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SIDE GLANCES
Don't Let It Worry You
jr0N!T let it worry you if it occurs to you that enemies
of our country may get some enjoyment out of pub
lie discussion of our national problems in wartime.
This is still a democratic country, and in a democracy
popular discussion of public policy is an essentinl function,
If we are fighting to keep this country a democracy, we
should not suspend this important democratic process.
Take, for instance, the question of cargo airplane
manufacture. This is a topic of nationwide discussion at
the present time. Everyone who wants to is having his
say about it, and those who speak from authority or ex
perience are widely quoted. The same goes for labor
issues, war production problems, and even war strategy,
The Japs, the Gentians and the Italians may attempt
to make something out or all this, at least for propaganda
purposes at home. They may claim that it shows disunity
or even non-support of the war effort. Let them talk. So
long as we give away no military secrets, we can go ahead
and discuss these questions without giving our enemies
any real help. It is, in fact, a display of our national
strength when we show that we are not afraid of the
public opinion of our own people which is more than
can be said of the leadership of certain other countries.
Wartime Decisions Difficult
THE experience Klamath Falls has had with its fire
equipment problem presents an interesting paradox.
Last spring, we voted a substantial levy upon our
selves to provide more adequate fire fighting apparatus,
and the principal reason this levy was supported and car
ried was that this is wartime and the additional protection
is needed in wartime.
Now, we learn, because it is wartime, we are unable
to get the equipment for which the levy was voted. .There
is a bare possibility this ruling may be changed, and an
effort in that direction will be made. But it probably will
hold until the war production people know more cer
tainly where we. stand oh the essential materials that go
Into the manufacture of fire-fighting equipment.
When the levy was voted last spring, there had been
assurances that equipment for fire-fighting would be
available.
This experience shows us how quickly conditions can
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News
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"Does your mother think we're going to Ret married? Slia
was in here yesterday, asking me a lot of questions about
my parents l"
change in wartime, and how difficult it is in such a period
to make long-range decisions.
That is a matter to be considered in connection with
the proposed new city charter. We wonder if this is the
time for an undertaking that should receive thorough
public consideration and discussion, with the decisions
to be made committing the community for many years
to come.
Last spring's primary election voting was so light that
it was apparent the public is not willing to give much at
tention to issues separate from the war at this time. If
people are not interested in the election of public offi
cials, they would be still less interested in a matter in
which the human element is entirely lacking. It appears
unlikely that proper public attention could be whipped
up for a thorough consideration of a new city charter.
1 he charter is something that could wait for public
decision in a more settled period.
Clark Gable's Enlisting
Today As a Buck Private
Special
i
I. I.
Stewart
Demonstration
Mr. Ircsl I. Stewart
Factory Representative
for
CANTILEVER
and
Ground Gripper
Shoe
will be In our (tore for consultation and to dis
play the complete line of ORTHOPEDIC and
dress footwear, including styles for Fall.
HERE 2 DAYS ONLY
Friday and Saturday,
August 14-15
Mr. Stewart, shoe fitting ex
pert, will orthograph your feet
and analyze your shoe prob
lems free of charge.
See the many different styles
of these famous shoes. All
sizes and widths, with high,
medium and low heels, smart
er than ever.
Steve Brodie, Store Mgr.
Stove Brodie, formerly a shoe man of Klamath Falls, who
for the last several months has been in San Francisco
taking special training in fitting corrective shoes, is as
sisting Mr. Stewart in his demonstration. Mr. Brodie has
also taken over the management of the Stewart-Smith
Shoe Store and is conducting a re-organization sale of fine
shoes at greatly reduced prices.
STEWART SMITH
SHOE STORE
, 627 Main St.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (VP)
Clark Gable, swashbuckling film
adventurer who is giving up one
of the top salaries in Hollywood
to become a buck private in the
army air force, will receive
three-months' basic training at
Miami, Fla., and then make ap
plication for officers training
school.
This was announced today by
Major James F. Brower, execu
tive officer for army recruiting
in southern California. Gable's
enlistment at a strictly private
ceremony was scheduled for 2
p. m. (PWT).
"Even movie stars will be
barred," Major Brower said.
"We don't want any ladies cut
ting buttons off his coat."
Gable will leave immediately
by train for Florida.
"He said he doesn't want to
sell bonds or pour pink tea for
society ladies," Major Brower
said. "He told me he wants to
be a regular soldier, that he
wants to see action."
Gable, himself, elected to re
main out of sight and out of
touch with even his Intimates in
the movie capital. Repeated in
quiries at his home brought eith
er no response or the voice of
a purported servant some
thought it was Gable in person
with the information that "Mr.
Gable isn't at home."
The recruiting officer explain
ed this. He recalled the time
when another screen idol, Jimmy
Stewart, enlisted several months
ago.
"We darned near had to put
an armed guard around Jimmy.
We don't want a thousand
women cutting buttons or hair
off Gable," said the officer.
"He wants to be an aerial
gunner," said the officer. "He
told me he doesn't care what
type of plane he's in, or what
gunner's spot he draws."
Gable is a crack shot. He
and his wife, the late Carole
Lombard, killed in an airplane
crash last February, used to
spend Sundays at a skeet shoot
ing range. Both became excel
lent marksmen, and Gable has
long been a devotee of game
shooting with all types of firearms.
Melvin Conley
Dies of Burns
From Car Explosion
Melvin Everett Conley. 18,
died Monday afternoon in the
base hospital at the war reloca
tion project at Newell, Calif.,
from burns received when he
was priming the carburetor on
a balking automobile.
Conley, resident of Langell
valley, was driving south on the
highway with a companion when
trouble developed just below
Newell. He was working on
the car when an explosion oc-
curred and he received second
and third degree burns.
The young man was rushed to
the project hospital nearby and
died there Monday.
He was a native of Lorella
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
E. Conley of Langell valley. He
was on his way to Pittville,
Calif., where he has been work
ing, when the accident occurred,
Radio
Day by Day
(Pacific War Time)
NEW YORK,, Aug. 12 (Wide
World) i That' good old tear
jcrker, "Ten Nights In a Bar
Room," first presented in 1858,
will be dusted off for the Tent
Show over NBC Friday at 7:30
p. m. Nannette Sargent will
sing "Father, Dear Father,
tome Home With Me Now."
Programs tonight (Wednes
day): MBS 8:15, propaganda
analysis.
What to expect tomorrow
(Thursday): MBS 7:00, boxing,
Bobby Ruffin vs. Bob Mont
gomery.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 Sen
atorlul courtesy prevented
ilio (inanco committeemen from
saying openly what lluv think
of the housu tax bill, but be
hind their hands they do not st-e
"how a bill so filled with dis
astrous mistakes could huvo been
pussod" by the other branch of
comircss.
The corporation tax rate was
fixed by the house nt 45 per cent
of net income and 90 per cent
ot excess profits, so offhand any
oue would figure that business
would be able to earn at least
half of what it earned In ore.
war days. Apparently that was
what the house thought.
But when tho senate commit
tee started prowling back Into
the complicated new admlnlstra
live restrictions on interest pay
merits, altered allowances for
debt retirement, and provisions
forcing business to abandon Its
fiscal year system, it discovered
the bill would throw a lot of
businesses into the unprofitable
class.
For instance, the Gllddcn com
puny, o( Cleveland, Ohio, (mok
ing cuprous oxide for shiubuilil.
ing and paints) showed that Ha
profit margin had been cut so
much by taxes and prico cellinus
that a change in its fiscal year
oooKKcepmg system to tho cal
endar year, would leave It
.3498,674 short of being able to
meet Its taxes this year.
In other words, it has planned
ior us taxes on a liscol year
Dasis, and thus has made insuf
ficient provisions to pay its taxes
under the house scheme.
Tho Rome Cable corporation.
ot Home, imcw York, a rapidly-
growing new business ma kin i:
cables vllal to war communica
tions, submitted figures indicat
ing it would not be able to mako
expansions demanded by the
army and pay taxes, although it
was grossing more money than
ever before. Its sales for the
second quarter this year were
at the same level as last year.
but operating costs had increas
ed 20 per cent and sales prices
nave been pegged by the Hend
erson price ceiling.
These economic factors with
out taxes, would force Rome's
earning rate down from 3.9 per
cenr, 10 z.i per cent (about half),
and prevent it from paying its
dividend to 15 cents a share and
expansion required for wartime
operation.
The Utah Power and Light
company presented Its books,
estimating its taxable income
for this year at $3,198,872, its
normal tax at $1,000,289, Its ex
cess profits tax at $963,576, al
lowing only $1,225,000 to meet
its legally required preferred
stock dividends of $1,704,000.
Its indicated deficiency . was
$481,000. (Businessmen rarelv
have produced their books before
at tax hearings, but there was no
hesitancy this time.)
Any concern with large In
creased sales and cost, heavv
debts, or a1 fiscal year ending
around June or July, would be
in somewhat the same circum
stances, and there are thousands
such. It Is therefore a foregone
conclusion that the senate com
mittee will considerably alter the
complicated technical admin
istrative features of the house
bill, and may even trim the cor
poration rates somewhat.
While it Is never politically
desirable for a congressman to
think of aiding a corporation,
especially in a campaign year,
this tax program Is obviously
nearing the ceiling under which
a capitalistic system can be main
tained.
The rates and restrictions are
reaching the point where cv"""
one, liberal and conservative
alike, can see the problem is to
get Just as much revenue as pes
slblo out of business without
killing it,
'i'lni tux program must be ad
justed to a non-politU-ul hulr lluo,
which will Just buruly maintain
business Incentive for efficient
operation, and keep our produc
tion going ut tha wurtlma cupn
city required.
The question no longur Is
"soaking the rich" who ure ul
ready thoroughly soaked, but to
keep business production going,
especially small debt-ridden bus
iness. The coining senate changes In
the bill, of course, will prevent
tho treasury from getting ns
much revenue as it wants. But
thero Is little likelihood that
treasury' needs can be fully sat
isfied In tuty uvt-ni, because tuo
only known way to supply the
deficiency would bo n general
sales lax and not even tho
treasury wants that. Apparent
ly It would rather bo dedelent
than have such a tux, 1
N. Y. POLITICS
Senator Mead told friends In
tho senate barber shop (utu! ac
cording to tradition a senator Is
always supposed to tell tho truth
in tho barber shop) ho expected
to win a very narrow majority
of delegates in today's guberna
torial primary. However, most
authorities expect that both Jim
Farley and Mead will claim a
majority and no one may bo sure
of the outeomo until tho state
convention, August lBlh.
The New York statu system
permits deli-gules to bo elected
Without ottlclully pledging them
selves to any candidate, a con
dition which might possibly
favor tho administration If the
backstage bidding (or theso dele
gates runs high near convention
time.
On ono point both sides were
agreed. Tho Immediate question i
oi Whether the White House can
didate (Mead) or Farley's (Hen-
new should run for governor
becamo secondary in the scram
ble to control tho New York or
ganization.
In simpler words. If Farlev
wins, Mr. Roosevelt will not
have tho backing of his home
state for himself or o designco
in 1944.
JFL OPPOSES
E III
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (flt
Tho American Federation of
Labor notified congress today it
was opposed to u limitation of
net Ineomen to $25,000 unnuully,
us proposed by Presldont Hoosu
veil und supported by u spokes
man for the Congress of Indus
trial Organization.
Raymond G. Crunch ot thu
Washington research staff of tho
Al-'L told thu seiuite (Inanco com
mittee his organization rcallieil
Unit ninny Independent business , '' , .
linn would iiihi it necessary to I '"''"'ho, to .
restrict their activities, reduce
their wuf work and decrease
their employment of labor un
der such a limitation.
Tho chamber of commerce of
tho United States presented testi
mony in fnvor of a flat 10 per
cont retail sales tux and a five
per cent withholding tax.
Crunch said tho AFL approved
thu levying of high taxes to win
the war "but can sea no Justice
In arbitrary wugo freezing, cith
er for the worker or for the
employers."
'ihe AFL representative op
posed suggestions for nn "excess
profits" iux on Increased In
dividual incomes and urged post
war rebates for corporations
paying over 75 per cent of totul
net Incoino In taxes.
Opposing other puyroll tux de
ductions Crunch suld the AFL
believed soclul security levies
could bo Increased, llu urued
that Individuals bo permitted to
take deduct Ions from Income
tuxes for medlcul euro and thu
payment of life Insuranco prem
iums. Crunch expressed opposi
tion to a general sales tax.
Ulamtiih'H
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From the Kltmsth Republican
Augutt 14, 1302
Tho Republican today carries
an editorial entitled "The Evil
of Long Sermons," Quoting,
from thu liiuil paragraph: "Why
does Hit) ministry not descent
from tho ethereal to the ter
restrial. Instead of theorizing
about Life's flnul dcnounient,
would It not bu wise, practical,
Hilly, tu teach the
living how to live, how to be
honest with their follows and
still bo successful; how to be
cleanly, healthy, contented und
useful? If thu great gospel pow
er cannot deal with men and
make thrm better, It Is a failure,
If our preachers purslst in cov
ering up tho reul spirit of Its
touching, they ure fuiluros and
u great detriment to humanity,"
Henry Stout and family of
Lost Hlver passed through town
today on their way to Luko o' the
Woods for an outing.
WAR QUIZ
1. Medal shown, a five-oolntcd
gold star clasped to a gold an
chor. Is awarded by Congress
and Is tho high
est honor given
to Navy men.
Ribbon Is blue
with white
stars. What
medal Is this?
2. Turkey Is
an I m p o rtant
neutral in
World War II.
Name two lead
ing Turkish
cities ono in
Europe, the
other In Asia,
3. If an Amer
ican soldier says ho had to inn
his "head bucket" or "coal scut
tle," what does he mean?
Seattle Draft
Boards Ask Cut
In Present Quota
ANSWERS
TO WAR QUIZ
1. Medal shown Is the Navy
Medal of Honor, awarded to a
man who distinguishes himself
conspicuously by gallantry and
ntrepldity at tho risk of his life
abovo and beyond the call of
duty."
2. Istanbul (formerly Constan
tinople) is the main Turkish city
In Europe, Ankara the leading
city in Asia.
3. He would be referring to
his helmet. American soldiers
abandoned the World War I
name of "tin hat" when Army
adopted new, deeper helmets.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
COEUR D'ALENE, Ida., Aug.
2 (P) Marriage llccnso appli
cations: Alan Pitt and Maxlnc
Waldrop, both Klamath Falls,
Today and Tomorrow
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SEATTLE, Aug. 12 (!)
Eleven Seattle local sclcctlvo
service boards have addressed an
appeal to sclcctlvo servlco of
ficials In Washington for a re
duction In Washington's droft
quotas becauso of the large per
centage of tho population en
gaged in activities vital lo tho
war effort.
The appeal, forwarded to na
tional headquarters with the ap
proval of Col. Walter J. Delong,
stale director of sclcctlvo service,
points out that present quotas
miiko necessary Induction of mar
ried men and men with children
before other states have exhaust
ed their supply of unmarried
men fit for combat duty.
In view of tho expressed In-
tention of iir,lf-ptlA umu I
ficlols to delay induction of mar
ried men until the sunnlv of
single men Is exhausted, the res
olution requests a Washington
state quoto adjustment that will
preclude drafting of married
men until men in the same cate
gory aro being colled in othar
states.
From the Klamsth News
Augutt 12. 1932
A. C. Llstoo became a cancll
riiitu for mayor of Klamath Falls
lociuy. utnrr candidates ura
Grant Hess and Stanley Jonrs,
Rny GUI, stale grange master,
was hero today for a Joint meet.
Ing of the Klamath and Luko
county Pomona granges to be
held at Booth stato park,
Fir Belt Employers,
CIO Reopen Wago
Negotiations
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12 (VP)
Wago negotiations reopened last
night between employers and
CIO lumber workers of tho Ore
gon and Washington fir belt.
William lllckerson, federal
conciliator, called tho meeting
In on attempt to keep tho dis
pute, previously at a stalemate,
from reaching the war labor
board.
The union Is seeking a mln.
Imum pay Increase from 821
cents to 95 cents hourly, effective
sept, I, A. F. Hurtling, union
official, said 33,000 workers
were uffectod.
TWINS, MAYBE
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. P)
A continent and s couple of
oceans may separate Alan and
Lester Earl but whon It comes
to taste they're close as peas in
a pod.
Their mother, Mrs. Lloya
Earl, received picture cards
from both boys In the same
mail, one postmarked from a
southern U. S. camp, the other
(rom a foreign port. The pic
tures wcro Identical.
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