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Newspaper Page TextLet TOUR Abswm T Bomb Be bOHDSI Cm Tke MAIL TRIBUiri Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Coat Tribune u War Bono eat IMn ford TOIV t'oBlrtbult la the ara airort al four Una Patriot ism, four nwa arlf-protarlloa. amiandi mat ou ea foot part NOW United Preaa full Ledked Win United Praia FuU Leasad Wire Thirty -seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943 NO. 252 Med 9 I Jo 0 News Behind The News by Paul Mallon :; Washington, Jan. 11 Speaker Rayburn's announced leadership of a democratic campaign to " clean the ad ministration of bureau crats may have sounded like a political won der of won ders. But not to anyone who has heard what his Texas con stituents have been t e 1 1 i ng him in private and public Paal Mallon lately. Since the moment last session when he came out in favor of congress passing a simple reso lution granting full war powers to the President (which was not done), Mr. Rayburn has been cut steadily with increasing crit icism from the folks back home. All democrats have, but par ticularly those from the south west, Texas and Oklahoma where the astounding defeat of Josh Lee has made all current southwestern legislators eager for a new new deal. The reformation of the ad ministration, therefore, is cer tainly to be sincerely pursued, but how far It will go and how soon are other matters yet to be determined. a a MR ROOSEVELT, in his wise " and conciliatory opening message to congress, went to the unprecedented length of avoid ing mention of controversial leg islation or reform Issues, al though the purpose of such a message Is to present legislative recommendations. He Just used one insistent line about extending social security, which was hardly noticeable. His purpose was to establish agreeable auspices for the open ing, and the republicans and other critics Joined in the advis able temporary truce, by smoothing over their comment or refraining entirely. In effect ing this truce by example, the message established a new plane of strong, agreeable, sensible leadership. But the game of democrats working on the Job In congress is a little different, as witness the above related predicament of Mr. Rayburn. They are trying to absolve Mr. Roosevelt from responsibility and take leader ship in their housecleaning away from the republicans who have come here thinking they were (Continued on Paga Pour) MARRlElOOD Marriage licenses, after the record December splurge of 119, have fallen off at the county clerk's office, but applicants are still reporting at the average of two per day. .So far in January 19 licenses have been Issued, most of them to Camp White soldiers and their brides. Many soldiers returned to their homes in the Middle West and South and Southwest on Christmas furloughs, and were married, reports say. MANPOWER HOARDING TO BRING RATIONING Washington, Jan. 11 U.B Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower commission tnrinv nlrt a nn conference that manpower soon must be ration to correct unDaianceo conditions in labor shortage areas. SIDE GLANCES bt tribune reporter Gladys Rice wondering who tent the anonymous gardenia to her office Saturday. Jack Matlack posing amid white formats while arranging a window display on "You Were Never Lovelier." UJ IIU...1.1U I L Governor Cannot Be Sworn In Until Two Houses Or ganize, Convene for Work By Arthur Bremer United Press Correspondent Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 (U.PJ A delay in the inauguration of Earl Snell as governor of Oregon loomed today as the senate ad journed at noon with the sub bornly fought battle for the presidency of the body still "1 ..'ocked. Unless the deadlock between Sen. Dorothy McCullough Lee of Portland and Senator W. H. S iwer of Fossil could be dis solved, or a darkhorse compro mise candiiate elected immedi ately after the reconvening of the body at 1:49 p. m., it ap peared, that the inauguration would be held up. The law pro vides that the new governor can not be sworn in until the two houses have organized and con vened in joint session. No Weakening Neither candidate gave any indication of weakening in the v.ce as the election went through ten roll calls at the morning session, presided over by Sen. W. A. Strayer, dean of the -enate. The seating of the "jree pro tem senators, whlcti had been rumored as a factor in he presidency race, was accom plished quickly when the three arose and voiced a pledge to surrender their seats immediate ly upon return oi me regular Wtpd members. Sen. Lew Wallace of Portland spoke the only dissent, stating that he would not "vote to unseat a man elected by the people." McAllister Seated Before the senate had hardly Bot Its business under way, the house of representatives at the other end of the capital had gone through the formalities of electing William M. McAllister of Medford as speaker and nam ing the various clerks, all chosen at a caucus Sunday nignt. ine senate caucus scheduled for Sun day nieht could not be held when only supporters of Steiwer for the presidency appeared in answer to the call sent out by Sen. Dean H. Walker, retiring oresident. The house caucus, with only two of the 60 members absent, named these officers: Richard Wilson, Polk county, reading clerk; Patricia Silver, Lane coun ty, assistant chief clerk; Edith Bynon Lowe, Salem, calendar clerk; Herman Brown, Marion county, sergeant - at - arms; Lee Howard, Multnomah county, doorkeeper, and M. G. Collins, Portland, mailing clerk. GIRLlllF BUBONIC PLAGUE Yreka, Calif., Jan. 11 OJ.R) Two year old Dona Mae De Rose died last night of bubonic plague, the Siskiyou general hospital reported today. The child, stricken on Nov. 11, a p p a r e n tly contracted the plague from fleas In a haybarn on her parents' ranch at Haw kinsville, physicians believed. Dr. Albert Newton, county physician, and Dr. Karl Meyer, San Francisco, specialist on plague, treated the girl with sulfadiazine. The first results were gratifying", they report ed, and the child virtually recov ered. Complications set in later. The girl's temperature fluctuated wildly. Her condition became steadily worse until she died last night. The child was the daugtv ter of Manuel and Gladys De Rose. About 30.000 pounds of metal are salvaged on each rjund trip of large U. S. transports, ferry ing armed forces to the Pacific fronts, from thousands of cans of pineapple, grapefruit, and to mato Juice consumed by service men en route. Maximum Effort War Budget Submitted by Roosevelt With Warning Taxes Must be Harsh Br Lrto c. wusoa ' United Press Staff Correspondent 1 Washington, Jan. 11 (UJ9 President Roosevelt today submitted to congress for the 1944 fiscal year a $138,903,047,923 "maximum effort" war budget calling for new taxes and forced savings to raise an additional $16,000,000,000 of revenue annually. That would increase treasury gross revenue to $31,000,000,000 a year, enabling the present generation to bear about half the war cost as we fight. Mr. Roosevelt said the tax program "must be harsh" although he again endorsed some form of "pay-as-you-go" plan to simplify the payments. ' He warned Americans to pull in their belts and prepare for a simpler life minus the frills to which they have been accustomed. Would Keep Income Roof He would extend to all income the present limitation of $25,000 net on earned income. The pres ident told questioners that in time of total war he thought $29,000 net after payment of insurance premiums and certain other fixed charges, or approxi mately $62,300 gross income was enough for anybody. If congress balks on that one he probably will go to the country on it either now or In the 1944 presidential campaign. 'There is no easy, pleasant way to wage total war," he said. "Production of goods should be simplified and standardized; un necessary costs and frills should be eliminated. Total war de mands the simplification of American life." He acknowledged the incon venience but bore down on the necessity of submitting to regu lations and restrictions that are beginning to complicate Amer ican lives. Trial And Error - .- "We save rubber, metal, fata everything," he continued. "We fill out forms, carry coupons, answer questionnaires. This is all new. We have overdone it in many cases. By trial and error we are learning the sim pler and better methods. "But. remember always that reaching the objective la what counts. There is no easy, pleas ant way to restrict the living habits the eating, clothing, heat ing, travel, and working habits of 130.000,000 people." In spite of the enormous proposed expenditure and Mr. Roosevelt said $100,000,000,000 from this' budget would go for war he estimated that there would be about $500 worth of goods and services per capita available to civilians during the next fiscal year. That would be reduction from approximately $625 per capita in 1941. That $500 worth of goods and services for each person repre sents what will be left over of national productive and service effort after the war effort the military, lend-lease and such have swallowed up what they will need. Many Individuals will actually buy more goods and services than that, largely be cause many other individuals will not have the $500 to spend. The president estimated that the average income per family of the lower third of population in 1942 was only $1,335 and family generally Is reckoned at four persons. Still Best Fed Even so, Mr. Roosevelt said that most Americans would con' tlnue to be the best fed, clothed and housed people In the world, And he said that freedom from want for everyone everywhere no longer was Utopian dream but wts an objective to be sought when the peace comes. National Income in the cur rent fiscal year is expected to reach $135,000,000,000 and to hit a dizzy $145,000,000,000 in fiscal year 1944. It was around $40,000,000,000 in 1933. Out of this mounting national Income Mr. Roosevelt desires to take correspondingly big bites In taxes and forced savings. He was not specific In his tax rec ommendations, although treas ury officials today were empha sizing some kind of "spending tax," part of which would be refundable and, therefore, par take of the character of forced savings. Mr. Roosevelt did make these general tax recommenda Hons: . 1. Put taxpayers on a pay-as- you-go basis as far as feasible 2. Simplify the tax system. 3. Make taxes on higher and very large incomes fully effec tive br removing the tax ex- Budget In Brief By United Press The 1944 U. S. budget The biggest governmental budget in the history of the world at a glance: Proposed total spending $108,903,047,923. War costs-$100,000,000,000. Proposed new taxes and forced savings $16,000,000, 000. Total federal revenue sought $51,000,000,000. National debt $210,549, 150,459. Interest on debt $3,000,- 000. 000. AU figures are for the 1944 fiscal year which begins July 1, 1943, and ends June 30, 1944.) emptlon from future issues of such securities as now enjoy that exemption. - 4. Obtain certain reforms In the 'tax structure, notably to curtail advantages enjoyed un der depletion of reserves provi sions and by persons in those few states where married cou ples are enabled to file joint income tax returns. Methods Up To Congress Some of the foregoing tax programs were developed at a budget press conference Satur day at which the president dis cussed his message at length with newspaper reporters. It was contained in the message only In general terms and Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that the methods of taxation were the problems of congress. But he said he still was against a gen eral sales tax, although indicat ing that he mteht go along with a substantial expansion of the' existing excise tax structure. An excise tax Is a form of sales tax on specified commodities. "The revenue acts of the past three years," Mr. Roosevelt said, particularly the revenue act of 1942, have contributed greatly toward meeting our fiscal needs. In the fiscal year 1944, total general and special receipts un der present law are estimated at $35,000,000,000, almost six times those of the fiscal year 1940. But the increase in ex penditures has been even more rapid. '1 believe that we should strive to collect not less than $16,000,000,000 of additional funds by taxation, savings, or both, during the fiscal year 1944." SHOW INCREASE Births In Jackson county for 1942 were about 229 above the previous year, according to fig ures released today. Late re ports may make the figure somewhat higher. Reports from the Oregon State Board of Health and from the Jackson county statistics registrar show 771 births for the year, as com pared to 452 for 1941. Sixty-three of the births were recorded last month, and it is believed that records may not be complete since the reports are slow in coming in. During November 59 births were regis tered. Deaths for Jackson county amounted to 405 during 1942, 44 more than for 1941 when 361 deaths were recorded. Decem ber deaths were 31, somewhat less than the 42 recorded for November. RUTLEDGE CHOICE FOR BYRNES SEAT 1 Ex-Senator Brown of Mich. Nominated Price Admin istrator; Flynn as- Envoy Washington, Jan. 11 (U.R) Democratic National Committee Chairman Edward J. Flynn to day asked Chairman Tom Con nelly, D-, Tex., of the senate foreign relations committee, for "a full and complete hearing" on any objections to his appoint ment as United States minister to Australia. Washington, Jan. 11 (U.R) President Roosevelt today nominated Wiley Blount Rut ledge, now associate justice of the U. S. court of appeals for the District of Columbia, to succeed James F. Brynes as as sociate justice of the supreme court. At the same time the presi dent nominated former Sen. Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan to be price administrator, suc ceeding Leon Henderson. Democratic National Commit tee Chilrman Edward J. Flynn was nominated to be minister to Australia. Flynn will succeed Nelson T. Johnson, who plans to retire. AU Expected All three of these nomina tions had been generally expect ed. Mr. Roosevelt also nominated former Ben, Josh Lee of Okla homa to -be a member of- the civil aeronautics board, Lee was defeated for re-election in November.. Brown, also defeated In No vember for re-election by Judge Homer Ferguson, a Michigan Republican, takes over the post from which Leon Henderson re signed last month. Henderson has been continuing in office pending nomination and con firmation of Brown. Flynn, who became chairman of the democratic party organ ization for the third-term cam paign in 1940, was named min ister to Australia, but Mr. Roose velt also gave him the rank of personal "ambassador." PROSPECT LOGGER KILLED INSTANTLY BY FALLING TREE Fred W. Conley, Prospect log ger, was instantly killed this morning about 10:30 when he was struck by a falling tree while working in the woods near Prospect. The accident oc curred when a tree being cut by two fellow workers, P. F Planer and "Shorty" Woods, struck a second tree, the second tree falling directly on Conley. According to Carlos Morris, denuty coroner, who went to Prospect to Investigate the acci dent. Conley was operating a caterpillar tractor on a road near where Planer and Woods were cutting trees. He was hit on top the head by the falling timber and suffered a fractured skull. Conley was some 80 feet from where Planer and Woods were working. Conley, about 38 years of age, Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Conley of Sams Valley, a son, Allan, and his divorced wife. He was logging under contract from L. E. Hutch Ins of Prospect. EDUCATION FOR WAR ONLY JUSTIFICATION Berkeley, Calif., Jan. 11 U.R) Prof. Samuel May, member of the state council of defense contended today college educa tlon was Justified now only if It was related to the war effort. 'There is no excuse for any able-bodied student not doing war work or prepaHng for lt, to be attending college now except medical students and possibly those In engineering,' Prof. May told a Berkeley audi enw yesterday. Camp White Now Has Own Bank .-. . . . 4 T;.v- V;:. I ) Extending congratulations upon the recent opening at Camp White of a branch of the Pint National Bank of Portland, are two high ranking officers of the camp. Left to right are Brig. Gen. Amos Thomas, camp commandert Brig. Gen. C. L. Bolte, Infantry and assistant division el the 91st Infantry division at Camp White; Eugene Thorndlke. manager of the Medford branch of the bank, and C. L. Nawland. former assistant manager of the Medford branch who is in charge of the camp branch. Y By United Praaa The threat to Field Marshal Erwln Rommel's desert armies fleeing westward through Trlpo litania increased today with four allied columns closing in on his positions. Radio Dakar reported that a strong ""Tench force had broken into Tripolltania from Southern Tunisia and was less than 300 miles from the chief Axis Lib yan bas at Tripoli. The British and American Tunisian army al ready was applying pressure on Tripoli from the west, the Brit ish Eighth Army pursued Rom mel toward the base from the East, and a fighting French col umn from equatorial Africa was surging up from the south. Rommel was reported throw ing up hasty defense lines to the east, hoping to stem the Eighth Army's drive toward Tripoli. The Russians continued their Caucasus advance, by-passing the key railroad junction of Georgievsk and driving into German positions beyond the city. Diplomatic quarters in Ank ara received reports that the Germans would attempt to dig in along a winter line anchored at Voronezh and Novorosslsk with the center of the defense line bastloned by Rostov. Man Who Took Message To Garcia Succumbs in Letterman Hospital San Francisco, Jan. 11 U.F5 Col. Andrew Summers Rowan, 85, who fought his way througn Cuban jungles in 1898 to de liver President William McKin ley's famous "message to Gar cia", died yesterday at Letter man hospital at the San Fran cisco presidio, the army an nounced today. Rowan died quietly and pain lessly at the Army hospital where he had been a patient since April, 1938. Doctors said he had been "barely alive" for years. Death was officially as cril 1 to hypostatic pneumonia and a chronic a art condition. A -1 - . - A I . .... rr 1 lieutenant .West Point - . - j ,.-T v : . - : ' ' J 4. -,-' ,, V. -1 i War Bulletins Moscow. Jan. II OJ.R) Russian troops have captured Georgievsk, major rail junc tion 27S miles southeast of Rostov, a special Soviet com. munique said today. London, Jan. 11 (U.R) British Spitfires attacked a 100-mile strip of the French coastal region between Abb, villa and Dunkirk today, the air ministry announced. Other aircraft of the Brit ish fighter command attacked railway targets in northern France. One plane was report ed missing. STRIKE SHUTS OFF WATER AND LIGHT Moorhead, Minn., Jan. 11. (U.R) All water and light service to this community of 9,500 per sons was cut off at 4:30 a. m today when 15 employes of the municipal light and water plant went on strlKe. . Electrically - operated coal stokers and fuel oil furnaces ceased operation and the temper ature was below freezing. A federal egg-drying plant was shut down. 'St. Ansgar hospital, left without electrical power. Degan rigging an emergency light plant as the workers sought to enforce demands for a 40- hour week. The workers, members of the International Electrical Workers Union (AFL). have been work- Ing 48 hours week. They re ceived a blanket 10 per cent wage increase Jan. 1. background, ' Rowan gave the United States army one of its greatest traditions when he crossed the Caribbean sea In a rowboat, struggled through the earning Jungles and delivered a message to Ge'n. Callxto Garcia, the Cuban revolutionary ' der. The message Informed Garcia that the United States was ready to aid the Cuban battle for In; dependence from spam. "There was no written m sage to Garcia," Rowan relet afterward. "It was all all vrhat anH 1 carried It il my neaa. wnen i sew uarfta vu hit camp, we had oldlrJc!S J Y FLYNN ATTORNEYS QUESTION JURORS ABOUT PREJUDICE Hollywood. Jan. II flJ.H Attorneys for Film Star Errol Flynn, on trial on three counts of statutory rape upon two teen age girls, questioned prospective jurors today to disclose possible pre j. aice against courtroom ex amination involving sexual b tlmacles. Attorney Jerry Glesler. whs has promised that the actor him self will take the stand later for a "frank and personal" defense, asked a panel member, house wife Mrs. Jenny Larson: Would you be prejudiced against the defense due to the fact that counsel would have to ask many intimate sexual questions of these girls? "No," Mrs. Larson replied. "If there were two reasonable roads, toward guilt or Innocence, which yould you choose?" dea ler asked. "The road toward Innocence." Gelsler also sought to deter mine if the jurors held prejudice against actors in general and if they had read extensively about tb . case in the newspapers. All admitted reading about the girls accusations against Flynn. Defense Attorneys earlier had had their request for a month'! continuance rejected by Superi or Judge Robert E. Still. They p-eparcd a motion supported by an affidavit from Hayward Kingsley, prospective defense) witness, but the motion and af fidavit were not introduced at the trial following a conference of attorneys with the Judge in his chambers. In his affidavit Kingsley. skipper of Flynn's yacht, told of seeing or hearing nothing un usual aboard the craft during a trip to Cherry Cove at Catallna Island in August, 1941, when one girl, Peggy Larue Satterlec, said she twM submitted to Flynn's advances. , The trial began before packed courtroom. a-5 '.' KIND TO JAPS Ottawa, Jan. 11 U.R The Biitish Columbia security com .iaslon and the Royal Canadian cuainted police today were cred it A; with having carried out the tank of evacuating west coast -iaaenese In "a most efficient ad humane manner" by royal enBimua lf her' OMimlssion findings mad pub-