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N ' : 1 Partially li:Ied war stamp books represent an incomplete invest- ' Cf 1 1' -- t ill ' rnent Fill them up and exchange them for bonds at once for your zake and your country's LI Arit F I - 'f ) ' ) - : I 'i Ar 4 1 i ) NI- ' Ni- 1 ' : f t ' '14fr Na 1 1 i 010" - The Weather I i - 11) 1g t - i tielc'ohranSelt - a Wednes- temperature - - - ' ': day Maximum temperature Tuesday 37 degrees minimum temperature 17 degrees (Issued byper mission of military authorities) 4 t in k - - ‘ t Lake and vicinity: Lit1 L- t' - - r 116 No 112 Vol Salt Lake City Utah Wednesday Morning February 3 1913 -- I - v 7 i v- - 0 i' I 3 9 70 1 111 if ) e06-7- I s 9 ' 0 671 :) N Lt I As-You-- Go d to repeal the Utah in tax law was killed in the :'me )use of representatives Tues- Iv after a concerted attack on le measure had been made by ' embers of the farm and ecluItion groups Still before the house is a II to increase exemptions un-- I the tax law It will be taken p as a special order of business :ednesclay at 3 p m HIr ''' Approved by a subttPntial vote AF a rfllution asking the govsalarles of Ftate rnor try on a sliding sr lc bitmiA poyeA til percrntagem running from 20 er cent on the lower 1vages to 5 n cent on the higher Since this a resolution it is a recommendaon only and dcis not carry the )ree and effect of law Victory Levy Pins Rates Now Applied to Most Incomes By Associated Press WASHINGTON Feb 2—A plan to take a total of perhaps 21 per cent (after deductions) front the pay envelopes of American income taxpayers was proposed Tuesday by the treasury — The aim it was explained is to to counsel eral the the suggested put country's vastly enlarged ways and means committF!e income tax system on a partial house basis but the treas- that the new 19be per cent "withapplied to all holding" levy ury registered its unrelenting op- weekly income in excess of $11 for to to Ruml the skip position plan 1912 taxes altogether It suggested a single person $26 for a married and $8 for each dependent some of the 1942 tax might person that Under the treasury plan the be "deferred" and some -- forgiven:' levy would start July The 21 per cent would include withholding 1 On March 15 1944 the present 5 per cent vidtory tax theat the latest would a return taxpayer Nineteen per cent represents the on his 1943 income as file usual If the income tax rates that are ap- amount he already had paid on plicatde to most of the 44000000 1943 taxes actually exceeded his whose American taxpayers—those he would get tax for 1943i liability incomes after exemptions and a refund If he still owed the govicredits do not exceed $2000 on Pa ae Five Continuen Paul treasury gen Randolph Column Two I pay-as-you-- 1 rolaorable Report Senate Committee Ecar hortage Perils Output : 1 I' bmught property tax relief" Too Much for Jackpots He declared the legislature has no right to raise more than enough for the operation of the government but ventured the opinion that before the session is over the Wil: find a to Ilegislatrire extra revenues way have too much money now for political jackpots" he said Mr Elswood said at the end of 1 the last fisill year there was a surplus of SFCo0o0 in the sta:e district school fund i to which 75 cent of income tax collections Iper now go and according to law this lapsed into the general fund He said he was considering introditcmg a bill which would retain this surplus in the school fund Hetold the house further that would pass the voters undoubtedly I the bill if it were submitted to t them in a referendum t I Opposition Heard 1 The first to lead off in opposition to the repeal was Representative 1– Rulon Jenkins itn Weber a bchnol principal and :farmer who said that with the influx of war I workers the revenue needs of the I sch:els will increase and without I the income tax it will mean a t heavier Iburden on real property flenresentative John H Schenk (D)tCache said -- we of agriculture feel that income is the only proper basis for taxation" He Agreed tthat the overall property t tax has not been reduced but tleclire it would be wrong to repeal tne in this period of tax -1 think the proper h:gh wages -- Tvroet pc07i:i Coiumn pzi I i (7 1 -1 I Four) t unsatisfactory picture" asserted the senator who declined to be quoted by name —The chief dificultv is a lack of labor especial-froly experienced labor to work the farms" The meeting wa s closed to re-- :'Porters Anouncing Wickard'sy intention of starting a survey of the farm labor supply Chairman Bankhead (Di Louisiana said the information will be analyzed to show agriculture's man power situation in each sec-th- e tion c) the country Bankhead told the senate last week he believes the solution to the man power problem is to continue in position to serve ourselves and our allies as an arsenal for the production of food and instruments of war" I ---- Feb nt arms This is "just a beginning" Man Power Commissioner Paul McNutt declared The lists will be expanded later McNutt indicated all dependency deferments would eventually be eliminated "By the end of this year 10 out d men of every 14 of the between 18 and 38 will be in the armed services" McNutt said (There are about 22154000 men in this age group many of these of course are not McNutt served notice too that county-by-count- able-bodie- able-bodie- d) (Continued on Pare Five) (Column Four) - S ATMS est" Nelson cautioned however that the shrewing was "partly the t of a year-en- d drive to clear up odds and ends in many re-sul- shops Because of this tffort I ial) By Associated Press LONDON Feb 2—Prime Minister Churchill's trip to Turkey viewed with keen interest by the Russians included a stopover at the Isle of Cyprus where he announced his pledge of aid to the Turks' "defensive security" and promised eventual deliverance of Greece "from foul bondage and interest was noted in the fact that Moscow broadcast Tuesday the full text of the Brit- which stripped assembly lines of materials to some extent January production was hurt in some areas Nelson said n Moreover the W P B chief dared that "each increase in monthly production from now on will be harder to obtain" The 1943 objectives are set at approximately twice the volume of de-so- last year December production showed these percentage gains over vember in the five big categories: Aircraft up 20 per cent ground ordnance up 25 per cent navy and army vessels up 1 per cent merchant ships up 9 per cent: miscellaneous munitions ((vehicles machine tools and troops equipment and supplies) up 11 per cent The extra effort for a good December showing was notice-gun- s able in aircraft and Nelson hinted that the gain was not quite as good as it looked Several hundred of the planes classifled as "delivered" actually went d into the aircraft pool" on the last day of the year The pool consists of planes which lack some part—an instrument propeller wheels or something else—and which cannot be flown away from the plant They are delivered to the army or navy representative on duty in the plant and thus are' counted as delivered planes No-outp- "so-calle- Allies--(Offic- tyranny" Russian Production Gains 14 Per Cent in December LT Keen Interest In Turk Parley ut - ish communique on the prime minister's trip It was sent over the air at dictation speed for the so- viet press and thus was made available for publication throughout Russia The ministry of information disclosed that Churchill had stopped at Cyprus to renew his promises of arms and assistance against the axis For audience he chose a people whose mixed nationalities and history typify in many ways the whole Balkan problem In a brief speech to the people who combine Greek and Turkish heritage with membership in the British empire he significantly referred both to the security of Turkey which has held fast to her alliance with Britain under severe German pressure and to the future of the Greek member of the Anglo-Balka- n bloc Coming directly from the defense conferences in Turkey where the British and Russian interests have been in conflict at times in the past he also assured the patriots that the united nations were strong not only in arms and men but in "unity of purpose" and "comradeship"' as well His visit to Cyprus which after the fall of Crete in May 1941 came the last island barrier in the eastern Mediterranean to Hitler's expansion also was regarded here as a mark of recognition of the strategic importance of the island and its "powerful forces" in the military sphere which was surveyed during the talks at Adana Turkey - At : - 5 - ' Nips Also Strike At Americans i V l :::i7: GREEN I SOLOMON IS 0 I IBUKA E 200 4 100 k I 4 STATUTE Russian—(01ficial) By United Press MOSCOW Wednesday : i Both Uo So Japs Stiffels Losses To A s Fleets 'rade ill 1 7'crity hollows Russians Report !Russians Show m turned out also was the great- - i 91000 German Captives Taken 3' —The battle of Stalingrad one of the greatest of the war ended dramatically Tuesday when the red army crushed the last desperate German resistance amidst the ruins of the proud Russian bastion of the Volga it was announced officially Wednesday "On February 2 1943 the historic battle of Stalingrad ended in complete for our victory troops" a special soviet communique said signalizinq the extermination of a German army of 330000 men Glin Fall Silent Thus the guns fell silent at Sta- lino'rsd for the first time since Adolf Hitler hurled a siege army against the namesake city of Premier Josef Stalin on August 26 their final thunder sounding a requiem to the biggest military sacrifice in history Altogether the Russians captured 24 German generals and more than 2500 officers during Family Head Must the battle of Stalingrad while in the last three weeks 91000 pris- Have Vital Job soners have been taken the official summary said Or Face Induction On February 2 our troops of the Don front completed the liquiBy Associated Press dation of German fascist troops WASHINGTON Feb 2 — The encircled in the area of Stalingovernment Tuesday warned hun- grad" the special bulletin said troops broke the resistance dreds of thousands of American of "Our the enemy encircled in the workers to expect nofurther draft north part of Stalingrad and corndeferments regardless of their oelled him to lay down his arms number of dependents—unless the The last nest of enemy resistance in the Stalingrad area was find more essential jobs quelled" 29 men in It told occupations that even though they have five Round Up 91000 The avenging Russians capor six children they must find tured 45000 prisoners in the last jobs by spring or two days of the crumbling Gerface induction The "nonessential" man defiance against the inevitoccupatiofts affected range from able the high command reported bartenders to gardeners and wait- Although since soviets launched the final assault against the ers nazi legions on January And Uncle Sam informed 36 trapped(continued on Page Two) t Column Four) kinds of businesses—from curtain to vendors—that tobacco makers their physically fit male workers from 18 to 38 will soon be doing more vital work—or shouldering war-importa- by NVickard's discussion of pres- ent and future food supplies "It was a very discouraging and Pearl Harbor For the first time since the start of the war Nelson di- -vulged an exact airplane production total saying that 5489 planes were delivered to the army navy and this country's allies in December a gain of 667 over the previous month "The volume of planes tanks ships and other campaign material which rolled off as- sembly lines in the United States factories was the greatest ever produced in one month" Nel- -sons seventh monthly production communique stated "The month's increase in phys- ical volume of war material - all riculture departments The comrrittee's fearof a serious shortage of farm help was not lightened any a member said WASHINGTON Feb 2 (IP)— American arms pro-- action rose 14 per cent in December a Increase record - shattering W P B Chairman DonaH M Nel- reported Tuesday The gain in warplanes alone was 20 per cent and the increase in tanks artillery and other ground ord- nance 25 per cent In telling of the 14 per cent increase over November produc- tion Nelson said total December was nearly five times as great as in the month before I I WASHINGTON Feb 2 UPI Expressing anxiety lest pessential food production be threatened by a military drain on farm labor members of a senate committee obtained assurance today of a prompt census of the nation's supPly of agricultural man power Secretary of Agriculture Wickard testifying before an appropriations subcommittee said the information will be sought at once from county agents and state ag- - r t MILES U S—(Official) t - KI ETA : I N CHOISEUL SHORTLANDCY:q I NI LAVELLANo VELLA U3 - (a:"E': ec :Hirt X WHERE NEW BATTLE PAGES PACIFIC FOR CONTROL OF SOLOMON ISLANDS 442t NEW Itr-i-f ISiA BEL I I GEORGIA s41 l' ti St '8 FLORIDA 44Iftab so tallier 4 I 4ALAITA I — ailli:r—V— GUADALCANAL Coral Sea ii MARAMASIKE :: I SAN CRISTOBAL a RENNELL - - I i 4 Ni MUNDA 1 losses The navy would not reveal the extent of losses—"to reveat at this time details of these engagements would endanger the success of ourfuture operations in this area" it said 4 - Feb--2—Th- Japanese have launched a great new attempt to regain control of the entire Solomons area and American sea and air forces have been trading mighty blows with them during the past several days the navy disclosed Tuesday night Both sides have suffered : I - By United Press e WASHINGTOINl I : 7: In Aleutian Isles BOUGAINVILLE SPrepares Drastic Draft To Take Farm Labor Census Hit Thousands U 1 Stelliorr ris 1 17 r- Li - t I o in-re- The income tax repealer—H B 3—was reported out unfavorably ist week by the revenue and taxtion committee and instead of eing consdered then was made special order fcr Tuesday it came up Representa-ve S W Elswood (D) Weber le author said that in violation f house rues he had not been in- :ted by the committee to appear rid defend the measure and asked hat it be recommitted Representative Grant Midgley Di Salt Lake chairman of the ommittee said the committee had red to locate Mr Elswood the day ne bill was considered but could ot find him He added that Rep- esentative Quayle Cannon Jr R) Salt Lake author of the bill o increase exemptions is a mem- 'bet- - of the committee and was )here to participate in the delib- rations 'support Measure Urging favorable consideration !or the bl Mr Elswood said that Ahth necessarily high federal in- ore taxes because of the war he the state should withdraw fpevci the income tax field at least :until after the wan He told the :nouse there appear to be large 'state surpluses now and if the income tax is retained there will be even larger amounts for the at'ate government to spend up to Mr Elswood declared that the or:ginal purpose of theincome tax —to reduce property taxes—had rot been realized because when state lowers its general fund levy the local taxing districts im- mediately take up the slack with1 the result there is no nct reducton to property owners He told the house that in the last 17 years state spenthrig has increased from I $140(i0000 to $36000000 a year "All of the newspapers have backed this bill" he said "because they know the income tax has not o 1 tah Income Treasury Expert Proposes Reds Destroy Tax LasL of Foe ax Repeal 24 Per Cent At Stalin-graWleS in House Figure Would Include Present A bin o ( 1 ' fi a es - s Farm Education Groups Assure Doom of Measuret Price Five Cents ' ::: - spokesman however on Tokyo claims that two allied battleships and three cruisers already have been sunk and that another battleship and cruiser have been damaged said A navy comme-ntin- - tersely: "The Japanese claims of United States losses are grossly exaggerated and their own losses are understated" (Tokyo claimed its I o's a e 3 amounted to but 10 planes) Scene Not Disclosed Scene of the surface and air bat-- tie was not disclosed by the navy A Tokyo report said Monday an engagement was in progress off Rennell island—about 110 miles south of Guadalcanal principal American stronghold in the southern Solomon& One thing seemed certain — the Japs have unleashed their Preliminary Activity Points to Real mightiest attempt to recapture lost positions since November Executive Reviews Task Involved in Ousting Axis From 5 when American naval and forces dealt the Japanese air LaA Stronghold on African Continent Parleys With navy the worst defeat In its history That effort cost the Japs Leaders on Trip 28 warships and auxiliaries sunk Associated Press and 10 more damaged LONDON Feb 2—The first activity by advance elements 2 UP) (Secretary of the Navy Frank Feb told 'newspaper correspondof the British Eighth army which crossed the border in Tunisia IWASHINGTON made known Knox ents Pearl Harbor last Friday at Tuesday that the American and that he believed the Japancte had last week was reported Monday from Algiers indicating that British are going to abandoned governments attempts to reinforce General Sir Bernard L Montgomery's forces may be getting ready rush modern weapons to north troops on Guadalcanal and Africa for a French force of 250- - their from the south all organized re-- predicted 000 under General Henri Giraud sistance onthat island would be the The Algiers radio' reported the The chief executive mentioned crushed within 30 days) British units were patrolling bethis decision in reviewing at a An indication that something tween Ben Gardane an important 46 lasted conference that press was brewing came- earlier in axis airport inside the Tunisian minutes his momentous meetings big the day in a navy communique border from Tripolitania and MatMinat Casablanca with Prime which greatly intensified mata on the other side of the ister Winston Churchill and at aerial reported in which Amerwarfare Mareth line behind which some of VarGetulio President with Natal five raids on made fliers ican Rommel's forces are believed to be of Brazil gas and bases shipping in fortified For the most part he spoke in Japanese ALLIED HEADQUARTERS while Pacific the southwest A French high command comand manner his but 2 IN NORTH AFRICA Feb generalities United attacked enemy planes conmunique reported that German Henri Giraud Tuesspeech expressing buoyant attacks east of Ousseltia had been positions in the Aleutians fidence without a trace of weari- States summoned the imperial arday The earlier communique rein marked 16950-mil- e by left fighting repulsed ness his from trip con- vealed that council to discuss the negotiathe tempo of American action The considered the tillery tions with General Charles De no doubt air Earlier a British communique Gaulle: activity in the central and which appear stagnated ferences highly productive ones northern SOIOMOrIS has increased in Cairo disclosed that artillery of He that: emphasized through the delay of the French in the four days but that the Eighth' army was blasting a leader (1) The Casablanca conference stiffer past' in London to fulfill the has been enfrom Zuara resistance conone a was path toward Tunisia sendmilitary primarily agreement by American and that patrols were active there Casablanca countered—five planes where of with cerned questions ing General Georges Catroux as and how to strike lost and four others damaged in in the face of stubborn rearguard and the'axis to his Algiers representative three raids Three of the craft action by Rommel's troops agreement lost It was authoritatively stated produced a unanimous g were huge Flying Fortresses n At the same time leadthe Giraud also was preparing among American units struck lightning that destroyed in a thrust advisers apparently ers and their military to send General Jean Marie Berarea Moninto the blows from the west Russia of Stalin comPremier (2) his assistant high geret loss of known Amid these developments it apk biggest day—the Generalissimo and Chiang United to States the missioner in Fortresses engage any and single peared likely that the allied forces informed were to try to speed up arms shipkept fully in north Africa soon would be ments and act as liaison officer there have since been exchanges ment in the Solomon& command unified the under placed between Mr Roosevelt and the Most Attempts Failures between the Giraud administraof Lieutenant General Dwight D soviet leader The president said American and the tion governEisenhower Since the 'Japanese lost their those who had asked why Stalin ment Solomons bases the Jars In spite of the latest action southern did not attend and might Chiang made 10 recapture attempts however estimates from allied have Five) (Continued On Page Column Oln sources that the job of pushing the United States combat teams movof varying magnitude but all axis forces out:of Tunisia will be a ended in failure save for a naval well drove and fast ing fighting battle off Savo island in which tough one appeared to have been eastward out of Gafsa and southconfirmed in clashes of the past ward from Sidi Bouzid the enemy sank three Americar Effecting few days which left the Germans a liaison they cruisers and one Australian heavy their way fought cruiser controll:ng the heights overlooking into Sened 20 miles west of Mak(the coastal plain Two dive bombers were lost in Continued On Page Two) An allied announcement said the recent aerial warfare in ad(Column Three) to the three Fortresses LONDON Feb 2 ()Pi—Aerial dition These losses were suffered in reconnaissance reveals that ter- - three separate engagements- on has been done to the rific'damag-Monday Lo at r13erni tt si hn The t German briacsaen i communique also revealed eand France by United that army planes the air attacks ministry attacked a Statescargo bombing ship at news service announced Tuesday Tarawa islandJap in the Gilbert group acres in the naval arsenall - last week—the first American ata clear understanding of what is have been devastated by high ex- tack in that area since a marine —Director Elmer Davis of the plosive and fire bombs the report task force raided Makin island office of war information anbeing done and why" he saidundeclared while 75 per cent of the He said he would take no nounced Tuesday night he will last year building ap- - early fair advantage over other radio German headquarters start making weekly further disclosed that on It commentators even though he pears to have been vvecked en re- broadcasts on the war situation American destroyers Sunday Since pLct uresweretak has access to information which at home and atroad as soon as number" of Jap barges shelled "a the extensive this damage vealing other commentators cannot posarrangements have been worked Cape Esperance—on the northnews service pointed out two ad- - off out with the radio networks sibly have west tip of Guadalcanal and in the been have raids ditional not "News commentator has night that Davis a radio previously wherearea enemy remaining on bombers British made been made available will not be by heavy before he was named to his on that island are concenforces nest submarine the he to added t as included" details said present post Presence of barges indiAll kinds of harbor installa- - trated He said there had been rethe dais's and time will be ancated the Japanese might have foundries tions P that the nonn-1 ss soon s possible repair shops pented suggestions Two of the assaults Guadalcanal warehouFes and power stations The nrorarn NI:ill be in the conduct a regular broadand fires Saturday cast and that he no- - finds: it showed evidence of having been were male form cl a surrey intended to (COTItInuel oTt Pag Two) announcementsaid ELJL) one the to hard in hit undertake tColuma perspec possible place tevelopments to 1 - ' Allied Skirmishes Hint Start Allies Will Send Of Major Tunisian Struggle Giraud Arms Says Roosevelt '11 ' 1 13-1- - 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