Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow: not much change in temperature; winds. at 1:30 p.m.; lowest, 68, perature at 2 p.m., 85. Full report on page A-12, Closing N.Y. Markets—Sales—Page 18 - 8th YEAR. No. Temperatures today—Highest, 87, 34,062. gentle, variable at 6 am, Tem- Entered as second class matter post offics, Washingtun. 1. C. ch WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, AIRLINER FOUND IN SEA OFF CRISTOBAL; D. C. MAN AMONG 14 BELIEVED LOST RexMartin Was Passenger on Ship. ARMY PILOT SIGHTS WRECK Plane “Totally Un- der Water With No Sign of Life.” BULLETIN. BALBOA. Canal Zone, August 3 (&) —The United States destroyers Babhitt and Taylor steamed at top speed today toward a point 20 miles off Colon Breakwater, where, air- plane observers reported, the sub- merged luxury amphibian Santa Maria was scen in the sea A Pan American-Grace ine spokesman said there was no indi- cation as to whether any of the 11 passengers or 3 crewmen had survived By the A ated Press The War Department received a message from its Panama military es- tablishment today asserting an Army plane had located the missing Pan- American-Grace Airways flying boat 80 miles northeast of Cristobal, but had found no s of life near it. T message said merely which carried 11 a crew of 3, was lo- under water with no passengers and cated “totally sign of life” Shortly afterward the Navy said the aircraft tender Teal had been ordered to the place where the airliner sub- merged. A message to the Navy Department said a fleet airbase plane also had sighted the missing plane “Fleet airbase plane sighted an en- gine section minus engine of missing plane about 265 degrees, 20 miles Colon Breakwater Light,” the Navy message sald. “No personnel or addi- tional wreckage sighted. Search be- ing conducted for possible survivors.” Earler, naval authorities in the Canal Zone had ordered out the sub- marines S-43, S-45 and S-46 to join other surface vessels and aircraft in the search for the missing airliner. The Pan-American-Grace ship took off yesterday from Guayaquil, Ecua- dor, for Balboa. in the Canal Zone. In its last radio message to Panama it reported that it was circling down- ward because of overcast skies. PLANES SWEEP ARFA. Army and Navy Send Out 65 to Seek Airliner, BALBOA, Canal Zone, August 3 (). =The United States Army and Navy spread a sweeping fan of planes and ships today to seek the luxurious Pan- American-Grace Airways amphibian Banta. Maria, strangely missing with 11 passengers and a crew of three. ‘The searchers combed sea and coast on both Atla and Pacific sides of the isthmus. * With a woman and two children in its cabin, the Santa Maria, en route from Guayaquil with transfer pas- sengers from Lima, Peru, seemingly overshot its Cristobal port in a cloudy €ky at dusk last night. Signals Suddenly Cease. At that hour the Santa Maria's wireless signals were heard so strongly at Cristobal that it was assumed the plane was over the field there. But nothing more came from the plane, Pilot Stephen Dunn said then he was seeking an opening through the clouds for a descent into the Cristobal Airport. He was evidently unable to pick up a landmark that would give him the field's direction. Dunn, veteran of eight years of fly- ing in Latin America, is thoroughly familiar with the coastline on both sides and with the surrounding country. Army and Navy searchers set up a rescue headquarters at the Pan-Amer- {can station at France Field 65 Navy Planes Out, Today two squadrons from the Navy @ir base at Coco Solo combed the area south of here for the plane, which had not been heard from since it reported bad weather at 7:15 p.m. last night. (The Navy Department at Wash- Ington said a total of 65 planes, the Navy aircraft tender Teal, the survey &hip Nokomis and the destroyers Tay- lor and Babbitt had been ordered into the search. (On the Atlantic side of the canal, officials said, 20 Navy phtrol planes, | 3 Navy amphibians and 14 Army planes were flrfiorprd out; on the Pacific side (See ATIRLINER, Page A-4.) SEARCH CONDUCTED FOR YOUTH’'S BODY Suicide Note Indicates He Leaped From North End of High- way Bridge. Police today were dragging the shal- low waters of the Potomac under the north end of Highway Bridge in an effort to find the body of a youth be- lieved to have taken a fatal plunge after leaving a suicide note on the walkway above. The note said: “I, Charles Bord of 3100 Connecticut avenue, jumped off this bridge at 8:45. The one thing I wanted in this life I could not have. 8o long, folks, this is the end. Please notify my brother Ned.” Ned Bord, a real estate *salesman, 3100 Connecticut avenue, said today he had an 18-year-old brother Charles, Wwho recently came to visit in Wash- ington from his home at Portsmouth, Va. Bord said he had not seen his younger brother for several days. v E3 REX MARTIN, G. Q. CALDWELL. JAPAN' REJECTS SOVIET PROTEST Russian Press Charges Ef- fort Was Made to Pro- voke Conflict. BACKGROUND— Japanese-Chinese conflict which has raged since July 7 was inspired by Japan to seize Hopeh and Cha- liar Provinces as she seized Man- churia, Nanking government claims. During fighting in Tientsin the Russian consulate was wrecked and raluable papers seized. Japanese declare raid was conducted by White Russians, denying charge of Soviet that they aided in any way. By the Associated Press. LA GUARDIA BACKS HOUSING MEASURE Asserts Private Enterprise Is Unable to Construct Proper Dwellings. BACKGROUND— Improved housing for the poor was an early aim of the Roosevelt administration. The Publics Works Administration, the Resettlement Administration and the Federal Housing Administration supplied some housing, but for three years the New Deal has wanted legisla- tion committing it to a long-term housing program. Senator Wagner is the most active congressional proponent of governmental aid to MOSCOW, August 3—The news- paper Izvestia. official organ of the Soviet government, today charged Ja- pan with trying “to provoke conflict | | with the U. 8. 8. R. by any means” in |'a denunciation of the wrecking of the Russian consulate at Tientsin. The entire Soviet press blazed with indignation as Japan rejected a “de- | termined” Russian protest against the raid on the Russian consulate during the fighting between Chinese and Jap- anese for possession of the city. Izvestia declared the attack on the consulate by White Russians opposed to the present Soviet regime was in- cpired by the “insolent, cowardly ac- tion of Japanese militarists” and charged it was made in revenge for the failure of frequent attempts to raid Soviet frontiers. “The White Guard provocateurs’ Japanese masters should know their | vile provocations toward the U. S. 8. R. | will fail and not remain unchallenged.” | thundered Pravda, organ of the Com- | munist party. | The Russian press expressed open sympathy for China in the conflict with Japan cver the rich North China Provinces of Hopeh and Chahar. “It is not enough that the Japanese | v is bombing Chinese cities, ex- | terminating a peaceful population and occupying foreign territory,” Pravda asserted Provoking New Conflicts. “It is using every occasion to tiy to | provoke new conflicts. The path of the | Japanese troops is strewn with bodies. | Passing through the burned Chinese quarters they are strolling all over the city like hungry wolves searching for objicts to attack.” The press also aftacked the Japa- nese administration of the Chinese | Eastern Railway and accused it of again withholding pensions due for- mer Soviet employes of the line. The Japanese Ambassador to Mos- cow, Mamoru Shigemitsu, told the | Russian Foreign Office last night that | his government could not comply | with the Russian demands that the | raiders be punished, property seized | by them returned and compensation | paid for the damages. “Japan has no interest in troubles between the Russians,” the Ambassa- dor said, pointing out that the raid was executed by White Russians, and | dénying that Japanese intelligence men had organized the attack. Adds to Delicate Situation. Verbal representations were made to the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, while a formal protest was lodged with the Japanese Government in Tokio. Soviet officials described their protest as “determined,” but gave no indication as to how far they would carry their demands. The incident added further strain to the delicate relations which have existed between the two governments since Russian and Japanese troops clashed in June over the islands in the Amur River, northeastern frontier of Manchukuo and Siberia. Chinese circles declared that Russia has been maintaining a strictly neu- tral policy in the North China warfare as far as actual aid to China was concerned, although the Soviet was sympathetic to the Chinese govern- ment. The Tass (Russian) News Agency in a dispatch from Tientsin declared that white Russian guards executed the raid as “agents of the Japanese intelligence service under a Japanese staff officer, Maj. Taki.” “A band of white guards and Jap- anese in clvilian clothes,” Tass re- ported, loaded the property of the consulate gn trucks and carried it off (See RUSSIA, Page A-3) — 24 Die in Gasoline Blast. SMYRNA, Turkey, August 3 (#).— Twenty-four workers were burned to death today and 10 were seriously injured when a district gasoline depot between Bairakli and Burnova ex- B F ar J improve housing. By the Associated Press. Mayor Fiorella La Guardia of New York told the House Banking Com-; mittee today that housing was a prob- lem requiring Federal attention if peo- ple are not to be “compelled to live in insanitary, cheerless, dangerous hovels.” A8 president of the United States Conference of Mayors, La Guardia in- dorsed the Wagner-Steagall housing bill at the House hearing shortly be- fore the Senate resumed floor consid- eration of the measure. The bill would permit Federal loans and grants to pri- vate, semi-public and public housing agencies for low-cost housing construc- tion, A $26.000.000 appropriation would start the program. which would be continued with $700,000,000 raised by 4 bond issue. Proper Dwellings. The Mayor said private rnterpnse" was tenable to construct proper dwell- ings for low-iacome families. He said structures by private builders entirely covered the lots they occupied, leav- ing no room for light and sunshine. That meant the structures soon be- came slums, he added. La Guardia said Detroit provided an outstanding example of need for housing assistance. He read a tele- | gram from the acting Mayor telling (See HOUSING, Page A-4.) = 'SESSION END SEEN SOON | Barkley Thinks Congress Will Quit Between August 15 and 25, By the Associated Press. Majority Leader Barkley said today he believed Congress would be able to agree on an adjournment date somewhere between August 15 and August 25. He said the exact time would de- pend on how rapidly the House and Senate could clean up remaining business. Summary of Page. B-14-15 B-16 Comics Drama Radio - Serial Story.B-10 Editorials -__A-10 | Short Story B-10 Finance _.. A-17| Sports ___A-15-16 Lost & Found B-10 | Society . B-3 Obituary ___A-12 | Woman's Pg. A-14 FOREIGN. Japan rejects Soviet protest against raid on consulate. Page A-1 NATIONAL. Search is made at sea for missing airliner. Page A-1 La Guardia sees need for housing con- trol by U. 8. Page A-1 House consideration of Senate wage- hour bill sought. Page A-1 Row precedes Senate consideration of Jjudiciary bill. Page A-1 Wheeler doubts validity of C. & O. stock issue. Page A-4 Wagner explains housing bill in Na. tional Radio Forum. Page B-9 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Tax bill report adopted in House without battle. Page A-1 Police drag. river for body of Michael L. Eidsness, jr. Page A-1 Gains are reported by both A. F. of L. and C. I. O. Page A-2 “Phantom” bandit to be sought in police line-up tonight. Page A-2 Social Security Board job dispute near settlement. Page A-5 Man arrested for “abducting” daugh- ter seeks her release. Page B-1 Harrison named D. C. Public Utilities counsel. Page B-1 Union painters’ hearing is scheduled tomorrow. Page B-1 Consideration of anti-picketing regu- lation is postponed. Page B-1 .| EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORN PRESDENT AGREES TOWAGEADURBIL CHANEES F A F L Amendment to Insure Col- lective Bargaining Ac- cepted, Green Says. WHITE HOUSE PARLEY DELAYS BILL HEARINGS Walsh-Healy Act Supervision Due to Be Omitted From Fin- ished Measure. BACKGROUND— Prompt House action was urged ajter Senate passed wage and hour bill Saturday by vote of 56 to 28. Senate authorized firing of mini- mum wage not to exceed 40 cents an hour and work week of not less than 40 hours. Some House mem- bers would authorize Labor Stand- ards Board to fir minimum wages up to 70 cents an hour and a maz- imum work week as short as 35 hours. | By the Associated Press, ! William Green, president of | American Federation of Labor, said iafil‘r a White House conference today | that President Roosevelt had agreed in principle to three amendments suggested by the federation to the | wage-hour bill Green said the three amendments, which he would propose, were: 1. A clarification of the bill to make sure there would be “no setting aside of collective bargaining agreements’ when minimum wages and maximum hours were fixed by the Labor Stand- | | ards Board, provided for in the bill. 2. A prohibition against the board's | fixing any minimum wage in a locality ;ln\lPr than those provided for in col- | lective bargaining agreements; also, a | provision that the board consider pre- | vailing wages in the locality. Al- ;[hfluvh differentials would be allowed Green said the second amendment | also would prohibit a minimum rate in |one locality from discriminating against another locality. Walsh-Healy Provision. 3. Elimination of the section which would put the wage-hour provisions | | of the Walsh-Healy act, under which | standards for Government contractors | are fixed, under the supervision of the new board. 3 Green said the federation “will be ! for the bill with these amendments.” | He did not say what stand the | organization would take if the amend- | ments failed. Green assumed responsibility for a| | one dags delay in hearings on the | | bill by the House Labor Committee, | but said he had requested the post- | ponement, with White House knowl- | edge, in order to acquaint the Presi- dent with his proposed changes before submitting them to the committee. House Action Delayed Before Green visited the White House, the House Labor Committee | had unexpectedly postponed consider- ation of the bill. Chairman Norton said action was | delayed at the request of President Roosevelt, but later some question was | raised as to whether the President had requested the delay directly. “If there has been any misunder- | standing, I am to blame,” Green told reporters. Mrs. Norton said amendments would | be submitted to the committee for con- sideration tomorrow. Mrs. Norton said the changes, were designed to bring the bill passed by the Senate “more in line with what r (See WAGE-HOUR, Page A-8) _BRENT TO PRESS SUIT LOS ANGELES, August 3 (P).— Film Star George Brent said today | he would press his suit for annul- ment of his marriage to Constance | Worth, actress. Miss Worth said yesterday “nothing could come between” her and Brent, who seeks to dissolve the marriage on grounds they failed to comply with Mexican law in a ceremony at Tia Juana. Today’s Star the | Editorials. This and That. Political Mill. Stars, Men and Atoms. Answers to Questions. David Lawrence, H. R. Baukhage, Jay Franklin, Mark Sullivan, Delia Pynchon. SPORTS. Cubs seen sure flag winners in Na- tional League. Page A-15 Chisox aim to gain on Yanks in series opening today. Page A-15 Ambitious Griffmen set to climb a notch in race. Page A-15 Archibald victor over Gevinson, may get Sarron title bout. Page A-16 College horseshoe champ first Star tourney victim. Page A-16 FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds improve (table). Imports exceed exports. Aluminum Co. rises on curb (table). Stocks irregular (table). Copper consumption record due. R. C. A. earnings soar. MISCELLANY, Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Shipping news. Traffic convictions. Vital statistics. City news in brief. Nature's Children. Young Washington. Cross-word Puzzle. Bedtime Stories. Letter-Out. Winning Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page BPEEEEEE>>> A-17 A-17 A-18 A-19 A-19 A-19 Page A-14 Page A-14 Page B-§ Page B-5 Page B-§ Page B-5 Page B-7 Page B-8 Page B-14 Page B-15 Page B-15 Page B-15 Contract. | which was ING EDITION PAT RARRISON N NEW R% t I £ * THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHILE A CARTOONIST IS ON HIS VACATION! ¢ Foening Star 1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ##» The only in Washington wit Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. evening paper the Yesterday’s Circulation, 136,985 (8Bome returrs not yet received.) —— (®) Means As ciated Press. TWO CENTS. River Dra gged for Missin g Ex-Head of U. S. Stamp Bureau BULLETIN. The body of Michael L. Eidsness, Jjr.. was found by harbor police near the Memorial Bridge shortly before 3 pm. today. ' A deliberately composed suicide note sent to his brother by special delivery and the subsequent finding of a coat near Arlington Memo- rial Bridge. today started police drag- ging the Potomac River for the body of Michael L. Eidsness, jr., 44, of the Dupont Circle Apartment, former superintendent of the Post Office De- partment Division of Stamps. The garment, found on the grass at the Washington end of the bridge. was identified by Lars Eidsness, 2214 New- ton street northeast, as the coat to the only suit which appeared missing from his brother's wardrobe. Beside the coat. discovered by John Kern, 7510 Blair road, a National Capital Parks employe, also lay two notes, one addressed to the coroner and the other to the Newton street address of Lars Eidsness. The latter found his brother's apart- ment in perfect order and with a desk sealed when he hurried there after receiving the special delivery letter at 7:30 am. In addition to a letter stating that Michael, well known as a philatelist, preferred death to limited activity and future invalidism, the | envelope contained personal papers and the keys to the apartment, where MICHAEL L. EIDSNESS, JR. the former Post Office official had | lived alone. | A short while after Lars Eidsness | had given police a description of his | brother and asked them to broadcast | a lookout in an attempt to intercept | him, he was notified the coat had | been found. Harbor police, who were already dragging NO COURT VACANCY EXISTS, SAYSBORAK President’s Right to Replace | Van Devanter Challenged on Law’s Language. BACKGROUND— Observers thought the court bill issue was buried July 22, when the Senate voted to recommit the Su=- preme Court revision legislation. But rumbles still come from court defenders. Senator Vandenberg wants to put the Senate on record against a recess appointment to All the place vacated by Justice Van Devanter. The comparatively innocuous second revision of the court bill, which is limited to mak- ing changes in Federal judicial procedure, is expected to open the opposition's attacks once more. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The right of President Roosevelt to appoint a new member to the Su- preme Court to take the place of Jus- tice Van Devanter, retired, was chal- lenged today by Senator Borah, Re- publican, of Idaho. Coming on the heels of Sehator Vandenberg's resolution of yesterday seeking to have the Senate express itself against recess appointments to the highest court, Borah's remarks | touched off a constitutional debate which delayed temporarily considera- tion of the Wagner housing bill. Taking the floor as soon as the Senate convened, Borah surprised his colleagues by declaring: “I want to invite attention (See COURT, Page A-5.) “The Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating” During the month of July The Star printed a total of 1,601,563 lines of paid advertis- ing, a gain of 54,989 lines over July, 1936. For the last five years The Star has led all other news- papers in the United States in volume of advertising. “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” Yesterday’s Circulation Monday, Aug. 2, 1937____136,985 Monday, Aug. 3, 1936___.130,072 Gain G—.Ql?i Some returns not yet received; all leftovers deducted, w NEW TROPICAL STORM FEARED IN BAHAMAS Boats Warned to Exercise Cau- tion as Squally Weather Appears. By the Associated Press, JACKSONVILLE. Fla., August 3.— | The Weather Bureau said today there was evidence of the development | of a tropical storm over the Northern Bahama Islands. Small craft along the eastern coast of Florida and in Northern Bahama waters were warned to exercise cau- | tion during the next 24 hours The Weather Bureau issued an advisory saying: “Squally weather was reported at 8 am. over the Northern | Bahama Islands and the ocean to the | northeast with pressure somewhat be- low normal and evidence of the de- velopment of a slight circulation, with | the center about 75 miles northeast of | Nassau.” The conditions were said to be mov- ing northwestward. The highest winds | reported were 25 to 30 miles an hour, with an increase possible. The weather observers said the dis- turbed conditions first were reported | last night. | provision for the use by the airport of HOUSE UNIT BACKS D. C. AIRPORT BILL Refuses to Reconsider May Measure Over Protests and Reports It. BACKGROUND— For a decade an adequate airport for Washington has ben sought. But mothing has been done, al- though bills have been introduced at every session of Congress since 1926. Washington Airport cannot be enlarged without Federal aid. Pilots served notice recently they would refuse to use airport longer in bad weather. Camp Springs, Md., was recommended by District Airport Commission for site of model airport, but Navy objected because of mearby maval radio de- velopment, BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Disregarding protests that the | amended May bill would prove un-| workable and fail to end dangers at Washington Airport. the House ) tary Affairs Committee today refused | to reconsider the measure, which was | immediately reported to the House Airport officials have stated they will be financially unable to comply with terms of the measure requiring cash | payment of $25.000 in return for a| 25-year lease on a portion of Military | road, or pay any high rental for the use of the Arlington experimental farm. The amended May bill eliminates a the boundary channel lagoon area. Refusal to reconsider the measure followed a lengthy executive session The committee reached its decision without calling & number of witnesses | Tepresenting the airport. Arlington County, Va. and aviation concerns who were waiting to testify As reported to the House, the meas- ure authorizes the Secretary of War to lease to the National Airport Corp. | for a period rot exceeding 25 years the | portion of Military road within the air- | port boundaries. A rental of 000, payable in advance, is required. This amourt is to be turned over by the Federal Government to the Board of Commissioners of Arlington County | for construction of a substitute road around the airport The measure also directs the Secre- tary of Agriculture to lease to the air- port corporation for a period not ox- ceeding 25 vears the 53 acres of the Arlington farm adjoining the airport. “At such annual rental as the Secre- tary of Agriculture and the said Na- tional Airport Corp. shall agree upon.” The original bill provided for closing of Military road and conveyance of the (See AIRPORT, Page A-4.) | By the Associated Press. { | NEW YORK, August 3.—Mrs. Eddie | Duchin, wife of the orchestra leader, died at 6:30 a.m. today in Harbor Sanitarium from complications fol- lowing the birth of a son last Wed- | nesday. Duchin was at his wife’s bedside. He had flown here by airplane last night from Chicago, where he is play- ing an engagement. The baby, which weighed 9 pounds at birth, 1s well and strong, accord- ing to attaches of the sanitarium. Mrs. Duchin, 29, the former Miss Marjorie Oelrichs, a society beauty, underwent a series of blood trans- fusions in an effort to save her life. 8he and Duchin were married June 5, 1935. Before her marriage, she was one of the most active society belles in New York. Her mother, Mrs. Mar- jorie Oelrichs, gave her full scope to her energies. She encouraged her in operating an exclusive dress shop and in writing. In 1927, Miss Ollrich created prac- tically an international controversy through a magazine article under her name in which it was asserted that the foreigner who marries an American girl for her money is an exception. After publication of the article, Miss Oelrichs said American men are handsomgr and healthier than for- eigners and that everything in the article was not just as she nad writ- ten it. When her engagement to Duchin ] Mrs. Duchin, Musician’s Wife, Succumbs After Birth of Son MRS. EDDIE DUCHIN. —A. P. Photo._ ‘was announced, she explained, she bad first fallen in love while watching him, night after night, play the piano in his orchestra. They were married in her mother's suite in the Hotel Pierre. As the result of her marrying “out | answered | ference report | lative action on th | g0 to the White House for the sige TAX BILL REPORT ADOPTED INHOUSE WITHOUT BATTLE Fight Over Miller-Tydings Price Rider Fails to Materialize. SENATE IS EXPECTED TO ACT LATER TODAY Approval Given by Representa- tives After Brief Questioning of Palmisano by Mapes. BACKGROUND— After defeating such revenue- bringing innovetions for the Dis- trict as an income tar and a sales tax the House and Senate both have acted on a District tax bill sought since last March. The original pur- Pose was to increase the income of the government here by $6,000,000. However, the bill agreed on by House and Senate conferees is cal- culated to increase it by $8,000.000. The conference report was intro- duced into the House yesterday, paving the way for final action to- day, BY JAMES E. CHINN, The House today adopted the con- ference report on the District tax bill and sent it to the Senate for concur- rence. An anticipated bat troversial Miller tenance rider, w tached to the tax meas: materialize, and the House the conference repo brief period of 12 m: In fact, there was no discussion over the Miller-Tydings plan. Chairman Palmisano of the District Committee was asked a few que tax bill by Represe publican, of Michigan, and after he them the House approved the report without a voice being raised in opposition to it. Senate Action Due Today. The Senate m act on the con- later in the day, as Chairman King of the Senate Dise trict Committee promised to call it up as soon as the House acted. Sen- ate concurrence w complete legis- bill and it will tle over the cone Tydings price maine rushed through in a tes nature of President Roosevelt The principal question fired at Pal- misano by Mapes concerned the pro- posed income tax plan, which orj nally constituted the heart of the new tax program. Palmisano ex- plained there was considerable senti- ment in favor of the income tax plan, but the House conferees had it elim- inated in favor of a two-fifths of one per cent tax on g receipts. Representative Dirksen, Republican of Illinois, who sponsored the income tax as a member of the special sub- committee of the House District Com mittee which framed the original tax bill, interrupted the discussion to de- clare “We have got to have an income tax in the District.” Mapes also questioned Palmisano about a $5.000 item in the tax bill for a survey of the municipal tax struc- | ture. “There have been a great many surveys in the past,” Mapes said “and nothing can be accomplished by this one.” Opponents Believed “Napping.” House leaders declined to discuss the failure of opponents of the Miller- Tydings plan to carry out earlier threats to attempt to force the report back to conference for elimination of the rider. Belief was expressed, however, that the opponents were caught “napping,” in view of the fact Palmisano called up the report earlier than had been anticipated. The tax bill as finally approved by the House provides An increase in the real estate and personal property tax from $1.50 to $1.75. A gross receipts tax of 25 of 1 per cent with an exemption of $2,000. An increase from 1.5 to 2 per cent in the tax on net premium receipts of insurance companies A provision putting “teeth” in the existing intangible tax law An inheritance and estates tax. A weight tax on motor vehicles. Authorization for the Commission= ers to borrow Federal funds in periods of financial emergency such as now exists. Altogether the new tax program is estimated to yield $8,075.000 in addi- tional revenue in the current fiscal year and more later, JUSTICE VAN ORSDEL IS REPORTED ‘SAME’ District Jurist Suffering From Heart Ailment in Great Barrington, Mass. The condition of Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel was unchanged today, ac- cording to word from his bedside in Great Barrington, Mass., where the associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District is critically ill. Justice Van Orsdel is suffering from & chronic heart condition. His wife and their niece, Mrs. Kath= erine Warren, are at his bedside. ONE OF QUINTS SICK Emilie Dionne Isolated From Sis- ters for 2 Few Days. CALLANDER, Ontario, August 3 (Canadian Press). — Emilie Dionns can't play with her sisters outside their nursery for a few days—this quintuplet, says Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe, is “under the weather.” The doctor-guardian said Emilis of society,” her name was dropped from the Social Register. & was suffering from the heat and would stay inside for & few days. ’ .