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FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS MEET — Group of foreign and defense
ministers of Atlantic Pact nations meet during reception at Belgian Foreign Office in
Brussels, Belgium. Left to right they are: Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister;
Paul Van Zeeland, Belgian Foreign Minister; Count Carlo Sforza, Italy’s Foreign
Minister; U. 8. Secretary of State Dean Acheson; D. V. Stikker of The Netherlands;
and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.—(NEA Radiophoto.)
Democrats Close Ranks Behind
Acheson; GOP Opinions Varied
Opposition To
Speedy Troop
Transfer Noted
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—(AP)
—Opposition arose in Congress to
day tc any speedy transier of ad
ditional American ground troops
in Europe.
President Truman’s announce
ment that more U, S. soldiers will
be sent across the Atlantic as soon
as possible brought demands from
lawmakers for:
I—Detailed information on
other nations’ troop pledges to the
new combined Western Europe
defense force; and
2—Assurances that the United
States will not be stripped of mil
itary reserves at home.
Senators of both parties said
Secretary of State Acheson and
Secretary of the Army Pace will
be called on by Wezhml com-~
mittees to report on these points
immediately after their return
from the Brussells eonference. |
The 12 foreign ministers of the
Atlantie Pact nations have agreed
to try to assemble under the com~
mand of General Dwight D. Eisen
hower a 1,000,000-nran force by
the end of 1953 to guard Western
Europe against possible Soviet ag
gression.
President Truman tfold a news
conference yesterday he will know
today—but won’t make the infor
mation public—how many Ameri
can troops eventually will be in
volved.
Speculation
There has been speculation that
five to 10 or more divisions may
be sent to Europe in addition to
the approximately 100,000 men
already there,
Senator George (D.-Ga.), a
member of the Foreign Relations
Committee, told a reporter he
thinks Congress will want to know
before a single soldier climbs
aboard a transport just what
Western European nations propose
to ldo about helping defend them
selves.
“And we will want to know just
how much we are expected to
contribute to this defense force,”
George added,
Another committee member,
Senator H, Alexander Smith (R.-
N.J.), said he believes it would be
a mistake for the President “io
send any more troops to Europe
without at least having the ap
broval of leaders of Congress.”
Rep. Crawford (R.-Mich.) told
the House yesterday he hopes
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Ward Reelected
C. A. Ward, Rte. Three, Athens,
was elected chairman of the
Clarke County Production and
Marketing Administration Com
mittee at the County Convention
held in the Courthouse on Tues
day, December 19th.
Re-elected as vice-chairman of
the County Committee was J. D.
Hancock as a regular member was
. T. Strickland. The two alter
nates are H. E, Wood and J. P.
Smith,
These committeemen were elec
'ed to administer the Agricultural
Conservation Program, loan pro
frams on lespedeza, small grains
and cotton, acreage allotments,
marketing quotas, Federal Crop
'”‘“”q"s?mce, and other assignments
n 1951, /
All of these committeemen are
lirmers, They are paid for only
the few days they actually serve.
Mr. Ward, the chairman of the
Ularke County PMA Committee
'or 1951, owns and operates a 994
‘e farm Jocated on the Morton
Road. His is a dairy farm.
The Vice--Chairman, Mrs. Han
‘ock’s farm is located on the Win
‘crville Road where he does gen-~
€ral farming raising cotton, corn
and small grain,
Mr. Strickland, the third mem
ber of the committee, owns and
Jberates a farm on the Hull road.
i< farming operations are devoted
'0 the product of cotton, corn, and
Small grain,
The farms of the two alternates
W located at Winterville.d Mr._
‘9od iy a daicyif. sand Mr.
Smith d&mfl%fl;&i
ATHENS BANNER -HERALD
Acheson Returns, Sets Report
On European Defense Program
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.— (AP) —3Secretary of State
Acheson comes home from the Brussels conference today
with Congressional Democrats closing ranks behind him
and many—but not all—Republicans still trying to push
41 outl 01 e capinet,
Acheson is expected to report
soon to both houses on the agree
ments reached among the 12 At
lantic Pact nations to build a 1,-
000,000-man defense force for
Western Europe by the end of
1953. -
He will be able to do so with
the firmr promise of President
Truman that he is goingsto keep
his job despite Republican de
mands for his ouster.
Mr. Truman told a news confer
ence yesterday that Acheson has
put “great talents” into the fight
against Communism, and that
“Communism—not our own coun=
try — would be served by losing
him.”
Wh;le congressional Democrats
likewise came to Acheson’s sup
port, Republicans divided.
of the GO poticy xmomo, e
Wherry of Nebraska, the i::g
floor leader, led a faction which
declared there will be no unity on
foreign policy so long as Acheson
remains at the head of the State
Department.
Large GOP Group
This GOF group appeared to
outnumber the other — including
such senators as Saltonstall (R.-
Mass.), the assistant floor leader,
Morse of Oregon and Aiken of
Vermont — which urged party
members to accept the President’s
decision and get behind a biparti
san program.
Taft told reporters he is con
vinced that President Truman will
achieve no national unity so long
as Acheson remains. %
Wherry said the President “ig
nored the mandate” of the voters
in November, when Republicans
gained strength in both houses of
Congress.
That mandate was for Acheson's
removal, Wherry said.
Senator Bricker of Ohio, Taft’s
Republican colleague, also assert
ed that'the anti-Acheson group
was merely reflecting the views of
the voters.
Not a GOP Fight
“This is not a Republican fight,”
Bricker declared. «“I have heard
Democrats in Congress denounce
Acheson more bitterly than Re
publicans.”
Few Democrats have made any
public statements of that nature.
Senator Fulbright (D.-Ark.) re
tracted in the Senate yesterday a
statement that a majority of his
party believed, with the Republi
cans, that Acheson should go.
Fulbright said he meant a ma
jority of the Republicans—not the
Democrats — when he made that
concession recently during a floor
debate.
Senator Morse, who voted
against the GOP oust-Acheson
resolution, said the President had
exercised his constitutional power
in announcing his determination
to keep his secretary of state. Mr.
Truman spoke, Morse added, “in
language which. I think the Am
erican people will understand and
approve.”
On the Democratic side, Senator
Lucas of Illinois, the floor leader,
said Acheson’s dismissal “might
please a few people of the coun
try, but the man who really would
relish it is Joe Stalin.”
.
News Censorship
Set In Korea
TOKYO, Dec. 20— { AP)—Gen=
eral MacArthur’s headquarters to«
day imposed the right of censorship
over all news of Korean military
operations without calling it an
act of censorship.
A memnorandum from MacAr
thur’s public information officer,
Col. M. P. Echols, said news dis~
patches and photographs must be
submitted in Korea or Japan for
security “screening” and clearance
by military authorities before be
ing sent out.
The brief announcement did not
ss)e'cigy any penalty for (asion or
violation,
The order was effective imme
diately. The Tokyo headquarters
press- advisory division immedi
ately became swamped with copy.
The division up to then had op
ezated solely as a iguiding infig,
ence.on news involving security.
JAYCEE PAPER
SALE SUNDAY
Members of the Athens Chap
ter of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and the Frank Harde
man Chapter, Order of DeMolay,
will go into action Sunday morn
ing to help the Salvation Army in
their Christmas work with the
underprvileged children of this
city.
The two organizations will be
selling the special Jaycee edition
of the Banner-Herald, furnished
brbrndg, s
. Keeping in ;,Wflh'fndlfifif
the papers will earry no fix
price. At the homes visited they
will ask each person to contribute
whatever he can afford to make
Christmas a more joyous occasion
for underprivileged children.
In a word, the price is “your
conscience.”
All funds collected in the sale
of the papers will be used to pur
chase toys, candy, shoes, and
clothes for the children of Athens’
neediest families,
If this campaign was not con
ducted each year, few of the boys
and girls who benefit would know
the full meaning of Christmas.
The needs of each child desig
nated for gifts have been care
fully scrutinized.
Regents Board
Recommendations
ATLANTA, Dec. 20—(AP) ==
The Board of Regents was told to=
day Gov. Herman Talmadge rec
ommended asking the legislature
to provide $2,000,000 to $3,000,000
for a hospital at the state Medical
School in Augusta. J
Among the Regent’s recommen=-
dations today affecting the Uni
versity of Georgia in Athens were
1. Further survey and studies
on the establishment of three new
agricultural experiment sub-sta=-
tions.
2. A request of the School of
Pharmacy at the University of
Athens tflat it be allowed to ask
an ROTC unit from the Adjutant
General, U. S. Army.
INVESTIGATION BEGINS
Army Uniforms, Tagged
“Rags,” Shipped Abroad
' By DOUGLAS LARSEN
l NEA Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON — (NEA) — An
] international probe to try to find
the ultimate - destination of 2060
| bales of American Army uniforms
| which were intercepted being
shipped out of the country as
“rags” is now being pressed by
‘ four U. S. agencies.
| The uniforms were being sent
Iby the Midwest Waste Materials
Co., 1947 E. Kirby Ave., Detroit,
Michigan, to an unrevealed cus
tomer in Holland and were
'marked for transhipment to
f North Africa. The final destina
| tion of the uniforms is the mys
jtery which FBI, U. S. Customs
;agents. Department of Commerce
export officials and U. S. Army
i intelligence officers are now try
| ing to solve.
| A Department of Commerce
| spokesman admits that the investi
gation, which began more than a
month ago, has turned up the fact
that several previous large ship
ments of “rags” have been sent
from the same firm in Detroit to
Holland and for transhipment to
North Africa. -
. Legitimate Purchases
He also states that the investiga
tion has revealed absolutely no vi
flafion of any law:or:regulation
on the part of the Detroit firm in
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
ATHENS, CA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1950.
Defenders Of Deliberately Reduced
Beachhead Hold Communists At Bay
Arfillery, Heavy Ship Guns
Prevent Reds From Massing
TOKYO, Dec. 20.— (AP)—Beachhead defenders of the
U. 8. 10th Corps held pressing Red forces at bay tonight
all along the Allies’ deliberately reduced Hungnam port
area in rortheast Korea.
The planned withdrawal was proceeding under protec
tive fire of artillery and the guns of warships standing in
to shore. Doughboys now hold a relatively small slice of
iland only a few square miles in area around Hungnam
arbor.
Western Powers
Sef New Peace
Offers To Reds
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 20—
(AP)—The big western powers
held out new otters of peace to
dßussxa and ayms to Germany to
ay.
Bri#ain, France and the United
States have accepted in principle
Russia’s proposal for a Big Four
conference on the unification of di
vided Germany.
T h e three western nations are
known to have stipulated, how
ever, that the Russians discuss the
whole range of problems that have
been causing East-West friction.
Russia proposed the conference to
discuss only the unifying and neu
tralizing of Germany.
The three countries have pre
pared similar notes to be dispatch
ed shortly to the Kremlin.
The Big Three foreign ministers
approved the notes last night. To
day the foreign ministers of Bel
gium, Luxembourg and the Neth
erlands get a look at them—more
or less a gesture of international
etiquette to the Benelux nations
who, with Briatain and France,
form the west Eurog:::: union,
Ministers Meet
These five %mfim at
gtz mastion loday (stasia 3
a. m. are: e 4o eom-~
mit their | units to the in=
ternational force which the 12-
nation Atlantic Council announe
ed yesterday would be formed in
Western Europe under Gen.
Dwight Eisenhower’s command.
As-planned at the fwo-day meet
ing of foreign and defense ministers
of the Atlantictreaty signers, the
force would include German uuits
in the land, sea and air arms. The
Council’s target is a 1,000,000-man
force by the end of 1953 to defend
a line from the Arctic to the Med
iterranean.
The 12 pact nations weré report
ed ready to give the Germans
representation on Eisenhower's
staff, but not to allow them to
create a foreign ministry, or de
fense ministry of their own—at
least not for the moment.
A communique issued by the
Big Three foreign ministers yes
terday said in part: “The foreign
ministers of the Unted States, the
United Kingdom and France con=-
sidered the problem of associating
Germany in the common defense
effort of the free nations of the
west.
“The three ministers have au
thorized their respective high
commissioners, in discussion wth
the government of-the (west Ger
man) federal Republie, further*to
explore this problem on the basis
of the Council’s proposals, as well
as any changes in the present oe
cupation arrangements which
might logically attend a German
defense contribution.”
Whether the Germans can be
brought to see eye to eye with the
west on the eéquality question re
mains to be seen.
the transactins, He says that the
uniforms were purchased “legi
timately frém various places all
over the country,” including sur
plus stores.
No export license is required for
either rags or new clothing. The
shipment was labeled “old clothes
as rags.” And on the basis of the
technicality of whether or not the
uniforms were “rags” the ship
ment was held up. According to a
Washington Customs spokesman,
Customs agents have possession of
the uniforms pending completion
of the whole probe abroad.
The fact that the bales contained
| American Army uniforms was dis
| covered through accident by a
‘ Customs’ inspector in Detroif last
!month, just as they were to be
i loaded aboard a ship bound for
Holland. The matter has been
kept a carefully concealed secret
’ in Washington ever since. The in
spector noticed a hole in one of
[ the bales, and investigating, found
ithez uniforms inside. He imme
dately checked the other bales,
found the same thing, and notified
the Army and the FBI,
No Protest
The Detroit firm did not protest
when Customs held up the ship
tengex:,. And peul;mission was grant
yed to rebale the rags which cov
o Tl eA e 1
The big job of keeping the Red
troops from massing for an all-out
attack on the Americans fell to the
gunners. lobbing tons on tons of
shells at the Chinese and Korean
Reds trying to push the ICth
Corp elements into the sea.
While the gunners held off the
enemy hordes, there was no way
of telling how lonf they could
keep back the pressing thousands
creeping ever closer to the Allied
toehold on the beach.
Maj. Gen. Edward M, Almond,
10th Corps commander, said he
was pleased with the battle waged
by his men and their naval sure
face and “flying artillery” sup
port,
Air Activity
Marine and Navy pilots hit 24
enemy ftroop concentrations and
claimed to have inflicted 1,300
casualties on the Chinese and
North Koreans. Eight thousand
‘Red Koreans have reinforced the
-estimated 100,000 dflnm swarmes
ing down on the beachhead.
With nearby Yonpo Airfield
abandoned, American wounded
were rushed to the water’s edge in
jeeps and then sped by boat to a
well-lighted naval hospital ship
in the busy harbor.
Across the Korean peninsula in
the west, U. S. Eighth Army troops
fought minor engagements with
North Korean forces moving over
Paralle] 38 in a 80-mile spread
around Chunchon.
Chunchon is 45 miles northeast
of Seoul and 10 miles south of 38,
An Eighth Army spokesman
said there had been a two day
‘Tull in that s ava all enemy
.tro?- there had been identified
.as North Koreans.
Fifteen miles east of Kam
west of Chunchon, another
Korean force stopped and turned
back 200 North Koreans trying to
cross the Imjin river., A two-hour
fire fight raged there.
General MacArthur's late Wed
nesday war summary said Eighth
Army units in the Hwachon sec
tor held all its positions Tuesday
in a series 0)' skirmishes, Hwachon
is about 20 iniles north of Chun
chon and is north of 88.
Reassembled Reds
MacArthur’s communique said
reports from prisoners showed
that North Korean divisions, al
though badly hurt after the mid-
September Inchon landing, had
managed to keep some cohesion
and some of them had reassem
bled.
“It is evident from the indica
tions of North Korean Corps or
ganization,” said the communique,
“that a very large buildup of Ko~
rean Communist armed forces has
been and is in process. A poten
tial of at least 15 divisions, possi=~
bly considerably more, is planned,
as evidenced by the existence of
at least five, and possibly more,!
North Korean corps organizations,
a headquarters unit indicative of
planning for sizeable formations.”
Far East Air Forces warplanes
braved unfavorable weather for
continued 'round-the-clock strikes
at Communist troop formations
and housing. Enemy supply lines
and convoys were struck wher=
ever they could be spotted,
U. 8. Fifth Air Force B-26
bombers reported at least two at=-
tempted attacks by enemy air
craft in the last 24 hours. All
American planes returned safely
to their bases.
AP Correspondent Tom Lam~
bert reported two brisk Red at
tacks on the Hungnam perimeter
were beaten back without loss of
ground, However, the Commun~
ists succeeded in making two small
penetrations that were quickly re
pulsed by 10th Corps troops.
Lambert and AP Correspondent
Stan Swinton, with the 10th Corps,
said about 8,000 North Koreans
had showed up in new uniforms
on the east arc of the perimeter.,
Tenth Corps officers expressed
(Continued ©n Page Two)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
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tonight 25 degrees, high tomor
row 42 degrees. Sunset tonight
5:27, sunrise tomorrow 7:35,
| GEORGIA — Fair, little tem=
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tonlght and ursday; low te
night 22 to 28.
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HUNGNAM DEFENDERS BLAST REDS WITH ARTILLERY—American artillery-’
men fire their 106 mm Howitzer at Chinese Reds from a &;)sition within the defense
arc around Hungnam on the northeastern Korean front, Warships of levin m.;
have given their fire gower to help U. N, defenders hold off persisting Re
on the receding Allied shore line. — (AP Wirephoto.) el
Government Promises Early Wage
Formula To Match Price Controls
* * *
Girl, Plus $75
Suit, Bravado,
Deters Gunman
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20—
(AP)—Beity Jean l:::ldl. 21,
was w new when a
store wheré she was shopping
yesterday.
Ordered so lie on the floor,
she snapped:
“I won’t. J just paid $75 for
this suit and I don’t want to get
it dirty.”
She got away with it—and the
gunman got away with SSOO.
His soft-heartedness, how=
ever, put the holdup man in
jail. Miss Bandell got a good
look at him and was able to
identify a suspect arrested later
by sheriff’s deputies,
a 8 %
Rails Dispute
Talks Continue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—(AP)
—Negotiators kept White House
lights blazing until 3:80 this morn~
ing in a third all-night sesson to
settle the railroad labor dispute.
Dr. John R. Steelman, presiden=
tial assistant, told reporters ‘“‘con
siderable progress was made tow=-
ard reaching a settlement.’” He is
steering the negotiations.
He said representatives of the
four operating unions and three
carrier representatives would meet
again later today.
Steelman cut short reporters’
questions as to prospects of an
early settlement, He just didn’t
know, he said,
The meeting which broke up
early this morning had started 14
hours earlier, yesterday afternoon.
The wage-hour dispute goes
back 21 months. Last August the
roads were taken over by the Ar
my to prevent » threatened strike
by two of the four unions partici
pating in the present negotiations.
Gls Air-Lift
1000 Children
SEOUL, Dec, 20—(AP)—Nearly
a thousand big-eyed little Korean
street orphans were air-lifted to
an island sanctuary off South Ko~
rea today In ‘“operation kiddie
car."
Fifteen twin-engine American
transport planes landed at nearby
Kimbo Air Base to fl{ the war
waifs out of the combat zone.
Truck after truck rolled wup
loaded with children and backed
up to the open plane doors. There
were 964 kids in all, ranging in age
from six months to 11 years, Most
had been saved from ¥utter death
by ldnd-hexted Ametican tro?gc
who toung em waxfiloring or 1y«
ing ‘:bafi oned on the streets of
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Read Daily by 35,000 People in Athens im___m
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—(AP)
The government today promised a
voluntary wage ceiling forraula
“ag soon as possible” to match
the nationwide honor system price
control newly put into effect for
e nomie tabilization
m:ummmd lntéo a meeting
e union
leaders of more !fim 1.00.0,,0‘00 auto
workers torhhgs which may pro+
vide a clue e coming wage re
wave otwlunta )m
'vel-—ln.t" uoum
with sis E 'rom-‘ tformula
w. ce- ' an~
nounced ght,
But if compliance does not come
voluntarily, ESA Admlnbtnm
Alan Valentine wnmadhoom’ D
sory priee ceilings will ch.mg;j
ed on and the standards may
“more rigorous” than those now
set forth.
There was ample indication
that ESA comideres the voluntary
formula a ltop-g;p. If it restrains
inflation until March, the Infant
agency may be ready to enforce
mandatory controls whurever‘
needed. :
Rowland Jones, ir, p;uitfmt of
the American Retafl Federation
criticized the colyntary “freeze”
annuoncement as ‘“vague in l?mo
::iespecta” and sz;i%h it rnhedwd ‘nfi
ous questions of theo poll=
cy wl?ic.h must await ?urthgr in
vestigation and clarifieation.
Possible Obstacles
Jones said some of the suggest
ed prinelples, if they became part
of a mandatory price ooiatrol syg
tem, “could raise obstacles to the
end-objective of increased grodgc
tion and efficient distribution.
The federation is made up of
55 state and national trade aw
ciations which list more than 500,«
goo retail stores among their mem
ers.
Two Republican senators, mem}-
while, carged that stabilization of
ficials ignored the intent of Con
gress in taking price control action
without parallel action on wages
at the same time.
The senators, Bricker of Ohio
and Capehart of Indiana, said Con-~
gress made it plain during debate
on the defense production act ear=-
lier this year that price and wage
action should be taken simultan
eously if taken at all.
Bricker and Capehart likewise
expressed doubt that a voluntardy
price freeze would do much good.
They and a Democrat, Chairman
Maybank (SC) of the Banking
committee which helped write the
act, called in separate interviews |
for broad, compulsory wage-price |
controls now. |
The call for a voluntary price |
freeze same ag the cost-of-]ivingl
index appeared heading for a new |
all-time high.
Latest figures by the U. 8. Bu
reau of Labor statistics showed
wholesale prices for the week
ending Dec. 12 were 10.2 per cent
higher than just before the out
break of fighting in Korea.
Price Levels 4
8o it appeared certain that prices
will stay above the pre-Korea
level even if there is a rollback to
the level of Deo. 1.
The new “fair cY:x'icing standards™
call for a vollback of any price in=
crease made by a factory or mine
sinca Dec. 1, if the inrease brings
the company’s net profits above
the avera%e dollar Brofits, before
taxes, In the years 1946 and 1949.
In the case of storekeepers and
wholesalers, the gross profit mar
gin on any itzm may n%t be in
fd above the June, 1950, lov?‘l
3"&:' would make the dealer’s
fighl profits bigger than his 1946-
49 average.
“hwiz&{: as well as goods are
cov! s undries, restaurants,
b shops, shoe shine ?u'lon
g dfi;bgl;oaner. aare subjeet to
.. What about violations? An ESA
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WASHINGTON, S
-Tip to taxwou?g.f ,
can still save money om
etk Y
zen £
Here's hmh%o:g 01l The
come possible :
!tax rates are lower
be next year—and i
tions to next year e |
Higher taxes In 1
assured by an act of Congress
September, and the ". 1 ‘
of the rearming drive
still higher taxes to come.
The September act raisedl ,
vidual income taxes by ;
thdn 20 per cent a yea®, ;
fourth of the increase .
1950 income, how:
1950 already was
gone. The full increase i
in 1951,
Taxpayers whose entive lamvotr @
is derived from wages 5
~—and thaf meang m% 1
t-a—can do little 46 savé Toney :
xes, )
Possible Ba 3
’ Those with big %
‘dental nses, h " |
save by mgfingéa ; o
when the deductlon w 1
down %ot income th d
would be subjeot to- :
rates. i '
These expenses can be
if they amoufit to more
per cent of a !n&omo 1
the year when the payment
made. t
Taxpayers who h;vc SOM@ COlw
trol over the flow o, hfi ‘
and who can deduce 3 :
bu;inesn expfenni:‘, .g:: 0 &
armers, for instance,
thelr nroft or Kvntoc‘ic ir '&
in order to crowd i income.
can delay until next Kem deduce
tible outlays for suc ings as
barn and ifence repairs.
Businessmen, lawyers and docs
tors can iry te speed up goliec
tions to this year, postpone deduce
tible outlays -~ for sgpfiem‘-
ganization dues and @ —
until 1951,
Some caution is required, howe
ever, lest a taxpayer oro in so
much income that he'l ? hime
self into a higher tax-rate bracket
this year.
FIR L
Firemen rusgem 186 John
street shortly after noon foday
and found a roof afire. The blaze
was quickly oxfingu.hi::& and lite
tle damage was inourred, firemen
reported,
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