Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1935, Page 7

e ——————————————————————————————————————————————— s e S0, 112125 IS GIVEN FOR TAX CHECK-UP Treasury to Make Three- fold Drive to Tighten Collection. By the Associated Press. | President Roosevelt today allotted | $5,112,125 of work-relief funds to the Treasury Department for a threefold | drive to tighten tax collections. | Included will be an intensive check- upon income tax returns of the “little fellow” and a drive against “evasions” of liquor taxes. White-collar jobless will be em- | ployed in the work. Officials said they 1 hoped the studies would bring in-| creased tax revenues. | The largest allotment was $2,448,290 for a survey of delinquent taxes and “nuisance” tax collections in 20 large cities. The Internal Revenue Bureau also received $1,577,894 to check small income tax returns and $1,086.941 for a Nation-wide study of retail liquor tax evasions. $1,804,948 for Census Index. | Two other white-collar projects also | received funds, the Census Bureau get- ting allotments of $1.804.948 for an alphabetical ircex of the 1900 census end $293.000 to determine any im- provement in retail trade during the past two years. The census index is 1o be used in the Government's old-age pension program Coincidentally, Corrington Gill, as- sistant works progress administrator, announced a large number of other surveys also would be carried out to provide additional white-collar jobs and that a clearing house had been set up to prevent duplication of | activities. Theodore J. Kreps, professor of business economics at Stanford Uni- versity. has been named chairman of & Central Board of Review for this purpose. Other members of the board: How- ell Cheney of Hartford, Conn., chair- man of the board of the Cheney Mills; | Robert P. Lane, executive secretary of the Welfare Council of New York City: Theodore O. Yntema, professor of accounting at the University of Chicago. Declaring projects of the type ap- proved by the President today “pro-, vide one of the most suitable means of employment for this group of trained workers and at the same time offer a means of obtaining in- formation of real public interest,” Gill said: “It is particularly necessary that there be no duplication in these sur- veys. * * * We want to prevent a corps of doorbell ringers making the same calls.” Commenting on the income tax check-up, Treasury officials said that in recent years revenue agents have been able to examine only 350,000 of the 700000 returns sent them for study. Those examined have been returns of larger taxpayers. Now the small taxpayer will be checked. About 1,000 persons will be employed on the new job. Insisting that the liquor tax check- up would more than pay for itself in extra collections, officials said sample surveys in 10 large cities had shown ‘“extensive evasions,” while “certain stores were being used as | outlets for bootleg liquor.” The in- | quiry will be made in 90 cities of | more than 100.000 population. Work will be necessary in dry States be- ' cause of beer, malt and medicinal Haquor sales, officials added. HURT ON FUNERAL TRIP Earle A. C_rnne. D. C. Taxicab Driver, Victim in Connecticut. Earle A. Crane, 42, a taxicab driver, | of 609 Third street, was injured yes- terday in an automobile accident in Connecticut while en route to attend the funeral of his father, Cleves Crane. who died in a hospital at Han- over, N. H., after swallowing a chicken bone which become lodged in his throat. Earle Crane was not believed seri- ously injured. LAEMMLE WON’-T— SELL HOLLYWOOD, August 1 (#).—Re- ports that Laemmle interests in Uni- versal Pictures studio and world-wide distributing organmization were to be sold to another major film company were put at rest yesterday with the announcement by Carl Laemmle that he had refused the most recent of five offers for the property. | “I have found, after giving 30 years ©of struggle and vitality to the building of the organization, that I have a | greater pride in continuing to direct ft than in mere possession of a big bank roll,” Lasmmle said. | Family Shoe Store’s HALF-YEARLY STORE-WIDE SHOE SALE Now in Full Swing Buy Your Summer and Fall FOOTWEAR AT SAVINGS $3.95 to $6.00 Women's Novelty Shoes QOuer 100 52.95 Styles on Sale at Thousands * of pairs in white, two-tone, sports, black, brown, etc., in kid, calfskin, buckskin, patent, fabric, etc. Genuine bar- gains for women who ap- preciate quality. Buy now and save! " Japi Open All Day Saturday Here Since 1873 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, LOAN SOUGHT FOR FETE Miami Heads Seek $2,000,000 From P. W. A. for Exposition. MIAMY, Fla., August I (#).—The City Commission today voted $5,000° from the publicity budget to send & representative to interest South Amer- jcans in the proposed pan-American exposition here. The commission, by & three-to-two | vote, also authorized Commissioner E.! . Mid- ~ | Savings! : Summer G. Sewell to negotiate with the Public Works Administration about a loan and grant to erect the $2,000,000 ex- position building and convention hall. The city's agent will endeavor to secure conditional contracts for space in the building from South American countries and business men. L e Duke Sails as Apprentice. The Duke of Santamarca of Spain has sailed as an eppreniice on the Finnish sailing ship Viking. 'RUSSIANS SALVAGIN B-3, WITH 55 DEAD War-Time Submarine in Disaster Last Thursday in the Gulf of Finland. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 1.—The Soviet government turned its resources today D. C, THURSDAY, to the ralsing of the hulk of the sunken war-time submarine, B-3, which became a death trap for 55 Russian officers, seamen and cadets. An official ' communique disclosed that the 18-year-old U-boat, taking part in Baltic: fleet maneuvers, went down in the Gulf of Finland last Thursday in the worst disaster to be- fall the Russian fleet' in years, ‘The submarine, rising from deep water after an under-water ciuise, smashed into a surface vessel. Water 'poured through a gaping hole in the Tropical Worsted:s! -~ Wool Crashes! Twists! Mohair Worsted Fabrics! with the famous SHELDON name—at this money-saving price, it’s something to rave about! . For'v'acation. for wear NOW in town, for business, for wear next summer. SOCIETY BRAND Tropical Worsteds and Crashes SHELDO TWO-TROUSER TROPICAL WORSTEDS o Two-piece Tropical Worsteds, Woal Crashes, Twists, Mohair Worsted Fabrics. ® Greys, browns, tans and blues. 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Men's Shos Shop, Main Ficor) ATUGUST 71, 1935., U-boat’s side and it sank immediately. “All aboard the submarine per- ished,” said the official statement. The government announced that 10,000 rubles would be granted to the family of each victim and that pen- sions would be paid. It planned a mass funeral at Kronstadt, where many of the students were attending naval school. —_— e The home nffice of Japan has start- ed a movement to reduce the great number of shrines in th» country. FARMER DEFINED Declared Person Who Carries Mortgage on Property- NESHOBA, Miss, August 1 P).— The question of when is 5 farmer & farmer and when is a farmer a planter was answered yesterday by John Well- born, former State legisiator and can- didate for State land commissioner. “I claim o be a commen farmer,” Wellborn said in a campaign speech ¥ A7 before a holiday crowd gathered here. “A common farmer is a farmer with a mortgage on his farm. If he ain't got a mortgage, then he's a planter.” U 8. 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