Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1937, Page 4

OR. BOWERNAN, -LIBRARIAN. WEDS Miss Joy Louise Webster Is Bride of Official in Ceremony Here. Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian of the District Public Library for the last 33 years, was married today to Miss Joy Louise Webster of Lincoln, Nebr, and Washington, in the bride’s apartment in the Ontario Apartments. The ceremony was performed by Rev, Dr. John Van Shaick, ir., former pastor of the Universalist Church and present editor of the Chrisilan Leader in Boston, in the presence of & few relatives. Born in Lincoln, Miss Webster was educated at the University of Ne- braska and came to Washington with her father, Judge Joseph R. Webster, Assistant Attorney General in the In- terior Department from 1900 until his death, in 1917. Judge Webster came here on the invitation of his friend, Mr. Justice Van Devanter, then Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Interior Department legal di- visjon. Miss Webster has been active in the woman suffrage movement in the National Woman's Party, of which she was treasurer during the active campaign preceding the adoption of the suffrage amendment to the Con- stitution. She is a member of Delta | Gamma College Sorority, the Twen- | tieth Century Club and the University | Women's Club. Dr. Bowerman, a native of Farm- Ington, N. Y., attended Genesee Wes- leyan Seminary, the University of Rochester and the New York State Library School, and came here as District librarian in 1904. He has lectured in library science at George Washington University and has writ- ten several papers and professional articles on library affairs. A member of the Cosmos Club, the Monday Evening Club. the Federal lub and the Torch Club, he also be- to the Washington Literary He serves on the Joint Citi- n's Committee on National Repre- sentation for the District and is a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Iraternities. He belongs to the Washington Association of Fine Arts, the American Library Associ- stion, the District Library Association and the National Parks Association. His first wife, Mrs. Sarah Graham Bowerman, died as the result of an auto accident in early May, 1935 The couple will make their home at the Ontario Apartments, Embassy (Continued From First Page.) he expected to make no request of the United States Government. “My mission has two purposes,” he #aid. “The first is to present to Mr. Hull my government’s account of the unprecedented attack on Almeria. “The second is to present to him my government's emphatic protest, first, because the German action was in direct violation of the non-interven- tion agreement and, second, because it | was in direct violation of the principles | of international law.” | | had been mistaken. Expects No Action. | The envoy returned to Washington | only today from a trip to the West Coast. He intimated that he expected | this country to take no action | Meanwhile, Senator Nye. Repub- | Hcan, of Indiana, a leading member of the congressional neutrality bloc, asserted President Roosevelt should | “‘act immediately” to invoke American neutrality laws against Germany. He described the bombardment of Almeria s a “plain act of war” against Spain. Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis- | ®ouri, a member of the Senate's man- | datory neutrality bloc, likewise said he believed the neutrality act should be | applied to Germany and possibly to | Italy. | Previously Senators Borah, Repub- lican, of Idaho and McKellar, Demo- | crat, of Tennessee called the attack | on Almeria an act of war that justi- | fied the United States in applying its new neutrality law to outside ‘par- ticipants” in the conflict. The Californian said that “in the days to come when we are flooded with propaganda we may be induced | to repeal the act concerning foreign; loans to our debtors, let us remember | 20 years ago how gently we were eased | into lending what was necessary to fight the war and which those nations then wishing it said would be re- | paid.” | Borah, a veteran member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commented: “From the reports, I should say an actual war is on, sufficient to justify application of our neutrality law to all parties now participating both un- dercover and openly.” McKellar asked use of the neutrality act “to keep this country out of the conflict,” and asserted “America will | never get into this one.” The neutrality law, already in force egainst both the Spanish camps, would bar American arms shipments and financial credits to any other nation named by the President as a bel- ligerent. The President could go further, if he chose, and prohibit shipment of any goods to the belligerents unless they were first paid for in the United Btates. He also could stop American ships from carrying any goods to the nations named. Secretary Hull cut short a vacation in Virginia to consider the new crisis. He hurried to Washington and spent yesterday at his office, poring over official and press dispatches despite the fact the department was closed for the holiday. With Hull were Undersecretary Bumner Welles, Green Hackworth, State Department legal adviser, and John Hickerson, acting chief of the Department's Division of Western Eu- Topean Affairs. Keene (Continued From First Page.) and on an afterdeck rail, 10 feet be- hind the cabin. Investigators said at the time that | Keene might have been murdered by & robber who entered his cabin by | the catwalk outside the hull of the ship and come back back the same way, leaving bloody fingerprints be- hind him. Sheriff Dryden said the murderer apparently had weighted Keene's body im the hope it would remain below the sUrface. Accumulating bases, however, LY Body Found CHARLES F. KEENE. increased buoyancy-of the body suf- ficiently to overcome the drag of the weights, investigators said. The key ring on Keene’s body was stamped with the number “6509,” and this number was identified at the Union Trust Building as listed to the realtor. The zipper suit case, like the mesh bag, was initialed “F. R. K." Friends of Keene said both bags probably had belonged to Keene's sis- ter, the late Florence R. Keene, Wash- ington singing teacher, who died sev- eral years ago. They said Keene later used several articles left him by his | sister. Norfolk detectives opened an in- vestigation when Keene's disappear- ance was reported there. The District of Columbia returned here the follow- ing morning, and Washington detec- tives made a cursory examination of Keene's cabin, which had been cleaned | up.” Detectives of both cities refused to take responsibility for the investiga- tion, and later the Justice Department also declined to take over the case. On the insistence of Charles F. Keene, jr., a former naval lieutenant, now in business in New York City, a | Federal board of inquiry met in t Commerce Department May 21 to in- | vestigate the case. At that time William H. Bowen, 38, | a night watchman on the boat, said | he heard a “peculiar noise, which sounded like a muffled shot, about 1:45 am.” adding that he walked out | on the after deck to investigate, found | nothing unusual and concluded he The boat was near the mouth of the Potomac River at this time. Bowen | said he passed Keene's cabin every 20 minutes throughout the night and heard no other unusual sounds. Tax (Continued From First Page.) erty tax. which is expected to produce | $1.500,000. Altogether the completed program is estimated to yield $8,500.000 a year, | but only $7,000,000 of this would be used to wipe oyt the current pros- THE EVENING STAR, V VASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY pective budget deficit of $6,149,000, since the Commissioners recommend- ed that the $1,500,000 from the weight tax be dumped into the gasoline tax fund and used exclusively “for con- struction, reconstruction, improve- ment and maintenance of highways,” as well as administrative expenses. All fees from the titling of motor vehicles, as well as those from the isuance of drivers’ permits, also would be transferred from the general fund to the special fund. Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of highways, explained that the change would actually save about $500,000 of general fund revenues, since certain activities of the Department of Traffic and Vehicles are now supported out of that fund. By transferring support of these activities to the special fund, he said, the general fund deficit would be reduced by $500,000. The Commissioners likewise, at the direction of the subcommittee, submit- ted a proposed bill designed to give them authority to charge fees for parking on the public streets and au- thorized the installation of so-called park-o-meters to collect the revenue. The parking meter plan, however, will not be included in the emergency tax program. It is intended to' give the Commissioners & “cushion” for rais- ing additional revenue if it becomes necessary. In addition, the Commissioners sub- mitted an alternative motor vehicle weight tax proposal under which all of the $1,500,000 revenue from this source would go into the general fund instead of the special fund. At the same time, the Commissioners explained they preferred that the plan to place the weight tax revenues into the special fund be approved, otherwise the Highway Department would be seriously handicapped in car- rying out its program for alleviating traffic congestion. “Details to Be Studied.” ‘The subcommittee plans to go over the details of the final tax program at 10 a.m. tomorrow and whip it into shape for submission to the full Dis- trict Committee at a special meeting Thursday. The full committee is the place where the income tax plan is ex- pected to precipitate a revolt by sup- porters of the once proposed general sales tax which the Commissioners abandoned at the direction of the Tax Subcommittee. A number of sales tax advocates on the full com- | | mittee, it is understood. propose to | fight ‘for restoration of that plan in | lieu of the income tax. ‘The chief opposition to the income tax plan is the fear on behalf of some of the committee members, as well as the Commissioners, that it may be held invalid by the courts, since it will tax the salaries of Federal workers whose incomes are not subject to tax- ation by the States in which they live. There will be no exemptions under the income tax plan, except those spe- cifically exempted by the Constitution OLD GOLD AND SILVER will bring you SELINGER'S ook for the: LADIES’ DRESSES, COATS AND SUITS Exeept Whites. 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CALIFORNIANS, INC, Dept. 6603, 703 Market St. Please send your wew, San Francisco illussrased book and Offcial Towrist Mep, fro —the President and members of tha Federal judiciary. Members of Con- gress and non-residents would be taxed as well as residents and the tax would be retroactive to cover 1936 in- comes and made payable before Octo- ber 31 of this year. Non-residents, however, would receive credit for in- come tax payments in the States in which they live. Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal explained that while the tax would be retroactive to include 1936 incomes, only one-half of the proposed full scale would be imposed so the Dis- trict could derive some revenue from this source this year. Commissioner Dan I. Sultan de- scribed as a “dirty trick” the proposal to make the income tax retroactive, and told the subcommittee he would be “delighted” to see that provision eliminated. Patterned on Collins Bill. The income tax plan submitted by the Commissioners is patterned after the Collins income tax bill. The major changes were intended to make it all-inclusive by removing certain exemptions contained in the Collins measure. The rate of taxation in the Collins bill was left undisturbed. Incomes of single persons or a mar- ried person not living with husband or wife in excess of $1,000 would be taxed. Married persons living to- gether would not be taxed unless the combined income exceeded $2,500. A $300 exemption would be allowed for each dependent child under 18 The tax rate would be as follows One per cent of the net income not exceeding $2,000. One and a half per cent in excess of $2,000 but not exceeding $5,000. Two per cent in excess of $5,00 and not in excess of $10,000. Two and a half per cent in excess of 10,000 and not in excess of $15,000. Three per cent in excess of $15,000 and not in excess of $20,000. Three and a half per cent in excess of $20,000 and not in excess of $30,000. Four per cent in excess of $20,000 and not in excess of $50,000. Five per cent in excess of $50,000 Intangible Payments. The original plan of the Commis- sioners contemplated continuation of | the intangible personal property tax along with the income tax, but allow- ing credit on the income tax pa ment for intangible tax payments. The subcommittee, however, directed that legislation be drawn to remove the credit for intangible tax payments and that the present intangible tax law be strengthened to stop the esti- mated “one million dollar a year” leak. The new legislation drawn by the Commissioners carries out the sub- committee’s mandate and will give the tax assessor authority to examine “any books, papers, records, or mem- oranda bearing upon the matters re- quired to be included in the return.” The assessor also would have author- ity to summon any person to appear before him and testify under oath respecting those rocords. The Commissioners and subcommit- tee members engaged in'a protracted discussion over the plan to continue the tax on intangibles. Representa- tive Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma argued that this tax should be con- tinued but credited to income tax payments. Representative Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois, who led the fight for adoption of an income tax, took the position the intangible tax should be continued for at least a year without credit until the income tax is “firmly established.” Ultimately, he said, the intangible tax could be repealed. The Commissioners said they did not care which plan is adopted but pointed out if a credit is allowed for intangible tax payments the rates on the income tax schedule would have to be increased to produce adequate revenue, Court (Continued From First Page.) Supreme Court to refuse to review these cases, Ickes said: “For three long years the utilities | have held up these loans. 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