WAIWTION
206 Bills and 28 Resolutions
Presented in First Two
Weeks of Legislature.
By Ervln D. McNoal
United Press Correspondent
Salem, Ore., Jan. 25 (U.R)
A large part of the proposed
legislation for the 1945 session,
and a good part of the bills on
which argument will develop,
are already in the hopper, old
timers .of the senate and the
house believe.
Most committees are "in the
groove" by now and much ma
terial Introduced the first two
weeks of the session and which
has since been in committee
bands, will return to the floor
' toon.
Up to Monday noon, 206 bills,
28 resolutions and nine joint
resolutions had been introduced,
as well as several memorials.
Important Bills
While the legislature spits on
Its hands before taking hold of
ths barrow-full, a brief resume
of more Important bills intro
duced may be in order here:
Repeal of the 1943 commu
I nity property . law, rendered
-A. unworkable by the U. S. su-
1 preme court (other bills follow
this to reestablish previous
property rights; one would pro
vide that husband and wife may
divide their aggregate income
In any proportion they see fit
for tax filing purposes); a bill
to make permanent the specifi
cations of the war-emergency
permit for loading trucks; an
other to make more adequate
provision for soldier voting by
extending the candidate filing
deadline and the time for pre
paring ballots; and the conten
tious "tithing bill" which prom
ises a real internecine ruction,
since it would take income from
self-supporting state depart
ments for the general fund.
The Roads and Highways
committee submitted the "free
way" or limited access bill,
which will undoubtedly meet
r with stern opposition from rural
representatives. This would re
strict drivers from entering
highways except at specified
points. j
Five Pension Bills
Five bills concerning old age
assistance have so far been sub
mitted. They would Increase
payments from the present $40
to $50 and $60 respectively and
In one case no limit is declared.
One of these bills provides that
eld age assistance be financed
by direct appropriation rather
than from revenues of the
Liquor Control commission, and
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iRCINS OF SAARLAUTERN Shattered walls and massed debris show havoc of war as It is known in Saarlautern, Germany. With
Von Rundstedt's thrusts below the Saarland threatening to become new Nazi power drive, Saarlautern it only German bridgehead
remaining in American hands when photo was taken. Here Yanks view wreckage in streets of town. . (U. S. Signal Corps Photo.)
another would establish a $40
"floor".
A "civil rights" bill put in an
appearance this session, and
would make it a misdemeanor
to refuse public accommodations
to any person regardless of race.
Provisions of two finance bills
are: $8,000,000 for schools, an
increase of $3,000,000 over the
present $5,000,000 school sup
port fund; and a $5,000,000
"equalization fund", above the
school support fund.
. Forest Fund Sought
The sum of $100,000 is sought
for the forestry department to
give impetus to the sale of
bonds for re-forestation pur
poses, retirement of bonds to
come from the sale of forestry
products.
Expected to meet hot resist
ance is the "Oregon Raw Milk
Act", now languishing In com
mittee, which provides that
most milk and milk products
must be pasteurized, that all
cattle above the age of eight
montns must be inoculated, and
that all milk producing cattle
must be tested twice a year for
Jiangs disease and tuberculosis.
Only resolution to create
much of a stir so far was that
providing for ' the appointment
of the committee to investigate
the affairs of the Liquor com
mission, as requested by the
governor.
Canadian Uprising
Not Fully Quieted
' Owen Sound, Ont., Jan. 25
(U.R) Canadian Defense Minister
A. G. L. McNaughton revealed
last night that an uprising of
home defense troops threatened
Canada "a few months ago" and
he indicated that the situation
was not yet fully in hand.
"There was a time . a few
months ago when I feared for
the peace and security of the
country," he said in a campaign
speech for re-election Feb. 5
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PLAN DECIDED
Salem, Ore., Jan.' 25. (U.R)
The Oregon legislature's liquor
investigating committee was. or
ganized today with Rep. Paul
Patterson as chairman. It decid
ed not to make the investigation
a joint proceeding with a similar
probe by the Washington legis
lature. The committee, created by a
resolution passed at the request
of Gov. Earl Snell, is to look
into the purchase of the Water
fill and Frazier, and Shawhan
distilleries in 1943 by the Ore
gon and Washington liquor con
trol commissions.
An auditor and a court report
er will be hired(by the commit
tee, members said. -
Members of the committee in
clude Sens. Angus Gibson and
Paul Patterson, and Reps. Henry
Semon, Ralph Moore and Har
vey Wells. Semon is the only
Democrat. ' ' : '
American Rubber
Industry Facing
Severe Shortage
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 25 U.R)
The American rubber industry
now faces its worst crisis since
Pearl Harbor and every effort
must be made to conserve each
pound of rubber now in use, W.
S. Long, west coast products
manager of the United States
Rubber company, today told a
conference of naval and marine
corps officers studying correct
ways of handling and maintain
ing rubber goods.
The opening meeting ' of the
two-day conference was attend-
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ed by transportation and supply
officers and representatives of
four major rubber companies.
M0NTANAN WOULD SHARE
EASY DIVORCE BUSINESS
Helena, Mont., Jan. 25 U.R
Sen. Sherman W. Smith, Lewis
and Clark county, today gave
notice in the Montana senate
that he intends to introduce a
30-day divorce act, which would
give Montana the lowest mln-
lmum residence requirement in
Where Will This Attractive Church Be Located?
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The local Friends Church (Quakers) Is eager to secure a desirable location for our
proposed new brick building. We have completely outgrown the present facili
ties. We have a priority and permission for immediate construction from the
WPB, and operations can commence on this fine, English parish-style chapel as
soon as we have the real estate. We wish to be in some part of metropolitan Med
ford. which is not over-churched, and can therefore better serve a wide constitu
ency. If you know of adequate, well-located lots, we are in the market to buy
NOW. Phone 2926.
The full list of reliaious activities and services will continue at our present loca
tion. 15 Keene Way Drive, just off 1600 block E. Main. .
One way to answer that question is to,
take a look at battle-front reports from
a Buick engineer, sent to get firsthand
dope on how the Buick-built M-18
Hellcat is doing.
On one occasion, he writes, one of our
Hellcats ran into nine enemy tanks of
various sizes.
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the nation for divorce seekers,
Smith, a Helena lawyer and
veteran legislator, said his bill
would be introduced "for the
welfare of Montana, particularly
after the war, as one method of
bringing more people and bus!
ness into the state."
A minimum of 15,000,000
gallons of water will be used
during the next five years in
manufacture of glucose by the
Northwest Chemurgy Co. of
Wenatehee, Wash.
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When the battle was over, three
German tanks were scurrying for
cover, 17 were done for and none of
our vehicles or men had been hurt.
But that isn't the whole story.
To the men who handle them, ability
to stay in the fight is just as important
as the Hellcat's 55-mile top speed, its
ability to master any terrain, and the
accuracy of its high velocity 76-mm.
cannon.
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ABANDON PLAN TO
TURN WOUNDED
TO HOME REGION
San Francisco, Jan. 25 U.R
Indicating that the total number
of men wounded in combat the
aters has reached nearly 100,000
per month, Maj. Gen. Norman T.
Kirk; surgeon general of the U.
S. army, announced today that
an earlier plan to place wounded
evacuated to this country in hos
pitals near their homes has been
abandoned.
.Kirk said there was little
chance that the casualty evacua
tion rate of 30,000 to 32,000 per
month would decrease until
fighting ceases.
Here on an inspection tour of
army hospitals. Kirk said at a
press conference that only 30 to
40 per cent of the total number
of wounded were returned to the
United States. The others, he de
clared are treated at theater hos
pitals and are returned to their
units after they are fit for fur
ther combat.
Wounded men who are evac
uated now are being sent to gen
eral hospitals where they will
receive the best care, regardless
of distance from their homes, he
said.
The number of commercially
hatched chicks produced last
October was about one-third
less than the number produced
in October, 1943.
Building Committee.
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Phoenix Grange -
An interestnig meeting was
held at the last regular Grange
session for January. Two reso
lutions were read, one pertain
ing to the blanket primary bal
lot law, and the other to the
uniform loading law. Both were
approved.
Ways and means committee
reported on the polio dance held
last Saturday night. Twenty
eight dollars was turned over
to the district polio fund chair
man, Elva Caster.
After hearing the report of
the "clean-up committee" It was
decided to postpone painting the
hall till the kitchen remodeling
is finished.
Literary program was devoted
to a discussion on when and
how to plant seeds in victory
gardens. The lecturer also read
the biography of one of the
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On that score, this can be quoted direct
from the same sort of battle-front re
ports: "The vehicles have gone mile after
mile with little or no maintenance, and
in most cases they keep right on going."
All of which, as we see it, makes a
gratifying picture. The Hellcats are
fast. They go anywhere. They hit hard.
And, in the good Buick tradition, they
'can take it. -
Which is exactly what Buick men and
Ordnance experts were aiming for
from the start
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brothers whose birthday is cele
brated this month.
Brother and Sister Hilton
formerly of Phoenix Grange and
who have just recently returned
were present. Both expressed
their satisfaction at being back
in this vicinity.
H. E C. chairman announced
the all-day Pomona meeting at
Sams Valley Grange. Those at
tending are asked to take salads
and apple pie.
Serving committee for the
next meeting February 13 la
Brothers and Sisters Hixon, Duf
field and Sister Grace and son.
CONCHIES PENALIZED
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29
(U.R) Donald R. Burton, 23,
Hudson, Wis., and Byron Eik
rom, 30, Portland, Ore., today
faced three years Imprisonment
on charges of deserting the
Germfask conscientious objector
camp at Schoolcraft, Mich.
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