The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1944, Page 4

" PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire T eriug FRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesau, Alasks. CELEN TROY MONSEN - = = = = may be used only for incomes under $3,000. And too a good many persons the filling out of even this ultra- simplified form presents a formidable and almost impossible chore. A good deal of the trouble, of course, will disappear in time. One present difficulty Preatdent |, )¢ Congress carried forward a portion of the tax due on 1942 income, and made the so-called unforgiven portions of the tax payable in two installments in the spring of 1944 and 1945, What we really need is a simplication of the law, itself. Simplication could enable us to dispense With declarations altogether in the case of persons in the lower income brackets whose income consists almost wholly of wages and salaries. In view of the fact that millions of such taxpayers will be fully paid up by the withholding of taxes at the source after we have completed the transition to pay-as-you-ga there is no reason why such declarations could not be dispensed with. But at present, headaches are arising as the in- evitable result of the method adopted in shifting to the pay-as-you-go basis. There seems to be nothing that can be done about that until the transition period is over—so, pass the aspirin Bntered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRI! N RATES; d Douglas for §1.50 per menth. t the following rates: One yoar, in advan 00; six months, 1n sdvance, $7.80; one month, in advance, Bubscr] 50. fbers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irresularity in the livery of thelr papers. Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office. 374. Jelivered by eartier In Junea: By mail, postage MEMBER OF ASSGCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- e credited in this paper and also the local news published erein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash. Britain After the War (New York Times) What will be Great Britain's status in the post- war world? This is a question which troubles many of the little people of Britain just as it bothers her statesmen. While it is generally recognized that the responsibility for maintaining the peace will rest chiefly upon Britain, the United States, Russia and ! China, there are many who fear that economically ;and militarily the British nation, a pygmy compared with her major partners in the Grand Alliance, will be accepting a commitment somewhat beyond her capacity The population of the United Kingdom is only Every time we look at the mess the Federal Gov- 47,000,000 people. That of the United States is 130,- ernment has made out of what used to be at least a 1000,000; of Russia, 190,000,000 and of China roughly decipherable income tax law, we shudder, recalling it 1 400,000,000 But the population of the whole British has been suggested on a number of occasions that a Federal expert be called in to revise Alaska’s taxes. Please—not that! Between now and March 15 the Federal income tax will probably be responsible for more headaches than anything the boys in Washington have been able to pull out of the hat in the history of the United States. Take the case of Mr. John G. Harl of Philadelphia, | one of the brave few who tackled the job of filing his return early. He burned the midnight oil for many nights and finally figured out he owed the Govern- ment $40. He went to a branch office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the clerk figured that Harl owed $60.47. Harl took the matter up with the main office and another clerk told him the figure was $222.38. This figure alarmed Harl, so the same clerk PLEASE PASS THE ASPIRIN 000,000 if India with its more than 300,000,000 people is | included. Doubtless it was these figures which were | predominantly in Lord Halifax's mind when he de- livered his plea at Toronto for a common empire policy in foreign relations, economics and defense. Britain never could have stood up against Nazi pire. Lord Halifax makes the point that this support was given freely by independent sovereign nations without duress on the part of the mother country and cites Eire’s neutrality as proof. That is true of those parts of the Commonwealth which enjoy Dom- | inion status, but it is not true of India, which does | not control its foreign policy. What Lord Halifax no | doubt envisages when he asserts that the Statute of | Westminster was a declaration of “interdependence,” ! as well as of independence, is an even closer associa- | tion of members of the British family of nations in | the interest of presenting a common front to the rest tried again and found a happier answer—Harl should z | of the world before rather than after the time has | have $30.16 coming from the Government. Harl still St iEtied. He wibt (o-the Ciitat o dhieltys | SO o sHonseTbebyect sl SR EERC: | A 7 ‘ S l One cannot help feeling that in advocating greater tax bureau and the answer ‘from this gentleman was unity among the Dominions and Colonies — a unity $23.16. Then came the ruling of the Chief Income | yhich would be impossible of achievement unless Lon- | Tax Statistician of the Bureau of Internal Revenue | don were to invite a greater measure of responsibility in Washington—Harl owed $44.05. He let it go ation the part of the Dominions for the direction of | that and there is no question but what he got his | Empire affairs as an offset against their necessary | money's worth. |loss of sovereign rights in their foreign relations— | When a tax becomes as complicated as this one, | Lord Halifax was offering a counter-proposal to the mueh of the value is lost in the collection. one recently advanced by Jan Smu_ts, Premier of Sol Lewis, Washington State pioneer newsman, FEUMNEAD I E UL (¥ o b Statt with l.he o | that Great Britain faces the risk of becoming a lesser suggests in the Seattle Times that the way to figure | parper of the United States and Russia, and ulti- out your tax is to proceed exactly as if you were “mav.e\y China; but where Field Marshal Smuts looks working on one of the complicated assignments you | abroad for the means of strengening Britain's position, used to have in grade school arithmetic. And when | Halifax would achieve the same result by strengthen- you're through, do exactly as you did then: “Even if ‘mg the family ties. Where the South African states- | you weren't sure if Ned had 14 apples, as you estimated, | man favored a restoration of the balance of power or 8, as the kid across the aisle figured it,” when ;‘\':"V“Eh R‘Sam%u“‘:'i;*l‘ the Ne"‘t‘?{l‘:"gsh D“"m"‘t":“ . ¢ 4 Norway and presumably a reconstitute ance, the | b AN tl:nough Just “fl B it a.nd THOULCEI engtpe British Ambassador believes that Britain contains in ;the really worthwhile pursuits of life—play ho""wilhm herself the strength to achieve equaltiy with scotch or cops and robbers her present major partners, so that with Empire help For those who wish to use the short form—1040A | she can play as large a part in the peace as they have —the process is not too complicated. But this form enabled her to play in war Nashinglon | | | to protect OPA “max- over politics, However, what the K was necessary | gallery spectators didn't know and ' imum prices” what George's colleagues apparent- mended Jesse Jones, chief sponsor ly forgot, is that the Senator mnde‘uf the oil subsidy which, declared an equal persuasive speech for sub- | Senator George, “will ultimately | sidies—on July 15, 1942. |lead to the proper solution of the | On July 15, 1942, the record shows | problem.” | that Senator George delivered an-| The Senator from Georgia was 1other ringing oration in which he just as eloquent for subsidies to Merry- o-Round (Continuea irom Page One) | Empire and Commonwealth is approximately 450,- | Germany if she had not had the support of the Em- !lack of comic strips. He could puti |to take. on oil and he cOM- 'y paye; Why didn't you send me| HAPPY BIRTHDAY | FEBRUARY 21 : T. F. Dryden Mrs. H. R. Wood Carl Floridan Mrs. W. H. Arthur Bert Ehle Elsa Ives Mrs. W. H. Jackson HOROSCOPE “The stars ncline but do not compel” g TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Benefic aspects should be fortu- nate for our air forces. Good news from war fronts is forecast. HEART AND HOME: Romance will languish at this time for young {folk have limited opportunities for social intercourse. The stars seem to indicate that the college campus will continue to be the center of! interest for the duration as new | draftees come and go. \’ | BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Great| gains in department store sales will prevail despite midseason fluctua- tions. Wage-earners will spend | freely even though there will be a great reduction in the number of war plant employees. The Pacific Coast will lead in retail buying. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Temporary | |booms will publicize various men as promising candidates for President and there will be persistent promo- !ncn of certain political leaders. {But again the seers declare that |the star of Franklin D. Roosevelt remains in the ascendant. | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: !The midwinter problem of relief {tor the more than forty million |homeless war victims will become | facute at this time. Again the| | Unitead States will assume heavy |tasks in supplying food amnd cloth- |ing. This means a share of re-| cponsibility for every person in the| great democracy. Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year in which cau- tion should rule. Deception in love affairs is presaged for women. Children born on this day will probably enjoy success. They will be unusually able, original in their ideas and positive in their opinions. (Copyright, 1944) that subsidies will still be paid on cotton seed, peanuts, sugar, beet sugar, wool and oth products coming from their states. NO STATE DEPARTMENT COMIOS Cne thing that troubled State Department Coordinator Jim Lan-! dis, during his stay in Cairo, was up with poor food and the non-de- livery of his baggage, but that mat+ ter of the comic strips was harder Before going to Caire. Landis hnflh ymade a pact with his two daugh- | ters, Stelld ‘and Ellen. to clip “Tetry |and the Pirates” and send it to him ,every day. But, never a strip came. | When he got back to Washington, | he exclaimed: “So that’s the kind of daughters | Terry?” Albert Edwards | soy beal j eating? 20 YEARS AGO 7™ cupire B e FEBRUARY 21, 1924 The use of electricity generated from coal slack in the sub-bituminous I mines in the Healy coal fields, was one of the plans under consideration as a means of uncovering the estimated millions of dollars in placer gold believed to be in the gravels of the Tanana Valley around Fairbanks, Echammka and adjacent points. The proposal was being investigated by Charles E. Bumnell, President of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks. Nineteen Alaska canneries were to be served by a fleet of 10 cannery vessels and. a fleet of small tenders from Seattle by the Northwestern Fisheries Company and the Libby, McNeill and Libby Company fisheries during the coming season it was announced. The flight to the Arctic by the Shenandoah had been ordered stopped by President Coolidge, but it was being requested by the Alaska Com- mittee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, through the Washington State delegation in Congress to urge the President to rescind his instruc- tions and order the immediate carrying out of the flight. Observance the next day of Washington's Birthday was to be general locally with the entire town suspending its busii activities for the day. No special ceremonies were to be held, however. George F. Forrest, Walter DeLong and Tom Knudsen were all to leave Seattle for Juneau about March 1, according to word brought here by John McLaughlin, who recently returned from a short trip to the South. Weather report: High, 42; low, 3 Daily Lessons in English % . corbon i maind WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Every once in awhile.” Omit EVERY. Say, “Once in awhile.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Torment. verb on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Postpone. Observe the T. SYNONYMS: Accident, mishap, misfortune, disaster, calamity. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word cach day. “Today's word: INDELICACY; that which is offensive to modesty or refined taste: coarseness. “Your papers would be chargeable with worse than indelicacy; they would be immoral.”--Addison. | MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ operra Lom Accent noun on first syllable, Q. What should one do if walking with a-friend and this friend stops to talk with an acquaintance whom you do not know? A. Walk on a few paces and wait for yodr friend. Q. What would be the proper amount for the bridegroom to give the minister as a fee? . A. This depends upon the finances of the bridegroom. There is no i stipulated amount. Q. Is it ever permissible to place an elbow on the table while A. While this is often done, it is not correct. g e e et e et e ettt} 1. In the West Indies, what animal is used in place of a watchdog around homes? 2, During World War I, what soldiers were known as “the Ladies from Hell”? 3. What is the meaning of petrography? 4. Who was it that said, “The better part of valour is discretion? 5. What js the largest city of Pennsylvania and what is its capital? ANSWERS: 1. Geese. 2. Scottish Highland regiments. 3. The description and systematic classification of rocks. 4, Shakespeare. 5. Philadelphia is the largest city and Harrisburg is the capital. | | The girls protested, “But we did, | daddy—every day!” They said that they clipped the Washington Post | |daily, sent the letters to the State! { Department, unsealed, for inclusion ‘m the diplomatic pouch. said conference rules at the White | was able to persuade the Senate|the big oil companies then as he| .qpe House?" chorused several newsmen|that the government should pay an ‘ was eloquent against subsidies to the |y an4dic s:,‘:“'f,,x?z?mg:!m £ significantly. estimated 000000 in subsidies | dair ¥ -| : 0 M ign! ly al $200,000,0¢ in subsidies dairy farmer and other small pro: |gated. He found what he suspected. The argument continued at great; length over whether the questions asked by newsmen were off the record. Finally New York Times' Warren Moscow told Dewey in dis- gust: “This is the lowest ebb in press relations ever reached at Albany.” After about twenty minutes of ar-' gument Dewey finally agreed that newsmen could publish the fact that he had been asked a question | on the soldier’s vote and that the| reply was “No comment.” | NOTE—Actually Governor Dewey had his facts twisted on White' House press rules. Newsmen al-| ways quote questions asked of i President Roosevelt, whether he re- plies or not, including recent ques- tions about running for a fourth| term. FIERY GEORGIAN | Senator George of Georgia can be | one of the fieriest and most per-' suasive orators in the Senate, when| he sets his mind to it. And he was| in rare form when he took the floor | to protest against an administra- | tion move to continue consumer | subsidies for the remainder of 1944.| George's address unquestionably | accounted for the lop-sided 49-26 defeat of the proposal. The gray-| haired gentleman from Georgia pulled all the stops, The sheer voltage of his eloquence was enough | to rout the opposition. “Transparent hypocrisy poli- tics of the rawest kind ¢ ¢ °| appeasement of labor,” were some of the expressions the Senator)| hurled at the galleries and his col- | leagues. ‘All grade cattle have| fallen far below the cost of pro-| duction. Why? Because of the ex- istence of the miserable subsidies # * * gppropriate this now and see how rapidly the subsidy totals will mount * * * How can we prevent the payment of subsidies on rents, on clothing, on drugs?” The Senator’s tirade had all the | earmarks of right transcending the forces of evil, truth triumphing to the big oil companies. The oil ducers last week. Though exactly| Depart P companies were worried over higher | opposite in each case, he won his‘::eeyi:?ws at the utmm (; s transportation costs on the Atlantic|point. lin the_iplomatic ‘; ’;e b e seaboard because of the sinking of| NOTE—Southern and far-western |pean conbioned to. the waste. L. oil tankers. Senators also sli i g toyie. Wasle: Lazijy v/ pped plenty of ex-| NOTE—Perhaps it's a sense of h So George argued that @ subsidy|emptions into the subsidy bill 50| mor which s the long-sought “c,‘:; |trouble with the State Department: ; (Copyright, 1944, by United Crossword Pule F] E]E ! Feature Syndicate, Inc.)) S T ) ACROSS Head covering L=l ARIE | KINY PROGRAM L Vehicle for Take great 1] [VIEISIT] | SCHEPULE snow travel delight EINICIE] & Body of water 38. 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