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Evening star., 1942-10-06
American Batt|eship
Of Mississippi Glass,
Sunk, Italy Claims
a Sub Torpedoes Hit Ship
$50 Miles Off Freetown,
West Africa, Rome Says
BY the. Associated Press,


LONDON, Oct. 6.-The Rome
radio broadcast a special COM
munique today reporting that an
Italian submarine put four tor
pedoes into the bow of a United
States battleship of the $4,000
ton Mississippi class in the At
lantic $50 miles off Freetown,
West Africa, and that the battle
ship was seen sinking" 49,
There was no confirmation from
any other source for this claim nor
any indication that United States
Warships were operating in that
area.
On Washington, the Navy De-
partment said it had no COM
ment to make on the claim)
Sub Credited With Maryland.
The communique said the italian
submarine Barbarigo scored the hits
on the battleship at 2:34 am, Rome
time, today 1874 pm, E. w. T., yes
terday).
The Barbarigo is an ocean, going
submarine which previously had
been reported by the Italians to
have sunk United States battle
ship of the Maryland class near
Brazil last May %.
Strangely, the Italians claimed to
have, hit both battleships in the
bows. Such blows, while possibly
damaging, would be unlikely to sink
modern Warships possessing spe-
clal protection against torpedoes
and a honeycomb of watertight
compartments to confine the effect
OF torpedo hit. In the Maryland
claim the Italians said the battle
ship was hit twice in the bow "and
sank IN "a short time"
Oldest of Glass.
The Mississippi is the oldest Of
three battleships grouped by the
United States as the New Mexico
class. They are the Idaho and New
Mexico, each 33,40O tons, and the
33,oOO-ton Mississippi, which was
completed December 18, 1917.
Each of these battleships mounts
II l4-inch and IL 5-inch guns as her
chief weapons and each carries three
planes and two catapults from which
to launch them.
All three were modernized between
1880 and 1884 when they were fitted
with heavier protection including
thicker decks and anti-torpedo
bulges. During ,194l, their anti-air-
craft batteries were strengthened and
their topside protection was in
creased.
Text of Communique.
The communique said:
EARLY this morning. at Pa Ital-
ian Rome time), at latitude de-
grees, Is minutes north and longi-
tude IA degrees, Is minutes west,
namely in the Atlantic about 800
miles southeast of FreetoWn. West
Africa, the submarine Barbarigo,
with Comdr. Emo GroSsi in COM
mand, attacked United States bat
tleship of the Mississippi type which
sailed at course $50 and speed of
13 knots.
The battleship was hit at the bow
by four torpedoes and was seen sink
ing"
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Behavior Of U. S. Troops
In ENGLAND Defended
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 6-The governor
of the British Broadcasting Corp,
Harold Nicolson, answered Nazi
propaganda charges of bad behavior
by United States troops in England
last night by saying trouble among
the Americans was only about half"
that in the British Army.
'If we are patient and considerate,
we will send back to America after
the war thousands of good will am
bassadors,' Mr., Nicolson said in a
speech at Oxford.
"It will mean something to ease
the days after victory. But if we
don't do it, it will be an information
al disaster
Evening star., 1942-10-06
So Inductees Report
For Army Duty Tomorrow

Fifty-eight District inductees will
begin Army life at 10 am. temor-
row when they report for assign
ment to training camps.
1nducted September %, the men
were given leave of two weeks in
order to close out their civilian
affairs.
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Continued From First Page +,

ton and readjustment after the war
a. ByShaving a. tendency to hold
down. costs. it will offset somewhat
the effect of an unduly high excess
profits tax upon imitation"
Senator George estimated the
broadening of the individual income
tax base by reducing the personal
exemptions would add approximately
100000 new taxpayers, with 600 900
more added by reduction of the
credit for dependents from $4O0 to
5000. .
In order to raise the large amount
OF additional revenue required it is
necessary to reach down into the
lower income group, and in doing so
felt it preferable to levy tax such
IS the victory tax rather than a
general retail sales tax" Senator
George said, adding that it was i'm
possible to obtain the estimated
53600y zoo 600 additional revenue of
the s. per cent victory tax by in
creased taxation of persons in the
higher income levels.
Sales Tax Opposed.
For example" he said eff we
should confiscate all net income
over s25,000 we would only receive
approximately 100000, 900 of addi-
tional revenue"
The adoption of a sales tax as
some members of the committee
advocated. in lieu of the victory tax
Senator George said, would mean
the shifting of the tax from those
best able to pay to those least able
to pay." Incomes of 1924 a year
or less are exempt from the victory
tax" 80
This tax. in my opinion, will be
cheerfully borne by the American
people," the Senator said, "espe-
cially those in the lower income
groups who already have demon
strated not only their willingness
but their desire to contribute more
directly to the war effort and to an
early victory
The demands for sales tax arose
As the Finance Committee earlier
today reported the huge tax meas
ure to the Senate.
While the report did not allude
to Mr., r,.Morgenthau's demand of YES
terday for even higher taxes, COM
mittee members declared in no un-
certain terms that something new
s,, fov to
if Mr.. Morgenthau's goal of $50 OOO,-
100000 year 'and possibly much
more" was to be reached.
Below Georges Estimate.
The Treasury head said the COM
mittee- approved bill, combined with
present taxes, would raise approx
mately sN, 900 900, 900 a year, or ap-.
proximately $2.000 ,000, ,0n0 less than
Senator George has estimated
Senators Herring, Democrat. of
Iowa, and, Radcliffe, Democrat, of
Maryland. said they believed the
only way $4,000. 100000 could be
raised would be through sales tax.
'We'res going to have to come
to that straight, across the
boards sales tax" Senator Herring i
declared. There have been esti-
mates that a sales tax of at least
10 per cent would, be required to
raise 5000 600 900 additional.
Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis-
scuri, an opponent of the sales tax,
said he frankly did not know where
the money could be obtained and
agreed with Senator johnson, Demo-
crat, of Colorado that the point of
diminishing returns rapidly was be-
ing approached in Federal taxation.
There is a vast difference between
leving taxes and collecting them"
Senator johnson declared.
Senator Connally, Democrat, Of
Evening star., 1942-10-06
Schedule of Income Taxes
Levies to Be Collected From individuals
Under New Revenue Measure
BY the Associated Press.

Following table by Committee
comparing the total withholding would
collected from individual
approved by the House
collected under the bill by committee
House bill totals include the Withholding proposed
totals
post war rebate provided for taxpayers
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Child's Dress ::
Passes Lint
Laundry Test
Washod, Linit-Starched, and
Irou,ed lis Times; Looks
Perky and New

The child who wears limit
starched clothes loo1D smart and
well -Rroomed. Her c3othes stay
clean looking longs. They re easier
for Mother to nun. AND they're
easier on Mothers clothes budget.
For LNT-starched fabrics wear
and ,pear. LIMIT penetxates the
fabric, covers tiny fbres with pro
tectiue coating. 81. So
Free! The helpful LIMIT LxUN-
DRY CHART. Write Corn Products
Sales Company, II Battery Place,
New York, N. 7, Dept. LE-10
Evening star., 1942-10-04

AAJuR DHIIG

IN order to preserve lively bounce
in the spMmgiy-used rubber.
TAKE cA11 Of ytolk onrsefI Next
yU's stnEy On 1v17ahle suppliss
my be 4 different one. Do tub
them frequently. IN aocouixnoe
With washing insnuctiuna- Treut
your eo(seEs = yuu Do your other
eaothes: = something TO keep fresh
md dainty, bath berasse that
males fnr god grooming md
because body oils and paspEA-
tim ne deafh 70 rubber md dDth-
A snmefhing 10 pm IN pusm-
ively. with eveEy hook md hne
Recessed. A. snnething 70 be eass1
AfspqEsBEied -. A. scnhing TO
be especially Cherished qpv be-
cnne they me tie su d tlhe
trim silhouette yuu muu i've 10
louk smart IN the new c1u Auled
wartime dotheA
Keep cnseta II good r1if.
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Evening star., 1942-10-04
CONTROL THOSE CURVESI

they me IiGht 1t every point.
Don't buy BY Gze. Don't expect
4 cnboa oopy of m Old favnite
that you me shout 10 retire.
Do kgten 10 the cuEse6ere. Do
ask her to bring yuu several can6-
dates for your vote. Do allow
enough time to Try them m On.
Do strip down for the fitting. It's
next-to-you that you're guing to
wear these grments. Do assemble
yumself in the correct posture.
when you judge the foundation
you're going to buy. Do aaahe q
AeeerznineA e8set t. snaintain
Sesd psstsHe, - that ysur oer-
see win nse be 0veEwoskea un-
necessarfly and WIN hsA' it's
shaRe - aaA yssEs = lsaser.
Do buy twina. instead of just one
outfit, fn steady service. Wering
twins alternately stretches out the
Evening star., 1942-10-04

CMtaS On 4 new cur1et me
limited to two pairs. but because
these stzumch suppWtes me ad-
vzntaseouiay placed fore and aft.
they do m .dequzte 1nchoEinG
job.
As for braA. zTtful design carries
On where elastic leGves of. But
economy in elastic i used where
you'll mind it the least: in sfoul-
der str.ps, which me apt to be all
ribbon: m one Of the tv0 back-tzb
fastenings. which . pretty ea-
tain to be made Of fabric tzpe.
Nov that yuu know wh2t's wt1f
shout the shape Of thing to come.
cp your ems fur Institute advioe
On how to buy, wer and talec ecae
Of your 9zsments-
- cA1AUG about Their ct. Be-
cunne there i len e2asfic IN the
new models, they should be naetc-
uIoulfy fitted to m1lne sure tint
Evening star., 1942-10-04

meeZpecf1nCy0
each menbd, be-
cause och can be-
kept clean md IN
good re,air and
0n be rested be-
tween wuRm0.
Do remember. if
You We0 daclrs
ENTHUSIASTICALLY,
that the pande
girdle yua ue
with them shol1ld
beGesh and Glenn
when you put It
away between
times. And If you
hxveauisedfom-
dation tint gives
you something
pretty special IN
the way Of sinbm
umd ouvet-
ed fatne under
evening gowns.
do wen 1t, now
md tiin. under
dUtin,e dotil0
Evening star., 1942-10-04

411ns - Pacq.ias = ~ haads
Nd liPs befsse ssin9 = - ~ -
my stker spsts tlhat seea drys aay1
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rub of q eistAeE. vvhsa - -
Pacquins a hand1, - wsfls 4
carefully srsd her nailsL
Evening star., 1942-10-04

Ina 10S. Il NE Pacqsins It work
md ne some sitter each rest period
1t protects my hands and feels %
cooling and soothing. ! also use
PAcq - my hands and lips be-
fore ~ lte in tie evening I've had
lots cd fsfpline.ts q ny haadG" "
Evening star., 1942-10-04

lana Badge Ma e009 It the Sery Gyuscupe Carany
makes airpane Uncle a Her hands IT
dirty and ouRd In the daytime hut It might Cinderella
change this attractive girl with so appeanK hands laura knows
roueh hands ke Of her siste
inoesaIs M P.cquns Hand Cream Sic 4 tried
before found Pacqu really takes of
hands Wo workers learned aot Pacqufns from doctors
and nurses vtd6e hands also take = daily heating
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Wartime coueas will
do tho job = bu1 You
must 11ee1 fhean night
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since the WPB stopped pCoduc-
ton Of elastic thrend has bean
burning our lips. Spokesman for
the Foundation Carment Insti-
tute Of America ny: '.As fast -
pe-WPB szrmeuts disappear from
the stma, re-desiGned models viii
take their paace. Thanks to inee-
niom design md to painst1kmg
workmanship. the new garments
Evening star., 1942-10-04

will do - good q
job Of stIeaullin-
ing your figure ~
their .pre-war
predecessor"
Here's how:
Supplies If el1i-
tic On hand have
bemstrztegicaIly
but sparingly
uef to give you
both figure con-
hol md stretch
able comfort.
.Fabrics, sl1etchy
sW firm BY on-
,struction, COM
bine with e2agtic
to curb bulges
and beautify
curves. Hooks
and eyes are
st1ndins for re-
stricted slide
listener md viii
keep the closure
aituation under
n 0onri cun1rui.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

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haaartls are dskwal1n ccanos
scrubhine PaOns H c.
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and appealing Fellow Lsara
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Psmuins O hands and hPs Ega
larry Pacquins y grcaseie, dses
n0t sl,ow OF rub ~. CT be pro
lection % many won.en war work
crs reiy q, Panqsins Hsnd Cressa
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

ESTATE OF WILL A. JACKSON,
DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, M. d. Z1NN, Public
Administrator, as administrator OF
the estate of WILL A. JACKSON,
deceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, that within six
months after the first publication
of this notice they either file them
with the necessary vouchers In the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of the State of California, in
and for the County OF Imperial, or
exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers to the said M. D. Zinn, as
administrator of said estate, at the
office of D. B. Roberts, POT Bank
of America Bldg, El Centre, Califor-
MIA, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business OF
the said estate in the County Of
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centro, California,
this 9th day of October 1912.
M. d. ZINN, Administrator
of the Estate of
Will A. Jackson, Deceased.
mo 2D (O12-19-26; NJ
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
WHATS HAPPENED TO
THE ZERO PLANES?

Japan's fearsome Zero fighter planes
have virtually disappeared from the skies
over Kiska, where they were plentifully
in evidence for many weeks after the JapS
took over there.
Allied pilots over the Owen Stanley
mountains of New Guinea have met al
most no Zero fighters in opposition to
their big sweeps. Few Zeros have been
seen lately in the Solomons.
All this adds up to something. What
it is, we do not pretend to know
But we would like to point out that the
remotest of all the possibilities is that
all the Zeros have been knocked out of
the skies by our own fighters and bomb
ers. There are lol of things more pos
sible, and none of them are so pleasant.
In the first place it is practically GER
tain that the Japs are conserving their
crack fighter planes for some eventual
ity. They are withholding them from
combat even in important theaters of
war, for some reason.
The reason may just possibly be that
the JapS are afraid of losing them If
they send them into combat too often,
since the ratio has been greatly in favor
of American fliers and planes. But, if
the Japs are afraid of losing them, it is
not because of any sense of property val
ues. After all, the planes were made to
be lost, when lost in the right way and
at the right time.
So, again, it becomes apparent that, If
the enemy is avoiding risks, it is in order
to save his best planes for some parti-
cular task which has not yet become gen.
orally known.
Great Britain did the same thing in
the early days of her war with Germany,
Withholding at least half of her fighter
planes from combat until the decisive mo-
ment came The outcome of that moment
the battle of Britain-proved that the
British were wise.
Let us hope that the same wisdom does
not fight on the side of the JapS. But
let us, also, not allow ourselves to be
deluded by the notion that the Japs have,
somehow, suddenly become disarmed in
the war.
We know pretty we'll how many Jap
Zeros our men have knocked down, and
the total is only very small percentage
of JapanS aerial strength at the start of
the war.
Where is the rest of it?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
Editorials and Comment
EVEN IF WE
WEREN'T AT WAR
Jacksonville Register)

(WatSOnVllle ReglSter)
In a dispassonate, unvarniShed state
ment of facts, Elmer Davis has made it
clear that James Petrillo's ban on musical
records is blow at our war program
that Notwithstanding Mr.. Petrillo'S fair
statements of intention, actually he is
obstructing the fight against the axis.
There are some hundreds of radio sta
tionS which could not exist without can
ned music" The Office of War InfOrma-
tion uses these stations as outlets and
would miss them if they were closed.
Moreover, our soldiers, sailors, mar
ines and factory workers are obtaining
valuable recreation from juke box music
in places that could not, by any stretch
of the imagination, be suspected OF fin
ancial ability to hire musicians for per-
sonal appearances.
And surely Mr. Petrillo does not eX-
pect individual families to hire name or
chestras when they feel the urge to bright
en- up the home with a bit of Syncopatlon
or few tunes from the classics
These arguments have validity and
weight, but somehow they do not stir as
much. for example, as the tale of the Mo-
bile shipyard that closed two days be-
cause the workmen objected to paying 3
cents a day ferry toll.
We are perturbed by the strictly non
war aspects of Mr.. Petrillo's ban on mu-
Sical records.
Mr.. Petrillo is not fighting employers
who have been unfair to laborers or to
their union. He is attempting, single
handed, to stop the whole progress of
technology.
The complaint Of Mr.. Petrillo is, frank
ly, that mechanization, which makes mu-
sic available to those who otherwise
could not have it, is throwing union musi-
clans out of work.
Assembly line methods made it possible
to make an automobile with much less
labor than before Did that throw men
out of work? Not at all. 1t made more
customers for the cheaper, better auto
mobiles, and created enormous new en-
plOyment.
The same is true of every field of man
ufacture. Every labor-SaVing invention
has opened up new Jobs, made possible
higher pay, and given to thousands or
millions the ability to have what before
had been prohibitively expensive.
That is the whole secret of American
prosperity That is why our workmen
get higher pay, have better homes, travel
more, eat better, can educate their chill
dren.
But Mr. Petrillo is agin progress. He
won't stand for it. He would rather throw
thousands of his subjects out of work
than see music made available in the
American way.
If there weren't war; Mr.. Petrillo still
would be wrong.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 1871

NV
ESTATE OF DILL G.. SMITH,
DECEASED.
Notice is, hereby given by the
undersigned HELEN M. KNICK-
REHM as Administrative of the es-
tate of DILL CT. SMITH, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased that within six months after
the first publication of this notice
they either file them with the nee
esSary vouchers in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of the
State of California, in and for the
County of Imperial or exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers to the
said Helen M. Knickrehm, as ad-
ministratrix of said estate, at the
office of d. B. Roberts, 207 Bank
of America Bldg, Ell Centre, Cali
fornia, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business
of the said estate in the County of
Imperial, State of California.
Dated at Ell Centre, California,
this 7th day of October, 1912.
HELEN M. KNICKREHM,
Administrators of the Estate
OF Dill q. Smith. Deceased.
CNo 22) (Ol2-l9-26; N2)
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
Merchant Vessel
Hit By Allies in
Raid Near Crete
BY LEON KAY

CAIRO. Oct. Pup - Ameri-
can ana British bombers and fight
ers, in one of their biggest days
over the Mediterranean, blasted a
convoy, damaged a schooner, and
shot down 18 Axis planes ycster-
day with only one Allied loss.
Heavy American bombers attack
co an enemy convoy south OF Crete
and scored two direct hits on one
of two large merchant vessels and
shot down three Nazi planes, Un-
tied States army headquarters an
rCunced.
The Royal Air Force announced
that its fighters based on Malta re-
pulsed five attacks By enemy air
fleets. The Axis sent SO bomherS
and more than $50 fighters against
the tiny, frequently bombed island
They lost Is planeS-seven JunkerS
SO bombers and eight Messerschmltt
1O9 and Macchi fighters.
ONE PLANE LOST
RAF planes also left two masted
schooner afire two miles northwest
of Sidi Barrani and caused consld-
cradle damage to an eaStoound mo-
tor convoy along the North African
supply route.
In all these operations, the Ameri-
cans and British lost only one plane.
1t was a Spitfire that fell in the
defense of Malta, where, the RAF
added. little damage was caused
one of the American heavy bombers
in the convoy attacked was dam
AGED but it reached its base.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
BETTER GOVERNMENT

Up to about now, lot of people have
voted for national candidates more be-
cause of what the government gave them,
in the way of relief and subsidies, than
because of what they expected to give the
government.
That is one reason a lot of congressman,
who heretofore have gotten by because
of their ability to get all four feet in the
pork barrel, have reason to be worried
about the new federal tax program.
With everybody who makes over S12
week slated to pay taXes-and that until
they hurt-some of these constituents
are going to begin to look about for men
who will spend less money on every
thing instead of more money on the con-
Stituents.
When that happens, a lot of WPA poll
ticians are going out the door, and gov
ernment is going to be lot better for it.
Maybe there are some good angles to the
tax bill, after all.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
By DON CASWELL

GEN. MACARTHUR'S HEAD
GU Australia, Oct. IL.
tUP)-Lockheed medium bombers OF
the southwest Pacific air force have
scored two direct hits on a big
japanese Seaplane tender in the
Solomon sea between the Bismarck
and solomon Islandc, it was an
nounced today.
The 10,OO0-ton vessel, probably a
converted merchantmen, was sight
ed south of IN Ireland Island III
the BismarckS, under convoy by a
destroyer.
The Lockheed crews put two
bombs on the tenders upper deck,
on which - Zero fighters could be
seen.
When the planes left, the vessel,
heavily damaged, was motionless.
A spokesman at Gen. Douglas
MacArthurs headquarters said that
the deck on which the ZeroS were
parked was not a flight deck. He
suggested that the tender was used
cor ferrying, aircraft to BASES n
Gen. MacArthur'S zone and the
Solomon Islands where the enemy
is steadily concentrating reinforce
ment.
Douglas A-20 attack bombers and
Bell Airacobra fighters raked the
japanese supply lines from Kokoda,
on the northern slopes of the Owen
Stanley mountains of New Guinea,
to Buna, the big base on the north
coast, with bombs, cannon and ma
chine guns.
Two villages used as bases for
the enemy troops retreating from
the mountains were attacked heavi-
ly and the plane crews saw inStalla-
tions burst into flames.
QUIET ON GROUND
Barges on the beach at Buna
were machine gunned
A communique said all planes in
all operations returned safe.
The situation on the ground in
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-12
SCOTCH, STRAIGHT
(William Allen White)

Authorities on foreign affairs are say
ing that sentiment in high British circles
is crystallizing in favor of an American
as the Allied generalssimo in the west
ern theatre of the war. They give as
reasons that in the event of failure it
would be preferable, probably in light
of past reverses, that the responsible
commander not be British officer; and
they feel that leader from this side of
the Atlantic is likely to conceive more
daring and imaginative operations. Brit
ish public opinion would endorse General
Marshal or General Macarthur.
We profess no military knowledge of
this situation But we have the word of
a Scotchman that thus far most all of
Britain's generals of the army have been
Scots. With that in mind it would not be
surprising to hear one Of these days that
General Douglas Macarthur had been
unanimously agreed on as the top man by
Britain and the United States.