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Huge Tax Measure
Gets Approval
WASHINGTON — The House
, Ways and Means Committee has
formally recommended enact
ment of a $3,529,200,000 tax bill
estimated to propose levies in an
Effort to meet 60% of the antici
pated expenditures for the 1942
fiscal year and to borrow the bal
ance.
Ten Republican committmen
issued a statement that there is
(no alternative except to support
the general objective of the mea
sure but they criticised the non
defense spending policy and call
ed on President Roosevelt to take
personal charge of the responsib
ility in an effort to effect econ
omies. The Committee declared
there are too many non-essential
boards now serving at Govern
ment expense and which are ab
so’utely not needed.
Here is a breakdown on the ad
ditional yields which congression
al experts expect from the new
tax bill:
Individual income surtaxes —
$1,152,000,000.
Corporation income surtaxes—
$1,322,900,000.
New or higher excess levies -—
$902,400,000.
Higher estate and gift taxes—
$151,900,000.
Tax on broadcasting (new) —
$4,500,000.
Tax on billboards (new) —
$7,000,000,000.
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McNARY WILL RUN
FOR SENATE AGAIN
SALEM, Oreg. — It was learn
ed that Senator Charles L. Me-!
ary. Republican of Oregon will
run for re-election for the United
States Senate on the Republican
ticket in 1942.
McNary was a running mate
with Wendell Wilikie in the last!
presidential campaign, seeking
the office of vice president.
WATCH ORR, THAT’S ALL
AKRON, Ohio — When the;
New York Yankees signed John
ny Orr in 1938, he looked like
definite big league timber.
Then they sent him to the
Class D Norfolk, Neb., club and
Johnny had a brilliant season. He
looked even more like big league
timber.
But, after winning 17 games
and losing five that year, he sud
denly and mysteriously develop
ed a wild streak and couldn’t find
the plate with a spotlight.
In 1939, with Norfolk, Va., and
then Akron, he failed to win a
single game. He started the 1940
season with Akron, then went to
Joplin, Mo., where he lost 13.
won five. With an earned run av
erage of 6.17 he looked like any
thing but big league timber.
He started off this year at Au
gusta. Ga., and was optioned
back to the Akron Middle-Atlan
tic league club for the third
straight year. In his next three
starting appearances he pitched
three shutouts, beating Charles
ton, Youngstown, and Charles
ton.
Buzz Boys, Akron manager,
says the solution was simple.
Johnny merely changed his grip
on the ball. He formerly held it
away from the seams — now he
grips it along the seams.
And he looks like big league
timber again.
GERMAN DRIVE ON LENINGRAD
AAlLAOMPS
STALIN llMt
Authoritative Britsh sources said they regarded the German drive
on Leningrad as the “most dangerous” of the German offensives
against Russia. Narva (1), Estonia, was reported under siege, and
Germans reported Finnish forces were attacking from the north.
Germans claimed successes at Pskov and Vitebsk (2), but Rus
sians Deported the recapture of Rogacheve and Zhlobin (3). TW
the south, Germans asserted their forces were hammering at the
gates of Kiev (4).
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Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Overcast with occasional light drizle tonight. Saturday partly
cloudy and warmer with decreasing westerly winds becoming
light southerly Saturday afternoon.
Data for 24 Hours Ending 1:00 p. m. Today
Highest temp — 50 Lowest temp — 45 Precipitation — .10
Total precip this month — .61 Total since Jan. 1, 1941 _ 4.22
Temji. Humidity Wind Weather
12 Midnight---- 46 96 W 7 Drizzle
Sam--. 48 95 W 12 Cloudy
12:30 p m---- 50 94 W 15 Drizzle
Tomorrow: Sunrise 3:29 a. m. Sunset 8:43 p. m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 52 Lowest temp — 39 Precipitation — .03
Victory For
Russia Favored
«
In Survey
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By GEORGE GALLUP
Director American Institute of
Public Opinion
PRINCETON. N. J. — Despite!
heir d’.'approval of communism,
the overwhelming majority of
American voters hope Russia will
win her present war with Ger
many. But although they hope
for a Russian victory they do not
th'nk Russia is actually going to
win.
Those facts, w’hile they may
seem obvious at first glance, haive
an important bearing on the war
situation today. It is commonly
-■opposed that one of Hitler’s moj
fives in attacking Russia was the
hope that, if he appeared to be!
conducting a crusade against bol-1
shevism, he could play upon the!
hatred of communism in such a
way as to divide and confuse pub
lie sentiment in the democracies
and weaken their opposition to1
Germany.
If that were indeed among his j
purposes, all evidence to date in
dicates that he has not been suc
cessful in the United States.
An American Institute survey
just completed finds, for example
that 72 percent in this country
want Russia to win, while only
4 percent want Germany to win,
and that sympathy for Russia is
virtually uniform throughout all
income groups.
Absence of Religious Split
The upper-income voters, for!
instance, who presumably regard
communism as a threat to their
position in the capitalist system,
are just about as anxious to have
Russia win as the lower-income!
groups. Nor is there any note-J
worthy split by religious groups,'
Catholics and Protestants are al-j
most equally in favor of a Rus-|
sian victory.
The survey was conducted on
the fo lowing issues:
“In the present war between
Germany and Russia, which side
would you like to see win?”
The results were:
Germany . 4%
.. .Russia . 72
Makes no difference . 17
Don't know . 7 j
“Which side do you think will
win the war?”
Germany . 47%
Russia . 22
Will end in stalemate .... 8
No opinion . 23
It goes without saying that Am
erican sympathy for Russia is not
based on any love of commun- \
ism. In repeated survey the in- j
stitute has found that the Ameri- j
can people look upon commun-,
ism and ^fascism as twin evils,
shunning them both.
The reason why the American
people want a Russian victory, as
they themselves give it in their
own comments, is this:
“Russia is not imperialtistic,
but Germany is. Russia, even if j
she won, would not invade the:
United States, whereas Germany1
probably would.”
Commentators have been
watching for signs that the alleg;
ed Nazi “crusade” against com-j
munism was splitting American
opinion along income lines and
religious lines.
The institute survey shows
that the difference in attitude
among income groups is so slight
as to have little importance.!
Among lower-income voters, I
only 3 percent want Germany to I
defeat Russian, and among the]
upper-income voters only 5 per
cent.
The difference between Cath
olic and Protestant voters is only
slightly greater.
(First column is upper income,
second column is middle income
and third column is lower in
come).
Want German
to win . 5% 4% 3%
Want Russia to
win . 72 73 72
No difference
and no opin
ion . 23 23 25
(First column Catholics, sec
ond column Protestants).
Want Germany to
win .,. 6% 3%
Want Russia to
win . 65 74
No difference and
no opinion . 29 23
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Army Testing $5
Gunsight Better
Than $638 Model
CAMP FORREST Term. — A
new and accurate art: lery gun
sight which can be manufactur
ed wholesale for $5 apiece will
be subjected to a final test soon
by the Army. It may be adopted
in p’ace of an instrument costing
$638.
Already given unanimous ap
proval by officers who witnessed
pre'lminary demonstrations, the
sight will be taken to the ar
tillery proving ground at Fort
Bragg.
“It's so simple that the ones
who decide its fate will fail to
see what makes it so practical
and simple.” said Lieut. Col. W.
Q. Howell, Seventy-fifth Brigade
ordnance officer. "I'm for decor
ating it up with a bit of nickel
plate and a couple of prisms so
that it will be more impressive.”
The original sight was con-:
structed of two iron water pipes.:
mirrors, spools and thread—cost
ing in all $6.30.
Captain Lowell G. Bean, a for
mer Chattanooga refinery worker
and Lieutenant Charles J. Yan
cey, a former Nashville physic
ian the inventors said their sight
merely put to use the microscope
technique by which a student and
his teacher can look through the
same instrument.
Effectiveness of the sight over
the elaborate panoramic instru
ment used by the Army was
shown against moving targets.
WHEELER DERIDES
STIMSON’S OLD AGE
WASHINGTON. —Senator Bur
;on K. Whecer. Democrat of Mon
tsna, admitted that postcards had
been mailed to the personnel of
the Army, asking them to object
to extending the draftees’ term
of service. Wheeler declared he
paid for the printing, and he
iabled Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson as too o d for his job.
A million cards had been print
ed, Wheeler said, and sent out
on the mailing list of a general
magazine.
Stimson had charged that such,
agitation among soldiers was
close to the line of subversive act
ivity, if not treason. Wheeler
replied:
“This, of course, is another evi
dence of trying to smear any
body who dares to op'pose the
Roosevelt Administration's pol
icy of taking us into war thru
the back door. We should not
take poor old Stimson too serious
ly because of his age.”
Stimson is in his 74th year.
Officers said the invention appar
enlly was the solution to accur
acy in anti-tank fire.
The new7 sight simultaneously
sights the gun horizontally and
vertically whereas litte attention
is paid to quick vertical adjust
ments in the old sight and so
misses are frequent when firing
against moving targets in hilly
country. The previous solution
had been to use two of the $638
sights one vertically and one
horizontally but officers found
them hard to coordinate.
NAZIS SAY POISON
GAS IS READY
GERLIN — Nazi authorites ad
mitted that instructions for gas
warfare had been issued to Ger
man army units on the Russian
front. They insisted, however,
that they had not planned to use
gas unless the Reds used it first.
The Nazis asserted that prepar
ations have been made for the
use of poison gas ere not forbid
den under the Geneva conven
tion banning gas as an implement
of warfare.
The Germans claimed that in
almost all armies preparations
have been made for the use of
gas an that no general staff
would risk being unprepared for
its use if opposing forces resort
ed to gas warfare.
GAS INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN
MOSCOW—Soviet officials re
leased details on instructions said
to have been given Nazi com
manders in the use of poison gas.
Copies of these instruction were
said to have been found on Ger
man officers captured on the nor
thern front.
The gas instruction were said
to have pointed out the purpose
of gas attacks was to put the en
emy out of action, hinder opera
tion, reduce their fighting power
and to break morale. It was point
ed out that the range of gas shells
was greater than ordinary shells.
The instructions said the use of
gas shells was most effective in
calm weather, slight breeies,
cloudy sky and weak sun rays.
Misty weather and dropping rain
were said to be desirable for use
of certain types of gases.
JIGGS TAKES A SIGHT '
Sergeant Jiggs, regimental mascot of Washington state’s 161st infantry for seven years, takes a look
through the sight of a 37mm anti-tank gun on the Hunter Liggett Reservation near Jolon, Calif.,
where the 161st is participating in war games. Left to right, Clarence Gagnon, Los Angeles; Irwilh
Blankenship, Berkeley, Calif.; Fred Shipp, Boulde • City, Ncv.; and Ser. Magnus Benard, Jigg’s owner
SURRENDER TROPHY_a carved stone head of Benito Mussolini lies beside an ammunition
dump taken by the British in the African campaign when the Italian garrison surrendered.