Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1930, Page 8

ROUZER T0 BECOME LYNN'S ASSISTANT l’;xecutive Post Under Capitol = Architect Created by Congress. “Horace D. Rouzer, who since 1906 has served in the Bureau of Yards and | Docks of the Navy Department, both af a civillan and commissioned officer, will become attistant architect of the itol August 1. It was siated at gn‘epNnvy Department and the Capitol yesterday that Mr. Rouzer's training in the Navy Department, and his as- sqeiations on Capitol Hill fit him pe- culiarly for this new position. r. Rouzer has for several years [vised the legislators on Capitol Hill ‘with regard to the framing of the Navy afipropriation bills and other measures affecting the Navy. He has frequently béen called upon for information of this character by Senator Hale, chair- man of the Senate Naval Affairs Com= mittee and other Senators and Rep- resentatives interested in naval mat- te¥s. = Lynn Chooses Rouzer. “The legislative appropriation act for the fiscal year 1931, which went into effect July 1, makes provision for the pésition of an executive assistant to the Capitol architect, who is David Lynn. This assistant will act as archi- tect of the Capitol in the absence or disability of the architect. Mr. Lynn cHose Mr. Rouzer for the new position. Mr. Rouzer was born at Thurmont, i Frederick Md., July 26, 1885. He entered the Navy Department 117 1906 and has cerved there continu- ously since that time. He was com- missioned lieutenant in_ 1919 in the Civil Engineer Corps, United States Naval Reserve Force, and reached the grade of lieutenant commander, being on active duty until July, 1922, when he was placed on Inactive duty and ap- pointed supervising engineer in the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Senate Aid Sought in 1921. In 1921 he was detailed by the Sec- rétary of the Navy to duty with the chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to assist in connection with legislation pertaining to the Navy. This duty. has continued to date under the chairmanship of Senator Hale of Maine. During his commissioned service. Lieut. Comdr. Rouzer had charge of construction at the Naval Research Laboratory, Bellevue, D. C., a project | that cost $1,500,000, as well as other | important construction projects Mr. Rouzer’s residence is 3519 Porter street, this city. County, FIREMEN MUST PHONE ! FOR WATER AT NIGHT| Mains in Brasil's Capital Shut Off to Allow Reservoirs to Fill. HORACE D. ROUZER. —Harris-Ewing Photo. GERMANTAXPLAN STRORGLY PPLSE Finance Minister Dietrich to Have Final Tug of War on Policy Soon. By the Associated Press. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 13, 1930—PART ONE. HIGH TAX REFUNDS THOUGHT DROPPING Congressional Committee Re- port Shows Slump in Over- assessments. By the Assoclated Press. Expressing hope that the peak of high tax refund years had passed, the report of the Joint Congressional Com- mittee on Internal Revenue Taxation made public yesterday showed a total of $75,672,888 allowed in over-assess- ments of taxes in 1929 involving in ex- cee‘;‘h of $75,000 each. o . It sald the rate of over-assessment had decreased Ba'pcreenzhuwm - to that of the seven-monf per! ginning Jus . 1928, during which 8106.5“.33?‘”‘1 T Gader the act of 18 ting nder act of 26 crea committee, the group is required to p-u: upon all tax refunds, credits and abate- ments recommended by the Treasury BERLIN, July 12—Germany's finan- cial program as set forth by Dr. Her- mann Dietrich, minister of finance, to- day encountered rough going in the Reichstag's Taxation Committee. After a solitary clause assessing civil employees a new rate of income tax had been passed on Thursday, the rest of the program including the proposed taxes on bachelors and bachelor girls met such opposition that Dr. Dietrich this afternoon declared it useless to pro- ceed with a second reading in com- mittee. The final tug of war still is to come in the Reichstag where, in view of Min« ister Dietrich’s determination to force his program through, it still is possible that a bare majority may be found to avoid dissolution and new elections. The revised financial program, which had the backing of Chancelor Henrich Bruening and provided a tax of about $25,000,000 on bachelors and spinsters, ! was put forward on June 28 The remainder of the government deficit was to be made up by cutting off 100,000,000 marks of expenditures. Laying a special tax on government em- ployees and another on all persons whose incomes run above 8,000 marks a year. Should the finance minister prove unable to carry out his refinancing plan he would in all probability share the fate of Minister Moldenhauer, whom he RIO DE JANEIRO (#).—Firemen in | Brazil's capital were called to fight a | night blaze, must telephone for the wa- | ter to be turned on before they can get " into action | On several occasions night fires in | the downtown distiict have gained seri- | ous headway before there was enough | water pressure. An explanation given | by the water and sewer department reads: | “Our water supply is insufficient on occasions and on this account is turned | off at night from the reservoirs so they may, fill for*the following day. Na-| turally, when the firemen call, it takes | some time for full pressure to come up in the mains.” NAPOLEONIC MUSEUM | IS OPENED IN ROME | Empire Relics Bequeathed to Gov- ernment by Count Giuseppe Primoli. ROME (#).—A new Napoleonic mu- seum has been opened here. It was be- | queathed by Count Giuseppe Primoli to the government and contains two rooms of the First Empire, one room of the Second Empire and a room contain- ing clothing worn by Napoleon. PIANO CLASSIFIED Named “Most Intelligent, Most Versatile” Musical Instrument. According to Dr. William Braid, White, acoustics expert, the piano is the | “most intelligent, most versatile and most musical” instrument enjoyed by himan beings, No player, no matter how skillful, can play the same piece in_the same manner on the piano more than once, ageording to Dr. White. Each musical instrument has a “temperament” of its own which is constantly changing as eXpressed in different tonal responses. NEW TYPE CARS TESTED | 7An English railroad recently made an exhibition of new types of cars put in sfice upon its tracks. The train was héaded by the latest design in locomo- tives, followed by a special car designed for transporting heavy machinery. It hdd 28 pairs of wheels. Then there w:x.stawvgy mode}rln r;rdngern‘wr car and n was a heated car for carrying fHuit in the process of ripening succeeded recently. Today’s events gave Dr. Dietrich his™ first Inyumldnn Ehl: serious opposition would confront any portion of his program. GERMAN PLANT RAISING IS SIDELINE OF POWER Hothouses Near Electric Plants of Berlin Are Heated With Exhaust Steam. BERLIN ().—Flower raising has be- come a side line to generating electric current. The city of Berlin has built a number of hothouses near its electric power plants and pumping stations. These hothouses are heated with the waste steam from the power houses and in them flowers are raised. Results have exceeded expectations in that imports of flowers from Holland | and Southern France have decreased | considerably. i The new enterprise thus helps to im- prove the German trade balance. 1 New Birds Found. OBERLIN, Ohlo (#).—Six species of birds hitherto unknown in Yellowstone Park are reported found here. 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American Heating 907 New York Ave. “You Furnish the Home . . ENGINEERING COMPANY National 8421 « We'll Furnish the Heat!” Department involving in excess of $75,000. In 1929, it approved 622 in- come and excess profits and 162 estate tax cases. Although the total over-assessments reached but $62,785,922 in 1929, inter- est amounting to $12,886,965 was al- lowed. Of the over-assessments, $38,- 203,521 was paid within 30 dl&: after the approval of the claims Joint committee. The sum of $15,969,125 was credited to taxpa; wing the Gov- ernment for lllhuuaunt taxes, abatements amounted to $8,613,275. During 1929 the refund rate averaged $6,306,074 a month, while during the l% seven-month period it was $15,224,270 monthly. The report said that of all the over-assessments in 1920, $44,479,583, or 71 per cent, were at- tributable to the excess profit tax years up to and including 1921, leaving a balance of $18,306,339 In over-assess- ments in subsequent years. In the preceding 21-month period, tax refunds due to the excess profits reve- nue statute amounted to 83 per cent, while only 17 per cent was appli to over-assessments for subsequent years. In view of this, the report said, “it seems reasonable to hope t the B::k of u:’e" high refund years has n “It is believed,” it added, “that the decrease in the rate of over-assesssment is largely due to the fact that the In- ternal Revenue Bureau has closed out a large proportion of the excess profits returns. It is evident that the refunds will be much lower when all the excess profits tax controversies are settled.” SEGOND PROGRAM SET FOR CHILDREN| &2 Friday Evening Sylvan The- ater Event to Be Given by Neighborhood House. A new feature in the Summer pro- gram of outdoor events in Washington is a serles of children’s programs be- ing given at the Sylvan Theater by various organizations, under auspices of the community center department, with the co-operation of the office of public icable | buildings and public parks in the Na- tional Caplital. ‘The second of these programs will be given Friday evening at 8 o'clock by Neighborhood House, direc- tion of Mrs. J. P. 8. Neligh, assisted by the Girls' Club, Boys' Club and the junior boys in the vacation school. Miss Erba Birney, newly arrived in this city to take charge of music at Nelahbfllrhood !‘llmuu:l will play themu}; companiments for the program, whic Trouecn i, Boid lask: Fridey might was y 3 when the entertainment was provided by Thomas Community Center, Mac- farland Community Center and the Elks Boys' Band. i ot by B Tt i T est €O mm“'flush eq“"bue(l'm ‘Wolves Are one of Aesop's Fables, “The ,” which was a feature of the Spring festival of 1930. Thirty-five girls will take part in the skit, which written by Mathilde Bilbers and Erod\loed under supervision of Mrs. eligh. ‘The Boys' Club will offer its minia- ture minstrel show, in which 35 boys take part, and the junior boys will present “The Forge Song” as a special new feature of the evening’s program. /Dancers to Entertain. On Wednesday evening, July 23, a program will be given by the Tcherni- koff-Gardiner Dancers, directed by Miss Lisa Gardiner, in conjunction with the United States Army Band. The program on Friday evening, August 1, will be presented by the| Girl Reserves of Washington, directed by Miss Mabel Cook of the Young Women's Christian Association, offering an_outdoor fantasy, “Moon Shadows.” Friday evening, August 8, the Boy Scouts of Washington will give a typical Scout demonstration of the out- of-doors program. 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