Hew to the Valley
Mrs. Drucilla Leonard and son
James Leonard recently arrived
in the Valley from Vestal Center,
New York. They are mother and
brother of Mrs. William Barn
hardt and plan to make their
home in the Valley. They visited
here about two years ago and
liked it so well they decided to
return this year to stay.
NO SALES TAX ON RENTS
City sales tax is illegal as ap
plying to rentals, the city council
i of Fairbanks was informed last
i week, according to news from
that city. The information was
j given to the council by the Of
' fice of Price Stabilization who
gave for its reason that it a
mounts to an increase in rent over
the ceiling. The Fairbanks coun
j cil referred the matter to its city
attorney for an opinion.
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS 1
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Development Board Would Link All
Alaskan Towns in Highway System
All communities in Alaska,
from the smallest and most re
mote to the major centers, would
be assured of ultimate connection
with an arterial highway system
! spanning the Territory under a
policy adopted Ly the Alaska De
1 velopment Board at a meeting
| just concluded at Anchorage and
urged by the Board upon the Al
aska Road Commission and other
road building agencies.
Enunciation of the long range
road policy for Alaska was one of
several actions taken by the
Board in response to suggestions
made by business, industrial and
military leaders of the Territory
during a two-day public forum
session held in conjunction with
the Development Board meeting.
Speaking of the road policy.
Elmer E. Rasmuson, President
of the National Bank of Alaska,
whose suggestion it was. declar
ed: “It would be of tremendous
value in attracting capital and
establishing existing residents of
the Territory if they knew such
a policy was a part of our Federal
Government and some day it
would be completed.”
Other actions taken by the Al
aska Development Board at the
Anchorage meeting included:
(1) Decision to confer with
Chambers of Commerce, service
clubs, business and industry
groups, labor unions and others
on the formation of a broadly
based committee which would
draw up a proposal for federal
tax incentives for Alaska indus
try and urge it upon Congress.
(2) Calling upon the Wage Sta
bilization Board and National
I Production Authority to establish
I autonomous regional offices in
Alaska with power to act on ap
plications from the Territory.
(3) Requesting defense officials
to send a 10,000 kilowatt railroad
j power plant on wheels to Anchor
age to meet an acute power short -
j age which will exist there thru
i out the winter months.
(4) Urging the Department of
the Interior to relinquish with
drawals of agricultural land on
the Kenai Peninsula so that set
tlement may proceed in the
spring of 1952.
, (5) Decision to conduct an in
i dustrial and trade survey of the
Valdez area.
(6) Requesting the American
Automobile Association to estab
lish an office in Alaska.
(7) Urging the Interior Depart
ment to reopen Katmai National
j Monument to the taking of pum
ice needed for building material
i manufacturing in the Alaska
Rail belt.
(8) Calling upon the Alaska
Road Commission to extend a
proposed Nome-Teller road to tne
tin producing section near Lost
River and Tin City.
(9) Decision to hold a series of
! regional councils throughout Al
aska to draw from all sections
suggestions for development ac
] tivities.
Proceedings of the public forum
; meetings, during which 38 speak
: ers discussed Alaska’s develop
ment problems and opportunities,
will be mimeographed and dis
! tributed by the Board.
Members of the Alaska Devel
opment Board attending the An
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has been a good year for us all
and for our part, we don’t think it would be
Christmas if we didn’t in some measure share with
you the feeling of satisfaction we experience when
we review the accomplishments that loyalty and
conscientious effort have made possible.
KOSLOSKY’S DEPARTMENT STORE
PALMER, ALASKA
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chorage meetings were Don H.
Goodman, of Anchorage. Chair- j
man, and W. C. Stump of Ketchi- j
kan, R. Boochever of Juneau. A.
Polet of Nome and Herb Hilscher
of Fairbanks. George Sundborg,
General Manager, and Ralph
Browne, Assistant Manager, also
were present.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
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SQUARE DANCERS CALL OFF
FRIDAY SESSION BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
The Square Dance Club will
not have their regular session on
Friday, December 21, because of
the approaching holidays. Date
of the next meeting will be an
nounced.
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