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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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Today's Roundup
Br MALCOLM EPLEY
WHEN It was recently suggested that men
pitch In and help on the surgical dress
ing project, It was apparent that some ot our
male irienas scizea eageriy on
the theory that men's hands
are clumsy, inefficient and use
less In work of this nature.
Well, men, the bad news Is
out. Men can do the job, and
do it well.
That w,as proved conclusive
ly Monday night, when 38 pa
triotic males turned out for an
evening's work at the Red
Cross headquarters, and fold
ed an unusually large number
of passable surgical dressings.
The. men learned quickly. They concentrated
upon the job. Their hands proved skilfull.
On of the fellows who told us he didn't
think men could do the job well because of
clumsy hands can do the most beautiful job of
shuffling cards you ever saw. We have a
hunch he was doing that Monday night during
the men's hour at the Red Cross headquarters.
Men will make dressings again next Monday
night. Any man in the community who wants
to help out is welcome to attend. After a
night's experience, we can promise anybody
who does it a lot of personal satisfaction at
the close of the evening.
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City Tax Problems
A NEED for property tax relief inside cities
was the basic argument that prompted
Klamath Real Estate board members to endorse
the cities' highway revenue bill, which is op
posed by the county chamber of commerce.
While we do not favor this bill, we do think
that the time is past due for a more sympathetic
consideration of the cities' tax problems by
legislators and civic organizations.
, For many years, there has been in evidence
a tendency of the larger governmental units
to invade the revenue sources of the smaller
ones.
About a decade ago, the federal government
got into the gas tax field, which theretofore
had been the exclusive revenue source of the
states. The late Senator Frederick Steiwer was
one of the critics of the government's move in
this direction, and there was powerful talk,
at that time about restoring this exclusive field
to the states after the "emergency" passed. Such
emergencies go on 'forever, and we are still
paying a federal gas tax.
The state, in turn, has been moving in on
sources of city revenue. Klamath Falls lost
heavily in revenue when state liquor control
went into effect. There is now in the legisla
ture a bill providing' for the taxing of "juke
boxes," which heretofore have been taxed ex
clusively by the cities. While the proposed
state tax would be in addition to city licenses,
the probable next step will be pressure from
the juke box operators to get out from under
city taxes on the grounds that their business
won't stand both state and city tapping.
A fairer bill would provide for a state tax on
juke boxes outside the limits of municipalities.
That would tend to equalize the. taxes as be
tween cities and outside areas.
Wise Canine
THIS writer owns a wise old dog, but he's
even smarter than we knew.
Saturday night, as we were leaving the
house, old Tip came trotting down the snowy
alley, a big package in his mouth.
He deposited the package carefully at our
feet, and wagged his tail for commendation,
which he certainly had coming.
tor inside the undamaged wrapping was
nothing less than a large roast from a local
meat market.
Times being what they are that was quite a
contribution to the. family larder. In times
of meat plenty, old Tip has never gone to the
trouble of bringing home any choice morsels
he may have picked up. We're convinced he
knows about the shortage.
Sunday morning, we called several neighbors.
None of them had lost a roast.
We meant to write about this matter here
yesterday, but got mixed up in the coverage of
a shooting and didn't have time. Now, the
. roast is in the family refrigerator, and anybody
who can Identify same is reluctantly welcome
to It or the market value, which is plainly
.: marked on the wrapping paper.
But nobody can have our dog. We're in
creasing his allowance.
WE'VE discussed this matter before, but fre
quently it seems necessary to remind read
ers that anonymous letters to the "Telling the
Editor" column are not acceptable. Persons who
want to say something in this manner should
be willing to back up their remarks with their
names.
We believe the letters column performs an
excellent function as a place for public dis
cussion of Issues of public interest, and we
encourage letters, so long as they are signed.
There is another point that we want to make
clear. This writer, and this newspaper, do not
necessarily subscribe to anything that is said in
any published letter".
The letters are published as the opinions of
the persons who write them not as the views
of this newspaper. Often, the opinions expressed
in these letters are contrary to our own.
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MALLON
News Behind ihe News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 The Byrnes order
was a move to cure specific manpower
shortages by pushing a button from Washing
ton, decreeing an overall 48
hour week.
Primarily, it was supposed
to increase production. What
it will really accomplish is
not clear even yet in the in
ner discussions that have been
going on, or in the hedging
announcements which Man
power McNutt has subsequent
ly made.
The most vital war Indus
tries already are working 24
hours a day. All war plants that have been
getting materials, such as autos, ships and air
craft, will hence get no Increased production
whatever out of the new order. Their man
power problem is due mainly to wide variations
in pay rates.
The average wage rate in aircraft, for in
stance, is somewhere around 81 cents an hour,
and in shipyards, $1.20 an hour. Consequently,
the turn-over of employees in aircraft has been
very high, many of them going into shipyards.
In autos, the average rate is even higher.
Job freezing was supposed to meet this problem,
but did not.
The vital steel industry has been working
full-blast on the 40-hour week basis, with three
8-hour shifts and a swing shift of 48 hours.
What the 48-hour decree will do to it, aside
from muddling up the shifts and increasing the
labor cost of war production, no one seems able
to explain. Certainly it will not increase steel
production or solve any manpower problem
there.
SIDE GLANCES
k"Vell. if flip rnnk's Ipnvino fnr n wnr ioh. whv not invite I
jiyour mother over for a visit? I hope the Inst time she
Ivas here she didn't lake' those joking remarks of mine
seriously!"
About That Income Tax
Personal Value Doubted
IOW. the Byrnes scheme was intended to
work can be readily understood if you
consider a single business firm and its cm
. ployees. One such firm of wholly white collar
workers here has figured the annual cost of the
48-hour week will be $50,000 in its payroll.
By switching from the 40 to the 48 hour week,
it will have to pay them time and a half for
the additional eight hours, increasing its cost
about 30 per cent for each employee (an 8 per
cent increase in the average hourly rate.)
To make up this $50,000 loss, it will have to
fire a number of employees. These employees
are not suited to fill any of the most crucial
manpower deficiencies on the farms, for in
stance, or the copper mines. ' They will, be
mostly women clerks with the least experience
and efficiency,
They could only do precision work in fac
tories after vocational training, but there are
so many individual elements involved, such as
personal physical fitness, adaptability, distance
of the job from home, the ability of the indi-.
vidua! to support himself or herself and family
in the transition-apprenticeship, due to the dif
ferences in salaries, that even these most hope
ful aspects of the move seem limited. .
Certainly, the laying off of such a great
group of workers in the 32 decreed centers, or
later on a national scale, will not meet the
specific manpower requirements in certain spe
cific lines, even in a general way.
The order also is of doubtful personal value
to those employees who remain in their jobs,
since they will be required to do all of the
work of their departed workers for the 30 per
cent increase in pay.
Thus what sounded and seemed like a move
to put this nation into a greater effort on a
48-hour week and increase our war production
yet must prove its value in practice.
Same Old Trouble
THE effect on inflation can hardly be measur
ed. Salary increases for those employees
who are not laid off will swell the national
income and tend to increase inflation problems,
This will be offset by whatever degree the
income of those who are laid off is diminished
in whatever new jobs they find. The effect on
inflation, therefore, depends on that incalcul
able point.
The trouble with the Byrnes system is the
same old one of centralized government con
trol. Here again is the typical economist and
college professor approach. They never believe
in curing any situation by direct remedy.
They would not think of fixing the shortage
of labor on the farm, for instance, by directly
taking some soldiers with farm experience and
putting them to a plow they know how to run.
They have to devise cunning, national economic
devices which may be run on a button from
Washington.
Generally, they upset ten times more, things
and create ten times more problems than the
one they are trying to cure.
The hedging restrictions which Mr. McNutt
began to issue within 36 hours after delivery
of the plan may eventually whittle its effect
down to nothing by limiting the number of in
dustries and areas affected. That may yet
prove to be the best result possible.
But, if the prescribed formula does any ot
the jobs it set out to do, it will be a miracle,
and Mr. Byrnes will indeed be a miracle man.
TRANSFER
OF
mora
PUSSES HOUSE
DEDUCTIONS FOR TAXES
Taxes are, in general, a deduc
tible item in arriving at net in'
come for federal income tax pur
poses. In the case of taxes in-
curred in connection with
trade or profession, the amount
is shown in schedule H to arrive
at net profit (or loss) from busi
ness or profession entered in
item 9 of the return, Form 1040;
taxes on rental property should
be shown in schedule B, while
other taxes deductible should be
shown in item 14 of deductions.
Taxes shown in item 14 must
also be supported by an explana
tion (in schedule C) of the de
duction.
The deductibility of taxes is
subject to four general limita
tions: 1. Taxes are generally deduc
tible only by the person upon
whom they are, by law, imposed;
2. Federal income, WBr profits.
and excess profits taxes are not
deductible for federal income tax
purposes;
3. Taxes for local benefits,
such as assessments for street,
sidewalk, sewage, and other lo
cal improvements which tend to
enhance the value of the prop
erty taxed, are not deductible ex
cept amounts allocable to main
tenance or interest charges;
4. The tax must be a tax for
public purposes. Charges for
governmental services such as
municipal water bills, parking
meter charges, service fees, and
the like are not deductible as
taxes, but are deductible as ex
penses if incurred in a trade or
business.
In the. case of state and local
"sales taxes," if the amount of
the tax is measured by the price
ot tne article sold, or by a sum
per unit of the article sold, and
is separately stated, the amount
paid Is deductible by the pur-
cnaser.
The federal tax on gasoline Is
levied upon the producer or lm'
porter, and consequently is not
deductible by the individual con-
sumer (except that in the case of
gasoline used for business pur
poses It may be Included in the
cost of the gasoline as a business
expense).
Federal duties and excise tax
es are. in general, imposed upon
the manufacturer, importer, or
dealer, and consequently are not
deductible by the consumer, or
vendee. This applies to the fed
eral excise tax on automobiles.
tires, lubricating oils, mechani
cal refrigerators, radios, and oth
er commodities, as well as to the
"luxury taxes" on perfumes, tot
let preparations, jewelry, and
the like, it also applies to the
tax or electrical energy, liquor,
tobacco, cigarettes, playing
cards, and the like.
Taxes imposed by the United
States government on the follow
ing items may be deducted: Ad
missions, club dues, telephone
and telegraph services, safe de
posit boxesj transportation of
persons and property, use of mo
tor vehicle or boat,, and docu
ments.. .
Federal employment taxes re
quired to be paid by an employ
er are deductible, but the
amount of such taxes required
to be withheld by the employer
from the compensation of em
ployes as payments are made is
not allowable by the employe
for federal income tax purposes.
In the case of ad valorem
property taxes, the deduction is
allowed only to the owner of the
property. Thus, if a man and his
wife are filing separate returns,
and the home is owned by the
wife, then the property taxes on
that homo are deductible only in
the wife's return.
State income taxes paid are
allowable tax deductions In the
federal income tax return.
Yesterday's paper was one of the most un
pleasant we have read in a long time. It was
black with tragic headlines.
OBITUARY
ERMA TITUS
Erma Titus, a resident of Bly,
Ore., passed away in that city
. on Monday, February 15, 1943.
The deceased was a native of
Oregon, and was aged 50 years
8 months and 23 days when
called, She is survived by her
husband, W. E. Titus of Bly,
and one son, Norman White Jr.,
U. S. army air corps of Pine
Bluff, Ark. The remains rest in
Ward's Klamath funeral home,
925 High street. The notice of
the funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Always read the classified ads.
Temperature of boiling water
is not increased by applying
heat under it.
Any man can have his own
way if there isn't someone in It.
Legion to Present
Americanism Program
At Meeting Tonight
Klamath Post No. 8, American
Legion, will hold a regular meet
ing tonight at 8 o'clock in the
Legion hall. Fourth street and
Klamath avenue.
An Americanism program will
be presented with the lives of
George Washington and Abra
ham Lincoln as the subject of
the address. S. R. Brown and J.
R. Fowler will have charge of
the program.
Andrew Loney, Jr., director of
public school music, will also
give a talk and the local chanter
of the Red Cross will present a !
speaxer.
All visiting Legionnaires and
veterans are cordially invited to
attend.
Beef Soars to
Alltime High On
Portland Market
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 16 (IP)
Beef soared to an all-time hieh
on the Portland livestock mar
ket today with a load of eood
and choice 980-pound fed steers
bringing $16 per hundred
pounds.
The U. S. department of agri
culture said the high price was
caused by the combination of a
strong market and the excep
tional quality of the steers.
WHEN COLD MISERIES STRIKE
Get Penetro for cold' QtMAlT'
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LEARN THI TRUTH ABOUT
D017E1 WORMS
Nobody il eore to eeeape. And roundworm,
can cmuM real trouble Iniiila you or your
eblld. Watch for the warning- eigne I un
eaey ttoraach, nervouaneei, Itchy noM or
etet. Ort Jame'e Vermifuge right ewayl
JAYNE'S la America'! leading proprietary
worm medicine : weed by million for over a
century. Acta gently, yet drlvei out round
worm Demand JAYNE'S VKBMIFUGE.
Final Services
Held in Baker for
George A. Cunning
Final services for George A.
Cunning, former Klamath Falls
merchant who died Saturday
night at his home in Baker, were
held Tuesday afternoon In
Baker, according to word re
ceived here.
Lt. Thomas Cunning, only son
of the late Mr. Cunning, arrived
In Baker from Fort George
Wright, Spokane, Wash., friends
in Klamath Falls learned. Lt.
Cunning is on 'leave of absence
from his post as manager-secretary
of the Lcwiston, Ida., cham
ber of commerce. Death of his
father was attributed to a heart
ailment, Lt. Cunning said.
WYOMING'S FORESTS
Six national forests lie entire
ly in Wyoming and six partly
In It. They cover an approxi
mate area of 9,000,000 acres and
contain more than 13 per cent
of the state's area.
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Feb, lt) (rje-Ciover-
nor Earl Sncll s bill to trunster
the milk control board's Xiinc
tions to the stato department of
agriculture won uiiummous nn
proval today, while the limine
passed S3 to 25 and sent to the
senate a bill to give retirement
Insurance to persons not now
covered by social security.
There was no debnto mi the
milk bill, which goes to Ihe
governor for signature. Hut
both houses yet must art on
proposals to abolish milk con
trol entirely, to abolish It only
for the duration of the war, and
to peg prices to producers and
eliminate the quoin system up.
era ted by the milk control
board,
$1 Tax
The pension measure, spon
sored by the Oregon Pension
Federation, would bo referred to
tho people In tho May 11)44 prl
mary election.
Benefits would be given to
such persons as farmers, doc
tors, lawyers, businessmen,
I teachers, public employes, ami
others who now aro not eligible
to federal soclul security bene
fits.
Qualiiication
A tax of $1 u month would
be levied uguinst persons who
would bo eligible to receive
benefits. Sponsors said tho stuto
should take enro of these per
sons, because It is doubtful
whether the government would
take them under the soclul se
curity plan.
To quulify, a recipient would
have to bo US years old, a rest
dent of the country for 15 years
a resident of the state for five
of the 10 years preceding the
dato on which his benefits
would sturt. Persons whose net
incomes exceed ?I00 a year
after reaching the age of 03
could not get benefits.
School Bill
The senate passed and sent to
the house bills to permit the
state highway commission to co
operate with the federal govern
ment in constructing airfields
and flight strips, to refund an
telope hunting licenses which
were not used last year when
the season was closed.
The house taxation and rev
enue committee reported out
the bills amending the Initiative
to give school districts surplus
income tux revenues to reduce
property taxes. The committee
provided that up to $4,000,001)
a year in excess revenues can
be given districts, and thul
amounts collected in excess of
that figure shall be placed into
a reserve fund for future use.
BOSTON WOOL
BOSTON. Feb. 18 (AP-USDA)
Sales of fine wool in Arizona
was reported in the Boston wool
market today at an fob grease
price of 43 cents. Sizable pur
chases of fine wools were mode
in Australia and of fine to medi
um wools in Argentina. Sales of
spot Australian wools were made
at clean prices from five cchtu
under to full ceiling.
We have regained what is
known as the strategical Initia
tive. British Production Min
ister Oliver Lyttelton.
J. M. Baker
m
''ittSiiu tutu-"
Jamm Baker, prominent
Klamath Fulls builnon man.
diad at his home early Monday
alternoon following a brlol III
"T" 1 '':i";;ir::;'i;;rji)i! !!'i!";inrii7
fromvtha'illai'-ljrtiiW'iqr
From tha Klamath Republican
Fob. 19. 1903
Pcoplo of Langcll valley have
had several rabbit drives recent
ly. Last week, 300 rabbits were
killed. Thcro wore 20 people on
horses, six sleigh and two buggy
loads mid several on foot. They
started from tho rcsldenco of
Robert Williams. Tho area cov
ered was two by three miles. A
luilf-mile of woven wlro was
stretched nml an lnclosiire 10
feet square arranged for flnul re
ceptlon of tho pests.
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Hay Is scarce and tho price
has gone up.
From the Klamath Newt
Fob. IS, 1933
California Oregon Power com
pony today reported to the city
gross earnings of $312,000 last
year, and tho Pacific Telephone
und Telegraph company report
ed $1111,121.
a a
Today's paper was filled with
news of Gulseppo Zangara's at
tempt to kill President Roose
velt, resulting In the dangerous
wounding of Mayor Anton Cor
niiik of Chicago.
Power Commission
Accuses Copco of
Making Write-Ups
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 fP)
The federal power commission
accused the California Oregon
rower company, Medford, yes
terday of making $4,813,722 In
write-ups and ordered the com
pany to remove tho Items from
their books.
The FPC, listing cost of the
company's plant at $27,014,210
os of January 1, 1037, said tho
amount to be disposed of ren-
resents about 18 per cent In ex
cess" of that figure.
A mora ohona rail ran nil
that policy from Hans Norland.
7178 or 3827.
JAMES
BAKER
PASSES AFTER
SHORT ILLNESS
Jumes Madison 11 a k e r, for
mora than 23 years u rosidviit of
Kliiiniitll Fulls mid prominent In
business, civic und frnturnul cir
cles, died Monday at 2:18 p. m.
at his homo, (140 Pacific Terrace,
following uu Illness of six duys.
Mr. lluker was 37 years ot uge
at tho tlmu of his pansing. 11a
was burn in Sherwood, near
Portland, and spout his early
years In (hat section of the stain.
Mr. lluker cumo to Klamath
Fulls In 10-1 and wus ussoeluted
with Clifford A. Dunn iu Dunn
and linker. They opcruted a
building mntoi'liils und contract
ing firm Willi emphasis on road
building. Their Joint operadons
ended in 1U33, when Mr. Ilakrr
look over tha building materials
und Mr. Dunn tha contracting
work.
Lodge Mombor
In 1038, tlin Wcst-Diikcr cor
poration, machinery und equip
ment house, was u r u n n 1 1 e d
with Mr. liakt-r us president and
munagor ami Merle West lis asso
ciate. A sou, James M. Dakar,
Jr., was also Interested in tho
business with his father.
Mr. Baker wus a member of
Klamath Kails lodge, No. 1247,
BPOK, Klnmnlh lodge, No. 77,
AF&AM, Klnmalh Consistory
and Hlllah tempi" of Ashland,
In addition to his wife, Jean,
and son, James M., Jr., a second
son, Pvt, Wllmer D, Baker of the
United States army, Honolulu,
also survives. A brother,
Churles, uf Tillamook, arrived
here Tuesday to title ud final ser
vices which will be announced
later by tho Eurl Whltlock Fu
neral homo.
Mr. Bnker suffered an attack
of influenza Inst week. Ills con
dition was not considered serious
until a short tlmo before his
death. Emiy Monday ufternuon
tho city police department re
sponded to a call for tho pul
motor from tha Baker residence
Milhorn Hearing
Set for Thursday
Afternoon at 3:30
The hearing nought by Clif
ford E. "Red" Milhorn, city po
lice officer, hiu been set for
Thursday at 3:30 p, m. In the
council chambers of the city hull,
II was announced Tuesday by
Ccorgo P. Duvis, chnlrmnn of
the civil service commission.
Milhorn, member of tho no-
lice force for more than six
years, was suspended last week
by Police Chief Enrl Hcuvel on
charges of Inefficiency.
First telegraphic news dis
patch was received at Baltimore,
Md., on Mny 23, 1844.
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gon House of Representatives
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high school necessary before en
rolling in a school of cosmetic
fherapy.
It alio would Increaio the court of itudy
from 8 to 12 monthi.
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