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ayers Of Hidden laxp 1951 Income Editor's not Federal la com tax returns are due in 10 days. la making them out, taxpayers are discovering that in the last 18 months Congress enacterd not one, but two, in- . creases in individual income tax rates. This dispatch ex plains how it happened. - By REX CHANEY '.; Washington OI.R) .'Com plaints are rolling in to the Treasury and members of Con gress from stunned income tax payers struggling with what they Russian Woman Interned by UN In Love With 61 Pusan, Korea (U.R) A Rus sian woman interned by the United Nations command said Tuesday she is in love with an Army corporal from Illinois and will never go home to Manchu ria. Mrs. Lubov Mikitihna Do mova, 23, a White Russian for merly of Harbin, Manchuria, lives with her two-year-old daughter, Sofia, in UN prisoner camp No. 10, five miles north of Pusan. She said the corporal is Alfred Martinet, Elgin, 111., who came to Korea last November. "I love him," she said, "and he loves me, too. He writes to me about twice a month." She said she would try, to get American citizenship through the American consulate and re turn with him to the United States. Oregonan Circulation Manager Here Promoted Clifford Piland. 401 West Sec ond street, until March . 1 a branch manager here for the Oregonian circulation depart ment, has been promoted to dis trict manager, according to an announcement from his office today. Piland now is in charge of circulation of the paper from Ashland to Grants Pass with headquarters here. The Oregonian now has set up an agency here instead of a branch managership and Fred D. Eismann, formerly of Port land, has arrived to take over the agency, according to Piland's office. At the present he is living at the Holland hotel but will move his family here from Port land when ' hc locates a resi dence. AGE Unknown MAKE Ditto (Tires are worth this) AS IS (Ride it away) plain es in Lav regard as hidden gouges in the 1951 tax law. Returns must be filed by March 15. Looking at, the big increase iq their taxes, they figure there has been a mistake somewhere or that Congress and the admin istration slipped something over on them-when they weren't look ing. ., . . Two Increases Enacted What many are just now find ing out ig-that in the last 18 months 1 Congress enacted not one, , but two individual income tax increases.' These were: . 1. Tax increase of Oct. 1, 1950 this ranged, on an annual basis, from 20.5 per cent in the lowest income tax bracket to 11.5 per cent in the highest. 2. Tax increase of Nov. 1, 1951 this ranged, on an annual basis, from 11 per cent to 12 per cent for most taxpayers on top of the first increase. Due .to the delayed-action fuses on tax laws, some classes of taxpayers only now are feel ing the full effect of the first increase voted back in the fall of 1950 plus a small bite of the second increase too! ' Full Impact in 19S3 By the same token, some tax payers won't realize the full im pact of last fall's second increase until March, 1953. The great bulk of taxpayers in the lower and middle brackets already are aware of just what both tax increases have done to them. These are the people whose income tax bill is wholly or largely met by the withhold ing levy. The government re quires their employers to deduct the tax from their wages. Each time. Congress passed a tax in crease, it ordered an immediate hike in the withholding rates to make the higher taxes immedi ately effective for such persons. Second One Not Felt People who attempted to file fairly precise advance estimates of their taxes on 1951 income also have had a pretty good idea of what the 1950 tax increase did to them, but have not felt the second increase. But the advance estimates, al though" required of many tax payers who are not fully covered by the withholding system, do not have to be precise, and in deed in many cases could not be precise.. So it is only in their final, returns for 1951 that these taxpayers come up against the full shock of the first tax in crease that was enacted back in October, 1950 to say nothing of part of the second increase. There are 140 species of trees growing in the Great . Smoky Mountains, more than are found in all of Eurooe. Goug SEMIS Pi COLUMBIA (Not a gem of the ocean) Two Wheels No Fenders LEAD IT HOME (It Needs one) AS IS THE BLUE BEETLE Somebody got careless with the blue paint It's ready for the "wild blue yonder" But Might Get You Home AS IS with Chain Guard, and White Wall Tires Open Until 9 o'Clock Tonight Brain 'Strokes' Responsible for Loss of Memory Los Aneeles 0J.F9 "Little rfrnlcM" that occur in the brain are responsible for Radical changes in personality that cause many men to lose their memory and retire before the aee of 50. says Dr. Walter C. Alvarez,1 Mayo Clinic emeritus consult ant. Dr. Alvarez, also a lecturer at the University of Illinois med ical school, made the disclos ures at the annual convention of the College of Medical Evan gelists here. Few Persons Aware The author of the little stroke theory said few of the persons who have had these pygmy strokes are ever aware of them. He said they seldom individual ly cause more than temporary dizziness, but a series of them may cause grave problems. "If a man who has been im maculate suddenly becomes slop py and permits gravy to accum ulate on his vest, we become suspicious," the speaker said. Portland Woman Writes Letters Opposing UMT Portland (U.R) Mrs. Carl L. Krause said Tuesday she plan ned to write to every Senator and Representative in Washing ton, D.C., to state her views in opposition to universal military training. Mrs. Krause said she has been opposed to UMT for "at least 30 years" and has written to some 105 representatives within the last two weeks. Most of the let ters, she said, have been to those who "are uncertain." In addition, Mrs. Krause said, she has sent numerous telegrams to senators and others who she said had "taken a good stand" against UMT. She said nobody except a par ent has the constitutional right to make a decision regarding the education, occupation or hazardous location of a minor. She added she was careful to note that "we do need help in the defense setup" but that she thought "we should keep the boys out of the armed forces until they are 21 years old." Salem (U.R) State Rep. Rob ert Y. Thornton of Tillamook filed his candidacy with the state election bureau Tuesday for attorney general. He will seek the Democraic nomination. Walllkeir Weeps annaD. HDafisy ED GAVE TOO MUCH FOR THESE TRADE-INS SO NOW YOU WIN!!! savie ait ttieiiesie mikcies DKT HJSffiDD DBUISIES Look At The Prices On These Dogs er-uh Bikes ! ! ! FOR SEE OUR GUARANTEED A Nichols Worth of Comment On Y HAftMAN ' Uaftee' Press Washington', (U.R) The Bureau of Labor Statistics has completed h survey of the aver- v age nuiii;au house built in the last couple of years. 'And I guess I live in one.-- No garage, the basement and attic un finished and the medicine cabinet large -enniicrh tn hold Haxmoa Nichols onJy cosmetics, bobby pins and toothpaste. Leav ing shaving, gear to rest on the floor or some other inconvenient spot. The BLS survey covered 83, 825 homes started after Korea in Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, San Fran cisco and Seattle. By towns the survey showed this picture of the average house: San Francisco, no basement or utility room at all; Washing ton, masonry-brick preferred; slate or tile roofing in Miami; less than fivefooms in Chicago; three bedrooms in Washington and San Francisco, the average; one and a half stories in Cleve land; attached garages in San Francisco and Seattle, and fin ished attics in Cleveland. I had a few questions to ask the bureau. Answer Generally Same And to each question the an swer generally was the same. Money. Most of the new homes are built by an individual or a corporation on the speculation of a sale. Therefore production costs must be cut so that the "av erage" home can be peddled for $9,962 plus. - In Washington, in most neigh borhoods, you must leave youT car on the street or back alley to rust from the weather. A garage would cost you $800 to around $1,800 depending on the material used. But those prices would be that low only if they were included in the original blueprint. They are much high er if you decide to add a garage after the house is bought. Finishing a basement or attic costs what you want or. what the labor, traffic will bear. A good estimate, according to the BLS, would be from $2,000 up for the attic and less for the basement. Steel Supports Demanded Some states, or areas, demand that steel beams be used to sup port the floor. Steel costs more than wood, so the man who is speculating on a sale, if he can get away with it under the law. naturally uses wood. Wood is a IkHc it ES MIEMLMCE BALLOON TIRES White Side Tires No Fenders BLACK BEAUTY Several miles left in this one (Might even get you home) AS IS ONLY RECONDITIONED USED BIKES - SnilIIIlS IKjIPCIDSo 23 N0RTH fir (ex to This and That W. NICHOLS Peatere Writer good feeding ground for ter mites. The Trumans found that out when it became evident that the White House needed a going over. Time had rotted the beams and Margaret's grand pi ano stuck a leg through the floor of her suite in protest Scrimping Makes Sense Scrimping on materials makes sense when it comes to econom ical construction. But I can't un derstand being so pennywise when the bathroom medicine chest is involved. ' The BLS claims there has been some improvement. The awage is said to be 12 to 14 inert in width, 18 or 19 inches high and 4 or S inches deep. But for a man who has two women to fight for space therein, it isn' big enough. One other little fact. The "old fashioned" fireplace is fading in to the limbo in new houses. That makes me old-fashioned. I have a fireplaced home. Oregon Described In Magazine Story Oregon in general and Southern Oregon in particular is given favorable mention in an article in the current edi tion of Westways, magazine pub lished by the Automobile Clubs of Southern California. The article was written by Patrice Manahan, associate ed itor of the magazine, who was one of the visiting travel edit ors entertained here briefly last summer. The publication goes to some 350,000 automobile own ers in Southern California. The story describes Miss Mon ahan's trip through Oregon last summer. A considerable portion of it is devoted to the time she spent in Southern Oregon, in cluding a visit to Crater Lake, her ride down the Crater Lake highway to Medford, visits in Medford, "with . its tree-lined streets, carefully tended gardens and cosmopolitan, hospitable people." She also tells of touring Bear Creek orchards, Ashland and Lithia park, Jacksonville, Grants Pass and the Oregon Caves. DIVIDEND VOTED Aberdeen (U.R) The Harbor Plywood Co. board of directors has voted a dividend of 20-cents per share payable April 1 to stockholders of record -as of March 10, it was announced Wednesday. Dead line on Classified Adi 5:30 p.m for following day: 10 ajn Monday for Monday: noon Saturday BLACK AND WHITE (original paint what there is left) ENGLISH TYPE (We said type it never saw England) LIGHT WEIGHT Easy Riding (Down Hill) HAS TWO (count 'em) FENDERS KICK STAND To Hold It Up When Not In Use (Which will be often) HOW CAN YOU LOSE Wednesday. Marefc S. 152 Negro Plans Move Despite Cross in Yard San Pablo, Calif. (U.R) !L Negro war veteran planned to move himself and his family into a new home Wednesday despite the mysterious appearance of a three-foot cross on his front lawn. .; "I'm not afraid and I will not be forced out," said Wilbur D. Gary, a Richmond, Calif., build ing contractor and father of sev en children. He is a former Navy carpenter's mate and vice-commander of an American Legion post in Oakland. The wooden ' cross appeared Tuesday morning on the front Bargain in Beauty KEM-TONE Mirade sol wofl point. A ooRoa of Kan-Tone arakat a gallon one' a half of poft, ready to vu. $391 GAL SUPER KEM-TONE De luxe wall paint Ouoroirtaad'woihoMe Rich gergeou colors $498 CAL Main and Riverside " 1 mmmm Ms Jbinnt 66 $20.00 AND UP!! MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN 119 Estimated Dead Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.R) Casualties in Tuesday's train col lision, apparently the worst in Brazilian history, was estimated at 119 dead and more than 250 injured. More than 100 bodies had been removed from the burned and twisted wreckage at the scene of the freak crash 25 miles north west of here. Nearly a score of others died in hospitals. lawn of Gary's new home in the all-white Rolling Wood district. Its appearance prompted an im mediate investigation by Contra Costa County Sheriff James N. Long. in the lonq run (BMP W Tfo KUrcch Encsnd That I looks and Washes Like I I Poked Enantleee 1 For kitchen and bathroom wolb and afl your woodwork! 6 colors end a white mot stays white! Washes as easily as your refrigeratorl . Dries fret of brush marks in 4 hours! YOU SAVE... WHEN YOU SHOP FOR QUALITY bros HERE'S ANOTHER BLACK ONE (We think (Hard telling what color is under the dirt) Has One White Wall Tire Gave somebody a lot of service Might even give you some? A BARGAIN?? AS IS AT ONLY (5)99 Mail Tribune) PHONE 2-9472 Penney's Distaff ers Will Manage Store The J. C. Penney company store in Medford will take a fling at Leap year Friday and Saturday. Women employees of the store will hold all the top management positions and direct all the store's operations those two days. And the men will do as they're told, according to Assistant Man ager Bernie Loosemore. The same stunt has been tried hi other Penney stores, and it was found with women running things, sales zoomed way up and customers were happy with the change, Loosemore said. Done. Phone 2-6189 J77 as
