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MIAMI TO FIGHT FOR AIR ROUTES MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 1.—t2P>—City Manager A. B. Curry and Miami officials today drafted final plans f0i a conference with mayors of Southern and Middle-Western cit ies to determine ways of maintain ing Miami’s position as air gate v a\ to South America ana the con tinents across the Atlantic. The agenda for the conference, scheduled to get under way to morrow morning, was discussed bv the city manager. Mayor Leon ard K. Thompson, and Washing ton attorney for the Miami Port Authority, George M. Morris. Emphasis was given the impor tance of Miami as a commercial Mr terminus today by Mayor James D. Stewart, of Cincinnati. "Our main business is with the South ” Mayor Stewart declared. "Cincinnati is the greatest city in this country for producing tool ma chinery. It has high priority. In peace time it would be shipped by air whenever machinery or parts are needed quickly in South America.” He noted that flights from and to Miami this week-end had main tained schedule while those out of Hew York were grounded by weather. _V OPA ESTABLISHES ACCOUNTING UNIT UNDER PAUL GREEN WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—(UP) — Administrator Chester Bowles to night announced establishment of a:: Office of Price Administration Accounting Department headed by Paul M. Green as deputy admin istrator for accounting. He said that elevation of the Of fice of Accounting service to the rank of department did not. con stitute a change in basic OPA pi.key since the accounting staff always has functioned as an inde pendent firm of public accountants and will continue to dr so. Green has been head of the OPA ac counting staff since July, 1943. It also was announced that Clive F. Marshall, Chicago, has been named price executive of the e reals, feeds and agricultural chem icals branch of OPA's Food Price Division, e replaces Colin S. Gor don who is returning to private business in Chicago. Ground Forces Personnel Swapped For Army Fliers ASHEVILLE. Jan. 1.—CP)—Army Ground and Service Forces redis tribution stations are assigning ground forces personnel to the Army Air Forces in return for more than 50,000 Air Forces sol diers who have been transferred to the Ground Forces for combat duty, it was announced here today by Col. Ulric N. James, command ing officer of the redistribution station here. The men transferred from the Ground to the Air Forces at the station here, Col. James pointed out. will be confined to those who no longer are physically capable of combat duty. They will be given short periods of conversion train ing. he added, at Biloxi, Miss., and then assigned to duty with Air Corps installations. Charlotte Bank Clearings Reach All-Time Top In ’44 CHARLOTTE, Jan. 1—(UP)— i Charlotte bank clearings since 1935 have increased steadily, with the total for 1944 reaching an all time peak over $2,000,000,000. it was ? unced today by Oscar W. Lash, head of the Charlotte Clear ing House Association. Bush said the bank clearings in 1943 were $1,868,317,678. while year lv clearings have climbed to $2, 052.448.100 this past year from t $653,471,400 m 1935. -V GRAVESTONE COLLATERAL ABINGTON. Mass.. Jan. 1— (UP)—When John Coleman sought security for a $10 loan to a friend, the man entrusted him with a gravestone inscribed “Matthew Pieed. Died Dec 28. 1860.” Portrait and Commercial Photography GEM STUDIO 119 Grace St. — Phone 6223 Eases the Pain Soothes the Nerves Distracting neuralgic pain, and nerves ruffled by minor pains ot this type, yield promptly to th' Quick-acting effectiveness of “BC’ “BC” also relieves headaches, mus cular aches and functional periodic pains. Handy 10c and 25c sizes. TJst only as directed. Consult a physi cian when pains persist. __________ . - v_. J. , iuVivA,ii,vj (JXXlll. V V 1 \J±\ , iran ^Jner.lc*n seamen aboard a Coast Guard patrol frigate look across a vast expanse of the Pacific nd count 32 ships, part of a mighty cara nnn, rem.torcements and supplies for forces under General MacArthur. The patrol vessel is one of many covering the flanks of the huge convoy as it moves westward with men and material against the Japanese. This is an official U. S. Coast Guard photo. (International) Battle To Be Opened For Housie Leadership RALEIGH, Jan. 1.— (fl| —Two remaining majority candidates for speaker of the 1945 House, op ened separate .headquarters here today as they prepared for a final drive for votes both express ed confidence of victory at a cau cus to be held tomorrow night. The two candidates, Oscar Rich ardson of Union and George Uz zell of Rowan, apparently had the field to themselves. All other prospective and announced can didates dropped out of the race months ago and no prospective candidates were expected on the scene. Richardson reitered a statement made several days ago that he would win the majority nomina tion. He claimed 71 votes, of which only 52 would be needed to win. Uzzell, while declining to reveal his v^te pledges, said he ‘had enough pledges to win.” Veteran House members said they expected the speakership Eight to go to caucus unless Gov srnor-Elect R. Gregg Cherry ex pressed a preference for one or :he other of the candidates. Cherry previously had said he would re main neutral. Caucuses to be held Dy the douse and Senate Democrats and py the minority House group to morrow night will precede the of Eicical opening of the 1945 biennial Legislature by dess than 24 hours, rhe first General Assembly ses sion will get underway at noon Wednesday, with the principal pusiness scheduled to be the elec don and seating of officers and clerks. The Senate caucus is expected :o be a routine affair. Archie Gay ARMY RELEASES NAMES OF FIVE WRECK VICTIMS HOUSTON. Tex.. Jan. 1—(JP)— The names of five men killed in the crash of a twin-engine Army training plane about 25 miles north of Houston were announced today by Col. E. V. Harbeck. Jr., Elling ton Field commanding officer. The plane crashed yesterday in a pasture. Harbeck said the crash occurred shortly after the craft took off from the municipal air port about 10 a. m. on a return trip to its home base at Lowry Field, Denver, Colo. The dead were: Lt. Everett M. Taylor, Jr., pilot, Baton Rouge, La. Bxnjamin N. Rcs'en, flight offi cer, Port Arthur, Tex. Allen W. Carpenter, corporal, Darnell, La. Harry R Shepardson. staff ser geant, Angeiton, Tex. Henry B. Waller, Jr., staff ser geant, Houston, Tex. of Northampton, apparently is unopposed for president-protem, and Ray Byerly of Lee county, is unopposed for principal clerk. No opposition has announced against W. H. Scott of Chatham for Sen ate sergeant-at-arms. The minority Republican House group will hold its caucus at 6:30, preceding by more than an hour the meetings of the majority par ties. The Republicans have made no announcements concerning candidates for House officers. Meanwhile, both Houses were preparing to inaugurate R. Gregg Cherry of Gastonia as North Caro lina’s second governor to take the oath in wartime at inaugura tion ceremonies scheduled for Thursday. L. Y. Ballentine of Varina, lieutenant governor-elect, and eight constitutional officers, along with two associcate justices of the Supreme Court, also will take the oath of office. The General Assembly will meet Thursday at 11 a. m., for a short session and will recess to recon vent for the inauguration cere monies at Memorial Auditorium at 12 p. m. The inauguration itself probably will have all the pomp and cere mony of pre-war inauguration. At least six military and civilian bands are scheduled to march in a two-mile long parade beginning at 11*15 a. m.. and other march ing units will include military groups from Fort Bragg, Camp Butner, ORD at Greensboro, State College, the State Guard, and Cherry's old war-time battalion, the 115th machine-gun section of the 30th Division, which will hold a reunion in connection with the event. Three Jap Freighters Sung In Yangtze River CHUNGKING, Jan. 1—(UP) — Fliers from the 14th Air Force sank three Japanese freighters and left another burning in New Year's Eve raids over the Yangtze river and Hainan island, while in cen tral Burma the versatile pilots stampeded a herd of 30 elephants being used by the enemy for mili tary transportation, it was an nounced today. A communique said two freight ers were destroyed in the river during an attack on Hankow. Two enemy bombers were downed over the targets and two others were destroyed on the ground. ---V ELM GETS A BOOST CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 1— <UP)—The tallest tree in Har vard University’s north quadran gle is 50 feet from the ground, but only 30 inches tall. Since 1928. the elm tree has been growing out of a chimney top on the Cruft Laboratory. British Make Gains In Burma Suicide rearguards left behind by the Japanese are trying to slow down British forces in Burma. The Tommies, however, continued to drive forward and advance elements are reported to have reached Kanbalu, on the main north-south Burma railroad, while a parallel force pushing down the Irrawaddy River is said to be making satisfac tory progress. Main Jap forces are apparently withdrawing to a prepared defense line some twenty miles north of Mandalay, their key supply base, with the British about seventy-five miles away from this line. (International) i TAX DEDUCTION ADVICE ISSUED Two pieces of cautionary advice about income tax deductions were issued to local taxpayers yester day by the office of Raymond D. Christman, chief zone deputy of the Internal Revenue bureau. The first warning was aimed at the man or woman who has heard about the Bureau’s Form W-2, to file which requires nearly no work whatever, since it consists in ef fect of a receipt for withholding taxes already collected. To salaried workers who have paid out heavily through the year on medical services, losses, ali mony and other deductible ex penses, it was pointed out, W-2 can be a trap as easily as it can be a boon to others. It allows only a 10-per cent automatic deduction. Form 1040, last year’s short form” and this year's only fill-out type return blank, allows legitimate de ductions to mount without limit. Taxpayers in any doubt as to whe ther or not their deductions may run over 1 per cent are advised to apply for the form and try a com parison. THREE PERSONS ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Injuries were sustained by three Wilmingtonians in New Year’s week-end holiday automobile acci dents, City police reported yester day. Admitted to James Walker Memo rial hospital with possible internal injuries was E. L. Lewis, of 44 Spofford Village, who was injured “when something went wrong with the front end of his car causing him to turn over’’ at Thirteenth and Marstellar streets, police said. Mrs. Frank Thomas, of 510 North Fourth street, was hospitalized for bruises and contusions of a minor nature after she was struck down at Fourth and Red Cross streets by a vehicle, operated by Irving Hewlett of Summer Hill. Hewlett told police he could not avoid hit ting the woman as she started across the street, changed her mind, and headed back. Seven - year - old Bobby Ward, of 214!i Castle street, received face bruises when the bicycle on which he was riding with his 12 year-old brother. Harlee, traveled through a red signal light at Third and Castle street and crashed into an automobile, driven by W. G. Hedgepath, of Whiteville. Police reported that the boy was treated and released from James Walker hospital. -v Thousand British Troops Home From Western Front LONDON, Jan. 1.— UP) —A thou sand Tommies returned to Britain today on home leave' from the Western Front. Relatives thronged railway stations to greet them. They will have ntne days in Brit ain-seven with their families and two for travel to and from ports. Today’s group was composed of veterans of the D-Day landings. Other contingents are expected al most daily under the home leave rotation plan, announced several weeks ago LT. GEORGE GAREY, USCG, IS PROMOTED The promotion of Lt. George A. Garey, U.S.C.G., of Wilmington, tc the rank of lieutenant commander was announced yesterday by the office of the Captain of the.Port. Commander Garey, who served as chief petty officer in World War I and was commissioned as a lieu tenant, senior grade, in the Coast Guard late in 1942, is on tempor ary duty here with the Captain of the Port’s office. He organized and commanded the beach patrol in the Wilmington area during its operation here from 1942 to 1944. following which he was transfer red to Charleston. Commander Garey, whose wife and younger son reside in the city, was employed by the Wilmington Printing Co., prior to his call to active duty in this war. His older son is serving with the Army Air Forces in the Pacific theater. -V— ARNALL TO AID IN RATE BATTLE WASHINGTON, Jan. 1— IB — Confident of victory. Georgia’s Governor Ellis Arnall prepared to day to wage a legal battle he term ed “one of the most important in history to my State and the South.” The governor said that “because of the tremendously high stakes in volved” he would personally argue before the Supreme Court tomor row his plea for equalization of Southern freight rates. Arnall declared the case “far ex ceeds in importance” a similar re quest pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission. “The ICC matter is just a drop in the bucket compared to o u r Supreme Court action,” he told a reporter “in our brief filed w’ith the court w*e charge a conspiracy of rialroads in fixing rates. If we can rectify that situation the rates will take care of them selves.” Arnall asserted "it will be the first time on record a governor has presented his state's case be fore the court personally but this matter is so important to me that I decided to revert to my former role of lawyer. I am confident we will get a favorable verdict.” The governor said he would be flanked by Attorney General Bid dle and Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge, but that they would be “listeners and advisors only.” The Justice Department in a brief filed as a friend of the court laws support the relief sought. -V Lightless Farms More than 3,500,000 U. S. farms have no electric lights or electric power, according to the Rural Electrification Administration. rs. Kj. CHURCH CRUSADE | TO BE STARTED CHARLOTTE, Jan. 1—(UP)—A 1945 crusade for Christ will be initiated by two teams of outstand ing speakers in a series of rallies to be held in western North Caro lina beginning January 8, it was announced today by the Methodist church here. Among the aims of the crusade, according to Dr. Embree H. Blackard of Charlotte, chairman of the publicity program, are to raise the Western Conference’s quota of $575,925 for world relief and reconstruction, and to "mobi lize Christian sentiment for a new world order.’’ A fev- of the outstanding speak ers who will speak during the cru sade will be Bishop Schuyler E. Garth of Madison, Wis.; Miss Ruth Lawrence, missionary to Poland; Edwin L. Jones of Charlotte, Me thodist Layman; and Dr. B. G. Childs of Duke University, all on team one. Speakers to tour with team two will be Bishop Clare Purcell of Charlotte area of Methodist church; Dr. Y. C. Yang, president of Soo chow University, China; Dr. Wal ter C. Gum, of Norfolk, Va.; Dr. Charles P. Bowles, of Statesville, and Dr. G. Ray Jordan of Char lotte. The crusade will open in the Thomasville and Waynesville dis tricts on January 8, and go to Win ston-Salem and Asheville January 9. The crusade also will tour Greensboro and Marion distncts on January 10, Charlotte and States ville on January 11, and Salisbury and Gastonia on January 12. _v_ Couple Asphyxiated In Parked Automobile LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 1—(UP) —Accidental asphyxiation was blamed tonight for the death of a Lowell woman war worker and her fiance whose bodies were found in a parked automobile in a tragic climax of a New Year’s eve cele bration. Police said Miss Lena McGrail, 45, and Francisco F. Sousa, 42, a railroad mechanic, apparently drove into the latter’s garage and kept the motor running to operate the car’s heater. Summoned by neighbors, police hacked their way into the garage, which was locked from the inside, and found the couple slumped on the front seat. Medical Examiner Marshall L. Ailing reported that the two had succumbed to carbon monoxide fumes only a few minutes before police arrived. tr German Doctors Allowed To Treat Nazis Captured By Americans At Front WITH ALLIED FORCES, West ern Front, Dec. 31—(Correct)— (UP)—German doctors were per mitted to enter American lines and Leat their wounded yesterday fol lowing a skirmish inside the Reich, it now may be disclosed. The agreement, made between the opposing commanders, enabled German medical officers to cross no-man’s-land unmolested, treat their injured soldiers and then re turn to their own lines. The injured were kept prisoner by the Yanks. -V URGES AIR RULES REVISION NEW YORK, Jan. 1— (UP) — “Sweeping revision” of the “hun dreds of cumbersome, conflicting and out-of-date rules and regula tions” that hamper aviation must take place if postwar aviation is t- grow, Sydney Nesbitt, aircraft radio sales manager of Lear, Inc., and a member of the newly formed Civil Aviation Joint Legislative Committee, said recently. The com mittee is co-operating with both houses of Congress to improve leg 1 islation regulating private flying. Milwaukee Police Teach Youths Respect For Law MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1—(UP)— Chief of Police Joseph T, Kluches ky and his assistants are teaching ’teen-aged youngsters in Milwaukee public and parochial schools the meaning of law and order. The new educational program is changing the old method whereby according to Kluchesky, the first and perhaps only time most chil dren came in contact with officers of the law occurred when they got into trouble. Now, however, the youngsters, in groups of 50 to 100, meet every Saturday morning with police of ficers and observe the functions of the police department at the safety building. “Besides serving as a crime pre vention movement, the program will help the youngsters in becom ing law-abiding citizens,’’ the police chief explained “Movies and talks will instill in them the importance of respecting other people’s property and the penal ties for vandalism.” Emphasizing the necessity of obeying bicycle traffic laws for their own protection, the children will learn early in life to acquire good traffic habits for they are the future motorists of the com munity, Kluchesky said. The chief decided to inaugurate the educational program after two “test courses” given in one public school stirred up great interest, rhe decisive sessions were ar ranged by Captain Hubert Dax, row in charge of the training school, who felt that the facilities of the police bicycle school for juveniles could just as well serve to develop law-abiding youngsters. Capt. Dax showed the first class a bicycle safety movie, a travellog and then had the pupils sing the words of a song flashed on the screen. Kluchesky talked to them, too, and aiso introduced Sergeant Harry Hassel, policeman in the school district. All Saturday morning ‘classes” close with a tour of the safety building to acquaint the young sters with the functions of the entire police department. 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The table is used to show the amount of the 10 per cent deduction from an adjust ed gross income, that is, an in come from which business losses have already been subtracted. Earners of mou than $5,000 an nually receive an automatic $500 deduction but have also the oppor tunity to use the 1040 deductible expense list, whether or not they are subject to withholding taxes. -V
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