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Congress Gels Bill To Clarify Exemptions On D. C. Realty Tax Congress today h*s before it a Commissioners' bill to clear up a few points in the real estate tax exemp tion act of 1942. Two of the proposed changes would limit the exemption now granted to homes of ministers and bishops to that part of the premises actually used by the clerics for their own residence. District officials said this change was asked because some ministers were occupying pastoral homes too large for their needs and were taking in boarders or roomers. Appeals Court Decision. A Court of Appeals decision in January, 1946. held that under the present language, the whole home it, exempt, no matter what use is being made of a part of the property, officials explained. District lawyers predicted the decision would encourage the use of large portions of exempt property for commercial or income-producing purpose. If sustained, they continued, it would have the effect of subsidiz ing commercial activities of exempt institutions at the expense of local taxpayers. Another proposed amendment would permit defaulted taxes on the taxable part of otherwise exempt property to be collected through the annual tax sale. District officials said it has been argued that, where there was a default in partially exempt property, the District could not collect, be cause it could not sell only a partj of the property. "The Commissioners feel that any1 tax assessed against part of a build ing or grounds could be collected lawfully by the sale of the whole property,” they declared in asking1 that such provision be written into, the law. Embassies and Legations. Another amendment would permit tax exemption of embassies and le gations to continue, even though they actually are not used as such, provided the Secretary of State certifies the property is being held; for diplomatic purpose. The cases responsible for the change, it was said, are those in volving the Japanese and German Embassies, which ceased being used for Embassy purposes during the war. The District continued their exemption, however. Officials said they simply want to confirm this practice in the law. In support of the need for clarify ing amendments, the Commissioners told Congress there have been more than 600 opinions written by the Corporation Counsel’s Office on tax exemption since the passage of the act. Texas Measure Banning Utility Pickets Signed By the As*ociattd Prts* AUSTIN, Tex., April 15.—Gov. Beauford H. Jester yesterday signed a bill prohibiting any person from picketing a public utility where such picketing is done with the intention to disrupt services to the public. It does not apply to telephone companies. It applies to those pub lic utilities furnishing electricity, fuel gas and water. Weather Report District of Columbia—Sunny this afternoon, with temperature about 68 degrees. Increasing cloudiness, with temperature near 50 tonight. Tomorrow, cloudy and cool, with oc casional rain. Maryland—Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by occasional rain tomorrow. Cooler tomorrow night. Virginia—Cloudy, with occasional rain tomorrow and extreme south west portion late tonight. Cooler to morrow night. Wind velocity, 6 miles per hqpr; direction, east-southeast. River Report. (From U. S. Engineers). Potomac River cloudy at Harper* Ferry and clear at Great Falls; 8henandoah clear at Harpers Ferry. Temperature and Humidity. (Readings at Washington National Airport.) Temperature. Humidity. Yesterday— * Degrees. Per Cent. Noon _ 52 60 4 p.m. _ 49 93 8 p.m. _ 5»> 85 Midnight_ 49 91 Today— 8 a.m. _ 49 82 1:30 p.m. v_ «5 45 Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 86. on April 6. Lowest 7. on February 5. Tidk Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today Tomorrow. High__ 3:07 a.m. 4:06 a.m. Low - 10:i5a.m. 11:10 a.m. High 3:26 p.m. 4:25 p.m. Low- 10:44 p.m. 11:32 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun. today ___5:31 6:45 Sun. tomorrow_ 5:30 6:46 Moon, today. 3:02a.m. 12:57p.m. Automobile lights must be turned on •ne-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in th< Capital (current month to date): Month 1947 Average. Record. January _ 3.18 3.55 7.83 ’37 February _ 1.27 3.37 6.84 ’H March _ 1.02 3.75 8.84 *91 April _ 1.31 3.27 9.13 ’81 May _ 3.70 10.09 ’81 Juno _ 4.13 10.94 *0( July _ •___ 4.71 11.06 *4,! August ... i_ 4.01 14.41 ”2t September _ _ 3.24 17.45 ’3( October _ ___ 2.84 8.81 \T November __»’_ 2.37 7.18 ’7' December . 3.32 7.56 0; Temperatures in Various Cities. Albuquerque* 63 36 Milwaukee 56 3( Atlanta, 67 56 New Orleans 76 67 Atlantic City 47 44 New York 51 4 Bismark . 33 *’l Norfolk 53 5< Boston_ 4o 42 Okla. City 59 .V Buffalo. __51 34 Omaha . _ 66 5( Chicago 59 38 Phoenix .91 S< glncinnati.. 70 43 Pittsburgh 65 4i etroit _ 62 33 Portland.Me. 41 3j El Paso_ 54 41 St. Louis 71 4: Galveston . . 70 55 S. Lake City 74 4‘ Harrisburg . 50 43 San Antonio 69 4' Indianapolis 66 41 S. Francisco 82 5: Kansas City 70 52 Savannah 80 6 Lo# Angele»_ 88 60 Seattle__ 74 5i Louisville -- 70 44 Tampa _ 85 7; Miami _. 80 76 MOTHERS PROTEST HIGH MILK PRICE—Mothers with their offspring, afoot and in carriages, paraded today in front of the offices of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association here in a protest over the high price of milk. The protest was sponsored by the Washington Committee for Consumer Protection. —Star Staff Photo. Brunette in 20s Treated For Amnesia in Bethesda A brunette between 20 and 23 years of age was being treated to day in Suburban Hospital, Be thesda, for loss of memory, as po lice sought to identify her. The young woman, de scribed as well dressed, stum bled on the side walk about 10:30 o’clock last night in front of the Bethesda P o st Office. Mont gomery County Police Officer Leslie Thompson assisted her to her feet. She carried no pocketbook and tuesc »cic uu uia*«vo of identification upon her clothing. She was wearing a black dress with! a light jacket, gold earrings and a gold ring. Police further described her as having blue eyes, standing about 5j feet, 6 inches and weighing 123 pounds. Police said shp appeared to un derstand what was said to her, but, that she seemed dazed when she ; tried to reply. She just shook her, head when they asked her who1 she was. 'Christian Commandos' Invade London Clubs >y Iht Associated Press LONDON, April 15.—Some 3,000 self-described “Christian Comman dos" opened a whirlwind invasion today of London clubs, pubs, prisons and movie houses to bring the word of God to “those who need it most.’' Evangelist teams, composed of clergymen and laymen from the Church of England and all other major Protestant bodies, have scheduled 12,000 meetings in a 10 day drive. The drive, which has the blessing of many prominent Britons, includ ing J. Arthur Rank, film magnate, was opened last night with a rally at Albert Hall. Lord Inman, chair man of the British Broadcasting Co., presided. New Gift Parcel Designed For Shipment Abroad A new gift package containing 17 yards of cotton goods has been de signed for shipment abroad by, CARE (Co-operative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc.). Paul Comly French, general man ager of CARE, said the new package was added as a result of acute shortages of cotton materials dis closed in a recent survey of Europe's war-devastated areas. It contains enough of a variety of material to make trousers, a work shirt, a woman's skirt, a child's suit, a man’s shirt, a blouse, underwear, a woman's dress and children’s j dresses. The packages are available for | $10 at CARE'S Washington office, Room 1023, Dupont Circle Building. Delivery in Europe is guaranteed. McCormick Divorce Filed , CHICAGO. April 15 VP).—Suit for ' divorce was filed in Superior Court : yesterday against Robert Hall Mc 'Cormick, 68, attorney and member ;of the reaper manufacturing fam i ily, by Mrs. Grace McCormick, 50, i his wife of three years. The suit charged desertion. Maryland's Deadline For Income Tax Filing Is Midnight Tonight ly the Atsocloted Press ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 15.— Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing State Income tax returns. The income tax division was flooded here yesterday with 22 bags of mail containing returns and some inquiries about filing. Plenty of Marylanders have yet to pay up, the division said, standing by for an expected flood of returns. Tax return envelopes filed before midnight will le ac cepted. the division sai.. For those who need help in pre paring their forms, tax offices will stay open an extra three hours, until 8 o'clock tonight. Italian War Bride Hurt In Streetcar-Taxi Crash i An expectant mother was under treatment at Emergency Hospital today for a possible fracture of the left hip suffered in a taxi-streetcar :ollision. The injured woman is 23-year-old Mrs. Anna Price, an Italian war bride. Mrs. Price and her husband, Army Capt. Darrell Price, were riding in a cab yesterday when the WVIU1W l»V AUUiWViiVil WMU H streets N.W. Police said the cab was operated by Donald McGiffln, 21, of 1717 R street N.W. Mrs. Jean Wiley, 25, of 2667 S. Nash street. Arlington, also was in Emergency Hospital today with a possible concussion as the result pfv an unusual accident. Police re potted that she crowded too close to a train in Union Station yesterday and was struck by a metal car door platform which a conductor was lowering. Mrs. Rita Charland, of 5403 Jef ferson street, Riverdale, received minor injuries early today when the automobile in which she was riding with her husband collided with a fire engine responding to an alarm in Riverdale. She was treated at Leland Memorial Hospital. The Asociated Press reported from Frederick, Md., that Mrs. Grace W. Hebenstreit of Valley Drive, Alex andria, received a broken back yes terday when an automobile in which she was riding skidded into a Held and upset off Route 40. Her hus band, George K. Hebenstreit, was uninjured. Congress in Brief By the Associated Press Senate. Continues debate on Greflc-Turk ish gid bill, with Senator Taylor, Democrat, of Idaho resuming speech Interrupted by week-end recess. Armed Services Committee hears Undersecretary of War Royall tes tify on Army-Navy merger bill. Labor Committee works behind closed doors on draft of union curt bill. House. Starts debate on omnibus laboi bill. Ways and Means Committee re sumes reciprocal trade hearing. G. W. Council lo Consider Charges Against 'Hatchet' Charges of incompetence in the publication of George Washington University’s newspaper, the Hatchet, will be considered tomorrow by the Student Council. The charges were made after a recent investigation by a special committee named to look into the paper’s operations and pol icies. Based on public hearings last month, the Student-Faculty Com mittee has issued a report that found “injudicious and amateurish editorial practices,” but recom mended the paper be kept free from outside control. The investigations were launched when a former staff member charged before the council that the paper’s editors were incompetent and made false statements. While the report pointed out that the editors are young and inexperi enced, it added that “if the paper were all that it should be, there would have been no demand for an investigation.” It made eight spe cific recommendations about future operation. xue council win meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Student Council office, Twenty-first and G streets N.W. Catholic U. to Recess For Bell Presentation Classes at Catholic University will be dismissed at 4 p.m. tomorrow so students and teachers may be present in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception when Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Arch bishop of Chicago, presents a set of Schulmerich carillonic bells to tlie university. The gift will be received on be half of the university by Msgr. P. J. McCormick, rector of the university. After the bells are blessed by Cardinal Stritch, two brief recitals will be played. Prof. Arthur Bige low, bellmaster of Princeton Uni versity, will play the bells on the console and then Dr. Alexander McCurdy, head of the organ de partment of Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, will give an organ recital in conjunction with the bells. The bells are housed in a small cabinet within the Shrine. Eventu ally they will be installed in the campanile of the National Shrine when that portion is completed. Col. Barrows, Military Editor, to Be Burie^j In Arlington Tomorrow Funeral sendees will be held at 10 sjn., tomorrow for CoL Frederick Monroe Barrows, 66, retired, 4500 Lowell street N.W., a military editor1 who died yesterday at Walter Reed! Hospital, where he had been a pa tient since last December. The services will be held in Fort; Myer Chapel, with burial )n Arling ton Cemetery. The following pallbearers were an nounced; Maj. Gens. Norman T. Kirk, Karl TYuesdall and Alexander D. Surles; Brig. Gens. Alden G. Strong, Arthur G. Trudeau. Robert C. McDonald and Guy B. Denit and Cols. Langley Whitley and Henry P. Carter. Since his retirement in March. 1938, Col. BatTows had been active as a military editor. He was re turned to active duty on December 1, 1940, and served for five years as librarian and editor of the Military Review at Fori Leavenworth, Kans. Col. Barrows changed this publica tion of the Command and General Staff School from a quarterly to a monthly publication in 1944. He de veloped Spanish and Portuguese edi tions for Central and South America in furtherance of the good neighbor policy. Up to the time of his retirement, Col. Barrows had put in 40 years of active service in the Army, to which he added five years of emergency duty. He had served in combat in France during World War I and his last command before retirement was a field artillery regiment in Panama. He received a doctor of philosophy degree from Georgetown University in 1934. Earlier he had been gradu ated from Hamilton College, New York. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School and of the Army War College. ne is survived Dy nis widow and his daughter, Mrs. Margaret B. Mor ton, both of Washington. Press Building Corp. Suit Contests $72,000 Interest The National Press Building Gorp., Fourteenth and F streets N.W., yes terday brought suit asking District Court to determine whether it is required to pay Interest to general mortgage bondholders, to whom it has offered to redeem the bonds. The mortgage bonds were taken out, according to the suit, in a re financing arrangement. Hie suit contends interest on the bonds does not have to be paid, because the bonds were redeemable up to today. The suit maintains there were between 800 and 900 holders of the bonds and that the interest would amount to more than $72,000 for 1946. The corporation is represented by Attorney Walter M. Bastlan. Schlosser Named Chairman Of Trade Board Outing Milton H. Schlosser, District jeweler, has been named chairman of the 51st annual spring outing of the Washington Board of Tfade to be held on May 24, it “was an nounced today. The outing will be held at Sea side Park, Chesapeake Beach, Md. About 2,000 persons are expected to attend. The theme of the day will be “County Fair.” A professional stage show" is among the scheduled activities which include softball games and horseshoe pitching. Other committee members are: J. Garrett Beitzell, first vice chair man; William J. McManus, second vice chairman; Frank A. Leon chairman of the Dinner Committee and Edward T. Offutt, chairman oi the Entertainment Committee. Wallace Recesses Pplicy Fight To Study British Agriculture •y the AtMciatwl frets LONDON, April 15.—Henry A. Wallace laid aside his international campaign against the Truman doc trine today to exchange views on scientific farming with Britain’s Agriculture Minister Tom Williams. For four horns, the two men, ac companied by agricultural scientists, tramped around the century-old testing plots of the Rothamsted ex periment station in rural Hertford shire, discussed plants, fertilizers and other farm topics. It was a clean break away from political controversy for the former American Vice President, who stirred up a storm of controversy at home with a series of speeches accusing the United States of embarking on a policy tbat would divide the world Into two camps and which, if pur sued, would “eventually lead to war." There was no talk today of war, of International politics or of any other subject more controversial than friendly disputes over the best methods of fighting plan diseases. Mr. Wallace arranged to attend the House of Commons session this afternoon to hear the budget mes sage-major news event of the day in Britain—and scheduled a series of private semisocial meetings to Man Held in Attack On Girl, 17, Faces Hearing Next Tuesday Jaities E. Gingell, 29. father of three children, is scheduled to be given a preliminary hearing next Tuesday on a charge pf assault with intent to kill a 17-year-old Kensing ton school girl. Police said Gingell severely beat and choked Kathryn J. Bradshaw Sunday night and was arrested soon Junes E. GinreU. Kathryn J. Bradshaw. afterward on her description. When taken into custody, Gingell expressed regret the girl was not dead so he would be hanged, police said. Bond was fixed at *10,000 for the accused, a carpenter whose home is at Wheaton. Girl Is Recuperating. Miss Bradshaw, the daughter of a Bethesda cab driver, was reported in good condition at Suburban Hos pital, Bethesda, today. She was treated for shock and for the effects of the beating. Miss Bradshaw said she left a store near the Mizell Lumber Co., Kensington, about 9 p.m. She was walking across a vacant lot near a grade crossing when a man grabbed her around the neck and threw her to the ground. After she had received several fist blows from her assailant she screamed and three men from the nearby store ran to her assistance. As her attacker got up and ran, one of the men recognized Gingell, police said. The girl’s description also tallied with that of Gingell and he was arrested soon afterward at his home, police said.' Brother of Life Tenner. The girl’s eyes were swollen shut from the result of the beating. Police quoted Gingell as saying he had no intention of criminally | night and tomorrow. He will leave Thursday for Stockholm, first stop on a Scandinavian tour. After speeches in Stockholm. Oslo and Copenhagen, he will go to Paris for a final European public address before returning to the United States. Mr. Wallace's vigorous speeches here continued to stir British re action. In the House of Commons, Conservative L. D. Oammans served notice that he would ask the gov ernment Thursday whether Mr. Wal lace’s Sunday night broadcast over the BBC network was made after consulting with the British govern ment. Mr. Gammans said he would ask: “If the BBC broadcast on April 13 by Mr. Henry Wallace, in which the domestic and foreign policy of the United States Government was attacked, was made with the knowl edge of, or after consultation with his majesty’s government; if there are any previous instances of a for eign statesman being granted sim ilar facilities by the BBC to criticise his own government, and if he (the postmaster general) will offer a sim ilar opportunity to any United States statesman who supports the domestic and foreign policy of Presi dent Truman’s administration?” assaulting the girl but that he had an “insane desire" to kill somebody and had wanted for 10 years to kill a woman. Police said James Gingell is a brother of Lawrence Gingell, a prisoner in the Virginia Penitentiary serving a life term for the murder of a salesman whose burned body was found in his automobile in 1937. Sergt. Lambert to Get Cheney Medal Today M Sergt. Laurence W. Lambert, who risked his life at Wright Field, Ohio, in testing a new ejection seat parachute for the peacetime AAF. today will receive the first Cheney Medal awarded since 1939. Gen. Carl Spaatz, AAF com mander, will present the award at 12:30 pm. in his office. Sergt. Lam bert, last August 17, allowed himself to be shot out of a Northrop P-61 Black Widow fighter plane at a high rate of speed. The device vr-- an improvement of the “ejection seat" originally developed by the Ger mans. The Cheney Medal is awarded In peacetime for special contributions to the advancement of aviation at the risk of personal safety. 15-Day Field Training Planned for Guard Units Gen. Jacob L. Devers announced today all eligible ground units of the National Guard will be allowed 15-day periods of field training this summer. The training is especially designed for divisions and regimental combat teams already federally recognized. Other units may engage in the training at the discretion of State authorities. The training will consist of 'indi vidual and specialist training, in cluding small arffts. filing-. If*funds are available, the1 National Guard Bureau may authorize the States to conduct local schools for those ground units which do not qualify for the field training. Piper-Drive Is Resumed; 22,960 Pounds Collected Papertroopers in the first district of The Evening Star-PTA pgper salvage campaign resumed collec tions yesterday, celebrating their re turn from Easter vacation by turn ing in 22260 pounds. This was more t>»n a ton greater than the total for the Monday preceding the vacation. Among the individual collections were’ Stanton, 2,672 pounds; Randle Highlands, 12*0 pounds; Beers, 1, 072 pounds: Ketcham. 2,521 pounds: Orr 1217 pounds; Jefferson, 1,302 pounds: Van Ness, 825 pounds; Gid dings 765 pounds; Buchanan. 4,04# pounds; WaUach. 858 pounds; Bryan, 2245 pounds, and Congress Heights, 2,169 pounds. Distribution of 16-mm. sound movie projectors, bought with pro ceeds of the salvage funds, today will be made at Buchanan and Hardy Schools and Central High School. A shipment of 14 more projectors has been made and should be re ceived soon. When they are de livered, 39 schools will have their maohine. The schedule for collection of pa per in the third district tomorrow, together with the leaders, is as fol lows; rr?----- JS:s|S EES &rd ""*n4* Adams 2Kv5,wn«S Banneker Brikhtwood Moraan Mott Petworth £°™L«a Park View _ Sy.5?"4 Sumner-Matruder Whittier _ . a asm Striking Latners Awamng Move From Management A spokesman for AFL lathers here said today the next move is up to management in a wage dispute which has resulted in a strike of lathers on 15 building projects. Harvev E. Murray, business agent of Local' 0, Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers’ Union, said about 35 other lathers continued to work on project* where union demands had been met and agreements signed. Fifty-flv# lathers left their jobs yesterday. As a result lath work has been halted on the George Washington University Hospital, an office build ing at Eighteenth and M streets N.W., remodeling of Julius Gar flnckel & Co. and 12 other smaller Jobs. The Employing plasterers’ Asso ciation, with which the union has been negotiating, planned a luncheon meeting today but an official refused to comment on the present outlook. U. S. Congress Group Stops to See Pope By th» Associated Pr«» ROME, April 15.—The American delegation to the recent Inter parliamentary Union meeting in Cairo stopped en route home today for an audience with the pope. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, chairman of the delega tion of nine members of Congress, and Dr. Franklin Donovan of Wash ington, delegation secretary, went direct from Ciampino Airport to the Apostolic Palace. They continued their flight homeward immediately afterwards. I %lf if Glipp** I I VARADERO BEACH I ■ Cuba's Smartest Resort ■ I MONTESO UT 1 ■ Jamaica's Riviora ■ 1 CIUDAR TRUJILLO I 8 in the captivating | I Dominican Republic I iH Dailv service from Miami. 8 See your Travel Agent or— JK, Tel. Repvblk 5700 I Pan American ■ intutorm H ! lots CONN. AVE. 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