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Today's Roundup News Behind ihe News
Bt MALCOLM EPLEY
THE Siskiyou county Pomona grange is on
record with a demand for a "legislative in
quiry" ot the conduct of the Tulelake project
. -v of the war relocation author-
'specifically,
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' Vi".:, to the war effort.
2. Favoritism to Japanese
inmates in the use of items
denied American citizens.
3. Laxity in guarding in
mates that misht prove a ca-
EPLEY tastrophe under certain pos
sible conditions.
The Tulelake project has been investigated
and re-investigated. Shortly after charges were
leveled against the administration of the pro
ject by Fred Heilbronner of Klamath Falls,
some months ago, there was a parade of in
vestigators through- here, both military an4
civil.
Results of these Inquiries have not been pub
licized. Locally, Interest in the question seems
to have subsided, and the torrent of gossip
about the project, so much in evidence a few
months ago, has dwindled to a trickle.
But it Is still under fire in some quarters,
as the Siskiyou grange action indicates. Like
wise, in Washington, Senator Wallgren recently
broke out with accusations against administra
tion of the WRA projects and said he favored
placing the army in charge of the evacuees
of ' Japanese descent instead of the civilian
WRA.
Past Due Recounts
ONE phase of local relationships with the
WRA project that has received construc
tive attention recently is the sad state of certain
accounts carried with local businesses.
The WRA let some of these accounts get
months behind, without making payment. At
time when the government was cracking down
on private use of credit, the credit record of
this government agency was going from bad
to worse.,
A case in point is that of one local business
to which the project owes more than Sloop.
This account runs back to June, and every cent
of the bill is past due. This business has re
cently been informed, that an effort will 'be
made to pay up after the first of next month.
The chamber of commerce recently went to
' bat on this question, and has made what ap
pears to be progress. - V- r
Harvey Coverly, new director of the" project,
baa shown honest concern over the situation,
and has told the chamber that he will make
every effort to take care of past due accounts
if the local businesses will write to him about
them. . ."'.-
The chamber of commerce is willing to act
as a clearing house for people who want to
make requests for payment in this manner.
Shocking Incident
ASHOCnJNG local Incident was the case of
the police dog which wandered to a
suburban restaurant with its eyes gouged out.
Here was a fiendish act that bolls the blood.
It is evidence of a sadistic tendency of some
body in these parts which may manifest Itself
again in some such horrible manner.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to trace down
the perpetrator of such an act with convicting
evidence. One cannot prosecute on suspicion.
The public has been helpful with tips and
dues, and anyone with any concrete facts that
might throw light on the case should inform
the state police or the humane society, which,
properly, is interesting itself in this case.
The dog, a male police dog, lacked collar or
license tag. The authorities do not know Its
owner. ; Discovery of the owner might help in
tracing the perpetrator of the offense.
It would be most satisfying to see this fiend
brought to justice.
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Friendly Help
THE city traffic authorities acted wisely, dur
ing the current storm period, in suspending
regular operation of the stop and go traffic
system. Stopping and going Is a pretty tough
business under these conditions, and our ob
servation was that motorists generally used
good judgment in operating their cars without
the controls.
This scribe, for one, wants to testify here and
now to the friendly helpfulness of a lot of
folks he can't identify. His chalnless car was
"stuck" a dozen times on the first night of the
big snow. In each instance passersby helped
with the needed pushing. One taxicab- driver
came through with a push at the strategic
moment when we were in a drift at Ninth
and High streets, and after he had left, another
motorist gave us another boost at the same in
tersection. We are sorry for the trouble we made these
folks, and we deeply appreciate their good
natured efforts in our behalf. We mention
all of this here because we Imagine a lot of
other motorists received similar aid and in
behalf of. all such, we speak out in warm
thanks.
Thursday was an Jnpropitious day to report
that plans for a dehydrator here had been
dropped by a Chicago company. We needed a
lot of dehydrating Thursday.
,
The legislative ways and means committee
says it thinks it's about time to give the tax
payer a break. We're eagerly waiting.
.
Southenders had something . to crow about
today. While we-were struggling with drifts up
here Thursday, there was virtually no snow at
Marrill, Malta and Tulelake.
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MALCOLM EPLEY
Managing Editor
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 About two weeks
ago, local fuel oil rationing officials were
dally announcing plenty of stocks existed in
the hands of local dealers.
'ther Iow or out entirely and
Uiiauio iw man, uviiiciim
coupon holders.
I wrote some of my per
sonal experiences showing I
was unable to get oil and
proving the district officials
were wrong.
Since then the local ration
ing officer, L. P. Steuart, has
been pushed out of office by
Mr. Henderson under rather vague circum
stances. A week ago, It was learned, Mr. Steuart had
been asked to resign, but other local rationing
officials professed to know nothing about it,
and Mr. Steuart kept announcing daily that he
had done nothing wrong and would not resign
until he was forced out. Mr. Henderson ulti
mately obliged him, preferring no charges
and offering no explanation.
The fact behind the matter Is that, at a pri
vate meeting of Washington oil dealers, it was
charged that a local oil company In which Mr.
Steuart is a stockholder had a storage cache
of about 2,000,000 gallons of oil apparently the
largest of any here, when other dealers were
dry. Other dealers claimed the Steuart con
cern was getting oil by the train load when
others could not get it, and that the govern
ment Itself was buying oil from the concern
for its office buildings.
Now this matter has not been aired in public,
but Mr. Steuart says this oil concern which
bears his name, "L. P. Steuart and Bro., Inc.,"
is not his, that he is a minority stockholder,
and the concern is operated by a nephew. He
has not been quoted as saying how much oil it
had on hand but Indicated the amount was
substantial due to "foresight" of his nephew, a
foresight apparently beyond the other dealers
here.
In recent days, the shortage here has been
eased but the rationing boards have not yet
made any effort to issue additional coupons
to those whose homes cannot be kept livable
under allotments.
Evidence of preposterously unfair cuts
throughout the eastern half of the country as
far west as Minnesota and Iowa, are contained
in letters from readers, some of whom are
rationing board officials.
Large Size Cuts
A MARYLAND woman was cut from 1700 to
470 gallons, an amount which was entirely
consumed before she received the coupons.
After days of negotiation, she finally got 300
more to run the entire remainder of the winter.
A Savannah, Georgia, consumer, who had
already used 35 gallons, received an alloca
tion of exactly one gallon.
A Baltimore feed dealer was cut from 3300
gallons consumed last year to 660 this year.
An Ohio boarding house keeper, who has as
tenants a retired policeman who is ill, and a
sick wife and baby, was cut from 2600 gallons
to 1450; a Brooklynlte from 2800 to 1100; a
Hingham, Massachusetts, couple of 75 and 62,
with a bedridden, paralyzed woman aged 80,
was cut 1000 gallons.
And so on through stacks of mall a couple
of feet high, the evidence mounts, the worst
areas apparently being the eastern seaboard
and central states.
Cold Attitude
IN MANY instances, users foolishly failed to
include necessary parts , of their dwellings,
and did not understand what they needed at
first. - .
As is natural in such a vast cemplicated
affair, both the boards and consumers made
many mistakes, and the basic formula was
cruel and inefficient in the first place.
The boards should be ordered publicly by
Mr. Brown to welcome the sufferers In for a
sympathetic hearing. Consumers should be in;
vited to present their difficulties and promised
a fair consideration as promptly as possible,
not to allow unjust increases, but to save hu
man lives and health where needed. Now the
official attitude is cold, inconsiderate and in
humane. Whatever additional oil' from our supply is
needed to correct mistakes and keep the homes
of the country In a livable condition should be
taken from other . non-military sources if ab
solutely necessary.
Consumers' Czar Talked
THE consumer has had too little, if any, rep
resentation In this government. No one
champions his individual rights and interests.
A consumer's counsel in the agriculture de
partment quit in open disgust a week ago. He
found he could do nothing.
. Congressmen are beginning to become aroused
over this fact. Talk in the Truman committee
and the small business investigating committee
is congealing into a demand that a consumer's
czar be appointed somewhere in this govern
ment to champion the cause of the people, to
act as a check on the various government
rationing units, to urge them to consider the
humane side. .'
A campaign along this line will shortly get
underwayj and legislation may be enacted.
All this evidence shows criticism acts as life
blood to keep democracy alive In times of
necessary war restraint. Eternal vigilance la
the price of justice as well as liberty. ' People
who make no claim of their rights will not
have them long.
Only one test can be applied to criticism.
It must be sincere and valid. Only the other
kind should be barred.
SIDE GLANCES
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; "One more hand Hint's always the way nnd ufler thai
; you probably won't have enough money left to buy our
nest pound of coffee 1"
About That
INCOME TO BE REPORTED
In preparing a Federal income
tax return, income from what
ever source, unless specifically
exempt by statute, must be re
ported In the return. The types
of Income specifically exempt
are listed in the instructions ac
companying the return form.
In addition to salaries, wages.
fees and commissions which must
be reported, all bonuses, tips,
prizes and awards, and other
forms of compensation, must be
included. A minister of the gos
pel must report all fees he re
ceives for funerals, for masses,
for baptisms, for marriages, and
for other like services. If a per
son is paid in whole or in part
for his services in anything other
than money, the fair market
value of whatever was received
must be reported as Income. This
applies to the rental value of
quarters furnished an employee
as part of his compensation (with
the exception of the rental value
of parsonages furnished to min
isters of the gospel), board and
lodging furnished as part of an
employee's compensation, where
the board and lodging is not pro
vided primarily for the conven
ience of the employer.
Income must be reported
whether received In hand or not,
if there is "constructive receipt;"
that is, if it has been credited to
the account of, or set apart for,
a taxpayer without any substan
tial limitation or restriction, and
which may be drawn upon by
him at any time. This applies to
interest credited to a.savings ac
count, and subject to withdrawal
during the year, to dividend
checks received during the year,
Four-H News
Chiloquin Busy Beet
Our meeting was called to or
der at 3:40 by our president,
Patricia Barkley. In the absence
of our secretary, Mary Jo Flury,
Mary Ann Robertson acted as
secretary for the meeting. Ma
terial was given out by our lead
er, Marian Doty. We practiced
our club songs and yells. We
are now working on cooked
cereal.
Joan Barnes, news reporter.
Falrhaven Thrifty Cookers
We held our last meeting just
before Christmas we would
have met again since then, but
some of our members were sick,
and we didn't have a meeting.
We had planned' on each one
taking part of a whole dinner
and cooking and eating it at
our leader's house, but our lead
er's son was sick so we are go
ing to do that later. At our last
meeting we made bran muffins,
and they were certainly good.
We made them in the cafeteria
at our school. They were so
good that we ate them all up ex
cept one, and we took that to
our teacher, Mrs. Melton. I
made some of them for the
soldiers who stayed at our house
for Christmas, and they wished
I could cock for the army. We
are certainly having fun In our
meetings, and like them.
Cliff LaForge, news reporter.
Busy Bees of the Home
The first meeting of the Busy
Bees of the Homes of Malin was
called to order by our supervisor,
Mrs. Paygr. 'Our president is
Frankie Phillips, vice president
is June Pitts; secretary-treasurer
Is Loretta Faulkner; news re
porter is Joan Thompson. Mem
bers of our club are Mary Jo
Miller, Eileen O'Connor, Sarah
O'Keeffe, Rosemary Pitts,
Phyllis Rick, Shirley Johnson,
Jery Lou Wilson, Emily Elzner,
and Lola Kamplng. Our meet
ings are held Tuesdays, sixth per
iod of the day. There was talk
i-'-.'yvwx1
WT, err.
Income Tax
whether cashed or not, to inter
est coupons maturing during the
year whether cashed or not (un
less the bond is in default and
no funds arc available to pay
the interest coupons), and the
like.
Interest accumulated, or ac
crued, during the year, on War
Savings Bonds may be treated
by a taxpayer reporting his In
come on the cash basis either as
income during the year, or the
accrual may be deferred until
the maturity of the bonds and re
ported as income then. How
ever, a taxpayer on the cash
basis who elects to report such
income as it accrues must adhere
to that method In all subsequent
returns.
A farmer who trades or ex
changes the produce of his farm
for goods or services must report
as Income the value of the goods
or services received by such
trade or exchange.
Alimony and separate main
tenance payments periodically
received by a wife subsequent to
decree of divorce or of separate
maintenance must be reported
as income.
In the caso of noncommis
sioned military and navy per
sonnel, compensation for mil
itary or naval service,-to the ex
tent of $250 for a single person
and $300 in the case of a mar
ried person or head of family,
received during the year, may be
excluded in reporting , income.
Also the amounts contributed by
the Government to the service
man's "monthly family allow
ance" are in the nature of gifts
by the Government and need
not be included In Income.
of what we were going to do
during the year. The meeting
was then adjourned. We hope
that we will see our news in the
paper soon.
Joan Thompson, news reporter.
Health for Victory
The 8A and C classes of Alta
mont junior high are the mem
bers of a 4-H Health club. There
are 38 girls enrolled. At our
second meeting, we chose the
name for our club, which is,
"The Health for Victory Club."
The officers are: Evelyn'. Long,
president; Evelyn Robinson, vice
president; Louise Henry, secre
tary; Dolores Stelnerson, song
leader; Mary Cox, yell leader;
Uldena McCool, program chair
man; and Shirley Sutton, news
reporter. Mrs. Frances Koertje
is our leader.
This was not a regular meet
ing, but we received our books
and filled them up to date. Our
leader explained the things we
are to do in the club. We also
received the 4-H posters to put
up at home. A short program
consisting of songs and reading
followed. Our song leader,
Dolores, led us in the 4-H pledge.
We then sang "God Bless Amer
ica." Our news reporter was
absent so Gloria Mayfleld took
her place for this meeting.
Gloria Ann Mayfleld,
news reporter.
OR WHAT HAVE YOU?
FORT WORTH, Tex. UP)
The man waved a bottle and
handed Morris plan bank em
ployes this note:
"This bottle contains nitro
glycerine. I don't care whether
I live or die. Give jne $1000.
I'm desperate."
"1 don't have $1,000," said
Mrs. W 0 o d r 0 w Atkinson, a
teller.
"Then gimme what you got."
She shoved out a handful of
bills. He grabbed them and
fled.
A checkup showed the loot
totaled $3135.
A full moon Is a shining ex
ample of what makes people
lovesick.
Klrttfjll
From lh lilei V; 40 yior
: irogo,..Bnd(;10 rM,9l;ijj!!
From th Klamath Ropubllcan
January 22. 1903
J. A. Mclntire, manager of
the Aslilund-Klnmnth Falls stage
line, was here this week and in
formed u ho had made arraniie
ments with tho Klanmth Lake
Railroad company to build a
stage and livery barn about two
and one-hnlf miles cast of Pokeg
amo. The company plans to rim
the railroad that for and will
have trains running regularly In
about 60 days. This will reduce
tho journey from Klnmuth Foils
to rollway connection one-half.
Thus, in a short time, Klamnth
Foils will be rescued from lis
long Isolation.
From the Klamath News
January 22, 1933
Sheriff Low said today there
ore only 14 persons In the coun
ty jail now, a now low for four
years.
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A large number of unemploy
ed people held a meeting In the
circuit court room Inst night for
tho purpose of forming on or
ganization for nui tti u I benefit
LOVE SLAYER DIES
inn
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Jnn.
22 (,P) Lcsllo Belo Glcth, 30,
died in tho prison gas chamber
today, an enigmatic sentimental
ist, who slew a girl he loved and
then lived with her memory. He
hod been a prosperous and highly-regarded
businessman of Glen
dale. Last July he shot to death
beautiful 21-yenr-old Dorena
Hammer as she slept in a bed in
a motor court they were occupy
ing at San Leandro. The slay
ing, tho wealthy Jeweler sold,
was "on the anniversary of our
love."
He resented any move In his
behalf for clemency, and today
he was Impatient for death.
Those last with him said they
were sure he believed that at
the moment of death he and
Miss Hammer would meet
again.
Women Take Over
Engineering Jobs
And Do It Well
PORTLAND, Jan. 22 VP)
Three men's Jobs on the US en
gineers' Columbia river survey
boat Bonneville are being filled
and adequately by young
women.
Every bit as capable as the
men they succeeded, said Chief
Survey Engineer F. W. Rodolf
of Nedra McCoy, Barbara Rock
and Luclllo McCallum, who arc
aiding in the preparation of rec
ords used for navigation charts
and guiding dredging operations.
The three Portland women re
ceive men's pny. Miss McCallum
being rated as an assistant en
gineers' aide and the others as
junior aides. ,
Architectural styles may
change from year to year but
the last word in modern homes
still Is the wife's.
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
"Judge, I didn't realize till the other night
when I ran across an article in the paper
what a whale of a lot of industrial alcohol
the government needs for the war.""
" I should say it does, Chet. 1 understand
- the beverage distillers around the country are
. producing about 240,000,000 gallons of indus
trial alcohol this year (or ammunition, tires.
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TO GET
SALEM. Jan. 22 W Sen.
Lew Wallace, Portland demo
crat und chairman ot tho sen
ate Industries committee, wus
on tho warpath tocluy against
stale commissions, particularly
tho industrial accident commis
sion, which hove not yet sub
mitted tho bills to tho lcgls
loturo. Wallace's committee will han
dle the Industrial accident bills.
"We've been hero almost two
weeks," Wallaco sold on tho
Mcniite floor, "und those bills
aren't In yet. These members of
commissions draw lucrative sal
aries, ond thcro's no reason why
they couldn't hovo hud their
bills prepared before the session
started,
"I wont to muko It known
right now that if those industrial
accident bills aren't Introduced
in a reasonable tlmo, they'll get
short shrift from my commit
tee." SALEM, Jon. 22 0V) The
scnulo ugrlculluro committee to
day recommended passage of u
m o m o r I u 1 asking President
Roosevelt und congress to pro.
vldo sufficient labor and ma
chinery to permit farmers to in
crenso production.
SALEM, Jan. 22 (P) Schools
could hold Saturday sessions un
der a bill introduced by tho
house education committee to
day. The sessions could bo held
whenever the state board of
education declares an emergen
cy. Tho committee said tho bill
would be helpful during harvest
seasons, when children could be
excused from school to work In
the fields, and then make up
their classes by going to school
on Saturdays,
SALEM. Jon. 22 VP) A CIO
sponsored bill to provldo bene
fits for dependents of unem
ployed persons was prepared to
day for introduction in the
house.
An unemployed workman
now draws a maximum of $13
a week for 16 weeks. The bill
would allow a dependent wife
$3 a week additional, plus $2
for each dependent child. The
total limit for each family
would be $24 a week.
SALEM, Jan. 22 (IP) A bill
to prohibit dentists from adver
tising that they permit credit
was introduced in tho house to
day by Reps. Dean Bryson,
Portland, and L. M. Ramago
ond W. W. Chadwick, both of
Salem.
The measure also would set
up a board to be elected by
members of tho profession, re
placing the board appointed by
the governor.
New Pine Creek
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dick were
dinner guests of the Walter
Cambrons on Sunday of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Wlngord
left for Kansas on Monday
morning. They expect to make
ACE ASKS
COMMISSIONS
and other things. I'd say It's mighty fortunate
these distilleries are available to do the job.
Otherwise, if we still had prohibition, the
government would have had to spend mil
lions ol dollars and use up a lot ol critical
materials to build plants.. .to aay nothing of
all the time it would take. It might have been
just another case of 'too little, too lata',"
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an extended visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Edward Keller entertain
ed at n dinner party for Miss
Lcola Leo and Tom Dick on
Saturday evening. Miss Leo's
birthday wus on Friday, and
Dick's on Saturday. Tlio fol
lowing guests enjoyed tho tur
key dinner: Miss Lcola Lee, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Dick, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Cambron, Miss
Eleanor Hamilton, ond Mr. and
Mrs, L, C. Vlnyurd. Bridge was
played following tho dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Joo Smith en
tertained at two tables of ptn-
ochlo on Saturday evening. Mr.''
and Mrs. Illumor McCrary, Mr.
und Mrs. Coleman George, nnd
Mr. und Mrs. Ivln Faris were
guests for tho evening.
Mrs. Rlchnrd Keller left on
Tuesday morning for a trip to
California. Sho went with Neva
Lowell from Lake City, who
expects to visit her son, who Is
stationed ot Santa Barbara. Mrs.
Keller will visit with Bernlce.
who Is working at Treasure
Island.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Glessner Blunt
returned on Monday from Port
land, where ho was called for
his physical examination. He is
to report for duly in the army
on February 1.
Rcvongo for the sake of re
venge would be n sign of baMffe
bnrism. Vlco President Honrr'
A. Wallace
Ccnltima o) AlaiMic llmiaf Indaltm, In