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Treasury Tax pinApparetttiy Q)ies A-Borning - F (Continued from Page'I) F f all income brackets, with rates ' that might range from one per cent for the small u wage earner vupto OT per cent lor a person ' ith a $1,000,000 salary. .The withholding- rates under the " new plan 'Would fellow i rourhlr the effective - rates, of Ux liability and would Vary ;aecoram to sue. ei- ukw marital statas. Effect weald l given to the exemptions by ar l iatlons In the withholding rates. i t The present 20 per cent with holding levy, collected after xam- ily status deductions, is calculated 'to cover the tax obligation only through the first surtax bracket. As outlined by the treasury secretary, the administration s .-j , 7"""? program would increase federal annual revenues to almost $50, 000,000,000 about one-third of the national income. It provides: 1. Individual income tax Babe $6,500,000,000 in addition to the present collection of about - 918,000,000,000; reduce the per- kval awasMfiMAtk ' r9 two o0"t mA aao ' plea and heads of families from $1200 to $1100 and reduce the de pendent credit from $350 to $300, the single person's exemption re matnin at SiSOn? rnial th S 'crtt of the victory tax would relieve! about 8,000,000 people of any in- tome tax. 2. Corporation income taxes - Increase surtax rates, the com bined normal and surtax reach-I "ing.a maximum of 50 percent as compared with the present maxi- 'Wtiint t9 At ii srn ant jau aamam Hons with Income in excess of $30,000. Calculated to yield an other $1,140,000,000. 2. Excise taxes Increase all along the line, and add soft drinks and chewing gum, bringing in an "additional $2,290,000,000. A bottle of pop would be taxed one cent. 4. Estate and gift taxes In crease estate tax rates, reduce specific exemption from $60,000 to $i0,000, and increase gift tax rates to three-quarters of the new and higher estate tax rates. 5. : A postwar credit system, to PPly primarily at the lower lev els of -income, by which $2,270, 00,004 to $3,510,000,000 of the in- ere-sed. take from individuals I would -be refunded. Persons who have 3Jot had earnings Increases of oVey 15 per cent since Pearl Harbo could take the credit currently; others, after the war. .4 Germans Win Strongholds On Coo Island By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE LONPON, Oct 4 -P)- Striking Isst alt Pall latll ta Aa .! aU "J - "nuum ffnriM hv M.t4 -" - TU U UU1 I Ir..: 4W T!i. island of Coo in the Italian Do- decanese, the allies acknowledged torfav, Kt in v.,ri.i- a- . , - uciaiu"! ined patriot armies heavily en gaged the nazis on a long, Irreg ular iron t. The counter - assault BBues im una ine see end largest Island of the Dode caaese lying near Turkey, was a minor but measurably setback la the allied campaign fat the Aea-eaa, and the middle east eoaamaad announced that "the fighting continues." A strong ah armada punished oerman invasion Hnt n Sunday. When the tendings began and big bombers includin TJh-- rotors and Halifax es winged out to bomb the air fields at Calato on Rhodes and Heraklion in Crete to weaken nazi air support of their Island drive. Coo was recovered September 22 I seaoorne forces along with Lero in the Dodecanese and the Greek island of Ramna tn th nnW . . i Tbe TifMlm .i earer to speed the day of liberation, bat tled the nazis on a front from northeastern Italy hi the fron tier region 350 miles down the coast of Yugoslavia, broadening their lodrement in the lower section ef their homeland and tearing up German port and -rail communications In the bot tleneck where the Italian penin sula meets the Balkans. Farewell Breakfast For; Inductees Today Salem Victoirconnnltteo plays host this morning to departing! In-! ductees at the Chemeketa street " USO. Thn T ftVlstofc- kr.V. V I gram, with O. E. -Mose" Palma- teer' ia charge, wul be broadcast CHAN... LAM Or.r.TXamJJJ. Dr.G.ChaaJNJDL CIUNTSS Herbalists . t , lit North Liberty rpiU'm Pwrtlaad Generl Bertrte Co - Crzlc open Saturday only . 13 ajn. to 1 Dm.: to 7 dxh. Con- su:tat:oa I Jood pressure and uri.n ' tests are free of chart. PracUced, smca 181T f ; Ti i ii m in' oaaoiiiiiiii ill uw iiaona nnji.iiiiniii A .Jjt 0N the H0I1E FRONT 1 "T gnLD3 So the police reserves are to have some new hats may have them now for all I know. Because the hats, reputedly or- j dered by a Salem merchant for j the state police, were the wrong color when they arrived. There are more than 2 police reserves, X am tout zrom umn - formed sources, but there were only 25 of the wrong hats, so the council authorized the purchase of only 25 of the new bonnets. j This isn't meant as carping cri ticism, or even as an for probably the defense funds were well spent in the purchase of the hats, although once it was de cided that the reserves would have badges provided from those funda A o gome sort IS -jally necessary if the ser- practically necessary If, f 1 fflr . vices of an officer are to be ef fective. - Now if some -enterprising mer chant would lust make a mistake i ? J ij2 i??? ders, the short people of the town as well as the tall people would know when to dodge a militant Ptocer of the PUce reserve' Russians Gain Toward Gomel D (Continued from Page 1) P "The enemy is launching fierce counter-attacks and trying to re tain their positions at any cost," said the bulletin in describing the Mogilev front. Soviet airmen entering the I white Rusn 1 ies grappling in the marshes be-; I low knocked out 10 German tanks, 40 guns, and more than 100 trucks carrying was materials, it was said. The shortest communique yet issued since the powerful red i army launched its summer cam paign in the Orel-Kursk sector j also reported for the second con- secutive day only "active recon naissance and artillery duels on other sectors, including - the Ukraine Dnieper river line. There were no - specific advances an nounced, no towns captured. Nor was any mention made of r-Twh!0 gSI I west Caucasus where the Ger mans have announced the aban i donment of Starotamanskaya, vir tually their last foothold on the I Taman peninsula opposite the Cri mea. It was believed the Rus sians were waiting until the last enemy soldier had been hurled across the Kerch strait before an nouncing the liberation ox tne Caucasus. A tacit aeknowledsement that fierce German resistance also had played Its part at the Dale- ia the aanouoemeut that 87 German tanks had been destroyed in Sunday's fighting.. That made a two-day Russian r -- hatf nf 222. and showed Uiat tier I mr I man tint nxnrM wr hfn I hurled into battle along the Dnie- Per and the Gomel-Vitebsk rail- mr in white Ruxsia as the axil fought for time and ' weather "to hold it natural defense line after harrowing retreat carried out steadily over nearly a three-month period. Fifty three German planes also ereriiot down for a twonlay were bag of 95, Moscow said, as air men of both sides increasingly took over a battle that has -. bogged down in muddy ' roads and marshes. f.riliriril T?lraX47ri C VUUiaClJL JL FtfWIlS On Palmistry If the city police committee cares to put Its stamp of - disap- , uuuu' atwaup repu au w i. ii i , uinance on a moaon. u nan made it clear Monday night and! carried the majority of the city I council with him. I The police committee's report 1 recommending no more such 11- j j censes be granted indefinitely was j re-made on O'Hara's motion to a mere recommendation that one i palmist be denied the license she had sought The city has an ordi- i nance providing for the licensing of i palmists and fortune tellers, and if Jt is to be nullified it should i I be ! done In the manner provided for repealing ordinances and not matter- of one council's pol- T O'Hara maintained. AlT v51 Is CF XL . TU. lllllfi' ' I Service Eased I (Continued from Page 1) I area goes on an "alert status be ginning ta 8 pjn, October 16, headQuartets for the fourth fight er command hi Portland have no tified local officials of the service. Observation posts and filter cen ters will not longer be manned 24 hours a day, but will be sub ject to call instead. The AWS definitely is not be ing abandoned, only certain com ponent parts of.it being placed on this alert status, it was emphasized. Oil flflT AT all ArVfalirfttmnei I ..J U.mWaM. -..J I am 4fia ervmin. rlamatfovt ?va Vkr-. I for palmistry or fortune telling troop centers in the area, while es, one tug and four locomotives; 'Jtons VuTtev licenses. It may have the support at Bougainville on the north big fired a fuel tank and shot up two j 1 UVenile of Alderman David OUara but it Liberators heaned new destruction radio towers, a staff car and a gun en'. . . . J. Tl US T7arsliips 40 Jap Escape Barges f. O . By DEAN SCHEDLER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Tuesday, Oct 5. - UP) - American i warships intent on thwarting the J enemy's aDDarent evacuation of Kolombangara island, intercepted j flotillas of gunboat-escorted bar 1 ges in the Vella gulf the night of Oct. 1-2 and destroyed more than 40 of the craft. ; une or the Japanese - guns boats also was sent to the bot tom under heavy shelling from surface units of Ada. William F. Halsey's south Faelfle naval force. Gen. Douglas MaeArthur announced . today. The scene of the action, which was repeated the following night when further losses were inflict- ed upon the enemy, was in the narrow, waters between Ameri- can-held Vella 7 Lavella island mi the Solomons and the weakening Japanese posiuon at vua oo &o- lombangara to the south. i Indications were that the bar ges carried full loads of enemy troops. A spokesman : at Gen eral Mae Arthur's headquarters. however; said, there was no Im mediate report on the probable number , of soldiers annihilated in the two actions. On the night of the first attack. enemy planes attempted to ' dis perse and drve-off the--American warships, but MacArthurs com munique said they inflicted only "light casualties on one vessel. In addition, the ship suffered some bomb damage from a near miss; At the other extreme of the southwest Pacific battlefront, al lied ground forces pushing up the Ramu river valley in northeastern New Guinea were reported to I crossed the Gusap river. Into the Ramu 20 miles northeast of the long-held allied airfield at Bena Bena, in interior New Gui nea 90 miles northwest of Lae. Off Buka, at the extreme north era end of the Solomon chain, a navy cataima patrol DomDer hig&est Jtt nirled were Castelfranco, 20 miles north bombed and damaged an enemy by American Eighth air force, east of Benevento; Genestra, also destroyer and a large transport or In attack on" KasseL 100 northeast of Benevento; Monte cargo ship. mileia nf th. th. wav calvo, 10 miles east of Benevnto; The destruction of 40 barges off Vila brought to nearly 150 the number of such craft sunk or smashed in these - waters since the first of September. Previously, J iankfurt is only 100 miles to hnurovr ihm linking haa hnLi u. ... work largely of airplane. id P-T motor torpedo .boats. South . Pacific headcoarters have expressed belief thai Ja- pta fa ttlaf the small boala to; son at vua ant to ssppiy tae few holding forces vstiSl remain- big there. Vila, developed by the Japan- f ese as an air .base- in .the earlier stages of -the Solomons campaign, J once was manned by an estimated I 10,000 . enemy troops, but a i n e e American capture of surrounding! Munda,! Arundel and1 Vella La-1 vella Islands, the. Japanese posi-1 t i o n on Kolombangara has be- i -Am t!rf.,.T1. hmlM. " "-" ; . A T 1. , . , traws : u vjw.vuuf mand thought to have ordered evacu?n Z ? on the north, and from there to I Bougainville, the central ! base in the Solomons, r enemy In another attack on the emy's barge traffic this one at I Sio in the New Guinea theater I al units, probably " boats, destroyed three more of the craft and, the comrminique said, inflicted "many casualties among enemy troops on shore.' These, may have been Japanese forces attempting to escape envel opment after: the capture of Fin- schhafen and the fresh allied ad' vances along the - Ramu : valley, which together have placed squeeze on enemy positions along the northeast coast of New Gui nea. The Japanese attempt at escape from Vila was hampered further by an attack by American fqur- Liberators heaped new destruction on the often raided Kahili air drome. From 30 to 40 enemy intercep- tors tried to head off the assault. the communique said, but the bombers' fighter escort accepted the challenge and shot down four of the Japanese planes. One U. S. fighter is missing.' The enemy retaliated with two daylight ' raids by dive-bombers ! against Vella Lavella on October 1, and an evening attack the same oay against the Munaa airneia on New Georgia. American fighter planes and an- ti - aircran lire Drought down live of the Vella Lavella raiders. At Munda the Japanese succeeded in dropping a number of bombs, but the communique said no one was hurt and nothing damaged. Enemy, planes similarly 'attack ed Finschhafen in small force. The results of the bombing were not reported. It J Last Times Tonight 4' . AKKl SKIIltr ar a - - - l ciutujcu injuiucia uu ouuiilT ; atxiu I maV &awaa ummibvw mtv uraasa, I . i J a JM Jm.m a OHTGOIl CIATEniRlJ. Cobs, Clark Escapes Death From TraP C (Cohtiued from Page 1) C vtously calculated that it would 1 be requisitioned a hoaAr,,,- Reports that the nazis . left "pockets " oL resistance" in and around Naples are Incorrect, aa -army . authority said. Sporadic street fighting developed, but Investigation showed tt was a family fight between fascists 'and anti-fascists and some fifth columnists, he said. The only point where actual German resistance- was encoun tered as the army . entered Naples was at the airport where a Brit ish patrol found a number of Ger man armored cars which fired a few rounds and then sped down the road. Living in Naples today is like "tting on Bering if a clock ti suun on a une oomo ana won- that noise you hear M ticking. Everybody knows the city. Is mmed. The question is: What kind ! v"uu vwuy impi are oaa enougn. une wouiant dare to pick up as much as a piece of shrapnel from the street with Booby any assurance. However, with rea- j Rome and are about the same dis sonable caution one' : can avoid t these traps. Continent Gets 4th Straight Heavy Bombing H (Continued from Pago 1) H North Sea sween. In addition to the German tar. gets, tha Fortresses also blasted the enemy-held air field at St I W.TTjTL izier,' France. ITS Thunderbolts rptT.l m- ported the Fortresses ia their pen- etration into enemy territory and withdrawal support was provided J by squadrons of Spitfires. Thol w. m.,.. n.-ki 1 I HrnrmttA . kk- e-j to tte best record made Hamhur n ji vt n I tw m :.nt.mK.. I nported on a nidx, but .there were, indications that uht rc allied lino bi the multiple blows into Germany secting the Italian peninsula from had . rattled tha mmr dfMM. " The ICassel attack was accom panied by a Mosquito raid on Hanover, 80 miles to the north.! The fliers in the Kassel raid saw anti-aircraft and searchlight bar- rages oben ud both in Hanover and at .Cologne, 120 miles to the west, but encountered no fighters until .they were nearly through with their work. v The raids today were the first by Aaseiieaas eu both Frauk- fnrt hit many times by the JLAF and 8t Dialer which is 138 miles northeast of Bordeaux and 358 miles south of the Eng lish channel. The St. Dialer at tack was erne of the Fortresses deepest penetrations into France. - Tha North Sea nnrafinn oraa the first Liberator raid in this! when Liberators participated in the allies eight-day cross-channel bombing of . convoy along the futcbcoast and target, in north- xxcukc suits uwu ciguui air iarna .wwa mm w m ws0 . v- ' ner Neustadt in Austria as well as Corsica and other Mediterran ean targets with the North West African air force. American fliers on the Frank furt raid said that "flak was sol thick , we couldn't see out the plane. RAF Typhoons, some flown by Belgians, enjoyed .one of - their best days in sweeps over Belgium. ! rney aestroyea three . enemy fighters in the air; hit a bomber towers, a staff car and a gun An air ministry communique said that other Typhoon forma tions blasted ; enemy shipping among the Dutch islands, damag ing several small vessels. Five RAF Typhoons were missing. A recapitulation : showed that two additional enemy aircraft were destroyed in RAF fighter of fensive operations yesterday, bringing the total to 28. The raids today followed the al lies' biggest air week, , with blows being directed against the nazis both from Britain and North Af rica: ' - ' . TODAY AND WED. XnifJIi-TOTK aa v mm COirXNG THURSDAY f. '.af --- ?" ; : :- i i PLUS Mary Lee - John Archer SHANTY TOVW -f"Tte I Crvjaa. Ta.idoT Kanig. Ocbbw 5. ISU Allies Gain Along 7Iiole Italian Front Q (Continued from Page 1) G era also knocked out the Capua road bridge across the Volturno after dong columns of enemy troops and supplies had been ob served erasing it . The eighth army's landing at Termoll confronted the Germans ' with a new threat to their left flank. Fifty miles north of the great air base of Foggia, the pert is at the sea head of a -rood lateral highway that runs In land to connect with a main ' north south trunk line running up ever the Appennine moun tains to Rome. Termoli is about 215 miles up I th rnast fram Otrantn on th Ttal- heel and 190 miles south of Rimini, where the Po nlains be- gt Tt ia alnnff the historic nath Qf conquerors toward the Emil- ian wav. which leads to the i valley in northern Italy. Gen. Montgomery's forces now stand almost directly eastward across the Italian peninsula from Gen. Clark's divisions fighting out of Naples. By continuing its swift progress up the Adriatic shore, the British eighth could make it virtually impossible for the Ger mans to put up a major defense south of Rome, or, indeed, south of the Po line. There already was evidence that yesterday's crossing of the Calore by the Americans had forced the nazis to abandon any thought of making a stand on the Volturno, which swings around to the north and west about 20 miles out of I Naples. The Calore, which the Americans reached with the cap- ture 01 vemo, iiows into me volturno sdoux aa mues nortn. ox Naples. Once across the Calore In lorct- Americans will be. able I to ,trike westward with Utfle na- turai unpeaunenu ... Among the towns listed aa tak- en in today's allied communique Mirabella, MeUto and BonHo. aU east &ad southeast of Benevento; I Lapio, Alta villa and Arpina, south I of Benevento; Motto, 28 miles northwest of Foggia, and Monto I mtlMn 11 mila anutheaat of I Benevento. There was ;only a Aennou apiea. The oeeupatlosi of Corsiea vlr- tuany was completed with the entry of French forces ate Bastia, at the northeastern tip of the Medlterraneaa f bland above Rome. Some Germans were reported still fightlnc at Isolated points both north and south of Bastll, but they were being mopped ap- by French' troops and American rangers. Cldtavecchia, north of Rome, was the target of a night attack by RAF and Canadian Wellington bombers. Pilots reported smoke and flam and a series of blue flashes after 4000-pound bombs hit in the railway yards and among electrical installations. Chief Reports Oil XllVfiTlilft ClaSGS ... .... , . 0 way from curfeVvtol Jons to . aXtoiS: . . . . t ember by the city police depart ment, 51 involved children out side of Salem, Chief of Police Frank Minto reported Monday night to the city council. Four cases of car larceny, 11 of other larceny, two sex cases, two cases of neglected children, one of drunkenness, one of assault and battery, one involving recov ery of. a- stolen bicycle, 10 girl runaways (nine were returned to their homes) and four boy run aways (with some from an earlier ' . , ... tH LAST TIMES TODAY . Barbara Stanwyck Michael O'Shes ia rLady of Bariesque" . PLUS Wniiam nopalong Bord in "BORDER PATROL" STARTS WEDNESDAY STARRING WILLIAM HOLD EN , SUSAN HATWARD EDDIE BRACKEN ROBERT. BENCDXEY m mi 1 Co-feature :- t .i A. Ill: iy - W't i Council Ohelis Salvage Depot On'Riverfront A (Continued from Page 1) A forbid such business there,' fought any liberalization of the regulating ordinance. Steinbock declared last night following the council, session that "When the war is over if there Is any move to develop that area, TO be riiflit theretTt Jtny proper ty, and X will favor "anything to make it more valuable. Of course, this business will not be so good Ihoi, " and" Til "gladly " mdVe" 6ut X might evenr put a. fine building there.". -iv-wV. r,. Aldermen.- who had tabled, the measure, several times, indicated that when the resolution actually granting the authority to construct the wooden fence come up 'they wUl ask that the city hold it out to Steinbock on his promise to re move it and the unsightly business within six months after the close of the war. " The bicycle ordinance was de feated without argument follow ing its third reading. Whether Its defeat means that the city win be without licenses for the several thousand wheels in use here or merely that a place other than the treasurer's office and examining authority other than the treasurer will have to be; named in another ordinance was not oiscussea. Without discussion, the council adopted s resolution making the airport lease to the federal gov ernment an automatically ' - re newed ' document, with June SO, 1987, established as absolutely fin al date. There is provision for ter mination of the lease following the war should the city desire to end the army occupation of the base. Neither discussion nor explana tion accompanied ordinance from the street ways and means com mittees, fixing working hours for most city employes and defining and regulating "overtime," and setting salaries respectively. The'efty recorder was authorized to have the city hall roof -gutter and drainage system checked and repaired. Th dry engineer was instructed to proceed with repairs to three bridges, taking money needed over and above the $500 in the bridge fund from monies dedicated to streets. . Largest bridge job is that to be undertaken at the South 21st street span where weakening retaining walls reputedly threaten the en tire structure. The roadbed of the South Capitol street bridge over Sheltod ditch and the sidewalks of the- North Capitol street bridge over Mill creek are to be redecked. total costs 1 were estimated at $1500. - - - . A deadend" sign was ordered for Tile road west of Warner street Purchase of 25 police hats - for members of the police reserve, using money, out of the defense fund, was authorized. . Natives Learn r Leatherneck English SOMWKgRX IN THE-SOUTH PACIFIC (Delayed) When US marines landed here, the local school teacher thought It was a wonderful chance for her. pupils to improve-their spoken English. She sent them to visit the marine camp, with instructions to pay close attention to American speech and manners. The next morning, a lad . of 11 strode. Into English class and greeted the startled schoolmarm with: "Hl-ya, babe. What s cookhV?" n a ..ill 1 J FRONTIER rrunf DONT a Jlrt THS r mm IL , j i $... , fciry ! I f i . Company Says Is Unfair : ? A petition asking, reconsidera tion of the operations tax on the Railway Express" company in Sa lem as -discriminatory" was pre sented to the eiry council wonuaj night and referred to the com mittee on public utuiues... "raised thei tax. on', the ' company's operations here from 223 a quarter o a - iim -eoual to tnai rhr(rrf in Portland - where the roncprn nnerates 65 Vehicles, mmvoV -frrr the - cornDanT declar- Tt. fiim 'ihree '' trucks, all lighter.when loaded than city buses; operate," he said. The company, asks" either a re- ... .. T . - .JI...1 . turn fn TM OLd lax. U ujua- ment so that the company is taxed as are city buses 835 for each vehicle-each year or a leveling off nracess in which all other 10 or 11 truck lines making deliveries in Salem and using Salem streets are charged the same as the ex- cress company. . An inter-state concern, and so nrobablr protected constitution ally from such a city tax, the ex press company is ready to pay Its share toward the city's operation, i the attorney tram. Portland de-1 dared, exnteinina that : 8300 year seemed a heavyshare. Public Mart . PlanGivcn ; . rt - ."'. Experimentation with a public farmers market and allocation of 8150 from the cHy emergency fund I for that purpose were authorized. by the Salem city council Mon day night upon recommendation of a special committee, but not without discussion. " .. ' The $150 will be used to se cure canvas cover andor build rough stalls from which farm pro- I duce may be sold direct to the j consumer, A. H. Gille, chairman of the special committee, Said in j response to queries. . " Merchants will have little or no objection to establishment of such a market. Alderman Elmer O. Berg, himself a grocer, and Alderman L. F. Le Garie, who was in that business 1 in Salem for many years, said. A little more howling from the consumer about purchasing diffi culties and a hands-off policy for short while might make the OPA regulation system top-heavy and 'cause it to crumble, suggest ed AUderman ' Dh Fry, who saw in, the move an' effort to sidestep-1 some of the federal oversight A The resolution adopted last night provides v for appointment by the mayor of three persons, one to be a member of the council. one ' a woman ' to represent the consumers and one from the Sa- em grange, to serve until January 1, 1944, as public market commis sion.- ' : ...--. Air Unit Here ' . For Maneuvers First of. the MdefendW anU- aircraft ' artillerymen . who wUl participate in the maneuvers .here this month arrived Sunday at the Salem army , air field. Talk of an "air show" was dis-1 counted Monday night by army officials here who emphasized that the maneuvers are ia the nature 1 of training and not of showman-1 ship, will involve- largely "grouna" activity and are not to be- open to the general public ..,.; Jnf s ( THRILLS.' - -Zntllfi ) irSMUSICOMEDY... With Alvinb . y ? and the i i r i r I I "I f SuDDO X A (