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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
THURSDAY. JULY 7. .
"Extras" For Officers In
Armed Forces Causes Talk,
But Figures Say "Not Bad"
WASHINGTON All those "ex
tras" that Ue officers of the armed
services gel In addition to their reg
ular pay are bothertaf some mem
bers of congress.
A few legislators made a (rest
Issue of them during debate In the
house of representatives when the
military pay raise bill was sent
bark to committee.
The truth Is that the "extras"
(re very substantial and a flat
statement of officers' relatively low
baslo pay does not tell the whole
story. On the other hand, the value
of the "extras" can be easily over
rated. Olve a marine major's commis
sion to husky figment of your
Imagination. Make him 38. with 10
years In the aenrioe. Button him
In Wa-shtngton. where he supports
a wife and two children.
-My base pay Is S,75 a year
H16.2S a month." he willingly re
plies when you ask him. since ot
ernment pay no secret. "I get
15.811 a year, when you Include my
allowances for quarters and subsis
tence. That's 10& a month for rent
and (63 a month to buy food for
the family." . I
"What about your extras??
I get In the neighborhood, but It's
out of the way tor me. The wife
almost never gets over to the com
missary. She finds that chain stores
are Just about as cheap, and It takes
her nearly an hour to drive to 1U
People have big notions about the
value of PX's and commissaries to
military men. Here's the real
dope"
The major produced a table which
the national defense establishment
recently submitted to the house
armed services committee. It listed
the total sales In commissaries (food
stores! and post exchanges (general
stores i for the calendar year 1943.
It showed that In commissaries the
prices were 12.4 per cent cheaper
than In comparable stores In the
community and that In post ex
changes the price were 15 per . nt
cheaper.
"Your Income tax la pretty low,
lant It?"
"Yea, I get a break there. I didn't
have to pay any tax at all during
the war after figuring my exemp
tions and deductions. This year I
figure I'll pay glsaM. Im taxed
only on base pay."
"What about your retirement ben
efits?"
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TIME TO RETIRE It's that time for Helen Spiker, who
has put in 30 years of service with the Klamath Falls post
office. She spent her last hours on the job last Thursdoy
checking the stock of postage stamps on hand. Mrs. Spiker
worked at the stamp window. Her co-workers gave 0 farewell
"Good. It I make colonel b" the
The big Item there la medical j time I retire. In another 30 years,
care. I get that and all my de 'al ' I'll get $413 a month. But when
work free. The family gets medical I die. of course there'll be nothing
rare from the service, but no den- for my wife. I have to carry life
tal work. The regulations say de- insurance to provide something for ! party jn her honor at Red Rock inn, Wocus.
nenden's ret both medical and den- her." 1I .
tal care u avauaots, out w
seen a post where dental care was
available for wives and children.
As a matter of fact, about hall the
eflicers I know In Washington can
to a private physician when any
one In the family is UL They have
to pay for that, of eourse.
"Dont you save a lot of money
luiying at commissaries and post
exchanges?" . , .
-wn I nick ud a few knlc
knack at the post exchange when
Prayda Sees
Improvement
In Politics
MOSCOW, -"Pravda" said In
. wlirur editorial that "a certain
lmnrovement" has been achieved
this year in the political education
ol party member and candidate.
"In the course ot the gigantic
work of directing socialist construc
tion," said the paper. Vie party
has succeeded In training hundreds
of thousands of propagandist. It
cannot, however, be said that all
DroDagandist answer In their
knowledge and experience to the
high demands made on them.
"In some part there are still tra
ces of formalism and scholasticism
In the organisation of studies. Live
ly discussion Is often replaced by
the question-answer method."
"Pravda" said that In preparing
for the new scholastic jreer main
attention must be paid to Improving
further the propagandist personnel.
A fresh Instance ot the party's
concern for rising the level of the
Ideological, theoretical training and
methodolofrical knowledge ot propa
gandist was the decision of the
Central Committee of the Party to
organize courses for the leaders of
political schools and study circles
on study ot the biographies of Lenin
and Stalin and the history ot the
party.
He Should Have
Passed The Buck
TACOMA, July 7 WV-Olaf San
stead. 74-year-old Tacoman. wishes
now he had "passed the buck" Sun
day. Sanstead reported that he was
absorbed In a study of a doe and
a fawn on a mountain trail near
Mineral when without warning a
large buck deer plunged Into him.
The Tacoman was knocked uncon
scious and badly cut on the head.
Medical care was given him at
Mineral.
ried another officer. In due course
he was captured. But husband num
ber one had not been killed. He was
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Well what about the rest ot the
"extras'?"
There arent any more as far
as I know."
"What about government automo
biles?" "I never climb Into a government
ear except on official business. Only I " wliWW ; communications from Russian prl-
four officers In Washington are as- i saa . pa. a j son camps the wife learned of her
signed cars tor their ginvate u-lKAflUAAn difficult position, she asked the two
the four chiefs of staff. If you're DCl IlCCll sT Gil I m,n 10 " unul ttur Dack
on a post out In the boondocks, you I from Russia. Then, she says, she
sometimes get away with using a I HAMBURG, Germany Wv Two i wlU decide which on to keep as
little tree government transports- I German officers met In a Russian her husband.
tlon, but most posU are pretty strict 1 pnson camp, iney soon aiscoverea
German Vife
To Choose
Between Pair
Council Drops
Phone Rate
Boost Fight
PORTLAND. July T P Th city
council '.ere ha dropped a move
to force the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company to show proof
that local rata should not be re
duced, but expects lo keep an eye
on the company' profit.
Th derision followed a discussion
of the rate question in which Mayor
Dorothy MrCutlough Lee argued the
Oregon rates were higher than those
of neighboring West Coast states.
Mrs. Lee also was critical ot the
failure of upstate communities lo
Join In a fight for Improvement ot
the phone rate. Although council
dropped It "home rule'' power to
force the company to prove th
validity ot Its rates. Mrs. Lee and
City Commissioner Fred L. Peterson
said It might be Invoked later.
During the session. PT&T Man
ager P. A. Dressier said a reduction
of Portland rate would doom a
company plan to extend non-toll
service to neighboring communities.
He said the utility planned to ex
tend the toll-free aone to Mllwaukle,
Oswego and Oak Grove by the end
of 10M. The plan eventually would
extend tile sone to Beaverton. Tl
gard. Oresham. Oregon City, Van
couver, Wash., and Hlllsboro, he
ild.
Recent phone rate boost in the
state added 13.500.000 to subscribers'
bills .
Contract Calls
For Charm Show
HOLLYWOOD. July T 11 In
fairness to the public, which has
an eye tor such things, Universal
International studio is requiring lis
charming young things lo dipty
their charms.
' While starting actresses are will
ing enough to be the subject ot
"cheesecake art," as It's called, after
they attain higher salaries, they
often get the Idea It's beneath thrir
dignlty, the studio has found.
Publlc-splrllrd Ulllversnl-Inlei na
tional decided lo dignify bathing
suit poses by writing "cheesecake"
clauses In It contracts. The clause
require that any young lady with
charms to display shall do so for
publicity pictures for the first five
years of her contract.
First signatory to the new part Is
Pengie Castle, a green-eyed blonde
with undeniable charms. ,
Four Cars Fight
It Out In Street
BRUSSELS (At This Belgian city
with Its thousands of autoa, bicy
cles, and trucks sees plenty of accl-
picked up on the battlefield by the I dents these days. A recent street
Russians. Incident, however, had even the
Finally through the painfully alow j hardened police force shaking their
neaas saaiy. mis time was lour
auto fight lrc tor "lebensraum" In
Waterloo Boulevard. The result waa
that all four ended up ready for
the scrap heap and one driver re
tired from the tray with minor
about it.
"Wouldn't you save money on rent
if you were assigned to quarters
on a marine base?"
"Sure would. But do you know
how many quarters there are for
marine officers in Washington? Six.
and CST marine officers are sta
tioned here. There are 974 quarter
for officer altogether la the area.
and there are 13,94? officer here,
counttsa; all four services."
I
that they lived In the same German
town. In the same street, at the
same number and had the srme
wife.
DROWNS
AALBORO. Denmark UP) Four
thousand people bathed in the big
city swimming pool at Aalborg wlth-
This was how It came about, ac- j out noticing the body of a drowned
cording to the Hamburg newspaper boy. It was not until the swimming
"Abendblatt". A German major, re-, pool dosed down at nightfall that
turning to the front from leave In j the boy. I year old Freddy Peterson,
bruises.
The dolphin Is considered to be
the most beautiful of all our game
fish. Sport Afield.
1942, told his wife to marry again
If he were killed. Soon she waa offi
cially told of his death In action.
Eighteen months later she mar-
of Aalborg. waa found. He had been
dead for hours.
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SALEM. July 1 uli Oregon
grower and packers of Yellow Globe
Denver type onions can ma: - ft their
onions under a new grade begin
ning Friday, the state department
of agriculture said today.
The new grade, called Oregon
fancy grade, conforms with the U 8.
No. I grade, with additional re
quirements for site, appearance and
condition.
It was asked by Wlllamrlt valley
growers.
Pacific Coast
Shipping Off
BAN rHANClSCO, July 7 lPl-Pa-clflo
coast shipping waa off 131 per
cent in th first half ot 1W. a com
pared with last year.
Three major coast porta Seattle,
Portland and Lo Angrlea-Loiig
Beach were ahead of last year
their cargo volume being up.
Th roast average as pulled do ti
by Han Francisco bsy area porta
which showed a loas of 30 per cent
romp-red with last year.
These estimate were figured by
the Pacific Murium association on
a basis ot longshore man hours
worked on general measure of
cargo volume,
Hi Marlllm association, a coast
wise employers' group, announced
i that Seattle waa it per cent ahead
lot ll)4t, Portland 10 4 per cent and
. Los Angeles-Long Beach I I per cent.
I The coast shipping picture, a In
dicated by longshore work opportun
Hies, showed that total hou.s worked
for the half year period from Jan
uary 3 to June 3t amounted to
S.AOO.UOO. Last year, til figure was
lu.tUO.OOO hours.
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Eastern Oregon
Crops Damaged
PORTLAND. July 1 m Crop
prosper! In Eastern Oregon have ('
been reduced sharply by rain, frost -and
drouth.
A federal crop report said lh
Hood River cherry crop was down
n stlmaled M per cent from pro
harvest eatlmalea beraus of split
ting of the fruit In the wake of last
week rain.
The frost damage waa, not esti
mated In lh potato and pea-grow-In
areas, but Klamath, Union and
Wallowa counties were listed
particularly hard hit. Oram wa
also affected by th frost In scat
tered sector ,
Lark of rain was culling down
yield sictallon east of the Cas
cade ol her than In the Hood river
area. Hi weekly report made no
change from the previous week for
Western Oregon sectors.
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