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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
REDS CARVE
OUT GAIN5
NEAR G0kEL
Soyiets Kill 1900 Nazis-
Capture or Destroy
War Equipment

MOSCOW, Dec. '3.-While Ger
man infantry and tank divisions
heavily reinforced by mechanical
forces rushed from western Europe
battered in vain at the Cherkasy
bridgehead on the Dnieper River,
the Red Army carved out new
gains northwest of Gomel, captur-
ing more than 80 towns.
Fighting continued with undated
fury all along the front in rain,
slush and snow In Thursdays
battles, according to the Soviet
communique, 1900. Germans were
killed and 70 tanks and other war
equipment were destroyed or cap
tured.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
FiIibuster Brews for
Poll Tax Bill; Atfion
Expected 10 Be Torrid
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. BIN the
midst of war, when Congress IS
swamped with its heaviest legisla-
tive log jam since this session
started, Old Ma Filibuster is just
around the corner.
Yep. It's the old anti-poll tax
bill again--that now hardy peren-
NAL that. crops up in the congress
sional garden almost every season.
No sooner had the bill been passed
by the House and reported favor
ably out of the Senate Judiciary
Committee by IL to .6gyote than
threats of filibusters came from
half a dozen quarters.
Once rather widely used by the
states as voting qualification, pay
ment of a poll tax is now exacted
in only eight states-Alabama, Ar
kansas. Georgia, Texas, Tennessee,
Mississippi, South Carolina and
Virginia. Since representatives in
Congress of the other 40 states
have little more than an academic
or localized political interest in see
ing it abolished or maintained it's
apparent that the only defense OF
the Senators of those eight states
is to talk the bill to death.
Senate leaders, surveying the
prospect of long -winded floor battle
in the midst of war, have been
working hard behind the scenes
to avoid it. Senator O'Mahoney
tD-Wyo) has introduced an anti
poll tax constitutional amendment
which would throw the matter back
to the voters Observers, however
believe that the O'Mahoney reso-
luton would have very little more
chance OF lodging the filibuster
than the original bill Faced with
the certainty that the constitutional
amendment would be passed, the
poll tax advocates would be Just
as unwilling to put it up tor the
people.
| The real poll tax issue has been
buried under a torrent of words
There are many sound arguments
against. In the last 80 or 40 years
Louisiana, Massachusetts,, Pennsyl-
vania and Florida have abolished
poll taxes as voting requirement
AT least two other states, Tennessee
and Arkansas have repeatedly
strong movements to do away with
it.
Why then, you ask, are poll tax
ers SO vigorous in their objections
to letting it be abolished nationally
There's one good reason the pol
takers number in their ranks some
widely recognized men Of vision IL
xxff,,raA an nono rT,xssak
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03

HIT BY 5TH
HEAvYRAID
Huge Air Battle RACES Over
Reich Capabilities
Mount 10 Skies
(By Associated Press

Royal Air Force heavy bombers
attacked Berlin in great strength
again last night for the fifth time
in. two weeks, starting great fires,
the Air Ministry announced.
Mosquito bombers simultaneously
attacked targets in western Ger
many Forty-one aircraft were lost
in the operations.
German broadcasts acknowledged
that the raid was on a large scale
and said an almost unprecedented
air battle ragged over the city for
an hour, and that 80 raiders were
shot down The Germans apparently
were waiting for the attack and had
concentrated every weapon at their
disposal to protect the capital, a
third OF which lay in ruins after
the heavy attacks of last week.
The Germans said the attack
blanketed the whole greater Berlin
area, and returning fliers to Lon
don said very large" fires and
smoke were rising to great heights.
The raid probably brought the total
bomb load dumped on Berlin since
the start of the campaign to well
over $4,000 long tons. More than
!, 900 tons were dropped on the city
last night, still in great state OF
disruption from the previous blows.
Reports from Stockholm yesterday
said that fires were still burning
only few transportation lines run
ming, streets full of debris, and peo-
pie getting their supplies from i'm
provised stores in cellars, automo-
biles and tables set up in the streets
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
The W ashinqton
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
C1lajor Robert 3. Allen on active dutyJ


WASHINGTON-Army Air Chief
General Hap" Arnold was called
before closed-door meeting of the
Senate Truman Committee the
other day to explain, among other
things, why more planes weren't
reaching the fighting fronts.
Arnold, while being cross-exam-
ined by the committees number one
aviation expert, Senator Mon Wall
gren of Washington, admitted one
significant fact:
That the number of planes of all
descriptions on our Pacific and
European fighting fronts is lower
than most people realize and lower
than he desires, despite the fact
that we are producing combat
bombers and fighters-at
the rate of 5000 month.
For a while, the cross-examina-
ton of Arnold made the sparks
fly.
I'm amazed to learn that the
British have more combat planes
in action than we have" grilled
Senator Wallgren. though we are
producing more planes than the
British. Why is that?"
We're doing the best we can,
retorted Arnold angrily. You can't
expect us to send planes to combat
areas unless we have trained crews
to operate them. However, can
tell you that we have many more
planes on the way, and ready for
shipment, that will soon give us
a great numerical advantage"
That's fine" said Wallgren, but
why has it taken SO long? 1t seems
to me that we should have more
than the number of planes you
mention on the battle fronts when
we are producing at the rate of
$4,000 a year"
Arnold replied that some planes
had been cracked up or damaged
in training accidents in the United
States. though trainer crashes we're
being reduced considerably. Also,
many planes coming off assembly
lines have to undergo "modifica-
tion.' For instance, planes slated
for Alaskan duty have to be win
terized." Also, it takes longer than
most people realize to deliver planes
to combat areas.
I'm not trying to interfere in
your business, General" said the
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
Lew WILLIAMS
IS CONFIRMED

WASHINGTON, Dec. g. The
Senate today confirmed Lew Will
liams, wellknown newspaper man of
the Pacific Northwest and South
east Alaska, to be postmaster at
Wrangell. Alaska. He has been act
ing postmaster for several months.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
MOVE 10 BALLOT
BY PROXY GIVEN
KAY0 BY SENATE

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Driving
toward final action. on the armed
service vote ballot, the Senate re-
jected the proposal that service men
and women ballot by proxy. They
voted down by SO to 80 the Dana
her amendment which would per-
NIT those in service to designate
back home proxies to cast tbtg
ballots next year
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
SIGURD WALLSTEDT
TO GET GOVT. PAY;
MERRY CHRISTMAS

WASHIN GTON, Dec. 3.-The
President has signed the bill au-
thorizing payment of $4,000 to ST.
gurd Wallstedt, wellknown travel
ing man of Alaska and former resi-
dent of Juneau. Wallstedt was in
jured near Seward July II, 1912
when an Army automobile over
turned and pinned him down and
he was so percent disabled.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
HIGH-PRICED MENU

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. At a
war bond sale-auction rally. a pig
brought $4,000, pair of ducks
$1,000, and bushel Of oysters 1000.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03

The American nnshsoDn crop,
non-existent at the .Orn d sne
century. totaled 48,0o0o9e pnatos
| last year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-12-03
WEATHER REPORT
u. S. Bureau)

Temp. for Thursday. Dec. 2
Maximum "a; Minimum 80
Rain Is
Snow IL
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
cesti zradci mali strach
z fotografH.
w ashintton. GOWN

Washlntton, OWL
Bernsky rozhlas v techto dnech
oznamil S udanfm zdroje z Pra
ny, re mnoho dalsfch osob bylo
v posledni dobe odsouzeno v
Praze k smrti pro cinnost ne
pratelskou Nemecku a z probe
je textilnfch latek, ktery je O.
vsem nezakonny. Rozsudky by
~ jiz vykonany.
Pres vsechna tato odvetna,
brutalnf opatrenf Cesi pokracu-
j ne1navne v podkopavanf ma
cisticke vlady v protektorate a
urychluj1 den osvobozeni. V
souhlase S plany ceskosloven-
ske vlady O souzen1 a potresta-
nj vsech spolupracovn1k1 s ma
cistickym rezimem ceskosloven-
etl vlastenci zahajili fotografo-
vanl vsech zradcG, kterf Sc u
castn1 nemeckych demonstrate.
Odhalen1 teto cinnosti zp1sobi-
10 hromenf v kruzfch ceskych
zradcI a donutilo majesty, re
nyn1 jenom 1Tedne povoleni TO-
tografove Sc ~zvlastnf paskou ma
ramene budou smet fotografo-
vati ma vsech verejnych sch1-
zich a shromazden1ch v &C.
chach a ma Morave.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
KRfZKOVE ZAPASY
"

Pfisti dtery, dine 26. ledna v
kf1zkovych zapasech porada-
nych v Coliseum Mr.. Ed Conto-
sem v hlavnfm zapase The
yellow Mask" CD 225 ID. ut
ka Sc S Dynamite" Joe Cox,
|235 ID. z Kansas City. Vftez
z1skati must dive v1tezstvi re 3
utkani.
V nasledujfcich 8 zapasech
ktere urceny ma dobu 80 minut
aneb | porazky 1cinkuji:
Chief Chewaki, 235 ID. Indi-
an z Okahomy VS.. Johnnie
Long, 205 ID. z Baltimore.
Milo Steinborn, 228 ID. z
Memphis VS.. Charles Harpin,
|235 ID. z Atlanta, Ga.
Eddie King, 223 ID. z Phila-
delphie VS.. Abe Coleman, 218
Id. z New Yorku.
Muzi We vojensk6m stejno-
kroji mali vstup volny.
zeny v pr1vodu muze mali
vstup volny pouze v "ringside"
sedadlech.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
Nemci narikaji, re mali malo
vojakE ma fronte.

1t. general Dietmar, nemec-
KY vojensky komentator 90
dvoutydennfm mlcenf oval Sc
nyn1 ma rozhlasu rka, re "ma-
me malo vojakd ma fronte. Ne
mecky lid jiste uvfta zpravu.
re byly ucineny vsechny kroky.
ably Sc to zmenilo.
"Minuly rok Rusove snazili
Sc vyuziti o%kamziku, kdy nase
armady dosud byly oslabeny
dlouhou ofensivou, aby ma mas
udefili. Tento rok jejich pla-
ny budou daleko soustredn9isf.
ma jihu Rusove zacali s vel
kou ofensivou proti klfnu, ma
mlrenemu k Volze a udefili ma
obou jeho bocich. Kdyz tato
ofensiva byla zastavena, poku-
sill Sc o jinou velkou ifensivu
ma stfednfm Donu.
"Ackoli situace je wanna, ma
mnoho pf1znivych prvkdG. Mel
dulezitejs1m z Mich je, re jsme
s to dopraviti ma tuto frontu
velke reservy z jinych dsekn a
re nase dopravnl s~oustava je
tax dobfe upravena, re Sc to
muze staff rychle."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22

Olune ma tom, re nemectf d.
stoJnlcl Sc zivf konskym masem
z konf rumunskeho jezdectva.
Lpravy z Turecka tvrdf. re
Nemci mobilisovali $4,000 ma
darskych delnfkd a zahaiiIi
gtavbu betonovych opevneni v
Karpatskych horach ma Pod
karske Rusi a ma Slovensku.
Moskva, Is. ledna. = Ones
rano bylo oznameno, re rusk6
voJsko tahnoucl smerem k Ro-
Stow bylo v d~ostrelu del cd
Salsku, ddlezite zeleznicni
spoJky ITO mil k jihovychodu
a zaroven sdeleno, re 10 dal-
slch kavkazskych osad bylo O.
svobozeno a 1000 N6mcn "a
blto ma dolnfm toku Donu. kde
Nemci podnikajf zurive proti-
1toky dnem i noel.
Sest vesnic v Pjatigorske O.
blasti pablo do rukou Rust. pra
vi Sc V pravidelne sovetske pull
nocnl zprave O bojfch podel
Baku-Rostov zeleznice ma okra-
III dbocf kavkazskeho pohoff.
Jlne mestO, jez Rusove oku-
povall, bylo L~evokumsy, asi rs
mil ma severovychod cd Geor-
glevsku, a britska Reuterova tt
skova kancelar pravi, re ruske
voJsko re severniho Kavkazu
spojilo Sc nedaleko odtamtud s
armadou, jez tahla pres Kali
mycke stepy k jihozapadu.
Dale k severn Rusove dobyli
sest dals1ch osad v oblasti III
movniki ma Stalingrad-Ticho-
retsk zeleznici. Pfednf jednot-
ky Rude armady jsou "a Ku-
berle, $50 mil ma jihozapad cd
Stalingradu ma teto zeleznici a
meme nez SO mil cd Salsku.
Podel dolniho toku Donu,
kde Rusove byli 60 mil ma W.
chod cd Rostova, sovetska zpra
va oznamila dobyt1 nekolika
mist, ale neuvedla jich jmena.
Pc tfi dny Rusove neoznamili
vsak zadneho postupu v teto O.
blasti.
"Nemci vrhajf do bitvy Ger
stve reservy v usilf ~zastaviti So
vetsky postup "a kazdou ce-
nu,' prav1 Sc v ruske zprave O
boj1ch V tonic kraji, kde Mem
ci podnikajf protidtoky dnem i
noel.
Sovetskym tankam a kozac-
Ike j1zde priznava sc hlavnf "a
sluha "a dspechy ma Kavkaze,
kde Rusove pravf, re sta DIAL
sich Nemcd bylo zabito a veil
Ike mnozstvf valecneho materi-
alu ukoristeno. Kozacka jfzda
jiz pronikla do oblasti reky Ku-
ban.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
cechoslovak predsedou sveto-
We organisace mladeze.

CTK. "Nase Noviny" ozna.
mujf, re ma navrhy sovetske
studentske delegace v Londyne
byla tam utvorena ~sv6tova ra.
Ga mladeze (World Youth
Conucil), do nfz vyslalo Rusko.
USA. Velka Britanie, Francie,
Indie, Gina, Ceskoslovensko a
ostatnf spojenecke narody sv6
delegaty. Pfdesedou teto rady
mladeze z celeho sv6ta byl
zvolen ceskoslovensky vojak,
svobodnfk DIR. ing. F. P, kterJ
.ie pTedsedou ceskoslovenskeho
studentstva v Londyne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
lrak je jig take We valce s celou
Osou.

Iracke vyslanectvi 16. ledna
oznamilo, re vlada Iraku je We
valce Sc vsemi trent mocnost-
mi osy: Nemeckem, Italii a ia
ponskem.
Irak jest arabske kralovstvf
zab1raj1cf uzemf, jez bylo drf-
We znamo jake Mesopotamie.
Mef1 10000 ctverecnfch mil a
ma pres 100000 obyvatel1.
Hlavnlm mestem je Bagdad.
Pr1stav Basrah u Perskeho "a
livu je dGlezity pro zasobova-
nj Ruska a vdbec spojencn ma
Stfedn1m vychode.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22

Leningrad osvobozen cd nsmec
keno oblezeni.

Moskva, 10. ledna. - Lenin-
grad, ktery byl Nemci oblehan
pc II mesicI byl osvobozen pc
bitve trvajfcf 7 dn1 pri ktere
nazisti ztratili pevnost Schlus-
selberg = ma bojisti zanechali
$4,000 mrtvych. Dalsf 4 ne
mecke divise byly rozpraseny.
Ruska ofensiva ma Jill a "a
pad cd Voroneze rychle pokra-
cuje. Rusove dobyli operny
bod Kamenec a Urazovo VIDA
leneho 70 mil cd ocelarskeho
strediska Charkova. V teto no.
We offensive bylo Rusy zajato
$4,000 vojakd Osy, z nichz by
10 $4,000 Madard, $4,000 tia
III a jenom $500 Nemcl.
Take ma Kavkazu a Dolnim
Donu zaznamenavaj1 Rusove
velke move 1spechy.
Washington, 20. ledna (AP.)
Americke ponorky potopily 5
japonskych lodi vcetne nicitele
pTi poslednfch operacfch v Pa
cifiku. Dalsi 2 lodi byly posko-
Zeny.
General MarArthur hlasf, re
dalsf 2 posice pri Sananade,
New Guinea, byly dobyty anne
rickym a australskym vojskem.
Americke bombardaky 2
Guadalcanalu podnikly velky
utok ma japonske letiste, v Mum
da, New Georgia.
Londyn bombardovan.
Jak bylo oficielne oznameno,
anglicke letectvo podniklo nej-
vetsf nalet tohoto roku v sobo-
tn v noel, kdy velka sfla bombo-
metnych aeroplan1, 2 nichz
vsechny byly ctyfmotorove, pod
nikla nalet ma Berlin.
Nalet trval ash hodinu a v te
dobe nase aeroplany spustily
velke mnozstvf bomb. z nichz
nektere byly ctyftunove a de-
setitisfce zapalnych bomb.
Vracejfcf Sc pilot videli zafi
pozard jest9 ma vzdalenost sto
mil, kdyz leteli domd. Nalet je
velmi pozoruhodny tim, Re by
ly pri mem velmi male ztraty -
jediny aeroplan Sc nevratil.
Londyn, 10. ledna. - Druhy
britsky letecky dtok ma Berlin
byl jeste dspesnejsf nez prvnf.
Britove shodili ma hlavni mesto
Nemecka stovky 4-tunovych
bomb tax zvane "Blockbusters''
a okolo 100000 zapalnych
bomb.
Phi tonic druhem naletu ma
Berlin doslo k velkym bojdm We
vzduchu a R. A. F. ztratili 20
leetadel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
PRO 1913
NYNI SPLATNE

Vsechny dcty byly ode
slany postou. Budou-li "a
placeny tento mesfc, povo-
Ii Sc ma ne nejvyssf srazka.
Nedostal-li jste 1cet, O.
znamte to City Collector.
Dane must byti zapla-
ceny majetnfky: Nemovi-
tostl, Automobile, Motor
cykld Domacfho Nabytku,
lnventafe, Lodi, KancelaT-
skeho Nabytku.
Neobdrzenf dctu postou
nen1 omluvou pro nepla-
cent DAM, 1rokd a pokut.
Ucty z Real Estate mali
Jednotnou sazbu "a vodu
a deseti-letou dlazebni
dan.
Ucty z osobnfho pohy-
bllveho majetku (tangi.
ble) zahrnujf domacf ma
bytek, zbozf, lode, zaffze-
nj obchodech, inventar a
kancelarsky nabytek.
Zvlastnl 1cet ma 1913
automobilov6 dane.
1913 a ~automobilova
dan (pozadu) a vsechny
danove 1cty z osobnfho DO
hyo!iveho majetku splatn6
pred 1912 must byt zapla-
ceny, chcete-li obdrzeti au-
Touchdown licensi ma rok
1913.
Dane mohou byt place
ny V malych splatkach u
Tax Savings Department.
V Municipalni Budove v
obdob1 sesti mesfcu.
Pc uplynut1 teto doby
Sc budou pfipocitavati d
roxy a pokuty.
Neplatte dane zadnemu
KIDD pride do Vaseho do
mu nebo uradovny.
Vydctovani "a dlazde-
nj, otevrenf ulice a rd6zna
jina vyuctovan1 nejsou u
vedena V pravidelnem da-
novem uctu.
Ma tyto muslte dostati
zvlaStn1 1cet.
Zasllate-li plat postou,
pfilozte znamku ma stvr-
zenku cd mas.
VSechny ucty mohou
byti placeny postou.
THOMAS G.. YOUNG.
City Collector,
Baltimore, Md.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
MASLO BYLO VSUDE KOL.
DO KOLA, ALE NE PRO
NEHO.

Wayne Hunt, nakladnf roz-
vazec re Sibley, Iowa, prisel v
Chicago do restaurantu a po-
zadal k obedu kousek masla.
Bylo mu sdeleno, re restaurant
jiz pc 2 dny neobdrzel zadne
maslo a re je proto bez-maslo-
w den. Pan Hunt sc poskra-
bal "a uchem a povfda: "To Sc
divlm, vzdyt jsem pTivezl H.
600 liber masla do Chicago a
ted sam zadne nedostanu."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
Dalsi karpatorusky Glen Csl.
rady. Je Jim Ivan Petrusak,
dslnik v britske zbrojovce,
odborar a spisovatel.
LOndyn, (ONA).

Londyn, (ONA).
Ceskoslovenska statnf rada V
Londyne ma o dalsfho elena Vi
ce. Je to Ivan Petrusak. Pra-
cuje v britsk6 zbrojovce, je Cd
boraf a spisovatel. Je prvnfm
Ukrajincem z Podkarpatske
Rusi jmenovanym do statnl ra-
dy. Cleny csl. statnf rady "a
Podkarpatskou Rus jsou jiz ru-
sky mluvicf DR.. Pavel Cibere a
Vaclav Mfsek, rolnfk, ktery je
porucikem v csl. armade v Bril-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
Angle ma vice letistnich lodi
nez mela pred valkou.

A. V. Alexander, prvnf lord
admiralty prohlasil, re Anglie,
ackoli mela velke ztraty, DO
kud Sc tkne letistnfch lodi, ma
nyni techto lodi vice nez ma "a
catku valky, kdyz tyto ztraty
byly nahrazeny a move lodi
pfidany.
Angie oznamila ztratu peti
letistnfch lodi. Cd zacatku
valky dokoncila stavbu peti no
vycha a pravdepodobne dali
SIGH dvou. To by znamenalo 7
novych l~etistnfch lodi. Jedina
2 lodi tohoto druhu, ktera zby-
la z pfedvalecnych, je Furious.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1943-01-22
Britska 8. armada u bran
TripoIisu.

Radiova zprava z Kahyry re
dne 20. ledna oznamuje, re
Brltska 8. armada je pouhJch
30 mil cd Tripolisu a rychle
pronasleduje prchajfcf Nazi
Africky Kor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-09
Jap.AmericanS
May Still BE
Sent to State

LANSING, March O. up -
Several hundred japanese, citi-
zens of the United States, may
still come to Michigan to relieve
a farm labor shortage, Charles
Figy, State Commissioner of Ag-
riculture reported today.
Figy said he had conferred
with a representative of the
Federal Office of Emergency
Management and learned that
there. is no attempt either to
force Japanese workers on us or
to force the Japanese to come to
Michigan. 1t is a purely volun-
tary program"
The commissioner said quite
few" farmers and farmer
groups had asked for the assist
ance of a Jap labor and that he
would notify them how to OBJ
tain such help. He estimated the
demand roughly at 800 to 400
workers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-09
Service Center
Gets New Head
Rev. Theodore Beck
Promoted Here

Rev. Theodore Beck, Of Will
Transport, Pa, q ED agent for
the Masonic Service Association,
has been placed in charge of the
Masonic center here, it was an
nounced today. He succeeds
Harry B. Sherman, who has re-
signed to accept q position as a
news announcer for radio sta
ton VICAR of Pontiac.
The local center is located at
New and North Walnut streets
in the Masonic hall.
Rev. Beck assumes his duties
with nearly a years experience
as a field agent. He was first
with the soldiers at Fort Dix, N.
j., then with the soldiers, sailors
and marines in Florida. He
worked with the soldiers in
southwest Missouri at Camp
Crowder with the Center at Neo-
sho, Mo-, and since last October
has been in Mount Clemens as
an assistant.
Rev. Beck has had long
military career, having been a
former member of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania. He is
veteran of the Spanish War,
having served with the End
Pennsylvania u. S. Volunteer
Inf. Co. B.
During World War he serv-
ed as chaplain of the 320th In
fantry in the 80th or Blue Ridge
Division.
He has many medals, among
them the Purple Heart for mill
tary merit and the Silver Star
for gallant and heroic conduct
in action while under heavy
shell and machine gun fire.
Rev. Beck is married and has
two children, son and
daughter. The son is in the
Navy and is being used as an
instructor in the Navy Pre-
Flight Training School for fly
ers at the University of Georgia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-09
BY FRANCIS M. LIE MAY

WASHINGTON, March up
-Undismayed by two setbacks
in the House Ways and Means
Committee, Republican support
ers of the Ruml -as-you-g
income tax plan reformed their
lines today to continue their bat
tie on the House floor.
The issue cut across party
lines, some Republicans describ-
ing the Ruml skip year. pro-
posal as 1.-The only practicable
and fair" current tax payment
method, and another saying it
would create war millionaires."
Meanwhile Ways and Means
members searched feverishly for
a compromise that would cancel
a substantial part, but not all, of
one tax year in easing the trans
ition to a current collection sys-
tenn.
They were ready to vote on
a proposal by Rep. Robertson
(D-VaD that the 6 per cent nor
NAL and first bracket surtax of
ID per cent be abated on 1912
income for all taxpayers, mean
ing complete erasure of last
years obligations for 70 per cent
Of the taxpayers, all in the low
income bracket. The treasury
is understood to look with favor
on this plan.
The proposal by Beardsley
Ruml, New York Banker, to skip
a tax year was rejected yester-
day for a second time, 16 to g.,
with nine Republicans support
ing it and Is Democrats and one
Republican, Rep. Gearhart of
California, in opposition.
Emerging from the tense COM
mittee chamber, Rep. Knutson
(R-Minn) announced then nine
Republicans were prepared to
carry the fight to the House.
"We believe that the country
wants immediate favorable act
ion on the Ruml proposal"
Knutson said. 1--WE wish to say
furthermore we are definitely
opposed to any alleged pay-as-
you-go proposal which involves
collection of all or any part of
the 1912 liability in addition to
current taxes"
Gearhart said the Ruml plan
would release Sis, 900, 100000
of income from taxation, and
added Il do not think we have
any right to do that, especially
this year when our country
needs money to win the war,
more than it ever needed money
in its history"
He contended war millionaires
will sprout like mushrooms
if the plan is adopted.