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| Treasury Thinks Increase
Might Close Loophole in
| Levy Payment.
BACKGROUND—
Alarmed at the size of loopholes
through n'hich rich men dropped
rash he felt should fall in the tax
net, President Roosevelt two weeks
ago hit "tax evaders” and asked
for tightening of laws to catch the
lost, money. Public interest in the
presidential outburst was whetted
by hint of revelation of names of
persons smartest at outwitting the
tax laws. A few were named yes
terday.
Sj the Associated Press.
Treasury officials, digging out new
names and evidence for the congres
sional tax-dodging inquiry, suggested
today a major loophole might be
plugged by increasing the tax on
income earned In America but sent
abroad.
They suggested an increase in the
present 10 per cent “withholding tax"
on income received from this country
1 by non-resident individuals and for
eign corporations.
i If the "withholding tax" were
| lifted to 25 per cent, some authori
j ties said, taxpayers abroad might be
givpn the option of paying this levy
or the ordinary American income tax.
This alternative, they declared,
probably would lead many to pay
the regular income tax rates, placing
j them on the same basis as elti*ens
who pay standard income taxes.
May Urge Pro Rata Tax.
As another method of reaching
persons who transfer assets to for
eign corporations, officials said they
could urge Congress to place a “pro
rata tax" on Incorporators who live
In this country.
If a foreign corporation had 10
stockholders with 10 shares of stock
each, they explained, each would
have to pay a tax on one-tenth of the
corporation's Income annually.
Representative Vinaon, Democrat of
Kentucky, a member of the committee,
said the present 25 per cent penalty
tax on any transfer of assets designed
to reduce tax liability might be in
creased
Present tax rates on domestic hold
ing companies might be raised to deter
their use for tax avoidance, revenue
authorities said. The rates now range
from 8 to 48 per cent on undistributed
pet income, and officials said a range
from 20 to 60 per cent might be
preferable.
Another Problem Faced.
; To meet another problem, they said
It, would be advisable to enact a law
requiring that the individual who
earned the income In a family should
report It in full.
This would override the “community
property” laws of eight States—
California. Washington, New Mexico,
Idaho, Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and
Nevada—which permit division of
family income between husband and
whp lor taxing purpoflt-s.
Under the "community property”
| arrangement, married Individual* are
able to take advantage of lower
| bracket tax rate*.
Another loophole-plugging proposal,
advanced by Secretary Morgenthau,
would restrict tax deductions which
nil and mining companies may take
over depletion of wells or mines.
The flrst burst of publicity on in
dividual taxpayers yesterday placed
before the joint Senate-House In
vestigating Committee the names of
a half dozen persons.
Irey Describes Methods.
Flmer L. Irey, veteran chief of tha
Treasury's tax Investigation unit,
**id those named had reduced or
eliminated Federal tax payments
through the formation of foreign
holding companies, to which they
transferred assets.
The committee, adjourning hear
ings until Tuesday morning, ordered
the Treasury to supply additional
names as individual cases are de
veloped from tax records.
Representative Vinson *aid the
committee might Issue subpoenas for
the incorporators of more than 100
foreign companies which the Treas
ury listed yesterday.
Chairman Doughton of the com
mittee expressed the opinion pub
licity would bring a reduction in the
number of such corporations or
ganized by Americans.
Some of the taxpayers named In
the hearings, he asserted, may be
"politely invited" to testify. If they
refuse, he said, then the commitee
may consider issuing subpoenas.
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MYSTERIOUS WRECKAGE
IS FOUND BY ALGERIANS
■r the Aseocttted Prim.
ORAN, Algeria, June 19 — Mysteri
ous wreckage found on the beach at
Saida after shore residents told of an
apparent burst of gunfire at sea
baffled maritime officials today.
Inhabitants along the coast reported
hearing a canonade off shore and of
seeing flashes of fire as if from a
ship's guns Wednesday night. Later
they discovered heavy oil spread across
large areas of the ocean a few miles
out. Spars and a keg both marked
with the name "Strathmore" were
washed ashore.
(The Peninsular * Oriental
IJner Strathmore, the only ship of
that name listed in Lloyd's regis
ter, is safe at her berth in South
ampton. England. British ship
ping circles said hey knew of no
missing British passenger ship.)
Parties of volunteers were organised
to comb the coast for new’ debris,
bodies or other clues to a possible
wreck.
JOKE WRITER DIES
REVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 19
(A>).—A1 Boasberg. 45, screen and radio
Jokesmith, died of a heart attack at
his home here yesterday.
Script writer for Jack Benny's radio
show during the past year, Boasberg
only yesterday signed a new contract.
Boasberg leaves his wife, a brother,
Nate, of Los Angeles and two sisters,
Mrs. Dewey Michaels and Mrs. Sam
Cohen, both of Buffalo, N. Y.
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate: »
In recess.
Poet Office Committee continues
steel strike Inquiry.
House:
In recess.
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Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
READING in this column some
mention of beer and skittles, a
Mr. Lee Tyler wrote us re
cently suggesting that we look
up skittles in the dictionary, which
was such good advice that we prompt
ly forgot it.
Today Mr. Tyler writes again, saving
us the trouble of finding Webster.
Says skittles is, are, a game, like
ninepins.
Beer, too. Mr. Tyler, is a game, like
tenpins, the chief feature being the
mash shot.
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STREETS.
The same Mr. Tyler also inquires
in regard to some minor magic that
goes on up Connecticut avenue wav.
He says that between the 3500 and
3000 blocks there is a sign reading
•Porter Street" located on the
west side oj the intersection. Where
this street meets Klingle road down
in the park, another sign also says
"Porter Street."
But on the east side oj the ave
nue the street becomes "Quebec
Street," as a sign clearly shows.
How come? says Mr. Tyler.
That's what we say, too. joining
in the hue and cry—how comef
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CONVERT.
J.JINT to husbands: Man we know
whose wife has gone about for
years glaring at him because he
smokes and she doesn't has convinced
her of the usefulness of the habit,
brought a deeper peace to his home.
Very easy. She was struggling
with a recalcitrant curtain which re
fused to permit a curtain rod to be
run through the hem—stuck right at
the start. He arose, removed the
celophane wrappings from a package
of cigarettes, slipped the celophane
over the end of the rod, easily flipped
the curtain on.
You might also try this persuasive
stunt when junior gets his foot caught
in the egg beater, or clothes stick in
the laundry mangle.
Depend on old Dorothy Wayside
for household hints, pal, and live a
long and happy life, full of celophane.
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DISCRETION.
^JROUP of colored laborers who
were digging up the pavement
down on Eleventh street this week
were ambling slowly across an inter
section when some motorists began to
blast horns at them.
“Don't get in such a hurry,” said
one of the men, holding up his shovel
as if about to shovel traffic back up
the street, “we've got a right on the
street, too, mister.”
Just then a car swung around the
waiting line of motorists, turned the
corner, hit the shovel, spun it out
of the lecturer's hand, while he made
a wild leap for the curb.
“You may have rights, boy," shouted
a voice above the laughter of his
companions, “but don't try to stand on
’em out in this here street."
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RESTORATIVE.
The man we missed most from
the ranks of runners in The Star
marathon recently was the famous
Younger of Baltimore, who always
tvinAs up his distance grinds with
a couple of handsprings and then
stands on his head for a while.
Says all that running pounds the
blood down into his legs, and he
likes to stand on his head to get
circulation back to normal again.
* * * *
REVOLT.
PREFERRING again to matters per
tinent to marital bliss, our atten
tion has been called to a group of
citizens who work for the District,
and feeling their oats have formed
an organization known as the “Keg
Drainers’ Association, Inc.”
The charter of this cheery unit
reads as follows:
“Know all men by these presents
that this association has been incor
porated under the laws of the state
of Intoxication, organized for and
dedicated to recreation, relaxation,
sports and gaming, all of a strictly
stag nature. The members of this
association shall be married men, be
tween the ages of 21 and 101. They
shall be proficient in indoor and
outdoor sports, be able to conduct
themselves with dignity and decorum
while bending the elbow, and have a
high sense of musical appreciation.
It shall be the purpose of this asso
ciation to assemble semi-annually, in
the Spring and Fall, upon dates to
be decided upon by the royal grand
exalted custodian of the bung starter,
for a week end of revelry, the ex
pense of which shall be equally di
vided among all members.
“Whereas, wherein, ' and to-wit:
The above-named men (those who
can go when and where they please)
do cast the utmost scorn on the
mice (those whose wives would not
let them go), and do declare that any
mouse who thinks he has graduated
to the degree of man, will upon appli
cation be examined and investigated,
and if passed will be admitted to the
Keg Drainers’ Association, Inc., for
a probationary period covering two
(2) conclaves. If this test Is passed
in a manner acceptable to the asso
ciation, the royal grand exalted cus
todian of the bung starter will invest
the candidate with an appropriate
title and his name will be added to
the roster.”
Men! Members! Spartans! When
your wives read of this, we would offer
only one word of advice—duck!
Drifting: Pilot* Rescued.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 19 (4*).
—Pilots John Littley and Stanley
Todd rested in a hospital yesterday,
rescued after three daye of drifting in
their disabled plane on Cook Inlet.
CRUMBLING BILBAO
SCENE JFJERROR
City Waterless Four Days,
Refugees Flock Across
Insurgent Lines.
BY EDWARD 3. NEIL.
WITH THE INSURGENTS AT
BILBAO. June l» —Many of Bil
bao* 300,000 men. women and chil
dren hid In the railway tunnel* and
cellars of the stricken city today
waiting for relief from one of the
most terrible scene* of horror and
privation *lnce the height of the
World War.
Without a water supply for four
days, foodless for two days and with
out electricity since Thursday, refu
gees from the terror-stricken city
came through the Insurgent lines with
tales of executions, looting and
marauding by the last of the Asturian
miners planning a finish defense at
their barracks.
They said thousands of wounded
in the four major hospitals and In
homes converted into first-aid sta
tion* were deserted by doctors and
nurses.
All Vehicles Commandeered.
A weeping nurse named Carmela
Nunar, who staggered up the path to
the church here, said the govern
ment chieftains had commandeered
automobiles and ambulances for es
cape, unmindful of the needs of sol
diers felled In the week-long insur
gent drive through Bilbao’s cement
and steel defense belt.
I can see a part of all this horror
from the Begona Church where the
city’s center begins.
No insurgent soldiers are between
here and the last Asturians who have
barricaded themselves in the barracks
in the northwest Industrial section.
Actually I am so close that two gov
ernment soldiers came up to the
church with arms upraised, one sur
rendering a long .38 pistol and the
other an automatic to Capt. Aguilera,
the press officer accompanying me.
Joyful In Escape.
To us came other groups straggling
up the long stairs to the church waving
white handkerchiefs, dirty-faced, bed
raggled and weeping, embracing one
another with relief for having escaped
the terrors of the Basque capital, once
one of the world's most beautiful
cities.
All crowded around, piecing together
their story and pausing only to shout
down to others not to climb the stairs
because they had been mined by the
Basques.
What is left of a long string of
wooden buildings below to our left,
containing hundreds of thousands of
rounds of munitions and hand gren
ades, is burning briskly with a steady
rattle of exploding cartridges and the
dull crash of the grenades.
Toward the right side of the city,
smoke Is rising from the University of
Commerce, dynamited Just before we
reached the church.
On the winding road here we found
the body of a farmer who. women
nearby said tearfully, had been killed
by the Basques because they suspected
he might be a spy.
Picture of Deaolation.
Outwardly the rest of the city ahead
is deathly calm, a picture of desolation.
Prom the city streets came a group
of women and a first-aid man, his
white apron stained with the blood
of wounded he treated before he fled.
His pockets were still packed with
bottles of iodine and gauze dressings.
The normal Bilbao population of
almost 200.000 was increased by an
other 100.000 refugees who are crowd
ing underground. The only water
available, the women said, was the
drippings from the damp roofs along
the railway tunnels running under the
city.
Even the black bread is as hard as
granite and as unnourlshlng as Ger
many's wartime potato bread, they
declared.
"Nada! Nada!” (Nothing! Noth
ing!) The women chattered hysteri
cally.
In the streets there are many
bodies of soldiers who died of lack of
care; they are dying like files m the
hospitals.” said the first-aid man, his
face gaunt and black with a week's
beard.
Men Forced to Fight.
Yesterday the Asturians drove
many men from their houses and gave
them rifles. They chased them out
to defend Archanda Hill and then
looted their houses while they were
gone.
“Yesterday they started killing a
few people.
“They executed a major and two
lieutenants at the barracks because
they were former civil guards sus
pected of Nationalist (insurgent)
leanings.
“The women were worst of all.
They ran through the streets pointing
out men to the militia and crying.
'There's a Fascist—kill him!’
“I saw one man pressed against a
wall by howling women. He merely
bowed his head and folded his arms.
“ ‘AH right, shoot me,’ he said.
They did.’’
Refugees crowding the road to San
tander now are being turned back
because there is neither food nor
lodgings for them.
Refugees painted a picture of hope
less confusion as the outgoing stream
clashed with those returning, all
fighting for room on the only road
left.
FASCISTS SUMMONED
TO REVENGE IN SPAIN
Must Avenge Dead in Guadalajara
Fighting, Militia Chief Telia
Party Meetings.
By th« Associates Press.
ROME, June 19.—Fascist party
members were told at meetings
throughout Italy today that the
Italians killed in the defeat of Spanish
Insurgents on the Guadalajara front
in March must be “avenged now for
eternity.”
The declaration was made by Gen.
Alho Russo, head of the Fascist militia,
In a proclamation.
“Hatred of all enemies” and ‘ blind
obedience” to orders were watchwords
of the meetings.
Gen. Russo ordered the reading at
each session of a recent editorial in
Premier Mussolini's newspaper, Popolo
D'ltalla, exalting the heroism of the
Italian volunteers who fought in the
Insurgent army in the Guadalajara
defeat.
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Dice Thrown for Bibles.
Dice were thrown for Bibles at St.
Ives, England, when six children re
ceived a Testament each. The cere
mony was In accordance with the will
of Rev. Robert Wilde of Oundle. made
300 yeafe ago. Ha l^t S350 to St. Ives.
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V.I X V/ll
ECONOMISTS SEE
Minor Recession Predicted
Next Few Months by
U. S. Experts.
Bs the Associated Press.
Government economists predict there
will be a minor slump in industrial
activity during the next few months.
They add, however, that the longer
range outlook Is relatively favorable.
In a report issued by the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics yesterday
the economists said several factors
"point to a greater than seasonal
recession in industrial activity before
the Summer is over."
Salea Drop Sharply,
Sales of goods by a number of
Important Industries, particularly tex
tiles, have been well below current
output recently, it was reported.
When back orders of these Indus
tries are Hied, the economists said,
"production will be decreased unless
there is a new wave of buying."
This wave was termed unlikely, be
cause "buying seems to be returning
more to a current needs basis.”
Other factors indicating a slowing
down of the general business pace
were said to include the "unsettling
Influences" of strikes, the small volume
of new capital financing and rela
tively little building activity.
Construction Costs Cp.
The latter, the economists said, was
"apparently a result of the sharp in
crease in construction costs.”
Despite these "tangible evidences
pointing to a moderate decline in busi
ness activity before Winter," the re
port said, "the general Impetus of
recovery should carry industry through
any temporary period of hesitation.”
Railroads were said to be excellent
prospective customers of heavy In
dustries this year and for several years
to come because of Increased traffic
volume, gradual deterioration of equip
ment and increased earnings.
"Many other lines of buaineia are
1 in a similar position,” the survey said.
ACCOUNTING MADE
OF DEPEW ESTATE
Value of Fund Left for Widow Is
Put at $9,159,118 by New
York Trustees.
Trustees of a fund left by Chaun
cay M. Depew, chairman of the board
of the New York Central Railroad
and former United States Senator,
for his widow, Mrs. May Palmer De
pew, 2107 Massachusetts avenue, yes
terday filed an accounting in New
York giving its gross value as *9,159,
118, according to the Associated Press.
Drpew, who died in New York
April 5, 1928, left to Mrs. Depew, his
second wife, $200,000 in cash under
the terms of an earlier agreement;
a further cash bequest of $150,000
and one-half of the residuary estate
during her life. It is this share of the
estate on which the accounting was
filed.
On Mrs. Depew's death, her half
of the estate is to go to Chauncey M,
Depew, Jr„ New York, the only child,
who received a quarter of the state
originally.
Depew, who died at the age of 83,
was an outstanding figure In American
politics. He entered politics at the
time the Republican party ran
John C. Fremont as Its first candi
date in 1856 and took the stump for
Abraham Lincoln in 1860. In 1888
he received 99 votes for the presidential
nomination, but withdrew in favor of
Benjamin Harrison. He served here
in the Senate from 1899 to 1911. For
more than 70 years he was famous as
an after-dinner speaker.
WOODRING FAVORS
ROOSEVELT 3D TERM
Will Support President Unless
Stronger Candidate Appear*,
Secretary Says.
Br tht Asuoclsted Press.
TOPEKA, Kan*., June 19.—Secre
tary of War Harry H. Woodring was
an avowed supporter of President
Roosevelt today, should the Chief Ex
ecutive seek a third term.
Unless the Democratic party finds a
standard-bearer "stronger than Roose
velt in his record of accomplishment
in the interest of the people,” Wood
ring said in an interview, the President
would be a logical candidate to succeed
himself.
He recalled the President's state
ment at the victory dinner in Wash
ington, March 4, that his "great am
bition on January 20, 1941, is to turn
over this desk and chair in the White
House to my successor, whoever he
may be. with the assurance that I am
turning over to him as President, a
Nation intact, a Nation at peace, a
Nation prosperous, a Nation clear in
its knowledge of what powers it has
to serve its own cltliens.” ,
That statement was interpreted,
Woodring said, as indicating the Pres
ident did not desire a third term.
Woodring would not comment on pres
ent possibilities of Roosevelt’s candi
dacy.
Asked of other prospects for Demo
cratic presidential timber. Woodring
said he preferred "not to discuss can
didates.”
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CYCLONE HITS TOWN
Farm Damage Set at $50,000 to
$75,000 in Nebraska.
OSMOND, Nebr., June 19 (/P).—A
cyclone swept over six square miles
near here late yesterday, bringing
damage estimated by farmers at from
>50.000 to >75.000.
The storm killed live stock, leveled
farm buildings and moved two auto
mobiles several hundred yards.
Power and telephone lines were
blown down, leaving Osmond in dark
ness last night.
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Mayor Gets Even.
PORTLAND, Oreg. (A*). — Mayor
Joseph K. Carson, arch-foe of Cal
ifornia's State line bug inspection, got
even when 160 California and Nevada
Klwanlans arrived en route to their
convention at Indianapolis. A re
ception committee, Including Hizaoner,
turned the union station into a "de
lousing station," wielding spray guns
filled with attar of roses. The trav
elers Insisted the crawling things,
much in evidence, had been planted
on them.
Rulers of “Goat Castle” Refuse to Leave
1
Dick Dana (left) and his guardian, Mist Octavia Dockery, who once were arrested for ques
tioning in connection with the slaying of a wealthy neighbor, at home with their pet goats in
the crumbling antebellum mansion, known as "Ooat Castle” at Natchez, Miss. They refuse to
allon< the home to be sold to satisfy the claims of mortgage holders. Even the goats are mort
gaged. ■—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
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IS SEEN BY SNELL
Country Should Wake Up to
What’s Happening Here,
He Tells House.
B£ the Associated Press.
Minority Leader Snell, Republican,
of New York described the Govern
ment's financial situation yesterday as
"startling” and urged the American
people to "wake up."
Speaking on the floor of the House,
he said the people should "take note
of what is happening here in Wash
ington."
"It aeems to me the aim of the
administration has been the direct
purpose of regimenting the people and
putting Into effect a planned economy,
and eventually It would be easy to
Sovietise this great country of ours,”
he said
The national debt of *36 833 907.802.
the New Yorker said, is the largest in
history and "about *20,500,000,000
more than the low point in 1930.”
Deficit *2.900,000,008.
The deficit for the current year, he
| added, is slightly more than *2.900,
I 000.000 or "practically twice what the
! administration predicted It would be.”
Snell quoted Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel,
"one of the most trusted economic
advisers of the administration,” as
saying recently that "In time of pros
perity too much of the Nation's income
I is devoted to savings and too little to
spending on current consumption."
Regrets Wallace Statement.
Snell continued:
“I certainly regret It if the time
has come in America when the people
should be advised by high authorities
in the administration that the day
of saving to take care of yourself and
family in their old age Is at an end.”
He also read from a news account
quoting Secretary Wallace as telling
4-H Club members at an encampment
here that “it Is the day of mass wel
fare—never mind tradition.”
"I think it is pretty sad when a
high dignitary of the Government
states to young people that the day
of individual thrift is gone and that
we are preparing for mass organisa
tion.”
DIVORCE IS CALLED OFF
AS CUPID REJOINS PAIR
Wife Sitting on Lap, Chicagoan
Orders Attorneys to Abandon
Petition to Court.
Bt the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 19 —Cupid settled
Mike Betenas' love strike yesterday.
His walkout first came to attention
last month. He sued his blond wife.
Helen, for divorce. While attorneys
bickered, the Judge glanced into an
anteroom and saw the couple kissing.
■'But,” Mike shouted, "I still want
my divorce.”
The case was continued pending
something or other.
It bobbed up in Superior Court again
this morning. Attorney Victor Froh
lich stepped up to the bench and an
nounced.
"Mike telephoned that Helen was
sitting on his lap and that we should
withdraw the suit.”
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BABY’S DEATH PROBED
Homicide squad detectives today
were investigating the death of a
white male baby about 8 months old,
whose body, beaten about the head,
was found tied to a stick and floating
In the Anacostla River near Banning
Bridge yesterday afternoon
The find was made by Harry A.
Tate, 134 Anacostla road southeast.
He notified authorities and harbor
precinct police took the unclothed body
to the Morgue. The baby apparently
had been dead several days.
“GOAT CASTLE KING”
SAYS COURT ERREO
Richard Dana Denies He la Men
tally Incompetent to Handle
Own Affaire.
By th* AuMelsttd Brut.
NATCHEZ, Mies . June II.—Richard
Dana. 65-year-old "king of goat
castle,'* said today the court erred ir
adjudging him mentally incompetent
several years ago and, therefore, mort
gage* signed for him by his womar
guardian are not binding.
Dana and his guardian, Miss Oc
tavla Dockery, both descendants ol
distinguished families, owe debt* 01
about *6.000 on the stately but crum
bling old mansion. They recentlj
were asked to move so the estaU
could be sold and renovated.
He denied he ever had signed i
mortgage on the house and aaaertec
the procedure under which Mia
Dockery was appointed his guard Is r
with power of attorney was irregular
Dana, relative of the late Charlei
A. Dana, famed publlaher of the Nee
York Sun, Is a graduate of Vander
bilt University, a Greek scholar anc
both plays and compose* piano music
Miss Dockery, also about 65 yean
old, who is related to the family ol
Varina Howell, wife of Jefferson Davis
president of the Confederacy, did not
comment on the legal angle of th<
case, but was equally as positive aj
Dana in asserting they would not leav<
the place.
SCHOOL FUND FIGHT
PUSHED BY CITIZENS
Northwest Groups Seek Aid ol
Those in Southwest Area
in Campaign.
The aid of citizens' associations ir
the Southwest area was sought tods;
by Northwest groups In their nght foi
preservation of the House appropris
tion in the District supply bill o
$450,000 for a new senior high schoo
at Fifth and Sheridan streets.
As amended by the Senate, the ap
propriation for not only the new senioi
high, but also Jefferson High Schoo
in the Southwest area would be paret
to the extent of $100,000. the total o
$200,000 being diverted to a new col
ored school, the site of which has no
yet been selected.
Harry S. Wender, president of thi
Southwest Citizens’ Association and Iti
delegate to the Federation of Citizens
Associations, has been asked by th<
Northwest group to Join the campalgi
to save the appropriations.
Ernest H. Pullman, president of tlx
Manor Park Citizens’ Association
leader of the campaign and a nativ<
of Southwest Washington, said tods;
be is interested as much in preservini
the full allotment for the Jeffersor
school as he is for the school in th<
Northwest.
Wallace C. Magathan, president o:
the Takoma, D. C.. Citizens' Astocia
tion. has been active in the campaigr
despite illness. He expressed resent
ment st "the attack" of the Board o
Education and Superintendent Franl
Ballou "at the eleventh hour, whei
they persuaded the Senate Appropris
tlona Committee" to reduce the senioi
high allotment almost one-fourth.
MOUNTAINEER IS FREE
PENDING NEW TRIAL
By the Associated Press.
WOODBURY, Tenn., June 19 — Johi
W. Davis, convicted of manslaughte
in the death of his plow-pulling wife
was free under bond today pendlni
hearing on a new-trial motion.
A Jury last night returned a verdic
of involuntary manslaughter again*
the 65-year-old farmer' and aet hi
punishment st one year in the Stab
penitentiary.
Davis was accused by the State o
performing an abortion on his 34-year
old wife May 21 that Jed to death fou
days later.
"They have just convicted an inno
cent man," he declared.
FOUR U. S. ENVOYS
Gibson, Caffery, Wright and
Keena Await Assign
ments.
Br the Associated Press.
Pour United States envoys are now
•‘vacationing'' in the state Department
awaiting decisions bv President Roose
velt and Secretary Hull which will send
them from or to posts in South and
Central America.
Authoritative source# have disclosed
that all four—two Ambassadors and
two Ministers—are slated to be trans
1 ferred to other posts. The Bute De
partment and the envoys themselves,
however, remain silent. Officially they
are "on leave," and their conference#
with various officials are merely social
calls.
Hugh S. Qibson, Ambassador to
Brazil, who recently returned from a
I »Lion m neigium. assured ques
tioners today he knew none of the de
tails of the visit here of a Brazilian
economic and financial mission. He
may, however, sit in on conferences
they are to have with Secretary Hull
and Undersecretary Welles.
Gibson is understood to be waiting
for an assignment to some European
capital, although at the present time
there are no vacant embassies there.
Jefferson CafTery, Ambassador to
Cuba, is maintaining office hours at
the department pending his next ap
pointment. Although reports persist
in diplomatic circles that he is to
succeed Gibson at Rio de Janeiro,
there has been no announcement con
cerning his future status. CafTery s
reply to all questions is that he is
‘ "still Ambassador to Cuba and will
, be here about two weeks.”
J. Butler Wright. Minister of Czech
■ oslovakia, mentioned as CafTery s suc
cessor at Havana, and Leo J. Keena,
Minister to Honduras, who is sched
uled to be transferred, als also on
, the scene.
Keena is slated to go to Capetown
I to succeed Ralph J. Totten when he
retires as Minister to South Africa.
Vacancies also exist in the minis
terships to Costa Rica and Iran
(Persia). No names of possible ap
, pointees have been publicly men
tioned.
DENY DISPENSATION
TO SCHICK IN CANADA
Ottawa Officials Declare “Absurd"
Assertion He Became Citizen
by Waiving Buies.
OTTAWA, June 19 fCanadian
Pres*).—Canadian State Department
officials yesterday described as “ab
surd" an asaertion In Washington that
Jacob Schick, United States razor
manufacturer, obtained Canadian
citizenship by “special dispensation.”
(Elmer L. Irey, chief of the In
telligence Division of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, brought Schick's
name before the Joint congres
sional Committee on Tax Evasion
and Avoidance in Washington yes
terday. He said Schick “drew a
pension as a retired United States
Army officer until December 18,
i 1935, when he became a Canadian
citizen by special dispensation
from the prime minister of
; Canada.”)
The official* said Schick obtained
; hia Canadian citizenship in the same
t manner as many others. It was ex
i plained that although Schick had not
> lived five years continuously in Canada
a section of the citizenship act pro
f vide* exercise of discretion by the
. secretary of state if the applicant
• has lived five or more year* in the
country although residence was not
. continuous.
ROCKEFELLER HEIR
NEW YORK, June 19 UP).—A son
was bom last night to Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller, 3d, at the Presbyterian
Hospital.
A spokesman for the Rockefeller
family said the baby weighed 8
pounds 5 ounces, and would be
christened John Rockefeller.
Mrs. Rockefeller, the former Blanch
ette Hooker, was a prominent social
worker before her marriage. Her
husband, 33, is a graduate of Prince
ton, and was the first of his genera
tion in the family to go to wore in
the Standard Oil Co. offices here.
The Rockefellers have a young
daughter, Sandra.
Mad Dog'* Bite Prove* Fatal.
LOS ANOELES, June 19 (IP).— Pas
teur treatment failed to save the life
of Solomon Cohen, 57, who was bitten
when ha seized a mad dog that was
threatening a group of children. An
autopay was ordered today,
n
BLUM’S FINANCIAL
Premier Balked by Senate
in Battle to Bolster French
Credit.
BACKGROUND—
France is plagued by a budget
left unbalanced, since January 2.
The estimated deficit approximates
40,000,000 francs ($1,760,000,000)
for 1937 for ordinary and extraor
dinary expenses Extraordinary
expenses were not included in
ordinary budget of 12.211.000,000.
leaving budget unbalanced by
t211,000.000. Premier Blum seeks
power to meet this emergency in
dictatorial fashion, a move op
posed by the Senate.
Bj the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 19—The fate of
Premier Leon Blum's government
hung in the balance today as the
independent-minded Senate renewed
consideration oi ms demand for vir
tual dictatorship over French finances.
Blum was adamant in insisting the
cabinet must have the right to act
without waiting for Parliament's ap
proval to meet the problem of an
estimated 1937 deficit of *1.780.000.000,
to protect the franc and the govern
ment* credit.
The Senate Finance Committee was
just as firm in its stand that the
cabinet's power should be specifically
limited, even though Blum asked only
that It be given until July 31
Blum and Abel Gardey, the Senate
Finance Committee's reporter, tried
to iron out their differences, but there
were no grounds for compromise, they
announced.
There were predictions from within
Blum's own People's Front cabinet that
the Socialist premier will he beaten
In the Senate unless he withdraws his
demand for action on his bill. That
would make his resignation almost
certain.
Deputies Passed Rill.
He overcame opposition within the
ranks of his own supporters Wednes
day to shove the measure through thg
Chamber of Deputies.
There was still a chanre the political
impasse might be overcome In a
; similar deadlock over the question of
franc devaluation last October, agree
ment finally was reached after con
flicting bills had been shunted between
Senate and Chamber.
Oardey had a substitute plan readv
to submit to the Senate, one which the
Finance Committee approved by a
vote of 18 to 6.
BOY, 3, IS INJURED
WHEN HIT BY AUTO
I Taken to Casualty Hospital by
Driver—Virginian Is Hurt in
Glebe Hoad Wreck.
Three-year-old William McComb'.
! 646 I street northeast, suffered a
brain concussion and other injuries
last night when struck by an automo
bile driven, police said, by James B.
Taylor, 48. of 1617 D street northeast.
Taylor took the boy to Casualty Hos
pital. where he was reported "doing
well'’ today.
Richard Matthews. 46, Arlington,
Va., was in Georgetown Hospital today
with a fractured rib and a possible
fracture of the pelvis, suffered last
night in a wreck on Glebe road near
Arlington. Others injured in the ac
cident were Harry Copeland 47. Clar
endon. and Jamee R. Stone, 39, also of
Arlington.
jonn Muraiori. jd, or U place,
was free today under *500 bond pend
ing trial on charges of driving while
intoxicated. The charges grew out of
an accident last night in which Mura
tori’s automobile collided with a car
driven by Mrs. Ruby F. Van Pelt, 50,
of 930 K street, at Rhode Island ave
nue and Tenth street. Muratori was
treated at Sibley Hospital and later
was charged at second precinct.
STEVEDORES ORDERED
TO RETURN TO WORK
Official Bays Baltimore Long
shoremen to Ballot on Which
Union They Want.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 19—Jamea T.
Kelly, official of the Stevedores’ Union,
said he had ordered all striking long
shoremen in this area to return to
work today.
Kelly said he sent the men back to
work because an elect ion will be held to
determine what union the men want to
belong to.
“Under those circumstances," hr
said, “it seems foolish to refuse to work
until after the election.”
The strike here held up five coast
wise vessels and the Baltimore Mail
Line City of Newport News. Seventy
nine passengers who had planned to'
sail on the liner earlier in the week
were sent to New York to take ship
from there for the continent.
The five coastwise vessels, moot of
them bound for the West Coast,, were
the Heigra, San Rafael, Maffmar, Gol
den Cloud and Willmoto.
■ — ■ 0
W indsor's Duchess
Dropped From List
In Social Register
Volume Intended to Re
cord Society’s Summer
Residences.
H~ t
Br the Assoclsted Press.
NEW YORK, June 19.—'"Simpson. ‘
Mrs. Warfield (Spencer—Wallace
Warfield), 16 Cumberland ter., Lon
don” has been dropped from the Sum-*
mer social register, the New York
World-Telegram said yeste,rday, and
does not reappear as the Duchess of
Windsor.
me eummer register, intenaea pri
marily to record the Summer resi
dences of society, was being distributed
yesterday, the Social Register Associa
tion's offices said.
While Mrs. Warfield, who has been
listed for many years, was omitted,
the marriage of Miss Barbara Kane
and Samuel Mills, which took place
June 12, nine days after the Windsor*
Warfield wedding, was recorded.
Bull'i Family Trees Compiled.
The Agriculture Department yester?
day issued a volume containing the
family history of 1.553 bulls used ia
dairy herds. It said the list should
enable dairymen to select best sires
for their herds. _.
f
Wife in Hospital Vainly Waits
For Husband Who Killed Self
Suffering from a broken hip, which
may never mend, Mrs. Addle H. Lear,
about 60, lay on a cot at Homeopathic
Hospital today, awaiting a visit from
her husband.
Daniel C. Lear, 61, a retired Gov
ernment Printing Office employe, had
visited his wife faithfully, morning
and afternoon, since she was taken to
the hospital six weeks ago.
Yesterday afternoon, Lear failed to
make his usual appearance, and
again this morning. His wife, at
tendants said, was almost sick with
apprehension. She expects him this
afternoon without fall.
Nurses said they will not tell Mrs.
Lear she will never see her husband
again. His body was found last night
in the bath room of the Lear homo,
K
1616 North Capitol street, with razor
slashes across the throat and right
wrist.
A nephew, William F. Harnig, 1333
Monroe street northeast, became anx
ious when his uncle failed to appear
and asked police to force entry to
the silent home.
Policeman D. A. Davis and Harnig
found Lear’s body bent over a bath
tub. A razor lay beside him.
Police were told that Lear had been
despondent since learning his wife had
little chance of recovery. A certifi
cate of suicide was issued.
Hospital authorities said it would
be up to the relatives as to whether
Mrs. Lear Is Informed of her hus
band's death.
"ru never tell her!" declared her
nurse.