Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1930, Page 7

DOHENY SEEKS TAX REDUCTION BY U. 5. 0il Man Asserts He Is Over- charged Under Rulings of Revenue Bureau. B the Associated Press. Edward L. Doheny of Los Angeles, ©oil man recently acquitted of the charge of bribing Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, for a naval ofl reserve lease, has given notice to the Government of intent to lit gate a claim for $279,935 filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue against himself members of his family. The coptroversy will relate to the roper amount of income taxes due rom the Doheny family and private corporations representing it for the years 1924 and 1925. Mrs. C. E. Doheny, Mrs. Lucy Smith Doheny, wife of Doheny's deceased son, and the Petroleum Securities Corpora- tion, controlled by the family, are linked in the proceeding. The Government claim does mnot allow a deduction from income for a $28,000 gift made to the University of California by theIounz!\‘ Doheny, the gflblon says, and wrongfully refuses recognize’ a loss of more than | O $1,000,000 made by the elder Doheny in a ranch sale. ‘These are two of a number of items THE EVENING STAR, DRY LAW REPEAL { approximatel, SHOWS. MAJORITY Literary Digest’s Nation- Wide Poll Lists Wets Still in the Lead. Votes favoring repeal of the eight- eenth amendment continued to lead those favoring enforcement and those favoring modification in the Literary t's Nation-wide poll of wet and dry sentiment, according to figures released by the magazine today. With 41 per cent of the total of | 3,175,972 votes cast so far in the poli in favor of repeal, today's report shows 30 per cent favor modi- fication to legalized light wines and beer, and approximately 28 in favor of strict enforcement of the prohibition law. The division of the grand total of votes so h!.c“'. is as follows: For re- FURNITURE RENTING FURNITURE WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, peal, 1,308,816; for modification, 851,475; for enforcement, 9185,881. Approximately 2,000,000 more votes are expected in the poll, according to Dr. Willlam Seaver Woods, editorein- chief of the Literary Digest. First returns were received this week from Arisona, Nevada, New Mexico and W¥0mln‘. bringing every State into the | poll. Returns from the District are run- ning along the lines of the grand total, with 10,902 votes divided as follows: For repeal, 5062; 3,347; for enforcement, 2,493. Originators of APRIL for _modification, | the Budget Buying Plan in Wastington 18, Pigures 8o far show Kansas to be the driest State in the Union, where the votes for enforcement are approxi- mately 58 per cent of the tol and for repeal only 18 per cent of the total. Connecticut, which with Rhode Island never has ratified the eighteenth amendment, is, according to the in- complete returns, the wettest State in the Union, with more than 50 per ceut of its votes for repeal and but 18 per cent for enforcement. Rhode Island runs Connecticut & close second in molstness, with its total poll of 12,583 vobes to date divided as follows: For 1930. We’re featuring this value because we know how good it is! Use v Budget lw&’ Plan “‘.\'AIIVG' for Easter Sor HERZ0G 5 F Street ar Otk repeal, 6,471; for modification, 3,877; for enforcement, 2,735. Wettest Area Designated. By geographical divisions, the wettest sentiment is reported in the Middle At- lantic States of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while the driest vote by national geographical division is re- corded in the fest South Central States of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. 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