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pacz roua Th OZSGOIT STATZZ2-UH. Sdtan. Oregon, 7dnMdaj Morning, DwCrnber 12, IMJ (irej6Duitate Wo fa par Sways U$; No Ttr ShaXL AtotT from Tint Statesman. March 28. USl 4 THE STATES5IAN PUDLISHING COMPANY CHART.M A. &PRAGUX, Editor and Publisher, 3 Member of the Associated Pre "- , Tbs Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication- of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Income Tax Worries . j Some rather anguished yelps have been heard j since the itory broke from the statehouse that j tax commission auditors would check over deed ! records to round up the taxes on "unearned Increment" taken in current sales of real estate at inflated prices Wa had thought that most everyone knew that such profits were taxable, but evidently there are a good many to whom Income is merely the current wage or crop income and not the profit on sales of houses, lands or investments. It is rather rude to awaken them to the stern realities of our tax laws, but they should know that Uncle Sam ; and Uncle Earl Fisher both claim a portion of the gains from sales of real estate. The grester anguish is noted where persons have sold their home at a fat profit, then found they had to pay an equivalent inflated price for a new dwelling place, wnai mey.now team is that if they sold a house for $10,000 and reaped a profit; and then turned around and bought another house for $10,000 they are really out of pocket. For they must still pay income taxes on their profit. No wonder they Voice complaint: yet their complaining should be directed against their own ignorance of the tax facts of life and not against the government. The tax penalty serves to discourage sales at present high tax rates (though you would hardly notice it from reports of sales). The one who is wise hesitates to sell and take a big profit because of the heavy slice that must go to government. This has the effect of driving up prices until the temptation to sell overcomes the distaste of the high tax. It will level off after awhile. And those who, pay very high prices nowi may look forward (with mixed emotions) to some period in the future when they may have to sell at a loss then they may claim a loss in their Income lax report. There is another class which might be warn ed that the tax-gatherer is just around the Jan uary 1st corner. .-They are the waitresses; the eabdrivers. porters and bellboys. The very generous tips they now receive must be added to their salaries as part ol their taxable income. Such persons who render personal service need to keep records of their tips, lest the tax ' col lator scowl at them with a deep frown and , force at least an estimate out of them for their 1 tax reports. With girls in the restaurant nesting round $150-$200 a month in wages and tips,; government state and national wants a cut out of that income. . Money, you see, is the root of much worry. You worry if you don't have it; and you worry over taxes if you do. ' " u Community Estate Taxable . Community property states, took - another; licking this week when the U. S. supreme court , upheld the tight of the federal government to levy estate taxes against the full community estate of couples, instead merely of one-half. This ruling upholds as constitutional an act of congress passed in 1942. It follows the prev ious decision which knocked out the Oklahoma statute establishing optional community prop erty status for married couples, which invali dated the similar Oregon statute.. The federal law still permits division of Income which gives couples in community prop erty states an advantage through avoidance of the higher brackets of the tax. Effort has been made to pass a federal law ending this dis crimination but the community property states with the aid of women's organizations have so far defeated bills to that, effect While individual' stales, may follow their own laws and customs on internal matters all citizens should stand on an equality under fed eral tax legislation. k Editorial Comment FARM LAND TRICES , . A recent report from th Federal Reserve System states that "all signs point to the rapid rise of farm -land values." The present status of prices for rural property in many arsis Is of serious concern to agricultural leaders and to banks. Six months ago the American Bankers Association sent warning letters to banks' in rural sections advocating con servative policies to help check the boom. In June the Alexander Hamilton Institute reported that farm real estate- values were 50 per cent above the levels of the pre-war year of 1938. The Index UMd by the Institute showed a figure of 12S, as compared with 114 in 1144. In 1034 the Index was 84, compared with 140 immediately fol lowing the first World War. The high point Just before the sudden deflation of farm land values began In 1920, was 170. In one of the "post-war., economic studies" published by the FedtTal Re- j serve System, William It7 Fisher of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank cited more than .000.000 Involuntary transfers of farms and tracts since 1929. These involuntary transfers represented trag edy and loss, of savings to hundreds of thousands ' of farmers. - ; To combat the present inflated situation Mr. ' FUhsr offers a six-point program: an educational raartpaign by all agencies concerned with farming and rural life, control of demand by allocation which would permit through Government control purchases of land found to be reasonable in price, restrictions on purchases through controlled mort gages, price ceilings for farm land, a special capital gains tax and a forced savings program from profits In reel estate. Farmers as a whole have enjoyed th.Hr highest incomes in hlitery during the past four years. The artificial stimulus of war prices h.s fostered a big production increase in the face of manpower and machinery shortages. A reaction ' serins probable In the not distant future.; Author ities tnsUt that the wise financial course for farm ers is t6 pay off debt, and Invest in war bonds. The farmer without a mortgage and with ready money for equipment and. improvements win be best prepared to meet whatever problems lie ahead. New York Times. Guesto of Today , J Salenr Is host today , to a company of som 175 people who are identified iwith the "Moral Re-armament" movement. Of fthe number, 40 are from Europe; others come; from Australia, Canada and the United States.f By special train they are on tour in behalf ojf their program and climax their visit; with presentation of a youth play in the afternoon an an adult drama "The Forgotten Factor" at roght both per formances being scheduled for Leslie Junior high school. I f Whatever ' one may think of the movement which grows out of the work of Dr. Frank Buchrnan, the fact is true that it has shown remarkable vitality, .surviving! both the great depression and the world war; and that it has attracted to it people of ill walks of life who believe it offers a practical solution for ; the complicated problems of; industrial and -international relations. j While the plays are invitational, tickets are, available to all who are interested. Salem, we are sure, will give a friendly-.welcome to these folk who come from distant lands, at great sacrifice of time, to advance the great cause of human brotherhood; ' - t - j y J !GENERAL,WYrtRETHEff ; Ifllll1!''' ' I uU' who started a second nxnr j , U II 'b, OTinnrKS f HD STOP ONE BERKE irsrej - Hffll TP(T) TlTlM0 : . 1 W I i l mmzrs,. ,, & JT-h x J . - r ' rLL, -rn- .Mm W '''.'ir.F1 . i Another Tough Assignment Tho Literary Guidcpoot Victory, Again Again- Marion county has met and passed its quota in its purchases of war bonds. The quota was $2,690,000 but that figure has long been passed. The total by the end of the month may Teach $5,000,000.' For E bonds, too, the quota has been exceeded, what with queen contests and nylon hose bait! j: All who have bought bonds, all who have had a hand in promoting their , purchase, can feel proud and happy over the great success of this final war finance effort ' .' - 1 By W. G. ROGERS surveys popu in tne ism a Remember Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days?" An'A-28 attack bomber has made the circuit of the globe, 124,859 "miles in 9C hours, 30 minutes of flying time. Its route was westward by way of Hawaii, the Marianas, the Philippines, India, North Africa, the Azores, Bermuda and Washington. This record was j made with the convent ional-jtype, plane. Jet' propulsion permits much faster speeds. Taking ' supper with Uncle Ben in New Zealand will soon be commonlace. ; . ; .- . ' 1 .... ' S, ' . HOGAKTB AND ENCUII CABICA. TtmaV y r. D. KUender TraasaUaBttc iArts; $4). Long on pictures and short on text, as art (books ought 'more frequently toil be, this volume ar art in England lid early 19th cen turies, with occasional .references . to the past toj show models and to the future io show, directions. Born 1697 and died -1764, Ho garth was England's first great painter and4 perhaps, iier great, est in any age ... it takes no' more- than the! London National Gallery's "Shrip Girl" to prove it He was asj up-to-the-minute, as concerned with the life around him, as his friend the novelist Fielding. England and especially News Behind the News I v V !". : r j ' - BrPAUL MALLON (Distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction In whole ' ' " - " ' i or in part strictly prohibited.) Mi- Now- that the Yanks in Switzerland can send home such souvenirs . as Swiss watches and Alpine skiis, we wouldn't be at all surprised wtire h revealed his greatest London were lithe subject of his paintings and;; his caricature. " ; . - Like Daumier,; he-wms-a master in the two mediums, though' un like the Frenchman, who came about a century later, he did not find ready toj hand the litho graphy so popular in the last 150 years. JI used the copper plate: , .;' 1 .Skill! ul, in .political and social if a St. Bernard dog came over disguised as a bale of hay. Interpreting The Day's News By James D. White Associated! Press Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO, -Dec. 1 l.-W-The Ta Kung Pao in Chungking made - a suggestion today which it knows perfectly well has aboui; as a snowball in the Sahara. This ord inarily sober : Chinese daily newspaper today proposed that the capital of the United Na- Changchun, the as much chance Dr. Jan Masaryk 1 It V X t X 4. D. WhlU tions organization be located in capital of Manchuria. ! Perhaps this was Just the Ta Kung Pao's subtle way of saying the same thing that of Czechoslovakia said yesterday that the UNO, no matter where its capital is to be, is in danger of becoming a football to be kick ed around by power politics. Actually. Changchun could be a very attractive place. Chang chun is the old Chinese name for a provincial walled town which until 1931 dozed on a broad rise in the rolling Manchurian prairie, It waxes only' moderately hot in the long sunny summer of the Borth, but gets pretty cold and windy in the winter. ' Jass Copy After Washington jj p ' After 1931 the Japanese expropriated several Chinese farming villages outside! the grey walls of Changchun and there built a new capital (which they called Hsinking and which fneans "new cap ital") copied after Washington, p. C. The new city had circular plaias, broad radiat ing streets, and several modern government build ings of concrete-and-stee faced wth colored brick. The roofs tried to soar in the ; magnificent eave . sweep of old China, but Japanes architects trim med them down into stubby compromises. There was an assembly or parliament building, but no' parliament - if MUM Admit It's T Csld . Now if you backed a Ta KungPao editor up against the wall he probably would admit that Manchuria is too cold in the winter for the elderly statesmen who will be part of any UNO capital. So it may be assumed that the suggestion to locate UNO in Manchuria is rooted In fcther reasons, j For one thing, Manchuria is th largest remain ing industrial setup in all the orient, and control of it will influence the! recovery;!' and welfare Of east Asia. That control rests legally with the un known way in which these treaties are going to be implemented. Russia now is the greatest land power in Asia, as the United States is the greatest naval power in the adjoining Picific. Deal Waal Rlstery t Bepeat 1 1 .. '-, ; It follows,- therfore .that since the fringes of American and Russian policy and Influence will meet anyway in Manchuria and China, that meeting would be more strongly spotlighted to the woria if the UNO capital itself were on ihe spot The Chinese strongly support the UNO, Just as they supported ihe league. - ; i j'i They don't want history to repeat itself, and Manchuria is a place where historic trends have . L.L!1 . I..MJ . . . . . -nacni ox uuuuiug up KURMnoun tut ts nara to stop. artistic, energy in such cycles, as Marriage a la Mode," "Harlot's ; Progress": and fRake's Progress." In a cbndeibed introduction Klingender sas "blunt realism" ' characterizes rps work; Hogarth's etching tools indeed were so real and blunt thajj in a strange Way he seems not n artist but a re- corder, a plain teller of plain tales. But if jjbu don't need es thetic training;! to understand his story,1 you do jheed it to apprec iate how subtly he arranges his material, how effectively he high , lights the important figures, how ; securely he establishes perspect- V ive,' in short jj how" 'much-of J a j; genius he! was - The book contains 120 illus : trations, a f ewj in color. Besides Hogarth, therejjare Gillray, Row i landson, Daumaer and others. A PICTURE HISTORY Of RUSSIA, MHU y t9hm Stsart MxrUa ( Craws ; 0.7SH . ' Containing ijmore than 1200 illustrations, a phronology and an ' MtntraitisMt sm4 . index, this is timely survey whom we talk of the ally about iso much and hold so many different opinions: The book goes wax foundation in back to a secure ancient history. and trapes developments in con siderable ; detain. 4 - . WASHINGTON, Dec 11 The defense of the British loan deal :is that there- are only three things which can be 'done . with the British: - ( A ) Pt op - them upy (B) Let them fall. ---- ---v:.-fc- J :XG) Let the vRussiani tt a k e ' Ithem. -. On this basis -ui project is - tmi . bemg sold to me, reluctant and discoursgwt mngress and will mcreaamgly besold. i is the . argument which is planned to j win congressional approval, and at probably -wilt At this writing, m delayed acceptance of the plan, witho6t,ma t e f i a 1 amendment, sttmTlikely. In Jtsdetailj, 'the arrangement . fJs indefensible. A careful reading'" K. tofUhrrseraettU will show hat upon'practically every greed -; rxnrn.the British hsv contrived an" escape clause or -phrHse in short, and out ! - i , InWrest o Be Waived ' ' - In "the -matter of interest pay 'roents, for example, these will be ' waived unless British trade av erages more than 1936-38 for :fivje preceding years. Again,the British are to try to do some thing about the sterling discrimi nation; pool against the dollar, but will only "make every en deavor"' to do so. They agree to "relax," not stop. Again, they agree to discuss a new deluxe super Bretton Woods arrangement to create a world trading ' and monetary system; .they agree to work with us for - this "international trade organi szation".. at a world conference ' next year, but there nothing de finite is provided beyond the "discussion" stage. , Again they promise to pay perhaps $750,000,000 in settle .ment of "lend-lease" (how iron ical those two words sound now) but only $50,000,000 is to be cash within' five years,'1 and we will i not take this money, but will use it to build educational or other 'institutions in the British empire. AH Pact -Hedged" ; There is hardly a line in the ; 'agreement which is not hedged thus with a legal escape for non- GRBSiAifD BEAR IT By Lichty .. i i : J- IKS w r -i .i i r www .. v r .. imwT i m- a4 m W ; 'sr. I. "We each sf JOHN D'S KTN FTNZD MARYSVILLE, Calif, Dec 11. V-The name of Muriel McCor mick - Hubbard, granddaughter of the late John D. Rockefeller, and currently a WAC sergeant at Camp Beale, appeared on Marys- vilie police records' today -after all tnrm. mr-stteaUsa toward foil employment! I turret she paid a $100 fine on a charge aeaa4 the ssnpioynMat agencies antu they send as maids ,o! driving while intoxicated. q-: f ji V fulfillment iFor this, we are to throw $3, 750,000,000 more after the $25, 000,000,000 of "lend-lease" ws are cancelling off--thus giving them title to remaining planes, guns, trucks, typewriters and what not without trying to get the materials back for scrap or use. (Army claims we already have more than we can sell pr use in surplus property, but they are thinking of peace, not yet restored.) - j ' . The best objective world fi nance authorities tell me the British carefully carved their ex cuses in advance, because they cannot expect to repay this "loan" any more man they could pay our war advances, given away under the disguised booby trap phrase '"lend-lease." Need Eaw Materials , They 'have no raw materials on their island except coal. They cannot produce without raw ma terials, and they cannot pay for the materials except by produc tion. iWith their prospects they would have , difficulty getting anyone to say their amortization' plan for this "loan" is sound. They can win a respite against fate with our money, but thffir 55 year future does not justify the deal financially. But what could we do?, the Byrnes people are already ask ing the senators in private. The senators are saying we could have taken title to the equipment we have given them and used it for storage against the fu ture or scrap; we could have taken payment in materials of which our own stockpiles are law; we could have acquired . territories needed for raw mate rials, and for civilian and mili tary world air bases. -Final Accord Possible j j In short, we could have reach ed a fair and good business set : ttement "in kind," and closed the .books on this endless dumping 'of the product of our toil into Britain these last 30 years. We - coald have reached a final set tlement ; i As it is, we have left the books open, to - furnish more money when this "loan is gone and- r cannot, be repaid money which really represents the ' sweat of our workmen,' because our treas- ' ' ury has no '"money" except as it drains that source. . i iWe could have wisely prepar ed ourselves with territory, stockpiles and power for the new . barter world of trade- (which is coming as surely as borrowed - international money is never paid). We could have won the peace with this deal. Congress May Take It j The Byrnes people come back aad say: We have thrown $250,000,000, 000 away in this war, without taking anything but world's headaches. What is $3,750,000, 000 more? The deal is done now. Take it or leave it. . ' As I say, I think congress may take it but not enthusiastically, ; (Continued from page historic spots. Among such would be the Jason Lee house which still stands at 960 Broadway; the old Minthorn home at Maple and Highland where Herbert Hoover lived as a youth; the old fir tree at the southeast corner of the Bush school grounds, under which Chief Quinaby, the last chief of the Chemeketan tribe, died from overeating on Thanks giving' day in 1878. Dr. Burt Brown Barker erected a suitable marker at the north east corner, of Commercial and Ferry streets, the site of the first store in Salem, established by his ancestor. Thomas Cox' Directly across Commercial street is the old Holman building where the legislature , used to meet and where James Nesmith and Ed ward Baker were elected United States senators in 1860. It should be identified by a marker. The Statesman building on the south west corner merits a marker as the building which prior to the construction of the first state canitol was used for offices of the governor and the supreme court- : v The site of the Hudson's bay trading post just north of Salem ought to be marked, also the lo cation of the building first erect ed by the Lee mission for edu cation of white children, in the same vicinity. : Work of this kind should be undertaken without .further de lay while there are still resi dents who know much of local historr. The community misses the late R. J. Hendricks long editor, and later editor-emeritus of The Statesman. He was a one man historical society. The work he did should be continued in some organized manner lest not only the facts of local history be lost but also interest in our rich historical heritage through the advent of those who know nothing- of it Hospital Inmate Declared to lie At Large With Gun Veriand Cobt, , comnunea ta the state hospital xrera t-mitv rountr as an' arsonist is at large, with s it police special revolver. Acting Sgtt Stanley K. Tries or the Salem police was nouxiea Tuesday, by hospital anenaania. Although Cobb is said to have disappeared Mooday, December J, no details of tne neaoa py whkh he gained his freedom were given police, nor did hospital ex- ' eeutlves - explain iwsmj . Cobb is described as orown-eyea. brown-haired, wearing glasses, feet t inches tall and weighs 150 . pounds. Navy Intelligence Work Described The thoroughness of naval in telligence activities in the Pacific war was described by former LL (Jg) AncO Payne, one-time Wil lamette university student, at the Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday. v . . Lieutenant Payne gave a verbal glimpse of many of the Pacific , islands and their inhabitants, end ing with the admonition that the people of America should retain an active interest in the islands if they Intend , to establish democra- . cy there. ; " ' - " Public! Records Reel Cross Home Service Group Meets Thursday Regular meeting, for the home service committee of the Marion county chapter of the American Red Cross will be held Thursday noon at' ' the Golden ' Pheasant.' Judge George Duncan is chairman of the committee. ' " . 'At a meeting of the Red" Cross board of directors, it was reported that the home service department had a case load of 558 during No vember. Of this total, 265 cases were closed, with 293 continuing as an open case load. Mrs. Virginia' Stevens, director of home service, and Mrs. Elmer Berg, assistant, are in Portland at tending a meeting to train in structors in leading the volunteer home service corps. , SPEAKEK FROM CHINA 'Ellen Suffern, missionary who ..left free China to return to the - United States last year, will speak this noon to Hollywood Lions at their regular hmcheon in .the Lions Den. Miss Suffern' traveled by plane over the hump .into In- duu by - ship to - Australia and thence to the states. County's Quota ov Gift to Be Doubled Marion county's quota of gifts for the U. S. naval hospital at Corvallis probably will be doubled because of the generous response rrom people oi uus area, it was reported to' the Marion county Red Cross chapter board meeting by the Rev. S. Raynor Smith. chairman of the chapter's camp and hospital committee: The Rev. Mr. Smith is delivering the re mainder of the gifts to go to the hospital this week. Marion eodb- tys quota was 500 gifts. -. v CIRCUIT COURT Edna B. Spencer v Glens I. Spen cer: Suit for divorce charging cruet and Inhuman treatment asks that plaintiff! maiden name of Edna A. Brown be restored. Married Jan. t. ua ' Afana C. Hamilton vs Charles C Ha worth: DefendanTS motion to strike allowed. O. R. Hamilton vs Charles C Ha worth: Defendant's motM to strike allowed. Bernice Morse John T. Oar and Willis Allen: Application made to place on trial docket. Giles C. Raymer ts Laura G. Rar mer: Defendant files answer admit tmx and denying and in cross com plaint - charging desertion and cruel aad inhuman treatment arks that de fendant be granted a separation from plaintiff that defendant be awarded custody of four minor children. SM month support money for two youngest . minors and SSS per month alimony plus costs. Frank Smola vs Edna D. Smota: Decree of divorce awards defendant $30 per month support money -for one minor child. Erwin L. rrye vs Mable Frre: Ap plication mad to place suit on trial met. . Eugene J. Hertel vs Lucy CL Hertei: Application made to place en trial docket. . . . . Agnes L. schotthoefer vs H. Trotman and Bertha Trotman and others: Com- Dlatnt to ouiet title. PROBATE COURT : " VeUeda W. ; Ohmart.- estate r' Fourth semi-annual account of Roy V. Oh mart and Lois Ohmart. executor and executrix, filed. sophronla E. PooL estate: Estate mraised at S13.8M J. - . - . -Charlotte Adele 6chwab.' Lnte Ben. nor Schwab. Marlene Irma-Schwab anda Ronald Edward Schwab, guardianship estate: Second annual report of ElesC? Schwab, guardian) epprovad.. T. Prime., estate t riiul-.vnunt of Prank Prime, executor, approved. D. F. Eastburn. estate: Final a. count of admimstratrlx approved? Louis P. Meeske. estate- Mam W Meeske aonointed admtBizti-atv ami WUliam A. Staoenow. Lawrence Ftsher end C. t Batbee appointed appratsers. Cnaries Luvza McNary. estate: Final account of Cornelia Morton McNary approved and estate declared settled. Carver B. Clover. Mt,t u..... Walker and Jnaic Bnh u.hn. appointed ahninhitratrices and Wilham Bush Uidwig Mickelson and Keith Powell anpointed SDpraisers. - JUSTICE COURT State n R r AiWw .r - . for hunting on enclosed nwiMi ritk- out permissiod of owner. vs Eucene Mclntire: S3S and eosta for hunting on enclosed ground without permission of owner. -rifi Tl Bm Jone: and costs for drivinar car with.. license. . ' State vs Karl Nrhm- -k r. pended and court costs 'paid for htmt Bg In game refuse. i State vs Donald Jones: $25 fine sus- D INNER TONIGHT - . ; Members of the Salem high band and orchestra and their par ents will dine tonight in the sen ior high school cafeteria at. 630 when the annual band - parents dinner will be held. Iended and court costs paid for hunt ing In game refuse. ite vs Fred mng stolen propertv dismissed rred Jacobean: charge of Olecat I State vs receiving J1"?? L'"C knowledge on MtrNICIPAL COURT . Donald Baaehman. Salem: muffler: SS Kail - ' MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS , La Rot V. Allen, xj. railroad brake men. Spokane. Wash , and Bonnie XT Bwn. at. clerk, 1T1S a. 1$S m1Z? J5l bu'. M. snerehant Ms wvmi Wlarsjn "wlVy - . r t CANTATA SCHEDULED - The - Christmas cantata. "Glad . Tidings of Great Joy- win be pre sented by the music classes of Leslie junior high school Decem ber 20 under the direction of Miss -AlphUa Wahl. - and Each diamond has its own . individuality, its own lori- . Jj - JftJ V ous way 'of reflecting light. t "jf 'iJrt i See our engagement coileo ; r. jfm affj t tion, and choose the one ( Jrl f!) I "SSSSSaSSSasaaaa aj-- - ' - - TSSSsssssalaMB -