Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight: to morrow generally fair and warmer; gentle southwest to northwest winds. Tempera- tures today—Highest, 76, at 2 p.m.; low- est, 58, at 7:30 a.m. Full report on Page A-19. Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 85th YEAR. No FIVE POLICE INDICTED WITH 119 OTHERS IN WAR ON DISTRICT GAMBLING 34,030. Entered as second elass matter post office, Washington, D. C. > Big Series of Raids Leads to Charges. RACING WIRES BIND EVIDENCE Veteran of 27 Years on Force One of Those Named. BACKGROUND— Since last March Washington's {llicit gambling fraternity has reeled under a succession of raids carried on with precision and thoroughness by police and Federal agents. Five months of under= cover investigation preceded the raids, in which 450 men and wom= en, including overlords of the gam= bling ring, were captured. In some instances the gamblers were “tipped off” before the raiders arrived, arousing suspicions of a liaison between policemen and racketeers. BY WILLIAM S. TARVER. One hundred and twenty-four per-| #ons, including five policemen, were indicted today on gaming charges in the most strenuous effort vet made by | | i prosecuting officials to sweep organized | | gambling from the city. Capping the sensational series of | (85 raids by picked police Suuadrons‘; which began last March 10 and con- tinued through June, ments—35 the in number—include indict- the names of almost all well known book- | makers in Washington. | | Touched off by the hastily executed raid last February on the elaborate Albee Building headquarters of Abe Plisco, alias Jewboy Dietz, from which telephone wires stretched like a mon- watrous web over the city, the other raids followed in rapid-fire order. As the wires of the horse race in- formation system, traced out by Fed- eral and local undercover men through months of patient tapping, guided the raiders, so they formed the ties binding together 27 alleged gamblers end the five policemen in a single indictment charging a city-wide con- #piracy to violate the gaming laws. Veteran Sergeant Named. ‘The officers named are Detective Bergt. Fred Antionelli, a veteran of | . 27 years service; Precinct Detectives Prank M. White of the second precinct end Charles A. Buck) CHARLES A. BERRY. Berry of the | eleventh precinct, and Pvts. Albert L. | Embrey, jr, and William B. Satterth- | waite of the second precinct. Although their part in the alleged fonspiracy was not specified in the indictment, prosecuting officials said they were accused of tipping off gam- blers of impending raids and of fur- nishing so-called ‘“‘protection.” Immediate steps toward the sus- pension and arrest of the officers were expected. | In addition to the 124 indicted on gaming charges, a separate true bill | was returned in a case allegedly in- | volving numbers racketeers. This | grew out of the “revenge” destruction of the taxicab of Clair A. Kensinger, #4, of 2423 Pennsylvania avenue, and resulted in the indictment of Maurice B. Sweeney, 3200 block of Thirteenth street, on a charge of wilfuliy destroy- | ing movable private property. 1 Cab Pushed Over Sea Wall. H ‘Three or four men last February 17 | pushed the cab from in front of Ken- | £inger’s home and over the sea wall into the Washington Channel, police #ay. Kensinger attributed the van- | dalism to a mistaken belief that he had given police the tip which resulted | in a raid on an alleged numbers game | headquarters near his home. The others who are supposed to have participated in the incident were not | mentioned in the indictment. Besides the extensive conspiracy in- dictments, 34 true bills, embodying mostly charges of substantive viola- tions of the code section prohibiting taking of bets on horse races. were re- | turned. All but three resulted from | the series of 65 raids conducted under | the direction of Lieut. Floyd Truscott and Detective Sergt. Earl Hartman, generalissimos of the anti-gambling drive. Revenue Bureau Co-operates. It was largely due to the efforts of Truscott and Internal Revenue Bu- resu operatives that evidence was ob- talned against the indicted policemen. " (See INDICTMENTS, Page A-4.) i | | Extortion Count Placed Against Another Officer After indicting five other policemen en gambling conspiracy charges, the grand jury today returned a true bill | eharging Precinct Detective Luther C. Wise, 41, of the tenth precinct, with extortion. Wise was arrested May 2 in the Optown Cafe, 1410 Irving street, after Inspector Edward J. Kelly and Lieut. Walter R. Thomas, who were hiding n the establishment, saw him receive $wo $5 bills from the manager, Fred H. Kosma. He was suspended from duty immediately. The officer had been promoted from & private only a month before his ar- rest. He was appointed to the police force December 1, 1927, and his record 4s marked with numerous commenda- tions. He lives at 1419 Trinidad avenue -northeast with his wife and Samily. Inspector Kelly furnished Kosma with marked money after the res- taurant proprietor complained that Wise told him he would “protect” | W. B. SATTERTHWAITE. WORKER'S HOME BLASTED IN' OFHIO Pickets Jeer Returning Non- Strikers at Massillon. Guard Stands By. BACKGROUND— Steel strike began May 27, when Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion was refused signed contracts by independent producers. Strike was called against Republic, Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Inland. Bethlehem later was add- ed. Thousands have been idle; 13 persons have been killed and more than 200 injured in violence. Back- to-work movements have started in last week as Governors of affected States have promised to “protect the right to work and the right to strike.” BULLETIN. EAST CHICAGO, Ind, July 2 (#).—Thomas R. Hutson, Indiana State labor commissioner, said to- day his “personal opinion” was that & truce would be reached soon pro- viding for reopening of the strike- bound Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Calumet districts plants “some- time next week.” By the Associated Press. MASSILLON, Ohio, July 2.—Under bayonet protection, more strike-locked steel mills opened here today while rival camps of Youngstown Sheet & Tube employes were stirred by reports of new plans to reopen plants at In- diana Harbor, Ind. Del Ellinwood, secretary of the As- scciation of Steel Employes, an inde- pendent union opposed to the C. I. O. strike, said he expected “some definite word about reopening” the Indiana Harbor mills within a few hours. C. I. O. strike leaders immediately sent out a general call for pickets to resist the move. Spotters were sta- tioned along the Lake Michigan shore the restaurant’s liquor license if he was paid & weekly fee. - to “spread the alarm” at the first {(See STEEL, Page A-5.) ch WASHINGTON, > ROBINSON'S BILL FOR COURT SHIFT GOES T0 SENATF Would Permit 3 Appoint- ments Within 6 Months, Arkansan Says. | BACKGROUND— President startled Nation, includ- ing most Democrats, last February by proposing sweeping reorganiza- tion of Federal judiciary, including increase of Supreme Court to 15 members and , compulsory retire= ment at 70. After lengthy hearings Senate Judiciary Committee majority re= ported adversely on measure. Ad- ministration forces, facing seeming defeat, yesterday lent their strength to a compromise plan. Y the Associated Press. A Democratic substitute for the Roasevelt court bill went before the Senate today with an explanation by | Senator Robinson, majority leader, | that it would permgt three appoint- | ments to the Supreme Court within | the next six months | Robinson said the bill. based on the theory of one appointment to the court a year, would permit two new | justices to be added within that | time in addition to an appointment to fill the existing vacancy | The substitute was offered jointly | by Chairman Ashurst of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senators Logan, Democrat, of Kentucky and Hatch, Republican, of New Mexico. Hatch was one of the 10 members of | the Judiciary Committee who ap- proved an adverse report on the orig- | inal Roosevelt bill. Offered as Substitute. ‘The measure was offered as a com- plete substitute for the original court legislation, which would have per- mitted appointment of six new jus- tices if those over 70 did not retire. The substitute moves the retirement age up to 75 and provides that addi- tional justices can be appointed an- nually by the President for those | | serving past that age. The substitute also revises the maxi- |mum number of lower court judges | who could be appointed downward | from 50, in the original bill, to 20. | The substitute retains the provision of the original for a Supreme Court proctor to advise on the condition of the lower courts and the assignment | of additional judges to meet con- | gestion. | It contains a new provision for | speedy appeal to the Supreme Court of lower court decisions involving constitutionality of acts of Congress. Cummings Is “Helpful.” Robinson said Attorney General | Cummings and Solicitor General Reed had “been very helpful” in drafting the new bill. “The substitute for the court re- organization bill presented by Sen- ators Logan, Hatch and Ashurst,” | Robinson said, “authorizes increases in the membership of the Supreme Court { by the appointment of one additional | | justice in each calendar year where | | justices of the court have reached the | age of 75 years. “It is the Hatch amendment in- | cluding the suggestion originally made by Senator McGill, Democrat, of | Kansas. “Additional judges in other courts of the United States may be appointed where judges have reached the age of 70 years. A limitation is imposed | of 20 as the aggregate number of such judges who may be so appointed. “The substitute also authorizes the STEEL RIOT MOVIE crowd falling like rows of grain at ‘WITH SUNDAY MORN D. C, FRIDAY, SHOWN AT HEARING. 500 Spectators See Police Shooting Picketers, Club- bing Them From Behind. A group of “shots” from the suppressed Paramount newsreel of the South Chicago steel strike riot will be found on page A-3. BACKGROUND— Strike broke out Steel plant in South Chicago on May 26. On Sunday afternoon, May 30, strikers marched to plant gates, where police detail repulsed them with gas, gunfire and clubs. Few days later La Follette com- mittee withdrew staff of investi- gators which had been probing beating of union organizers in De- troit and sent them into Chicago area. Hearings began Wednesday. at Republic BY JOHN C. HENRY. Police methods of preserving the | peace and protecting property in Chi- cago were displayed graphically to the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today as a hitherto-suppressed news reel showing the killing of 10 steel strikers and the wounding of nearly 100 more Republic Steel Corp. strikers last May 30 was exhibited. It was the first motion picture evi- | dence ever introduced into a congres- sional investigation. Lasting less than 10 minutes and. according to the camera man who took the pictures, missing less than seven seconds of the hostilities, the film showed members of the strike the first burst of gas and gun fire from the police. Immediately some of the officers ranged themselves about the fallen heap of men and women, clubbing them back to the ground as they sought to rise. In scattered spots, groups of officers took similar precautions against “vio- lence” by strikers already prone. During the seven-second interval, while he changed lenses, Paramount News Cameraman Orlando Lippert had told the committee earlier, some missles flew toward the police from the rear ranks of the crowd, and “20 or so” demonstrators were pushed into the police line by persons hurry- ing up from behind. ‘The first sequence of the crowd pic- (See JUDICTARY, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Amusements B-20 | Radio Comics __B-18-19 | Short Story.B-13 Editorials ___A-10 | Society _____ B-3 Financial ___A-17| Sports . __A-14-16 Lost. Found B-13 | Woman's Pg. A-13 Obituary ...A-12| NATIONAL. Five policemen included in 124 in- dicted in gambling war. Page A-1 Senate group favors sales tax and land value levy. Page A-1 Senate gets Robinson substitute for Roosevelt court bill. Page A-1 Suppressed newsreel of Chicago riot shown at hearing. Page A-1 Worker's home blasted in Ohio; Re- public reopens plant. Page A-1 Four bandits rob woman of $100,000 | in gems. Page A-2 Budge captures Wimbledon crown in straight sets. Page A-2 Tax collections $69,000,000 over re- vised estimates. , \Page A-2 Amelia Earhart winging across Pa- cific to Howland Island. Page A-2 124,000 persons cut off W. P. A. rolls in two weeks. Page A-2 Report of Mediation Board made pub- lic by Secretary Perkins. Page A-5 WASHINGTON AND NEARBY. Scouts disapprove resolution for refer- endum on war. Page A-1 Tydings offers price bill as D. C. tax measure amendment. Page A-1 Sheriff seizes cannery’s guns in Cams bridge strike. A-2 Additional tax avoidance methods to be described today. Page A-4 Clothing on skeleton established as that of missing hacker. Page B-1 Site for independence day celebra- bration is shifted. Page B-1 Two former bank tellers indicted on embezzlement charges. Page B-1 One-time Park Savings Bank may be- come filling station. Page B-1 D. C. neighborhood tailors may send work out of eity. Page B-1 | &= Page. (See HEARING, Page A-3) Today’s Star Demarest Lloyd will disposes of $2,827,- 071 estate. Page B-7 EDITORIAS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Political Mill. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 H. R. Baukhage. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown, Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 SPORTS. No one now in sight to threaten Louis’ ring reign. Page A-14 Nats regain hope as De Shong stars beating Bosox. Page A-14 Cubs, Giants prospering at expense of Cardinals. Page A-14 Trips abroad spurring athletes in A. A. U. meet. Page A-15 Guldahl rated favorife in British open golf play. Page A-15 Horse racing now enjoying golden era in U. 8. Page A-16 FINANCIAL. Corporate bonds improve (table). Page A-17 Trade advances. Page A-17 Excess reserves rise. Page A-17 Stocks gain unevenly (table). Page A-18 Page A-19 Curb list narrow (table), ! PageA-19 Freight loadings up. MISCELLANY. Young Washington. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Shipping News. ‘Winning Contract. Vital Statistics. Traffic Convictions. Nature's Children, Crossword Puzzle, Bedtime Stories. Letter-out. Page B-6 Page A-13 Page A-13 Page B-7 Page B-10 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page B-18 Page B-18 Page B-19 Fage B-18 . ING EDITION JULY 2, DEARIES, WATCH YOUR STEP 10TS OF KIDNAPING Soldier’s Suicide Is Laid to Grief At Horses’ Death 21 Animals Used by Artillery Were Executed. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Julr 2.—The 21 Artillery horses First Sergt Brunig loved were led out and shot this week, condemned as too old for service. Sergt. Brunig was found dead last night, a bullet wound in his head, his revolver by his side. “The only explanation I ean think of,” said his uncle, H. E. Brunig, "“is that Henry was grieving over the horses.” Dr. C. Grenes Cole, coroner, said the death was a suicide. Henry Brunig had been a member of the Louisiana National Guard 21 years. He was wounded in France. The horses were sorted out as old or unfit and executed after the mo- torization of Brunig's unit, the 141st Field Artillery, had been ordered by the War Department, - CARR APPOINTED ENVOY AT PRAGUE Assistant Secretary of State Since '24 Made Minister in Surprise Move. Wilbur J. Carr, Assistant Secretary of State since 1924 and for more than 40 years in the State Department, to- day was appointed Minister to Czecho- slovakia by President Roosevelt. At the same tim2 George S. Messer- smith, Minister to Austria, was nomi- nated by the President to be an As- sistant Secretary of State. Carr, Wright at Prague, entered the Depart- ment as a clerk in 1892. Announce- ment of his transfer came as a sur- prise and neither the White House nor the State Department would comment on the changes. .Carr has been generally regarded | as the “general manager” of the for- eign service for several decades, his work having been confined exclusively to personnel and administrative mat- ters. He has been the State Depart- ment’s chief administrative officer for more than 20 years. He has been credited with building up the career service in the depart- ment, having been a long-time advo- cate of placing the American foreign service on a competitive, merit basis instead of making its personnel polit- ical appointments. Messersmith, who is 54, is & career man of long service and has been Minister to Austria since 1934. Prior to that assignment he was Consul General at Berlin. Wright recently was nominated to be Ambassador to Cuba. Secretary -Hull said later at his press conference that the new ap- pointments were without any special significance. He characterized Carr a5 “one of the ablest and most capable Assistant Secretaries in 20 years.” He added, however, that the time has now been reached “when it is entirely agreeable with him to take & mission in the field. The transfer was made by mutual agreement in every way.” Carr, who is 66 years of age, was not at his office today. His aides said he had gone to a hospital for treat. ment of a minor, recurring ailment. Under his new appointment Carr will receive an increase in salary from $9,000 to $10,000 annually. e VAN DEVANTER TO TALK TO WESTERN BAR UNITS Former Supreme Court Justice to Speak in Yellowstone Park September 2. By the Associated Press. CODY, Wyo., July 2.—E. J. Gop- pert, Program Committee member. sald today Willls Van Devanter, former Supreme Court justice, had accepted an invitation to address a meeting of the Montana and Wyoming Bar Associations in Yellowstone Park September 2. Van Devanter once was & member thMTM Henry | who will replace J, Butler | ¢ Eoening Star 1937T—FORTY PAGES. ##%% The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 138,481. (Bome returns not yet reteived.) () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 2 PCT. SALES TAX PUT ONLUXURIES IN DISTRICT BILL Food, Clothing and Medicine Excmpted—Tydings Price- Fixing Rider JAPANESE DENY FORGE ON AMUR New Invasions by Soviet Gunboats and Planes Alleged in Tokio. Br the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 2—Official charged a new invasion of Manchu- kuoan territory by Russian planes and gunboats today, insisted it had no “armed forces” on disputed Amur River Islands and put the question of future location of Japanese troops in the border trouble area up to “the supreme army command.” Anxiety mounted for a missing Manchukuoan steamer in the danger zone. Army officials said “the question of evacuation of the islands as raised by the Soviet government does not exist” —that only ‘“‘peaceful fisherman, light- house and beacon keepers now occupy” the disputed sandspits, which the Japanese say belong to Manchukuo. Dispatches from Hsinking, capital of the Japanese-inspired flew low over Sennufu Island yester- day. Simultaneously, the dispatches stated, five Soviet gunboats moved into Manchukuoan waters near the scene of a dramati¢ clash between Soviet vessels and Japanese forces on Wednes- day. May Escort Steamers. Japanese - Manchukuoan author- ities, determined to protect navigation in the Amur River, northeastern boundary of Siberia and Manchukuo, discussed forceful means to cope with the situation. They will escort steam- ers by gunboat if necessary. Anxiety was expressed for the safety of the Manchukuoan steamer Hsingkai, which sailed from Hulin on the Ussuri River toward the Amur on the day of the clash between Soviet gunboats and | Japanese-Manchukuoan forces. The vessel arrived at the junction of the two rivers that evening but had not since been reported. Japanese officials repeated that all Japan and Manchukuo want is for Soviet Russia to withdraw forces from the Amur River islands, and if this is done, “Japan and Manchukuo are ready to adopt a conciliatory” atti- tude in the interests of peace. Soviet Russia proposed to withdraw her troops if Japan would do likewise. The Japanese army statement that Japan has no armed forces on the Amur islands themselves and the dec- laration that questions of future Jap- anese troop withdrawal from the area (See AMUR CRISIS, Page A-T.) 2 DROWN AS AUTO PLUNGES OFF SPAN Two Others Rescued From South River After Car Sideswipes Truok on Bridge. 8y the Assoctated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 2—Two col- ored women, Grace Smothers, 35, and Ruth Johnson, 20, both of Camp Parole, drowned in the plunge of their automobile from a narrow bridge at Riva Beach into 18 feet of water in South River. ‘Two other colored people in the car, Wayman Reese, 21, the driver, of An- napolis, and his wife, Helen Reese, were saved by three youths who rushed to the scene after the automobile side- swiped & truck and trailer on the nar- row bridge and crashed through the guard rail. Thomas Seward, William Miller and Charles Wilson helped Reese clamber from the car and freed his wife from the machine. She was revived after 15 minutes. The other women were trapped in the car and were dead when removed. An inquest was set for 8 o'clock to- night. 9 DIE IN ACCIDENT 40 Others Missing as Havana Tenement Collapses. HAVANA, July 2 (#).—Nine persons were killed early today when a mason- Yy tenement collapsed. Forty others were missing. The building housed 110 persons. Forty injured were given first-aid treatment. Firemen, police and Red Cross workers searched the debris for e yemaining persons. a Japan i state of | Manchukuo, said three Soviet planes | on Measure. M’CARRAN LAND ASSESSMENT IS INCLUDED BY COMMITTEE Committee Rejects Income Levy—Pro- tracted Debate on Senate Floor on National Issue Is Indicated. BACKGROUND— District faces $7,000000 deficit this fiscal year. Omnibus taxr measure to cover this first was trimmed of its income tar, increased by chafh store tar, 20-cemt increase in real estate levy, and high inheritance rotes by House. Senate District Committee is opposed to chain store levy and faced widespread opposition to gross receipts tax on business. Bill now carries $9,000,000 or more, BY J. A. O'LFARY. An almost completely rewritten local tax bill embodying a 2 per cent luxury sales tax in place of the gross receipts business levy, was reported out of the Senate District Committee today after three days of intensive work. The increase from $1.50 to $1.70 in the rate on real estate and tangible personal property also went out and was replaced by the McCarran 1 per cent increase in the tax on land values The increase from 1'; to 2 per eent in the insurance premium rate was also knocked out The committee rejected the income tax, which was not in the House bill, but had been proposed as an alternative substitute for the business privilege levy. As it goes to the floor of the Senate, however, the bill has tacked on to it the controversial national price-fixing bi 11 proposed by Senator Tydings, Demo- crat, of Maryland, which may involve the District's local fiscal situation in a protracted debate. SCOUTS REIECT WAR VOTE PLAN Council Refuses to Indorse ! Referendum—Pensions at 65 Favored. A Full Page of Boy Scout Jam boree News Appears on Page A-6. The Boy Scouts of America today voted disapproval of a resolution which would have put the organization on record as favoring & popular referen- | dum before this country could go to war, ‘The refusal to indorse this plan was | registered at the twenty-seventh an- nual meeting of the National Council | of the organization in a large audi-| torium tent at headquarters of the Scout jamboree near the Monument. | At the meeting the council formally | approved a retirement plan under | which salaried employes of netional, State and local councils of the Boy Scouts will be pensioned after reach- ing the age of 65. Resolutions to substitute a ‘“pledge | or promise” for the Scout oath, in def- | erence to the attitude of some re- ligious organizations against oaths; recommending adoption of a more | popular Scout hat and of long trousers for senior Scouts; urging conservation of wilderness areas and opposing use of narcotics were referred to special committees for further study. Co-operation Appreciated. By unanimous consent the council adopted a series of resolutions ex-| pressing appreciation to President| Roosevelt, other Federal officials, the | District Commissioners, Washington | citizens and organizations and many other individuals and groups for their co-operation in arranging the jam- boree. The Resolutions Committee, after a study of the war referendum resolu- tion this morning, told the council it could not approve the measure because by-laws of the Scout organization pre- vent Scouts, as an organized group, from taking any action tending to| influence politics or legislation. All but two or three of the 365 dele- gates loudly voiced their approval of the committee’s stand. On_recommendation of Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt, chairman of the Nom- inations Committee, the Council quickly re-elected all its honorary and regular officers and also re-elected members of the Executive Board, whose terms would have expired this year. The honorary officers are: President, Pranklin D. Roosevelt; vice presidents, (See SCOUTS, Page A-4.) IRISH COUNT VOTES Tabulations in Election Not Ex- pected Before Tuesday. DUBLIN, July 2 (#).—The Irish Fiee State started counting votes to- day to learn, among other things, if she had been rechristened “Eire” and whether President Eamon de Valera had been returned to power. The first tabulations of the propor- tional representation balloting were not expected before night, and the final results from some 30 constitu- o | insurance encies may not be received until next Tuesday or Wednesday. _— RECOGNITION ASKED Franco Makes Request of Vatican for Rebel Regime. VATICAN CITY, July 2 (#).—Pablo de Churruca, Marquis of Aycinena, the new representative to the Holy See of the Spanish insurgent regime, today renewed negotiations with the Vatican for formal recognition of his govern- ment. Spanish circles said no immediate outcome of the De Churruca’s request was expected. ' Estimate of Revenue, In revised form the tax program is estimated to raise eventually about $9,100.000, but some of the levies, such as inheritance and motor vehicle weight taxes, will not begin to come in until the 1938 calendar year. To meet the impending deficit of $7.000.000 in the city’s expenses for the fiscal year that started yesterday the immediate sources of revenue will be the 2 per cent tax on luxuries and the additional land value tax. Establishing an entirely new system of taxing real estate, the revised bill now provides for continuation of the present rate of $1.50 2 hundred on the property as a whole—land and im- provements—plus an additional $1 per hundred on land. The land tax is estimated to produce $4,800,000 of new revenue. Food and Clothing Exempt. The 2 per cent luxwy tax, with food, medicine and clothing exempt, is calculated to raise at least $2,- 500.000. These two forms of tax, therefore, will bring in about $7,300,000 to meet the current deficit. Informed by Assessor Allen that the system of real estate tax collection will have to be overhauled to carry | out the new plan, an amendment was inserted postponing for 90 days the property tax installment normally due in September. Summary of Contents. A summary of what the bill now contains follows: House section to tighten the en- forcement of existing personal tax law, retained. Estimated to yield $750.000 additional from that source. Increased rate on net premiums of companies, estimated to yield $200.000, stricken from House bill, House section revising gasoline tax law to improve collection machinery without changing rate, remains un- changed. This does not carry any estimated additional revenue. Weight tax on motor vehicles re- mains unchanged, with rates ranging from $5 to $12 on pleasure cars, and from $15 to $150 on commercial vehi- cles. The $750,000 from this new source goes into the special highway fund. Inheritance and estate tax section remains, but the higher rates inserted on House floor by Representative Dies of Texas are knocked out. This will yield $200,000 on inheritances and $600,000 on estates, the latter figure being the credit the Federal Govern- ment allows on the Federal estate tax for similar taxes paid locally. The business privilege tax, which gave way to the luxury sales levy, drew most of the opposition at the Senate hearings. It would have required virtually every business establishment and professional man to pay three- fifths of 1 per cent on gross receipts, (See TAXES, Page A-5) ALL-NIGHT PROTEST CLIMAXES W.P.A. CUT 200 Pickets Attempt to Storm Headquarters in New York. Three Are Injured. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 2—An sll-night demonstration in front of a W. P. A. headquarters climaxed the recurrent disturbances growing out of dismissal of 11,800 workers from Federal relief projects. Three W. P. A. guards were are rested on disorderly-conduct charges, which specified that they threw three crippies bodily out of the headquar- ters building. Thirty policemen held back a crowd of 200 pickets, who attempted to storm the building after the crippies, who were injured, wers taken to City Hospital. Early today 100 persons were con= tinuing the demonstration, the latest of several disturbances which have resulted in 266 arrests and injuries to at least 17. Sit-down strikes and picketing have been carried on at various relief proj- ect offices since the economy dismis~ sal program got under way Wednes- day. Police emergency squads have reinforced W. P. A, guards on seve ersl ocoasions. I N