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MONDAY. JANUARY 11, 1943 PLATTSMOUTfi SEMI - WEEKLY JOTHtSAl PAGE SIX Senator George Suggests Postpone 1942 Income Tax Would Have Taxpayers Pay on Anticipation of 1943 Taxes Start ing in March Washington, Jan. 9 (IIP) Chair man Walter F. George, D., Ga., of the Senate Finance committee sug gested today that 1942 taxes be post poned until after the war if Presi dent Rosevelt and congress are un willing to cancel a full year's col lections in order to put taxpayers on a pay-as-you-go basis. "We might postpone payment of 1942 taxes until three years after the war, and then amortize it over a four or five year period "George i I told reporters. ! "That would be a simple way of j atcomplishing the desired objective," ing beefsteaks while grocery meat new offensive by Montgomery." he said. "And the whole question counters have no beef. Meat distri-j The London Daily Mail said the of whether the taxes ought ultimate-) butors may apportion their supplies axis had reported a large-scale Dri ly to be forgiven could be considered i among local customers as they wish, tish attack in Tunisia, but the axis by congress after the war." ' Mr. Roosevelt told his . press conference he favored pay-as-you-go ' tax collection but was worried about adoption of any plan which would! "Organization of the food commit-' to hurl the Germans and Italians involve forgiving taxes already . tees, however, doe not mean that jfrom a pass that dominates the ap owed. Such a plan, he said, would ' everyone will be able to go to the Proaches to Mateur, and to the na result in ultimate loss to the treas- j grocery store and buy all of every val base of Bizerte, 25 miles to the ury. The most frequently mentioned pay-, as-you-go plan embodied in bills already before the House and Sen- j ate would cancel taxes on 1942 j income. Tax payments based on last j year's earnings would begin as usu- j al next March lo. but they would be. treated as current payments on 1943 j income, thus enaming individuals to pay taxes on income during the same year in which it is earned. George admitted such a plan one years laies, since taxpayers uu , . . . ... . . , , , . . ; functinoing within 10 days, longer would die owing the govern ment a vpar's taxes Local scarcity of some foods does "But I don't anticipate a terrific ' loss to the Treasury." he said. "The j loss at death would be partially off- ' set bv high inheritance taxes and by the fact that we'd begin collect- ! ing taxes a year earlier from new taxpayers." Although he said he was not yet ready to accept a plan involving the forgiveness of a full year's taxes, George said that it was essential to institute a pay-as-you-go basis un less the treasury is to suffer heavy losses through defaults. District Court Notes f In the district court Wednesday i Judge W. WT. Wilson heard a num- ber of motions and rulings in sev- I o.oi f MeM I 1 of pork, lamb and mutton or poultry j far ahead of the axis in the fight In the case of Ervin C. Buchel-jin stores," one official said. "There i inS north of Mateur. Four axis man vs Pauline Buchelman, the isf as we view it, no meat shortage. ! fighter planes and a bomber were court ordered a decree of divorce Housewives may have to shift some!stlot down the day the allies ad- for the plaintiff. The defendant was awarded the trailer house of the par ties and also the possession of her personal belongings. In the case of Joseph M. Sedlak vs Ferdinand Duda, the court over ruled the motion and demurrer of the defendant Duda presented on December 19th. The defendant was given one week to plead. In the partition suit of Mae Mar-; tha Eeam vs Pearl Jones, et al. A' judgment in partition was entered and J. Howard Davis named as the ; referee. 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But Wfckard and 'other officials said there was little they could do . . - Kt:;ij r- i . . . r r. to "swer lumiiiinms ui uuusciita that restaurants and hotel are serv- I they said,r and public eating place always preferred customers prob- ably are being favored by some dis tributors. food that he would like." an official Bajd .-It does mean that we will meeti since Tuesday, when British forces local portages of meat, although you caPtured positions north of Mateur. mnv hflv tn tflkp nnrlr or 1nmh wh(,n!0n Wednesday, the axis counterat- you would ike beef or canned beans ' when you woud prefer canned peas. The committeeSi romposed of food industry representatives and food dis- tribution administration officials, will promptly investigate all reports of local shortages and relieve them by shipping the nearest available : supplies. They are expected to be not Justify widespread fear of a food ; shortage, officials emphasized. They said there is no reason to doubt Wick- ard's assurances that the United , States will continue to be the best fed nation in the world. Supplies of many foods, particular- 1 i fx . A 1 ; iy oeei, cannea iruns anu vegemuies butter and vegetable oils, are insuf- ficient to meet both expanded mili- tary an civilian demands. The mili tary demands will be met first. The committees will serve as a stop , -gap to direct the folw of foods until ! direct ration of many foods is insti-i tuted. They will draw on local sup- plies to meet shortages, or arrange for statewide or interstate redistribu- tion if necessary, "If there is no beef there is plenty of their buying from scarce to plenti ful foods." Transferred to Fort Crook Robert McClanahan, whose face ; was familiar to many patrons of the ; Conoco oil station where he worked I before being inducted into the army, ! has been fotunate enough to be as- signed for the time being to Fort Crook. Inducted about 3 months ago, McClanahan has been in mechani- cal training at Ft Cheyenne, Wyo. usmessrnen Allied Offensives Reported Opening In North Africa The Army of General Montgomery - Is. Reported as Showing Renewed Activity in Tripolitania London, Jan. 8 (UP) Axis radios, broadcast reports of big-scale allied attacks both in Tunisia and Tripoli tania today. Radio Vichy, controlled by the Germans, said there was "exception al activity" by Lieut. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth ar my, near Misurata, 120 miles east of Tripoli. Radio Paris quoted German re ports that British troops had con tacted Italian and German forces at several points along the Gulf of Sirte, just below Misurata, and said "it may mean the beginning of a 'claimed, as usual, that it was "re pulsed." Allied forces in Tunisia were ex pected to open an immediate drive northeast. The pass has changed hands twice tacked and forced the British to re- j linquish their gains, and fall back into the valley west of the height north of the Mateur road. Because alternate roads are few, it was considered almost impossible for the allies to advance in north ern Tunisia without controlling the pass. Hence, it was not believed the allies would let the Germans and Italians hold it long. Far to the southeast, the fighting French forces of Brig. Gen. Jacques LeCIerc won their most important victory since they started their drive from the Lake Chad region. They captured Oum-el-Araneb, the main axis outpost in Fezzan, some 475 miles below Tripoli. The pos sibility was seen that the axis would SQOn haye tQ divert consjderabie forCes to fight this column, or have it cut communications between Tripolitania and Tunisia before the remnants of the Afrika Korps can retreat into Tunisia. After a three-day attack, fight- . . . . .' . 5 swept.int El-Araneb, took several hundred prisoners, and captured 10 guns. many machine guns and mortars and much other booty. So fas as loss of material and men were concerned, the allies came out vanced. Allied north African head quarters announced yesterday that three more enemy aircraft had been shot down. Delta Deck Delta Deck bridge club met at the home of Miss Margaret Scotten last night. Guests were Mrs. John Wolff and Mrs. Fred Lugsch. Mrs. John Wolff, Mrs. E. G. Egenberger, and Mrs Tom Walling were awarded play- Warren, near ing honors. Following the games mem were treated to a delicious dinner. Japanese Army Of 15,000 Report Toll Of Buna Campaign General MacArthur Reports Re sult of Land Operations and thej Great Plane Attacks on Japs Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, Australia, Jan. 8 (UP) Allied planes from all over the New Guin ea area hammered today at the rem nants of a Japanese convoy, after sinking two of its big troop trans ports, damaging a third, destroying thousands of enemy troops and downing or damaging 27 protecting planes in a ferocious 24-hour at tack. A communique announcing the attack implicitly confirmed Austral ian assertions that the Japanese were massing ships and troops tor a des-; perate offensive operation some- j where in the southwest-south Pa cific zones. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported : that one 14,000 ton transport fully laden with troops, and a second big transport had been sunk and a third big transport hit direct with a 500 pound bomb in an attack which started Wednesday afternoon in the Huon Gulf off the north New Guinea coast on a convoy comprising two cruisers, four destroyers and four transports. In his communique, one of the longest of the war. Gen MacAr thur announced that the last re maining Japanese stronghold in Pa puan New Guinea, around Sanan anda point 2 1-2 miles from Buna, jiad been completely enveloped by American and Australian troops and its garrison was doomed. Summing up the Buna campaign, he said an army of 15,000 Japanese troops had been wiped out and 539 Japanese planes had been destroyed ; or damaged since the start of the fighting July 23. In addition, untold thousands of Japanese were killed in ships attack ed off the coasts. These included six cruisers, 13 destroyers, one des troyer tender, two seaplane tenders, two gunboats, 83 merchantmen and up to 200 barges sunk, destroyed or seriously damaged. Allied planes had destroyed nine Japanese transport, supply and war ships for certain, and probably 10, in an attack Tuesday on Rabaul i (Harbor. New Britain Island. 375 miles northeast of the Huon Gulf. which in turn is 150 miles up the New Guinea coast from Buna. Wednesday morning a lone Ameri can reconnaissance plane sighted the new convoy off Gasmata, on the south coast of New Britain Island, heading toward Lae, the big Japa nese base on the Huon Gulf in Aus tralian-mandated northeast New Guinea territory. A flash to base sent Eoeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and crack new Lockheed Lightning P-38 fighters roaring to the scene. Consolidated B-24 four motored bombers, big consolidated PBY fly ing boat patrol bombers. North bombers and Martin Marauder B-20 bombers followed the Fortresses and Lightnings. From Wednesday afternoon, whrn the first planes reached the spot, until yesterday afternoon when Mac Arthur drafted his communique, the attack proceeded without interrup- tion and thfv rommiinirme Raid ! "Our attacks are continuing." The 14,000 ton transport, which probably contained 5,000 or even more Japanese troops, was sunk Wednesday night in black darkness. Every man aboard it was killed. A second great transport burst into flames and sank. The third was believed crippled by a direct 500-pound bomb hit and by now probably has sunk. The Japanese sought desperately to protect the convoy with an um brella of Zero fighter planes but the allies ripped the umbrella to pieces. Find Body of Miner Morgantown, West Va., Jan. 8 (UP) Rescue crews fighting through a wall of flames and smoke today found the body of one of the eleven miners trapped two miles inside the $15 mine of the Pursglove Coal Co., five miles west of here. Joseph Stewart, Assistant Mana- ger of the mine, reported that the so cold was the forecast for to dead miner was found near a fire night. which started from an overheated ( The mercury dipped sharply, this mine motor. He said ten other men morning following yesterday's" 30' were unaccounted for. Approximat- degree temperatures with BurwelL on active duty or on the retired list Funds for Its operations are be ely sixty-two other miners who were recording a four below, zero tempera-( September -16, 1940 (the, date of ing obtained, when not from the in the mine when the fire started maae ineir wray to me suriace via the sloping entrance of the drift- working. '19 and Valentine 14-0. . Food Producers Can Secure Help For Coming Season FSA Points Out That Many Cass County Fanners Can Participate in the More Food Campaign Any potential food producer, or present producer who could produce more, who can't, get necessay credit elsewhere, is in line for help from the Farm Security Administration, reported Leonard Hanks, county FSA supervisor. The enlarged food production pro gram of Farm Security will make it possible for quite a number of Cass county people to contribute to the needed stock pile of food for American and lend-lease uses, Mr. Hanks said. Much of the demanded increase will nave to come irom low.Jncome and part-time farm op- erators Any family wi(h unnsed ja. - resources, a niece of land, a willingness to work and a need for credit that banks or other lending agencies cannot supply can and must j De included in the food production (program this year. Mr. Hanks said special attention is being placed on the importance of the small loan, known last year as the "food for freedom" loan. Re sults from that program last year were so satisfactory that it is being enlarged this year, with extremely liberal eligibility requirements. The small loan pogram last year was ex tended to include people living in or near the edges of towns, provided they could get a little land for at least a garden or could handle a cow or some chickens and hogs. This year's program will not only go as far as it went last year the Farm Security people w every assistanse to potential produ- cers who may want to get their credit from a bank or elsewhere. ; When other credit is not available FSA is in position to furnish it, if it will lead to increased food pro- duction. Some small producers, af- ter going over production plans with Farm Security people, may find themselves in position to be refer red to banks. The Farm Security office will help in this direction, and will offer planning assistance. The farm labor problem created by farm workers going into military duty as well as defense plants and other war industries is the basis for Q n ri V at nKnca rt TTfl A TirrV Tip "nlrQ - ...,aie suuuemy mrougn unexpeieu m - said. fSA and me inueo oiaies .ra - ploj-ment Service are teamed up to mii puis iiuoi iu iuie ui piac - tically idle land, thus to increase food production. Areas of surplus labor and of labor shortages will be sought out. Workers will be recruit- ed, trained in certain farm work if ne uauSUUcu auU yicvcu farm jobs on a year-round employ ment program. Before such action is taken, however, local labor resour ces will be utilized to their full ex tent. Farmers are to be helped in j developing such resources as swap-j ping work, group or cooperative use ! of machinery, horsepower and equip-j pools, and so on. Slightly different from the year-round program is one' in which FSA and USES cooperate! to relieve seasonal peaks of labor) demands in such concentrated jobs as beet harvest, potato or fruit har- vest . Another FSA program in line ... . . . , with reaching food production goals is the milk conservation and dis - 'i tribution nrneram Prncram mirnnsp " is to prevent producing cows from I t " ' ..,. ro.w to ti, ,i,rttpr a!p,ements the W0lk of other agen - ... . . ' . Place them in hands of people able to feed, care for and milk them. De tails of this program are not yet wholly worked out. In both the la bor and milk programs the FSA is expected to serve all farmers and not just the borrower families. clusively ror tlie benefit of soldiers dier it should be made to the corn- Mr. Hanks said the county FSA j and their deIendents. It charges no manding officer of his post, office enlists the support of civic -dueS' no broke,aSe' no interest. An j Before declaration of war by the groups, women's groups, War Board, appHcation for aid does not affect ! United States a ear SO, needs for farm groups, other agencies, busi-la sold,er's standing in the army, such emergencies were supplied by ness leaders, religious groups, edu-nor refIeCt on his dePendents. 'either the American. Red Cross or cators and farmers and other citi-' The form of aid may be a cashi,rom Pst emergency funds. War zens generally to help to get this j loan or a cash "srant" to' either the , conditions greatly increased these job done. It is a mutual community I SOldier or the dePendent, or. it may , needs and led to the organization of job. he said, and only if the whole1 be "rehef in kind." as actual food,! Army Emergency Relief. Funds with community gets behind it will it re-!fue1, clothing, rent or medical at-j which to begin its operations and suit in the increased food production ! tention to the dePendent- " is as- much other able assistance have that must come from our families ; 8umed h? the army that the soldier been given by the American Red May Be Warmer Cold murky weather held Nebras- ka in it's grip today with little change in temperature expected throughout the state except west and central portions were not quite ture. ' i utner ranges nciuaea . Lincoln 34-7, Omaha 37-8, North Platte 30- By JEAN IilERRITT Heing Home Institute Count Your Blessings Among the good tilings left to us these days are strained baby foods. In a world of fast-dwindling con sumer commodities and conven iences, time-saving strained foods, fortunately, are still available to busy mothers. Strained fruits, cere als, vegetables, and soups all com pletely prepai ed and packed in cans. No need, yet, to face the uncer tainties of shopping in seasonal mar kets the washing, scraping, chop ping, peeling the cooking, straining, ricing, re-heating. All we busy mothers have to do is open, heat, and serve. A wide variety of food is thereby guaranteed for baby, re gardless of the time of year. And the quality is uniformly high in every can. This time-saving triumph, which science and industry have conjured up to ease our crowded days, gives us hours and hours of extra Iree dom. Have you ever reckoned the Army Emergency Relief Aid To f'Man And Family If a soldier is to give all of his attention to the task at hand he must be free from worry about both his own financial affairs and the welfare of his dependents. Worry, gnawing at a soldier's morale, may counteract months of training, months of physical care by the army, It may be as destrutive to his fight- ing strength as. wounds or disease. To the soldier separated from his dependents by thousands of miles j and by days neeessary for comple- tion of communication with them, j case histories, of making technical it is not difficult to imagine the studies to , be taken under advise worst. Possibilities that one may nient, of prolonged and unnecessary . -.1 , . , 1 a j 1 1 inf,c5 ftr arrirlfmt that hi? home mav j he destroyed by fire, flood or wind, jtnat arrival of a usual allotment! niay be long delayed, that unforseen 1 jand critical shortages of food or ' j fuel may develop, are only some of the most tenacious worries that may ( dog his steps until impairment of hls army service results. . in an attempt to remove as far ther to supplement by taking im as possible the soldier's worry mediate and active charge of "the that, should an emergency army's own" until the permanent arise, funds to meet it agency, if needed, shall be brought would not be forthcoming immed- ( into action. iately. the war department estab-j Application for Army Emergency lished February 8, last. Army Emer- Reijef may be made by a dependent gency Relief, the sole purpose of ; which is to provide temporary aid to either the soldier or his depend- ents. immediately and adequately, .This; organization should not be jconfused with, nor regarded as a rflinlir5lff-n cf aithor Tm Am otm no T TrT ' . . , juicer or tne. nearest army post, Red Cr0ES or any municipal, county, station or camp unless a chapter of 'state or federal relief agency. It iS!tv,e Ampriran ReH Prnqq nearer . , .... .t. . . ; ine Ame"can Kea cross is nearer. closely allied with the American t npifher i; rnnvenient annlication , . . , . 11 neuner 1S convenient, application 1 .4 ' T . 1 . . tflTirp Oftpn Armv Pmnrcroniw en r- cies but at no time seeks to dis place or duplicate it. Army Emergency Relief is strict ly an army organization, author- ized by and under the control of the war department, operated ex - win repay as ne is able. Should the aid given be so extensive that there is little possibility of the soldier ever being able to repay in full, a j part of the assistance may be a loan i and another part a grant. Under all circumstances, the soldier must re- tain for his own essentials not less than ten dollars of his pay each montb 1 (ganization other than Army Emer- Army Emergency Relief may be gency Relief from functioning quick asked by any member of the army.ly and freely. " jtne induction of the first national guara units; or since; by tnose honorably discharged "Since; bythe dependents of sodiers deceased since: time and trouble it takes to do your own shopping -cooking -straining, against the minutes required to open-heat-and-serve prepared strain ed foods? Try it, and you will be amazed at the span of hours this service frees for you each day. Extra hours are something all of us need plenty of these days. And we may need them with a double urgency in the future. For, if this war continues very long many wom en will be drawn into wartime in dustry. Even mothers may have to manage homes, rear babies, and do some kind of vital wartime work besides. They have, in England lately. In London, alone, so many mothers of babies have gone into war plants that a hundred and fifty-three day nurseries have sprung up. And one hundred and forty-five more are re ported in the making. To these nurseries the intrepid British mothers bring their babies at 6:30 in the morning. And here they call for them at 6:30 in the evening. Faced with such a crisis schedule any mother knows which are the necessities to cherish, and which the luxuries she can discard during war time. These ready-to-serve strained foods, which save hours of time and assure high quality in baby's meals, do rate high among the blessings available today. by dependents of a deserter and I without waiting for his apprehen i . . ... .. .... sion; by a soldier confined in jail, other than in the guard house at his own post, and on condition that he has not been dishonorably dis charged from the Army; by a eom- ' mon-law wife, or by a divorced wife, ; if the latter has not remarried and ; is in dire need of aid. ( Those persons not eligible are former members of the new defunct 'Army Specialist corps, the WAAC, ; civilians employed by the war de- ; partment and relatives of those j civilians. 0ne of the fundamental requisites o Army Emergency Relief is that aid, if given at all, shall be given immediately. There must not be the delay of compiling long, detailed 1 . t a t t-. .. , . . correspondence. 11 -Ainiy tmeiscu- rv Relief is not immediate its nur- pose is defeated. After emergency assistance the case mav be glven to another relief agenCy should further or prolonged assitance be advisable. In that- it is not the intent of Army Emergency Relie to dictate to, to duplicate or ! to replace any other agency but ra without notification of the soldier upon wnom the applicant is depend- , ent if the need is urgent and the j soldier cannot be located readily. "when possible, the application should be made to the commanding ... - , . , . ! may ue maae lo ine tonimanuiug .general oi me service command m ! ,.... .. ,. . . . wicn me applicant is a resident, in i eluded in the Seventh Service Com mand, headquarters of which are in Omaha, Nebraska are nine states Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, ; Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota. If .the application is made by the sol- Cross and an especially kindly, co- operative attitude exists between the two organizations. 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