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CRSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1942 (0ne Day Nearer Victory) THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Pag 15 New Income Tax Schedule Will Include jlany People Heretofore Exempt of Tax Yanks Meet New Guinea Belles QUISLING TO MEDITATE New York. Hitler has his little eagle's nest at Berchtesgaden. And now his chief puppet in Occupied Norway, Vidkun Quisling, is build ing himself a mountain retreat Hear Trondheim. Reports received by the office of war information from Sweden say Quisling will use his retreat for "meditation," .irA man XI 7 1 t"Vl ,-nu are i o' Brazil Honors Knox " i.,uwn. and have a net in. mT IMP - S .-V--- SfcMw j . r snn (after a 10 per ? deduction for taxes, interest fte mortgage, and contributions u.-;cipt your federal income ft " Ii5 v L will be 199 as com with $12 last Tear This &n gives an idea of how .l. law has increased here do not in Victory tax that reading about in (The ngui5 dude the new .--imv been newspapers. That levy does Z e0 into effect until January, ,s.o an(j you will not be con- ' ed with it in the return you Z,b to make to the government March. Jc rnr other income levels the tax . f i iiL , he Daid by a marnea man wim Kr. . Ml 1 i. two children wui ue bb iujiuwo; 11000 . $1500 .- 12000 $3000 .- $500 '41 Tax 0 0 0 54 271 42 Tax 0 0 13 191 692 Here are other specimen cases ith net income still meaning ime after a 10 per cent deduc- for taxes, interest, ana con- klvi - - - rihntions) : w, . ,,. t Unmarried, no dependents: nei income, z,zoj; m9 tax. $319. Man, wife, one cnua: net in- tome, ?Z,viiu; . ma tt. 873. Man. wife, one child: net income, $3,240; 1941 tax, $121; 1942 tax, 1302. Man. wfe. three cnuaren: net income, $4,000; 1941 tax, $114; 1942 tax. $309. The increase in taxes is brought bout both by a raising of the rates and a lowering of personal exemptions. The normal tax goes op from 4 to 6 per cent; the sur tax rate rises from 6 per cent last year to 13 per cent this year on net taxable income below $2,000; it rises from 9 to 16 per cent on net taxable income from 2,000 to $4,000 and from 13 to 20 per cent on net taxable income from $4,000 to $6,000. Personal exemptions are lowered : from $15000 to $1200 for married persons, from $750 to $500 for single person, and from $400 each to $350 each for dependents. The Victory Tax The so-called Victory tax, which foes into effect January 1, 1943, and is in addition to regular in come taxes, is a levy of 5 per cent on all incomes above $624, without the benefit of any personal exemp tions. For example, a man whoso salary is $4,000 will pay as a Vic tory tax 5 per cent of $3,376 or $169. Certain refunds are allowed on 1 : O . When Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox visited our good neighbor Brazil on hia recent tour of South American Republic, he was hon- Getulio Vargaa of Brazil (left) Is howti presenting to Knox the Croaa of the Order of the "South era Cross." (Central JYeMj the Victory tax. Such a refund is called a postwar credit and is to be paid to the taxpayer as soon as practicable after the cessation of hostilities. But there are three kinds of expenditure which the taxpayer may count as a credit against part of his Victory tax: m premiums on life insurance in force January 1, 1942; (2) pay ment on debts incurred before January 1,-1942; (3) purchase of war bonds. The credit for any one of these expenditures, or for a combination of all three, will be allowed up to the amount of the postwar credit. That means that the taxpayer may get the benefit of his postwar credit immediately and not have to wait for it until after the war. If you are single the postwar credit will be 25 per cent of the Victory tax; if you are the head of a family the credit will be 40 per cent. So, for example, the credit on a single man's Victory tax of $300 will be $75, and on a married man's Victory tax will be $120. For every dependent a post war credit of an additional 2 per cent is allowed. PATRIOTIC SIGN Gladewater, Texas, Another sign of the times: "Don't buy whiskey; buy war bonds. '. : "But if you have to buy whiskey, buy it from us so we can buy war bonds." Belli -Hudson Is HEADQUARTERS for mm (Mir Shirts-- Trousers- Riding Breeches ONLY THE BEST We Bay From W. Koury Company, Inc. Greensboro, N. C. BELE HUDSON COMPANY The Christmas Gift Store IADGE ELW0O0 OORPORAL McNEW laid his whiskers on the window "sill. It wasn't, he thought, military duty to play the role of Santa Claus at the garrison Christmas party, He eouido t, however, disobey his com manding officer. Nor did he want to after hearing about that vacancy for a corpora) at the recruiting of fice in Kansas City. McNew had been born there, Marianne lived there now and only yesterday he'd heard that Marianne had been seen with a fireman. The colonel, though, had made his role more difficult "Er " he'd drummed on the table with hit fin gers, "I want you especially to convince my son. Make him be lieve that Santa Claus is really magic. My son is er fascinated by anything in the electrical line. He's been er-quite disturbing. I've told him that Santa only gives pres ents to good boys. If you can en courage his belief, it'd help the regi ment and me." He'd have to be a perfect Santa Claus, McNew thought Sonny waa very skeptical. "Hello." Peeping in the window he saw the object of his worries. J jfl Seated on porch of their but in a New Guinea village, these native belles are giving the newly arrived U. S. soldiers the once-over. One of the doughboys is offering an American-made cigarette to one of the native girls. These troops may have joined the Australian ground troops in their advance on Buna, Japanese base in New Guinea, (Central Prti$) Tiny lights gleamed about hia whiskers. accompanied by the regimental mascot Henry, the goat McNew slipped into a closet. Too late, he remembered his whiskers. Th goat, as the regiment had learned, had an appetite. McNew's fears were confirmed when he emerged from the closet. The whiskers were gone, and he heard Sonny giggling, "I bet Santa Claus ain't magic enough to grow more whiskers. , I bet he ain't magic at all. Dad doesn't know everything. Say, Henry, I wonder if Santa Claus can see in the dark. I know how to turn . off the switch" McNew sighed. Soldiers were sup- 1 posed to be ingenious. McNew re membered some cotton fields nearby. The band played a traditional Christmas carol. Corporal McNew stood beisde a gaily decorated tree' and began to distribute gifts to the children of the regiment He called out Sonny's name. Then the lights went out. He took a step backwards as tiny lights gleamed about bis Whiskers. Fireflies must have made their homes on the abandoned cotton he had plucked. McNew stepped on a package, stumbled and grabbed the tree for support He caught a branch. Out of the darkness. He heard Sonny's voice: "Yes, Santa, here I am." "Here" McNew tried to hand the boy the package containing the electric train. A firefly rested on his whiskers. "Here, Santa Claus car ries his own lights, you know." "Is it magic?" asked Sonny. "And you grew more whiskers " McNew stumbled again, reached for support. The branch cracked and broke. Falling, he caught Son ny's hand. "Here!" The lights went on. Sonny fled down the Steps and McNew saw that the colonel was comforting a weep ing boy. A corporal who'd given the colonel's son a switch for a Christ mas gift would never be recom mended for a recruiting job In his home town. The annual event at last over, McNew painfully removed the cot ton from his chin. His suffering was In vain. The colonel wanted to see him. McNew hurried. His chin was sore and red, but be managed salute, j "Yes. sir." . "Did you ever act the part of Santa Claus before?" "No, sir." McNew suppressed a sigh. . I "Urn maybe that explains the fireflies and the switch." There was a curious note in the colonel's voice. McNew struggled to explain, but he colonel Interrupted: "I hear yon want that recruiting job in Kansas City. Under the circumstances, I've decided to recommend you. Sonny wants to visit his grandmother there and you can take care of him oa the Journey. His grandmother thinks that Sonny is a good boy. I expect you to er continue to be resource ful."' . "Yes, sir." But McNew sighed. He wondered if snow could be used to advantage by a resourceful sok dier in charge of an equally in Ten 'Rules' End Action On Divorce Chicago. One month ago Judge Joseph Sabath sentenced the tif fing Adolph Thorkildsens to SO days 30 days in which to try out their self-imposed set of Ten Com mandments to attempt a reconciliation. The sentence worked and today Adolph, 51, and his wife, Hildur, 51, said that "love has rebloomed in our hearts." Their divorce suit has been dis missed, the commandments having saved their marriage of 29 years. The Thorkildsens give all the credit to the wife's attorney, Harry X. Cole, who outlined the com mandments based on the com plaints in Mrs. Thorkildsen's di vorce suit, They both advocated that all married couples, whether unhap pily married or not, follow these commandments: (1) The husband must take his wife dining and dancing every Wednesday night. (2) He must take her to a movie every Sunday night. (3) She may bet on the races up to a $2 limit. (4) The couple should separate Red Cross Budget Rires To 36 Million Richmond, Va. Chairman Guy Emerson of the American Red Cross war fund, says the annual budget of the Red Cross has in creased from $800,000 to $36,000, 000 since Pearl Harbor. Emerson says one of the biggest problems of the Red Cross service is keeping up with the constantly expanding armed forces. He spoke at a meeting of the Richmond Red Cross executive board. one night a week and spend the evening with friends of the same sex. (5) He must come homo to din ner in a good humor. (6) He must buy her a complete outfit each season. . (7) He must not go out with other women. (8) He must not exchange pres ents with other women. (8) He must not strike his wife. 10) He may drink, but not too much, on Saturday nights only, Eton is the most expensive of the English schools. Its fee is $1,150 a year. 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