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PAG! FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1? rauura nxmnn bill roncnva or turn tiwcuin run an r i SsetSat M VM ernee !' i su im am m 1 im papers ami to Lekovlew or Alturu to Itemise, and ol course, than wasn't any Tuleleka town. Comparabla 1MI dopa: Carrier delimit In city. 13. Total city circulation, a, 700. Total trading aon circulation. 4.063. Total for ChUoquln. 30t; for Merrill. 176: for Malta. 373; for Dorru. 199: for Lekevlew. 406; for Alturaa, 134; for Tulrlake, US. Need we eay any more? euaecjumosi ears. ItM r aia.ua 7- r"n 'w 1 WORLDWIDE BIBLE READING TEXT TOB TO. DAT I Baokaa In tha paaamr csuuabsr: Jaaaa lere lets) Has ceeslag far Uia awn, Jeha M. Our selection, Tha Bequest of Peace, John 14:37- "peaea I leave with you. My peace I lira unto you: not as tha world giveth. fire I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let tt be afraid. Ya hare heard bow I said unto you. I go away and come again unto you. II ye loved me. ye would rejoice, because I said. I go unto the rather: for my rather la creator than L And now I hire told you before it coma to pass, that, when tt Is coma to pass, ya might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for tha prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing In Me. But that tha world may know that I lore tha rather; and as the rather gave me commandment, area so I do. Arise, let us go hence. Dope from 1926 By DEB ADDISOS ITS good for your soul, now and again, u clean out your desk. Don! do It too often, or try to keep tt up tha way tt Is after the annual cleaning. or youH fret yourself into a psychoeomatie Illness hka was mentioned here yesterday. The occasional cleaning will turn up some unfinished business, that should hare been taken care of long since. That's bad. But you'll turn up some Interesting things, now long forgotten, too. That makes tt worthwhile. Delia McQrath. or Ireland and Klamath rails, who Is a Herald and News mainstay In the circu lation department, held such a housecleaning recently. She un covered a little gem in, the form of an auditors report of circula tion of the Evening Herald for 1936. She remembers this one. It was tha first visit of tha auditor after aha went to work. QERIODICALLY wa hit static spells when business p and growth and up-and-coming things mark time or shp back a little, hka the condition of this year IM. Then the Doubting Thomases have their day and tha faint hearts quiver. Soma say tha town la going to the dogs. The number of newspaper subscribers is a good business condition Index. IMS circulation win aver age out lust about even with IMS. High circulation peak came In the last quarter of IM. It makes us champ at tha bit a little, not to be chalking up new game an the time. And that brings us back to this UM auditor's report. Take a look back 23 years and the small ups and downs of present years seem Inconsequential Indeed. Following are some of tha condUtoni shown In tha U26 audit, -compared to a like audit for IMS. 4Tbe IMS audit win be made after tha first of the year J I- fte)f-Cltjr population 1S30 TJ. S. Census, 7XO MM; Present estimate, 10.000. Popula tion trading territory, 30.000. Total net paid circu lation, Msg. IMS City population IMS TJ. S. Census. 16.467 as assut estimate, 30.SSL Population trading terri tory. 73J0O. Total net paid circulation. 13,436. Further 1836 dopa: Carrier deliveries In city. 1318. Total city circulation, 1733. Total suburban circula tion. 686. Total for Chiloquin. 74: for Merrill, 00; for Malta. 44; for Dorris, 36. There weren't enough MACKENZIE 1 ADDISON World Today By DEVYTTT MACKENZIE WORLD peace has received another Jolt aa tha result of tha Soviet cominform's call to com munists In all countries to Join In a wholesale effort to unseat rebellious Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia. The cominform successor to the Comintern, or general staff tor world revolu tion hasnt disclosed details of Its program. However, foreign diplomatic quarters In New York say they have received reports thst an anti-Tito coup Is planned for sometime between Christmas and Easter. This scheme Is said to call tor a revolt In Yugoslavia. That would be followed up by a call from the leaders of the rebellion for help from orthodox commu nists In neighboring Hungary and Romania. The crossing of guerrilla troops from a foreign country Into Yugoslavia obviously would create a terribly explosive situation. British Minister of Stats Hector McNeil gave the cominform move a hot shot in the United Nations assembly yesterday the first time, by the way. the subject has been brought up In that body. He was dianisslng the recent Soviet peace-speeches and re marked that the cominform attack was "most re markable' far a peace campaign, adding: "It Is more like a war manifesto thsn a peace manifesto.' a BE that as it may, Moscow's anxiety over Tltoism Is understandable. It is a great threat against orthodox communism, which provides that all Red countries surrender their sovereignty to Moscow. Tito, of course, while ascribing to Marxian commu nism. Is a red-hot nationalist who refuses to sur render Yugoslavia's sovereignty to anybody. The cominform charges that the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade has become the nerve center of a counter-revolutionary movement against Red countries, as weU as a center of American espionage and anti communist propaganda. In ahort Russia claims that Tito Is trying to destroy the Soviet conception and substitute his new brand of nationalist communism In the satellite countries. i WHETHER the two-fisted marshal has any such sweeping project tn mind remains to be seen. He 'certainly Is bent on establishing his own brand of communism In his own country. And it is true thst Tito communism is trying to raise its head In some of the satellite countries, among them being Poland. Cxechoslovakia and Hungary. Moscow hss reason to worry. WHILE tha cominform hasn't Indicated how It expects to un-borse Tito, there may be a hint In the report by the Moscow newspaper Pravda that there are substantial groups of antl-Titoist Yugo slavs In all countries of Eastern Europe working for his overthrow. Pravda also says these groups, which are well financed, have cells In every village and Institution in Yugoslavia. ' Meantime, responsible non-Yugoslav sources in Belgrade state that Russia has Increased the num ber of Soviet military men In neighboring Albania. The number of Soviet troops In Albania Isn't known, but informed sources make the guess thst tha total may be between 13.000 and 15,000. Reports aay the latest arrivals in Albania appear to Include officers skilled in guerrilla warfare. So the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe la divided against itself In spots. Moscow la up against that old cry of self-determination among subject nations. It's Just a further Indication that the days of im perialism are numbered. H EAVEN forbid that another world war should grow out of this issue. Notion Today U.S. Income Totals Distort Picture of Average Wealth By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 UP) When you talk of Income, it always comes down to a question like this: What's a dollar worth? How much win It buy? So, even though I'm making more than last year, am I really better off? A few days ago the government -through the federal reserve board Issued a report on Income. It said that in 1830 personal ln eomeslnce it wss personal Income It did not Include the profits of cor-1 porstions wss 73 billion. But In September. 1949, personal income was S311 billion, or almost three times greater than In 1939. Misleading Did that mean that Americans on the average in 1M9 were mak ing three times what they made in 19397 No. The $311 billion personal Income for 1949 was a total figure. No av erage was involved. To begin with, things in 1949 were different from 1939. In 1939, with 454 million employ ed, there were about 94 million un employed. In 1949 about 60 million people were employed, with unem ployment running around 1V4 mil Bo the increase In the number of people employed alone would be bound to Increase the total figure on personal income, plus the fact, and It's a very Important one, that wages and sslsrles have climbed. Warped Picture But. since personal income was 6311 billion in 1M9 and only 73 bil lion In 1939, were Americans gener ally three times better off now than In 19397 No. Por one thing, higher taxes have taken a big bite out of the higher tn comes of Americans, In addition, tha Increase in living costs has chewed up the vslue of the Income. Living costs In 1949 were 67 per cent higher than in 1939. Higher taxes and increased living costs cut Into the income of every body who has an income. The most convenient example la that of the factory worker, since the govern' ment has a lot of figures on him and not such detailed ones on other people. Take the average pay of a worker in the manuiacturing industry. In last It was 63366. In 1949, it was vee.TS, or a3i.es more. Was ha thus 131.66 better off. with that much mora money to spend than ha had tn 19397 No. The higher 1949 taxes and living costs reduced the total and tha val tie of bis 1949 Income. ror example: take that same av erage pay of the worker in the man ufacturing Industry. In 1939 his pay was 623.66. After deducting taxes this wss for a man with no dependents he had 623.58. In 1940 his psy was 655.73. After deducting the higher 1949 taxes and allowing for the higher living costs, his pay was worth $2857 In terms of 1939 dollars and buying power. To put it another way: In 1949 he had 64.99 more a week than he had in 1939. All this the information comes from the government's bureau of la bor statistics has dealt with the average" weekly pay of a worker In the manufacturing Industry. Since it's an "average" figure. It means some workers msde more a week, some less, than the average of 655.73. Por example, and this Informs Uon comes from the statistics bureau. too: The highest paid workers In the manufacturing Industry are the ml chanlcal workers on newspapers, such as printers and so on. In 8cd tern ber. 194. tney were av eraging 68033 a week. In 1939 they averaged 637.56. Now take the last paid workers in the manufacturing Industry. They are the workshirt-makers. In September, 1949, they averaged 63735 a week. In 1939 they averaged 611.03. Farm Bureau Head Raps Brannan Plan SPOKANE. Dec. 1 (IP A charge that the Brannan farm program would mean government control and Is "clear away from the parity concept," wss msde last night by Ksipn ouiespie or Pullman, presi dent of the Wsshlngton State Farm bureau. Speaking before a group of young republicans, Olllespie described the plsn as a "subsidy program" and said Its disclosure "really shocked the nation." He charged that It was "hatched up in tha Inner sanctums of the agriculture building in Washington, D. C, between government bureau crats and the CIO." HIGH SCHOOL News and Comments Flo Ann Perking M' SIDE GLANCES sosa we sv aa mil wa ill "I couldn't trout tha baby-titter, but very-thing must be okay the police) and fir department haven t had ny call!" Mumbo Jumbo Our Political System Sets Up All Kinds of High Jinks Awarding letters to the members of all the various football teams took up most of the time in today's pep assembly emceed by Nick Long. Boys deserving awards on the freshmen. Wildcat, Junior Vsrslty and Pelican teams were an given them by their respective coaches. However, the main purpose of the assembly wss to give the basketball team an enthusiastic sendof f for Its first gsme of the season tomorrow night. This year's tesm wss Intro duced on the stage and Basketball Coach Paul McCall made a short talk to the student body. Dale Pey ton furnished the entertainment with solos on his accordion. The sophomore class held tryouts yesterdsy for a sophomore rslly squad. Shannon Oldham was recent ly elected yell -song leader and he Is trying now to put a squad to gether. The same class last year had its own rally squad, although they were freshmen then. Tonight's "Klamath Sports Al bum" with student announcer Bob Scott at the microphone will consist of a recap of the football season snd beforehand facta about the bas ketball team. Bob has also been try ing to make a recording of the KUH8 fight song to plsy over the sir, since he realized It had never been heard over the radio. In tha Santa Claus Lane parade tomorrow night, the high school band will be marching and leading the whole parade. Then at the end of the parade run they win play Christmas carols for various groups to sing. Behind the scenes workers for this parade are the members of Robert Banister's high school art classes. Each member of the classes was required to design a float suitable for the parade and the grade school principals selected the floats to rep resent their schools from this group of sketches. I By FRANK TRIPP People hsve become real critical of each other's political philosophies and pretty free and easy with boasts or alibis. Once an idea clicks, politicians take the ball, run for the goal post and yeU, "look what we've done for you." Then folks who don't know yet whether something nice or some thing awful has hsppened to them fsU in line like sheep and cneer their heads off. They pour In the votes and the politicians call Is "the mandate of the people." Dissenters hang back and grumble. Right now the nation Is headed for Utopia as soma see it: for bankruptcy and ruin as viewed by others. There should be no critic who would not silence his tongue If he could be sure that the course leads to Utopia. Nor should there be a Utopian who would care to reach Utopia by the bankruptcy route. Por such a Utopia would be of very brief duration thsn chaos. poverty, ruin snd the end ot tne United States of America. So let's look at it aU as Americans, rather thsn as partisans; let's take a look at this mandate business. Oar System In our system of government by majorities we elect representatives under party emblems, then leave their Judgment on such questions ss whether Utopia or ruin lies ahead. It la politically expedient for of fice seekers to line up behind move ments as sponsored by political par ties. Those who go tt alone rarely get elected. One may suspect, even be sure, that some men make their choice Just to get into office and stay there. An do not: some sin cerely believe tn the things they sponsor. Whatever men's motives, man date worship which makes votes the master of the men to the exclusion of better Individual Judgment rouses grave fears In the minds of the minority and deep doubt of govern ment's sincerity. So. as we stand at the cross roads where part of the people see Utopia ahead and the other part sees ruin, the choice of roads is left to men who came Into authority as partisans. Too msny of them strive only to represent and please those who created the majority which elected them. Habitual Both major parties mainly con sist of long-time adherents to bssic party principles which are apsrt from current or transitory pro grams. The bulk of the vote of each party Is traditional and habi tual. The balance of vote power, when enjoyed by either party. cornea from a floating, nonconflrm lst element who shuffle from party to party and are, or win become. beneficiaries under the promises which lure them. Thus "mandates' come from this group which creates a majority; be cause, for federal offices, regular party members adhere to their par mean that regulsrs approve every act of their party, yet they help deliver the aU-powerful "mandate." "Mandate" is a very convenient word an alibi for the man or party that la mainly concerned about stay ing in office. Adherence to It amounts to center ring performance to win the favor of the shifters, who will move, to the other end of the tent any time there's free lemonade down there. Trust? . How much can a "mandate' from such a source be trusted? Ask the next docen citizens you meet how they like tha country's economic outlook. If you run Into what I did youll find that a majority of them think that the signs at the cross roads are humbugs; that both roads lead to ruin and they don't want to go to "Ruin," not even by the rosy road. Most of them will tell you thst they'd like to rest by the roadside a bit, throw some ballast over board, catch their breath, balance the budget and consider our course In the light of what well learn. Half of the democrats I polled would vote for that, but not for the republican party In order to ex press It. Referenduma There's a referendum system to which states and municipalities fre quently resort. Mention of It In fed eral connection will sound fantastic to the one In six who fatten at the public trough; but Washington or Jefferson would have stripped the question of confusing legsl verbage and submitted tt to the people some thing like this: Shall the United States ot Ameri ca stay free and strong: shall the nation live within Its Income and whittle down iu debt, in order that the standard of living of Its people msy continue to Improve and the social benefits which they enjoy en dure for their lifetime and Into the lives of their children ? Vote "Yes" or "No." Busintss SEALS APPEAL 8ALEM. Dec. 1 VPS Govern or McKay, urging purchase of Christ mas seals, said today that last year 356 persons died from the disease in Oregon. Price Dips In Gasoline Interesting Bv RADIR WINlieT (Par Ham Dawsenl NEW YOK, Dec. I (SWThers Is a liny dip In gasoline prices thst wllll bear watching. The average cost of fuel to the motorist Is slip ping away from the highest peak In 33 years. The reuse Is the westher which has been blowing hot and cold at the wrong time. Carefully made cal culations of petroleum experts have been upset. In their efforts to do something about It. they have shaved prices on various types of fuel But In the midst ot it. filling sta tion price wars have broken out here and there around the country. The motorist has the advantage of this cut-throat competition. Such price wars are a red Hag to the big operators. They watch them rarefully and note their extent and duration. Den't tie! reeled You shouldn't get the Idea from all this that you can drive Into your comer gas station and- till 'er up at a big saving today. Qasollne prices are on a regional basis. Some dealers have cut and some haven't. And the price war areas are small. Throughout the United States, the averare price of regular gasoline In tilling stations ot 50 representa tive ciuea started out this month at 3013 rents a gallon. That Is with out taxes. These average 6 64 cents a gallon, a record.. In mid-summer the average price was 30 41 cents a gallon In these same cities. Thst's the highest price on gas since the average for 1936 which was 3067 cents. So this month's average Is only a tooths of a cent lower thsn that 1 33-year high point. Main relnt But It la lower. That's the Im portant point. And right now the big producers and distributors are Inching their wholesale prices sull lower by a few tenths ot a cent along the Eastern seaboard and sec tions of the South and Midwest. Some have cut their prices at the retail level. So far that has been restrained. The wholesale cuts are so new snd the general situation la so uncertain that there hasn't been a general move yet to pass the savlnga along to the ultimate consumer. It all started back with the end of gasoline rationing at tha close of Doctor Soy Treat Girl's Adolescence " ' In Matter-of-Fact Manner By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. Writiea far N'EA Service About one and a half million girls In the United States reach the see of 13 every yesr. Somewhere around this as a the figure begins to change and the menstrual periods start. These changes are properly ac cepted as a step towards maturity by most girls and by their parents It Is Important, however, thst be fore they Uka place, girls ahould know what lo expert and should have an understanding of what the changes mean. If this Is not the case, an unexpected event may cause some emotional distress. A short time esrller. therefore, girls should be Informed, preferably by their mothers, of exsctly what to expert and what It means. Tills should bs done In a completely mat-ter-of-fact way. A girl should be told thst she Is only one of more thsn a million of her age who are having the same exper ience each year. a After adolescence begins and usu ally for two or three years after wards, girls are normally somewhat more nervous and leas consistent In their behavior than they were before or will be later. They often cry more easily, become unreason, able In their actions with others and the war. Motorists with their "A" and "R" stickers sull on their windshields burned up the road and gas In a light-hearted release from wartime restrictions. Supply kept ahead ot demand un til the summer of 1948. when a lot of tanks went dry. rilling sta tion operators dusted off their old signs: "Sorry. No Osa. There wsa talk of Imposing rationing again But the petroleum Industry met the challenge and produced the short ages out of existence. By the first part of thla year the balance between production of gaso line and fuel oil waa upset. In making gas. too much fuel oil was produced. The two are tied togeth er. With an over-supply of home oil early this yesr, the price hesded down. Sellers started posting price guarantees and went on Into the summer season with attractive dis counts for hot weather storate buy ing. Thla tall prices rose and pro ducers waited for cool and cold weather to spur demand. But the weather waa fickle. It stayed warm. People didn't buy. But In this bout with the weather, gasoline stocks piled up as heating oil was produced In anticipation of winter furnace demand. often fly off the handle at menu bera of their family for no apparent reason. The youngsters themselves ought to be msde to realise this snd lo control themselves ss much as possible. It la not fair to othera to behave unreasonsbly no matter what the excuse. Psrei.ts, however, should also un. derstand that these things do hsp. pen and they should not worry slwul the seeming personality rhsnie which often develops. When unreasonable behavior on the part of adolescent girls does break out, parents are well advised to Ignore Uie outburst aiuwether, take it calmly and yet continue to be firm about those things which really mat ter. The Deetae Answers QUESTION: Please say some thing about a ruptured spleen. Does an enlarged spleen always rupture ANHWr.lt: A ruptured spleen la almost always sudden and comes from an Injury. When poaalble, a ruptured spleen la completely re. moved by operation aa soon as p. slble. An enlarged spleen rarely, if ever, ruptures by Itself. TELLING THE EDITOR Lllr eflal.S esra ssasS eat ! ! lata SaS vsrSs, ! stilus Italklr ONI SIUS mt ! Meet. mmt sift ftp 2 wrlltr falrlsllM UH-wlst IS - ss ' ! Iks ! is. ! I I MERRILL, Ore (To The Edltori D. P. Held sure expressed my vleas on Mr. Jenkins' "Irsve It to papa." 1 am an old man, lived a good many years and I havert seen papa give anything to anyone yet. The huh finance has It figured way ahead how to keep a laboring man under the thumb that Includes the farmrr too. the taxea and withholding tax. Then In another Issue of The Her. aid and News. P-ank Jenkins tells about the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock so he sutely knows who msde the wealth of 'he United States. Not the fried shirts sitting by the drk with their feet on top. smoking a cigar: It's Ihe poor laboring man, I always wss a hard shell republt. ran and never missed but two elec tions in sll my life, but am no hsrd shell any more. Come again D. P. Reld. Respectfully. JOE KUCERO 1 G4t FLOOR 6: Vi 0 a 5 5 1 -GAUGE 15-DENIER Specially Purchased For This Pre-Christmas Event. She'll lovt their flattery, end your thought fulness! Truly luxury hosiery at a DRAMATICALLY LOW PRICE! ALL THE NEWEST SHADES! I I I I t t i mm if r Impair P Hosiery Dept. Street Floor 3 6 I 3 i it
