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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1931. VAR DEGT REPORT ND SURPRS HER Favor of Basle Experts for Moratorium Extension Was Expected. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The recommendation of the Commit- tee of Experts sitting at Basle for a further extension of the moratorium on Germany's conditional payemnts is fully expected here. The American financial experts have never doubted that a committee formed by the best known economists in nheg world could do anything else than rec- ommend a further moratorium. The Basle Committee, however, not allowed by the terms of reference of the Young plan to pass judgment on the extension of the moratorium for the unconditional payments which fall due on July 1, 1932 It has, however, the right to express its opinions on Germany's general financial situation and will leave the final decision on payment of the un- conditional portion of reparations next year to the interested governments. Trade Shows Surplus. is The committee of financial experts s now surveying Germany's general economic situation and her balance of trade. Heretofore the German foreign trade has been showing a substantial surplus. From this surpius, which is always eexpressed in fereign exchange Germany has to take care of the inter- est on foreign debts and the payment of the unconditional slice of reparations. Whether the amount yielded by Ger- many’s foreign trade is sufficient to cover both expenses is a matter which the committee will have to report to the interested governments. In view of the fact that Great Britain has adopted a tariff wall and because many other nations have substantially increased their tariffs since last year, it is ex- pected that in the coming vear Ger- many's balance of trade will be less favorable than last year Consequently it is fu the committee of financial experts will indicate that some way out should be found to relieve Germany for the com- ing year of the burden of further repa- ration payments. Whether the question of the priority of the private debts over the reparations will be mentioned in the report at all is unknown. This _ question is so controversial that it is belleved that the bankers will leave it carcfully alone i The impression in Washington is that even the French representative. Mr. Charles Rist. will agree with his| other Yolleagues in recommending to v expected that his_government a_sympathetic consid- | eration of the entire reparation ques- | of course, what | tion. Nobody knows, the attitude of the French government is going to be when it receives the bankers' report. Further Delay Possible. It is thought here that the French government might look upon the whole matter exclusively from an economic | angie, and it is conceivable that the| Laval cabinet might agree to a further | postponement the German condi- tional payments. No final decision is likely to be reached. however, until the French government finds out what cor- responding reduction of its debt pay- ments to the Unit-d States can be ex- | pected from this country. Premier Laval has clearly indicated that any rec.uction of the German rep- arations must have its counter part in a proportionate reduction of France's, foreign war debts. Rightly or wrongly, the French people have been led to be- lieve that President Hoover had made this promise to Mr. Lavz! during the | latter’s visit to Washington | And here the economic question of reparations takes a political aspect. The American Congress has clearly indicated that there will ve no curtailment in the foreign debts unless the debtor nations agree to a substanial reduction of arma- ments. Consequently the entire matter of debts and reparatioms reductions is subject to the willingness of the European nations to limit their arma- ments to such an extent as to satisfy the people of this country that any moneys which might be remitted will Bot_be used for armament purposes. The whole matter of Germany's pay- Jments to the allies seems therefore to hinge on the results of the coming general disarmament conference. GIANNINI USES COURT | TO GET BANK CONTROL, 1 Restrains Rivals in Transamerica Corporation From Using Its Fa- cilities to Gain Proxies. By the Associated Press. SAN ANCISCO. -December 15 A. P. Giannini, California financier, has taken to the courts for aid in his 1 n control of the bil- america Corporation. Judge Lyle T. Jacks vesterday grant- ed in Giannini's behalf a temporary restraining order, returnable in Su- perior Court next Monday, preventing | use of facilities of the corporation and | the Bank of America, which it con- | trols, in obtaining proxies for the pres- | ent_corporation administration, headed by Elisha Walker of New York Both the Giannini and Walker groups are seeking proxies to determine con- trol at a stockholders’ meeting sched- uled next February The Giannini lon-dollar 1 ! ting the other patients to safety onl Help This B_oy’s Dream Come True GEE ! AN’ SANTA CLAUS IS GONNA BRING ME NEW TOYS LIKE THOSE ! Buy a new toy. turn it in Saturday morning as admission fee to a good movie show at the Metropolitan and All toys are to be distributed to Washington's little children whose Christmas might otherwise be Tiveli Theaters. barren and marked by heartbreak. THREE PERSONS DIE AS ASYLUM BURNS |Prince Edward Island Offi-| cials Join in Rescue of Pa- tients From Fire. paE By the Associated Pres CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I, De- cember 15.—The Falconwood Hospital for the Insane burned down early today and three persons perished. One was trapped by the flames. Two others were killed when they leaped from windows. Three hundred patients were driven by the fire into the biting cold of the night. ‘The origin of the fire has not been determined. Flames were first seen pouring from the upper section of the west wing. By the time firemen ar- rived the entire wing was ablaze. Blasting Proves Futile. The water supply was inadequate. Available pressure was not sufficient to send a stream into the burning build- ing. Dynamite was used to sever the west from the east wing, but the sug- ply of the explosive was too small and the flames leaped the narrow gap and soon were devouring the entire struc- | ture between $250,000 and $500,000. Willlam McGuinn died in the flames. John MacKenzie, trapped, jumped from a top window. He was killed in- stantly as his body struck the frozen ground. William MacDonald also jumped. He died of injuries half an hour later. The hospital staff succeeded in ze;; with great difficulty. They were alded by firemen, policemen and citizens of Falconwood drawn to the firz by the SOS painted in the skies by the mount- ing flames Officials Join Fight. The mayor of Falconwood and the city councilors adjourned a session of council to join the fire fighters. Pre- | The property lost was estimated to be “RIP” MILLER RETAINED AS NAVY GRID COACH Capt. J. D. Wilcox, Jr., Also An- nounces Flanagan and 0'Brien Will Keep Posts. 8pecial Dispatch to The & ANNAPOLIS, Md, December 15— Edgar A. “Rip” Miller has been named for another year as head foot ball coach at the Naval Academy. it was | announced today by Capt. John D. | Wilcox, jr., director of athletics. Christy Flanagan will remain as backfield coach and Johnny O'Brien as end coach. . All three are Jormer Notre Dame players. It also was learned that {arother assistant for Miller may be obtained since “Whitey” Hughes may not be able to return. Samuel P. Moncure. back, who was injured Navy game in New York S: G confined to the academy hospital with a broken nose. JURY 1S SELECTED NNORMAN SLAYING Six Men and Six Women Are Chosen After Nearly' 50 Are Dismissed. | i | Navy quarter- Six men and six women were chosen today serve on the District Supreme Court Mury at the first-degree murder trial of Joseph Henry Diggs, colored doorman at the Wardman Park Hotel, charged with killing Attorney Willlam | F. Norman after an argument over | automobile parking space at the hotel |last August 12. The jury was not selected until the | defense” exercised all of its 20 peremp- | tory challenges. The Government chal- | lenged six prospective juro | More than a score of others were ex- | cused by Justice James M. Proctor be- cause they were opposed to capital pun- ishment or had formed opinions from | discussing the case or from reading newspaper accounts. mier Stewart also joined the rescuers, | and city physicians and clergymen were | other volunteer firemen and first aid workers. ‘The patdents, dazed, whndered uncer- tainly about in the light of the fire, but there was no disorder. Many patients, after the shock of their narrow escape group charges the Walker group with using the bank's facilities to wrest | proxies from stockholders who have | already given their signatures to As- soclated ~ Transamerica stockholders, Giannini_supporters. Sweeping in its scope. the complaint | filed by Theodore Roche. attorney for | the Glannini group, alleges Walker | and his associates in control of Trans- | america, have instructed officers of the bank, whom they control by reason of stock ownership, to inform all employes they will be discharged if they become gnoe'mbem of the stockholders’ organiza- n. Injury to the bank and its business| and to stockholders is being inflicted | through tactics used, the complaint alleges. | I SCHOOL GIRL HELD Two Collegg St:xdents Also Arrest- ed in Slaying of Magistrate. COMILLA, Bengal. December 15 (#). —Another school gixl and two college students were arrested today in con- nection with the slaying yesterday of Magistrate Charles Geoffrey Buckland Stevens of Tippera by two Ligh school r] 1s. Ma?strnw Stevens was given a mili- tary funeral today. ROYALTY GOES TO PARIS King Alexander and Queen Marie Travel Incognito. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, December 15 (#)—King Alexander and Queen Marie of Jugoslavia have left for Paris, travel- ing strictly incognito, it was learned today. The royal powers have been trans- to the ministerial council during the sbsence of the had passed, assisted in the work of relizf to those of their number who had been injured or who faced suffer- ing from the cold. Bedding, clothing and hospital sup- plies were provided promptly by requi- sition from other hospitals, the jail, the armory and stores. The patients were taken to the infirmary and adjoining buildings. [Even stables were used, so urgent was the need of getting the pa- tients out of the cold. Only a few were injured and the ob- jective of doctors mainly was to fore- stall illness from exposure. ‘The west wing of the hospital was built in 1878, the east wing in 1893. BANKS TO REORGANIZE Two Private Oslo Institutions Sus- pend Payments Today. OSLO, Norway, December 15 (#)— Two lgige private stock banks—the Norske Credit Bank of Oslo and the Bergen Privat Bank of Bergen and Oslo—are suspending payments from today, it was announced last night. Negotiations are proceeding with the view of reorganizing them and con- tinuing operations. A special cabinet meeting last night decided to give the banks what is vir- tually a three-month moratorium. The | difficulties of the two institutions are attributed to the international financial situation. Operation Halts Concert. Just as the operating room of the Ulster Hospital for Children and Wom- en in Belfast, Ireland, was being pre- pared for a concert in connection with “Pound day” at the institution, an ur- gent case of appendicitis was brought. in and the surgeons performed an operation at once. After the patient, a 6-year-old boy, was Temoved, the of- chestra program, Regan its M.y Not Take Stand. E. Russel Kelly and Frank Kelly, de- | fense attorneys, said they were unde- | cided whether Diggs would be placed on | the witness stand. | _Julian I Richards, assistant United States attorney in charge of the prose- cution, revealed the Government prob- ably would call more than 20 witnesses | in an effort to prbve Diggs fired on Nor- | man without justification. Justice Proctor told the jurors they | | would not be locked up during the trial, | as 1s sometimes found necessary in first- | degree murder cases. He warned them, however, not to discuss the case with any one. The quarrel which preceded the shooting last Sammer was said to have been of several days’' standing. Diggs complained to hotel authorities after the argument over the parking space, and two days later, he said, Norman knocked him down in the hotel corridor after accusing the colored man of try- ing to make trouble for him_at the hotel. said to have shot Norman in the back while the lawyer was stendiny at the ho'el entrance waiting for his car. Norman, who formerly wes a special | Assistant Attorney Gener2l, died an hour later at Emergency Hospital. He was 43 years old and had lived at the | Wardman Park for five years. Norman came here from Tennessee in April, 1920, to accept the post in the Justice Department, remaining there until July, 1921. Later he built up a large legal practice here, handling Gov- ernment claims. He served as a captain of infantry with the A. E. F. GARNER GETS GAVEL By the Associated Press. The mail today brought Speaker Garner one gavel he isn't likely to Jreak, It was from George Rohleder of Eagle Pass, Tex.,'and bore this card: “Friend John: This gavel is good for anybody that raises new issues or wants to send our money back acros3 the sea. We need our dollars here. Make those rowdy ‘boys behave.” The new gavel 5 &~ bammer with & On the following day Diggs is | TOYS TO BE ADMISSION COST TO SPECIAL SHOWS FOR CHILDREN’S BENEFIT (Continued From First Page) | | | new, something in keeping with the spirit of the season. “Penrod and Sam"” Feature. | Buy a new toy, go to a show and save | some little boy or girl from a head- ache Christmas morning. Here's the story The patrons, in addition to seeing ex- cellent entertainment programs, will be | furnished one of the strongest induce- | to participate in the holiday of the occasion—an opportunity t0 give toward the happiness of some youngster who expects little. The major screen attraction at the Metropelitan will be one of Booth Tar- kington's most appealing stories of boy- dom, “"Penrod and Sam.” plaved by a juvenile cast of exceptional talent. The feature, beginning at 9:30 o'clock, will be a special pre-view of its regular booking at the theater. | At the Tivoli Percy Crosby's famous characters of sandlot, woodshed and parlor will hold forth in a revival of the screen hit, “Skippy,” with a cast led by Jackie Cooper, one of the most popular of filmdom’s juvenile stars. This show begins at 11 o'clock. | Special short films at either theater will complete regular two-hour per- formances, | Help Out Santa Claus. ‘The patrons are urged to bring bright, new toys—gam dolls, red wagons, ' builders’ blocks, any one of a thousand | gifts worthy of a child's faith in the generosity of Santa Claus upon a Christ- | mas morning. “Penrod and Sam" is a First National | attraction, with the leads played by Leon Janney as Penrod and Junior Coghlan as Sam. The screen play, critics say, depicts the vicissitudes of a boy and his play- mates with unusual clarity and sym- pathy. “With unexpected rapidity,” one wrote, “the production sweepssfrom the depths of despair to the heights of Joy | and throughout the spectator follows in | athy the antics of Penrod and his pal, Sam.” Ousted From Club House. The troubles of the two boys begin when, on their way home from school, they meet the girl of their dreams. Marjorie. Penrod is so sorely smitten his embarrassment is doubled when he | brings a love letter written by his sister to school under the impression it is msP home work. enrod is roundly kidded by a bully, Rodney, for whom he waits after schogl and whips in & most spectaowlar man- {ner. Rodney's father then buys the vacant lot on which a private club| | house built by Penrod and his pals s | | situated. ordering them off the ground. | To this trag-dy is added the fact | that Pe has quarreled With his best friend, Sam, over Marjorie, and worse still, Penrod learns tiat his dog, Duke, has been killed on the very aft- ernoon he fought with Sam. Just when things are blackest, Pen- rod’s father buys the vacant lot where the club house is located and presents the title to Penrod. The finale shows |an elated gang planning an elaborate |and terrible initiation for Rodney, the vnlxgén. ‘The story, critics say, goes over bi| with audiences from ‘6 t‘o 60.” 5 Encounter Dog Catcher. In “Skippy” the leading character has new games to play, new scrapes Ito get out of, suspicious new neighbor kids to be invcstizated and perhaps | whinped. The picture leads awry on an ad- venturing trip to Shanty Town, on the other side of the rallway tracks, down | by Sooky's house. Then there's & tom- boy, Eloise, dogging the steps of the adventurers, who get into Mrs. Wayne's jam and jelly and eventually come face to face with the worst dog catcher in town. This is particularly embarrass- ing, they find, because their favorite mut, Penny, hasn’t a license any more than Sooky has $3. “Skippy,” according to the critics, is Paramount’s living, talking, breathing, whistling picturization of boydom in its most appealing phase. Young Actors Do Share. And the picture offers an ideal nie- dium for Jackie Cocper, whose bubbling enthusiasm and boyish features are shadowed in the face of tragedy by the | look of a serious old_man. | | tional Beth Penrod and Skippy will do their full parts at the benefit parties, adding the appeal of tragic. comic youth to one of the oldest appeals—that.of children who may be forgotten on Cl marning. AR RACES PLANNED AS WORLD CLASSEC| Curtiss Trophy Contest Would Take Place of Schneider Cup Event. The Curtiss Marine Trophy, which for several years has been the object of Navy and Marine Corps seaplane races annually at the Anacostia Naval Alr Station, is to be offered for interna- tional high-speed seaplane races, which it is hoped will take the place of the Schneider races as the world's greltr:t! speed classic. | Establishment of an annual seaplane meet of international character, having as its climax a high-speed race for the Curtiss trophy, has been decided upon by the Contest Committee of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, it was | announced today. As an added incentive to the bullding of special racing seaplanes for Curtiss competition, the committee has de- cided that a minimum total prize money of $5,000 shall accompany the trophy. There was no cash prize of- fered with the Schneider trophy, which became the permanent: possession of | Great Britain last September after years of international competition. Today’s announcement is regarded as of the greatest importance to American aviation, in view of the struggle now in progress to regain for this country its lost position in high-speed aviation. Competition for Event Is Keen. Not only has Congress authorized special appropriations for a high-speed program for the Navy, but the Thomp- | son Trophy race for landplanes has stimulated development which has wrested from France, although unoffi- clally, the world speed record for land- planes. Members of the Mystic Shrine of North America have united to form a $16,000,000 speed foundation, and the new Curtiss Trophy plan will enable them to enter a great international competition. Although the National Capital for years has been the scene of the Curtiss Marine Trophy race up to this year, when the race was not held, the Capital may lose the honor of staging the first international meet for the trophy. Although the plans for international competition became public only today, it is understood that discussion of them among officials of the National Aero- nautic Association, which has custody of the trophy, have led to keen competition for the proposed international meet. Association officials in California and Florida chapters already are showing great interest in bidding for the event. Now that public announcement has | been made of the plans, officials of the lif'rnia and Florida State bodies of National Aeronautic Association are expected to begin the organization of large civic groups to sponsor the race and build it up to Sghneider Cup im- portance. Approved By Committee. ans for international competition for the Curtiss Trophy have been de- v a special board appointed y the Contest Committee and ap- proved by the full committee, which is headed by Orville Wright. The special board is composed of Dr. George W. Lewis, research director fcr the Na- Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics; Col. C. de F. Chandler and Comdr. M. A. Mitscher, U. 8. N, This board, it was announced, pre- ented to the Contest Committee a re- | port recommending the establishment of a water flying festival, with thg Curtiss race for the main event. The meet would include, in addition to the Curtiss race, events for flying boats and amphibians and other competitions | which may be deemed advisable. The principal handicap in staging an internaticnal race of Schneider caliber for the Curtiss Trophy, in the opinion of the board, will be securing sufficent fun inance the meet b Contest Committee members, studying recommendations present- ed to them.” it was announced. “dis- cussed the new and special problems in connection with successful conduct- ing of such an annual seaplane classic.” A requirement of such a race, it was pointed out. must be that it be held in protected waters, owing to the ex- treme hazard of landing tremendously fast seaplanes on rough water. The committee, accordingly, has made & review of cities having suitable shore- line or bay arees for conducting such an event. Many coast sections, be- cause of frequent fog and smoke, could not be considered. Safety Plans Considered. Though the National Capital has protected water and a good speed course, established by the Navy for routine test work, the difficulty of cb- taining adequate financial backing has led members of the association to turn their attention to Florida and Cali- fornia, which have successfully spon- sored large aviation meets. The Na- tional Alr Races held at Los Angeles in 1928 were the first to show financial profit and Miami during the past few years has built up its January Al- American Air Races to a point where they now have become of international .mroriance. = Possible mettods of handling crow<s in order that a sizable gate could be obtained, which were discussed by the mecting. the association announced, “included the establishment by munic- ipal authorities of restricted water areas where a charter charge could be made_for boats operating on restricted shoreline areas where grandstands could be erected and a parking fee asked.” In view of the heavy death toll caused by competition for the Schneider Trephy during the past few years, the Contesc Committee considered plans for competition which might afford a greater factor of safety. i “Although_special consideration had been given by the subcommittee as to whether the race regulations should be reviced to promote chiefly the naviga- bility and performance of flying boats, amphibians and seaplanes particularly suited to the amateur pilot,” it was stated, ‘it was the decision that the race would arouse more interest as a purely speed event and, as such, & strong drawing card for & complete water flying festival.” Last Competition in 1930. The last competition for the Curtiss Trophy was flown at Anacostia on May 30, 1930, and was attended by Glenn H. Curtiss, donor of the trophy, who died soon afterward. The trophy was won by Capt. Arthur H. Page, U. S. IM. €., who was killed the following September in a crash during the Thompson Trophy race at Chicago. Last year's race wos the eleventh held for the Curtiss Trophy. There was no ccmpetition this year because of a decision by naval officials that there was no point to the further racing of standard Navy combat planes, especial- 1y eince the Navy carrier programs had eliminated the faster types of Navy on ' trophy has ncoodpt{or“tfo past year in the main corridor of the Navy Build- ing, where it is to remain until taken nvgav by another winner. Should a foreign seaplane win the trophy next year, when the first international con- test probablygwill be held, the Curtiss Trophy will qelfl'e the United States for the first time since it was offered for comuetiticn ‘:orc than 12 years Mr. Curtiss. rg%m.i-n as to the time and place for holding of the first international Curtiss race will be made by the Con- ittee of the National Aero- | Dist :f:f.ziso nA‘Tsochtlon after it has had lantry in ac the time e It to e e et of 1 e P | injustice of any ! One Killed by Twister E. HARDIN was killed when a tornado wrecked his home, 2t Texarkana, Tex., December 11. The above mained of the residence after the storm passed. injured, probably fatally, and his wife and a daughter, 8, were seriously . hurt. TAY POWER ABUSE CHARGED BY BECK Representative Says Unjust Use of Levy Authority Vio- lates Constitution. Charging “the power to tax has been used to change the essential nature of our Government,” Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, in a radio address last night sponsored jointly by the American Taxpayers’ League and the Natiomal ?oldcutm: Co., urged the need of tax reform “to preserve what is still left of the Constitution.” Recognized as one of the leading au- thorities on the Constitution, Mr. Beck, formerly solicitor general, was invited to speak in the weekly radio program of the league, which is endetvoring to in- terest the people in the question of tax- ation, or, as former Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York pointed out in the first address of the series, to make the citizen “tax-conscious.” Mr. Beck called attention to the fact that the Federal Government, through the power to tax and appropria‘s, has been able to exercise many govern- mental powers which not only were nev- er granted to the Federal Government, but some of which were expressly with- held. “To our English forebears,” he said, “the greatest single force for the maintenance of their liberties was the power over the purse.” Has Faith in People. Mr. Beck declared he had enough confidence in the ultimate rectitude of the American people that when they be- n;se really tax-conscious “they will be- g the work of reform by reducing the expenditures of the Government to the Lmit of its reasonable and legitimate necessities and only to execute govern- mental powers which have either been directly or by necessary implication granted to the Federal Government.” In a democracy such as the United ' States, he pointed out, the citizen should be keenly alive to the justice or ax. “The tax is un- Jjust,” he said, “when imposed beyond the legitimate necessities of the Go ernment, e~onomically administered.” “It is even more deplorable that the power to tax has been used to change the essential nature of our Govern- ment,” Mr. Beck added. “In other words, the power to tax has enabled the Federal Government to operate in a fleld of power which has been expressly reserved to the States.” Called United States Weakness. ‘The power of appropriaten, Mr. Beck further declared, has indeed become the “Achilles heel” of our form of gov- crnment. Many of the “bureaucratic activities” of the Dcpartment of Com- merce or the Agriculture Department, he charged, “can find no possible sanc- tion in the Constitution.” The Government has appropriated the money for non-Federal purposes, Mr. Beck charged in asserting the u. ot these appropriations by Federal bu- reaus has destroyed many of the re- served rights of the States. The fact that the smallest State has equal representation in the Senate with the largest, a condition which, hs de- clared, was forced upon the framers of the Constitution, has led to an abuse and discrimination in the expenditure of revenues raised by taxation. Idaho in 1930. he pointed out. contributed less than $1,00,000 to the Federal Treasur compared with $928.000.000 for New York, yet the smaller State drew $1.- 315,000 out of the Treasury in Federal subsidies, Cites Inequality. In like manner, Mr. Beck declared, only 2 per cent of the population pays an income tax, while 16,000 individuals Pay 60 per cent of the tax thus raised. “This brings me to the heart of the problem,” he said, “It is not strange that the average citizen is not tax- conscious when only twe men out of a hundred pay any income tax. “The American Taxpayers’ League will render a great public service it I can only make the American people tax-conscious. The avercge American is not willingly unfair, but as he feels taxes indirectly, if at all, he is thought- less. One of the great problems of the future will be to readjust the powers of taxation and appropriation 50 that their exercise will be more equitable.” N SANFORD B. STANBERY, 60, | _DIES IN CINCINNATI HOM Southern Railway Trustes Rose From Private to Brigadier Gen- eral During War. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Decomber 15.— Sanford B. Stanbery, 60, brigadier gen- eral during the World War and & trus- tee of the Southern Railway system, died here last night after an illness of several months. An operation from which he never tully recovered preceded his death. Gen, Stan school, so he enlisted 88 & private in the Ohio National Guard. One month after his enlistment for service in the World War he was com- | missioned a colonel by Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio and transferred to Mont- gomery, Ala., as commanding officer of the 145th Infantry. He went overseas with the 37th Division. He was promoted to brigadier general on October 1, 1918, commanded TORNADO ALSO WRECKS HOME OF TEXAN. Associated Press photo shows what re- Hardin's son, 9, was —A. P. Photo. CIIZENS OPPOSE LUMP SUM €T Stanton Park Group Also Against Increase in Gaso- line Tax. Members of the Stanton Park Citi- zens' Assoclation last night instructed their Committee on Law and Legisla- th HOUSE TAKES UP D. C. FISCAL PLAN Debate on'Mapes Report ané New Tax Bills Scheduled Tomorrow. (Continued From First is the most equitable tax that can be imposed because it is based on ability to pay and is a tax that is hard to evade. “More and more this is recog- nized,” he said, “as evidenced by the increase in the number of taxing juris- dictions that have provided for tax upcn incomes “The committee believes if such a tax were imposed in the District as a sub- stitute for the present millage tax on intangible property it would result in greater equality in the distribution of the tax burden in the District would produce a substantial amoun revenue in excess of that now obtained under the millage tax system. Last year the District received a revenue of $2.725,941 from the tax imposed on all intangible property. It is our opinion that if a reasonable income tax is adopted, the amount of revenue ob tained therefrom will exceed the rev nue from the tax now imposed on in- tangibles by not less than $150,000 an- nually and, as has already been said, the tax will be much more equitably distributed among the people. "An income tax would rea people well able to pay some ward the suppoit of Gove now 10 taxes, and it ne derived fro: h gibles from the taxing auth trict, ch Exemptions Are Listed. “The committee. therefore, mends the enactmer a reasonable tax on in s tute for the present millage tax on in- tangible property and is reporting this bill to put this recommendation ir effect.” Accompanying this repor submitted for comparison a income tax rates various States. exemptions from ta: on der act are as follows The income of a married person not or wife up to but $1.000. le person or 8 with husband excess of tion to vigorously oppose adoption of the Mapes Committee report, which would cut the Federal share of the expense of District government to the proposed the recommendations of the Mapes re- taxes be imposed. The citizens | asking that thewld elm trees along East The income of a ma ing with husband ¢ in excess of $2,500 husband and wife make s frem | or have separate inco $9.500,000 to $6.500,000. The organization | of each shall be $1.00! has already expressed itself opposed | increase of gasoline | child un tax, which, they said. is in line with |additio for ea Exemption of $300 8 years ¢ ch dependent | ~ Dividends adopted a resolution | banks Pens Capitol strect be unmolested in further | States. | street-widening projects. Miss Edith G. Hubler, editor and pub- | gifts received during t lisher of the California Voice, oldest prohibition publication in the country; member of the board of the National Temperance Council and of the board | in payment of a de of the United Committee for Law En- | insurance compan forcement, spoke on her work and on law enforcement. Former Representative Willlam D. | par Upshaw ot Gecrgia spoke on suffrage in | 0f | Al inheritances. de | | | ses, bequests year. and How Insurance Is Affected. All insurance reccived by any person im by any benefit society or other N surance paid tnership v ts officers, p. tne District of Columbia, asserting it is | vided that inte; a “travesty on all things right end pa- | to the insurei or accumula triotic that children of the District of | before the maturity of anjy Columbia be brought up in this atmos- | policy shall not be ex phere of patriotism and government and be forced, when they grow up, to | move into an adjoining State to ex- press their patriotism and iaterest.” A short musical program was a part of the evening's entertainment. SHOUSE AND PARTY STOP IN GREENSBORO Demccratic Leader Is on Way to | | | } Birm ngham to Address Party Gathering. e | By the Associated Pres | GREENSBORO, N. C.. December 15. | —Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Demo- cratic National Executive Committee, stopped here last night on his way to Birmingham, where he is to address a | State-wide Democratic gathering to- night. The party traveling by air, had plan- ned to spend the night in Atlanta, but elaved in Richmond by weather d nct reach here il 1fu noon. Mr. Shouse was acccmpanied by Sullivant Evaps, vice’president of th American Airw «nd Carter Sierling of Mississippi, Democratic victory fund chairman, who is feturning home from a meeting of the fund leaders in Wash- | ington last week. | _The parly leader said the delay would eliminate the Atlanta stopover, and that | his plane would stop merely for fuel be- | fore continuing to Birmimgham. | Mr. Shouse said he would leave Bir- mingham immediately after the meet- ing for Omaha to visit his\mother be- fore returning East. |CHEST APPROACHES | $1.000.000 GOAL IN | U.S. WORKERS’ DRIVE (Continued From .First Page.) | uary, February and March, in each |of which months the employes are | giving a day's salary. Contribution List, | The contributions follow: Amt. sub- No of " scribed employes through . Department Dec. 14 The White Siae Deparia International “Bou.id. Com fnternational Jomt Com.... nter-American High Com. . Mixed Claims Commission. . Treasury Department 5 Dept. (comm. officers). | War Dept. (civilian emp.) . | Department of Justice...... Post Office Dept. and Postai Service 4 D 1 estab. Interior Depart Dept. of Agr} Dept. of & | District B | Alien Property Custodian | Veterans' Administration | Fed. Board for Voc. Educ Tariff Commission.. ... | Bureau of the Budget.. 8 Inland Waterways Corp. 1 Government Pointing Office. 3,34 cderal Reserve Board 14 | | Raliroad Administration ., | General Accounyms Office: . | Commission of Pine Arts..: | Interstate Commercs™ Com. | Board of Mediation.. Federal Power Comm | Federal Trade Commis | pe | Bub, Blas. & Pub. Par Smithsonfan Tustitution Pai Canal ,...... D} ment. ic., aDpr 92 132,621.68 2.775.15 50,01 4 0 6 TN rsonnel Classification Bd, roBon 553288 - 82288 35 3333252888828 a=ag _........... 258 ¢ Aero. TR h = for 2 S g 5 Court Court of C Patent Appeals P8 “Botanle Garde: | 8. Supreme Coust a| brigade of the 78th Division in the Ar- gonne offensive and was awarded the Service Medal for gal- ntn tion. Sowtbegn. P 1o ‘Washington about | | | | ‘:‘Vlning for reasonable Of 82,000 trains run by one En(lhhl railway in.a yecent month, ved oQ than"2 ] tion. Income of national £ savings banks, trust companie ing and loan associations and all re- higious, scientific, benevolent or educa- tonal organizations, not organized or conducted for pecuniary profits. Interest nupon the obligations of the United States or its possessions or in- terest upon the obligations of any State government or of any political subdi- vision thereof. Frear Analyzes Estate Tax. In reporting to t no inheritance or estat the District of Cola Federal estate tax. Forty-six of tk States impose either a tax on {tance or estates and the com: t agreed to recommend for passage estate tax which in many T like the Federal estate tax, ar 4 in its method @ assessment and collec- tion. “It has be® asc ined that reasonable rates somewhat lower th the average of such taxes in th | eral States, the es the ¢t Governme anual _reve 0.000. There is son why such a tax sh vided 1n the Distgjct. esp: Federa! Governments pe of all inheritance taxe States, or which may be paid District of Columbia, up to 8J centum of the Federal estate taxes “We believe that the estale tax is preferable to the inheritance tax be- cause of its simplicity. It has the ad- vantage that the tax may be computed immediately after the value of the tax- able estate is determined. This results in a material saving in time and ex- pense. toth to the e nd to the government that im: he tax Furthermore, it is ea. the testator to determine in advance the total taxe® burden upon the estate, an 1 he can carry out exactly as to the net amount which the several beneficiaries are to receive. Has Advantage of Simplicity. “The estate tax is not a tax on ene terprise, but is & tax on the acident of birth, and the return to the Gove ernment at the conclusion of one's life of a reasonable share of accumulated wealth permitted by the laws under which we live. “The estate tax has the advantage of simplicity and the with which estates may be therefore, recommend at pe tax estates of descendants within the Dis- trict of Columbia be enacted into law. ];AND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:20 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “For the Freedom of the World,” Zamecnik Overture, “Frolic of the Fairles,” Bigge Intermezzo, “On the Riviera,” Baron Scenes from the light opera “Mikado,” Sullivas Fox trot, “It Looks Like Su: ‘Waltz suite, “Forget- Finale, “What's_the “The Star Spanglad T Newman Banner.” CHRISTMASY/ Shoppingdays till Christmas