Page 12 ATLANTIC VOICE SATURDAY, 9th. June 194, BULLETINS FROM BRITAIN 130. 000 500. 000 70. 000 260. 000 SIAM GROWS 13, 000 GERMAN SOL BRITAIN IS STILL NO WORRIES JAPAN REAPS THE BOLDER FULLY MOBILIZED WHIRLWIND The anxiety felt by the Ja DIERS KILLED BY panese public concerning the JAPANESE pretences that the Athough the European war japanese garrison troops taft raids on Tokyo and other cel many surrender, and hos terminated the to their fate on Pacife is, tres have caused little dam PARTISANS Particularly the Allied United iKngdom indional lands cut off by the Allied ge have been abandonedsses in Burmo, are hamachine stays in top gear. advance is evidenced by fre The grim Allied announce heir effect in Siam whe summary of recent activi This is clearly reflected in quent articles in the japanese ment, for example, that me Government has been ties of the Slovak partisans as Great Britain sixth war bud Press picturing them as living re than half of the capital ha raged to adopt a bolder announced by the Czechoslo get, produced by Sir John An in a state of self sufficiency. been reduced to ashes is to towa the hated Javak Press Bureau, on March derson, the Chancellor of the well fed, with morale at palpably true to be denied occupation 27, is as follows: Exchequer, on April 24th. a high point.
from the Japanese press and 20 partisan detachments Taxation in the United King In a Domei despatch of radio come confirmatory re September 20th last, have established contact with dom is already the highest in May 16th, Transport Unit ports of the vast damage an Government of Premier the Red Army; have killed the world, but no reduction Commander described the life dislocation which mustuli 19 Aphaiwona took oc 3, 000 German soldiers and has been made for the Co led by the Japanese garrison mately force Japan surrer of the King birthday officers and wounded 5, 000; ming year. During the finan forces on Bougainville Island. der or result, as in German claim an amnesty for have derailed 170 railway cial year just ended the to self sufficiency structure today, in the almost complete prisoners, practically transports ir lud ng two ar tol British Government rever has been established since au obliteration of her main ci whom had been jailed mored trains; have destroyed nue was 3, 238. 000. 00 This tumn of last year, and there ties the regime of Aphai 2, 000 railway cars, 190 loco bout 14. 500. 000. 000 This are now no worries about On April 24th the Japane predecessor, Field Mor motives and destroyed 50 represents on an average a food, Besides taro, which is a Se Board of Information ishibun Songkhram. tanks, 30 planes, 16 guns bout 70 (over 300) per stople crop, various kinds of sued the following figures of and 702 lorries. Booty consist head for every man, woman vegetables are grown there. houses burned down and num revolt against Song ed of 400 machine guns. and child in the country. But Rice, too, is being raised to a ber of persons offected in ramilitary dctatorship. 13. 000 grenades and 71 lo for the fact that nearly 5, 000, considerable extent.
ids on some of the more im th it against the Japa rries. In the German rear, 000 are in the forces and ci With substantial quanti, portant cities Suring March ith whom he co opera new partison units of young vil defence the majority ontics of ammunition still at and the first half of April. now progressed fur Slovaks ore being formed. rates of pay below income tax hand and sufficient food ob City Houses Persons May 11th it was an Spring weather favors life in range the proportion would tainable locally, the Japanese burned Affected ed that the Bangkok the woods and quick, free mo be even higher.
troops are confident of being Tokyo 510, 000 100. 000 nent had proclaimed avement The following figures show able to stand this life for Osaka amnesty for all politi what this rate of taxation me any length of time. They eag Nagoya 60. 000 250. 000 nders, including those ans in terms of civil life in erly await the time when the Kobe of high treason. This Great Britain: personal ex island will become a base for vhich extends the Sep in of Siam forces, was penditure on consumption of counter attacking the enemy 770. 000 110. 000 20th amnesty to per Premier, and ex Dictator Song all kinds amounted to almost after the collapse of the Pa Sing in Siom or in exi khram was only a major in 80 of the national income fic offensive. Although the Calculations bered on Jo said to have been ma the army in 1938. In the last twelve opposing Australian troops are panese census figures indicah a view to promoting second indication of months it has been under better equipped and replaced te that these totals are proul. unity and again, am awareness that the Ja 50.
by fresh reserves from time bably fairly accurate. Recent er that the application ponese hold is weakening was Income tax and surtax to time, our forces on Bou ly the Japanese stated that principles of democra a report from Bangkok on (which account for about two gainville are courageously figh Tokyo population which Siam could be impro May 12th that the Govern thirds of the total revenue) ting with absolute conviction an extension of the city bo ment had not only suspended ranges from an average in final victory. Instead of emundaries in 1943 rose to apng those pardoned are diplomatic privileges to the on small incomes under 240 ploying direct frontal attacks proximately 7, 500, 000, had Bovradet, who in 1933 German representatives in yqarly (approximd:ely ele against better equipped and been reduced through counter revolution at Siam, but has placed Gerven hundred dollars) to 84 numerically greater enemy cuation measures to 4, 000.
when General (then mans throughout the country on incomes over 20, 000, forces. our garrisons are wi 000. If this figure is correct Phohon Yothin, now under police surveillance and 94 on incomes over. sely resorting to guerilla tac it means that the raids have 100. 000 tics, which are proving very affected more than half the aidvan ageous and effective. capitals present population.
bs Knock German Navy Bottoms Up On an income of 500 a With locally built wooden In the famous carthquake year (approximately 2, 200) boats our forces are achiev of 1923, which up until now a single person pays 156 ing much success in attacking has been Japan most terrible (about 690. 00) in direct tax the enemy motor torpedo bo experience in modern times, alone. If he is married and ats prowling in nearby wat. 225, 000 houses were damag has two children under Sixers. Now and then they even ed or destroyed and 1, 330. 000 teen, family reliefs bring his succeed in capturing enemy persons affected.
tax down to 76 (about 350. provisions.
Japanese propagandist ha 00. On 1, 000. 4, 400) the For all their boasts, it wo ve raised a great outcry agadi income tax is 381. 1, 680) uld appear that the life of the inst the so called blind bom for a single person, or 301 abandoned troops is an ex bing of their cities. The day. 1, 330) for a man with two ceedingly precarious one, following the publication of se children the damage figures Tokyo pe Above this the rate rises newspapers claimed that the Pe steeply: Mr. Churchill as Pri concentrated attacks on den de me Minister with a salary of more than 13, 000, 000 pay in sely populated residential dis 10, 000 yearly drows only come tax (counting married tricts were obviously an ef 3, 200 after his income taxes couples who are both earning fort to terrorize non are paid.
os single incomes. there are batants by causing casualties 11 IST OF THE NAZIS BIGGEST RATTLESHIPS are non shown photographs to be lying capsized as the result of bombing by the There are now only eighty 2, 500, 000 fewer net inco among the civilians as well as se skal Air Forec The top picture shows the underside of the Admiral people in the United Kingmes after taxation) below damage to civilian dwelling she lies in her dock basin at kiel after a heavy raid by the reg Summand The lower picture shows the Tirpitz in a Norwegian dim with net incomes of 6, 250 yearly than there were and properties. Many histo with salvage ships alongside (she was sunk by British 12, 000 pound 000 after taxation, as compa in 1938, and 3, 500, 000 more ric temples and hospitals and For comparison, note the size of the houses at the very bottom of res The RAF, bus now also sunk the Nazi battleship Luetzon IR red with 7, 000 in 1938 between 250 and 500 year school buildings were also re Este documento es propiedad de la Biblioteca la Whether hand ecicmwhiletty. del Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud Costa Rica.
ported destroyed.
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