Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1935, Page 17

Washington News BABCOCK SOUNDS WARNING AGAINST WAVE OF ECONOMY American Federation of Gov- ernment Employes Hears Plea at Cincinnati. FACTIONALISM RUNS RIOT AT CONVENTION Panl David of T. V. A. and John Donovan of N. R. A. Run- ning for Presidency. BY J. A. FOX, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 9.— A call to Federal workers to beware of & new economy wave was sounded to- day by E. Claude Babcock, president of the American Federation of Gov- ernment employes, as the third an- nual convention opened in the Nether- | land Plaza Hotel, with factionalism Tunning rict. Recalling that the economy laws of 1932-3 practically had been wiped ouf, Babcock warned, however. that “we must realize that the forces that jammed this bill through never sleep, and that they are cooking up another and perhaps more drastic economy bill.” Adding that the been productive only legislation had of evil social consequences, and hac failed to effect any savings, Babcock said the fed- eration was ready for any new efforts in this direction, and “will resist the self-styled economizers to the limit Divided on Personalities. Babcock’s warning, contained in his annual report, went before a conven- tion that was openly divided on per- sonalities as it prepared to begin de- liberations looking toward preparation of a legislative program for the bene- fit of Government works to be pressed in the next Congress. To start with, Paul David of the Tennessee Valley Autherity, Knox- ville, has entered presidency against Babcock, seeking a second two-year term. A third potential candidate is John Donovan, president of N. R. A. Lodge. long a storm-center in the federation, who is standing aside for the moment but threatening to run for the pres- idency if no candidates support the program he and his faction advocate. One of the planks in his platform calls for the right to picket in em- ployment disputes—such as was done at the time he forced, via the Labor Board, his reinstatement after dis- missal by Gen, Hugh 8. Johnson, the yecovery administrator. The N. R. A. lodge may have to defend its right to remain in the federation, the executive council hav. ing voted to prefer “charges” again: the group which has been at odds with the majority for months. The “charges” are not expected to take definite form until after the conven- tion. It would then be possible for the council to suspend the lodge until the next convention, a year hence, if it was decided after a hearing to do this. Out to Defeat Miss Penn. Babkcock and his supporters are pre- paring to defeat for re-election Miss Esther Penn, secretary. and at a caucus last night in which a group of district and field delegates partic-| ipated, Miss Bernice Heffner of the ‘Veterans' Administration, Detroit, was chosen as the administration candi- date for this post. Miss Penn, in the meantime, has lined up with David. Another fight centers on the treasurership. now held by Cecil E. Custer, an administration leader, for whom one group, in which Ira D. Scott, president of the District federation, is active, is gunning. Cus- ter was named last year when the financial work was taken away from Miss Penn, then secretary-treasurer, and his supporters say his term was for two years. Opponents, however, contend it was for one year only ‘Their candidate is reported to be John D. Clarke of Washington. Vice Presidents Opposed. ‘The vice presidents the administra- | tion is proposing to oust are Elmer H. Bailey, sr., of Washington; C. Grant Frick of Brooklyn, Irvine Coulter of Pensacola and Michael J. Hifies of Leavenworth, Kans. David R. Glass of Cherrydale, Va., is retiring. To succeed Bailey and Glass, Ira Bain and Carroll Dimond of the Dis- trict department are administration choices. No names have been men- tioned in connection with the other places. At the caucus last night it was claimed that the administration con- trolled 164 votes out of maximum of 210 eligible to be cast. The opposi- tion, though, is conceding nothing. It is intendea, 1t possible, to get the elections out of the way tomorrow and bring a measure of peace that will permit the convention to go ahead on its legislative program in which | the key declaration is: Maintenance of the highest stand- ards of working conditions and of adequate wages, in the service of the United States Government, to lead the way for industry in personnel treat- ment. This program was appended to the ennual report, in the course of which Babcock also enumerated employe gains in the past year, including full pay restoration. It was brought out that the total membership of the or- @anizations is 20,038. The report also was critical of the | National Federation of Federal Em- | ployes, tossing several shafts in the direction of its rival. Green Unable to Attend. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, an ex- pected participant in the convention opening, was unable to attend, send- ing in his stead James A. Wilson, a member of the Cincinnaii City Coun- cil, who formerly was on the executive council of the A. F. of L. as interna- tional president of the pattern mak- ers. Without mentioning by name the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes, Wilson said there was no rea- son for its withdrawal from the A. P. of L. This split, taking place in 1931, was the upshot of differences over the classification of freed work- < b the lists for the who is jRestraints Held Forces Nourish- Traffic Victims JAMES L. MURPHY. The Zp WASHINGTON, D. C, TWO EIE, SCORE HURT IN NEARBY WEEK END TRAFFIC Police Lieut. Little and Wife Among Those Severely Injured. CHEVY CHASE YOUTH EXPIRES AT ANNAPOLIS Charles F. Newburgh, 17, and James L. Murphy, 23, Lose Lives. Many Women Victims. Two persons died yesterday and nearly a score were injured in traf- fic accidents in this vicinity over the week end. Lieut. George M. Little, chief of the police vice squad, and his wife Lillian were among those severely in- jured. Four other women also were hurt in the same collision, which oc- curred near Mount Vernon. At Emer- | gency Hospital in Alexandria, it was said today that Mrs. Little’s condi- tion was serious, but she had spent a “fair” night. Chatham road, | died yesterday in Emergency Hospital Annapolis, of injuries received Satur- day night in a three-car collision just | outside that city. Mrs. Virginia San- | ford® 3900 block Military road, also CHARLES F. NEWBURGH. was injured in this crash. | James L. Murphy, 23, of 5108 Illinois | avenue, died in Casualty Hospital yes- terday of injuries suffered when his automobile collided with a milk truck | Thursday at South Dakota and Rhode Island avenues northeast. The truck | was driven by William T. Drinkard, 23. of 2116 P street, police said. An inquest will be held later. Two Cars Demolished. ROADSIE DEATH INCOUNTY PUZZL Prince Georges Police With- out Clues and Robbery Is Seen Motive. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem- ber 9 —Prince Georges County police | admitted today they were without clues concerning the apparent murder of Howard Tip- pett, 25, of 2224 Sixteenth street | southeast, who was found beaten beside the South- ern Meryland pike at Clinton Saturday night. At first the offi- cers thought Tip- was ncticed his clothes had not been torn or ais- arranzed, as in- variably happens in such cases. Taken to Casualty Hospital by pass- ing motorists the young man was pro- nounced dead of a fractured skull. Motive Considered. County Policeman Elon Turner said ! Tippett, who formerly lived at Clmn- | | ton, was brought there Saturday after- | noon hy William Taylor of the Six- | teenth street address, his brother-in- | law. The fact that Tippett had only 15 cents in his possession led Police- man Turner to conclude he had| |been attacked by some one who thought he had more money with him. Tippett Howard Tippett. | spent the evening with | friends at Clinton, Turner said, aud left about midnight for the farm- house of his late father, Wilson Tin- pett, who, according to the officer, committed suicide two years ago.| Young Tippett's body was found near | the entrance to the Tippett farm, now | { unoccupied. | Discovered on Roadside. | It was noticed on the roadside by | Mr. and Mrs. William Deggs, 1400 | block of W street, Washington. As | they stopped Carroll Blackburn and | W. S. Nalley, Washington firemen, drove up and took the body to the 1 hospital. Turner said Tippett was well liked !and believed robbery could be the only motive for the crime. | _An autopsy was performed by Dr. James I. Boyd of Forestville, coro- | ner's physician, but police said there | probably would be no inquest and tne | body was released. It was removed to ! the Thomas F. Murray funeral home. | Tippett is survived by three sisters, | Mrs. Anna Taylor, Mrs. Lillie Eicher 1 and Mrs. Naomi Rollins, all of Wash- | ington. SPEECH CUF.!BS SCORED ing Subversive Movements. The laws of 24 States affecting ut- terances regarded as seditious did more to strengthen communism and fas- cism than if these movements had been disregarded, Seymour S. Guthan, secretary to Representative Celler, Democrat, of New York declared yes- terday in a discussion of “Freedom of Speech” before the Civic National | Forum in the auditorium of John Wesley Church. Other speakers included Miss Mary Winder, associate secretary of the Na- tional Council for the Prevention of War; Afbert D. McNair, president of | Mount Pleasant Forum, and Dr. Otta- | wa J. saunders. lers. It was responsible for the formaticn of the organization meeting here. Wilson urged his hearers to continue in their labors until every Government employe eligible is en- rolled in their organization. He asked also that they let personalities and localities be divorced from their think- ing during this convention. Green sent a message of regret, and the pledge of labor to support whatever program is adopted here, ~ | State Policeman J. C. Gates, who | investigated the crash in which young Newburgh was Kkilled. said it oc- curred at South River Bridge as New- burgh swung his car out of the line of traffic. It collided head-on, he said, with an automobile driven by Robert Lee Crim, 30, of this city. Both cars were demolished. Gates said Newburgh's car swerved back into the line of traffic and side- swiped the automobile driven by Robert Joyce, colored, of Mayo; Ne! burgh's car then overturned. | 1 i ing and released on $30C bond same charge was placed against Joyce. An inquest was set for Friday. Edward McAlwee of Washington. passenger in Newburgh's car, escaped injury. Robert Sanford, 2d, and Rob- ert Sanford, 3d, passengers in Crim’s car, received cut forehead and sprained ankle, respectively. Lieut. Little suffered several broken ribs and severe lacerations in the crash, which occurred on the cut-off road to Mount Vernon from the Wash- ington-Richmond Highway. Mrs, Little has a possible skull fracture, fractured jaw and crushed chest. The Littles live at 1260 Neal street northeast. In Licut. Little's Car. Passengers in Little's car were: Mrs. John P. Hess, 48, 1226 Montello ave- nue northeast, fractured leg, crushed chest; Miss Jean Hess, 18, broken leg, cuts and bruises, and Mrs. J. R. Jones, 60, broken arm and leg. All were treated at the Alexandria hos- pital. Virginia State Policeman A. M. Les- ter, who investigated, said J. J. Lewls of 22 Third street southeast, driver of the other car, was driving in the wrong lane. He was released under $500 bond on a charge of reckless driving and was to appear at the Fairfax Police Court today to answer the charge. ‘With Lewis was Katherine Brook- ing, 1838 Connecticut avenue. She suffered a nose laceration. William Toy, 14, colored, of 341 M street southwest was struck by a police scout car, operated by Pvt. Mer- rill T. Clark, fourth precinct, while | playing in Allen court southwest, yes- terday. He was trqgted for bruises at Providence Hospital. Three persons were injured in a collision between two automobiles in the 3300 block of Benning road north- east. They were Edgar Marshall, 24, of 3316 E street northeast; his sister, Anna, same address, and Johnny Mangum, 33, of 1020 E streét north- east. All were treated at Casualty Hospital for cuts and bruises. The other automobile involved was driven by Thomas “Brigulio, Seat Pleasant, Md. He was not hurt. Carl Olsen, 33, of 2315 Massa- chusetts avenue, was treated at Emer- gency Hospital for a possible skull fracture and bruises after being struck by an automobile while crossing the street at Dupont Circle. Police said the striking vehicle was operated by Harold F. Daniel, 30, of 405 Tenth street northeast. Bert Markwood, 50, of 924 Sixth street northeast, was treated for abrasions at Casualty Hospital yes- terday. He was struck by an automo- bile while crossing the street in the 600 block of H street northeast. Funeral services for young New- burgh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Newburgh, will be held at the Wash- ington Heights Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2 par. Newburgh was & pre-medical stu- dent at George Washington Univer- sity, having graduated from Western High School in February, 1934. At the timé of the fatal accident he was on his way to visit friends at Beverly Beach. Eight of his high school and college chums, members of an or- chestra which he organized, will be the pallbearers. Active in music cir- cles at high school, he was also a member of the George Washington University Band. S Four Couples Are Licensed. FAIRFAX, Va., September 9 (Spe- cial).—Marriage licenses have been is- sued here to Thomas Ralph Myers, 32, and Amelia Virginia White, 27, both of Baltimore, Md.; Benjiman H. Turner, 23, and Frances Marie Hicks, 18, both of Lorton, Va.; Walter Parker Whittington, 35, and Anna Marie Boyer, 29, both of Gunston- Manor, Lorton, Va., and George Edward Hotz- worth, 25, Washington, D. C., and Jewell Logan, 18, Dunn Loring, Va. Charles F. Newburgh, 17, of 7105 | Chevy Chase, Md., | Crim. who lives at 3915 Windom place, was charged with reckless driv- | The | ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDI Defense Highway Accident Map HIGHWAY WIDENING MAY HIKE TRAFFIC | Merchants Told Probable Benefit of Defense Route Move. Widening of the Defense nghua_v,! in all probability, will prove a boon | to the territory through which it passes by bringing a double amount | of traffic into the area. In the face of complaints from some | merchants along the road that the vast amount of publicity concerning its defects which followed the recent auto-bus crash, in which five persons were killed, has hurt their business, leaders of the campaign to have the road widened today pointed out that this essential step probably would double their customers. Boulevard Example. | Such a result can be expected if | the Baltimore Boulevard's history is repeated. | When that road was only 20 feet in width and almost as full of dan-| | gerous curves as the Defense High- way now is the average daily traffic flow over it was 5,274 vehicles, about the same as the present daily average over the Defense Highway between Bladensburg and Lanham This, according to the Highway Committee of the State Planning Commission, “was sufficient to justif | its widening from two to four lan ' the time the widening been completed in 1931, however. report of the committee state: average daily traffic had increased to | 10,006 vehicles, with a peak traflic in excess of 27,000 vehicles. Alternative Course. ’ “Had this large increase in traffic, | which developed immedtately upon the completion of the improvement, been | visualized, it would have been appar- | ent that an entire new road, construct- ed along modern alignment and grade, with right of way sufficiently wide to prevent encroachment, would have been a more economical solution of the problem and would have provided | a highway of far greater convenience and safety than that which resulted from merely widening the existing | line.” The committee, which was headed by H. D. Williar. jr.. former chief en- gineer of the State Roads Commission. and included Nathan L. Smith, his successor, also concluded that “the provision of adequate facilities tends to develop additional traffic.” It pointed out that in addition to counts of existing traffic, efforts should be made to determine potential traffic by considering the trend of population growth, economic develop- ment of the local areas served, motor vehicle registration and other factors. Doubling of Traffic, All of those things cause Mary- | landers to believe a doubling of pres- {ent daily traffic may be expected if | the Defense Highway is made ade- | quate, and a substantial increase in its peak traffic of 15,000 vehicles a | day. | | The Defense Highway is included | | by the Planning Committee in a group | lof roads whose reconstruction and | | modernization is termed the “para- mount need of the present moment. It is classified as a road which, orig- inally “unplanned,” is now carrwng traffic far in excess of its safe ca- pacity, with existing lines, grades and | width. Its improvement is recommended because it naturally belongs in the | planned system of State arterial high- ways, and is inadequate because of | insufficient road width, short sight | distances, bad curves and unsafe earth shoulders. Two Given Year in Arson. MADISON, Va., September 9 (Spe- cial).—A year in the penitentiary was | meted out by Madison Circuit Court last week to Clarence Corbin and Noah Nicholson, found guilty of arson. They were charged with setting fire to woods in the Shenandoah Park on April 27. An area of 65 acres was burned over. Due to Cut in Because Congress in the 1935 Dis- trict appropriation act again cut the estimate for the street lighting sys- tem, Washington's streets and high- ‘ways wre darker now than they have been for several years. Walter E. Kern, District electrical engineer, in his annual report to the Commissioners, said there were in use at the end of the fiscal year only 29.547 lights, or 667 less than the pre- vious year. There had been steady in- creases in the three previous years; 648 in 1932, 522 in 1933'and 305 in 1934, bringing the total in the begin- ning of the fiscal year to 30,214. At the same time, the candlepower of 4,610 lights had to be reduced be- cause of the smaller appropriation. Kern pointed out that 1,218 lamps had been discontinued during the year, but | additions in outlying sections cut down | the net reduction to 667. “It has not been possible,” Kern's report said, “to carry on the project of replacing low candlepower lamps in the suburban areas with those of in- creased candlepower -gd greater ef- ficiency because of the reduction in the street lighting appropriation.” A similar reduction in funds was a | him into some nearby bushes. { walking on M street near First street | Capital’s Streets to Be Darker ening Staf MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1935. *H% To Baltimare S Each star on the above map shows the location of a serious accident. seriously injured on “Death Highway” during the first eight months of this year. A. A A. District of Columbia Motor Club on the basis of official accident reports. NURSE-WIFE HELD | | ‘,: Annapolis | N\)/ Six persons were killed and 37 The map was prepared by the N MUTILATION Street Car Motorman in Critical Condition After U. . TAX RECEIPTS IND. C. RSt 13% OVER 1934 FIGURES Country as Whole Reports 239, Increase, Laid to Two Factors. MARYLAND STILL HIGHER WITH BOOST OF 349% tions Are Larger Than in Pre- Slump Year of 1929. Virginia Up 157 —Total Collec- Society and General PAGE B—1 ' CITY HEADS BEGIN BUDGET DRAFT ON $33606.251 BASIS Commissioners Call Depart- ment Heads for Confer- ence on Needs. FIGURE IS $12,859,636 ‘ OVER CURRENT SUM $6,500,000 Is Asked for Schools and $2,934,000 for Public Welfare. The District of Columbia showed a 13 per cent gain in Federal tax pay- ments during the fiscal year 1935, as | compared with 1934, according to a preliminary statement of collections by the Bureau of Iuternal Revenue today. This city paid into Uncle Sam’s till Mystery Attack. Police continued questioning a 30- year-old nurse today in an effort to shed additional light on the mys- terious and critical mutilation of her ) 26, of 1217 husband, Romiey H“"m't 6 of olmr: ceipts of $3,299.435,572, an increase of | B street southeast, a street car MOWI- | g557 195377, The increase was said | | man. the pati MRS. ANNA LOUISE HARVILL. —Star Staff Phot ARMENIAN HELD INATFACK ONBOY Between gasps of pain, and in a weakened condition from loss of blood, Harvill told police the crude operation was performed on him by two colored men, who forced him into an automobiie and drove him into Maryland yesterday afternoon. Unable to verify the victim’s story. detectives arrested Mrs. Anna Louise Harvill and are holding her for in- vestigation. No formal charges were filed against the wife. who, police say, has given them little information of f except to affirm she would tell 11 she knew if her husband dies. Conditien Is Critical. Detectives were able to interrogate the husband only briefly before he lapsed into unconsciousness last night at Casualty Hospital Physicians said nt still was in a critical con- dition today. The injured man said the two col- ored men forced him into an auto- mobile as he stepped from his street car at the navy yard car barn about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He said one of the mer. nad a gun and he was ccmpelled to accompany the pair to Twelfth and N streets southeast, where they transferred automobiles Harvill declared the men then drove him to Maryland, to & point in the country he could not locate, where | they bound him with heavy tire chains Youth Identifies Him as Man Who Attempted to Drag Him Into Bushes. Charged with attacking a small boy in Potomac Park yesterday, Boros Ga- rabedian, 40-year-old Armenian, was to be arraigned in Police Court to- morrow on a charge of simple assault. Scratched and bruised, James Dye. 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Dye, 718 Sixth street. identified Garabedian as his assailant late yes- terday. Following his arrest at Thir- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue. Garabedian was taken by Park Policemen A. D. Cook and E. W. Cleary to Potomac Park, where he denied any knowledge of the attack. Escapes From Attacker. The boy told police he was walking near the greenhouses at Thirteenth street and North Agriculture road when a man jumped at him from be- hind a tree and attempted to drag After a struggle the boy escaped and ran through the park until he met Patrol- man James E. Bracey, who began the search which culminated in the arrest of Garabedian later in the day. A dozen other attacks on pedestrians | and robberies by armed men were re- ported over the week end. Allen R. Barner, 1722 Willard street. said he was assaulted and robbed of his billfold by two colored men near Sixth and K streets. | Fights Off Assailants. James McClanahan, 33, of Fort | Myer Heights, Va., was treated for | lacerations and bruises after a fight with three men on the highway near | Fort Myer. Paul Speaks, 33, colored, | is in Providence Hospital with serious stab wounds received in a fight early yesterday. Four colored men attacked Leonard Marshall, 653 E street southwest, and robbed him of $7 while he was | southwest, according to police reports. | George Bradfield, manager of a filling station at Benning road and Central avenue northeast, reported that he was held up at the’point of a pistol by three white men in his station early today. He said $38 was taken from the cash drawer. Appropriati ppropriation made by Congress in the current ap- propriation. 5 Eleven fire alarm boxes were added to the city system during the year, bring the total to 1,124. At the same | time, new alarm gongs were installed in several stations and new recording and transmitting apparatus was placed in the fire alarm central office. Over the improved system, the total of 5,898 alarms was transmitted dur- ing the year, a decrease from 7,616, 7,179 and 6,706 in the three next pre- ceding vears. Of the total, 20 were second alarms, 9 third alarms, 7 fourth alarms, 4 fifth alarms, 2 spe- cial alarms, and 632 were calls for the rescue squad. One new patrol box was added to the police signal system, bring the total to 544 in service in the 12 pre- cinets. Kern also reported that experiments are being conducted with an illumin- ated street name sign with which it is hoped to replace the glass street name signs now in use in many parts of the city. Boys are blamed for the destruction of the plate-glass signs which make good targets for rocks, stones and air rifies. and performed the operation. The motorman said he could re-| member little after that, although he had a dim realization that he was being returned to Washington and de- posited near where his automobile was | parked. Harvill explained that he drove home and collapsed on arriving He insisted he had never seen his assailants before Story Is Unsupported. Detectives said they found no blood in Harvill's car to indicate he had ridden in it after he was mutilated. The injured man was brought to the hospital by Thomas R. Ricketts, 1101 East Capitol street. Capt. B. F. Thompson talked to Ricketts at headquarters this morn- ing. Ricketts said he went to the Har- vill residence to see Harvill about doing some work on his car. He said Mrs. Harvill received him in one room of the basement dwelling, talked for a moment, and then e cused herself, going into another room, where she remained for a short time. Returning. Ricketts said, Mrs. Har- | vill invited him into the living room, where he saw Harviil lying on a blood- soaked divan. He helped the injured man to his automobile and drove him to the hospital Detectives Henry Jett and Arthur Fihelly arrested the wife at her home last night. She was lodged at the House of Detention after being ques- | tioned. and was tc be interviewed at headquarters again today. 'BETHESDA FAMILY IN OKLAHOMA CRASH Oliver W. Toll, Jr., Son of A.A.A. Official, Wife and Four Children Injured. Oliver W. Toll, jr, of Bethesda, Md., son of the chief attorney in the solicitor's office at the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, his wife and four children were injured last night when an automobile in which they yere riding collided with en- cther thachine in a driving rainstorm near Oklahoma City, OKla. Five residents of Tulsa also were injured in the mishap, two critically, | accordine to the Associated Press. Mr. ‘oll suffered a crushed face, severe cuts aebout the head and bruises; his wife and 17-year-old daughter Anne sustained head and face cuts, and his three sons, Daniel, 7; David, 10, and John, 11, received cuts and bruises. The Toll family was en route from Bethesda to Mobile, Ala, when the collision occurred, the Associated Press dispatch said. The Tolls live at 405 Fairfax road, Bethesda. FUNERAL RITES SET FOR GEORGE W. JACOBS Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing Employe Had Given Up Work Only Week Ago. Funeral services for George W. Jacobs, 4902 Fourth street, who took his life with carbon monoxide at his home Saturday, were to be held this afternoon at the S. H. Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street, followed by burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Jacobs, who was 56, had been in ill health for some time and last week had given 0p his work at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where he was employed as a printer. Surviving are his widow, Edna Jane Jacobs, and a step-daughter, Alice Louise Berry. |a total of $12,784.92049 in 1935 as :compared with $11,269,297.86 in 1334, | For the country as a whole, the | report showed a 23 per cent increase in the 1935 collections, as compared | with 1934. The Nation showed re- by Commissioner of Internal Revenue ! Guy T. Helvering to “reflect not only improvement in underlying business conditions but also changes made in the tax system.” | Income Levies Up 22 Per Cent. } Income taxes here in the District amounted to $8,195.647.23 in 1935. a gain of 22 per cent over 1934. This | figure included corporation taxes here | of $3,188,429.30 in 1935, as compared | fore, a gain of 41 per cent. Individual income taxes jumped by 2 per cent, from $4464.827.88 in 934, to $5,007.217.93 in 1935 | Miscellaneous internal revenue here in the District showed a gain of 5 per cent over 1934, with a 1935 total of $4,44249744; while agricultural adjustment taxes dropped 55 per cent, from $326,635.82 in 1934, to $146,- 775.82 in 1935. Maryland Gains 34 Per Cent. The nearby State of Maryland rez- istered a gain of 34 per cent in total rnal revenue collections, increas- ing up to $52.921.027.52 in 1935. Virginia showed a gain of 15 per cent in internal revenue collectiol paying in 1935 a total of $141,34 599.66. Corporation levies brought in $572- 117,876 in the year ended June 30, compared with $397,515.851 in 1924 Last guarter's corporation collections were $167,036.380, compared wita $83,- 710,803 in the first quarter of 1934. Except for Nevada, where there was a 15 per cent slump. corporation re- turns increased in every State. Present corporation tax rates of 1334 per cent were changed by Con- gress to a graduated levy running from 121: to 15 per cent, but this will not be reflected in collections until since the new rates ap- s of the 1936 calerdar |1 1 Income Tax as Whole Up 357. Income tax coliections as a whole jumped 35 per cent over 1934, with individual returns contributing $107,- 603,018 of the $282,205.042 increase. Miscellaneous internal revenue in- creased 13 per cent, or $190,191862 to a total of $1.673,982,831. A 41 per cent increase in agricultural adjust- ment levies was reflected in the 1935 figure of $526,222,358, up $154,799.472. The largest increase in miscellane- ous revenue was the $195.457.893 from taxes on distilled spirits and wines, up $105.506,145 from 1934. The levy on dividends, however, brought in only $961.479, a reduction of $49,- 267,643 from 1934, Dividend Tax Ceases. The dividends tax was applied act, which provided that it would cease upon formal repeal of prohibi- tion. No tax on dividends declared after December 31, 1933, was collected, explaining the heavy drop in this classification. The total internal revenue collec- tions in 1935 were larger than in the pre-depressicn year of 1929, when they reached $2,939,054375. At that time agricultural adjustment taxes, which are paid out in benefits to farmers. were not on the statute books. The 1935 figure, however, shows a surplus cf $334,158,829, even with the A. A. A. levies deducted. A comparison with the 1929 collec- tions showed that while income taxes | then represented $2,331,274.428 of the | | total, with only $607.779,947 brought |in by miscellaneous taxes, the latter produced $1.673,982.831 in 1935, | against only $1,099,230,382 from as- | sessments on individual and corpora- " tion incomes. | Five Cattl.e Herds, 1,700 Hogs Top D.C. Live Stock Holding | Report Shows City Also Owns 135 Horses and Mules. The District now owns five herds 135 horses and mules, F. W. Grenfell, District veterinary surgeon, informed the Commissioners today in his an- nual report. The dairy herds are located at the District Training School, near Laurel, Md.; Colored Girls’ Training School, Conduit road; Colored Boys' Training School, Blue Plains; the Home for the Aged and Infirm, also at Blue Plains, and the Worknouse and Re- formatory at Occoquan, Va. During the year 1500 hogs were | inoculated against cholera. Five horses and mules died. Six had to be destroyed. Dr. Grenfell also reported that the Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine had reorganized for the year | with Dr. John Mohler as president, Dr. John Pollard Turner as vice pres- ident and Dr. Grenfell as secretary. All three were re-elected. There were no applicants for licenses during the year, he m. | with only $2,260.220.69 the year be-| | under the national industrial recovery | of dairy cattle, about 1,700 hogs and | | Actual forming of the District's 1937 | budget was started by the Commis- | sioners today at the first of a series of | conferences with department heads. ; As a basis the Commissioners will use recommendations of the various municipal departments, which would take $53,606,251 to carry out, or $12,- 859,636 over the appropriation for the current fiscal year. ‘The figures submitted by the de- partment heads, of course, are to be | trimmed, but the exact amount will | depend on the prospective financial condition of the District in the next fiscal year. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan. auditor and budget officer, is now at work, endeavoring to determine how large a budget the District can sup- port without increasing the tax rate. Donovan is bringing up to date hi estimate of revenue that will be avail- able this year to finance the current $40.000.000 budget which Congre:s authorized and trying to calculate the income in the next fiscal year. Guide for Commissioners. ‘The conclusions Donovan reaches will guide the Commissioners in fixin: the size of the tentative 1937 budge which the law requires shall be sub mitted to the Budget Bureau not late than September 15. If the Commissioners adhere to mer policies, cut will be made in th estimates of virtually all departmen in order to bring the total budget dow to a figure that the District ca1 finance on its estimated income fron all sources. Increases 1 over current appropria tions have b sought by nearly departments throughout the Distric service, the largest, however, being th public schools and the Board of Pu Welfare. The schools asked for 500,000 more than granted in the ap- propriation act for the Dresent year The welfare budget is $2,934,0°0 greater. Other Increases Urged. The other increases recommended were all under $1,000,000. Some of the largest in this group are: Sewer De- partment, $607,000; Police Depart- ment, $407.330; Health Departmen:, $147,115; Fire Department, $27.6: and National Capital Parks, $22 When the Commissioners finally shape the tentative budget, the Budget Bureau, if it follows tradition, prob- ably will make some further cuts, but a determined fight is to be made a the Capitol this Winter to pravent the Hcuse Subcommittee on Appropria- tions, which will frame the 1937 su ply from under-cutting Budget Bureau Chairman Norton of the House Dis- trict Subcommittee has served notice that she intends to take an activ part in a move to get the District “new deal” before the Appropriat.ct Committee. Although at the head of the Dis- trict's Legislative Committee in ti House, Mrs. Norton and ner comm tee, in the past, have had no connec tion with the appropriation bill. She believes her committee should have some representation on the Appro- priations Subcommittee, which is no | dominated by Representatives Canno: Democrat, of Missouri, and Blanto: Democrat, of Texas. Will Seek Representation. Mrs. Norton has revealed that hc first efforts will be directed at havir either herself or some outstandir member of her committee delegat: to sit on the Appropriations Subcom- mittee in an advisory capacity and defend items that the Legislative | Committee knows are necessary. Fail- ing in that move, she proposes tc appear before the subcommittee dui ing its hearings and make a plea fo: needed funds. Long an advocate of increased ap- propriations for schools, hospitals and recreational centers. Mrs. Nortou | thinks she will be in a better position to argue for more funds than the District officials who are called before the subcommittee, because they are prevented by law from asking for an amount in excess of that approved by the Budget Bureau. BAPTISTS T0 MEET IN COLUMBIA NEXT | Fifty-fifth Annual Session Is Closed Here After President Praises Hospitality. The fifty-fifth annual session of the National Baptist Convention of America closed a five-day meeting here yesterday after President Greene L. Prince of Galveston, Tex., had lauded the hospitality extended to the delegates. The convention next year will be held at Columbia, S. C., it was announced. Rev. E. R. Bradshaw, pastor of the | Tabernacle Baptist Church, and Rev. | E. C. Smith, pastor of the Metropoli- | ian Baptist Church, the two enter- taining pastors, were thanked by the Texas minister for the reception given | the Baptist contingent. | Dr. Henry Allen Boyd, secretary- treasurer of the National Baptist Pub- lishing House of Nasnville, Tenn., supervised a model Sunday school yesterday morning. | President Prince delivered the ser- mon in the morning, and at a mass | meeting in the afternoon the speeker [ was the Rev. David B. Mdodana, & native of Africa and pastor of the | Monumentai Baptist Church of Pitts- burgh. Japan Taxes Profiteers. Japan has a new emergency tax aimed at profiteers. 7