MEDFORD MAIL. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1943
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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