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STATE CAPITOL, SALEM (Special Corres
pondence) These line are written in the
press room down in a basement corner o Ore
gon! glistening state capnoi
building. Good luck gave this
scribe an opportunity to look
In on the legislature here in
the opening stages of the 42nd
cession.
Arriving Thursday, we found
the legislature in a period of
uncertain lull. The senate
aSUfj", - presiaency iignt is over, me
I machinery is starting to turn,
U but legislative pattern has
not yet started to take shape.
Whether it will be, as usual, a session of many
bills and protracted deliberation and bickering,
or whether it will take on a rapid wartime
tempo, Is not yet certain. Most legislators seem
to favor the latter course.
Principal topic of discussion, of course, Js
the deadlock that froze the senate for two
days. Readers know all about that, and we
are going to tell something of the personalities
involved.
Senator Steiwer, who won the presidency
after the long struggle, is big, strong-featured,
and bears some resemblance to his cousin, the
late United States Senator Frederick Steiwer,
in his day one of the handsomest men in Wash
ington. Senator Steiwer's voice is good, and he
does a smooth job as presiding officer.
Senator Dorothy Lee, who gave up her fight
for the senate leadership only after she was
given the privilege of sharing in the commit
tee appointments, is slight, intelligent-looking,
with wide-set eyes and a chin that denotes a
strain of stubbornness that has been well dem
onstrated here.
She sits directly in front of Senator Marshall
Cornett of Klamath county and the 17th district,-who,
incidentally, was against her in the
presidency deadlock. A bouquet of roses dec
orates Mrs. Lee's desk, which is otherwise well
covered with books and papers. There is an air
of self-recognized importance about Dorothy
Lee and why not? She is the gal who could
have kept the legislative machinery frozen and
prevented a new governor from taking office for
weeks, if she had wanted to. Looking at her,
you get the idea the senate is there in opera
tion only by her permission.
That Salary Business
THE chief topic of discussion among Klamath
legislators, so far as matters of interest to
the home county are concerned, is the pay of
county officers.
Senator Cornett today received a letter,
signed by members of the county court and
budget committee, recommending a 20 per cent
increase for the pay of all elective county
officers and the justice of the peace of Link
. vUle district. ' "v
Justice of the Peace Joe Mahoney is here.
We ran into him today having lunch at the
Salem Elks' club with the Salem J.P.
. Joe explained he is here not simply to press
for $300 a month instead of his present $200 a
request that started off the salary pay boost talk
but also to work for a flat salary instead of
the fee basis for j.p. pay. That, he said, is more
important. He confirmed what we guessed in
an earlier column that he did not expect to
get the full $300, but set that as a mark with "
the anticipation that he would get less.
Joe pointed out, however, that his $300 pro
posal received the recommendation of the three
citizen members of the budget committee
Alfred Collier, R. C. Woodruff and E. M. Ham
mond. He showed us their names on a paper.
The same names we found on the letter to
Senator Cornett recommending $2880 for the
j.p. The latter recommendation was also signed
by members of the county court.
From the way the legislators talk, some in
crease for Klamath county officers seems cer
tain for inclusion in a legislative bill. It may
be the 20 per cent recommended. It may be
based on 20 per cent of the lowest salary
that of treasurer which would be $35 a month
straight across for all officers. And there is
an inclination to put the increase in for two
years only anticipating an adjustment two
years hence when conditions are more certain.
Salem Transport News
AHEN and If you come to Salem by train,
V V better bring along your tricycle or roller
skates.
L. H. Craver, Klamath's new legislator, and
Mrs. Craver, arrived in the middle of the night
at Salem's S.P. depot last Saturday. There was
nobody around and not a taxicab in sight.
Mr. Craver called a cab company. After wait
ing 20 minutes, he called again and was told
no-promise could be made when a cab would
come.
He called another cab company, and got the
same answer. .'
So he and Mrs. Craver hoofed it to the
Marion hotel, 12 blocks through the capital's
dark and deserted streets. That was his intro
duction to his career as a legislator.
Mr. .Craver, Incidentally, has made an excel
lent first impression here. He is pleasant, frank,
and there is an air of sincerity about him. He
says he wants to give honest and conscientious
service, voting every Issue on his merits and
when ho says it, yoi believe him. .
Mrs. Craver is serv ing as his secretary. Klam
ath's veteran representative, Henry Semon, has
again his veteran secretary Bernice Hector
Coad of Nyssa, former Klamath girl, who knows
Henry so well she calls him "Spud." Senator
Cornett's secretary is Mrs. Kathcrine Bailey,
Salem, who served In that capacity last year.
All of the Klamath legislators are staying
at the Marion hotel.
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Paul Mellon
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 The Russian com
munique writers have such a florid style
they have practically monopolized the top head
lines in the American press
this winter with elated but
confusing accounts of their
great military successes.
The eager manner of their
daily announcements has pre
vented the average American
news reader from getting a
proper evaluation of what they
have done and where they pe
going.
Day after day for a while,
they had 23 nazi divisions sur
rounded and trapped before Stalengrad, then
whittled the figure down to 22 when one
was annihilated and thereafter largely avoided
the matter.
As a matter of recapitulated truth, they have
12 or 14 divisions (about 180,000 nazis) locked
there in an apparently secure trap.
The surrounded Von Hoff German eighth
army, making up this force, dug itself in before
Stalingrad in accordance with German tactics
pursued last winter around Moscow. Von Hoff
figured food and fuel supplies could be flown
to him and hoped that some supplies might
reach him on the ground as his comrades were
near at hand when he started digging.
That hope proved unobtainable when the
reds were able to capture the nearby nazi rail
base at Chernishkovsky and push Von Hoff's
comrades back so far as to leave him no
source of supply except a long one by air.
Hitler has pressed even rickety airplanes into
service to drop food, but the area Von Hoffs
army occupies is barren of forests (unlike the
terrain before Moscow last winter) and affords
no source of fuel in the deadly Russian winter.
Now apparently Von Hoff hopes to hedgehog
it through until spring relief comes, but there
is grave question of his ability to sustain him
self during his hibernation.
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Hitler Wasted Men
THE reds are letting Von Hoff starve while
they drive on southwestward. Their ob
jectives are to chase the nazis completely out
of the Caucasus province, clear Rostov and re
establish a line upon the Donets river in the
Ukraine. This they seem very likely "to do,
It is too much to expect that this winter
campaign can accomplish more than this, and
decisively crush German resistance and bring
peace on that front. In fact, such a decisive
result, , which many Americans have been led
to expect from the
communiques, is no?
doubt beyond their
official objectives. (
They will be satis-;
fied if they can drives:
out or capture the
300,000 nazi soldiers ;
(20 divisions) which f
Hitler has in thef
Caucasus pocket i
south of Rostov.
The real condition ;
on the Russo-German
front is best explain-
ed by the events lead- ?
ing up to the present : '
situation.
Hitler stupidly
wasted men and
weakened himself with
throwing everything he had into an offensive
to capture Stalingrad. His mistake prevented
him from sparing the planes from the front
which would have made his drive for the
Caucasus oil a success. He still foolishly ex
pected to capture Stalingrad as late as mid
November.
Stalin Can Thank Us
THE reds broke his attack there by waiting
until the moment his assault showed signs
of weakening and then throwing an offensive
m upon his flank north of the city. Unexpected
ly, their forces south of the city also were able
to advance until they had a pincer working on
tne nazis irom the north and south.
Within two weeks their swerving counter
attacks proceeded far down the two railroad
lines running west and southwest from the
city. At Salsk on the southwestern railroad
line, they scared the German Caucasus forces
so greatly that the nazis began withdrawing
voluntarily irom their advance mountain posi
tions to the south.
If the reds are able to continue down the
Salsk railroad ,50 miles or so to Tikhoretsk, they
will be able to cut the only railroad line of
supply of all the Hitler Caucasus forces south
of Rostov.
The red attack seems certain to succeed be?
cause Stalin now has technical superiority on
that whole Russian battlefront. He can thank
us for that.
SIDE GLANCES
Jj If fjjj
"I don't blame our diuiKhter for rusliinii her young offi
cer friend home so curly, with nil these good-looking
women around 12.
J. STALIN,
Doing All Right
bad generalship
by
Hitler May Withdraw
HITLER has withdrawn so many planes to
meet us in Africa that the reds now have
superiority in the air. They are also getting
large quantities of equipment from us now.
Because the convoys are protected by the dark
Arctic night on the northern route to Mur
mansk and the southern supply route through
Iran is functioning better.
Some observers say the reds have 3000 plane.
If so, they should keep air superiority no mat
ter what Hitler does.
Indeed, it Is probab'e Hitler will concede the
red- objectives, give up his quest for Caucasus
oil and withdraw to a shorter line west of
Rostov. Then he will be able better to dis
tribute his weakening forces to meet Mr. Roose
velt's threat of Invasion on other European
fronts.
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About Thai Income Tax
Midland mfUie fllew4
SELL CLUB-HOUSE
MERRILL Members of the
Merrill Library club in a special
meeting Wednesday voted unani
mously to sell the building pur
chased in 1940 by the club, and prcted to draw a lurge crowd.
Malin Firemen
Will Ba Hosts
At Annual Ball
MALIN Malin firemen will
be host Saturday night. January
23, at the annual firemen's ball
to be held in the Broadway hall
from 0 to 3. Pappy Gordon's
Hillbillies a til piny and tho
dance, ki In years post. Is ex-
since used as a club hou.te. Un
sealed conditions expected in
the years ahead was the primary
motive for the decision, it was
said.
Jerry Rajmis. James Ottoman
and Clayton Rebcr arc on the
committee to jeo that eviirythliiK
moves on schedule and Klre
Chief Louis Kallnn will be on
A financial report prepured ; hand to welcome tho guests.
CREDIT FOR DEPENDENTS
A taxpayer is entitled to a
credit for each person other than
husband or wife, whether relat
ed to him or not, and whether
living with him or not, who dur
ing the taxable year was depend
ent upon and received his chief
support from the taxpayer, pro
vided the dependent was either
(a) under 18 years of age or (b)
incapable of self-support because
mentally or physically defective.
The credit for dependents is
based upon actual financial de
pendency and not mere legal de
pendency. It is not necessary
that the dependent be related to
the taxpayer, but the taxpayer
must have provided more than
one-half of the support, or there
is no dependency.
The term "mentally or phys
ically defective" includes not
only those who are mentally af
flicted and physically crippled,
but also persons who, by reason
of old ' age or impaired health,
are incapable of self-support.
The state of mental or physical
defect need not be of a perman
ent 'nature, but if it existed for
only a portion of the year, then
the credit for dependent can be
claimed only for that portion of
the year during which the de
pendent was supported by the
taxpayer.
. A person may not acquire a
credit for dependents by reason
of support of a person qualifying
as a dependent if, as a result of
such support, he acquires a head
of family exemption, but may ac
quire a credit for dependents by
reason of additional persons
qualifying as dependents, whom
ne supports, inus, if a person
claims head of family exemp
tion on account of support of an
aged mother or father, incapable
of self-support, or a child, he
would not be entitled to a credit
for such dependent; but if hs
supported more than one such
person he could claim credit for
such additional persons provided
they were under 18 years of
age or incapable of self-support.
Credit for dependents may not
be divided between two persons
filing separate returns, but must
be taken by the one contributing
the chief support. A credit for
dependents may be claimed by
a father who provides the sup
port for his children living with
his divorced wife, if the support
is provided as the result of a
court decree or as the result of
an agreement between husband
and wife.
The credit for a dependent,
allowable to a taxpayer filing
on Form 1040, is $350, and is
proportionate with the number
of months of dependency. Thus,
for a child born on July 1, the
credit allowable would be $175
(for six months), and if a child
became 18 years of age on July
1, the credit allowable would be
$175. One-half a month or less
is not counted as a month; more
than one-half a month is counted
as a month in calculating the
credit.
A credit of $385 for each de
pendent on July 1 of the year is
allowable to a taxpayer using
Simplified Form 1040A.
by Mrs. J. K. Steele. Mrs. E. E.
Kilpatrick, Mrs. H. L. Dalton,
Mrs. A. E. McColtum and Mrs.
M. A. Bowman was read by Mrs.
Dalton. Tho building has been
used by Women of the Moose.
The motion to sell the build
ing, the former Christian Science
church which has been extensive-
Jy remodeled since its purchase,
was made by Mrs. Scott Mc
Kendree and seconded by Mrs.
Frank E. Trotman.
Members present included
Mrs. C. E. Sharp, Mrs. Scutt
McKendree, Mrs. A. J. King.
Mrs. Don Palmer, Mrs. Wheeler,
Mrs. Claud Morclund, Mrs. Lew
is Kandra, Mrs. W. J. Grove,
Mrs. Alonzo HodKcs. Mrs. F. E.
' Trotman, Mrs. Hobert Harry,
Mrs. A. E. McCollum, Mrs. J.
B. Kidwcll.
Mrs. J. R. Blatch, Mrs. Wil-
lard L. Smith, Mrs. Warren
Fruits, Mrs. W. C. Bailey. Mrs.
R. L. Dalton, Mis. Clifford
Shuck. Mrs. H. C. Bradbury
Airs. u. v. Heeves,
One Fertilizer
With Nitrogen
To Be Available
CORVALLIS, Jan. 15 (AP)
Only one kind of fertilizer con
taining chemical nitrogen will
be available to victory garden
ers this year, Art King, soils ex
tension specialist at Oregon State
college, said today. It will be a
3-8-7 formula to be used by any
companuy.
This Is a general fertilizer con
taining nitrogen, phosphorous
and potash in the percentages
of 3, 8 and 7 respectively.
No fertilizer containing chem
ical nitrogen may be used this
year- f lawns, parks or golf
courses, nor may oil meals be
sold for use in fertilizers be
cause it is nedded more for stock
feed.
Courthouse Records
Marriages
DONOVAN - DOWNES. John
J. Donovan, 47, construction su
perintendent. Native of South
Dakota, resident of Newell. Es
ther Barton Downes, 39, nurse.
Native of Virginia, resident of
Newell.
Complaints Filed
Donald S. Partin versus Wan
da G. Partin. Suit for divorce,
charge cruel and inhuman treat
man t. Couple married in Reno,
September, 1839. Plaintiff asks
that defendant have custody of
one minor child. Fred O. Small
attorney for plaintiff.
Faye Bell High versus Robert
N. High. Suit for divorce, charge
cruel and inhuman treatment,
Couple married in Reno, Au
gust, i4z. fiaintm asks re
storation of maiden name, Faye
Bell Durbin. William Kuyken-
dall attorney for plaintiff.
Decrees
James Kelly versus Esther
Florence Kelly. Divorce granted.
Justice Court
David Oakley Linville. No
PUC permit. Fined $10.
Darrel Bradford Allsup. No
muffler. Fined $5.50 or 3 days.
Louis Vernon Spink. Failure
to procure chauffeur's license.
Fined $7 or 3 days.
Harry William Buse. No li
cense plates and sticker. Fined
$5.50.
Yesterday ft
jiji;Ogo:.gndi!,JO.:ye;;agoiii h:
Officers for tho comintt year
will bo elected in the near future.
Lincoln
Mrs. Ray Hliuhaw und son
Duano and Mrs. Hoy Vermillion
and daughter Mary wero shop
ping in Ashland Mondny.
The North Plnehurst school
resumed classes Monday after
the hollduys. Mrs. HuItuiiK Is
teaching in place of Mrs. Fie
guth for the rest of the semester.
Billle Jean McBrlde fell while
GLASSES SLATED
BONANZA Tho Bonanza
school district will benln two
classes In farm machinery ro
palr, one In Uonuuzn Jumuiry
1H, and tho other at the CCC
shops In Lungell Valley Janu
ary 10.
These classes are for tho pur
pose of getting tlin farm machin
ery repaired with tho help of
an experienced machinist as
teacher. Any problems such as
welding can bo dona by the In
structor to save tlmo It 111 farm
er Is Inexperienced,
All parts and materials ir
paid for by the farmers, but
the Khop equipment and Instruc
tion Is free.
Tho Instructor will be Ed Sim
mons, u mcchnnlc in Ilia army
ulr servieo in tho first world
war. and lucul gurago proprietor
of Bonanza.
These classes are In line with
a move by thu government to
sava present farm machinery In
the face of the meugcr supplies
of new equipment avullublo to-
roller skat.ng and fractured her , .i ,0' Riiii Car
From the Klamath Republican
January 8, 1903
Here is an encouraging Item
for O. Short and other potato
growers: A man who was in San
Francisco saw in the markets the
following notice: "For sale,
Southern Oregon potatoes, $1.25
per hundred pounds. Alameda
potatoes, $1 per hundred
pounds." Therefore, all that
Klamath county needs to over
whelm San Francisco with im
mense yearly crops of unequal
led potatoes is a railroad to haul
them to market.
From the Klamath News
January IS, 1933
A proposal to construct a com
mon carrier railroad from Dairy
to Bonanza, and on into timber
country, has been revived by citi
zens of Bonanza.
A controversy developed In
city circles today after the oust
ing of Patrolman Sam Hundley.
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The News editorially today
suggests that Mayor Mahoney
dispense with executive and star
chamber sessions because "It is
an accepted principle In. this
country to transact public busi
ness In public."
ALL OUT FOR WAR
HAM DEN, Conn. (P) Every
day for a year and a half, Mrs.
Clifford Becker used to walk
with her baby daughter past the
High Standard company plant.
The guards used to watch for
her to say hello and the person
nel manager would lean out
his window and wave to the
baby.
Tomorrow the routine will be
broken. The baby will be at a
nursery school. And Mrs. Becker
will be a war worker at the
High Standard company plant.
Cascade
Mrs. L. L. Hall underwent a
major operation in the Good
Samaritan hospital in Portland
She is now convalescing at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Von
Wanlg. Portland.
A. J. Trojan has moved to
Cascade Summit from Wlcopee
and is Southern Pacific operator
here, filling the vacancy left by
Wayne Holt. Holt will move to
Hillsboro.
R. L. Porter has been 111 with
a cold and was unable to per
form his duties as signal main
tainor for the Southern Pacific
company. William Yeogor of
Eugene relieved him.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lovoy ore
spending a few days In Portlond
visiting Mrs. Lavoy's sisters.
Mrs. Bud Lee and Mrs. Elsie
Davies.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark McEwen
are staying at the Gene Lavoy
home while McEwen Is working
here. McEwen is welder for the
Southern Pacific company.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Holt re
turned from Portland where
Holt has been confined to-the
hospital recovering from on ill
ness. They are packing their
household goods preparatory to
moving to Hillsboro.
Word has been received that
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nagcl are
at Moses Lake. Wash. Nagel is
engaged in defense work there.
Isaac Gallegos left here for
Yuma, Ariz., where he will
work.
Abraham Gallegos has been
confined to his home with a cold,
but is now able to work again.
Mrs. Marvin Ugstad and son,
Douglas, are in Portland where
Douglas is receiving medical at
tention, j
arm.
There Is to be a meeting of
the air raid warning servieo
January 20 at the North Pine
hurst school at 8 oclock. The
public is Invited
Hager
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. McKim
mons of Tulelake helped Mrr.
Hurry Loyd on Sunday. She
was engaged In moving tho
household belongings of her late
father, Mr. Auten.
Dave Klein sold soma of his
calves last week.
Mrs. Churles Hess was a bus
iness caller in Klamath Falls
Tuesday.
Martin Snyder. Ronald Iterch
berger and Dale Klein visited
Douglas" Kohler Monday evening.
Bonanza
Ethel Dixon, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Dixon of Hen
ley, is now on the leaching staff
of the Bonanza high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Beebo and
daughter Vera Mae of LunKcll
Volley, wero dinner guests on
Sunday at tho home of tho F. W
Brown family.
The Home Extension club met
at the high school Tuesday. Mrs.
Winnlfred Glllen demonstrated
the care of sewing machines ond
tho proper use of attachments.
The Junior and senior girls at
tended in the morning and the
freshman ond sophomore class
attended in the afternoon.
The next meeting will bo at
the homo of Mrs. Benson Dixon.
The subject will be tho prepar
ing and serving of war-time buf
fet meals. It will be held on
February 9, starting at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Schmor and Mrs. Barnum
were appointed to take tho meet
ing in March.
A sparkplug has been devel
oped that is resistant to tho do
structlvcness of the lead in avia
tion gasoline. The insulator Is
second in hardness only to the
diamond.
others, agricultural Instructor of
thu llciiiiinzn high school.
Tulelake
Young people of the Tulelako
Community I'resbyteriun church
sponsored a chill luncheon lit
the church annex Thursday noon
for the purpose of starting
traveling fund for attendance,
next spring at thu statu Christian
Kmlcuvur convention to l)c held
in Salem. Mothers of tho hosts
prepared tho luncheon, which
was attended by about 00 guests,
principally faculty and students
of the high school.
A "sweetheart party" Is plan
ned for February 2 by tho Tulo
lake chapter. Order of tho East
ern Star, for husbands and
few other guests, tho party to
get a good start with a 0:30 no
host dinner In the annex of tho
Presbyterian church. An In
formal program is planned for
the evening.
Tho social club of tho order
mejjts January 20 In tho annex
for a 1:30 dessert luncheon wltn
Mrs. Otis Roper and Mrs. A. A.
Kodenbcrgcr, hostesses.
Malin
Kenneth Harkness, superin
tendent of schools at the WRA
project ot Newell and for sev
eral years a Methodist mission
ary in Africa, will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the
Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian
church. The session will ba
called at 2:30. Tho speaker will
illustrate his talk with un exhibit
of curios brought back from
Africa. Anyone interested Is
cordially Invited lo attend.
Mrs. Mervyne Wildo left Tues
day for Luboc. Tex., whero she '
will spend several weeks with
her husband, former Malin resi
dent now training In the army
air corps. Wilde, who took pre
liminary training In Klamath
Falls, is now a member of tho
gilder division and recently has
been elevated to tho rank of
staff sergeant. Mrs. Wlldo will
return to Malin, probably In
March.
Phone The Herald and News,
3124, to place a classified ad.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS..
WWW,
" JurlRe, would you mind tellin Charlie here
what you told me the other night walkm'
home Irom lodge. I can't word it just the
way you did."
"Sure thine, Tim. Here's what I told him,
Charlie. There's no such thing as votin' a
nation, a state, a county, or even a com
munity dry. We had prool enough ol that
during our 13 years of prohibition. What ,
you really vote lor is whether liquor is going
to be sold totally or i7esny...whothcr the
community is going to get needed taxes lor
schools, hospitals, and the like, or whether
this money is going to go to gangsters and
bootleggers. That's the answer, boys...
simple as A-B-C."
tcnlrtaa Akctclu ,.( Uuduj. Im.