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r WO HERALD AMD NEWS KS FOR ! (Continued from Pase One) 'duction contemplated In the .'bouse bill. i Ellsworth C. Alvord, chamber 'of commerce spokesman, recom mended as great a reduction in those levies "as revenue require i ...hi . ; ! HumDhreys declared the $5 :SS0,000,000 relief proposed under the house-approved tax re jduction bill was "too little and too late" to meet the require ments of speedy reconversion. ; "Tax encouragement should be made where it - counts," he iaaid, "in the family pocketbook, 'and in the wages and dividends jthat keep it supplied." t Productivity Spurred Estimating that the national ! income next year would be ! about $130,000,000,000, Hum phreys declared productivity should be spurred by tax reduc tions to step up the income to JSloO.OOO.OOO.OOO by 1948, a ; level at which he said the budget i j i i i., j Clarence D. Laylin of Colunv ibus, O., representing the Nation ial Association of State Cham' ibers of Commerce, offered a pro- gram which included: 1. Repeal of the excess profits jtax. : normal and surtax on corpora- I tions to 32 per cent. t 3. Repeal of the capital stock 'tax. 4. Repeal of the 3 per cent j normal tax on individuals, i 9. Reduction of individual sur- tax rates by approximately 20 per cent, up to the $200,000 ;DracKet. ! Ellsworth C Alvord. chair. US REDUCTION NGOME TAXES man of the chamber's committee ' J on federal finance, also asked the : senate finance committee for re jpeal of the corporate excess proiits tax and reduction oi tne corporate surtax. j NOMINATION APPROVED l WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (IPh- The senate foreign relations com j mlttee today unanimously ap- proved President Truman's nom- ff ination of Sprutlle Braden as as sistant secretary of state. Braden's nomination won en idorsement by the committee iter an hour discussion behind closed doors. Taxi operator! declare they're "De-Nuts" for long, hard, continuous stop and jo driving. Women love them because they look so good, ride so easy, are so safe. But most motorists prefer them simply be cause they're so outstanding In so many ways . , in extra safety and service and long, low-cost mileage . . . the same plus performance that's In store for you when you go DeLuxe with Goodyear. OOODTEAl DELUXE Heavy Dvty TOTES' GOODYEAR SERVICE STORE Corner 8th and Klamath Wednesday. Oct. 17, lUi EDITORIALS ON NEWS , (Continued from Page One) have meant a TREMENDOUS reduction in taxation. The fact that it is now a more incident brings home to us how staggering our expenditures have been. IT ought to HELP to bring home to us the plain fact that the only way we can hope to get out of the backwash of this greatest of wars is to wokk. our way out. WLB WILL CEASE (Continued from Page One) was Sen. Murray (D-Mont.), who said disputes must be settled by a "give and take spirit" on both sides. The house military committee scheduled hearings today on re- Deal of the Smith-Connally act. the law that permits unions to petition for strike votes after 30-day "cooling-off" period. Critics of the act charge that it fosters strikes by giving im plied government approval unions vote to walk out. The question whether the gov eminent should revise its wage- nrice policy to head off strikes resulting from pay demands re mained one of the Capitol's hot test issues. AFL BRANDS ALL (Continued from Page One) Tacoma, Wash., AFL longshore men today had joined those passim? 'Tiands off hot lumber resolutions. In Aberdeen. AFL pickets were instructed to fol low every truck leaving t,iu mills and keep the lumber lrom being unloaded. Meanwhile, the AFL an nounced preliminary negotia tions witn wmamette vane operators, which began yester day, will be resumed late this week or early next week. The AFL seeks a $1.10 hourly mini mum. Classified Ads Bring Results. TIRES $1C20 It ot $Ag5 , J oi Phone 8141 NAV1T SLASHES T E (Continued from Page. One) the scores are computed was left unchanged. Cut To 41 For most enlisted men the point score total was cut from 44 to 41. Further reductions to 39 on December 1 and to 38 on January 1 were promised. Other groups affected by the change which steps up the navy's discharge program by two months are: Male officers, other than doc tors point totals reduced from 49 to 46. Effective December 1 the score needed will be 44, and January 1, 43. Wave officers point total cut from 35 to 32 November 1; to 30 December 1; to 29 January 1. Enlisted waves Total cut from 29 to 26 November 1; to 24 December 1: to 23 January 1. Medical officers previously announced reduction from 60 to 93 points will become effective November 1. Further cut to 01 forecast for January 1. Release Doctors The navy estimates 3300 doc tors will be released by New Year's. Nurses present point score of 35 for unmarried nurses wui be cut to 33 on January 1. All mar ried nurses will be released by wovemoer 1. Aviators Navy expects to an nounce plan before November for speeding releases. No change now in 44 total for fliers above rank of ensign and 36 for en signs. Mailmen and Class C special- ists become eligible for release under point totals of 44 for men and 29 for women on November 1. Previously not eligible for discharge under point system. Yeomen and storekeepers no reduction for present. Seven specialist ratings which nave been classified as essential will remain "frozen" with their oersonnel of 22.650 ineligible for discharge under the Doint formula. The navy also reduced from 120 days to 90 days the maximum time officers may hold personnel after they become eli gible for release under reasons of military necessity. Methodist Women To Attend Convention ALBANY, Oct. 17 fP) Meth odist women from all parts of the state will attend the conven tion of the Oregon Women's So ciety of Christian service here today and Thursday. Speakers will include Bishop Bruce Baxter and the Rev. Roy A. Fede, Salem, district superin tendent. till not enoDtb to go around... but lilliam Penn is mil worth waiting for SUndtd Whlikay, S proof, 63 grain iwutral spirits C000ERHAM 1 WORTS, LIMITED PEORIA, ILLINOIS ON SCORES 0 DUG Hi THE GEM jlljjf or THE BJMBI B1ENDS !lfM II yfw SIP LMn,n II '.rj-; ...! J II Merger Favored By Patterson WASHINGTON. Oct. 17 (IP) Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson today advocated merger of the war and navy departments into a single agency as a step toward maintaining world peace. Urging prompt action on the controversial plan, he told the senato military committee the subordinate branches should be ground, sea and air. SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY WIESBADEN, Oct. 16 (IP) Alfons Klein, former administra tive head of the Hadamar insane asylum, and two of his assistants were sentenced to death by an American military tribunal Mon day night for the systematic murder of more than 400 Rus sian and Polish inmates of the in stitution. Long prison terms were im posed on three other men and one woman who were tried joint ly with the condemned trio. Sentenced to death with Klein were Helnrlch Ruoff and Karl Willig, asylum attendants who admitted administering lethal doses of morphine to hun dreds of victims. Lii Imprisonment Adolf Wahlman, chief medical officer , at the ". asylum, was sentenced to life Imprisonment at hard labor. Adolf Merkle, who admitted falsifying death certificates to make it appear the victims died of lung diseases, received a prison sentence of 39 years, and Philip Blum, asylum undertaker, was given 30 years. Irmgard Huber, chief nurse, was sentenced to 25 years im prisonment. The verdict by the six-man commission headed by Col. John L. Dicks climaxed a six-day trial during which it was brought out that nearly 15,000 Germans who had been declared incurably in sane had been done to death at Hadamar prior to the slaying of uie .poles and Russians. - Sitdown Strategy Used By Pickets HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 17 fiTT Pickets at Warner Brothers studio today resumed their sit- down strategy and police and sheriffs deputies countered by carrying or hauling dozens of them out of the main driveway and dumping them, on nearby sidewalks. , You have done a- fine job. shouted Herbert Sorrell, head of the AFL conference of studio unions and leader of the strike against major film studios. Keep peaceful: get some rest while you're sitting down. We will keep this place closed up." Landlord May Evict Renter In 3 Months An occupant of rental prop erty which has changed owner ship may be evicted in three months' time, according to the decision of the rent control dis trict office. The law would have been ef fective September 15, extending the eviction time to six months, with the new amendment to rent regulations. Extension of eviction time however was op tional with each area, and Klam ath area rent control office de cided in favor of the original three months' eviction period. Marvin nlxon, manager, stated today. TO BUILD EXTENSION FOREST GROVE. Oct. 17 UP) A $75,000 extension of Pacific university's men's dormitory will be built this year and op ened at tne start of tne 1946 season. Open 1:30 6:45 Ends Tonight Starts T THURSDAY THEY'RE OFF! THREEGERMANS JOHN L. LEWIS BEND TO GOAL STRIKES (Continued from Page One) were the lowest in several years. Carnegie-Illinois Steel corpora tion has furloughed thousands of workers and a spokesman said that unless the coal supply is increased soon at least 25.000 of the company's 36,000 em ployes in the Chicago and Gary, Ind., districts will be laid off. Most of the other steel mills re ported similar conditions. The magazine Iron Ago esti mated the steel industry would lose more than 300,000 tons of steel ingots this week because of the enforced shutdowns. It said steel consumers received about 145,000 tons less last week than they would have under normal conditions. 93,000 Idle More than 400 major opera tions and 93,000 miners were idle in West Virginia In what Jesse V. Sullivan, secretary of the West Virginia Coal associa tion termed 'the most costly strike ever wuged in West Vir ginia." He said the stoppage is costing the public and persons affected "the princely sum of $32,500,000 weekly." Miners Idle in other states In cluded 63,493 in Pennsylvania; 36,000 in Kentucky; 9195 in i Ohia; 8000 In Tennessee, and 6935 in Ilndlana. There appeared no indications of an immediate ending of the 17-day-old strike of AFL long shoremen at New York harbor as strife within the union flared, with CIO unionists involved. Al though hundreds of ships in the world's biggest port remained idle, the war shipping adminis tration said 60 vessels, includ ing 18 troopships, were being serviced. Longshoreman Return Police estimated that 5000 to ! 7000 of more than 35,000 strik ing longshoremen came back to work yesterday, at the behest of AFL Longshoreman President Joseph P. Ryan. insurgent stevedores demand ed the ousting of Ryan while representatives of the Ryan fac tion who have urged the dock workers to return to their jobs, blamed the union split on Harry Bridges, west coast CIO long shoremen's labor leader, and on the CIO National Maritime union which is supporting the insurgents. The dispute stemmed over omission of a provision cov ering size of cargo net loads from a proposed new contract. Toothpick Not Taboo Any More OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 17 (IP) The toothpick, long a splinter In social etiquette, now! can bo fondled without getting that down in the mouth feeling. That is the opinion of Dr. Ed ward L. Ball, Cincinnati, Ohio, presented in an address at the Oklahoma Dental, society con vention here. Toothpick ticklers are few in this country because the practice is frowned upon but in Europe and South America, Ball pointed out, the instrument comes into its own at the finest of parties. No table setting is complete without this aid to dental hy giene which is used discreetly, he said. Hans Norland Fire Insurance. Phone 6060. r FREE PARKING PHONE 8484 BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:49 P. M. DEUCI0USLY jt as Slick-ChickX A Burlsqut teltt Jane POWELL Ralph BELLAMY Constance MOORE Morton GOULD MUHi lt iMirt in Japan Moves To Unite Country TOKYO, Oct. 17 (VP) The Jap anese nation took four Important steps toward democracy today. Emperor lllrohltu grunted amnesty to nearly 1,000,000 Jap anese us an openly avowed move to unite the country "In meeting a great changu In history." Four mujor Japanese Indus trial holding companies, Mitsui. Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and Ya suda, decided to offer all their shares for sale to the public, the newspaper Yomlurl lloclil said. Elderly Man Falls To Death SEATTLE, Oct. 17 W) While motorists watched, helpless, an elderly man foil to his death Into the Lake Washington ship canal from tho center of the Aurora bridge this morning. Coroner's deputies tentatively identified the man from papers found in a vullso he left on the bridge as Charles B. Madder, 64, of Seattle. A witness, Mi's. Russell Elliott said she saw the man walk along tho bridge on tho west side, put his valise down and mount the railing and jump. Her husband assisted In re moving the body from the water. Phone 4567 Open Ii30-S:45 73 DELIRIOUS! -HURRY- j JV jJZy ENDS SOON BANNON-FOCH in tKHNicoioiiB t , 1 jasyfk. j UTU K V ; Xrfilf Barton Yarbrougti hTJL12 i ' t $ Carole Mathews Ljfiir-'j I'll u x n j W : -i Ttj mJ Box Office Opans 6:45 P. M. ttCZJ I til I Ends Tonight TSt A sw had m jiTtx : ' . MOMENTS f I -m... if, i 'lm.uu..,,- I 7 SECOND HIT I i Jl'! 1 I "DARK SANDS" YCU j J Paul RobotOII j Pi"' mil m n -'n 'l ' , f J J 7 si , ' i a. - i (Continued from Paao On) linvc required additional appro priations ot Unit amount. Recovery of $1,11)0,500 In funds of corporations created by tho coordinator of Inter-American a f fairs. While tho commltleo made no reference In Its written report to the possible effect that huge sav ings would have on taxes, Chair man Cannon (D-Mo.) cuutiiined against any over-optlinl.nu oil tho part of taxpayers. "This means that there will he Just that much less deficit upend ing for tho current your uud the national debt Increase will bo ImjittiHia "or I S.-t-,iimr-j'"'"" asaorifcV Tst A J Continuous Dally lIlllAY ' Optn 13:30 P .M. I wlM I 1 RADIO'S SENSATIONAL THRILL SHOW... MORE SPINE-CHILLING THAN EVER ON THE SCREEN! 75. 0. c I II , - I V7c v( e. 1 a vLI I II I 1 V CVifl'WLx' II All flew TAD ED AY i Hi 'v ' Ask. ! "V L slowed down Mile," Cannon said In an Interview. "I sot no prospects for substantial tux r dui'tloiii as a result of this Inula liilloii." Danish Leader Shot To Death COPENHAGEN, Oct. 17 (IP) Col. Itlls l.iisKon, one of Den. murk's underground leaders dur ing the liuzl occupation, was shot to ileuth last night on the bright, ly lighted main street of Annr litis. The assassin escaped. Tho shooting was believed to have beon Instigated by th lllnpmen, s Diuilnli-Gernwn or ganization of terrorists. Several days ago a terrorist leader who was arrested predicted an at tempt on Lassen's life, and told police his men smm would begin a ciiiiipulvn of murder and terror In Aiirhus. l74$B JXSBL rrrnr?
