Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1931, Page 16

A—16 INCOME TAX LAW REVISIONS STUDIED Officials to Decide Whether Increases Will Be Asked of Congress. CAPITAL A. P. WRITER . AND FAMILY IN WRECK = | Sam Bledsoe, Wife and Son Escape Injury as Train Near Mem- phis Takes Plunge. Sam Bledsoe of the Washington staff of the Associated Press, his wife and 2-year-old son, Sam, jr., escaped in- juries last night when the engine and three coaches of the Pan-American, a Louisville & Nashville Railway passen- ger train, plunged down an embank- ment near Memphis, Tenn. Richard Crawford, fireman, was se- riously scalded. Matt Fox, engineer, was buried beneath the locomotive, but escaped serious Injuries. He was extri- cated by passengers. Joe Hackersmith, conductor, was cut abeut the head and the baggage master was bruised. Only a few passengers were bruised. By the Associated Press Burdened by declining Government at need of raising ion officials are | many revisions of | the . which have nar-| rowed its application to comparatively few persons. Among these officials, including Presi- dent Hoover, will be evclved soon now the administration’s attitude toward the rnment’s fiscal course in 1933. They | removing snow from Swiss roads. FINANCIAL CLOUD ~ HANGS OVER REICH Gloom of Crisis Looms as | By the Assoctated Press. BERLIN, October 5—The shadow of financial crisis was darkening yesterday | the premilinery preparations for the opening of the Reichstag, scheduled for October 13. . |..A American machines may be used for | Hitles THE EVENING Session Prepares to Open Next Week. which is year ago it was the shadow of Adolf During “Elmo” Week;Oct. 5 to 12 will cecide whether tax increases will be | . b 5 Pros Yecommended to COngress. o Special Box of “RA-LO Into their survey, the first quarter o A 5 o the 1032 1 r hes brought its Face Powder and a Puff Parking a $244,000,000 drcp | A & 1n the Treasury's income | Will Be Given FREE @pposite Of this decrease, $240,543.267 was due | ith each purchasé ‘of Kl ieh to falling income payments, which | —with each purchase of Elmo preparations 8uh St amounted to 604, a8 ioom 4} amounting to $1 or more! . d with $498 5 in the same 3 2 : < ucrter of the previous yeap. During Miss Olson, of the Elmo Laboratories will be 'l"-’. I(Txlir r‘: ar r“ng?: ha\s dwindled | here this week—to advise you on the care of Entrance until officials foresee that more revenue | your skin. ° must be «btained from some source. Deficit of Last Year. At the end of the first quarter last | had a surplus of | 5,670, but finished the year with a it of $903,000,000. For the present 3} e first quarter with a 5.854, and indications eater deficit eprcsentative La_Guar- Federal - by z im products of n 3 ments on New Yok Republican drafted his plan at_the request of both Repub- lican and Democratic independents in the House and it will be considered by | them at a meeting before Congress convenes. He cstimated the increase in income | and inheritance taxes would net about | $300,000,000. The administration has given no hint of what plans it has in view for meet- ing the situation. However, as the sources from which its income is chief- ly derived scemed to have been wiped out during the last and present yea it was s doubtful that t Treasury ance of the policy of expenses with little hope of increased revenue in the next two years. This | situation semed to. indicate that Con- gress must be asked to devise means of | increasing the Government’s revenue to | a point where it could balance its | budget. Officials have said that they | vished to avoid any increase in taxes | this time if possible. nend a contin cowing Yapmiees ers—come in white, green and cut size.—Fourth Floor. orchid or green. Fourth Floor. 18c Various Plans Considered. Various plans for increasing the Go: ernment revenue through - additional es have been con has been accepted though both Secretary Mellon and Un- dersecretary Mills in speeches have pointed out that the income tax laws have been narrowed to such an extent | that they produce but little revenue. Some change in this law was regarded | as probable, with many members of | ng already announced | an increase in the upper | | ave pointed out that since | wumber of persons making in- | come-tax returns has been decreased | from more than 6,000,000 to 2 number, about 33 of the total income t: v the Government. ndersecretary Mills called attemtion to the limited base of the income-tax | system in a speech last ) he said that law increasi dered. Nothing | final, however, | Fall colors. —Fourth Floor. Boys’ $1 Bell All perfect shirts, 8 to 14; youths’, Floor. come-tax base and placed that tax upon a comparatively small number of per- | for boys. 4-in-hand school wear.—Third Floor. creased the credit s from $2,500 to | $3,500 and in one stroke wiped off the | income tax lists about 2,000,000 tax- | Of the persons who pay income | the 380,000 who make up the 97 | per cent of the total derived their in- come chiefly from stock transactions | and dealings in bends. As this sort of | business was the first to react to the' depression, that source of income has been virtually destroyed. | sealed packages. Hemmed and ready to use. $3.50 | Possible Revenue Sources. | While the Government could increase its income by decreasing the exemp- | tions allowed under the income t 3-quart size Double boilers for laws and setting a higher rate upen cereals and custards—with side handles. Fa- the upper bracket of income taxpavers, it hardly would be sufficient to meet its nceds and other sources would have be included to raise the needed s tax plan advocated by Sen- cd of Pernsylvania met prompt rejection in administration circles. It wes regarded as likely that any plan ted would include both v pward of the income tax laws tax which would furnish | a more dependable base for income than | the ed almost entirely upon | in stock and bond trans- s only 99c!—Downstairs Store. and an ¢ OLVANY FEE INQUIRY IN GOTHAM DELAYED Probe of Ex-Tammany Leader Is i | | Attractive colorings.—Main Floor. | 1 Postponed as He Pleads Facts | Are Confidential. y the Assoc; NEW stadter Legis) into the finar Olvany, Hall, ‘has b known yeste Olva inch double-thread bath towels, borders.—Main Floor. postponed, to have pleaded t n between lawye ation for refusing ittec information us city ca: amucl Seabury, c o have failed to ob- tain possession of the books of Olvany law firm for a check-up on_his fees during his four years as Tammany leader. An appeal by Seabury to the courts in regard to Olvany’s plea is believed pending. | LEMONADE KILLS MAN Tastes Drink Before Giving Friends c give ebout his fecs in var s for In- tion. Top of soft material. Women’s and Misses’ gowns, with long sleeves. sizes.—Second Floor. Some—Used Poison for Sugar. | PHILADELPHIA, October 5 (#).— | Edward Shields, steward at the Har- rison Republican Club, mixed some lemonade for friends at the club yes- terday. He tasted it before serving. be- came. il and died on the way to a hespital Physicians said rat poison, mistaken for sugar, had caused his death. FUGITIVE IS SLAIN Man Held as Chicken Thief Shot Trying to Escape. WARREN, Ohio, October 5 (&).— James Baker, 40, was shot and killed yesterday by Patrolman Victor Jobns, wiio £aid he discoversd Baker and two others attempting to rob a chicken house. Baker had been arrested and had at- tempted to escape when the patrolman fired. Death occurred on the way to ® %ospital. Autumn shades.—Main Floor. and colors.—Fourth Floor. Special! Main Floor. Last Day! And Here Are Some of the Highlight 59¢ Perfect Window Shades Every shade is mounted on guaranteed roll- $1 Double Bed Blankets Come in pretty plaid designs—rose, blue, gold, 70x80-inch double-bed size.— Yard - Wide Cretonnes Over a score of delightful patterns in bright Excellent for drapes or coverings. quality—collar-attached styles. ‘White, tan, blue, green and fancy patterns. Jr. 12! to 14!.—Third 1,000 Boys’ 25c¢ to 35c Ties Cut silk, Swiss knit and rayon knitted ties styles—Wonderful $1.29 Birdseye Diapers The well known Birdseye diapers in sanitary 27x27-inch size.—Third Floor. 13 99 Wear-Ever mous “Wear-Ever” quality.—Downstairs Store. $1.60 Liquid Veneer Outfit Consists of §1 Mop—oil or dry style; and one bottle of Liquid Veneer (60c size). 59c Leatherette Cushions Waterproof cushions—leatherette on one side —rubber cloth on the other. Ideal for the auto. 39c Large Turkish Towels Less than half of their true value. New $2 Reducing Corselettes Rubber corselettes, covered with rayon and lined with soft knit fabric to absorb perspira- Warm 89c Flannelette Gowns striped flannelette Regular and extra Women’s 79c New Crepe Scarfs Silk crepe and rayon crepe tubular scarfs in $6.95 Wool-Filled Comforts Warm, soft wool-filled double-bed size com- forts, covered with sateen, in good patterns New Fall Handbags silks, leathers, tapestries and karetols in new- est styles copied from higher-priced bags.— ecru. 3x6 ft. 31c 55¢ 10c Brand Shirts 68c for 10c sterilized—all 82¢c Boilers $149 all kinds of Both for 99¢ 39c 22x44- with colored 15¢ $1.00 S4c 37c $3.98 88c |-pect of | Would be likely to succeed him. Men’s 89c Shirts| STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, party: had increased its: Reichstag strength ninefold in the September elections, and his battle cry was “Down with the Young-plan payments, which are driving Germany to financial ruin!” The opening of last October’s session was a tumult of window-smashing and riots. This year the unsettled condition of the rest of the world is expected have a more sobering effect. There is, however, considerable political ferment within the parties which hitherto have supported, or been friendly to, Chancel- lor Bruening, and political observers were looking forward to the opening with no great optimism Social Democrats Back Bruening. ‘The attitude of the leaders of the Social Democratic party, which helped the chanceHor through the rbances of last year's session and in the long- drawn-out fight over the budget and the economy decrees, today is that, although the chancellor's economy measures are irksome, they are preferable to the pros- Rightist government, such as ‘The rank and file of the Social Demo- T, National Socialist leader, which | crats. however, most of them trade | m: dominated the opening sessions. Hitler's | unionists, have been held in line only ' Minister Julius Curtius since the defeat diminish when went into effect. wages of 180,000 miners 7 per cent. New Party Is Formed. “the cowardly acceptance of Bruening measures.” ipal elections at Hamburg the Nutio Socialists and Communiss scored m: terial gains over their vote of the year | before. | _'There also have been grumbling de- ands for the resignation of Foreign by the promise that living costs would the economy program Since the economy decrees the July ing a presidential decree slashing the At a week end mass meeting at Bres- lau, a group of Social Democrats or- ganized the Social Labor party and an- nounced it would fight what it called the ‘There has even been some discontent among the trade unionists of the chan- cellor’s own Catholic Centrist party over the wage policies. At the recent munic- 1931. of the proposed Austro-German cus- toms union. During this week the chancellor will confer with party leaders and try to trimmed and ready to step into the fray mle:iver the election proclamation is ued.” BIG WELCOME IS GIVEN TO ARTHUR HENDERSON bank crisis brought. further economies, an ent on wage and labor and more recently the drop 1 5 | problems. The task appears more diffi- CONVICTE| sterting, by cn?,.l.%nu; Brftish exports gfgzm;,n any e, has Bad since b took | New Leader of British Labor Party | D OF MURDER in comparison with Ge , b ht office, bul e “iron chancellor” has i to another wage-cutting :ni.l;xlpam:?‘;:clus? survived a number of crises during the Addresses Conference on Elec Fort Worth, Tex., Man Held Guilty past year and has a reputation for weathering difficult situations. SPANISH FLYER HURT Commander Franco Breaks Leg Second Time in Year. BARCELONA, Spain, October 5 (/). —Comdr. Ramon Franco, Spanish aviator, who suffered a broken leg dur- ing a political speech last June when a platform collapsed, broke it again in the same place yesterday. ‘The accident occurred while he was leaving the government palace here, after a visit to Col. Franclsco Macia, president of the Barcelona generality. tion Plans. of Plot to Get Bandit Reward. WICHITA FALLS, Tex., October 5 | (®).—Jobn Alsup of Fort Worth yester~ day was convicted of slaying Isaac Tate, colored, in a purported bank robbery, alleged to have been engineered in an effort to obtain a $5,000 reward offered by a Texas bankers’ association for each dead hold-up man, Alsup was sentenced to 10 yeays in ‘Stale prison. The slaying occurred April 10, 1930, at the front door of the | Polytechnic Bank of Fort Worth, The defense served notice of appeal. It was the third time Alsup was triéd |for the killing, the case being brought here on a change of venue, After Tate wés slain it was found the Polytechnic Bank was not protected by the banke ers’ association offer. . By the Assoclated Press. SCARBOROUGH, England, October 5.—Arthur Henderson, Labor's new leader, made a brief address at the opening of the annual conférence of the party today and was tendered a vo- | ciferous welcome stamping him as a | “Jolly good fellow.” Most of the delegates sprang to their | feet and cheered the man who suc- ceeded Ramsay MacDonald as the head | of the Labor party and who is now his chief opponent in Parliament. Mr. Henderson said the party met at a time when none knew the date of the impending general election. “We can oniy follow the sound and safe pol- y.” he said, { having our lamps $1.50 “Coty”’ Perfumes Phone % Choice of the regular 1;- Orders ounce bottle, or the purse Filled sl‘ze in metal Contail:lel.'. c 3 L’Origan, Chypre, L'Ai- NAul. mant, Paris or Emeraude. S $2.50 Dusting 3 $2.50 Doubl E 5220 e e |4 e e 0 epartment Bringing This Successful Sale to a Busy Wind-up Tomorrow! \% B WE BOUGHT! Entire Stock of Schwartz Fabric Corp. (534 Eighth Avenue, New York City) 12,000 Yds. Fine Silks Less Than Half Price We were lucky enough to secure these thousands of yards of smart silks at an amazing price when this well known corporation retired from business. Cheney, Haas Bros, and other famous makes included. $1.39 to $1.75 Grades 68¢ As the Schwartz-Fabric Corporation spe- cialized on plain colored silks, AlLSilk Crepe Satin All-Silk Canton Crepe All-Silk Satin Crepe 40-in. All-Silk Chiffon majority of the silks are in However, a limited stock of PRINTED SILKS, included. $1 and $1.95 Fall Jewelry 59c¢ Fancy metal, silhouette, cameo and miniature types— reproductions of 14th Cen- tury pieces, and new rhine- stone evening pieces. $5.00 Rayon Pillow Sets $3.59 80x105-inch spread of gleaming rayon satin with beautiful flounced pillow to match. Rose, blue, gold, green or orchid. Main Floor $29.50 Seamless Axminster Rugs $177-50 Just 92 of these good look- ing seamless rugs—in new Fall designs. Sold as slight seconds—defects are trivial. Downstairs Store Newest Types! In Lovely Colors 9x12 Size of Broadclqth sreeat S Fine broadcloths and other materials. Collar - attached style, in white and colors. Wide center pleat—perfect tailoring. Sizes 14 to 17. Main Floor . $1.25 Sheer Silk Hose 66¢ Full-fashioned, dull-fwist chiffon hose with slight mis- weaves, but with no mends. Picot tops. New Fall shades. Main Floor Slight Irregulars Heavy Flat naturally the plain colors. $2 to $3 Fall Millinery $1.55 Wonderful values in new- est style Fall felts—shown in black and smart colors with feathers and other new trims. All head sizes. For Women and Misses Second Floor Girls' Chinchilla Coat Sets 4$4.95 $379 Smartly tailored double- breasted coat of 85% wool chinchilla with beret to match. Navy, tan or red. Sizes 7 to 14 years. Third Floor Boys’ $3.95 to $5 Leatherette Coats $2.89 An amazing low price for these popular sheep-lined leatherette coats in black or brown. Sizes 4 to 18 years. $3.00 Printed Rayon Frocks Attractive new styles in tweed and small patterns. Junior sizes 11 to 19 years; misses’ and women’s sizes from 14 to 50. Second Floor Women’s $1.50 Crepe Undies New for This Sale! $ 1 Pretty new chemise, slips, dance sets, stepins and panties of rayon French clrepe in regular and extra sizes. Sheep Lined Second Floor, $1.95 to $2.95 Grades All-Silk Crepe Faille Pure Dye Canton Crepe All-Silk Flat Crepe Silks in the 88c group are of gorgeous quality, and offered in a complete range of all the newest Fall-Winter shades. and 40 inches wide. Goldenberg’s—Silk Depariment, Main Floor. Goldenberg's—Main Floor, s in Our- nagers’ Sale! ! Shop Early! Reg. 98c Boxed Stationery Good quality paper—one quire box which has an extra drawer useful for gloves, handker- chiefs, etc.—Main Floor. 43c $2.50 New Lambskin Gloves with novelty cuffs and embroidered backs. $1a59 Mode or tan.— Main Floor. Boys’ 89c¢ Fall Union Suits Fall-weight random cotton suits, length, wi igh nec! nd long sleeves. 50c Chardonize Rayon Hose Boys’ 35¢ New Sport Hose New Fall collection of boys’ 7z-length fancy 19C patterned hose with elastic cuff tops. About half.—Main Floor. $1 Autumn Daytime Frocks New fancy print frocks with set-in sleeves and interesting bits of tri ing. Sizes 36 to 52,—Stmnd!l‘"l:or. o i 59C 10c Jergens’ Bath. Tablets 6for29¢ $1.25 Unbleached Mattress Covers Undies Regular $1.25 Piece Longcloth 88¢ Smartly tailored imported lambskin gloves 4 ankle Every yard perfect. Stehli, Sizes Women's dull finish Chardonize rayon hose, with picot tops. Irregulars.—Main Floor. 88¢ Crepe All-silk 89c¢ Franklin 81x99 Sheets 59¢ Extra long seamless double bed sheets of sturdy round thread quality from one of America’s famous makers. Main Floor $7.50 Felt- Base Rugs $3.20 Five good looking patterns and colorings to choose from in these seamless rugs—each packed in original carton. Downstairs Store Boys’ 59c¢ to $1 Pajamas Famous Make 44C Samples, surplus lots and slight _irregulars of outing flannel and broadcloth pa- jamas —one or two piece. Sizes 4 to 16 years. Third Floor 89c¢ Non-Run Rayon Undies For Women rre 3¢ Dainty bloomers, panties, vests and flared panties, daintily trimmed with glove silk. Sizes 36 to 42. Main Floor $7.95 Linen Dinner Sets Thirteen Pieces! $2'79 Beautiful hemstitched all- linen damask cloth (size 60x90 inches), and a dozen napkins. With colored bor- ders. Amazingly Priced About half price for Jergen's pop: ular bath soap.—Main Floor. Full or twin size, of heavy unbleached sheet- ing, cut with shrinkage allowance.—Main Floor. 59¢ “Sunny Child” Girls’ slips, sizes 4 to 14 years; bloomer leg combinations, sizes 2 to 6 years; gowns and sleepers (with or without feet), 2 to 6 years. Of white flannelette.—Third Floor. 9x12 Size Ten-yard piece of closely woven 36-inch longcloth; remarkably underpriced in this sale. —Main Floor. 19c Outing Flannels Only 36-inch striped outings; also plain 12]/ 79c Oilcloth Table Covers 39c 16¢c Printed , 36-In. Challis 12V5¢ chests of this famous make. Sample line.—Fourth Floor. Men’s $1 and $1.50 Ties Including Moire, Mogadores, Warp Prints, 39 Perfect quality 54x54-inch sanitas covers— in attractive printed designs.—Main Floor. Attractive patterns for covering com- forts, etc. 36 inches wide.—Main Floor. Twills, Satins, Reps, Grosgrains and others. Stripes, figures, Pegsian, plain and dot style— Main Floor.