The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1943, Page 4

. . 15, many economists believe that Daily Alaska Empire .o s o the people to pay the high levies We are inclined to believe that the new Congres: will enact the pay-as-you-go plan to avert disaster. The 1942 taxes probably won't be abolished com- pletely, but the payments will be strung out over ia long period that will mean about the same | thing. Meanwhile, such a plan would mean | taxpayer would start from scratch on March 15— ng this year's income tax on money he makes year. Payments would be made as the money SFRER 7 AWCCIATED TREES |is earned, according to the Ruml plan. | Press 1s exclusively entitled to the use for The government would take in more money and The fepublication of lll news dispatches credited to it or not other- . S wise credited in this paper and also the local news publisheq COllections would be easier. It is the Treasury Department’s duty to collect enough taxes to run the war, but also its duty is to make these no more burdensome than is necessary the Treasury sheer inability of Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Junesu, Alasks. BELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - - Presdent R, L BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION l.n'll Delivered by unhr n Junesu 1l, postage paid, fis Ove yoar in advance, m 00; six months, In ivance, $7.80; | in advance, $1.28. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly nnun qunu- omee ol any faflure or irregularity in the of thelr pal ones: )l.wl O"lol. €02; Business Office, 374. just ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY 'OTHER PUBLICATION. NATIONAL REPRESENTA’ can Bulldin ES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 War Loan Accounts (New York Times) In cooperation with the Federal Reserve System the Treasury has been making a special effort to increase the number of banks throughout the coun- try which qualify as special depositories of Govern- ment funds. A total of 1,426 new depositories has |been added to the lists, while the amounts which other banks are eligible to hold have been increased, that the | { H THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA | HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 18 Waunalee Suess Mrs. Harold R. Brown Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick Velma McDaniel Mary Joyce Allan A. McMurchie Hazel Stevenson Abraham Levy Mrs. R. F. Stephens - e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” it} TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Conflicting planetary aspects are| bringing the total number of depository institutions ‘lo 4,739, qualified to hold as much as $8; 429.01’7‘164‘ of Government deposits at any one time. This rather dry item of news has an important | bearing upon the financing of the war. Under Lhe‘ system of “War Loan Accounts,” which dates back | |to the First World War, banks and trust companies | | which have qualified as special depositories are per- | PAY-AS-YOU-GO ! mitted to subscribe for Government bonds without —— | putting up cash. Instead they simply credit the Whether the Treasury Department will have US| Treasury on their books with a deposit equal to th pay our 1942 income taxes, payable in 1943, or ditch jamount of their subscriptions to Government bon the '42 taxes and start collecting '43 taxes at the |issues. As the Treasury requires the money it issues source oh a pay-as-you-go policy is now being |calls for the repayment of these deposits. As the argued in Congress. 'funds are, in turn, spent by the Treasury, Govern- One tax or another, I ment checks flow back into the banking system, you-go in either case for most persons. replenishing funds to meet future calls March 15 isn't so very far away, either. The In this way it is possible to avoid vthe drmq upon Collector of Internal Revenue has sent out blflnkz’.me banking system that would be involved if the | Treasury’s offerings had to be paid for in cash At‘ BSbEHS . chlison 0L SHe 1063 tax, M begin- |, " came time the banking system is in a position | ning to look more and more as if a pay-as-you-go | to absorb far larger amounts of Government securi- | plan will be set up before March 15. It is unfor-|y.s tnan would otherwise be possible. Thus the tunate that the whole thing couldn’t have been set- oycess reserves of all member banks of the Federal |j tled by the last Congress and saved quite a bit of |Reserve System, which provide a measure of the | expense and confusion. limit of “eash” subscriptions to Government bonds | A pay-as-you-go plan seems to be the only logi- banks could possibly make, now total about| cal answer to the plight the average taxpayer finds |$2,800,000,000. But the banks of the country will; himself in this year. According to a recent Gallup |probably absorb twice that amount of Government poll, only one person in four has even begun to issues in the current $9,000,000,000 Victory Drive. save to pay his taxes this year. Here and there throughout the country banks | The Treasury is sending out blanks on the the- unused to the idea of book credit payments for new ory that the taxpayer knew high taxes were coming issues of Government securities have been concerned | and he sholild have saved to be prepared for them. |to discover that they would be expected to absorb Bot the fact is that he didn't more bonds than they had available excess reserves' s 3 i 3 ot ‘tu pay for. Such banks have not thought through The people knew that heavier taxes were COM- | enormous demands for credit which the war | ing. But it is doubtful if they knew just how high | ,1,ces upon our banking system. The increased use | they would be. The bill fixing the new taxes wasn't |of the War Loan Account system makes possible an enacted until as late as last October. Not much orderly expansion of bank credit to finance the w'\rJ time to prepare. ‘wn.h a minimum strain upon the reserves of the If collections of 1942's taxes go ahead on March | banking s it will probably be pay-as- | that he was unwittingly | }used by Nazi propagandists. At dny rate all of these facts and more are expected to come |steps. i iout when the seditioh-propaganda NOTE: Nobody knows why U. S.| {cases go to trial. Obviously, there- | troops are used to guard Congress fore, it is good strategy on the‘Aconsldmed the worst waste of jpart of the two Senators involved | manpower in Washington. Certain- 'to attack the Justice Department ly nobod) wants to steal Oongress| (“She's|in advance. Then when the evi- —or at least nobody except FDR. getting to. be a pretty big girl {dence 'is brought out, they can - now,” ‘said the President) was in- chargé persecution and a smear joE MARTIN VS. SAM RAYBURN vited by Kaiser to christen a ship ' campaign. Privately Republican leader Joe at one .of the Oregon yards. She | Martin never had any intention of was given a bottle of champagne u. TROOPS GUARD letting the Republicans organize and 'told to stand near the ways. { CONGRESS ‘Congrcss and elect him as Speaker. “But where's the ship?” Sistle| News photographers were herd- Unm 1944, this responsibility is the dsked according to her grand-'ing the 5 rookie Congressmen up | last thing he wants. | father. the stone steps of the Capitol for| However, the canny Republlcam “Just start swinging that bottle,” a group picture when they got an leader took keen delight in keep-| KRaiser instructed her. “By the unexpected taste of military disci-|ing the opposition guessing and time you bring it down, a ship pline. A soldier suddenly stepped |carried on his little joke until the will be there.” lin front of them. | very last. HITLER'S STOOGES | “I'm sorry, but you can't go up| When he marched into Speaker They aren’t advertising it, butthere” he announced. ‘Rayb\nns office with the commit- | there is one excellent reason why| “We're members of Congress,” tee that was to escort Rayburn to | isolationist Senators Wheeler o(‘spoke up several freshmen lhc- floor, following his re-election, Montana and Nye of North Dakota| I don’t care who you are” re- |Martin was grinning from ear to are working so feverishly for an plied the soldier, fixing his bayo- |ear. investigation of the Justice De-| net. “You can't go up these steps.| “Sam,” he said, “I've got some partment and its prosecution of Those are my orders.” {bad news for you. I hope you can Hitler stooges in the USA. And that was that until someone 'hold up under the shock. You've That reason is that they know — 7 2 some of the dynamite-laden evi-| @ence now before the Justice De- partment which is sure to come; out when these cases go to trial. That evidence shows the two Senn—. Wrs as having been used by the! Nazi sympathizers and alleged se-| ditionists. fdo feel located a lieutenant, who rescind- ed the order and permitted the | group picture to be made on the B (Continued from Page One) It scems that “Sistie” s, [AIS|PINCIAITIHIERNCIAIN] DIAILEBAICIRIEISINOIP[E] [LIVIARNCIHIAINI TR VIAIT| {‘fafi?frfl““‘ [EIWER[S] ] l JDY Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 3. 1 Less darngerous 40. Mineral springs Cablinet for de- canters Slender fintal Feminine name Plant of the 3 Alutmlhn bird u Probably the two Senators did i .. lily family not know they were being used,; 'U"“a"' a4 l‘i’;‘&"efi Wheeler, at the time, told friends| S Journeys he was worried over definite Nazi| 5 A e influences inside the America Pirst! 55. ffl(r:s{zalau Committee and that he had worked | 6L Silly fnside it to keep those influences B Gasiured down. Mountain in However, the fact remains that/ Prituk K. Ferenz, one of those in- dicted for sedition, organized the Asnerica Pirst rally for Wheeler when he arrived in Los Angeles, | lng was one of Wheeler's acmel rs. Ferenz, according to| evidénce before the Justice Depart- , had a sister in Germany who ’r_ofl him advice regarding a job' ot det Puehrer. Benator Nye, in turn, has lent!| bis frank to the Steuben Society, for which the Steuben Society was fined by the Post Office Depart- | ment. He has also been active be- hing-the-scenes in aiding the ap- peel of - George Sylvester Viereck, already convicted for failure to register as a foreign agent and ru:. indicted for sedition. "arthermore, recent evidence be- fofe the Justice Department from an American long resident in Ber- lh! quotes high-ranking Nazis as seping that if war came, they had | the. USA. organized and that| Wheeler was their favorite Sena- tor. While nobody who knows Sena- tor Wheeler believes for a mihute that he was a party to this, many Acte Ancient wine vessel lln . Strength 3 contalner e named for 65, another 6 8. God of war . He!al‘l‘lforuul Solution Of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 3 1. Pouches 2 En’lllh mur- erer Firmament 7. First name of a movie ac- tress Unit of elec- trical capael ty . Obliterated . Somewhat . Nourished . Great Lake . Mark by cut- ting. . Turn to the right | . Lohengrin's wife . Fall to hit . Negligent Giver Thinnest . Staring open- mommu e Ldlm- “nushe . Anlmhl aliled 10 lnlrbd\n:'l ol 2. Small valiey® Measoring. 1oe strupient Drowsy Religious come poritions Presenting Unsealing de= vice g Dridge Winglike Detent Aiatie sosatry Hingle thing Tabiclane ity Watch secrétly | | the Coast Guar discerned in the horoscope for to- day. The morning should be favor- mz- for launching important en- | terprises HEART AND HOME: In cities as | welll as small towns the lack of ser- wan or helpers will teach house- keepers the value of the simple life Dining will become less ceremon- ious in homes of wealth and féod restrictions will reduce menus in| ys that are amazing astrologers | foretell. There is a sign presaging |novel customs and odd subsmute\‘lermn Mission work for old-time routines. Visiting cooks | and parlor maids will become pop- ular at high wages, for the stars| seem to presage independence for| women of every walk of life. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Marvels in manufacturing are to multiply as war exigencies bring out super powers in American workers. War- time expansion of plants will result | in unlooked for benefits in post- | war times, astrologers predict. Px(-- paredness is to take on new mean- ir rightly read, #he stars promise that the world’s arts and handicraft will s when peace is established. If| ot e | 20 YEARS AGO %o HE EMPIR l—wmw i JANUARY 18, 1923 | The mill buildings, milling and mining equipment at Thane had been purchased from the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company by the Northwest Steel and Metal Products Company of Seattle, according to a | statement issued by Emil Gastonguay. Work of dismantling and ship- | ping the equipment was to start soon. ! —_—— A telegram with a Rome date line said: “Not since the formation of the Kingdom of Italy has anyone remembered such a Premier as Mus- solini, the man who finds time and strength to do everything. Mussolini, the vigorous, has captivated Italy.” Tom Sheally, who was spending the Shelter Island, arrived in town on a business trip. winter trapping on An International News Picture told of Mah Johngg, Chinese game credited to the fertile brain of Confucius, that making a great hit in America. Pictured playing the game were Miss Marie Tiffany and Mario Chamlee, Metropolitan Opera stars. After a month’s lay-off from fishing, Tom Ness of the halibut fleet, ‘expocled to leave the next day for the fishing her per- | mitting. | grounds, W 12 hours by a thick snowfall and heavy the Princess Mary, Capt. A. Slater, & gale ved in in Delayed nearly Wrangell Narrows, ,Junenu | The Secretary of War had applo\ed in excess of the Alaska Road | Commission budget of $465,000, the additional sum of $631,000, according Jto Col. J. C. Gotwals, acting president of the commission. Col. Steese wired from Washington that he was confident that the additional sum would be approved by the Senate, but that a compromise might be necessary to get the additional funds passed by the House Two new boats were to be added to Southeast Alaska for Presby- it was announced by Dr. S. Hall Young, Superin- tendent of Presbyterian Missions in, Alaska. These would be the Prince- ‘lon for which Dr. Hibben, president of Princeton University, had under |taken the work of raising $26,000 necessary for its maintenance and | construction, and the Lindsley, named in honor of a former pastor of lho First Presbyterian Church, Portland, which provided the boat. J. J. Hillard, summer, of the Customs Service, stationed at Eagle during the was stationed at Ketchikan for a few weeks. Weather: Maximum, 21; minimum, 15; clear. | e Daily Lessons in English % 1. gorpon have centers in the Western Hem- | isphere. When the United Nations | | win, the United States, Canada and the Americas are to develop the| |new order magnificently. NATIONAL ISSUES: Although the new year has brought wider | realization of imdividual responsi- bility in winning the war, many| employes and persons who en- joy fair incomes will limit their sacrifices and ignore opportunities for service. Workers here and there will incite strikes or loafings which retard production. Critics of pr and radio, as well as a few states men, . will protest against what is {a form of sabotage. Taxpayers will resent lack of true patriotism. Thus our enemies will be encouraged in all forms of fifth column intrigue. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Through the next fortnight war news will emphasize the vastneas" of the world struggle and through ccming midwinter days events will be discouraging as well as inspir- | ing to the United Nations. Astrol- | ogers warn of enemy recourse to the worst methods of human con- flict. Introducton of gas and bar- baric treatment of prisoners may be expected, according to interpre- tations of evil portents. Bible pro- phecies appear to agree with astrol- ogical predictions regarding the or- | deals that will test the champions | {of liberty and justice. | Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year of extraord- inary experiences. Financial re- sources maybe satisfactory, but try- ing journeys, changes in family re- lations and strange associations are | prognosticated. 1 Children born on this day pro- bably will be self-confident and dif- ficult to direct. Many will have bril- liant intellects and fine characters. (Copyright, 1943) been re-elected Speaker.” (Copyright, 1943, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) Dressed for Weathet Ihis Coast Guardsman, dressed to | battle the elements of the winter } ncnn, is enjoying a hot cup of cof-~ fee while on watch on a schooner of “Corsair? fleet. He 1s one ot the hardy adventurers | who man the fleet of sailing vessels | on Jurd against enemy submarine vity in North Atlantic. This is oflicial U. 8. Coast Guaid photds WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I intended to have gone last week.” Say, “I intended TO GO last week.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Donkey. Pronounce dong-ki, NOT, I as in IT; former pronunciation was dung-ki | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Postpone; observe the T. ! SYNONYMS: Licentious, lascivious, dissolute, sensual, { moral, unchaste. E WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your: lincrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: DOMINANT; ruling; prevailing. “The dominant point in his address was prosperity.” | MODERN ETIQUETTE ** goperta LEE D O as in carnal, im- Q. If a man finds it necessary to introduce himself, does he put the “Mr.” before his name? A. No; he usually says, “I am John Black,” or, “My name is Black,” unless his title is used in addressing, as “Dr. Black.” i Q. Isn't it poor form for a guest to applaud vociferously for an | encore at a private entertainment? | A. Yes. the performer back for an encore. | Q. Is a luncheon guest expected to remain all afternoon? f A. Never, unless she is an intimate friend of the hostess and has | been especially requested to do so. 1. What continent is uninhabited? 2. Of what is snuff a compound? 3. Approximately how many broadcasting stations are there in the United States? 4. Who uttered the words, | under what conditions? 1 5. Which is the swiftest four-footed animal for short distances? ANSWERS: Antarctica. ‘Tobacco. . 730 | 4. Julius Caesar, as he died from wounds inflicted by the con- spirators? 5. The cheetah. “Et tu, Brute” (“And thou, Brutus”), and 'Co_me Qn In Qut of That Snow!’ [ This family scene. was caught by an alert cameraman during New York’s first snowfall. The cat transplanted her family of six kittens into the cellar of a restaurant. The kittens were wet and cold when mama appeared on the scene and performed her ressuse - MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1943 DIRECTORY Drs. Kaser and ‘ Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building Phone 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Let us One may applaud, of course, but not in an attempt to bx'ingI Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bidg PHONE 7 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. 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