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The Washington times., 1932-05-18
BY ANTHONY ABBOT
By TuthM
BY Rube Goldberg

sheaf Of notes beside him,
which he turned over to me.
While Marshall and I waited,
he continued:
Under the circumstances,
Mrs. Baldwin, it viii be neces.
Sary to delay the plans for the
funeral until the police have
completed their investigation. I
would suggest that you return
home now. Have you relatives
in the city?"
The stout little lady stood up
and dabbed at her eyes with q
han DIX er C h ief, three inches
square, the perfume Of which
filled the room.
"On1y my children" she an
Swered. I'VE have two boys
and o girl. They will have
to be told" .
She extended q plump little
hand.
you've tried to be very kind
to me. Thank you, Mr.. Colt"
''Mayn't I go home with her?"
entreated Miss Simon, impul.
sively. But Mrs. Baldwin
Strengthened her hat, insisting:
mo, thank you, my dear. I
think I would rather be alone"
no BE Continued TOmOrrOw)
1881, by COyici-Friede, 1nC
BY King Features 9y1dteats
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on, ''but Miss Simon explained
that he had gone out"
The Phone Call
Here Miss Simon interrupted:
1.-THE doctor went out short
ly after I arrived this morn
ing, Mr.. Colt, and soon after
he was gone Mrs. Baldwin tele-
phoned. When he came back
I told him that Mrs. Baldwin
was on her way to the office.
He looked at me without reply
ing, then went into the private
office, closing the door. I didn't.
know that he had locked It,"
"And that is all you can
tell me. Miss Sirnon?" asked
Colt.
That's all I know, SIR"
Colt turned to me.
"Get Marshall over here.
He's working across the street
in a doorman's uniform"
AS I hurried out, Colt was re-
suming his examination, getting
the factual data about Doctor
Baldwin, his age, his income.
his relatives, the medical So
cieties of which he was a mem
ber and all the minutiae Of his
private affairs that might be
necessary. BY the time I had
returned with Detective Mar
shall in his ornamental uniform
Of blue and gold, Colt had a
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

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1.-THE MURDER OF THE NIGHT CLUB LADY"

(COntinued from Magazine PGse)
ton, Mr.. Colt. I suppose there
is no use pretending that Hugh
and I were happy together. We
weren't. We hadn't been for a
long, long time. It was my
fault, too, I guess. When we
were married, I was not like
am today. I had the figure Of
a little girl. I didn't take care
Of myself and I just grew to be
like I am now. So l couldn't
blame Hugh for-well-for look
ing at other people now and
then. I tried to understand. He
had never asked me for a di-
vorce. And he was always gen.
tle-but brooding and miser-
able. If he had asked, I would
have given him his freedom,
even though loved him more,
much more, than when we were
married. I would have done
anything for Hugh.
New Year Party
"Last night I stayed home
with the children. We had a
little New Year party just
among ourselves. We didn't
know where Hugh was. The
children were all in bed around
/ o'clock and so was I but I
couldn't get to sleep. know
that it was after 4 o'clock when
the telephone rang, and I was
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so glad too when T heard
Hugh's voice. He said he was at
the office, that he had come to
a. decision about our affairs,
and that he was going over a
lot of business matters and that
7 would hear from him early in
the day. 1t had been a long
time, Mr.. Colt, since Hugh
talked to me like that. His voice
was tender. He told me he had
missed me. He said he wished
things could be as they used to
be. And he told me that no
matter what he had done he
had never stopped loving me.
And then he hung up"
For a moment there was
silence. Mrs. Baldwin had
not mentioned her visitor of
the night before-the mysteri-
Gus caller of whom we had
been told. But Colt held this
back.
why did you come here
this morning." he asked.
"I had just read the pa
perS," Mrs. Baldwin explained.
II knew perfectly well that
Doctor Baldwin had been in
volved with Lola Carewe, as
she called herself. and knew
that she was an evil influence
in his life. Some of the pa
pers published some very ura-
pleasant insinuations."
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Must Be o WhOpper

Rangoon, Burma-A ruby,
said to be q wonderful gem and
to weigh 100 carrots, has been
found at Mogok, Upper Burma.
-Glens Falls IN. " paper.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Cactus DiStXrbers
Are WQrred AQQinSt

TUCSON, Ariz-Warring
against "baby" cacti hunters, the
Arizona Natural History Society
has asked the State legislature to
make cactus digging a criminal
offenSe. Tourists and CONNER
cial florists, the club charges, are
removing millions Of immature
barrel and jumping" cacti each
year.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Colt glanced at me. So
Dougherty was up to his old
tricks again! In our CONVEX
sation during the night, Dough-
erty had expressed his suspi-
cions of Doctor Baldwin, sus-
picions now echoed in printers
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
THIEF STEALS HOUSE

BILLINGS, Mont (INSO Bill
ings police are looking for a
sneak thief who made off with r.
p. C1emow's house. The house
was on a farm belonging to Gle
NOW and wasn't missed until Gle
NOV rented the farm and took his
tenant out to look at the property
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ink. There was one thing that
Dougherty could not keep from
doing and that was talking to
reporters.
''I tried to get Hugh on the
telephone" Mrs. Baldwin went
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Subject to Emily Posts o. x.

Q.-Ts it very permissible for
a young woman to ask a man
she has never met to call at
her home?
Ayes; if she asks him to
call for the laundry.
Q.-What does it indicate
when a man talks with a lady
with his hat on and q cigar or
cigarette between his lips?
A.-That they's married.
Buffalo News.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Snappy Wisecracks
Soothing Syrup

Two hundred dollars was left
to the Penn Asylum for Indig-
nant widows and Single Wom.
en.-Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18

Proving the Truth Of an Old
Saw
Room and Board-For two, 50,
one $--0.00.-Dearborn Press.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Beating 'Em to It

The game between Penn and
Wisconsin tomorrow will be
broadcast by KDKA to-day
Pittsburgh Post. Gazette.
The Washington times., 1932-05-18
Convenient WhOOpee

Five rooms, beautifully fur
nished; next Dive.-Ad in the
New York World,
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Bet This Was TeIephOned

LoSt-A black Satchel con-
tanning a white robe, a black
merockerback A. M. e. Hymnal
and other bopks.-Al in the Lex
ington Ky Leader.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
FIRST VOTE TEST
DUE IN WEST TODAY
Roosevelt to Gauge Strength
Against Murray in
North Dakota.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BISMARCK, N. Oak, March Is
Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt's strength
as a Democratic presidential candidate
received its first test in State west
of the Hudson River, in North Dakota's
primary today.
The contest for the control OF 10
Democratic delegates to the party's ma
tional convention at Chicago in June
was the highlight of the election and
aligned against Roosevelt was the pic
turesuue Governor Of Oklahoma, Will
liam H. Alfalfa Bill" Murray. 1t was
the first primary in which Murray fig
ured since announcing his presidential
ambitions.
The spotlight on the Republican side
rested on the skirmish OF Hoover and
anti-Hoover forces. The choice mere
was between IL delegates pledged to the
President and an opposing set instruct
ed against him by the Nonpartisan
League, but pledged to no other can
didate.
Gov. Roosevelt and Gov. Murray also
were on the presidential preference"
ballot on which the voters indicate
their choice for President. but which
had no bearing on the election Of dele
gates. Roosevelt's forces in the elec-
ton were well organized, whereas Muir
ray was a last-minute entry.
The Republicans on the preferential
ticket were Gen Jacob S. Coxey, the
Ohio mayor, and former Senator Joseph
I. France of Maryland. Neither had
any delegates. President Hoover did
not file for the preference vote.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
S6O,OOO,0DO ASKED
FOR WATERWAYS
Hoover Sends Special Mes
sage to House Asking for
Quick Action on Fund.

BY the Associated Press.
Threatened with exhaustion OF funds
to carry on contracts for important
waterway and harbor construction,
President Hoover has made hurry call
on Congress for a $6o,OOo,Ooo appro-
priation.
The money normally would have been
provided in the War Department appro-
priation bill, as it covers projects
previously authorized and now under
way. The bill, however, became tangled
in the issues of disarmament and
economy and was laid aside temporarily
by the House, so its passage may not
ccme until toward the end of the ses-
sion.
In a special message sent to the
House late yesterday the Chief EXecu-
tive urged action lin order that we may
avoid the unemployment and disio-
cation that would result from delays"
The President explained that, expect
ing enactment of the War Department
supply bill at the customary time, the
engineers have entered upon certain
contracts the continuance of which
have depended upon the passage Of the
appropriation at the usual time" He
added:
THE budget estimate for the main
tenance and improvement of existing
rivers and harbors works for 1888 is
$60,000,000, which should become i'm
mediately available upon the passage
of the act
"As delay seems inevitable, and un-
less some action be taken, large num-
ber of men will be thrown out OF work
and other expenses incurred by suspen-
sion of work, I therefore recommend
that Congress give consideration to i'm
mediate appropriation of the funds Tor
the maintenance and Improvements OF
existing rivers and harbors works.
Such a course would imply no in
crease in the contemplated expendi-
tures."
The delay In acting on War Depart
ment appropriations was caused by
Democratic leaders partly because of
the crisis in China and the volume OF
protests against reported reductions in
personnel.
Secretary Hurley of the War De-
partment, in a statement accompanying
the Presidents message, said:
anticipating the passage of the War
Department appropriation bill before
April this year, contracts contingent
upon this appropriation have been en-
tered into and contractors have en-
gagged labor and material to proceed
with the work. 1t will soon be
necessary to suspend operation on many
important projects and lay off a con-
siderable force of men unless additional
funds are appropriated"
Evening star., 1932-03-15
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPERTS
LIFE HAS FEW QUIET MOMENTS
Keeping Up With Little Imps of Interna-
tional Affairs Is 24-Hour Job for
Accompl plished Man.

takes his foreign exchange tables to bed
with him. His daily routine is about
like this:
Up at $50 am. for a brisk shower
and the telephone. He gets his early
quotations on the London market at
7 am. He washes these figures down
with cup of coffee. Then to the Office.
He gets his London, Paris, Berlin and
Amsterdam quotations in hand by 8
am. Then he starts to work in the
New York market-figuratively playing
hand ball on four or five courts at one
time.
At pm. he can call it a day so far
as New York is concerned but usually
there are two or three things still up
in the air.
So he arranges, at his home or his
club. to get periodic reports on what
is happening in Shanghai or other Far
Eastern markets. Usually by IL pm.
he has pretty good idea of what the
dance of the exchanges has done during
the day and he is ready to turn in.
Then back to the spectacle Of the
monetary dervishes at am. the next
day. Few foreign exchange men ever
complain about dull times.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
LONG ASKS 100000 FUND.
Fights to Attach Sum for Louisiana to
Howard ApprOpriatiO

Howard Appropriation.
Aroused. over the Senate'S action in
increasing appropriations for Howard
University here, Senator Long of
Louisiana yesterday inserted an amend
ment to the Interior Department supply
bill to call fer 100000 for "eradicating
iliteracy among the colored people Of
his home State. The Louisiana Senator
argued such an appropriation would be
more justiflable than to give money to
a private institution" in which he
classed the colored university.
Senator Smoot of Utah, dean of the
Senate, made point Of order against
the amendment on the ground it had
never been estimated by the Budget
Bureau nor reported by standing COM
mittee.
The point Of order was sustained by
Senator La Toilette, Republican. of Wis
consin, who was in the chair. Long i'm
mediately asked for a roll call on the
ruling but Senator Ashurst of Arizona
ruling Of the chair is correct"
Still not satisfied Long demanded the
chair read the ruling. After listening
carefully to it, he announced quietly,
Il withdraw my appeal, then"
Previously Long had interrupted Sena-
tor Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, who
supported the appropriation measure
for Howard University, to inquire how
many colored people in Chicago vote.
Lewis reply was to the effect that he
supported the measure from humani-
tartan standpoint
Evening star., 1932-03-15
ATLANTA is HOLDING
RECALL VOTE TODAY
Record Registration Results in
Effort to Gust Mayor
James L. Key.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga. March 15.-The
friends and foes Of Mayor James L.
Key, storm center of Atlanta politics
since he called prohibition a failure
last year, are fighting 1t out in recall
election today.
A bitter battle was forecast and
registration approached 10000 to set q
record for the city.
Charges and counter charges few
thick and fast. Recall leaders have
attacked the mayors financial policies
and his attitude toward labor in ad-
dition to criticism of his stand on pro-
hibition. Mayor Keys friends charged
inaccuracies and forgeries in petitions
for the recall election.
The fight on the outspoken executive
began while he was touring France last
year He granted newspaper inter-
view In which he said prohibition had
failed to halt drinking, failed of en-
forcement and resulted in corruption
in public Offices.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
Your Income Tax
No. Is
Bad Debts-Year in Which
Deductible.

To be allowed as a deduction from
gross income, a bad debt must have
been determined by the taxpayer to be
worthless within the taxable year for
which it Is claimed, and where books
are Kept 1t also must have been
charged on within the same year.
The necessity for this provision is
obvious. If a bad debt were allowed
as deduction without the requirement
that 1t be charged off the taxpayer's
books, the certainty of its worthlessness
would be open to question. Neither the
taxpayer nor the Government could be
certain that debt would not be claimed
more than once.
Also, II bad debt were allowed in
the year in which it was charged off.
without regard to when 1t was ascer-
tanned to be worthless, such charges
could be accumulated advantageously,
to be Quoted In q year when there
was large income. However, a tax
payer who enormously has Cancelled a
debt In year subsequent to that In
which 1t was determined to be worth
less may file an amended return for the
year in which the debt was ascertained
to be worthless and not charged of.
The burden is upon the TAXPAYER to
show that debt claimed as a deduc-
ton was without value during the tax
able year. A statement should be at
tached to the return showing the pro-
priety OF any deductions for bad debts.
II in the exercise of sound business
judgment a taxpayer concludes, after
making every reasonable effort to de-
termine whether there is likelihood of
recovery, that the debt is of no value,
deduction for such debt is allowed. Court
action is not a requisite.
Amounts paid or accrued within the
taxable year 1881 as interest on in
debtedness are deductible, with certain
exceptions, from gross income in de-
termining net income. Such items in
clude interest on borrowed money to
defray personal expenses and on money
borrowed for the purchase of real or
personal property. If q person owes
money on lien or mortgage on his
home the amount of interest on such
indebtedness may be deducted. In
debtedneSs, however, need not be evi-
denced by lien. judgment or mortgage
to make the interest thereon deductible
Frequently Indebtedness is evidenced only
by a note without additional security
A taxpayer may borrow money from
an insurance company. Even when such
money Is used to pay the premiums
due upon the policy the interest paid
thereon may be deducted.
Interest paid on behalf Of a friend
or relative where there is no legal OBJ
legation on the part Of the payor is not
deductible In such cases the amounts
are equivalent to a gift.
AS interest paid is deductihle: - In
interest received taxable. All such
amounts, including interest received on
bank and savings deposits, must be in
cluded n the taxpayers return Of gross
income.
Evening star., 1932-03-15

Continued From First Page)
Committee He said this question al
ready Is before the Washington Council
of Social Agencies, and that that Or
ganization is holding a special meeting
to consider it tomorrow.
Mr.. Donovan, in opposing any con-
gressional appropriation, said any such
appropriation would be supplemental,
and while it might furnish some help
IN the case Of unemployed manual la
borers, 1t could not be made to cover
the "white-collar' class or unemployed
women.
He said that, beginning April 10, ap-
proximately 1000 men would be en-
ployed by the Highway Department in
road construction and that within the
following three months approximately
5000 other laborers will be given work
by contractors engaged on District prof.
ects. In addition, the District will add
about 300 per diem workers to its rolls
He said it was beyond the functions of
the employment committee to recon-
mend the appropriation of public funds
for relief.
Chairman Graham put the motion
about continuing through April, which
was passed, and then put the motion
to ask for small sum from the Com
munity Chest.
At this point Rev. Russell ]. Clinchy
of the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church appealed to the committee not
to take any action which would give
the public the impression the unem-
ployment situation here is not serious.
He said Maj. Donovan was over-opti-
mistic, that from his work in his own
church he knew the situation was ex-
tremely grave, and that the committee
had not one scientific fact before it
pointing to any solution of the problem
OF unemployment by the 1000 extra
JOBS that might be available in the
working season. He pointed out that
there were 10000 applicants for Jobs
on the committees register.
Remember" he exclaimed, 1--WE are
not dealing with quotas or intangibles.
We are dealing with human beings, and
we are saying to this town that these
human beings will be taken care of and
We know that cannot be So"
Mr.. Street pointed out that the COM
mittee at best was furnishing work
only to very small fraction of those
out Of work. He said nobody would
starve If the committee shut down, but
that the family relief agencies, financed
by the Community Chest, would con-
tinue to meet the strain. Father
O'Brady then made his motion which,
after considerable extended debate,
finally passed.
z. Goring Bliss, chairman Of the
Work Stimulation Subcommittee, re-
ported the employment Of $50 persons
in the first two weeks of March, as the
result of the efforts of the committee.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
VIRGINIAN FOUND "
LYING UNCONSCIOUS
Frederick County Supervisor Re-
moved to Winchester Hospital
in Precarious Condition.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March 15.-
Scott Grant, wealthy live stock dealer,
farmer, bank director and member of
the Frederick County Board of Super
visors, was found unconscious in a pool
Of blood on the floor at his home here
today. He was removed to a hospital
in precarious condition. An exam
ination was being made to determine
whether his skull had been fractured.
He lived alone in large residence
in an exclusive neighborhood. A broth
er, James S. Grant, who had not seen
him since Sunday, said he had not
been well. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L.
Baker said he had spent an hour or
two at their home Sunday and COM
planned of slight illness
Grant was found by his brother, Mrs
Baker and Harry Mason, taxi driver
The men effected an entrance through
the cellar. The house was cold and
Grant was chilled and unable to speak,
Police started an investigation to de-
termine whether Grant had been at
tackled. They said all doors and win
dows were locked. He was found near
a telephone.
Evening star., 1932-03-15
SAYS 5000 REDS
KILLED IN REVOLT
American Resident of San
Salvador Declares Execu-
tions Still Going On.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, March 15.-An
American who has lived In San Sal
vador three years and who returned
here recently said today Salvadorean
Army commanders declared 5000 Com
munists were slain in the revolution
there a little more than a month ago.
He refused to permit the use of his
name for personal reasons.
The executions are continuing at
the rate of 10 to 25 a week." he said,
but in spite of it the danger to the
government is grave, for, according to
government information, more than
$4,000 persons now belong to the Com
munist League and the recruiting is
still going on"
He said the government was forced to
dismiss 1000 Of the 4,500 soldiers of its
regular army because it feared they
were secret members of the Communist
League, and officials considered it dan
gerous to allow them access to rifles
and ammunition.
The revolt, he said, led to the finding
of more than 200 homemade bombs, so
of which were discovered in fort oc-
cupied by soldiers suspected of being
Col Agustin Marti, nominal leader Of
the uprising, was executed early in the
trouble.
Family Murdered.
The American also described the
Staying of an Italian manager Of a
sugar plantation and his wife and
daughter at JayZua, El Salvador. He
said Communists tied the three to posts,
shot down the 7-year-o1d girl first,
chopped off her head and poured her
blood over her fathers body, and then
proceeded to execute the mother and,
finally, the father. 1t was this event,
he said, that led to the appeal that
brought British, Canadian and Ameri-
can warships under forced draught to
the coast.
British marines actually were landed
at Acajutla, 20 miles west of San Sal
vador, he said. and remained on the
docks for three hours. The railroad
company refused to transport them to
the capital, he said. but their presence
nearby was a factor in giving the gov
ernment dominance of the situation.