MEDFORD HAIL TRIBTTNT:. AraPFOKD, QREGOy. SUNDAY, OCTORF.R " 1 1 . '.'lf,3R
REVIVAL OF TRADE
ON HIGHER LEVEL
$313,707,921 Increase Re
ported During 1936 Fiscal
Year Drinks, Tobacco,
Stocks Also Help Take
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP) At
trlbutlng the gain to reviving trade
and new tax laws, Internal Revenue
Commissioner Guy T. Havering an
nounced today a 313,707,921 Increase
In Income tax collections during the
3638 Ilscal year.
Total federal tax collections rose
to 3,52u.208,381, he reported In sub
mitting revised figures for the year
ended laHt June 30 to Secretary of
the Treasury Morgenthau.
This represented an Improvement
of $220,772,808, or 8.7 percent, Hel
verlng said, in spite of the Invalida
tion of the lucrative agricultural ad
justment taxes by the supreme court.
The 28.S percent gain In income
taxes reflected for the first time, the
full effect of the 1934 revenue act.
he added.
Higher rates Imposed by the 193
law, coupled with Increased values,
resulted in a $78,000,000 rise In estate
taxes and In $88,000,000 improvement
In gift tax collections.
Substantial Increases In returns
from levies on alcoholic beverages, to
bacco, securities issues, stock trans
fers, and other miscellaneous Items
also were listed.
Cost of collecting federal taxes
rose slightly during 1936, Helverlng
said, noting that the collection of
each $100 of revenue cost $1.47 as
compared with $1.44 in 1935. Total
expenses or administering revenue
laws were $51,783,385.
Audits and field Investigations of
tax returns resulted In the levying
of $454,216,071 In additional assess
ments, while refunds of taxes Ule
galley collected amounted to $38,
701,820, Including Interest.
Excess profit tax revenues mounted
to $7,984,807 during 1938 to a total
of $14,509,290, while capital stock
taxes amounted to $94,942,751.
The levy on distilled spirits and
wines brought In .(258,337,600,' a gain
of $80,879,706 over the previous year
and the tax on fermented malt liq
uors resulted In the collection of
$349,128,436, or $33,562,557 more than
In 1935.
FEDERAL TAX IN
STATE LAST YEAR
OVER 7 MILLIONS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (AP) The
federal government collected $7,070,
448 In taxes from residents of Oregon
during the fiscal year ended June 30.
1936.
A final Internal revenue bureau re
port todny showed the collections for
the last fiscal year were 23 per Mnt
less than for the 1934-'35 period
when collections totaled $9,169,733.
The decrease was entirely the result
of elimination of certain agricultural
adjustment taxes, collections from
other sources showing Increases.
Corporation Income tax collections
Increased from $1,202,987 to $2,014.
466. Individual Income taxes from
$1,332,224 to $1,643,211, miscellaneous
Internal revenue from $2,511,901 to
$2,807,408. Agricultural adjustment
tax collections dropped from $4,022.
720 to $604 967.
With 0.79 per cent of the nation's
population. Oregon's Internal revenue
collections amounted to 0.20 per cent
of the total collected for the last
- ntljkr.Mnn
fiscal year, income
were 028 per r tn0 htlon"'
total.
Of the agricultural adjustment
taxes collected $216,893 came from
the hog processing tax. $368,456 from
wheat. ,
Oregonlans paid $67,779 In admis
sions taxes, $440,262 In manufactur
ers' excises Including $408,432 tnrough
the 3 per cent tax on electrical en
ergy. Oleomargarine taxes amount
ed to $19,902.
Liquor taxes totaled $955,983, of
which $641,369 was In fermented malt
liquor taxes. Distilled taxes amount
ed to $294,883.
Excess profits taxes netted $7,794.
capital stock, $350,136; estate taxes.
$530,809; gift taxes. $158,941.
CCC Enrollee Killed
14 Others Are Hart
EUGENE, Ore, Oct. 10. (AP)-JOJ
French of waterbury, Conn, Is dead
and 14 other CCO members are In
jured, three of them critically, as the
result of a truck leaping over a 50
foot embankment near the summit
marker on the west side of the Sim
la highway this morning. Toe en
tire crew, composed of enrollees Just
arrived Friday from Waterbury and
Mlddletown, Conn- was on the way
to a fire which had broken out east
of Blachly. The driver. M. Deaarrlo.
did not know his mountain curves,
according to officers at the Triangle
Lake camp. The truck shot Into the
deep can- on. spilling human debrts
as It went. It was completely de
molished. ONE-EYED ELEPHANT
KILLS CIRCUS KEEPER
SEMJMONT, T-.X-. Oct. 10. (Pr
Lee Robert!, of Sprlngrield. Mass., was
crushed to death today beneath the
feet of Trilby, one-eyed elephant with
the Barnum and inlley and Ring
ling Brothers circus.
Witnesses said the elephant was
startled when Robertl ipproached her
to put a collar over her head,
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Federal Housing Administra
tion, was one of the first in the
country to be built for a low
cost, following the general
plans of the Housing Adminis
tration's booklet, "Principles of
Planning Small Houses." Sam
uel E. Carpenter, the owner, a
veteran of the World War, used
his bonus money to purchase
the site for the house. The
entire cost of the house, includ
ing the architect's fee, land
scaping, and other such attend
ant costs, was $3,200. The
house and land was appraised
by the Housing Administration
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WASHINGTON , Oct, 10. p) The
agricultural department predicted to
day tht cash Income from '-his year'a
farm yield would he $800,000,000
above laet year.
This followed an estimate by fed
eral crop reporters that the average
harvest for nil crops would be 3 per
cent greater than the yield estimated
on September 1.
Noting September rains, crop re
porters raised their forecast for tho
current harvest of corn, potatoes and
pasture grasses, for oats, rice, tobac
co, grain, sorghums and buckwheat.
At the same time, they cut down their
estimates of the year's yield In wheat.
barley, flaxseed, apples and sweet po
tatoes.
This year's predicted cash Income
of $7,800,000,000 compares with $7.
000,000,000 last year, a 1B32 low of
$4,300,000,000 and average cash in
come above ten billion dollars for tho
period from 1925-29.
COOS DART SUIT
SALEM, Oct. .0, 0?) Both the
prosecution and defense in the 'Coos
county dart game case filed petition
with supreme court today requesting
a rehearing In the .suit brought by the
state against M. P. Schwenlei.
The court affirmed the lower tri
bunal In holding the dart game was
illegal because it was lottery under
the law. and was not a game of skill.
In the state's request for rehearing,
a clarification was requested as to
what constituted a lottery. Arthur
Benson, clerk of the court, aa'd. In
the specially concurring opinion Jus
tice George Roasman held that even
games with an element of skill may
constitute a lottery and therefore
were Illegal.
SALEM, Oct. 10. (,ip) Official reg.
J stmt Ions of four more counties
filed with the secretary of state show
ed Increased voters totals, with all ol
them reporting more democrats and
three reporting larger repu bllcan
Clntaop reported fewer republicans,
but It. with Douglas, Polk and Yam
hill remained In the republican
column.
Sixteen counties have filed their
official figures with the secretary of
state to date. The registrations, com
pared to 1934 totals: '
Douglas county republicans 8325,
democrats 5555, others 420, total 14,
300. Total registration In 1934 was
12,421, with 7799 republicans and 4290
democrats.
Clatsop county republicans 7296,
democrats 4138, others 137. total 11.
571. Registration two years ago was
9871 With 7384 republican and 3377
democrats.
Polk county republicans wn.
democrats 3797, others 144, total 9011.
Registration In 1934 was 8506 with
4997 republicans and 3377 democrats.
Yamhill county republicans 7607,
democrats 5377, others 120. total 13,
108. Registration In 1934 was 11,668
with 7270 republicans and 4163 demo
Income Shares
Maryland Fund: Bid, $10.23; asked.
$11.11.
Quarterly Income: Bid, $1.82; asked
$2.01.
Tune in KSL every evening. Mon-
day thru Friday. 8 p.m.
Or. Heln Heads Lutherans
SAM ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 10.
(AP) Dr. C. C. Heln of Columbus.
Ohio, was re-elected president of the
American Lutheran church.
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IN ICKES REPLY
BALTIMORE, Oct. 10. tfpl The
Rev. Charles E. Coughlln responded
today to an assertion by Secretary of
Interior Harold Ickes that "friendly
cooperation" existed between the
priest and Republican 'eaders, with
a statement thst "he comic pago has
DroKen into the campaign at last.1
He said he would give Ickes "one
thing"; thaf'the Republicans and I
hare something In common we
would both lean over backwards to
get Mr. Roosevelt out of public life
for the solvation of America "
Asked about an attack upon him
self by Earl Browder, Communist
nominee for the presidency, Coughlln
said: '"Earl's not In the running. Mr.
Roosevelt Is not for the Communists,
but all the communists are tor Mr.
Roosevelt. I believe there's an old
adage that "birds of feather flock
together'.".
STATE FAIR SUED
BECAUSE HORSES
OUT OF EXHIBIT
PORTLAND. Oot. 10. (Pi Eight
men associated with the management
of the Oregon state fair were faced
today with a suit for 178,000 ireneral
and (25,000 punitive damages, riled
here yesterday by the Ruby Horse
ahow on the grounds that a string
of Percheron horses had been refused
participation at the fair.
Solan T. White, suite director of
agriculture and manager of the state
fslr; Leo O. Spltsbart, assistant fair
manager: Walter Deardorf, Oresham,
D. p. Burge, Albany: Dr. H. K. Stock
well, Salem; Charlea Bernard, The
Dalles; Fred Denhan, Almsvllla and
Stephen Hemshorn, Mount Angel.
were named defendanta, according to
Information from the offices of Henry
S. Westbrook, attorney for A. C Ruby
of the Ruby Horse show.
The Percheron Horse Association of
America, Chicago wa listed In the
complaint but was not named as a
defendant.
The complaint alleged that the Per
cheron association had not given
Ruby adequate consideration before
cancelling his registration for exhi
bition of his horses. A mlc-up in
pedigree was blamed by Rubv aa di
rect causa of the trouble. Ruby, a
stock raiser for half a centry, has
been exhibiting at the state fair for
the past 32 years, the attorney's of
fice said, and Is showing some of his
prise horseflesh at the Pacific Live
stock International exposition here.
UPSTATE RUSHED
HOOD RIVER, Ore.. Oct. 10. (AP)
Hood River apple growers contin
ued to rush export shipments today
as concern mounted over a possible
tleup along Pacific coast waterfronts
when the truce between employers
and workers aspires October 15.
The growers depend upon foreign
markets for the most profitable sales.
With a good crop and prices made at
tractive by drought In midwest grow
ing centers, Hood River producers
have expressed hope of the best sea
son la the last decade.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. (AP)
Sacramento valley hop growers are
asking as high aa 60 cents a pound
for the light remaining supplies of
their crop, the market service reported
today.
OFF ROAD ROUTE
SALEM. Oct. 10.-H7PV-The state
highway commission served notice up
on S. E. Howard, of Amity, Oregon, to
day that unless the church building
now blocking the Amlty-Salem high
way In Amity was not moved off the
road by October 17. the commission
would take steps to clear the road In
volving destruction of the building If
necessary.
The permit to move the building
over a half mile section of the high
way system was dated October 7. but
reports Indicate the building has
blocked traffic now for nearly two
weeks. The permit date cxiilroa Octo
ber 17.
Department officials Mated a half-
day time on the road was all that was
contemplated when the permit waa
granted, after several previous delay
In starting the project.
Amtty reports state tho contractor
had moved the building onto the road
and then abandoned his task. Im
mediate action was demanded by the
highway department. Howard was
listed as the owner of the building.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. ) The
bureau of labor statistics today re
ported an Increase of 0.4 per cent In
its composite index of wholesale com
modity prices during the week end
ing October 3.
Sharp advances in farm product
prices were said by the bureau to be
largely responsible for the higher in
dex. The advance partly offset the
decline which waa reported In the two
preceding weeks.
The Index stands at 81.8 per cent of
the 1926 average.
The bureau reported the current in
dex la 0-5 per cent higher than four
weeks ago and on per cent higher
than the corresponding week a year
ago.
Douglas Spans Topple
ROSEBURQ, Ore., Oct. 10. (AP)
Two Douglas county bridges collapsed
today under trucks, according to re
port received by the county court.
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the Psclflo ocean some 00 miles
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a lost and helpless yacht, the Mar
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