Friday, Fobruaiy 20- 1942
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
1I. S. (’miser
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
Abdul Abdul-
(1) Heavy corporation taxes;
The Tippy, Dippy, bul Ameer.
(2) stiff excess profits taxes; (3)
Lippy Fakir of I pi The Ger
plugging all loopholes in the tax
mans
are
laws; (4) an excise tax on cer
It Quite Slippery
giving him
tain specific luxuries ti hich
another workout among the wild
would not increase the cost of
tribes of Afghanistan and northwest
living.
ern India, having used his incen
His recommendations are sure to
diary talents for years before the be adopted in toto by Secretary
start of this war.
Morgenthau and the White House.
Whether congress will adopt them
Kipling's "Man Who Would Be
will be decided only after one of the
King,” operating in the same
toughest tax battles in history—
territory, was just an old stick-
especially over the sales tax.
in-the-mud, compared to the
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emaciated wild-eyed little man,
with his hair dyed bright red
HOW TO SEE HENDERSON
and a yeU that gives everybody
Leon Henderson is guarded by so
a nervous breakdown for miles
many secretaries and functionaries
around. His dish is “scourging
that even members of congress
the Infidel British.” He is the
have a hard time getting to him.
"Avenger of the Church of Is
Officials of Alaska, bothered by a
lam," an ace troublemaker for
serious price problem in the Terri
the Germans and Japanese just
tory, tried for days to get an audi
now, with his skill in provoking
ence with the price czar.
murderous religious wars. The
Finally, a little gray-haired lady
British lake him seriously, as his
found the answer.
inflammatory range is such that
Mrs. John McCormack, wife of
it might necessitate the with
Alaska's selective service head, at
drawal of troops from Burma
tended a woman’s club function in
and Bengal to guard the Khyber
Washington, at which Henderson
pass.
submitted to questioning.
As a matter of fact, the British
Mrs. McCormack put the Alaskan
have taken him seriously for many price problem to Henderson on the
years. They have chased him on floor of the club meeting, and he
foot and on horseback, with planes promptly invited her to call at
and armored cars, with an army of office next day for a detailed
40,000 soldiers, and with everything planation.
but bloodhounds. But he has always
“The people around the office,
slipped just out of reach. He has said Henderson, "will try to keep
been known as ' The Holy Man of you out, but pay no attention to
the Suleiman
Mountains,"
and them. You just march straight into
among the tribesmen the legend my office.”
grows that he can do a clever dis-
Mrs. McCormack followed in
appearing act when the police are structions. She saw Henderson, and
closing in
came away with a promise of action.
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Although he is now only 41
CAPITAL
CHAFF
years old, he has been a prac-
| fl. Attorney General Francis Biddle
tlcing hell-raiser for 28 years,
is personally reviewing the recom
one of the best in the business.
mendations of all Alien Enemy
He grew up In the bazaars of
Hearing boards, which pass on
Peshawar in northwest India, a
charges
against alien residents in
coolie, and the son of a camel
the U. S.
driver He has led border tribe»
C. The Bluefield, W. Va., Chamber
in several violent uprisings, nota
of Commerce has taken an unusu
bly in 1931 and 1932. His Palhian
al step for a chamber of commerce.
raiders have been notoriously
Advocating the curtailment of non-
bloodthirsty.
essential
federal
spending,
the
News reports are that Axis agents chamber listed a number of pet lo
are gearing him in widely organized cal projects it was willing to forego
for the duration of the war.
radio campaigns.
fl L. Earle Davidson, hustling young
FIGHTING priest, becoming an publisher of the Greenville (Mich.)
admiral, is assigned command | Daily News, has won praise from
of the French possessions in the treasury officials for his highly suc
Pacific, by the Free French National cessful work in boosting defense
committee in London
As a priest, bond sales. Chairman of the De
he is the studious and ascetic Father fense Savings committee of his area,
Louis de la Trinite of the Carmelite , Davidson addresses rallies every
friars. In his naval command he day and is chalking up a remark
is Admiral George Thierry d’Argen- able record. At one meeting de
lieu He was imprisoned by the Ger fense bond subscriptions totaled
mans at Cherbourg in June, 1940, $26,000
and, while being taken to prison fl. Returning from Rio by Pan Amer
camp, leaped from a train, escaped ican clipper, Undersecretary of
to London and became a member of State Sumner Welles relaxed in his
first bridge game in seven years.
the Free French National council.
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Washington. D. C.
NEW TAX BATTLE
Biggest fight on Capitol Hill when
it comes to writing new taxes is go-
ing to be over the sales tax. Wall
Street forces already have laid pipe
lines to certain congressmen for a
sales tax instead of heavier cor
F.
PARTON
By LEMUEL
poration taxes, and it is going to be
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a knock-down-drag-out battle.
XI EW YORK —In the years be
The man in the thick of this fight
’ tween the two world wars. Dr is now relatively obscure, but the
Winifred V. Richmond of St. Eliza public will hear a lot about him
beth's hospital. Washington, D. C., shortly. He is Randolph Paul, bet
devoted in ter known to Ford. Standard Oil.
Stabilize Parent, tensive re and big firms who hire the nation's
Rather Than Child, search to the best tax experts, than to the rest of
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Paul has written a
Ptychologitt Sayt rav;‘8e*
war psycho number of books on federal income
sis on the mind and personality of taxes and gave up a $250,000 law
the young. She became a leading practice to work for virtually noth
authority in this field and. in her ing for the government.
Despite his background, however,
work today offers unique and highly
informed conclusions as to how to big business will get no comfort
safeguard children, particularly ado from Randolph Paul when it comes
lescents in the intensifying psycho to the sales tax. He is opposed to
this levy primarily because it to-
logical war.
! duces inflation.
The problem, she finds, is
"If you add four cents on the sales
largely the stabilization of par
price of any commodity," Paul ar
ents rather than the young. She
gues, “and a few more pennies on
cites primitive cultures. Primi
the price of a whole row of other
tive man takes his horrors in
commodities, labor has an excuse
his stride. He has a physical
I to ask for an increase in wages.
and emotional equipment to
Prices have gone up. and labor
meet them. He doesn't crack
claims it is entitled to the increase.
up, and neither do bis children.
Then once the increase is granted,
Young children get emotional
industry has an excuse for increas
security from their elders. Such
ing prices, and the whole thing is
is Dr. Richmond's drift in her
started all over again. It can be the
many books and articles, the lat
most vicious circle in our economic
est of which is her newly pub
life.”
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lished book. “Making the Most of
Your Personality.”
Anti-Sales Tax.
Instead of a sales tax, Paul
Within the last few decades she
vors a series of very stiff taxes
has examined countless children in
the twilight zone of near-emotional along the line. Most drastic of
proposals is to tax lowest bracket
and psychological collapse. She has
incomes.
saved or helped to save many of
Paul points out that if you take 72
them. Her findings are compiled
per cent from the big business
in her latest book, addressed to
both parents and adolescents. Safe ecutive making $50.000 a year
guarding the children in the "war merely increases salaries to his
sociates. spends more money on
of nerves" is her campaign.
stitutional advertising,
and
She is a devoted, graying abbess creases his net income. This in the
of science, bom in Elizabeth. W. end also leads to inflation. Paul
Va , in 1876, holding degrees from is in favor of taxing the higher
Ohio and Clark university.
She brackets very heavily, but warns
taught 15 years, starting her career that the $1,200,000,000 additional at
in a one-room country school, and
tainable from this source is peanuts
moving on to the teaching of mental
compared with what the country has
hygiene, and in wide fields of re
to raise to meet the war bill.
search, in many universities.
The real spending power of the
nation is in the lower bracket in
HE Yippy, Dippy, Lippy Fakir comes and Paul contends these will
of Ipi—here he is again and have to bear the big part of th» war
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somebody will write a song about budget.
Other Paul proposals are:
him some day, like the one about the
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the Manx language?
5. Whut was Romeo'» fumlly
name?
6. Electrum la an ulloy of whut?
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acrosa the river contrary to th®
prohibition of the civil govern
ment of Rome, Caesar precipitat
ed u civil war which made him
supreme, hence, "to cro»s the Ru
bicon" is to take the irrevocable
decisive step.
Nitrous oxide,
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Isle of Mun.
Montague.
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Pictured from the air I» the charred, bliatered hulk of the former
luxury liner. Normandie, more recently the I'. S. naval auxiliary La-
Fayette. as she lay on her side at the North river berth In New York, after
-»palling. Weight of the water poured into her holds during a five-hour
blaze caused the great ship to turn over.
Dutch Island Occupied bv I
Thin Houndphoto picture» the new
est addition lo linde Nam's swiftly
growing navy, the U. N. N. Montpe
Iler—a cruiser—which was launched
at the New York Ship Building com
pany's yards In Camden, N. J., and
will soon be searching the high seas.
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A street scene in the business section of Hillenslad. capital of Cura wood, Calif., plant, riveting part of
cao, the Dutch island off the northern coast of Venezuela, which has been the frame of a Hudson bomber. The
occupied by American troops. The troops were sent to reinforce the job was obtained through the naval
Dutch units which have been guarding the highly important oil refinery, relief soqtrty. She la "getting back"
centers on the island.
at the Japs.
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from common colds
That Hang On
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cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
gertn laden phlegm, and aid nature
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flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Oreomulston with the un
derstanding you must like the wuy it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
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After a 10 mile march with fighter planes overhead, and their band
playing American tunes, U. S. troops In Northern Ireland draw up for In
spection by Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle, their commander, a' an unknown
town. It was the first ceremonial of the second A.E.F. vanguard since
their at rival in Northern Ireland.
U. S. Navy in ‘Unpacific’ Pacific
Wearing coveralls treated with a
secret formula which he developed,
l)r. O. T. Hodneficld, Los Angeles
chemist (above) walked into fire
and was unscathed. This was one
of a scries of demonstrations on the
new anti-fire chemical, "De-Oxo-Lln,”
result of 18 years of experiment.
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Deep versed in books and shal
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Somewhere In the very unpaclflc Pacific ocean the crew of a United
States naval carrier rushes to re-load planes with bombs and depth
charges, during patrol In the Pacific, in readiness for any enemy craft
that may be lurking around. This soundphoto was approved by the U. S.
navy.
Aviation cadets at only bombar
dier training air corp» advanced
flying school in the country, In Al
buquerque, N. M., carry secret bomb
sight» in zipper bag before take off.
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The advertisements are part
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