Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21. 1932 * A5 MAPES TAX BILLS HELD “TYRANNY" Richmond Park Citizens Vote to Back Federation in Fighting Increases. Branding the Mapes bills for in- ereased taxation as “tyranny,” the Richmond Park Citizens’ Association last night voted to lend its support and active backing in the fight the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations is making against the measures. The resolution left it tion group to determine of attacking the what modification of the before Congress would best ad equitably meet the increased tax needs of the District. This action places the Richmond Park Association in line with a long list of similar or- ganizations which have gone on record in a vigorous disapproval of the Mapes bills. to the federa- best method report now Not Equitable or Just. “It is not equitable or just that the citizens of Washington should be called upon to support almost in their entirety the tremendous holdings of the Federal Government in the District of Col bia,” said J. W. McGarry, who le: attack on the bills. “The United St Government is not bes g Jjust share of this expense, and this it should do before for more money in taxes “The fact that the ways proposed for securing additional income under the Mapes bills are manifestly unfair does not tend to lessen the feeling of an- tagonism with which the bills are con- templated by the taxpayer.” The Department of Commerce will be called upon to investigate allegations that airplanes are violating air traffic laws in flying too low over the Rich- mond Park section, following complaint by Dr. Homer Curtis that the noise of low-flying plane: interfered with | the recovery of persons under his care. The ships, he said, fly at alti- | tudes over the residential section that | are not only annoying but dangerous | as well Ask Recreational Facilities. A petition will also be presented to the District Commissioners asking for additional recreation facilities in the | locality, with a view to securing for | park purposes nearby timber land that | at present is standing idle. At the same time request will be made that Porter street be extended to connect with the Rock Creek Park boulevard system to afford a new automobile out- let to the business section. Petition will also be made for cleaning up the area at Thirty-seventh street, Quebec street and Idaho avenue and the tri- angle at Thirty-fourth street and Reno road, and a traffic light will be re- quested at the intersection of Porter street and Connecticut avenue. There was no contest at the annual election of officers, and George L. Buck- man was re-elected president of the association, W. M. Sparhawk vice presi- dent, G. E. Clark secretary and W. J Calnan treasurer. TAX BILLS AND U. S. Southwest ‘Washington Citi- zens Take Unanimous Stand Against Mapes’ Measures. Opposition to the Mapes taxation bills was expressed in a resolution adopted last night by the Southwest Washington Citizens' Association meet- ing in the Fairbrother School, Tenth and E streets southwest The resolution, adopted unanimously | was introduced by Percy Brady. | Milton Barrett introduced another resolution, which was adopted, oppos- / Teduction in salaries of Fed- ves. The motion included the suggestion that the Federation of Citizens’ Associations call a mass meet- | ing in an effort to show Congress the | sentiment of the people of Washington. | Mrs. John P. Neligh of Neighborhood | House, said reductions should not in | any case affect small salaried employes Herbert S. Wood of the Community Chest delivered an address explaining | the functions of the Chest and the great ributions this year . Schaffer, president of the association, presided. DAHLGREN IN.DORSES BILL| RESTRICTING FIREARMS Citizens' Association Also for Erec- tion of Stadium at the Roose- v High School The Dahlgren Citlz Association, meeting at the Crosby Noyes School, last night, indorsed the Capper bill to re- strict the sale of firearms in the District of Columbia. They also passed a reso- lution advocating erection of a stadium at the Roosevelt High School A resolution was passed asking for the paving of First street northeast from New York avenue to the Union Station Plaza. The body claims that this would shorten the distance down- e, Boy Scout executive e on the Col ntertainment was given after the meeting by the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co.’s Glee Club under direction of G. A. Small, Chest A.R.to Give Bicentennial Play DECLARE AUTO TAX “RETURN OF WASHINGTON” TO BE DEPICTED NEXT MONTH. sop: Bottom WO scenes from the play ary 3 at 8:15 pm. in the Memo “The I it of his mother (Mrs. Jason Waberman). invitation list to the reception in his honor with his wife, Martha (Mrs. W. W. Caldwell). “HIS Motners ISiesSINg.” “The Return of Washington,” to be given Febru- | here at home.” of the American Revolution. The play was written and will be directed | by Mrs. T. J. Holzberg, a member of the D. A. R. In the upper picture, | George Washington (Miss Harriet Chace) is shown receiving the blessing | "IMPERILS INDUSTRY ?Dealers Cite Large Part Played in Business by Automotive Trade. | Potnting out the motor vehicle indus- try is the third most important busi- ness in the Capital, the Washington Automotive Trade Assoclation, in a | statement issued today, sald the pro- posed Federal excise tax on new auto- | mobiles, trucks, tires, parts and accesso- | ries conBtitutes a “direct threat” to | this line of business. | The levy would run from 2': to 5| per cent, and by its application “the incomes of thousands of Washingto- nians will be menaced,” the motor | dealers declared. Will Appear Saturday. The statement was issued as leading figures in the motor world were gather- ing here to appear Saturday before the House Ways and Means Committee to protest the tax. Figures cited by the assoclation show | the total annual retail sales of the Dis- | trict exceed $331,000,000. Fifteen per | cent of this, or approximately $50,000.- | 000, represents the sale of automobiles | and allied products. Washington has a total of 5,917 retail outlets of all kinds, of which 573, or almost 10 per cent, are in the automotive group. The retail outlets of all kinds em- ploy almost 40,000 persons, 3800 of whom gain their livelihood in the mo- tor group, again almost 10 per cent. The total retail pay roll runs more than $43,000,000 and of this the automotive group meets more than $6 000,000, ris- ing to more than 14 per cent of the whole | $654,051 Paid in Rents. “The automotive industry pays to the property owners of Washington a total of $654,051 for rents. “Washington has more than 450 mer- shants selling repairs, gasoline, oil, ac- cessories, tires and batteries, all of which are imporfant providers of pay | rolls and rentals. There are 106 public garages, paying $379.806 for rent and $329,283 for other expenses and employ- ing 435 workers who earn $667,672. The filling_stations pay $524.241 for rent, $851,875 for other expenses and employ almost a thousand persons who earn $1,313459. Other unclassified auto- motive outlets add another $40,000 to the pay roll figures. “The result of all this is that the ag- gregate sum of well above $12,000,000 is spent by the automotive group right nvitation List.” rial Continental Hall by the Daughters | TEACHERS FAVOR PRESENT SCHOOL BOARD SYSTEM ‘Teachers of the McKinley High School In the lower he is seen going over the | ELDERLY COUPLE END LIVES BY DRIVING Double Suicide Plan Mailed Just Before Tragedy in Maine. By the Associated Press SOUTH FREEPORT, Me, January 21.—Clasped in each others arms, Mr. and Mrs. John Ineson, both about 68 years old, went to their death in a double suicide yesterday as their auto- mobile plunged into Casco Bay. A few minutes earlier the couple had mailed letters at the local post office to their daughter and a brother of Ineson which indicated they planned to take their lives. | They then headed the car down short, steep Wharf Hill. No one saw BURGLAR ALARM LEADS TO ARREST OF YOUTH Boy Says He Robbed Restaurant| After Fleeing From Adjoining Roof When A burglar alarm which protects the | Castelberg jewelry sore at 1004 F street landed John Kaspar, 18, Collier, W. Va., in jail early todey, when he was booked | for investigation in connection with the | robbery of a neighboring business estab- | lishment. Police were checking up on his state- ment that he had robbed a restaurant | at 522 Tenth street while escaping from | the Castelberg premises after the bur- glar alarm had frightened him away. Change amounting to $12 was missing from the restaurant cash register, and | Kaspar is said to have admitted the theft. Me is alleged to have pried open a trap door on the roof above the jewelry store, and when zn approach- | ing police car summoned by the burglar alarm system neared the store, he is alleged to have clambered through a second-story window of an adjoining building and made his way int> the restaurant He was running away from the res- taurant, police charge, when he was placed under arrest, and, according to officers, admitted that he had hid the money in a tin can in the alley. Nearly 40 irrigation projects are to be launched in Jugoslavia in the next four vears Police Came. | | what you can for Fredericka ‘A new br(ysiere for moderns It lifts, rounds ond molds. It vanquishes that flat-chested look. It dispels that sag- ging look. It does n ot bind or cut, becouse of its soft, downy lining feature. Sold ot all the better corset departments and shops. S]OO Made by The Formft Com, to 52:_'.0 Chicago » New York pany have forwarded to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee a resolu- tion indorsing the present method of appointment of the Board of Educatior AUTO INTO BAY< y the Supreme Court of the District |and declaring that a change is unde- | sirable. The Natfonal Soclety of the United | Daughters of 1812, of New Brunswick, |N. J, has sent to Chairman Norton in- dorsement of the bill to exempt the na- tional headquarters property of the so- clety in Washington at 1461 Rhode Island avenue from taxation. They point out that this building is main- tained as a library snd museum. The District Commissioners officially | notified the House District Committee today that they have no objections to the car as it left the wharf, but work- | the iwo pending bills seeking authoriza- men nearby, attracted as it sped past |tion for the construction of pipe lines them, found the top of the closed | for petroleum in the District machine and the ccuple’s hats floating | s Wowsa 1o enaiine © ~ | ADDRESS' TO'BE GIWEN BY MISS ANNE GUTHRIE_ The bodies. with arms about each other, were found in the machine when it was hauled from the 10 f f of water & few hours later. | Miss Anne Guthrie, continental sec- Both had been ill for some time, |retary of the Y. W. C. A. in South| e e | America, will address the membership | dinner and annual meeting of the| Young Women's Christian Association | A letter addressed to their daugh- ter, Mrs. Hugh Smith of Stephenville, of this city tomorrow night in Barker | Hall at 6:30 o'clock. Tex., and opened by the authorities, Brief reports for the year and the report of returns of the 1932 election | of members to the board of directors will be made, Mrs. A. Chambers Oli- phant will preside and make the presi- | dent’s annual report. | Miss Hettle P. Anderson. general sec- | retary of the D. C. Y. W. C. A, will 1s0 present her yearly report of activi- es of the association. Smith) Arrangements for the meeting are in Mrs. Bernice Stewart, who sold Ine- | the hands of Mrs. Charles Will Wright. son stamps for the two letters, said | chairman of the Membership Commit- that he appeared to be calm, tee, and her committee. Medical Examiner Arthur L. Gould| The ballots cast for the 11 new di-| of Freeport sald death was due to|rectors of the board will be officially drowning, and that the letters left no | counted and the result announced at doubt it was suicide. this meeting. EISEMAN’S SEVENTH AND F STS. Revealed in Letters a Daughter, mother and I are gone. Don’t come.’ Your uncle will take care of things. “FATHER.” Death Due to Drowning. The other letter, addressed to W. F. Ineson of Suncook, N. H., brother of Ineson, said | “My wife is worse through failure. Come and take charge of things. Care | & (Mrs. | th Friday Clearance SALE OF SMALL LOTS All refunds. returns or final—no Alterations sales cost. 15 12 ALL-WOOLTROUSERS Reduced from $4.65-$6.65 250 pairs of high-grade trousers in many at OVERCOATS $ Reduced from $25 & $30 Pure all-wool fabrics in shades of brown, grey and blue. All sizes. smart ALL-WOOL SUITS Reduced from $25 Finely $ tailored and trimmed. Good patterns in blue, gray and brown shades. ' All sizes. shades and patterns. All sizes. Bill to Secularize All Cemeteries in Spain Is Approved PADERBHSH D NCAPTAL SUNDAY | Will Give First of Five Relieff Concerts in Constitution Hall Monday Night. By the Associated Press. MADRID, January 21. — The Spanish National Assembly has formally approved the final ar- ticle of a measure to secularize all cemeteries. It provides that no burial services of a religious character may be held unless the deceased had specially requested it in his will. Parents are given authority to decide what services shall be held for minors. The proposal has still to be | | ratified as a whole. FARMERS BACK MURRAY Oklahoma Union Breaks Precedent Ignace Paderewski, world famous | Polish pianist, will give a concert Mon- | day night in Constitution Hall for the unemployed of this country, the first of | five such concerts. In this way the Polish artist and pa- | R e triot is endeavoring personally to repay | |\the American people the debt of grati- | OKLAHOMA CITY, January 21 (#). |tyde he and his countrymen feel they | —The Oklahoma Farmers’ Unlon has | we the people of the United States for | broken a precedent to go on record as | (he help given them during the great | supporting Gov. William H. (Alfalfa Bill) | war and during the still more try- Murray for the Democratic presidential 1,ng period of reconstruction following | nomination. The union acted after ap- | poland's independence. proving his policies in convention yes- terday. It previously had not com-| The great musiclan, who, in his en- mitted itself to individuals. try, decided at one time, when Poland became independent, to forsake music for politics, only to find later that music is the least treacherous of the two, is now again devoting all his time to music. Paderewski is a great idealist, a great sentimentalist and a man with a warm heart. He was shocked at the idea that many Americans who only a few vears ago contributed largely to the re- lief of the starving éhildren of Poland should be suffering now. Assistance Not Forgotten. He decided to prove that he had not forgotten what the people of this coun- try had done for Poland and offered to give a number of concerts, the proceeds whereof should go entirely to the un- employment fund. His suggestion was warmly accepted by everybody and Mrs. Hoover is sponsoring the concerts, which are going to be given in important cities. A committee has been appointed to ex- press to Mr. Paderewski deep appreci- ation for his generous gift for the Na- tion’s unemployed. This committee is composed of Vice President Curtis. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes. ‘The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stin:son. Mrs, Willlam Howard Taft Mgr. James H. Ryan, rector of the Catholic University. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of the George Washington University. Judge John Barton Payne, clairman of the American National Red Cross. Mr. Paderewski probably will arrive in Washington Sunday and it is likely [LIFETIME URN FURNI TURE be the guest of the President and Mrs. Hoover. | This is the list of those who have so | far purchased boxes for Paderewski's | concert: | Mrs. Herbert Hoover, the Chief Jus- | tice and Mrs. Hughes, the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, ghe Secretary of | War and Mrs. Hurley, the Secretary of | the Navy and Mrs. Adams, the Secre- | tary of the Interior and Mrs. Wilbur, _the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. | Lamont, Senator and Mrs. David Reed, Senator Walcott, Senator and Mrs. W. | Warren Barbour, the American Ambas- sador to Argentina and Mrs. Bliss, | Eugene Meyer, head of the Federal | Reserve Board, and Mrs. Meyer; Un- dersecretary of State William R. 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