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I 1 'I I BAKERSFIELD WEATHER Temperatures 106 71 High Sunday Low Sunday (Weather forecasts withheld at request of military authorities) ION Vol.55 20 PAGES BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1942 TWO SECTIONS No. 20 Dependents Exemption Slash Income Tax Bases Again to Raise Revenue By JAMES R. JUIEPLEY United Press Staif Correspondent ASHINGTON, Aug. 24, The Senate finance committee voted today to reduce the individual income tax exemption for each dependent from $400 to $300. The committee rejected an attempt to increase the House-approved oxomption for single persons from $300 to $GOO.

The reduction of the dependency exemption will increase the amount of the 1942 war tax bill by $200,000,000. The committee did not vote on the House provision to continue for men in the army, navy and marine corps the present personal exemption of $1500 for married couples and $760 for single persons. It approved the House action Jn reducing these ex- HITS CABLE Kiddle, head of the United States department of justice, today directed conspiracy to defraud charges against nine huge insulated cable firms. Government claims companies made 35 to 70 per cent profits on sales of more than $50,000,000. U.

S. INDICTS NINE FIRMS FOR emptlons for other taxpayers to $1200 married, and $500 single. These were the first actions taken by the committee as It began rewriting the $6,270,000,000 House bill. Consider Current Taxes Finance Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.) indicated that the committee would consider later a subcommittee report on the RumI plan to place income tax collections on a current basis by "forgiving" taxes on 3941 income.

A subcommittee decided this morning to recommend adoption of the plan. Subcommittee Chairman Bennett C. Clark (D-Mo.) however, that no decision had been reached on whether to couple the RumI pla with a adaptn tion of the House-approved plan to collect part of future income taxes by withholding them from pay checks. The subcommittee had been established to study the withholding plan embodied in the House bill and to seek to modify it so that It would not create such a difficult bookkeep- Jlng task for employers. RumI Plan Explained The RumI by J.

Beardsley RumI, New York department store executive and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New a bookkeeping transaction whereby taxes owed on income received in 1941 would be wiped off the books. Taxes being paid this year are on 1941 income, under the present income tax system. mill's plan would apply these taxes toward the amount owed on 1943 income. The final amount due would be computed next March. In some ruses where income fell off in 1942, the taxpayer would find that he paid more thnii wan necessary and Mould receive a credit front the government.

In other cases, the taxpayer might find he still owed Continued on Page Ten i- 7 Charge Conspiracy in $50,000,000 -J Navy Cable Deals H7ASHINGTON, Aug. 24. justice department announced today the indictment of nine companies and six of their officers on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in with the sale of more than $50,000,000 of insulated cable to the navy. The indictment was returned secretly August 17 by a federal grand jury nt Newark, N. nnd was opened in federal district court today.

Francis Biddle, head of the justice department, directed charges. The announcement said that one company already had returned $250,000 to the navy on contracts involving 1 $2,000.000 and that a proportionate return was expected on the other contracts. This would aggregate around $3,000,000. Those named in the indictment were: Rockbestos Products Corporation of New Haven, and Arthur G. Newton, president.

General Electric Company of Schenectady, N. Y. The Okonlte Company of Passaic, N. and Frank C. Jones, president.

Collyer Insulated Wire Company of Pawtucket, R. I. and Robert C. Moeller, secretary-treasurer. The American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey, with principal offices at Cleveland.

General -Cable Company of! New York- and Dwight R. G. Palmer, president (this company's plant at Bayonne, N. was taken over by Continued on Page Ten Chinese Capture Linchwan Important Jap Stronghold drawing along the Chelciang- angsi railway which they eiiined HUNGKING, Aug. 24.

neiie forces have captured Llnch- wan (Fuchow) in central Klangsi, second most important Japa'nese base In the province, the Chinese high command announced tonight. Linchwan, on the Fu river, 60 miles southeast of Nanclmng, the main enemy base in the province, lias been under Chinese for two weeks. United States Army planes supported the Chinese ground forces in the early phases of the siege. The city was captured by the Jap- aneso In June during their drive up the Fu river toward Fukien province. It lies south of the CheUiang- Kiangst railway, along' which the Chinese hitherto have scored their chief gains in a remarkable come- bfcck campaign.

Chinese In Two Thrusts Chuhsien, a Chcklang air base which was the principal objective of Japanese summer campaign, and Julhung, only 30 miles east of their main Kiangsi base of Nanchang, were monaceoVby dual Chinese offensives today. A Under heavy pressure, the Japanese were reported hastily itwiiig niiing me ungsi railway which they gained at heavy cost, and Chinese press dispatches snid the full of Juihiing was expected shortly. CHINESE OFFENSIVE GAINS MOMENTUM AS JAPS RETREAT CHUNGKING, Aug. 24. Japanese forces, driven' from 11 important Chinese towns last week, are retreating toward Manchukuo like "hungry dogs," starved, fatigued and III, a Chinese military spokesman said today.

Important positions have been recaptured from the enemy along the important Hangchow-Nanchang railway, which cuts through Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces. On Saturday night the eleventh city in a week fell to the Chinese when thfiPJapa- nese fled from Yukan, on the southeastern shores of Lake Poyang, retreating across the lake to Nan- chang. Guerilla War Important Guerilla activities that deprived the Japanese-of food and munition supplies played an important part in the collapse of the enemy and the successful bombing of Japanese targets by American planes apparently boosted the. of the Chinese. Campaigns in Kern, State Wind AT THE POLLS TOMORROW LECTORS, when they go to the polls tomorrow, have important obligations other than passing upon the contest for the office of governor.

An efficient chief executive must have support if his policies in favor of economy of administration, of tax reduction, of the elimination of politics, are to prevail. The record that a legislator has made in the past may well be accepted as the record he will make in the future, and that is directly applicable to Assemblyman Rodney Turner, now an aspirant for the Scnatorship to succeed Senator J. I. Wagy who, by reason of ill health, docs not seek re-election. Mr.

Turner rendered invaluable service to the stale dur- 105 candidates this after- lc cars )e present administration. He stood noon woundup their cam- staunchly for a program of economy rather than for one Russ Crisis Grows With Nazi Gain Urged to Go to Polls on Tuesday paigns, Kern county's 61,123 registered voters were readv of spending. He favored the elimination of politics in the Germans Nearin Stalingrad, Red in Retreat By HARRISON SALISBURY United Preua Stuff Correspondent Nazi threat to Stalin- open at 6 a. m. tomorrow for the 1942 primary election to nominate candidates for important state and county legislative and administrative offices.

Public officiate appealed to voters to turn out for the election, pointing out that legislative candidates chosen at the polls tomorrow will be responsible for conduct of the nation's war effort. Observers expected, however, that voting: in the primary election would be relatively light, major contests have developed either In state or county ballots, they pointed out, and there are fewer candidates than usual. ilrail? by-telephon at 7-7631 after 7 p. A local radio station, KE will broadcast returns from The Call fornian's newsroom, Eyes of the state will be focused on the battle between Attorney General Earl Warren, nonpartlsnn candidate, and Governor Culbert L. Olson for the governorship.

While results of tomorrow's elec tion will not be final, anil will serve only to eliminate minor can didates, observers pointed cut that balloting will indicate the support which Mr. Warren will be able to draw from the majority Demo cratic registration throughout the state. In Kern county, major contests will be for congressional, state Sen ate and state Assembly seats. Im portant also will be heated battles in the Second and Third supervi sorial districts and for the sheriff's office. Assembly Race With a field of six candidates, the race for the Thirty-ninth district As sembly seat from Kern was wide Assemblyman Rodney Turner's decision to seek the state Senate seat to be vacated by Sen ator J.

I. Wagy left no incumben to defend the Assembly seat with a clear advantage. Candidates on the Democratic ticket are C. L. Tomerlin, Wilbur Wyatt, chairman of the count Democratic central committee, Cecil Cole, Victor H.

Parry, Ralph Abel and Thomas Harold Werdel. Wcr del, only registered Republican i the race, who cross-filed for the Democratic nomination, is opposed on the Republican ticket by Mr Tomerlin, a registered Democrat, Expected to be hot was the battle for the county scat in the state Senate. Assemblyman Rod ney L. Turner is opposed by At torney Jesse Dorsey and E. Enunons, Mr.

Turner, a Democrat, has cross-filed for the Republican nomination, while Mr. Dorsey, registered Republican, will seek Democratic approval also. Mr. Emmons, a West Side rea dent, has filed only for the Demo cratic nomination. In the Tenth congressional dis trict, including Kern, Kings and lare counties, Representative Alfred J.

Elliott, incumbent, is hotly op posed for re-election by Victor Bowker of Forterville. Mr. Elliott a Democrat, has cross-filed for the Republican nomination, while Bowker will oppose him on the Dem ocratic ticket only. Supervisors Opposed County nonpartisan races find two Incumbent supervisors opposed total of seven candidates. Secon District Supervisor C.

W. Harty opposed -for re-election by Attorney Wiley C. Dorris, Fred W. Nighbert and Lester N. Thompson.

the Third district, incumben Ralph who this sprin crushed opposition In a recall elec tion by a wide majority, is opposed by candidates. They are Jay A. Himnan, Rex MoXee, J. H. Thornber and Gord W.

Sheriff. John E. LoustaJot, op posed for re-election Champ ness, former sheriff, whom LpuRtu lot replaced in 1938, and Tax Col lector J. Perry Brite, who is op posed for re-election by Lor ing Continued on Pave Ten grad, Russia's Volga river lifeline and the oil and min- official he championed the cause' of the farmers in their cral wealth of the Caucasus A 1 1 AWMVAI 1 i 1 1 11 to go lo the polls which will du ct of ubllC aff PerhapS as 3S any ta effort to secure water for irrigation. That is his position today.

There will be lime for the construction of hydro- i 11 i AI i i'ii- ii whelm in electric plants when there is material for building them. Meanwhile the impounded water of the San Joaquin River must not run to waste for lack of canals. And this issue cannot be discussed, nor considered by the voters without recalling the forthright record of Congressman Alfred J. Elliott, now a candidate for re-election. Contrary lo the policy of the Central Valley Project Association, a policy loyally supported by Mr.

Turner, Mr. Wagy and Mr. Elliott, but through influence partly stemming from Sacramento, the Project's appropriation year a meager.J10,QQO canal work, to map the areas to be benefited. We have to thank the Association named and the designated legislators for the fact that the $10,000 originally recommended became $1,250,000 in the last analysis. Canal construction is today conceded to be the most important factor in.the Project.

It must remain so. The influences that called for power plants, when there is no material for such purpose, must not prevail, and the certain way to prevent that is to elect legislators who have served so faithfully and effectively in the past. Mr. Elliott and Mr. Turner are included in the list.

As to the choice of Assembly nominees, the contest will, due to the number of candidates, doubtless go over to the general election for determination. But Kern voters will (Continued on Editorial Page) grew graver today wilh Soviet admission that German back over- masses the Red nrmy defenders. The Germnns were said lo have advanced so close to Sinlingrnd that the important Mos- cnw-Stnlingrnd railroad is virtually out of service due to air and artillery bombardment. The rail line runs north and south roughly miles west of the Volga. The Russians appeared to be ing back slowly nnd in good order Jn a fighting retreat which was inflicting heavy casualties on the Germans.

However, the-weight of'Ger- man men, material, tanks and planes was denting the Soviet lines. While tho greatest threat wns to Stalingrad, tho Nay.in also were moving ahenil in the Caucasus, drawing closer nnd closer to the Black sea naval base of Novoros- aick and the oil center of Grozny. Whether any allied move to relax the Nazi pressure on Russia could made was not clear. INKIN Shift to Different Waters Seen as 13 Vessels Destroyed in South Atlantic By Assoc AXIS surface and undersea era in an apparent shift of operations to the southern waters were disclosed last week to have sunk 13 more merchantmen to swell to 439 the announced wartime toll of allied and neutral victims Jn tho western Atlantic area as tabulated by tho Associated Press. Six Brazilian vessels, four British, one American, one Panamanian and one Swedish were announced since August 10 as having been destroyed in the Caribbean and off South America with a latcd Press death toll of more than 640 troops, seamen and passengers.

At leant 550 persons were rescued, however. No sinkings were reported off the United States east coast, where 171 ships have gone down since Pearl Harbor, and one off Canada or In the Gulf of Mexico, leaving tho wartime sinkings In those sections'at 41 and 43, respectively. Of the newly announced wink- ings, occurred ofC South America for a war total there of 41 and 4 were in tho Caribbean, making that figure 143. GERMAN TANKS DRIVE FOB VITAL BAIL CENTER MOSCOW, Aug. 24.

tanks and motorized infantry, which have poured across tho Don river 40 miles from Stalingrad, aro arriving for the Moscow-Stalingrad railroad which parallels the river 13 miles away, it was admitted today. The railroad, under constant artillery fire as well as heavy airplane bombing, is already virtually useless, special dispatches admitted. Motorized infantry crossed the river in force yesterday, southeast of Kletsknya where tho Rus- sioiiH had made a bitter stand, in the wnke of their tnnks and started the drive for thn railroad. A new fierlous threat to Stalingrad was increased with the ment of a tank wedge northeast of Kotelnikovski, 90 miles southwest of tho Volga industrial center. NAZIS CLAIM ADVANCE OF HEAVY FORCES OVER DON BERLIN; Aug.

24. (German broad- past recorded by United Press at German high com- Continued on I'DBC Ten 27 Bombers, 20 Zeros Meet Overwhelming Resistance Over North Australian Port By DON CASWKLL United Press Hlaff Correspondent pENERAL MacArthur's Headquarters, Australia, Aug. 24. Allied fighter pilots using new secret battle tactics shot down at least 13 Japanese planes and probably 15 or more out of an enemy fleet of 47 which attacked the great north Australian base of Darwin, it was announced today. Not allied HUGE U.

S. CO Greatest of Carries Troop Guns. Planes tanks, LONDON, Aug. 34. States bombers escorted by attacked a target in northern France this afternoon, it wns uounced officially tonight, By WALTER RON KITE United Press fltftf a British PortT'Aug.

24. American crews, troops, nurses, planes, guns and assorted equipment were distributed to United States Army depots throughout the British Isles today from the greatest Atlantic convoy of this war and one oC the grealeat of nil time. The Convoy was so biff that It was necessary to land it at several ports, where special buses, trucks, trains and even street cars were waiting: to start the fighting men and the army nurses to their destinations. Men In the gigantic convoy came from all parts of- the United States. Navy Protection They were escorted by a powerful force of United States Navy whips.

On the American side, army planes shepherded the convoy far out to sea, and British planes picked Jt up on this side. Once during the voyage, the convoy veered sharply to it new course when submarine activity WUH reported nearby. Soon after the convoy left; the United States there wan a moment of excitement when a destroyer dropped depth charges. But a derelict merchantman wreck had been mistaken for a submarine, and the only result of the bombing was that a "slick," made up of lemon extract, appeared on (he surface. At other times the warships, which varied In number and Blzfi according to the danger Continued on Pngo Seven Checkup Shows Iowa Farm Boy Fired First U.

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1 a 23-yeur-old fnrm boy from the IOWA hog 1 and corn country, moved up to a crack In an old French 8ta- hie wall, poked bin rifle through and pulled the trigger. Today Cor porn 1 Koonn wns credited by Ills commandPi-8 with flrlnic tho first American shot on European son in World War II. Koons IH a member of tho American Hangers nnd ho participated in the Dieppe attack last week. But not until he back to Britain and the reports of the In the attack were chocked did he know he'd fired thft first Hhot. Moons wont nnhnre on the Bieppe COUBI with three other.

American Hangers. They moved up under cover of a gully toward their Nazi conHtal encountered some sniping from tho By L. S. United Prnm Staff Correspondent Franklin Koono, 125, a former railroad employe at Here, In Koons' own word, IH how tho flrHt shot waH fired: took refuge hi Ktahle and hiiiplMK back, firing ihroiiKh a crack from Htanding poHltion. I fired quite a number of rounds at stray Jerries somc- tlmeK appeared anil I am pretty sure I got one of them." There were three other Americans in his group, and while he WH been officially credited with firing the first Hhot, his companions also fired at about the same time.

With Koons when the invasion HusHoll, Sergeant Alex Szlma, 22, a former bartender at Dayton, Ohio, and Corporal Bill Brady, 23, a magazlno Dalesman from Grand Forks, N. D. Koons IH heavy-sol, 5 feet, 10 Inches tall and has dark hair and brown eyes. Ho was roared on a farm and before he went into the army ho was a livestock auctioneer and farmer. He thinks he killed one German at Dloppo.

Before tho raid tho men were addressed by Lord Louis MountbaUcn, head of the commandos. Koonn said he didn't have any fears about the assignment after that and slept soundly until Just before tho order to the boa IB was given. "I went to sleep 'UKiiin during the channel crossing and WUH awakened by shore fire by the 1 he said. "We, landed on French soil after wading HO or 40 yards Ihrough the surf. My party then traveled under of a Kully.

"There was some sniping from, the but no cusuahies in my party and presently wb gotr to some little farm buildings that we used for coyer. They were about 200 yards front our objective, which were the coastal butteries. and our first task was to clear out the farm buildings and make sure there were no Jerries there." i About this time the Gorman fire single downed. barge, graced on the Dieppe beach began making itself felt and while were Staff Sergeant Ken St'empson, I Continued on Ten plane was Curtiss P-40 planes, in what General Douglas MacArthur himself called brilliant tactical interception, dived at all angles on a powerful force of 20 new Japanese Zero fighters and 27 heavy bombing Holding their fire until the tho allied pilots smashed the nttack completely. They shot down at lenst nine Zeros and four bombers, saw two other bombers struggling off jettisoning their bombs and trailing smoke and damaged others so severely that it Boomed highly unlikely they reached tho nearest enemy bases.

So devastating was tho allied attack, tho enemy bombers never had a chance to drop their bombs military targets. Such wore not jettisoned in wild flight struck in the bush outside thc-Bir- win defense ssone and started a few grass fires. The fires were the only damage in one of the biggest Japanese raids. It was the first enemy attack qn Darwin since July 30. Then 7 enemy fighters and 2 bombers were shot down out of a fleet of 22 Zeros and 27 bombers, a total of 49, for the loss of 1 allied fighter.

Thus the score In two raids wan at least 32 and probably 24 enemy planes downed out of 96 for an allied loss of 1 Over the northeastern zone, while the force was smashing: the enemy attack, an allied plane unit on offensive reconnaissance bombed enemy buildings and the wharf area on'Buka Island, at tho northern end of tho Solomons. In the same area allied planes dropped more than eight tons of bombs on the great enemy base at Rabaul, in New Britain island, in a night attack in the early hours of Saturday morning, plastering tho runway and the han. gar area, and had raided the airdrome in tho Lae area of New Guinea. Knockout Attack Tn their attack on Darwin yesterday the Japanese evidently were making a determined attempt to knock out Hughes airdrome, Hlbly in preparation for a more important attack which might divert attention from tho United States naval and marines attack in the southern Solomons. It was understood that the allied fighters put into action for the first time new interception technique which proved deadly to the Continued on Pate Seven VICHY PROTESTS RAID VICHY, Aug.

8'L Tim French government has protested lo the United States against the United Status Army Air Forces' niid of last Monday on Rouen, it was disclosed tonight. The incut said that the American Fly. ing Fortress attack on Rouen last week caiiHcd 175 casualties, including 00 civfllanH and 15 German soldiers who were Killed. The announcement said tljut 100 persons were seriously FONDA JOINS XAVY LOS ANGKLES, Aug. 24.

(U.PJ— Screen Star Henry Fonda enlisted in thu United States Navy as an apprentice seaman today "to get into comlmt service." Fonda appeared unannounced at the federal building to bo sworn in. Ho said ho did not want any CHURCHILL RETURNS LONDON, Aug. 24. Minister Churchill has returned to England from his historic journey to Husshi and the Middle East, it was announced tonight. POWER JOINS MARINES WASHINGTON, 24.

Screen Star Tyrone Power began extended engagement here today as "Private, United States Marine Corps." Power enlisted at Washington marine recruitliif headquarters where he took physical examination Mild sworn in as a private by Major William A. Howard, U.S. M. I.