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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
WORKERS COLLECT SIT
MILLION In BACK
WAGES

Minneapolis. During 1916 back
wages in the amount of $472,019 were
paid to 1886 employees in the states
! of North and South Dakota, Mime
sofa and Montana, it was announced
today by L. A. Hill, regional director
of the Wage and Hour and Public Con-
tracts Division of the u. S. Depart
ment of Labor.
The regional office during the calen-
dar year 1916 inspected total of
1,702 establishments and found 500 of
the establishments were in substan-
tial violation of the major provisions
of the law On a national basis Mr..
Hill pointed out that the divisions
made $4,000 inspections and that 22,-
300 of the firms inspected were found
to be in violation of the act and made
back wage payments in the amount
If $11,OOO,0O0 to 100000 employees.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
* CCNGRESSMEN ASK
FOR PENSIONS

shington-FP-A total of 43
members of the House who retired to
private life this year have qualified
for pensions under the congressional
reorganization act, but about half of
them won't go on the rolls until they
reach 62. Another 1873 incumbents
have applied. Figures for prospective
pensioners in the Senate were with
held as confidential.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24

not distribute or allocate savings or
patronage basis.
All non-farmer and many farmer
owned co-operatives in this country
DO pay income taxes on that portion
of their savings which is not returned
to their members and patrons in pro-
portion to patronage. The Bureau of
Internal Revenue and the U. S. Tax
Court have held that savings so re-
funded are NOT income to the coop
erative and are therefore not taxable.
Why Savings Are Tax-Free
Now here is an important point. 1t
is not because these business organi-
cations are co-operatives that, in the
eyes of the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue, their savings are tax-free, it is
because those savings are returned to
members and patrons in proportion to
patronage. A homeopathic bust
ness could do the same thing and
would be required to pay no more in
come taxes than the coop. Indeed
homeopathic businesses have made
refunds, or rebates, to their customers
and they have NOT been required to
pay income taxes on those refunds.
There is no tax discrimination here,
then, whatever. Co-operatives and
their competitors ARE operating I'M
der an identical set of rules. The diff
ference is that cooperative savings go
back to the customers" or patrons
whereas competitors savings, or
profits, usually do NOT go back. And
the federal income tax is not on saw
ngs, it is on income.
The conclusion is obvious Coop
erative savings dollars are made for ;
and belongs to the people who ARE
the cooperative. Profit dollars are
made FROM such people. The facts |
bear out that co-ops and private bust
ness operate under the same rules
that co-ops which do not return all
of their savings to their patrons must |
pay income tax the same as corpora
tions which do not return all of their
profits to their stockholders
The campaign then of the Tax
Equality Association of Montana and |
the National Tax Equality Association |
is not one to bring about ''tax equal |
ity''. Rather it is an effort to put |
coop competitors at business dis !
through the imposition of |
additional taxes, from which corpora
lions and other private business would
BIO immune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
SHIRTS WILL BE SHORT
ALL THIS Year

Washington-Suits and shirts will
continue to be in short supply this
year, it was predicted here by Theo-
dore G. Maynard, chief of the clothing
branch of the Office of Temporary
Controls. He also forecast that wom-
ems clothes within any price group
may cost a little more, but more
clothes will be available in the med
ium price range.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
What Are WeCoing-
CONTINUED from Page One)


of the governor, his APPOINTED
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton, and his APPOINTED state board
of education-the proposal soon to be
before the legislature that $1,2O0,O00
be appropriated to rebuild the Nation
al Guard on a grandiose scale.
Montana people, generally, have
long smarted under having their state
treated as a colonial dependency for
the exclusive exploitation of handful
of Wall Street and Amsterdam, Hol-
land, controlled corporations. The
Voices recent revelation of the ex-
tent this corporate control is even
further concentrated into the hands
of very very few non-producers has
made this resentment flare anew.
Likewise, as Montana people, partic-
ularly those of rural areas, have be-
come fully informed on the school re-
organization proposal and the despot-
ism it would impose, their ire has in
creased and there is a growing senti-
ment to take things in our own
hands.
National Guard
Although there is a common mis-
understanding as to the availability
of the National Guard for quelling Ia
Dor disputes-that is, the Guard can
ONLY be called out in case of riots
as stipulated shortly after World War
when the Guard was federalized-
workers and farmers may well cock a
chary eye toward this requested ST.
100000 appropriation. Of far more
Importance is that this re-instituting
of the Guard in grandiose manner
is another step toward militarism and
fits in with the general reactionary
drives to hamstring labor, penalize
farm co-operatives by unfair and dis
criminatory tax proposals, retain a
huge mobile army and navy, and con-
tinued manufacture of atomic bombs.
1t all sums up that our national
and state governments are near the |
verge of being legally taken over by |
very small but economically powerful |
with the consequent loss of
political and economic freedom by all
Of Americas little people,. There
remains but one question: ''What are
we going to do to prevent the i'm
position of totalitarian yoke upon
the necks of all of u.s." Let's have
lots of letters from all you readers,
giving your views, ideas, suggestions, :
ETC., that lively discussions may ensue
IN every part of our state. There was
never a time when the need for grass
'oots' activity was more pressing than
low.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
WANT INCOME TAX
EXEMPTIONS
UPPED

Since the following resolution was
passed a while back by the Park
County Trades G Labor Council,
Livingston, numerous other organi-
cations in the state have taken SIM
liar action. This week a joint men,
oriaI was noticed in the State Leg
isIature by Reps. Beck, Bell, Dun
can, MaIsor, Pappin, Roll and Sales,
requesting the Congress, and our
congressional delegation give favor
able consideration to the portion
Opposing reduction in excise taxes
and Individual and corporation in
come taxes until individual income
tax exemptions have been increas-
ed"
RESOLUTION
Whereas: The present short federal
income tax form, imposes a penalty
upon a man and wife, who own their
own home or would like to do so, on
account of the present Withholding tax
on a salary of $2,5OOOO for man and
wife is $305, whereas single man
pays only $685..
Whereas, no man can support
wife on $50 a year. The high cost of
living according to all government sta
titicians, demands an income OF at
least $4,000 year to provide for medl-
cal and dental care and for the neces-
stiles of life.
Therefore, be it resolved that the
Park County Trades & Labor council
endorse a copy of the above in a res
olution to all Senators and Represen-
tatives requesting them to introduce
or support bill doing aawy with the
federal income tax short form and in
creasing the exemption of married
couple to $4,000 per year.
And, be it further resolved that
copy of the above resolution be sent
to all trades and labor councils in the
state of Montana requesting their con-
currence with copies of same to our
Senators and Representatives.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24
new POWER LINE
SURVEYS Are
STARTED

Great Falls, Jan. Reconstruction
of a million-dollar transmission line
from Great Falls to Billings is prof.
ected by the Montana Power company
for completion during the next two
years, it was revealed Saturday with
the announcement that surveys al
ready are under way.
Right of way for the new line is
being obtained and surveys are being
speeded to completion, according to
H. E. Chambliss, local division man.
ager. Chambliss said power for the
proposed transmission line of 100000
volts will come through the Rainbow
switchboard.
The Montana Power company now
has a 10O,000-volt line from here to
Billings, via Neihart and Twodot. The
new line will be constructed from
Great Falls through Stanford, Judith
Gap and Harlowton to Billings. De-
tails of the plan were revealed in an
Associated Press report Saturday.
Great Falls Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24

Good sense, kindness of heart, and
proper self-respect are the elements
of the best manners.-Edwards
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-01-24

According to engineering advice fur
nished the VOICE OF THE VALLEY,
the new transmission line will do
considerably more for Montana Power
company than to furnish double its
present distribution facilities in CEN
trail Montana. It will constitute an
outlet for another large volume of
power which the power company will
soon acquire at little or no cost.
Under the Pick-Sloan Plan, construc
tion is now about to start on the Can
yon Ferry dam and two million acre
foot reservoir on Missouri river IS
to 100 miles above the four Montana
Power company plants at Great Falls.
The new reservoir when completed
will hold back flood waters and then
furnish a low water flow of about
double the past volume
The effect of this will be to double
the power output of four privately
owned plants at Great Falls with, no
expenditure on the part of Montana
Power company, other than possible
enlargement of some generators. The
Canyon Ferry dam is being con-
by Bureau of Reclamation
at a public cost of about fifteen mil
lion dollars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
What To Do
For THAT Sluggish,
Down-and-0ut
Feeling

Remember the time whom you could cat
like . horse, bubbled-over with energy,
felt happy as . lark? Was it not because
you liked to eat-didn't know what in
digestion was. felt strong IS an OK? As
age advances the 'old stomach n the
you may again release vibrant energy
to every muscle, ibre, cell.
Every day-every hour-mNlionS OF
tiny red blood -cells must pour forth
from the marrow Of your bones to re-
place those hat are WORKOUT. A low
blood count mag affect you In seyera'
ways: NO appetite. underweight. NJ
energy. . rundown condition. lack o
resistance to infection and disease.
your blood strength. Medical authorize;
By analysis Of the blood. have by posi-
tive proof shown that SIS Tonic il
amazingly effective in building up Low
blood strength in non-organic nutri
tional anemia. This is due to the SIS
Tonic formula which contains special
and potent activating Ingredients.
Also. SIS Tonic helps you enjoy the
food you eat by increasing the gastric
cally too little or scanty-thus the stom-
ach viii have little cause to get balky
with gas, bloAt and give on that sour
food taste.
Don't waltz Energixe our body With
rich. rec-blood. Start on SIS Tonic now.
As vigorous blood surges throughout
your whole body. greater freshness and
strength should make you eat better.
sleep better. feel better. work better.
play better, have a healthy color glow In
your skin-frm flesh I'LL out hollow
places. Millions Of bottles sold. Get =
bottle from your drug store. SIS Tonic
helps Build Sturdy Health.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

colored shower towels to be
sent to Moosehaven and Moose
heart.
$3.50 p. m.-The Colonial Vii
lage Mothers club will meet
at the home of Mrs. j. H.
Erwin, 124 Colonial Village.
300 p. m The regular meet
ing of the Leland PIT. A. viii
be held. Mrs. }. T. WithroW
will be the speaker and use
as her subject The Corner
stone of Health. Rev. Wood
row Robbins will lead the
devotional.
$50 p. m. - The Myrtle Grove
Home Demonstration club viii
sponsor the weekly square
dance at the old s~choolhouse
The public is invited to be
present,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
Notice OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY AND
MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE CITY
OF WILMINGTON

Notice is hereby given that the City Council OF the CITY ely Ely u wH IN
;, 49, nd the CITY Board of Elections. at a Joint meetlng nso N
~ ( ctv Of Wilmington on the 18th day of March, l94 a,r Ga y 7aan9a
o mS ered a Primary Election to be held on MONDAY, Ap1l ~ q, c lYm
PR roe en- Of nominating candidates for the offices OF CITY Coun
ciihmer to constitute governing body and CITY OF sao lily
as authorized BY law.
.s To1Se rs Of eieaing a governing body and City Council as
~ f oreesai will be held N Tuesday. May 8, 1947.
the IaIp5, and used by the County Board of Elections. All
sanle, nreviousl lawfully registered upon the present genera! cleo
~ on hooks fr wilmington Township and who have not changed nelr
rIaces Of residence r eligible to vote in the PRIMARY regular
Municinal Elections without further registration. ANY person having
noved from one ward or precinct to another and having resided in
anothe ward or precinct for a period of four ~ months will be re-
amGna ~ resister in the ward o T precinct to which sue person has
nmoved and such person is required to first secure a removal cer-
f Move rom the registrar Of the old ward or precinct to the registrar
of the new ward II precinct.
Residence in the State of North Carolina for one "a year and
in +. ward or precinct for four az months is required to qualify a
person for registration.
The official registration books will be opened at nine o'clock, A.
M. On Saturday. March 20. 197. and closed at sunset o Saturday.
April II. 1e47: the registrars will be at their several respect1ve poll,
Ing places on Saturday March %: 1s47: Saturday april 3 1s4'' and
Saturday, April 10. 1947. will be challenge day. and the registrars
will be present at their respective polling places to hear any .chaF
lenses then made. from nine o'clock. A. M. to three o'clock. P. M.
Nv order of the Board of Elections of the City of Wilmington.
Chairman of the Board Of
Elections Of the City of Wilmington
BY order Of the City Council Of the City of Wilmington.
Mary B. Switzerland.
City Clerk
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
Dates To Remember
ear Country club.

Fear Country club.
800 p. m.-Wilmington Bro
club will meet at the 4WCA.
John Funderburg Will be the
speaker and show his collec'
ton Of game birds.
500 o. m.-The Winter Park
Service club will hold the
regular meeting in the school
auditorium. All members
and friends are invited.
800 p. m. - The Wilmington
Drove 80, BPO Does will hold
a special called meeting in the
Elks club, 400 South Front
street. Only officers are tc
attend the meeting.
300 o.. m. T he Women OF the
Moose will hold their regular
meeting in the Moose Hall
AIS North Front street. Mem
bers are asked to bring two
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
TODAY

TODAY
1000 a. m.-The Wrightsboro
Home Demonstration club
will hold the meeting at the
clubhouse. Members are to
bring a pot lunch.
1890 a. NJ The Girl Scout Lead
ers will meet at the Commu-
nifty Center.
11:0O a. m.-Weekly bridge
luncheon Of the Cape Fear
Country club.
500 p. m. - The Chestnut
Street PIT. A. will hold the
regular meeting in the school
auditorium. The Rev. L. A.
Taylor will speak before me
group. Reports will be gwen
by the committee chairman
and officers.
300 D. m.-Weekly duplicate
bridge tournament at Cape
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

ron-of-honor Mrs. Robert A. Little,
the former Miss Billie D. Sudbury;
and her bridesmaids will be Miss
Nancy Trask, Miss Nell Trask and
Miss Annie Leitch Trask.
MIR. Mars will have as his best
man, Alex Trask, brother of the
bride, while his groomsmen will
Include Dan Thomason. Tommy
Hines, Allen Trask and Harold
Tra ck
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

The wedding of Miss Emma
Trask, daughter of MI. and Mrs.
George Trask, and William Thorn
as Mars, Jr., son OF MI. and Mrs.
William Thomas Mars of Whining
ton, will take place on Saturday
afternoon at $50 o'clock in the
First Baptist church, Fifth anc
Market streets. DR.. Charles Mad
dry, pastor of the church, will per.
form the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
100 p. m. The Lake Forest
school will hold the pre-school
clinic at the school. All par.
ents with children entering
school for the first time in the
fall are urged to have their
children present.
$50 p. m. - The Crepe Myrtle
Garden club will meet with
Mrs. w. C. Mebane, Jr., in
Winter Park.
700 p. m. - The Young Adult
class Of the Emmanuel Presby.
terian church will hold a sup
per meeting at Trails End
Members are asked to call Mrs.
Jack Hart, 2-1071 and Mrs.
Howard Littleton, 2-1109, if
they wish to make reserva-
tons. All reservations must
be made by Wednesday.
500 p. m. - The Women of the
Moose will sponsor a party ir
the Moose Hall, 416 NORTH
Front street. Chairmen Of the
affair are Miss Helen Sam.
mons, Mrs. Audrey Mintz, and
Mrs. Alice Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
|Carole Bordeaux
Entertains Class

Miss Carole Bordeaux of Mes .
bitt Courts recently entertained
the Sunshine Glass of Southside
Baptist church at it's monthly
meeting.
The meeting was opened by the
roll call and reading of the mi.
by Carolyn Payne. After the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

2:30 p. m. - The Bradley's
Greek Home Demonstration
club will meet with Mrs. w.
j. Horne. The topic Of the
meeting will be Understand
ing the Needs of Our Chill
dren." Members are asked
to be present.
$3.50 .. m. - The Monthly meet
ing Of the Cape Fear chapter
United Daughters Of the Con
federacy will be held in thu
ladies parlor Of the First Pres
byterian church
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

In Guanajuato, Mexico. bodies
of the dead whose relatives have
failed to pay the rental fees for
their graves are placed in long
catacombs beneath the burial
| grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

business meeting a.n>
played played with awards s S51nss We,
saadlin and Carmen S ing TO N,s
Those attending incl Safts. y
men Bats. Bessie Averaved > e,
s :ss carole Bordesayy,s cI,t,
ssnalln, Jessie Smith, M;
Fayne and Betty Willis. es'as
Aphis lion insects Law -
at the ends Of tall st.rm elr e,
vent the first-hatching ,srn' TO p,
eating their brothers ana a. t'o'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
Miss Task Completes Plans
For This Saturday

Following the wedding a recep-
ton will be held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Heide Trask, 8 Hy-
drangea Place, Oleander.
Miss Trask will have as her mat
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
B R H S
LYNN SCOTT SMALL

1t. and Mrs. William David
Small, Jr., announce the birth of
a daughter, Lynn Scott Small,
March II, at the Marion Sprunt
Annex. Mrs. Small is the former
Doris Canady of this city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18
THURSDAY

IN 6SDA
a. m. - The Board of Di
rectors of the YWCA will
meet in the YWCA building
2:30 p. m.-The East Whining
ton Home Demonstration club
will meet at the community
center.
400 p. m.-North Carolina
Sorosis Garden club meeting.
70 p. m.-Supper at Cape
Fear Country club. Reserva-
tons necessary.
500 o. m. - The Past Pocahont
as League will meet with Mrs
Myrtle Reeves, Pill Princes:
street road. The election Of Of
ficers will take place at thi:
time and a full attendance is
desired
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-18

EDITH LUESE BENTON
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Benton of
1882 South Front street announce
the birth of a daughter, Edith
Luese, March Z, at the Marion
Sprunt Annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

1t is estimated there are IS
million people in the French
colonial empire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
ICHAPTED TWENTY ONE
cePy'i9ht W. BY "feoe'o "0s'
Distributed BY King Feoivres syndteofs

"Oh, Bills talked about
you, too," confided Elaine. "Bill
thinks you're the gal that hung
the stars and polished the moon
and sees to it that the sun comes
up on schedule every morning"
Color flowed into Cathy's face
anG her eyes we're starry.
"Too bad," Elaine went on
coolly, before Cathy could man.
age her voice for an answer,
"that Aunt Edith holds the purse
strings so tight and that she's
Sc hell-bent on choosing Bills
wife for him. OF course. I sup
pose you think Bills bit of a
wart because he doesn't tell her
to take her money and 60 to
blazes with it. But Bill feels
and l think he's quite right
that he is entitled to at least
a generous share"
"Why are you telling me all
this?"
Elaine seemed tardily to real
ize the extent of her frankness
and for a moment her lovely
face closed up as though a cur
tain had been drawn, leaving
her expressionless
"Oh l dunno" she said care
lessly." Everybody says l talk
too much anyway. Could be
they're right"
The waitress came with their
order. Elaine fused over hers
and the waitress took it back
and changed it. But eventually
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
l6o-Moving & Storage

WANTED: LOAD or part load to
Charotte, Shelby or Tryon, N. c.,
or parts near at reduced price.
BatSon Transfer. Phone 1856.
HYDRICK'S TRANSFER Depend
able service Reasonable rates
Furniture carefully handled. Dial
2-0056 or 2-2322
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13

SEEDS. SPRAYS. Spray materials,
dust, busters. for farm, garden,
lawn, Cross Seed Co. Dial 1868.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
S. CAROLINA BEER
TAX $2,55,000

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 12-
U,D - Records at the State Tax
commission revealed today that
South Cardinals income from the
sale of beer was $2,155,000 from
July l through the end of Octo-
Der.
Of that amount, 1882, ,407 went
to the state. Another S150,903 was
distributed among the counties,
and incorporated towns received
$172,644.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-13
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