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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
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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
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to regain about 20 per cent vl
the private carrier business,
with a resulting increase in
income tax payments.
The attitude of the Eisen
hower administration will
probably be the key to the
outcome o f this proposal.
There may be enough strength
in the Senate to pass it, re
gardless of the administra
tion's stand, because the west
ern and southern states, with
two votes each,' will have con
siderable strength. But the
heavily populated eastern
states could block it in the
House if the administration
urged against it.
Food Worker Jobs
Now Available
Applications for the posi
tion, of food service worker
at the Veterans Administra
tion domiciliary will be ac
cepted from - all male appli
cants and from female ap
plicants entitled to veteran
preference, according to Enid
L. Brown, executive secre
tary for the domiciliary board
of civil service examiners.
Civil service examination
for the position was announc
ed last week. Beginning sal
ary is $1.20 per hour. Infor
mation concerning experience
requirements may be obtain
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Industry Plans
For Expansion
Under Estimates
Washington (UPI) Gov
ernment figures showed Mon
day that industry plans to in
vest less in new plants and
equipment this year than was
previously estimated.
' 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
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cline In euch Investments
probably will continue
throughout this year, the rate
of the downturn will slow
and that the sharpest phase
is out of the way.
Statistically, here is the pic
ture: A joint survey by the Com
merce Department and the Se
curities and . Exchange Com
mission conducted in late
April of investment in ' new
plants and equipment was ex
pected to be about $31 billion.
This was four per cent be
low under the rate estimated
three months ago; 17 per cent
below the all-time record out
lay of $36,962,000,000 in 1957.
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.
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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. ;'
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