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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS.. OREGON
February 1, 1018
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Br MALCOLM EPLEY
TALL, handsome Brigadier General S. M. ,
Connell of San Francisco, who will present
the distinguished flying cross at TuieiaKe to
night to tne parents or oerg
eant William J. Dieter of the
Tokyo raiding party, was com
manding officer of the third
bomber command In the south
east when the Tokyo raiders
trained in that area in early
tMfj The Tokyo party trained
first at Pendleton and then
was moved to the southeast.
The men were at Columbia,
EPLEY s. C, army air base In Feb-
ruary, 1942, and in March of that year General
.James Doolittle took charge of the party.
General Connell Is now commanding officer
of the fourth bomber command, located atSan
Francisco. His previous relationship with the
Tokyo party, and his present position as head
of the west coast command where Sergeant
'Dieter's home is located, made him the ideal
officer to present the DFC to the parents of
the missing Tulelake man.
' .The ceremony at Tulelake is a most unusual
event, unprecedented in this area. In this war,
only once before has the distinguished flying
cross been presented in a ceremony held on the
. Pacific coast.
- Sergeant Dieter was missing after the raid on
" Tokyo on April 18, 1042. But he is still only
'reported as missing, and the published state
ment that the citation is to be awarded post
humously is not technically correct. -
. His proud parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jesse'
- Dieter of Tulelake. They visited General Con
' nell In his room at the Willard hotel here Sun-
day.
The honor to be accorded Sergeant Dieter,
and his parents, is one of which the entire i
Klamath basin may well be proud. Here was
a Klamath basin man who participated in one
of the most daring incidents of the war in the
Pacific, with such distinction and bravery that
he has been awarded a citation for extra
ordinary achievement.
m
Tardy Purple Heart
WHILE on the subject of wartime citations,
let us relate another interesting incident
In this connection that has recently occurred
here. .
. Lee McMullen, the secretary-manager of the
Klamath Production Credit association, only a
few weeks ago received the. purple heart for
bravery in the last World war. Not many peo
ple here knew that Mr. McMullen, a quiet and
unassuming business man, had won such an
honor, and we are pleased at the opportunity
of telling about it here.
Mr. . McMullen was with the 316th motor
transportation .unit in the World war, a part of
the famed 81st division. He saw action at St.
Mihiel, Verdun and the Argonne. It was in the
Argonne that the Incident occurred that won
him the purple heart.
When Lee was not operating trucks, he picked
up wounded. He was engaged In that work one
day, and was on his way to rescue a red-headed
youth lying wounded on the field of battle.
While still some distance from the youth, an
airplane bomb dropped a few feet from Mc
Mullen. Lee was badly wounded himself, and to this
day he bears the marks of the damage on the
side of his head. He never, did find out what
happened to that red-headed soldier.
The Klamath man was. notified that he had
been awarded the purple heart, but for some
reason it was not presented to him personally.
. He didn't ask about it, and 25 years passed by.
A few months ago his commanding officer,
Captain Loren H. Try on of San Francisco, was
in the Klamath country looking after some pro
perty he has here. He saw McMullen and asked
him if he had ever received his purple heart.
When he found the decoration had never
actually been presented, he got busy with the
war department, and a few weeks ago the
medal arrived.
Mr. McMullen is the only wounded man
In Captain Tryon's company who' is still alive.
The Klamath man has added the beautiful pur
ple heart to another citation he received from
the French for outstanding service at Verdun.
Odd Number Idea
AT SALEM, Klamath's veteran legislators,
Senator Cornett and Representative Henry
Semon, have taken the bull by the horns and
Introduced a proposed constitutional amendment
which would add one senator and one repre
sentative and thus prevent such deadlocks as
that which delayed organization of the senate
this session.
At present, there are 30 senators and 60
representatives. The change would provide an.
odd number of members in each house, and a
deadlock would be impossible. The idea was
mentioned in this column at the time of the
senate difficulty, which occurred when 15 sena
tors voted for one presidential candidate, and
IS for another.
The proposed change, ' too, might bring
Klamath county a fairer representation in the
senate, by making possible division of the 17th
senatorial district of which Klamath county is
a part. If an extra senator is added, it might
be given to this district.
. People down at Salem generally recognize
that the situation In the 17th district is in
equitable, but efforts to do something about it
have failed because nobody else wanted to give
up anything. If a senator is added to the house,
no one would have to give up anything.
Senator Lew Wallace's unique idea of basing
representation in the legislature on area as
well as population would also give this district
a better break. Such a plan would "legalize"
the present representation situation as it applies
to Portland and Multnomah county which, If
the population basis were followed to the letter,
would have many more members In the legis
lature than It now has.
Portlanders haven't done much kicking about
this, possibly because it is realized that the
quality of the legislature might suffer l if Mult
nomah county contributed more members than
at present.. In general, upstate counties have
reputation for sending well-qualified legislators
to Salem. In some sessions, especially back in
the depression period, Multnomah county did
not do so well along this line.
News Behind the News
Br PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 The happy notion
that we might feed all the world after
this war has slipped away fast as it has be
come apparent we cannot even
feed ourselves and allies well
during it
With spring planting only a
few weeks off, some agricul-
tural officials are - conceding
that less food may be pro
duced this year than last, to
meet the greatly Increased war
demand. The most hopeful of
optimists only allow them
selves to yearn for an increase
of four per cent, whereas de-
a 50 or 100 per cent increase
mi
MALLON
mand calls for
or more.
Our industrial output has been expanded 350
per cent over last year and will jump nearly
two-thirds as much again this year, but the
food production is running along just about the
same and the extraordinary part of it is no
one is even proposing expansion to meet the
situation. ,
Food Administrator Wickard and Man-
powerer McNutt are pecking away at the prob
lem here and there with soy bean bonuses, and
the rationers are getting ready to impose a
radical point system to divide our food scarcity,
but the idea of crashing through the obstacles
and really raising enough for Americans, Brit
ish, Algerians, Russians and others apparently
has not occurred to anyone.
Three Things Are Wrong
A FARMER friend of mine, who Is also a
' good business man, has devoted some
thought to the condition and has reached the
conclusion" that three things, are wrong three
basic things which could be met If sufficient
energy and intelligence were applied to them.
The first, he said, is fear, the fear among
the farmers, and he thinks this fear is going
to make production: this year a lot less than1
the Washington bureaucrats concluded with
their -little pens and pencils.
- The farmer fears to plapt. primarily because
he has no prospect pf getting, enough help to
harvest. He will trim his crop planting to what
he can safely handle unless he gets some
formidable assurance from the government that
greater planting is possible.
A number of solutions have been offered on
this phase the importation of Bahamans to the
southern vegetable and fruit areas and cotton
..fields, Mexicans to the middlewest, and even
Chinese to the Pacific coast but no one has
done anything about it, or offered any promise.
Temporary release of some men from the
army or non-essential industry or schools to
help in planting or harvesting is possible, but
so far the only hope offered the farmer has
been the decision of the draft boards not to
take much more of his help and talk, only
talk from McNutt about amassing a "land till
ing army of civilians" who would probably
ruin more acreage than they harvest,
. .
Production Could Be Boosted
fHE production of pigs and poultry could
have been quadrupled in this country, if
anyone had the sense, immediately after Pearl
Harbor, to institute government sponsorship of
such a movement, but officials then all were
saying we would have enough food because we
had great stores of surplus wheat.
Pigs and poultry could even, now be doubled
except for fear. The farmer must pay a high
price for feeder hogs and premium prices for
feed for chickens, and the margins ordained by
the government are so short that if a few die
he cannot make any money.
Far better it is for him individually no mat
ter how disastrous it is to the country to
tighten in his production range to what he
needs for himself and can handle safely in addi
tion. This is the second correctable thing wrong.
,
Regimented Eeonomy
FEAR of his farm machinery and repairs and
the gasoline rationing restrictions' is the
third factor working toward curtailment. His
situation on trucks, tractors and tires urge him
not to and, in fact, prevent him rom doubling
or tripling his production as the national situa
tion requires.
Unless someone
takes hold of this
situation like Jef
fers took hold of
the similar con
fusion on synthetic
rubber and he
did take hold of it
and dispel it
food production
may decline to
such an extent as
to startle the bur
eau boys.
. Regimented econ
omy seems to have
failed again. It
worked all right
on the way down,
when it was dls-
failed completely
JUL
"You Insisted on coining out here after I told you you
couldn't stand the hardships of winter on the Hussion ;
front I"
About That Income Tax
DIVIDEND INCOME
Among the forms of income
received by many taxpayers is
that of dividends. Because of
the wide distribution of invest
ment securities, many persons
have Income of this character,
even though often small in
amount. Such Income must be
reported for federal income tax
purposes to the extent that it
represents taxable income.
Income from dividends is en
tered on line 2 of the return
Form 1040". Dividends in gen
eral represent distributions of
earnings and profits by a cor
poration or association to its
shareholders, and constitute tax
able income. In certain cases,
however, such as the liquidation
of a bank or other corporation,
dividends may represent a dis
tribution of the shareholders'
original investment, and to that
extent would not constitute in
come, but a return of original
capital, and accordingly would
not be taxable.
In certain cases, also, such as
that of mining companies, de
claring dividends out of denle-
tlon reserves, the dividend may
represent wholly or partially a
return of investment. Persons
receiving dividends of this char
acter are usually advised by the
corporation as to the amount
which it considers to be non
taxable as a return of capital.
It is appropriate for the taxpay
er- to enter in his return the
amounts received in accordance
with the advice by the corpor
ation, out it should be borne in
mind that the determination of
the taxable amount may be sub
ject to revision as a result of
official audit of the corporation's
return.
Dividends on share accounts
in federal savings and loan asso
ciations on shares issued prior
to March 28, 1942, are exempt
irom normal tax, but must be in
cluded in. surtax net income for
surtax purposes. Dividends on
share accounts with respect to
JEFFERS
He Took Hold
tributlng largesse. But
when the -problem is to get pro
duction up.
Jefftrs Shocked Them
The incident of Mr. Jeffcrs
.saying what he thought about
Joalers at army and navy
desks" shocked officialdom and
has been getting Mr. Jeffcrs
some bad publicity. Apparently,
the government is trying openly
to maintain the principle that
no official should say. what he
thinks without ' getting it ap
proved an idea which has its
merits.
But behind this controversy
lies the fact that Mr. Jeffers has
done well with the synthetic
rubber program. For 95 per
cent of his program, he ha?
been given "directives" (above
priorities) to obtain materials.
It is only on the other 45 per
cent that the "army-navy ex
pediters" have stolen some of
his materials. This theft will
delay his program by a few
months, but not prevent its ful
fillment. The passenger tire situation
looks fairly good. The bureau
crats thought we only had
8,000,000 new tires in storage,
but apparently we had 10,
000,000 and will get 6,000,000
used tires from the recent turn
ins. Of the 12,000,000 tires
turned in, nearly half are suit
able for retreading. Farm truck
and commercial tire users, how
ever, will have trouble.
Courthouse Records
Marriages
WELCH - HENRY James
Welch, 43, groceryman. -Native
of Idaho, resident of Klamath
Falls. Beulah Mae Henry, 37,
saleslady. Native of Colorado,
resident of Klamath Falls.
Decree
Walter John Bodman versus
Maude Gertrude Bodman. , Di
vorce granted. .
shares Issued on or after March
28, 1942, are subject to both nor
mal tax and surtax.
. For taxpayers on a cash basis,
that is, reporting Income as re
ceived, and. expenses as paid,
dividend income is reported as
received when the dividend
check is received, Irrespective
of when the taxpayer may cash
the check. ' ,
Telling
The Editor
Letter printed here muet net be mora
than &00 erarde in length, mutt be writ
ten legtbty on ONI tlOl ol the paper
only, and muet be signed. Oontrtbulione
following theea rulet, are warmly weft
President Roosevelt salutes the colors as he reviews U. 8. troops In North Africa during an
interlude between conferences with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. With him In the jeep are
the driver, Sgl. Oran Liu of Kansas City, and U-r In rear) Maj. Gen. Etnoit Harmon, Lieut. CUm
Mark Clark and unidentified civilians.
President Has Lunch in Open
Those Sluih Throwers
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
(To the Editor) To whom this
may concern: If it doesn't con
cern anyone at least I have the
satisfaction of expressing my
opinion for. myself and many
others.
You'd think the car drivers
would have a little considera
tion for people who have to
walk on slushy days and slow
up their cars in placfe where
there are no walks, instead of
giving people a shower of mud
and slush.
Perhaps those kind people
have always been fortunate
enough to take their cars where
they have to go.
I thank you.
Mrs. Charles Smith.
ACTION URGED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
The Editor) We sincerely hope
that the Investigation of the
party who gouged out both eyes
of a gentle police dog has not
ceased. If they get by with it
what next may they try. Now
is the time to strike, Mr. D. A.
office.
A Dog Lover.
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President Roosevelt paused during his review ot U. S. troops in French Morocco to eat a
Held lunch In the open from a mats kit. Left to, right sue, Harry Hopkins, LlouL Gen. Mark W.
Clark, th nretldant and Mai. Clmn. Aaorcra 8. Paiton Jr. ' -.'
Leaders of the Allied Forces
From The Klamath Republican
Feb. 5, 1903
Si Dotcn, well known pioneer,
died at his home at Keno Sunday.
Willie Baldwin, John Martin
and Maggie Chase have lately
entered the eighth grade at
school here. The high school
and eighth grade now number
31.
Mr. Lord, who has been buy
ing a lot of horses in this coun
ty, passed through town with 21
Monday, en route to the rail
road.
from The Klamath News
Feb.' 1, 1933 ,
W. T. Dean is now the city
fire chief, under appointment of
Mayor Mahoncy.
Local utilities companies have
been given 15 days more time
in which to file statements ot
their gross earnings for city tax
ation.
Many Klamath county roads
are still blocked by snow.
ATTA BOY
T.WIN FALLS, Idaho, W)
Three-year-old Lyle Willis Lior-
man liked his four tiny shep
herd puppies but he'd heard
about war bonds, too . . ..
Edwin Lierman, his father, ex
plained at yesterday's auction
that the boy wanted them sold
so he could buy war stamps.
The pups were sold and re
sold, 17 times, for a total of
$23,50. -
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Principal figures in historic allied war strategy conference at Cninbloncn, North Africa, aro
grouped on the lawn of the hotel where they met. (L-R) Gan. Honrl Honors Glraud, North Afri
can high commissioner; President Roosevelt) General Charles d Gaulle, lighting Fronch leader,
and Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain.
OBITUARY
SARAH ANN DOWNHOUR
Sarah Ann Downhour, a rest
dent of the Swan Lake district,
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Catherine Coil
man, on Saturday, January 30,
1943, at 0:15 a. m. The deceased
was a native of Cass county, Ind.,
and was aged 84 years 10 months
and 10 days when called. She
was a member of the Methodist
church. She Is survived besides
her daughter, by four grand
daughters, Mrs. Helen Campbell
of Laclede, Ida., Mrs. Dorothy
Hall of Culver City, Calif., Mrs.
Ernest 'Parkhurst and Mrs. Ed
ward Bruns, both of Klamath
Falls, Ore.; two grandsons, James
Downhour of U. S. Army, and
Jesse Bemls of Naples, Ida. The
remains will ..e forwarded via
Southern .Pacific accompanied by
Mrs. Catherine Collman, to War
saw, Minn., where the final rites
will take place. Ward's Klamath
Funeral home in charge of the
arrangements.
KAREN MARIE FUNK
Karen Marie Funk, Infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Funk, residents of Klamath
Falls, Ore., passed away In this
city' on Sunday, January 31,
1043 at 4:30 p. m. Baby Karen
Marie was a native of Klamath
Falls and was aged S months
and 12 days when called. Be
sides her parents, sho is survived
by one; sister,, Sonja Len, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs,
George Funk, of this city, and n
grandfather, Mr. John Rogirion
of Everett, Wash.- The remains
rest In Ward's Klamath Funeral
homo, 025 High street, whero
friends may call. The funeral
service will take place on Tues
day, February 2, 1043, at 3 p. m..
from the chapel of Ward's Fu
neral home, the Rev. C. F. Nltz
of the First Lutheran church of
ficiating. The commitment serv
ice with interment In the baby
row, will follow in the Llnkvillo
cometory. ' Friends aro respect
fully invited to attend.
No Trouble Like V
That in Klamath'
m
GRANTS PASS, Feb.' 1 (p)
Harbinger of spring Harry
Rief, who lives on Washington
boulevard here, mowed his lawn
yesterday.
FUNERAL
JOHH W. LOGUE
fhi. . ... , .
.ii'iui ui OUI V .13 XU1 HID
late John W. Loguc, who passed
away in this city on Sunday, Jan
uary 31, 1043, will tnko place
from the Community church ot
Bonanza, Ore., on Wednesday,
Fobrunry 3, 11)43, at 1:30 p. m.
Rav. William Rico ot the Inimiin
uel Baptist church of this city
officiating. The commitment ser
vice and inlcrmnnt will follow
In the family plot I t the Bonan
za cemetery, Friends are respect
fully Invited to attend. Ward's
Klamath Flinnrnl ImniA ! In
charge o( the arrangements.
It Is expected that within a
few yearn 60 miles por gallon
of gasoilno will bo the average
for automobiles.
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PEMETRO1
For oolds' oourIu, niual congestion, minute
nhMRot Pontro moclorn modlostlon I n
mutton tuot bus, 264, doublo lupply 36.