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Nine Billion Dollar Tax Program, To
Be Felt By Everyone. Before Congress
WASHINGTON, March 3 (AP) — A $9,610,000,000
war tax program which will "be felt by every Am
erican home,” was la d before Congress and the nation
by Secretary Morgenthau. He told the House Ways and
Means Committee that the new taxes were severe in
their impact and will be felt by every American home.
"War is never cheap, but it is a million times cheaper
to win than it is to lose,” he said.
The additional taxes he proposed would by themselv
es be greater than ever collected by the federal govern
ment in any single year prior to 1941. As a down pay
ment on victory, Morgenthau asked the doubling of
most people’s individual income tax rates, so stiff that
a single man with a $2,000 salary will pay $230 tax.
If he made a million dollars he would only be allowed
to keep about $100,000. Part of the tax will probably
be deducted from pay checks.
Also recommended were higher taxes on corpora
tions, plugging the so-called loop-holes in the new
higher excise taxes; fifteen such items as soda pop and
cigarettes; stiffer estates and gift taxes, plus two bil
lion in additional social security taxes to be specified
later, together wth existing federal taxes. The secre
tary said this program will fulfill the President’s bud
get request for 27 billion dollars in taxes for the com
ing fiscal year beginning July 1.
Soviets Massing Forces For Fantastic
Effort To Bring About A Decision
BERN,Switzerland, March 2, (APj —The Russians
are massing almost unheard of forces all along the front
for what is believed a large scale attack, reports orig
inating from official Berlin quarters said tonight. Ger
man planes are said to have observed great columns of
Iresh Soviet troops and enormous supply trains moving
up behind the Red Army’s advance lines. At some
points, the Russian attacks are already under way and
were described by German military spokesmen as “on
a scale not reached hitherto in this war.”
The Berlin correspondent of a Zurich newspaper
quoted, from advance sectors, Russian troops are at
tacking German position in 40 or 50 successive waves
and showed no hesitation, regardless of the cost. The
Soviets are believed massing forces for a fantastic ef
fort to bring about a decision.
RAF Bomb Arms Plants Near Paris
LONDON, March 3 (AP) — The RAF raided the
Renault works at Brillancourt, southwest of Paris last
night, it was announced authoritatively. The Renault
works have become the outstandng symbol of collab
oration with Germany.
At Least 600 Killed and Thousands
Wounded Bombing Renault Works
VICHY, March 4 (AP) — The death toll of the RAF
raid on the industrial suburbs of Paris last night,
mounted steadily as rescue workers dug in the ruins
shortly after noon and placed semi-officially at 600 or
more, the bodies constantly being recoverd. An ear
lier communique anounced that at least 442 were kill
' ed and more than a thousand injured and between 200
and 250 houses were destroyed, as a basis for prelim
inary information.
, Many wounded died on the operating tables in hur
riedly improvised hospitals, where all available phys
icians in Paris were mobilized for the emergency. One
report said, of about a thousand wounded in Boulogne
Sur Seine in the Billancourt suburbs, some 300 were
feared dying.
Along with bombs, the RAF dropped leaflets address
ed to the Paris population, saying they came to bomb
factories manufacturing arms “for our common en
emy,” and would return now that they knew where
to strike.
Paris Bombing
Allied Coaxing
r
London, March 4 (AP) —
The heavy bombing attack
by the RAF on the great
Renault plant and other in
dustrial installations in the
suburbs of Paris may mean
the end of Allied attempts
to coax the Vichy govern
ment away from collabora
tion with Nazi Germany,
informed British sources
declared. Sir Archibald
Sinclair asserted the bomb
ing represented no change
in RAF policy but merely
in the weather, which oth
er sources said was partic
ularly clear and thus aided
the raiders in finding their
targets.
There was no consulta
tion between the British
foreign office and the state
department in Washington
before the RAF launched
the attack.
Wavell Transfer
red Back to India
London, March 3 (AP) —
The transfer of General Sir
Archibald P. Wavell from
the United Nations com
mand in the southwest Pac
ific. back to his former post
as commander-in-chief in
India, was announced by
the War and Navy Depts.
in Washington tonight and
may be the forerunner of a
British offer of dominion
status to India, well inform
! ed circles said.
Dutch circles here said
Governor General of the
East Indies, Jonkheer Dr.
A. W. L. Ktjarda Van Star
ken borgh Stachouwer, will
now assume command of
all forces in the Dutch pos
j sessions. British naval, mili
tary and air commanders
; are again in charge of Brit
ish forces in Java.
Fairbanks Poten
tial Strategic
Center of World
Seattle, March 2 (AP) —
Edward Allen, Seattle
member of the Internation
al Fisheries Commission,
described Fairbanks as a
potential strategic center
of the world because of its
proximity in air time to
the capitals of the greatest
countries. Allen expressed
the belief that the nation
has not yet realized the
strategic war importance
of Alaska, but that the Jap
anese “have surveyed it
thoroughly and may know
more about it than we do
; ourselves.”
Yanks Get 16
Out Of lo Jap
Bombing Planes
Washington, Mar. 3 (AP)
— The thrilling account of
an attack by 18 Japanese
heavy bombers on a United
States aircraft carrier and
other warships, in which
16 enemy planes were shot
down, six by a single fight
ing plane from the carrier,
was told by the Navy to
night.
Lieut. Edward H. O’Hare
of St. Louis is the hero who
took the heavy toll. The
other ten bombers were ac
counted for by other fight
ing planes, two of which
were lost. The warships
suffered not a single
scratch.
The brilliant action occur
red in the course of the re
cent naval operations west
of the Gilbert islands. The
fleet is presumably operat
ing out of Pearl Harbor.
MacArthur’s Air
Force Sinks Two
w
Japanese
Washington, Mar. 4 (AP)
— Two enemy ships and
several smaller vessels
were destroyed by a sud
den surprise attack by Mac
Arthur’s small air force, on
Japanese installations and
shipping in Subic Bay,
north of Bataan. The War
Dept, announced that large
fires were started on the
docks of Olongapo, former
U. S. naval station in Subic
Bay, on Grande Island.
The communique reported
heavy explosions of enemy
stores were followed by
fires. One ship of 10,000
tons and another of 8,000
tons were destroyed.
Shell Island off
Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico,
March 3 (AP)—An enemy
ship shelled Mona Island,
off Puerto Rico’s western
extremity, Governor Tug
well’s office announced, in
the first shelling of U. S.
territory on the Atlantic
side since the war started.
| as presumably a sub shell
, ed the island, almost half
way between Puetro Rico
and the Dominican Repub
i lie. No damage or casual
! ties resulted from the
■ shells which landed far up
;on the rocky cliffs of the
; island.
I
Huge Jap Armada Approaches Java
LONDON, March 2 (AP) — Tuesday, Dispatches
from Batavia said today that a huge new Japanese in
vasion armada is bearing down on Java and is being
met by continuous relays of United States Flying Fort
resses and other Allied bombers. The fleet returning,
is believed to consist of 70 to 80 ships, despite casual
ties already inflicted on the enemy vessels. Many Jap
anese warships are said to be accompanying the new
stream of troop and supply ships.
Dispatches from Bandoeng, Dutch army headquar
ters, to the Daily Express, said Allied warships are be
lieved to have gone into action against the armada,
but there was nothing to indicate how the attack is
progressing. Some reports said the Japanese fleet is
expected to begin landing its main invasion forces in
a few hours.
Allies Counterattack On Java While
Lanes For Reinforcements Cut Off
BANDOENG, Java, March 3. (AP) — Wednesday,
American, Dutch and other Allied ground forces are
pressing home a counter attack against the Japanese
invaders of Java, while United Nations air and naval
units to the south, cut off the enemy’s sea lanes for re
treat and possible reinforcements.
Dutch bombers struck some of the heaviest blows as
the fleet put ashore troops near Rembany, in north
eastern Java. Aneta reported that only five ships re
mained out of 12 which originally made up the con
centration.
MacArthur’s Guerilla Forces Rout
Japs On Northern Luzon island
WASHINGTON, March 2 (AP) — The War De
partment reported that MacArthur’s Philippine forces
were bombed by enemy planes with unusual markings
and “may have been German built planes.” The raids
were made behind the defender’s lines on Bataan Pen
insula but failed to inflict damage. The communique
said they were two-engined planes with unusual mark
ings: painted black with white crosses on the wings.
Ground operations dwindled to a virtual standstill
in the past twenty-four hours. “A lost battalion” of Am
erican and Filipino troops, attacking Japanese holding
forces on northern Luzon Island, drove them out of a
river valley which they had occupied, the War Depart
ment reported yesterday. This activity is the first in
stance of guerrilla warfare mentioned in an official
communique.
Destroyer Jacob Jones Sunk In
Atlantic - Only 11 Men Survive
WASHINGTON, March 3 (AP) — The Navy an
nounced that the destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk by an
; enemy sub off Cape May, N. J., before dawn Feb. 28,
and only 11 men of the destroyer’s crew survived. The
number of those lost, including the commanding officer
Lieut. Commander H. D. Black of Oradell, N. J., was
not given out but there were far more than a hundred,
since the normal war time complement of the old de
stroyer was around 145 officers and men.
Two torpedoes hit the Jacob Jones; the first one blew
up the bow and apparently killed all personnel on the
bridge as well as the men sleeping in the forward living
quarters of the ship. The second torpedo blew up the
stern and all the depth charges. The eleven survivors
consisted of nine enlisted men from the engine room
and two apprentice seamen.
The Navy said neither the enemy sub nor the tor
pedo were sighted prior to the first hit.
—
The Germans took exception to the “insulting” prac
tice in the British and American press of referring to
the Japanese as “Japs.” In retaliation the German
radio began calling the British “Brits.” U. S. editors
toyed with the too-perfect counter-blow, calling the
Germans ‘“Germs.”
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