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Riverside's Annexation to
Roseburg Favored by Its
Residents, Council Told
Tax Limitation, Involved in Sanitation
Project, Only Obstacle to be Overcome;
, Salary Increase
By JEROME SHELDON
Annexation to the City of Roseburg as the means for Improving
their sanitary conditions, was seen as the desire of Riverside area
property owners in a report to the City Council last night, by Coun
cilman Paul O. Lund.
Lund attended a meeting of Riverside residents Friday night. In
which the question of annexation was raised in a discussion of sew
age disposal problems. "It boiled down not whether to Join the city,
but where the limits should extend," Lund told the council.
'flie Riverside area faces the
choice of annexation to the city
or formation of an independent
sanitary district, Lund reported.
Consensus of Friday's meeting
was that annexaxtion was pref
erable. Expense of sewers for the
area would be borne by Its prop
erty owners, not by the city as a
whole.
L. V. Hammock, who was
chairman of the meeting, con
ferred with City Attorney A. N.
Orcutt yesterday afternoon. Or
cutt repeated to the council his
original information to Ham
mock that the statutory 6 per
cent limitation on taxes was the
principal obstacle In the way of
annexation.
"We can increase our taxes
only 6 per cent In excess of what
we raised last year," Orcutt cau
tioned. The addition of Riverside
to the city would increase Rose
burg's property valuations a pos
sible 20 per cent without a pro
portionate increase in the tax
levy, he pointed out.
"I am in hopes that the 6 per
cent law may be overcome (by
legislation to be introduced in
Salem)," Orcutt said.
Geddes' Salary Upped
The council last night (1) In
creased the salary of City Record
er A. J. Geddes $50 monthly, (2)
voted to codify the city ordin
ances, (3) approved an expendi
ture of $114 for improvements to
the police chief's office, and (4)
decided to look into the problem
of a sewer connection for the
Ave. "A" and E. 6th. St. area.
On the motion of Councilman
Hal Ayotte, Geddes' salary was in
creased for a period from Jan. 1
to July 1, by the transfer of $300
from the emergency fund to the
. recorder's budget. Geddes1 rjres
ently receives $175 monthly for
his duties as recorder.
Councilman Harrison .Winston
moved that the city ordinances he
todified. Last compilation of the
trdinances, he said, was in 190H
'Continued on Pape 6
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
AS the result of a series of
events In which' death took a
hand, the state of Georgia now
has two rival governors. The se
quence proceeded something like
this:
Gene Talmadge, gallus-wearing,
tobacco-chewing exponent of
"white supremacy," defeated once
by a more moderate, more mod
ern Southerner, CAME BACK at
the last election. Death Inter
vened and dimmed the. triumph
of his followers. It seemed that
Talmadge was to be succeeded by
another moderate, who had been
elected lieutenant-governor.
But this week there came what
in other countries we call a "coup
d'etat." Taking advantage of an
ambiguity in Georgia's constitu
tion, Talmadge's son, Herman,
mustered a white supremacy leg
islature behind him and got him
self named governor.
There the matter stands, as
this is written, with the two gov
ernors glowering at each other
and invoking the law. A long
court battle lies ahead.
THERE is another development,
also interesting.
The rival governors have ap
pointed rival adjutant-generals
TO COMMAND THE STATE
MILITIA. If that had happened
In South America or the Balkans,
It would have seemed wholly logi
cal. In America, It is disturbing.
What If the Georgia militia
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Three Douglas Counfy Foresf
Road Projects Awaiting Bids;
Cost Estimated at $1585,000
Foresf highway projects in approved programs for Oregon
en which bids will probably be celled this year, according to W.
L. Lynch, division engineer, include three in Douglas County, em
bracing a total of more than 3 I miles and Involving an estimated
aggregate cost of $1,585,000.
The trio of highways, the
estimated costs follow: North Utnpque, V.B miles, 11,000,000;
Diamond Lake, 14. t miles, $235,000, end Tiller-Trail, 8 miles,
S3S0.000.
Forestry highway projects
roeds administration, although the state initiates each yearly pro
gram which must also be approved by the Forest Service.
Given City Recorder
iV'
H
MADAME MAYOR Berkeley,
Calif., has a woman mayor
who'll serve until June 30. She's
Mrs. Carrie Hoyt, above, 80, re
cently elected by the city coun
cil to succeed Pitch Robertson,
former mayor and city mana
ger, who resigned. Mrs. Hoyt
had been a council member for
23 years.
Plane Crashes in
Failure of Radar
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 21 W
A Wave flight orderly was kill
ed and JO other persons, includ
ing thre womeni were Injured in
the crash of a Navy plane at
Oakland airport yesterday whpn,
for the first time in more than
76,000 1 andings, radar -ground-control
failed to guide a ship to
safety.
The big Naval air transport
plane ianded 150 feet short ol
the fog-shrouded lunway and
crashed into a four foot rock wall
at The edge of the field.-
Its undercarriage sheared awnv
and the plane skidded across the
field on its fuseine lor a 1,000
feet, shedding wreckage and oas
wngers as it went. Tiien it caught
fire and burned.
Meat seriously hurt of the sur
vivors was Lt. (JG) F. A. Mlch
alek from Great Flls. Md., who
was burned when the plane
caupht fire.
Mist of those injured suffered
only abrasions. Many remained
strapped in their seats until the
plane stopped.
U. S. Refuses Russia's
Request to Give Up Critic
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-UPV-The
United States has rejected
Soviet Russia's request to surren
der Kyrill Alekseev, former So
viet trade official who criticized
"dictatorship" In his homeland.
The Russians are seeking his
arrest in this country.
The announcement said It was
based on the absence of an ex
tradition treaty between Russia
and the United States.
The Russians said he Is a form
er employee of their embassy in
Mexico City and charged him
with embezzlement.
The U. S. reply said that the
supreme court has stated that
under the "domestic law of the
United States power to provide
for extradition Is not confined to
the executive branch of the gov
ernment." Herman Baruch Named U.S
Envoy to Netherlands
WASHINGTON. Jan.
Stanley K. Hornbeck, ambassador
to the Netherlands, resigned to
day and President Truman picked
Herman B. Baruch to succeed
him.
Baruch, now ambassador to
Portugal, is brother of Bernard
L. Baruch, the elder statesman.
respective mileages, Involved end
are handled directly by public
Established 1873
Demo White
Vote Proposed
By Talmadge
'Governor' Offers' To
Resign if Thompson Will,
To Wait Election Result
ATLANTA. Jan. 21 OPt Her
man Talmadge offered today to
submit the controversy over the
governorship of Georgia to the
people in a "Democratic white
primary" election as soon as the
legislature completes Its session.
Speakmg to the general as
Gpmhlv sis vnvprnor of Goroia
upon its invitation, Talmadge
said:
"If the lieutenant governor
will res en. vour governor will
resign. The speaker of the house
Nobody Slighted In
Pastor's Supplication
MARIETTA, Ga., Jan. 21.
P The Rev. J.' C. Collum
opened Superior Court yester
day with the usual prayer for
divine guidance of the leaders
of the nation and state. Then
In conclusion he added:
"And God bless all our gover
nors!" of representatives will asume ex
ecutive authority."
Under the state constitution,
then the house speaker must call
an election within 60 days. The
legislative session Is expected to
end in March.
Talmadge's offer came as a
last-minute revision in his pre
pared text. Earlier Lieut. Gover
nor M. E. Thompson, who con
tends he Is the acting governor
following resignation of Ellis
Arnall, had challenged Talmadge
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'Protest' Session :
Set for Anglers
Salmon fishermen from all
parts of the county are expected
to be present tonight for an "In
dignation meeting," set for 7:30
at the Knights of Pythias hall in
Roseburg.
The meeting has been called by
the Roseburg Rod and Gun club
to protest proposed regulations by
the Oregon State Game Commis
sion prohibiting angling for
spring Chinook salmon and the
complete closure of the North
and South forks of the Umpqua
to all solman fishing.
E. E. Wilson, Corvallis, chair
man of the Game Commission,
and Dr. Paul Needham, director
of game fisheries, are expected
to be In attendance. An Invitation
also has been extended to the
State Fish Commission to have
representatives present. ,
Sports fishermen contend that
complete prohibition of spring
Chinook fishing Is too drastic.
While recognizing need for pro
tection of the spring run from
excessive fishing, due to rapid
depletion, It is contended, officers
of the club report, that the small
percentage of fish taken by sports
fishermen would be negligahle.
The club had previously recom
mended reduction in bag limits,
but urges regulations permitting
limited fishing.
Suspect in Murder of
Elizabeth Short Freed
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.-f.T
Search for the slashing slayer of
pretty Elizabeth Short, 22-year-old
movie aspirant, started anew
today with the release of a red
haired acquaintance, Robert Man
ley, after police announcement of
his complete exoneration.
Capt. Jack Donahoe of the
Homicide Bureau, who early yes
terday ordered Manley booked on
suspicion of murder, said the 25-year-old
pipe clamp salesman's
movements last Tuesday night
and early Wednesday, when Miss
Short was killed and her body
severed, had been "checked out
satisfactorily."
Manley submitted to two lie
detector tests before his release,
and Donahoe quoted him as say
ing he had not seen the girl since
Jan. 9. when he dropped her at a
downtown hotel after an over
night trip from San Diego. Man
ley's attractive wife, Harriett,
mother of their four-months-old
son, greeted him with a hug as
he was freed.
10 Million Southerners
Coming West, Forecast
PORTLAND. Jan.' 21. (Jf-
Ten million southerners, whites
and Negroes, will migrate to
western states in the next decade
b cause of mechanization of the
south s farms, Jonathan Daniels,
Raleigh, N. C, news editor, pre
dicted yesterdav.
'The problems we have will al
so then be yours," the former
press secretary of the late Presi
dent Roosevelt declared In an ad
dress here.
ROSEBURG,
PAGING ALL THIEVES!
Please Don't Take
Polio Funds, Plea
Of Drive Chairman
"Burglars, robbers, and thieves,
please refrain from stealing funds
of the 1947 Infantile Paralysis
drive." was the plea sent out by
Del McKay, Roseburg Polio cam
paign chairman, today.
More than $165 have been
taken by looters of the fund with
in the past three days, McKay
stated, and has caused all around
added work for residents eager to
help the needy victims of the
disease, as well as for police and
persons already holding funds to
be turned over to the campaign
fund.
"I heard there was honor even
among thieves," McKay said, "but
now I no longer believe it. It's
like taking crutches from a crip
ple, only more so."
McKay referred to milk bottle
collections amounting to approxi
mately $150 dollars stolen from
the Roseburg Elks Temple and
an additional $15 pilfered from
the Benson School.
Housing Program
Urged by Mayors
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 OPV
Delegates predicted today that
the United States conference of
mayors will endorse a new fed
eral public housing program but
may split on rent control exten
sion. Mayor Vincent Murphy of New
ark, N. J., submitted a resolution
supporting legislation patterned
after the 1946 Wagner-Ellender-Taft
bill which would provide
federal aid for 100.000 new publicly-financed
homes a year.
Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) assured
the conference yesterday he will
reintroduce the measure which
got stalled in a House committee
Inst session after passim? -the
Senate.
Taft also declared himself In
favor of extending rent control
"in some form" alter June 30.
The rent celling issues appear
ed certain to get official atten
tion at the conference if only in
the resolutions committee be
cause Mayor Stanley W. Church
of New Rochelle yesterday for
mally proposed that the confer
ence reaffirm its 1946 resolution
endorsing rent control.
Without rental ceilings, he said,
"hundreds of thousands, If not
millions of families, may lose
their homes."
Hoover Asked to Survey
Food Status in Germany'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 Pt
Former President Herbert Hoov
er has been asked to undertake a
survey of food problems in the
American and British zones of oc
cupied Germany.
Mr. Hoover has not yet given
his answer.
Presumably the proposal to the
7-year-old former president has
the approval of the British gov
ernment and President Truman
as well as the highest War De
oartment officials concerned with
occupation policies.
As a world authority on food
"roblems since World War I days,
Mr. Hoover was asked to make a
personal survey expected to 're
quire several weeks and then to
submit recommendations on
means to Increase food output
and to assure. its most equitable
distribution. , . .
Grain-Laden Ship Sinks
In Columbia; Crew Safe
ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 21. PV
The freighter S. S. Drexel Vic
tory sank today five miles west
of Cape Disappointment after a
smoothly-organized night rescue
that brought the 48-man crew to
shore uninjured, many of them
not even damp.
The ship, carrying 4.563 tons of
grain to Yokohama, struck a sand
bar In the Columbia River mouth
last night, ripping her deck
filates and sending water gush
ng Into the mess hall where the
crew was dining.
Capt. Canute Rommcrdahl, San
Mateo, who ordered his men to
abandon ship after a vain two
hour, fight to save the vessel,
blamed , unusually deep swells
which smashed the ship against
the bar.
Boys Nabbed for Stealing
Roseburg Pastor's Auto
Two youths who stole an auto
mobile belonging to the Rev. H.
P. Sconce of Roseburg last night
were captured at Drain, Sgt. Paul
Morgan of the state police report
ed this morning.
The boys, whose names were
Blven as Walter William Perdue
1 and Roer Bvron Rolof, were re
ported oy bgt. Morgan to have
abandoned here another car they
stole at Portland, to head bark
north In Mr. Sconce's automobile.
Sgt. Morgan said the vouths
are escapees from the Oregon
State Training School at Wood-burn.
OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1947.
Gen. Marshall
Sworn In As
Secy, of State
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-
On. George C. Marshall took
the oath today as Secretary of
State in the presence of Presi
dent Truman and then pledged,
'9 'II do my best."
; The wartime chief of America's
victorious armies was assured by
Mr. Truman that he felt the
duties of Secretary of State are In
"safe hands."
Mr. Truman told Marshall that
while he regretted very sin
cerely the decision of James F.
Byrnes to resign as secretary he
appreciated "very much your
willingness to accept that bur
den." 'Not a, Candidate'
Previous to being sworn In for
his civilian duties, On. Marshall
said he is not a candidate for any
political office and "never could
be drafted" even for the presi
dency. Telling reporters he con
sidered his new post non-political,
he then volunteered:
1. "I cannot be considered a
candidate for political office .
' 2. "I never could be draft
ed. 3. "I am being explicit and em
phatic in order to terminate once
and for all any discussion of my
flame with regard to political
matters."
I Since his appointment as Secre
tary of State, Marshall's name
has been mentioned as specula
tion about presidential candidates
In 1943. Some have speculated he
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Butter Price to Go Under
$0 Cts. Pound, Prediction
i
1 MADISON, Wis., Jan. 21 (JPt
Butter will cost consumers less
diau 50 cents a pound tills sum
mer, R. K. Froker, professor of
agricultural economics at the un
iversity ol Wisconsin, predicted at
a farm outlook conference last
nleht.
"Milk production Is at its peak
and that, plus the fact that sup
ply pipelines are well stocKed,
will drop butter prices before
long," Prof. Froker declared, and
added:
"Look for cheese prices to be
lowered, too, but not as much as
butter.
Enough Waterway Jobs
Authorized, Solon Says
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 VP
Enough flood control and rivers
and harbors projects already have
been authorized by congress,
Chairman Dondero (R-Mlch.) of
the House Public Works commit
tee said today.
He told a reporter that com
mittee records show $3,635,000
worth of projects have been auth
orized and are "laying on the
sneir.
"There Is no necessity at all
for any more, he added.
Lieut. Gen. Geluer III
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l-i!P
The Marine corps reported no
change today In the critical con
dition of Lt. Gen. Roy S. Gelger.
61-year-old war time k'ader, now
lil In Bethesda INaval hospital.
Senator Ives y Plugs Harder
For Gov. Dewey for Another
Nomination for Presidency
WASHINGTON, Jan, 21. fP Senator Irving M. Ives (R.-N.
Y.), said today a menth's first-hand observation of Washington poll
tics has strengthened his support of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for the
1948 Republican presidential nomination.
Dewey, the party's 1944 nominee, hat turned' away questions
about his future aspirations. He and Ives, elected on the same ticket
last November, have worked together politically for years, but there
were Indications last year that Ives was not the New York governor's
first choice for senator.
Ives told a reporter that while
he and Dewey may not always
agree on some nf the issues that
come before the Senate, "I am
hacking him for the nomination
because I believe he Is a big man
who is capable of doing a good
job aa president.
Ives' comment came as Repub
lican leaders threw overboard an
old Senate custom with an In
vitation to 16 "freshmen'.' mem
bers to pitch Into debate.
This loosened an unwritten
"gag" rule that in the r.ast has
kept most first termers silent for
months while they karned their
way aroSnd.
It affectj a group that Includes
not only Ives, but some potential
candidates for places on the
parly's 1948 national ticket such
as Senator bricker (R.-Ohlo), as
well as hlnly vocal supporters of
others.
War.ta Lead Distributed
Senator White of Maine, the
GOP floor manager, told a re
porter the Republican leadership
Emm
Ex-Congressman Volstead,
Prohibition Act Author, Dies
GRANITE FALLS, Minn., Jan. 21. llPt Andrew J. Volstead, the
man who, more than any other, personified prohibition In the United
States, died Monday at his Granite Falls home after having been In
virtual retirement since the federal statute bearing his name was re
pealed In 1933.
The Western Minnesota eountv -
lawyer served in Congress for 20
years and was chairman of the
House Judiciary Committee when
an enforcement act to Implement
the 18th amendment became nec
essary In 1918.
How much of that act Volstead
himself wrote remained his secret
when he died Monday nt the age
of 87. But in the popular mind
that law became known as the
Volstead Act when It was passed
bv Congress over President Wil
son's veto.
After his defeat In 1922, Vol
stead continued his campaign
against liquor started at the
level of his own county by be
coming legal adviser to the St.
Paul, Minn., district prohibition
enforcement headquarters, a rwst
he r eld until repeal came in 1933.
Publicity Shunned
Volstead was adamant tn re
fusing interviews and pictures
and once hung up the telephone
on a London newspaper with the
comment: "It was Just another
wet newspaper."
Although It was prohibition
that won him fame, Volstead was
also credited with drawing up and
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Roseburg Seaman Lucky
In Appendicitis Attack
ABO AD USS MT. OLYMPUS,
LITTLE AMERICA, Jan. 21 (JP)
An abcessed tooth may have
saved the life of Aviation Machin
ist's Mate J. D. Dickens of Thorn
aston, Ca.
The week before Christmas,
Dickens, who was a seaplane
flight crew member of the East
ern Task Group of this Antarctic
expedition, was grounded because
of the tooth. He was replaced
by Aviation Machinist's Mate
Frederick W. Williams, of Hunt
ington, Ten., one of three men
killed In the crash of a PBM sea
plane In the Antarctic on Dec. 30.
Time also aided Seaman Daun
C. Lilian!, 19, of 228 Haynes
street, Roseburg, Ore. He was
stricken with appendicitis an
hour before he was due to take
off in a plane which went to the
rescue of those men who had
been aboard the seaplane. Lt.
Commander Dr. H. E. William
son who had been scheduled to
make the flight, too, stayed be
hind to operate on Liliard who
has recovered.
Adventists Build Home
For Burned-Out Member
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 21. PV
The Eugene Hewitts, whose Just
built house burned to the ground
10 days ago, were living in a new
house on tne same site today.
When the $6,000 home and
greenhouse burned, fellow-members
of the Seventh Day Adven
tlst Church decided to take a
hand. Donating lumber, supplies,
and even furnishings, they built
a new structure all ready to
live In.
The Weather
: Light rain tonight and Wed
nesday. ' : : ' :
is encouraging new members to
speak up l;i meeting.
"We're trying to get Republi
cans better organized than they
have ever been before," While
said. 'The way to get coopera
tion is to have full participation,
and we've asked the new mem
bers to carry their share nf the
burden In working for legisla
tion." While White and other leaders
emphasized they want help on
legislation, the "freshmen ap
parently will be under no more
obligation than their veteran col
leagues to confine their remarks
strictly to the subject at hand.
White's imitation found the
new Republicans generally will
ing to loin In the verbal battling
In the Senate but reluctant to be
the first to break the Ice.
Brlcker took the plunge yester
day, however, In a short speech
supporting the GOP organiza
tion's effort to continue the spe
cial War Investigating Committee
17-47
A
-MA
ANDREW J. VOLSTEAD
Dry Law Crusader Passes On
Fog-Trapped Driver
Mistakes Covered
Bridge for Subway
A motorist, his vision obscured
by an icy windshield, opened a
window early Monday morning
to find himself in what he be
lieved to be a subway, but upon
closer observation found lt to be
the Rice Creek covered bridge
three miles south of Dlllard.
The driver, T. J. Lowenthal,
was what he described as "dum
founded for the first time In his
life as a traveling salesman as
he pulled his automobile to a
halt In the wood-covered bridge.
A resident of Tucson,- Arir.,'
Lowenthal'a business trip to
Seattle was detained approxi
mately 15 minutes as he "waded
through soupy fog" along High
way 99 in hope of reaching a
hotel as the first stop, but turned
off onto a side-road to enter the
covered bridge, the first he'd ever
actually seen.
"I didn't believe Oregon had
subways," Lowenthal explained,
"but neither did I suspect they
still had covered bridges."
Ex-GIs Now Outnumber
Non-Vets tn Federal Jobs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. UP)
Ex-GI's now outnumber non
veteran males working for the
government.
The Civil Service Commission
said 53 per cent, or 781,374, of the
2,017,535 men employed In civil
ian federal jobs at the end of
November were war veterans.
Because only seven per cent,
or 38.522 of the 501,621 feminine
workers served In some branch
of the armed forces, non-veterans
still hold 59 per cent of the total
number of government Jobs In
the continental United States.
A tuble, however, showed that
the percentages of veterans in
creased from 26 In January to
41 In November.
Monmouth-Independence
School Link Plan Loses
INDEPENDENCE, Ore., Jan.
21. tP) The proposal to merge
the Monmouth and Independence
school districts was defeated by
Monmouth voters, who ballot ted
261 to 140 against It.
Independence favored the mer
ger 150 to 13.
The proposed consolidation was
complicated by the fact that Mon
mouth and Independence elemen
tary schools are state-owned
training schools for the Oregon
College of Education at Mon
mouth. Oregon State College
Student Missing for Week
CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 21-OF)
Dlsaopearance more than a
week ago of an ex-GI Oregon
Mate Colleee student was report
ed bv Dollce here todav.
The student Is David P. Ben-
neth, 19, of Portland, a freshman
studvlng engineering.
Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Benneth,
2768 N. W. Lake street, Portland,
were listed as his parents. A
brother, John, Is a student at the
University of Oregon, Eugene.
CVA Denied 2nd Chance
To Prosecute W. H. Jones
PORTLAND, Jan. 21. T) A
motion for a new trial of Will H.
Jones. Rngue River, on a charge
of violating Civilian Production
Administration regulations has
been denied by Federal Judge
McCoUoeh.
Judge McCoUoeh dismissed the
original suit several weeks ago.
He recently discharged 10 cases
filed by OPA and declared he
would admit none to court Involv
ing parts nf the law he asserted
would expire shortly.
Revenue Boost
To Be Asked of
Legislators
Fund Said Intended For
Pensions: Budget Deficit
Subject of Controversy
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. 1P
Measures to tax amusement de
vices and admissions to theaters,
athletic events, dance halls and
other places of entertainment
were ready for Introduction in
the State House of Representa
tives today.
Reps. Giles L. French. Moro,
and Henry Semon, Klamath
Falls, are introducing the amuse
ment device tax, endorsed by the
State Tax Study Commission,
which would levy a 30 per cent
tax on gross revenues from de
vices in which there is an element
of chance, such as illegal slot ma
chines and punchboards. The tax
on devices which have an ele.
ment of skill, such as pintail and
iron claw games, would be 10 per
cent of the gross revenue.
Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port
land leader in the old age pension
movement, said the admissions
tax would duplicate the 20 per
cent federal admissions tax, and
that the revenues would be used
for pennons.
May Fore Machines to Quit
French said the amusement de
vice tax might have- the effect
of driving out slot machines by
making it too expensive to oper
ate them.
Owners of all amusement de
vices would have to keep books.
If they failed to do so, they would
have to accept the Tax Commis
sion's estimate of the amount of
tax due. Then, If they failed to
pay the tax, the state could get a,
lien on all the owner's property.
The records of the Tax Commis
sion would be confidential.
The bill would apply to clubs
as well as to individual operators,
all of whom would have to make
bi-monthly reports. -
The principle of Harvey's ad
mission tax bill also has the en
dorsement of the Tax Study Com
mission. It would apply also to
restaurants which provide enter-
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Continued Sugar
Rationing urge
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (JPt-,
The Department of Agriculture
advised a congressional commit
tee it will ask for continued ra
tioning and price control of sugar
throughout this year.
James H. Marshall, head of the
department's sugar branch, told
the House food shortage investi
gating committee he hopes the
sugar ration for Individuals
might be increased by 10 pounds
this year.
He Indicated, however, there
will be no increase before April
1. Despite Improvement In world
production, he said, the supply Is
still far short of demand.
"If sugar rationing and price
control were lifted at this time,"
Marshall said, "lt Is my opinion
that the price easily would go to
40 cents a pound."
In such a situation, he said,
the great bulk of the available
sugar might be bought by In
industrial users, "and the house
wife might get much less."
The authority to ration sugar
expires April 1, and the price
control powers end July 1. Mar
shall said the department will
request that both powers be ex
tended through Dec. 31 as they
relate to sugar.
Gasoline Prices Upped
In Seven Western States
SEATTLE, Jan. 21 UP)
Blaming transportation costs,
Standard Oil Co., of Calif., today
put into effect a i-cent a gallon
price Increase on gasoline In
Washington and six other West
ern states. It brought local prices
to 24 cents for ethyl and 21
for regular gasoline at retail out
lets. The Union Oil Co. boosted re
tall prices half a cent a few days
ago In Eastern Washington and
parts of Oregon.
Four Children Perish In
Fire, Mother Badly Burned
CHESANING, Mich., Jan. 21
P Four small children burned
to death and their young mother
lay In critical condition In a Sag
inaw hospital today as the result
of an explosion and flash fire
which leveled their farm homo
three miles northwest of here last
night.
Mrs. Mary Courtier, 25, was
suffering with bums over her en
tire body. Dead were three of
her four daughters Mnrjorie, 5,
Carol Jean, 4, and Bonnie Lou,
eight months and one of her two
sons Ronald, 2.
Oregon WgltlatorV estimate,
of the state's liquor profits the
next two years rang from $10
000,000 to $25,000,000. These
liberal forecasts seem to put
the 'I. O.' In liquor.
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