Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 21

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART ONE. ARLINGTONINCOME TAX GAIN IS 49 PCT. Increase in Assessments Is Seen Reflecting Prosper- ous Conditions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., Beptember 7.—A 49 per cent increase in State income taxes assessed in Arlington County for 1935 was re- ported today by Commissioner of Rev- enue Harry K. Green, who viewed the situation as “reflecting a healthy a.ndl prosperous condition of the taxpayers | of the county and a substantial re- | wvival of business throughout the Com- monwealth.” The report does not include Gov- ernment workers, who, it points out, constitute a large percentage of the population of Arlington County and are exempt from State income taxes. The taxable income for 1935 is $1,150,553, representing $21,500.99 in State revenue. In 1934 this revenue amounted to $14.425.51 or $7,075.48 less than in the current year. The number of persons assessed this year is 911, as compared with 746 in 1934, the report states. Some| 1.100 other persons filed returns, but | exemptions and deductions eliminat- ed them from the taxable lists. The commissioner’s report does ot | #how the income from corporations Jocated in the county. they being as- sessed direct by the State Department of Taxation. Green said, however, that from information he has re- ceived fram the department several corporations here reported “substan- tial increases” for 1935. This will| greatly increase the amount assessed | for State incomes in Arlington, the| report declared. “While the increase in income taxes | fn Arlington is larger than that of some other counties in the State, the tax department is of the opinion that | the State as a whole will show as much as a 30 per cent boost over 193 the commissioner said. The State income tax is 1':> per | cent on the first $3.000 of taxable in- come; 2'2 on the next $2,000 and 3| per cent on all in excess of $5,000. MIDDIES’ REGIMENT IS ENLARGED BY 300{ Total of 2,030 Will Be Enrolled When Scholastic Work Begins Shortly. | cially prominent Mrs. Justin Dart, | the former Ruth Walgreen, now 25 | withdraw \For Admission t Course May Include Classes Involved in Red Probe. Drug Magnate Known as Foe of Communistic Influences. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) CHICAGO, September 7.—The only daughter of Charles R. Walgreen, mil- lionaire drug magnate and foe of | alleged “red influences” at the Uni- versity of Chicago, has applied for admission to the Midway School, it was learned today. Walgreen last Spring won wide at- tention and precipitated an investiga- tion by a State Legislative Commit- tee when he withdrew his niece, Miss Lucile Norton, from the university on the allegation that she was exposed “to subversive influences” in her courses there. - Rumors that the attractive and so- years old and the mother of a small son, was considering entering the uni- versity were confirmed by herself. The university registrar's office said her application as a student was on file: Mrs. Dart said: “Yes, it's true I'm considering going to the University of Chicago this Fall, but there are several things to consider yet. I haven't actually registered—anyway, it’s too soon.” It was fearned that Mrs. Dart in| her application indicated an interest | in social science. This could include courses in the political science de- | partment. In fact, it could include| courses in which her cousin Lucile was enrolled. It was Lucile's chatter in her un-| cle’s home, where she was staying, | | that provoked Walgreen's decision to | her from the university. | This led to an exchange of letters with | | President Robert Maynard Hutchins | of the university, which culmlnated\ /in an investigation by a State Senate | Committee. The outcome was & Walgreen’s Daughter Applies o U. of Chicago MRS. JUSTIN DART. . —Copyright, A. P. Photo. CHARLES R. WALGREEN. recommendation that several faculty | | members be censored. Proponents | " termed it a “whitewash.” Soon to Be By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, September 7.-—When the Naval Academy opens the scho- lastic year in three weeks, there will be 300 more men in the midshipmen regiment than last year. An increase in the plebe class fol- lowed passage by Congress of the Navy appropriations bill, which per- mitted Representatives to appoint four instead of three midshipmen this year. A total of 2,030 middies will report to the academy September 27 to be- gin studies, as compared with 1,704 last year. Rear Admiral David Foote Sellers. guperintendent of the academy, and Mrs. Sellers returned here yesterday after vacationing in Europe. Admiral Sellers said he visited Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy to have “just an informal chat” and to| thank the dictator for courtesies ex- | tended the cruising middies when they | visited Italy on their Summer cruise. Returning aboard the Manhattan Wwith Admiral and Mrs. Sellers was Lieut. William S. Campbell, attached | to the Department of Languages at | the academy. $2,000 PAID IN -342 CASES IN MONTGOMERY T | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ‘ ROCKVILLE, Md., September 7.— | Fines totaling $1,477 and costs of $548.25 were collected as a result of the 342 cases tried in Montgomery County Police Court in August, it was revealed yesterday in the report of Harry M. Williams, clerk of the court. The greatest proportion of the fines, 8871, was levied for traffic violations. Fines for breaking the game laws amounted to $20 and violation of town ordinances netted $4. The county received as its share a check for $1,119.75. A check for the remainder was mailed to the State commissioner of motor vehicles. Dog tax collections amounted to $581.75, and costs of civil cases were $50.75. cEscomer g = Celebrate Anniversary. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va, Sep- tember 7 (Special) —The 50th wed- | ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Snow of Shepherdstown was celebrated here yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rodgers, a daughter angd son-in-law. The couple were married in Charles Town, W. Va., | in 1885. I By the Associated Press. CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md, Sep-| tember 7.—A narrow, shallow strip of water lying in the flat country be- tween the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays awaits only assembly of equip- ment to begin transformation into a wide, deep-draft ship canal | Money savings and greater con- | venience to inland shippers, as well | as quicker transportation between American ports, will be he result. The canal is the old Chesapeake & Delaware, now confined to carry- ing pleasure boats and some small commercial craft. Dry excavations of the improved canal are expected to start within a few weeks, and the wet excavations will follow a little later. An initial allotment of $5,107.- 000 has been made, with a total of $13,037,000 in slgh! A new rivers | and harbors bill, authorizing the full project, was passed by Congress in August. i Saving on One Trip. One instance of saving in time and | money through use of the improved | canal lies in a trip to Philadelphia. | The saving on this passage would be slightly over ome full day, which | means $450 for the average ship. | The canal should pay for itself | within a few years, G. H. Pouder, ex- ecutive vice president of the Balti- | more Association of Commerce, says. For years the association has been working for the deepening and widen- | ing of the canal to take oceangoing ships. Modernizing of Old Canal To Save Shippers Vast Sumsx Chesapeake and Delaware Operatmns Under Way $5,107,000 Initial Allotment. | The present channel is 12 feet deep With and 90 feet wide. The new canal will be 27 feet deep, accommodating 96 per cent of the vessels whose iternaries permit use of the canal, and will be % 250 feet wide. In widening the chan- nel, it will be possible to straighten out some of the turns in the present waterway. Original surveys of the canal were made in 1764, and Benjamin Frank- lin and George Washington were among the first interested. Construc- tion of a 10-foot canal with locks was | £ begun in 1825, when the country was | & in the grasp of the canal-building craze. Money for the first construc- tion was put up by Maryland, Penn: sylvania, Delaware, the Federal Gov ernment and private individuals. Operated 90 Years. The canal was operated in its first form for 90 years, until it was bought in 1919 by the Federal Government, which dredged it to 12 feet and made it a sea-level channel. It is now & link in the inland coastal waterway which extends, with a few gaps, from New York to the Texas | coast. Conversion of the canal will bene- fit not only the steamship operators, | | Pouder declares, but shippers through- | out the country as well. By saving | one day’s operating costs per trip for ships which use it, an aggregate sav- ing of more than $1,000,000 per year may be made. At this rate the canal should pay for itself ln 14 years. NOSE THUMBING COSTS IOWA MOTORIST $3 |SEES ROOSEVELT VICTOR Merriam, Republican, Will Stick Drives Past Man Wearing Tan| Cap. Thinking Him a Friend, | but Learns Different. i By thg Associated Press. OSCEOLA, Iowa, September 7.—A thumb at the nose cost Jimmy Horton | $3 today. Horton drove up behind another automobile. Its driver was wearing a tan cap and uniform. Horton's very | good friend, Cliff Carr, who operates a service station, wears a tan cap and | uniform. Horton sailed by, playfully thumbing his nose. Highway safety patrolmen also wear tan caps and uniforms. Hence the $3 fine. to President in '386. NORFOLK, Va., September 7 (#).— “In my opinion there is not one chance in 10,000 that any one can defeat President Roosevelt for re-election next year,” Carroll Burnham Merriam, a Topeka, Kans., Republican, and a director of the Reconstruction Finance | Corporation, said in an interview here | today. Merriam left by boat for Washing- | ton tonight after making a talk to an | insurance convention at Virginia Beach. “I am sticking to the President,” said Merriam. “He is the man who }puz the country back on its feet.” SR Sl London is establishing many street playgrounds. Striking Show Girls Hold Conclave Striking New York burlesque show girls as they met in & theatrical district hotel to discuss their demands Here they are eating sandwiches just before the meeting. Only one burlesque for more pay and less work. house in New York is open. | —A, P, Photo, Speclal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 7.—Mary- land’s Freedom of Conscience Statue shortly may find itself with police protection if one of three plans under consideration by the State Tercente- nary Commission goes through. Lacking police protection, the statue, which Gov. Nice recently called “the foundation stone upon whi¢h every great republic mus’ rest,” may get a string of lights. ‘Twice since its unveiling on May 18 the statue has been smeared witn paint and during the interval it has lost two fingers from its benign hands. ‘The three plans under consideration by the commission, as announced tn- day by State Senator J. Allan Coad of St. Marys County, are: To remove the statue to Baltimore or_Annapolis. To remove the statue from its pres- ent site to the State House lot in St. Marys City. ‘To install lights or hire police pro- tection. The statue was a gift from the counties of Maryland to the State. T O e A = 1= = = = A A \0 NONEY DOWK Priced From It is believed that any removal from the present location would meet with the strenuous disapproval of patri- otic societies. The commission has received an offer of private land as a safer site for the statue. Senator Coad said today that a meeting of the commission is sched- uled for iate this month, at which time a decision on the best plan of procedure may be reached. Meanwhile, he said, efforts will be made to find out who is coating the statue with paint and who is chop- ping off the fingers of Maryland's Freedom of Conscience. Lecture Announced. CLARENDON, Va. September 7 (Special) —Mrs. Chester W. Martin, wife of the retired foreign service officer, will give an illustrated lecture on “My Life in the West Indies” at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Rixey Station, on Wednesday, September 11, at 8 pm, for the benefit of the La- dies’ Guild, it was announced today. ,,‘ B Moving of Statue Considered |SUITS ASK $400,000 To Foil Maryland Vandals IN ROCKVILLE CRASH B. & 0. and Owner of School Bus Named in Actions Filed for Parents. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md;, September 7. —Eighteen suits were filed here today against the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road Co. and Howard R. Poe, named jointly, in which damages totaling $400,000 are asked by parents of 14 Williamsport High School students killed in the bus crash at Eockvuu the night of April 11. Fourteen of the suits are for $25,000 each based on the death of each child, two suits are for $20,000 for personal injuries to Margaret Kreps and Thelma Murray and two suits for $5,000 each for loss of services, filed by Mrs. Jeanette Kreps, widow and mother of Margaret Kreps, and by Edward Murray, husband of Thelma Murray. The suits charged the defendants with failure and neglect to use proper care in the operation of the bus and train. The suits were filed in the name R R =N ITUTION Y& of the State of Maryland for the parents. Poe was owner of the bus in which the children were en route from a chemistry exhibition at the University of Maryland when the accident oc- curred. e GAITHERSBURG HEADS HOLD ANNUAL OUTING Mayor and Town Council Enjoy Colf and Sight-Seeing Tours. at Hershey, Pa. Special Dispatch to The Star. GAITHERSBURG, September 7.— ‘The second annual outing of the Mayor and Town Council of Gaithersburg is being held at Hershey, Pa., this week end, according to an announcement by Ira Darby, chairman of the Com- mittee on' General Arrangements. Golf matches and a sight-seeing tour have been arranged for the enter- tainment of the party which includes 35 in all. Among the distinguished guests in attendance are State Senator Stedman Prescott and wife of Rockville, County Clerk Clayton Watkins and wife, this town, and Mrs, J. Forest Walker, wife of the county treasurer. -2 3 YEARS T0 PAY At George’s 5 Stores YOUR SMALL CHANGE” Pays for a New 1 935 With the Sensational. SUPER FREEZER SALE OF FRIGIDAIRES 1935 Demonstrator, Model 335_ _List, $99.50. Reduced to $89.50 1935 Demonstrator, Model 435. _List, $119.50. 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