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MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1943 PAGE FIVE TO BE ENTITLED Tfl PAQU DmiMn iu unun iu.1 unu Wage Deduction Plan Will More Than , Cover Pay : merits to 16 Million, Said Washington, Dec. 24 (U.R) Government tax experts esti mated today that about 16,000, 000 taxpayers would be entitled to cash refunds on their 1043 taxes when they settle up en March 15. ' These would be' individuals whose periodic wage deductions under pay-as-you-go are such that by the end of the year they will have paid more than they actually owe. However, many bUUWll J tut I drop Panetro Nom Dropi In each nostril hlp you braathe freer almost Ihead cold air. ffic Jli tlmea aa much for 60c 14UUW woo viui . directed. Always set of the other 35,000,000 taxpay ers will have underpaid their liabilities and hence will have to make additional payments on March IS. Many Small Refunds Many will, get refunds of only $2 or $3, while others may claim substantial - sums by reason of overpayments and credits which can be claimed at that time. Treasury officials said the real test of The pay-as-you-go tax plan would come in March when all taxpayers are required to make their final reckonings for 1943. Present indications are that the current payment plan is work ing well and that people gen erally like it, officials said. Public Accept Plan When the Dlan first went into effect, many workers quit their Jobs in protest against the wage deductions and others nave re fused - salary increases which would out them in higher tax collection brackets but now, it was said, people generally un derstand that they are spaying under, withholding the same amount that they would pay anyhow. Opinion surveys indi cate that publi actually prefers the current plan now that it is becoming accustomed to it. Fewer delinquent taxpayers were anticipated for this year since many who might otherwise be delinquent have been paying their taxes through wage reduc tions. Since the tax plan started July 1 and up to Dec. 20, the "Jitterbugs" L03 Laurel and Hardy opens today at the Holly in "Jitterbugs" with Vivian Blaine. It's a cyclone of hilarity. The companion feature is "Omaha Trail" with Dean Jag ger and James Craig. . government collected $3,378, 654,188.33 through withholding. Other income tax collections this fiscal year total 19,704,809, 298, as compared with only $4,393,070,296 for the corre sponding period last year. QUAKE FAR WESTWARD ' Pasadena, Cat., Dec. 24 U.FD A major earthquake in the south- west Pacific recorded here yes terday could have been in either the Marianas or Solomon is lands, California Institute of Technology reported today. Seis mologists recorded the quake, 6,002 miles west, at 12:13.14 p. m. PWT. WARDS AFTER CHRISTMAS 7 cotton ' mlr JL. , vjf - mr jr V OUR. REGULAR 1.98 DRESSES 0.49 OUR REGULAR 2.98 DRESSES 2.49 OUR REOULAR 3.98 DRESSES 3.29 You'8 save money en these cottons I They're the practice! long-wearing dresses you have a dozen uses fori Neat, sturdy frocks for housework, marketing, war work . . . and smart enough for daylong wear next Spring I All drastically reduced to dear. Broken sizes for juniors, misses and women. CLEARANCE NOVELTY APRONS REGULARLY 69c fo 1.98 Aft 59viTol49 So pretty you'll buy them In two's and three's I They're the -merry Utile aprons you've wanted . . , yours at low prices I Also reduced for quick clearances Special group of robes and dressy housocoattl Hurry! M lvlontgomery Ward BORN LAST YEAR, Ratio of 10,584 to 10,000 Phenomenon Not Ex clusive to Wartime, Said. NEW YEAR'S EVE Washington, Dec. 24. (U.R) During this country's first full year of war, the proportion of boy babies to girls rose to the highest level in 15 years but don t ask the census bureau why. ' The census bureau wouldn't know why, and, moreover, it is not .disposed to get enmeshed in any controversy on the sub ject. The cold facts, however, are that in 1942, according to cen sus bureau figures released to day, 1,444,369 boys and 1,364, 631 girls were born in the United States, a ratio of 10,584 to 10,000. Also In Europe ' During the last war, the cen sus bureau pointed out, the ratio of boy babies to girls in several European countries in creased temporarily, and "the idea then grew up that this was nature's method of compensat ing for the loss of male lives in warfare." But whatever the European statistics, may prove, if any thing, "an increase in this ratio is not exclusively a wartime oc currence insofar as the United States is concerned," the census bureau said. Since 1915, when the bureau first began compiling birth totals, the ratio of boys to girls has exceeded the 1842 figure in - three different peacetime years. The highest ratio was in 1925 when there were . 10,604 males born for every 10,000 females. Ratio Exceeded ' . The 1942 ratio also was ex ceeded. In 1921 with 10,588 to 10,000 and in 1927 with 10,585 to 10,000. Oddly enough, ' the wartime ratios in 1917 and 1918 were exactly the same as 1942's 10,584 to 10,000. Whatever it all means, the census bureau Is sure of one thing: "The chances are slightly better than 50-50 that the stork will bring a male heir." CUREANDlLLIS BEST DRESSED OF 1943, SAY CRITICS Br Joan Younger United Press Correspondent. New York. Dec. 24 (U.R) Eleven mink-coated matrons to day were chosen as 1943's best dressed, but the two top-rankers, Corigresswoman Clare Boothe Luce and the Duchess of Wind sor, declared they hadn't had anything new for months, while the eleventh, Rosalind Russell, said she's rather be a pin-up girl any day. . "I've paid precious little at tention to my clothes in the last few years," said blonde Mrs. Luce, who, like the duchess, rarely wears hats. "I've always got a feeling I'm horribly frowzy these days, but I've no time to do anything about it." The duchess, who tied with Mrs. Luce ,for first, said she hadn't had . anything new "In ages," but said "of course, I'm flattered." Others chosen by 40 New York fashion critics, in order, were: Mrs. Byron Foy, Mrs. Wal ter Hoving, Mrs. Harrison Wil liams, Mrs. Andre Embirlcos, all New York socialites; Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, China's first lady; Lily Pons, opera singer; Mrs. Harold Talbott, Mrs. Law rence Tlbbett, both of New York, and Rosalind Russell, screen actress. New VMr'i Vw r. tiu a drinks, meals 'or special food items in night clubs, hotels and other eating and drinking estab lishments in Oregon must not be higher than the charges made last New Year's Evn. ArrnrHintr to a ruling of OPA, a copy of which has been received by the local war price and ration board. All eating ana arinklng estab lishments, whose ceilings are regulated by restaurant maxi mum price regulations issued by OPA regional and district of fices, are prohibited in a nation wide OPA order from exceeding their highest New Year's Eve prices for the same food and beverage items, when sold for immediate consumption. Oper ators of eating and drinking establishments who were not open for business after 8 p. m. last New Year's Eve are per mitted to charge prices no higher than those charged by a com petitor of the same class or type, the order states. - A record must be kept of any banquets, dinner parties or spe cially served food and drink items, according to the ruling. Also, the cost of any entertain ment features furnished must be Individually Itemized and records made thereof and all records are to be kept by the establishment for a period of two years. RAFFLES JUNIOR Los Angeles, Dec. 24. (U.R) An eight-year-old safecracker was turned over to his parents today for a little applied psycho logy, preferably to the seat of his pants, police said. He open ed a safe in a service station in regular burglary style by turn ing the dial until the tumblers clicked. ' When he was picked up, police said he had 1180 of the $300 loot The rest went for candy, tee cream and treats. . HIGHEST CASH PRICES Paid lot Good Used Cars HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 So Riverside Dial 4M0 PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Burtlett Phone Mil Daa stall TrlBuna want It MEDFORD. ORt .'JILL BE CLOSED MONDAY DECEMBER 27 Vie Are Proud to VJish a ft OT WKf LGAL WMEN HE3 TTHIE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS Kelly, Marforle McMahan, lona Paulino Randolph, Mabel Rohrer, Haiel M. Roseberry, Shirley Joan Vilm, Elisabeth E. Witt, LaMurlo B. Hallgren, Alice M. Hutchinson, Virginia L. . Burd, Loulso , Bourne, Mabel Fraedrick, Jean Louise Glad, Thelma E. Gibeion, Mabel V. Glan, Mildred L Hunt, Gladys F. Hurley, Betty B. 232 East Main Street; Medford, Oregon 117 SOUTH CENTRAL PHONE 3930 JANUARY 3, 1944
