La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 02, 1945, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Textk I Thursday, August 2, 19 )5 Income Taxpayers Likely IMe Seen Their Last Relief I No Discount Can t Be Expected For . I Many Years I By ERIC W. ALLEN JR. I SALEM, Aug;'? (UP) Chances are 1944-45 waF the last fiscal year in a lon&jfme during which Income taxpayers In Oregon will not have to jmu ihe full.umount 'of the inconiijiX' levy. Two years -a mere, was u i. percent discount on "the amount i in, niiiil Inst veai- it was 30 percent, and the' slate tax com misison announced this, week there will be- ho forgiveness on income taxes for the current year. Made Cut The comrpisison, following a conservative policy, estimated to tal income tax revenues, as of June 30, y94(i, will amount to $20,401,540. Most of this will go to offset property -taxes. Requirement of. the state gov-, ernmcnt has '.been adjusted to $24,372,335. The commisison, in compiling the list of requirements, found that something would have to be cut, or requirements might exceed income,' if income esti mates were high. So two cuts were made one the $3,000,000 Jstaie and county school fund, and the other the re bate payment to taxpayers, both o( which were, at the bottom of the preferred-list of requirements payable. J Must be Paid .This total .represents what must be paid for out. of income taxes. The t a x coinntissiun estimated this amount, and no more, can be taken care of safely by receipts, leaving a probable carry-over sur plus of about $4,110,213 at the end of the year, This carry-over, however, cannot be counted upon Without question. Because, with income taxes due to drop, and (he additional bur den of the Sf(000,00f building -fund, the $.1,000,01)0 additional to "the school support fund for this year only, and the new veterans benefits, the commission figured that it was impossible to have a 1945-40 rebate .or the slate and county schodli fund. P-59 Loafs 130 Miles in Only 19 Minutes By TED MORELLO V McCIIOHD FIELD, Wash., Aug. 2 (UP) Maj. .lames H. Thorne, who "loafed"- the 130 air miles from Portland to McChord Field in 10 minutes, swooped his P-50 airenmet through a series of . smoking gyrations yesterday in the noithwesl's first public dem onstration of a jet-propelled plana Some 5.000 visitors watched the 'S j)crial demonstration, top feature tin McChord's" program marking the 38th anniversary of the army air forces. "I can't reveal how . fast the P-59 goes," the pilot said, "but I loafed from Portland to MeChord " in 19 minutes." ' A veteran of ! t h e eighth air force in England. Thorne said he had been on the receiving end of jet-propelled- German fighters. "The German jet jobs were far superior to our concentional com bat ships." he said, "but I'd like to try it over again from the cock pit of our jet-propelled planes." The single-seated P-59 is the propellorless counterpart of the P-39 Aircobra. although some what larger: Air drawn into two vents at the leading edge of the wing near the fuselage is expell ed at approximately 1.000 miles an hour from two 10-inch tubes at the wing's trailing edge. PILOT BREAKS LEG ASTORIA'. Aug. 2 (UP) Capt. 4 corge F. Erbe. Lolumoia river bar pilot at Astoria, was conval escing today from a freak acci dent which broke both his legs. Captain Erbe. was boarding a ship outside th'.;Columbia river and the pilot's boarding boat crushed him against Jho-other vessel. I There ar-2 two persons named Smith "fur every one named Brown in England. From where &m fir 45 Pete Sw'anson's son, Pete Jr., "(jf brought His tenth Jap plane down last' week, and his dad ', couldn't help bragging. :. Bnt I Rrt to thinkiac aboat ! Pete Senior: how he kada't t missed a dnjr at the war plaat I siace the war briaa; taw '( i worked ovfTttaie awl &Mar4a) and Snnilavs; holt he'd kept -. himself In thnpe, been teaper- ate and sensible, so that he'd be ; at work clear-headed, bright ; ond early nxdcf morning. So, when he invited us over : after work to drink a toast to Copyright, Coal Miners Need Extra Meat Rations to Fill Dinner Pails By S. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Correspondent' ST. CLAIRSVILLE, 0., The only way a coal miner can fill his dinner bucket is by taking the meat away from his wife and two children. Even that provides only the miner's noon meal. It leaves nothing for breakfast, sup per or the week-end. The OPA has belatedly recog nized the need to provide extra meat and other foods for coal miners by announcing that extra ration points will be granted them. But the OPA program is not yet under way, and in the meantime, miners engaged in hard physical labor must get by on short rations. The miner's breakfast, when he could get the food, used to in clude plenty of bacon, ham or f-equently beefsteak. The scale of such breakfasts can be judged by the experience of Stanley Senek, now manager of the Han na coal company's Willow Grove store, when he was a delivery boy. He used to sell as much as a ton of bacon to his 300 custo mers in one order-taking round, when there was a special to be pushed. Husky Meals . For dinner the miner carries a tin bucket the size of a small water pail. In it, before the war, he used to have up to eight or nine sandwiches, each with about two ounces of meat. Sometimes there would be also a couple of pork chops or a hunk of ham, in addition to a few nickel pics or some other pastry. That may seem, to an execu tive or office-worker or machine operator, like a lot of lunch. It is. The miner is a husky man and he does heavy work, which is why he has that magnificent tor ro combined with a waist so small that often he can't wear ieady-made clothing. No sooner does the miner climb into the coal car that is to carry him from pit mouth to mining face than he is liable to open up the bucket and start munching. Occasionally a bucket will be emptied before the day's work is even commenced. More often the minr eats a snack every now and then, whenever there is a dull work moment, from the time he enters th portal until his bucket is emptied. By the time he fin ishes a day's work he is hungry enough to eat a side of beef, so in pre-war days he used to go home and dine on a beef or pork or ham roast. Senek says that before meat was rationed -the-mining family of four or five persons "vocfrfl average three pounds-of rrfeat a di.y; and, in addition, a chicken, a couple of pounds of fish, three cr four dozen eggs and two pounds of butter each week. Now the miner, his wife and each child are entitled to 50 red points worth of meal, or six pounds, a month. If a family of four ate no butter or margarine, used no cooking fat, served no meat at all on the home table, its points would just suffice to give "the old man" his daily pound of meat in the dinner bucket. Experts say that the minimum of meat a miner requires, to pro vide strength for his type of work, would be half a pound, which would make four miner proportioned sandwiches in each dinner bucket. That alone would take all the points provided for a miner and his wife. That is the background against which OPA has agreed with the miner and his employers that he is entitled at least as much as lumbermen and fishermen to supplementary red points for meat. When meat shortage arrived the Hanna company had a herd of nice fat Hereford steers, pro cured for the express purpose of providing meat to company stores for benefit of their em ployes. In 1944 the company had Don't Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Do falsa teeth drop, Hp or wabbl when you talk. at, laURli or sneeze? Don't be annoyed and ernbarrasBed by auch handicaps. FASTKKTH. an alka. Itnt (non-oi:iii) powder to sprinkle on your plates, keeps false teeth more firml t. Olvea confident feHinr o( curity and added comfort No gummy, eooey. puty toate or feeling Get KA8 rEKTH today a any diut. itora AdnrHtiiuut I sit ... iit Joe MarshV Pate Jr. Gets His Tenth Jap Planel hit son In a sparkling glass of bter-I couldn't help toasting Pete Senior, too. Froa wher I alt, thera'a aore tbaa oaa klad at W that's arising wla tab) war... aa like Ptta gesior, to. And when tba war avar, ao4 tba aonuaeats ara tract ta tn heroes, I haps the; aon't torgrt the workaua oa tha haat fraat -the maa who stark to hb) Jab like a soldier to bit gana, wMll ioa victory. 1945, Viulcd Statu Brian fwWtn'aa THE. nt M Oversized dinner pails are carried by miners as they get ready for their day's work. Their diet has been hit by meat shortage. two steers butchered each week. This added 180 steaks, 82 roasts, 44 stew cuts, 10 soup bones and 716 hamburgers to the supply procurable from packing houses. Then the licensed slaughterer who did the butchering, in return for the hides, was shut down temporarily by OPA. The com pany found another, who 'did the job for almost two months and then failed to get a new license when the government required re-registration of such businesses. Butcher Wanted Now there is nobody around who will butcher the Hanna steers on a basis that complies with OPA regulations. The com pany cannot obtain a license be cause it did not slaughter in 1941. Aud in a pasture at the foot of the hill below Cadiz, whence Clark Gable started his climb to fame by way of a traveling car nival, Or sleek, chunky steers 5490 steaks on the hoof, plus 2501 roasts, 1342 stews, 305 bowls of soup and 21,838 hamburgers live their well-fed lives. Miners protested: "We can't do work like this on peanut butter and apple jelly," and their wives wailed: "We don't get any meat, because wo give it all to the old man." The companies expressed con cern because, with inadequate manpower, they do not expect to be able to produce the minimum of industrial coal that is needed for the war effort. If their re maining men are not better fed, they fear that production will fall off even further. No ONE INJURED LONDON, Aug. 2 (UP) A U. S. army transport plane, carrying a group of American corrcspond erifs who are accompanying Prs ident Truman, made an emerg ency landing today at an Amer ican airfield in Doresetshirc. No one was injured in the landing. Take Keep your l )'( job. Good car extra wear. H or make inni"i sihle. mm z Eastern Oregon Light & LA.CRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. IAjG.RAKM QREOON Bradley's 12th Army Group Now Has 'Ceased' WIESBADEN, Aug. 2 (UP) Gen. Omar N. Bradley's famed 12th army group, which at one time numbered 1,233,000 soldiers to form the greatest war machine in American military history, has ceased to function. Organized approximately a year ago, its operations stopped late last night. It was funned back in the days when American troops in the Co tcntin peninsula had cracked German defenses along the St. Lo-Perriers road and surged into central France. In its year of battle, the 12th had 410,406 battle casualties, with 74.237 killed and 297,509 w ounded. There were 44,600 other listed as missing or captured. But Brad ley's troops captured 2,500,000 Germans and killed or wounded an estimated 500.000. The 12th became operational Aug. I, 1944, with two armies, the first under Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, and the third under Gen. George S. Patton, jr. Girl Recovers $90 She Left on Bus SALEM, Aug. 2 (UP) The girl a hopyard worker climbed off the bus and watched it leave. Suddenly she remembered her purse, containing $90, was still on the bus. Frantically she phone police, The police radioed a prowl car The car gave chase to the bus and slopped it. The purse lay on the seat, untouched. A few mo ments later the girl had the purse back again and the $90. Electric Rates Are So Low... "And that's not all, cooking the electric way is a re.al joy, I'm always cool and fresh as a daisy." The lady is right! Electric cookery of fers so much. Why cook with old time methods when modern, cheap, clean, cool electricity can make cooking a joy? If you don't have a modern electric range, plan now to buy one as soon as they are again available, as you, too, can enjoy the thrill of cooking electrically. Care of What You Have ti 'iral appliances on the can (jive you yars of iv your electrical deal-rt-pairs as soon as pos- Railroad Men In Army Will Help Relieve Jam WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UP) A two point program aimed at breaking t h e nation's railroad jam was announced today by the war department.- ;- It called for: 1. Discharge of several thou sand experienced railroad work ers from the army to relieve the manpower shortage, particularly on western roads.,.. .'.. 2. Use of army planes and pil ots in redeploying.' troops across the country. This phase, which will take care of.. 25,000 soldiers a month, will be handled by com mercial airlines ' although army aircraft and personnel will be used. The department's decision to release experienced railroad men marked a reversal of its former stand and followed demands of congress and the'Offteo of defense transportation. . Undersecretary' lot 'war Robert P. Patterson said 1,362 high point men with railroajd experience will have been released by Aug. 10 and 2,903 others 'will be returned from Europe as'soon as possible. In addition, three railway op erating battnlioris,'2,400 men, will sail for this country from Europe next month and 2,600 more will return during October, November and December. Those with enough points will be separated prompt ly. Prisoners to Help In Oregon Harvest CORVALLIS, Aug. 2 (UP) Ad ditional prisoners of war will solve some of the crop harvest labor shortages from stopping of recruiting of Mexican nationals, Oregon State college extension service announced today. It is expected there will be a shortage of 1,300 Mexican farm workers in Oregon late in Au gust. Offsetting this number will be prospects for 500 more pris oners of war than previously planned and the possibility of "borrowing" 600 Mexicans from Washington and California. J. R. Beck,; state farm labor su pervisor in the extension service, said he had been promised the 500 additional prisoners of war to work in the Marion and Polk county hop yards'. Another 500 prisoners will be-used in the Med ford pear harvest " from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. Tho,ro fare about 750 n'ow at work in Malheur county, who will bo chained. The Sept. 1 allocation of Mex icans in Oregon, was about 5,000, Beck said, with about 3,750 now working in the state. Power Co. City News -rn Brief- r TWO ARRESTED: Glen Gra ham was arrested by city polica last night on charge of being drunk. Jewel E. Harmon, trans ient, was arrested early this morn ing '). i .similar charge. Both men are being held for appearance in city court today. PLAN PICNIC Blue Moun tain grange will hold its annual August picnic Sunday at Pioneer park on Calherin creek. The pic; nic will start around noon. TO PORTLAND Jack . W. Hale, field operations officer .for the OPA, lr-fl for Portland this morning on business. He will re turn Sunday. COURT MEETING County court is now auditing and allow ing bills at its regular monthly meeting in, the courthouse. The court is composed of County Judge C. K. McCormiek, and Com missioners Chris Johnson and Herbert Speckhart. SON BORN Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Houston of La Grande have announced the birth of a son, Howard W., to their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Houston of Portland, on July 25. Both parents are known' here and the mother is the for mer Marjorie Matoon of this city. RITES SET Funeral services for Charles Nbideen, Pendleton, retii-ed section boss, will be held at 2 p. m. Fniday, in Pendleton at Paulson Undertaking Parlors. Nordeen is an old limer in the vicinity and owned considerable land and property, including the store, around Kainela. TWO HELD HERE Two un identified persons, one a man of about ,35 years Of age, and the otner a 1 -year-old girl, were lodged in the city jail and a local hotel, respectively, Tuesday night, officially in the custody of William L. Roehler, sheriff of Martin county, Minnesota. They had been arrested in Washington. VISIT IN EAST Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pierson left today in their Piper coupe plane for a visit with relatives in York, Neb. Men's Accessories NOW IN STOCK ! l.oiillior Work (ilovcs Natural Color Ciihint'ie Socks Work Anlilcls in Nji I u r;i I, I 'lain At A.hsoi(c:I Colors Fancy Dress Host' P'iiiic.v Dress Anklcls Allilclic Socks Don't Forget to See the Famous ROBLKK SHOES FOR MEN Font comfort i.s im portant to your health and poslure. II a v e your shoes X - HAY F I TT E hi re and tin i! you will know the true meaning nf shoe comfort. Lynn Citizens Will 'Ignore'. Freighter LYNN, Mass.. Aug. 2 (UP) Citizens of Lynn were up in arms today because a freighter instead of a cruiser is to be named for their city. Mf &! '.u'nur v. B'rawley said l',e intended to "ignore complete ly" the lannchlng of the SS Lynn Victory, a freighter named for the north shore city, Aug. 13 at Baltimore. He also said he had rejected a maritime commisison request for $400 to provide a li brary for the vessel. Members of Sub Crew Held Prisoners BELLE, GLADE, Flu., Aug. 2 (UP) Fourteen crew members of t h e German submarine U-530, which was surrendered to Argon tine oficials early in July, were in custody of prisoners of war camp authorities here today., A navy plane brought the Ger mans, still in Nazi uniform, to this country yesterday, only a few weeks after thsy sailed into Mar Del Plata in Argentina. The remainder of the U-530 crew will be flown here to become prison ers of war, according to an army announcement. 4fi.oz. Mb. 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