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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH it wants in the form of an astonishing record of accomplishment, The full figures arent available, of course, but even the scattered ones we have indicate clearly that defense progress has been remaikable, in the tradition of private American manuBy James Preston facturing achievements. Statisticians n The head of the division of tell us that in nine months we have in the office of production made more progress, woiking t management, John I). Riggers, in gvther as free men, than the Nazis talking the other day to a group did in two ami a half years with of defense manufacturer, had this their d d government-dictateto say about the progress of the reeconomy. The progress is armament effort: American industry has already in most eases good amazingly good; completed more than three billion of but gentlemen, you and 1 know that the first 12 billion of defense goods we cannot be satisfied. The task is so ordered. Productive facilities of tremendous, the need so urgent, that American aim aft factories increased greater and greater cffuits are the 2X per cent in t he 51) days ending order of the day. March 1. We aie well on our waj Those remarks are a good digest towards employing one million men of the general attitude in the capital in aircraft production. these days. Astonishing progress Ivs The machine tool industry, vital been made, but the job is so terrific because it makes the big that constantly more endeavor E upon which all mass probeing asked of all who have a pat duction industries depend, has exin it. That approach is helpful to panded by 2,000 per cent over the keep in mind if you want to follow depression low. defense news intelligently. The navy will he ready two years ahead of schedule. Our Washington observers who have newest battleships are coining off the had the need for defense speed ways a year ahead of the time orig- Yashincjti snaps hots lro-ductio- -- niucli-vaunU- super-machin- two-oce- dinned in their ears constantly for the past few months, and who have had a good chance to watch the immense progress that has been made so far, feel pretty sure that in the proany additional step-u- p be achieved can only by men gram of the type now on the job. Here is a little bit of history on the subject: When our federal government began to buy defense on a largscale last June, it was putting the American public, which it represents, in business for itself in a big way. For the defense program was a kind of enterprise that an inally anticipated. Powder plants, tank factories, great sprawling aircraft plants, have been completed in record time, and the machines have started turning over almost before the plaster was dry. Steed production reached high. an all-ti- ... And so the record reads It Is more than ever evident that it was good judgment to select skilled production men to handle this biggest of all industrial jobs, that of making America strong. Meanwhile, you cant help blit become in creasingly conscious if super-supyou move in Washington circles, cound only succeed if it wore ninjof the growing part that various along sound business lines of p'an- - Washington officials with little or n ning, coordinating, spending where i1 business experience are assuming in would do the most good, and pro- the defc-.s- e structure. The names ot Henderson and Hopkins, ducing the best possible finished Messrs. are Morgenthau product. being mentioned in this connecIt was only natural, then, that business men should be put in charge tion. of defense production and raw maParticularly significant has been terials, purchases and various other the price policing power recently phases of this big industrial job. The given to Leon Henderson, who quirk-l- y presence of Messrs. Knudsen and put it to use by fixing steel Stettinius and Riggers and their com- prices. Observers point out that Henderpatriots gave the general public confidence and rightly so. These men sons action seemingly runs head oi were not primarily interested in per- into the activities of other branches forming interesting statistical tiieks' "f government which, by sueli dethey liked to see products rolling off vices as raising taxes drastically as- stimulating wage increases, and the the end of a sembly line. That was what the like, thereby automatically rais American people wanted to see, too costs Some day, they say, the real thesp fac Today, the public is gelling whn ization must be er feri tors enter into prices, and can cause prices to bump into artificially created ceilings" with disastrous results. Thoughtful people cant help wondering whether, in the clash ot theories, the defense program may not turn out to be the real sufferer. At any rate, the prospect of planners instead of doers having the final say on defense is one that a great many people in a pos'ton to know do not view with equanimity. REDMOND Mrs. Margaret Christensen entertained at a dinner party Sunday in honor of her 7fith birthday anniver-saiy- . Covers were laid for twenty. Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nelson, Mr, and Mrs. John McKenna, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bohn and Mr. and Mrs. Rob Peek of Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Christensen, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgai Christensen of Salina. Mrs. Orval Jensen was hostess to members of the Self Culture Club t Thursday night. The lesson, was given Events, by Mrs. A dainty luncheon Lewis Sorenson. was served to twelve members. Mrs. Ernell Christensen entertained twelve guests at dinner Tuesday afternoon to celebrate her birthday anniversary. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers held their regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon in the library. Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Clara Parks, Mrs. Sena Rasmussen of Richfield, and Mrs. John Olson of Salina, were special guests. and Mr, and Mrs. Reed Hanson children of Portland. Oregon, were guests of Mrs. Hansons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amoes Tolhoe, Inst week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jensen of Bingham visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs. Calvert Petersen was hostess to members of her club at a luncheon Monday evening. Special guests were Mrs. Harold Petersen of Aurora, Mrs. Carlyle Sorensen of Centerfield ind Mrs. Reva Olson of Redmond. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Christensen of McGill, Nevada, were dinner guests of Mrs. Ernell Christensen Sunday. Mrs. John Poulson entertained at a family dinner Sunday in honor of 'or husband's birthday anniversary. The guests numbered twolve, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Johnson announce the birth of a baby boy, bort) April 2Gth, at the Salina hospital Mother and son are doing nicely. It s their first child. l Aircraft Factory Jobs - MEN WANTED AT ONCE! inclined men, Mechanically white, American citizens, ages U in good health, not addicted to drink. Over a billion dollars in unfilled orders for planes and the defense program railing for 50,000 planes assure immediate and steady employment to those who qualify. men who are Inexperienced accepted must finance selves 18-3- Resthrough short training. ervations are now being accepted for high school and college graduates for entrance n in Julie. Upon employment men pense. Whatever the details, it seems certain that the new program will go through in jig time and with a minimum of debate. It will place upon; the American people, in all brackets leached, a tax burden unprecedented! in our history. It will bring of the possibilities of our, eventually reaching Englands taxi level, whole a man earning $5,000 aj year pays more than a quarter of his gross earnings in income taxes alone. Soon some twenty-fivper cent of1 this countrys national income will be going out for war materials and mili-- 1 tary expenses in one form or another.; Mara is a costly visitor. Economic Highlights Cur-len- flEB SN flPSH07Sv HB I Mrs. Mar Mickelson, Repot ter J. C. Rrienholt and Mrs. Dick Some government officials have also I.iddiard were Salt Lake visitors last been consideiing the possibility of a week. general payroll tax, to he levied Miss Loma June Mayer, daughter against all employers. That tax, in of Sir. and Mrs. J. I Meyer, was a peiiod such as the present, would charming hostess at a party Sunday be a gigantic revenue producer, and in honor of her tenth birthday. Would be comparatively inexpensive Games and refreshments were enjoy- to collect. Main objection is that it ed by fifteen guests. would be a tax on expense, rather Mr. and Mrs. Peter Petersen, Jr., than a tax on income. A concern left Monday for Lletroit, Mich., where might have a tremendous payroll and they will purchase a new car and still he earning little or no profit, or visit points of interest in the east. even opciaing at a loss. At any rate, Mr. and Mis. Reed Petersen, Mr. the payroll tax still lies in the fuand Mis. Laurence Iveinp, and Mrs. ture, and is not apt to he considered Aithur Forslund of Salt larke City, at this time. visited relatives here Wednesday. Still another suggestion is to have A group of friends assisted Miss taxes paid by the month instead of Lola Andreason in celebrating the quartet ly or even by the year, on the anniversary of her birth at the An- theory that it is less painful to pay, dreason home Saturday night. Games a relatively small amount at frequent' were played and a dainty luncheon intervals than a large amount at long served. intervals. Some have also proposed Mrs. Merlin Ashman entertained that the employer deduct employes twelve guests at dinner Tuesday af- taxes from pay checks. This may be ternoon in honor of her natal day. urged in the interest of simplifiea-tioand of reducing collection ex- Industrial News Review atioiial and International Problems Inseparable from Loral Welfare. with--ou- interviews will he personal gi anted in Salina, Friday and Saturday, May 2nd and 3rd. Apply to A. B. Bordley, Western Air Headquarters, Salina Hotel, Salina or write Western Air, c'o Salina Sun. grim-vision- oOo leans who for ninny years have been talking about the burden of taxation are shortly to discover that they ain't seen nothing yet. e They are about to learn, in short, to live in a world whose main energies are being given to preparing for war and waging war, is an incredibly expensive business. Tin new administration tax plan to The American people, though they, add $3,500,000,000 to the govern- are almost unanimously in favor of ment's annual income, was announc- all-oare still aid to England, ed on April 17. Roth republican ami heavily opposed to sending troops democratic congressional leaders nhroad. That is the gist of n recent in autoalmost it, general, Gallup poll.' Seventy-nin- e per cent of It has long been evident those queried were against sending matically. hat the moderate tax increases adopt- part of our army to Europe to help' 'd by the laRt session amounted to the British. Smaller majorities were it tie more then a drop in the bucket agrimt sending American air nml Mur defense and naval units. program is likely to cost upAt the same time, there is no queswards of $40,000,000,000, even if we tion hut what many men dose to Innt become involved in war Washington affairs fear that AmeriMuch of the cost will he de- can paiticipation in the actual shootferred, for future payment in the ing is coining. Some think tiiat it form of national debt. But it is uni- Rritian loses in tin? Balkans amt ces sally recognized that we must pay Egypt and is driven out of the for as much of it as possible as we this country will he unable go, and that substantial tax inci eases. to longer postpone the decision. For caching almost every income group, then the British empires life-- l n ire no longer avoidable. Surveys would ho broken, Hitlers show that the American people at would be supplied with the finest srge are grimly willing to shoulder kind of bases, and the final stage of he additional burden. It is a strange of the battle of the Atlantic would hue indeed in which advocating higli-- r begin. taxes has actually become good Congressional sentiment is undoubtloLtles, even as it is good cconom i edly Hgainst, a declaration of war now, 'cr. though a number of mcmheis arc Key to the now tax program is' urging the fateful stop. The pres ound in a statement of Treasury (fent has shown no change from h:s ec.rrtsry Morgenthau. in which he position of all aid slant of war. aid it would lie an ideal thing for d more next veiyeno to pay A met will be permitted to attend night trade extension classes t cost to prepare themselves for higher positions. To those sincerely interested, NORTH SEVIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS NOTES ut our-elvc- s. Medi-tenanoa- n, ' j Scotchmen The Scotch people are brave. They are good dancers. They dnnee jittery. We hope that we are good Scotchmen The First Grade Home and Schools The third grade is studying about the home and school. There are thirteen elementary schools, three high schools and five junior high schools in the Sevier district. There are five hoard members. Mr. Jones is president; Mr. Nielson is vice president; Mr. Kotter, Mr. Warniek and Mr. Warner are the other members. Mr. Ashman is superintendent, Miss Sorensen is supervisor. Mr. DeLange is the clerk. Thad Brows Holland The third grade made a Holland It has windmills, cows, picture. ducks, and tulips. It also has a canal. farol Ann Larson. i -- onc-lhic- car than lm did ill the last , yea-.- is probable that one of the first t pa taken by congress will lie to up (omo taxes, on corporation and both, by at Ea-- t ome advocate doubling the base rate hieh is now four tcr cent, and in-- i easing sui taxes and lowering ns for full measure. Higher income taxes will not tell of it bv a long shot. While there oenis Btlle likelihood of a general ales tax being adopted now n'cs'dont is against, it it is consider'd suie that some new sales taxes ill he put into effect, and existing ales taxes increased. The taxis, foi nstancp on liquor, tobacco ami gas-:n- e ere likey t go 11). And there s talk r f levv ng ta(S on su h 'llio-(terns a soda ov(" looked of k the humhest np, one-ihir- (LL 3UV THAT SHOT: V , :5VN MOW5 SOLD SOME j" STUFF FROM THE AT TIC WITH A WAMTAD 'Mf , ex-op- ti Last week the fifth sixth grade spent quite a hit of time practicing their dnnee for the May Festival. At first they made a lot of mistakes, .hut aftei they had tried over and over again they did it much better. Th( y hope that their parents were theic to see the May Festival. Rny-- . moiid Baikinson. Vsfr'can Show last Monday Mr. Lee Grabd. a Magadan gave a show fo' all the hoy and girls of the elemental v school. ! vo much, yotie enjoyed the show t. w s sponsoied by the S'x h g'sd to h"p pay for their Balt L; ke t i. Mildred Nielson. c-- y te Lowell Thomas, famous news commentaior of radio and movies, gets the real studio effect by lining his New York home with the original structural insulation board. Insulile panel walls and ceilings create beautiful and inviting interiors and give Thomas the sound quieting eiiect required in his broadcasting. I)a nring ( leaning Up Th" student council is sqvng dcon up the lawns for the May Festival. The May Fcst'Vl is goo fo op '.'hursdoy at 5:30. The sch (d ! grounds looked dean and nie . hi istensen. f Sell White Elephants" Cuy What You Want ! -- Million-doli- ride! or Lowest repair cost of any lowest price car! More money Somewhere in U. S. A. Mechanized or blitz" warfare is getting all the headlines, but the horse is still important In the schemes of battle, as this picture shows. Even though the gun carnage is equipped with the latest design rubber tires and bullet resisting tubes so that it can be transported along the highways at express speed, regular old fashioned artillery horses are being used to haul it into position during maneuvers The tires and tubes were manufactured by The B F Goodrich Company II the horses could talk, they would tell that their labor of pulling the guns had been greatly reduced by the tire equipment. when you trade in! A 'X' .v.y. y r Trl f? 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