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PAGE FOUR Jf ember of Tin Amocutcs Fuu The Aieoelatitd Preae la Mela Ivctr entitled to the uae of re publication of ell mi alapelehee credited to It or not otherwise rredlttd to this paper, and alio the local pewa puhll.hrd therein. Alt rtihU of republication of Bpedal dlipatehea art alao re serred. . FRANK JENKINS Editor HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON February 2, 1948 limits anbitetas A temporary eomblattlon of tht Ereotaf Herald d the Klamtth Xewi. Fuhlithtd every aftrrDooa tveopt Puntfty lit Ktp.antd and Pint ttreU, Kltmath Fall-., Oregon, by tlie Herald PuhtuhliiB Co, and the Klarattta Hevt Publishing Company Xntrtd aa second data mattr at Uia postafNot of Klamath FalU, Ore., on August W. VH uodtr act of eongms, March g, ISTP. ymtr 0 Audit Bduaq Or Cucclatiox Rtpraaanttd Xatfoaaltj by West-Holiiiut Co., Ikc , San FruneUco, lSw TorV, Fa It la, Chicago, Portland, ho eingtle. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Today's Roundup News Behind the News 3 II EPLEY By MALCOLM EPLEY KLAMATH'S state liquor store sales In 1942 exceeded those of any other state store in Oregon excepting three Portland stores. Now, before jumping to any I -J" false conclusions about this, re s member that the Klamath I.I store has a lot of out-of-town V "J Ki k customers. t I i ! , vtamolh VnVm U trariinff center for a large area of northern California. Oregon state store liquor sells at a considerably lower price than that in California. It stands to reason that a great many Californians buy liquor at the Store here, just as .a great many California people buy other merchandise in Klamath Falls. No city In Oregon draws so much out-of-state trade as Klamath Falls except Portland, of course. There is no record as to the volume of liquor purchased here by California customers, and no. way of knowing where the liquor pur chased by out-of-state customers is consumed. But it is certain that a substantial volume of the state store business here may be attributed to this source. Less Welfare Money THERE Is another interesting point about the Klamath showing in the annual report of ' the state liquor control commission Just re ceived here. That is to be found in the table on distribution of public assistance funds, which are state liquor profits, to the various counties. This table shows that Klamath county in 1942 received $57,229.80 from the public assistance fund. Adjoining Jackson county received $99, 773.33; Lane county received $157,997.76; Mar lon county, $224,918.66; Clackamas, $187,315.25. We have selected a number of typical coun ties and worked out their participation in tha . public assistance fund on a per capita basis, discovering that Klamath county gets far less than comparable counties for welfare needs. Here are the per capita figures: Klamath, $1.41; Jackson, $2.77; Lane, $2.29; Marion, $2.99; Clackamas, $3.28; Umatilla, $2.68; Clatsop, $2.52; Lake, $1.74; Deschutes, $1.69; Wheeler, ' $.90. ' : -. -.-' . , (Note how favorably Klamath, Lake, Des ' chutes, adjoining east-of-the-moun tains counties, tack up.) Now, it is interesting to note that while Klamath asks less in the way of public assist ance money from the liquor profits," it con r trlbuted, proportionately,, more heavily to them than other counties. The liquor commission's actual net profit from the Klamath store alone, not counting the agencies in Klamath county, was $158,877.91. That is approximately $100,000 more than we get back to aid our old folks and our poor. Medford, for instance, returned a net profit of $101,987.91 to the state funds, while Jackson annntv fnnlr VtarV In tarolfarA mnnmr e?QQ 773 33 Klamath's liquor consumption, aided by pur chases from out-of-state visitors, is quite an item : . i l i a, i ii . counties. We apparently do not have so many needy people here. Salary Plan THE Klamath salary raise schedule, as finally Introduced in the legislature, represents a downward adjustment from original requests as well as a change from a proposed percentage raise to a flat increase of $25 a month. The budget committee recommended that the elective county officials get a 20 per cent raise. Instead, officials will get 12 per cent ($25 increase above $200 now received). None will get as high as 20 per cent and one will get only 10 per cent. County officials should not kick, however. They ran for the offices, knowing what they paid and that the pay was frozen in state law. The officials are fortunate to get even a mod erate increase. The salaries Klamath pays are comparatively generous. There is a tendency among too many public officials to consider that if they do their job up to its requirements, they are rendering a premium service and ought to get premium pay. If they do their job up to its require ments, they are simply deserving of the pay established for that job. Butter and Eggs BUTTER is scarcer in Klamath Falls, while eggs are getting more plentiful. The larger buttermakers have started a ra tioning program on a 50 per cent basis, which they say is required by their situation. That situation is caused by a requirement that they provite30 per cent of their production to the armfai forces, and a decrease in butterfat pro duction here, Nobody Viere is expected to be seriously hit by the butler reduction. There, has been a lot ol purchasing here by people who send the butter to (friends and relatives in the cities has been a real shortage, more plentiful, and the price has i-dive. The cause lies in increased ition throughout the coast, and some rom other areas. The -egg market where thei Eggs an taken a ni local prod importation is weak and N-isa good time for those who like eggs, and have been skimping themselves, to start eating them. . - We had the good luck to gela ride to.Tule lake Monday night to attend the presentation of the distinguished flying cross to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dieter in honor of their son, missing in the Tokyo raid. We were impressed by the large attendance, the. closed down business houses and drink spots during the time of the event, and the appropriate formality and brevity bf the ceremony. ; , - ; - . - Mi n ri fcrl- iliajj MALLON H an JOHN LEWIS Made It Clear. the By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 If you did not see it, you would not believe the unions are getting ready to campaign for another wage increase beyond the 15 per cent Mr. Roosevelt granted these privileged workers. They Indicate openly, how ever, that they want to upset the loosely assembled econ omic apple-cart (chiefly the "little steel" formula) which the president erected against inflation. Congressmen are convinced the reason for the campaign is that labor is out to off-set the Income taxes now reaching down into its class of workers for the first time in history. The increase might just pay their new income taxes. I rather believe labor politics is furnishing the impetus behind the move. Congress is getting ready to diminish some few of the extreme special privileges granted labor unions beyond other citizens or groups by this labor government. The house judiciary committee has just reported a bill to remove the exemption of unions from the federal anti- racketeering laws, No effort has yet been made to make the unions pay taxes, or submit their finances to inspection, but congress might remove their ex emption from the anti-trust laws which now apply even to the American Medical association The labor leaders may be starting this wage drive in order to conduct a fight of their, own, rather than to meet defensively the congression al drive to remove one or two of their special extra legal privileges. ' Lewis Makes It Clear OUT deeper than this, there is specific labot O politics Inspiring the wage Insurrection at this peculiar moment of national war peril. The CIO outcast, John Lewis, made it ..very clear, at the recent anthracite hearings before the war labor board, that he would de mand the terrific increase of $2 a day for his restive hard coal boys when the new contract comes up tliis next month Mr. Roosevelt's "little steel" form ula to the contrary, notwithstanding. j The R o o s e v elt i formula would al low the anthracite miners only a 5 per cent increase, and bituminous miners none at all. Only a few "days after Lewis decided to assault the "little steel", formula,: CIC's Phil Murray announced he would call an executive committee meeting here early this month to formulate similar demands for his crowd. As .the anthracite outlaw strike showed, the workers seem to have a little different attitude toward this government than their leaders, The leaders have been getting practically everything they wanted, quietly, piece by piece, from the' war labor board. Maintenance of membership contracts have been, handed out right and left, establishing practically closed shops, which suited the union bosses perfectly, but did nothing for the workers, They see only that they must face a cost of living which has increased 22.1 per cent since the war began (department of labor figures issued January 29) with a 15 per cent wage increase. They figure that they are about seven per cent behind, (hardly enough to raise a fuss about in times of national sacrifices, but they are doing it.) Murray was not going to let Lewis get away with the political intra-union popularity of as suming such leadership, without getting in on the play himself. AFL Kept Quiet BILL GREEN'S A.F. of L. has kept relatively quiet and he might . be smart enough to know that the temporary advantage of another seven per cent increase is nothing compared to the damage the worker wiil suffer if Mr. Roose velt's economic apple-cart is upset and Inflation grips this country. Union wages can never go up fast enough to meet that pinch. Green may have the sense and ability to show his boys that their kind of hypersensitive self ishness will dig the' grave of labor in times like these. But beneath him in the A.F. of L. are smouldering the same fires which sent John Lewis out in front, and caused Murray to fol low him. Furthermore, Mr. Lewis is likely to get some anthracite increase. He can show that WLB has not kept very religiously to its own formula. Only the other day, the board granted an other $1 a day increase to metal miners, mak ing their jump somewhere near 50 per cent. This was done at the recommendation of Man powerist McNutt, who could find no other means of keeping men at work in that un pleasant, but vitally necessary occupation. As WLB well knows, men cannot be frozen into the similarly hard job of c6al mining. Furthermore, the operators want a two-year con tract out of Lewis, and may be willing to let the public pay for it. They like long con tracts with Lewis because he keeps them, whereas the radical CIO auto workers and some other unions have a reputation for walking out from contracts and seeking increases whenever they feel like it. One current such case is that of the New York Dress Makers union, an affiliate of the " 't SIDE GLANCES Wim taai wi lata mtm. T. m. tta. i m. ort. j.j "I've been a little nervous about riding this bike to the station since my wife started driving a toxjcabl" About That Income Tax INCOME FROM ANNUITIES Annuities have become a popu lar form of investment in recent years, and because of the nature of annuity income especial treat ment is required in the prepara tion of a federal income tax re turn. Several forms of annuities are found, but the most common are annuity contracts issued by in surance companies. An endow ment insurance policy may be payable to the beneficiary in monthly or annual sums tor a pe riod stipulated in the policy, fre quently for the life of the bene ficiary; or a person may pur chase, for a flat sum, an annuity policy from an insurance com pany which provides him with a monthly or annual income for life. In such annuity contracts, a portion of the payments re ceived represents interest on the sum or sums paid for the policy or contract, and a portion repre sents a gradual return of the principal to the annuitant. Only that portion of the payments which represents interest on the cost of the policy or contract 'is taxable income, and for purposes of uniformity the law provides that this portion shall be consid ered as 3 per . cent of the cost until there has been excluded from gross income an amount equal to the principal sum paid for the policy. Thereafter, the entire amount of the annuity is taxable income. Annuity income, accordingly. must be reported in the federal income tax return, whether the someone else, or received as the proceeds, to a beneficiary, of a life insurance policy Issued to an other. If the annuity derives from a straight annuity contract, then the cos.t to be shown would be the amount of the single pre mium paid for the policy. If the annuity is received by the pol icyholder of an endowment in surance contract, payable in in stallment to the policyholder, then the cost is the sum of the premiums paid for the policy. In addition to the cost of the policy, as stated above, there must be considered the amount of the annuity income received during the year. The portion of this annuity Income which is taxable, namely, 3 per cent of the cost of the policy, is the amount to be entered in Item. 7 of the return Form 1040; the balance is non-taxable and Is to be applied against the cost of the policy. When the taxpayer has received nontaxable income In this manner equaling the cost of the policy, thereafter the whole annuity income each year must ne entered as taxable income in item 7 of return Form 1040 The principles set forth above for the treatment of an nuity income apply also to re tirement income, annuity pen sions, and other forms of annui ties. In the case of retirement income and pensions, where no payments have been made for the income, then the whole amount of the income is taxable (except for pensions to war vet- GOUNC PASSES annuity is a gift received from erans and their families.) Truck Driver Kills Divorced Wife, Turns Gun on Self PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 2 (P) Roy A. Anderson, 32-year-old truck driver, killed his divorced wife, Selina Gantenbein, 31, last night, and then turned a gun on himself. Their bodies were found in the East Side residence where the woman had lived since di vorcing Anderson in November. Detective Harold Sammons said Anderson several times had threatened the life of his former wife unless she promised to re marry him. Four of Quintuplet Calves Still Alive HAYS, Kas., Feb. 2 HP) A cow on the William Kreutzer farm in Rush county is increasing livestock production. She gave birth to quintuplet calves her owner thinks it at least ties the world record and four lived. " International Ladies Garment Workers. Last week they jumped contract extending to 1944. and, in a strike, demanded a wage increase. , Clothing prices are fixed, but will be lifted, no doubt, if the garment workers get their in crease, after the manner in which Lewis recently forced an increase . In the price of anth racite coal in return for allow ing' the miners to work 'a six- day week of seven hours a day, instead of the 35 hour-week they enjoyed during the first year of war. . ) Labor leadership, playing pol itics, seems likely to create a situation that no one here may be able to stop. . Read Classified AOs for Results WHEN COLD MISERIES STRIKE Get Penetro for colds' OCGfttU't' ruffles, coughl. The mmmmmmmmmmm UinleMaiivelnmuttoniuetbew, 25-360. MKlamatMak i i i i ! m ran i 40 eoWi1 mam From the files From the Klamath. Republican February 5, 1903 Local efforts are being made to persuade the legislature to permit fishing in Klamath coun ty the year around. People are now prevented from catching fish at the time of year when they are best to eat. . R. A. Emmltf, legislator from Klamath county, caused consid erable excitement at Salem In connection with the U. S. sen ator race between Fulton and Geer. When Mr. Emmitt's name was called, he was out in the hall, and snouted "here" Instead of the name of his favorite can didate. Gecr people thought they had a new recruit and everybody in the chamber be lieved Mr. Emmltt, a Fulton man, had shouted "Geer." But the clerk was doubtful,, put the question again, and Mr. Emmitt by that time knew what was going on.. He voted for Fulton. From tha Klamath News February 2, 1933 Mayor W. E. Mahoney spoke out vigorously today against pet ty grafts. The governor's relief commit tee today endorsed plans for a local armory project as a means of providing employment. Police Chief Shaw declared to day that the "morals situation downtown will be cleand up and will stay clean." drive out nnnFi Roundworm run UUllkl auia rati troubt HriAMBra vonns lWgetlnr, "picky" nppetlU, Itehr tlOM or Mat. If you even minuet roundworm!, get Jayne'i Vermlfuss today! JAYNE'fl fi Amorlcft's Icadlna proprietory worm mdU . ein ! used bv mlllfnrii tnr iwr n cunturv. Acta ccntlv et Arivnn enit roundworm!. iur you gn rfAinc q vAnnuuufii IL K. F. SANITATION RULING MONDAY A general round-up of left over business, including the third and final rending of the food sanitation ordinance, took up the time of city fathers at the regular Monday night meeting ol the city council. Dr. Peter' 11. Kozcndal, city and county health oitlcer, up poared betore the council prior to the final reading ol the ordi nance, and advised the adminis tration "not to be too tougn" in carrying out de-toils of the ordi nance at this time, lie said no folt it more, important to follow, the reslauriint angle thau the food problem. "Personally 1 feel a restaurant ordinance la more important man a luod handlers ordinance Just at this time," Dr. Hozunaal told the council. "It will re quire work In making Inspec tions, certain amount of labora tory work and the culturlng of dlsnwato, 1 adviae you not to get too tough right now. and on the whole, restaurant operators are agreeable, realizing what the ordinance means to them. Ordinance Passed Rozendal said he was nrinrl patyr interested t this time In dlshe$and the protection of the lood. Following discussion around the table, a motion was made by Councilman Kollln Contrail, seconded by Wlesendangcr, and me ordinance went Into effect Chief Earl Heuvcl was called beforo the council and asked for details concerning the aliena tions mado by Cecil Sopps tlint a police officer had struck him. Chiof Hcuvel said that Sapps was given more than ordinary courtesy louowing his arrest on an assault charge growing out of complaints made by three young women, and that on one occasion members of Sapps' family wore permitted to bring him blankets and a white-slipped pillow, and at another time brought him ice cream which he was permitted to eat outside the jail in a corri dor. The chief reviewed the case, told the council that he had brought Sapps before all mem bers of his force, and that the youth failed to Identify an offi cer as the man he said struck him. Mayor Houston and members of the council said the chief was to be commended for his action in the case and it dropped there after the , chiof said he "still didn't like recent radio refer ences to the gestapo." A mem ber of KFJI staff said he would give another report on the air complimenting the department. Car Use Mayor Houston said it had come to his attention that cer tain city officials had use of city cars. "Members of the council have been called upon many times to use their own cars, -gas and tires for city business and in the bad weather, when they are unable to get their own cars -out, thoy have called upon the city to give tnem a hand. Now Is the time for members of the council to come forth and set - a policy whether we will be permitted mis privilege," the mayor said. Several of the council said they had done the same thins and inasmuch as they used their own ration of gas to include city business, they felt justified. This matter was also dropped. City Streets The matter of paying city em ployes while they are ill was brought up and after discussion by the various department heads it was decided that each head would use his own opinion In tnc matter, dopending a great deal on the length of service and value of the employe. Condition of city streets were brought before the council, and members advised that one plow was now In operation but little could be done until the ice leaves. Names of Vornon Moore and the Rev. L. K. Johnson were ap proved as members of the city planning commission to replace the Rev. Arthur Charles Bates and Elmer Balsiger. Other mem bers are Frank Jenkins, Arthur Wilson, E. M. Igl and Nelson Reed, with the city attorney and mayor as ex-officio members. "It is my hope that this com mission will revitalize itself and lay plans for the future of Klam ath Falls," the mayor said. "Now Is the time to start planning for a better and finer community and the commission will havo the opportunity to study projects to be put into effect as time and conditions permit." Fire Chief Keith K. Ambrose was given an okeh on the pur chase of 500 feet of 2 J-inch fire hose. f. Held in Slaying tersp Sheriff Arnold J. William at St. Louis. Mo., said that Harold L. Lawrence (above). 27, had contested striking his wife with hammer In an argument over a divorce. Tha wife's body was found In a ravine. Tha couple had three children. IINIITTSEES 10 OUT OF 14 SEV Telling The Editor Lallan prtntac) hart mual mi ba mora lhan M0 worda In lanilh, mual be Mill. Ian laeibli en ONI (101 el lha panai enlv. and mual be elrwd. Contribution fallowing Iheae rulee, ere warmly waa-ooma. When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne Earley Proprietors LIQUOR BILL KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To the fcdltor) iloro are some fig ures given for the year 1941 by tho federal alcohol administra tor that the public should con sider, and they are that the total liquor bill for legal liquor was $4,000,000,000, and he odds that another $2,000,000,000 should bo a conservative estimate for tho amount expended for boot leg liquor for that year. That we may better apprcclnto this great sum,' Dr. Roy Smith of Los Angeles has made this com parison of what might be ac complished if this money were invested In a dlfforent way. Ho says, "It would provide a $6,000,000,000 community chest for each of tho SO largest cities of the United States, a $3,000, 000,000 chest for the next larg est 50, a $1,000,000,000 chest for the next 100, and a $200, 000 chest for the next 1000 cities. In addition tho drink bill would provido 5000 hospitals with a sum of $100,000 for free work among the poor, and would erect a public hospital tit a cost of $250,000, and provide a $250,000 endowment In each of 1000 American towns. In ad dition it would provide a $100, 000 playground and endow it with $200,000 for perpetual care, in each of 1000 American communities,' In addition it would pay the salary of the president of the United States, all members of his cabinet, all members of tho supremo court, uli members of the senate and house of representatives, all fed eral judges and district 'attor neys, and in addition would pay tho entire bill of the army and navy (before the war), in- addi tion it would endow and erect 4000 public libraries at a cost of $250,000, and we would still have $150,000,000 to apply n other government expense. ' ' Now consider that one-third of that vast sum for the yeur 1941 was spent for bootleg liquor, and, remember, these are tho figures given out by tho federal alcohol administrator and will be, no doubt, fur great er for tho present year 1043. The blatant radio advertising has so disgusted the people of Kentucky that 68 of it 120 counties aro already dry. Let us remember wliat Lin coln said and not bo fooled all tha tlmo. F. L. CHITWOOD. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (T) War Manpower Commissioner Putil V. McNutt told tho horn military affairs cummltlco luclny Unit "by tlui mid of litis year 10 out of every 14 of the able-bodied men between IB and 38 will bo In the armed services." McNutt mado tha statement during discii.ssloii of the college training program being worked out for the armed services, in reply to questions of com mittao members he stipulated that lite men in that ago group would bo serving "as fighting men" by tho end of tills year. He Moans It He explained that his figures Included only "those who can pons the physical requirements of the armed services." "Do you moan that three fourths of the able-bodied nion between 18 and 38 will be in the army or navy?" asked Rep resentative Brooks (D-La.) "Yos, sir," McNutt replied. Committee members said they believed that 10 out of every 14 able-bodied men between 18 and 38, without children, al ready' were In service, the only ones In that group loft in civil Inn llfo being those with chil dren, physical defects, or occu pational deferments. Any move tor wholosulo induction of men with children, thoy said, would force congressional opposition so long us men without children were available. Food Stamp Plan To Be Suspended PORTLAND, Fob. 2 (IP) The department of agriculture's food stamp plan, operative in Oregon for three years, will be suspend ed for the duration on March 1, Ray B. Schwartz, state super visor of food distribution admin istration, said today. Eligible users will be able to purchase stamps until Fobruary 27. , . A new transport plane spe cifically designed for transport ing guns, tanks, ammunition, supplies, troops or paratroopers Is known to have a maximum range in excess of 3500 miles. One of the advantages of the flying boat over the land cargo plane Is that it Is more roomy becauso of its large hull. Thousands Praiie Simple PILE RELIEF This Quick, Easy Wayl Blmplo pll need not wretli nel torture ou wllb maditanine Itch, bum end Irrlle. tlon. Sloart'a Pyramid Boppoaltorlea brine quick, waleome relief. Their 7.wey raedke. llon meene reel rumlort. reducee atraln, halpa tlthten relaxed membrenee, antly lubrleaiea end eoftena. Protective end enll Fbeflnir. ao ey to ue. ll'e wondarlul Ui be (re of Dlle torture eiteln. Get eenulne Sluart'a Pyramid Suppoallorlea at your drue afore without dalev 0o and 11.80 ol neker'e money-beck ituarentee. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One, course, good hunting for the un dersea boats. a e e HTHE general picture of the news we've boon getting for weeks it favorable. The sub marine situation distinctly ISN'T fuvorable. Not much is being said about it, but whut little tho insiders let out has a worried tone. e e e BUREAUCRATS are bureau crats even at Salem, In our own hard-headed Oregon, Read this dispatch: "The Oregon department of agriculture's monthly bulletin suys thcro have been many re ports of cows eating nulls, razor blades, bits of baling wire and other metal. The stuff goes Into bossy's stomach and often pene trates tho stomach wall and pierces tho heart lining, thus killing tho animal." Tho bulletin then adds: "The best idea, tho department says, is for fanners to collect ALL TINY BITS OF METAL on their farms and turn it in to Uncle Sam." a e e TRY to imoglne Oregon dairy- men getting out on their hands and knees in their pas tures at the end of tholr 16-hour day and sniffing around among thu grass roots lor ihlnglo nails, razor blades, etc., so that the cows won't cut 'cm inadvertontly and go dcadl You may try it, but you won't be able to munage It. Only bureaucrats con imagine such things. Mrs. DuPuis Has Maiden Name Back -And No Husband TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 2 CT) Mrs, Gertrude Shields DuPuis was granted a divorce Saturday from Lindreth DuPuis, but Meanwhile, she'd married Rob ert Dcfore of Kansas City. Yostcrday Defore obtained an annulment on ground his wife already was married at the time of their wedding. Today she has her maiden name again. No husband. Light planes are being used to observe the effect of field ar tillery fire on enemy positions and roport back necessary corrections. CONSTIPATION'S GONE, HOORAY! You'd shout, too, If you felt the wsy I feel now com pared with how I utr.d tol Cotutlpatlon duo to Uclc of "bulk" was the mason. Medicinal laxatives brought mo only temporary relief. Then I found out why they didn't got at tho oausel - But KELtOOO'S AU-BSAN did I And that's because ALL-BRAN Is a "bulk-form- Ins" food. I ate It regularly, drank plenty of water and "Joined the Itegulara." ' Try au-bhah, It's one of the most wonderful cereals you ever ate I Made by Keiiogg's in Battle creek. r. if 7 J
