investigations of the Bureau
of Reclamation into the interior
and northern section of Alaska
has been requested by the Alaska
Developmnt Board.
The Bureau began its work in
the Territory only this year and
has been concentrating its efforts
in Southeast Alaska and Anchor
age area. While endorsing this
work, the Development Board has
asked that the program include,
in addition, investigations in the
other sections of Alaska.
The Board has suggested to the
Interior Department that there
exist throughout the Territory, and
notably in the interior and in por
tions of the Second Division, water
powers believed worthy of exam
ination.
Schoolboy exam paper: “To pre
serve the beautiful vistas in the
park we must not pick them.”
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| Alaskan Theater Has New RC Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Howard
R. Ross, for six years recreation
direcor at the New York State
Training School, Warwick, N.Y.,
has been appointed director of
American Red Cross services to
the armed forces in the Alaskan
theater of operations.
He will direct a staff of 21 men
and women serving troops sta
tioned in Alaska and on the Aleu
tians. In addition to itinerant cov
erage, Red Cross has resident field
directors and assistants in four
military camps and three hospitals.
Ross’ headquarters will be in An
chorage. Some 2150 Red Cross
workers still are serving with U.S.
troops at home and abroad.
For nearly six years Ross has
been on Red Cross duty, in North
Africa, Italy and in Trieste. He en
tered Red Cross service in Decem
ber, 1942, and went to Oran as a
club director a few months later.
Subsequently he became a regional
club director with the 15th Air
Force and later assistant director
of all Red Cross clubs in the Medi
terranean theater. His last assign
ment in that area was director of
ARC activities in the international
settlement of Trieste.
A resident of Glens Falls, N.Y.,
| Ross is a graduate of Springfield
and Ithaca Colleges, and also
studied at Columbia, Colgate and
the New York School of Social
Work. For several years he was in
YMCA work in Auburn and Ithaca
before joining the staff of the New
York State Training School,
Several cats of proved efficiency
as rat and mice catchers are kept
on the payroll of British Railways
with salaries, expended for food, of
one shilling a week per cat.
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ON THE BALLOT in the October 12 election there will be a referendum on "the practice of fishing by means of traps
should be continued or.should be abolished.” To abolish traps, we believe, would amount to confiscation and would
permanently injure the Territory ot Alaska.
HERE’S WHY YOU SERVE YOUR
INTERESTS TO CONTINUE TRAPS
la Traps mean jobs—not just for 45 clays but for six to nine months for approximately 4,000 people,
mostly Alaskans.
2a Traps are the best means of conserving Alaska's salmon.
3a Traps pay taxes. Without them the Territory would have to levy additional taxes on all other
Alaska businesses and individuals.
4-. Traps, together with mobile gear, allow canneries to operate efficiently. Without traps, at least
25 larse canneries would close down because they would be stripped of their dependable supply
of salmon—thousands of men would lose their jobs.
5, Traps are vital to Alaska's economy. Confiscate them and you undermine the Territory’s stability’.
An unstable region cannot develop a diversified economy.
Traps so stabilize the entire salmon industry that they make it possible for packers to pay fisher
men maximum prices. Confiscate traps and you cut down these earnings. Nobody gains—every
one loses.
7m Traps are vital in maintaining U. S. world leadership in the canned salmon industry. Confiscate
them and you so weaken America’s position that it will be possible for Russia, utilizing U. S. fish
ing equipment, to seize this prize in world trade.
8. Traps represent large investments in venture capital. Confiscate them and you discourage other
industries from investing in Alaska’s future. ,
9. Traps provide healthy competition. Confiscate them and you establish a gear monopoly in the
catching of salmon. v
10- Traps, seines and gill nets — ALL THREE TYPES OF GEAR ARE ESSENTIAL to maintain
Alaska's canned salmon pack. Varying conditions in the Alaska fishing grounds make it eco
nomically feasible to fish certain areas to full advantage only by means of traps.
VOTE TO CONTINUE SALMON TRAPS!
COMMITTEE OF ALASKA TRAP OPERATORS