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Show OR W Ei4 a7N a7NWashington Washlnctoa Washington D OCAPITAL 0 O 0CAPITAL CAPITAL CUAFFBernard CHAFFBernard CHAFF CUAFF CHAFFBernard Bernard Baruch who has been beencommutmg beencommuting beencommuting commutmg commuting from New York when whenI whenever whenever whenever I ever the Pres dent desired his serv services services services lookingfor ices m lD in Washington is now looking for Washington permanent quarters in Washing WashingtonL ton tonL , L brar an of Congress Arch bald baldMacLelsh baldMacLeish baldMacLeish MacLelsh MacLeish has rented the old Rabert Robert RobertE I E Lee house in 111 Alexandria suburb suburbof suburbof I of WashingtonWhen WashrngtonWben WashrngtonI Washington Washrngton I When Wben a New Nework \ork ork lork fork \ banker carne came carneto cameto cameto to job1 JobI Washington Washmgton on a government Job JobI I Georgetownhome I 1 e " ' wanted 'anted anted to rent a Georgetown GeorgetownI I home belonging to Mrs Lionel At- At AtI Atw Atw At-w At w - - - I w 11 U ex wife wUe of both General Mac MacArthur MacArthur I Arthur and actor Atwill But the thebanker I banker balked at the rent I can t tpay tpay ' pay that much he sa d I gave gaveup gaveup gaveup t'I 'I I up a $45 45 $ 000 ) job lob ob to come corne hereThat here hereThat I IThat That s nothing nothmg retorted Mrs At Atw Atw I Iw w 11 II Il r I gave up a $ " ' " 0 000 husbandOnce husband husbandOnce I Once " , when hen Mrs Atwill was asked askedI askedif askedif I if ! she d dn do t regret divorcing dlvorcmg Mac MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur Arthur thus losing the 1 I melight mehght of ofa ofa I Ia a great hero she replied WMch Which WMchIs Whichis Whichis Is the greater figure-JosephIne figure JosephIne figure-Josepluno Josepluno figure - - Josephma or orMarie orMarie orMane Marie Louise ? . . . STEALING THE STARSWashmgton STARSWashington STAHS STARS STAHSWashington Washington Washmgton is fullof full of movie movlc moguls mogulsaU mogulsall mogulsall aU all worried worned about the tact fact that their theirb theirb b g stars are leaving loav111g them Trou Trouble Trouble Trouble ble is the $25 25 $ 000 ceiling cellmg on Incomes IncomesHollywood incomesHollywood incomesHollywood TrouI I Hollywood stars figure this Is an anopportumty anopportunity anopportunity opportumty opportunity to jump their contractsand contracts contractsand contractsand and everybody is now out stealmg stealing stealmgeach stealingeach stealingeach each other s stars-or stars or stars - - or trying trymg toThe toThe to toThe The ins ms and outs ot of the new in incorne income income corne come ceiling ceding are did dlff dsf " cult . . But in inbrief inbrief inbrief brief here is how it affects Holly Hollywood Hollywood wood \ ood The total salary saJary which whlcb can canbe canbe canbe be paid under the new ruling rulmg is is$67 is67 $67 67 $ 000 wh ch when tax deductionsare deducuonsarc deducuons deductions arc are made gives a a net income of ot$25 ot25 $25 25 $ 000 Certain Certam other deductions deductionsalso deductionsalso deductionsalso also are allowable but the treasury treasuryregulation treasuryregulation treasuryregulation regulation specifically states that thatadditional thatadditional thatadditional additional money to care tor for these thesedeductIClns thesedeductions thesedeductions deductIClns deductions cannot be paid out by bythe bythe bythe the companies compames If It they do pay them themthe themthe themthe the government may require them themto themto themto to make good the outlaysTIllS outlaysThis outlays outlaysThis This TIllS is what gripes the movie moviestars moviestars moviestars stars Some ot of them have been beengett beengett beengett gett ng salaries runn ng up into mto the tha$200 tha200 $200 200 $ OOOs 0005 so to come down to $67 67 $ 000 000is 000is 000is is quite a plopFurthermore plopFurthermore plop plopFurthermore Furthermore movie contracts are arefor arefor areor for ( one p cture with an option tak taken taken taken en on the next and then the next . . So SoWIth Sowith Sowith WIth the companies comparues unable to pay payhIgh payhigh payhigh hIgh salaries the options on theIr theIrstars theirstars theirstars stars are automat cally brokene broken e . . . HEROES ' WITHOUT 'HTIIOUT HTIIOUT ITHOUT % HEADLINESYou IIE HEADLINES HEADLINESYou ADLINES ADLINESYou You don t hear much about them themand themand I Iand and their name names don t get into mto the theI theheadlmes theheadlines theheadlines I headlmes headlines but some of the boys do doI domg doing doing I mg ing great jobs in Egypt are the tank tankrepair tankrepair I repair crews of the U S ordnance ordnancecorps ordnancecorps ordnancecorps ordnancecorpsWhen corps I IWhen corpsWhen When a tank is damaged m in ac action action I Ition tion on the Egyptian Egypuan front an Amer AmerIcan Amerlean ' ican crew goes out at n ght with a ab ab ab b g auto transport truck not unlIke unlIkethose unlikethose unlikethose those wh cb ch used to carry passenger passengercars passengercars passengercars ' cars from Detroit to retail auto deal dealers dealers ers They load the crippled tank onboard on onboard onboard board haul baul it beh nd the lines lmes where wheremobIle wheremobile wheremobile mobIle mach ne shops have been beenset beenset beenset set up and in m almost no time it is isrepaIred isrepaired isrepaired repaIred . . . U S SOLDIIR8-U SOLDIIR8 U SOLDIERS-U SOLDIERS SOLDIERS : - - U S FARllERSForthTlght FARMERSForthright FARMERS FARl\lERS FARl lERS FARMERSForthright \ Forthright ForthTlght Sen Charley McNary McNarycomes McNarycomes McNarycomes comes from Oregon where the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers have had a lot of ot trouble troubletrus troublethis troublethis trus this year getting gettmg men to pick their theirfruit theirfruit theirfruit fruit and harvest their wheat % \ heat heal healSo . , So McNary wrote to Secretary of ofWar ofWar ofWar War Stimson pointing pomtmg out that there therewere therewere therewere were two army cantonments in 1D Ore Oregon Oregon Oregon gon that it might be an excellent excellentthmg excellentthing excellentthing thmg thing tor for the nation s food supply supplyand supplyand supplyand and for national nauonal co operation gen generally generally generally erally it If some ot of the soldiers were weregiven weregiven weregiven given furloughs and allowed to help helpOregon helpOregon helpOregon Oregon farmers with their cropsSecretary cropsSecretary crops cropsSecretary Secretary of War Stimson wrote wroteI wroteback wroteback I back rather tartly that soldiers of ofI ofthe ofthe I the U S army had to work at war warand warand warand and that the idea was preposterous preposterousA A little later Senator McNary no non nonheed noticed . tIced heed newspaper accounts of the way wayAmerican wayAmerican wayAmerican American soldiers in England had hadtaken hadtaken hadtaken taken t me mc to help English EngIJsh farmers farmersrarvest farmersharvest farmersharvest rarvest harvest crops So he wrote Stunson Stirn Stun Stirnson Stunson son again agam againThe agamThe The work of our men m In training trainingfor trainingfor trainingfor for war must be shot to pieces in inIngland inEngland inEngland Ingland England : ; McNary said in view of ofthe ofthe ofthe the fact that American soldiers are areworkmg areworking areworking workmg working in m tha the harvest fields'lbe fieldsThe fields fieldsIbe ' Ibe 'lbe lbe The secretary of war replied a alIttle alittle alittle lIttle lamely that it I if ! American troops troopsin troopsIn troopsin in England were working workmg m in the har bar harvest barvest barvest vest fields they were- were weredoing - doing I it t on ontheIr ontheir ontheir theIr own time But be he welcomed welcomedno no more suggestions about helpmgfarmers helpingfarmers helping helpmg helpingfarmers farmers here at home . . . MEKKY l\1ERRY l 1ERRY IItEIIRY \ GO ROUND ROUNDUndersecretary ROUNDUndersecretary ROUNDUndersecretary Undersecretary of State Welles Welleshas Welleshas Welleshas has made it clear that Chairman ChairmanEd ChairmanEd ChairmanEd Ed Flynn of the Democratic nation national national national al committee will be appointed appomled to a aLat aLat aLat Lat n American diplomatic post only onlyover onlyover onlyover over his dead bodyThe bodyThe body bodyThe The President always an oph opts ophmist optsmist optimist mist w will l make ore more attempt attemptto to bring brmg the AFL and CIO together togetherby togetherby togetherby by inviting B 11 Green and PI Pl 1 Mur Murray Murray Murray ray to the Wh te to House Labor lead leaders leadera leaders ers era say privately pnvately however thai that thaithere thatthere thatthere there will be no agreement Both BothSides Bothsides Bothsides Sides will patch up a jurlsdict jurlsdlct jurisdict onal onaltI'1 onaltruce onaltruce tI'1 tI1 truce ' ce and Bnd agree to refrain rerrain trom from trommembership frommembership frommembership membership raids for the durationNavy durationNavy duration durationNavy Navy department communiqueare communiquesare communiques * are short sbort and sweet In the navy navydepartment navydepartment navydepartment department s press sect on answer answering answerrig answering ing [ rig quer es from newspaper offices officesare officesare officesare are two young officers Lieut Lleut Shorl Short Shorland Shortand Shortand and Lieut Lleut Sw Swiet Sweet et |