Supreme Court OKs
'NetWorih'Weapon
Against Tax Evasion
- Washington (U.R) The Su
preme Court Monday generally
upheld one of the government's
main weapons in prosecuting in
come tax evaders establishing a
taxpayer's original "net worth."
Acting on four cases, the high
court upheld three tax evasion
convictions and reversed a low
er court which had dismissed
the conviction of another defend-
-' ant.
To show that a person has
failed to report large sums of
current income, the government
must attempt to prove his "net
worth" or income prior to the
year or years in question.
In three of the four cases, the
defendants said they had saved
large sums of money over a pe
riod of years. But the govern
ment attempted to prove that
the money was earned during
the period the defendants were
alleged to have understated their
income.
Justice Tom C. Clark, who
wrote the court's opinions, said
the court agreed to rule on the
four cases because there were
"serious doubts" in the lower
eourts regarding the implication
ef the "net worth" theory.
In one case, the court reversed
a Ninth Circuit Court of Ap
peals decision which had set
aside the conviction of Edward
B. Calderon of Douglas, Ariz.
The high court, with Justice
William O. Douglas dissenting,
said lower court proof of tax
evasion was "entirely adequate."
f Calderon, a. coin machine dis
tributor, was fined $10,000 and
placed on probation for three
years In the Arizona federal
court on Nov. 10, 1952.
The government charged he
evaded taxes in 1946 and 1949.
Calderon said that by 1945 he
had saved about $16,000. But the
government said he had only
about $600 cash on hand at the'
time.
WEATHER
By United Press
Northern California: Partly
cloudy; few scattered showers
extreme north.
' MEETING IN SQUARE at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, faithful pray for recovery of Pope
Pius XII following word he was in critical condition after suffering heart attack. (International)
Missionary Film
Slated for Showing
, Central Point An area pre
miere showing of "Jahangal,
Your African Safari," has been
slated for Wednesday, Dec 8, at
7:45 p.m., at the Central Point
Bible church. The Rev. John L.
Newman and Joe Erickson, Nor
wegian tenor soloist, who made
the film on a recent missionary
tour, will be here in person to
speak and sing.
The film described as a "mis
sionary film that is different,"
and includes animal sequences
and market place scenes. The
picture also points up the work
of medical missions with a visit
to a hospital where lepers are
treated. N
The picture runs for 40 min
utes and is with sound and in
color.
The public is invited and no
admission will be charged.
4-H Members From Three
Communities Given Awards
Forty-nine 4-H club members
from Valley View, Fern Valley
and . Wagner Creek received
achievement pins Friday night in
an award session at Valley View
community building.
C. Elwood Hedberg, manager
of the Medf ord branch of the
First National bank, presented
the awards, which are sponsor
ed by the bank. A Christmas
party was held with exchangeof
gifts. The program had a Christ
mas theme. .
Pins went to 30 members in
Valley View, 11 in Wagner Creek
and eight in Fern Valley.
Rosalie Twedell, Valley View,
received a seven-year pin and
six-year awards went to Lorna
Chapman, Ardith Chapman and
Henry Scott, Valley View, Ray
mond Swingle and Ronald
Daugherty, Fern Valley. Mary
Kay Dugan, Valley View, got a
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fifth-year insignia. Four-year
pins were presented to Robert
Rosenbaum, Carolyn Tiegs and
Janet Zediker, Valley View, and
Norman Ditsworth, Wagner
creek.
Third-year awards went to
Barbara. Bernardi, Nelda Chap
man and Lucille Lowry, Val
ley View, and Donald Sommers,
Wagner Creek.
Getting second year pins were
Virginia Daugherty and. Fred
Faytinger, Fern Valley; Joyce
Hunter, Carolyn Bernardi, Char
lotte Ford, Myrna Ford, Janice
Ford, Marianne Keating, James
Scott, John K. James, Nylia
Cooper and Michael Olson, Val
ley View, and Wayne Ditsworth,
Melvin Bunshnell, Dean Som
mers and Ernie McKeish, Wag
ner Creek.
First-year awards were pres
ented to Dianne Carter, Linda
Hamilton, Beverly Lenz, Rich
ard Lenz, David Grimes, Star
lene Wilkins, Leon Small, Step
hen Kesler and Virginia Martin,
Valley View; Bobby Holt, Gene
Holt, Lester Schleigh and Le Ona
Schleigh, Fern Valley, and Ruth
Rose, Dick Rose, Charles Rose,
Jack McConalogue and Gary
Richardson,- Wagner. Creek.
Fewer Restrictions
On Watershed Aid
Asked at Meeting
Washington - (U.R) A com
mittee of the National- Water
shed Congress yesterday called
for the lif tmg of "undesirable
restrictions" on federal aid for
development of small watersheds.
The- committee, headed by
Clair P. Guess Jr., of the South
Carolina State Soil Conserva
tion Committee, said the govern
ment should recognize it has oth
er interests in watershed devel
opment besides flood control.
Guess' committee was the first
of 10 which will submit reports
during . the two day congress.
Some 500 delegates from soil
conservation associations, farm
groups, industrial associations,
and conservation organizations
are attending the meeting.
About $10,000,000 was appro
priated by Congress last year for
construction of upstream reser
voirs limited to 2,500 acre-feet
j-capacity. The program is ad
ministered by the Agriculture
department.
' Guess' committee called the
program a "mechanism that can
and - should be employed as
quickly as possible in many
small watersheds for community
safety and well being."
However, the committee said
the program contains undersir
able restrictions including the
use of flood control "as the sole
criterion" for federal participa
tion. It added that if the stand
ards are broadened there should
be "full and equitable participa
tion in cost by residents of the
area to be benefited."
Seek National Policy
The committee also advocated
the adoption of a national water
shed policy for the guidance of
state governments. Its report
said that nearly every state in
eastern part of the nation "is
now considering - fundamental
water legislation."
Another committee headed by
E. H. Taylor of County Gentle
man magazine also urged formu
lation of a more definite nation
al policy.
"Practical reasons and favor
able public attitude," the com
mittee report said, "make the
primary, or as better known, the
small, watershed the most feas-
bUe approach to such a policy.
By starting with the smaller
watersheds the foundation is laid
for expanded programs for full
resources conservation, develop
ment and management."
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New Experiences Can
Change Personalities
Los Angeles (UJ9 Personal
ity is net rigid but can change as
one encounters new experiences
or different environments, ac
cording to Dr. Julian Rotter,
psychologist professor of the Uni
versity of California at Los An
geles. Rotter explained that, con
trary to the popular conception
that personality is molded by the
time a child is six, it may change
after he enters school because
of new experiences in the differ
ent surroundings. For the same
reason it may change again in
college, when he gets married
or becomes established in business.
IKE ENTERTAINS
Washington-T-W.R) President
Eisenhower entertained last
night at a stag dinner for 19
guests.
Tuesday, December 7, 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
'
REFUSING to eliminate any
part of espionage indictment,
federal judge orders j. S. Peter
sen (above), to stand trial for
giving U. S. secrets to foreign
power. (International)
Commission Hits Plan
For Mining Operation
Salem U.R) A protest
against a Crystal Creek mining
operation in southwest Oregon
proposed by J. M. Watt of San
Francisco has been filed by the
State Game Commission.
Lewis A. Stanley, state engi
neer, said Watt had filed an ap
plication for permission to divert
20 second feet of water from the
creek for hydraulic mining and
gravel washing. The state pro
tested that there was not that
much water in the stream dur
ing the summer and fall.
The Game Commission said
the water diversion would block
the passage of migratory fish in
the stream, and the mining op
eration would destroy spawning
beds and pollute the water.
Pioneer Woman, Mother
Of Henry Hess, Passes
Union (U.R) Funeral serv
ices will be held here Wednes
day for Mrs. Eliza Flamm Hess,
88, mother of Henry Hess. She
died Saturday in a Portland hos
pital. '
Hess was once Democratic
candidate' for Oregon governor
and is a former United States
District Attorney for Oregon.
Mrs. Hess was the first white
woman to settle in the area of
Rexburg, Ida., and moved to
Union with her husband, promi
nent eastern Oregon lumberman,
in 1907.
Survivors, besides Henry
Hess, include four other sons
and three daughters.
About 100,000 sea shells are
known and named and they,
range in size from miscroscopic
varieties to 500 pounds . in
weight.
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