SOCIAL
SECURITY
COLUMN
Alaska Office
Social Security Board
Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU—Passage by the extra
ordinary session of the Territorial,
legislature of an unemployment
compensation act was in harmony
with the action of the vast ma
jority of States, which have al
ready enacted similar legislation.
This legislation, early approval
of which by the Social Security
Board was received, means that
taxes which otherwise would be
paid to the federal government
without any benefit accruing to
the Territory, will be used to
pay unemployed Alaska workers
thus cushioning the economic
shock caused by loss of jobs and
brightening the entire business
picture should considerable un
employment result in any indus
try.
The Alaska law is applicable to
SALES
JSvery Month in the Year
Auction Sales Dates
19,3 7
June 9
July 14
August 11
September 8
October 13
November <-10 .
December 15
SPECIAL SALES HELD ON
REQUEST OF SHIPPERS
Advances will be made as
usual when requested.
Transferred by telegraph
If Desired
The Seattle Fur Exchange
1008 Western Avenue
Seattle, Wash.
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employers of eight or more in
dividuals employed during twen
| ty weeks of a taxable year, -whe
ther or not the employment oc
curs during consecutive weeks.
If a company lias two branches
in different cities each of which
| employs four persons it is sub
ject to the taxing provisions of
the act.
There are certain excuded oc
cupations, such as agricultural
workers, officers or members of a
crew of a vessel on the navigable
waters of the United States, ser
vice performed for the United
States, the Territory of Alaska
or any of its political sub-divi
sions. The remaining excluded
I occupations are of lesser import
ance numerically.
So that time will be had to ac
cumulate a reserve fund, unem
ployment benefits will not be
come payable until 1939. They
then will be payable for both to
tal and partial unemployment.
The law provides that after a
“waiting period" of two weeks a
person totally unemployed may
collect up to 50 percent of his full
I time weekly wage but not more
than $15 in any week. The mini
mum benefit payable will be ap
proximately $5. Benefits depend
upon an employee's previous em
ployment record, with a maxi
mum of 16 weeks benefits in any
benefit year.
Since it is obvious that the fund
would not be Large enough tio sup
port, say, all tne cannery workers
in Alaska who were unemployed
from the end of one fishing sea
son until the beginning of the
next, it will be necessary to draw
up special provisions relating to
seasonal industries.
Taxes for 1937 under the Alas
ka unemployment qmpensation
act will be 1.8 percent of the to
tal wages paid by employers sub
ject to its taxing provisions.Suph
employers will also pay a. tajc of
two-tenths of one percent to the
federal government. After De
cember 31, 1937, the Alaska tax
will be 2.7 percent and the fed
eral tax three-tenths of one per
cent. This is not an added tax
burden to employers for an em
ployer who pays the tax will
have the federal tax levied under
Title IX of the Social Security
Act reduced from 2 percent to
two-tenths of one percent.
Provision was made by the Al
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G. E. BASSETT, Nome Agent
THE NOME DAILX NUGGFT
Job Printing Department
Is Equipped To Handle Your Job
Printing Needs, Efficiently
Sneedilv Executed.
AT REASONABLE PRICES
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I
aska legislators for a merit rat
ing plan whereby Alaska employ
ers who demonstrate that they
give stable employment will, af
ter January 1, 1942, be able to
secure a reduction in their tax ]
rate. Under the merit rating plan !
it will be possible to pay a mini
mum tax of one percent.
The Alaska law will be admin
istered by a commission compos
ed of three members appointed
by the Governor, The commission
serving without fixed salaries,
will draw up appropriate rules
and regulations. It will appoint]
an executive director to serve at
a salary of $4,200 annually. |
An essential part of the act
contemplates the opening of free
public employment offices at stra
tegic points throughout the Ter-;
ritory. There unemployed work
ers will register and«from those
offices payment of benefits will
be made. Their major function!
will be. of course, to serve as!
clearing houses so that unemploy j
ment may be reduced to a mini-,
mum.
All administrative costs of the
unemployment compensation act |
] will be borne by the Social Secur
ity Board of the Federal govern-!
ment with the single exception of j
the employment offices, the expen
se.- of which will be met jointly
by the territorial and federal
governments. The unemploy
ment act carried an appropriation
of $15,000 for the biennium as the
Territory’s share of that item.
Nome Health
Council Formed
Elect Officers
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medical department: J.H.S. Mor
ison, District Judge: Dr. Thomas
Moreom. physician and Surgeon;
Aimer Rydeen, Nome School
Jtaard; Norman Lee, the Native
church; Lennie Nelson, Ladies
Aid; Emma Willoya, Bering Sis
terhood; V. R. Farrell, Office of
Bureau Indian Affairs; Mrs. Jes
sie Lehmann, Rebekah lodge;
Mrs. T. Scott, Mooseheart Women
lodge; C. Glavinovich and A. M.
Hartford. Christmas Cheer: Mrs.
K. Rude, Eastern Star. Mrs. A. J
O'Leary, Home Arts; Mrs A.
Pole! and J. G. McDougal.
School Play Is
To Be Great
!
_
The playwright is often asked
this question; “Wheit do you get
ideas, characters and settings for ‘
your plays?" The answer to the;
question is a simple one, by ob
serving the passing scene in one’s
i daily life; the various types r-f
1 people one meets; the places one
sees.
j While driv'ng through the coun
try, the author of our play saw a
lot of trolley cars grouped to
gether in a wooded glen. Sud-j
denly a sign loomed up which ;
read: “The Toonerville Trolley I
Camp." He stopped and made
inquiries and found that in a ;
nearby town, the street-cars had
been abandoned in favor of buss
1 es. An enterprising fellow had
J bought all the trolley cars, had
them moved out of town and con
‘ verted them into tourists cabins.
There are certain excluded oc- ;
able, and were the answer to the
American public's continual quest
for novelty. Our play, “Aunt
Abby Answers an Ad,” is the re
sult of this investigation. Aunt j
Abby, herself, is both “motorman !
and conductor” of her Tooner-j
ville Trolley Tourist Camp and
everybody pays full fare.
Don’t miss this play. Come
—
Stockholders Meeting
. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Northwestern
Alaska Fair Association will be
held at the City Hall, Nome, Al
aska. on Sunday, May 16th,
at the hour of 2 P. M., 1937, at
which meeting a Board of Direc
tors will be elected.
All Stockholders are requested
to register their stock with the
Secretary, A. Polet, in order to
be able to vote at the meeting.
Stockholders who have lost their
stock must file an affidavit to that
effect and new stock certificates
will be issued to them. This
must be done before the day of
the meeting.
C. M. ALLYN,
Vice President.
Secretary
A. POLET,
MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK of ALASKA
NOME. ALASKA.
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Jack Solomon, Prou.
and laugh away your worries.
It will be worth the price of ad
mi..sion to see your neighbor
double up with mirth.
MAN WITH HIS
BARE HANDS
BEATS COYOTE
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THOMPSON FALLS, Mont.,— ;
What happens when a coyote
meets man on narrow stairway? ;
Plenty, two Montana power com-;
pany employes say.
Gus Johnson was descending a j
flight of stairs in the powerhouse
when he saw a coyote half way
up.
At that instant another worker, j
Ed. Fitzgerald, appeared at the
bottom of the steps.
The coyote, trapped between
the two men, leaped to a narrow
ledge beside the stairs, lost its
footing and fell at Fitzgerald's
feet.
Fitzgerald grabbed the animals
legs as it snapped at him and
then, to keep the coyote from bit
ing him, began twirling it around
and around.
This lasted for a half minute,
while the coyote howled, and
then Fitzegrald's arms began to
tire. He could not let go for the
coyote was snapping and snarl
ing at him.
Finally he moved toward a con
crete abutment, still twirling his
load. The coyote lost interest in
affairs when its head came in cor.
tact, with a thump, against the
concrete. Then it was easy to
dispose of the animal.
Fitzgerald and Johnson said it
was a mystery how the coyote
got into the powerhouse.
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