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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1944
THE HELICOPTER
First indoor flying test for America’s i
latest helicopter was held recently in
Buffalo- New York, and from all accounts
the craft can do just above everything,
but sit up and beg and wag its tail.
Until this test was made, Germany had
developed the only rotor aircraft which
had been flown indoors.
In a demonstration of the ship’s sta
bility and precision control, Floyd Carl
son, Bell Aircraft Corporation test pilot,
circled one of the company’s new heli
copters beneath a 60 foot ceiling in Buf
falo’s 67th Regiment Armory. It was the
first public demonstration of the Bell
ship which had been a closely guarded
secret.
The flight was staged for members of
the Civil Air Patrol. Carlson started out
by taking the ship up lightly from the
armory floor, maneuvered beneath the
lights in the armory ceiling, then sank,
slowly back to a landing in the same
spot. Then with the 33-foot rotor fea
thered, he taxied the helicopter through
an 18-foot door to the center of the 200
foot by 300-foot armory.
He went up again, only 10 feet in the
air this time- and made the ship curtsy
gracefully to the spectators. Then the
ship floated sideways to one end of the
building and then to the other. Turn
ing the ship nose-to-wall, the pilot flew
it backwards to the other end of the arm
ory.
The finale was when the ship floated
to the center of the floor and drifted
downward until it rested lightly on the
upstretehed hand of Arthur Young, de
veloper of the model. Then it landed.
Apparently, even though few details
of the new ship are given, the new job
is a great improvement on first models
now being used by the armed forces.
The uses of such a craft in Alaska are
enough to set one to thinking.—(Juneau
Empire). g;.
Minors Subject j
To Income Tax
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All minors whose wages are
subject to withholding tax should
file Form W-4 with their employ
ers and claim personal exemp
tions of a single individual under
the provisions of the new revenue
Act, according to Clark Squire,
collector of Internal Revenue.
The new law makes th eearn
ings of minors the separate in
come of the minor and not the
income of the parent, as former
ly was the case. Every minor is
entitled to a personal exemption
of $500. If he has income of $500
or more he must pay tax on any
amount in excess of $500. If his
earnings are less than $500 this
income is neither taxable to the
minor nor to the parent.
The new law makes the aern
ings of a minor were held to be
the income of the parent and re
quired to be included by the pa
rent on his return. Therefore,
when the withholding 'ax became
. effective it was advantageous to
the parent to have the minor
claim - r exemption and have 'he
fuU 20 per cent withheld from his
wager Otherwise it became nec
essary for the parent to pay the
full tax on the minor’s earnings
in n lump sum on March 15.
Under the provisions of the
new law which are now in effect,
earnings of a child are a part of
his gross income and not the in
come of the parent, even though
such amounts are not received by
the child The only liability a
parent might have with regard to
earnings of a mnor would arise
in the event the minor earned,
more than $500, became liable for
tax. and failed to pay this tax.
ir this event, such tax can either
; be 'i[>4 • curl against the child or
the parent and collec'ed from the
• parent it the child fails to pay.
The collector recommended that
1 all employed individuals under
* the age erf 21 immediately file
Form W-4 with their employers,
claiming single exemptiofi, if
i they have not already done so, in
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1945.
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Complaint Filed
Bv Commissioner
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The United States district at
torney, Friday of last week, filed
a criminal complaint in the com
missioner’s court in Sitka, against
Hans Nordnes.
The complaint charges Mr.
Nordnes with purchase above OPA
ceiling prices on fish on the
grounds.
Nordnes is also a defendant in
the Juneau District Court on
charges of buying salmon above
ceiling prices.
Covering five separate viola
tions these criminal actions are
violations of maximum price
regulation No. 418 and carry a
maximum penalty of one year in
jail and a fine of $5,000 for each
count.
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PROUD PARENTS OF
10-LB. GIRL
Captain and Mrs. Michael Gu
b niare the proud parents of a
10-pound baby girl named Tania,'
born in the Maynard Columbus
Hospital Monday evening, July
3rd.
Advertise in The Nugget.
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VERSATILE — A musical
and magical entertainer is Joan
Brandon (above), magician and |
clarinetist. She formed an or
chestra and now offers her audi
ences two divertissements.
Forestal Reports |
Sinking of Ships
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5.1
—<AP)—James Forestal reported'
today the sinking of 17 more Jap;
vessels, and said the lion’s share i
of the credit should go to the sub
marines “for knocking the props
from under Japan’s conquest.” |
The rate at which we are sink- i
ing the Japanese merchantmen is,
faster than she can afford.”
Total of sinkings by sub to date
is 791, of all types of Japanese
j craft. !
American Troops
Fighting German*
In City’s Streets
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
OF THE ALLIED EXPEDITION
ARY FORCES IN ENGLAND,
July 5.—<AP>—American troops
are fighting German troops in
the streets of La Haye du Puits,
and have advanced two jniles
along the entire front.
The British troops are in heavy
fighting around Caen and the
Canadians are consolidating their
forces around Carpiquet, but the
Germans still nold the air field
nearby.
During the first month of the
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campaign the allies have liberat
ed more than 58 French towns
and villages in Normandy.
Bulletins
STOCKHOLM, July 5.—(AP)
—Russian frooj* established
bridgeheads in Viipuri Bay to
day. behind the Finnish lines.
They also establish* d positions
on other islands :* the Bay.
MOSCOW. July 5.—iAPI—At
the present rate of progress, two
powerful Ri&sian armies will be
in Latvia and Lithuania in three
days, it has been reported. Rus
| sian planes were hammering id
Wilno. while Bagramian's army
was beating back disorganised
German resistance.
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