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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-03
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By WALTER LIPPMANN
Federal Liquor Taxation After Repeal
 Copyright 1883, New York Tribune Inc

of one part of the problem; that of keeping retail prices low But by itself it would, of course, de- prive the government of revenues that it could collect and that it ought to have. So they recom- mend that every manufacturer be made to pay also a second liquor profits tax based on net incomes or on excess profits. Their ar gumsnt is based on the principle, generally agreed to by economists, that income or profit taxes, ex- cept perhaps where there is a monopoly, cannot be passed on to the consumer. These are paid by manufacturer. They do not affect prices. Such a tax, therefore, would bring back to the govern ment a large revenue which it could not obtain by excise taxes.
 
 The principle seems to me un- mistakably sound. It provides the best means of combining low re- tail prices with as much revenue as the business will stand. By keeping prices low the government will be doing it's best to return the liquor business to the legaliz- ed manufacturer; by taxing their profits it will be taking it's share of the proceeds. The proposal is not only ingeniously adapted to the problem of the bootlegger, but is thoroughly consistent with the philosophy of the Administration.
 To make such a system work able, there ought as the authors point out, to be an agreement be- tween the Federal Government and the states under which the Federal government alone would tax manufacture and the states would tax only the retail business. Some part of the Federal revenue could be returned to the states, but the tax on manufacture should be uniform throughout the coun- try if there is no ito be evasion and confusion at the state lines
 
 The proposal made by Messrs. Fosdick and Scott seems to me to meet one of the real issues square ly. If there is an important error in it, some one ought to point it out as soon as possible
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-11-03
Nurse Pleads Not
 Guilty of Murder

SANTA CRUZ, Cai., Nov. B. Miss Wilhelmina Weltz, 43, nurse charged with the murder of her former employer, Francis J. M. Grace, member of the prominent San Francisco shipping gamily, pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity when ar raigned in Superior Court. Trial was set to begin November 13.
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The Republican campaign strategy for next year IS to criticize President Roosevelt and NRA which seems like ll-chosen campaigning. If the President and NRA continues the achievement record already made, they will be immune to criticism If MIRA fails by then, it wont be necessary to criticize either it or the President
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SEATTLE, Nov. 3.-How det

SEATTLE, Nov. 3.-How deep does a duck dive for food?
 Al Miller of Rolling Bay, Wash, claims at least 30 feet. He said he had the unusual experience of hooking a duck on a line while fishing for rock cod in more than 30 feet of water. After the duck had been unlocked it was re- leased.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. g.. Speaking figuratively, the son of Albert Hanson, veteran Alaska fisherman, and Mrs. Hanson, set foot on land for the first time in his life when his parents visit ed here. He was born September 21 off Larson Bay on the Alaska steamship Chirikoff, enroute from Sitka to San Francisco.
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The Junior circle of the Camp Fire girls enjoyed an outing with their guardian, Miss Edith Kemp thorne. The party of seventeen girls and their guardian left town for the lower dam at Salmon Creek. but did not get quite that far. They built a blazing camp fire and ate their lunch. Before returning to town they were given a ride on the Alaska Gastineau "choo choo."
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There are, I suspect, few of us who have as yet really made up our minds as to how we should like to see liquor dealt with after repeal. The antiliquor prohibit tionists have hesitated to commit themselves to any particular plan, fearing to divide their forces; among the people at large there has been little discussion because there have been so many other things to worry about. Yet there is a landslide for repeal. In a few weeks the Federal government and those states that are dry by their own constitution or their own statutes have to take in hand the regulation and the taxation of the liquor traffic. How are they to go about it? They can make no better beginning than to study the book called Toward Liquor Control" This is the report that MT. Rockefeller asked Messrs. Eos dick and Scott to prepare.
 There is no comparable guide book to the problem as Americans must deal with it. A whole library of books exists on the general sub ject of liquor control, but there is no other book, or if there is, I have not seen it, which analyzes so clearly and comprehensively our peculiar problem-the problem not merely of the liquor traffic, but of the liquor traffic after the fail ure of the Eighteenth Amendment. The book is short, simple, shrewd and though the authors state their own conclusions definitely, they have made it their principal busi- ness to explain and to clarify the main issues.
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J. E. Barragar returned on the Alameda from a visit of a few weeks in Portland, Oregon. Mrs Barragar and the children expect ed to return in about a month.
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If the present high tax rate keeps up the Gov ernment will be giving medals to those who keep paid up-( Florida Times Unon)
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It is not much what the eagle stands for The important thing is to stand by the eage- (Toledo Bade)
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The football game played be- tween Juneau and Treadwell dem- onstrated that there was some good material among the High School lads. The teams lined up as follows: Traadwell, Walter Bar quist, center; Grundler and John son, guards; Nelson and Swarva, tackles; Schar and Atkinson, ends; Will Barquist, quarterback; Gross and Mauseth, halves, and Allen, fullback. Juneau, Burford, center; Nelson, guard. Casey and Davis, tackles; Hendrickson, Kashevaroff and Chulick, ends; Perkins, quar- terback; MacKinnon, Kashevaroff and Jameson, halfbacks and Her ner, fullback.
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The human race and it's tendency to chise are not soon parted.-(Buffalo Courier-Express)
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The liuuor problem after repeal can conveniently be divided into two grand divisions. One is con- cerned with the system of regu- lation to be set up by the states when they recover their author ity. The other is concerned with the systems of taxation, Federal, state and local which should be applied to legalized liquor. It is with the second of these two divis- ions that we must most immed- lately deal. For regulation is bound to be a subject of continual ex- periments by the states, and it is one of the advantages of repeal that it gives freedom to eXperl- ment. But taxation is in part a national question; it is urgent, and the difference between good and a bad system of taxation will affect not only the government revenues but may determine how successfully the country can ex- terminate organized bootleggers. !
 Messrs. Fosdick and Scott have, it seems to me, been especially clear-headed in their discussion of, Federal taxation. Their essential argument may be restated about as follows: In levying taxes on liouor we should like to do these things-to obtain as much money as possible for the government, to drive the bootlegger out of business, and to discourage the consumption of hard liquor. If we did not have the bootlegging in dustry, very high taxes would pro duce much revenue and would also discourage consumption. But the bootlegger complicates the matter If taxes are too high, he Will con tinue in business. Therefore, we have to make up our minds what it is that we wish most to do. Messrs. F'oSdick and Scott thlnK the elimination of the bootlegger o,,eht to be the first objective, and most persons will agree with them. But then it becomes abso- lutely essential that the price of legal liauor should be low enough to make it unprofitable for the bootlegger to compete. Messrs. Fosdick and Scott think that to achieve this end the price of beer ought to be reduced slightly; that ordinary wine should sell at re- tail for from $50 to $25o a gal lon. that whiskey. gin and other snirits should sell at $50 and up per quart. With prices at this level they think that organized bootlegging would disintegrate. In choosing such relatively low pric- es. they frankly accept the con clusion that until bootlegging is eliminated, it is impossible to dis courage consumption by high tax es and high prices.
 
 They have estimated that even at these low prices, a well devis- ed scheme of taxation should be able to derive $700000,0O0 a year from liouor. over and above the normal taxes that liquor manufac- turers and dealers would as bus mess men. have to pay It is not quite clear to me how they have arrived at thie estimate, but what is clear to me is that they have discovered a principle of taxation that will yield the greatest pos sible revenue and vet keep retaN prices down. The discovery is well worth examining.
 The usual way of taxing liquor is to charge the manufacturer
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Don't neglect your feet. Fallen arches corrected. Corns. Next to Brownies Barber Shop. adv
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20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire
NOVEMBER 3, 1913.

NOVEMBER 3, 1913.
 Judge R. w. Jennings stated that he planned to leave Juneau for Valdez on the next boat sail ing for the Westward. He said he did not expect to be away for long. There were five cases to try in which Judge Fred M. Brown was disqualified and it was ex- pected to take not more than two weeks.
 A big interest was being taken in the meeting of the Commercial Club, called for the purpose of discussing the matter of entertain ing Col Wilds P. Richardson. Peo- pie felt that the coming visit of Col Richardson would be a good time to show their appreciation of the work Col. Richardson had done as head of the Alaska Road Commission.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
Planning Sequel to Prize
Musical, "Of Thee | Sing
New Entertainment Will Be Written by Same
Authors and Have Same Cast-Other News
of the New York Theater World

best seats for the coming season to 81.
The only catch. if there is one, is
that the subscribers must agree to buy
all six of the guilds tickets for sea-
sonal productions. So far 1t hasn't
proved to be SO much Of catch. One
season four Of its five shows were hits.
Even this year two of its plays, "Biog-
raphy" and Both Your Houses" are
still popular.
1t holds for next season options on
plays by Eugene O'Neill, Sidney How
ard and Maxwell Anderson, three of the
country's leading playwrights, and also
lists plays by A. A. Milne. Sherwood
Anderson, Emil Ludwig and Moliere.
DLENTY of actors and actresses have
hard-luck stories nowadays, but
consider that of Ruth Weston. Miss
Weston has a job. and a good one. too.
She is understudy for Ina Claire. lead
ing lady in the guild production "Biog-
raphy" But in all the years Miss
Claire has been on the stage she has
never missed performance because OF
illness. Miss Weston lives here, but
went to the coast to make her name.
She appeared prominently in various
motion pictures and then came back to
conquer the home town. So far her
triumph has been postponed because OF
Miss Claire's excellent health.
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paper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
SHAKESPEARE WEEK"

Charles Edward Russell has been
active in arranging. for the Arts Club,
two unusual Shakespeare presentations,
which will celebrate the birthday ami
versary of the dramatist, to be marked
Throughout the country with Shake
speare week" exercises
Sunday evening. April %, which is
the actual date Of Shakespeares 369th
birthday anniversary, will be given over
to the songs and sonnets of Shakespeare,
ard Mr.. Russell will give talk on the
latter. This will be followed by the
reading of group Of Shakespeare S
scnnets by Miss Dorothy A. Lawrence.
The songs of Shakespeare will be sung
by Mrs. Robert LIE Feyre, and the play
ing of the piano suite Henry VIII''
will be performed by Nine. Louise
Coutinho The musical part of this
Sunday evening program has been ar
ranged by Miss Kate Tomlinson.
The Bankside Players will resume the
Shakespeare theme at the Arts Club
Tuesday evening. April IS, when they
will give scenes from the apochryphal
Edward III" and two scenes from
Measure for Measure" The scenes
from Measure for Measure" have been
chosen to permit comparison to be
made between the arocrypha and
Shakespeare's acknowledged work This
presentation of Edward III" will be the
first time it has been done in Wash
ington.
Those taking part in the two plays
will be Miss Kate Tomlinson, who will
direct; Miss Dorothy Lawrence. Maurice
Jarvis. Martin Scrange, j. w. Hepner
and P. j. Haltigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters.
.By E, de S. MELCHER

who has. perhaps, more personality
In this film than his master. Mon
Ssieur' smiles and laughs and cries
through the picture and will be
greatly enjoyed by ladies who drop
their shopping long enough In the
wee morning hours to get squlnt
at him, Although we witnessed the
film at a private showing, we are
willing to bet that at every Warner
Metropolitan showing the audiences
will dissolve into isn't he cute!" and
that ladies will giggle and gurgle and
spend much time signing over him.
Mr.. Chevalier's new film Is other
wise too light to be more than mildly
invigorating. A polite little story OF
a baby who is tossed into the rich
Mr., Chevalier's car and left there
by impoverished parents, 1t rests
more on the fatherly relationship
which develops between Maurice
and the babe than 1t does either
on music, or Mr.. Chevalier'S per-
sonality, or on the kind of song
which he has made famous. Al
though it Is a nicely done little yarn.
full of baby gagas and ingenious
little devices of sentiment, we can
not imagine that it will be popular
with the masses, or that it deserves
more than slight applause.
Given the great M. Maurice
Chevalier it seems as if the cinema
ought to do better with him than
that. Furthermore, Helen Twelve
trees is too thin to be much OF an
asset a sa heroine. and Adrienne
Ames is more or less lost in the
shuttle. AS an admirer of Chevalier
we are bound to admit that this is
disappointing If, however, you are
Just crazy about babies the film
will tickle you pink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
Ex-ClOwn Is Blind.
But Hopes to Win
Another Fortune

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf. April pa close
escape from motor car accident yes
terday led to the finding here of a man
who decade ago was known as one of
the circus worlds funniest clowns.
Now he taps his way along the side
walks, a victim of blindness and his
fortune lost. But Harry l.. (Rube)
Haskell is not discouraged He can still
laugh and he is dreaming of a come
back
What an acrobat I turned out to
be-" RUDE laughed softly, tapping his
white cane on the sidewalk. His iden-
tity. had been disclosed after he had
narrowly escaped being run down by
a car.
Once he was principal clown with
Barnum g. Bailey and later with the
Otto Floto shows. He was member
of the Newton g. Haskell vaudeville
team on the Orpheum circuit and had
been a comedian in musical comedies.
Il knew Marie DreSsler up in Can
ada" he said, speaking Of his &C
quaintances of the stage, land 1 was
on the same bills with Tom Mix. Buster
Keaton and the -Four Cohans,' but they
probably think I'm dead"
He has high hopes of winning his
way back. His physician, he said. has
told him an operation probably would
restore his sight.
And then with enthusiasm:
And I've got great idea for an act
that will beat my original Benny
HARM and the trained duck act mile,
so watch my smoke as soon as ], can
manage that operation
With a flourish Of his cane, he tapped
his way down the sidewalk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
Joe Brown Gains
New Mark in Fun;
,Waring Makes Hit

EORSAKING those mechanical de-
L vices that have sometimes con-
tributed to his success as a come
dian, Joe E. Brown puts both humor
and the excitement Of the ball field
into his new film at the Earle Theater,
Elmer the Great" It is quite likely
that his evident success in the new
play Is due in part to the quaint Ring
Lardner and the aggressive George M.
Conan, who contributed to the writing
of this brilliant piece OF nonsense. The
combination appears to have attained
that balance Of the contrasting men,
talities of three natural entertainers
that presents relaxing form Of enter
tainment.
Joe Brown is reported to have had
some experience of his own on the ball
| field, and it requires no stretch of the
| imagination to appreciate the grotesque
situations IN the present play. His balk-
ing tendencies furnish reminders of a
| once famous player in the American
League, who deserted his team in the
midst of an exciting series, because he
couldn't stand the embarrassment i'm
parted by the bowling bleachers. There
| Is little romance woven into the story,
with Patricia Ellis as the feminine fig
| ure, and this phase Of the drama is
responsible in part for the erratic move
ments Of the hero. However he comes
to bat in the last inning of the last
game in a world series, and wins the
contest with home run, after having
been hit by pitched ball. The film
has the unusual wind-up of drenching
rain. There is a large cast, including
Berton Churchill, Frank McHugh
Claire Dodd, Preston B. Foster, Russell
| HORTON Emma Dunn and numerous
other screen figures.
Fred Warning and his Pennsylvanians
with the assistance of Tom Warning
| brother of the leader and founder OF
| the organization, together with Miss
Warning, who takes hand at leading
Evelyn Nair, Lane sisters and other
soloists, have one of the most crafty
| ing programs ever presented in the mu-
steal line on this stage. With perfec-
ton in the orchestral work, the pro-
| gram is so varied, so clever, and sc
mingled with the comic element that
! the organization received almost al
ovation at the opening performances
! Exceptional utilization of the humorou.
aspects of jazz is outstanding. while an
imitation of church music. spectac-
ular game of dominoes in the dark, and
striking representation of a college
! banquet are features. To the credit Of
the Waring organization it is to bt
recognized that the members enjoy
their very pleasing contact with the
audience
The Earle also offers on the stage
the Five Arleys in acrobatics, and Al
Abbott in limitations, while a tuna fish,
ing film shows unusual scenes under
the surface of the sea. D. c. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"Best Sellers" at 2:30 and
$3.50 pm.
Gayety-"Sugar Babies" burlesque,
at 2:15 and BIS pm.
Rialto-"Be Mine Tonight" at 1883
am, 1:50, 3:47. 5:44, 7:42 and $40 pm.
Columbia - Humanity" at 11:10
am, 1855. 2:45, 4:3o, $40, $40 and
9:55 pm.
Palace-"The White Sister," at 11:15
am, 1850, 4:25, and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"A Bedtime Story" at
11:05, los, $40, $40, 7:20 and 9:25
pm.
R-K-O Keith'st"Mussolini Speaks, "
at HOO am, 1:48, Ais, $50 and 9:34
pm Parole Girl" at 1929, 3:06, 5:33
and $40 pm.
Earle-"Elmer the Great" at 10:15
am, 1910, 3, 5:35, 8 and 1925 pm.
Stage shows at 1885 am, 2, ABS, Z
and 9:z5 pm.
Loew's Fox-"Pleasure Cruise" at
10:45 am, 1885, 1928, 7:25 and 1918
pm. Stage shows at 1915, sos, sos
and 8:55 pm.
Tivoli-"King of the Jungle" Ut 2.
4:05, 6:10. 8 and Gas pm.
Central-"Lucky Devils" from II an.
to II pm.
ADMINISTRATION Hell to Heaven"
ct 2:50. 40. $50 SIS and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
Fox Wins Ruling
In Fight Against
Suit for Million
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 22-The appellate
division Of the Supreme Court yester-
day upheld an answer interposed by
William Fox, motion picture magnate,
to a 81 900 900 suit brought against him
by the Chicago Title & Trust Co.
The court also permitted Fox to bring
in six additional defendants whom he
charges conSpired to prevent payment
of sums due in the purchase of con-
trolling stock of the old Roxy Theater
in New York.
The original suit sets forth that the
Fox Theater Corporation agreed on
May "a 1927, to purchase the stock
from Herbert Lubin, promoter. who
erected the theater, for S2.930 ,440 to
be paid in annual installments begin
ming in 1929 and ending in 1884.
The Chicago Title g. Trust Co. which
succeeded to Lubin's rights, declared
that an installment of s4l0,190. due
March "a. 1882. was not paid. and
brought suit against Fox on the ground
that ne personally guaranteed the pay
ment of the last $1,000, 900 due.
Fox in defense declared the addi-
tional defendants he named "conspired"
to divert the assets of the Fox Thea
tiers Corporation by preferential assign
ments to other corporations and indi-
viduals, SO that it would be unable to
pay the installments for the Roxy stock,
and leave Fox liable. and impair what
ever rights he had against the Fox
Theaters Corporation.
Both the plaintiff and the additional
defendants asked that the latter be
dropped from the suit and that Fox's
counterclaim charging conspiracy be
stricken out, but the court denied both
applications.
The additional defendants brought In
are Albert H. Virgins, Frank O. Watts
and Harley L. Clarke, individually and
as voting trustees of the Fox Theaters
Corporation. the Chase National Bank
| and the Chase Securities Corporation,
whom Fox declares, control the motion
picture enterprises he founded John
F. Sherman and William E. Atkinson,
| receivers for the Fox Theaters Corpo-
ration and the Fox Film Corporation,
| and Daniel o. Hastings, receiver for
General Theaters Equipment, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Eand. this evening, at Stanley Hall, at
$50 o'clock. John S. NJ. Zimmerman,
bandmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant
March, ''Saber and Spurs" ..... .Sousa
Hungarian Overture, The Two Hus-
sarS" .Doppler
Four Cuban dances. ........ Cervantos
Moderate Ospressiovo."
"Woop No More"
Moderate Melanconico."
Moderate con Passione."
Excerpts from musical comedy, "The
Three Musketeers" ........... Friml
Characteristic, Patrol Comique'
Tom Hindley
Waltz song, Little Old Church in
the Valley. Van Alstyne
Finale, "Florintener" ........... .Fucik
1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-22
ENDING THE SEASON.

As the final presentation in the cur
rent season, the Montgomery Players
offer Sutton Vane's drama of the I'M
known future, Outward Bound" this
evening at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School auditorium, beginning at
$3.50 pm.
The production is directed by E. Bar
rett Prettyman and the cast comprises
Anna Moore Converse and Stanley E.
True as the young couple, Ailene San
ford in the character Of Mrs. Midget,
the charwoman; Ealinor Coates Teit-
man as Mrs. Cliveden-Banks, Thomas
P. Dowd in the role of Scrubby, Irving
NJ Day as the Rev. Duke, Ralph S.
Fowler as Tom Prior, Guy M. Kinman
as Lingley of Lingley, Ltd, and Ralph
w. Smith as the Rev. Thomson.
The state settings and properties have
been handled by group consisting OF
Mrs. Macleod Maurice, Capt. Eugene
Smith, Robert Horne and F. B. Eldridge