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o o o Q 1' f TORNAD-SCfi. pHcer leletad aiarches the wreck age of her 9e?&s&&t& nomt i Colfax, Wis., after a tor nado swept tiovfc Diina County, causing extensive property damtft t&l aLUh 23 parsons, among them I Mrs. Felstad'e JtoiJiaA. Wat vutvmtd car behind tree. PHOENIX Visit in Klamatf) Falls BY LILLIAN JtWISHT Phoenix Mrs. Clifford Schleigh and daughter, Rose mary, left Sunday to spend several days in Klamath Falls with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. andjIrs. Don Blank enship, who are the new par ents of a baby son born May 23. The baby has been namedJ Kenneth W. Mrs. Schleigh was in Klam ath Falls th week of the bevy's birth, returned for the graduation of her son, Lester, May 27, and went haSk. Mrs. Blanken3ii is the far mer Leona Schleih and she and her husband Jofch attend ed PhoeniS &t&9 gnd hih schorrfj. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. &. A. Blan kenship ho li on Colver rd. Mis Carols Anderson, daughter of MrPand Mrs. Ed ward Anderson of Carpenter Hill rd., left Sunday for New York City, where she will visit her uncle and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson. Miss Anderson graduated this year from Phoenix High .school. Charles is attending Colum bia University. On her way Iiss Anderson stopped in Omaha, Nebr., to attend the Ggraduation of t girl friend. She will be gone for several tts. Mr. nS9fti &ofc Jurry re turned ftoie St from ViUpw le ftre tht sjjtnt a fNonth ftifiir. Shty re port fishing good most of the time, both in the late and the near-by streams. While there, among the rel atives afid friends who visited them' were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kyker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Furry, Mr. and Mrs. George Bourne, Mr. and MrsArchie Ferns, Bert Stan cliff, Gary Denzer and "Pap py" Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Steele and family of North Bend were Memorial day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Osa "Waggoner and family and they all spent the day at Emigrant lake. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Camp bell and family recently moved into a home t 311 Second st., Ashland. Camp bell is a nephew of Mrs. Osa Waggoner. . o The Thimble club met in the heme of Mrs. Chester Parker Friday with 18 mem bers present. A covered dish luncheon was served with Mrs. Harlon Glasscocft assist ing. Plans were discussed for the booth, a dart game, for . the festival. Mrs. Jewell Parr and Mrs. Dorothy Thompson - are in charge. 0 Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wal lace and family went to Cot tage Grove list week end to visit Mr. and Mrs. Carl Raymond, brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. Wallace. They also went to Eugene, where $fcey visited sir; and Mrs. Wil ' Ham Wells, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Wallace, and Mrs. Edna Raymond, mother of Mrs. Wallace. Kirs. Ray mciid carafe home ith them ta spend several ey From Cutn he J vent to No2h Bnf, fcere thy vis ited Ir. Wtl Mddie Steele sri ?oiv. Jtt f eiiect girls, Lih9o 8""a, tved to v& at the Sceeie .fcoma for title irtecutrte committee of ) &.e WonwC'e Association of Qgtjitet Fretftfterian church erjSi sne t atc4j at p.m. in Je tome t Mrs. Walker CaIfU Tio cfffaaiu&m will spon sor eileet tea ursdey at 2 p.if fttft elfurch. . dlrs.lBr.Jmi Caldwell, Mrs. Enid Cst rs. Horace . Root Qiijge tie i05265 nd o , uttay, Jw It, 195S cake and coffee will be served. There will be a short program and the public is invited. Harold Locke returned to Crescent City, Calif., where he is employed at the golf course, after spending the Memorial day weekend at his home. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hanlen, Jr. returned Sunday to their home in Areata, Calif., after spending the Memorial Day weekend witn his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hanlon. Intensity Increased Im Medford Lighting Approximately 73 mercury vapor lamps in downtown Medford have been increased in lighting intensity, .'accord ing to City Manager Robert A. Duff. He explained that the lamps had been changed from 16 lu mina to 20 lumina. A lumen being, a unit of light. ' The nickel-sulfide ores of northern Ontario have be come the largest sources of copper in the British empire and are probably the world's greatest single source of platinum. ; COTTON AND WHITE Now low, low back merry widow by Warner's Chance Seen for Elimination Of Transportation Excise Tax BY A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Despite the general resistance to a broad tax cut from congressional leaders, there appears now to be an outside chance for elim ination of the excise tax on transp orta tion. This would amount to a selective tax cut of 3 per cent for ship pers of cargo by truck, rail a. Robt Smith . or air, ana a decrease of 10 per cent in the total cost of passenger tickets on trains, planes and buses. Nearly half the members of the Senate have teamed up in sponsoring ' an amendment which will be offered to the upcoming bill which extends excise taxes beyond June 30 for another year- All North west senators favor the idea of killing the transportation tax, for they argue that it discrim inates ' against the Pacific Northwest because the longer distances to the great eastern markets mean higher shipping costs and proportionately high er excise taxes. Chief Advocate Sen. George Smathers (D- Fla.), chief advocate of drop ping the tax, pointed out that' a carload of apples shipped from Winchester, Va., to New York city costs $267.83, where as a carload from Yakima, Wash., costs $852.18. The Vir ginia shipper pays a tax of $8.04 on his carload, while the Yakima shipper pays $25.57 tax on his carload. So the applegrower from Washington state not only has a natural, understandable dis advantage, but the federal government compounds the disadvantage for him," said Smathers. "The disadvantage works in reverse when the eastern manufacturers try to ship to the West or the South. No wonder plants seek to re locate. This transportation tax helps to build an unnatural wall between regions, creat ing economic isolation." Constitute Drag The transportation tax was imposed at the outset of World War II "for the purpose of discouraging transportation of persons and of freight; it was to constitute a drag upon the civilian economy, and that is exactly what it is doing," Smathers said. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), discussing the issue the LIGHT ELASTIC ONLY with Smathers in the Senate, pointed out that in Oregon large sawmills own their own trucking fleets, so they avoid the tax on shipments, but the smaller outfits that ship by common carriers must pay the tax. Smathers agreed that it discriminates against the little business. Smathers said a series of "semiethical and semilegal dodges and sharp practices" have come into use to avoid payment of the federal tax. Sometimes drivers of private ly owned trucks, unbeknown to their employer, will take a backhaul of goods which if shipped by common carrier would be taxed. The senator said such things are hard to police, and so the tax 'is en couraging "wholesale law vi olations on an ever greater scale." $468 Million in Tax The U. S. Treasury collected $468 million in transportation taxes the past fiscal year, but Smathers argues that the net gain was only $225 million because businesses can charge it off as deductions in comput ing income taxes. A former economist of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion has predicted that if the tax were discontinued, the Treasury would make a clear gain of about $24 million. He figures that repeal of the tax would enable common carriers GET ON J. the y r VODKA WAGON 1 WITH 0 .swum 10 S 100 Proof, distilled from frail. 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' These investments are an important factor in assessing the state of the nation's eco nomic health. The fact that their curtailment is expected to be sharper than thought earlier tends to darken the recession picture somewhat. The new statistics show, however, that while the de the exciting shapes of . . . captured from the couturier's collections Adaptions of designs purchased from such famous couturiers as "Monsieur X", Guy Laroche, Hubert de Givenchy, Calude Riviere, Pierre Cardin and Kathryn of MonyLandry. The most excit ing fashion news at this time, all in one wonderful fabric "Superbia," a blend of , cotton, bemberg and silk. Twelve wonderful colors from pastels to deep rich tones. 1. The fabulous Trapeze In full swing with very high waist marked by a bow has it's own Tra peze petti-slip, $24.95. 2. An Empire-waisted, high belted' crushed Chemise, $19.95. 3. The wide cowl front of this Chemise comes to a dramatic looped sway back, $19.95. 4. 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The statistics, also showed that the actual drop in such investments in the first three months of this year was at a heavier rate than federal ex perts estimated earlier.- British Slap Curfews Oft Nicosia (UPI) The Brit ish slapped curfewi on most of Cyprus Monday to halt a new outbreak of deadly feud ing between Greek end Turk ish Cypriots. Four Greek Cypriots were mm . Red Fir Slebi Next Winter Big Double Loed 12 er 14 inch Order Early - Be Happy MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone SP 2-2111, Court eVMcAndrewe raris Host of Cyprus killed in rioting touched off by the bombing Saturday night of the Turkish consul ate's information office in Ni cosia. Several persons" were wounded, including two mem bers of the British security forces. ;' 0