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' t>J&4 H f44A IMS | ics ti i e Frontier LXIV • O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1943 NO. 17 Income Tax Filing On Or Before Sept. 15th • ■ in Guy T. Helvering, commissioner of internal revenue, recently an nounced that forms and printed instructions for the filing of es timated income and Victory tax declarations on or before next September 15, as required by the new Current Tax Payment Act, are now being distributed to in dividual taxpayers by the col lectors of internal revenue. Filing of the declarations will be the second major step under the Current Tax Payment Act in converting the federal individual income tax from the old delayed payment method to a “pay-as you-go” basis. The first step was the inauguration July 1 of the new withholding plan, under which the Victory tax normal income tax and first bracket sur tax are paid by millions of per sons through deductions from their wages and salaries. The purpose of the declarations is to make current in their tax payments all those individuals whose income and Victory tax liability will not be fully covered by collections through withhold ing and other credits. Experts of the Bureau of In ternal Revenue have greatly sim plified for the average taxpayer the task of filing the declarations. A form and set of instructions for use- in estimating the tax on incomes up to $10,000 rival for simplicity, revenue officials point ed out, the familiar “five minute income tax return” which made its debut in 1942. The computa tions and entries which this sim plified declaration method re ?uires should be matters of about ve minutes for a large portion of the taxpayers by whom declara tions will be submitted, the of ficials said. For those who desire to make a more precise compu tation, or who have an income of more than $10,000, detailed work sheets may be secured from the collector upon request. Persons required to file the dec larations are generally: 1. The recipients this year or last year of gross incomes from wages sub ject to withholding taxes in ex cess of $2,700 for single persons or $3,500 for married couples; 2. Those who have incomes this year, or had incomes last year, requir ing the filing'of a return, with more than $100 of these incomes derived from sources other than wages subject to withholding; 3. Those required to file an income tax on 1942 incomes and whose wages subject to withholding for 1943 are reasonably expected to be less than their similar wages for 1942. Where the declarations show an estimated tax liability for 1943 in excess of credits, half of the ex cess is to be sent to the collector of internal revenue along with the declaration, and the other half re mitted on or before December 15. Credits to be taken on the dec laration include withholdings and the payments, if any, made to col lectors on March 16 and June 15 this year on account of 1942 in come taxes. The withholdings to be credited include those, if any, made by employers of the Victory Tax for the first half of the year, before the new withholding sys tem went into effect, plus those made since July 1 under the new system. . . . , . Treasury statisticians have cal culated that about 15,000,000 per sons with tax liability for 1943 will be required to file the dec laration. Many of the people who must file declarations will be profes sional workers, such as lawyers and doctors. Many more will be Births Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Butterfield of Emmet, a boy, born Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy, a girl, born Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smort, a boy, born Sunday. | Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cronk, a boy, z bom Friday. , , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Howard, a boy, born Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Harklen, a girl, born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Duvall, a boy, born Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wett laufer, a boy, born Monday. Hospital Notes Mrs. Frank Howard was dis missed Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Jurgensmeier and baby dismissed "Sunday. Betty Ressel of Chambers dis missed last Thursday. Mrs. Ralph Young was dismis sed Thursday. Johnny McClellon underwent an emergency operation for acute appendicitis Saturday. Mary Lois Kelly tonsils remov ed Tuesday. , Jimmy Kelly tonsils removed . Tuesday. , Jacquelin File tonsils removed Saturday. The Weather High Low August 27_81 55 August 28 -78 60 August 29 -87 65 August 30_88 69 August 31- 81 68 Sept. 1 r-83 58 Sept. 2 f_- 61 ^ Precipitation .29. Several Head Of Stock Killed By Lightning Lightning has killed several head of livestock in Holt county the past two weeks. The greatest loss suffered in the countv was that of Lambert Bartak of Deloit, who lost 39 head of steers, that were killed by lightning on Sat urday night, August 21st. There was no insurance. The following persons also lost stock by lightning during the past two weeks, but all of the follow ing had partial insurance on their stock! Jim Cronk, south of Inman, lost a two-year-old horse, killed by lightning on August 21. Cyril Peter lost two head of cows on August 21. Joe Peter lost four head of horses by lightning on Tuesday morning, August 31. L. R. Tompkins lost two head of cows by lightning on Thurs day, August 26. John Schmidt lost a cow killed by lightning on August 29. Max Berger of Opportunity lost a barn, struck by lightning and destroyed on August 21. It was partly covered by insurance. Justified Bitterness F. H. Sexauer, president of the Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, says: “In government circles, those who know food, particularly the production of food, were not heed ed, and those who were heeded and made policies knew less than nothing about food production. The sum total of all this is a de clining food volume.” The tragedy of the food short age is that while those whose mis takes have brought it about may be removed at once, it will take years to correct the results of their mistakes. The bitterness of farmers can be well understood. persons operating their own bus iness establishments. Another large class of people who must file the! declaration are those with earnings on which there is a lia bility reaching into the upper sur tax brackets, and therefore not fully covered by withholding. There will be many also from per sons with combination incomes such as wages, on which taxes ar i withheld, plus interest, divi dends or rents, to which with holding does not apply. If correction of the September 15 estimate of any taxpayer be comes necessary, an amended dec laration may be filed on or before Dtcember 15, and the proper ad justment in payments made. Declarations are to be sent by September 15 to the collector of internal revenue in whose district the taxpayer expects to file his income tax return for 1943 next year. In the case of taxpayers deriv ing 80 per cent or more of their gross income from farming, filing of declarations is not required un til December 15, at which time the full unpaid balance of the es timated tax must be paid. They may, however, file on September 15 if they wish and pay their es timated tax! in two installments— September 15 and December 15. The Current Tax Payment Act provides a penalty for a substan tial under-estimate of the tax due. However, it is pointed out by the Treasury no one who makes his estimate carefully need incur this penalty. The privilege of filing an amended declaration on or be fore December 15 is a safeguard on this score. Eventually, operation of the withholding system plus the dec laration system will make all in dividual income taxpayers sub stantially current. That is to say, each individual income taxpayer will pay his taxes during the year in which the income is received. Under the old income tax law, payment of an individual’s tax for any given year’s income was delayed to the year following. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Graham will entertain at their home this evening in honor of their son, Pfc. Darrold Graham, of Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Additional Farm Equip. Under Price Ceilings Used hay loaders, side-delivery rakes, and manure spreaders were added today by the Office of Price Administration to the list of used farm equipment items which when sold by any persons, such as farmers or auctioneers, are under specific price control. Reports to OPA indicated prices for the three items had become inflationary. The three items were added to the used farm equipment section in Maximum Price Regulation No. 113 (retail prices for farm equip ment) under which maximum pri ces already established for used combines, corn binders, corn pickers, farm tractors (except crawlers) and motor or tractor operated hay balers. All complete farm equipment, new or used, when sold by deal ers is subject to the provision of the regulation. Today’s action was contained in Amendment No. 6 to Regula tion No. 133, which becomes ef fective September 6, 1943. The maximum prices for the three items will be determined in the same manner as are ceilings for the used equipment already cov ered; that is. 85 per cent of the price of the machine when new if the equipment is less than one year old, and 70 per cent of the price of the item when new if the equipment is one year old or more. Among other changes affecting other sections of the regulation the amendment also specifically lists wire bale ties in lots of less than 2,500 pounds, irrigation equipment (except home lawn sprinklers), logging sleds, logging wagons, and portable, prefabri cated poultry houses and hog houses to make clear to dealers that these items are covered by the regulation. The provisions dealing with sales of new equipment without suggested retail prices and sales of used equipment have been re written to make them more eas ily understood. The amendment also clarifies the licensing provis ions of the regulation. Mrs. Cecile Mae Derickson Died Wednesday Eve Mrs. Cecile Mae Derickson died at her home near Star on Wednes day evening, September 1, at 11:30, after an illness of one: year, of cancer, at the age of 48 years, 7 months and 4 days. Funeral arrangements had not been com pleted at the time of going to press. Cecile Mae Throckmorton was born at Decatur. Iowa, on Janu ary 27, 1895. She came to this county with her parents in 1911 and they located in the Dorsey neighborhood, in which section of the county she lived until her death. On July 29, 1914, she was united in marriage to William Derickson, the ceremony being performed in this city. Eight children were born of this union, three sons and five daughters, who with her husband are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. The children are: William H., U. S. A., San Luis Obispo, Cal.; Albert J., U. S. A., Fort Knox, Kentucky; Mildred E., Mrs. Max ine Spangler. Vivian L., Norma Jean, Mabel Jeanette and Samuel E., all of Star. She is also sur vived by her mother, two sisters and one brother. Mrs. Derickson had a large number of friends in the north eastern' part of the county, where she was well known, and they will be grieved to learn of her passing. She wns a loving wife and mother and a splendid neigh bor and friend. Word was received by O’Neill friends that Charles N. Gonderin ger, formerly an attorney of this city, who is now stationed at Miama Beach, Florida, that he had been promoted to the rank of Sergeant the middle of last month. His many O’Neill friends tender congratulations._ BONDS OVER AMERICA * * * Since 1865 Ameri can stockraisers have been taking their animals to the Union Stock yards at Chicago, maintaining an in stitution that helped to make America great. Entrance—Union Stockyards, Chicago xr Keep . Our Traditions Buy More War Bonds In Hitler’s Europe the farmers are pro ducing too, but their product goes to Nazi Germany to feed the soldiers who are shooting thousands of prisoners who ob ject to this form of tyranny. BREEZES FROM THE SOUTHWEST —>— By Romaine Saunders Atkinson, Nebr.. Star Route No. 5. Another door of opportunity is open to women. They may serve as jurors. Men who have sat for a week in a jury box will be glad to turn the job over to them. The papers toll of two major worries resting heavy on our troubled land. “Canned” or chestra music and wire pipe stem cleaners are off the market. Pioneers who took to the Ore gon trial in covered wagons had three months’ fun along the way. Going by plane there is the short thrill of being in the air a few hours. A shoe cobbler in an Illinois town put a sign in his window, “Closed — this is my birthday.” Some girls of the Y. W. C. A. saw the sign, went home and made a cake for him. Maybe O’Neill shoe cobblers would like to try that method of getting cake. Three miles northeast of Amelia over a two mile stretch of meadow hay stacks were torn apart by the wind during the storm of rain, wind and the heav ens aglow with lightening a night early last week. Some of the most completely wrecked stacks were of last year’s work, indicat ing violent disturbance in that limited scope of country. Many of the clergy that are left to care for church groups at home are doing double duty, caring for two or more Churches. South ern Holt county loses two minis ters by recent shifts. Rev. Merton M. Cox, who has been pastor of the Methodist group at Cham bers and also the Kellar church, has been transferred to the Bart lett and Ericson charges, leaving the Chambers and Kellar1 church es without a pastor. E. W. Peder son, who has been pastor for the Free Methodist church south of Amelia for the past two years, has been transferred to Alma, Nebr. The church has been supplied with another pastor. Child labor laws seem to be out for the duration. I watched a fourteen-year-old boy at work in the hay field as he swept in a 6-ton stack of hay with a side hitch horse sweep. He guided the horses so as to put the hay on the stacker to balance evenly, backed away and ran for a fork to gather the loose hay up onto the load, then swung his team around to go for another sweep load. Small for his years but he did the work of a man, and with apparent ease. At sundown he brought up the team with which he had raked all afternoon for feed and water, stripped off the harness as he remarked his horses were tired. “Suppose you are tired, too,” was suggested. “No, I’m not tired,” the plucky boy said. For his day’s work from daylight to dark before he reached home he probably got nothing. It was all in the family and the lad was apparently con tent to be a part of a family enter prise. Trouble makers in the ranks of labor could learn much from that 14-year-old. Late August. Heat waves shimmer over the prairie now turning to the mellow brown of late summer. It has been a seas on of oppressive heat since mid July. Vegetable and animal life has survived and beef production, the chief industry of the south west, is up to normal. Potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corn, other gar den produce has never yet failed us and winter will spread his blanket of ice over a community fortified for plenty of baked po tatoes, roast beef and tomato soup. Roadsides have become yellow flower gardens and bum ble bees are extracting nectar for winter storage. A few clusters of goldenrod nod in the breeze. The prairie lies strangely silent. There is no song of birds nor the flash of wings of pheasants taking to flight. The sunrise and sunset touch the morning and evening sky with golden glory. The com ing of evening is like laying a cooling hand on a fevered brow. And as the shadows deepen into night there glows from out the depths of limitless space the candles of eternity. A Whiteface bull calf that had been confined in a pen or to the limits of a picket rope was turned loose this morning. He moved out cautiously, sniffed the air, cast an enquiring glance over the scene, bounded from the ground and was away in headlong flight —his first taste of unrestrained freedom. It was a demonstration of what it means to man and brute alike to be released from the shackles of tyranny. In the exuberance of being set free the calf did not run away. The home instinct held. Freedom—is that something for the playful eddies of human thought to con jure with? Life, liberty, the pur suit of happiness. If happiness is the goal, then freedom is the Harry Walling Gets Nice Promotion Harry L. Walling, formerly in ! charge of the Consumers Public | Power O’Neill office, went to ! Humbolt, Nebr., on August 29 to take over his new duties as local superintendent of the Consumer’s Humbolt District. His transfer constitutes a pro motion for Mr. Walling, since as superintendent of the Humbolt District he will have complete su pervision of the Consumer’s op erations in Humbolt, Table Rock, Dawson, Stella, Verdon, Shubert and Barada. Mr. Walling first came to O’Neill in 1929, when the plant was own ed by the Interstate Power Com ; pany. He was here two years, then he was transferred to Lan caster, Wis., where he spent sev eral years. In 1939 he was again sent to O’Neill as chief operator of the new oil engine generating station, just north of the city. In 1941 he was promoted to manager of the O’Neill office, a position he held until last Monday when he went to Humbolt to enter up on his new duties, in a new field. Replacement of Mr. Walling has not yet been anounced. O’Neill friends of Mr. Walling tender sincere congratulations on his promotion to this responsible [ position, one which he is well j qualified to fill. Governor Griswold Offers Wager To Other Gov’s. The bond selling work of Ne braska’s 93 county war finance chairmen will not go unrewarded this year, promises Dwight Gris wold, governor of Nebraska. They will all be his guests at one of the most scrumptious feeds ever staged in Nebraska. That is. they will if the governors of the 47 other states in the nation have an ounce of sporting blood in them, Governor Griswold said today. All the county chairmen will have to do, the Governor prom ises, is to help Nebraska exceed its third war loan quota by more percentage points than any other state in the union. As a sample of what could be in store for the chairmen, Governor Griswold listed the following sample menu: Florida fruit supreme; Georgia pecans; Michigan celery hearts; Illinois soy bean soup; Missouri crisp wafer; Wyoming trout; Min nesota mushroom cap; Idaho bak ed potatoes; Iowa tall corn on cob; Kentucky bib lettuce with Tennessee tomato and Alabama cucumber; U. S. A. dressing: Kan sas hard rolls; South Dakota sweet butter; Indiana apple pie, with Wisconsin golden rich cheese; coffee. The Governor recently mailed out a letter to state governors of fering to wager one corn-fed Ne braska hog (at a value of approx imately $35) against whatever the other states would care to put up of similar value that Nebraska would exceed its third war loan quota by a greater percentage than would the other states. Wilbur Clayton Howard Wilber Clayton Howard, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Howard, died at the home of his parents two miles northeast of this city last Saturday morning at 6:30 at the age of one day. Sur viving are his parents and one brother, William. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon. Rev. Park officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. condition. But freedom is what? There is financial freedom, attain ed by individual effort, univer sally striven for and but few real izing it. Political freedom, at j tained by group effort and never fully won. A near approach to the ideal has had a setback. A I solid citizen of Holt county said recently: “We have all the free dom now that we ever will have.” In this world tragedy we are fighting for our lives though ! many profess to believe the ban ner of freedom leads us on. Fi nancial and political freedom— is that all? What should be the response to a third, spiritual free dom? From a rugged pathway that led to a cross there comes a voice that cuts away the worst of all shackles: “If ye continue in my word ... ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free .... If the Son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed.” Farmers Oppose President For Reelection — The American farmer won’t return Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House in 1944 whether an Armistice is signed or not, ac cording to the August "Farmer Speaks" poll, conducted by a na tional research organization for Successful Farming Magazine. Asked the question, “If the war is still going on and Roosevelt runs for a fourth term next year, do you think you will vote for or against him?’r 38% replied they woud vote for him, 48% said they would not. Thirteen percent ex pressed no opinion. A section question, “If the war is over and Roosevelt runs for a fourth derm next year, do you think you will vote for or against him?" brought a much higher negative response. Eighteen per cent of all farmers said they would vote for him, 66% said they would not. Sixteen percent were undecided. Polls indicate that those who oppose the President are still not united on one to succeed him. In Democratic farm realms Vice President Wallace holds sway with Manpower Administrator McNutt and James Byrnes, direc tor of the Office of War Mobili zation in second and third posi tions respectively. Talk in Repub lican circles has centered about Ohio’s Governor Bricker as a man appealing to both farm and city. Supervisor Ed Matousek Home From Hospital County Supervisor Ed J. Ma tousek returned to his home in Atkinson last Thursday from Ro chester, Minn., where he spent the past month and where he submitted to a major operation, about three weeks ago. Ed is get ing along fine, but is still very weak. His many Holt county friends are pulling for him and hope that he will soon regain his old-time vim and vigor. Deputy Collector In Towns On Dates Named In order to assist the largest number of individuals possible, covering the filing of. a declara-1 tion of estimated Income and Vic- j tory Tax, C. W. Porter of O'Neill, j deputy collector, will be assigned according to the following sched- j ule: The following hours will be set aside for instruction and hours for assistance. Assemble all informa tion about your 1942 return, the amount paid, etc., and bring your return with you: 9 to 10 a. m., instruction; 10 to 12 noon, assistance. 1 to 2 p. m., instruction; 2 to 5 p. m., assist ance. Sept. 1, Atkinson, post office. Sept. 2, Butte, court house. Sept. 3, Spencer, post office. Sept. 4, O’Neill, zone office. Sept. 6, Creighton, post office. Sept. 7, Niobrara, post office. Sept. 8, Center, court house. Sept. 9, Bloomfield, post office. Sept. 10, Wausa, post office. Sept. 11. O’Neill, zone office. Sept. 13. Stuart, post office. Sept. 14-15, O’Neill, zone office. Livestock Prices Steady To Strong Monday Receipts of livestock were some what heavier at the local market on Monday. Demand is gaining momentum each week as eastern buyers are showing increased in terest in stocking their feedlots. Prices ruled fully steady to some what stronger than a week ago, quality considered. Action was brisk and supplies moved readily on a broad outlet. The best steer calves scaling around 300 lbs. brought $13.25. Only a few on offer were good enough to reach that price, how ever. Bulk of supplies paid in the high twelves and upwards to $13.10. The long, end of the heifer calves went at $11.50 to $12.50 with a scant few going slightly higher. Yearling steers weight around 600 lbs. bulked at $12.25 to $12.90. Nothing choice was included. Heifers in this class sold mostly from $11.25 to $12.00. Limited supplies of two-year old steers were on, sale this week and prices ranged from $12.00 to $12.75. Receipts were ample in the cow division where the best fleshy kind paid upwards to around $12.00. Bulk made $11.00 to $11.75. Plainer grades cirrving less flesh placed in the tens. Com mon kinds claimed $8.25 to $9.75. Canners and cutters ranged in nrice from $6.50 to $8.00. Bulls scaling 1500 lbs. notched at $11.75. Hog prices ruled firm to 50c higher than a week ago. Receipts fell off slightly and the outlet was broad. Handyweight butch ers topped at $14.40. Bulk moved at $14.25 to $14.35. A few light weight sows paid an extreme top of $13.50. However, $13.15 to $13.35 caught the bulk of supplies. Feeders topped at $13.35 with $12.50 to $13.25 claiming the long end of the feeder pigs. Small pigs sold by the head at good prices. A few sheep finished off the cTays’ supplies. Next auction on i Monday, September 6. Instructions For Mailing Overseas Xmas Packages The Army Service Forces, which is responsible for the safe deliv ery of mail to soldiers overseas, has announced that all Christmas packages for army personnel ov erseas must be mailed between September 15 and October 15, in clusive, if they are to reach the men in time for the Christmas season, headquarters Seventh Ser vice Command said today. The time period was arranged by the ASF In, cooperation with the post office department. Every possible effort will be made to speed the gift packages on their way, however, the coop eration of the sender in observing postal regulations is necessary. The regulations for the mailing of Christmas gift parcels are: Time: Sept. 15 to October 15, inclusive. Only during this period the sender need not obtain the soldier’s request for the package. Every package must also be let tered “Christmas Parcel,” so that post office officials can give the package immediate attention. Size and Weight: Because of the urgent need for shipping space to transport vital war materials, the weight of Christmas packages shall not exceed five pounds, nor shall its size exceed 15 inches in length or 36 inches in length and girth combined. Not more than one Christmas parcel will be accepted for mail ing in any one week by the same person to the same addressee. Preparation: As parcels must travel a long way, all articles should be packed in metal, wood, solid or doublefaced corrugated fiberboard or telescoping card board boxes. Fiberboard and card board boxes must also be wrapped in strong paper and securely tied with twine. Sharp-pointed instruments, such as knives, must have edges pro tected so that they do not cut through their wrappings and in jure other packages or post of fice employees. Sealed mercantile packages of candy, cigars, tobacco and toilet articles may be included in pack age contents without affecting the parcel post classification. Inspection of Contents: As each parcel sent overseas is subject to examination before sending, de lay in handling will be minimiz ed by securing the covering of the package to permit ready in spection. Articles Prohibited: No perish iable articles may be sent. Intoxi cants, inflammable materials, pois ons and compositions which may kill or injure any person or dam age the mails are likewise un mailable. Addressing: Addresses must be legible and must include the sol dier’s name, rank, army serial number, branch of service organi zation, army post office number (APO), and the post office through which the parcel is to be routed. The sender must also include his full name and address. Permissible Additions: In ad dition to the name and address of the sender, inscriptions such as “Merry Christmas” or “With Best Wishes” may be placed on the outside of the package, where they will not interfere with the address. A card bearing the same notation may be inclosed inside the box. Books may bear a sim ple dedicatory inscription not of a nature of personal correspond ence. Stickers or labels, which resemble postage stamps, may not be placed on the outside of parcels. Insurance: Packages to persons receiving mail through an APO number cannot be insured. RATION ADDICTS ARE AT IT AGAIN Admittedly, the coal strike im paired coal production but before ration addicts rush the nation into another snowstorm of ration blanks, it W'ould be well to con sider the opinion of the men who at least nominally still run the coal mines, the former owners and operators. One of the leaders in the coal industry said: “I think allocation of coal is dangerous to the government, to our war effort, to our civilian population, and to the coal in dustry. I personally think it is inexcusable. I think if we are short of coal, we are not short over two or three per cent on the year’s production. This two or three per cent was lost by strikes which the government could have and should have pre vented. “The way to cure this situation is not to create further shortages. Allocation and rationing will put thousands of people who ought to be at work to interfering with •he normal movement of coal. There is a way to cure it. That is by working an extra hour a day until we make up the loss of 15.000.000 tons—20.000 000. If we had an 8-hour day, face to face, this shortage can be made up in between three and four months. Proper government agencies...can arrange this and they can arrange immediately for an additional price to cover ad ditional costs.” Miss Helen Toy left Monday I for Lincoln to visit friends.
