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Show X." 4 - 4 'A. y Patterson Sees Threat Of .Starvdtionln Budget Cuts . WARtTiNfrrnitf. tvh is" Oi.R)-i.i "Secretory of War Robert P. Pat- if terson saidj tonight rtharharp I ,. cuts: in German, Japanese andj Korean food rations caused by j -proposed military budget reduc-: I ktions could lead to starvation, un rrest and bloodshed, Patterson said in an interview areas would have damagingyrep- with United Press that occupa- ercussidns. The - former Tarmy Hon forces have been cut to the chief of staffed that Myou can-minimum can-minimum needed - to maintain I not expect, to maintain control " order. He .pointed out that U- S.of people who are starving. I n TT i The official military and diplo- 1 I Pki x ' .imatic alarm arose when a joint U.S.Maneuvers In Arctic Hit i& By Russians MOSCOW, eb. 15 ..fen A writer in the Russian political magazine New Times today attacked at-tacked United States maneuvers in the Arctic as aggressive. charging that they -transformed f7 the Arctic into "theater of im-I. im-I. pedal isticmachinations" and pos- , ea a mreai o xne peace ana security se-curity of the world. The article, written by" Ivan Ermashev,- accused the United States of attempting to obtain " domination over Arctic air and rf - . rr. j 1 . : 1 5 4 ea rouies. ao uo su, iv oiu, "7( m , - Ji.iii 1 1 ymencan prupaganaisis nave invented in-vented a new geography which is something like a new editiou of the geopolitics of German i- atinl iaf a T s ! perialists. "With bases, in Alaska the Aleutians, Greenland, Iceland and Canada; the United .states is semi-circling the Arctic basin, controlling the most important afr and naval .routes in I the northern Atlantic and, what is most important approaching the eastern hemisphere," Ermashev wrote. - "Such plans and desires of American expansionist circles are infringing the interests of all Arctic countries the Soviet Union, Canada, Norway, Den mark, Iceland and also the interests in-terests of Britain. "This ,fact alone transforms the question! of American expansion in the Arctic into an important international problem." . . United States militarya'uthori-' militarya'uthori-' ties already have established Arc? tic air routes which "may at any time be used for .military pur- poses," according td Ermashev. He ridiculed 4he United States .assertion that polar strategy was ; for defense anddismissed as "entirely "en-tirely false" any contentions that : the United States was threatened from the north. Gangster Slain On Valentine's Day CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (aR) Po-lice, Po-lice, confronted with another St. Valentine's day. gangland slaying, slay-ing, sought today to question the organized operators of slot machines ma-chines Which the victim allegedly had hijacked. - The gun slaying of John E. Golding, 47, carried put in broad daylight on a busy strct before a dozen witnesses, was reminis cent of the unsolved St. Valen-J tine's day-massacre which in 1929 eliminated eight members of a gang then lighting Al Capdne. .They -were lined up in a garage and mowed down with machine gun slugs.. Golding's killer used a pistol. He shot Golding as he prepared ito drive away from his bank in the heart of the city's skid row T WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (U.PJ district. i "7 . jThe house unAmerican activities But the. motive apparently was committee heard today that a key the same as that which inspired witness in the case of Gerhart the massacre on the same date 18Eisler, alleged Russian secret years ago.. ', agent, has left the country. Police described' Golding as a Committee sources said they lone wolf who had been victim- had been told that the witness, izingl the gambling syndicate, op-i Samuel Josephson, is now in erated by remnants of the pin Capone gang. The gang has turr: ed to sHot machines and Pth sources of. revenue-since the .days of prohibition. Golding was be- committee Investigator Robert lieved to have been hijacking; stripling said the report had not their machines. ibeen verified. He said. the com- The slaying was the eighth in mittee had been assured by the Chicago area in the last 14ijosephson's attorney that he months which involved operation ot alot machines Deafened People May Now Hear Clearly A. ' . Science has now made- it possible for the deafened to hear faint sounds. It is a hearing hear-ing device so small that it fits in -the hand and enables thousands' thous-ands' to enjoy sermons, music and friendly companionship. 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Marshall said jcuttihg army food funds . for occupied legislative budget committee voted a $31,500,000,000 ceiling on government spending in the 1948 fiscal year. Legislative leaders said this $8,000,000,000 slash of President, Truman's budget recommendations rec-ommendations included a proposed pro-posed deduction of $1,750,000,000 in recommended operating funds of the army and navy, phis a $500,000,000 cut in war department depart-ment civil function funds. Patterson said the .present size of occupation 'force had been set by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur in JaDan and Koreaand Gen. Joseph T. . McNarneyvln Germany, and approved by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower; army chief of staff. If army funds' should be reduced. re-duced. he said, "we would do everything in our power to maintain main-tain the occupation force at the level indicated and make other (-activities carry the cut." 'Wd vism it that thf nrrimnHnn ! QrceS have first call on army! , .... 1 Patterson said, . ! . Patterson recalled that' British had serious riots in their occupation zone last winter because be-cause of food shortages. He admitted that the world food situation is better than a year ago. But he said that the best estimates of the war department depart-ment show it will take a $725,000,-000 $725,000,-000 appropriation to meet minimum mini-mum ration requirements. Yegg Gets $5000 In Bank SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.. 15 ttl.R) A husky, dark - complexioned young man held up the Mont gomery and Market street orancn of the Bank of America in the heart of San Francisco's downtown down-town financial district shortly be fore noon today and escaped with about $5,000 in cash in a paper bag. The man was described as about 30-year-old by pretty, 23 year-old Lavonne Herrman, bank teller who fainted after placing the money in the bag. She said the six-foot, husky approached iter window, near the front of the bank, and handed hand-ed her a paper bag on which the phrase "put money in sack" was scrawled in pencil. She put the money in the bag and fainted. The man noncha lantly walked out of the crowded bank unnoticed and disappeared in the pre-noon crowds on Mar ket street. When Miss Herrman was re vived, she told police the man held, one hand in his pocket and said quietry "I've got a gun" He also said he had an accomplice waiting outside, according to Miss Herrman. 1 . Key Witness In Eisler Case Gone 'Mexico. Josephson refused to ans wer a committee subpena last' j week on grounds that he had; Jnot Deen given sufficient notice, would be available whenever he is" called Eisler, a native of Germany, was cited by the committee for contempt after he refused to .be -sworn jn as a witness. The com-' i' . . i . i , a 1 . . . : j t partment to" prosecute him for! Robbery revuiuiMisi; vunapu. j government to the inadmissible The contempt charge will beonduct - M Acheson who voted upon Tuesdayjy the f ull permltted himself, in spite of his house. Committee iources 8adflcial positioKto make in the they were sure the; citation would aentf .declaration which is pe approvea overvvneimuigiy ai - though only a simple majority is needed. Legal Notices Probate and Guardianship Notices Consult County Clerk or the Respective Re-spective Signers for. Further Information In-formation LEGAL NOtTce" . Provo Building and Loan So ciety offers 2,000 Shares of Stock ! to the public. Applications will be taken Monday morning at the! L Office of the Society. (Farmers; and Merchants pank Building.) By order of the Board of Directors. Di-rectors. WM. G. COOK, .I Secretary. Published in The Sunday' Her-. aid Feb. 18, 1947. Around, Th World ; BEYROUTH; feb. 15 U.ft Dr. Ayoub Ta'bet, 63, former presi- dent of Lebanon, died today, af- - . O y SHANGHAI party of American editors who are touring tour-ing the Far East arrived by train today from Nanking, where ihey talked off the record withGen-eralisslmo withGen-eralisslmo Chiang Kal-ShekxfOr 80 minutes Friday, They will de- part xor xviamia aunaay. . NEWYOtK U. Gev Tfcomat E. Dewey received the ,Nw Yark Ytonf If -publicans Club'a first annual award for civie service last nlg ht at the club's annual ball at the Hotel Biltmore. ' LOS ANGELES WPrivate. interests seeking W control atomic secrets are conducting a "smear campaign" against . senate sen-ate confirmation, of .David E. Lilienthal . as chairman of "th Atomic Energy Commission, James Roosevelt charged today. TOKYO Six inches ot srtow coverejf Tokyo's streets to day, addinjr to the discomfort of Japanese living in unheated houses and of the 300,000 persons 'still residing in air raid shelters and -make-shift shacks. OSTON (U.R) Atty Gen. Cla nee A. Barnes cnarxed today that the Atlantic Fishermen's Union (AFL) has "crippled the fish industry", in Massachusetts by conspiring to fix prices and otherwise violate the state's anti-monopoly anti-monopoly law. LONDON UE)-r-Britlsh sources predicted today that an . international interna-tional authority would be set up to administer Palestine, perhaps comparable to the government of Trieste. BOMBAY U.R) Former U. S. Sen. Henrik Shipstead, R., Minn., arrived in Bombay aboard the freighter Flying Cloud. Ship- stead said his trip was a com bination business and pleasure junxet. tie said tie was matciruz an economic survey of the Far East for a group of exporters, and that he expected to visit Hong Kpng andShanghai. ST. LOUIS. Mo. (U.R) Circuit Judge David J. Murphy went out for Valentine Day and Valen tines in a big way. He recessed his domestic rela tions division, yesterday so at torney and divorce litigants couia snop xor valentines. ANKARA (U.R) The Turk- ish national assembly has ratified the Friendship Pact, between Turkey sod Trans-jordan, Trans-jordan, signed last month during, the visit of King Abdullah, Ab-dullah, t; PARIS (U.R) France and Chechoslovakia Che-choslovakia will necotiate soon for the renewal of their pre-war Alliance and Friendship Pact, a government announcement said today. Foreign Ministers Georges tsmauK and, Jan Masarvk dis cussed the pact during the satel lite treaty ceremonies earlier this week. Russia Protests Acheson Statement LONDON, Feb. It OiJK) Radio Ra-dio Moscow reported tonight that Russia has made a formal protest pro-test to the United States against a statement by Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson ; terming Sovietjoreign policy "aggressive and expansionist." . r. Acheson, who recently was confirmed by new U. S. Secretary of State' Gen. George C. Marshall as his chief assistant, made the! abatement in reply to a question! posed by Sen. Kenneth D. Me-Kelar Me-Kelar TD.. Tenn.) during debate on appointment of David Lilienthal. Lili-enthal. as head of the atomic en ergy commission. - j The Moscow broadcast saidUake the deductions! Soviet Foreign MinisterViaches-1 In conclusion, as regards in-lav in-lav Molotov had sent a note tojeome taxes, even the well-to-do u. &. Ambassador Gen. waiter! Bedell Smith protesting Ache - sons statement. "The Soviet government draws I attention to the United States 1 yudjy ; slanderous i jtowads the Soviet md inimical: nion," ther.vork clothes: broadcast said, ' quoting, a state - ment of the Soviet foreign min- wiry. I ' ;'-mdin : 6edty 111 tipped nails. Plan your Spring beauty 4 today. I I V( 1JL U I II , - I . I ' 'f) 7 II By Appointment Only , - ' fuiud ro-nw as tomcrrow-ior mAny". FTT 7TT7 PHP HT ID) IT? A TT Tnrw K LJ it 7xUJ A Cttycae Amaicn 6cuty Ctiti now r f ' v :.! - ,' S Jjl ,. IL ,iajt QUl, TELEPHONE f -:"TVrWr-fi.;-i i "- Income Tax Insomnia V Itf ALMO B. SIMMONS The latest word from. spain: The ' Spanish government has just Increased Income taxes to an all time hlghP ($1,275,000,000. Why the. people of the United States nav as much in clgaret tax es! (To cities,, states, and federal government!) -, In CoIoradoV they reduced the property taxesXThen passed an Income tax law. The poor taxpayer taxpay-er 'very soon discovered that the increase in income taxes, was mere than the reduction! if our eovernment - would pass a fair, equal, and Just law, they would very soon payerix would pay "an hones.t: tax!" . " (If Dewey Dingledine knew for, a fact thatThommy Thompson, j across the street, was truummyj paying whytv Dewey would ' r gladly do likewise Vc it i true vniK nav ffasoline taxes.' yet you cannot deduct them ! I in ITtaJa! . , The records of the inte venue, show that more million taxpayers paid in taxes in 1945: that earned ices than $1,000 per year! (RememberX " . j T" : r every 20 .years. And the huge budget for .1947 shows there is no sucn tnmg as a cosuess peace: Note: Written by Sir Walter Scott, hundreds of years ago-y Quote: "Cursed war, and racking tax. Have left us scarcely raiment to our backs!" Our present tax officials must be students of the Bible: (Luke 11:1) Quote: "There went out a decree from Cease r Augustus that all the world should be taxed." (Our tax officials: "Tax abso lutely everything!") In 1941 the government allow ed $75C, single, $1500. married and $400 for dependents' Today the cost of everything is twice asj much as in 1941. Yet everyone in America today must not only file j a tax return, but win owe a tax if he earns over $550.! When there is an income taxi the just man will pay more and the. unjust less an the same amount of income." Plato- "Income taxes could be worse. What if we had to pay - on what we think we are worth!" Anon. Overheard: "Gee! I'd sure iike to leave the old lady behind and see that football game on New Year s Day in Pasadenav But I m afraid to go due to the fact that the Utah state tax form states 'Were you married and living with your wife orr the last day of the taxable year?' " . When asked the question, "Were you married and living with your wife on the last day of thetaxable year?" he answered, "I do not know 'just where I was on New Year s eve. i Overheard: (A father speaking to his son.) "Now listen, Jacob, you do what papa says. Make just $499.50 then stop and papa can claim you as a dependent. And listen, Jacob, you can get back all the taxes withheld!" While congress has been puzzled puz-zled about whether or not to repeal re-peal the luxury tax on fur coats, the largest fur dealers in America have gone broke. (People across America are waiting to save the 20.) In fact, prices have dropped in Washington and New York that today even the bers of the "Silver Elate & Spoon Clubs", plus all the rich, now refuse to buy the 'cheap things!) In Las Vegas the very split- second the musictarts the wait ers all rush to add 20 luxury taxes to both your drinks and meals! Today alp businessmen must de vote so much time to tax regulations, regula-tions, multiplicity of tax reports, examination of decisions, etc thatythey cannot devote their valuable val-uable time producing more tax- able income A new tax law in Los Angeles stiDUlates that if a nroiessionai professional man outsfde the city makes just one call within the city limits he must pay the city license tax! If you sell property or stocks to a relative at a loss, you cannot are. cettin it in the neck todsv ; Note: Corporations make a profit, ;ooth the stateand federal gov- ernment taxes sarheWhat- is left is then passed out as dividends to the stockholders, where both the state and federal governments again tax these profits! (Here in deed is a case of double taxation.) Note to the poor laborer: "No you cannot deduct for ordinary 1 William the Conquerer: "Go ye forth and tax even every ence post in cngxano: rnal re- than 24 dorr tpm complexion-rand then a manicure for well groomed, color- - - Confesses Slaying, mm i. t.-iw..; v . Id onlyj ' ust tax?, i , ' .V - - f . v I (NKA Telruhoto) Otho Stockdale, 26, Fresno. Calif, ex-G. I. and locomotive fireman. aZdmr? ooUce Uat he had Has.; in August, l944Jascrime tor RfclHick- f c wgs coUart&a and R-nt.nced to die. ThroueH direct intervention from President Truman. Tru-man. Richie won commutation to life imprisonment. Stockdale admitted ad-mitted he felt no remorse because another man had served prison time for a crime he committed. Try our easy Spring-time hairdo - I.J ? Y. V I , . 'lis 23 Injured In Miami Wreck JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Feb. 15 (U.R) Eleven white passengers suffering from minor bruises and . ' 'iiJt a scraicnes leit nospiiais aboard special northbound- train leaving': four white passengers and eight- negro 'railroad employes em-ployes under treatment here after af-ter last night's derailment of. the Seaboard's all-pullman Miami to New York Orange Blossom Special. Spe-cial. ' ' - : . ' Dr. L. N, Moe, railroad physician, physi-cian, said the It passengers indicated in-dicated a desire ' to leave hospitals hos-pitals when the. railroad informed inform-ed them that a special train was being made up for the trip. ' Moe said that the special train was composed of cart which stayed on the tracks iaf ter the derailment last night ' 22 miles southwest of 'here, and some 350 miles north of Miami. The train had started its run from Miami shortly before 1 p.m, EST yesterday. yes-terday. . , A broken rail may haye caused the accident, it was said. O. J. Phillips of Lawtey, Fla.;. was one of 'the first at the scene. The accident" ac-cident" was near a creek. He counted seven cars derailed and tilted 8gainst the grading. iTOMMV DORSEY HIFE HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 15 (U.R) Tommjj Dorsey, sweet slidehorn player who. broke up his band u . .1 . . 1. .,1. .1 Al , ictciinj, iias spin uuiiiesitcaiiy : with his wife, the former actress Pat Dane, friends said today. Dorsey will seek a divorce. The Dorseys were married April 8, 1943, at Las Vegas, Nev. revealing soft lustrous - to - comb permanents for SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, February 18. 194T Chinese Quints Really Quads SHANGHAI, Feb. 15 U.R) ThefPckrd Mo.tor Car Co. said to- true facts about the second. Set of - Chinese quintuplets born in Januaryin Fukien' province came to light today. They weren't quints, they were quadruplets. -The mother and all four baby boys died shortly after birth the same' fate which befell the quints and mother at , Yencheng in Honan province. The authenticity of still a third set of quintuplets reportedly born at Shouyang,' 3pj. miles northeast of Taiyuan, the provincial capital ot Sbanshi, has not yet been confirmed. The truth about the Fukien province "quints" was revealed in a telegram which the United Press received from the magistrate magis-trate of Nanan in reply to an inquiry wire sent 31 days,, ago. 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