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PAGE FOUR tli OSEGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Tuasday Morning, February X3, 1S4S teflon MUMOI l5l itafcsmau M Fat?or Sways 17; Wo Fear Shalt Awe 7 . . From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 . TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ,f Member of the Associated Press tv. AccnHated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise creanea in mis newspaper. all 3 1 it I. i i The Radio Voice Radio, - itself a product of modern science, finds itself contemporaneous with scientific methods applied to the receiving end of radio as well as the producing end. Numerous or ganizations have set themselves up to test radio reception, listener habits and reactions. Per haps you've been "called on the telephone and asked: "What program are you listening to now?" Or "What are your favorite programs?" The query method is the one generally used, and is virtually the only method which lends itself to statistics, which is the ultimate desid eratum of all studies in the so-called social sci ences, it seems. . Well, radio as a new technique, needs to make these tests and learn what the public likes, how it likes it 'dished up, and particularly what it thinks about commercials and their spacing. Research has gone into the matter of the broadcaster's voice, which is not surprising, be cause radio fans are quite positive in their likes and dislikes of radio voices. Roosevelt's win in 1932 (and since) has been credited in part to his excellent radio voice, in which he has been matched only once, in 1944 by Dewey's rich baritone. Dr. James F. Bender, writing in the New York Times imagazine, reports the following conclu ' sions of research on the matter of sex of radio voices:; . ,- ... ; .' " . - 1. i People are mueh more sensitive to affec tation in the voices of members of their own Veterans and Seniority While the law protects the his job, it is vague on the matter of his senior- war veteran ia to give him his or one equally in military ser- sex. 2. f Women's voices are more frequently judged affected than men's! 3. Male voices are found more persuasive. ; 4. Although more than 90 per cent of the average radio audience prefers men broad casters, women's voices are rated as more at tractive than men's in over 50 per cent of the .'. cases. .:' . . 5. Women's voices are preferred for poetry reading. 6. Men's voices are preferred for political talks, weather and news reports, and announce- ments. ' This field of radio performance is one calling for specialized training; and doubtless depart ments; of public speaking are seeking to supply such training. Radio is a new and - fascinating tool. As it matures its techniques will be re fined and its programs improved; but always there will be the prime need for the cultivated radio voice. ity. The employer is required old job back, if he asks for it, good. But will his time spent vice be credited. on his service record for tha private employer for pension credits of job and wage advancement? If the employer wants to give thei; veteran these or extra credits he may get into5 difficul ties with his other employes o with ihe labor union which guards : jealously the seniority rights of its members. '; j We can't count too much on Jhe: absorption of returning soldiers and sailors into their' old jobs. Many were young and unmarried when they, left their jobs for war. When they come back they will be several years olde 4 perhaps mar ried, with families. They can't live on the jun-. ior positions most of them had When they went away. But can they be "jumped" to higher paying positions without trouble from those dis placed or superseded? j This is just a hint of the difficulties 'that will come as veterans seek reinstatement with their old employers. It doesn't, take into account the problems of mental -readjustment and loss of efficiency. Clearly there will be dee human problems, and employers who a re anxious to do all they fairly can iot their former Employes must be ready to meet these problems with large measures of tolerance and understanding; and should be ready too to bear some -financial loss to help former employes p ecome fproperly set up in employment. i ; i in i ii 1 1 I l 'BULLETIN 1 U. s . , 4E boys W (ill ' r'nJ 1 H II1-' " ' liw 1 NEED YOU WTRE i CONGRESS I ir ' ' IF 'l h -- I , TAKES DP HLL W . fEgfl " JlfjlWs ' j ;7f ;j : ., t : - "-'J. btrflatcd by Kte rMtaM Brcate ' Appeal .y. ' - . ! , . ! " ;' I 1 71 1 J i L . AT THE FRONT! Yank Patrol Glvei Ncnd Strong Point Thoro Golng-Ovet iter at u GUIDEPOST IVIr. Lewis's Card The AFofL executive council is meeting at Miami, Fla. Again John L. Lewis hat sent in his card, and the council is debating ons whether to .invite him in, or let him continue tq cool his heels in the anteroom. j Lewis wants to get his now ( rphaned United Mine Workers back into the AFofL organization. With them he formed the CIO nine ylars ago; but since he fell out with the CIO in 1941 he is seeking readmission to the old . VTofL. jThe lat ter organization has been divided on this ques tion and last year made its condition! so stiff that no deal was made. Wi hout doubt the AFofL would like to have the nation'! 700,000 ; miners of UMW back in its fo d; but fit is not v sure about Mr. Lewis himself. They tear that Alcohol for Fuel Lewis like the camel in the tent would crowd I - r out everyone else. ! . '1 h The 'synthetic rubber development has forced Lewis may be anxious to b reinstated be a big expansion in the manufacture of Indus- cause he faces the termination of the loal min-, trial alcohoL At Springfield, Ore., a plant is, fng contract on April 1 next. He may desir being built to produce this alcohol from wood the backing which might come from tfie whole waste. Naturally there is concern over the mar- AFofL if negotiations end in n contract and a ket for this big production if and when syn- walkout ensues. i ' ! I !L thetic rubber production is curtailed because of -There is high politics in the labor movement (and low) ; and here the principals plai for high stakes. The public, which has no direct voice, is nonetheless interested in the major amoves of availability of natural' rubber. So there has been a renewed interest in the use of alcohol as fuel for motor vehicles. It will be recalled that during! the depression years when corn was in great over-supply and prices were low bills were introduced in con gress to require the use of a certain volume of alcohol with petroleum products tor engine fuel. ' Costs however proved too high to make the al cohol mix practical. Experiments are going forward; however both with engine design and with aldohol manufac- -. ture in an attempt; to solve the economic prob- ", lem involved. ,' Ona big distilling company is ex perimenting withjja mobile distillery, which, , mounted on raUroajd flat cars would draw up at a grain elevator, turn the grain! into ethyl al v.cohol which local Consumers could haul away. , Then the plant would move on to the next ele- L: vator. . I There is the further dream of getting the distillery units snU enough to be mounted on - trailers, which-cclild be pulled into farmers' fields, distilling grjain alcohol to power his auto, truck, and tractorf and using low quality grain or potatoes for thepurpose. The mash would be available for livesock feed. That would be j quite a system: grow more ; corn to produce more alcohol to power more tractors to grow roore corn. There would bej this danger too if auto en gines become highly refined in the use of alco hol. Drunken drivers might try to run their cars on their breath, which would be dangerous, with cars and drivers both under the influence of alcohol. Editorial Comment POSTWAR ALASKA "Folly!" cried the American' people in 1867 when President Andrew Johnson revealed purchase of - Alaska from Russia for 12 millions. Today postwar planners vision Alaska as a land - where hundreds" of thousands, perhaps even mil lion's, can find new homes and new lives. But; there's controversy over what to do with Alaska, with these opposing ideas: Rev. Bernard J. . Hubbard, SJ, world-famed glacier priest Colo nize Alaska; develop lta vast resources; make it economically sufficient US Biological Survey's Frank Dufresne, veteran of 24 years service in the territory Keep it a great national park, one of the few spots of any size left on earth where people : cangti to see natural beauty unmarred by man. Father Hubbard said Alaska could support 40 to r 50 million persons without crowding; dairying and fisheries could care for a great part of them. Thou-' sands of soldiers now in Alaska, he. reported, plan to settle there after the war. . " Dufresne, on the other hand, says 'that many folks claim Alaska's only trouble is there are too many people there already. He wants Alaska's naW . ural wonders preserved, unmarred by civilization, and kept as a paradise for vacationers. Taking a middle ground is Lorin T. Oldroyd, ' University of Alaska extension service director." He pictured Alaska as -offering somewhat limited op-, portunities to war-weary, Americans. He sees op portunities in fanning, for-those willing to work hard, supplement their income with trapping, fish-' ing and hunting. - -SDR puts Alaskan development, high onvJiis list of projects. Question" is: Will Americans again cry. : '"folly"? Pathfinder Magazine. .. labor politics and politicians, because in the end the public is affected as the ultimate consumer of labor's production. ' ". i Interpreting j The VVarj News By KIRKE L. SIMPSON ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR ANALYST Of outstanding importance in !the final Crimea conference communique; of Messrs. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin is their announcement of a joint military staff "close working partnership. It bodes ill for Nazi hopes of long staving off a complete military collapse. J j ' That was the basis of the confidence expressed -in the "big three summary of the conference that it would "result in shortening the war" in Europe. It was fairly certain when the first "iig three" announcement revealed full agreement! on con certed military operations as the first action taken ' that a three-way overall staff control system had been included. With huge Russian! armifs breast ing or beyond the Oder in the eat; and American-British-French forces'! closing in j on the Rhine throughout its whole length, direct; personal inter staff communication between the two fronts is pos sible. Joint operational directives! integrating troop movements can now be put Inft quick execution. Strategy can be reduced to its tactical application and made effective in a matterojt hours,! not "days or weeks. - ,-" ' j -j. ' j j -: jj: .-r:. With the east and west battle lfnes hardly more than 300 miles apart now at their point of closest approach to each other on the central Oder and th lower German Rhine, intimate collaboration is feasible. That is hardly an hour' i flight Sy a fast -military plane. ', , ; At the very, moment that the "big three made' .public their final communication promising "new and even more powerful blows f into ithe heart of Germany from east, west, norti 'and south," the armies in the field on both sides v ere making good on that pledge. The Kleve and Pruembolt posi tions west of the Rhine fell respectively to Canad ian and American armies Their capture ipbviously paved the way for a major British-American of fensive drive into the Cologne plain! from Ihe Roer Maas line in the center once the Nazi released flood waters of the Roer subside. W-1 ir Inclusion of the north", among points frfini which the new and mighty attacks planned at Mdta would be launched stared speculation. Land pases for air strokes from that direction would require Al lied landing operations in southwestern Norway or preferably on the Danish peninsiUa. W&h Berlin already swaying "under Russian c osc range attack on the central Oder line, it is not inconceivable the r Jutland peninsula of Denmark could become a for ward base for Anglo-American air fleets now based in Britain. That would require powerful landing forces and good weather to insure their sea move ment, however. If it is contemplated in Ihe plans laid at Malta, it seems unlikely jit would be at tempted very soon. : . j j - The "east, west, north ?and south" phnfce of the communique 4 could have5 quite , another jmeaning. ii may oe oased on expectation hat Berlin will shortly be In Russian hands and' that an' Allied break-through to rthe "Rhine and beyond :on the norm nana; in tne west could proyide air base sites In northern Germany Itself from which to smash at close range at a Nazi last, stand fn the gteat cen tral plain of Germany., -i . , j - , I , "TOMORROW WILL SING," ky El ; liott Arnld (DneU, Sloan Pcatce; 2.5). . j . .This book begins like some thing pretty special. -American flyers move in on the Foggia air field in Southern Italy!! They talk about their job, wine and -women, and1 it is unusually con vincing talk.! They go on a bomb ing mission;! though such events have been described by novelists and correspondents galore, " Arn old gives tisj a fresh view. ; ; jThat lasts! for maybe 25 pages and then iti all goes sour. The author puts his best foot forward to begin, with, but traveled on the other one the rest of the lohg way. ... 1 ! ' ' The Americans changei from real and vital to dull and bogus saintly; the incidents cease to be natural andf start to be manu factured out of sheddy; the pep pery conversation grows ihcred ' ibly , stuted.1- j i : One of these Americans, who Txuns a farm! near New York, has an uncle near Foggia. He cplls on him, learns i to his surprise that he is the owner of uncle's farm. But perhaps the best way to tell it is to use the speech pf the Italians as Arnold uses it end lessly, never saying Germans but always Tedeschi, turning lieu tenant and jcaptain into tenente and capitanb, and making vino ; out of wine; i Tenente 'Amato of a truth learns it is fa bad thing this of being alone. On trips to the home of the uncle Gennaro he meets Nina, who is of the age lof the brother who was killed iunong the bullets of the Americans in Africa. If if is permitted py the parents of Nina, he wishes jjto be come her Ihusband. And; she ' wishes to be of a comfort to him; she knows lie is tired not only of the tiredness of the body. lit is for the reason of propa ganda by the Tedeschi that May or LaGuardla enters this (story. There had jbeen a madness in Italy. The son of uncle Gennaro was afflicted by it; he was of politics, but not so Gennaro. "Awake," said other Italians to Ricardo, -once a tenente I him self; "the war is ended forj you." But would ;he? He , woul ? not Always hadfhe been of evil. It is all of a romantic endins? t is beyqnd beUet But the ending is of a distance beyond! the beginning that will be too vast for most Americans. Your Federal! Income flax I l Contrtbauons Dednctlon ' limitations Certain limitations apply to the contributions you may deduct if you choose to itemize your non business deduction! in computing your tax liability on page 4 of the 1944 return, .Form 1040. (If . you file your Withholding Re-' ceipt Form W-2 (Bev.) as a re turn or if you file Form 1040 and use the tax table or standard deduction, you receive an allow ance for charities and ether de ductible items, but you do not list them). ; Limitations as to deductibility are as follows: ' (1) Only contributions . which are actually paid iri cash or prop erty (not services) during the year for which the return is made are deductible. Gifts made in the form of property include ex penditures made for gasoline and oil which you use in performing services gratuitously for public purposes in, behalf of govern mental or-charitable organiza tions. It also includes the fair market value of , equipment or supplies which you donate to them. Unpaid subscriptions or pledges are not deductible. (2) Contributions made in the form of personal services are not deductible; The donation of the use of an automobile, or of prem ises (as. for a picnic or garden . party), is not deductible as a contribution. ; J i ' (3) Gifts to an' Individual are not deductible, (4) Contributions to a political party or to any organization, a substantial part of: the actiivties l of which is carrying oik propa ganda or otherwise attempting.. t4 influence legislation, are not, deductible. - I I .. (5) Contributions to an organi zation, any part of the income of which goes to benefit any pri vate shareholder or individual, ' are not deductible! For instance this provision excludes contribu tions to hospitals or schools pri DIP page 1) (Continued from and was visiting' with'. George Cochran, prominent lawyer of LaGrande, who happened to be sr passenger. He told of the time in 1938 when the steamer Charles L. Wheeler was takien through Bonneville locks to The Dalles. The skipper, told him then that the current was about the same as before the dam was built. On reflection that would seem to be; true, , except j where . the width of the stream was increas ed when a dam is built For the same Volume of water pours into the pool and the same volume must be discharged at the lower end of the pool. So jlf the sides of the trough are vertical that is, if the water cannot spread out in widuthen the flow will have to be the same asj before to discharge the water, j What hap- , pens is that the water piles up at the entrance to the pool to build up the gradient to where it discharges in constant flow at the bottom. j . There is a real improvement in I navigation in this, however, that the water is deeper, so mere is less danger from striking rocks or going aground; arid of course as a practical thing there is some flooding as in the Bonneville pool so the current is diffused. No river runs in a square canyon for any distance. . .ii Aftier thfr war it vould seem quite practical, as the Willamette project proceeds, to revive navi gation. This would riot mean to bring back the old stern-wheelers or sidewheelers j of pioneer days, but powerful ugs towing or pushing barges as are being used I very successfully on the Columbia. Water transportation BySIdFeder i (Substituting for Kenneth L. 1 ' i . Dixon) I WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY-ifl-There was this Ger man strong point in a little two street village in the Appenines at - the entrance, to the Bologne road net, and it was giving the dough boys a tough time. So the regi mental commanders told LtLin nsey Wheeler to take a patrol out and find out about It - ! The lieutenant, an Addy, Wash, infantryman who won his com mission on the battieoeia omy last November, picked five solid doughf eet and tok off in the deep mountain snow3. This Is what happened: " ; 5 r . , . ' - ' I ' They crossed the Savena river, an icy stream alongside highway 63 in this area; and then inched their way "over snow-covered trail well into the enemy linesi When they got to within 50 yards of the group of buildings that made up the strongpoint they still hadn't' been spotted. - Wheeler deployed four of his men in covering position while he and Pf c Thomas C Wilson, la sharpshobting . toomy gunner f Wauconia, Blj pushed ahead. " They had reached the corner of the first house when a Ger man sentry , .challenged them. Wheeler answered . with sV burst from his tommy gun and killed " him. v ';v:,J- ; ; v Then they had to work fast Wheeler 'and - Wilson formed " an J "assault force" "of two and promptly "stprmed" the build ing. As they passed by a window -.Wheeler heard a machinegun be w ingf loaded inside. He pushed his gun through the window, cut loose for a moment then quickly raced -around to the door ana collided with a Nazi as he came out -: " ''c.j'r ; : I - The German, a giant of a man, carried the machinegun cradled in his arms like a machine pistol, firing as he came through the door. For a brief moment there was a duel right thererat the - doorway. It cost the enemy his life; At . that moment unnoticed by I Wheeler, another . German . gunner appeared In the doorway. H Wilson hollered "duckf.and bei gah firing. The German Jell wounded and was put away for - keeps , by Wheeler. - j" Another German soldier tooc up a-position outside the house and although. he was firing at pointblank. range. Wheeler rush ed him because he realized the valiie of a live prisoner for in. formation purposes. He gave him a going over, took his gun jaway and had a prisoner. The entire patrol got together thftt and headed home. On the way, ;, with machinegun slugs chasing . them, they ran into a mine field and one member of the patrol had a foot, blown off. Wheeler sent half the patrol on ahead with the prisoner and he and the other two men brought their wounded mate in. ' The German strong point of . fers less trouble now. . Funds Denied For Cemetery WASHINGTON, Feb.J2 - () -Funds for establishment of a na tional cemetery at Portland, Ore, were denied by the house , appro priations committee in its war de partment civil functions bill, in troduced today. ' '" CoL R. P. Harbold of the'quar termaster corps had told the com mittee that "a real necessity?, ex ists for the burial ground, author ized in 1941. ' He explained that since there is no national cemetery in Oregon or. Washington state, national ceme tery burials of people from those states must be made in the Pre sided or Golden Gate- cemeteries in San Francisco or the Buster Bat tlefield cemetery in eastern Mon tana.'' ' The senate in 1943 voted funds f or the Portland cemetery but the house refused to go along. Walker Will Speak At War Chest Meet Ralph S. Walker, pastor of the White Temple First Baptist church of Portland, will be the speaker at the annual meeting of the United War Chest which will be held jointly with , the Lions club on Thursday noon at the Ma rlon hotel. Reverend , Walker is one of the leaders in Portland's civic and religious activities. His address wul deal with commun ity cooperation to solve commun ity welfare problems. At this meeting reports of offi cers wiH .be , heard and election of directors will be held. All who are contributors to the war chest are eligible to attend, but reserva tions must be made in advance. Geiting 1943 s Tax Bill? remains 'the cheapest and there vately operated for profit either, fa sufficient j tonnage of by an organization or individuals uyj cummooiues tp supply "THE YOUNG irrespective ' of whether., profits are being earned or not (6). The amount deductible is limited to IS per cent of the ad justed gross income, which is the amount that you enter -as item 5 on page 1 of the return, Form 1040. ; Where husband and wife file a joint return the 15 per cent limi tation for contributions must be figured on the combined adjust ed - gross income, which " is the amount entered i as ' item 5 on page'l of the joint-Form 1040. barge line operating on this river. The? visit of General Robbins should serve to refresh our minds on this collateral! feature of the Willamette project! S - - -- j - ; I ' ;- ' Flashes of Life LOS ANGELES, Oalif.-ffHt happened just like in the movies, but it was real enough to Miss Dorothy Kwid and Miss Jeanette Basor v . ( The! two were taking $8,000 in zaarket receipts to a bank when mr, . m - !i V ' i rob?er demandd i they part IUCjA ' BV Jl0SSler with bag. ,The women ran, J .i and he chased them aornsB thm railroad tracks in front of an ap proaching', train, grabbed the ' money and dashed back just be fore the train went! by, while they stood helplessly op the other side, j . " ! - 1 , SEATTLE, Wash.-P)-No one knew how it got there, but a hen was found loose- on the roof of a five-story office building. Photographer Harold Smith was sent up for pictures and he stalked the bird with care. Work ing slowly, he made! the shots. Then, ; with a quick jsnatch, he , got himself a good dinner? too. - - By Alexander K. George u JAP Newsf eatures Writer WASHINGTON Some 4,000,- 000! income taxpayers are getting notices from the 'collector of in ternal revenue requesting a payment on 1943 tax. Many are wondering why a dun now for an old tax? - V - Ifs because final payment Is due March 15 on that "unfor given" tax for 1943 (or 1942). Half of these they were allowed to postpone when they made out ' their returns a year ago. - I When the government, started the pay-as-you-go system in the summer of 1943, you already owed, and were In the process of paying, the tax on 1942 in come. Remember that under the old system you paid tax on in come you had received the pre .' ceding year.;., - ; . . To relieve you of paying both your 1942 and 1943 taxes in the aarne year, congress decided to "forgive" part of the tax for one of those years. You were for given part of the smaller year's tax , but had to pay all. of the larger year's tax. Since income generally was smaller in -1942 than In 1943, a majority of tax . payers had to take forgiveness on their 1942 tax. j Last March, when taxpayers made out these complicated 1943 returns, they figured forgiveness different ways. If your smaller year's tax (1942 or 1943) was $50 ; or less, all of it was fori- given. If the smaller year's tax was" more than $50 but less than ' ' " ' " F L I J I t "Nw that I look toe atlerlr handsome, tenlfht new: much do "1 yea need? ! SALUDA, Cblo.-0P)-fA panel of 5a men reported for district court jury service but the term was so short U wasn't necessary to check . their names. s j.... ,.. ..r .. - . Four minutes after court open ed all the defendants jhad plead . ed guilty. The next day the jur ors had scarcely sat down before the last 'defendant's j case was postponed until March. 7 PHILADELPHIA-4V:A' phil . adelphia milk firm received a check for $2 today from an ano nymous donor to 'pay for the bottles I broke when I was a boy.-! . " I $68.68, the amount forgiven was a flat $50. If the smaller year's tax was more than $66.67, the amount forgiven was 75 per cent of the tax. In that case, you still owed 25 per. cent of the smaller tax (1942 or 1943). You had to pay half of that 25 per cent or other amount unforgiven when you filed . your . 1943 return last March 15. The other half, or any smaller proportion, which was postponed, is due this com ing March 15. . The business , of trying to " catfh up with pay-as-you-go is - what has given so many taxpay ers a prolonged headache. Here's the sort of thing that befuddled J. Average Taxpayer. He had to make out a return In 1944 (last March), figure his tax for 1943, the amount, of tax he already had paid in 1943 and 1942 including the now discard ed Victory tax, and decide-how much of it he could and would postpone paying until 1945 (this ' March 15). : Paying up your postponed 1943 or 1942 tax (if you have any) is entirely separate from your return and final payment of 1944 tax, although the due date f is the ; same , for both. Therefore the government re quests that you make separate . payments of each, and " not a lump or combined payment of both bais. : : PaulMaUon Is On Vacation 1 5 -. . ; w I ? d STE7Ens Jr. . ; U J) - Diamond . Watches - Jewelry i f v V ,:-. '.I-- ... I ...... - It 1 yi. Wim A; DIAMOND FROM STEVENS SON Credit If Desired! AT? - ! X 4 3 . O. i : I
