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Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

The punch-drunk ways and
Means Committee of the House has
practically finished its four months
fight over writing the new tax bill
and it's about time. For the last
few weeks the committee has been
arguing in circles, taking days to
make decisions that normally take
hours The 20-odd members of the
committee are tired. and frankly
confess they have been getting on
each others nerves. They even
write letters to each other, to ar
que, after hours, on debate pro-
visions.
The bill is, OF course, one OF
the biggest ever written and
that makes il siZable under
taking. The committee hear
ings fill some $500 pages of
solid type. If you were able to
stay awake long enough to read
so pages a night, it would still
take you six weeks just to read
the testimony of experts and
witnesses who appeared in long
professions. And this wOrdage
does not cover the executiH
sessions of the committee. Two
full weeks, for instance, were
spent in arguing about the cor
porate income tax provisions.
AS sent to the floor of the House
for debate and passage early in
July. it will be a political tax bill,
for this is an election year. The
indicated total revenue to be de-
rived is far below Treasury sug-
gestionS. That may be changed by
Senate action, but the House COM
mittee has given in to demands to
keep it low.
The principal political aspect OF
the House bill is the absence of a
federal sales tax. Labor and a lot
of other consumer pressure groups
didn't want one and the Treasury
and the White House backed that
stand. But some of the committee
members predict a federal sales
tax will be in the bill writing next
year. and no fooling. Agitation for
general manufacturers federal
sales tax has been brewing for so
long that, once the election is out
of the road, it stands the best
chance it ever has had for passage
next year, although it was licked
in 1917, 1921 and 1882.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
HE CHOSE THE
WRONG EXAMPLE

Col Donald Leehey of the U. S. Army
Engineers, who we believe is not entirely
typical of high ranking army men, LETT
himself wide open for logician's verbal
right to the jaw when he came out at
Portland this week in favor Of outright
suppression of hot news and unfavor-
able criticism and said that the confidence
of the American soldiers on Bataan IN
Gen. Douglas Mae Arthur was the sort
of faith Americans should have in their
leaders"
The trouble was that the colonel, in
seeming super confidence in his own
right to dictate what the people should
and should not know, argued against
himself. Therefore we've got to agree
with him, and disagree with him, too.
We cannot agree about suppression OF
hot news-that is, news when 1t Is still
news-and we would be unfalthful to
the trust placed in us by the COnstitu-
ton itself were we to agree about sup
preston of criticism. But on this we do
agree:
The kind of faith his soldiers had in
Macarthur is the kind of faith Amerl-
cans need in their readers.
Let's see where that faith started. In
the soldiers under Macarthur? MOI In
Macarthur himself? Yes! Had MacAr-
thur not deserved the faith of his soldiers,
no amount of dictatorial censorship could
have brought it into being. Macarthur
was the kind of man who deserved faith
and he got it. Not, mind you, because
he used the power of his office to out
law criticism of himself, but because he
conducted himself in such away that he
was above any but the pettiest of crit
icism.
We do not know Col. Leehey, nor his
record. We do not know how much faith
the men under him have in his ability.
Possibly they trust him as much as Mac
Arthur's men trusted Macarthur.
We can Judge from the colonels words.
however, that he is one of the millions of
admirers of Gen. Macarthur. 1t is sad
that he has not studied Gen. MacArthur's
policies sufficiently If he had, he would
not have made unhappy use of the gen
erals name in his argument in favor
of suppression of news and criticism.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
EXCISE TAX

In place of the sales tax there
will be new excise taxes, the good
old familiar nuisance taxes that
crop up in every war emergency
Things like taxes on checks and
maybe taxes on soft drinks. These
new taxes are hard and often
costly to collect. There is no eX-
perience on collecting the proposed
tax on freight and only the eX-
perience with social security deduc-
tions to tell how the fancy new
salary withholding tax will tunc-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28
FISH, F'RINSTANCE

First take the problem of de-
termining who is a manufacturer.
Is it the manufacturer OF fish
| hooks, the man who catches the
fish. the man who manufactures
the tin cans in which the fish is
packed. or the man who packs the
fish in the tin cans and pastes on
a four color label? Or are they all
manufacturers and do you tax them
all, plus the man who prints the
labels. the manufacturer OF the
boats used by the fisherman and
the man who made the wagon to
haul the stuff TO market?
If the manufacturers tax is
assessed at the first level, the
tax is passed on to the second
and third manufacturers and
eventually to the wholesaler,
the retailer and the consumer.
II is uauslly pyramided in such
a fashion that IL eventually be-
comes sizable increase in the
cost of living, instead of just
a 2 or 3 per cent tax.
Proponents of a manufacturers
sales tax point out that Canad;
has put over the manufacturers
sales tax without too much trou
BILE. But U. S. tax experts say tn
problem of administering a manu-
facturers sales tax in Canada, will
its limited industries and a popula
ton of IL million, can't be com
pared TO the problem of the highl
industrialized U. s. with its 1870 mil
lions
Imperial Valley press., 1942-06-28

From the Treasury point OF
view, however, these difficulties
are as nothing when compared
with the difficulties of putting
over a general manufacturers
sales tax. This manufacturers
sales Ia xisn't to be confused
with the retail sales tax now
levied by over 80 states, giving
them a principal source of in
come, easily collected and re-
latively painless to the taxpay-
er. The manufacturers sales
tax is something else again.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28
STATES FARMERS PUSH
SCRAP IRON COLLECTIONS

Although no complete statistics
are available yet on the amount of
scrap iron that Washington farmers
have collected and shipped in for
the Nations steel mills since Dec. Z,
the Washington State Grange today
released some figures that indicate
the extent to which farmers are
cooperating to feed the war furna-
ces.
The Grange figures admittedly
are incomplete, since much of the
scrap iron shipped has not been tab
ulated by any one agency; however,
a total of 100000 pounds are
known to have been collected and
delivered in carload lots as result
of Grange-sponsored drives in the
80 counties of Washington. In terms
of weapons, this is enough scrap for
2,792 heavy bombs weighing a ton
eac', the State Grange estimated.
The Grange scrap iron campaign
! started soon after the Jap attack on
! Pearl Harbor but delayed somewhat
by cold weather and snow in the
eastern part of the State, is rapidly
; gaining momentum. 1t is predicted
that the amount already reported
/ will be increased many times over
in the next 2 months.
The Grange drive features direct
to the mill dealing whereby the far
mers of a community will "spot" an
i open railroad car on a siding and.
on an appointed day, truck in their
scrap iron and load it themselves.
On this basis the senders receive
the government ceiling prices of
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28

$9.38 per net ton F. o. B. shipping
point in the State of Washington.
In order to get this top price, they
must send big enough loads to get
the minimum freight car race.
The honor of shipping the first
carload of scrap iron in the Grange
campaign goes to the Touchet
Grange, Walla Walla County Other
Oranges which have sent shipments
of one or more carloads include XII
ona-Benton, Benton County; Golden
dale and Centerville, Klickitat Coun
ty; Shelton Valley, Mason County;
Grand Coulee, Crab Creek and O.
dessa, Lincoln county; Rebel Flat
Ladow; Wilcox and Oakesdale, Whit
man County; Black Lake and Nc
Lane, Thurston County.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Snodgrass and
Mrs. Cora Rinker, Wenatchee, were
guests of Mrs. Alice Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Wagner Sunday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28
MRS. AMERICA MEETS THE WAR

If you're trying to stretch that
sugar ration of five pounds per per-
son for home canning, here's tip
from the OPA consumer division.
Fruits can be canned without sugar
and then sweetened as used. How
ever, a sugar syrup does make a
better looking canned product, and
if you're going to show your efforts
to your mother-in-law plan ahead to
use your sugar quota on your own
specialties. The consumer division
points out that fruits for pies or
other cooking requires no sugar
when they are canned.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28

City theatre. Brian Donlevy, William
Holden and Ellen Drew are featured
stars in "The Remarkable Andrew. ="
The second picture, Torpedo
Boat" features Richard Arlen and
Jean Parker.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28
MASON CITY THEATRE
OFFERS DOUBLE BILL

4 Dig double bill program is be-
ing presented Sunday Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday at the Mason
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-05-28

TIE DISPATCH, $500 PER YEAR
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Free. Throws
Spell Defeat
ut NIichi3an

ANN ARBOR, MICH, Jan. z
-(P-One of the many things
the Michigan Wolverines appar-
emily need to learn before they
can win basketball games is to
toss the ball through the hoop
from the free-throw line.
They've had 100 free oppor-
tunities this season. They've
missed so times.
Four of the five games lost by
Michigan were by margins
smaller than the number of
points they threw away on foul
shots. Those games were against
Notre Dame, Butler, Marquette
and Iowa. Against Purdue
Monday night, the Wolverines
missed only six free chances
the lowest number in any game
they lost-but the Boilermakers
won SO to 10.
In marking up their one vic
tory, over Michigan State, and
five straight losses, the Wolver-
ines have scored 208 points.
Center Jim Mandler has II,
Guard Leo Doyle, 80, and Cap
tain Bill Martmill, forward, SO.
The six opponents next meets
favored Illinois here Saturday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

LAWRENCE, KAS., Jan. =
no la h o m University,
which started out defending elig-
Utility of Gerald Tucker, its star
basketballer, wound up today
defending its amateur standing
as of ten years ago.
The storm ragged over Tucker,
absent last night as his Oklahoms
teammates took a So to "a lick
ing from Kansas. He transferred
from Kansas State to Oklahoma
a year ago without obtaining
written permission of the former
school.
ACCUSE COACH
DR.. F. c. (Phog) Allen, out
spoken Kansas Basketball coach,
carried the discussion back into
the early thirties at a pregame
pep meeting with the. charge
Bruce Drake, Oklahoma basket
ball coach was a subsidized ath-
lete when he was in school at
Oklahoma.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Hands This Time Confidence Handicap

can hit as hard as he can with
my right" he tells you.
Louis likes to have the other
fellow carry the trouble, and
isn't taking this one in stride.
Buddy made a deep impression
on the Negro in their previous
excursion. Joe now speaks OF
Buddy with wholesome respect,
calls him q much more formid.
able article than was Max.
LOUIS IS MEAN BLOKE
IN A SECOND EDITION
Chatting with Louis, you
gather that he want IS to get
even for indignities piled on him
in Round One ut Griffith Sta
dunn, and Smoky Joe always
has been a mean bloke in Sec
ond edition,
Baer is too big and slow and
hasn't enough of any one thing
with which to beat Louis, un-
less il is punch.
So perhaps Baer's best bet is
| to come out awingin.' His one
hope seems to be to hurt Louis
early.
Boxing men fear that Buddy
Baer's confidence may bring
the engagement to q quick end
ing. but q dull moment is un-
likely while il lasts.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
SiadIer Named Pin
Tourney Official

Eddie Stadler, veteran Mount
Clemens bowler who has been
connected with the pin game in a
number of executive positions,
here, has been named treasurer
for the First Annual County
Bowling Tournament, Emmett
Quinn announced today. Quinn
is tourney manager.
Final plans for the tourney, to
start Feb. 2, are being lined up
by the tournament committee.
Some hundred five-man teams
are expected to enter, ten hav-
ing already signified their in
tention.
Entries for the tourney may
be obtained at The Daily Moni-
tor office, the Bowl-O-Drome
and at the Price Building.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Romeo Drops
Opening Loop
Game, 1921

Romeo's Peachmen lost their
opening Tri-County league
game last night in q thrilling
battle which saw Romeo's star
forward lost on fouls and q last
minute victory for Oxford.
With the score at 1921 in
favor of Oxford in the closing
minutes. q pair of baskets by
Bud Bossardet and Pippet iced
the game for the home team,
1921.
LIGHT PAGES ROMEO
John LIGHT paced the Peach
men throughout the first half
but was lost to the game mid
way of the third quarter on
personal fouls after having
marked up nine points. Bos-
sardet and Jim Seldman, q
guard, had 10 points apiece for
Oxford.
Romeo meets Inlay City Fri
day on the Romeo floor.
East Detroit, victim OF Port
Huron in its opener, whipped
Roseville in a low-scoring game.
1912, on the home floor last
night. Fred Rehahan of the
Shamrocks was the top scorer.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Kwanis Quintet
Grabs Top Spot

Winning q pair from the Ro-
tary five, the Kiwanis club team
of the Bath City League grabbed
the top spot in the loop last night
as the previous leader, the Lions,
was knocked out by q three
game loss to the Board Of Com
merce quintet.
DR.. Campbell Ward had top
series - SIT - for the High
Twelve team and the league
while "Chauncey" Breitmeyer
of the Lions hit the high single
of 211.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

"Oklahoma," Allen charged,
lis developing more profession
ais than amateurs"
Allen also asserted Lawrence
(Jap) Haskell, Oklahoma ath-
letic director, was a baseball
scout for the Boston Red Sox.
Drake, present at the rally, did
not answer Aliens charge, but
got permission to explain his
contention Tucker is an eligible
player.
NEEDS KANSAS
PERMISSION
Big Six conference faculty
members have ruled Tucker may
play the second semester if Ok
lahoma gets written permission
from Kansas State. Mike Ahearn,
athletic director at Kansas State
declined to say whether this
would be forthcoming.
Down in Oklahoma City,
though, Jap Haskell doomed an
answer to Aliens comments.
IF a guy on the end of a pick
and shovel, digging bitches and
mixing concrete is subsidized,
then Bruce was" Haskell boiled.
That's the way he made his
money"
"Sure we develop a lot of pro-
fessionals down here. We've got
boys playing on nearly every ma
jor pro football club. That
speaks mighty fine of the brand
of football we teach. Thanks
for the compliment" He did not
comment on his reported base
ball connection.
Why did Tucker leave Kansas
State for Oklahoma and start 1t
all?
VOICE LESSONS?
There have been many an
swers. One was that he wanted
better voice lessons which were
available in the sooner fine arts
department. Another, that he
was miffed at an incident on the
Kansas State campus during his
Freshman year.
Joseph A. Brandt, president of
Oklahoma University, said
I'VE have been urged to with
draw from the Big Six confer
ence by people all over the
state" because of the Tucker
case. He added, however, such
drastic action was not contem-
plated"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
AT the Alleys

Meldrum last night with the re-
suit that the Mount Clemens
Rose G a r d e n, sweeping the
Michigan Bell 2 Team, grabbed
first place.
Only other sweep was by the
Metal Products five over the
Bath City Garage.
G. Hummer of the Metal Prod
ucts club had q $50 series, top
in that department. High single
was marked up by Merritt Will
marth with a 229 in his opener
for Batkin's.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
BroziIion
Girl Marks
World Record

DETROIT, Jan. = (P -
Twenty-year-old Maria Lenk
from Brazil left another shatter-
ed swimming record in her
wake last night when she trim
med 1874 seconds off the Am
erican mark in the 44O-yard
backstroke.
The young Brazilian. mem
Der of a touring group Of South
American swimmers. made the
distance in $3.50 in a race
against time during a meet
sanctioned by the Michigan A.
A.U. The listed American rec
ord of 6:52.2 is held by Patty
Aspinall of Indianapolis.
The record breaking perform
ance was Miss Lenk's second In
as many nights. She cut 23.6
seconds off the 400-yard world
breaststroke mark Of Kathryn
Rawls with a 5:53.2 performance
against Miss Asphalt Monday
night at Battle Creek.
Miss Lenk also holds world
records in the 200 and 400
meter breast stroke as well as
all South American marks.
The South American team OF
Pablo Fonseca De Silva, Carlos
Sos and Lewis Alcidar defeat
ed the Wayne University trio
of Freeman Flynn. Victor Dene
and Ray Niver in the150-yard
medley with a time of 1871.
Other victories turned in by
the South Americans included
the 220-yard free style "a &C
which Willy o. Jordan, Brazil
ian 1O0-meter free style champ
ion. won by a touch from Al
bert Towar, Wayne freshman.
The time was 2:19 Silva also
edged out Flynn by yard in
the 100-yard backstroke event
in 1:04.6.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Jan.
= R) - Three major league
baseball clubs will be in train
ing here for at least a week this
Spring.
st. Pete is the regular train
ing site for the New York Yank-
ees and St. Louis Cardinals. The
Brooklyn Dodgers will pull into
the city March 19 for two exhi-
billions and then stay on while
they play five more games in
nearby cities.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

utter establishment, that he
could do we'll against Louis
strictly on his own.
He clipped Louis with left
hook in Round One, stood the
champion on his head on the
ring apron.
Taking the fact that he belted
Louis through the ropes into
consideration, Baer more than
held his own with the cham
pion for five rounds.
Arthur Donovan disqualified
Baer in seven rounds IN e n
Ancil Hoffman and the chal-
lenger's other seconds refused
to leave the premises while pro-
testing that Louis had knocked
him down after the bell h a d
ended the round.
1t is for this, and other rea
ons listed by him, that Manager
Hoffman objects to Donovan
handling Louis first start OF
1912. Donovan has refereed ID
of Louis matches.
BIG BABY BAER SHAKES
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
Baer, who until then relied
almost exclusively on his right
hand. injured that RIM training
for the Louis party of eight
months ago, claims he was a
one handed scrapper that night.
Having completely shaken his
inferiority complex, now that
people are paying some atten-
ton to him, and with two good
hands this trip. Baer announces
his intention of smuggling II on,
with the Brown Bomber.
My left has improved and !
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Leader Swept,
Maintains Lead

Team 6 of the knights Of Co.
lumbus League lost three games
last night, but the second-place
No. / quintet was unable to take
advantage of its opportunity,
losing a pair to Team c.
Top series was claimed by e.
Miller Of Team 8 who marked q
SAL and collected double-hon-
ors by rolling a 211 for high sim
gle honors.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Stewarf Sales
Maintains Lead

Sweeping the Eagles. Stewart
Sales maintaine, its first-place
position in the B-3 league last
night. Two other sweeps were
chalked, by Johnson's Service
over Johnson's Bar and by Ad-
dis Electric over Tinker
Freight.
]. Sterling OF Buckeye Beer
hit the top series of the loop with
q SEQ. Louie Mihars 219 for
the Eagles was high single.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

This means that he fund will
get in the neighborhood Of
100000.
The Eighth Avenue Arena
from $3.50 to S30-is scaled to
something more than $225, 900
Baer collects 1914 per cent.
Louis expects to come in at
EOS. Baer at GAS.
Until he met Louis in Wash.
ington last May. the Baby Baer
was regarded by everybody. in
GLIDING himself, as nothing more
than Max's kid brother.
That was in nature of COM
ing out party for the younger
Baer.
Baer discovered, perhaps to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Basketball
Last Night

By the Associated Press
Toledo 50,aDePaul 81.
Ohio -, Findlay 81.
Mount Union 81. Kent State 20.
rordham 50. Columbia -.
Rhode Island Teachers -, New Britain
Teachers 81.
Bradley So. West Texas State 20.
Michigan State IS, Great Lakes Naval
Training Station 81.
Western Michigan ~. Hope -.
Nebraska -. Kansas State 30.
Kansas 81, Oklahoma -.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
BY HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Service Rnorts Editor

NEW YORK, Jan. IA new
Buddy Baer is tackling Joe
Louis at Madison Square Gar
den, Jan. 8, and his best friends
fear that his mental attitude
may prove his quick urdoing.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

COLUMBIA, Mo-. Jan. 7-(P
"A medical examination today
disclosed Bob Jefferies, guard on
the Missouri University football
team, suffered a broken ankle
in the Sugar Bowl game with
Fordham at New Orleans New
Years Day. He had been receiv-
ing treatment for a Sprain.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07
Lack Of Height
Big Handicap
for Hart Team
Vietors Estob lishsd
as Fovoritss to Cop
Cotho|ie Loop Crown

A rangy, veteran st. Mary's
of Royal Oak team walloped
st. Mary's of Mount Clemens,
57-18, last night to become q
heavy favorite to cop the
Catholic loop crown.
Coaches of at least three
schools in the parochial league
set in the stands at Royal Oak
last night with mounting fever
and heads In hands as they
watched the big outfit-which
averages 6 feet 1-pour in 26
field goals and five free throws.
II was the opening game for
both schools and one look at
the Royal Oak crew was all the
coaches needed.
HANDICAPPED UNDER
BASKET
Handicapped by lack OF
height under the basket. the
locals saw a rain of rebound
and pivot shots hit the hoop as
the five veterans marked 20
points in the first half and 81
in the second on their home
floor. Bud Buchanan and Bill
Krest paced St. Mary's of Royal
Oak with IA points apiece.
Coach Lee Harris Mountain
eer club has been coming along
fast in recent days, but not fast
enough to meet the tough op.
position. class of the league
Capt. Jimmy Petitpren led the
locals from his guard position,
but could rack up only six
points. One happy feature for
Hart was the fact that six of
his seven players got in the
scoring column.
TWO LOST ON FOULS
The locals suffered a severe
loss late in the game when Ken
Vernier, guard, and Palmer
Hudson, center, were lost on
fouls.
Hart indicated this morning
that he might give the Noun
taineers a day off from their
arduous drills with only n
light practise session slated II
one is held this afternoon.
Next game for st. Mary's Is
on Jan. 16 with st. Fred'S.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

The fight IS,
of c o u r S G,
scheduled for
Is rounds.
Louis is max
ing a magnifi-
cent gesture by
giving his en-
tire purse, less
I r a ! n ! n & ex-
penses, TO the
Navy r e lie {
Society.
Prom o I e /
Mike Jacobs al &.
so becomes an
amateur
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-01-07

NEW YORK, Jan. 7-R-
Publishers of the official pro-
gram used at the Chicago Bear.
All Star National League foot
ball game Sunday have turned
over $1,123.07 - their profits
from the days sales-to the Ma
val Relief Society.