No Escape From
Taxes At Yuietide
Taxes on many Christina's gift
will be just as high this year a
last All excise taxes schedule*
for reduction April 1, 19*6 wer<
extended until April 1, 1957.
Household appliances have >
5 5 per cent federal tax; jewelry
5 furs and luggage are 10 per cent
1 night club and cabaret fun are as
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sessed at 20 per cent for Uncle
Sam.
i Some federal taxes are added to
, the retail price while others are
included and therefore not appar
ent to the average buyer.
Added to these federal bites are
the nips taken by some state and
city taxes.
What items are taxed and what
are not sometimes confuse manu
facturers, retailers and the last
man on the totem po;e -the pur
chaser.
Any electrical or gas household
appliance is subject to a federal
excise tax, but items used outside
the home are not. Nevertheless a
power lawn nower is taxable.
Washing machines, actually a
household appliance, are not tax
able, but driers have taxes attach
ed. A combination washer-drier?
It’s taxed.
Hair tonics are taxable but
shampoos are not. Witch hazel has
I a tax but not alcohol. r'oot powd
! ers and lotions take taxes but foot
pads don’t. A manicure set case
calls for a tax but not the combs
and brushes except thosa orna
mented with gold or silver. And,
for the men and women who want
to be sociably acceptable, it costs
money. Deodorants are taxable.
POLICE SLOGAN
The nut who won’t dim his light*
is liable to get cracked.
READ THE CLASSIFIED ADS
Alaska Transfer & Storage
Agent for
. Martin Van Lines
We handle Packing, Crating, and Shipping
from Kodiak to all Alaskan points, United
States, Hawaii, and Germany.
Phone 2233 Box 207
foie. #2.
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picture yourself in this totally different hardtop
MERCURY '57 BREAKS
COMPLETELY WITH
THE PAST
KODIAK MOTORS
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Everything that counts in a car has
been changed entirely in this brand new,,
totally different Mercury ’57.
Take styling, for example. From the
futuramic tilt of its V-angle tail-lights
to the dramatic spread of its Jet-Flo
bumpers —Mercury ’57 is truly a car
straight out of tomorrow—a big, long,
low 2-ton beauty that breaks completely
with the past in every respect.
Just wait until you try Mercury’s ex
elusive Keyboard Control that does
practically everything for you but steer.
Then there’s the comfort, of Mercury’s
Air Cushion Rear Suspension . . . and
the ingenious Mercury Power Seat that
actually “remembers"’ your favorite driv
ing position.
All this and so much more in the
dynamically new, totally different Mer
cury ’57. See it today—on display and
ready to drive away from our showroom.
Phone 2101