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M EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wir Tribune United Frew FuU Leased Wire Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954 Pages 1-6 Oregon Veterans Pay $1,092,649 In Property Taxes Salem U.R Veterans with homes and farms financed by the Oregon veterans' home and farm loan program paid state property taxes on 10,285 pieces of prop erty totaling $1,092,649 for the year 1954-55, according to Direc tor H. C. Sallfeld of the State Department of Veterans' Affairs. The veteran doesn't pay these taxes direct to the tax collector. He pays one-twelfth of them every month to the Department of Veterans' Affairs along with his monthly loan repayment. The Department in turn pays the tax collector and does it in advance of the Nov. 15 deadline in order to give the veteran the advan tage of a three per cent discount, The tats 'savings for the 10,285 property holders this year amounted to $33,793. The aver age tax paid by each veteran was $106. . The department collects the veteran's taxes for two reasons, Saalfeld said to relieve him from the necessity of paying his own taxes in a lump sum, and to prevent tax delinquincies. Largest tax payments went to Multnomah county, which re ceived $27898 from 2,455 vet erans' properties. Lane county was second with $84,746 from 752 veterans, and Clackamas county third, with 723 veterans paying $83,423. . Traffic Deaths Drop in October Chicago U.R) Traffic deaths in October fell from 1953 levels for the 10th month in a row, the National Safety Council has reported. But the October death toll of 3,580 was the largest for any month in 1954, and the two per cent decrease from October of 1953 was the smallest since Janu ary. . a---.-- -ma&iTjk i - For- 10 months, the council said, deaths totaled 29,350 per sons, about six per cent fewer than the corresponding months of 1953. The North Atlantic and North Central states were responsible for the continuing improvement over last year, it said. Leading cities in each popula tion group for the 10 months iri cluded: Over 1,000,000 population: Los Angeles, first. Population 750,000 to 1,000, 000: San Francisco, second. Population 500,000 to 750,000: Seattle, first. Population 350,000 to 500,000: Portland, second. Population 100,00 to 200,000: Berkeley, Calif., first. Population 50,000 to 100,000: Richmond, Calif., third. Population 25,000 to 50,000: Palo Alto, Calif.; first. 1953 TALENT WINNER Sharon Laing, above, was winner of last year's amateur talent contest sponsored by Jackson county chapter No. 8, Disabled American Veterans. She also wiU ap pear in this year's show, but since she was a winner last year, will not be in competition. Entries may still be made in the' contest, and many have already been received, according to the sponsors. Contestants are limited to non-professionals under 18 years of age. There will be two classes, for those over and under 12 years of age. Tickets are now on sale. The contest will be at , 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at the Medford High school auditorium. The four winning acts will be f featured on television next Tuesday. - .; . China Debate Topic C riticism Said Based On I Feii'of Speec h Chicago U.R A collegiate group has refused to withdraw recognition of Red China as a debate topic for college students and has blasted criticism of the subject as ; "distrust of free speech." , . , Thp refusal was announced by the National Intercollegiate Com mittee on Debate and Discussion, an arm of the Speech Association of America. Controversy Stirred ; It was this committee which originally proposed the subject last May as" chief topic for col legiate debate teams and stirred up a controversy in universities across the nation. f A number of institutions, : in cluding the U.S. Naval and Mili tary academies, have banned the topic. Many scholastic - and . na- FAMILY and FRIENDS with Low-Cost View-Master; Projection Shows! won. NON-STEREO, JUNIOR trim in Seat .. 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" "The committee' is convinced that distrust of free speech is distrust of democracy itself," the statement said Belief Said Confirmed ; , . . .The . committee, composed of six educators, said "reports al ready received from all parts, of the country confirm the belief that the. proposition is timely,' vital and debatable." , A number of : college presi dents, notably in Nebraska, have protested that the topic, "re solved that the United . States should extend diplomatic recog nition to the Communistic gov ernment of China," forces stu dents to debate on the Commun ist side. t However, the committee said, its reports show that both affirm ative and negative arguments on the topic have been "equally op posed, to Communism. ' : Jackson School Fourth ' Graders Present Pery A Thanksgiving play entitled "Who's Thankful" was given re cently by fourth graders of Jack son school for the student body. The play contrasted the conven iences of 'the Pilgrim Thanks giving with those of today: The cast included Connie ; Hum, Jacque Chestnut, Roma Sims, Judy Bass, Mary Barr, Judy Brookman, Christine Thornburg and Priscilla Cauthon. Donald Kent acted as the radio an nouncer and the staging and cur tains were handled by Ronald Calkins. - The fourth grade chorus sang "Over the River and Through the . Woods," "Giving Thanks," "Thanksgiving Day" and "Prayer for Peace." , RE-WEAVING for the invisible repair on good clothing caused from burns, tears or moths, f See the Beacon Weavers 906 N. E. Eighth Street Grants Pass, Ore. ' Phone GR-6-3453 Farmers' Crop, Livestock Prices . Up in November Washington (U.R) Prices farmers received for crops and livestock increased eight-tenths of one per cent during the month ended Nov.15 , according to the Agriculture Department. The increase followed two consecutive months of decline. !The department said the cost of things farmers must buy re mained unchanged during the month. Because the increase in farm prices was slight, the depart ment said, farmers' returns in mid-November averaged the same as mid-October, 87 per cent of socalled "fair, price" parity. Theoretical Level In mid-November last year farm prices averaged 90 per cent of parity. Parity is a theoretical level, measuring farm prices against farm costs, which is supposed to give- farmers the same , pur chasing power they had in the "normal" base period of 1910 1914. J The report said increases in prices of commercial vegetables, potatoes, eggs, milk, and wheat during the month ending in mid November were partially offset by lower prices for cotton, or anges, and corn during the month. . , , Meat animal prices held "rela tively steady" with a slight drop in cattle prices nearly offset by higher hog prices. According to an old supersti tion, popular with husbands and wives of the Middle Ages, which ever brought the first Christmas holly into the house would, rule the household for . the ensuing year. Fruit Conlainers, Heat from Waste Due alHort Meet A display of cardboard con tainers for fruit, being used ex perimentally in the Rogue val ley, will be featured at the an nual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural society Dec. 2 and 3 in Corvallis, according ' to David B. Lowry, Medford, state president. The display will be handled by orchardists from the Medford area. Another display slated for the state meeting will be a demon stration of the use of wood waste products being used to supple ment, or do away with, orchard oil heaters. Cooperation Asked The Forest Products Labora tories, Corvallis, has asked for the cooperation of the Fruit Growers league and the Rogue River Valley Traffic association in research on use of wood waste products in orchard heating. Robert W. Root, Medford, is chairman of the Fruit Growers league committee. In addition to Lowry and Root, those from this area at tending the convention will in clude Dunbar Carpenter, Med ford; Orville C. Hamilton, Cen tral Point; Ward B. Spatz, Med ford; Martin Luther Jr.. Med ford; Robert K. Norris, Medford; Stephen G. Nye, Medford; , Don Barry, Medford; and John Hig din, of the Southern Oregon Branch experiment station. They are leaving today for Corvallis, and most of them plan , to return Friday or Saturday. COOKIE . Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Mrs. Perry E. Johnson had just about lost her patience with her 21-month-old son, Steven, who didn't want his , dinner. "You know what I ought to give you," the mother said, thinking in terms of a spanking. "A cookie?" the little boy asked. Mrs. John son gave him a cookie. In almost every pagan rite gifts are offered, to placate the tempers of gods and spirits. 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