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Smyrna times., 1932-03-23

school fund had surplus on June
80, 1881, of $5,1S5, ,272.65 after pay
ing all operating expenses and set
ting aside $3,0OO,O00 for new
buildings" Mr.. DUPONT states, 'it
seems that some method of distri-
button should be used which would
provide that all operating expenses
in all districts would be paid out
of the school fund and these few
districts be relieved of this addi-
tional burden. The Importance of
the tax or franchises of corpora
tions, organized under Delaware
laws, should again be noted" Mr..
dupont states. "The amount of
this tax collected for the year 1881
shows an increase of almost 10
per cent over 1880, despite a large
decrease in the number of new
companies incorporated. Investi-
cation of the income from fran
chise taxes over period of more
Iudu ~ ySd10 S44OW0 oil llCIG1SG
each year regardless of general
business conditions and we have
every reason to believe that the
revenue from this source alone win
be sufficient to pay the operating
of all of the schools in
the State. The fact that the rev.
enue from this tax is very depend
able, in that it is not subject to
wide variations from year to year
as is the income tax and that it
tends to increase each year, makes
it very desirble source of revenue
for school purposes. We probably
shall find it necessary to increase
our expenditures for operation OF
schools each year for some time to
come and, if the franchise tax is
used entirely for school purposes,
it will take care of this increase
and avoid the necessity of looking
for new sources of revenue" AS
in former years, Mr.. DUPONT re-
news his recommendation that a
81 capitation tax be instituted in
the State.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-23
Favors Capitation Tax

Mr.. DUPONT directs the govern
or's attention to the fact that a 81
tax amounts to about one-third or
one-half that charged in rural sec
tions of adjoining townships in the
State of Pennsylvania. ''This tax, !"
Mr.. DUPONT writes, would redis-
tribute the burden proportionately
over the entire adult population
whose interest in schools is a duty
surmounting the Responsibility of
ten per cent Of the taxables whose
contributions now furnish the in
come tax for the State school pro
gram" Total taxes collected by
the State Tax Department during
1881 represented a IS per cent de-
crease as compared with the col
lections Of the year, 1880, Mr.. du-
Pont informs Governor Buck. This
decrease, Mr.. DUPONT explains, re-
suited from reduced income tax
collections. The general business
decline, which diminished taxable
incomes for the year 1880 and the
so per cent reduction in rates
authorized by the General Assem-
bly, account for the shrinkage. The
taxes collected in 1881 amounted
to S5,961, ,316.43, a decrease of Is
per cent as compared to the collec-
tions of 1880. The total number
of persons taxed under the Income
Tax Law was 1919, a decrease Of
2.2S7 or 81 per cent. Mr.. DUPONT
tells of the effort made by the
State tax Office to increase the
taxable" list to equal the govern
ment census for 1880. The latest
census of the United States shows
for Delaware, 1892 citizens or
residents over twenty-one years Of
age. Excepting those not citizens
or residents prior to January, 1881,
these are all "taxables" under the
law and should make return to the
Tax Department. Since November
1880, an exhaustive search to in
crease the names listed to equal
the census resulted in the addition
of 1892 taxables and corrections
of 15,007 names Of former taxables
or non-existent persons. The to-
tai names corrected or added
amounted to 32,829. In November
1881, the corrected list contained
Smyrna times., 1932-03-23
Fogs No No,'l,aSA TAX
n, schools WOul d
|fIns i the Regular
" c.,ool Funds
/, cApErATION TAX

~ of smyrna, Glaym9nt' SnPont I
...1 l.IlIl and i Alexis l. duPUp. IoUv. /.
giaa s.soaI o. Distri icts' Of f.. leyS+ Niy+
ssaJ'' la1 tax upon distrlcl
P''lal nruers and the res rec,
b o"H' If a capitation
Z a,iiop j. delaware, 50 as to Re. Re,
Z = inl,apD.ortionately over the ae
t' l,Dtion Pl9PT, the payment Of
'pliarv- nn~ 90 for support Of
Bat Famed y" in the 1881 re-
5 o..ts so4s Tax Commissioner
S'a,c s'port TO Governor CD.
/ Relative u y, NJ dupont
that of the total num-
|s.r,slss y. in the state ABOUT
'. s't taxed under the he state
ls .or law and 10000 weer
a. n November, 1881, it is
.airtsd IL out, the State list
\. PUN, N delaware contained
s.s, aa,,ony, n but is still 10, ,924
.be U. S. census total.
Lsligbts of the report show
|. ,atal of taxes collected oy
F. department during 1881
= = 70 S5,961, ,316.49, a de-
d Il per cent as compared
...ions in 1880. Total Of
r.r.ors taxed under State
,.y law. a decrease of 2
,s1 mar cent. Total Of &c.
-Dorations taxed under lhe
.;or annual franchise tax,
,,,s Of 2.127 or 81 per cent.
rerdation that all operat-
vi expenses in wilmington
4. smyrna and Alexis /.
,pscial school district come
~ school fund and these
b relieved of their direct
-,yes. Revenue from cor
franchise taxes collected
rsDresent an increase Of
d Der cent over 1880.
: taxes form a dependable
not subject to wide varia-
income taxes and consti-
nv desirable source Of rev
school purposes.
sf District School Levies
taxpayers in Wilmington,
Caymont and Alexis /.
special school districts
{ relieved Of their direct
K as levied by their com
while the operating
yDenses Of these special /
as in all other districts, |
come out Of the State |
7urd, Mr.. dupont recon- (
NJ. dupont finds the cor /
franchise tax to be a very |
le source Of revenue, not |
0 such wide variations
! to year as is the income
therefore, regards the
tax as a very desirable
revenue for school pur-
to care for the increases
expenditures. Mr.. du-
its out that Wilmington, /
Claymont and Alexis 7.
,hOOl District had collect
8l.4O for school purposes
taxation during 1881. I
Mr.. duPont's recon-
IS, the Special School tax
eliminated in Smyrna and
Of Education would rel
Of its operating expenses
State. Mr.. dupont calls
to the fact that the in
is the only direct tax for
ut Of the public schools, I
the State or BY the coun-
Smyrna, Clay
ID the Alexis I. dupont
h00l dicfr;o4- Lo.,
: direct taxation also for
rpcses. \
Ihd Surplus Five Millions
v Of the fact that the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17

Meeting-Cable Tow Club. 8 p
m. Hamilton Hotel.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Dental
Laboratories of WaShingto n,
p. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Lectures-Current books for pa.
rent and teacher, by Mrs. Lucille
Reinef Stebbing, 8 p. m, Mt
Pleasant branch of the Public IL
brary, Sixteenth and Lamont SITS
N. w.
Meeting-Amphion Glee Club,
8 p. m, Garnet-Patterson Cen
ter, Tenth and U SITS. N w.
Meeting-Ye Olde Tyne Dance
Club, 8 p. m, Columbia Heights
Center, Hiatt Pl. and Irving st.
N. w.
Meeting-Knights of Columbus.
Edward Douglass White Council,
No. 2473, 8 p. m, IA Garrison
Road, Clarendon, Va.
Meeting and Musical Program
Sixth season of the Converts
League of the Catholic Daugh-
tiers of America, 8:15 p. m, COL
E st. N. w.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Alumnae
Of the Kappa Delta Sorority,
8:15 p. M, Kappa Delta House,
1856 K st. N. w.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Community
Players, 8 p, m, Buchanan
School Building, Thirteenth and
d SITS s E.
Turkey Night-Spalding Coun.
Gil, knights of Columbus, eve
ming, K. of c. Hall on Tenth st.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
WHAT'S DOING TO-DAY IN THE CAPITAL

Turkey Dinner-Benefit Of Holy
Trinity Church, to 8 D. m,
church hall, Thirty-fifth and o
SITS. N. w.
Meeting - Federation Of Bust.
ness Mems Associations, $50 p. M,
Ann Clarendon Club, 1910 Rhode
Island Ave. N. w.
Meeting - Committee for the
Identification of Chevy Chase
Circle, 8 p. m, parish hall of All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Entertainment and Dance
Maryland Society of Washington,
evening, Washington Club.
Convocation - School Of Reli-
gion, Howard University, evening,
Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard
University.
Reception and Dance - North
Carolina State Society, 9 p. M,
Kennedy-Warren.
Meeting-EXecutive committee
of the District Department, Amer.
lean Legion Auxiliary, 8 D, m,
Sears, Roebuck and Company art
galleries.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Associ-
alton of the UniverSalist National
Memorial Church, evening, church
hall.
Bazaar and turkey dinner
Women'S League of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Chevy Chase, afternoon and eve
ming, church hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
T-RUN DRIVER
GOES To JAIL

Convicted on charges Of
drunken driving, hit-and-run and
reckless driving, Pete Brodkin, of
Capitol Heights, was fined $179 SO
by Magistrate Howard U. Gosnell
at Savage, Md. He could not
pay the fine and is now in the
Howard county Jail at Ellicott
City.
Sergt. A. E. Marley, Maryland
State police at Laurel, said Brod-
kin was the driver of an automo-
bile that struck a car operated by
Albert Litoff, TOO block Webster
st. N. W., and failed to stop.
Continuing on the Baltimore
Boulevard, Brodkin was alleged to
have collided with an automobile
operated by Clifford r. Bowman,
of Laurel. The second crash put
his machine out of commission
and Brodkin was arrested by
Marley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
FOURTH LESSON
AWAITED BY
BRIDGE FANS

Contract bridge enthusiasts will
welcome the fourth Of the series
of free bridge lessons conducted
by The Washington Times at the
Willard Hotel which The Times
will announce tomorrow.
The purchase Of the Shur-Win
Bridge Bidder, a new and novel
device which instantly gives the
holder the correct bid for any
/, contract hand, entities the pur-
chaser to the instruction.
In this latest effort to be Of
service to its readers, The Times
has engaged Miss Lucille Claire
Smith, a member of the Culbert-
son Institute and a well-known
local contract bridge player. She
will demonstrate how bridge
guesswork can be done away by
this simple, yet unique device.
Endorsed by Ely Culbertson.
Those who wish to improve
their contract play or to learn
the most popular card game of
the time are cordially invited to
take this instruction under ex-
pert guidance. Contract bridge
need no longer intimidate the
beginner when the Shur-Win Bid
der teaches the novice how to
play and the average player to
improve his game. Even the ex-
pert has much to gain from the
use Of this bid indicator ard
from Miss Smiths lessons.
Already widely acclaimed by
bridge devotees of Washington
and other cities where it has
been introduced. the Shur-Win
Bidder land the accompanying
bridge Instruction. is as yet OBJ
tainable only from The Washing
ton Times in this city, and for
the low price of so cents, at the
Times office, 1917 H st, N, W,
or SIS cents by mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17

Card Party-SoroptimiSt Club,
$50 D. m. Almas Temple Shrine.
Dutch Supper-Benefit of Holy
Name Church, 4 to 7 p. m, School
Hall, West Virginia Ave. and Neal
st. N. E.
Westinghouse Brothers Cor
poration, all day, banquet at 6
p. m, Shoreham Hotel.
Splash Party-Phi Sigma Phi
Sorority, 1880 p. m. Shoreham
Hotel.
Meeting-Community Chest
campaign, all day, willard Hotel.
Meeting-American Truck ASSo-
citation, all day and evening. May.
flower Hotel.
Meeting-National Association
Of State Universities, all day,
Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Lido Civic Club, 8 p.
m, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-League of Laymen's
Retreats, 8 p. m, Mayflower Ho-
tel.
Dinner and Dance-Hecht Com
pany, Z D. m, Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting-Harvard Club, 8 p.
M, University Club.
Meeting and Dinner-Board of
governors, $50 p. m, University
Club.
Joint Meet ng-Washington
Academy Of Sciences and Geologi-
cal Society Of washington, 8:15
p. m, assembly hall of the Cos
mos Club.
Lecture-Character analysis by
H. D. Darrock. 8 q. m. Burling.
ton Hotel.
Meeting aid Buffet Supper
Amity Club, 8 p. m, Hamilton
Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
Europe Watches U.s.,
LeIUiS Tells Rotary

Sir Willmott Lewis, Washing
ton correspondent for the Lon
don Times, in an address to the
Washington Rotary Club yester-
day, declared politics, activities
and policies of this country dur
ing the next few months will be
closely watched by all European
nations and will have vital
bearing on whether world har-
mony is to be increased or fur
ther menaced.
Speaking at the clubs regular
weekly luncheon in the Willard,
Sir Willmott centered his address
about the elections aftermath,
and found conditions in this
country at least particularly en-
couraging.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
No raw tObaccOs in Luckies
that's why they're SO mild

I'VE buy the finest, the very
w finest tobaccos in all the
world-but that does not explain
why folks everywhere regard
Lucky Strike as the mildest ciga-
rette. The fact is, we never over
look the truth that Mature in
the. Raw is Seldom Mild"-so
these fine tobaccos, after proper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17

aging and mellowing, are then
given the benefit of that Lucky
Strike purifying process, described
by the words -"It's toasted.
That's why folks in every city,
town and hamlet say that Luckies
are such mild cigarettes.
It's toasted
That package Of mild Luekies
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
Former B. E.. F. Head
Jailed in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IT,
unable to raise $1,000 bail set at
"a preliminary hearing. Wayland
r. Kerns. former judge advocate
general Of the Bonus Expedition
airy Force. is held here on charges
OF attempted eXtortion and send
ing a threatening and obscene
letter trough the mails to Mrs.
Maude Edgell. of Gainesville. Md.
F No date has been set for a re-
moval hearing. Mrs. Edgell pro
, vided shelter for members Of the
B. E. F. after their eviction from
WaShingtC \ last summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
Baltimore to Fete
Socialist Leaders

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-THE
national executive committee of
the Socialist party will meet here
December 10 and IL. The mem
berS, headed by Morris L. Hill
quit, chairman, Of New York, will
be honored at a public reception
at the Lyric the first night and
at a banquet the second night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
HONOR TO PoETESS

A pageant depicting the life of
Phyllis Wheatley, colored poet
ess, written by Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, will be presented
under auspices Of the District of
Columbia Bicentennial Commits
sion Saturday night at Arm
strong High School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
German Boys Sing
At Central HiQh

Twelve German boys on tour
last night sang for the foreign
language students of Central
High School. Frau Won Prittwitz,
wife Of the German Ambassador,
attended the concert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
CARD PARTY SLATED

A card party for the benefit of
Col. James S. Petit Auxiliary,
No. 6. United States War Veter.
ans, will be held today at 8 p. m,
in Simpsons Hall, $50 Seventh
st. S. E.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-11-17
EASIEST way
TO BREAK UP
COLDS
Feel Like a New Person
Almost Before You Know 1t

If you want quick relief from a
cold, go back to first principles
and use something you knot0 does
the business start trying"
a lot of fancy ideas or remedies.
Get Hills CaScara Quinine. A
scientific formula made to do ONE
THING WELL: to knock cold in
q jitty, not to cure a hundred diff
ferent things.
Take two tablets every three
hours. Drink lots of water be-
tween times-that's all. Soon
those mean, aching pains in head
and body begin to go; the cold
breaks up, poisonS leave your sys-
tenn and you feel like new
person.
If it doesn't do that, your money
back. Get box now for a few
cents. You'll be surprised at the
speed with which it works.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
INJURED WORKER LOSES

Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat Of the
District Supreme Court has directed a
verdict in favor Of the Wardman Con-
struction Co. which had been sued for
S25,OO0 damages by Thomas Mann, a
carpenter. who was injured May Z, 1928,
Whlle IN the companyS employ.
Inc company was wrecking a build
ing at Sixth and c streets when there
was cave-in and Mann was injured.
Ihe court held that the plaintiff had
Jailed to prove negligence against the
company and he had assumed the risk
IN the course of his employment.
Attorneys Fischer. Bendheim a.
Fischer represented the company.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
D. r. DAVIS SEES HOOVER
Says Europe Talks About Slump
Less Than Americans.

Dwight F. Davis. former Governor
General of the Philippines. said after
a White House call today he had ex-
pressed to President Hoover the opinion
that Europeans were talking less about
their economic troubles than are
Americans
Davis has just returned from Paris.
where he expects to return in June
to join his family. He said he merely
paid a call of respect today upon the
President while en- route to his home
in ST. Louis.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

the selection Of Washington, D. C., as
the 1884 convention city.
All officers of the American Nurses
Association, with the exception OF the
treasurer, were reelected They are:
Elnora E. Thompson, Portland, Greg,
president: Jane Van De Vrede, Atlanta,
Ga. first vice president; Mabel M.
Dunlap. Moline. Ill. second vice pres
tdent. Susan c. Francis, Philadelphia,
Pa, secretary, and Emma M. Nichols,
Boston, Mass, treasurer.
Sophie C. Nelson, Boston, was re-
elected president of the National Or
ganization of Public Health Nursing
Winifred Reand. Detroit. Mich. was
reelected first vice president; Mrs. C.
E. A. Winslow. New Haven Conn, was
elected second vice president. and
Evening star., 1932-04-17
day in Buncombe County Juvenile

day in Buncombe County Juvenile
Court.
The boy. now IL years old, was known
at the Buncombe County Children's
Home as Jack Lyon. He was said to
have been taken from the arms of his
mother. Mrs. Hilda Smith Davis, in
Washington, D. c., more than 10 years
ago by the father. Burton Smith, and
given to a friend" identified IS Mrs.
Helen Ferguson.
Mrs. Davis told the court her hus-
band did not care for children and
that the baby got on his nerves"
Shortly after the babes disappear
ance. the Smiths were divorced. She
remarked, and her husband was with
her today when Judge j. Frazier Glenn
Evening star., 1932-04-17

Twenty years ago America had no
| paved highways. Today over 100000
miles are surfaced. and it is estimated
that s25 900 900. 900 have been invested
in the American highways and that the
annual expenditure for maintenance
and new construction is about $780,
900 900.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

signed an order awarding her the boy.
Smith could not be located
Mrs. Davis learned of the child S
whereabouts through the State Welfare
Department at Raleigh. tipped off, by
an estranged friend of Mrs Ferguson.
She identified the child from a group
OF children at the home without hesita-
ton on her arrival here yesterday.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
CAPITAL SELECTED
BY NURSING GROUPS
Three Organizations Meeting in
San Antonio Vote to Come
Here in 1884.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, April 16.-The
biennial convention of three national
nursing organizations ended here yes
terday with the election of officers and
Evening star., 1932-04-17
MOTHER FINDS SON
IN 10-YEAR SEARCH
Boy Declared Taken From Her in
Washington When One
Year Old.

By the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 16.-A
mother and the son for whom she had
searched 10 years were reunited yester-
Evening star., 1932-04-17
Michael NJ. Davis was renamed treas

Michael M. Davis was renamed treas
urer
Effie J. Taylor. New Haven. Conn.
was elected president Of the National
League of Nursing Education, succeed
ing Elizabeth c. Burgess of New York
City Nellie Hawkinson of Cleveland
Ohio, was named first vice president
Julie c. Tebo of New Orleans was re-
elected second vice president: Stella
Goostray of Boston was renamed secre-
tary, and Marion Rottmann of New
York again will serve as treasurer.
The Northumberland. England. Coun-
ty Council is fighting the central elec-
tricity boards plan to erect electric
pylons in Flodden Field. where James
" of Scotland was defeated in 1913
Evening star., 1932-05-26

forward and no6ding at Seabury, MI
Justice Soebu V gaze me that opinion.
The ParIra'-e p,oplc." Walker said
as h, finished reading the statement,
"a. that time had 1000 taxicabs on
the streets of New York. II l had
passed thet biz, the Farmslee company
woul have profited sl,OoO,oo1 in cne
year"
Tells of Stock Account.
The mayor fought f1ashily yesterday
! d.. : CT his political honor, while
Seabury vent doggedly to the attack.
There we're two nigh spots.
One came when Walker acknowledged
that without investing anv money, he
realized s246.69 from a stock market
account he had jointly with Paul Block,
newspaper publisher. He said the ac-
count was opened ION Mr.. Blocks
ii did rr2d and reput2t On" and that
he deposited the money in a safe in his
home until he and Mrs. Walker Just
spent it,
The other highlight came when Sea-
bury pressed him about a $4,000 letter
Of credit he and his party used on
trip to Europe. This letter was pur-
chased by en agent of the Equitable
Coach Co, for which the mayor signed
bus franchise, but Walker maintained
the money came from him and his
party, not from the bus agent.
1t is in evidence Seabury said.
that on August 10 YOU signed the
Equitable franchise. Ii is in evidence
that on that day the man who had
charge of the distribution of funds.
j. Allan Smith. secured a letter of
credit for $4,000 running in your
n l. yx-I,n
not matter within the purview of
legislative committee"
Walkers face hardened. his eyes
glinted, his finger wagged at Seabury
Colby he reminded the counsel that.
when the latter invited him to sign
waiver OF immunity. assurance was
given that there was no implication of
wrongdoing.
Il would like counsel for my benefit
to make up his mind whether or not
he meant what he said when he handed
me waiver. or whether he means to
imply now that this was subject mat
ter of bribe!"
Let us 60 to it," the mayor chal-
lenged. whichever you choose
There was moment of silence. Then
the room rocked with roars of approval
form Walkers supporters.
Into yesterdays testimony there came
q mysterious person, unnamed by either
Walker or Seabury. The mayor ac-
knowledged that he authorized the pay
ment of $500 to this unnamed person
from the joint Block Walker account
He said there was a circumstance at
tached to it."
Between answering questions and ac-
cusing Seabury of being in cahoots
with the traction interests" Walker
found time to joke with friends wedged
into the court room near him
He lifted glass of water and toasted
them in pantomine
he stage whispered. 1T might become
habit"