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APPROVES TAX
Optional Pay-As-You-Go
Income Tax Plan
Considered
By FRANCIS M. LE MAY
WASHINGTON, March 10 (IP)
Tlii) hoimo ways unci means com
mittee todny approved u com
promUa Incomo tux collection
plan imposing a 20 per cent
withholding levy on taxable por
IIoiih o( all wnitca ond salaries
and' lcnvlnu to each Individual
the option of rcmulnlng a J' cur
I behind In tux puymont or
"dbubling-up" taxes In ono year
and going on a pay-as-you-go
hauls.
No tux ubiitcmcm la provided.
Tho withholding levy ognlnst
pay envolopea and salary checks
would become effective July 1.
. Tho committee thus aban
doned all long-debuted current
tax collection proposals, and
transferred to tho house floor
the Issue of whether one tux
year should bo cancelled to put
all taxpayers on a pay-as-you-go
basis, as proposed by Bcardslcy
Burnt, New York bunker.
Approving tho compromise
plan wore IS democrats and ono
republican, Gcarhurt of Califor
nia. Nino republicans were In
opposition.
- The republicans Issued a state
ment saying "the mountain has
labored and brought forth a
mouse," and "It Is obvious thnt
1 the house will have to take the
matter Into Its own hands If tax
payers are to bo mode current."
The 20 por cent withholding
levy (covering both Incomo and
victory taxos) would not bo an
additional tax, but a means of
collection against actual taxes.
Alcoa Workers,
Company Talk
Wage Demands
PITTSBURGH, March 10 (P)
Officials of tho Aluminum Com
pany of America and tho CIO
Aluminum Workers of America,
conferred four hours yesterday
, about union demands for elimi
nating wugo differentials be
tween men and women,
The conferonco broke up with
out nny agreement, other thon
thot tho company would consider
the demands, and with tho un
derstanding thnt at a later ses
sion other controversial matters
would be considered, spokesmen
for tho groups snld.
Tho union claims It represents
40,000 workers, of whom It
stated approximately 20 por cent
were women.
Sliced Bread Back
On Grocery Store
Counters Wednesday
Sliced bread was bock again
on Klama''- grocory and bakery
atore counters Wedncsdoy,
Following a government order
' rescinding tho ban on slicing,
local bakeries had thoir slicing
machines back in operation by
Tuesday night.
GOI
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Senate Manpower Groups Told Armed
Forces to Number 75 Million by 1944
WASHINGTON, Murch 10 (P)
Ono.scnnlo committee heard tes
timony todny thnt tha nntlon's
armed sorvlccs will comprise
15,000,000 men Instead of 11,
000,000 by tho end of this year,
while another released testi
mony thnt all 3A draft regis
trants may bo Inducted by mid
summer. The 15,000,000 flgl.ro came
from Senator Downey (D-Cnllf.)
during testimony on tho Austin
Wadsworth bill to mobilize men
and women clvllinns for indus
trial and agricultural produc
tion. Downey, asserting that unless
tome such legislation is enacted
American arinnmcnt gonls could
not bo attained, told the com
mittee: "While there ft talk -of
Pelicans
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Hara Is tha 1943 Pelican basketball team, which enters the state title tournament at Salem
Thursday. Back row, laft to right. Jim Bocchl, Don Blggar, Manager Dean Fitigerald, Coach
Wayne Scott, Ralph Foster, W, Welch. Kneeling, Rex Young, Jim Conroy, Jim Cox and A.
Balloltl.
Parents to Be Held for
Delinquency of Juveniles
Parents are to blama for the
increase In Juvenile delinquency
In Klamath rails, and will find
themselves In court to answer
charges of violation of the city
curfew law If they do not take
over their responsibilities as
concerns teen-age girl and boys
In tho city. '
Duvo Bridgo,' city juvenile of
ficer, said that the juvenile prob
lem had becomo serious one In
this city as well as other cities on
tho Pacific coast and that steps
will be taken to bring parents to
tusk Instead of the children If
this situation continues.
"At dunces given in Klamath
Fells, especially on Saturday
nights, I venture to say that 80
per cent of tho girls attending
are 18 years old and under,"
Bridgo suited. "Tho sud part of
this is thnt tho majority of these
are not accompanied by either
pn rents or guardians and that
they may coma and go as they
plcnso with whom they please."
Bridgo said that Juvenile de
linquency had Increased more
than 22 por cent throughout the
nation and that Klamath Falls
was no exception.
Tho ordinanco which controls
tho curfew states definitely that
nny child under 18 years of age,
out after 10 o'clock, must be ac-
Thurman Arnold
Leaves Anti-Trust
Prosecutor Job
WASHINGTON, March 10 (P)
Bowing out of a busy Job as anti
trait prosecutor, Thurman Ar
nold believes thnt power not
profit is tho main motivating
force behind today's economic
battles.
Confirmed yestordny by tho
sonnto em a Judgo of tho District
of Columbia court of 'appeals,
tho retiring assistant attorney
Rcncrnl in chargo of tho anti
trust division told officials at
tending a testimonial dinner last
night that "cartel leaders are
Blithering from all parts of tho
world to protect their system of
high prices and low . turnover"
ngninst tho "now enterprise that
is coming after tho war,"
about 11,000,000 men In our
armed forces by next January,
tho figure will be closer to 15,
000,000." He snld he had been
authorized to moke that state
ment, but ho did not say by
whom. .
Mennwhllo an appropriations
subcommittee made public testi
mony by Charles P. Taft, assist
ant director of the office of de
fense health' and welfare serv
ices, thnt '1 am convinced from
what tho selective service pco-
"plo told me, that they ore going
to got nil the 3-A's by the mid
dlo of this summer."
Taft made the statement
March 4 while testifying In fa
vor of a $2,073,000 fund,- later
approved by the full'CommlUeo,
to make grants to the slates for
Make Bid for State Title
fa
com pan led by parent or legal
guardian. Here Is where the
parent becomes involved, Bridge
stated. It is the intention of ju
venile authorities in the future
to bring Into court parents or
guardians and they must show
cause why thoy should not face
charges.. There Is a fine or jail
scntonce or both attached to the
ordinance. . ,
At this time, responsibility has
beon thrown on tho shoulders of
officers, churches and schools.
and in many instances the par
ents appear to wash their , hands
of any interest In the social do
vclopmont of their children, es
pecially girls.
Bridge asked that publicity
be given individual cases as they
appear in court, using names of
parents who disregard the cur
few law as far as their children
are concerned.
Zuckerman Trial
Continues; Civil
Suit Dismissed
STOCKTON, Calif., March
10 (P) Additional- evidence in
tho new trial of Maurice Zuck
erman continued in court todny,
coincident with an announce
ment that 'a $100,000 .damage
suit against him had been settled
for $7500.' '
The suit was brought by Mrs.
Otto Dander, widow of Otto
Dnndcr whom Zuckerman is
charged with killing in a bar
room November 11, 1941, and
Dander's mother.
Snell Signs Bill N
Raising Teachers'
Minimum Salary
SALEM, March 10 VP)' Gov
ernor Enrl Snell signed into law
today tho bill to rnise minimum
teachers' snlnries from $85 to
$133 a month. .
Ho also signed a bill requiring
that arsenic, compounds be col
ored pink and fluorides blue.
The bill was requested by the
Marlon county grand Jury which
Investigated tho deaths of 47
slnto hospital patients who died
from fluoride poisoning, 1
tho care of children of employed
mothers. The item was part of
a $6,280,000,000 deficiency bill.
Taft, a brother of Senator
Robert Taft ' of Ohio, had re
turned from an Inspection of in
dustrial districts over tho na
tion. Ho testified there was a
pressing need for nursery
schools and, for school age chil
dren, aticntion before and after
school hours.
Ho said industries had found
married women generally more
stable thnn single girls, and de
clared "The women who are
tho key people in keeping the
war plants going are likely to
have children."
"In addition," he asserted,
"as soon as you start drafting
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HOUSE VOTES FOR
LEilEJISE ACT
Measure Would Ex
" tend Act Another
. Year ,.V
' "WASHINGTON, March J0. )
A 'measure extending, the lend-'
lease act another year -was
passed by the house today after
it rejected a move to give con
gress veto power over any final
settlement . between nations on
the mutual-aid pacts.
House approval, which sends
the bill now to the senate, came
on a roll call vote of 407 to 6,
after advocates of a plan to
write international law Into the
bill gave up their light follow
ing the first test.
. They were beaten 178 to 118,
on their - effort, to reduce con
gressional approval of lend-lease
settlements.
The proposal was advanced
by Rep. Vorys (R-Ohio) in the
form of a rider to - a measure
extending the life of the lend
lease - act another year. It
gained almost its entire support
from .the republican minority.
Several republicans, however,
among them Rep. Eaton (R-NY),
ranking minority member of the
house foreign affairs committee,
argued against its adoption.
Apparently in realization that
they were outnumbered, several
members who had planned to
offer other' amendments gave
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City Dog Owners
Fear Pick-Up on
Nightly Runs
' Several dog owners, misun
derstanding the results of Mon
day night's meeting with - the
city .council, have been, afraid
to turn out their dogs for their
nightly run' in fear the dogs
will be picked up and impound
ed. ; There is no ordinance or law
which states that dogs cannot
run at any time of the day or
night if they are licensed. But
dog owners, protesting the two
month confinement ordinance
ndw in effect and the six-month
proposed ordinance, agreed to
put their dogs up at sundown
and keep them confined until
sunup, in an effort to have the
ruling entirely eliminated. '
Spokesmen Monday night
pointed out that most of the
damage of gardens, lawns and
flowers, and overturned garbage
cans, whs caused by the dogs
out on the prowl at night.
Tho Humane society Wednes
day said it had received some
calls and had picked up a few
stray dogs since the meeting.
In other words, dogs and dog
owners are on their honor to re
duce damage as much as possi
ble and if dogs are confined at
night much of this depredation
will bo eliminated. The Humane
society is to be tha judge, the
ruling to be made by mid-April.
Nazis
EIGHTH HIT
BEGINS PME
MARETH LINE
Rommel's Army Hit
By Harassing Tank
Battles
By HAROLD V. BOYLE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, March 10
() The British eighth army,
after dealing crippling blows to
Marshal Erwin Rommel's armor,
has begun harassing and probing
activities all along the Mareth
line in Southern Tunisia, an al
lied headquarters announcement
said today.
Decisively repulsed last Satur
day when he abandoned 30 of
his tanks in six attempted thrusts
into eighth army positions from
his fixed fortificiations, Rommel
lost two more of his armored
machines in the latest clashes
with allied patrols, the commun
ique said.
"We knew we had won the
first round, and the enemy is
showing no willingness to come
WpVoj; ro.undrtwo.-an allied mil
itary 'source commented today.
"We know he has lost more
armor than he can afford."
Elsewhere on the 350-mile Tu
nisian front activity was light,
and even most of the airmen
were forced by bad weather to
take a day off.
A communique from French
headquarters said its forces in a
surprise attack captured prison
ers in the immediate vicinity of
Metlaoui, on the railroad about
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Kay Kayser
Appeals to
FDR on Draft
WASHINGTON, March 10 VP)
From the self-styled "professor
of the college of musical knowl
edge" Kay Kyser to the pres
ident of the United States went a
question today that couldn't be
answered by tune:
, Is morale-building a qualifi
cation for draft deferment;
Kyser's appeal for deferment
from a 1-A classification has
gone to the White House, sup
ported by Director Elmer Davis
of the office of war information
which credited the 36-year-old
band leader with much of the
success of radio's part in its
various war campaigns on the
homo front.
The showman serves without
pay as a program consultant for
OWI's radio committee.
In connection with the case,
an OWI official disclosed that
the agency has asked for draft
deferments for seven other radio
celebrities holding similar posts
in the past, but that the practice
was discontinued two months
ago.
Douglas Meservey, hend of
OWI's radio committee, named
the eight as Bob Hope, Edgar
Bergen, Nelson Eddy, Lanny
Ross, Red Shelton, Freeman Gos
den (of the team of Amos 'n
Andy), Harold Pary (the Great
Gildersleeve) and Kyser.
Young Legislator
Gives Welfare Case
SALEM, March 10 W) Twenty-seven-year
old Rep. Carl
Francis of Dayton, youngest
member of the legislature, ably
presented the case today in be
half of the public welfare com
mission's case workers.
. Francis opposed a senate
approved resolution by Sen.
Thomas R. Hnoney, Portland,
asking tho welfare commission
to compel the caso workers to
adopt a "sympathetic, dignified
and courteous attltudo" toward
applicants of old-age pensions.
People Vote On
Sales Levy; 1944
Income Tax Cut
. SALEM, March 10 VP) The Oregon legislature, in the final
hours of its 59-day-old session today, had disposed of its com
plicated tax program, the senate passing 18 to 12 the house-approved
3 per cent sales tax bill, which will be referred to the
people.
The action followed the senate's 23 to 7 vote to reduce per
sonal and corporation income taxes 30 to 40 per cent next year,
and thereafter as long as the state has a surplus of income tax
receipts. This bill now goes to the governor.
Coupled with the sales tax bill
are proposals to cut personal in
come tax rates from 2-7 per cent
to 3-5 per cent, and exempt in
comes below $4000 a year from
taxation; and to reduce the cor
poration income tax rate from 8
to 3 per cent. These proposals,
approved by both houses, would
take effect only if the people
approve the sales tax.
These latter proposed Income
tax rates would be permanent.
SALEM, March 10 VP) The
Oregon senate Toted today to
and the. legislative session at
5 p. m. today, 59 days after
tha session started.
The house, rirtually finish
ed with its work, is expected
to concur In the resolution.
If the bouse adopts it, the
clocks, .could be. stopped : to
.parmit both .houses: to -work
beyond 5 p. m, iyx v '.
whereas the 30-40 per cent cut,
to. be effective with payments
made next year, would last only
as long as the surplus is on hand.
. Special Vote Talked
'Another measure, which has
not been approved by either
house, would call a special elec
tion for September 28 so the
voters could pass on the sales
tax and all other propositions re
ferred by the legislature to the
people.
The sales tax, defeated four
times by the voters between
1933 and 1938, would raise $20,
000,000 a year, of which 60 per
cent would be used to reduce
property taxes, and 20 per cent
each for schools and old-age pen
sions. There would be no tokens
used, and raw, unprocessed
foods, bread, butter, milk, meats
and fish would be exempt.
The senate defeated 19 to 11
a motion by Sen. Thomas R. Ma
honey, Portland, to send the bill
back to committee with instruc
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Senators Ask
Raise of Dairy
Ceiling Prices
WASHINGTON, March 10 (P)
Senators investigating reports of
the wholesale slaughter of dairy
cattle for beef called today for
an immediate increase in ceiling
prices of dairy products to a level
high enough to prevent short
ages. Asserting that some high gov
ernment officials had displayed
an apparent lack of familiarity
with the dairy industry in freez
ing prices, a senate agriculture
subcommittee sharply suggested
that industry representatives be
heard in the future when such
problems are under considera
tion. "Indications are that unless
cost of production can be reduced
or at least held stationary and
unless more labor is available to
dairymen, the crisis in the indus
try will become stringently
acute by the latter part of the
summer," the report said.
West Coast Log
Cut Increased
i SEATTLE, March 10 (P) In
creased log production after the
winter tie-up in the woods has
enabled 21 additional sawmills
to go on a 48-hour week during
February, the West Coast Lum
bermen's " association reported
yesterday.
The sawmills pushed produc
tion to within 73 per cent of lost
fall's level, the report said.
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Bad
Raids Start Fires
New Georgia
Island
on
WASHINGTON, March 10 VP)
Two mora heavy bombing raids
starting large fires at the Jap
anese air base at Munda on New
Georgia island were reported by
the navy today in a communique
which told also of, raids on enemy
baes at Kahili and Ballale else
where in the olomons. ,
The latest raid on Munda in
which one of the heaviest bomb
ing forces of recent weeks pour
ed explosives on the enemy air
field was the 87th made there.
Navy communique, number
305:
"South Pacific: (All dates are
East Longitude)
"1. During the night of March
7-8, a Japanese plane - dropped
bombs on United States posi
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British Bomb
MunichNazi
War Plants
LONDON, March 10 VP)
Britain's biggest bombers took
to the air last night to blast
Munich, cradle of the nazi party
and seat of important war in
dustries in the 12th RAF assault
upon the continent in 14 nights,
it was announced today.
"Last night aircraft of the
bomber command made a heavy
attack on industrial objectives
at Munich," a British air min
istry communique said.
"Other aircraft bombed tar
gets in western Germany and
laid mines In enemy waters.
. "Eleven of our aircraft are
missing."
Taking the trail of the night
bombers, a heavy flow of RAF
traffic continued across the chan
nel throughout the afternoon in
dicating that German targets
were taking a heavy pounding
by day.
High-flying fighters described
miles-long vapor trails across the
chill skies toward the Cap Grls
Nez, Boulogne and Calais areas.
Jap Fishing Decision Will
Prove Russia's Friendship
CHICAGO, March 10 VP)
Josef Stalin's friendship with the
United States will be tested with
in the next 30 days when the
Kamchatka fishing treaty be
tween Russia and Japan must be
decided, in tho opinion' of the
Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, the
"glacier priest."
In an address before the geo
graphic society of Chicago last
night, Father Hubbard, author
and explorer and for many years
head of the geology department
of the University of Santa Clara
(Calif.), asserted that although
each year the treaty expires on
December 31, "they haggle over
It until March and early in April
it usually is signed.
"The Japs heretofore have
needed the $10,000,000 in fish
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AFTER BITTER
DONETS FIGHT
Russians Lose Newly
Won Ground in
South
LONDON, March 10 VP)
Russian troops pinching off the
German salient west of Mos
cow have capturad Baly, 80
miles northeast of Smolensk,
a special communique record
ed by the soviet monitor said
tonight. , t
REDS RETREA
By EDDIE GILMORE
MOSCOW, March 10 VP)
Forced to fall back for about 100
miles over newly-won ground
south of Kharkov and In the Do
nets basin, the red army today
was fighting its bitterest defen
sive battles since the beginning
of Its series of winter offensives
last November.
Soviet dispatches claimed,
however, that the heavy German
rush was being held after tha
surrender of eight key towns de- :
spite the fact that the enemy had
superior numbers in the area and
was attacking violently. In at
least one sector south of Khar-
kov, it was said the Germans
had been forced to retreat.
On the central front, however,
the red army continued to push '
westward from Gzhatsk, 100
Jtfft-ft Moscow, and south i
ward and southwestward from
Rzhev and got within striking
distance of the tip of the German
salient at Vyazma.
Farther to the north, Marshal .
Semeon Timoshenko's hard-hit- ,
ting offensive pushed the Ger
mans closer into their fortress of '
Staraya Russa below Lake Ilmen -by
capturing Staro Ramushevo '
and Novo Ramushevo, only 13
miles from 'heir objective.
East of Vyazma they arrived
at Temkino - and Tumakovo, ;
which are only about 12 or 23
miles from the German base.
A DNB broadcast from Ber- -lin,
recorded by The Associated
Press, claimed that all Kharkov's
railway communications to the
south, southwest, west and north
west had been cut by the ad-,1
vancing nazl army and said "
three Russian tank armies had ,
been . destroyed between the '
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Feeding Loggers
New Burden for
Cooks Under OP A
SEATTLE. March 10 (P)-.
Satisfying those Paul Bunyan
logging camp appetites under
food rationing puts a new burden
on camp cooks.
On receiving a complaint from
a logging operator that his men
were leaving the woods for town
employment and better meals,
Arthur J. Krauss, OPA food ra
tioning representative, today
commented:
"There are ample substitutes
for the rationed foods, and to
date the government has made
no arrangements to increase ra
tion quotas just because people
have big appetites. Camp cooks
will have to use more ingenuity."
they get off Kamchatka penin
sula, but this year they have all
the food they need In conquered
territory.- But they can use the
weather stations there to watch
over the Aleutian islands.
"If Stalin sign's that treaty
again it Is a sure sign that he
wants a strong Japan and a weak
United States and China in the
Pacific."
Praising U. S. Ambassador
William H. Standley's statement
In Moscow that the Russian peo
ple were not completely in
formed of American lend-lease
aid, Father Hubbard declared:
"Now while our manpower is
mobilized and our production Is
at Its peak, is the time to clarify
our relations with Russia and
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