Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - March 11, 1943, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE LITTLE FOR SALE WANT ADS WILL RAISE YOUR TAX pM A Twenty-Ninth 9109. DONT LET A LANDLORD RATION YOUR HOME BUY YOUR TUNISIAN Wisconsin March 11, 1943. Single Copy Five Cents OPERATORS FEEL LEWIS DEMANDS AREN'T MERITED New York Bituminous coal operators of the northern district countered the wage increase demands of the ed Mine Workers union today with a statement that the industry did not feel the demands were Charles spokesman for the northern asserted that the general views of the em- were that industry profits after 1940 did not warrant such as Mr. Lewis Contract Expires March 31 John L. UMW demanded of the Appalachian joint wage conference yesterday a day basic pay with an day minimum without exception in a one-year contract to replace the one expiring March 31. The spokesman today launched into a al of remarks Asserting that management had come to the conference to reach an agreement if one could be O'Neill must be no cessation or interruptions of operations in these coal mines until our enemies have been Mine O'Neill were not as asserted by when compared with other classes of He added that company attacked by Lewis in a re- ALLIES INDICATE More Abundant Life to Follow Post-War Says Planning Board national resources planning board called on the country today to steel itself for a continuance of wartime restrictions for months after hostilities but held out be- yond that hope for a life of unrivaled it proposed a social insurance system designed to port of a survey of food were well and asserted that prices quoted by the UMW dent were higher than actual prices The coal industry has made more progress in raising the incomes of workers and improving its own structure than any other in- he adding that iji the past 10 years salaries had risen on an average of per in wages have been a good deal greater than the increase in the cost of O'Neill As the contract Lewis declared that other coal mining groups in states outside the Appalachian area had attacked the UMW because they were not represented at the ence at which basic contracts are He asked that representatives of each organized bituminous group in whatever bituminous field they may be be invited to participate in dis- cussions and Other Lewis Demands The opening attended by southern heard Lewis de- mand also double time for Sunday elimination of differentials between districts and of third shift an end to the week with termination of the war and credit to miners for all time spent at the Also demanded was inclusion in the new agreement of some assistant foremen and er supervisory personnel heretofore unionization of all mine workers below the rank of sure all Americans against want from birth to death and an mic structure in which the ment would be a partner in certain industries and labor would share in business Congress Refuses Funds The far-reaching were presented by ident Roosevelt yesterday for consideration during this to a congress which thus far has re- a presidential request to give the board funds to continue its planning work after next June 30. They were covered in two ty an 81-page, word plan and and a 640-page, report on work and relief The latter expanded in detail upon aspects sketched in the The post-war plan's chief tures included ions Would Demobilize Slowly Demobilization of the armed for- civilian war workers and the vast industrial machine built up for war production be graduated a period of A similar slow course be taken in relaxing price and wage the rationing of consumer and the controls over allocation of scarce raw materials and industrial and construction The government maintain a with private enterprise in such industries as aluminum and helping to decide areas and what concerns continue to operate in these Would Consolidate Railroads Railroads be consolidated into a limited number of regional systems under authority of a national trans- portation Labor be upheld in right to collective fair wages and healthy and effective working responsibility in organization and sharing in Measures be taken in behalf of business to avoidable un- certainties and needless burdens in the laws affecting prise and in their Would Revise Tax System Consumption taxes be and a tax structure set up retaining graduated levies on a tax with major em- phasis on the individual income tax and less reliance on the corporate income A war conversion provision be written into federal 9 Reach Mark in Red Cross Drive The South Wood County Red Cross chapter's war fund has ed a in cash and of of the ter W. war fund campaign announced The chairman has expressed hope that the campaign be completed this and today requested that those who may have been overlooked by solicitors send their contributions directly to campaign headquarters in order that the goal can be ed by is ample prospect that the South Wood County quota of 600 will be met if citizens continue giving as they have been until all in our area have been proximately 400 volunteer workers are assisting in the the chairman firms and families who for some reason may have been missed by solicitors are urged to send or bring their gifts to Red Cross invites all to share in giving and appreciates ery whether small or NEAR KHARKOV London The Germans EARMARK SURTAX FUNDS TO AID STATE VETERANS Wis. A setting aside this year's receipts from Wisconsin's 60 per cent tax on incomes in a trust fund for post-war aid to veterans was med through the assembly today un- der suspension of the The budget bureau has estimated the which Governor land retained in the tax program by vetoing the legislature's repeal would produce about this Vote Is Unanimous The was introduced by er Thomson who was among the house group which sought unsuccessfully day to override the governor's veto of the Resistance was en- countered from several members but the vote on final passage was 95 to 0. Thomson said the house voted yesterday to assure collection of the surtax and that since his would put the money in a trust fund the sooner this was done the better it would be for all the people of the No Surtax in Future Asked would ap ply to future surtax Thorn son asserted there would be no sur tax in future indicating tha the house did not intend to the tax which expires June 30. Assemblyman Beggs suggested the should tak its proper course with the ary public look behind this thing to see what the motives Let's have an orderly procedure and the lar hearings so we can ferret out the reason behind all Assemblyman Mullen measure to the but was de- 85 to 0' after Thomson said it was advisable to ite The measure now goes to the ate for 3 Rescued After Drifting 83 Days on Survivor Tells Epic Struggle Against Sea of Elect Fordyce County Bar President John Marshfield is the new president of the Wood County Bar County Judge Frank W. Calkins of Wisconsin Rapida in the association's Other officers of the bar named at the annual meeting of the association held in conjunction with the March term of circuit court are Attorneys M. S. W. T. and A. J. Mr. Nobles was reelected and Mr. Crowns succeeds Herbert A. now a lieutenant in the The association voted to waive the dues of members serving in the armed forces during the time they are in and to pay their dues in the Wisconsin State Bar Bitter Attack on Wartime Salary Limits in House association providing dues are the state Lt. Col. Roosevelt Is Praised by Sergeant N. James Peter 29, says the men in Lt. Col. Roosevelt's marine unit by seems to smile at you when you think you can't move another Alverson wrote his James J. his smile seema to on you are not going to stop are Alverson this man Col. debate on a to repeal President executive order limiting time salaries to after taxes brought from Representative Cox today the assertion that it was the duty of congress to tect government by if it de- sired to retain public Republicans and dissident a combination in control of virtually all legislation in the house since the 78th Congress led the bitter attack on the salary The repeal proposal was at- to legislation authorizing the national debt to rise from the present ceiling to Cox said that exercise of such power as the salary limitation order well could be the forerunner of executive orders to determine where a person could work or where he could The he wholly without authority in and lates the expressed and well-known intent of is too much power to be vested in any one Six Brothers in But Marines Reject Him Kenneth 17-year-old Wausau youth who sought to join his six brothers in the of his was re- by marine corps recruiting physicians Enlisting officers sent the boy home and advised treatment for an eye They told him to try again in a few months if the ment is Kenneth has five brothers in the are throwing numerically superior forces against the Soviet lines south of the Russian noon com- said and reported a was be- ing Claim 400 Germans Killed a large populated Red army men encircled a battalion of German automatic riflemen and a large group of said the war recorded by the Soviet dio units destroyed 15 tanks and wiped out 400 the Russians had ed their troops were continuing on the defensive south and southwest of Kharkov as the 17th week of the Soviet winter campaign The drive for aimed from the region west of was reported yesterday within 19 miles of the German base and day's noon communique announced the capture of the railway station of only 15 miles due east of Isakova was only one of several towns taken in that it was Below the mans continued to counterattack but were thrown back with heavy the Russians Reds Recapture Bely Elsewhere along a front of con- the Russians an- that they recaptured 70 miles northwest of and 80 miles northeast of the German base which is their pal objective in the drive west of The communique said that more than 20 towns were captured by Russian forces operating south and southwest of which is on the and that several dozen villages were ed south of which is on the Luki City Clerk to Handle Explosives Licensing Appointment of Nels M. city clerk of Wisconsin as the explosives licensing agent for the bureau of mines for Wood was announced Justeson takes the place of J. A. county as the eral agent and will have jurisdiction of all explosives licensing in Wood All handlers of buyers and Left Fiercely ed to obtain licenses from the was found at Kiwanians Hear Talk by WAAC Recruiter Lieut. Katherine B. officer for the Women's Army Auxiliary told bers of the Kiwanis club at the Hotel Witter today of plans for building the WAAC strength to enlisted women by the first of Lieut. James told her eners that Wisconsin was expected to furnish women for the She said that the present ment exceeds and that WAACs are serving in 110 army posts throughout the A small including Captain Ruth Briggs of Port is serving with the armed forces in The recruiting officer will meet with women interested in the WAACs at the Elks club Friday evening from 6 to o'clock un- der the auspices of the Legion Vernon manager of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales com- told club members of the ious phases of the cranberry try and showed moving pictures of Wisconsin and eastern cranberry NO WHEAT SHORTAGE Whatever other food supplies may run there is no immediate danger of a shortage of it was ed Testifying during ings on a farm labor supply re- ported Secretary of ture Wickard told the house committee the 000 bushels of wheat on hand last January 1 were sufficient to last about two A young one of three men who drifted 83 days on a life raft after their ship was torpedoed in the south At- arrived here safely to tell of the epic struggle against the Prayers Were Answered Basil D. navy of South related the describing how their daily prayers were answered by showers of and by birds and fish which came close enough to be caught for knew God was with me all the Izzi He and his two Dutch merchant survived the longest ney on a life raft recorded since the war Two ensign James of and George both of the U. S. died during the trip and were given sea Ship Torpedoed Nov. 24 The a united nations was torpedoed Nov. 24. member of the gun crew of which Maddox was the said he jumped overboard when vessel He clung to for two then was found those on the life raft and On January 24, they sighted an The following day they saw a convoy and signalled an es cort vessel which took them aboard The day after Izzi was taken aboard the life raft the group sighted a second raft with six men on it. said they needed help tried to get to but th seas were running against us we lost sight of said Izzi were the last men from ou ship that we Food Lasted 16 Days Provisions on raft includet ten gallons of nine cans of a box of chocolate and a few dozen The food lasted 16 days but the water held out nine days had attracted birds and fish the first few days by feeding them pieces of Izzi expected then to be picked up ty With the food the party had to rely entirely on its The a four-foot shark was caught by means of a lasso 'The fish swam through the noose and we caught it by the Izzi think we caught about 23 of on the raft because the sea was too rough For them to come down in the wa- Two Companions Die After three weeks adrift Beasley ill but did not die until the 66th Maddox died on the 77th Izzi said the men prayed each evening on week days and day on The navy has kept no official counts of the number of days have drifted on life rafts during the although officers expressed belief the 83 days of Izzi and his companions was a To Protect Convoys With Helicopters The British in- end to use helicopters for the of shipping H. H. 3alfour, undersecretary for dis- in the house of commons The wingless machines are ported and driven by an overhead They can land and take off vertically from a space as small as a deck and thus could travel all the way across the ocean with a Bombers Attack 5 Japanese Leave One Sinking i Allied Headquarters in Australia Allied airmen pounced on five more Japanese merchant sels jn the southwest Pacific area probably one ship of tons and heavily aging another of allied headquarters announced army and one in the were I Mrs. Florence in His ty agent selling or Licenses are in force for the period of one They are given out by the agent at a fee of 25 An application is contractors and similar users of explosives must obtain Others required be ed are those handling such products as drags which contain ingredients might serve M off the southeastern tip of and a big bomber scored a direct hit a heavy The communique said the ship was burning fiercely and was probably a total Two more ships were attacked at Wewak on the northern coast of New Guine i and several near hits with bombs were the communique At least one of the estimated at 000 received severe it was The warehouse area of the port also was attacked and later heavy bombers strafed the building area from a low altitude despite heavy anti-aircraft Two other enemy cargo ships were bombed by allied sance units at the northern end of Island in the but results were not Coastal Vessel Strafed At Saumlaki in the Tanimbar the town and harbor area were heavily bombed by medium bombers and an enemy coastal sel was The drome at Cape New also was the com- AXIS STRENTH ON OBSERVERS SAY THREE SURVIVE 83 DAYS ON their first solid food after almost three months adrift in the South Atlantic are Cornelius van der Slot and Nick and Basil Izzi of Pharmacists Mate Raymond C. Buckley kneels in Sen. Laird Repudiates Inference He's Hireling of Wealthy Interests duelling were in Wisconsin Senator Melvin R. Laird might have issued a challenge He said so when he took the floor on personal to repudiate what he describes as inferences that he was paid of wealthy Laird was referring to a he introduced to guarantee that sons whose land was taken over by Jie federal government for war plants would not have to pay in- creased state income taxes on the proceeds of the Answers Senator Risser The Marshfield senator said he offered the to prevent heavy assessments against Sauk county farmers whose land was taken by negotiation or condemnation for the Badger ordnance works near Replying to a statement by tor Risser that the measure also would save money for wealthy Milwaukee family that some land on the Laird declared that no one could accuse him of being a in the old days they used settle these things by choosing he Delay Action on Action on the hill was delayed to premit inquiries from the attorney as to whether it would be Senator Leverich an amendment restricting ts application to To Appeal Conviction on Charge of Speeding Harry Wisconsin ras found guilty in justice court ere Wednesday afternoon of a law violation hut will eal the verdict to circuit Garber was guilty of by Justice of Peace C. Jacobson following at his and was fined 20 and The complaint was nade by the Wisconsin Rapids department under a state Officer Wilfred Glodin testified hat Garher was driving 40 miles er hour in a 25-mile zone on Kast irand Atty. Daniel Hosek prosecuted for the was represented by Atty. i. J. fax Office Open Until Midnight Next Monday The revenue office in the onsin Rapids postoffice building vill remain open until midnight next March 1.1, for the filing of income tax it was today by L. B. ty collector of internal revenue for Wood KILL ONE FARM DEFERMENT The senate turned down 49 to 32, a posal by Senator O'Mahoney to broaden the present tem of draft deferment for farm in so doing ly cleared the way for early sage of even broader which would direct deferment of workers employed full on The O'Mahoney supported largely by administration would have broadened provisions of the present arrangement under which local draft boards are ed to excuse essential agricultural workers from if no ment can be Would Preserve It would have the so-called by which the amount of farm work actually done is taken into account in mining whether deferment should be Rejection of this left before the senate a proposal offered by tor Johnson which would erase the and alize the deferments for those en- gaged in producing or harvesting commodities held by the secretary of agriculture to be essential to the war The list of such com- is wide in covering livestock and most of the food and fiber The unit system which would be junked under terms of the Johnson measure sets up a. national standard of production per tabulating a specific number of acres of wheat and other ties to determine a Opposed by Army Heads The Johnson measure itself was proposed as a substitute for a by Senator Hankhead and providing for the blanket de- ferment of farm It is op- posed by military leaders on the grounds that it would disrupt plans Allied Headquarters in North British Eighth army forces have inflicted heavy casualties on attacking enemy troops and left many vehicles burning in fighting which is still continuing near Ksar a special supplement to the allied communique announced BY WES GALLAGHER Allied Headquarters i n North battle the struggle at in bitterness and in- Field Marshal Envin Rommel and Col. Gen. Jurgen Von Arnim threatened by the same fate as their Nazi counterparts in appeared in the offing today as the British Eighth army made exploratory stabs at Rommel's forces in the Mareth This is the conclusion ed by some military observers m close touch with the African They agree that mel s failure to cripple the Eighth army m his week-end attacks was a serious blow and declare his heavy losses in men and material mean that the axis has reached the peak in Tunisia and is now on the down No Possible After four months of these facts were becoming the royal navy ing the sea and allied air forces the whip hand in the air no Dunkerque is possible for the axis and the only alternative is that Rommel and Von Arnim fight to the finish in the manner of Nazi army trapped before bomber sweeps over the Mediterranean and surface and submarine warfare are cutting heavily into Rommel's strength while gigantic allied convoys arrive pouring in troops and Rommel Caught in Vise his violent Rommel is still in an exposed facing the ed Eighth army in one direction and with the newly First army on his flank ever ready slice his slender thread of communications south from Bizerte to the Mareth must be cleaned up quickly or the whole allied ranean timetable to attack Europe is likely to be thrown off While these observers agree that axis strength is certain to dwindle from this period onward the death struggles are certain to be bloody and violent right down to the sian It is certain that the Germans will fight with all the acity they showed at Stalingrad and that the allies are going to suffer IN 9 Patton Become Lieutenant Generals Washington President Roosevelt nominated two officers who have played leading roles in the north African offensive to be enant They are Maj. Gen. Carl A. commander of the allied air in North and Maj. Gen. jeorge S. Patton commander of armored divisions Spaatz assumed command of the air force January 9 shortly after its and retained his post as air officer on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. allied commander in chief in North widely known for his col- is a veteran of 30 years in the He served as aide to General on the Mexican expedition prior to World war I and was in charge of the headquarters outfit of the first AEF ship to Europe in that conflict THE WEATHER For Warmer this t o n i ght and in south and east portions day be- coming colder in extreme west portion an orderly increase in the size the armed mff light snow in northwest tion this after- noon and tonight and and enl portions tonight and Friday Today's Weather Maximum temperature 24-hour period ending at 7 a. 29; minimum temperature for period at 7 Y DICE FOR TROOPS fersey N. J. al of pairs of dice have n purchased by the army corps for the it s revealed at the corps depot do not encourage said Major Harold job is to supply that IN FW SPA PERI IN FW SPA PERI
