jgSHT MEPrORD (ORgQOm MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, Much I, 1935
Senate Alcoholic Control Committee Keady To Put First Witness Under Oath
Bill To Protect Portland Port
Considered bv Taxation Grouo
Salem (U.R) A bill aimed
at protecting Portland's compet
itive position among the Pacific
Coast ports today was ready for
action in the House.
The House Taxation commit
tee gave its approval to a mea
sure that would exempt from
taxation the real and personal
property owned by dock com
missions or ports for lease or
rent. The property, to be elig
ible for the exemption, must be
used for berthing vessels, or for
loading, handling or storing car
goes. If approved, the bill would
strengthen Fcrtlaid's position in
its program 5 building port fa
cilities that rate with the finest
in the Northwest. Its sponsors,
Rep. Pat Dooley end Sen. Jo
seph Carson both Portland Dem
ocrats, believed it would en
courage private firms to un
dertake leases on the port's fac
ilities. The Taxation comr-l'tee yes
terday tabled a bill iritrjduced
by Rep. Katherine Musa (D-The
Dalles) that would have levied
a gross revenue tax on gas dis
tribution companies, light and
power companies, telegraph
and telephone companies. A
tax commission proposal to
place a gross earnings tax on
mutual or cooperative distribu
tion systems also was killed by
the committee.
Representatives of electric co-. proposed tax would put a $750,-
operatives filled the committee
room yesterday to oppose what
they said was a tax beyond their
ability to pay. They pointed out
that electric cooperatives organ
ized under the federal rural el
ectrification administration were
already deeply in debt to the
federal government and that
they operated on narrow mar
gins. Spokesmen for private utilit
ies in the state said they con
sidered the Musa bill a "selec
tive sales tax" levied against a
type of private industry unable
to pass the tax along to its cus
tomers. Francis Hill of Portland
Gas and Coke and of Pacific
Power and Light company, said
the firms would be forced to
absorb the tax until it could
get the approval of the Public
Utilities Commission for a rate
increase. He indicated that im
postion of the tax would prob
ably result n a request by the
private companies fpr higher
rates.
Waldemar Seton of Portland
General Electric objected to
what he called the , discrimina
tory features of the Husa bill.
He said his firm was already
paying more than 24 cents out
of every revenue, dollar in tax
es. Bruce Pickett, of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph, said the
000 additional burden on tele
phone users in the state. The
Grange also opposed the bill.
Mrs. Musa said she believed
the state should end the exemp
tion of the electric utilities that
she said enjoyed advantages
other industries did not have.
She said the private utilities
provided free movies to children
in her community and, did not
appear to be in financial dis
tress. Two Bills Scheduled
The committee today was sla
ted to consider two bills deal
ing with the exemption from
certain forms of taxes now en
joyed by charitable and scien
tific institutions, as well as col
leges, churches and hospitals.
Principal hearing set for to
night is one before the Senate
Education committee on the ed
ucational television proposal.
The Senate committee on al
coholic traffic headed by Sen.
John P. Hounsell (R-Hood Riv
er) planned to put its first wit
ness under oath at the hearing
today. Gene Rossman, of Port
land, secretary of the Oregon
Licensed Beverage association,
was to be questioned about a
brief he filed with the commit
tee when it was studying a bill
for a three-man f nlltime com
mission or a one-man paid com
missioner. . , . i
SA11IBDAY
Don't Miss the
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Airadl WDiote Elephant SaDe!
YMCA GYM 6 522 W. SIXTH ST.
To raise money for needed equipment, including wrestling mats, a trampoline, parallel
bars, swinging rings, a spring board, basketballs, a diving board for the swimming pool,
and to repair pool tables. i
Plaint SaDe Starts 9 a.m.
Kmrnmage Sale Starts
9 a.m. - AuctSon 1 p.m.
Till 5:m.-Begins '
Again at 7 p.m.
ITEMS AT THE YMCA AUCTIOIl---
Portlander First
To Be Sworn in
For Testimony
Salem (U.R) The Senate
Committee on Alcoholic Con
trol planned to put its' first
witness under oath today about
a brief he submitted complain
ing that liquor outlets have
trouble with administration of
the liquor laws under an unpaid
liquor commission.
Sen. John P. Hounsell (R
Hood River), chairman of the
committee, said that from here
on through the rest of the ses
rion, each witness appearing be
fore his committee will be
placed "under oath. It is the first
time that old-timers here can
remember ' that the procedure
was used by a committee of the
Oregon legislature.
Rossman Under Oath
Gene Rossman of Portland,
executive secretary of the Ore
gon Licensed Beverage Associa
tion, was to be placed . under
oath at a meeting of the com
mittee and questioned about a
brief he recently submitted in
support of a three-man paid
liquor commission or one-man
paid liquor commissioner.
Bill proposing both the one
man and three-man paid com
missions have been tabled by
the committee which means they
are dead for this session. But
Sen. Hounsell said committee
members wanted ta question
Rossman about charges he made
in his brief that OLCC inspec
tors had sold gadgets at high
prices to operators of liquor out
lets, and when complaints were
made to the governor and his
present unpaid liquor commis
sion, nothing was done about
them.,
Sen. Hounsell said that, as a
matter of fairness to all .wit
nesses, each would testify before
his committee under oath for
the remainder of the session.
Pets
Sporting goods
Farm implements
Clothes for the rummage
Cakes, a pie and preserves "
Plants for the garden sale
Toys
Furniture
Musical instruments v
Hay
Tools
Pictures
Bric-a-brac
Building materials
Kitchen ware
Hardware
Yard tools
Anything we can auction!
Published in Cooperation
Meals from the best
restaurants in town
ISO feet of Down Spout
and Gutter (new)
Lumber Dimension
and Sheeting
Wrist Watches
(all working)
Trees and Shrubs of all
kinds
Gasoline and Lube Jobs
from many stations
Many services from lawn
mowing to caddying
Buffalo calf
Haircuts
Furniture
Baby chicks
Jewelry
Gold Fisb
Baled straw
Cutlery
Tools
Paint .
Truck and car tires
Washing machines
Baby steer
Farm equipment
Sporting goods
Rummage clothing ,
Light fixtures
Table silverware
Dressed fryers
; Plumbing fixtures ,
A thousand other bargains-
all sold at auction!
With the Medford YMCA by The Medford Mail Tribune
Thomas, Disney
Each Receive Two
Television Awards
Hollywood U.R) Comedian
Danny Thomas and producer
Walt Disney, a newcomer to
television, won double Emmy
awards last night at the seventh
annual presentation of the Tele
vision Academy trophies.
A surprised Thomas, whoop
ing "who, me?" was called to
the stage of the Moulin Rouge
restaurant in Hollywood to be
handed a gold statuette as the
best series actor on the home
screens for 1954.
He got another Emmy, for the
best comedy series award,
Make Room For Daddy."
'Disneyland' Wins
Disney, already holder of 22
movie Oscars, added an Emmy
for "Disneyland" as the best va
riety show. "Operation Under
sea," one of the Disneyland
shows, also won an Emmy for
the best individual program of
the year.
Loretta Young was honored
as best series actress for her
dramatic program. t
George Gobel, a new star to
the TV screens, shyly clutched
his Emmy and said nothing
when he was honored as the
most outstanding new personal
ity.. 'Single' Awards
The best "single performance"
awards went to Robert Cum
mings for "Twelve Angry Men"
on Studio One" and Judith An
derson for "Macbeth" on the
"Hallmark" program.
Other awards included:
Best sports program: "Gillette
Cavalcade of Sports."
Best children's program:
"Lassie."
Best news commentator: John
Daly.
Best male singer: Perry Como.
Best female singer: Dinah
Shore.
Best mystery or Intrigue se
ries: "Dragnet."..
Best dramatic series: "United
States Steel Hour."
County Disease List
At High tor Year
The number of communicable
diseases reported in the county
health department rose to 69
last week, the highest number in
almost a year.
Chicken pox led in the num
ber of cases last week, as it has
d urine a number of weeks nast.
There were 32 cases, 28 of them
in Medford, 3 in Talent and 1
in Ashland. , ,. . .
Other cases listed - included
nine of pneumonia, eight of
measles, three of german mea
sles, one of infectious heDtatis.
four of influenza, three of strep
throat, : three of mononucleosis,
two of whooping cough and four
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