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D/D YOU KNOW
Alaska led the ontiro nation in the in
crease in cxcoss profits taxos paid to the
Federal government in the fiscal year of
1948 over the previous year, according,to
information received by the Alaska Dctfol
opnent Board from the Treasury Department
in Washington.
Although the excoss profits tax rate was
reduced -tory substantially by the 80th
Congress, Alaska showed an increase in
collections of miscellaneous internal rev
enue including oxcoss profits taxes. The
total of such collections in the Territory
in 1948'was $1,837,669.66. This represent
ed an 8.155 increase over the previous year.
Only throe states shooed an increase in
this'class of taxos. They woro South Da
kota, Iona and Michigan, and in none of
thorn was the incroasc noarly so great per
centagewise as it was in Alaska. For the
nation as a whole'collections in this cat
agory declined 26.15$ in tho fiscal 1948
from tho 1947 total.
Fedoral corporation taxos paid in Alaska
in 1948 increased 65,6$ over the previous
ybar. Individual incanc taxes incroasod
4,85S. Enploynont taxes to the Ibderal
Govomnent vrere up 42.7$. Total internal
rovonuo collections shoued an increase of
19.3$. In overy one of those classifica
tions the incroaso in Mask a vas far above
the national averago.
The largo increaso in fedoral tax payments
by Alaskans in the face of loucr tax rates
is' intorproted by the Alaska Development
Board as evidence of a substantial increaso
in the voluno of* industrial, commercial and
business activity in the Territory.
ROBERT TO THE RESCUE
Just recently a little puppy craulod out
on an icy lodge along the side of Pave and
Joo’s Shirt Shop. The lodge is not very
uido and is above a 15 foot excavation.Tho
little puppy" bchane tather’ frightened at
his prodicanent-, but ho uasn't frightened
for long, because little Robert Meehan
cano to his rescue and cautiously craulod
along to the ledge and brought the puppy
safely back.
The Creanery nou has several’ of the nev;
flavors in'Ic'o Croan nade up.