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Automobile Danger-Line
According to the latest government figures, we are
getting perilously near the point where there will not be
enough automobiles available to carry on essential work.
The government figures show that there are now
approximately 23,750,000 privately owned passen
ger cars and the Office of Defense Transportation
estimates that a minimum of 20,000,000 in the
hands of essential drivers are needed to keep civil
ian economy operating.
That excess of 3,750,000 might sound like enough to
keep us going for a while. But the immediate danger lies
in this fact: the cars which are getting the hardest use,
and are consequentially closest to t'he graveyard, are those
u led by essential drivers, whereas the best running cars
and the least used are in the hands of non-essential driv
ers.
The ODT has not recently mentioned the possibility of
commandeering cars from non-essential drivers, for use of
essential drivers, but that may be t’he only way out if cars
continue to break down at the present cate. The only way
to avoid it is for everyone, including essential users, to use
their cars as little as possible and have them as well cared
for as possible.
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Joyous and Triumphant
This Christmas finds us a little more solemn, a little
more thoughtful, but nevertheless caught up in the holi
day spirit. The Christmas season is irresistible. It carries
a message for everybody.
To children, Christmas means a tree with mysterious
white packages beneath it. Children 'have an unquestion
ing faith in good St. Nick who will mount the housetop,
come down the chimney and fill tfheir stockings. They find
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with a friendly smile and a shake of the hand.
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a new joy in the act of giving as wel* as receiving and beg
their mothers to help them choose a present for grand
mother and bhe other members of the family. To older
people Christmas is no longer candy canes and white pack
ages. It is rather the time when family ties are strength
ened and when security and well-being, no matter how un
stable and temporary these days, is appreciated. Though
the Christmas be meager, the season is filled with the holi
day feeling.
There is need for the spirit of Christmas this year. It
is a unifying force. No matter where they are, in church
es, in homes, or on battlefields, people are drawn together
on Ghristmas Eve. In large crowds, or in small isolated
groups, they sing the same carols and listen to the same
story of the star, the angels, and the wise men. Again in
1944, American churches, American schools and homes
will ring to the sound of “Come all ye faithful, joyful and
triumphant.” May “joy and triumphant” be the Christmas
message and proplhecy for 1945.
THE COOLIDGE EXAMINER
Your Federal
Income Tax Return
' They Called It Simple
By Dana R. Hanford,
Tax Consultant
' In these articles, the writer ex
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1944 tax law, and points out cer
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to be a practical guide in the prep
aration of returns.
This is the first in the series.
The publicity on the new law has
laid too much emphasis on the
claim to simplification. This has
created in the public mind an ex
aggerated idea of what the law
accomplishes. It is true that some
of the previous mathematical prob
lems have been eliminated, and
others have been simplified, the
main feature of the law being a
“short form” of return, which is
essentially simple. It is, never
theless, deceptive. For beneath
its apparent simplicity lie new and
perplexing problems, as well as a
SLEIGHBELLS TINKLING DOWN OLD
ROADS, FARM HOMES GLEAMING
IN THE DARK, THE SPIRIT OF KIND
NESS BROODING OVER THE LAND.
YES, TIS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRIST
MAS AND ALL MEN ARE KIN.
WE HOPE THAT YOUR CHRISTMAS
WILL BE MERRY AND BRIGHT. AND
THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE A FULL
SHARE OP THE GOOD THINGS THIS
HAPPY SEASON BRINGS.
Slater Auto Supply
PHONE 65
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1944
dangerous finality, and those who
use it may pay a high price. Be
sides these new problems, all of
the previous troublesome questions
as to what the facts are, and how
the law should be applied to those
facts, still remain.
The 1944 law makes it altogether
too easy not to do the hard think
ing which will always be essential
to the money-saving preparation of
■ a tax return. This beguiling invi
tation to do it the lazy way is sure
i ly going to cost many taxpayers
. many unnecessary dollars. It is
i here my purpose to help save those
■ dollars.
l What will be the effect of this
i law on your tax bill? Well, that’s
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