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tout THC 6A5TONIA C) SAIfTDl MONDAY, JAMUAIY 1, fTHEGASTONlA GAZETTE Im Week FI'IUSHING comrAsr oTt Fin i the choice tcere left to me whether to have a free press or a government choose a free Thomas Jefferson ATKlXf PfftidfDI Mild srEWAHr ATXIKS, AdvrrtliJjjg KXtt 1C ATKINS Se-rcuo Buimisi Uinifir. £4ilor, W. UPTON. AwliUnl ri'inn'ii Miiimt. DAVID (IIUWPIK.

finislnt IMItV LVLE Wlloi; KEN AMXAMlnt. Eporli IMItoi: WK KINCAm BROCKMAN. Soclrtr ICE: by c'JtrUr m. ilaatti tlJO Or.i Wrrt IS TOHVS-lD rule Am inn SUBSCRIPTION Monthi Tiiirt 1190: JTJi'uh'if 1 Thlff Monthi Ont Month II H. KV MAIL IIS r).

Onlf tr.citlr In Outon rouniyi-Onr Vcw UOO, Thrr- UtnlM (J.M. Oni Month fr.co il Ihe Prjlojriff it (Uiionli. tt-c ri'jnd of April 21. SprfU! Adi. John B'Jdd rorrpM.v Uvlnglon Yrrlt MONDAY, JANUAHy 1950" A HIBI.K THOIT.MT )'OH Tt)))AV The great nf thr Hihle If la fir- mtd.

We ire Irld In lir prtfrrl is God It jnr- frrU No one that soil tiut ne r.in 10 forHird. Ilrhcld 1 gn BARBS -1IV MAI. COCKKA.V— fiiirrrw or failure Ill" ciKferfnce rr uncttrnilnliiB o'vn bntlnew. The ttfMhrr lias hffn 50 duncrablf 1 flnnlni; to think that ilu- mnn in eharje i A nininrnt ihen lifr first cnkr. jnys a rhfl.

And her husband's he klr.s Into It A "Ijime Hurk" Concrf.v altentlpd by man civi.sf already bcon cooked. newarriitii; nur tnys (o 1 1 on your rifht fide, A Morning Wish The sun rising on the morning of another day, the Iirst day of a new year. What can I irish that this day, this pear may bring to me? frothing that shall make the irorhl or others poorer, nothing at the expense other men; but just those feu' things which in their earning do not stop it'ith me, but touch me rather, as pass and (lather A few friends it'hn understand me, and remain my A u'ork to do which has real ralue idthont ifhich the uorltl iroulil feel the poorer. A return for such 'fork sninll enough not to tnx unduly anyone tiiia pays. A mind unafraid lo trai'd, even though tlie trail he uot An nndcrstnndinrj heart.

A of Ihr eternal hills nntl un- resting sen. anil of something bcnliii- jut Ihe hand oj man has made. A sense humor and the power to laugh. A little leisure it'ith nothing to do. A leu' moments oj quiet, silent uiedi- 'alion.

A scuse the presence of And the patience to trait for ihe ininituj of these things, u-ith the wis- ('om to know them u'hcn they eonie. R. HUNT. Another Year Today we si art another year. Will it voally be a New Year, or simply a continuation (if I lip Old Year, nil its confusion and hale and indecision? Suppose you were given Ihe opportunity lo lake a look iu.n the future, to down upon the World al Ihc beginning of Iflri2.

Would you accept the invitation? We doubt il. This is one of (he feu- A'civ Vents in histoi'v most of us hardly dare think about what Ihr future holds in store; much would tinre take a factual look at Die twelve months from now True it is that we as individuals. a nation, and we as (he World should become a little more mature, a little wiser, a little more understanding with each passing year. We are supposed, by eleinenlal rules, to profit by our mistakes, to build a better future on the ruins o( our past errors. But do we? In the niaUor of wars, the record seems to show that we will never learn that war is folly, that even the victor never wins Take a look at the war calendar for the past 5G years.

In that period of time, the world has hardly had a breathing spell from the violence of battle. The record: War began. Revolution began. between Ethiopia and Italy. War.

War. African (Boer) War. Insurrection in China. War. Italian-Turkish War began.

Revolution. War I. S. Marines at Nicaragua. Revolution.

Peruvian, Argentine and Brazilian governments overthrown. in Panama. Also revolution In Spain, resulting In abdication of King In phonso XIII. 1932 Landing of Jap marines China and warfare. 19.13— Two revolts In Cuba.

Jlalo-Kliilopitm War. Revolution In Paraguay. Also civil warfare in Spain. righting between Japs and Chinese. 11)38- Hitler lakes Austria.

Worln War II. Jewish-Arab Warfare. War In Korea. That's a rather gloomy picture, ami the New Year is supposed to bo a time for starting anew, for resolving lo do belter, for taking an optimistic view of Ihe months ahead. Hut as IflTil creeps In, we can little cause for optimism In any quai'ler.

The only sentiments we have to rely on today that may give us any comfort arc DETERMINATION and HOPE. DelcrininnUoi) to meet the challenge thai faces us with everything we have to give. Hope, or rather failh, in the fundamentals of Christianity. Perhaps we can find some comfort in the old expression: "The darkest hour oft comes just 'fore the dawn." And, in the words of an anonymous writer, let us say to all of you: God bless year; coming in, thii go'tnii out; rest, tluj about; The rough, the smooth; The bright, the drear dud bless tluj Red Words Vs. Red Deeds Di(j out Riissinn C'oninuinist Itrimor iitul you irad Dial Coinniiini.sts stnml lov Uic people.

Their pally is thp party of (he worker, the ffirmer, llift clownti'odcirn. string Eilonf; with lliem, and evervtliing will be fine for you. Lcl's see how this works out in prnc- lice. Thr other day tlie Soviet Embassy in Washington was disclosed lo be installing some fire-fighting equipment (presumably in nnlicipalion of air raids staged by guess-who). For this task, Ihe party of the people pill its trust in non-union men, not in Die organized workers who are supposed to be the symbol of the workingman Ihe world over.

AS OTHERS SEE IT LOOKING BACKWARD After Easy Money Arrorrtinp to Tile Gattuty l.odfifr, aillfuc ptcsldcm very much shocked when lo rcjily lo qiic.slinii. "Why nrc Jon crnnc lo flTi prr t'cnl of the Mudrius "So ive mnkr more money nmi do hurrt n-oik." TIM! Iv the tceltne abro.itt In Ihe Jnnil lortay fvorswherc. One cnniwi believe thr.t nil n( (hose who nn- swrrril Ihe fjiirMion hi Ihis uinnncr It. Smile of ihrm in Jocular uay. Bui brings In mlnrt sl.itnnfnt madr rc- Cfnlly by Ihe head of A concern In a rl.y.

fnitl his ffflini: the r.rrd of sonic young blwri In sclKlnl Ihrco Iwncr tr.vrtunle.^ Sovilhcrn nr.rt brought Ihrm Inic iht organlz-itiou to Irnin them lor rwmtve Not one ft Ilif (hrf? madt good, said. He us tht rej'on lhal thty sccrtud more in- IrrrMrt) jppjrfnlly In jrittnj; rubts than they urn- their nork. He said all three be- fan to rlamcr (or nficr belpR wilh the roni(un)- only itry ilmt and that none of the seemed inelined lo apply tlicui- diliseniiy to their work. The ronrliijlon "ppsrently be lhat Ihi ymnis me Imbued too mueh Ihe prcwnt aimosphcre of for nothing" for covernment Is is. Chronicle.

And All Remember It Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW Manufacturers Want Government Their Own Terms; Jess Larson Trouble With Reynolds Metals And H. Kaiser rutting big to on Important Rrn'- inr.ic'iit iinijrcts has not brcti as n.s ihe jxiljiic Manulart ate (icliKhtfXi tc have rontrnrtsnllrlijlit, -4. hut lot of them to operate on I I Talie. tor Instance, the problem ol stepping needed aluminum. The public rEXKlSoS had nluminuin for civilian uses cut bark 35 per cent, but on top of his.

IIKILT thnn nionlhs were while aluminum companies msKlcd OUT incu'asmi; tiro nt Ihe nmi- p.inics whirh Central Services Administrator Jrss l.arKun hail thf most Iruuhlr vlth wrre two Uncle Sam helped put in Aielafs amf lli'ilry K.ii^er. RevnoWs was nraed by Secretary of Interior to manufacture aluminum in rmnpetlticm with the Oinm Alununum Corporation of le'tea (iuriiiR the nnrt was kinos of povernuient loniu, niuf barking. Knfsrr 2. Thf rltlil tn amnrllzr Ihfir In five years, ivhfre- is unlinarLlr tax depreciation Hiuilil ttf. spte.Tff over 20 years.

3. The Eovernment til buy nluininuin except a margin al- localed to small manufacturers. 4. It the market dropped or If srovmiment purchases e- creaspd. the companies could turn Iht back tn Uncle Sam in fwo amf a half years.

fn brlff. the two aluminum com- wantfd the govenuncnt to the; money, give them tax relic', buy most of product, then take the plants off their hands in tie business n'ent bflri. All ihls the. government ngrccd to flo. However, the nhjmjjnun executives wanted even more.

They proposed Hint If price controls be imposed on the nation, they would be exempt. This was too much. Anrl In a confidential backstage conference vutii Larson, Ihe 'attorney for Reynolds Metals, Judge. Patlerson, refused tn support his own rliiiil. Patterson, who served as Secretary of quietly remarked: "Gentlemen, we have asked fur enough." aluminum contracts have- now been signed.

They provide (or a total of 320 Ions ex- eve-, both warned produce pretty nittr-t nit their own tr-nns In the new emergency. lust fall, wlirn the (01- first rnntemplilrd fccnl ,1. liar (I I Henry K.Tt'rr, of tlie f.ir-flnnjr iiiduslries. wrlcoined the If i ullli rilllliui.ism. "Let's fet coins, let's fd jo- inc." lie lold I.arjiin.

NO ritonrs Hn.x'evev. wiien came lo sir.iiIni: rontrarl. bolli Kniser nnd KcyiviMs had their own ideas. And their Irir.is were lhat Uncle Sflin lake all il-r they take nil Ihe Kai'cr. Reynolds and Alcoa.

TWK OF TOYS T-iiiBhest problem facing General Eis.enhov.er in rearming E'uroiw will be to mobilize the spirit, the rspri'. corps, the cnthusiasui of the man In the street. Tliis points the. tlnr.ce at our bi.JXfSt fi'ililre in postwar bulld- iuc. For, while we have repaired Kurnpr.in factories, rebuilt rail- rnaCs, filled men's stomachs, we hav? net worked nearly as hard have dealt chiefly on a ami unfortunately whirn a caWnel government chanyrs Poih are heartily povrnitnent (titcrferencc with, bii5.irif.is.

but not nga nM government gnanttitccs or here Is what KHber nnd wanted from the 1 Rovern- hancls, we art left with no among the people. is one reason why the AmrrtiMn Legion's tide at toys so important this lime. Thcw toys, collected lor Ihe chil- of U. S. soldiers In Korra and wetit iti return for cxp.inrfinp tiie-for the poorer children of Europe, ahmv.nuni plants wtileh they r.ot so valuable measured in nallv from Uricle Sam I doll But they will be priceless at bars'aSn-coMiitor rates: 1.

A (tmrrnmfnl of loan. in tcimx of poodwill. For il'5 the lliinj that lourhrs a prnon's hrarislr Ings that 'rounls. And a toy sent by a child In the U.R.A. (n a family in Europe can make, a more lasting; impression (ban rtbuUdliif dozen farturirs or munitions plants that can easily he taken oier by the enemy if the people of western Europe Jack the rJJl tor Atttiue.

WAR NOTES 50 of the army's revolutionary DgMwclsht txiiks n'iJJ be reach- for combat In the next few week 1 They have raciar fire-control which guarantees a lilt on the first or second shot, nnri are re- porteti btttcr than anything in the Russian arsenal The Russians are icported to have turned up a new anri tremendous deposit ot uranivim. This probably explains hus fucirienly begun to closfi riown the uranhun mines in ca'tsrn Germany The American embassy cables that Prime Minister Nohru of fndtn. Is bitterlj dlFlKusior.ed vith the Cliineie Communists. Appnrwitly Nehru finally is waking to Ihe facts life Otic hundred fifty American prisoners ii-e in a special camp at hau. decorated with pictures ol William z.

Foster, Eugene Dennis find other Omuale leaders where (lie are trying to conver' them (o ComjjiuniEJn. So far no hick. MKRRY-GO-ROUSD Charfn Wilson, (he new Mnbltf- Boss, tcMifyinp behind the (tised doors of the Senate Ranking committee, summed up his filii'i of aclion in four organize, deputize, thru supcrrise." Senator Humpii- rcy of Minnesota rnJs all his iert hr Askinjc for the prayer of Minnesota ronslitueiits to help give him divine guidance in his Senate woik Onlr 10 per cent nf our rnrimtrfia! can used for iIsTense purposes, according to a confidential Air Force surrey. ThU means (he Air Force could not the Berlin air- lUt in of another Berlin MocVade, bfcause 80 per cent our carjjo ptonfs are tied up in Ikspite this, KtlQ rtiHrdilflrs about bulldlnr VP Ux Mtrrhanl Marine of the Air Bemuse of the delicate tionil sitDAtion, lirlllsh labor and Tor; leaden rnnvineed titty ought to off new British elections until next fall. (Copyright, 1951.

by the Bell Syn- Inc.) In Hollywood BT ERSKINE JOHNSON FLVNN NIXED ROLE THAT MADF GRA.VGEK A STAK HOLLYWOOD -iNEAl- Not: It can be told Jep'- Erro1 Fiyr tur ed down "King Solomon's Mines." The reason Hollywood has a star, Stewart Granger, wlvo vas Imported from England for the It's ftlll blonde Lola tt Ihe Sirs. Jick Carson dliorce tram Kay St. Gtr- maine becomes final earl) next jeir. Kithrrine Hepburn's sefrelarj. Mnmwn, breome her She's Blchird Hepburn's lilt romance.

Shakespeare isn't melt poUlofs lo fiinjer Bojers and Haulier. They left In the middle of Kilte'i "As You Like It" on the sUfe here. Milton Hill says he overheard this conversation between tv.o miikmen serving a neighborhood inhabited by film executives. First milkman: "I got orders lor six more quarts today." Second m.m.: "New babies?" First m.m.: "Naw, new ulcers." Today's fhnibbery communique: Bill Phlpps will murder Arlene Dahl by the live steam method In MOM's "No questions Afftfrf." DAFFY DKFJNJTION Jack Paar, to a Scotch contestant on Ms radio quiz show who said he was a musician ar.d played a saxophone and a bagpipe: "Well, that's not so A lufplpt jutt a saxophone a bhuMer condition." Marie McDonald is at the Kiyo clinic for observation of Injuries suffered In a fall. "Bernard Shaw's Villaie," 10-mlnute film short with GBS and Danny trading quips, will be released in the U.

8. In January. Linda Darnell winds up 11 years at Fox. to free as Ihe "other woman" in "The Guy Who tlie Navy," with Paul Douglas Joan Bennett. Linda Ilrst nixed, the role as too minor, then reconsidered when the dialog was rewritten, the role enlarged.

Lloyd Nolan nixed a fabulous TV deal because of 'the moving-to-New York demands John (jarfield keeps sh'ellinc Oflion money- for Nelson Altrfn'i novel about the seamy side of Ufe In Chlcajo, "The Slati With The Ciolden Arm." Fifteen Ihtu'sa'nd far and still no movie Irralmrni the yam that ulll pass the Johnston office censor, who the man with the blue pencil. Tte ladles about men: Betty Hutton: "Wolves are llki trains. A t'al likes to hear them whistle even il she isn't going anywhere." Marie Wilson: "Men are those big things with two legs and eight hands." The Doctor Says Evrnis In Oaston S5 Vents Ago Taken Prom The Files The Gatcite ol This n.ite In 1 G.izrite of Friday. J.in. 1.

belified to h.u« ilattp.1 from an over- hcAttd iurnjce cawffl flight damaji to thf P. and X. railway pj.tjfnser hfre Friday morning at :30. city pciliferr.en. flrcmfn.

eily Judges Arthur JOIIM and Bism.irfk Capps and Altoriify Err.est R. NVarren were jtiosts Thursday night of thf Anniuston management at a thicken Cl.vde R. Hwy nnd Wane Hney of Slirlbv were Hs-Hors to (he city jo'trrday. Gafloma's banks paid out diMdcnds of S196- 400 for 1925. COLUMN.

PtiER Death And Excess Profits Tax Seem To Be Inevitable; It's Impossible To Say What Final Version Of Bill Will Be In spite of frotn Congress rou- seenw rtctcnnineri to paw some of nn exiTM tax. The oicrlook. no matter rt niltie. 1 in collecting it, Ihe difli- of try repaitmenVs final audit corporation income taxes has this will have lo be worked out In by ta.x.itlon rommiCtfj, utttr ihe Stnsts goLi throujh the Hoiue-psssM bill. (arlors wm to havr inflii- poratt reporting no net income numbered 169.000.

Fsr mining companies the rste income la 1917 was 12 per cent. For 13 per cent, Jtntotlon SO per cent, sericulture 15 p.v.s f.n excess cent, (racie 19 per eent, services prolits Us. Ihe moss Im- 17 por cent, finance, insurance iwnnnt was While I real estate 11 per ctnt, and public men nre gcttinj: killed and per and trivcn in Korc.i. no other s.icri-1 TIiH last figure explains why the lice seems too great tor those whojHonse put a provision in its bill May al he me. lowing public utilities a 6 per ctn; secondly, (he government c-illect- on their capital, and rsll- cil nc.nly sw billion from r.vecvi ro.id.5 5 cent, before applying I'roiits taxes in 1940-1S.

Finally, COI-JCCM profits Us. poration profits (his vcar nrc pcctc.1 reach an niUtime hish How HOUSF over billion aflfr wscs. It's too 'mponant Murcc of revenue to In prnpral Honst-paAs- ed profits (as lormula may not mean much to the individual in come taxpayer. calls for a 15 pc. cent tax on a company's profits in excess of 85 per cent of average earnings in the best three of thi last four years.

Tlie first $25.000 income would be exempt from this las, to aid small businesses. Thai's the floor. Tlie ceiling would be per cent of any company's earnings In the last war It vas (3 per cent Senate Us leaders think It shoulc be cut to 60 per cent. When a tax espert sils down this formula to company's earnings, It becomes a little clearer. Here are two examples which are sMd 10 be average cases Company A has Jo million Invest capital and average earnings for best thrtc years rv' the base period ol SI million.

first, the present normal Income tax liability of 20 cent and Ih surtax of 23 per cent would be np plied to its The excess, profits lax would be an additional 30 per cent, to make up (he total rate, of "5 per cent. This rate would SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO CUKE SPLIT PERSONALITY r-BY EDWI.V r. JORnAN, M. iWrltttn for NEA Service) Everyone is said to have some good and some evil Impulses. Although mixed, the good trait.

1 triumph over the bad ones most ol the time. In this sense Jill persons have split personalities, but net to the degree which constitutes insanity. There Is however a serious mcntsil disease, the most important feature of which Is an exaggerated splitting of the personality, in which the in- shows normal behavior in respects goes completely haywire In'others. One of Ihe mast dramatic of the famous story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. This form of mental disease Is fcnotvn medically sn dementia or schizophrenia. It Is one of chc bij mental problems. even today its cause is not itnoB'n. It is most likely to start betvfecn the ages of 15 and 3D.

At first disonlerliness and lack- of cleanliness may be the only signs. Many victims abo become 1111- duiy suspicious and teel that they are being persecuted. As time goes on hearing or seeing objects f)R. JORDAN whleh are not there, changes In thinking and judgment, stealing, and other alterations In behavior tend to arise. Jt is a distressing thing to family and friends.

One of the other common forms of insanity, which is again an ex- ot what a)l of notice in ourselves, is called manic-depressive insanity. It Is perfectly normal for everyone's spirits to fa up and (o a certain degree. We become cheerful or low In our mind. 1 from day to day sometimes without any apparent reason. In manic-depressive insanity this rise and fall In the spirits becomes greatly exaggerated.

"urious bursts of energy lasting for ftfki me loilmrtng In the typical case by depression in which the victim may sit in gloom for hours doing nothing at all. There are variations in this of course, and sometimes the depression Is present alone without the furious energy or the other way arouncL THERE'S HOPE are not the only forms of disease but they are two of the most important. It is believed that quite often the coming of these conditions can be recogniied heroic they are really established, and that something can be done, at least in the former, to prevent full development of the disease. It is encouraging too that many sufferers from both forms of mental disease have been greatly helped and in some cases cured by electric shock treatments. In some also en operation on the brain has brought good results.

applied on earnings over 85 per ent of the base average. If Company A earned only 5500.000, 10 per cent on its capital In would pey no excess profits tax. It could earn up to £850,000 without paying excess profits tax. But if Company A earned 20 per cent on its invested capital, or $1 million in 1950, the last 15 cent (nil above 85 per cent) or 5150,000 would be subject to the 30.per cent excess profits tix. This would be As iWSnormal taxes and surtaxes rould amount to Company Vs total tax would he just under 49 per cent.

If Company A carnetl $2.000,000 in 1950, nil over M50.000 ivoiild be subject to excess profits lax. This would 1.150.000. At 30 cent, the e.t- profits tax woulrl be 5315,000. Normal and surtaxes would be $893 000. Total taxes This is roughly 62 per cent of income, under the 67 per cent maximum collectable.

HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE Under an alternate formula In the House-passed bill, allowances would be made to bis companies with low earnings. This would be done by allowing the company a 12 per cent return on its first million of equity capital, ID per cent oh the million and 8 per cent on ill above $10 million. To illustrate, take the else, of Company with 120 million capital and base period average eirnligs ui 5 per cent, or SI. Its allowances In this case would be ttOO.OOO earnings on the first $5 million capital, plus $300,000 on the second million and $800,000 on the last (10 million. Total allowance, Company could make, this MO.OOO without having to pay excess prcfiLs taxes.

If it made million, however; it would have to pay the 30 per cent excess profits tax rate on the lust This would be $30,000. As its normal and surtaxes would be $893,750, total taxes would be $923,750. Actually, the Republican substitute excess profits tax proposed In the House would have raised more revenue. The House-passed version gives smaller business a better break at the expense of big business. State Banner Anivwr to Prtviouc HOUZONTAL Most severe Dtpirted is 57 is insistent VERTICAL 1 Turkish decrees 2 Extent 3 Boy 4 Psyche part 5 Finnish city 6 Musical instrument 7 Misfortunes 8 Observes 9 Manuscript (ab.) 10 Hearing orgtn 11 Entertainers 12 Occupants 17 Pronoun of 3 packing is one of its leading industries Illegible 14 Identical 15 18 Automaton (Jewish legend) 18 Operate 19 Dtxigram (ab.) 2ft Surmises 22 Samarium (symbol) 23 Volcano in Sicily 25 Bake chamber 27 Feign 23 Grima 29 Luiu disease (ab.) SOChcap.Brilish lodging house 31 Loving (prefix) 33 Hebrew deity 34 Plant 35Cipe 38 Minicfccr 33 Famous English schovl 40 Not (prefix) 41 flubbeti roughly 47 Artificial language Color 50 Sounder mentally 31 Of each 20 Bettors 21 Made sofgr 24 Inborn 26 The is its official (lower 31 It is called the Stale" 32 Unfortunate 36 Most painful contempt 42 Cesium 43 Grate 44 Poker 45 Equal 45 Makes a mistake 49 Noise 51 Footlike part Direction Nickel (Symbol) odder?.