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Stage Music Part 4—10 Pages CHEST DONATI RISING GIFT TIDE IS ONLY| 10 PCT. SHORT OF RECORD Contributions Already in Advance of ‘ Screen Radio Last Year Indicate Total Will Be “Quite an Achievement.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24—A ris- ing tide of community chest contribu- tions, within 10 per cent of the record | 1929 figures, was hailed tonight as a significant development by Bradley Buell, associate director of Community Chests and Councils. Actual contributions thus far re- ported, Buell said, were only 1 per cent ahead of last year but the indi- cation that an upward trend was in sight was viewed as “quite an acheive- ment.” “This is very reassuring and encour- aging,” he added, “in view of the large amount of money going into relief, which means that the large givers are paying higher taxes for that purpose. “Total contributions thus far this year are only 10 per cent under 1929. Any comparison of that sort with 1929 1s exceptionally favorable, because the country’s net income is down probably 50 per cent.” The Chest headquarters said the| following list of cities which have | completed or virtually completed their campaigns shows contributions this Fall as compared with a year ago: 1933 1934 . $302,427 $309,000 1,629,945 1,730,000 159,500 | 502,000 Reading, Pa... Detroit, Mich. Portland, Me. Seattle, Wash. Milwaukee, Wis. Lincoln, Nebr... Springfield. Mass Atlanta, Ga. ... Washington, D. C Indianapolis, Ind.. 700,728 701, 650 Houston, Tex...... 435288 466,900 Campaigns are still being carried on, Buell said, in Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City,-St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul and New Orleans. Buell said that large contributions | of $5,000 and over were “holding their own,” as were the smaller gifts of $5 | and under. “The in-between gifts are the ones that show the main shrinkage,” he asserted. “Though communities may not be FIGHT AGAINST LONG WILL NOT DIMINISH Spirit of Broussard Lives in Group He Sponsored to Combat Dictator. 502,334 869,217 l 168,500 1,405,000 Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La, November 24 —Sudden death during the past week of former Senator Edwin S. Broussard removed from the lists a leader in Louisiana’s fight between Long and anti-Long partisans, but the former lawmaker's passing prob- ably will have no effect on the move- ment against Senator Huey P. Long’s policies and practices being continued by Louisianans in their home State and at Washington. Senator Broussard was champion of the anti-Long citizens in the sena- | torial primary of 1932, in which he was defeated for re-election by Senator John H. Overton. After that primary Senator Broussard filed charges that the Overton nomination was tainted with fraud. The United States Senate was rep- resented in investigation of these | charges by its special committee | headed first by the late Senator Rob- ert B. Howell and later by Senator Tom Connally. Before hearings by the committee were ended, Broussard and his counsel, Edward Rightor, withdrew from the case, charging that the investigation was not being con- ducted properly and that the attitude of the committee was not such as was required to achieve results. Senator Broussard made no claim that he had ‘won the nomination. His retirement from connection with the investigation of his charges did not affect Senator Broussard's atti- tude toward Senator Long and his machine. When he returned to his home at New Iberia after completing his second term in Congress he worked with his friends in movements in be- half of candidates opposing proteges of Long. WEST VIRGINIAACTS TO JOIN POWER ROW State Plans to Intervene in Court Fight Over Federal Com- mission’s Rights. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., November 24—The State of West Virginia plans to intervene in the court fight over whether the Federal Power Commis- sion has the right to exercise control over New River in Southern West Virginia. Attorney General Homer A. Holt, who says the State is “naturally in- terested in its water power resources,” will file a petition in the Federal Dis- trict Court setting forth the State's| position in the contest between the | Federal Government and three com panies building a hydro-electric proj ect at Hawks Nest, Fayette County. District Attorney George I. Neal has asked Federal Judge George W. Mc- Clintic to enjoin the construction of a power dam in New River, contend- ing it will interfere with navigation in the New and Kanawha Rivers. ‘The dam builders, the Electro- Metallurgical Co., the New-Kanawha Power Co. and the Union Carbide and Carbon Co. of New York, assert the New is not navigable, [} | A raising the amount they have set as their goal this year, that doesn’t mean anything. They are setting their goals considerably higher than the amount they raised last year because there is so much need.” ACTION 15 SOUGHT ON MINIMUM WAGE Pennsylvania Meeting Seeks to Spur State Ratifi- cation. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 24.— Delegates of 11 Northeastern States, meeting here in conference on uni- form labor laws, took steps to speed action by the States on the minimum wage pact. The confereces adopted resolutions binding delegates to urge Governors of their States to recommend ratifica- tion to their Legislatures, to urge Governors to name commissions on uniform labor pacts, and to include legislators in the membership of such commissions. Ratification of _the child labor | amendment to the United States Con- stitution was urged as a more speedy and effective method of abolishing child labor than separate enactments by State Legislatures. The conference, one of a series in which the Northeastern Industrial States have sought uniformity in labor legislation in a region in which in- dustrial and economic conditions are comparable, was called in expectation that delegates would sign a pact out- | lining model legislation to prohibit employment of children in industry. The next conference, December 15, at Providence, R. I., will attempt to reach agreement on unemployment insurance and standard hours of work. Pnrtlcipmnz in the conferences for uniformity in labor laws for the re- gion are Maryland, Delaware, Penn- sylvania, New Jersey, New York, Con- necticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, | New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. | be averted. Some of his erstwhile | Too many differences regarding ap- | plication to individual State problems arose when a model child labor law | was presented, and delegates declined ' to sign. Greater uniformity over a wider area could be obtained more quickly by congressional action under the proposed child labor amendment, they argued, eliminating danger that industry might shift to States more lax on this point. Baltimore Asks Lower Tax Rate And Economies Civic Groups Make Demands on Mayor and City Council. BALTIMORE, November 24.—Some- thing new in the operation of city governments was proposed here this week, when representatives of 26 civic organizations, headed by Harry E. Karr of the Real Estate Board, ap- peared before the mayor and City Council, demanding that the tax for 1935 be set at $2.15 per $100 and ex- penditures be limited to $40,000.000 or $40,500,000 next year. This is a complete reversal of the way the tax rate has been worked out in previous years, Heretofore, heads of the 30-odd city departments have presented their budget for the coming year, and after slight pruning by the Board of Esti- mates, the total amount for opera- tion of the city government has been set and the tax rate fixed on this basis. The taxable basis of Baltimore for 1935 is approximately $1,800,000,000. Figured on this basis, it is esti- mated that a tax rate of $2.15 per $100 would produce around $40,000,- 000, which the realty interests hold should be sufficient income to run the city next vear. The Real Estate Board, represent- ing the home owners, which consti- tutes approximately 75 per cent of the homes in Baltimore City, feels that a fixed rate of taxation also should be set on realty, as' well as on personal property. CONCLAVE OF STATES he Sundwy Shar WASHINGTON, D. C, ONS THROUGHOUT U. S. NEAR 1929 TOTAL U. S. ORGANIZES FORCES FOR RELIEF THIS WINTER From Federal to County Governments, Wallace as He Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace is shown here (center) at a recent luncheon in Chicago, at which he delivered an address defending the administration’s agrarian policies. Seated with him are Ira Nelson KANSAS T0 FIGHT INVASION OF BEER Old Leaders Under New Banners Hint at Another Carry Nation Drive. By the Assoctated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 24— Amid warnings of another Carry Na tion drive and talk of "wnch»bum-i - K f all fi h bons: ary” for Bhiyears; | floc e PRet GkisT I hone 8 ing,” Kansas, “! is laying plans for a fight this Winter over 3.2 beer. The new battle finds old leaders under new banners and old weapons in new hands. William Allen White, Emporia edi- tor and lifelong dry, advocates legali- zation of the 3.2 brew in order that another and possibly more successful revolt against the State amendment comrades in the dry camp heaped criticism on him for his stand, while others joined with him. Some stanch “wets” are demand- ing complete outlawry of any beverage with an alccholic content greater than one-half of 1 per cent. They theorize that the sooner Kansas is completely dried up, the quicker will come re- peal of the State’s dry laws. Women With Hatchets. Already there has arisen a group of women with hatchets to emulate and outdo, if necessary, Carry Nation in wrecking places where intoxicants are sold. Wwilliam D. Upshaw, nationally known prohibitionist, has declared that: “If worst come to worst it would be better to burn a few (wet) witches than to let the devil grab the young | people of Kansas and ruin their souls | for all eternity.” The fight briefly will be on these lines: Kansas this month voted by a 75.- | 000 majority to retain in its constitu- tion the pioneer prohibition amend- ment, enacted 54 years ago and rigid- ly enforced since. As soon as the counting ended, there developed two movements toward loosening of the rigid enforcement statutes in back of the law. The leader of one of the movements was White who, while not retreating from his dry position, urged that 3.2 beer be legalized, under the theory that the best dry strategy is to rule with a lenient hand to the extent of legalizing 3.2 beer and allowing a certain amount of liquors for home use. The other movement came from the wets, who are not united. There are, in the wet camp, those who urge that 3.2 beer and any beverage hav- ing an alcoholic content greater than one-half of 1 per cent be rigidly pro- hibited. Both White’s school of thought in the dry camp and the rigid enforce- ment school in the wet ranks are in the minority. Mrs. Mary Frazee of Arkansas City, Kans,, has arisen as the State’s mod- ern Carry Nation. The hatchets of Kansas women, she has declared, wil? again, if necessary, seek to destroy the liquor trade in Kansas. Model Town Honoring Norris Built at Cost of $3,500,000 NORRIS, Tenn., November 24 (#).— A model village, replete with every modern convenience, has arisen in the hills of East Tennessee as a monument to Senator George W. Norris of Ne- braska. Costing approximately $3,500,000, the town was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority to house married workers engaged in construction of the nearby $34,000,000 Norris Dam. Both the town and dam were named “Norris” to honor the Nebraska Sen- gtor who led a 12-year fight for Gov- ernment operation of Wilson Dam, at Muscle Shoals, and development of water power resources of the Ten- nessee River—now a reality under the administration of President Roosevelt. Norris is a town of charm and beauty. A. E. Morgan, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, calls it “The most beautiful small town in Tennessee.” It nestles near the center of & 4 2,500-acre wooded tract. So far 350 houses and five low-cost apartment houses have been constructed. One group of houses is built of wood and brick, another of cinder concrete blocks, and a third group of native stone. Different plans were used to avoid uniformity. Each house is provided with water, sewer and electrical services. The ma- jority of the houses have electric kitchen ranges and water heaters, and are heated entirely by electricity, which is provided from Muscle Shoals at the low rate of 4 mills a kilowatt hour. The unit cost for each house, in- clug all overhead, ranges from $2,845 to $6,365. Rents range from $12 to $45 a month. The average rent for first- class houses is $30.38. Chairman Morgan occupies & $45 a month house. Nmo(mhomvmbcwldhy the T. V. A, Stockyards Fire Paves Way For Greatest Farmers in Far Corners of the Land Begin Trek for ing, Set for December 1. By the Assoclated Press. | CHICAGO, November 24—Out of | the ashes of Chicago's great stock- | yard fire of six months ago has risen a new and finer setting for the thirty- fifth International Live Stock Exposi- | North America. | The exposition opens December 1, but already entries in some divisions have closed and farmers in the far| corners of the land are beginning tnt‘ long trek to Chicago with their finest | live stock and choicest products in tow. Last May 19 when fire swept mer’y the stockyards district and for a while | threatened a large section of the city, | the thought went around that perhaps | the exposition would of necessity be canceled this year. Job Quickly Begun. But it proved only a thought. Hard- 1y had the embers cooled before crews of workmen reported on the scene. In place of the old exposition build- ing, razed by the flames, is a new one | resembling a huge fleld house and capable of seating 12,000 persons, twice the capacity of its predecessor. In it also is more than 2,500,000 square feet for exhibition purposes. With the exposition building as a focal point, the live stock show will spread out over many acres of run- ways and pens where will be herded the live stock until their turn comes— if it comes—to parade in triumph be- fore throngs gathered in the amphi- theater. While 12,000 animals were exhib- ited last year the management is look- ing forward to an even greater outturn | this year. Part of this confidence is based on the fact that entries closing | November 1 for fat cattle were among | :he biggest pre-exposition lists in hls_) ory. | ing for national honors in the 4-H SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, Defended 1934, Morris (left), former United States Ambassador to Sweden, and Walter J. Cummings, Chicago banker. Livestock Show, Chicago Open- These do not include the carlot con- tests of commercial cattle, sheep and | swine to be judged by Chicago pack- | ing-house buyers, entries for which may be made up to within a few days of the exposition’s opening. Last vear and in 1932 more than 400 car- lots were listed. 15 States on Board. So keen is competition among the | rize animals that the judging of them is left to a board of judges from | 15 States, the District of Columbia, | Canada, and Scotland. As in the past, the honor—or duty —of picking the grand champion steer goes to Walter Biggar of Scotland. For the tenth year he is making the | trip from Dalbeattie, Scotland. | But it is only a passing honor for the steer, for shortly after the grand champion has been named it is led | away to the auction block on a route that ultimately leads to the slaughter house. It was during the boom year of | 1929 that a record price of $8.25 a | pound was obtained for the grand | champion selected by Biggar. The exposition this year also will attract to Chicago some 12300 farm boys and girls, winners of 4-H Club achievement contests, and each striv- Club Congress to be held here. Club members will have their own exposition of cattle and also will dis- play their championship crops and | handiwork. General manager of the 1934 ex- position is B. H. Heide, who has been | working hand in hand with Arthur G. Leonard, chairman of the board and president of the Union Stock Yards & Transit Co., guiding genius and one of the founders of the series of expositions. Henry W. Marshall, Lafayette, Ind., publisher, is presi- dent of the board. FLORIDA WELCOMES JOBLESS TO WORK Every Transient to Be Taken Care 0f, Declares State Director of Federal Relief. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, November 24 —Roving jobless who want to spend the Winter under Florida's sunny skies may do so, if they're willing to work. Henry Redkey, State director of transients for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, said today it was the policy of the F. E. R. A. to take care of every transient who comes to Florida “even if it becomes neces- sary to build a tent over half of the State.” But, Redkey added, all transient%e- lief is work relief. There is no alter- native. The transient service and Florida sheriffs recently worked out a co-op- erative plan for handling the problem. Anyone registering at a transient bureau will be assigned to a task. If he refuses to work, he will be turned over to the county as a vagrant and is likely to receive a stiff sentence of labor in one of the State's convict road camps. - LACK OF FUNDS HITS COOK COUNTY SCHOOLS 600 Children Outside Chicago Already Deprived of Oppor- tunity for Education. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 24—Thou- sands of Cook County pupils, outside of Chicago, face the prospect of no school in the near future unless funds to continue classes are obtained. Two schools already are closed, leav- ing more than 600 children without educational facilities, and 70 schools, with an enroliment of 10,000, were described by county authorities as in “desperate” condition. C. R. Welsher, auditor for Cook County Schools, who has spent months mldylnl the problem, said new means of raising revenue offered the only long-time solution of the dilemms, ) GEORGIANS TO ACT ON STERILIZATION Insanity Curb Sought by Legisla- ture in Treatment of Mentally Afflicted. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, November 24 —Sterili- zation of the mentally unfit to curb insanity is expected to be an issue before the next Georgia Legislature. The number of patients at the State Hospital for Insane at Milledgeville is 6,250—more than double the figure of 25 years ago. E. E. Lindsey, chair- man of the State Board of Control in charge of the hospital, says many of the cases are hereditary. “It is a financial problem for the State government and the taxpayers, just as it is an economic and a social problem for the people of the State,” he says. Lindsey has suggested steril- ization of hopelessly insane patients at the hospital. Sterilization has been discussed at nearly every session of the Georgia Legislature in recent years, but noth- ing has been done about it. Lindsey says he will provide members of the Legislature, which meets in January, with information on the subject. [ — GEORGIAN PLANS SPEEDY DIVORCE COURT SYSTEM Special Tribunal to Be Asked of Next Legislature, With 90- Day Residence Feature. By the Associated Press. . NEWNAN, Ga, November 24— Snappy service in snipping the mar- ital ties of the Nation’s unhappily wed will be available in conservative Geor- gia if State Representative Stonewall Dyer has his way. Dyer said he will ask the next Legis- lature to speed up the handling of divorce cases by providing special courts in the larger cities and enabling outsiders to get divorces after 90 days’ residence. He explained that while his proposal would “doubtless attract divorce cases here from other States, the plan is designed to save money to the ux- payers and to relieve congestion of our courts,” [} —A. P. Photo. OKLAHOMA USING OWN BRAIN TRUST Marland Lining Up His New Deal by Holding Party Meetings Daily. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, November 24 —Oklahoma, which voted overwhelm- ingly for the “New Deal” November 6, emerged today with her “New Deal,” “brain trust” and all. Elected on an unqualified “support the New Deal” platform, E. W. Mar- land, Democrat, who will become Gov- ernor January 14, is hoiding daily meetings of his “brain trust” at his palatial home in Ponca City. When he goes into office his “planned pro- | gram” will be ready to go before the Legislature for immediate action. Determined to get advice from those most able to give it on all of Okla- homa's many problems, Marland has | named committees of leading citizens | to study the budget, revenue and taxa- tion, old-age pensions, State institu- tions, subsistence homesteads and co- | cperation with the Federal Govern- | ment on its public works program. Know How to Get Support. He has included among his com- | mittee members a sprinkling of vet- erans who have shoved bills through | recalcitrant Legislatures and know where and when to “pull the strings.” In majority, to be sure, is new blood, prominent men and women who never before have been active in politics. Within a week after the election both houses of the Legislature had been organized. Marland has called a meeting of the legislators for Monday (Novem- ber 26). He will outline to them what he wants done. Hurley Is Adviser. Another step taken by the Gov- ernor-elect was the calling of a parley | of oil States’ Governors December 3. To assist him in ironing out the troublesome oil production prablem, Marland has obtained Patrick Hurley, Republican former Secretary of War, as adviser. Outstanding in Marland's plan is abolition of the automobile tag agent system, a thing dear to the hearts | of the politicians and a patronage set- up which has provided 125 jobs for the legislators to deal out. Marland would have the county clerk, or some other elected county officer, handle the tags to save each automobile owner 50 cents. Leaders of Grange Sherman N. Lowell (left) of Fredonia, N. Y., only living past master ol the National Grange, shown greeting National Master Louis J. Taber at meeting of the sixty-eighth annual session of the grange at In his address to representatives of State Granges Taber outlined a five-point program for rural recovery, the opening Hartford, Conn. Civic Activities Autos—Aviation Nation Prepares By the Assoclated Press. From Federal Government to coun- | ty welfare agency and private charit- able body, America is swinging her resources against unemployment and | want for the Winter of 1934-5. Approximately 17,000,000 persons are subject to public help. Millions of dollars are being spent for relief. And underneath lie estimates from re- lief authorities that the unemploy- ment problem threatens to be as tre- mendous as that of last Winter. However, there has been Nation- wide preparation to stamp out want. There are plans for the unemployed | to help themselves and their fellow unfortunates through community proj- ects, to spend millions to create jobs | for them and to give money, food and | shelter to those who cannot work. Harry Hopkins, Federal relief ad-| ministrator, has said it is impossible to estimate the ultimate outcome, but that the Government is ready with money, supplies and plans to meet conditions as they develop. Likewise, the system has been developed through States, counties and cities. Relief Projects Start. Throughout the Nation relief proj- ects—mattress and furniture factories, canneries, tanneries and clothes-mak- | ing centers—have been launched. The Government has urged that unused | factories be taken over and revamped into work centers in all States. The entire Nation is concentrating on a multitude of projects. Kentucky bas made matiress man- ufacturing and tanning major indus- tries for the unemployed. In Wisconsin a corporation was formed to utilize idle factories to man- ufacture cheap beds. mattresses and furniture' for families on relief. With Christmas near, Montana, Alabama and other States have set up toy factories. | 'Kentucky is pushing educational activities. Traveling libraries and “visiting housekeepers” are going into the mountainous regions where cul- | tural and educational activities have | been limited. ’ States Stress Welfare. | Public welfare and educational ad- vancement are being stressed in all States as part of the relief drive. | | Michigan points proudly to establish- ment of 75 “freshman colleges,” | | where subjects are offered to 3,000 | | youths unable to attend college. At | Springfield, Mass., 350 persons lj month are to be employed in various recreational activities in scholos and | among the unempioyed. Pennsylvania is stressing medical | attention to the needy. particularly | to expecmnz mothers. In New York | 20,000 “white collar” unemployed are | | doing public welfare and educational | work, going into homes, schools and | tenement districts. | In South Carolina thrift shons have been established and F. E. R. A. | workers are repairing and renovn!mg clothing, furniture and books for the | needy. Alabama’s Relief Program. Alabama’s Fall and Winter rehef program includes a variety of proj- | ects. Relief workers are helping | eliminate malarial swamps. A sur- vey of the income and expenses of counties has been undertaken and Jjobless have been put to work copy- ing State records where county books | have been lost or destroyed. Many a persons will get food through the Government's drought relief program for cattlemen. Thou- | sands of cattle were shipped from the parched West to States able to furnish pasturage. After fattening the cattle were slaughtered. the meat canned and the hides sent to tanning centers. Six thousand unemployed in Mis- souri put up 1500,000 tins of beef and 2,000,000 cans of fruit and vege- tables. Hundreds of needy families in Georgia were able to can fruits and vegetables through portable canning outfits moved about the State during the Summer and Fall. In West Virginia $15,000,000 worth of foodstuffs are available due to the unemployed being put at work dur- P. Photo, ) for Welfare of Estimated 17,000,000 Needy. ing the Summer and Fall on barrel- ing sauerkraut and burying cabbagei and carrots for Winter use. Fifty million pounds of cabbages are to be purchased with public money in New York State and fed to the needy. Potato Plants Set Up. At Laurel, Miss, the Government has set up & plant to extract starch from sweet potatoes. If the project | is successful, other plants will be es- tablished. In the Western States struck by the drought, much attention is being given to soil erosion and water and land conservation projects. Depend- | ing on the weather, hundreds will get jobs building dams, improving water sheds and protecting trees in such States as South Dakota, Mon- tana, Wyoming and Kansas. In North Dakota, feed relief orders will be given to cattlemen, who will cash them for feed through local dealers. The dealers will get their money by turning the canceled or- ders over to the F. E. R. A. Aviation Also Benefits. Aviation will benefit materially through the unemployment program, as hundreds of men have been, or will be, put to work improving and build- ing airports and emergency landing | fields. In New Jersey the unemployed will paint air markers on buildings. In Florida, where the transient problem is difficult in Winter, mobile camps are being established. Men sign up for six weeks of work on air- port and road projects, and receive, | besides food, shelter and clothing, a dollar a week and a $12 bonus, with the right to re-enlist. Also on a Nation-wide scale is the Government’s huge submarginal land program. Administrator Hopkins says 1,000,000 acres of poor lands already have been purchased, and that fam- ilies living on them are to be moved as rapidly as possible to more pro- ductive areas. Some 50,000 acres of good lands have been bought, and on them rural-industrial communities | are being built and individual fami- lies re-settled. Road building will place thousands at work. In connection with road projects in Maine and New Jersey, the unemployed will cover the State, put- ting up direction signs. JOBLESS WRITERS GIVEN WORK IN LOS ANGELES | Charting the Course of History Takes in 56 Persons, Mostly Former Newspaper Men. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 24— Unemployed writers of every descrip- tion, from poets to economists, have been set to work under a novel relief project in Los Angeles charting the course of history, past and present. Under a budget of approximately ‘39.000. the State Emergency Relief Administration has hired 56 per- sons, most of whom are former news- paper men, to work on a series of projects which Hugh Harlan, di- rector of the plan, terms a “searching analysis and interpretation of the American scene.” Pay is 75 cents an hour, with the work week ranging from 8 to 18 hours. depending on the needs of each in- dividual. Harlan's office is organized similar to the city room of a daily newspaper, with Harlan acting as managing ed- itor. Under him are five city editors who give out the assignments, |STREAMLINE TRAINS WORRY BUS OPERATORS When Match the Cheaper Fare, Travelers Will Be Lured Away, Is Fear. Railroads By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 24—It's the streamline train that is giving bus operators anxious moments as they wonder if it will lure travelers back to the rails from the highways. With one of the swift new trains already in operation between Kansas City and Lincoln, Nebr, and others planned to add new zest to railroad travel in other parts of the country, bus operators are watching fares with a belief the traveler chooses his mode of transportation according to his purse. “We really don't have to worry until the railroads are able to match our prices,” says Chester Moore, president of the Illinois Bus Operators’ Asso- ciation. “Our surveys indicate that low fares are practically the sole rea- son for our patronage.” —_— VIRGINIA GAS TAXES MAY NET $13,000,000 General Fund Revenue Will Equal $15,517,035 Estimate for Fiscal Year. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 24— An optimistic note was sounded in Virginia’s fiscal reports this week. Motor Vehicle Director John Q. Rhodes reported the division's gaso- line tax collections for the month of October exceeded all previous rec- ords for monthly collections and forecast a calendar year total in ex- cess of $13,000,000 from this source. State Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrissett on the eve of the penalty date, December 5, predicted that State tax revenue for general fund use would equal the $15,517,035 esti- mate for the fiscal year. State taxes on individual and fiduciary income and intangible per- sonal property are due by December 5, and these go into the general fund. From individual income alone Com- missioner Morrissett expects $810,000. The figure this year will be raised, he said, by $260,000 as a result of the increase in this item under the Peery tax-equalization progrem,