Tuesday, January 18, 1953
MED FORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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State Sales Tax Bill Scheduled
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" 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 :
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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
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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
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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
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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
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