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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
January 80, 1948
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Today's Roundup Advertising Roundup
Br MALCOLM EPLEY
AYBE when an OPA district office Is open
ed in Klamath Falls, folk hereabouts may
v ahle to cet closer to the
M
OPA with some of the realities
of life.
Such stories as this one are
commonplace.
An OPA official was told
that regulations had become so
oppressive that milk producers
everywhere are selling their
VJtVfel producing business. (A situa
tion that is painfully true.) The
EPLEY official's answer was: "
"Well, we'll show them. We'll simply go to
using canned milk."
Another story vouched for hereabouts is that
government official was looking over livestock
figures, and remarked:
"I can understand most of these figures, but
what are these ee-wees they've got listed here?"
True or not, these stories reflect growing
public distrust of the government's ability to
regulate realistically and sensibly the workings
of the nation's economy as a wartime measure.
Little progress has been made, for instance,
In the attempt to make government officialdom
realize that so long as there is no freeze on
the factors that make up the cost of producing
milk, a ceiling on the price of milk is likely
to work a hardship that will simply force pro
ducers out of the business to save themselves
from bankruptcy. . .
Milk is not the only item on which such a
condition applies, but it is mentioned as a note
worthy example for at this time an OPA milk
order is creating concern throughout Oregon.
Letters and protests sent from here concerning
the local situation, which grows steadily more
serious, have brought no hopeful response from
OPA officials.
Question on Folkes
A QUESTION which no doubt has occurred to
r many people,' since the filing of train
murder charges against Robert A. Folkes, is
why Folkes was not held when the death train
was stopped at Klamath Falls a week ago for .
investigation.
So far as local officers are concerned, we do
- not feel there is blame for permitting Folkes' to
go south.- They received the case under condi- .
' -lions of great confusion, and they had to work
tfaJttsVtlflie witha trainload of passengers wait-,
ing to move on. There was no time for a com .
'parison of the various statements taken and for
discovery' of some of the discrepancies that
later pointed suspicion toward Folkes. The
story of a local woman that she had been ac
costed and threatened by a dining car cook a
fortnight previous did not develop until the
next day.
. There were, however, officers on the train
' when it arrived here. They had been working -on
the case all day, and if Folkes was a likely
suspect.they should , have known it when the
train came here, leading to. a more thorough
investigation of him and his story at that time.
Fortunately, the investigation did not end
here. Folkes was an employe of the railroad,
and it was therefore easy to keep him under
surveillance. His name and address were known,,
whereas had he been a passenger on. the train
he could more easily have disappeared, when
the passengers scattered. It proved a simple
matter to investigate further and nail him at .
Los Angeles. '
Incidentally, the story of the local woman,
who claims she was threatened with a butcher
knife by the dining car cook who accosted-,
her, should be checked further. Local officials
say they have been informed Folkes was not
on the train the night this woman's experience
occurred. Whether he was or was not appears '
to be a question: of vital importance, and we
understand railroad investigators are looking
into it thoroughly, as they should.
Dark Spot ,
ONE of the darkest places in town is the area
immediately in front of the steps leading to
the, high school grounds. This has 'no doubt
been discovered by others who go to night
events at the high school, such as basketball
games. . .
Right now, the conditions at' this place are
worse -than usual, for the area is covered with'
mushy slush or ice that makes walking most
precarious.
There is a' floodlight on the high school .
building directed generally toward the area in
front of the building, but it doesn't help much
down by the steps.' In fact, it has a tendency
to blind the person walking up the steps.
There are two large ornamental light posts
at these steps. , They are dark. Why not hook
them up, and clear the slush from that area, for
the benefit of people who want to go to
basketball games and give the home- town
athletes support? .
In fact," it is a corner that ought to have good
illumination every night.
Random Talk
Not on loyalty: Whenever we go to a placei
like a basketball game; where there is a need
for a show of home town loyally, we see a lot.
of the' same people, time after time. You can
count, on people like that.
Note on loyalty: Whenever we go to a,place,
lives on a hill, (ah, how well we know him!)
and is still trying to operate his car without
chains. .
" -.
Note on optimism: While strolling on Main
street, we observed a fine display o seeds in a
grocery entrance.
A temporary otablnatioa of the IS renin c Rrrald tn1
the KUmnth News. FublUrttd vprr eftfntoon except
Sunday tfc Esplanade and Tint itmli, Klamath Fall a,
Orefoo, by th Herald Publishing Co. and the KltmaUi
Kw Publishing Company
Knttrtd-ts second class matter at tha postoffloe of
Klamath Falls, Ore., on August to, toot under act ot
congress, March , 1S78,
Br
OMETHIrlG
' formance
was purchased by Kestcrson
Lumber Corporation for a
statement to
problems and plans of opera
tion. .
Why should a company use
a newspaper of general circu
lation to give a message to its
own employees?
I can't speak for Kesterson,
but I can hope that
Here at last is a company
in the country
Reputation
A ii X man's
reputation on it!
The reader,
value ot the
ad.
We always
that brings out
price of the
stakea your
When you
The paper
less of what
concern. But
amtr of Audit
Bdmatt Or CncuLATiov
Represented yatloneUy by
WtlT-HoLUBAY CO. lifC
Fan Francisco, w Tork, Se
attle, Chicago. Fortland, Lot
Angtlta.
MALCOLM EPLEY
Managing Editor
DELBERT ADDISON
new has been added to the per-
of advertising. Newspaper space
its employees on p
that has broken the tradition . ADDISON
of management working behind closed doors.
Here at last is a company that has realized
that the wives and kids of its men have as
much right to know what goes on as the men
themselves.
Here is a company that realizes that the
men's neighbors, and the neighbors' neighbors
that make up the country, ought to know what
goes on.
They should know, because in the long pull
it's what they think that decides how the
country is to be run, and how every business
is to be run.
at Stake
statement oi policy, bought and
f paid for and published over his own name,
has to be good, its truth and sincerity must
be beyond challenge because he has staked his
knows that, and there lies the
have the man (and he's the guy
the beast in a newspaperman;
we always have the man of prominence who
would ' like a statement .made to the public.
But he wants the newspaper to make it! -'
He wants the newspaper , to make it the
space being no object of course,
but he wants the newspaper to make it as a
matter of duty and interest to its readers.
And then, .when the newspaper does make
the' statement and he gets tripped up on bis
facts he's been misquoted!
.. '.'
Speak for Yourself, John
--rtERE'S. more to it, .of course, than having
I what you say believed because your state
ment is a matter of public record tnat you've
reputation on.;-, t v , 4 -
buy advertising "space in a news
paper it's yours to deal with as you see fit.
The blank space itself isn't wortn a nickel.
But you can tell your story, in your words,
and with detail and emphasis of your own
choosing. If you tell a straightforward, truthful
story you get your money's -worth.! If you try
to fool somebody, it still isn't worth a nickel.
If you leave your story for the newspaper to
tell,' the paper will, tell it from the public's
standpoint. And the paper will boil it down
to its relationship .with other news of the day,
coming from Eisenhower and MacArthur and
from Mrs. Jones' tea. party.
will tell it in its own way regard
you do, if.it is a matter of public
that still doesn't tell it in your
way as a matter of your concern.'
And you still haven't stood on your ' hind
legs and said, "Boys, this' is the way it is."
. A guy named Standish hired the first Ameri
can press agent. He got, for his pains, "Speak
for yourself, John."
,' '
Move to Throttle Ads : '
A NICE compliment to advertising comes, left
handed, from the legislature at Salem.
Optometrists, cosmeticians, dentists, all have
sponsored bills to throttle advertising.
They seek to stop the advertising of prices,
superior methods, free examinations, student
work, credit terms and the like.
They don't say that lower prices, superior
methods or free examinations are detrimental
to the public welfare. They don't say that the
advertising must be truthful in every respect!
They do say, in effect, that if you can't ad
vertise it nobody will know about it, so you
won't be any better off than the rest.
All of it, no matter how well, intended,
amounts purely and simply to restraint of
trade. Keep competition downand the prices
up! ' L .- - -
All this monkey-business, along with our own
city ordinance, should be thrown out lock, stock
and barrel. .'
Yes, we have an ordinance that barbers can't
advertise prices. It doesn't amount to much,
except that the poor heathen who regards the
tonsorial ritual only in the light of getting
his three remaining hairs shortened up has to
ferret out a 35c clippery by hand.
These Hit the Spot
PICKING more ad phrases that hit the spot
most all concern the war. Why not? It's
the most important thing before us. Our best
efforts go into it.
"More than all the others together, there Is
for you one soldier who MUST come back"
U. S. Army WAAC ad..
"Those pictures hang on our wall.' Looking
up at them daily, this resolution has taken
shape in our minds and hearts." Fluhrer's on
its men in the service. , . , .
"Spot them, spike them, and report them
right now." Blitz-Weinhard on rumors.
, "A half filled album is like a half equipped
soldier only 80 effective." both First Na
tional and Safoway on war bonds. .
"Dance that these may walk." Birthday Ball
committee. ..'. .
SIDE GLANCES
cent ih wr Rtn irvrr ok. t. m. tra. P. a.
i "Don't worry nbout me falling for any of those South
i- Sea dames except maybe in a big brotherly way I" .
About Thtit
EARNED INCOME DEDUCT
IBLE EXPENSE
In arriving at the amount of
earned income shown on Item I
of the return Form 1040 (Sal
aries and other compensation
for personal services), ordinary
and necessary expenses incurred
in this connection may be- de
ducted. A distinction must be
made, however, between ex
pense attributable to one's em
ployment, and personal expense,
which may not be deducted. A
few examples will illustrate.
Expenses of travel in connec
tion with one's employment, or
business, are ' deductible, and
such expense ordinarily inoludes
transportation, meals and lodg
ing, but it does not Include the
cost of laundry, clothes pressing
and other expenses of a nature
such as would be incurred in
any case, i
Travel expense deductions, to
be allowable, must be support
ed when required by ihe com
missioner by a statement show
ing (1) the nature of business,
(2) numBer of days, away from
home, () amount of -expenses
incident to meals and lodging,
(4) amount of other expenses
claimed as a deduction.
The amount of any reimburse
ment of expense, or of an ex
pense allowance, must be Includ
ed in the return as part of com
pensation. Expenses of a salesman In en
tertaining customers for the pur
pose of securing business, in
cluding taxicabs, theatre tickets
and dinners, telephone and tele
graph messages, and the like,
are deductible, but ' such ex
penses incurred by an officer
or employee of a corporation
whose contract of employment
does not specifically require him
to make such expenditures are
not. deductible. Any reimburse
ment of such expense must, of
course, be included in Income.
Expense of getting to and
0AC:
O. B. Tntmar tttL WS8 722B
l-io
Income Tax
from work, such as. commuter's
lares and bus and street car
fares, are considered as personal
expenses, and are not deduct
ible., : : !
A person on a roving com
mission and maintaining no per
manent home is not entitled to
expenses for meals and lodging
while traveling.
- In case of shared travel, as
in a car or hotel room, the ex
penses Incurred 'must be pro
rated and only those applicable
to the taxpayer are deductible.
The amounts spent In seeking
a job, as well as the cost of
traveling to the place where a
new job is to be taken up, are
personal expenses and are not
deductible.
Membership fees in a labor
union, or in an organization
which renders a protective ser
vice to its members, are allow
able deductions.
Cost of uniforms and equip
ment are deductible expense to
the extent (1) that such are spe
cifically required, and (2) that
they do not take the place ot
ordinary "clothih in civil life.
Uniforms of nurses, railway
trainmen, barbers and surgeons
are held to ' take the place of
ordinary clothing, and the cost
ot such is accordingly not de
ductible. Cost of military and
naval uniforms, ' such as gold
lace and gilt buttons, is not de
ductible, but the cost of certain
items, such as . corps devices,
campaign bars, and the like,
which are especially required
by the profession, is deductible.
The uniforms of baseball play
ers and other professional ath
letes are not considered cloth
ing adapted to general wear,
and the cost of such is deduct
ible. The same, also applies to
the cost of helmets, rubber
coats and rubber boots required
to be purchased and worn by
city firemen, and the cost of
rubber coats and. rubber boot
COMMANDOUGH!
wt. Off.
. 4ieyigpswseasswTrissMajiCT m - '- "V
Ten Years Ago, Hitler
Started Rise to Power;
' Babb Sees Long Struggle
By QLENN BABB
Ten years ago tonight the
brownshirtcd columns surged in
triumph through the streets of
Berlin, the thunder ot their
boots marking the cadence for
their hymns of war. Adolf
Hitler had just been called to
bo the chancellor ot the reich
and the fuohrer of the German
people. The world watched with
a premonition of sinister evonts
but its worst fears fell short ot
the terrlblo visitations tlio nazl
decade has brought. It seoms
longer than 10 years; it is hard
to recall the relatively unwor-
nod spirit of the times when
mankind was not living under
Hitler's shadow.
That night In 1033, as he
watched his followers march, he
revelled in the first of sorles
of triumphs without match
for their baleful meaning for
the world. In the shadows was
the aged Hindenburg, the com
mander who had lost the last
war and, though he did not
know it, was handing Gorman
leadership on to another who
meant to challenge the . world
again.
Napoleonic Pattern
Histories of our times doubt
less will ring two dates In red
the color of blood January 30,
1933, and September 18, 1031.
The latter, which not many will
recognize readily, was the day
Japan fell upon Manchuria and
launched the Asiatic phase of
the axis adventure In brigand
age. On those- dates two hitter,
venomous streams of revolt
against the civilization of the
Atlantic nations, by the stand
ards - of that civilization su
premely evil, rose to the surface
ot world events. Within a
decade they ware to be fused
Three Per Cent Sales Tax
Bill Introduced in House
SALEM, Jan. 30 (ffiA three
per cent sales tax bill, , which
would affect virtually all retail
products except foodstuffs, was
introduced in the house today
by Reps. A. W. Meyers of MIU
waukie and E. Riddell Lage,
Hood River.
However, the bill wasn't given
much chance, as house tax ex
perts believe it would be impos
sible to overcome the bitter op
position of farm and labor
groups., i ; -.: r:-. .'
The bill Is part of a program
by Sen. Coe A. McKenna, Port
land, who also wants to remove
taxes on unearned income, place
a 40-mlll limitation on property
taxes, and reduce income inher
MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO
The most active volcano In
Europe, Stromboll, rises more
than 3000 feet above the Medl
terranean sea and Is eight miles
in circumference at its base.
ARISTOTLE ON MATRIMONY
Aristotle, the Greek philoso
pher,' believed that women
should marry at 18 to 20 years
of age, but that a man should
wait until he had reached 27.
required to be purchased and
worn by city policemen.
Courtesy Los Angeles Examinee,
ZJfR
and to draw the United States
into the greatest wur of all.
There has boon no human
career quite as motoorlo as Hit
lor's. The inevitable parallel
is Napoleon's. But the resplend
ent Bonaparte rocket took 20
years for its flight. Muny will
say that the Hltlorluu counter
part, with only 10 years murkod
off, Is near the final blackout.
Spirit Milling
Hitler has proclaimed that he
was building his third relch to
last a Ihousund years. It hus
survivod ono ono-hundrodlh of
that spun and unless our own
civilization is to ba destroyed
its end should come before tho
second docudo is far gone, It
Is Interesting to spoculuta Just
where history will say that Hit
lor reachod his pinnacle. Per
haps that June day In 1040
when he stood in the gullery of
the Invaliries In Paris und look
ed down, half In admlrution and.
halt in pity, on the tomb of
Napoleon, that other curtlv
shaker who conquered a con
tinent but could not hold It.
That 1033 spirit of victory,
hope, fiery umbltion is missing
in Berlin today.
The atmosphere is somber, the
summons is to heroic effort,
blind obedience to avert cotiis
tropho. This does not mean
that collapse Is at hand! more
likely It forebodes a terrible,
grim resistance that will add
new chapters to the world's
agony before it Is over. But
that rasping nolso Is something
moro than tha broudcust voices
of Goebbcls and Goerlng. It Is
Hitler scraping the bottom of
the barrel to muster the last
rosources of a continent that
had the (regie fato to fall undor
his mastery.
itance and gift taxes.
The sales tax bill would not
require the use of tokens. Rev
enue, estimated at more than
$20,000,000 a year, would bo dl
vldod as follows: 30 per cent
to public assistance, 80 per cent
to reduce property taxes, 10 per
cent for a post-war rehabilitation
fund, and 10 per cent to reduce
school property taxes.
Members of the house taxation
and revenue committee are not
keen about a sales tax, feeling
that even if the ltglslature
passed it, farm and labor groups
would get It referred to the peo
ple in November, 1044. The peo
ple have overwhelmingly killed
sales tax proposals several
times.
CROSS-EXAM SET
PORTLAND, Jan. 30 (P)
The Kaiser shipyard labor hear
ing scheduled cross-examination
today of an Oregon Shipbuild
ing corporation worker who said
he failed to get a job until he
joined an American Federation
of Labor union.
Clomons John Scheve tostified
at the national labor relations
board hearing late yesterday
that he applied tor work in
March or April, 1041, when reg
istered by a Congress of Indus
trial Organizations union, and
was advised by Kaiser officials
that he would have to get his
job through the AFL.
Oregon Shipbuilding signed a
closed shop agreement with the
AFL May 12 of that year, and
the CIO claims this contract and
similar agreements between two
other Kaiser yards in this area
and the AFL are illegal.
N. H. Messinger
Killed as Car
Struck by Train 1
GRANTS PASS, Jan. 30 (P)
Nathan H. Messinger,' 88, of
near Gold Hill was killed in
stantly Friday night about 8:30
when his car was struck by the
Portland-bound Southern Pacific
train at Zatcher Crossing, about
three miles north of GoldiHIll
Messinger, an employee of the
Beaver Portland Cement plant
at Gold Hill, was en route home
at the time, '
Messinger, traveling parallel
to the tracks on the old Pacific
highway, turned right Into the
train's path. A cardboard which
replaced the broken right front
window, apparently obscured
his view.
U, 8. MONEY FACES
Washington, Jefferson, Lin
coln, Grant, Franklin, McKinloy,
Cleveland, Madison and Samuol
P. Chase are pictured on US cur
rency ranging from the $1 to the
$10,000 bill.
SEA SLANTS EASTWARD
Sea level is two feet lower on
the American side of tho equa
torial Pacific ocean than it it on
the Australasian side.
REPEAL ASKED
SURPLUS
SCHOOL TAX
By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr.
- SALEM, Jan. 30 (iP) Twelve
senators and four representa
tives Introduced two bills In the
house today to eliminate state
income taxes on Incomes earned
in 1043 and 1044, and to repeal
tho law, passed by tha votors
lust November, to give school
districts surplus Inoome tax
revenues,
Sponsors of the bills said the
stato could get along for the next
two yours on current income tax
surpluses', .siut that the people
were misled when they passed
the school bill.
Bponsots
Those who Introduced the bill
are Sons. W. H. Strayer of Bak
er, P. J, Stndolman of The
Dalles, Rox Ellis ot Pendleton,
J. A. Best of Pendleton, J. N.
Jones, Burns, L. W. Wlpperman
of Grants Pass, William Wlsh)"t
of Mnrshtield, H. R. Kauffman .t
or Toledo, W. E. Burke oi Bher- ;'
wood, John Cnrson oj ' !,'( i
Fredorlck S. Lamport of SeUwn;
unci Joel C, Booth of Lebanon;
and Reps. Phil Brady of Porte,
land, Cnrl Engdahl of Pendleton,
W. W. Chudwlck of Salem and
Vernon bull of La Grande.
After today no more bills
nuiy ba introduced In the house
without approval of the legisla
tion and rules committee. There
have been 277 bills Introduced
in the house, including 33 which
were put In today to beat the
(leadline. The senate has no sim
ilar rule.
Bills Introduced In tha house
today would allow the state
board of health to supervise pri
vate mental Institutions, give
home-owners a 28 per cent prop
erty tax renuciton if they pay
on time, exempt rural electric
cooperatives from taxation, and
prevent the sale or giving away
of any alcoholic beverages on
Sundays, holidays, or when
election polls are open.
SALEM, Jan. 30 VP) The
Oregon Pension Federation's bill
to set up a state retirement aid
system for persons over 88 years
old wos Introduced in the house
today.
Tho benefits would go to any
applicant of the required age,
end the system would be fi
nanced by a $1 monthly tax on
all persons of voting age, and by
a snare of income tax collec
tions. Legion, Auxiliary
Members to Attend
Dieter Ceremony
A number of members of the
American Legion and auxiliary
will go to Tulelake Monday eve
ning for the ceremonies of hon
oring Corporal William Dieter. '
missing since the American raid
on the Jap Mainland.
A Legion representative ssld
Saturday that anyone wishing
to make the trip should be at
the Legion hall not later than
7 p. m in order to obtain a ride
in one of the Legion cars,
We have as much right to
bomb Rome as the Italians had
to bomb London. We shall not
hesitate to do so to the but nl
our ability, and as heavily as
possmie ir the course of the war
should rendor such bombing
convenient and helnful Brltl.h
Foreign Secretary Anthony
cacn.
FijrisSBsl
A Treasury
In Every Home
Did you ever stop fo think
about thlsr Because War
Bonds and Stumps are being
bought b y erery patriotic
American, each home has be
come what you might call a
temporary branch of tha
Treasury department. In your
activities, conserving, saving to
buy War Bonds, you srs
actually carrying on th bull-
nets of the Government.
Family ineomt prolfcthn
makei etrlAln and fitrmantnt
provltlon for Ihi iteurlty of
pour horn and your lovid
ohm. Arrangt it through
tfout Jf. JlouiioH
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