Fish company
protests motor fuel
tax for boats
JUlNEAU (/P) The Kayler
Daihl Fish Oo. Inc., has lodged
& strong (protest} with the de
partment of taxation over the
three-cents per gallon ralotor
fuel tax on fuel used for fish
ing vessels.
The .Petersburg firm, in a
letter to the department ofj
taxation, described the tax
law passed by the last legisla
ture as “entirely unfair to ev
ery resident Of Alaska and to
every person in Alasika who
works here and puts his mon
ey badk into the territory via
his purchasing.’’
Chris Dahl, partner in the
firm, painted out that three
cents per gallon refundable
fuel tax sets up a costly and
unfair bookkeeping problem.
'NEW YORK (IP) The latest
count by the American Red
Cross shows 49,441 families suf
fered losses in the northeast
(floods of nearly two weeks ago
The agency figured its relief
costs *will go over 10 million
dollars.
fan Am faces j
and1 Honolulu.
The union has aslked lor a
rase of 18 cents an hour for
hourly rated employes who
now average $2.10 an hour. For
flight stewards, who now
make $375 a month, it seeks a
boost of $45 a .month.
Also in dispute are demands
for a 30-hour work week in
stead of 40 hours, a guaranteed
year-round layoff pay plan,
improved pensions and triple
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instead of double time for hol
idays.
'by The Associated Press
Cool Canadian air continued
to spread south wtard and east
wlaird Wednesday after caus
ing some violent electrical
storms in the Appalachian
mountains and lower Great
Lakes arela.
The cool alir had (pushed into
the igtuilf states and to the At
lantic coast.
Electrical and wind storms
hit Pennsylvania and New
York state particularly. The
heaviest rainfall reported was
1.66 inches at Harrisburg. Pa.,
the weather bureau Said an
“unconfirmed tornado” hit j
Townsend, N. Y.,' Ibut no in
juries were reported. At Pitts- i
buhgh utility lines and trees
were blown down.
Flood damage not
Colorado.
Army engineers have given
a preliminary estimate of 1,
600.000,000 as the possible to
tal idiaimJage in the flood area
and the government share in
the recovery prdgram has Ibeen
estimated up to 100 million
dollars or more.
Peterson would not give an
estimate of his own after a
tour of some of the flood States
on foot and -by helicopter. But
he said the government would
know more lalbouit the damage
toll alter the army engineers
have completed their survey.
Sports Trail —
by Whitney Martin
NEW YORK (/P) Nashua and
Swaps will give a running ac
count of themselves at Wash
ington iPlark today for a prize
of $100,000, which ain’t hay, as
they say, although the two tho
robreds wish it were.
We haven’t the slightest idea
whose horse will win the match
Pace, but if we haid to do a lit
tle leaning it iwouJl'd be toward
Swaps. We can’t forget how he
allowed Nashua to draw up be
side him in the Kentucky Der
by, look him in the eye, and
then said “so long” and went
ahead * to win from the Wood
ward colt.
What really interests us a
bout the race is the $100,000
winner take all, as it gives a
pretty good line on the compara
five earnings of a leading trot
iter ancf a top thoroughbred.
Scott Frost, winner of the
Haimibletonian, is the leading
three year old trotter of the
moment, and is a favorite in the
$74,040 Futurity event at Yon
kers raceway Thursday night.
'Scott Frost hias won $83,101
this year and should he win
Thursday hlis earnings will 'be
boosted.1 to $120,146, which
would be a record for harness
horses for >a one year period.
Niasbuia, on the other band,
already Was won $589,700 this
year for a two year total of
$782,505. 'and! should he win
Wednesday both those marks
would be increased bv $10 ,000.
All oif Which might cause
Scott Frost to wonder why he
was (fated to become a trotter,
much as a journeyman plumb
er or machinist might contem
plate a surgeons fee and men
tally kick himself for not de
ciding to be a doctor.
Not only do the trotters come
off second 'best when it comes
to earnings, but they have to
work a lot harder for what
they do get than the pampered
thoroughbreds, what with the
endless practice whale pulling
a sulky loaded with a man, the
heats in various events, such*1
1—-----.
as the Hiamibletonian, and one
thing and /another.
At that, Scott .Frost’s earn
ings are really fat compared to
whlat the top trotter would have
earned about 15 years ago. At
a very rough guess we would
say a Scott Frost of that period
would win about 25 per cent of
that figure.
Night racing with pari-mu
tuels and a consequent increase
in /the size of purses are respon
sable for the increased earning
power of the harness horses
today.
Although 'Scott Frost’s earn
ing power is small in compar
ison with that of a Nashua or
Swaps he nevertheless is con
sidered of sufficient value to
warrant an insurance policy of
$100,000, equal to the amount
carried by William H. Cane on
his now retired pacer, Good
Time.
The premium is $5,000 a year,
and as that is the approximate
cost of feeding and generally
maintaining an average harness
horse for that period, an idea
of his worth to his owner, Sol
Camp, is better appreciated.
'Most champion horses, whe
ther thoroughbred or standard
I bred, have their peculiar traits
and Scott Frost’s quirk is a dis
like for humans, particularly
strangers, although he’s a re
gular ■ gadabout when it comes
to associating'with other horses
It has beer: mentioned that
Frosty may have heard about
the darnings of the thorough
bred and consequently is a lit
tle sore at people for not pul
ing a saddle on him instead o1
hitchin|g him to a cart, but we
don’t believe that.
PADRES-BEAVERS MAY
HAVE CHANCE AT LEAD \
°
!by The Associated Press j
Portland and San Diego tied j
for third place 4Vc back in the i
Pacific Coast league, may offer
more than a mathematical chal |
lenge to league leading Seattle j
and Hollywood.
The San Diego Padres take j
on Sacramento at home tonight ,
In their last home series with j
the Solons they took five out:
of seven games.
And Portland displayed its
keen interest by handing Seat
tle and Lou Kretlow a 5-2 de
feat last night in the opener of
a long series at Portland, where
a doulbleheader is scheduled to
night. In other games last night
Los Angeles defeated Holly
wood 2-1, and Oakland bomibar
ded San Francisco ‘10-3. San
Diego and Oakland were idle.
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WHITE SOX GRAB LEAD
AS YANKEES DROP GAME
by The Associated Press
| In the tight American league
race last night, Kansas City, 24
games deep in sixth place, drop
ped New York 4-3, spilling the
Yankees from first place into
a second place tie with Cleve
land. With that assist, the Chi
cago White Sox moved a half
game ahead with a 7-5 decision
over Boston.
The White Sox! didn’t ride
into the lead on a white charg
er. They backed in with five
unearned runs.
j Cleveland, meanwhile, moy
ed up with a 7-4 triumph over
Baltimore — but had the help
; of eight walks that became four
runs.
Chicago, playing one less
game than either New York or
Cleveland lor a five percentage
point edge, tied it at 4-4 in the
fourth with the first two gift
runs. Then the Chisox put ift a
way with the other three unearn
ed runs while reliefer Millard
Howell checked Boston on three
hits over the last five frames.
New York bunched three of
its five hits off Alex Kellner
to tie the As at 3-all in the
fifth. Then Hec Lopez? gave
Alex his 10th victory with a
home run Off loser Bob Grim
in the bottom half of the frame
Bob Lemon won his 15th for
the Indians, but gave up 12 hits
and needed help from Don
Mossi to got the final out fol
lowing two singles with two a
jway in the ninth.
! Billy Hoeft granted just four
singles for bis 14th victory as
Detroit beat Washington 4-0
in the other league game.
In the National, Brooklyn
went 13 games in front by beat
ing Milwaukee 8-6 as Don New
comibe finally! won his 10th;
New York ended a five game
slump with a 5-0, 9-7 sweep of
Cincinnati; Chicago’s Cubs clip
ped Philadelphia 3-1; and Pitts
burgh beat St. Louis 3-1 after
the Cards had wrapped up a
1-0 verdict in the completion of
a suspended game.
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