MEDFOKD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933.
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STATE PREPARES
FOR COLLECTION
OF TAX ON SALES
Machinery Will Be Set Up
Ready Should Efforts of
Foes Prove Unavailing
Vote Probably May 18
SALEM, Ore. (UP) The state tax
commission today prepared machin
ery lor putting the highly contro
versial . sales tax into operation,
shoulti it finally become effective.
Receipts from the tax, per cent
on all retail sales of tangible prop
erty and utilities services, will go to
aid Oregon schools. A vote on the
the proposal Is probable May 18, as
preliminary referendum petitions
were filed against it by the Oregon
state grange, federation of labor and
12 other organizations.
Falls on Consumer
The tax is to be borne exclusively
by the consumer, in order not to cre
ate Inequalities among retailers. A
merchant violates the law if he ad
vertlses that he absorbs the tax, or
If he refunds It to his customers.
Retailers are to pay the tax each
month, on or before the 10th, to the
tax commission. If the seller chooses
he may make cash and credit sales
reports separately and be granted an
extension of time for payment on
the credit sales.
Persons failing to make payments
when due will be subject to a lien
on any property owned. Violation of
terms of the law constitutes a mis
demeanor. Professions Untaxed
Professional persons, such as phy
sicians, lawyers, barbers, are not
taxed on their services. Utility serv
ices include services sold by "tele
graph( telephone, .heat, light, power,
water, gas and electric companies
for consumption or use and not for
resale.
Exempt from taxes are products
when sold fby farmers lor resale;
goods sold for resale by manufac
turers, wholesalers. Jobbers and oth
ers. All gross receipts of less than
$50 monthly; gasoline, already heav
ily taxed; goods or utilities services
used on public works projects; occa
sional sales of personal property by
persons not in the regular retail
business.
Remittance Monthly
Administrative expenses are to be
paid from the sales tax receipts, the
remainder turned In to the state
treasury as a common school fund.
Twenty-five per cent will be remit
ted Vie first of each month to the
state for county school funds, ap
portionment to be on a basis of as
sessed valuations.
-, Seventy-five per cent will be ap
portioned to the counties on a basis
of classroom units. Elementary class
room units consist of an average of
27 pupils; high schood units of 21
pupils. No district shall be entitled
to 'classroom units in excess of the
number of teachers employed.
The county treasurers will appor
tion the funds to the districts.
A 2 per cent sales tax was defeated
by a 4-to-l vote at a special elec
tion last July.
SECOND OLDEST BIBLE
BY BRITISH MUSEUM
LONDON, Dec. 22. (UP) The
f British Museum is buying the second
oldest Bible in the world from the
soviet government, Prime Minister J.
Ramsay MacDonald announced In the
house of commons.
He said that the Bible, known as
the "Codex Slnaltlous," formerly was
the property of the law Czar Nicho
las. The price is 100,000 pounds
sterling- (about 8509.000). The gov
ernment will provide one pound for
every pound raised by the public.
The "Codex Slnaltlous" and the
'Codex Vatlcanus" both date from
the fourth century. The latter now
Is In Rome.
The London Daily Express reveals
that the "Codex Slnaltlous," contain
ing the complete text of the new
testament and much of the old testa
ment, was compiled by four men In
the fourth century, A. D. This bible
was found 1500 years later, when a
scholar discovered a few old sheets
among rubbish in a monastery at
Mount Sinai. The volume shortly
thereafter was presented to the for
mer czar of Russia.
GET CORDIAL GREETING IN MOSCOW
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In a ceremony accompanied by more than ordinary cordiality, Wl.
Ilam C. Bullitt presented his ambassadorial credentials to official In
Moscow, thereby breaking 16 years of official Isolation between the
United States and Soviet Russia. Mr, Bullitt Is pictured with his daugh
ter Anne when they arrived at Plymouth, England. Anne will be the
"first lady" at the American embassy In the Russian capital. (Associ
ated Press Photo)
W.C.I.U.
SAD RESULTS OF
FIRS! WET DAYS
EVANSTON. HI., Dec. 22. Na
tional headquarters of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union today
said the repeal of prohibition had for
the first time in 14 years made ap
proximately 56 million American citi
zens and neary 15 million young pep
ple the legal target or high pressufr
liquor .salesmanship.
Other results of the first fortnight
of liquor's legal return, the statement
said, were:
"In thousands of American homes
there is suffering today from the di
ect results of the return of legalized
liquor.
"Thousands of young people In
these opening days of ratified repeal
have taken the first serious step to
ward dissipation amid the flashing
lure of the modernized barroom ap
peal. "Thousands of men and women
have returned to their business with
Judgment impaired, efficiency dimin
ished, liability to accidents intensi
fied, pockets depleted and nothing to
show for it except a bad taste in the
mouth and a memory of scared ideals.
"Millions of dollars have already
since repeal been diverted from le
gitimate business and from the Im
mediate tragic needs of charity and
relief, to the till of the liquor seller
and the cash drawer of brewer and
distiller."
SENTENCE NEXT WEEK
OREGON CITY, Ore., Dec. 22. ffl
Sentence will be passed Friday, Dec.
20, on Donald J. Ryan, state repre
sentative from Clackamas county, and
former county clerk, convicted aever.nl
weeks ago of misuse of funds placed
In his care as trustee. An order for
sentencing was filed yesterday by the
court.
Ryan's motion for a new trial will
be heard following passing of sen
tence. His attorney has cited 21 alleg
ed errors In law during the trial and
irregularities of court procedure.
SATURDAY HOLIDAY FOR
GOVERNMENT WORKERS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Presi
dent Roosevelt today extended the full
Saturday holiday before Christmas and
New Years to all government work
ers, Including those outside Washing
ton. Exception was made where con
tinuous service of certain government
agencies is necessary.
Dance at the Rogue Elk Saturday
nlht, December 23.
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TAX TOTALS $44
WASHINGTON (UP) The rer
eae motorist paid a. total of $44.34 In
assorted special atat and federal Uxm
durlni 1932. aa compared with 139.74
In 1031. according to fieiirea compl'ed
ny the American Automobile associa
tion '
The total motor tax bill In the
United states reached a new hlali
last year. 1. 053.625.078. the AA
points out. despite a decline of 1.
677.324 In the number of motor ve
hicles realstered. Based on a valua
tion (or all registered motor vehicles
of M 543.767.471. this tax figure means
that molorlsta paid 33 per cent of the
value of their property In taiea.
"The total tax bill consisted of
873. 152.919 In state registration and
license fees, gasoline and property
tsxev" said Thomas P. Henry. AAA
president, "and 179.472.159 In epeeial
federal motor excise levies."
Tne highest average In any one
gM'e was S91.05 in Nevada. Arkansas.
Fiorirla. oeoriia. lulsiana. Missis
sippi arm Tennessee all had averxg.'
Uses per ve&icie in exceu ol 60.
Autographed Dhotoa of Jack nemn-
sey at the Shangle Studio, only 502
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ACT WILL BRING
SALEM, Ore. (UP) Designed as a
companion act to the Knox liquor
control bill, the Oregon liquor rev
enue measure passed by the recent
legislature Is expected to net he
state $700,000 a year In taxes.
The measure places a tax on all
"alcoholic beverages, meaning wine or
similar fermented vinous liquor and
fruit Juice, or other fermented bev
erage containing more than one-half
of one per cent alcohol and not more
than 14 per cent."
Beer of less than 4 per cent alcohol
Is taxed 63 cents a barrel, or two cents
a gallon, by the act. Beer of higner
content pays ftl a barrel. Malt syrup,
except when used for baking or me
dicinal purposes, is taxed 10 cenU
per three-pound container! and all
forms of wine below 14 per cent alco
hol, 25 cents per gallon.
Collection of taxes, paid by manu
facturers and Importers, is placed un
der the Oregon liquor commission
Each manufacturer or importer must
make monthly reports, detailing his
sales during the previous month. Vio
lations draw penalties ranging up to
$1,000 fine or one year in Jail.
Oregon manufacturers of wine and
beer are not required to pay taxes to
the state on beverages exported to
other states or to foreign countries.
Funds raised will be handled same
as receipts from dealings of the com
mission In hard liquors. After $3,
000.000 is paid for unemployment re
lief, 25 per cent .will ro to the state
general fund, 75 per cent to the coun
ties to be used for mothers' pensions,
old age pensions, indigent relief.
MARSH PI ELD, Ore., Dec. 21. (AP)
All Oregon road projects embraced
In the proposed federal loan of $25,
000,000 now pending before the pub
lic works administration will be
withdrawn.
This proposed loan has no bearing
on the Independent loan being ar
ranged for financing construction of
the five Oregon Coast highway
bridges.
The announcement was made by
Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the state
highway commission, 'who last night
conferred by telephone with Govern
or Meier, vacationing in Ban Fran
cisco. The action was in line with re
fusal of the legislature to pass an
act guaranteeing highway revenues
to repay the loan, and In accord
with the fixed policy of the com
mission to incur no additional high
way debt.
FOR LEAD ROLE IN
REPUBLICAN PARTI
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. (P Poli
ticians trying to look behind the
scenes In the Republican conferences
here today predicted a scramble for
leadership of that party, especially
since some friends of former Presi
dent Hoover have said they feel "he
will not be available" in 1036,
No concrete developments are ex
pected for some months, however.
Word has been passed out of Re
publican gatherings that Hoover
would not be considered among the
availables three years hence, but thsro
has been no evidence Hoover himself
has given the word nor that It Is to
be considered of consequential sig
nificance. The Hoover angle developed 'afar
yesterday's conferences attended by
Senator McNary of Oregon, senate Re
publican leader; Ogden Mills, former
secretary of the treasury; Walter E
Edge, former New Jersey senator and
ambassador to France; Senators Reed
of Pennsylvania and Walcott of Con
necticut and Frederic M. Sackttt,
former Kentucky senator and ambas
sador to Berlin.
The con ferenoes had to do with
rehabilitation of the party and a pos
sible legislative program for the com
ing congress, but nothing definite
came out except predictions thtre
would be no change In the national
committee chairmanship, now held by
Everett Sanders for at least a year.
FOOLS WIFE WITH
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 22. (P)
Charges with having forged the name
of a police Judge to a series of check,
in order that his wife might not know
he had lost his Job, Harvey Jensen,
33, was arrested here today.
Having little else to do after he
found himself Jobless, Jensen visited
the police court. He saw Judge H. M.
Tomllnson's name signed to a list of
court rules on the wall.
"1 studied the name," police asld
he told them, "and saw It would be
easy to copy."
When the canceled checks were ex
amined Judge Tomllnson and the
bank clerks had difficulty separating
the spurious checks from the genuine.
"I knew It would break my wife's
heart if she knew I wasn't working,"
police said Jensen declared, "so I
forged checks about once a week and
took the money home to her. I left
home every morning about 7 o'clock
so she thought I was going to work."
AT CRESCENT, ORE.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21. (AP)
Audrea Mardelle and Doris Sparks,
young Hollywood beauty culturlsts
who disappeared November 11, were
seen at Crescent, Ore., Sheriff O. G.
Miles was advised today.
The girls left here in their auto
mobile intending to go to Klamath
Falls, Ore. They never reached that
city, and highway officers and oth
ers in Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia .have been searching for them.
A truck driver reported to Oregon
authorities the girls followed his
truck as far as Arlington, Ore.
Picture frames made to order. K.
D. Ross Co., 22 S. Grape.
KMED
Broadcast Schedule
Saturday,
8:00 Breakfast News, Mall Tribune.
8:05 Musical Clock.
8 jl 5 Peerless Parade;
8:30 Shopping Guide.
8:00 Friendship Circle Hour.
8:30 Morning Melody.
0:43 Schubert's Love Songs.
10:15 Weather Forecast.
10:15 Hollywood Impressions.
10:30 Radio Christmas Show.
11:00 Grant pass Hour.
11:15 The Song Parade.
11 :45 Tone Pictures.
12:00 Mldiay Revue.
12 AO Chamber of Commerce News.
12:15 Esther Merritt Sanderson.
12:30 News Flashes, Mail Tribune.
12:30 Martial Melody.
1 :00 Varieties.
1 :30 Whipple's Children's Orches
tra. 2:00 Classified Edition of Air.
3:00 Radio Christmas Show.
3:30 KMED Program Review.
3:35 Songs for Everyday.
4:00 Musical Cocktail.
4:30 Masterworks Program.
6:00 Cecil and Sally.
5:15 Hilo Serenaders.
5:30 Popular Parade.
5:45 News Digest, Mail Tribune.
6:00 Medford Theater Guide.
8:15 Dinner-Dance Program.
8:45 Holly-Time.
7:00 Anson Weeks' Orchestra. .
7:15 The Arkansas Kid.
7 :30-8 :00 Eventide. .
FOR WATERWAYS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. OP Sec
retary Dern, In a summary of army
engineer corps work under the pub
lic works program, said today Its wat
erways development would Involve the
expenditures of $314,000,000 and pro
vide employment for 314,000 men for
one year.
To date, he said, $141,200,000 has
been obligated and 44,697 men have
been placed at work.
Pointing, out that river and harbor
improvements and flood control on
the Mississippi and Sacramento riv
ers have been alotted $220,123,808, he
said that within a week after receiv
ing the fist allotment of $7,000,000.
approximately 3,000 men had been
put to work.
Phoenix Church
Christmas Party
. . 2:30 Tomorrow
On Saturday afternoon at 2:30, at
the Phoenix Presbyterian church,
there will be a Christma party for
the boys and girls of the cradle roll,
primary and Junior departments.
Santa Claus has been Invited to be
present at this party.
The Christmas worship service of
the Phoenix Presbyterian church will
be at 11 o'clock Sunday morning
At the opening worship hour of the
church school at 10 o'clock, Mrs
Ralph Peterson will tell Tolstoy's
Christmas story, "Where Love Is, God
Is Also."
A vesper service of the Chrlst'.an
Endeavor societies will be led by Misi
Marjorle Poling of the high school C.
E. society, at 4 o'clock. Represen
tatives from the four societies will
have a part in this vesper service. Tha
public is Invited. There will be no
evening church service.
LINDBERGHS PRESENT
AIRPLANE TO MUSEUM
NEW YORK, Dec. 33. Pi The
American muaeum of natural history
announced today that Colonel and
Mrs. Charles. A. Llndbe-j-h had pre
sented to the muaeum the monoplane
In which they completed a 38,000-mtle
aerial aurvey Tuesday. !
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Season's
Greetings
to
I Our Rogue River Valley Friends
Jacobs, Malcolm & Burtt, Inc.
I SAN FRANCISCO
The STRIKING QUESTION i
asked by a great Jesuit Priest in Rome that was not answered
This is Mr. VENDEN'S SUBJECT for
Friday
glit, Becemlbei? 22
SMsIMSLl
Sixth and Main Streets, Medford
Every Man, Woman and Child in the Rogue River Valley should hear this intensely
interesting lecture GOOD MUSIC! COME!
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SET FOR TEST OF
OLD AGE PENSION
SALBM, Dec. 22. (p) The Marlon
county court haa levied a 460,000 tax
to cover old-age pensions for 1034.
The announcement wrr, made today,
Immediately following dismissal In
circuit court here of mandamus pro
ceedings to enforce a levy to cover
the pensions.
The mandamus action was brought
by Hufeh Smith, 77, agalnat the Ma
rlon county court. Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan declared mandamus was rot
the correct form of procedure.
Under the levy of a tax any tax
payer, he stated, may bring injunc
tion proceedings against the county
court and have all the legal questions
invovled ironed out,
Mandamus action In the case dis
missed should be whether or not the
oounty court will issue a pension to
the plaintiff, Judge MoMahan said
County court members estimated
$150,000 would be required to pro
vide maximum pensions to all eligible
In the county. However, they wished
to levy only 60.ouo to make a twal
of pension administration for a yoar.
The levy will provide a 5 pension for
every eligible man and woman, court
members estimated.
'TELEPHONE FIZZ' IS
NEW ORLEANS TREAT
NEW ORLEANS (UP) "Step right
up, air, a telephone nzz. New Orleans'
lateat.
"How to make It? Take a large
glaaa, ml It hair full of fine Ice, add
one teaapoonful of sugar, one pony
of French brandy, one pony of Maraa
chlno, one raw egg, shake well, strain
In a stem glass and fill with seltzer.
"Excellent, eh? Telephone' your
friends about It."
Freshens the mouth V1
..Soothes the throst
Suggestions from Beck's for your
ASK QUOTA HOIST
PORTLAND, Dec. M. An ap
peal asking for a 28 per cent increase
in ah ingle production for the fl-st
quarter of 1934 over the correspond
ing period In 1033, was made to the
national control committee of the
lumber industry code today by single
manufacturers of the Pacific nortn
west. The plea was presented by George
Bergstrom of Everett, Wash., presi
dent of the C. B. Lumber & Shingle
company. He asked an allotment of
DD5.000 squares for the first thre
months. A shingle square equals 100
square feet.
By agreement with Canadian shingle
mills It has been arranged that 20
per cent of the quota be supplied by
import, leaving 80 per cent for pro
duction In the United States north
west. It was explained that - while
Canadian producers, of course, are not
under the NRA, a keen need la sean
for cooperation between Canadian
manufacturers and those In this
country.
Voted 71 Consecutive Times.
MACHIAS, N. Y. (UP) Isaao Pot
ter claims the consecutive ballot
casting record of New York state
and perhaps1 the United States, At
the last election, he cast hie 71st
consecutive ballot.
Broken windows glazed by
Trowbridge Cabinet Works.
DINNER
Beck's famous
Parker House
ROLLS
Doz. 13c
2 doz. 25c
Pan Rolls
Wrapped in clear wax paper.
Heat before unwrapping.
Pkg. SC
We have
Bread Reserved
for your
Turkey Dressing
Beck's Fruit Cakes
are delicious. They are packed
full of nut meats and fruits.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Beck and the employees
of Beck's Bakery wish
everyone a
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Pumpkin or
Mince Pie each
17c
On Sale Saturday at Your Favorite
Food Store or at
BECK'S BAKERY
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LIBERTY FOOD STORES I
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MAIN AND GRAPE
Everything In Good Foods!
Alexander Grocery, Inc.
Phone 143
FREE DELIVERY
E. P. ALEXANDER, Gen. Mgr.
SPECIALS for SATURDAY
No. 1 Can Fruit Cocktail, mixed fruit 15
No. 2 Can Sweet Tender Peas, 2 cans .... 25
No. 1 Can Pork and Beans, 4 for . , . 23
No. 2 Can Golden Bantam Corn, 2 for 25
No. 2 Can Tender Green Beans, 2 for 25
No. Vi Can Richlieu Sliced Pineapple, 8 slices 19
Pomegranates, dozen - 25
Japanese Persimmons, dizen .. 35
Want Something
Different?
You'll find, tn addition to staple
foods, many Innovation! which
lend variety to your menu. Be sun
to see some of the delicious and
different foods we feature In this
fine store . . . Our prices are al
ways reasonable Sweet pickled
preserved, all kinds of fruit mar
mala den, red currant preserves,
spiced canned grapes in clusters,
brandy peaches, brandy cherries
and all kinds of fancy cheese.
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Get Plenty
of Meat for
For the Christmas Holidays
Al Stewart's Capons
Grain Fed Turkeys
Highest Grade Beef
Pork Veal Lamb
Hens Fryers Ducks
The Home of Good Meats-Swift'i Gov't Inspected Meats
Model Bakery's
CAKES
Fox Xmas!
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Princess White Cake
Angel Food Cake
Pecan Cake
BE SURE TO ORDER
ONE OF THE MODEL
BAKERY'S FINE CAKES
FOR XMAS DINNER.
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