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The Washington times., 1932-12-16
AIDE To MILLS
. SEES HELP IN
SALES TAX
BaIIantine Tells Mine Farley
Income Levies Would Not
Be SuppIanted, However

Addressing the American Min
ing Conference today, Undersec-
retary of the Treasury A. A
Ballantine said the proposed sales
tax would be. in no sense a sub
stitute for the income tax.
The new tax would serve to
supplement income and other
taxes during the periods when
those sources Of revenue have
been demonstrated to be made
quate. He said:
"The manufacturer excise
tax is the best available meas
ure for q broadly based addition
to the revenues of the Govern
ment not likely to be unduly AZ
fected by fluctuations In bust.
ness activity.
SEES NO PYRAMIDING
"That tax with q low rate
would apply to all articles pro-
duced or sold with certain ex.
ceptiOns, confined largely to
agricultural products and basic
foods. The tax would apply to
all sales, but in general solely
to the final sale when an ar
ticle leaves the channel of pro-
ductiOn and manufacture and
enters the channel Of distribu-
ton.
"As the tax would not apply
to sales by q producer or manu-
facturer to buyer who would
further manufacture or process
the article, the tax would not
be pyramided as would q gen.
eral sales tax"
Ballantine declared the reduc-
ton of expenditures and the
broadening of the tax base so
vitality needed will not come
without wide support.
Emphasis was placed on the
fact that unless the Government
is kept financially sound no in
dustry will have a sure founda-
tion for it's own development and
prosperity.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
STIMSON SEE 5
CRISIS FACING
AGGRAVATI0N
Secretary Mills Joins in Urging
Senators to Hold Speeches
FaVoring ReprisaIs
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the debt and appeared headed for
failure.
The fate of Frances govern
ment hinges upon Congressional
reaction in the United States to
this country's- war debt attitude,
Chauemps limited today. He said:
Il am being informed heuF by
hour Of the reaction in Wash
ingtOn. Unfortunately the time
ls short and I must report to
President Lebrun regarding my
chances Of forming . cabinet
rs soon as possible.
'7t is certain that deferring
the war debt payment does not
solve the problem.
Negotiations are absolutely
indispensable, and these negO-
tiatiOns, according to M. HerriOt
and myself, must be based on
the principle of payment, which
leaves the necessity of determin-
ing conditions"
It was reported Chautemps
would CALI on President Lebrun
and advise him of his inability to
form concentration cabinet.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Paul Claudel, French ambassador
at Washington, had received in
Structions to tell Secretary Of
State Stimson that it may be i'm
possible to form a new French
government until the Hoover Ad-
lr1inistration has given further en-
couragement to the possibility Of
q war debt revision conference
after payment is made.
HerriOt farewell Host
If this encouragement is not
forthcoming, Chautemps will have
to abandon his task, it was
understood. He is not only a
political ally but an intimate
friend of Herriot and for this
reason would be unable to appear
before the Chamber with any
proposition far removed from
Herriot's original proposal to
''pay with reservations"
While Chautemps presse d
efforts to form a government,
Herriot, defeated in his effort to
save "the honor of France" by
payment of the war debt install
ment, to the United States,
rendered a. farewell luncheon to
all members Of his ousted; cabinet.
With conferences still in prog
ress, Chautempts said his prin;
cipal task was to find a formula
reconciling the ministerial view.
point Of the debt question with
that of the chamber Of deputies,
which voted in favor Of default.
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Continued from Page ~
that romance had again crossed
his path.
In Chicago, the first time he
escaped, Burns married his land.
lady, Mrs. Emily Paceo, who ran
a beauty parlor. When he left
his wife to court Lillian Salo,
taxi dancer, Mrs. Pacheo exposed
him to the police and he was
returned to Georgia
Burns, under the alias of Rich
ard Crane, has been running an
"art" shop in East Orange, N. j.
It was reported he was engaged
to a school teacher.
Decision on Merits
The prisoner calamity declined
to discuss his love life. He
said:
However, I will say that if
I were free, I would marry
the lady of my choice"
He said that he was still mar
ried to Mrs. Pachec but that
separation proceedings were start
ed in Chicago in 1929.
Burns was hopeful that Gov
ernor A. Harry Moore of New
Jersey would refuse to have him
turned over to Warden Hardy.
Governor Moore said he would
hold a hearing and decide the
case on it's merits.
Governor Moore said:
81 have made no promise not
to return Burns. However, he
has probably served enough
time for his Offense, which
understand was minor"
Burns, after serving in the
World War Hrifted To Atlanta in
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
JAPS EXPECTED
T0QU|T LEAGUE

GENEVA, Dec. 16 U.N.sJ 4.
Possibility that Japan may with
draw from the League Of Nations
because of the Sino-Japanese
Manchurian dispute came to the
fore again today following ap'
proval by the committee of 19
of a resolution placing the onuS
for the controversy on Japan.
The resolution would place set
tlement of the dispute in the
hands of a conciliation commit
tee in which Soviet Russia and
the United States will be invited
to participate.
Predictions that Japan at least
would renew her threats to re-
sign were supported by the atti-
tude of the Japanese delegation
toward the resolution, which was
presented to both the Japanese
and Chinese delegations prior to
its adoption by the committee.
The entire resolution met with
disapproval of the Japanese and
the indirect implication of non
recognition of the Manchukuo
government in Manchuria drew
instant opposition.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
"If They Return Him, Justice
Has PeriShed," Says Mother

PTTTSFIELD, Mass, Dec. Is
Q.NS0 IA mothers plea went
out to the people of America to-
day to save her son, Robert FL
lott Burns, from being returned
to a Georgia chain gang.
Mrs. Catherine Burns, 59-year-
old widoWed-mother of Burns, a
daughter Of a Civil war veteran
and mother of two World War
veterans, called upon the Ameri.
can people to assist her in free
ing her son from that "blackened
monster" which has trailed him
for a decade. She sobbed:
"The American people will
never stand for this injustice.
"Justice, where is it? If they
send him back to that hell hole
there is no such word as JUS
tice.
"But still have my faith in
God and the American people
to see that he is freed and that
justice does not perish from the
EARTH"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
NE v FURLOUGH
HITS SWORKERS

=; All employees Of the Bureau Of
immigration of the Labor Depart
ment, here and in the field, must
take a months administrative
furlough to be distributed over
the early part of the new year, in
addition to the 80 days of legiS-
lative furlough now being taken
by all Federal employees, it was
revealed today.
Employees of the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics and also of the
U. S. Employment Service, like
wise under the Labor Department,
must take an administrative fur.
lough whose extent is not yet de-
termined, it is also stated.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

lean aviation, ROSCOE TURNER
is sporting shaggy lion skin
coat. He said:
Everywhere I go they point
accusingly at my coat and say,
so that's what happened to
poor little Gilmore when he
grew up and you couldn't use
him for a mascot any longer
"It isn't at all, for I've still
got GilmOre-450 pounds of
the healthiest and friendliest
lion you ever. Saw-and I keep
him in a park not four blocks
from where / live SO / can 60
and play with him every time
I'm home in California. This
skin is off one of Gilmore's
uncleS,"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Xmas Holiday Opens
TOdaY at MGruL0ndU

School is out for three weeks
today at the University of Mary
land. At 4:10 p. M, the Christ
mas holidays begin officially,
ending at 800 a. m. January 4.
A fine of So for each class
missed in the 24-hour period be-
fore and after the holidays has
been set by officials.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Synagogue to Hold
. Special Exercises

Special services for the parents
and children of the Adas Israel
Sunday school will be held to-
night at the synagogue, Sixth and
Sts. N. w.
Rabbi Solomon B. Metz, who
will officiate at the services, will
speak on 1.-THE Urgency of Char
acter Building Institutions"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

VNOENA H AH1UN tlIIIIC EAp6'
dition next month with Dr.
Louis H. Mowbray, curator Of
the Bermuda aquarium, to the
Galapagos Islands in the yacht
Nourmahahal. He said:
During the present depres-
sion / feel that ] should spend
my money in my own country.
so 1 will open my Florida home
this winter. Later, however, !
plan to enjoy the winters in
my Bermuda home"
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

S rV y" of
North Amer
ica, is bunk
a n d n o n .
sense" Rog-
er w. Bah
son, statisti-
clan and bus
ineSs analyst,
told a group
of young bus
mess men at
a dinner of
the Babson
Alumni ASSo.
citation.
Mr.. Ba b.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

here bought
a five acre
estate ca
st. G or e
and irtends
- build a
residence.
Mr.. Astor
returned to
the U n i t e d
y I a Y z s l6SG
week to es-
tablish Mrs.
AStor in their
Florida home
a n d t h e n
plans a sci
onfifio oyne.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

R. W. BABsON son charac.
terized Technocracy's pro-
posal of restricted production
as a cure for unemployment
and the tangled debt structure
as a "crime against the Ameri
can standard of living. "~.-.~-
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Georgia Seems Determined,
To Reclaim Burns

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. is GIN.
SO.-While officers sped toward
New Jersey to return Robert
Elliott Burns, convicted holdup
m an and escaped prisoner,
Georgia authorities here today
laid plans to overcome any re-
sistance the fugitive may make
to extradition proceedings.
Warden ]. Hardy of the Troup
county chain gang. from which
The Washington times., 1932-12-16

flyong two or
three We a r S
ago with an
engaging lion
cub n a m e d
Gilmore, are
looSin g at
him aSkance
these days.
The reason
is h a t the
flier, in ad-
ditior to the
gay uniform
that has be-
come a tradi-
ton in Amer
ican aviation.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Children to Bring
TOYS to Studio Fete

A fete for all students under
IA years of age will be held to-
morrow afternoon by Gladys
Parker in her dance studio at
1928 Connecticut Ave-, to which
each guest will bring some toy
for poor children -.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
$21 $50 IN DANVILLE CHEST

DANVILLE, Va, Dec. 16.-Dan-
vile reports $21, $50 raised in the
$33, 900 community chest drive.
The special gifts committee will
continue the canvass until at
least SOS, 900 is secured.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Technocracy Called
bunk and Nonsense"

NEW YORK, Dec. fetch.
nocracy, the group of engineers
using facilities at Columbia
University to make an energy
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Burns breads Brutality and Death
If Returned to Chain Gang

Burns escaped in 1880, and Chief
of Police r. B. Carter of Troup
county, are expected to arrive in
Trenton late this afternoon.
The State prison commission
gave Warden Hardy permission
to employ counsel in Newark to
represent the state at any hear
ing growing odt'5 of Burns de-
termination to resist extradition.
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
II. C.. Richards Looms
As Water Firm Head

H. C. Richards is expected to
be named manager of the Alex
andria Water Company within a
few days to. succeed Urban S.
Lambert whose resignation will
be effective January l.
Richards has been managing a
plant near Boston for the Amer
ican Water Works.
CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance as of Decem-
ber IA. $503. .467, 1861; expendi-
lures, $S,345,4 customs receipts,
$10,521, TOLLS.
4 CLEARINGS
Richmond .,....... SIS, ,401 ,976.09
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Roscoe Turner Denies
He's Wearing His Lion

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Avia-
ton friends of Roscoe Turner
who knew him when he was
The Washington times., 1932-12-16
Vincent Astor Buys
Burmuda Estate

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec.
16.-It was learned today that
Vincent Astor on a recent trip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-18
Army-Navy Chapter, OAR,
Celebrates ORGANIZATION

Saturday, December 10, members OF
the Army ana Navy Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
entertained at luncheon at the High
lands to celebrate the day of their Or
ganization Covers were laid for r.
Mrs. George w. McIver, regent, re-
ceived the guests, among whom were
Mrs. H. c. Grove, Mrs. F. B. Linton,
. Mrs Jean Labat. Mrs. A. c. N. Payne and
Mrs. Arturo Casanova. The chapter
members present were Mrs. D. c.
Shanks, Mrs c. c. Allen. Mrs. George
Andrews, Mrs. B. B. Bierer, Mrs. w. c.
Borden Mrs R. w Bruner, Mrs. G. r.
Cecil Mrs. G. A. Coolidge, Mrs. w. S.
Delaney, Mrs. John ESpy. Mrs. j. A,
CASTOR. Mrs. Robert Giles, Mrs. G. M.
Grimes, Mrs. r. NJ Griswold. Mrs. l..
Halstead Mrs Hasson, Mrs. L. D. Hill
Mrs l.. L. Hatcher, Mrs. j. w. Hol-
connie, Mrs. r. j. Holmes, Mrs. L
Kingsley, Mrs. C. w. Kutz, Mrs. Rich
ard La Garde, Mrs. J. l.. Lurk, Mrs. j.
T. Moore. Mrs. j. o. Ord, Mrs. w. o.
Owen. Mrs A. E.. Peck. Mrs. R. H.
Rhodes, Mrs. D. j. Rumbough, Mrs. M.
c. Settle. Mrs. George C. Shaw, Mrs
Rodney Smith. Mrs. E. K. Swearington
Mrs. c. w. Penrose, Mrs. w. D. West
Mrs. J. V. White, Mrs. r. c. Williams
Mrs. R. M. Wortley. Mrs w. D. Wright
son. Miss Sarah Cushing, Miss Julia
Hunt, Miss Madeline Hacker, Miss r. E.
Miller, Mrs. w. A. Townsend and about
20 guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-18
Congressional Delegation
From GEORGIA Honoreo

Tomorrow evening in the main ball
room Of the ShOreham Hotel the
Georgia State Soc ETY. of Washington
will have receipt ion and dance in
honor of the Georgia congressional
delegation and their wives. The re-
ceiving line VIII form at $50 O'Clock.
The chairman of the Floor Committee
will be Representative w. Carlton Mob
ley who will be assisted by Representa-
tive Robert Ramspeck, Representative
Eugene E. Cox, Mr.. William Gray
Obear, jr.; Mr.. Marcus George. Mr.
M. c. Tarver, jr.: Mr.. Raymond Whit
field, Mr.. w. I. Denning, Mr.. Donald
Van Der Weile. Mr. Edward Allan, Mr..
Boris Dmitriff. Lieut. Charles K. Galley,
Lieut.. Thomas NJ. Lowe and Lieut..
William F. Train. 4.
During intermission there will be an
entertaining program furnished by the
Virginia c. Hunter Studio. Those tax
ing part in the entertainment include
Miss Eleanor Thomas, Miss Arnold
Rosey, Miss Jane Howard Miss Bonnie
Cunningham and Miss Mary Ellen
Beatty. Following this program a
short business meeting will be held for
the purpose of electing officers of the
society for the coming year
The young ladies of the various
schools are especially invited as are all
Georgians in this locality.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08

rating with 40 weeks work year
assured. oh yes, the motion pic
ture critics and drama editors are
slugged in that new tax bill.
There's a tax on all passes that
give you a seat worth more than
Al cents. Incidentally I wonder
if they'll collect a war tax or a
depression tax, or whatever it is,
on those tickets to the Republican
and Democratic national conven-
tions in Chicago very soon. These
pasteboards giving you the same
seat for all the sessions will sell
for SIT and $22, respectively. The
gross takings go to Ed Hurley, who
guaranteed the funds to land the
convention. These paid paste
boards are for balcony seats by
the way. And it's not a theater
but the Empire State Building
which gathered New York's great
est gross. The Empire tower took
in $1,250,00O in it's first year for
sky high views of the big city at
81 per.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
New Park Racket

Occasionally" writes John
Sorrenti, jr., you tell of some
of the queer rackets you Stun
BILE upon. And I'm just wonder.
ing if you would consider this
one queer enough to print.
Last Saturday night, because
it was warm and because we
wanted to sit and talk and such,
the girl and 1 went for a short
stroll in Central Park. After
searching for bench, we
finally found one. AS we were
talking and such. a doWn-and-
outer came over and, as usual,
told me exactly what a gift OF
5 cents would for him.
Because I didn't like his
looks, Mark, I refused him. He
smiled at me and nodded.
Well he asserted, there
amt no law against me sittin'
down on this bench, is there?
It's a fine night, all right
"He sat himself close to the
young lady. She looked at me
and I looked at her. Then the
bum spoke again.
"'Of course he unused, if
somebody would give me a dime,
I'd leave right away to get some
coffee
His price had gone up but
what was to do? Because we
wanted to be alone and because
it was a new gag on me, 1
handed over the dime. He left
with a nod. We watched him
work the same gag on four or
five more couples. And then he
disappeared.
''How's that for racket,
Mark?"
How is it, Mr.. Sorrenti? 1
think it's immense. If things
get any tougher with me I'm
going to apply the same system
to penthouse parties and make
my fee $40 instead of 10 cents"
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
Hamburger, Etc.

In these hard Gimes the com
missary has come to be an adjunct
of the modern theater. Thus Film
Daily reports the Orpheum Thea,
ter in Chicago is serving free beer
(near, of course) to patrons of
the "Wet Parade" The kick, one
supposes is IN the picture. While
another shrine devoted to Holly.
W d product and located in Mil
waukee serves a double feature
program for a nickel and tosseS in
hamburger sandwich. Nit
kraut.
Don't laugh. The 4 alace on
Broadway is dispensing free
orangeade to the blase and Sophis'
ticated audiences of the Main
Stem.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
when the Feature Is
Shown on the Screen

EARLE-Ann Dvorak and Lee
Tracy in THE Strange Love of
Molly Louvain." At 1925 a. M,
2, 4:40, 7:35 and 1915 p. m
Stage shows at 1880, $3.50, 6:25
and 9 p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Ann Harding
in Westward Passage" At 11:47
a. m. 1:47, 3:47, SAT, TAT and
9:47 p. m.
RIALTO-Alicia Ortiz and Don.
aid Reed in Flame of Mexico" D"
At 11:40 a. M, 1885, $3.50, 5:25
1920 and 9:20 p. m.
LOE'V'S FOX-Lewis Stone in
"New Morals For Old" At 1923,
2, 4:32, 1922, and 9:53 p. m
Stage shows at 1903, 3:35, 6:25
and 1855 p. m.
METROPOLITAN-Lilian Har
vey in Congress Dances" At II,
12:46, 1882, Alb, 6:O4, 1850 and
9:38 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Greta Garbo in
"Grand Hotel" At 2::30 and $3.50
p. m. Reserved seats.
PALACE-Greta Garbo in GAS
You Desire Me-" At 11:45, 1:45
3:45, 5:45, 7'4J and 9:45 p. m
The Washington times., 1932-06-08

after winning his first case. So,
if he wins, does he lose?
ION the other hand, If the
Jury decides that the old man
is correct in his suit, Jones will
be ordered to pay up. But he
still holds the original agree
ment, which clearly states that
he doesn't have to pay until he
has won his first case. That
hasn't happened yet. So, if he
loses. does he win?
That's the problem, Mark.
Will you kindly ask a, few OF
your New York attorneys to de-
eide this one?"
l can't do that, Mr.. Flanary.
Your problem is not a case for
an attorney. I'll do the next
best thing, however. I'LL call a
consultation of brain specialists
and see what they have to say
ahOut 1t
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
Columnist Of
Peep Holes in
R-K-O Film

The airplane, the divorce habit
prohibition, and the gangster, tt
mention but a few of times in
novations, have been prolific
sources of material for the films
Now a new phenomenon has
reached the stage of public recog-
milton that has entitled it to
break into pictures.
1t is the peep-hole newspaper
columniSt who deals in gossip and
WiSecracks, sense and nonsense.
Columnists have been a part
of newspapers since presses
started to roll. They are quoted
and misquoted, praised and
blamed, loved and hated, feared
and admired. They speak over
the radio and appear in the car
toonS.
They are, in short, a vogue
And it is an axiom of the picture
business that any good vogue is
worth a good film.
The film in this case is Radio
Pictures, rs My Face Red?"
coming to the RKO-Keith's on
Friday with Ricardo Cortez, Helen
Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong
Airline Judge and Jill Esmond in
the featured cast.
Cortez plays the central char.
acter, columnist to whom moth
ing is sacred but his daily grist
of gossip and facts, heart throbs
and laughs.
In the picture, the mystery is
stripped from the process of
peering through guarded keyholes,
securing the cutters and patrol
ling Broadway's great white
way"
rs My Face Red?" is based
upon an original play by Ben
Markson and Allen Rivkin which
created a sensation when it was
produced before the Hollywood
Writer'S Club. Markson and
Casey Robinson adapted it for
the screen. William Setter di-
rected.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
March Is Good Actor

I saw "Merrily We Go to He'll"
in the projection room at the Fox
exchange and it confirms my opin-
ion that Frederic March is one of
Hollywood's finest actors. He
plays the part Of an author who is
a slave to the jug and how he
does play it. Sylvia Sidney has
a wistful smile, sheds a few tears
in some we'll built up emotional
scenes but leaves the impression
if she doesn't diet soon her Holly
wood days in the big money are
numbered.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
Posing Doc

Stage dogs have established
many records for clever tricks,
put the distinction of being the
tirSt dog on record to pose for a
tlashllght photograph without
moving a muscle goes to L,obo,
famous police dog mascot and
feature Of Horace Heidi and his
CalltornianS, the orchestra pres.
entation at Warner Brothers earle
Iheater. The photographer, who
has photographed many famous
dogs, was loud in his praise of
Lobo as an ideal camera subject
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
The Ghost Train" Is
Booked For National

BY popular request, the Ma
tional Theater Players are going
to revive The Ghost Train" next
week, beginning Monday, June 13.
In all their night seasons in
Washington, the National Thea
ter Players never tackled a play
that brought greater audience
response than this, THE Ghost
Train" It stirred up so much
comment, and such a run on the
ooxoffice that an extra matinee
Was given.
At the peak of the mystery
plays, THE Ghost Train" hit the
heights. It began where the
others left off. Each act of the
play is packed full of thrills. So
much so, in fact, that audiences
are held Spellbound one moment
and the next moment they are
sent into Shreiks. The theater,
during the action of the play, is
a veritable bedlam, with auditors
unable to control their emotions.
The Washington times., 1932-06-08
All I'm q Day
BY
- MARK 4ELLINGER

NEW YORK, June s.
''Severa weeks ago." writes Paul n. Fanary of Nash
vie Tenn 81 read story in your column about fellow
who served 15 years in prison circumsanal evidence
for killing his wife Later according to your story when
he released from prison. he actually did meet and Kill
her for allowing him remain in Jail those years
when word from her would have set him free.
''You stated that the had been the of plenty
of among lawyers up way because was an
open question whether the murderer could be tried twice
for the crime. I venture opinion that matter
but do feel that your attorney pals shouldn't be permitted
to rest too long Just in they need new bone on
which to chew here's one that might do: