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Evening star., 1932-03-09
BRITAIN MAY PAY
i. LOANS EARLY
Rise in Pound Favorable for
Returning Balance Of
$4,000, 900.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 9.-International
bankers, who say they have been sur
prised as much as any one else by the
sudden rise of the English pound ster-
ling to this years highest price level
express belief that England might pay
off the $4,000, 900 balance of its Amer
lean banking credit this month
The spectacular upward sweep of the
pound, which has surpassed any move
ment of its kind by foreign currency
since the early postwar days, has pro-
vided an excellent means for Great
Britain to raise dollar balances for fur
ther debt payments, they said.
Rise Of Sterling Cited.
While bankers, who have been asso-
ciated with past financing in America
| for the British account, continued silent
on British plans, it was pointed out
elsewhere that the greater buying power
of sterling might readily influence the
British treasury to pay of the credit
balance in the present rising market.
| The British treasury obtained $400,-
000 900 of credits, divided equally be-
tween the United States and France
ON August %. last, for the purpose o1
supporting the pound. Early tht
month the British government paid of
$3.50, ,0O0, 900 of its American banking
credit, leaving a $50000,000 balance
The credit does not come due unit
next August %.
Purchases Aid Retirement.
Inasmuch as the French credit wa!
partly obtained through the sale o.
| notes to the French public, 1t has no
been possible for Great Britain to re-
tire its French portion in the same
way. London advices indicated today
however, that the British government
had been buying up these notes in thu
Paris public market. Those so pur'
chased, it was indicated, would be re-
! tired.
In listing the encouraging develop
ments which have stimulated the rally
of the pound sterling, thus aiding Brit
ish plans for a financial comeback, the
readiness of the British public to SUBJ
NIT to heavy taxation was cited as an
/ important factor.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
BISHOP SHAHAN DIES
OF HEART ATTACK AT
HOLY CROSS ACADEMY

Continued From First Page)
1889 he came to Catholic University rs
professor OF church history and patri-
ology, and in 1901 was made rector OF
the school Before becoming rector he
also was lecturer on elements Of Roman
law and editor of the Catholic Univer-
sity Bulletin, as well as lecturer on the
history of education IN the Catholic
University Institute of Pedagogy. New
York, and member OF the board OF
Judges for the Hall Of Fame, University
Heights, New York o..
At the time of the beginning OF his
rectorship at the school he was created
domestic prelate of the pontifical court,
with the rank of monsignor, and on
November Is, 1914, was consecrated
titular Bishop of Oermanicopolis. In
1923 he was assistant at the pontifical
throne.
Author of Many Books.
Among the literary works OF which
he is author are THE Blessed Virgin
in the catacombs," !" Giovanni Bat
tista de Rossi" The Beginnings OF
Christianity" The Middle Ages" The
House of God and Other Addresses and
Studies" and st. Patrick in History.
He was translator of Pathology, by
Otto Bardenhewee and other works.
He had been an associate editor Of
the Universal knowledge Foundation
since 1927. and q contributor to Catho-
lie magazines.
He was an oficer of the Legion of
Honor.
AT Catholic University Bishop
Shahans name is linked with many
important developments in the schools
growth. To him is credited responsible
ity for many Of the schools new build
ings, among them the gymnasium
Graduate Hall, Gibbons Hall and others.
Outstanding as historian. his pri-
vate library is said to be one of the best
collections Of the nature in the country.
Death is Shock.
The suddenness of Bishop Shahans
death was a shock to his many friends
at Georgetown University, where he was
greatly esteemed DR.. w. Coleman
Nevils, s. j., president OF the university,
said: I'm the death Of Bishop Shahan
not only the church and Catholic edI-
cation, but the entire country, has lost
a great scholar, distinguished linguist
and theologian 1t is with great pride
that we realize at Georgetown that we
gave him our highest degree tn 1927"
Solemn pontifical mass will be sung
over the body in the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception by Arch
bishop. Michael J. Curley at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning. Burial will be in a
vault In the shrine. -
At 8 o'clock Sunday night students
in nearby Catholic colleges will gather
at the shrine to sing the ONCE of the
dead, over the body, which will lie in
state at the shrine from Sunday
morning.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
|SH|PS IN DISTRESS,
LINER TURNS'BACK
Adriatio Follows Helpless
CoIIier-Aid Asked for
Freighter.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March s,-The White Star
liner Adriatie was steaming back across
the Atlantic today waiting an eppor-
tunity to assist the disabled collier H
F. de Bardeleben.
The collier headed out to sea, rudder-
less, late last night and the Adriatic,
inbound from Europe, trailed along. A
heavy northwest gale whipped the sea
into meuntain inous waves as the De Bar
deleben kept her engines turning ut q
seven-knot speed.
At noon, 48 hours later, the collier
remained a plaything OF the elements,
Unable to Launch Boats.
long overdue in New York with pas
sengels. remained beside the disabled
vessel while several Coast Guard craft
fought to reach the scene. With no in
olcation of the weather moderating the
Golfers harassed crew of "a have been
unable to put of in their boats.
Coast Guard headquarters here said
last information from Coast Guard
rescue vessels indicated the cutter Os-
sipee was within 10 miles of the Bar
deleben, but the collier, driven by a
westerly gale and her engines, was
making about eight knots and the task
OF oVerhauling her was slow one The
Golfers master was forced to keep
way on the vessel to prevent her from
boaching to and being smothered by
the sea. The De Bardelben's position
was estimated at 27O miles southeast
OF Nantucket llghtship.
Tanker Quits Race.
The Ossipee relayed a message from
the tanker Beacon, which had been
standing by with the Adriatic, that she
was no longer able to keep up with
the collier
The Coast Guard destroyer Conyngham
had its after deck torn away and a davit
and 34-fot surf boat were lost from
the Ossipee
Capt. c. p. Freeman of the Adriatic
despite the expense involved in run
ming his 700-foot vessel, remained true
to the law of the sea and refused to
leave the vicinity OF the collier until
she was out Of danger or her lifeboats
could be safely launched.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

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$25 100000 would be saved through new
legislation for the Post, Office Depart
ment. With the s1,G96, 100000 bill,
these would leave an expected surplus
of s5,OO0,000. :;
Bonds Cover Deficit.
1t showed the deficit, OF 1903 900, ,O0O
in the last fiscal year, the expected
deficit of s2,l23.OO0.00 this fiscal year
and 81 ,24l 900, 900 in the coming
period. These are being covered by
long and short term securities, includ-
ing 20-year bonds.
"A deficit for one year would not of
itself affect in any degree the national
credit" the report said. THE increase
in the amount of national debt made
necessary by the actual deficit for 1881
and the estimated deficit for 1882
should not in and of itself affect the
national credit
1T can not be doubted, however
that any failure to balance the budget
for 1888, showing as it would a con-
tinuing failure In the face of known
conditions to meet current expenditures
cut of current receipts, would evidence
such q lack of sound business methods
in the conduct of our national finances
as to cause a loss of confidence and
apprehension as to the future.
"A failure to face squarely the prob
lem presented and to take the neces-
sary steps to balance the budget would
inevitably have serious consequences To
our entire credit structure"
Income Cut Blamed.
The committee attributed the Treas
TRY deficits primarily to "a drastic re-
duction in the yield of the income
taxes" due to the business let-down.
The present income tax law rests
upon such a narrow base that even a
slight change in business conditions is
unmistakably reflected in the Treasury
receipts" 1t said.
taxes individually, the committee gave
an explanation of each
The bill as reported provides 70,
an increase in the income tax OF al
married men with incomes in excess
of S2,500 and of all single men with
incomes In excess of $1,000" it said
The increase in the tax on large,
! incomes is greater, not only in dollars
but proportionately, than the increas,
in the tax on small incomes.
Rates Approach Limit.
THE individual income tax was in.
creased from | 5 to per cent for thu
| first $4,000; from 8 to 4 per cent for tht
second $4,000, and from to 6 per cen,
on the remainder. The surtaxes be.
come effective on incomes in excess O,
$4,000.
Rates on the higher incomes, be.
ginning above $4,000. are graduated
! up to a maximum of 46 per cent on tn,
| largest incomes.
1T is the opinion of your committe,
/ that these increases In the rates, par.
t!cularly on the higher incomes reach
! ing as they do in the proposed bill. &
maximum of 46 per cent. equal, if the,
do not exceed. the point Of diminishing
return.
| mo more revenue can be obtained
! out of a tax on larger incomes. 1t il
| significant that these increases in in
dividual income tax rates, amounting a.
they do to prac acally a doubling OF th'
J taxes ON large incomes, viii produce, 1
/ Is estimated, only SIP 900 600 additiona
-cvenue for the fiscal year 1888"
Evening star., 1932-03-09
HELPLESS OFF NOVA SCOTIA.
German Freight Steamer In Distress
With Broken Rudder.

NEW YORK, March 8 (49.-The
Radio Marine Corporation reported to-
day it had picked up a message from
the liner President Harding stating it
had intercepted an 8 0 S call from the
German freight steamer Harburg, which
reported it was helpless at sea because
of a broken rudder
The message said the steamer Vim
cent nearby. was Steaming to the as
sistance of the Harburg.
The position given by the Harburg
was latitude 42:24 and longitude 58:57
west, which would place her about l80
miles southeast Of Sable Island, off the
Nova Scotia Coast
The Harburg carries a crew Of So and
has no passengers. The ship is COM
manded by Capt. Won Maltiz and was
bound for Baltimore, Md, from Bremen
and Hamburg The vessel was built In
1907 at Newcastle, England; is of 2,S0a
tons net register. and is owned by the
Hamburg American Line % ..
Evening star., 1932-03-09
JAPANESE LAND NEW FORCES.
Four Transports Loaded With Troops
Reach Wo0sung.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. March g. japanese
military authorities continued to pour
reilforcements and huge quantities OF
ammunition and supplies into their
lines on the Western Shanghai front
today.
Four transports arrived at Woosung
during the day with an undetermined
number of fresh troops. Al least 2,000
of these were landed soon after their
arrival and they Immediately sloshed
off through pouring rain and thick mud
toward Kiangwan.
All reports today indicated that hopes
for peace parleys were virtually nom
existent. leaving the situation SO un-
certain that almost any eventuality
was possible.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
JAP AN CALLS OUT
RESERVST CLASS
Declared to Be Taking No
Chances on Duration
of Conflict.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, March 10 Thursday
Sir Miles Lampson. British Minis
ter to China, transmitted to the
Chinese authorities early today Ja-
pans newest proposal for ending the
hostilities In this area.
The japanese proposal, in the
form of a letter from the Japanese
Minister, asserted that Japan Is eager
to negotiate a truce because of the
critical situation existing at the
front and the imminent possibility
that hostilities will break out afresh."
Sir Miles laid the letter before v.
Soong and Quo Tai-Chi, represent
ing the Marking government here.
They sent them on to their supe-
riors at Marking and Loyang and
awaited instructions.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
WEEDS English Polo Star.

LOS ANGELES, March o P).-The
engagement oi Miss Elena de Struve
Santa Barbara debutante. to John
Alexander Bullock, English polo stal
and member of the Los Indlos team
was announced Yesterday by Miss De
Strives grandmother Mrs. william A
Slater. sr., of Santa Barbara.
The wedding will take place at Santa
Barbara April z.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
HITS INDIAN BUREAU.
King Would Reduce Force and Re-
gehetate Unit.

By the Associated Press.
Senator King. Democrat, of Utah, to-
day said he was considering moving to
cut sharply the force Of the Indian Bu-
reau, and possibly would seek elimina-
ton of the salary of Assistant Commis-
sioner j. Henry Scattergood-
Kings statement came, after a group
of Indians had called upon him, urging
that field inspectors and farming ex-
perts be removed and the number Of
employees reduced.
The Interior. Department appropria-
ton bill now is before the Senate,
which is debating allotments for the
Indian Bureau
II feel the whole Indian service
ought to be regenerated," King said.
There are 5000 employees looking
after 250,000 Indians"
Evening star., 1932-03-09
MAY ABOLISH LEGION

MADRID, Spain. March 9 (P1-Mil-
itary circles said yesterday the govern
ment was considering proposal TO
abolish the Spanish Foreign Legion, in
cooperating its members in other forces.
Public attention was turned on the
Legion yesterday when Col. Juan Mateo
Perez Alejo, its chief, at Tercio, Mo-
rocco, was shot and killed by Jose
Sanchez Gonzalez a dismissed corporal.
Some cabinet members indicated a
belief that stern discipline in the corps
and reports of harsh measures in deal
ing with the natives were incompatible
with republican ideals.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
FUR AUCTIONS CLOSED
1000, 900 Skins Are Sold by Soviet
Government.

LENINGRAD, Russia, March 8 (P).-
The Soviet governments second annua
fur auction. just closed, netted 81,
00O, 800. Almost 100000 skins, vir-
tually of all varieties, were sold anc
the prices were said to have been higher
than those at the recent London suc.
tion.
Many foreign buyers participated il
the sales. which were described a;
greatly successful despite the depres.
sion abroad.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

dCSlOil Will IllC Gil
emy near Gildwil-
Ter, AlSace, July 81,
1918. Sergt. Hoppe
displayed extraor-
binary heroism.
presence of mind
and physical en-
durance during an
enemy raid against
his small advance
post near Gildwil-
Ter. Although seri-
ously wounded by
enemy hand gren-
ades, he and one
private from his
company counter
attacked a greatly
superior enc m y,
rNarE~Yaal1yy ktl1;x,c
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Districts Heroes
i'm the
World War
Compiled by Sergt. L. Z. Jaeckel.

s recorded In the official citation.
" Harry E. Hoppe ARMY Serial
"A No. 1286009, sergeant. Company
4 \ K, 115th Infantry, 29th Divi-
sion, American Expeditionary
Force, received the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross for extraordinary heroism in
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Arrested for Thrill" Fire.

LOS ANGELES, March Up
charge of arson was fled against Nj,
Marie Mendoza, house maid, yesteres
In connection with the Sunday niah.
hre that dana ged the fashionable hoir.
OF Jules White, motion picture director
Police said she confessed firing tbs
home for a thrill"
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Norway Recognizes Salvador.

SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal
vador. March 9 (P). - Salvador and
Norway reached an agreement yester-
day by which each will accord the
other favored-nation treatment. Ne.
gotiation of this modus vivendi implies
recognition of the new Salvadorear
government. Norway imports Saliva
dorean coffee in considerable quantity
Evening star., 1932-03-09
BAND CONCERT.

On account Of the death Of Lieut..
Ccmdr. John Philip Sousa. former lead
or of the United States Marine Band.
the concert by the Marine Band Or
chestra tonight at the Marine Bar
racks Is Cancelled.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
M0VIE-MAKlNG HALTED
Hawaii Weather Forces Party's
Return to California Setting.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (P1-
Baked by unfavorable weather in at
tempting to make a sound film version
of The Bird of Paradise" in Hawaii,
its locale, motion picture company,
including Dolores Del Rio and Eleanor
Boardman, returned yesterday and de-
cided to make the picture in Southern
California.
Others returning on the liner Presi-
dent Grant included Miss Sally L.
Dickinson Of Charleston, w. Va, from
The Orient She witnessed the recent
bombardment of Chapel and Woosung
by the Japanese.
Evening star., 1932-03-09

one of them with his rife. preventing
any entry by the enemy into his post.
and finally re-en,ering cur lines after
having received second seTere wound.
Residence at enlistment, District Of
Columbia. Sergt Hoppe Is now q resi-
dent Of Baltimore. Nd.
.FtCepyright. lo32.>
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Election at Chesapeake Beach.

An election for town commissioner
d town mayor will be held at Chesa-
seake Beach. Nd. Saturday night. The
vacancies were caused by the deaths of
Amos Daugherty and S. 4 Monk, re-
spectively.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
February Circulation
Daily :. 121,725
Sunday, l30,536

District of Columbia. ss.:
s. H KAUFMAN. Assistant Business
Msnsger OF THE EVENING AND SUNDAY
ST AR does solernnly swear that the actual
number OF copies OF the paper named sold
and distributed during the month OF Feb
Suary A.D. 1882, was as follows:
Evening star., 1932-03-09

But of ths .ss 900 net income 5000 is
considered as esrnei net income, From
$1,000, therefore, is de uctsd the per-
sonal exemption of s3,500 the tax on
the remaining $500 at Ia per cent
amounting to s22.5o. Deduct one-fourth
Of $780,, o. SS,63, from SIS, leaving
payable o TX Of S69.37.
Evening star., 1932-03-09
Your Income Tax
No. 9
How to Compute Tax on
Earned Income.

Although included in every revenue
act since the act of 1924, the proVi-
sion allowing a credit of Is per cent on
earned income still Is subject to many
misinterpretations, usually to the dis
advants ge of the taxpayer. 1t was the
intention Of Congress in inserting this
provision that earned income-deflned
as wages. salaries, professional fees.
and other amounts received as compen-
sation for personal services actually
Tendered"-should bear a lesser tax
than the income derived from sources
such as investment of capital, etc.
Records of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue show that many errors in the
returns filed by individuals are made
in connection with this rs per cent
credit The maximum amount that
may be claimed as earned income is
10000. although the taxpayer may
have earned an amount in excess OF
that sum- However, all net income up
to $1,000. whether actually earned or
the purpose of this credit. A taxpayer
who in 1881 earned a salary Of $500
and from the sale of real estate or
other business venture realize a net
profit of 81 500 may treat the entire
$1,000 as earned income. Following is
an example Of how single person
with no dependents should compute his
tax on $1,000.
Less personal exemption. ... 1900
Balance taxable at Ia per
cent ................ s,3Oo
Normal tax of IL per cent on. 20
Less !. of s52so. earned income
credit ...-.-.-......... 1918
Balance of tax payable. ... 39.37
Other examples showing how to
compute correctly the earned income
credit will be given.
While all net income up to S. 600 is
considered earned income for the pur-
pose of the IS per cent credit which
reduces by Is per cent the amount Of
tax that otherwise would be due thou
sands of returns are received reporting
net income part of which was earned
and part of which was unearned. Fol-
lowing is an example Of how to COM
pute correctly he tax on such a re-
turn:
A taxpayer, married and with no
| dependents, received in 1891 a salary
| Of $4,000. and from a real estate trans
! action made net profit of $4,000. His
| personal exemption is $500. The tax
J rate is ~ per cent on the first $4,000
| in excess of such exemption and per
! cent on the remainder:
Net income ................... $4,000
Less personal exemption. ..... $500
Balance, taxable income .. 45OC
| II. ,,ar ,oot M Arvt a mn GC
Evening star., 1932-03-09
SALES TAX is HELD
BEsT'WAY Te MEET
NATIONAL DEFICIT

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Evening star., 1932-03-09

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Smyrna times., 1932-10-05
tSlow but Sure" Joins
Other Discarded Myths

One continually hears of the slow
but sure, and yet the laboratory re-
suits of the last eight or ten years
show the slow but sure man is al
most myth.
The group who finish a test with
laboratory apparatus in less than a
minute make fewer mistakes than
those who take more than this time.
The group who take under a min
ute and a half make, in turn, fewer
mistakes than those who take
longer.
One can, OF course, find excep-
tions, men who rush through and
make mistakes and others who go
slowly, carefully and correctly; but
even including the exceptions, the
fast group is accurate, the slow
group inaccurate. On combining the
time and the errors, the best man
proves twenty to thirty times better
than the poorest.-Johnson O'COn-
nor in the Atlantic Monthly.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-05
USE OF "UNsNKABLE" BOAT
Triumph of One of Worlds Great
est Invention in UnsinkabIe Boat

One of the worlds greatest inven-
tiOns was the self-righting boat. the
principle of which is used in All
lifeboats. Cut out a piece Of wood
the shape of a slice of melon and
you will find that no matter what
you do with it in water, it rights
itself in an instant.
Now another astonishing iDvpn.
tiOn is announced-that of a shin
which cannot be sunk. The inventor
is NJ. Joseph Chartrain, a French
man. Tests were made with a
model of an Atlantic liner twelve
feet long and weighing half ton.
The experts conducting the tests
began by driving great holes in the
model below the water line with
crOwbars. A full-sized ship pierced
with holes on the same scale would
have sunk in a minute or two
No efforts on the part Of tile ex-
perts could make the model do any.
thing more than settle down an inch
or two in the water. The damaged
model was tilted right over on its
beam ends by great weights, but the
moment these We're removed II
righted itself again.-London Tit
Bits.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-05
BREAD OLDEST OF FOODS
Egyptian Statues Made $500 Years
Ago Show Slaves in Dough

In the ages since history was first
written we have heard about bread
from every country in the world
Egyptian statues made $500 years
ago show slaves up to their elbows
in dough, or dancing upon it bare
footed. Persian housewives plas-
tered their dough on the outside of
clay (now a sheet iron) oven sur
rounding a charcoal burner, and
baked it pancake fashion. In parts
of Brazil the natives still pound
out their grain with clubs that look
for all the world like policemens
clubs.
For centuries only dark bread
much of it very heavy and coarse
like the hefty four-pound loaves
from the Black forest of Germany
was known by the people. Then
one day a capricious English earl
planned banquet with a white col
or scheme and ordered his cook to
give him white bread. How the cook
managed to sift out all the chatf
and save his head is a mystery, but
lie did, and the innovation was a
huge success.
For a long time white bread ap-
parently was confined to the use of
the church, where it was made in
the converts and monasteries and
offered In the service. Then gradu-
ally the unblessed bread was sold
to the nobility. and as wealth de-
yeloped. baking was removed from
the converts and taken up by the
lords.