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THURSDAY NOV. 4. 1943.
TAX JITTERS
Congressmen would likely he much
happier if they didn't have to do
anything about a new tax bill this!
year. For any new taxes which they j
pass will apply in 1944?and 1944, as j
we all know, :s a major election year.:
But since it is fairly well agreed
that more taxes arc necessary to
stave off inflation, the big question
is what new taxes would be least,
destructive to vo.es.
The treasury department, after admitting
that four-fifths of our national
income now goes to people
earning less than S5.000 a year, of
to red a plan for putting p-.ost of the
additional taxes on the other fifth.
That might he considered smart politics?since
the votes of the one-fifth
are of minor importance?hut congress
couldn 1 quito agree to an approach
so locking in subtlety.
A national sales tax. under which
people would he taxed according to
the amount of goods they purchase
?was offered as a means of fairly
distributing new taxation, but labor
leaders have made it clear tnat thev
will demand higher wages, sufficient
to pay the extra tax, if such a plan
is adopted.
Of course congress could pass a
sales tax and along with it, pass legislation
to prevent wage increases,
and to forbid strikes for higher pay.
but that would prove disastrous on
election cay.
The more strictly poJitically-minded
of the nation's lawmakers find it
difficult to determine just where is
the best place, to lay the heavier
portion of the new tax hurden.
Oxford Orphanage
Gives 190 To Service
The Oxford Orphanage, at Oxford,
N. C., has c record of seventy years'
of service to the children of North I
Carolina Oyer five thousand have'
been cared for and trained. Its grad-J
uates and former pupils arr in all
walks of life and there is no record
of a former pupil having been convicted
and sentenced for the committing
a major crime. It. is the oldest
orphanage in the state and receives
children ether than those of
membership of the supporting order.
At the present time less1 than fifty
per cent of the population of the
orphanage is of Masonic parentage.
The home possesses valuable buildings,
grounds and equipment and
has had no operating deficit for several
years.
The annual budget the Orphanage
XT - s-.
iui on i:.\pcnamirt' 01 $170,000.
This provides shelter. clothing, food,
recreation, heat, light, books, school
supplies, health program, staff of
trained workers, vocational training
in several departments, laundry, repairs
and upkeep to grounds, buildings
and equipment, and experienced
case work for a family of 313 children.
Superintendent C. K. Proctor announces
that the sum of $10,000 is
needed this year for operating expenses
in order to balance the budget
The Oxford Orphanage is mere
than a philonthropy?it is an investment
in the lives of North Carolina
boys and girls who would not otherwise
have a chance.-It pays to the
State and its citizenship the high
dividends in character and trained
young people. It is an opportunity
today for North Carliria citizens to
express in a substantial, way their
desire to help others.
The orphanages of the State use
the Thanksgiving season as an occasion
to apeal to the citizens of the
State for much needed assistance.
The Superintendent of the Oxford
Orphanage anounces that the home
is open to visitors each day and hundreds
of North Carolina citizens visit
this historic spot each year.
Buy War Bonds
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:EY DNIEPER TOWN
ALLS TO RUSSIANS
London. Nov. b-?Rod army troops]
ghting to collapse the German sou- j
iern flank have raced 40 miles past!
gently captured Perekop the north- ,
estern gateway to the now sealed i
:f Crimea, and seized the impor- i
ini Dnieper river crossing town j
Kakhovka, Moscow announced j
day.
The advance across the marshy
ogais stepe placed Russian troops
Lthin 30 miles of the Dnieper mouth
>rt of Kherson, while the capture
Kakhovka, brought death to sev-j
til thousand Germans who were i
lied by gunfire or forced back and!
owned in the Dnieper river, said
c communique.
Nazi groups isolated north of the
vash sea by the spectacular Russia
victories that had trapped oththousands
of Nazis in the Crimea
ere pressed back to the sea and j
raplotely liquidated, the war bul- j
tin said.
r> : -II . .
or<u mg nor.ii rewara rsjtersnn.;
d Nikolaev. the Red Spearhead, j
lie!) is aimed at cutting the Nazis]
f behind the Dnieper bend, took'
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Here's a sample <
get because our f
rJ"*HEY took it...in Londc
Prague, Paris, everywl
evil shadow.
We didn't get it here
see the flag with the cro
Hall.
Weil, let's not get smug
gest reasons is that our fig
it away from us while we
And what ingrates we'
everything we can to hel]
Our allies need food. C
need them to keep fight.
Axis domination.
Tko Wo, P,,o
mechanism for providing
sible time with the least
But the National War
fronts, too. It fights wit!
through the USO. It fight
by combining its appeal t
agencies.
Look over the list of i
you'd give each one...an<
You're only being
...and for all these
come on
NATIONA
WAR FUNI
New R
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER"
Kalnnchak. 20 miles northwest ofj <
Perekop. and Bclshaya Mayachkt, 30 \ J
miles east cf Kherson. j<
Capture of the Black Sea town of IJ
Skadc-vsk, 40 miles west of Perekop ii
and the same distance southeast of <
j Kherson, gave the Russians control i
! of a large section of the north coast
of Karkinit bay. which sepcrates the t
northwest coast of the Crimea fiom; 1
the maiiiland. ' 1
This advanced in the war bulletin j
broadcast by Moscow and recorded ;
here by the Soviet Monitor reduced i
still further German chances of cut- i
ting an escape corridor through for 1
their traped troops in the Crimea, ji
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American Legion News. ]
A few weeks ago Watauga Post. I
130 went on record to have an ar-l
mistice day meeting with a dinner j
served. But since then we have
learned that the Legion Post ul Le- s
noir has purchasc-d and remodeled t
a building which is one of the out- t
standing Legion Homes in the state . I
The Lenoir Post has invited the
members of all the posts in the 17th.
district to attend a dedication of j i
their new home, November lltli at it
5 p. nr. Therefore a number of the i <
officials cf Watauga Post have de-!s
of what we didn't
ighting allies did!
in and Lidice. In Warsaw, I BV
tore the swastika cast its \
? You don't \ Iff
oked cross over our City 1 t
; about it. One of the big- f t|
;hting allies were keeping \
were getting ready. \ '
d be now if we don't do \
Nothing. Medicines. They X
'rig...to break the yoke oj I
d is simply a new. efficient
them in the quickest pos- 1
amount of red tape. %
Fund lights on two other \
i our own fighting forces
ts on the Home Front, too,
vith that of our own local
igencies. Figure out what HOME
1 double it! of youi
torch.
, Greece
asked to give once ia?e ?
m *9 _ a Seems
17 agencies. So... luck b)
make it good!
( Give ONCE for AL
I USO Friendsc
/ United Seamen's Service Greek W
D\ War Prisoners Aid Norwegi
j Belgian War Relief Society Polish W
f British War Relief Society Queen ^
\ French Relief Fund Russian1
1
iver Light a
will
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f THUTtSD A.Y?BOON E. N. C.
ficted to tall of! the meeting net
feed planned for the night of Nov
mber Htb. However, commandei
Ralph G. Greer elates that the reg
liar monthly meeting will be belc
?n the 3rd Friday night the !9th o!
November.
The last regular meeting of Wa
:auga Post was one of the most in
cresting meetings we have had in <
ong time. A number of war vetex
ins of the present war were then
and they gave some of their experencos
they had on the front in Af
rica and the South Pacific. It seem;
o put more life in these meeting;
vhen we have some of those new
rets on hand to talk. They all seeir
o be proud to join the American
i.egiou. and the I.egion is proud tc
lave them join the ranks.
At the next regular meeting we
>;an lo have some souvenirs on hand
vhich were brought hack from the
iversess war fronts. These will lie
nost interesting. Come and see some
>f the many weapons our boys are
lacing.?Reported.
The WFA has announced that an
ndividual may slaughter meat for
lome consumption without a license
ir permit if he is entitled to conume
the meat point free.
SWEET HOME...Here was the core and
r life...burned to the ground by a vanda
Russia has many, many scenes like this
, Jugo-SIavia, Norway, and...remember
tiled Lidice? We've been lucky in our
tike a good idea to sort of celebrate out
r sharing with the less lucky.
L these
f Luxembourg United China Reli<
ar Relief Association United Czechoslov
an Relief United Yugoslav F
ar Relief Refugee Relief Trc
filhelmina Fund United States Com
57ar Relief Care of Europe*
"his advertisement is sponsored
ind Power
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ij LEAVES FOR MIAMI- FLA..
J Blowing Rock. Nov. 2, ?F. W. Web
si or. who served as piesident of th
~i Blowing Rock Chamber of Cora
! mercc- during the past summer, aw
Mrs. Webster, left last week for Mi
ami. Fla.. where Mr. Webster ha
extensive business interests.
Under adverse conditions due t
1 the war. Blowing Rock had the lar
gest crowds during die summer ev
; cr to visit the resort for sustainei
"! periods. During lite period th
" chamber of commerce was open. 1,
' 200 tourist queries were received
; Mr. Webster expects to return her
early next spring.
For Real Values ir
of every description and for c
ber of the family, visit our
handle the famous Star Bran
er leading brands, all sizes a
u HTl 4* *% "IW* W
jLiuiu a jLtcpa* im&M
(Formerly Bale's Fair :
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^ 3 irn?s. turned s
F t*ie ?r,va(5ers i
g beds for them*
mayor! x>'.y vvn
a borate. ?x\cvocher flfftfWi
- Mesr,e$ to give \\
1 RECENT "GUEST" AT AN *U
\ have a fine custom in com;
||. : / quered area are placed in "c
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center L Hk H
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r good / W
ak Relief
Lelief Fund
istees
mittee for the
m Children
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Co. - Boon
NOVEMBER 4. 1943.
i Every beef cattle grower i" to?
_ jstate should have a copy of extension
circular no." 268. "Raising B>!ei
_jCattle in North Carolina." Write the
I j Agricultural Editor, State College,
j Raleigh, for a free copy.
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very mem- J8???
store. We I* ?
d and oth- /? a d|sjfyf
nd widths.
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raiKES MERCILESSLY
ider takes all the food and
jrc yourself...here in your
ronr own little girt in your
iway from a hospital because
took all the medicines and
?Iv?! Let us help. Give non !
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non. Pretty girLs in a conrffictts*
clubs!' It didn't bap_
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