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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1944
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Sharp-shooting seventh Army Air Force B-2S Mitchell bombeti were really flying In close formation as can be seen by bomb (arrow, right) fail
tag within tew feet of other hits on tne Jap airfield In Marshall, island blasted by 800,000 pounds of bombs during campaign. Nearby Is Jap
bomber cut In half by well placed shots. Seventh AAF photo.
Mademoiselle of Armentieres
Won't Know Changed MP's
Philadelphia OB The MP's are- the back of someone's neck,
n't behind tne lines not In this I('s the MP's job to be out there
man's war ' I on ,he crossroad, a permanent
Sons of the veterans of ',,.-5
War 1 those swashbuckling spl- inforcements and replacements
ral-putteed, hob-nailed men of the moving in the right direction, and
Marne who kept marching cad- rear traffic out of the way of an
ence by lutily singing ambiguous ladvance.
often libelous and always Rabel-i It's a long, gruelling program
aislan verse on how the MP spent that makes an MP, a training
his time "20 miles back and 30 course that includes as many prob
feet underground" have a dif-1 'ems as any other combat troop,
ferent tale to tell. )He practices Judo, preparing for
You can take it from G.I. Joe either the little brown brother or
himself, the Genus Military Police the super-race. He digs foxholes,
of the present war Is a combat mounts machine guns, practices
troop of the first order, and a de- with the tommy-gun, learns traf
.cent fellow. He's in the MPs be-' flc direction and is a bit of a corn
cause Intelligence listed him as a ; mando with a blue and white bras
cool chap under fire, a bit of a dip- sard.
lomat, and a soldier who can keep He does his setting-up and push
law and order with a lot of cour- ing-up exercises, studies motor
age for when the going is tough. ' transport problems, digs deeply
It's a new army and a new MP. into the science of mao reading.
maae so rjy special courses con
ducted for every battalion of Mili
tary Police in training. An exam
ple is the recent turning of Phila-
guards lines of communications,
collects and guards prisoners of
war, and learns where to send
command cars, scout cars and
delphia's scenic Fairmount Park lines of armament. He studies
into a beachhead. Every phase of radio to keep in touch with head
a landing, from an MP standpoint, quarters, with troops ahead and
was enacted. Similarly through-, with troops In the rear.
out the country, the MP's learn
by doing.
No longer Is the MP labeled a
headquarters snooper with a pen-
He learns camouflage, and he
learns how to take over a hostile
town. The art of quelling any
thing from a two-man fight to
chant for cracking soldiers on a free-for-all is Just another course
leave over the head with a billy. on his program. He knows how to
The chances are, the MP on for- i tread his way through a captured
eign service Is just oft a beach 1 village, tommy-gun at the ready,
head where much of the success with intent to polish off any sni
of the operation depended on his pers. He knows how to clean city
ability to direct traffic, duck streets in an emergency,
shells and keep communication! His reward for 'long, painful
lines from snarling. months of rigorous traing is the
Or, maybe he's lying reflectively right to land with the first wave
on a hospital cot, direct from of attackers. Then he sets up his
some crossroads where a shell post and keeps the second, third
banged before it whizzed. Cros- and fourth waves going in the
roads, the fighting men tell you right direction,
are the bane of a soldier's exis-1 In this war, he's done it at Gua
tence and contribute greatly to his ' dal, at Oran, on Sicily, at Salerno,
non-existence. Every enemy ar- at Tarawa and in the Marshalls.
tilleryman knows their exact lo- And he won't be satisfied until
cation. Time after time, they he's done it on the invasion coast
chuck over a shell Just for luck, : of France.
In the hopes that it might land on I There, probably the -Mademoi-a
jeep, a truck, in the middle o selle from Armentieres won't rec
a marching column, or Just on ognize him. He's a changed guy.
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Japanese Reel
Under Impact of
American Blows
By Louis F. Keemle
(United Prcw War Editor)
Japan reeled today under the
impact of American blows which
had her main outer defenses
crumbling from Eniwetok in the
Marshalls, through Truk in the
Carolines to Rabaul and Kavleng,
on the flank of Australia and the
Dutch East Indies.
American and British air power
struck .with similar force at the
heart of Germany, raining thous
ands of tons of bombs by day and
night on her industrial centers
and cutting her fighter aircraft
production by an estimated 25 per
cent.
In southern Italy, allied forces
turned back the three-day all-out
German assault on the Anzio
beachhead and began regaining
the ground the enemy had taken.
Nazis In Retreat
The red army In Russia drove
the retreating Germans towards
the rail junction of Dno, leading
to Pskov and the entrance to Lat
via. .
The spreading American offen
sive in the Pacific produced the
following results:
1. Tokyo revealed the effect of
the defeats on land, sea and in the
air by removing the chiefs of staff
of both the imperial army and
navy, Field Marshal Gen. Sugi
yama and Fleet Admiral Osami
Nagano. The posts were taken
over respectively by Premier Gen.
Hideki Tojo and Navy Minister
Shigetaro Sgimada, placing direc
tion of the armed forces directly
in the government's hands.
2. The conquest of Eniwetok
atoll rapidly was nearing comple
tion. We held all the islands ex
cept Parry and the eastern part
of Eniwetok. The Japanese resist
ed stubornly but were being mow
ed down with comparatively light
American losses.
3. In the attack on Truk by a
mighty American task force, the
Japanese lost at least 19 ships
and more than 200 airplanes. The
ships included two light cruisers,
three destroyers, some smaller
naval vessels, and eight cargo
ships. Seven other ships were list
ed as "probably sunk."
Yanks Blast Rabaul
4. In the southwestern Pacific,
American airmen hit Rabaul with
123 tons of bombs in the 16th con
wutlve day of aerial assaults on
the base, making a total of 1,352
tons since Feb. 3, with the destruc
tion or probable destruction of
252 Japanese planes. The aerial
attacks were augmented by fleet
action in which destroyer forces
for the first time bombarded Ra
baul and Its companion base of
Keviang on New Ireland, sinking
or damaging 15 ships. ,
The air war over Europe reach
ed new intensity and definitely
was a pre-invaslon aimed at crip
pling Germany's air power In the
showdown to come.
In sequence, the royal air force
hit Leipzig on Saturday night
with 2,500 tons of bombs, losing
79 planes, Its highest of the war
in a single operation. '
In daylight Sunday, a record
force of 2.000 American planes hit
i at aircraft factories over a wide
I area from Gutow northwest of
Berlin to Leipzig In the south.
Other centers hit were Oschersle-
ben, Bern berg, Brulswick and
I Golha. The Americans lost 22
; bombers.
Stuttgart Hit
I The RAF came back to the at
I tack last night, striking heavily
at the industrial center of Stutt
! gart. while Mosquito bombers
, made a twin attack on Munich.
I Only 10 bombers were lost in the
J twin operation. It was estimated
; that more than 6,700 tons of
j bombs were dropped bv almost
14.500 allied planes within 24
hours.
In retaliation, the Germans
J made their second Incendiary raid
on London within three days,
: causing many fires and ronller
I able damage and casualties. They
were the best German efforts
since the 194041 blitz but on a far
1 smaller scale.
Your Income Tax
For property acquired after De
cember 31, 1920, by any transfer
in trust, except as a gift or by be
quest or devise, the rule Is that
the basis for determining gain or
loss is the same as It would be In
thf hands of the grantor, increas-
ed, In the amount of gain or de
creased in the amount of loss rec
ognized by the grantor upon such
transfer under the law applicable
to the year In which the transfer
was made. The expression "in
creased", etc., applies to a trans
fer of DroDertv In trust far a vain.
I able consideration. .
i In determining the basis in the
case of securities of a corporation
which have been acquired at vari
ous times and In vnrlmta amiim
and which have veen sold in vari
ous amounts and at various times,
the general rule la that the securi
ties sold (In the absence of identi
fication of the particular securi
ties soldi shall be charted against
the earliest purchases of such se.
curities.
.To determine the basis of com
mon stock received as a bonus
with a purchase of preferred
stock or bonds, the total purchase
price shall be fairly apportioned
between the common stock and
the securities purchased.
Gains and losses resulting from
the sale or exchange of capital
assets are not subject to the vic
tory tax but are subject to the
normal tax and surtax.
No. 43 '
BASIS OF GAIN OR LOSS
(PART !)
The basis for determining gain
or loss for Federal normal tax,
surtax, and victory tax purposes,
where the property exchanged
had been acquired by the taxpay
er in payment for services rend
ered, is the fair market value of
the property at the date of receipt.
This basis is then adjusted for
capital Items, such as deprecia
tion and betterments in the case
of real estate.
In the case of property acquired
by gift, a distinction is made be
tween property so acquired be
fore January 1, 1921, and after
December 31, 1920. For property
acquired by gift or transfer in
trust (except by devise or be
quest) before January 1, 1921, the
basis for determining either gain
or loss Is the fair market value at
the time of the gift, or transfer in
trust.
For property acquired by gift
after December 31, 1920, the basis
to be used depends upon whether
a probable gain or a loss is in
volved. In determining a gain the
I basis Is the same as it would be
; in the hands of the donor or the
last preceding owner by whom it
was not acquired by gift. Thus,
if a taxpayer received a gift of
property from his father in 1940,
the basis would be the cost (or
other basis) of the property to his
father (assuming his father had
bought it and had not himself re
ceived it as a gift), adjusted by
capital Items, such as depreciation
and betterments applicable. If,
however, his father had received
it also as a gift, then the basis
would be the cost (or otrfer basis)
to the last person by whom It was
not acquired by gift, adjusted as
described. (The "or other basis"
mentioned in parentheses would
apply to property acquired by the
father by purchase prior to March
1, 1913, or by devise or bequest, or
other means.)
. In determining a loss on prop
erty acquired by gift after Decem
ber 31, 1920, the basis is either
the same as it would be in the
hands of the donor or the last
preceding owner by whom It was
not acquired by gift, or the fair
market value of the property at
the time of the gift, whichever is
lower.
In the case of property acquired
by bequest, devise, or inheritance,
the basis is the fair market value
of the property at the time of
such acquisition. The time of ac
quisition is the date of death of
the decedent, even though legal
title may not pass to the legatee
until a later date. No distinction
applies between property so ac
quired before January 1, 1921, and
after December 31, 1920.
Private Suggests Forests
In Memory of War Dead
Logansnort. TnH II Pi Put o&
bert E. McDonald, now stationed
in ureal amain, nas suggested
to his father, Robert R. McDonald
of Logansport, that a tree be
planted in memory of each ser
viceman killed In the war.
The elder McDonald said he was
willing to start a country-wide
project by donating the necessary
plants for Cass county's war dead.
The soldier said that "war me
morials are Irnnic nnH ari hut tnK
ests wold be alive with beauty."
ne sam tne tsriusn nave advanced
the plan for their country.
MBuy National War Bonds Now!
6. R. S. Searches
For U.S. Dead in
Tunisian Hills
Gatsa, Tunisia ir A grim lit
tle band of American troops has
been prowling through the mined
and booby-trapped Tunisian hills
to locate isolated graves of dough
boys who were buried hastily on
thewttlefield.
The bodies are being transfer
red to evergrowing American
military cemeteries sprinkled
across Tunisia.
Exploding mines have wounded
several of the searchers, but they
have brought in scores of bodies
that otherwise might never have
been recovered.
"It's easy enough to locate the
plainly-marked graves," said one
of the Graves Registration Work
ers, Sgt. Donald McHenry, a stage
actor from New York City. "But
a lot of Americans were buried by
Arabs who stripped their bodies
of their clothes before burial. The
Arabs didn't mark the graves
and don't like to tell where they
placed the bodies."
Confidence Won
McHenry, however, has won the
Arabs confidence by giving them
cigarettes and candy, and by do
ing his best to carry on friendly
cnats in pidgin r rencn.
"Finally an Arab will admit he
knows where one American is
burled," said McHenry, "but when
we get to the burial place, there
will be several bodies. And when
an Arab is convinced that I'm not
going to shoot him for stealing, he
suddenly 'remembers' where
there are other graves."
Although the Arabs steal a sol
dier's clothes, they seldom take
his "dog tags," which carry his
own name and that of his next of
kin. But when a body Is found
without these identification discs.
the searchers make tooth charts
that are returned to Washington.
There, the war department fre
quently is able to Identify the vlc
tlb through the tooth chart made
when the soldier entered the serv
ice. Soil Is Dry
' McHenry works under a Graves
Registration Service unit headed
by Lt. Meyer Brown, a former
post office employee In Chicago.
In this same unit Is Staff Sgt
Eugene Farris. a former funeral
director In Augusta, Kan.
The soli around here is so dry
that the bodies are almost mum
mified," said Farris. "We wrap
them in a canvas shelter half, or
sometimes place them in a wood
en box, before burying therr lc a
military cemetery."
The Graves Registration 'Serv
ice keeps detailed records of the
dead, and sees that the cross or
Star of David over each grave
bears the name and unit of each
victim. The information is stamp
ed into a lead-colored metal plate
which in turn Is nailed to the
cross or star. If the doughboy's
dog tags are recovered, one is
nailed up beside the metal plate.
We all can be soldiers at home
soldiers of fortune if we buy
enough war bonds.
RESTORES OLD FURNACE
Chicago iux To commemorate
the discovery of iron ore in the
Lake Superior district In 1844
the Inland Steel- Co. has pur
chased the old Greenwood fur
nace west of Ishpemlng, Mich.,
and hopes to restore the furnace
to a point where a cast of iron can
be made. The furnace was built
the last year of the Civil war
for the production of charcoal
iron. It was In operation 10 years.
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