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British Taxes HighcrThanU.S. Pay 40 Per Cent of Income, While Americans Pay 26 Per Cent. WASHINGTON ? Britons pay about 14 per cent more of their national income in taxes than do Americans in their effort to pay out of current income us mucih of the i costs of war as possible j The best comparisons can be drawn, on the basis of statistics fi <?m the British information service and the U. S. treasury, indicate that 40 J per cent of the total incotr "f Brit- I iah people goes into taxes of all j kinds, while about 20 per cent of America's total income is taken for taxes?federal, state and local In dollars and cents, this country Is paying roughly $31,000.000.(XX) out of a $120,000,000,000 national income, according to the treasury The figures are for the present fiscal year, which ends next June 30 The tieasurs estimates that it j will collect <22 0 0.000.000 in federal taxes during this icriod, state governments $ 1.500.''oO.000 and local governments $1 tit.'0,000,000. The es , timates include new levies under the ' n cently enacted tux hill These new h vus will h.. >e greater effec t in the , next fiscal ycjjr, hut meantime national income also is expected to increase . Britain fays Half in Cash. The difference in taxes explains in part how Br.ta.n is able to finance 1 half her war costs from current income while the l'n;t< d States nv ets only a fourth of its war bill from 1 revenue This means that Britain J must repay in the future only half her war costs, while the United States boffov.s three-fourths of her war funds'. To trie ordinary taxpayer, the r\voi oantry revenue p;< tare it cans ti .it the owrage Hi.ton p.?ys ab?-ut twice ns much tax >n has income as his A-: . i.e.,n ally, aioit t: r.o tuns os m::i :i f r a j ?, k f * : g.?r? '! -s. a p: i-.it d'-al mol e f r his lytic- of 1 ! ' ..ml j : : mm r .,* :y h .:m r 8U":.< ( : his i nt< i ta r ' '. ; w-.Ty, toih t g**.<ds and " any of h. - Maples. Tr e d.ff, ; i nc i ; r ? Fl: rt ;sh nr. i i.r.in L-.'b fa! .n ' t XeS is ; .:c ,1.,: 1 \ ,n ' w r : : .,, k, ! ; A , : i :: . : v. t1 r u i ;' i . y pa;. ; fill te\- ' ! 1' ' m *?? I -s I -. ;11 , ar e mar. 'v:;l ! ay c J , v : e Th>- II: .: v... .1 ! 1 . a hat . . f 4*-a v .' t V- ? a. an . V. :;! ! ma \ - 1 w . r ci- d.t < f $10 ar-.d a r t 1 .*y of $ 1 ~> < >n a ' $2.'fill n, t o a ... ? I}: M n pays San', .>, tafe ' e A '> : * w : 1! ! < v $22;'. tier i - M . p '. r refunds ,iri' h J i U 27 I'.is.: :at ha I dies of $133 and $178 respecti voly British Rales Higher. Some Americans also have to pay state income taxes, tnus bringing ' their total taxes (loser to those of j the British. fclven in the highest j brackets, however, the British rates , are higher. When the revenue act was passed j it carried with it new excise taxes, , that went into effect November 1. Since then Americans have been j paying a federal tax of $6 on a gallon j of liquor. But in Britain the tax I equals $20.08 a U. S. gallon. Beer j carries a federal tax of $7 a barrel j here while in Britain the levy ap- j proximatcs $16.95 for the same size j barrel of weaker beer, the kind nowavailable there. Most American I states have liquor taxes which are ' added to the federal levy but in no J case does the total rate come near t.Oe Bl .t .Mi tax Brjtnin u-rs d.ffVrrnl tax base ' for its am . i m- nt?\ to, But a 20< out ?:;uvie would cost the Kngl>: m.iM 3d cents whore the Anicra .,n w >u! i p,iv a tlat 10 per j i i-t.t t.ix r a t' l.ii of 22 cents. OddIs-, Britain h.,s a 1 warn tax rate on entertamm.i lit ;.<rfi rmance by liv mg actors, so tnat tiie Knghshman v. bo buys <i 20-cent admission to a stage performance could pay a tax of only 3 cents or a total of 23 cents ?just a cent more than the Amcr- i icun Jap's English Just Too Good; Now He Won't Talk NI LAN U. CALIF ? That now familiar trick of trying to disarm American jungle sentries by calling out in Knglish isn't w mkirg so uf ! any more. Lieut Col. W. T P'nipps , f the marine corps related on his return from the S< ! mop. Islands ' Rhipps t Id of a .marine ma. cir.e 1 gunner who : ar 1 Ic T-tej s ,n the < dark an: i. t g.. a few barMs An answer cam.- ; . , k!> ' Hold up >< ur < fire. We ar< An.eri. a'.n trmops I ' am bringing in my platoon " : The guni.i : replying t?1.at of fire knocked out an enemy patrol. c "Just too damned grammatical to i be a marine." he explained. i Sergeant Blushes When ; Child Points Out Error FOKT DKVLNS. MASS?Srrgt Vernon R Rarr< s nad spent half an hour trying t ) fit a wheel to the ax.e of a l.irge gun when an officer and his s;x y < ai -> ' ! son strolled by The i hiki a P .ed the sergeant for a rr.>.ment red asked hi.> father "Daddy, why <: >? s that soi-Ler put the wheel on backwards?" Brick red S< rgoant Barnes Hipped the wheel over and quickly slipped it into place. j L ? I Doctor Says Army I < it C < I Military t Life V ;\t Viove Haven of l\ ' ' KANSAS CITY. ? Among ol .i < a sons for joining the army Stomach-aches. For, declares Dr Walter C Alvarez, professor of medicine at the I Mayo foundation of the University of Minnesota, army routine may cure many stomach ailments. "The high-strung, intensely ambitious man who may have been driving himself to ulcers in his business," he suggests, "may find military life a haven of peace. "Others will do the planning for him. He'll relax, forget his personal schemes, and presently find that army chow goes through his food canal without sc much as a whimper, much less a growl." Other nonmedical cures for stomach ailments, he said in an interview, might include: Haise in pay; a vacation; a change in. job; or even the difficult decision Ro quit trying to become a big shot. Of course, he added, army life is no sure cure for ulcers. Many u little man, he declared, finds that w ar hazards intensify rather than cure ulcers. "But the man whose nervous energy in private life may have been upsetting his stomach could quite possibly find better health taking orders from Uncle Sam." On the other hand, those subject to military worries "are at a tremendous disadvantage. They can't get a glass of milk every two hours as they should do in private life. The tensions of war may knock them out before they ever get close to an enemy bullet." Among others who need to calm down if they would avoid ulcers, he listed: Women who are social climbers. Chute Torpedo Latest German Peril to Ships LONDON Lavst (lerman method of a fa k: n g Alia d convoys is to drop paracliut' S w.th a torpedo attar (.-d ::;to . the s? a. Directly it touches the water the torpedo commences t . iMvlr oround and around ts target in c.n ios which get smaller and sii.a.ler until it ria.kjs a hit. This i\pe of t -ipe lo was used re ccntly win n German planes attacked a lai g> A::. : scan and British convoy on its way to Murmansk carrying vital urman - tits for Russia. Although tins is the first time the Germans have u-od this type of missile, tests with parachute-launched t rpc'i* r - wore made by the Italian navy aid a.r lomc oft the Italian coast as long ago as 10B2. They were n"t very successful, as there were a great number of "misses." but the device was pronounced mechanically fit. Owing to the terrific barrage set up by escorting warships, the enemy has many times been prevented from getting in to launch their ordinary torpedoes from low level. They have thus been obliged to use the parachute torpedo which must be dropped at random in the middle of a convoy in the hope that the fast-circling torpedoes will hit one or other of the ships. It cannbt be aimed at a specific target with any chance of scoring a hit. Haider Fired in Public, Says Smuggled Letter NEW YORK?How Gen Franz Haider was ousted as chief of the i German army general staff by Hit- { lor was revealed in a letter smuggled out of Germany.' printed in the Swedish magazine Trots Ai11 and reported here by the Office of War Inform ati< >n Hitler, in the presence of his entire stall, was reported to have told Haider: "I am under the impression that your achievements do not keep up with my demands and you are unable to follow my intentions. I thank you for your work hitherto. You may go." The curt dismissal caused strong resentment among officers, the let- 1 ter writer said. Canada Makes War Planes At Rate of 5,000 a Year ( WASHINGTON?Canada is pro- J ducing war planes at a rate of about j 5,(>00 a year. Munitions Minister C. i D Howe tn'.d a press conference at j the Canadian legation Howe, who ramp to Washington f; r a meeting j :f the newly established British- i American-Canadian combined promotion hoard, spoke with pride of ' [he progress made by Canada in . na.ny fields of war production He I nstimated Canada's total war proiucticn for 1942 would aggregate ; ibout 2'-? billion dollars and for 1943, i ibout 3'-.- billion dollars ?? ?1 i Jinx Follows This Policeman Around KANSAS CITY ?OiTiocr BoasIt > j, .1 v < i isi- '<) a >;> odt-r His rr. it ir^ytio h ! a ro spat :n Ih? j sTn . ?rr;.tr? him to a hospital with >cV?io bruises and a possil log fra fare Trr arrhrnt was Officer B?*as ies's fourth since June 2, 1941 His first name as carried on the pa> roll is Jir.x 1 AN ORDINANCE An Ordinance to prohibit do0a running at large within the City Llmite; and to provide for the diepoeai of doge eo ranging at large. He It ordained by the City Council of Camden, B. C . In due session assembled the 26th day of January, 11143. Section 1. No dog ahull h? allowed to range at large within the City limits, and all dogs within the City limits of Camden ahull be kept upon the premises of the owner except when exercised on a leash, or kept otherwise under the immediate control of the owner <* keeper. Auyone permitting a dog to run on the City street^ without leash, or other eflectlve immediate control, shall he punished by a fine not exceeding one (f 1 00) dollar. Section 2. It shall be the duty of1 <au ? LU.. . . 11 1 the City police, or any person appointed by the Mayor therefore aa far as practical, to capture and Impound all dogs which may be found running at Iuj'ku within the corporate limits of the City of Camden; and on the capture and impounding of same, it ahall be the duty of the City Police to notify the owners thereof, when they are known; and when they are not known, then to post a notice ou the door of the City Court Mouse -The owner shall pay for the keep of the dog in the City pound at the rale of twenty-five (25c) cents per day, and in addition the fine stipulated in Section One above, whereupon the said dog ahull be released, otherwise, within ten days after such notice the same shall he disposed of by sale or he destroyed. Section 3. For the purposes ot tftis ordinance a City pound shall he established on (lie City lot for the impounding of dogs taken under tills ordinance, or under any other ordinance, relating to dogs not of necessity ,re11 1 ..1 1 " u 111 pealed by this ordinance, the Haute to be under the direction, supervision and control of the Chief of Police; and this pound shall be inspected twice monthly by the City Commit)aioner of Police, who shall duly report to City Council on the maintenance , of said City Pound and the condition and treatment of the dogs Impounded therein Section 4. That all ordinances or ( parts of ordinances conflicting with < (his ordinance be and the same are hereby revoked and this ordinance shall take effect on the 7tit day of February, 15143. Ratified in Council assembled this 25th day of January, 15143. K V McCOKKLK. Mayor City of Camden, S C. Attest Louise W. lloykln, Clerk City of Camden, S. C. 47 48 sh WANT ADS?The little fellows with the Big Pulling Power. LEGAL NOTICE "" ] PLBA8B TAKK NOTICK, that a apodal meeting of the atockholder* \ New Kirk lnduatrlea. Inc.. with a! principal place of bualne?H at, <W ; ilen, H. C., 1b hereby called to meeiT the office of Richard K. Broome, Xt torney at I^aw, 1225 Wa#hlugtQ? Street. Columbia. 8. C., on tlie ifcw day of March. 1943, for the purpose of dissolving. liquidating and wludltiK uD the affaire of ?ald corporation. * ' R. K. FULMEJH, Secretary and Treasurer Owner of more than 20 per cent of the Capital Stock. > Camden, 8. C. February 13, 1943. Lost and found columns ?( ToMio newspapers are crowd, ed these days. Every time aa American buys a War Bond, the Japs lose face. Buy your 1(>c^ every pay day. I The Lone Ranger By h ran Striker j ' M soon M TVfc lO^t RArtGfclT\ 1 SETS INSIPE T> CAE., ill LfcHT U TMt K)SE Wf BUDW EM UP. , jdi BUT VhMT TILL HE GET* WtLLN IN4JPE. Vst POM'T <*M1T TO TAX? 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