Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1943 — Page 2

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Seek Two Millions Extra In War Bonds State Tribute To World War II Dead Indianapolis. Jun s—Thousands of volunteer workers today had begun pledge-taking for 12.000,00fi in extra war bond* that win be •old as a tribute to all those who gave their live- during the first year of World War II "They gave their lives, will you lend your money for an extra war bond?" That's the slogan for the opening campaign of 1943. The January drive for extra war bond Males in Indiana will be climaxed on the 15th anniversary of the nation's first bond rally at a Carole Lombard memorial dinner In Indianapolis. Pledge* will be taken In the name of Miss Lombard. who i* included In the Hats of those who are among the nation's honored dead. Miss Lornbard lost her life in an airplane crash as he wa returning from the rally to her home in Holly Wood. Each of the slate’s IM war savings staff executive chairmen aided by theater managers in their territories, has organized a selling force to distribute and collect pledges. The pledge forms call for purchase of an extra wa. Itond during the next io days. The forms are in duplicate, and the pledger receives the original From the duplicate pledge forms.

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I chairmen in the field will obtain totals of the memorial bond sale and the state total will be reportrs at the dinner Jan IS during a half-hnur program in which screen and radio stars are expected to participate. All county chairmen will ho invited to the dinner during which plaques will be awarded to the counties that have "topped 10 pen , cent" in the current drive for inI creased payroll savings investment , in war bonds by employes of , stores, factories and offices. > ' o Pattern Drawn To Guide Draft Boards Establish Guide In Farmer Deferments — Indianapolis, Jan. 5 — tl Pi — A definite pattern was drawn to-! day to guide selective service boards in action involving deferment of Hoosier farm workers The plan, devl-ed by the f S department of agriculture and approved by secretary of agriculture Claude it Wlckard. was announced by 1. M Vogler, Indiana USDA war board chairman. who explained that One man henceforth will be considered necessary for the production of IS war units. Examples of war units are 12 head of beef cattle, fiv. acres of wheat, an acre of fruit trees, or an acre of truck crops. The 1943 production schedule , of each Indiana farmer will be I studied by county war boards who ■ will pass recommendations for dej ferments on to local draft boards. Vogler said. "The uew plan should serve to clear up conflicting ideas on how many workers are essential in order to gain maximum production.'’ tlie war board head asserted "The definition of a unit is not to l>e regarded as a rigid yard stick but as a definite guide in granting deferments.” By the same study of proposed production < barts, Vogler said reallocation of farm laborers also could be achieved if it becomes necessary. A surplus of workers in one county could be shifted to I a site where a shortage exists. WAR PRODUCTION IS 'Coatlnuad From rags 1) I slowed war production in two other plants— both in I'ennsyl-

29 Stranded Persons Rescued By U. S. Sub Darinq Mission Is Carried Out By Sub A South Pacific Base, Jan. 5. — (VP)—A United States submarine. ' raring against time, carried out a daring night operation in rescuing 29 persons, mostly missionaries. i trom a Japanese-held Islad cf the Solomons group, it was disclosed today. Admiral William F. Halsey's headquarters disclosed the exploit and said 17 of those rescued were women In imminent danger of mistreatment or death. Three more were children. Admiral Halsey s headquarters i said the operation, one of the most ' daring of the Pacific war. involved detaching a submarine of the Pacific fleet from normal activities of sinking Japanese ships and sending it Into shallow water to effect the rescue under the noses of the Japanese. The Information arrived late in Decttnber that the party had been unable to eva< uale Ibe island when the Japanese occupied it last spring, the headquarters announcement said. The party’s capture by several hundred Jap troops was threatened when the Japs heard of the presence of white women. Two enemy raids already had sent the white people to the jllllgle protection of the Miami for saefty, the announcement said. The navy had two methods of rescue to choose from: the submersible or airplane. Th. submarine was rboeen and it put out for the island, guided hy radio messages to which it could not reply lest it disclose its whereabouts. Thus the progress of the rescue could not be divulged once the orders were issued to the sub's commander. The submaiine reached the predetermined rendezvous on schedule and stood in dose to shore. Following a predesiguated signal, the refugees went aboard. The navy disclosed that had the plan failed, a second attempt would have been made the next uight. A second venture may have had tragic consequence* because th* morning after the submarine and its refugees departed a large Jap van la. At New Kensington, IM machin-j tats walked out of an aluminum | company of America plant in proest against rotation of the night and day shifts. At Lawreneevllle, steel workers walked out of the Porter locomotive plant demand Ing equal pay for women employes | The company was forced to shut down. The strike was not authorised by their union. A shutdown of a different type occurred today at the Edgewater. New Jersey, assembly plant of the Ford Motor company The company announces that Soft to a thousand workers wil be layed off temporarily because of a shortage of materials.

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NEW YORK—If 'The Russian People." Konstantin Simonov's new play which opened the other night at the Guild Theatre is indicative of the level of playwriting in the Soviets today—and we don't believe it—we’ll east our vote for the neurotics of Chekhov and for the pre-Red "I'm ao happy I'm going out to hang myself" school of Russian drama. Were not familiar with the Russian stage of today, but we cannot conceive that Comrade Simonov is accepted without reserve as a Soviet playwright. His characters have the weight, value i and conviction of figures on a I' poster, his lines the inflexibility 1 and didacticism of a political tract, his situations the instructive impact of lessons in political I morality. This isn't to say that he deals I in cliches. It is. on the other hand, very much to say that "The Russian People" is directed and regimented journalism It has the strength that being right gives it. Its weakness Iles tn the fact that it is journalism and directed. We're tnchned to believe that if Comrade Simonov were leas the writer and more the dramatist, ths people he conjure* up in his play would be more the people of Russia who are fighting the Germans so gallantly today than twodimensional figures in a political tract, puppets for propaganda, even tMugh the propaganda is historically and morally right. Ths American acting version of •The Russian People’ was written by Clifford Odets, much to the play's disadvantage and greatly to Mr. Odets* dtaeredlt The Rusaianbms were translated literally, one of the reasons we've never had a realty good Russian play oa the Amencnn stage until thp peesent product ton of Cheabov's “Three Sisters* was un wikMl by Mum Ksttuurioc Cornell. Colloquialisms that tend to coo fuse the American ear, customs and magm which luriher oeti iUM the Amwirag eye, were

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force landed. Two days after the American submarine left the scene ot the rescue. her commander's announcement was received at this south Pacific base. A day latir the missionaries and children were transferred to a United States patrol boat in friendly wateiw for ultimate passage to Australia. The navy's announcement did not identify the submaiine commander cr those rescued SENATOR URGES (Continued From Fags It changed drastically since 1942 Adjustment for overpayment or underpayment of taxes would normally be made after Jan 1. 1941 Victory Tax Washington. Jan. 5 — (UP) The new Victory tax. now being deducted from pay envelopes, is raising many questions. Some of them, and the answers, follow : Q—What is the Victory lax? A It is a new individual income tax imposed in addition to the regular income tax Q Who pays the Victory tax? A livery individual having an income of more than 1624 a year. Q What is the rate of the tax? A —Five percent of all income over |l2 a week. 124 every Iwo weeks. |2d twice a month. 452 a month, or M 2 4 a yea i. y When Is It paid? A Persons who receive income from wages and salary pay It on a col-lection-at sciirce basis. Their employers deduct the fax each payday. whether weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly or annually. All others pay It when they make their regular income tax returns. Q—When did the Victory tax become effective? A Jan. 1. 1943. and the first five percent pay deduction was supposed to be made from earnings for the first pay period ending after midnight, Dec. 31. 1942 regardless of when it began. y Is the Victory tax deductible from regular income tax? A— No. it is m addition to regular income tax Q—Are interest payments, contributions and other regular Income tax allowances deductible from the Victory tax liability? A—Not in the case of wages and salaries These deductions are | allowed, however, if they are in- | I curred in carrying out a trade or I I business. An individual in buslI lies* also can deduct other “busl-1 i ties* expenses.' including cost of 1 I goods sold. In other words, the Victory tax applies to the gross 1 Income in the case of wages and I I salaries, and to the net income of ' ' an Individual's trade or business. <J —Does the M 24 exemption apI ply to both married and single peroils? A—Yes. Allowance for the marriage status is provided under thepost-war credit. y—What is the post-war credit? A—A single person is allowed a credit of 25 percent of the amount of the Victory lax. a married person 4'l percent, and each dependent two pcrAmt However, a single person's credit may not exceed 1500, a married persons

given rubber stamp translations by Mr. tldets. In the Cornell play much of the dramatic material and action was elided or reworked. Chekhov himself, to the American idea, was prolix, re- , petitious. frequently undramatic. "Three Sisters” was translated for Miss Cornel) by a dramatist who saw hte problem iy, who had no great personal message with which to color the drama. Hence it had direction and weight and point. "The Russian People” is first a recruiting poster, a political tract, and only after these messages are given their full weight does it become drama. By that • time It's too late. The primary impact is too heavy. It is stirring melodrama which reassures the Russians that they are right in their fight against the Nazis. After this reassurance there’s nothing left for the play to do. It offers no commment on people, nor docs it expose inonof their lives than comes out of the briefest, most moving news dispatches Leon Ames is a young man with a lot oi hard luck He's sadly miscast as the central character, a captain whose forces are completely surrounded by the Germans. and who hangs on desperately until the Reds break through. Ames has had three turkeys in a row—“ Guest in the House" "The Land Is Bright" 1 and "Little Darting," and whoever chose him for the lead In "The Russian People" did him no favor. Ames did his best, however, 1 as did the others in an extensive I and capable cast: Luther Aaier, Victor VareonL Elisabeth Fraser, EJvOTtO* 8 Wswlbvfc* .MiOfiii, BE»> n* Krumschmidt, Herbert Berghotf. Eduard iranx and Alaigaret Waller. The failure of “The Russian People" to add to the general understanding between America and the Soviets doesn’t rest with i the cast's effort*. It lies in the iape o| Simono v and Odets, and i to a degree, at the Theatre Guild.

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11.000. and a dependent s 3100. Q Does the taxpayer have to wait until after the war to get the post-war credit? A—No. He may take It when he files hi* regular income tax return tor 1943 — on March 15. 1944. The amount of the piat-war credit which may be used that way will be based upon the amounts of his payments for life insurance premiums, repayment of debts, and purchases of some types of war bond*. For example. If a married person's Victory tax amounted to 5100. he could reduce that liability by 4" percent or by lio if be bad paid out that much or more during

33H| For “Extraordinary Heroism M wB ... Great Devotion to Duty... ■ — — y™ Meritorious Public Service 9* - || in Covering the News at Oran H The United States Army Awards the Order of the Purple Heart to | I Leo S. Disher, of the United Press \ ■’ ' J Major-General Lloyd R Fredendall, of the A. E F-in 1 \ Africa, recently awarded the Order of the Purple - Heart to United Preaa War Correspondent Loo S 1 W HF , Diahar. The citation accompanying the awasd read Ji ■*. jv ”^ to s Dtsher, Jr., while serving with a Urutcd States landing R » F f° ree * n th€ ra P ac “y war «wr«spon<fcni, •< the harbor of Oran ' f J ' * f "' during the early morning hours of Nov 8. 1942, distinguished |||Jr " ' ■ ■' himself by extraordinary heroism and mentorioue performance of , X- ./■' duty a s* ln *' armed enemy during the attack on that port. « «‘i n t h c ( acc o f wt thenng enemy fire, although several times " wounded. Disher remained at his post on the vessel which was 1 | j taking him ashore and continued to report for the public press a W. ' lucid, accurate and detailed account of the action, in which the greater part of the military and naval personnel aboard the ship became casualties. | . P 'da "After being ordered to abandon ship. Disher swam to shore and. B V ! .although again wounded four timaa, continued to perform his duty • • r in an exemplary manner With complete disregard for h>s personal * safety, Disher displayed great devotion to duty and rendered / JL. meritorious public service by recording the details of the attack on the harbor of Oran." ...'. .am The conduct cf Leo S. Disher at Oran typifies the spirit of th* entire, far-flung corps of United Press combat-sone correspondents. ,» Upon tbeu determination, their courage, their expertness rests the fffllfc.. IK * YhSSS3 ability of the United Press to provide The World s Best Coverage J| ▼IF If * of the Worlds Biggest News i Follow Untied Pma in -''T- iMIIM Decatur Daily Democrat w'

tbe year for life insurance, hia! home mortgage, or for tbe purchase of war bonds. Hut if he preferred. he could pay the full amount of hia Victory tax and become entitled to a credit of 410 after the war. (J- How will a post-war credit, saved until the war ends, be paid? A- It will be credited against any taxes then due. and any balance would be paid immediately to the taxpayer by the government. Q Does the taxpayer have to file a separate return for the Victory tax ? A—No. it will lie com-! puted on tbe regular income tax ; return.

! y How will an employe knowjust how much has been deducted. from his pay during the year for' Victory tax purposes? A—His employer will give him a receipt on a special internal revenue form stating the amount withheld The employer will forward a similar form to the collector of internal revenue reporting the amount deducted. —r- —-o — - Blauvelt Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral services will be held i Wednesday for -Mrs. Mary Blau-

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velt. mother of Mrs. William J mat her of this city, who <lihl denly early Monday morniyl the home of a daughter it ■ : Wayne. J Services will be held at 1 )■ m. Wednesday at tbe ChalfagM ry A Pook's funeral borne m ■ Wayne and at 2:15 o'clock xtl Paul’s Mctbodwt church. Ibt J les A. Byrt officiating. Bai bl ■ be in Lindenwood cemetery ■ !»ody may be viewed at thtfl era) home until time of .be fl vice*. I ■■ "O' 1 Trade In a Good Town >-J