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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1945
PAGE THREE
Budget Reduction
Due Next Vear,
Roosevelt Reveals
By Lyle C. Wilson
(United Preufl Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jan. 8 (IP) Presi
dent Roosevelt's 1946 budget
which is expected to propose a
$10,000,000,000 cut in expenditures
is in final form today and will be
submitted to congress shortly be
fore noon tomorrow. No new tax
proposals are foreseen.
If the $10,000,000,000 reduction
is made, the 1946 budget will call
for expenditures of approximate
ly $90,000,000,000 in the 1946 fiscal
period in comparison with the
$100,000,000,000 being spent in the
current fiscal year.
This will be Roosevelt's fourth
war time budget. It will be his
13th consecutive deficit budget
since his first election in 1932.
Reductions Listed
Most of the" reduction in expen
ditures would be in war spending
and if effected, that item would
aggregate about $78,000,000,000 in
the new budget. The president will
report to congress, also, that for
the 1946 fiscal year interest on
the public debt will Increase by
$275,000,000 to an annual charge
of approximately $4,000,000.
Interest on the public debt is the
foremost item among the big an
nual drains on the treasury rev
enue that cannot be reduced by so
much a a dime, except by retiring
the obligations on which the in
terest is being paid. The obliga
tions are represented by the pub
lic debt which now Is approxi
mately $232,500,000,000 a sum so
large as to be almost incompre
hensible. Sums Are Huge
The comparative size of the an
nual $4,000,000,000 interest charge
is indicated by the fact that during
the 10 years, 1930-1940, the aver
age annual government expendi
tures for all purposes was ap
proximately $6,800,000,000 less
than twice the sum now required
annually to pay interest on our
debt.
This burden of interest and debt
retirement was what Roosevelt
had in mind in his annual mes
sage to congress when he said
that through a postwar program
of full employment the 60,000,
000 job program we can main
tain a national income high
enough to enable us to retire the
debt in an orderly manner and to
obtain some tax reduction, too.
Tax Load Is Big
Roosevelt's associates have esti
mated that national income the
earnings of all of us individually
and collectively must be high
enough to enable the treasury to
collect about $25,000,000,000 In
taxes annually after the war. That
is a high goal and implies some
type of sustained but controlled
inflation in comparison with pre
war money values.
There is small prospect of tax
relief before the end of the war,
at least the end of the war in Eu
rope. The president told congress
in his annual message that no gen
eral tax revision could be under
taken until the war ends on all
fronts. But he said congress
should be prepared to provide im
mediate postwar tax modification
designed to encourage capital to
invest in new enterprises to pro
vide jobs.
Allen and McNea!
Cover Legislation
Salem, Ore., Jan. 8 IIP The
United Press staff covering the
43rd regular session of the Ore
gon legislature opening today is
headed by Eric W. Allen, Jr.,
Salem statehouse manager.
Allen is the son of the late Eric
W. Allen, long-time dean of the
University of Oregon school of
journalism, and was honorably
discharged from the army air
fOi-ces lust year. He has worked
for the United Press in Salem,
Portland, San Francisco and Fres
no, Cal., and previously was a
reporter on the Bend Bulletin and
Astoria Budget.
Assisting Allen will be Ervin
McNeal, former newsman at Bend
and in Honolulu, transferred
from the Portland UP bureau for
the session.
John W. Dunlap, Pacific North
west IJP manager with former
state-house experience in Sacra
mento and Salt Lake City, is in
Salem for the opening days.
Is Noted Alpinist
Ervin McNeal, who is assisting
Eric W. Allen, Jr., is covering the
state legislature, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. McNeal, Bend.
While attending high school here,
McNeal won wide recognition as
an alpinist, being a member of
the group of- Bend youths who
made the first ascents of Mt.
Washington and Three Fingered
Jack, pinnacled peaks of the Cen
tral Oregon Cascades.
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Old Age Benefits
For Region Gain
Klamath Falls, Jan. 8 The
number of monthly old-age sur
vivors insurance benefits in force
in the area served by the Klamath
Falls office of the social security
board increased by 47 'A per cent
during 1944, It was announced by
Charles L. Maginnis, manager, in
a year-end statement.
Explaining that his figures are
estimated, and subject to minor
revision, Maginnis said that bene
fits of $17,000 a month or S218,
000 a year (including lump-sums)
are being paid through the local
office.
The service area of the Klamath
Falls office includes Klamath,
Jackson, Lake, Deschutes, Jeffer
son, and Crook counties in Ore
gon, and Modoc and part of Siski
you in California.
The benefit rolls shape up ap
proximately as follows, with
monthly benefit amounts listed:
Retired workers, aged 65 or
over, $9,792.94.
Wives 65 or over, of retired
workers, $1,16G.30.
Widows with young children,
$1,636.62.
Children of deceased or retired
workers, $3,358.15.
Aged widows of deceased work
ers, $812.31.
(Monthly benefits are paid also
to.aged dependent parents of fully
insured workers who die without
leaving a wife or child.)
Is Family Plan
"That old-age and survivors in
surance is truly a family insur
ance plan is demonstrated by the
fact that more than three of every
five beneficiaries are women and
children. This proportion holds
true among the nation's 1,120,000
beneficiaries," Maginnis said.
Summing up the situation on
the social security front, Maginnis
said there is one serious cause of
concern to the board's field offi
cers: Some people do not kno.w
their rights under the old-age and
survivors insurance program, and
so may lose some benefits through
failure to act at the right time. To
correct this he issued the follow
ing advice:
"Whenever a person, who has
worked at any time in a job cov
ered by the law, reaches the age
of 65, he should come in to see us
and find out how to protect his
benefit rights, even though he
does not plan to retire. Whenever
a worker dies, after working for
some period in jobs covered by the
law, some member of his family
should communicate promptly
with the nearest office of the so
cial security board. This is the
only way to make sure that no
benefits are lost."
Bend Man's Cavalry Ouffif
Dismounts to Baffle Nazis
With the Fifth Army, Italy i
Private Lawrence A. Moran, rifle
man, 606 Broadway, Bend, Ore-j
gon, is a member of the 34th Cav
airy reconnaissance troop, whose j
men recently got down off their,
iron horses and fought 17 days as j
infantry on the Itulian front north
of Livergnano. . ' I
These entrenched "recon" men i
turned back a series of determln-,
ed German counterattacks with a j
comprehensive variety of weap- j
ons that included fists and with- j
stood a 400-round concentration
of fire from rockets, self-propelled
guns and mortars.
The 34th cavalry "recon" nor
mally operates as a screen for the
34th "Red Bull" division of the
Fifth armv, but it has frequently
functioned" as an infantry ele
ment and has operated also as ar
tillery. The "recon" men fought often
as infantrymen during the Tuni
sian campaign and were dough
boys for 30 days in the bitter con
test for Cassino, Italy.
They helped take an important
hilltop in the Gothic line, deliv
ering effective fire from three
inch howitzers and machineguns.
The 34th reconnaissance troop
performed in a more orthodox fa-
shion on the beachhead around
Anzio, where patrol action was
paramount, in negotiating the La
nuvioVelletri buffer and In the
mountain campaign between Flor
ence and Bologna. The cavalry
men led a key attack near Luna
vio in the face of fire from five
self-propelled guns, wiped out 55
German soldiers and six machine
gun nests. They have distinguish
ed themselves more recently on
audacious reconnaissance mis
sions In which they penetrate
deeply into enemy territory and
purposely draw fire in order to
locate enemy positions and deter
mine strength of the enemv.
Their 375 days in combat in
cludes action in bridging the Vol-
uirno river anil fighting for
Mount Pantano, Rome and Leg
horn. They spearheaded crossing
of the Tiber river and felt out the
advance along Highway 1 as far
as the Arno river.
The 34lh "recon" was activated
January 2, 19-12, a few days before
its initial contingent sailed for
northern Ireland. The rest of the
outfit came overseas in April,
1912.
Captain Ian F. Turner, Wey
mouth, Massachusetts, commands
in "recon" troop.
Census Schools
Dates Announced
Threeday schools for the train
ing of enumerators to take the
1915 census of agriculture In Cen
tral Oregon got under way today.
The first schools are being held
simultaneously In Lakevlew and
Klamath Falls. R. L. Ackerman,
supervisor for district 3 of Ore
gon, is conducting the Lakeview
school In the Lake county court
house, while E. M. Igl, assistant
supervisor, is conducting the
Klamath Falls school. As soon as
the training is completed, enum
erators will go into the field.
Ackerman will also hold schools
for Deschutes county, in the
Franks building at Redmond on
Jan. 16, 17 and 18. In Prinevllle,
he will train men and women to
take the farm census in the Crook
county courthouse on Jan. 19, 20
ana i. l he last school will be held
at Madras, in the Jefferson county
agent's office on Jan. 24. 25 and
26.
E. M. Igl will conduct similar
schools In the northern counties
of Oregon.
CARS IN COLLISION
Bend police' today had. on file
reports telling of the collision late
Saturday between two cars on
Wall street, near Minnesota ave
nue, Mrs. T. O. Livingston, 104
Irving avenue, reported that she
2 Local Airmen
Baffled by Fog
Lieutenants Ollie Bowman and
Larry Lermo of the local C.A.P.
squadron, took off from the Bend
airport runway one morning last
week with a cargo of parachutes'
to be inspected and repacked in
Portland.
The weather was good between
Bend, and Maupin but clouds be
gan to form from there on. When
the point that their instruments
designated The Dalles to be was
reached there was nothing to
see but dense clouds of fog below.
As it is necessary to make a flight
plan fom The Dalles to Portland
and they were unable to land at
I The Dalles, the two officers tunr-
ea nacK lowuru inu ivuturas tin
base. The fuel gauge indicated
that the supply of gasoline was
low and Lt. Bowman, who was
piloting the plane, landed in a
wheat field near Wamlc.
At Wamlc, a telephone call was
made to The Dalles and the filers
were informed that there was a
solid overcast of fog over The
Dalles and that it would be im
possible to land. Checking their
fuel tanks they found there was
enough gassoline to get them to
the Madras air base. After re
fueling at Madras the officers re
turned to the Bend airport.
The two-place Army L-2 lla
son plane assigned to the Bend
squadron was used for the trip.
Nazi Lines Yield
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a round about way angling up
from the Houffalize area.
Units of the second armored
division stormed into Dochamps,
five miles northwest of the key
transport center of La Roche.
The towns of Jouniveal and
Hcbronval on the La Roche-St.
Vilh highway fell to the Third
armored after a German delaying
action was overwhelmed.
The hamlets of Waivne, Spin
eux, and Wanneranval, clustered
some three miles south of Stayelot
along the Salm river, were under
fire most of the day, and in a
twilight charge the 30th division
stormed and captured the latter
two.
7XFELT NOW IN NAVY
Lawrence Leroy Zufclt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Zufelt,
126 Canal street, was enlisted in
the United States naval reserve at
the Portland navy recruiting sta
tion as an apprentice seaman last
Friday, according to word re
ceived today by Chief Paul Coij
net, recruiter in charge of the
Central Oregon navy recruiting
station. Zufelt 's application for
enlistment was processed at. the
Bend station. Zufclt will he trans
ferred to a naval training center
for Indoctrination which will take
approximately three months then
he will be transferred to a school,
a shore station or to a ship of the'
fleet, for active duty.
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We Will Continue the Purchase
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Coyote pelts . . No. Is and No.
2s will run between one dollar
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dollars and fifty cents ($4.50)
with a few exceptional pelts at
higher prices. No. 3s and 4s are
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by cutting the decks in half. As
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at each end, one deck becomes
two.
War Briefs
(By TJnlUnl Prean)
Western Front American
tanks and riflemen spill through
German defenses along north wall
of Ardennes at three or more
points.
Pacific Tokyo reports one of
four American armadas converg
ing on Luzon lias carried bom
bardment of beaches on Lingaven
gulf north of Manila into third
day and landing may be immi
nent.
Eastern Front Red army siege
lines west and northwest of Buda
pest buckle under German attack
that carries vanguard of nazi re-
net army within 15 miles of cap!
tat.
Air War American heavy
oomoers ana lighters resume as
sault on Germany In wake of dou
bio night raid by RAF on Mun
ieh.
Italy British and Canadian
troops continue slow advance up
Adriatic coast norm of Ravenna
was driving on Wall street when
her car struck one being backed
away from the curb by Orville W.
Arzner, 720 Hill street. Slight dam
age to the cars resulted, the re
ports stated.
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IEND. OREGON
off Portland, Oregon
Condensed Statement of Head Office and 40 Branches
RESOURCES
December 31, 1943
Cash on Hand and Due from Banks $ 82,406,278.22
.United States Bonds, including
U. S. Government Agencies. .
218,019,965.56 $300,426,243.78
Municipal Bonds . 13,664,988.23
Loans and Discounts 50,916,522.34
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank , ' 300,000.00
Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures.
Other Real Estate
Customers' Liability on Acceptances. . . .
Interest Earned
Other Resources
2,706,549.82
1.00
3,987.56
1,283,672.53
156,364.07,
December 30 1944
$91,671,59.1.47
255,988,540.55 $347,660,132.02
40,105,803.10
60,054,804.76
300,000.00
' 2,603,960.34
1.00
10,010.16
1,888,162.76
252,213.32
Total Resources $369,458,329.33
LIABILITIES
Capital $ 4,500,000.00
Surplus 5,500,000.00
Undivided Profits and Reserves... 4,903,537.32 $ 14,903,537.32
Reserves Allocated for Taxes, Interest, etc , 1,1 18,892.91
Acceptances
Interest Collected in Advance
Other Liabilities
$452,875,087.46
Deposits (exclusive of reciprocal bank deposits)
3,987.56
125,843.18
231,115.62
353,074,952.74
Total Liabilities $369,458,329.33
$ 4,500,000.00
5,500,000.00
7,342,863.41 $ 17,342,863.41
1,176,455.08
10,010.16
109,741.63
227,283.69.
434,008,733.49
$452,875,087.46
Dr. Pauline Sears
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
(Graduate under Dr. A. T. Still)
No. 2 Newberrv Bldp.
Bend, Ore. Phone 410 W
Affiliated with The First National Bank of Portland are eight additional banks whose total
Deposits, as of December 30, 1944 were $22,909,800.43; and total Resources $24,036,365.82.
These figures are not included in the above statement of The First National Bank of Portland
The location of thcio banks are as follows:
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