Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 39, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 September 1944 — Page 1

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News From the Boys in Service

A 7th AAF Base in the Marianas.—A new 7th AAF record for bombing missions was established by a B-25 squadron under command of Major William K. Pfingst of Syracuse, Ind., during Guam and Tinian operation, according to figures compiled by the 7th AAF Bomber Command. Averaging two missions a day for 13 days, Maj. Pfingst’s medium bombardment squadron completed 26 missions during the last six days of July and the first week of August, the compilation showed. Engaged primarily to eliminate enemy ground installations and to support Marine ground activity, the 7th AAF Mitchell mediums dropped 210 tons —of bombs and fired more than 37,000 rounds of 50 calibre ammunition in low level bombing and strafing attacks. Operating from a 7th AAF base on Saipan, the B-25 squadron completed missions over nearby Tinian in less i than an hour and a half, under 1 Maj. Pfingst’s command. On 1 strikes against Guam, the time from base to target and return averaged 3 hours. Maj. Pfingst I is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pfingst, Syracuse. He joined the 7th AAF in the Central Pacific in October, 1943. 1 Mrs. John H. Murphy, who has been here at Lake Wawasee, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mock, has been notified by the War Department of the death of her husband, Private Murphy, aged 37, killed in action in France August 3rd. He had previously been reported as missing. Private Murphy, a former i Goshen barber, moved with his family to Mishawaka in 1942, from where he was inducted into the army in October, 1943. He was first attached to the medical corps, and was sent overseas last May and was then transferred to the infantry while in France. In addition to the widow, he is survived by a son. J BICYCLE STOLEN b A girl's bicycle was stolen from I a garage last week-end, at the j Russell Hlnderer home here.

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1944.

.SCHOOL NEWS. With two weeks of county high school play gone, undefeated Milford held the lead in the northeastern division and Atwood shared the southwest loop lead with Etna Green. In Friday afternoon games Milford defeated Syracuse 2-1, No. Webster took a 4-0 decision from Leesburg, Atwood blasted Mentone 15-5, and Pierceton emerged with a 10-0 win over Sidney. Resulits of the Burket-Bea ven Dam and Silver Lake-Claypool clashes are not available. Milford Takes Syracuse. Milford, only unbeaten team in the northeastern division, Friday snapped off a Syracuse Yellow Jacket rally in the seventh after allowing only one run and sent Syracuse home with a 2-1 loss. Milford’s two runs came in the first inning and from that time on it was a battle of moundsmen. Fritz Wolferman, Milford, issued three hits —all to Rarig, Syracuse second baseman—struck out 10 men and clamped down completely on walks. Weingart gave, up only four hits to Milford, struck out five batters and issued two walks. Stieglitz got two of the Milford hits and Little and Mikel one each. The lineups: Syracuse—Rapp lb, Rarig 2b, Bell sf, Bauer 3b, Stieglitz c. Hoopingarner If, Coy ss, Workman rs, Grimes cf, Weingart p. sf, Doty 3b, Haab rs, Grove If, Brown cf, Mikel 2b. W. 8. C. 8. MEETS The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist church will meet at the following homes this next Thursday: Circle No. I—2 p.m. at home of Mrs. Horace Godschalk. Circle No. 2—at 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Fritz. • Circle No. 3—at 12:30 p.m. A luncheon at the home of Mrs. Effie Emerson. Circle No. 4—at 6:30 p. m. at Clarence Synder cottage on Syracuse lake for picnic supper.

MUCK CROPS S IOW AT NORTH JUDSON?) OCT. 5-6 North Judson, [nd., Sept. 18.--A full program >f contests, discussions, and round table talks has been planned for the North Judson Area Muck Crops Show, to be held here Oct 5 and 6. The show will get under way! at 9 a.m. Oct. 5, when a muck crops grading and identification contest, and vegetable demonstration tests will b y held. Topics to be liscused on the afternoon program are, “Mint Diseases;” “inseett on Muck Crops” by Goul<f|, of Purdue; and “Dry Weather ijjxperlence With Mint,” by N. K. Ellis, of Purdue. ~ P. M. Harmer, of Michigan State College, will open the Friday program with a talk on “New Developments in Muck Crops.” In the afternoon, F. C. Gaylord, of Purdue, Wm. Gehring, of North Judson, N. P. Beebe, of Niles, Mich., Richard Morris of the U. S. Dept, of Ag: iculture, and Mr. Harmer will cor duct a seminar on “Controlled Dri inage.” ..../'" | • BAKING COM! ANY WILL MOVE HERE S OON The New Par is baking company, manufacturers of the “Town Talk” cookies v ill move its plant to Syracuse in the near future. The building Just west of the Liberty Coach C 0., purchased several ihonths aj:o by the baking company, has rad new concrete floors put in, and this week will see completion of a new rotating oven. The nev oven will enable the company t > greatly enlarge their output. ON SAME FAIIM 69 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blanchard will move this fall from their farm southwes . of Syracuse, to their home hei a in town, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hire. Mr. Blanchard has been on this same farm 69 years, going there with his parents when he was six years of age. Recently the farm was sold to Mi - , and Mrs. Willard Mischelsen, of Nappansee. ; F. & A. M. W (LL MEET Syracuse loc ?e No. 454, F. and A. M. will m< et tonight (Tuesday) to confe ■ the E. A. degree upon two candidates. All members and brothers urged to attend.

WEDDINGS DISHER - COX The marriage of Cecelia Disher to J. Barton Cox, both of Syracuse, is announced. The ceremony took place at 7:30 Monday night, Sept. 18; at. Goshen, with the Rev. Trevor Dillon, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grieger were the only attendants. KOSCIUSKO BED CROSS LEADERS ATTENDING MEET At least 10 Kociusko county Red Cross officials are attending the northern Indiana Red Cross institute at the Masonic Temple, South Bend, this week, Monday through Friday. , Officers from the eastern area headquarters at Alexandria, Va., are in charge of the institute, the largest held in the north half of the state since 1942. During the five-day gathering, major phases of Red Cross work will come up for consideration as follows: Monday—chapter administration and organization, morning; public information and war fund, afternoon. Tuesday—services to the armed forces, morning; home service, afternoon. Wednesday—Home service, morning; nursing service, afternoon. Thursday — Nutrition, morning; volunteer special services, afternoon. Friday—Disaster relief and junior Red Cross, morning; first aid, water safety and accident prevention, ifternoon. John F. Shoup, county chapter chairman, will attend Monday. Mrs. Esther Pracht, Syracuse, is attending Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Others who are attending are: Wesley Light, Mrs. Florence Sinninger, Mrs. Geo. Lambert, Mr. C. S. Brenneman, Mrs. Anthony Mathia, Miss Carrie M. Jacques, Miss Kathryn Shoup and Mrs. Win. N. Long. EASIER TO CASH IN WAR BONDS UNDER NEW 7 PLAN The following regulations governing U. S. Savings Bonds, have been received by the post office and the State Bank here: To Owners of U. S. Savings Bond of Series A, B, C, D, and I E, and others concerned: The general payment and redemption provisions of the regulations governing U. S. Savings Bonds as set forth in Subpart H of Dept. Circular No. 530, Fifth Revision, dated June 1, 4942 (7 F.R.5158), as amended, are supplemented as follows, Effective Oct. 2, 1944: “Payment at banks and trust companies: Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of .this subpart, the provisions of Treasury Dept. Circulars Nos. 529, 554, 571, 596 and 653, all as supplemented, amended, or revised, and any instructions on bonds, an individual whose name is inscribed on the face of a bond of Series A, B, C, D or E, either as owner or co-owner in his own right, may present such bond (unless marked ‘duplicate’) to any incorporated bank or trust company widen has qualified as a paying agent, and upon identification, may receive immediate payment for the bond at the current redemption value. No charge will be made.” Redemption of bonds of Series F and G, and partial redemption of bonds of any series, may not be effected at incorporated banks or trust companies. New provisions also provide additional facilities for redemption of savings bonds, which may ' be availed of by owners concerned. ENTERS INDIANA UNIV. Indianapolis,-Ind., Sept. 18. — Students who have entered the Training School for Nurses at the Indiana University Medical Center in one of the largest classes ever to be admitted include Priscilla LeCount, R. 3, Syracuse. Seventy-nine students, practically all of whom have been approved for the U. S. Nurse Cadet Corps, compose the class which has begun its three years training. Instruction is provided by the faculties of the University’s School of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences and practical training is obtained in the three Medical Center hospitals.

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Federal Income Tax Forms Will Be Simplified Claim New Tax Forms Will Be As Simple as Two and Two. According to late news reports, relief is in sight in connection with the annual task of filling out those income tax forms. The new forms, compared with those old puzzlers, are as simple as 2 plus 2. Internal Revenue Bureau experts say they believe they are now on the road toward forms that the average taxpayer can understand. ' For approximately 30 million taxpayers, there won’t be much to it—answering a few simple questions. For the 20,000,000 others it will be somewhat more difficult, but still considerably easier than in former years. A person with an income under 25,000, provided more than SIOO of it is not from dividends, interest and wages not subject to withholding, will be allowed to make his return on the withholding receipt provided by the employer. All the taxpayer will have to do Is fill in the amount of wages, other income and few other ans- > wers, mostly listing dependents. No figuring is involved. The taxpayer will mall the information to his collector, who will do the mathematics, and sit back to await a bill for the balance due, or a refund if he has overpaid. Individuals with higher incomes will use a so-called regular blank, but the experts promise this, too, will be less confusing than in the past. These taxpayers will have to figure the amount of tax, but tables accompanying the forms will make this easy. There is a flat deduction of 10 percent for contributions, interest, taxes, medical expenses, and so on. Those who claim larger deductions must use a regular blank and give details. The 1944 tax law makes numerous changes in allowances for dependents, for instance: Each person is entitled to a SSOO exemption. Tax Calendar Here In an income tax calendar for individual taxpayers: Sept. 15 —Third quarterly payment due on 1944 taxes. Also time for amending estimate declarations if they have become out of ‘kilter.’ The final tax is supposed to be within 20 percent of the estimate, but there is no penalty if it exceeds that. Dec. I—All employes must file a new exemption certificate with employers. This is due to the changes in exemptions. Jan. I—Employers begin using new withholding rates. Withholding taxes average about the same, but they will differ in individual cases, chiefly due to the changes in exemptions. Jan. 15 —Deadline for 4th quarter Installments on ’44 taxes. Jan. 31 —Deadline for employers to give employees receipts for wages paid and taxes withheld in 1944. March 15—Persons who did not file a return Jan. 15 must file return for 1944. Any balance due is payable in full. Recruiting Campaign for Navy Now in Progress A Wave recruiting campaign has just opened up, according to word received from the Waves’ Recruiting Headquarters, federal building, South Bend.' Peggy 'Loley, Spl. (R) 3-c, will be on duty at the Hotel Elkhart, in Elkhart, every Wednesday between 1 p.m, and 6 p.m. to interview young women between the ages of 20 to 36 who are interested in learning more about this branch xis the service. Ferrell Hodges, Sp. (ft) 1-c, will also be there to assist with the recruiting of Waves and to interview boys 17 years old for enlistment in the Navy. The recruiters wish to emphasize the great need for women in the Navy to help in the all-out effort to end the war in the south Pacific as well as the European front. O. E. S. WILL MEET Syracuse Chapter, O. E. S., will meet Sept. 27th. All members are urged to be present.