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—-BllKCKENRlDGE AMERICAN —WEDNESDAY. JUNE 23, 1948 1
Socially Yours
Br SUB 8TENSON
A,T.."f *he „ I'rairie Ptincesses" for the rodeo have been chosen
now aiyj ai* as follows: Archylou kiricenh sponsored by the American
l<egio«; Cat Griffen by Rotary <*hib; Joan Hunger by I.ion's t'htb;
PatrieM1 hammed by Jaycees; A.la Lou Kobert by Veterans Of For-J
sign Wni.i ami Kv'.-I^i. Campbell by Klkn Club. The "Prarie Process",
jf thi:i" >.-ai- s rodeo will be elected from this group by the persons
attending th«- rodeo. The first three nights of the show, these attract-!
ive las*. - ^ wjH ride in-the grandentrance opening the rodeo.
Tho.'t .tttf«i«iiti(f ^b« show will writi' thf name of the girl th<-y vote for
on thy_{i;u;l*'of th'ii".th^i({ stuh> ami dru|i it in a container which will
b* >1 near tin- gat". What does th<* winner get w hen she is pre-
sent lit. final night of the rodeo? IllMl!
* :(i ;« *
Among the local residents seen out and around Tuesday niirht in
varioij^jMirtie • w. re lluli*- Sweeney and Tommy Drake, Archylou Kin-
chen awl orge Dickey, Jr., Mr. ami Mrs. Jack t'ox. G. Vinson and j
Jean Ann Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. .1. B. Stoker, Marilyn Robertson
and Boh Vdiur, Pat Griffen and Alex Lloyd, Jean Hunger and Sher-
tna" Mr. and Mm. Huifh Wragg, Mr. and Mr* Doug Anderson.
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Tlaa Business Women's Circle of the First fhristian Church met
Tuesdjff night in the garden of Mrs. C. G. King and enjoyed a picnic
supper. Mrs. King, chairman presided over the business meeting and
Mrs. Boss Hart gave the devotional. Mrs. Barney Tyson gave a report
and the following officers w re elected for the coming year: Mrs. King,
chairman; Mrs. Tyson, vice chairman; Miss Ituhv Uufford, treasurer;
M rs. D. 'hdwurd*. contact committee chairman; Mrs. Boss Hart,
devotional chairman and Olive Wynne, secretary, and Mrs. M. Hall,
reporter. I"h>we were Ipresent. The class adjourned for the summer
and wiX meet again in September.
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Intermediates of the First Baptist Church vacation Bible school
enjoyed a party on the parsonage lawn Tuesday night and various
gaimr_wvee played by the group. Iced-cold watermelon was served
to JiA/ce Warfonl, Roy Flournoy, Joan Powers, Bennie Smith, Jose-
phine Williams, t'harley Williams, John Yates, Wanda Bannister, Tom-
my Sl§es. Miss l.ola Moon, Mr. and Mr*. Truman A Id ledge, and chil-
dren, Ann und Jan.
*****
Several local members of the V. F. W. were preparing today to
leave Thursday to attend the State V. F. W. Convention which will
convene in Corpus C'hristi tomorrow.
*****
Of the group attending the State Baptist Training Union Con-
ference in Arlington this past week-end Billy Hill won first place in
his division of the Bvtter Speech Contest. The girls trio including Dot
Burton. Lueva Loving and Dorothy Sorrell, placed second. The inter-
mediate sextet consisting of Glenna Ray. Dorris Crudgington, B ''y*
Dowel 1. Put Bonney. Josephine Williams and Jackie Fizer made n
good showing officials of the church said.
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i 5fft. J. R. Rogers was hostess to the Harmony Class in her home
Tuesday night at which time Mrs. James Fox was honored with a
st^rk shower. The honoree was presented with gifts from Mnies. J. R.
Rogers. C. L. Atchison. Joe Morris. James Dunham. Dale Wilson,
Claud Hood. Jr.. Weldon Thornton and Allen Thornton, Jr. The class
w ill meet next week with Mrs. Imogen* Finch, 103 N. Butte.'
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Jurist Says Income Tax Evaders
'Match Pennies' With Government
Fijlans Emulate
Hawaii in Asking
More Freedom
By WILLIAM A. SHIRES
United Press Staff Correspondent I
RICHMOND, Va. <U.R>— Federal;
Judge John Paul accuses the na-!
tutu's large and small income tax !
evadors of "matching pennies with \
the government."
"Even aft.-r a tax evador pays
his fine," the Harrisonburg, Va.,
jurist, said, "it's like matching
pennies. Jf the fine amounts to
more than lie's beat the govern-
ment out.of, that's too bad. If its
less, then lie feels fine."
Paul, who within two days, slap-,
ped heavy tines on four Virgin-1
ians who pleaded no contest to
charges of evading income taxes,1
idmitted lie w as perplexed as to j
problems
By FRANK H. BARTHOI.OMEW
United Press Staff Correspondent
SUVA, Fiji <U.m— Fiji's 250^000
people learned with lively interest
that the efforts of Hawaii to ob-
tain statehood had failed of imme-
diate attainment.
Washington's decision with re-
spect to its Pacific territory came
or. the eve of the launching of a
similar effort in Fiji, next popu-
lated island group to the south. _
The natives want to diminsh the i how best to handle ,h
British colonial office's political j of. tax evaders.
control for the crown colony. i ..j am becoming convince!," he
Despite the .discouraging prece- faW nhat v,K„t to deal very-
dent in the United States, the | st.v )y wjtil
Fijian effort will be started at the l H(, sai)1 was amazPd at the
next meeting of the legislative, numb^r uf ,H „pl,. wh , although
council by a resolution to amend ri.sh,,.,„,| |n their ,-oinmun-
the constitution, the United Press w;n t,, extreme nv.tn.1 to
was told by A. A. Ragg, presnleut ,, v.uif, payi|1, rit of federal income
of the European Electors Associa-!
tio"- . t . Hi added that records show their
Ragg is one of the six elected nutl,b,,r l!( (ur sma||er than the
members of the legislative council, tt tax evador — the
governing body of p iji s 822 pros- v„hll i,.„i
porous and populated tropical
&
"Just a minute! Mayb« I'd better explain again what
'allvpro vivace* means!"
islands.
The crux of the effort is a plan
providing for the election of 15
members of the governing body of
HI, with a proportionate decrease
in the number of "official" mem-
bers who receive appointment di-
rectly from the governor of the
colony, himself appointed by White
hall.
FIRST DEMONSTRATION The GOP National convention saw its
first real demonstartion at the second day's session when Senator Ken-
neth S. Wherry's fiery speech touched off the Nebraskans on a one-
state r>>und-the hall parade. The l.-ad.-r carries the state standard in is regarded by the white populu-
thc center of tin photo. (NEA TELEPHOTO)
persons who hedge a little on
tlu ir returns year after year, usu-
ally the persons in the moderate
i icome brackets.
"Would Is- tax evadors are ev-
ery where," Paul said. "Thos.> evad-
ors have got to stop considering
such a procedure as a prank or an
i scapade."
Paul had just imposed a $12,(M)0
fin
His Dog Can Reau-ou judge Says
pp . . , wealthy dental surgeon of Wind-
The coming effjirt to change the Karms, Va., and a member «f
colony's constitutional government j lh(, sUte hoard of health.
BOUNTIFUL. Utah, —Judgo | Judge Toriyey declined to turn his
F. J. Torney claims he owns th • pet over to filmdom.
only dog who can read. j Of course Pal doesn't play the
Pal, a santiny, black monogrel, piano or read a newspaper for just
can wad either the morning or | anyone. Hi# master generally de-
evening paper, says Torney — as nuir.ds aial gets at least $2G for a
sober as the judge he is. | public preformance.
The judge places the morning] Some law violation) get a orivate
r - -_ ,. (Salt Lake Tribune br^ide the eve -1 cut rate .xhibition in the judge s
upon Dr. foi y ICess Harrison, tnm^ ga|t Telegram on his! h°m after they've paid a $10 to
porch. From a living room easy; $-" traffic fine.
tion, who are by no means in
Harrison made no plea to charg-
that he concealed $21,000 of
Someone Narked the Show on Eggs
And New Zealand Is Up in Arms
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By FRANK II. BARTHOLOMEW
United Pivss Staff Correspondent
AUCKLAND, New /eland 'UP'
—The bubble and squak's all right
ami so's the meat if you've got a
coupon, but who marked the show-
here as fars as eggs are concern-
ed ?
That's a question the govern-
ment will have to answer to the
satisfaction of about 2,000,000 New
Zealanders by next year's elec-
tions. Otherwise, according to the
National Party and the newspa-
pers. there may be some changes
made.
It revolves around the fact that
beautiful and fertile New Zealand,
i-.-.ost productive country per capita
on earth, is importing eggs and
other fwm products.
The '"(government, wjiich nit ions
food so jtrietly that even the
transient visitor must get an emer-
gency card at the post office for
meat, sugar and tea before he can
be served restricted courses in ho-
tels or restauranis. ascribes the
shortages to an all-out commit-
ment to relieve hungry England.
Vegetables are in full supply, so
th> country has no complaint on
the "bubble and squeak ' (vege-
table stew) score at its dinner
table.
But the shortages of eggs, butter
and jcreani to a point of necessitat-
of distinction *. •
Telephone
♦ LETTERHEADS
♦ ENVELOPES
♦ STATEMENTS
♦ CIRCULARS
♦ mtettfESS CARDS
v \ \
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♦ JRULED JETQRMS
♦ INVOICES
♦ PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
"If It's Printing We Can Do It"' '
American Ptg. Co.
. sV'tw H
ing recent imports by a country
that once used to furnish- Hawaii
and a large part of the Pacific
area with farm and dairy products
is different.
The "cow cockies" (dairy farm-
ers.) just catvlfr1 believe it, thi? urban
pi.pulat.ion is rubbing its eyes al-
so and the housewives are begin-
ning to get restive under th. crit-
ical prodding of the newspapers.
The press blames the whole thing
on what it asserts to be the at-
tempted interference of a social-
istic administration with natural
laws.
The farms are producing more
than ever and are prosperous, the
Cnited Press was told by Walter
Nash: deputy prime minister.
So the count-y as a whole is
prosperous, :,lthough it is a land
of few wealthy people and almost
none who is rich. The leveling-off
process as fur as physical wealth
is concerned has been under way
for years. The result has been
tough on capital investment and a
little hard on the artisan of ex-
traordinary skill or energy. The
benefits rolled back over the bulk
of the people nevertheless are ob-
vious.
A blanket social security law
t: kes 5 per cent of the earnings of
every worker plus a substantial
tax assessment against industry. It
provides all New Zealanders with
j continuous income through old
age. illness or unemployment. Free
hospital treatment is accorded,
arid free medical services; normal
im dical fees can be refunded to
the patient. Benefits extended be-
I.vi und the insured, to his widow
and orphans.
There is also a family endow-
ment for children.
There's no unemployment in
Nt w Zealand: in fact, a shortage
of workers is evident everywhere.
Unionism is compulsory and has
been si^ce a year after the present
I: bor government came into power
in 1
The government has tackled the
housing problem here with vigor
and effectiveness. New areas of
attractively designed and well-
built homes, put up by the gov-
ernment and rented at low cost to
i waiting list arranged in order
of need, are going up.
The average worker has little to
worry about, insofar as his future
security and that of his family are
concerned. A beneficent govern-
ment takes care of everything from
hU birth to his burial with both
terminal events included.
There are three viewpoints in
New Zealand of the job done under
the present liberal regime. The
g. vernment approves of its own
accomplishments and has more in
store for the country if it can re-
nte in in power.
The opposition National party,
which is conservative, thinks that
New Zealand is over-governed and
that enterprise, both in the indi-
vidual and the employer, is stulti-
fied. That view is vigorously, sub-
scribed to by most newspapers of
the country and by many employ-
ei*.
The third viewpoint is that of a
ci rtatn sector of big business—that
is, as big as business can get in
New Zealand. The groop is on the
fence because while it does not like
severe governmental -restrictions
and taxations, it does like the pro-
tection against competition afford-
ed by the same governmental sys-
tem.
No one can open a new business
in New Zealand without govern-
mental clearance, and the govern-
ment approves only businesses
which it feels are justified econom-
ically and in the public interest.
The result is that there is very
little competition here commer-
cially.
The government itself, of coarse,
owns and operates the railways,
street car lines, buses, telephone
and telegraph systems ami many
resort hotels. It publishes maga-
zines and cperates radio stations.
unanimous agreement as to its de- incomi, dl,,.ing t«)42, 1943, 1944
sirability, as of prime importance. ,itul ,,)45 t() eV1Mje inwnu, taxes.
That is because for the first time , HN attorn(>ys t..llu.d a t,lvat num.
w history the numerically domi- ^.,. (>f ,.h.mictt>l. witnesses, includ-
nant race is the Indian- Hindus,
Moslems and Sikhs.
The Indian, brought to Fiji as
plantation labor just as the Orien-
tal was brought to Hawaii origin-
ally, long ago outnumbered the
whites and now, for the first time,
also outnumbers the native Fijian.
The Indians here are politically
conscious and, according to both
sides in the controversy over the
inn two past presidents of the
Slati Dental Association and the
president-elect of the National Den
tal .' -sociation.
Defense attorneys said Dr. Har-
rison had It en "a poor business
man" and had "underestimated
gross receipts."
District Attorney Oeorge R.
fliimriekhouse recommended a fine
f $15,000, but no ja>l sentence.
European Electors Association plan ! Humrbkh«uw said he believed Dr
is also politically ambitious. If H i(lim h.ul no preconceived plan
the Indian ever receives true parity i ()(. (jeCPDtjon
in voting both sides, and the gov- j , Mfl,u|j s.li(, hp waa imposing
ernment, fear that Fiji may be-,,, fim. -with the feeling
come in effect an Indian rather ■ lhiu maybf> Vm not cloing right,
th^ a Bntish colony. | that, maybe Pm not going: far
There are now 120,000 Indians in j ^ J
t0 li7i°?2nf,ilT"'l 'The 'next day Judge Paul sen-
6,000 half-whites and 4,500 whites, t , Dr W;ilfrer> w. Koonts, 50-
according to the colonial office.. w Lynchburg surgeon, to
The. Indians steadily are utrreas- ^ ( ar/ in prison. hnt sus.
ing, with a birth-rate of 4. per . Sf>nt(,ni.0 nn pavment of a
thousand compared to 20 per thou- income tax evasion.
chair, h( tells Pal which paper hi
wantes. The dog walked out on th •
porch and brings it.
The papers are printeil by the
same publishing company on the
same size and grade of papt-r.
Judge Torney brags tliat Pal is
the only dog who can plav Chopin
on the piano. To nrove it, he points
to the piano: "Play Chopin, Pal!"
Pal uses all four paws on the
keyboard to set < ff chords in a
tempo fomewhat like Chenin. To
show the dog's i usiea! education
isn't all long-haire, the judge
also can rrder Pal to plav booirio
woogie. Pal swings fnto chords in
a faster, jivy ten,nr.
The dog has been offered a
movif) contract at $400 a week, the
judge adds. But Lassie's claim to
canine academy tfiwatd is safe, cor
Farmers are advised to plow a
strip 10 feet wide around farm
windbreaks to guard the planting
against, fire.
who feel
caased by functional 'middle-seal
Do you suffer from hot flushes, weak,
nervous, Irritable dummy feelings-
due to the functional 'middle-age'
period peculiar to women (3S-S2
yra.) V Then 00 try Lydla EPtnkham'S
vegetable Compound to relieve such
symptoms! It also lms what Doctors
call a stomachic tonic effect!
^lOUtPINKIUirSSSSB'
sand for the whites
The Electors Association asserts
its proposed reform will liberalize
the vote in Fiji as far as the whites
are concerned and give the native
Fijian a direct popular vote for
the first time, without sacrificing
tht controls which thus far have
Fenntz was charged with conceal-
ing more than $28,000 of his 1945 j
inc irne to evade taxes which would'
hav< amounted to $ 19,703.78. I
Judge Paul' declared Koontz set
eut "deliberately to chcat the gov-
ernment.
"Professional men are the sole
prevented the Indians from taking: ju(|-g ,(f thpjp own f,u.ninfrs and
over the colony,.politically. ; Jhav* „ hiffh,)t. obligation than oth-
o t m?* to account strictly to the gov-
Kepeats Too Often !ernment for their fair share of
MACON, C.a. T f!> —A man w he its expenses, he said.
had been arrested 14K times was He then fil ed Dr. George Snarr
sentenced to two years 011 .1 drunk- a Winchester oculist. $12,00(1, and
enness charge. Most of the other Dr. Julian C. Major, Alexandria
arrests were for the same offense, dentist. $5,(>0«'on simMar charges.
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