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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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-