Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1937, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR, -WASHINGTO ‘. KING S HUNUR ”SI Rewarded by King George VI NAMES AMERICAN Lédy Astor Cited—George Awards 13 Peerages and H = 7 Baronetcies. B3'the Associated Press. LONDON, May 11—From the Queen of England to striking bus drivers, from London to lonely Tris- tan da Cunha Island, King George VI today honored hundreds of his subjects in celebration of his corona- tion tomorrow. The ooronation honor list, one of the longest ever publshed, rewarded distinguished and humble men and women for service to the empire with 13 peerages, 7 baronetcies, almost 100 knighthoods, 13 privy councillors and many promotions or appointments in the various empire orders. ‘The Queen Mother Mary and Queen Elizabeth were awarded the royal Vic- torian chain, a high honor decreed only on special occasions, while Queen Maud of Norway, the princess royal, the Duchess of Athol, and Princess Beatrice were made Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order. It was the first time women had been admitted to the order. The Queen's father, the Earl of Strathmore, received an English peer- age and the Order of the Garter. His previous title, although ancient, was in the Scottish peerage, and he sat in the House of Lords only as a rep- resentative peer. ‘The Duke of Norfolk, who as earl marshal has been in charge of coro- nation arrangements; the Duke of Beaufort and the Marquess of Exeter were also made Knights of the Gar- ter, the highest order of British chivalry. Lady Astor, first woman member of Parliament ana the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, was made a Companion of Honor, Lionel Logue, the Australian spe- efalist who cured the King's stam- mering, was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, while Baron Baden-Powell, chief of the Boy Soouts, received the coveted Order of Merit, s distinction limited to 24 members. Literature, sport and drama were remembered with honors fer Novelist | Hugh Walpole, cricket player Plum Warner and actress Marie Tempest. Two menservants and a housemaid employed in the British Embassy at | Madrid received British Empire | Medals for service and courage dur- ing the Spanish civil war. Two London bus drivers, now on strike, received the medal of the Order | of the British Empire for long service, and in Tristan da Cunha, in the mid- dle of the South Atlantic, Rev. Har- old Wilde was awarded a similar medal. Coronation (Continued From First Page.) theilr long wait for the throaty roar of the dawn cannon that will an- nounce the great day toward which all Britain has been pointing for months, the representatives of empire peraded to Buckingham Palace to pre- sent addresses of loyal greeting to the King. One by one, Indian potentates, dominion prime ministers and colo- nial leaders bowed before the King- Emperor and gave assurance the en- tire empire was thoroughly repre- sented at the coronation. After the ceremonial, the royal hosts entertained the masters of em- pire at luncheon at the residence from which they will depart for West- minister Abbey to be annointed King and Queen. Outside and along the processional route, the sharp tap of workmen's hammers pulsed the roar of the; crowds with a staccato rhythm as they put the last nails into the twist- ing, turning wilderness of grandstand | seats to serve only for a day before | they are torn down. Additonal Decorations Added. | Decorators clambered over tall lad- ders, adding even more bunting to the glittering maze of masts, banners and flags that once were the streets of sedate London town. Garlands and streamers and flower boxes and gilded crowns and illuminat- | ed royal cyphers formed an almost | impenetrable profusion. | Charing cross sported a high may- | pole, festooned with banners; Oxford | street shimmered with tall masts draped and swathed in red; the Mall ‘was a gargantuan corridor of tall white masts topped with heraldic lions:; Piccadilly Circus was lost in blue; Marble Arch was white and gold. In the east end, where poverty stalks and the amount of the dole is the prime daily concern, a riotous mass of bunting and flags concealed the grimy walls of rows of bleak tenements. Shop windows were plastered with portraits of the King and Queen and streets were blocked off for tea parties and dancing. Await Pay-Off. | In the west end, cabarets, res- | taurants, night clubs and bars, whose owners have gambled hundreds of thousands of dollars against the pocketbooks of coronation visitors, added last-minute touches for the big pay-off tonight and tomorrow night. Far beyond the outskirts of the metropolis in quaint old villages and lively bustling towns, coronation dec- orations spread the spirit of festivity, but on coronation day they will hold only those who cannot force their way into the capital. Two hundred long-distance excursion trains were scheduled to start pouring into London | at 11 o'clock tonight. | London’s underground railways were ordered to run all night long -for the first time in history. More than 10,000,000 ‘“passenger journeys” were expected to be made in the 2¢- hour period by underground, bus and street car. Some 25,000 police and 35,000 sol- | Let Us Install The | - BURNER much, or as little heat as you want . . . when you want it. . . . Estimate Iuyhmti“““ stimate en MAURICE J. OLBERT 2 Heating Homes for over 30 years 1908 M St. N.W. . . . Dist. 3626 LADY NANCY ASTOR. [ % BARON BADEN-POWELL. diers were assigned positions along the line of march to control the vast crowd of 2,000,000 persons ex- pected to see a King and Queen ride to and from their coronation. Thousands of first-aid workers and ambulances were stationed every 5 yards along the 6!%-mile route to care for the casualties expected to result from the crushing crowds. Staggered Barriers Erected. Staggered barriers were erected to keep the masses from jamming the west end area too rapidly. Wooden barriers were held in the background to be swung across the streets in an emergency if the crush cannot be broken otherwise. Peers and peeresses and tne mem- bers of the government who will be forced to stay in the abbey from shortly after dawn until the King and Queen leave made light plans for today. Most of them ordered their beds prepared early tonight and left word to be called at 3 a.m. to be dressed and in their places in the vaulted confines of Westminster at 6 a.m. The Queen herself planned to be up and ready for her hairdresser to create the elaborate ooiffure neces- sary for her newly-made crown by | 7T am. A small indication of the tumult that will grip the largest city in the world tomorrow was seen last night when huge crowds estimated at more than 1,000,000 persons massed in the streets while King George entertained 450 guests at a formal state dinner. The people roared “We want the King” for hours during the banquet, which was the greatest state function since the coronation of King George V in 1911, Gerard One of Honor Guests. Wearing formal court dress of knee breeches, James W. Gerard, special American envoy to the coronation, was one of the guests of honor, sitting at the table at which the King personally presided. Other Americans who sat side by side with royalty were Gen. John J. Pershing, in his full dress general's uniform, Admiral Hugh Rodman and Ambassador Robert W. Bingham. They ate from the famous garter china service, served by liveried foot- men, while the crowd shouted itself hoarse outside. Later 3,000 overseas guests of the Speaker of the House of Commons | jammed the Houses of Parliament at | a reception. It was almost impossible for the distinguished visitors to thread their way either backward or forward. Only strident shouts of “Make way for her royal highness” cleared a path for the royal princess. The Duke and Duchess of Glou- cester literally had to force their way through the mass of humanity with the Duke and Duchess of Kent. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands at one time became separated from her husband in a bad crush near the entrance to the Speaker's house, while Winston Churchill was overheard to ask a policeman to find him a quick way out. Rain Soaks Decorations. As the driving rain continued to beat down, the no longer gay streets became bedraggled with soggy flags and dripping bunting. The canopy at the entrance to Westminster Abbey, which the peer- esses will use tomorrow, became a saucer of water, with the overflow dripping to the roadway. Should the rain continue during the ceremony, the canopy will not af- ford much protection to the proudly coroneted heads which will get the same ducking that. is in store for mil- Courtesy Parking N.W. Cor. 12th and E I+ at Eleventh | persons who pay an intangible tax lions of commoners who hold seats in the uncovered stands. The downpour failed to drive the dense coronation crowds indoors, however, and they continued their only slightly less joyous pushing and shoving throughout the murky fore- noon. Irish Republicans created a brief furor among the crowd in Piccadilly. Circus by hoisting a huge black ban- ner in memory of James Connolly, the leader of the 1916 Easter week up- rising who was executed by British troops for his part in the revolution. The banner, inscribed “May 12— Remember James Connolly,” was draped outside the building housing the office of the Irish high commis- | sioner in London. | It hung in the rain for about 20 minutes before flustered officials re- | moved it. The high commissioner's office refused to comment on the in- cident other than to say: “We know | nothing about it.” (Oontinued From First Page.) from both taxes would not exceed the original estimated $2.500,000, since would be given credit for the pay- ment on the income tax. Chairman Kennedy interrupted the | discussion to inquire if rigid enforce- ment of the present tax on intangibles wouldn't increase its yield. Seal agreed it would, but pointed out enforcement would be an “endless task” because persons now escaping the tax would have to be taken into court. Tax Assessor Fred D. Allen volun- teered that the “trouble now" is that there is no authority for the inspection of the books of those assessed. "If we could examine the books,” he declared, “‘we could get another million dollars.” Representative Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois said he favored an income | tax because it is paid after a person has received his earnings “and hits those best able to pay.” A sales tax.| he declared, is passed on “and hits the | little man and the big man equally | and therefore is not equitable.” Nichols declared the proposed in- come tax “presents one of the knotti- est problems I know of.” “You don't know where you're going,” he said. Seal agreed with him. After discussing the income tax plan, the Commissioners formally pre- | sented their proposal for a gross re- | ceipts tax, and then went into execu- tive session with the subcommittee. Figures given the subcommittee by Tax Assessor Allen showed that re- tail sales in the District last year totaled $330,000,000. Nichols re- marked that a 1 per cent tax on the basis of such sales would yield $3,- ! 300,000 in additional revenue. ‘The Commissioners applied the fin- Mshing touches to their tax program | st » prolonged meeting late yester- day with their special tax committee. Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal said today he fears that if Congress, for example, should exempt members of the House and Senate, or certain Federal executives, as the Collins bill proposes, the courts would step in and invalidate the District income tax. In other words, he believes the Com- missioners’ plan is constitutional as it is now drawn up and that the Collins bill, with its exemptions, is uncon- stitutional. Collins’ bill not only exempts mem- | bers of Congress but other Federal | officials elected or appointed for stated terms, who are not residents of the District within the specific defini- tion laid down in his bill. For ex- ample, the controller general, direc- Gabardine Suits are decidedly the “better type.” Carefully nee- dled in smart, modern models. A choice of nine prom- inent shades is avail- 535 X Others at $40 Convenient Sts. Charge Accounts TAX COLLECTIONS CHANGES ARE SEEN Committee on Delinquent Levies to Report Soon. Lodge Attacks Towers. Somewhat drastic changes in meth- ods and procedure in the District Tax Collector's office were forecast today a5 the Commisisoners’ Special Com- mittee on Delinquent Taxes prepared to make its recommendations soon. As a “curtain raiser” to the report, Thomas E. Lodge, a member of the committee and president also of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, Pput much of the blame for the $6,000,- 000 deficit anticipated next fiscal year on the shoulders of Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers. He charged Towers, as on other oc- casions, with “incompetence.” “With a population of about 619,000 persons,” Lodge contended, ‘“only 38,000 persons paid the intangible per- sonal property tax.” Office Asleep, He Says. “The Tax Collector's office is just asleep,” he said. “There is no doubt about it.” While he said he had “no specific complaint” to make against Tax As- sessor Fred D. Allen, the committse member indicated that the adminis- tration of assessments was not altogether what it should be. Lodge explained, however, that he felt the | tax assessor was working under a “set | of circumstances” over which he had no direct control. | As indicated some time ago, one of the recommendations in the matter of expediting tax collections, will be in | the form of a proposed central bill- ing office. By the expenditures of a few thousand dollars the first year, Lodge feels, billing machines could be substituted as a labor saving device. “As it is now,” he said, “bills are sent out from seven or eight offices. That means when a taxpayer goes to the District Building to see about his tax bill, he sometimes must run the gantlet of half a dozen offices before he finally gets to the right one. With a central billing office for all forms of taxes, all that running around would be saved.” Lodge contended that the arrears in taxes are piling up so rapidly, as a result of “incompetance” and lack of systematic method, that the District revenucs are threatened with a larger deficit than would be otherwise. G. 0. P. BROADCAST Bridges and Representative Case to Speak Sunday. Republican Chairman Hamilton an- nounced today that Senator Bridges. Republican, of New Hampshire, and Representative Case, Republican, of South Dakota, would speak Sunday night on the third of the party's pro- gram of four broadcasts. Bridges will speak on “Labor” and Case on “Social Security.” They will be introduced by Hamilton over the Columbia network at 10 pm. The final program of the series is sched- uled for May 23. tor of the Mint, the Postmaster Gen- eral and many others would be ex- empted. The Commissioners’ bill would tax them all on incomes. While the intangible tax would be | continued as a protection against possible loss of revenue, individuals and corporations peying that tax would, however, be given a credit for it against their income tax. | For instance, if a citizen pays a | $2,000 tax on intangible property and | is taxed $4,000 on his income, the in- tangible tax would be deducted, leav- | ing only $32,000 to be paid on income. | ‘The total that could be raised on all six tax bills for general revenue pur- poses would amount, if aded together, to $8,600,000, or more than ample to meet any anticipated deficit. But one plan considered now is to devote gus tax and weight tax revenues exclu- sively for the highway program and other improvements from which mo- torists would benefit. After deducting these taxes on the motorists, the Commissioners’ tax pro- gram would raise approximately $6,- 000,000 toward meeting the expected deficit in District revenues next fiscal year. S ...M D. C, TUESDAY, Indian Skeleton in Albany Museum Has Case of Jitters By the Assoctated Pre ALBANY, N. Y, May 11— Pete, the Indian skeleton in New York State’s museum, has the Jitters, visitors declared today. The shaking, described as & subtle sort of quiver, is mostly in the left arm, they said. Guard Bert Van Loon, however, has & hunch that Pete’s ancient Joints are hung in such neat bal- ance that the vibration of the ventilating fans produce the shakes. BANKER CONTROL WILL BE STUDIED House Judiciary Group Will Consider Remedy for Reor- ganization Abuses. By the Associated Press. The House Judiciary Committee to- day was expected to study in executive session the Securities and Exchange Commission report assailing methods of some banker-management groups in reorganizing bankrupt businesses. Chairman Sumners told reporters that the committee at the same time would consider a remedy for reorgani- Zation abuses proposed in a bill by Representative Sabath, Democrat, of Illinoils. He added that a bill might be approved. The Sabath bill would amend bank- ruptcy laws to provide for appoint- ment of conservators to supervise re- organization of distressed and bank- Tupt concerns. Conservators would be appointed by the controller of the currency, who would be the chief conservator. Members of the Judiciary Committes revealed there is a difference of opinion within its ranks over whether regulation should be vested in the Securities Commission or the con- troller. They said there is & possibility the Sabath bill may be amended to vest authority in the commission. In its 400,000-word report to Con- gress on a two-year inquiry into re- organization practices the commission recommended that abuses be elim- inated through legislation designed to: 1. Place control of reorganizations with bona fide security holders and their direct representatives. 2. Give “renewed emphasis to the fact that representatives of security holders in reorganization occupy a fiduciary position.” 3. Prohibit abusive practices which “have characterized the strategy and techniques of reorganization.” ASKS $25,000 BALM | Former Minister's Wife Brings Suit in Oakland, Calif. OAKLAND, Calif., May 11 () — | Mrs. Ethel M. Plerce was a defendant ltoday in a $25000 alienation suit filed by Mrs. C. Walter Taber in which she accused her husband, a former minister, of infidelity. The suit was brought in Superior Court, where last week Mrs. Taber filed for divorce. At that tme she did not mention Mrs. Pierce. The Tabers were maried in Pitts- | burgh, Pa, in 1920, said the com- plaint. Later they came to the Pacific Coast and Taber became minister of a church in San Prancisco. He resigned Saddlery and Repairing of Leather Geeds G. W. King,Jr.,511 11th SL.N.W. Your Watch 1t the movement ts g keep ¥, but why met put it in & mew case with & meders dial? 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