Evening star. [volume], June 01, 1937, Page A-4, Image 4

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Miss Joy Louise Webster
Is Bride of Official in
I’.' Ceremony Here.
br. George P. Bowerman, librarian
of the District Public Library for the
last 33 years, was married today to
Miss Joy Louise Webster of Lincoln,
Nabr., and Washington, in the bride’s
apartment in the Ontario Apartments.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev, Dr. John Van Shaick, jr., former
pastor of the Universalist Church
and present editor of the Christian
Leader in Boston, in the presence of a
few relatives.
Bom in Lincoln, Miss Webster was
educated at the University of Ne
braska and came to Washington with
her father. Judge Joseph R. Webster,
Assistant Attorney General in the In
terior Department from 1900 until
his death, in 1917. Judge Webster
came here on the invitation of his
friend. Mr. Justice Van Devanter, then
Assistant Attorney General in charge
of the Interior Department legal di
vision.
Miss Webster has been active in
the woman suffrage movement in
the National Woman's Party, of which
she was treasurer during the active
campaign preceding the adoption of
the suffrage amendment to the Con
stitution. She is a member of Delta
Gamma College Sorority, the Twen
tieth Century Club and the University
Women's Club.
Dr Bowerman. a native of Farm
ington, N. Y„ attended Genesee Wes
leyan Seminary, the University of
Rochester and the New York State
Library School, and came here as
District librarian in 1904. He has
lectured in library science at George
Washington University and has writ
ten several papers and professional
articles on library affairs.
A member of the Cosmos Club, the
Monday Evening Club, the Federal
Club and the Torch Club, he also be
longs to the Washington Literary
Society. He serves on the Joint Citi
zen's Committee on National Repre
sentation for the District and is a
member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi
Beta Kappa fraternities. He belongs
to the Washington Association of Fine
Arts, the American Library Associ
ation. the District Library Association
and the National Parks Association.
His first wife, Mrs. Sarah Graham
Bowerman, died as the result of an
auto accident in early May, 1935.
The couple will make their home at
the Ontario Apartments.
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Embassy
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he expected to make no request of the
United States Government.
“My mission has two purposes,” he
aaid. “The first is to present to Mr.
Hull my government’s account of the
unprecedented attack on Almeria.
“The second is to present to him
my government's emphatic protest,
first, because the German action was
In direct violation of the non-interven
tion agreement and. second, because it
was in direct violation of the principles
Of international law.”
Expects No Action.
The envoy returned to Washington
only today from a trip to the West j
Coast. He intimated that he expected |
this country to take no action.
Meanwhile. Senator Nye. Repub- j
llcan. of Indiana, a leading member
of the congressional neutrality bloc, !
asserted President Roosevelt should
“act immediately" to invoke American I
neutrality laws against Germany. He j
described the bombardment of Almeria
as a “plain act of war” against Spam.
Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis
souri, a member of the Senate's man
datory neutrality bloc, likewise said he
believed the neutrality act should be
applied to Germany and possibly to
Italy.
Previously Senators Borah, Repub
lican, of Idaho and McKellar, Demo- i
crat, of Tennessee called the attack !
on Almeria an act of war that justi- i
fled the United States in applying its '
new neutrality law to outside "par
ticipants" in the conflict.
The Californian said that "in the
days to come when we are flooded
with propaganda we may be induced
to repeal the act concerning foreign
loans to our debtors, let us remember
20 years ago how gently we were eased
into lending w-hat was necessary to
fight the war and which those nations
then wishing it said w-ould be re
paid.”
Borah, a veteran member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
commented:
"From the reports, I should say an
actual war is on, sufficient to justify
application of our neutrality law to
all parties now participating both un
dercover and openly.”
McKellar asked use of the neutrality
act “to keep this country out of the
conflict,” and asserted "America will
never get into .this one.”
The neutrality law, already in force
against both the Spanish camps, would
bar American arms shipments and
financial credits to any other nation
named by the President as a bel
ligerent.
The President could go further, if
he chose, and prohibit shipment of
any goods to the belligerents unless
they were first paid for in the United
States. He also could stop American
ships from carrying any goods to the
nations named.
Secretary Hull cut short a vacation
In Virginia to consider the new crisis.
He hurried to Washington and spent
yesterday at his office, poring over
official and press dispatches despite
the fact the department was closed
for the holiday.
With Hull were Undersecretary
Sumner Welles, Green Hackworth,
State Department legal adviser, and
John Hickerson, acting chief of the
Department's Division of Western Eu
ropean Affairs.
Keene
(Continued From First Page.)
and on an afterdeck rail, 10 feet be
hind the cabin.
Investigators said at the time that
Keene might have been murdered by
a robber who entered his cabin by
the catwalk outside the hull of the
ship and come back back the same
way, leaving bloody fingerprints be
hind him.
Sheriff Dryden said the murderer
apparently had weighted Keene's body
la the hope it would remain below the
surface. Accumulating bases, however,
Body Found
CHARLES F. KEENE.
increased buoyancy of the body suf
ficiently to overcome the drag of the
weights, investigators said.
The key ring on Keene’s body was
stamped with the number "6509,” and
this number was identified at the
Union Trust Building as listed to the
realtor. The zipper suit case, like the
mesh bag, was initialed "F. R. K.”
Friends of Keene said both bags
probably had belonged to Keene's sis
ter, the late Florence R. Keene. Wash
ington singing teacher, who died sev
eral years ago. They said Keene later
used several articles left him by his
sister.
Norfolk detectives opened an in
vestigation when Keene's disappear
ance was reported there. The District
of Columbia returned here the follow
ing morning, and Washington detec
tives made a cursory examination of
Keene's cabin, which had been cleaned
up.”
Detectives of both cities refused to
take responsibility for the investiga
tion, and later the Justice Department
also declined to take over the case.
On the insistence of Charles F.
Keene, jr., a former naval lieutenant,
now in business in New York City, a
Federal board of inquiry met in the
Commerce Department May 21 to in
vestigate the case.
At that time William H. Bowen. 38,
a night watchman on the boat, said
he heard a "peculiar noise, wlfich
sounded like a muffled shot, about
1:45 a m.,” adding that he walked out
on the after deck to investigate, found
nothing unusual and concluded he
had been mistaken.
The boat was near the mouth of the
Potomac River at this time. Bowen
said he passed Keene’s cabin every 20
minutes throughout the night and
heard no other unusual sounds.
Tax
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erty tax. which is expected to produce
$1,500,000.
Altogether the completed program
is estimated to yield $8,500,000 a year,
but only $7,000,000 of this would be
used to wipe oyt the current pros
pective budget deficit of $6,149,000,
since the Commissioners recommend
ed that the $1,500,000 from the weight
tax be dumped into the gasoline tax
fund and used exclusively “for con
struction, reconstruction, improve
ment and maintenance of highways,”
as well as administrative expenses.
All fees from the titling of motor
vehicles, as well as those from the
issuance of drivers' permits, also
would be transferred from the general
fund to the special fund.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of
highways, explained that the change
would actually save about $500,000 of
general fund revenues, since certain
activities of the Department of Traffic
and Vehicles are now supported out
of that fund. By transferring support
of these activities to the special fund,
he said, the general fund deficit would
be reduced by $500,000.
The Commissioners likewise, at the
direction of the subcommittee, submit
ted a proposed bill designed to give
them authority to charge fees for
parking on the public streets and au
thorized the installation of so-called
park-o-meters to collect the revenue.
The parking meter plan, however, will
not be included in the emergency tax
program. It is intended to give the
Commissioners a “cushion" for rais
ing additional revenue if it becomes
necessary.
In addition, the Commissioners sub
mitted an alternative motor vehicle
weight tax proposal under which all
of the $1,500,000 revenue from this
source would go into the general
fund Instead of the special fund. At
the same time, the Commissioners
explained they preferred that the
plan to place the weight tax revenues
into the special fund be approved,
otherwise the Highway Department
would be seriously handicapped in car
rying out its program for alleviating
traffic congestion.
"Details to Be Studied.”
The subcommittee plans to go over
the details of the final tax program
at 10 a.m. tomorrow and whip it into
shape for submission to the full Dis
trict Committee at a special meeting
Thursday.
The full committee Is the place
where the income tax plan is ex
pected to precipitate a revolt by sup
porters of the once proposed general
sales tax which the Commissioners
abandoned at the direction of the
Tax Subcommittee. A number of
sales tax advocates on the full com
mittee. it is understood, propose to
fight ‘for restoration of that plan in
lieu of the income tax.
The chief opposition to the income
tax plan is the fear on behalf of some
of the committee members, as well as
the Commissioners, that it may be
held invalid by the courts, since it will
tax the salaries of Federal workers
whose incomes are not subject to tax
ation by the States in which they live.
There will be no exemptions under
the income tax plan, except those spe
I cifically exempted by the Constitution
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—the President and members of the
Federal judiciary. Members of Con
gress and non-residents would be
taxed as well as residents and the tax
would be retroactive to cover 1936 in
comes and made payable before Octo
ber 31 of this year. Non-residents,
however, would receive credit for in
come tax payments in the States in
which they live.
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal
explained that while the tax would be
retroactive to Include 1936 incomes,
only one-half of the proposed full
scale would be imposed so the Dis
trict could derive some revenue from
this source this year.
Commissioner Dan I. Sultan de
scribed as a “dirty trick" the proposal
to make the income tax retroactive,
and told the subcommittee he would
be “delighted'’ to see that provision
eliminated.
Patterned on Collins Bill.
The income tax plan submitted by
the Commissioners is patterned after
the Collins income tax bill. The
major changes were intended to make
it all-inclusive by removing certain
exemptions contained in the Collins
measure. The rate of taxation in the
Collins bill was left undisturbed.
Incomes of single persons or a mar
ried person not living with husband
or wife in excess of $1,000 would be
taxed. Married persons living to
gether would not be taxed unless the
combined income exceeded $2,500. A
$300 exemption would be allowed for
each dependent child under *18.
The tax rate would be as follows:
One per cent of the net income not
exceeding $2,000.
One and a half per cent in excess
of $2,000 but not exceeding $5,000.
Two per cent in excess of $5,0D and
not in excess of $10,000.
Two and a half per cent in excess
of $10,000 and not in excess of $15,000.
Three per cent in excess of $15,000
and not in excess of $20,000.
Three and a half per cent in excess
of $20,000 and not in excess of $30,000.
Four per cent in excess of $20,000
and not in excess of $50,000.
Five per cent in excess of $50,000.
Intangible Payments.
The original plan ol the Commis
sioners contemplated continuation of
the intangible personal property tax
along with the income tax. but allow
ing credit on the income tax pay
ment for intangible tax payments.
The subcommittee, however, directed
that legislation be drawn to remove
the credit for intangible tax payments,
and that the present intangible tax
law be strengthened to stop the esti
mated “one million dollar a year” leak.
The new legislation drawn by the
Commissioners carries out the sub
committee's mandate and will give
the tax assessor authority to examine
"any books, papers, records, or mem
oranda bearing upon the matters re
quired to be included in the return.”
The assessor also would have author
ity to summon any person to appear
before him and testify under oath
respecting those rocords.
The Commissioners and subcommit
tee members engaged in a protracted
discussion over the plan to continue
the tax on Intangibles. Representa
tive Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma
argued that this tax should be con
tinued but credited to income tax
payments.
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois, who led the fight for
adoption of an income tax, took the
position the intangible tax should be
continued for at least a year without
credit until the income tax is “firmly
established.’' Ultimately, he said, the
intangible tax could be repealed.
The Commissioners said they did
not care which plan is adopted but
pointed out if a credit is allowed for
intangible tax payments the rates on
the income tax schedule would have
to be increased to produce adequate
revenue.
Court
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Supreme Court to refuse to review
these cases, Ickes said:
"For three Jong years the utilities
have held up these loans. They have
lost 13 times in five different Circuit
Courts of Appeal with jurisdiction in
22 States. And still the utilities con
tinue their fight to keep the hands of
the P. W. A. tied by injunctions for
which not a Circuit Court of Appeals
in the land has found a legal basis
* * * Unless the Supreme Court
both acts upon and rejects this new
writ of certiorari prior to its Summer
recess, the Government will remain re
strained and be without determination
of this question after several years of
litigation.”
Gceovernment officials also were dis
appointed when the court refused to
review a suit filed by the Electric Bond
k Share Co. and 26 subsidiaries chal
lenging the constitutionality of the
public utility holding company act.
Both the Government and the com
plaining companies joined in asking
the Supreme Court to review a deci
sion by a district court substantially
upholding the act without waiting for
a ruling by the Circuit Court of Ap
peals. The Supreme Court, however,
rarely acts in cases until there has
been an appellate court decision, and
many believe this explained its action
in refusing to review the case.
The litigation was initiated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission
seeking to compel the bond and share
company to register in compliance
with the act.
The Tennessee Valley Authority
also lost its effort to secure a review
of a circuit court order for a trial
in Eastern Tennessee to determine
T. V. A.’s right to continue operation
in seven States.
The Tennessee Electric Power Co.
and 3 8 other private power companies
had filed suit for an injunction to
prevent T. V. A. from carrying out its
power program. An Interlocutory in
junction was granted by the trial court
but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
dissolved this injunction and sent the
case back for trial. Although this
was a victory for T. V. A., it contended
the bill for Injunction should have
been dismissed outright Instead of
being seat back for trial.
Labor Act Hearing Denied.
Another ruling refused a request
by the El Paso Electric Co. for a re
view of the Wagner labor relations act
on the ground the legislation makes
no provision for a judicial review of
Labor Relations Board decisions as to
who shall represent employes in col
lective bargaining. The court had
upheld the labor act several weeks
ago, and the refusal in the new cases
was expected.
Taft, son of the late Chief Justice,
had contended the Treasury should
pay oft the Liberty bond in gold or
should be prohibited from calling it
before maturity. He had lost in the
Court of Claims.
In another case of some Importance
the court agreed to hear an appeal by
Gertrude Kay of New York, convicted
of violating sections of the home own
ers’ loan act relating to making false
statements. She contended creation
of the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. was
invalid.
Decisions in two minor cases that
had been argued were announced, one
j by Chief Justice Hughes and the other
' by Justice Butler. Neither was of gen
i eral interest. This leaves only seven
I rases on the docket awaiting decision
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