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felfaw column* mill be h*md o fm presentoUon bad omd county mows _f t—ord Inter tut Volume X.—Numbers. '*’> lax Declarations Next Step Under ' New Federal Plan Forms Distributed For Listing Income and Victory Tax BY SEPT. 15 Includes Group Not In cluded In Withold ing Credits Guy T. Helvering-, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has announced that forms and printed instructions for the filing of estimated income and Victory tax declarations on or before next September 15, as required by the new Current Tax Payment Act, are now- being distributed to individ ual taxpayers by the Collectors of Internal Revenue. Filing of the declarations will be the second major step under the Cur rent Tax Payment Act in converting the Federal individual income tax from the old delayed payment method to a “pay-as-you-go” basis. The first step was the inauguration July 1 of the new withholding plan, under which the Victory tax, normal income tax and first bracket surtax are paid by millions of persons through deduc tions from their wages and salaries. The purpose of the declarations is to make current in their tax pay ments all those individuals whose income and Victory tax liability will not be fully covered by collections through withholding and other credits. Experts of the Bureau of Internal Revenue have greatly simplified for the average taxpayer the task of fil ing the declarations. A form and set of instructions for use in estimating the tax on in comes up to SIO,OOO rival for sim plicity, revenue officials pointed out, the familiar "five minute income tax return” which made its debut in 1942. The computations and entries 'll this simplified declaration «i requires should be matters of ' five minni for a large por . of the taxpayers by whom de clarations will have to be submitted, the officials said. For those who de sire to make a more precise compu- 1 tation, or who have an income of more than SIO,OOO, detailed work sheets may be secured from the Col- lector upon request. Persons required to file the de clarations are generally: 1. The re cipients this year or last year of gross incomes from wages subject to withholding in excess of $2,700 for single persons or $3,500 for married couples; 2. Those who have incomes this year, or had incomes last year, requiring the filing of a return, with more than SIOO of these incomes de rived from sources other than wages subject to withholding; 3. Those re quired to file an income tax return on 1942 incomes and whose wages subject to withholding for 1943 are reasonably expected to be less than their similar wages for 1942. Where the declarations show an es timated tax liability for 1943 in ex cess of credits, half of the excess is to be sent to the Collector of Internal Revenue along with the declaration, and the other half remitted on or be fore December 15. Credits to be taken on the declaration include with holdings and the payments, if any, made to Collectors on March 15 and June 15 this year on account of 1942 income taxes. The withholdings to be credited include those, if any, made by employers of the Victory Tax for the first half of the year, before the new withholding system went into effect, plus those made since July 1 under the new system. Treasury statisticians have calcu lated that about 15,000.000 persons with tax liability for 1943 will be re quired to file the declaration. Many of the people who must file declarations will be professional workers, such as lawyers and doctors. Many more will be persons operating their own busines s establishments. Another large class of people who must file the declaration are those with earnings on whicn there is a liability reaching into the upper sur tax brackets, and therefore not fully covered by withholding. There will be many also from persons with com bination incomes such as wages, on which taxes are withheld, plus inter est, dividends or rents, to which with holding does not apply. If correction of the September 15 •'mate of any taxpayer becomes _ isary, an amended declaration J be filed on or before December and the proper adjustment in payments made. Declarations are to be- sent by September 15 to the Collector of In ternal Revenue in whose district thel (Continued on Page Five) THE CHOWAN HERALD A HOME NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TMM INTERESTS OF CHOWAN COUNTY - ■ WL , -1,. „ r . Bur.au of Public Relations U. S War D.n.rtm.ur AMERICAN ARMY MULE STILL IN THE FIGHT—Pack animals are doing their share in carry in* supplies over rough Italisn terrain to soldiers in the front lines. This U. S. Signal Corps radio photo shows how some of the first of the mules were led ashore from landing boats. Sold ers «aid the beasts were reluctant to plung* into the water but were not unwilling in moving forward with u.rii packs when they reached dry land. Contracts Awarded To Enlarge Marine Corps Air Station Runway, Taxiway and Airplane Parking Area Included THREE CONTRACTS Facilities Included For Marine Corps Wo men’s Reserve Following a recent additional ap propriation to increase facilities at the local L'. S. Marine Corps Air Station, three contracts nave been awarded to enlarge the Base. The additions include a new runway, a taxiway, airplane parking area, facil i ities for the Marine Corps Women’s | Reserve, additional enlisted men’s ! barracks, store houses and facilities | for'storing gasoline, j Mecklenburg Construction Com j pany of Durham was awarded the contract to construct a runway, taxi ! way and airplane. parking area. The V. C. Ixiftis Company, of Charlotte, was awarded the contract to build Marine Corps Women’s Re serve facilities as well as additional barracks for enlisted men and a store house. William Muirhead of Durham was awarded the contract to construct gasoline storage facilities. Presbyterian Church I s Being Remodeled Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr. Preaches Sunday at Methodist Church The Edenton Presbyterian Church is now being remodeled and as a re sult no preaching services will be held in the church for about three weeks. Next Sunday morning the Presby terian congregation will worship at the Methodist Church at the 11 o’clock service, when the Rev. D. C. Crawford, Jr., pastor of the Presby terian Church, will preach. There will be no night service. Though the Methodists are nego tiating with a prospective pastor to succeed the Rev. W. O. Benson, who recently resigned, no definite arrange ments had been reached early this week. Revival Scheduled At Ballard’s Bridge Series of Meetings Will Begin Sunday Morn ing, September 5 Evangelistic services Uat Bollards Bridge Baptist Church will begin on ; Sunday, September 5, and run through the following Friday’s advice, Sep tember 10. The Rev. Br§ce H. Pnce, of Ashboro, will do the preaching in this meeting. The people of Ballard qSßridge and - the public are cordially Rvited to be ; present at the very first (ervice. i Two services will be daily, the 11 afternoon service beginning at 3:30 i o’clock, and the service at < 8:30 o’clock. ( - . Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 26,' 1943. | Changing Jobs? 'Dr. J. S. Dorton, State direc- Ii tor of the War .Manpower Com mission, reminds workers seeking to transfer from one essential activity to another essential ac tivity that they; are required to [ secure a “Statement of Avail ability” from their most recent employer to take another job locally. If workers plan to take a job, essential or other than essential, at a distance of 30 miles or more from their home address, they , must clear through their nearest local U. S. Employment Service office. Essential employers hiring workers from other essential em ployers must have in th*ir files such a “Statement of Availabil ity” for each worker hired since May 15. 1943. when the War Man i power Commission’s Employment ! Stabilisation Plan became effec i five in this State. Annual Meeting Os First District Bar In Edenton Today Hallett Ward of Wash ington President of Group Members of the First District Bar will meet in Edenton today (Thurs day) in their annual meeting. The business meeting will be held in the Court House, beginning at 11 o'clock, and will be followed by a luncheon at 1:30 o’clock, in the Rose R >i«i at Hotel Joseph Hewes. Hallett S. W-rd, of Washington, is president of the group, and while he has not announced a program, it is expected that he will present some thing of interest to the organization. J. N. Pruden, of Edenton, is secre tary and after notifying every mem ber of the group, expects a goodly attendance. Wartime Recreation Supervision Shifted To Wilmington Office Transfer from the Norfolk, Va., office to the Wilmington, N. C., office of responsibility for wartime re creation activities in four seacoast towns of North Carolina, has been announced by Miss Lavinia Engle, Region IV Director of Community War Services. Communities affected 1 by the transfer are Edenton, Hert ford, Elizabeth City and the coastal area down to and including Manteo. Heretofore, Alfred W. Garnett, field recreation representative with head quarters at Norfolk, has serviced these North Carolina towns, but it is now deemed advisable to place this strip of territory under the super vision of the Wilmington office in or der that Mr. Garnett may be free to devote his entire time to Recreation work in the Hampton Roads area. The four towns and the intervening rural sections will be served by Field Recreation Representative, Harry M. Wellott, in addition to the territory’ now covered by the Wilmington office. The change in administration is ef fective immediately. The Regional Director explained that the responsibilities of the Re creation Section include basic sur veys, marshalling of community re sources and the recommendation for supplemental assistance in relation to meeting the leisure time needs in war impacted communities with ade quate facilities, leadership and pro grams. Chowan County’s Third War Loan Quota Is $417,000 Drive to Raise 15 Bil lion In Nation Begins September 9 BIG JOB Campen Planning For Complete Canvass In County With the nation’s third War Loan Drive scheduled to get under way' September 9, Chowan County’s quota * was announced, along with that of all! other counties in the State, this week. Chowan has been asked to sell $417,000 worth of stamps and bonds 1 in the nation’s effort to raise 145 million dollars for prosecution of the war. This more than doubles the 62, million -dollar quota for the Sec ond War Loan held last April. Chowan County’s quota in the new! drive is almost doubled, the quota in the Second War Loan being $231,900 | In most counties over the State, how | ever, the quotas have been propor tionately increased, in all counties j it will be necessary to do a much big ger selling job than in April, when the State’s quota of 62 million dol j lars was pushed over the top with a i total of 109 million dollars. J. G. Campen, chairman of the War Finance Committee in Chowan County, will direct the local cam paign and white he realizes that the; quota is a tremendous amount to! raise, he is optimistic as to Chowan citizens rallying to the great need and investing as much of their monev as possible. “To reach our quota,” said Mr. Campen, “will call for the exertion of every effort to tap all sources of income, from the large business and industrial buyers to the smallest wage earner, with a door-to-door contact. Volunteer workers might well compare their job with the job of our fighting men in Sicily, Mum!;, and other theatres of action where 1 they have to fight every inch of the way in man to man combat, and i they’re doing the job magnificently. | “Our workers will have to fight every minute of the drive, and I am sure they will do it, for, as long as men are dying, we can’t stop buying, or selling. A supreme challenge faces us, and I feel confident of sue-! cess in meeting this challenge.” Mr. Campen plans to stage a coin- I plete canvass of the county and will in a day or two call a meeting for ■ the purpose of effecting an organiza-i tion for the drive. # —— ; ■_ Revival Services At Bethel Church Rev. Bruce H. Price of Asheboro Will Do Preaching A series of revival meetings will ' begin at Bethel Baptist Church on Monday evening, August 30, at 8:30 o’clock, and run through the Satur day evening service, September 4th. The Rev. Bruce H. Price, of Ashboro, will do the preaching. Mr. Price is an excellent preacher and the public is cordially invited to hear him. Two services will be held each day, : except Monday. The afternoon service begins at 3:30 o’clock, and the evening service at 8:30 o’clock. Representative Os Area Rent Office In County Every Week At Court House Thurs days To Assist In Registering 9A.M. TO NOON | Markham Urges Land-j lords to Comply With Regulation Following the inclusion of Chowan County in the Elizabeth City De fense Rental Area and the subse quent registration of landlords, Thomas J. Markham of Elizabeth City, area rent director, announces that a representative from the area office will be in Chowan County on Thursday and Friday of each week until further notice. Each Thursday! morning the representative is sche-. iluled to be at the Court House from 1 9:30 o’clock to 12 for the purpose of 1 I aiding and advising any who have difficulty in filling in their registra tion form. On Friday, however, the representative will not be at the Court House, but will devote his time to making contacts throughout the county. Any landlord, therefore, who needs any advice relative to property registering should go to the Court House Thursdays between 9:30 o’clock and noon. , A representative will also be in Perquimans County each Tuesday and • Wednesday until furthei notice, and will be at the Court House in Hert ford each Tuesday morning from! 9:30 o’clock until 12 to assist land- 1 lords in filling out forms. | Mr. Markham is endeavoring to s •-' , J cure voluntary aid to sit at the Court • House in each of the towns two days! I! each week to aid in registration as- on j August 6, though definite arrairge ' ments have not yet been made. ,i The field representative will be un able to give the time for filling m' registration forms in the future and ' for that reason the forms may be ob tained from the Clerk of Court or! j Register of Deeds by those having to j j register, to be filled' in by the appli cants themselves and mailed or de- j livered to the area rent office or to the Clerk of Court or Register of| Deeds offices of either of the two counties, and corrections if any, will : be suggested to the registrant upon examination by the area rent office. I “We trust that those having houses, apartments, room or rooms,! trailers or trailer space for rent yjll ; immediately register same in accord ance with the requirements of federal: rent regulations,” says Mr. Mark-j ■ ham. “This means that a tenant sub- \ Jetting or sub-renting an apartment! or room or rooms or trailer space on premises rented by him is required to register the same as the original landlord. “All owners of rental property and tenants sub-letting or sub-rent ing are urged to give this matter of registration their immediate atten tion.” Status Os Jobs Wffi Decide First Fathers Called Into Service After October 1, when drafting of I fathers begins, those in non-defer able activities or occupations, regard less of their order numbers, will be the first fathers called for military J service. Those who transfer to es- - j sential occupations and thus release single irien for military service help to decrease the need for drafting fathers. Generally speaking, after j October 1, the occupation of an eligi ble registrant will determine wheth j er he will be inducted or deferred if his number is called. However, the question of hardship to dependents must be given consideration in each case. Gifts Going- Overseas Must Be Mailed Early Again this year it will be neces sary to mail Christmas gifts intend ed for service men overseas very early. Gifts going overseas should be sent between September 15 and November 1. This period has been designated by the Navy Department in cooperation with the Post Office Department. Parcels must not exceed five pounds in weight. 11 More Negroes Called For Induction In Army. Chowan County has been asked to furnish eleven more young men for Army induction, the local Draft Board receiving a call for 11 colored men to be sent on Thursday, September 2. This nowsfofor it dreu btad im tut territory trkort Adrortioon wttt rooMot good rondti. $1.50 Per Year. Interest Aroused In Effort To Boost Pulpwood Supply Shortage In Nation Rap idly Reaching Cri tical Stage | WAR NECESSITY ! Appeal Goes to Farmers To Cooperate In Pres ent Emergency Following the announcement in The | Herald last week of a campaign to overcome the shortage of pulpwood, a number of inquiries has been made relative to the appeal to meet the Government’s requirements. The shortage of pulpwood in the United States is rapidly reaching a >'ritical I stage which will greatly hamper the national war effort unless the ap proaching shortage is overcome by , farmers in all pulpwood producing states to devote some of their time to cutting this sort of wood. It is fig ured that if all farmers in the pro ducing states will give three extra days to cutting pulpw’ood, the threat ened 2,500,000-cord shortage will he averted. In an effort to overcome this short age, the War Production Board, with the assistance of four other Federal Agencies, has undertaken an inten sive campaign to increase pulpwood cutting in the three major producing areas of the South, Northeast and Lake States. The pulpwood indus j try is cooperating through a commit ; tee representing the mills, while in dependent committees have been set ! up by the American Newspaper Pub , Ushers Association to publicize and advertise the program in the pulp wood regions. The vital need for increased pro ! duction will be brought home to the Southeast when the War Depart- I ment's “Army Salute to Wood Cara ! van” tours HI Southeastern states, i covering 4,200 miles and making 38 j stops. Three of these stops will be j made in North Carolina, at Eliza j bethtown on September 30, Kinston ;on October 1 and Rni*ky Mount on October 2. The caravan comprises 250 infantry I troops, small artillery and battle equipment, jeeps and other combat ! vehicles. War heroes, just released , from hospitals, will be on hand to tell 1 how important pulpwoo’d and other forest products are to the men on the battlefronts. Captain John Ed wardson, U. S. A., is in charge of the caravan. j “The pulpwood problem is solely i one of production,” says T. W. Earle i of the North Carolina Pulp Company ; at Plymouth, where the output has already been curtailed due to the dwindling supply of pulpwood. “It’s solution depends entirely upon more manpower and more cutting in the | woods.” Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, is asking the 3,800,000 farmers in the pulpwood states to help overcome the threat- I ened 2,500,000-cord shortage in order to provide sufficient quantities of raw material to meet both the mili tary and domestic war requirements. “There is no way of determining | what the demand of our fighting I forces for pulpwood products will be | as invasion operations are intensified jin Europe and the South Pacific,” | says Mr. Earle, “but it would be a i sad commentary on the American I home front if our war program should be impeded because pulpwood for military uses should be ’too little’ and ‘too late’.” Alarming shortages in supplies of pulpwood were recently reported by the War Production Board. These reports show receipts at mills for the first five months of 1943 to be 26 per cent below those for the same period of 1942. The War Production Board indicated that the shortage may be come even more serious before the end of the year unless production is greatly increased. In the face of such declines the de mand for pulpwood is steadily in creasing. More is needed for smoke less powder, rayon and paper for parachutes, plastics for airplane parts, bomb and shell containers, blood plasma, ration packets, and containers for shipping ammunition, foods and supplies overseas. Pulpwood is of additional import ance because, as a substitute, it is effecting important savings in iron, steel, aluminum, brass, tin, copper, wood, cotton, burlap and binder twine, freeing these materials for the manu ; facture of munitions and other jn : struments of war. Pulpwood substi tutes saved tremendous quantities of metal, lumber, glass and Jdp-held rubber in 1942, to name only a few. Not only have pulpwood products (Continued on Page Five)