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SEWARD’S
All-cWeathec
SEAPORT
Is 'Alaska’s
Greatest Asset
Seward Seaport
Formerly The Seward Polaris & Kenai Pcninsula-Aleutian Chain News
Vol. V, No. 73
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1949
Price 10 Cents
Tues. Deadline
For Estimates
On Income Tax
According to M. P. Mullaney,
Tax Commissioner of the Territory
of Alaska, many people must file
Declarations of Estimated Alaska
Net Income Tax for the year 1949
and make their first quarterly pay
ment on the basis of those declara
tions.
Taxpayers with a taxable income
from sources not covered by with
holding, such as Federal employes,
investors, businessmen, doctors,
lawyers, storekeepers, members of
the armed forces, domestic and ag
ricultural workers, clergymen, etc.,
must file declarations on or before
March 15, 1949 and pay at that time
either the full amount of antici
pated income tax due for the year
or the first quarterly installment.
Farmers may elect to wait until
January 15, 1950 before they file.
The 1949 declaration forms, Dep
tax Form 600 ES.D., are printed
slips similar in appearance and
general contents to the forms used
by the Internal Revenue Service
(Federal Government). Attached
to the form are instructions and a
blank for the taxpayer’s copy. They
have been mailed to all persons of
record on the Tax Register of the
Department of Taxation. Taxpay
ers who are required to file and
who do not receive declarations
may obtain copies from Divisional
or Area Tax Collectors of the De:
partment of Taxation or by writing
direct to the Department of Taxa
tion, Box 651, Juneau, Alaska.
Even though you do not receive
forms through the mails or other
wise, liability still exists and every
effort must be made to obtain
forms.
A taxpayer who is delinquent in
filing his declaration or in making
payment will not be penalized im
mediately, but will be granted
every opportunity to show a rea
sonable cause for delinquency.
In making an estirr^ite of prob
able 1949 tax this early, taxpayers
may feel that they are unable to
make an accurate estimate because
of possible changes that may oc
cur before the close of the current
year. It is not required however to
be absolutely accurate, your best
estimate will be accepted for the
first filing and adjustments may
be made during the year. Taxpay
ers who have been filing Declara
tions of Estimated Income with j
the Internal Revenue (Federal Gov
ernment) need only to use ten per
cent (10%.) of the amount so de
clared and this amount will suf
fice as an estimate in filing dec
larations with the Department of
Taxation.
FEW PATENTS REPORTED IN
SEWARD GENERAL HOSPITAL
News from the Seward General *
Hospital is good news. That is—no
business. After the recent scare
over epidemics it is good news in- ,
deed to hear that there are onlv
I
nine or ten patients in the hospital. '
With the advent of springtime and i
sunshine we can hope that there j
will be less sickness all around.
Army Officials Visit
Seward, Confer
With City Officials
General Young, head of the Army
Transport Service in Washington,
D.C., was in Seward for a few
hours this morning.
The General traveled from Whit
tier with a party of staff members
from Fort Richardson. Since the
local press had no opportunity of
securing an interview with the
members of the party, the names
and ranks of the officers present
could not be learned.
It was learned that some of the
officials of The Alaska Railroad
were also present at Seward, al
though the only one who talked to
the newspaper was Col. L. A.
Moore, assistant to Colonel John
P. Johnson, manager of the rail
road. The subject of the visit was
not discussed.
It is reported that a party, of
Sewardites accompanied the Army
officials on the Anchorage train,
and that they are expected to re
turn to Seward some time today.
While the purpose of the visit was
not known at press time, it is gen
erally assumed about Seward that
it involved the status of the Sew
ard-Portage section of The Alaska
Railroad.
Wm. Sleeman Passes.
Away March 14
William H. Sleeman, resident of
Alaska for 25 years, passed away
Monday at the home of his friend,
E. L. Senft, at Mile Six.
Sleeman came to Alaska in the
year 1924 and worked as a mine
forman at Uyak. In 1927 he came
to Seward and was an employe of
The Alaska Railroad until recently.
He was a veteran of World War
I, having served 14 months in the
front lines with the U.S. Army in
the 27th Engineers. In the Meuse
Argonnp campaign he received a
decoration for bravery.
Sleeman was well known in Sew
ard and throughout the Territory,
and was a member of the Masonic
Lodge and American Legion. His
birthplace was in Cornwall, Eng
land. Relatives have been notified,
but they are not expected to be
present for funeral services.
It is expected that funeral serv
ices will be conducted by the Ma
sonic Lodge with tentative date
set for next Sunday, March 20.
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
FOR MRS. WOLFE
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday for Mrs. Betty Wolfe
who passed away last Saturday
night in Seward after a long ill
ness. Graveside services will be held
at the cemetery, it was announced
today by Mr. Charles Adkins of the
Adkins Funeral Home in Seward.
Mrs.’ Wolfe had been a resident
of Alaska for a great many years
Had she lived she would have
reached her ninetieth birthday in
April of 1949. She had been a
widow for many years, but is sur
vived by one son, Elmer McNamee
of Seward, and three daughters,
one of whom is Mrs. Frank Heilo
of Moose Pass. Her other two
daughters are said to have their
homes in the States.
Reduced Rates
Given By ACS
For Alaskans
The following notice concerning
rate reductions on radio-telephone
calls has been received from the
ACS office in Seward:
“Rate reductions on telephone
calls within Alaska between pri
vately owned radio-telephono sta
tions and Army Signal Corps sta
tions and between marine vessels
and Army Signal Corps shore sta
tions, w'ere announced today by
Colonel Fred P. Andrews, com
manding officer of the Alaska
Communication System. Rate re
ductions will be placed in effect
on fifteen March.
“Day rates will be reduced from
ohe dollar fifty cents for three
minutes plus fifty cents for each
additional minute to ninety cents
for three minutes plus twenty-five
cents for each additional minute.
Night rates and Sunday rates will
be reduced to seventy-five cents
for three minutes plus twenty cents
for each additional minute.
“Night rates are effective be
tween six p.m. and four thirty a m.
daily. Sunday rates will be effec
tive from midnight Saturday to
midnight Sunday. All time stated
is local time.”
Sanatorium in Need
Of Chairs
The Seward Sanatorium is send
ing out a call for chairs. Many of
the patients are able to spend an
hour or two of each day sitting up
out of bed. but there are not enough
chairs to furnish a ward. The Red
Cross chapter is negotiating for
Army surplus chairs, but since the
ones in question are located in
Kodiak it may be some time be
fore they can be acquired—if at
all. Even if they are obtained the
number will fall far short of the
need for them at the hospital.
| If you have a chair that you are
not using, straight chair, folding
chair, arm chair or rocking chair,
bring it to the Seward Seaport
Record office, or call the office,
; Main 168; call the Sanatorium,
Black 4; call Red Cross, Madison
57, or just drop in and tell us about
, the chair, leave your address and
I it will be picked up.
, With spring housecleaning at
1 hand, many people will find stray
chairs tucked away in the attic or
cellar that are taking up room, or
that can be spared. Why not give
them for use of the patients at the
Sanatorium?
At The Hotels . . .
At the New Seward—Hal Thorn
: ton, Kenai; Mr. and Mrs. Francis
E. Hall, Kenai; G. R. Olson, Ju
neau; Ralph Soberg, Anchorage;
Wm. A. Manley, Anchorage; Paul
Hutman. Whittier; Harry Volls,
Whittier; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Young, Fairbanks; R. H. Bruce,
Anchorage; W. C. Davidson, An
chorage; Mr. and Mrs. L. Suther
land, Seward; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Dorf, Girdwood; Lee R. Berry, Sew
ard; Danny Thomas, Portage.
Council Reads Bids for
Construction
Of School Additon
i Bids on the construction of a
j live-room addition to the Seward
Public School building were open
ed at Monday’s City Council meet
ing.
Three bids were submitted. It is
reported, however, that there has
been a delay in getting final ap
proval on the bond issue, and it
I was not possible to accept any of
the three bids. The bid of an An
chorage contracting firm, Sullens
& Hass, Inc., was rejected on the
grounds that their bid of $105,056
.20 was too high.
The two remaining bids were :
| submitted by local contractors. A
; figure of $98,397.20 was submitted
i by Jim Cameron. The lowest bid
of the three was that of $93,897.56
submitted by the James Construc
tion Company of Seward, of which j
Ray James is president and Rich- !
ard Biesner is vice-president.
The architect who furnished the
plans for the addition, William A
Manley of Anchorage, was present
at the opening of the bids. After
the bids were read, the meeting
was closed to the public, including
news representatives.
Lions Hold Banquet
For Club Dignitary
Frank V. Birch, past internation
al president of Lions, and his wife ;
were guests at a dinner given by
and for the local Lions last Satur
day evening in the Methodist
Church social hall. I
Mr. Birch instituted the Lions ;
Club in Seward In 1944, since which |
time the club has grown to a large j
membership. The dinner was at
tended by 65 persons including the
Lion ladies.
After a talk by Mr. Birch on
Lionism, its aims and what has
been accomplished, Mrs. Birch
showed a movie of their travels, !
part of which were pictures of
a brown bear rearing upon his hind
feet right into the camera,
j Mr. Birch has been active in
Lions Club work for many years,
having become a member of the
Milwaukee Lions Club in 1924. He
was district governor of Wisconsin
clubs in 1930, and the following
year was a member of the execu
tive council of the board of gover
nors of the International Associa
tion.
At the international convention
held in Chicago in 1937 he was
elected president of the interna
tional organization.
Mr. Birch is a 32nd Degree Mason
| and is a member of the American
j Legion, the Presbyterian Church,
j and the Milwaukee City Club. He j
[ also holds membership in the Uni- !
| versity of Wisconsin Alumni As- '
sociation. He is a fine speaker and
the evening was enjoyed by every
one present.
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NOTICE OF CHANGE IN
VISITING HOURS
The Seward Sanatorium calls
your attention to a change in vis
iting hours effective immediately.
Every day (except Monday and
Friday) 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday and Friday only
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
McRae Agent
For Union At
Builders' Meet
A. G. McRae traveled to Anchor
age by plane Monday morning to
represent local unions at a meeting
of the Alaska Contractors’ Associ
ation.
At this meeting a master con
tract will be drawn up to cover all
labor unions working with mem
ber contractors of the Alaska as
sociation. According to McRae, the
contract will cover all unions
equally, except for wage scale. In
this manner power equipment op
erators would have a contract with
the same general conditions as car
penters, aside from the difference
in the hourly wage.
McRae also said that the safety
program will be worked out so that
one man in 20 on any job will have
first aid training. In case of acci
dental death the cost of shipping
the body to the point of hire, or an
equal distance, will be borne by
the contractor.
While the General Contractors
Association of America has been in
existence for a number of years, it
was said that the Alaska chapter
of this association has only recent
ly been formed.
SAN FRANCISCAN VISITS
PARENTS HERE
Mrs. Sam Ragona, the former
Laurel Hart, and her 14-months-old
daughter Becky of San Francisco
are visiting Mrs. Ragona’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Andrews.
Mrs. Ragona attended high
school in Seward from 1943 to 1946,
and is happy to see her former
schoolmates again, exchange rem
iniscences, and admire the new
babies, of which there are several.
fee Pool
Breakup Dates
At Nenaaa
1917 April 30, 11:30 a.m.
1918 May 11, 9:33 a.m.
1919 . May 3. 2:33 p.m.
1920 . May 11, 10:46 a.m.
1921 May 11, 6:42 a.m.
1922 .May 12, 1:20 p.m.
1923 May 9, 2:00 p.m.
1924 . May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925 May 7. 6:32 p.m.
1926 . April 26, 4:03 p.m.
1927 . May 13, 5:42 a.m.
1928 . May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929 . May 5, 3:41 p.m.
1930 . May 8, 7:03 p.m.
1931 . May 10. 9:23 a.m.
1932 . May 1, 10:15 a.m.
1933 . May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1934 . April 30, 2:07 p.m.
1935 . May 15. 1:£2 p.m.
1936 . April 30. 12:58 p.m.
1937 . May 12, 8:04 p.m.
1938 May 6, 8:14 p.m.
1939 . April 29, 1:26 p.m.
1940 . April 20, 3:27 p.m.
1941 . May 3, 1:50 a.m.
1942 . April 30, 1:28 p.m.
1943 . April 28, 7:22 p.m.
1944 . May 4, 2:08 p.m.
1945 . May 16, 9:41 a.m.
1946 . May 5, 4:40 p.m.
1947 . May 3, 5:53 p.m.
1948 . May 13, 11:13 a.m.
ST. PATRICK’S
CIVIC CENTER
DAY PARTY
• 8 P. M.
-THURSDAY. MARCH 17
Entertainment — Refreshments — Bingo
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