Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1936, Page 8

AIRCRAFT DEAL PUBLICITY SCORED Senator Clark Denounces Nye for Releasing Roose- velt-Fokker Papers. By (ne Assostated Press. Senator Clark, Democrat, of Mis- souri, recorded a vehement criticism today of the publication of a Senate Munitions Committee affidavit saying that Elliott Roosevell contracted to gell airplanes abroad. In a telegram to Chairman Nye, Republican, of Indiana, who released | the document, Clark said publicity ‘was given to a “eanard in what seems to be as chieap a political trick as has been seen in years.” He declared he was “amazed” at Nye's action. Contract Alleged. In the deposition, Anthony H. G. Fokker, airplane manufacturer, was quoted as saying he contracted to pay the President’s son $500,000 commis- sion to sell 50 military planes to Rus- sia. Young Roosevelt declared contract, which was not fulfilled, cov- ered only the sale of commercial planes to foreign private. corporations and that no sucn figure as $500,000 was | smentioned. Nye has declared that his action in releasing the document was justified | n view of charges in an aviation mag- azine that the committee was with- holding evidence. Full Consent Requested. ‘Clark, 8 member of the Senate com- | mittee, notified Nve that “no further action” should be taken in the name of | the committee without its full con- | sent. Nearly two years ago, he said, the committee voted unanimously that the “Fokker document warranted no further investigation, * The decision was made, he said, *solely because the committee had neither time, money, nor inclination to go off on wild goose chases having nothing to do with the legitimate scope of our investigation.” FLAMES RAG.E IN SHIP, BUT PASSENGERS DANCE Dutch Vessel Races to Port as Guests, Not Told of Fire, Make Merry on Deck. BY the Associated Press. NICE, France, October 9.—Passen- gers landed from the Dutch motor ship Marnix Van St. Aldegonde last night and teld how they had danced and made merry while fire raged in the hold of the ship Wednesday night. The fire was extinguished, and the | ship put in to Ajaccio, after a race 8gainst the flames. The passengers said they were un- aware of the fire eating through a cargo of matches in the hold, and | danced and played deck games while the vessel raced toward the nearest rt. Their first indication something was | #miss, the passengers said came when 1 they awakened in harbor of Ajaccio| instead of in Villefranche where they | had expected to land. The liner pro- | ceeded to Geona last night. JANITOR SOLVES CASE PUZZLING TO POLICE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO., October 9.-—If policemen | at the Deering street station house seemed embarrassed there was &} reason. | They had been unable to find the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1836 District Citizens’ Federal Tax Exceeds Population Share Internal Revenue Paid Here Is $17,322.- The District of Columbia is shown by latest Federal tax returns atill to be paying more thap its populations share of the tax burden of the country, ‘While containing only 0,46 per cent of the population of the country, in the fiscal year ended June 30, the District of Columbia paid 0.9 per cent of the total internal revenue col- lected by the United States. This was disclosed by & preliminary report on internal revenue collections for the year, made public’by Guy T, Helvering, commissioner of internal revenue. Total internal revenue from the Dis- trict was shown to be $17,322,920.58 for the past fiscal year, which is 0.49 per cent of the total of $3,520,208,- 381,09 collected for the entire eountry, In the matter of relative gains for the year over 1935, the District of Columbia was shown far in the lead of the average for the Nation. For instance, the total revenue col- lections for the country as a whole ine creased by 6.7 per cent, from $3,209.- 435,672.18 in 1935 to $3,520,208,381.00 in 1936; but the District of Columbia showed a gain of more than five times as great, relatively, with an inerease of 35 per cent from $12,784,920.49 in 1935 to $17,322,929.53 in 1936. Maryland showed a gain of 20 per cent, from $52.921,027.52 to $63,308,- 065.07; while Virginia gained 6 per cent, from $141,348,599.66 to $150,- 333,865.78. Low Farm Tax Figure. It was the low percentage of agri- cultural adjustment tax collections from this urban area, only .03 per cent of the tetal, which pulled down the District's overall percentage of con- tribution to Pederal taxes, but in the income tax and miscellaneous brackets, the District soared still higher than the general average contribution for all taxes. For instance, this city with only .46 per cent of the population paid .79 per cent of the income tax collections, or $11,150,501.65. It paid .50 per cent of the miscellaneous internal revenue col- lections, and income tax collections | together, or $17,300.748.97. The .03 per cent agricultural taxes from here were only $22,180.56. The District of Columbia popula- tion figures used in the table are an “estimate” of the Bureau of the Cen- sus, 594,000, as of July 1, 1935. ‘The District made a favorable showing in a comparison of the de- tailed increases made by this city and by the country as & whole from 1935 to 1936. The increase in income taxes paid from here was 36 per cent, when this revenue increased from $8,195.647.23 in 1935 to $11,150,501.65 in 1936, but the average increase for the country as a whole was only 29 per cent. The increase in corporation income taxes here was 41 per cent, as com- pared to an increase of 29 per cent for the country, Corporation income taxes here grew from $3,188,429.30 in 1035 to $4,603,173.26 in 1936, Individual income taxes here jumped upward by 33 per cent, from $5,007,217.93 in 1935 to $6,647,328.39 in 1936, while the general average in= crease for the country was only 28 per cent. Miscellaneous Tax Gain. Even in miscellaneous taxes the District’s increase of 38 from $4,442.407.44 to was higher than the aver: 22 per cent in miscellaneous taxes for the country. ‘The District in the year 1936 paid to the Federal Government a total of owner of two homing pigeons, found in a crate in a gutter. For two days, | routine methods—use of the radio and | teletype messages—had failed. | Sam Jones, colored janitor at the | station (he is not a policeman) had | an idea. He tied a note on the leg of one of the pigeons, asking the owner to come and get the other bird, and turned it loose. Two hours later, the owner, a 12- sear-old boy, appeared. | Perfection in Flowers Since 1889 - HOLLAND-GROWN BULBS PLANT now for a lovely and colorful garden in the Spring, These bulbs are Holland grown, selected stock, named varieties. Buy now! Plant now! Giant Darwin Tulips Venus (Rose) Golden Giant (Yellow) City of ‘Haatlem (Scerlet) Faust (Red-Black) 75 € Dozen . Also on.Sale-et.Qur in Carton (Also Assortment of Indesr Bulbs.) $115178.60 excess profits, $521,545.08 capital stock tax, $6,339.50 N. R. A. dividend tax, $1791,014.97 estate tax and $2,136,634 gift tax. 8howing that Washington is a the- ater town, largely motion picture, the taxes on admissions here were shown | to be over a quarter of a million dol- | lars, $268,718.11. This was divided | among several kinds, including $254,~ 411.15, the largest proportion, collect- | ed as 1 cent on each 10 cents admis- ; | On sale at all four stores. ASSORTMENT OF MIXED GIANT DARWIN TULIPS ond Selected Hardy Rock Garden BULBS: 75c Carton 000 or .49 Per Cent of Total for Country. Population Is Only .46 Per Cent. sion, under 41 cents. The tax on ade missions to roof gardens, cabarets, efc, 13 cents for each 50 cents, turned into the Federal till $10,140.04. ‘The tax on club dues here totaled $59,451.47. Liquor taxes paid from the District to the Federal Government totaled $587,849.87, including the largest item of $516,890.52 from “fermented malt liquor taxes.” The excise on beer at $5 per barrel of 31 gallons, turned in slightly over half a million dollars, $500,457.92. Other beer taxes were from brewers and dealers. For the country as a whole, the re- port of Commissioner Helvering says that the increase of $314,000,000 in in- come tax collections during the fiscal . year 1036 as compared with the fiscal year 19356 reflects chiefly the higher Jevel of ndividual and corporate in- comes, and, for the first time, the full effect of the revenue act of 193¢. Collections of miscellaneous internal revenue taxes increased $362,000,000 in the fscal year 1936, as compared with the preceding fiscal year, Estate tax and gift tax collections were §78, 000,000 and $88,000,000 larger, respec- tively, reflecting an inerease in value of estates, and a larger volume of gifts 28 well as the upward revision of rates under the revenue act of 1934, Aleohol and Tobaceo, Collections of taxes on alcoholic bev- erages, tobacco manufacturers’ excise taxes also showed substantial increases, Moderate increase in certain other sundry taxes were more than offset by the loss in revenue due to the repeal of the tax on checks, effective Janu- ary 1, 1935, which yielded over $25,- 000,000 in the fiscal year 1935, and to the reduction in the rate of tax on crude petroleum. New taxes first effective in the fiscal year 1936 were the bituminous coal tax, and the taxes upon carriers and their employes, which yielded $729,218 | and $48,279, respectively. The bitus minous coal eonservation act, includ- ing the tax imposed by it was declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court May 18, 1936, The agricultural adjustment taxes yielded $466,000,000 less in the flseal year 1936 than during the flacal year 1935. Beginning with June, 1935, con- siderable amounts of these taxes were impounded by court injunctions. On January 6, 1036, the United States Su- preme Court held the agricultural ad- Justment sct, and the taxes imposed by it, unconatitutional. Congress also repealed in February the potato act of 1935, the Kerr tobacco act and the Bankhead cotton act of 1034, DRESSY BANDIT HUNTED A well-dressed colored bandit, with an impediment in his speech, who, with two colored companions, slugged and robbed Daniel Clark, 70, of §35 near his home, 1705 K atreet, last night, was being sought by police to- day. Clark taold police at the second pre- cinct that one of the trio which ac- costed him as he neared his home stut- tered when demanding his money. Clark was not quick enough to suit his assailants and suffered a gash on the head when one of the men struck him with a blunt instrument. He was given first aid at Freedmen's Hospital. FEY PLANS HONOR SUIT AGAINST STARHEMBERG bandons Plan for Duel, Saying His Seconds Are Unable to Contact Prince. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, October 9.—Maj), Emil Fey, apparently abandoning plans for a duel, declared last night he would appeal to the Austrian Military Court of Honor for vindieation in his quar- rel with Prince Ernst Von Starhem- berg. Pey sald that his seconds had been unable to present his challenge to “re- sponsible representatives of Starhem- berg” and that he was therefore taking recourse to the military court. Fey flung his challenge after Star- hemberg, his former chief in the Heimwehr, had asserted Fey's con- duet at the assassination of Chaneel- lor Engelbert Dollfuss by Nazi putsch- ists July 25, 1934, “was never satis- tactorily explained.” — Presidents Pick Successors. Most strong-willed American Presi- dents have generally managed to nominate their successors. PUBLIC SALE| I AT AUCTION | ORIE A COLLECTION Of=ssasssssl Tonight at 8 p.m. and Tomorrow at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. 275 Criental Rugs, In room sizes, acatter rugs, runners, and 30 car- pets ranging in size from 10x14 to 13x22. Various weaves, including Kashans, S8arouks, Bokhara, Kirmans, Hamadans, etc., etc, A semi= antique Bokhara Carpet, 10x14; a Royal Palace Kirman Carpet, 10x18.6; a semi-antique Bijar hall runner, 15x2.9; a-Royal Kashan Carpet, 9x12; a Sarouk carpet, 10x18; a pair of silk Kashan Rugs, Tx4, and a very fine Royal Kirman of the famous Persian Garden design in pastel shades, size 22x12.10, appraised at $6,500. 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