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FCC TO OPEN
PRESS-RADIO
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Br PETER EDSON
' WASHINGTON, July 21
The seven-man federal communi
cations commission, bossed by
anti-monopolist James Lawrence
Fly, has shown an electrician's
penchant this year for sticking
its collective hand Into trans
formers labeled "dangerous,"
and will do a standing broad
jump Into another coil of live
wires.
July 23 it opens hearings to
determine the extent to which
newspapers will be permitted to
own or control radio stations
licensed to operate under the
new FM frequency modula
tion system of broadcasting
and reception which largely
eliminates static, fading and
some of the other nuisances of
the standard methods now in
general use.
FCC has just completed a sur
vey of newspaper participation
in broadcasting. The results
won't be announced until the
hearings get going, but to get
its data, the commission sent
big long questionnaires to the
nearly SOO radio broadcasting
stations now licensed. Instead of
asking newspapers how they
were tied up with, and how they
handled radio and radio news,
the radio . stations were asked
how they were handled by the
newspapers. . . ;
Tea Worries
In brief, what the radio sta
tions were asked specifically,
was: (1) List of all the local and
out-of-town newspapers in the
radio area. (2) Whether news
papers charged radio stations for
printing programs. (3) Relations
between newspaper advertising
and radio advertising depart
ments, including information on
rates charged one medium by
the other for space or time. (4)
Relations' between . newspaper
and radio publicity and promo
tional activities, and how these
are paid for. (5) Full information
on news broadcasts used by the
radio stations. (6) Station
methods of obtaining local news.
(7) How news broadcasts are
edited and sponsored. (8) Name
of every person working for the
radio station who is in -any way
connected with a newspaper, and
what his duties are. (9) Business
connections between radio ' sta
tion and newspaper. (10) Degree
of consultation between radio
station and newspaper manage
ments on matters of policy.
The broad nature of this in
quiry and the detail of the in
formation, requested, down to
the names of individual em
ployes mixed up in both radio
and newspaper, give the-tipoff
to what the FCC is looking for.
What it apparently fears is that
your favorite newspaper or any
other newspaper will get some
kind of nefarious control over
all the methods of news dissem
ination in the community, and
thereby work against the public
interest.
While the commission insists
that its forthcoming hearings are
to be unbiased, and solely with
the view of determining what its
future policies should be in
granting radio station licenses
to newspapers, the fact remains
that its policy in the past has
been to give preference and to
grant radio station licenses to
non newspaper organizations
whenever a newspaper and a
non-newspaper company have
both been applicant's for per
mits in the same territory.
Licenses already granted to
newspaper-owned or controlled
stations are not to be disturbed,
the commission declares, but as
station licenses are granted for
only one-year periods, a change
in policy could mean that as
licenses expired they might not
be renewed.
In the existing field of stand
ard broadcast, the commission
declares that more than a third
of the stations now operating
are identified with newspapers.
It is this third that might be hit
hardest should the FCC embark
on some new policy. In more
than 80 localities, the only radio
outlet is in the control of the
only local newspaper.
Newspapers Will Be There
While the FCC is obtaining its
basic information on the rela
tion between newspaper and
radio station from the broad'
casters, this does not mean that
only the radio men will be rep
resented at the hearings. The
newspaper men will be there
too, particularly those who have
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Costs, But Stay in Income
(EDITOR'S NOTE: litre are Momt parting
sugKtstioiu from Paul Gnr and John
Becklry concluding a tcric of thrw of
their dIW columns for th Special New.
Scrriw "hleh thej hr devoted to botlns
the jump in tlTt&s eosu.)
By PAUL GESNER and JOHN
BECKLEY
NEW YORK, July 21 (The
Special News Service) There's
a question in many minds to
day: In a cycle of rising prices.
should hobbies and amusements
be maintained?
We Dut this question to three
commercial bankers well quali
fied at giving sound financial
advice.
The three also are well quali
fied to speak on hobbies and
amusements. - All have hobbies
and amusements of their own.
Said banker number one: "I
like to play golf. I play twice
a week. It costs me money. But
I like to play golf. If my sal
ary was cut to 525 a week, I'd
move out of my home, maybe.
and : take a furnished room
somewhere, but every week I'd
save a dollar or two out of my
salary to pay the green fee on
some public links. I'd keep on
playing golf."
Said banker numoer iwo: i
like fresh water fishing. It is
an expensive pastime. . If I had
hobbies that were taking dol
lars that I needed for rent and
food, and a rise in the cost of
living made me scrimp, I'd re
duce expenses all along the line.
But Id keep on fishing. A noo
by doesn't have to be expensive
to be fun. Some day I'm going
to try clay modeling. That's
not expensive. And I'll bet it's
entertaining and relaxing."
Banker number three called
in his secretary, scratched his
head, then dictated a few words
to the secretary. She typed the
words on a sheet of paper. He
edited what she had transcribed,
then said. "Here, read this. It
is what I think about hobbies
and amusements . when living
costs are going up."
Here is what he wrote:
"Don't deny yourself and
your family its quota of relaxa
tion and fun. Maintain present
interest in photography, fishing,
golf, motoring, hiking, theatre,
or whatever combination of pas
times you like. Put hobby and
amusement spending, however,
on a rough budget basis to see
exactly what costs are each
month. Try not to exceed pres
ent hobby and amusement out
lay. Later, if rising living costs
demand, reduce the number of
hobbies or replace expensive
ones with inexpensive ones.
Here are some other sugges
tions on living costs:
Installment buying: a rise in
interests in existing stations and
those who have applied for li
censes to operate the new FM
stations. .
One curious sidelight of the
hearings is the fact that while
a majority of the FCC members
have aroused the ire of the news
papers interested in radio station
operation, the commission has
also irked the broadcasters no
end by its anti-monopoly decrees
of last May, intended to make
all stations free agents and per
mit any station to buy any other
station's programs, thus break
ing up the chains.
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living costs pares the purchas
ing power of each dollar in the
pay envelope. If a substantial
portion of these dollars have
been earmarked for payments
of goods contracted for on the
installment plan, and daily liv
ing expenses go up, the fixed
income man faces a tight squeeze
until he has completed his time
payments.
Avoid over-extending of . in
stallment purchases of goods
such as automobiles, refrigera
tors, pianos, furniture,' radios,
and allied items, if you are
pushing along on a .fixed in
come. This is the advice of an
important executive of a de
partment store selling goods to
the people on a time payment
basis.
'The last thing in the world
we want to do is saddle any
body with installment payments
that create financial hardship,
he said.
"If yours is a fixed income,"
he added, "make it a fast and
hard rule that no greater
amount of your. future income
shall be earmarked for install
ment payments than the sura
at present, no matter whether
large or small if meeting pres
ent time payments is difficult."
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' Accounting: another ; lmpor.
tant step in taking the stipg out
of rising living costs, is to con
serve dollars by damming up
pocket leaks.
A study of pocket outgo often
reveals nickels, dimes, quarters
and half-dolors slipping through
xne lingers ior street peauicra, j
novelties, office bets, 5 o'clock j
drinks, pinball games, juke box
music, unnecessary telephone
calls and taxicab fares.
Keep track of all pocket
spending for one week, itemize
outgo to every penny, to ferret
out money leaks for non-essentials.
Final analysis:
The whole secret of beating
rising prices is keeping your
spending within your income,
no matter what means you take.
And don't worry too much
about rising living costs yet.
The administration in Wash
ington insists it is not going to
let living costs get out of hand.
Much can be done to avert or
brake runaway prices if federal
officials keep alert, -watch
trends closely, and handle their
price control powers wisely,
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head of meat animals on Amer
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this number. The remainder in
cluded 54,473,000 sheep and 58,
312,000 hogs.
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REYKJAVIC, Iceland, July 21
(r?) A United States naval offi
cer who has been here a week
is still somewhat flabbergasted
at finding rivers of hot water
and daylight around the clock
in Iceland.
"It's not nearly as cold as the
name (which in Danish actually
means island) of the country
suggests," he said. "Rivers of
hot water astonished us at first
but now we've got used to the
idea of swimming in water
warmer than the air." .
A member of the U. S. occupy
ing force, he summed up these
impressions:
"Thanks to British coopera
tion and thoroughness in their
preparations for us we are much
more comfortable than we ex
pected to be..
"Stores are well stocked with
American and British goods, but
American magazines, cigarettes
and soda fountains are conspicu
ously absent.
"Most of the people seem glad
to see us and since a great many
of them speak some English it
is not at all hard to transact
business. English, American and
Icelandic money circulate to
gether in a cashier's nightmare.
"It's a very pretty country.
I'm surprised the tourist indus
try and steamship lines naven t
made more of it. The steep rug
ged mountains and fjords are
unusually impressive.
(Although northernmost Ice-
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ANNUAL PICNIC
DF TU LELAKE
Invitations to all residents of
the Klamath basin were issued
by the Tulelake chamber of com
merce with plans complete for
the annual picnic at Medicine
lake July 27, when the Tulelake
chamber will be host group to
friends from Klamath in the
north, to points throughout
northern California. The public
was cordially invited.
President Prior announced a
water carnival, Softball, surf
board, water ski performances
and speeches, included in the
day's program.
Roads to Medicine Inko are
said to bo greatly Improved. The
road will be thoroughly checked
by the traffic committee the day
before the picnic,
Arrangement committee mem
bers are R. M. Prior, William
Seigler, John Cortcz, W. A.
Clendcnen, Mrs. Toohlg, E. A.
Davis and A. A. Rodcnbcrger.
Mrs. Nicholas will bo assisted
by a group making plans for the
free lunch to bo served at noon.
The program is scheduled fojf 1
o clock.
Mrs. Frank Payne, author of
"Captain Jack, Modoc Rene
gade," and her husband will be
among prominent guests of the
day. Mrs. Payne, authority on
Indian history of the territory,
will speak during the afternoon.
Vivid pageantry will be supplied
by costuming of committee
heads, a subdivision in charge
of John Cortez.
Dead Man's Coat
Leads to Arrest
PORTLAND, Ore., July 21 (fP)
A few minutes after the body
of Francis T. Erlckson, 55, Port
land, was discovered in a lum
ber yard Saturday, Detective W
J. Nelson arrested James Ward,
55, who was sleeping nearby.
Ward was held for the district
attorney.
The officer said Ward was
wearing Erickson's coat which
he (Ward) declared the dead
man had given him shortly be
fore Erickson got in a fight with
a third man.
Deputy Coroner G. W. Smook
ordered an autopsy. He doubted
that bruises on the body were
serious enough to have caused
death.
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PETE GRUBB GIVEN
Pcto Grubb, f lery-hended
bronco bustin' expert from
Florence, Ariz., and un of the
top performers at Klnmnth
Bucknroo Dnys the past few
years, is the 1041 chnmplon cow
boy of California according to
word received here Monday
from Salinas.
The announcement of point
totnls followed conclusion of the
30th annual California rodeo In
Salinas Sunday. Grubb succoeds
Fritz Truan, Salinas, the 1010
champion.
Grubb suffered painful Injur
les tho last hour of the show
hero July 6. when a horse he
was riding in the professional
bronc class, fell with him in the
center of the arena, completely
rolling over the cowboy.
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Nothing Heroic. Thrilling
In Ferrying British Planes
MONTREAL, July 81 (UP)
Tha reporter thouilht hera was
a chance to writs thrilling
piece about the men who ferry
bombers to Britain, so ho went
up to the four men sitting in
the hangar and plied them with
questions about their hazardous
work.
They would be In England In
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ROSEBURG, Ore., July 21 P)
Attorney Guy Gordon of Rose
burg, legal adviser for the asso
ciation of Oregon Counties, an
nounced Saturday his Intention
of becoming a candidate next
year for tho offlco of congress
man from tho newly-created
fourth congressional district of
Oregon. Gordon returned Thurs
day from two months spent at
Washington, D. C, where he has
been assisting In preparing leg
islation desired by Oregon coun
ties in connection with federal
payments in lieu of taxes on
federally controlled land.
"I fool," Gordon said, "that
my long period of experlenco in
dealing with tho federal govern
ment in matters pertaining to
public lands can bo ot value to
tho state of Oregon. During
many trips to Washington I have
had occasion to work closely
with tho members of the Oregon
delegation. Tho position of con
gressman or senator holds no
glamour for me. I know the
members of congress to be hard
working people. Any man who
goes to congress from this new
district will find plenty of good
hard work, that will call for all
he can learn and all he can do."
Gordon served as county ass
essor of Douglas county for three
years, during which time he was
concerned with the O. and C.
grant land question. He was dis
trict attorney from 1B23 to 102S
and since retirement from that
office has continuously repre
sented Oregon counties In con
nection with public land prob
lems. Ho has spent four months of
the current year In Washington,
and on tho trip from which he
has Just returned worked with
tho attornoy gcnerol in the prep
aration of legislation soon to be
brought before, congress.
Attorney Gordon Is a world
war vctoran and has served as
department commander of the
American Legion.
July 21. 1941
puny flier In Los Angeles, Capt.
Y, of Htirtfurdshlre, England,
who had been a pilot 15 yean
with Imperial Airways, and
Caul. W, of Ontorlo, former fly
ing Instructor, They answered
tho questions, Here they are:
Q. Do you ever see enemy
planes?
A. No.
Q, Ever sea any noil nib
marines or warships?
A, No.
Q. What was the worst dlffU
cully you ever encountered? f .
A. None. I
Q. What If in enemy plan
appeared?
A. There are nice, big, fluffy
clouds to hide in. i
Q. Don't you almost .freeze?
A. I've always been very com
fortable. Q. What do you think about?
A. Flying.
Q. How do you feel on arrival
In England?
A. Hungry.
Q. Do you go out and get
tight?
A. This organization Is no
place for drinking.
They get $300 a trip, with
two trips a month guaranteed,
They resent being called "dnre- '
devils." According to tho Texan,
it Is "pure fiction" that their
Job Is either heroic or thrilling.
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