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rrogress.L. 61, No. 31Card Direct From.................\Prison CampRoes ReceiveJapHurt, Internal Reveni floer, Clarifies PointsFfostal Card Secured by Red Cross Gives Meagre Details of Prisoners Condition and is addressed4*to Parents, Censored by U. S. and by Japan.EW WITHHOLDINGTAX EXPLAINED TOOf-In TalkSpeaking before the Eustis Ki-anis club at its regular Wednes-lay meeting at the Elks Club, J.Hurt, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue of Orlando, cleaned up a number of confusing questions on the new withholding tax as applied to employee and employer.“The rate, exemptions and personal deductions for th£ new with-lolding tax, which went into effect July 1st, are no different an the rates, exemptions and ersonal deductions for the regu-r income tax of last year,” urt pointed out. “The only difference is the manner in which these taxes are paid.”E| Themployee, in paying thlt;* ithholding tax each week or on such basis as by the month or mi-monthly, is paying no new x. During the first six months 1943 a 5% Victory Tax was tablished, which was separate rom income tax. In July of this ear the 200; withholding tax wentO. »/ 't-WHJI Mr. and Mrs. Earl LaRoe are inreceipt of a communication directfrom their son. James Earl LaRoe. who is confined in a “Japanese Military Prison Camp No. 1,” Philippine iSlands.The information contained onthe card is limited, but young LaRoe reports that his health is good; that he is “uninjured”; “not under treatment” and that he is “W'ell”. He expresses hope that ‘‘Glen and Forest are as good as I” and send “Best regards to Mary Louise and all.”Glen and Forest are brothers how in the service of the armedforces. The card is printed, similar to those sent out by business houses in this country, allowing only the relay of such messages as are accept-| able to the Jap censors.Not long ago the Lake Region printed a story of the activities of Mrs. Earl LaRoe, mother of young James, who with her husband are engaged in manufacturing war materials out on Orange Avenue.LaRoe was reported missing in 1action some months ago, and his parents heard nothing of him until about two months ago. Then it was learned that he was a prisoner of war. Nothing of hisj adventure is known, only the mostmeagre information, but it is supposed that he was among the survivors who were taken when Ba-1J taan surrendered to superior Jap- * anese forces after an heroic andbloody defense.«i
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Eustis Lake Region
Eustis, Florida, US
Fri, Aug 20, 1943
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