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The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Legislation Will ProUide
Compensation for Tax Losses

There will be a bill OF some kind.
undoubtedly. that will provide that
IVA pay more money to the re-
gions where it operates. They ought
to have it. But the thing that makes
my blood boil is that the people Of
those areas have been lied to and
propagandized SO thoroughly that
they were not able to understand
how a scheming group vas selling
them down the river. That is, they
did not see it until too late.
Right now. they are in the posi-
ton where they cannot run theil
own affairs. They must come Il
congress and beg on Bonded knee
for help which they ought to be
able to give themselves from heir
own which are their own
no longer. They have surrendered
again to the federal government
which, in the nature Of things, is
very difficult for them to reach for
expression Of their needs and an ex-
PLANTATION of their own wishes.
There was included in the com
mittee a set of figures which am
going to list here. The figures show
that AL of the principal. privately
owned power and light companies
paid $317, TAP, 200 in taxes in 1899.
This tax, the record showed,
amounted to 1875 per cent OF the to-
tai revenue of those companies.
Here are the amounts, by states,
that these companies paid: Maine,
So, 189, 900; New Hampshire. $2,484.-
300; Vermont, 81, 1926, 500; Massachu-
sets, SIT, OF, 400; Rhode Island, ST.
1874 200; Connecticut, IS. 324. 900; New
York, SCI, 1896. 900; New Jersey. ST.
494, 900; Pennsylvania, SIS, OO2, 100;
Ohio. SIG, 900, 200; Indiana. $7,988,-
100; Illinois, $26, 422, 900; Michigan,
$40. 624, 900; Wisconsin, $8,817, 900;
Minnesota, 81, 904, 700; Iowa. s. 1892
900; Missouri. SIS, 1859, 900; North Da-
kota, $721, 400; South Dakota, $780,
500; Nebraska, $1,731, 600; Kansas,
81, 1862. 700; Delaware, Maryland and
District of Columbia, 81. 100, 500; Vir-
ginia, So, 1852, 200; West Virginia, $4,-
294, 200; North and South Carolina,
So 71, 900; Georgia. So 1872, 300; Flor
ida. 50, 461, 900; Kentucky, $3,093. 200;
Tennessee, 81, 374, 400; Alabama, 3d.
734, 300; Mississippi. $l,2l2,6OO; Ar
kansas, ST., 1853. 500; Louisiana, So
557, 300; Oklahoma, $3,31l,ooo; Tex
as, So, 237, 800; Montana, $2,009, 800;
Idaho and Utah. 1888, 500; Wyom-
ing, $263, 100; Colorado. $2,4ls,S 300;
New Mexico, 1854, 800; Arizona.
S67s, 800; Nevada. S285. 200; Washing
ton, So, $50, 900; Oregon, $S.443, 300;
California, $21. 1874, 600.
Study of these tax payments land
they do not represent all Of the pri-
vately owned companies that are
paying taxes) ought to show even
the most stupid person that gradual
expansion of government ownership
means the slow but sure destruc-
ton Of another source Of funds for
paying the cost of government. And
this slow destruction is taking place
at a time when every government
unit from the small village to the
state and federal governments are
in debt up to their necks and the
taxpayers are being bled white by
current taxation methods.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

the milling crowd. Their hoarse
shouts of "Clear outl Clear out,
you sons of HE'LL" rise above
the tumult as they drive the half
crazed audience out of the the
alter.
Meanwhile Rathbone has sue
ceeded in unbHrring the door to
the box and several people,
among them a surgeon, rush in.
They see the tall form of the
Presid ut slumped forward in his
chair, his sad eyes closed, never
to open again. Someone brings a
shutter, torn from a building near
by, and they lay his gaunt form
upon it. They carry him out OF
the theater to the house OF
Charles Peterson across the
street.
Ford's theater is empty, de-
serted now. Its curtain has been
rung down upon the comedy,
"Our American Cousin = and
upon one of the greatest TRACE
dies in American history.
Death at 1922 A. M.
The next morning Washington
newspapers carried this story:
1.-THE body of President Lin
coin, who died from an assassin's
bullet at 7:22 o'clock this morn
ing, was removed from the Peter
son residence opposite Ford's the
alter to the executive mansion IN
a hearse and wrapped in the
American flag. It was escorted
by a small squad of cavalry and
by Gen. Augur and other military
officials on foot. "A dense crowd
accompanied the remains to the
White House, where a. military
guard excluded the people, allow
ing none but persons of the house
hold and personal friends of the
deceased to enter, Gen. Grant
arrived here at 2 o'clock in a spe-
cial train from Philadelphia. His
presence tends somewhat to allay
the excitement"
Leaf through the pages of James
c.. Blaine's Twenty Years in
Congress-" published in 1885, and
read there this description OF the
events which followed:
"The remains of the late Presi-
dent lay in state at the execu-
tive mansion for four days. The
entire city seemed as a house Of
mourning. The martial music
which had been resounding ii
glad celebration of the national
triumph had ceased; public edi'
fee and private mansion were
alike draped with the insignia Of
grief.
Funeral services, conducted by
the leading clergymen of the city.
were held in the east room or
Wednesday, the 10Th of April
Amid the solemn tolling of church
bells, and the still more solemn
laundering of minute guns from
the vast line of fertilization:
which had protected Washington
the body, escorted by an impos
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
QUESTION BOX

Q.-Is colitis due to eating rough
food?
A.-Colitis Is usually due TO ner-
yousness and emotional disturb
ances, but rough foods can agra
vate 1t.
OIL am % years old and | am
becoming bald. I would appreciate
your advice.
Aft you have had a recent ILL
ness your hair will likely return.
II not. you should ask your physi-
clan about a blood test.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
E~radicating Fleas

To rid a farm of feas, give close
attention to the two favorite hosts,
the dog and the hog. Destroy all
old bedding from the quarters OF
these animals. Turn the hogs out
on pasture and spray their pens and
shelters with a strong dip Of equal
parts of Kerosene and used crank
case or crude oil. Repeat the
spray after a few days. The dogs
meanwhile can be treated with a
good flea powder.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press
Bldg. Washington, ID. C.


WASHINGTON. = Through some
six weeks, the house committee on
military affairs has been holding
hearings on a question that is vital
to the entire nation. but yet it has
attracted little attention outside of
the areas directly concerned. The
problem is n of taxes which six
southern states are not collecting.
That is. taxes which they used to
collect from private property but
r not available to those states
now because the federal government
has taken over the property.
To be more specific, these taxes
once were a fine source Of revenue
for running the state and county and
city governments and the schools
and the policing and the building
of highways and such like in the
states of Alabama, Tennessee. Ken
lucky. North Carolina, Mississippi
and Georgia. But along came the
idealism of Sen. George Norris of
Nebraska, who wanted the govern
ment to drive out all private owner
ship of electric power. and along
came IVA, the Tennessee Valley
authority that has grown like stom-
ach ulcers within the economic body
of the southland. When it came, it
took over millions upon millions of
dollars of property that had been
taxed by the state and local gov
ernments. So. after some seven or
eight years. the governments of
those states and cities and counties
want money with which to pay the
cost of legitimate government.
The original IVA laws provided
that this gigantic aforementioned
octopus should contribute TO those
state governments-certain sums in
lieu of taxes. but this was directed
only in the case of Tennessee and
Alabama. The others we're not men,
toned. Those states were to re-
ceive 5 per cent of the gross pro-
ceeds Of the sale of power by IVA.
AS stated, the money was to be paid
to the state governments, alone.
Nothing was said about the counties
or the cities or smaller towns that
must have tax revenue upon which
to live.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Seed Treatment

Blaming poor termination for
failure of garden plants to produce
a satisfactory stand sometimes is
uniustified. for il may be due to
damping-oft organisms which thrive
during poor growing Weather and
kill the seedlings before they
emerge from the suIi. Cletnical
seed treatments eau serve as Al M
surance policy against ~uhiaV0raoie
weather conditions. with one beng
cuprous csidc. which Is effective Tor
some crops.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

WASHINGTON. War distorted
American foreign trade in Febru-
airy to produce the largest margin
of exports over imports for any
month in nearly IL years. The de-
partment of commerce said that
merchandise sales abroad totaled
S346. 779, 900 and imports $199, IT'S, 900,
an export balance of $147, 004, 900.
Officials had to dig into the records
back to November. 1928, to find a
difference as large.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Fence Post Tips

For fence posts pick the tree
which grows where the going Is
tough" is a good rule suggested by
T. E. Shaw, Purdue university ex-
tension forester. Trees grow faster
in the open than under crowded con-
ditions but their wood is less dur
able than that Of trees grown IN
competition with others. Aside
from Usage orange. which is not so
plentiful. the black locust, red
cedar, mulberry, northern white
cedar, catalpa and chestnut are the
best sources of fence post material
In the order named.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Life of Dams

Check dams Of brush have a rela-
lively short life while rock dams
last the longest, according to expe-
rience with soil erosion control
work. Although check dams may
hold only two and one-haf to three
years, they are in long enough for
vegetation to grow on the silt &C
cumulated in the gullies behind
them. Better than brush dams are
pole dams, which may last a year
or so longer. Eventually. however.
the poles decay.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Ex0ort Excess Over Import Distorted by Effects of War

For the first two months Of 1910.
exports surpassed imports by $273,-
689, 900, compared with sos, 276, 900 in
the same months last year.
Exports were 6 per cent less than
in January, partially because of the
short month, but the export excess
was larger than January's because
imports dropped II per cent.
Curtailed purchases Of foreign
rubber and silk we're primarily re-
sponsible for the decline.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
LOST TAX DOLLARS

Government ownership OF land
in six southern states is causing
a serious tax situation for state,
county and local taxing bodies,
according to this article by Will
liam Bruckart, Washington cor
respondent. Taxes formerly col
lected from private property
(now owned by the federal gov
ernment) are now unavailable.
Congress is at the present consid-
sidering remedial legislation.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Summon Solomon

Judge Frank c. Collier, Pasadena.
Calf, has been called on to answer
one that Solomon had the good luck
to escape. He has been asked to
rule whether, If a wife's dog bites
someone, her husband can be held
liable for damages. The damage
suit is for IS, 900.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

BILE annoyance and
concern. DR.. Carl J.
Heifetz, st. Louis,
gives some helpful
suggestions in the
America an Journal
of Surgery.
1.-THE main under
lying u S of in
grown toenail are
ill-htting footwear
and improper cut
ting OF the nails.
The nails should be
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Operation of IVA Program
Would Set Basic Power Rates

But the omission of the counties in
Alabama and Tennessee was only
one phase of the trouble that was to
come. You see, the IVA boys and
the dreams of the government-own-
ership crowd wanted to expand the
functions and the capacity and. the
scope of IVA. 1t was to be, in the
words of President Roosevelt, a
great yardstick by which the coun-
try was to be able to measure the
cost of electric power. From the
IVA we're to come basic rates by
which you and / were to know
whether private electric companies
were charging you and me and the
rest of us too much for lighting our
homes. etc.
So. il was only natural that the
IVA and its hackers loon were pro-
noting something bigger and better
in the way of its operations. Like
some dread disease. the pressure
of IVA on privately owned power
companies became too heavy to
bear. and they were swallowed up.
In one gulp, for instance, the gov
ernment-owned IVA took over the
vast properties of the Tennessee
Electric Power company for $780,
DOC. 900. | understand that iva got
quite a bargain, but the sale OF The
property to IVA was no bargain for
the taxpayers in the rea it served
and. moreover, it was a terrible
blow to the state and county and
city governments in those regions.
They had been receiving vast sums
each year as taxes on these prop
critics. In one scratch of a pen, the
IVA almost put the local govern
ments on relief, for all Of the mil
lions of taxable property became
non-taxable when the federal agen-
cy-the TVA--took title to the prop
erty.
The government ownership crowd
which is driving hard now for gov
eminent ownership Of a lot Of other
things were as happy as a kid
with a new toy train. But like that
same youngster, they did not stop
to figure out just where their train
was going. Certainly. the honeyed-
words of the IVA promoters in the
southland did not disclose to the
taxpayers of those areas what the
deal was going to cost them, ulti-
mately.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

Dy LLN1O
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.)
TT is the evening of April
IA, 1865-Good Friday.
On the stage of Ford's
theater in Washington the ia
NOUS actress, Laur aeene,
is playing in a delightful rom-
edy, "Our American Cousin"
Joining in the laughter that
sweeps through the audience
from time to time is q gaunt,
sad-faced man sitting at ease
in a high-backed, satin-up-
holstered rocking chair in an
upper stage box. Abraham
Lincoln is forgetting for a
few minutes the crushing re-
sponsibilities which he, as
Chief Executive of a nation
&, torn asunder in civil war, has
been bearing for four long
years.
Tha third act of the play
begins. AThe President leans
over to Whisper something to
Mrs. Lincoln who sits beside
him. Neither the Lincolns
nor Mai Harry r. Rathbone
and a Miss Harris, who accom-
panied them to the theater, notice
that a dark-moustached young
man has slipped through the door
at the rear of the box and is now
standing behind the President.
The next moment there is the
mufaed sound of a shot. 1t is
unnoticed by the players on the
stage or the audience, still chuck
ling over the last funny line they
have heard. But the Presidents
head drops forward on his breast.
Startled, Major Rathbone looks
around. Through the smoke he
sees the dark young man with a
pistol in his hand and hears him
mutter something which sounds
like "Freedomi" The major leaps
to his feet and grapples with the
intruder, who slashes at him with
a knife s.ears loose from the Off
GERS grasp and springs to the
front of the box.
AS he vaults over the railing,
his spur catches in an American
flag which Grapes the front of the
box. He drops heavily to the
stage with one leg doubled under
him. then scrambles to his feet.
With blood streaming from his
wounded arms, Rathbone rushes
to the front of the box.
"Stop that mani Stop him!' he
shouts. "The President has been
shotl"
But everyone is too stunned to
move for a moment. The young
man, waving aloft the bloody
knife. drags himself across the
stage and disappears in the
wings. But before he does SO,
the startled actors recognize IN
the white face and the black eyes
blazing with fanatical hatred the
familiar features of n of their
WI profession = John Wilkes
Booth.
All this has taken place in less
time than it takes to tell it. The
next moment Ford's theater is a
pandemonium of screaming
women and shouting men, SHOW
ing, pushing, breaking chairs,
crashing through ratings and
trampling upon each other as they
surge toward the stage or try to
climb up to the box where the
moaning Mrs. Lincoln is support.
ing her stricken husband and Ma
jor Rathbone is trying vainly tc
open the door which the assassin
had barred from the inside.
Now the soldiers Of the Presi
dents guard come bursting into
the theater and with fixed bayonet:
and drawn pistols they charge
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06

plain = painful 7
arches, corns, TODAY'S
bunions, ham, ura1Tu
m%ertoes, ring ~
W o m d CULUMN
others. -
When it is realized that the
entire weight of the body-100
to $50 pounds-rests on the
feet and that in the simple
act of walking the front part
of the foot and toes have to
lift and carry forward all this
weight, some idea may be
gathered of the great pressure on
the toes. Instead of leaving the work
Of corns. ingrown toenails, and other
defects to the chiropodists. although
many chiropodists are skillful and
use safe or antiseptic measures at
all times. the physician should think
of the feet as of any other organ of
the body.
AS an ingrown toenail often gives
the patient and physician considera-
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Bow-and-Arrow Hunters

An area in Arizona has been set
aside for bow-and-arrow hunters,
with deer, bear and wild turkeys as
game.
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Taxable Property Reduced
In Areas Served by IVA

1t took several years of operation,
actual practical experience, for
those taxpayers and the officials OF
The Omaha guide., 1940-04-06
Methods Used
For lngrown
Toenail Cure

BY DIR. JAMES w. BARTON
tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.D
IT is unfortunate that many
1 physicians give little or no
attention to the foot ailments
of which their patients COM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
Veteran News Writer
 To Address Teachers
Edmond Taylor, Formerly of Europe, Eyewitness of < Devastating Work of Fifth COIumnists

United States after 12 years in Europe. He was stationed at Bor- deaux with the Reynaud govern ment during the crucial days pre- ceding the French military debacle and had ample opportunity to study, at first hand, the results of fifth column technique.
 Fifth Column
 The term fifth column" is no meaningless phrase to Taylor, for he had watched with horror as the fifth column brought about the moral disintegration of democratic France, paving the way for the complete collapse of military resist ance. He incorporated his findings in recent book, Strategy of Ter ror," an analysis of the "pSycho- logical offensive" in which he dvaslt mainly with the effects of the fiftlr column on civilian populations. Based on five-year study of Ger many's plan to sabotage confidence in European democratic government, the book reveals the innermoSt workings of the Berlin propaganda mills.
 Taylor's experiences were not con- fined to France alone. His news paper assignments took him to Spain, Italy, Austria, England and the Balkan countries. In his talk he promises to describe how Ger many hopes to undermine public confidence in the free" forms of government. On the basis of his ex- perience and observations, Taylor who for years was member of the Chicago Tribune's Paris bureau, is prepared to tell his audience how the undeclared war of demoraliza- tion is thrusting it's spearhead into the United States.
 The lecturer, began bis newspa- per career in St. Louis, and left for Europe in 1928 where he joined the Chicago Tribune,s staff. During the brief battle in France he was as- signed by the Columbia Broadcast ing System to keep the American public informed of day to day de- velopments in the situation.
 Recent Lecture
 The first speaker in the lecture series was James R. Young, of the International News Service, who spoke Nov. 20 on the Far Eastern situation. Young debunked the Jap anese menace, declaring that the Nipponese have all they can do tc carry on the war with China. After Taylor, two more features are scheduled by the association. On Jan. 9, Louis Untermeyer. famed parodist and anthologist, will speak on the New American Arts" while on March 19, McGraw and Knox, will give Dramatic Duets"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
THE ENIGMA OF
 RUSSIA CHOSEN
Stands Tenth of Stories Chosen By United Press
 for Year, l94O

New York, Dec. 13 - (U.P0 - A news story that has not been writ ten-Soviet Russia's role in world events-was included today for the first time in the annual United Press selection of the 10 big news stories of the year.
 "The Enigma of Russia" is 10th on the U. P. list for 1940. The third term election of President Roosevelt is the number one news event of the year, the Battle of Britain second, and the fall of France third. :; '"This is the first time that some thing which has not been reported has ever received enough votes to qualify among the first ten," Earl J. Johnson, U. P. vice-president and geenra1 news manager said. Our editors felt that if the facts about Russian influence on world affairs were not shrouded by official secrecy and censorship, the Russian story might be among the most important of the year.
 "The big thing we do not know about Russia is the extent of her in f1uence on Tokyo's operations in the Far East and on Germany'S plans in the Balkans"
 Johnson said an unusual feature of the news of 1940 was that most of the big events were closely related ill terms of cause or effect. That has not been true in other years when headlines were dominated by poli- tics, multiple births, earthquakes, record airplane flights, and other such unrelated news stories.
 List for 194O
 The United Press list for 194O fol- lows:
 1. President ROosevelt's re-elec- tion for third term and prelimin- ary developments including the sen sational rise of Wendell Willkie. | 2. Battle of Britain which is his torys' first big-scale air war and may be one of the decisive battles of the world.
 B.. Fall of France with resulting British evacuation of Dunkirk and batle of Gran.
 4. United States selective service and other measures of hemispheric defense including the destroyers- flor naval-bases deal.
 5. German occupancy of Norway, Denmark and the low countries. 6. Berlin-R -RomeT Axis and Japanese threat at Indo-China. 2. Italy's abortive attempt to in- wade Greece.
 8. Germany's diplomatic offen- Sive into the Balkans with abdica- ton of Rumanian King Carol. 9. Italy's entrance into the war. 10. The enigma of Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13
JUNIOR COLLEGE
 TO HOLD DANCE
Students Select Dec. 20 as Date of Social
 Function

The Post Junior college held an assembly yesterday and announced the plans for Christmas formal which will be given by the student governing council of the school. The date chosen was Friday, December 20, and the dance will be held in the typewritting room of the college at 24 Central avenue. The dress for the occasion will be selni-formal. Bob Lowrey and his orchestra will fur nish the music for the dancing. The general scheme of the Christmas decorations will be carried out in blue and silver.
 The names of patrons and patron- esesS follow: MT. and Mrs. Harry c. Post: Mr. and Mrs. Donald J.. Post; Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Post; Mrs. Flora Gretter. Miss Edna L. Dews, Stuart w. Mathes and Miss Helen E. Griswold.
 The chairmen of the committees appointed are: Marion Laverdiere, music; Barbara Peck, tickets; Anne M. Wolff. decorations: and Edmund Mierzwinski, publicity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

Among the projects proposed for western South Dakota were the Pactola dam on the Rapid river, the Shade Hill development on the Grand river. the Angostura project on the Cheyenne rivers south fork, and the Bad, White and Moreau river and Oak Creek watersheds.
 The Pactola dam already has been approved but land appraisal difnculties have delayed start of construction work. The dam will irrigate 12,000 acres and furnish Rapid City with water.
 Two Projects Approved.
 The Angostura dam, east of Hot Springs, and the Shade Hill pros pect near Lennon have received preliminary improvement. The Re- settlement administration will spon- sor the Angostura project.
 Small tract irrigation promotions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-13

Mr. Samuel Gottfried, fur expert from New York, will be here all day Saturday to aid you in the selection of your coat.