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Tuesday, January 18, 1953 MED FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE . ' . ... . State Sales Tax Bill Scheduled Uff 1i M IF Irals) " Editor'! note: Th. New Delhi resi dent correspondent of the Times of India went to Peipinc on special as signment for the United Press to re port the visit of United Nations Sec retary General Das Hammarskjold. " By D. R. Mankekar - Written For The United Press Copyright 1955 by Times of ' India News Service - Peiping U.R) - Gaiety has been banished from the land. Austerity is written large over the face of the new China. In Communist China, as in In dia, to enjoy oneself seems to be regarded as improper if not sin .. ful. . . i . Unpressed, unshapely and oft en faded blue uniforms are worn by both men and women, the most . unaesthetic dress I have ever come across. XiVeryDoay s energy : seems concentrated on work, and life is taken very seriously. I fancy the people could do with a little more relaxation. - :. - The people are not grim look ing. But I have not heard them crack a joke or seen them relax in conversation. I have been assured that aus terity is, a temporary phase, that priority can not yet be given to dress and the creature comforts and luxuries of life., -Dancing Popular AKOUiWUUild VIA nuuicu s u&cao and makeup are being relaxed, however, and private dancing clubs are becoming popular. The -models of such fashions as there are, are changing and western influence has been re placed by Russian influence in the matter of literary, cultural and fashion tastes. In the streets public signs are written in Chin ese: and - Russian i instead . of Chinese: and English..'. ? : .j . It is difficult ; to .find a .: Chi nese who speaks, or at least who is , prepared to speak, English, but the speaking of .Russian is encouraged. - v . . . .', . The: only foreign . movies shown .in the cinemas are Rus sian; except : for an . occasional east European film. -A Deep Distrust ' " There is a deep distrust of westerners, with Americans at the top of the list and the British next. .i-;;.;v Ttfrtwr 4hnt iho rVunrrm-niot re gime has stabilized itself there are signs that the system is get ting gradually liberalized in the matter ; of ; entry visas for .for- s Half. a. dozen British and French journalists 'have -been TW-'T-TT-iittprTtn viaif'ChiTia andertv-" en facilities to tour .the country, wthin the last four months. "C; ' Constructive criticism listen ed to and sharp criticism is tol? era ted. At 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 pan. daily, a warning bell ' sounds over the country, in offices and factories and farm buildings turn out for 10 minutes of setting-up - exercises. - Health Emphasized In public places, you can hear a sugary feminine voice say over 4V a 1 vii si enAalrore - "Don't spit indiscriminately" "Keep to the right side of the ' road" . y. , ..:. " "Keep on the sidewalk" ' , "Protect .yourself,, and, your food against germs." . The . people wear nose ; pads, which make them look like sur geons and nurses in an operating room, ' to ' keep out ; the dust which comes down from the Gobi Desert in a golden haze. ' The women do not make up or bob their hair. They wear the same caps and clothing the men do. They are to be found in every kind of job, engineers, civil ser vants, clerks, bus conductors. I have been told there are even one or two women engine drivers. The old red light districts have . gone, and with them the night clubs and public liars. .Waiters and servants no long C er accept tips, and the shco keer ers no longer bargain. They sell their, wares at fixed prices. Tax Refund Mailing About Half Finished J r- County officals have reported :v" that mailing of tax refunds in the county school districts af fected was about half completed. It is hoped to complete the job , by three weeks. - A deputy county clerk re-rti-tcxi that 'she has sent " out 1,291 warrants for ' refunds of persons who paid in person be fore the Nov. 15 tax deadline. Other refunds are being sent out i. , Hnartment ' accom panied by a receipt. r . Pennyvise Trade Fair 323 EA$T MAIN : . - u . , Affair: AH Ensirgy Torrential Rains, Winds Rake Coast Of No. California By UNITED PRESS Winter went on a coast to coast rampage today, striking hardest at the California coast with winds up to 104 miles an hour, torrential rains and heavy snows. Across the nation, a cold wave gripped the Midwest, rain and snow fell from Texas to North Dakota, and frigid, snowy weath er was predicted for parts of the Southeast. The Western storm roared over most of Northern California and forced a Japanese freighter, the Nichirei . Maru, aground in Humboldt Bay. " ' Winds up to 104 miles : per hour, were clocked at Blunt's Reef lightship in the area and heavy snow in the California mountains made chains a neces sity on trans-continental high ways. A. rare thunderstorm hit San Francisco, while in Eureka, "al ready shaken by an earthquake last month, the winds blew out more than a dozen heavy plate glass windows. Power failures hit parts of San Francisco and surrounding com munities and heavy hail battered parts of the city and San Rafael and San Anselmo. . At Spokane, Richard E. Bare, 29, an .engineer, was killed when a car apparently skidded on an icy road into the path of a train. To the east, a fast moving snow storm whipped over the Rockies and left an inch of snow at Denver. - Another storm system dumped two inches of snow at Salina, Russell and Goodlahd, Kansas and at Lamoni, la. From one to two inches of snow was reported in most of Kansas and Nebraska and parts of Colorado, Iowa, and the Western Dakotas. . FILM PAIR PARENTS Hollywood (U.R) Film actor Keenan Wynn and his wife have become the parents of a seven and a half, pound , girl wjiom theyi'named Hilda Keenan Wynn.. "It was' their; first child.' By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press-White House Writer .Washington (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: Now it's Tom Stephens, the President's appointment . secre tary, who's in Waltc- Reed hos pital for a check-up. Press Sec retary Jim Hagerty had his last week. ' ; , .. ::, Mr. Eisenhower isn't kidding about his wish that his cabinet and key staff members have an annual look-see by the doctors. He does it himself. The National , Association of gag-writers has written Mr. Eis enhower, asking', him to serve on - a committee to establish a world humor congress. The gag- writers .told the President the purpose of the congress would be "to exchange ideas on maintain ing standards of humor, and to exchange notes on how to make the world a happier place to live through humor." Mr. Eisenhower would really have to scratch just now for something to laugh about, fac ing, as he does each day, about the biggest collection of unfunny problems confronting any man in. the world. What's to laugh about the Red Chinese, the. deficit, Ladejinsky and the - atom bomb? y There's rarely a presidential press conference these days that Mr. Eisenhower isnt hit by the same , question what about 1956? ' i."- v So. far,., he has fielded these questions with a twinkle in his eye,-even good humor. But his tolerance won't last forever. It seemed to be wearing a bit thin at the last conference when he shorted r bosh at one reporter. This was the man who said the President, by favoring a late GOP nominating convention, in dicatedT that he, himself, would be available for reelection. . Mr. Eisenhow'er normally picks his words with care. There doesn't seem any chance at all that his plans for 1956 will be pried out of him by question- Individual 64 Times By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) The rec ord shows that the government's t-i" frcrry individual "' income taxpayers has multiplied 64 times in the past 20 years. Pres ident Eisen bow er's fiscal 1946 budget esti mated govern ment spending at seven times sji-, 4, J S,W'j&' A. as much as Lyle C.Wilson Franklin D. Roosevelt estimated 20 years ago for fiscal 1936. While individual income tax payments now are estimated for 64 times the 1936 take, overall government revenue in the new fiscal year will be only 15 times that proposed in 1939 by FDR. Twenty years ago this month newspapers were crackling with charges that FDR was about to spend the nation to disaster. His budget estimates for fiscal 1936 had just been made public. Tax payers still were relatively calm and almost contended. The so called Roosevelt soak - the-rich tax bill had not yet gone to Congress.- , .. '. Had Things in Common Mr. Roosevelt's arid Mr. Eisen hower's 1936 and 1956 budgets had, respectively, a few things in common. They both estimated deficits and both were hopeful of an ' early balanced budget. Both also could explain the red ink.. ' ;vv ,;,J . Mr. Roosevelt said his budget balanced except for spending to give work to the unemployed. Mr. Eisenhower - said - his budget would have been bal anced if there had been .no tax cuts last year. But there were great differ ences, too. Mr." Eisenhower esti mated a 1956 deficit amounting only to about 1.6 per cent of overall government spending. Mr. Roosevelt's estimated deficit was for more than half of all ing. Instead, his decision, when it is made and ready for dis closure, will be announced form ally. He'll pick the time and the" place probably in the spring of 1956. ' The late President Roosevelt announced his willingness to ac cept a fourth term in a letter to "mm Hospitalized -Adm Hurry! Save on These Big Values! Coats Suits Dresses Robes Pajamas Slips Blouses Girdles Bras o O-NO-REFUNDS O NO EXCHANGES O-ALLlSALES ' RN AL Neglig Jewelry SoDceiteatisH1 on Income Tax During Past- the government spend in g planned. It is a matter of record thatr in his .sequence of White House terms, FDR was unable to balance the budget or come very near to it. The war relieved him of all such responsibility during his final years in office.. Comparative Figures Here are some comparative figures: 1936 Revenue $3,991,000,000 Expenditures 8,520,000,000 Deficit . . 4,528,000,000 1956 . Revenue ' , $60,000,000,000 Expenditures . , 62,408,000,000 Deficit . ' 2,408,000,000 National defense '" required only $792,484,000 in Mr. Roose velt's 1936 budget compared to $40,458,000,000 in 1956 for what Mr. Eisenhower called major national security. Of the three services, the Army gets the least in Mr. Eisenhower's budget, $8,850,000,000. But that is a bit more than Mr, Roosevelt planned to spend for all government services in 1936 As Mr. Eisenhower's warning that taxes are too high is pointed up by : the increase over the years, so is his counsel that the Western Aulo Store Managers Transferred Jim Milner, manager of West ern Auto Supply Co. here for the past seven years,1 has been transferred to a J Western Auto store in Calexico, Calif., where he will be manager, it was an nounced 'today. - - f ; - The Medford store, at 101 South Riverside ave., will be managed by Ed Somero, who has moved to Medford with his wife and daughter. Somero man aged the Western Auto Supply store- in Grants - Pass for four years', and for the past 2Vfc years has managed a Western Auto store in Hood River. ' He said today ' "It's great to be back in southern Oregon." the Democratic National Chair man. F.D.R. read the letter to a news conference - but .only after the doors to the room were locked and a Secret Service agent stationed in front of each exit to see that no one attempted to leave until the President fin ished. TOP PRICE Join the March of Dimes Take Up 2 Years nation should take a sober look at the costs of veterans' : pen- sions and benefits. They were es timated to cost $704,885,000 in 1936 against $4,684,000,000 in the new fiscal year. s Debt service in 1936 J was a mere $875,000,000. Mr. Eisen hower now budgets $6,378,000,- ooo to pay interest on the debt. Tax tables can tell you why your liquor, tobacco and other items cost more today than 20 years ago a government take of $466,000,000 in 1936 on to bacco against v $1,622,000,000: $430,000,000 on alcoholic bever ages against $2,832,000,000. f But income taxes znnmpri above all. Corporations in 1936 were estimated to pay : $514, 000,000 . in . income and excess profits taxes compared to an es timated $17,034,000,000 in 1956. The individual income ' tax fig ures: $506,000,000 then; $32, 50P.000.00O now. i I i r ON RE The Complete Line of New 1955 GE RANGES On Display Comedian's Cousin Killed in Attack Newark, N.J. (U.R) Newark police joined officials in adja cent Irvington today in a. hunt for a mugger who killed the first cousin of comedian Jerry Lewis and may have slain two other women in the past year. Police said there was striking similarities between the,-death of Mrs. Alex Lanzner, SO.wife of an Irvington musician, 'and two other , women - who have been fataljy beaten on Newark streets. ' ' r - : In addition, the elusive mug ger is believed to. have; struck down at least five other women who survived. Two of. them de scribed their assailant as a hus ky, blond young man. icrr--' The hunt for Mrs. Lanzner's killer was ' spurred" yesterday when Lewis offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attacker. Lewis and Mrs. Lanzner had' been childhood playmates; in Irvington. l ' " : : new a DGMMCEEE S OUR FLOORJANUARY GULAR229 T?1 Salem (U.R) Rep. Earl Hill (R-Cushman) said- today. he would introduce soon a bill call ing 2or a three per cent sales tax in Oregon designed to bring in $60,000,000 a year for education. Hill said the measure would approximate the law In Califor nia where" there is t. sales tax and high income tax exemptions. His bill would have money dis tributed directly to ' school dis tricts and would eliminate, the need for the basic school sup port fund, which will amount to about $70,000,000 in the 1955 57 biennium. ' . . ' Hill -said local school districts now levy more than $70,000,000 in addition . to. money they get from the basic school fund. His bill would, stop : school taxation of local property. It was Hill who authorized a sales tax ; bill in -1947, the .last ot five to - be- Turned down by Oregon-voters. Hill, pointed out BIBLE CONFERENCE CRUSADE FOR WORLD FELLOWSHIP . Four Days-Jan. 18-19-20-21 3 SERVICES DAILY-1 0:30-2:30-7:30 Outstanding Ministers Will Be Present . To Meet Your Needs-Body - Soul - Spirit . .. V , -.- ....... -. .... , , . " Medford Full: Gospel Church . 609 Western, Medford 95 OW.ONLY a J. l . t . - ... 3'.'.'' "--v - . YOUR OLD RANGE WILL PROBABLY BE YOUR DOWN PAYMENT! 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