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WHY, HE CAN’T DO THAT
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INCOME TAXES IN BRITAIN
The Inland Revenue Commission in Great Britain
recently reported that only sixty persons in England
had net incomes of more than $16,800, after paying
income taxes last year. The report showed that many
Englishmen earned more than this, though taxes took
practically all of their income above a certain level.
It is interesting to note that the sixty who earned
more than $16,800, earned a total of $27,720,00t0. After
the income taxes were paid on this amount, it was
reduced to something over $1,000,000. Some of the big
money-earners paid at a rate of $2.75 taxes out of
every $2.80 earned. Thus out of almost $3.00, they
were allowed a nickel profit.
While things are far better than this in the United
States, where thousands of citizens earn more than
$15,000 or $16,000 a year, it is well to keep the present
situation in Britain in mind when we think of our tax
laws. The new administration must reduce tax rates
if the trend toward higher and higher levies is to be
checked.
In the United States, we do not take the attitude
that large incomes are necesarily evil, if a fair rate of
tax assessment has been paid. Under the English tax
program, large incomes are almost impossible and the
end result will be a standardized scale of living for all
professions and workers.
What we don’t know is one thing better under
stood by us than anyone else.
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Ginger Rogers, 41, Weds
Jacques Bergerac, 26,
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., UP) —
Movie star Ginger Rogers, 41, is
embarking on her fourth marriage
—this time with handsome Jac
ques Bergerac, 26, Paris lawyer
and new Hollywood actor.
They were wed Saturday.
Miss Rogers used her maiden
name, Virginia Katherine Mc
Math, in reciting the wedding
vows. She was previously married
to actors E. J. Culpepper, Lew
Ayres and Jack Briggs. This is
Bergerac’s first marriage.
The couple became engaged in
Paris, where Miss Rogers met the
young doctor of laws soon after
arriving last August.
Bergerac had spent spare time
studying dramatics at a Paris
school of acting. He followed
Ginger to Hollywood and now has
an M-G-M contract.
Enraged Woman Slays
“Dancing Boy” Who
Stepped On Her Toe
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Ufl
—Jesse Sandford’s love for danc
ing earned him his nickname as
“Dancing Boy.” It also caused his
death.
The 25-year-old dance enthusi
ast was stabbed to death early
Saturday by a woman whose toe
he stepped on accidentally after
a dance in an all-night restaurant.
Police Chief Vern Storey said
that as Sandford and his partner,
Mrs. Mary Spinks, finished a
dance he accidentally stepped on
Mrs. Susie Lee Terry, 28.
Police said Sandford apologized
but the irate Mrs. Terry refused
to be appeased. She plunged a
knife into Sandford’s heart.
The woman was bookecj on a
charge of investigation of murder.
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To Determine If
Services Need All
Their High Brass
WASHINGTON, WV-'The House
Armed Services Committee de
cided to find out if the military
forces need all their admirals and
generals.
The committee started out to
make some minor adjustments in
the law to help out 10,000 junior
naval officers who were in dan
ger of being demoted or frozen
in their ranks.
The group then heard testi
mony:
1. That the regular Air Force
has one general for about every
two second lieutenants, which the
Air Force denied, and,
2. That the Navy now has more
commanders and higher officers
than it had during World War II
for a fleet nearly four times as
large.
Military officials say they ac
tually are short of top-ranking
officers.
But chairman Short (R-Mo) said
he believes the services had made
“too many promotions, too fast,”
and that Congress was “too len
ient” in establishing officers
levels.
In the meantime, the committee
agreed to stop-gap modifications
in present law to prevent the
scheduled demotion of 5,400 senior
naval lieutenants and the freez
ing of 4,691 others of lower rank.
Herbert Hoover Recovering
MIAMI Beach, Fla., W) — For
mer President Herbert Hoover
had a good night and was re
portedly much better at St. Fran
cis hospital Monday where he is
recovering from a mild attack of
influenza.
He is getting along fine,” his
physician reported.
Senators Nolan and
Butrovich Would Create
$10 Million “Nest-Egg”
JUNEAU, UP)—Two- members of
Alaska’s Senate Finance Com
mittee want to have a little money
put aside for a possible rainy day.
A bill, introduced Saturday by
Sens. James Nolan (D-Wrangell)
arid John Butrovich (R - Fair
banks) would create a 10-million
dollar “nest egg” in the territorial
treasury.
The measure calls for putting
two million dollars away yearly
until the fund reaches 10 million.
I'he sponsors explained the
purpose of the bill “is to create
a reserve which will afford op
portunities for employment in
various fields of public works
and thus stabilize the territory’s
economy at a time to be decided
by the legislature when unem
ployment causes economic inse
curity among the people ...”
Young Choir Singer Slain
For No Apparent Reason
PORTSMOUTH, Va., l£V—Police
today sought a bold and brutal
gunman who' shot down a young
choir singer and his girl friend
late Saturday in the full glare of
a bright street light at a Ports
mouth street intersection.
Donald Matthews, 19, was killed
by bullets through his shoulder
and head. He died yesterday in
a hospital without regaining con
sciousness. His companion, Mar
garet Hollo'well, 15, of Ports
mouth, whom he had met in their
church choir, was seriously
wounded by a single shot through
the face.
Who did the shooting—and why
he did it—had police puzzled. The
crime was committed in Mat
thews’ car, which had been com
mandeered by the gunman, only
20 yards from the home of a city
councilman.