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Pasre 6 AIKEN STANDARD AND Only Newspaper Published Find, Old Lingo Useful Half -For gottenTefmsCome Boom, 'Nostalgic 'memories railroading during another war 'come back easily to men who ride today, on local trains carrying rail- -all. talking the 1 tremendous boom in business. Phrases and scraps, lingo affected by which liad -appeared headed for limbo because the railroads Just, didn't do enough business fo warrant thiir use again, are in common use. They talk now it was natural enough in '17 and)'13. when railroad business was booming and there 'wasn't 'any other "first 18" or "second It means trains are running in sections that is, two or more complete trains operating as near to.

the schedule of one as is that haven't done so since 1919, except on the luxury, passenger. fleets. 4 hear them talking about the "hog law," "referring to the federal' act which forbids trainmen working mqre than 16 consecutive hours. After such a stretch they must "tie up," or rest for eight hours. Trains in sections and the "hog law" mean only one thing to the experienced "rail'' business is booming, men arc scarce and equipment none too plentiful in general, that national transportation arteries are running full of traffic'.

Customarily an usually a freight train, frequently now a troop is "ordered" or sched- to leave a terminal several hours in advance, because of the time involved in assembling the, and equipment. Thousands of new employees have been hired in the last year because of the record freight and passenger traffic. LOOKING AHEAD Skipper Outwits U-Boat By 'Abandon Ship' Order Sidney Grant Liverpool revealed how he hoodwinked a U-boat by. pretending to then took his ship 1,600 miles 'with a 40-foot hole in her side. ship, the La Guna, was sailing in a convoy off a West Indies island when she was torpedoed about 3 a.

m. The U-boat had surfaced and was watching so Captain Grant or- by lo abandon ship." but kept the engine-room their posts. Meanwhile (lie submarine, seeing the La Guna slowly, concluded that she was sinking and submerged. Captain Grant promptly ordered full speed ahead. Next day the La Guna arrived at a United Slates nuvnl base, but after a few hours slay was ordered oul because she, might sink in the channel.

The.base had no facilities fisr repairing large ships. His ship, wilh a large cargo, had to be nursed over a further 1,600 miles and finally settled in the mud, but safely at port, in Galvesten. Deadly Gadget Added to British Blimp Barrage deadly gadget has'; been added to "Fa't Freddie," tho barrage balloon brigade that guards j. London and olhcr large British cities from air attack, it was disclosed. The something new is what the ministry of information calls a "small lethal device" attached to the blimps.

The minislry coupled ils "disclosure with a warning to the public that when the balloons break loose neither the flying wire nor the device should be touched. The device was not otherwise described. School of Marital Bliss Is Under Way in Nevada CARSON CITY, course on "how to hold your husbands, or wives" is being inaugurated as part of the family life education program given adults in the Reno, Sparks and adjacent areas. Tho course will bo given by a director of home economics at the University of Nevada. It will consist of teaching men and women how to buy economically, how to decorate homes attractively, and how to stretch meat, sugar anil coffee ralions.

20 Million Population Is Goal in Australia seek a 20,000,000 pnpuhilion after the war, it was learned. The increase is expected lo come from while immigrants from the United States and Europe. Australia is cor.pidormg making attractive' offers to good-type immigrants. This project will be part of Ihe duties of the reconstruction director, who is to be "appointed Australia's population in 1940 was No Petting in Public, Soldiers Are Warned SYDNEY, soldiers on leave must not "put their arms around a female companion in a public thoroughfare in a manner unbecoming a soldier," army authorities ruled. The new regulation was included in orders issued by United States military officials to effect stricter discipline of American soldiers away from posts.

IV GEORGE S. BENSON idcMtJfaeiiiMg College Storey; tfatoiiuet It's Everybody's Tax Being a farmer and farmer's son with more than 40 years of close acquaintance with farm my writing last the.pay-as-you-go plan for collecting income lax was almost entirely a farmer's view of it. But it is not a one-industry tax Just everybody who earns a living this year: will pay an Income tax. Moreover there is a lot to say in favor of skipping 1942 and figur- this year's payments o'n this year's earnings, besides convenience to us farmers. Consider our floating example.

are literally thousands of them in the country. Many are only farmers who are 'handy wilh fools; our own neighbors, moving as the war work moves from one war-boom settlement to another. Most of these men have higher living costs than they ever paid before, i Many are paying off.debts on property" and maintaining families back home. Income tax is a real problem with The Money Gets Away. Wandering workers as a class are hot saving any actual money.

with a sense' of responsibility are paying debts or investing perhaps, but others arc going in extensively for. cross-roa'ds chicken dinner's, gaining introduction lo juke-box society. Wayside night clubs have become a problem in many defense communities. I am not shifting into a moral lecture. I am.

mcrply citing evidence thai a large and well- paid class of potential income lax payers made no ijlans last year tg have cash Ihcy' will need for tuxes jiext March 15. It has been said of wandering workers-draw pay by a different name nt each new job, that no record anywhere will prove they earn $5DC a year and that they will probably never pay any income tax. Obviously they would pay one under a pay-day deduction plan. But the really big class are the spenders, about lo beat Iheir income taxes accidentally. Unless they pay lax on a good year's income while they are getting it, it will be folly to seel; payment after the war when most of them may be jobless.

Kcvcnuc Needed Xow Under the existing laS system, to oxter, -workers earned incomes last year thai cannot be checked now, to Hint thty will escape paying any income lax in A plan of pay-as-you- go, figured against Ibcir currcnl revenue from them immediately. And, in addilion, to this gain for the Treasury, there is another one too big to ignore. Incomes generally arc larger now than they were a year ago and taxes computed on 1943 earnings will be larger than those based on 1942. Students agree thai 1943 will bo (he hard year of the war. Our country's greatest need is now.

It seems positively unpalriiilic to stay in debt to Uncle Sam lor this year's taxes unlil 1944, especially those new wage earners arc paying nolhing for 1942. Reckless spending certainly is unpatriotic fur it creates inflation. Revenue collected from spenders now will mean less money spent and. Uius safeguard fair prices. Who Will Oppose It It has been estimated that 90.per cent of America's income tax payers are not ready to meet one-fourth of their 1342 lax next March 15.

The year after the svar, when jobs are scarce" low, many of them will be in a worse dilemma Pay-as-you-go will help them, so who will oppose it? The answer is too obvious. It will be opposed by pawn brokers and salary loan banks, among others. People who argue that the Treasury ought somehow to co.llcct income taxes for 1942 and 1943 both, while shifting to a pay-as-you-go plan, have lifted the usual cry against rich people. They forget that.income taxes do not apply on property; only on incomes. And, as for men who draw huge salaries, the more they earn the bigger the share taken by income lax.

Any man who has a income above 550,000 a year could nol possibly pay lax on two years' income at once because one year's tax a I present rales lakes more than, half of it. A Lillle 1-iKuriiiK thL-i-u sensible niiuj-tion thai is often auked and may 'need answering: "1C I must fiyure my laxcs on income, how nin I lo know, sny in Jrir.uary, what, my year's earnings will be?" The answer is easy! One very wuulj be lo esli- male your 11)13 iiisonic by your present "rate of pay; or by last year's earnings if you prefer. You would pay your taxes on the csUimalod income and adjust Ihe errors after the year is over. This could be done whclher you pay taxes quarlerly, monlhly, or weekly. When a man's earnings exceeded his estimate, he would owe the government tax on the difference at the year's end.

If he earned less than he estimated, he would have a tax rebate coming to him, deductible from his lax the following year. It will require some figuring but it's a very small effort, to gain all the other advantages in a year of'crisis for the best government the world ever known. Red Cross Blood Plasma Rates Tod Priority Witk Armed Forces I ris of his skull u'ri 'rowed by a.sniper's bullet at Safi.fsi receives a' plasma transfusion" at Reed Hospital, D.CV One the" first'wound- ed men returned from "North Africa, Morris is eager to get back into the fight, thanks those who have donated the Red Ci oss for having saved his life. WASHINGTON, iD. landing at.

Sa.li; 'white robed Arabs ignoring rifle fire to bum cigarettes, a bullet's sting, and a doctor pumpincf life-saving plasma into his are vivid recollections of Lieutenant Landis of South One of the first-wounded nicn returned from North Africa to jWalter Heed Hospital here, Morris can joke now as he waits an iigly gutter wound in his skull to heal. 'I made the mistake of sticking my head up twic in the same plucii," he nays with' a grimace. "That's how tho sniper got me." Then, more seriously: "That doctor was a humming- all the time he was taking- the bono out. If it hadn't been for blood plasma, I guess I wouldn't be here today," Morn's isn't tho first soltiior whose life has been saved by plasma from blood donated the'Rod Cross. The mi- bccran at Pear I Harbor and have been happening- over since.

Reluming- recently from North "Major GOneral James C. Majice, surjreon general the Army, told of case after case in which plasma has mean; the dif fen-nee between life and death. instance," ho says, "four hundred men were badly hurried aboard ship. Treatment was given. promptly ami all ex- cept six recovered.

'Blood plasma gets the credit to a very "large degree." An Alaska, a rescue patty headed by Major hiked- ori reach, a pilot crashed on an isolated, mountain range. They got fhci'' just in time for plasma transfusions to pull him out of shock caused by a broken leg ten days' exposure. Out of the' jung-les of New Guinea comes a direct plea to America for more plasma, According-'-to Major S.imon hover, formerly of St. Hospital in Grand Rapids, plasma gels A-l priority right up to the battle lines. "Wo need it, all We can get, right now," he says.

"I don't know who donated the blood that saved my life," says Morris. "But if the people in the United States only knew what it means to us out Uherc on the I think we could count on them to frivo Tour million pints the Army and Navy iiavc Red Cross to collect this year." Unfortunately, not everyone ran blood to Red Crows, but they can contribute lo the Fund for of which will be to support Ihi 3 phase of the Red Cross program which often the difference between life and death to American fijrMinsr men. YOUR STAKE IN THE COST OF WAR "Renegotiation of war contracts" is heavy-sounding term, and papiir" readers in the sections of Ar.u-rica where public interests are localised and largely agricultural may wonder how such a subject can concern them. But since every taxpayer has a personal stnkc in any measure that increases government expense and adds to the public payroll, especially 'at a time when every dollar is needed tor Ihc war effort, then this question of contracts for equipment and supplies becomes vital to all. "Renegotiation" In the early days.

of lend-leasc and of Ihc huge lask of muslcring an armed force of millions of men. a few contractors receiving fat orders snw in these government conlracts only a new gold mine. To meet the relatively, small number of abuses which were brought lo light, the last Congress passed a law requiring that all new and did Army, Navy and Maritime Commission contracts be written with a "renegotiation" clause, so that lliey could be rclig- urcd in the search for crises where contractors wore making too large a profit. This law requires that Ihc Army, Navy and Maritime commission each employ a sep'irnte force of men lo re-estimate all contracts for buildings, machinery, tanks, airplanes, clothing, and the thousand items intuii.U'y must turn out for war use 1 The law seeDii'd wise aiul harmless at fn-Ei. bul "vidmlly il was not realized how "army" of cmpioyocs would ho needed to enforce it.

It is that there arc some lluoo aiill'or. over ZCUIfKI cor.tracinrs, and an unknown number of siib-conti'acKirs. If tho original law were carried out, it might easily require 200.000 hew public payro'llcrs. and 300,000 new employees hired by contractors to prepare the data for the federal authorities, and Ihis at a time when manpower is scarce and every able-bodied person is needed for service in uniform or production work at home. The job would take years even after the war.

Amendments Not Sufficient Agriculture and industry are short of machinery and manpower, and these men are too badly needed in producing crops and equipment for ourselves and our allies to be wasted in checking up on contracts, when there is already an efficient means of doing that work. True, the original bill has been but the amendments slttl authorize each department concerned lo rcfigurc contract prices. This means the employment of a vast number of special auditors and aceoiintanls. Congressman Disney points out that there should be an automatic method of screening out contractors from those whose profits are not excessive, "so thnl we will not have to use, in renegotiation, all of the accountants in the counlry." A proposed amendment Whittles nt the original Maw and limits renegotiation to contracts which show more than 2 per cent profit. But this is no lime for half-way measures.

That sort of plan would still require a lot of unnecessary employees on both government and contractors' payrolls. The Solution The Internal Revenue department has check on all prodls. It figures Ihe taxes paid in all industries, including those with Army, Navy and Maritime commission contracts. If (he Internal Revenue authorities discover an abnormal profit from any wur work in any business, after payment of laxes, it could so certify to Ihe department concerned -s-o that renegotiation could be started. The ones that arc within Ihe fair and reasonable limit of 2 ner cehl profit after taxes would require no niioiUion, and Dial way mil- ii'iiis iif mnn-lidurs would be saved duplication of cffnrl, and delays caused by extra forces of employees refignrinj; cniilrauts, would be avoided.

Tho nnioiuinicnt, which seems simple and elVcclive, has not yet been adapted. Vet it amply guards againsl. excess protils, with a minimum of inlcrfcrciico wilh wartime production ami at Lhe same time providing escape from the new load of nnn-essenlial payrollers which Ihe original law threatened. The ordinary man therefore concludes: Why not Id the Internal Revenue tax man do the whole job at one sitting? Why not save the time of industrial management and. employees for vital work? Why not use Iho established check on costs, and at the same lime save Ihe expense of extra payrollors? Most of those ijaymllors could well be used in the armed service, or on farms, or in factories, or in some other productive kind of work, instead of occupying desks in Washington.

They would (hen be doing something to help win the war. 11,000 Indians Join Forces Even Larger, Numbers Have Gone Into Report Says. than 11,000 of America's 400,000 Indians have gdno-to. war 1 and ''even greater niimV bers" have left the reservations to engage in war produclion, -the commissioner." of Indian affairs says in his annual report. are participating iin the war to such an extent that' 1 a itianpower shortage is developing on he reservations and the job of keeping Ihe tribal stock and farm enterprises in'operation "is falling increasingly to the Indian women and Those remaining on the reservations are doing their part, he snicl.

Purchases of war bonds and stamps through the-office of "Indian fi'airs. thus far in 18-12 has amounted (o nearly $2,000,000. Help-in Relief Work. VWe have no record of all the contributions the Indians have made to war relief the commissioner said, "but such reports as we do get indicate that the Indians are giving all they can. Pueblo arid Indians, in lieu cash, have given sacks of corn, their staff of life; mutton, silver jewelry and rugs to the Red Cross.

An jinsolicited $1,000 for came from a Wealthy Kiowa Indian woman of Cement, who signed the check with a thumb print." In addition, he said, Indians planted 30,200 victory gardens in the fiscal yean 1942, 5,100 more than they planted the previous year, or "roughly one victory garden to every second Indian-family." Field crops increased 18 per cent over the previous year, largely as a result of water and soil control methods introduced in dry areas of the Navajo, Hopi and Papago reservations of the Southwest. This increased by 23 per cent the acreage of farm land available to the Indians, Given War Department. Reporting on ttib field of administration, Mr. Collier disclosed that half ti million acres of Indian lands in seven states and Alaska had been transferred to the military or were in Ihe process of transfer. "We are turning over to tho w'ar department a school, hospital and -other buildings at Tomnb, and negotiations are in progress on additional federal Indian buildings," Mr.

Collier said. "Over 600 leases for oil and gas operators on Indian lands have been approved, as have 80 p'er- rnils to develop deposits of coal, copper, lead, zinc, tungsten, vanadium and helium-bearing gas on Indian laTTdsT" Poster A 7 VrgingAmerican, to "Keep 'em Flying" through the purchaieof more aruonas, the above potter tcill make it, appearance in teveral hundred thoutand time, and display tpol, throughout the country, ft painted by George, ivhreiber, internationally known picture! the Metropolitan and Whitney Museum, in New York and other canous cities. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS Possibly He Also Can Solve Rubber Shortage ENID, youths have stretched themselves tor weeks attempting to reach the rm'mmum height necessary to Ret into the army. Garth Undcrkoffler did the trick in 30 minutes, but how is still a secret. UmlcrkofTIer applied to Private Jack Wheeler, recruiter, for enlistment but Wheeler believed he was only about 15 years old.

The youth had a birth certificate showing he was 20. Wheeler also believed him to be underweight but when he got on the scales Undcrkoffler was sufficiently heavy to meet requirements. He lacked an inch in height whsn he was measured. "Why doh'l'you go oul and grow an inch, 1 asked Wheeler, jokingly. And Underkoffler did just that, returning in half an hour with iiis extra inch of height and a demand thnl he be taken into the army.

He was. New.York Original 'Dhde' The term "Dixie" originally was pplied to New.York city, in the days when slavery existed there and when Josiah Dixie, a wealthy land owner on Manhattan island owned a large number of apparently happy and nontcjiloci slaves. NOTICE OF FINAL Notice is hereby given that we will make our final return to the Probate Judge for Aiken County at his office in Aiken on the 17 day of March 1943, as executors of the Estate of James L. Quinby, deceased, and will at the same time ask for our final discharge. John E.

Stansfield and Herbert G. Eidson, Executors. Feb. 17, 24, March 3, 10. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that will make my final return to tho Probate Judge for -Aiken County at his office in Aiken on the 24th day of Mnrch-1943 as administra- trix of the Estate of If.

Spires deceased, and will at the same time ask for my final discharge. MRS. FLORRIE SPIRES, Administratrix. Feb. 24, March 3, 10, 17.

NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that I will make my final return to tho Probate Judge for Aiken County at his 1 office in Aiken on the 24th day of March 1943 as executrix of the Estate of Thomas Andrew Smith, deceased, and will at the same time ask for my final discharge. MRS. PEARL SMITH, Executrix. Feb. 24, March 3, 10, 17.

CITATION Whereas Mrs. Ruby Scott, Petitioner has made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate and effect of Mrs. Emma Plunkett Mixon, deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said Mrs." Emma Plunkett Mixon, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate to be held at Aiken Court. House on March 18, 1943, next after publication hereof at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if a ny they have, why the said Administration not be granted.

Given under my hand this 2nd. day of March, li)43. JAMES E. Probatg Mar. 3, 10.

DEBTORS AND CREDITORS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all persons, havingl claims against estate of Miss Rena M. Chafee deceased, will ploasc present them. duly verified and all persons indebted to the said estate. will please make payment to the undersigned. JOHN G.

CttAFEE, Executor. 3, 10, 17. CITATION Whereas Emily Roberta, Petitioner has made suit to me to grant her Letters of Adminisra- tion of the estate and effect of George Harris, deceased. These are, therefore, tin'cite and admonish all and singular the kindred of the said George Harris, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate to be held at Aiken Court House on March 18, 1943, next after publication hereof nt 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should noj be granted. Given under my hand 2nd day of March, JAMES R.

PARKER, Probate Judge. YOU ARE BOTHERED WITH Roaches Or Termites PHONE US COLLECT CALL ORKIN Exterminating 1 Company Tel. S. F. C.

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