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Evening star., 1934-04-08
TAX RAISE HINGES
UPON ROOSEVELT.
House Leaders Predict De-.
feat of Bill Unless Presi-
dent Asks It.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Opposition to the Couzens proposal
to add 10 per cent to all individual
tax returns for one year was ex-
pressed yesterday by House Demo-
cratic leaders, who predicted its re-
lection by the House unless President
Roosevelt gave the word more revenue
was needed.
Meanwhile. Senator La Toilette
predicted approval Of his amendment
to subject tax returns to public in
spection. saying 1t appeared "doubly
important" in view of the Senate's
Banking Committees disclosures of
Technically legal tax avoidance" by
big taxpayers.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee. in announcing
his acceptance Of the Couzens amend
ment before it was offered, made no
predictions as to how the House would
receive it, but Representative Byrns
Of Tennessee, the Democratic leader,
and Chairman Doughton of the Ways
and Means Committee left little doubt
about 1t.
Election Is Factor.
Byrns told newspaper men the
House would have to be well informed
of the need of additional revenue be-
fore it approved the proposal. House
sentiment generally appeared unfa-
vorable, based on hesitancy to raise
taxes too much in an election year.
Agreeing with ByrnS that no fur
ther income taxes should be voted
unless approved by the administra-
ton, Doughton said:
"Of course, Congress increased the
when it overrode the presidential veto
on veterans benefits and Federal salary
restoration. If the President and
Secretary Morgenthau think this
amount Of extra revenue is needed, the
taxes must be increased. If that comes
about, Congress must realize that it
is its own fault"
Pointing out his amendment did not
call for full publicity in the sense that
all returns would be made public as
they came in, La Toilette said all he
wanted was "for these returns to be
made public records"
Benefit Seen.
Certainly nothing has happened
within the last year." he said, that
would do anything but strengthen the
Senate's determination to make in
come tax returns public records.
MY contention Is that the proposals
we already have adopted to plug up
the loopholes in the present law will
be materially served by throwing re-
turns open to public inspection.
due to the disclosures of the Senate
Committee on Banking Of technically
legal tax avoidance by some Of the
largest taxpayers Of the country, 1t
seems to be doubly important that We
adopt this amendment.
I'VE can't keep Senate committees
constantly on the job prying into such
conditions. If we made income tax
returns public records, subject to the
inspection of any one who wants to
see them, these large taxpayers will
not indulge in such technical efforts
to avoid the just payment Of taxes
under law"
Senate leaders look for final passage
Of the tax bill by Tuesday.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
AIR LINE PLANS
TO RE0RGANIzE
TO BID FOR MAIL

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York and Chicago, Dallas and Chi
cago
Varney Air Lines, Inc,-Salt Lake
City and Seattle.
Two Organizations.
Manufacturing subsidiaries would
be grouped into two organizations,
Johnson's letter stated, with the East
ern group centered in the Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft Co. and associated
firms in Hartford, Conn, and the
Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle; pro-
viding the nucleus for the Western
concerns.
A committee of three directors, Jo-
seph P. Ripley, Joseph F. Mccarthy,
secretary and controller of the cor
poration, and johnson, is formulating
the reorganization plan, it was stated.
Consolidated net income for the
corporation in 1888 was shown in the
report as S1,176.1l1, after preferred
stock dividends and all charges. This
was equal to Sc cents share on the
common stock.
In 1882 net income after preferred
dividends was sl,l07,658, equal to So
cents a common share. Dividends on
preferred shares in 1882 totaled
$3.50, 900. while in 1888 dividends and
payments in lieu of dividends on
preferred called for redemption were
$3.50, 900.
The report confirmed the redemp-
ton, as of January l, 1884, of all
preferred stock outstanding. an ag-
gregate par value of s7,500,000.
The corporation showed a loss Of
20 cents a common share for the
fourth quarter of 1888, with profits
of rs cents a share during the first
three quarters.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
OFFICERS believe
DILLINGER WOUNDED
rawlings Of Injured Man Indicate
He Was Shot in Recent Es.
cape From Police.
BY tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 7.-Fron
the rawlings Of wounded Eugene
Green, Federal operatives today said
they obtained information which led
them to believe John Dillinger was
wounded in his last brush with the
law.
A week ago today the Indiana des-
perado and two companions, one q
man whom officers say was Green
and the other q woman, battled their
way out Of q Lexington avenue apart
men here in a machine-gun fight
with officers. Green was wounded
Tuesday night when he and another
woman were seized here in q second
raid by officers.
In a hospital since, and delirious
most Of the time, Green's rawlings
have been carefully studied by Fed
eral officers.
At the same time authorities are
pressing search for other reputed Dill
linger associates, Tommy Carroll,
Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis. The
latter two are linked by the Govern
ment with the 5000 900 Edward G..
Bremen kidnapping. Carroll is wanted
on murder charges.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
TAXATION TOPIC
IN RADIO FORUM
Senator La Toilette Will
Give Progressive View
point in Talk.

Senator Robert M. La Toilette OF
Wisconsin, Progressive Republican,
will discuss taxation and other prob
lens of the new DEAL" taking the
viewpoint Of progressive elements in
Congress, in the National Radio
Forum Monday, April 8, at 10:30 pm
Eastern standard time.
The National Radio Forum Is ar
ranged by The Washington Star and
broadcast over the network of the
National Broadcasting Co.
Senator La Toilette is member Of
the Senate Finance Committee which
has to do with all tax and tariff leg
islation. He has contended that the
Federal taxes should fall more heavily
ON the wealth of the Nation and Is
the author Of amendments to the new
revenue bill increasing the rates on
large incomes and on estates and
gifts.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
.|CKES ESTIMATES
P.W.A.J0BPOWER
Sees Total of 7,276,000
Man Months of Work
Given During Year.
The Public Works Administration

The Public Works Administration
announced last night a statistical
study made for Secretary Ickes indi-
Gated direct employment from funds
allotted by the organization might
reach a total of 7,276,o0O man months
in 1884.
The study indicated. it was said.
peak range of from 100000 to 300, 900
man months of work might be reached
from June to August.
A statement by Ickes, which accom-
panied the announcement. emphasized
the study did not represent "a pledge
or forecast" but was merely a care
fully considered indication of what
might be possibility.
Makes No Promises.
"P. w. A. has not and will not make
advance promises and intends to raise
no false hopes no matter what state
ments are made by persons not con-
nected with P. w. A. and no matter
what misinterpretations are placed
upon such statements" the Secretary
said. "P. w. A. is on new ground for
which no exact criterion Is available.
What may result from our endeavor is
matter of public interest. P. w. A.,
as constituted today, will never give
direct employment to as many persons
at one time as were employed by the
Civil Works Administration. It will
open a much larger amount of in
direct industrial labor, however, and
will give employment for a longer
period.
Statements that so many people
will be given jobs are more or less
meaningless unless it is said how long
the jobs will last. P. w. A. will make
no such statements"
Many Fields Excluded.
The employment possibilities Of
public works, it was added, excluded
such work as would result from the
statutory and executive allotments,
which totaled about one third of the
$3,300,000,000 fund.
These allotmentS included $780,
100000 for civil works, 1928, 900 900
for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
S100,OO0,0O0 for the Federal Housing
Corporation, $50,0OO,000 for the Ten
nessee Valley Authority. $25,000. 900
for subsistence homesteads and $25,-
100000 for the Surplus Relief Cor
poration.
Public works statisticians were
said to have calculated the average
monthly direct employment of Fed
eral and non-Federal allotments dur
ing 1884 would approximate slightly
over 600, 900 man months per month.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

was changed to multi-story build
ing with wings. Congress appro-
priated $500,000 and work was begun.
1t was not long before it was found
there was not sufficient money to
build the wings, so the wings were
left of. Building progressed until 1t
was time to put the roof on The
original plans called for tile roof
where the children could bask in the
healing rays Of the sun.
Stag Roof Substituted.
But this, too. had to be sacrificed in
the name Of economy. There was not
enough money, and again the plans
were changed. A Stag roof was put
on. After this had been done, the
economy ak was welded on other
items and it appeared there might be
enough money to lay a tile roof
Hospital officials took the matter up
with the District Engineer Depart
ment. And again their plans met
with disappointment.
The engineers said the building had
not been constructed to stand a live
roof load" and now it appears the
young sufferers will be kept from en-
joying the sun from the roof.
Meanwhile, outside the structure,
the builders were meeting with other
difficulties. A we'll had been drilled
hundreds Of feet into the earth, but
there was no water. Pipes inside the
building could not be tested and the
heating plant could not be started to
dry the damp new sanatorium.
Walls Still Unpainted.
Even without heat, the contractors
tried to paint the walls, but they
were found to be so damp that the
paint cracked and pealed of. Finally,
however, water was reached about 700
feet down, after two wells had been
dug. BY that time there was no
money with which to paint the walls
Similarly, when officials began to
plan the staff to operate the insti-
tuition, the ghost Of economy con-
fronted them. DR.. j. w. Peabody.
general superintendent of tubercu-
loss facilities In the District, and
DR.. Daniel Leo Finucane, superin-
tendent Of the sanatorium, originally
had asked for a personnel Of about
100. This number they felt. would
be required to give the children the
treatment they deserve.
The Economy Board at the Dis
trict Building and the Budget Bureau
thought otherwise. Estimates were
checked and rechecked and DR.. Pea
body said 60 was the minimum total
personnel with which the sanatorium
could be operated.
Forty-nine employees will be on
hand when the institution opens.
Congress and the Budget Bureau have
decided.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
11-YEAR.OLD BOY SAVES
GIRL, 6, FROM BEAR
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANCOS, Colo, April 7.-Twenty-
six stitches in Howard Sheppard's
scalp we're evidence tonight Of the
11-year-old boys heroism in saving
Ina Mae Rathjen, 6, from supposedly
tame bear.
With oranges in her hands to feed
the bear. the girl went into its cage
at cottage camp. The animal seized
her.
Young Sheppard, playing nearby,
ran to her assistance and kicked and
beat the bear with his fists. The bear
released the girl and turned on the
boy, inf1icting deep wounds In his
head. The girl suffered minor bruises
and scratches.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
GIRL HANGS SELF

CHICAGO, April 2 R.-An 18-
year-old girl, Sarah Swicher, today
was found dead, hanging In the base
ment of her uncle's home. The uncle
said he believed family troubles"
caused the act.
The girl G. v. Phillips, the uncle
said, had been placed in an orphanage
at the age of 8 months and later was
cared for by various relatives. Her
mother, Mrs. Abba Bion, lives in Elk
hart, Ind. he said.
Miss Swicher had tied q piece Of
clothes line about her neck and was
found hanging In the basement by
her aunt, abe reported to authorities.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Ranch Owner Held.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April R.-
Glen r. Wins, 52-year -old California
ranch owner. today was held in de-
fault Of $4,000 bail for California
authorities. Assistant Solicitor Robert
McAdory, in opposing habeas corpus
writ sought by Wins, told the court
he was a parole violator for whom a
fugitive warrant would be issued.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
BERLIN DEBT STAND
Definition SOUGHT
Creditor Nations May Present
United Front in Demand for
Clarification.
BY the Associated Press.

oy Vic hsoVSiotSA ASco'
BASEL, Switzerland. April IA
demand for q showdown on the Ger
man attitude regarding private debts
will be presented Monday to DR..
Hjalmar Schacht, president Of the
German Reichsbank, by representa-
tives of Germany's chief creditors, the
United States, Britain, Holland and
Switzerland.
Representatives of the creditors are
considering the possibility of "a
united front" after a meeting with
officials of the Bank for International
Settlements regarding service on Ger
man loans.
It was said that Germany made
proposals in connection with future
payments, but that these Lacked
clarity"
Creditors agents will meet with
Reichsbank officials soon to attempt
to adjust further the payments to
long and medium term creditors.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Two Killed in Plane Crash.

McGRATH, Alaska, April z @-
A downward air current, struck at an
altitude Of q few hundred feet, plum
meted Ed Gageros, 34-year-old air.
plane pilot. formerly Of Chicago. and
Michael Tekeod. IS, to their deaths
here Thursday. Witnesses said the
plane struck the ground In almost
perfect landing position.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Bird Causes Woman's Death.

CHICAGO R.-After Mrs. Fannie
Grossman, 50, had been found dead
from gas, police concluded that a
birds nest being built in q flue had
caused the fumes to back up into o
bath room with fatal results.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

tCOntlNueO fTOm flTSL fdBe.D
was a father who was seen hurrying
to the brow of the hill, carrying his
tiny son in his arms.
Reaching the summit, the man ap-
parently thought he was safe, but the
water rushed upon him higher and
higher until he was last seen standing
there holding the boy above the water
as the waves eddied about his neck.
THE boy was later found alive,
but We have no trace Of the father" 3"
Another witness told of the loss
of an entire family of nine. the
mother of which climbed to the roof
of their humble home as the waters
Tapped at her feet.
Call for Help Is Vain.
AS the waters rose, she climbed
from the bed room window with her
three smallest children in her arms
or clinging to her skirts.
Gaining the edge of an adjacent
roof the woman cried vainly for help.
Nothing further was seen Of the four
until the waters receded and their
bodies were found.
Other survivors told Of hearing
heart-rending screams and plaintive
pleas for aid from trapped men,
women and children as the water
rushed through the villages, carrying
boats toward shore, splintering the
wooden houses and virtually Destroy
ing everything in its path.
An eerie and spectacular flash of
light momentarily Illuminated the
countryside and threw the scenes of
death and destruction into stark re-
lief as the waters reached and en-
quilted the electrical transformer.
A column of light flashed up and
then all was quiet and dark again as
the flood receded almost as rapidly
as 1t came.
Those fortunate enough to escape
huddled terrified, as they awaited re-
lief in the cold weather preceding
dawn. So sudden had been the dis
aster that they had had no time
to dress.
20 Children Victims.
A steamer was sent from Aalesund
to help the survivors. The govern
ment telegraphed similar offers Of
aid. Twenty children were believed
among the victims.
Seventeen members Of three farm
families were among those drowned.
The ford separating the villages
is narrow and has steep mountainous
sides. The scenery nearby Is familiar
to many American tourists.
The three farms on which the IT
victims lived were wrecked. In ad-
dition, 30 houses were destroyed in
the two villages.
Motor boats and other craft along
the ford were smashed to bits and
the stream tonight was covered by
floating wreckage
Tafjord, situated at the end of the
ford. was the scene Of the greatest
death and destruction. It can be
reached only by water, since the
mountainous country makes road con-
struction impossible.
Relief steamers and motor boats
loaded with supplies were hurrying
to the stricken villages from Aalesund
and surrounding districts.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
EYE SPECIALIST DIES

KANSAS CITY, April Z @.-Dr
John Henry Thompson, 81. eye. ear
nose and throat specialist and former
head Of . Washington, D. c., city
hospital, died here today. DR.. Thomp-
son came here from washington IN
1882.
Evening star., 1934-04-08

-
an appropriation would be asked. He
said the plan might extend to small
apartment-type houses Of not more
than four stories. but it was intended
to stimulate primarily the construc-
ton of private homes.
We'll build no Park avenue apart
ments," Walker said. That's GER
tain"
Walker said one agency would d.
rect the home program and various
related activities. including slum clear
ance, and subsistence homestead ac-
tivities would be under this organi-
zation.
Central Agency Not Chosen.
The council director hinted the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
might be chosen as the central agen-
cy, although he said this was not
certain.
He said N. r. A. and its adminis-
traitor, Hugh S. johnson, would par
ticipate in the attempt to spur capi-
tai goods industries. but II don't know
whether johnson will direct the home
building plan"
The failure Of the heavier-goods
groups to show any appreciable re-
covery has been one of the chief con-
Germs Of Mr.. Roosevelt and his ad-
visers for months.
The public works program has
helped steel and some of the indus
tries that would be most affected by
the building of thousands Of low-coSt
homes-lumber, cement, brick and
plaster-but an additional spur Is
needed.
"The thing we have in mind"
Walker said, ray undergo consider
able revision before they are sen. to
Cnogress. and they may be revised
further there"
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Floods Swamp South Spain.

SEVILLE. Spain, April 2 @.-
Property damage estimated at thous-
ands of dollars resulted today from
storms and floods that swept wide
area in Southern Spain.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
BILLION TO BUILD
HOMES EXPECTED
ON u. S. GUARANTEE

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Evening star., 1934-04-08
NEW TUBERCULOSIS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
SHOWS ECONOMY CUTS

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Evening star., 1934-04-08
.5OSWEPT TT0DEATH
IN FREAK DISASTER
Huge Waves Created by
Plunge of Cliff Into Sea
On Norway Coast.

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The Washington times., 1934-01-15
Names Wedding Date

The former United States
Ambassador to Japan and Mrs.
Roland S. Morris, of Philadel-
phia, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter,
Miss Sarah Arndt Morris, to
Mr., William F. Machold, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Mac
hold, of Chestnut Hill, Phila-
delphia. The wedding will take
place April 8, in st. Stephens
Church.
Miss Morris attended the
Irwin School, and made her
debut in Philadelphia several
years ago. She is a member of
the junior League, the Acorn
and the Sedgeley Clubs.
DR.. and Mrs. Ray Palmer
have closed their apartment at
the Shoreham, and they will
spend the remainder of the
winter in Savannah, Ga. and
Aiken, S. c., returning to Wash
ington in the Spring.
The Washington times., 1934-01-15
Mrs. Ross Fetes
Miss Dewson

Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross enter
tained at a reception and tea
yesterday in the Chinese Room
at the Mayflower in compliment
to Miss Mary Dewson director
of the Woman's Division of the
Democratic National Committee.
Mrs. George H. Dern, wife Of
the Secretary of War. assisted
Mrs. Ross as did Mrs. McNary,
wife of Senator Charles L. Nc
Nary of Oregon; Mrs. Adams,
wife of Senator Alva B. Adams
of Colorado; Rep. Isabella
Greenway, of Arizona; Mrs.
James Crawford Biggs, wife of
the Solicitor General; Mrs.
Hugh S. Cumming, wife of the
Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service; Mrs. Miller,
wife of Commissioner Carroll
Miller of the Interstate Com
merce Commission; Mrs. Arthur
Mullen, Mrs. James Murray,
Mrs. Parker West. Mrs. Emil
Hurja, Mrs. Casanova Lee and
Mrs. EdneSS wilkins.
Following the reception a
musical program of vocal Sc
lections will be rendered by Miss
nellie Kinard, of New York
City, accompanied by Mrs. Corn.
wife of Comdr. william A. Com.
U. S, N.
The Washington times., 1934-01-15
Miss Gum mings
Engaged to Wed

Mrs. David Mark Cummings OF
Chicago has announced the en-
gagement of her daughter, Miss
Edith Cummings, to Mr.. Curtis
B. Munson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert H. Munson of New York
City.
The wedding will take place in
the spring.
Ever since she finished at
Westover and was presented to
society at a musicale on the
afternoon of June 7, 1919, by
her mother at her Lake Forest
home, Miss Cummings has been
one of the most popular young
members of society. Added to
her pleasing personality are her
artistic talents and her recog-
nized abilities as a sportswoman.
She is known best Of all, of
course, as one of the country's
finest women golfers, having
won the United States cham
pionship in 1923 and the West
ern championship just a year
later. With almost equal ability
she hunts and shoots. Three
years ago, with a party of
friends, she brought down big
game in the Yukon, and two
years ago she spent several
months hunting and shooting in
Hungary.
Miss Cummings latest vaca-
ton was a trip to Jasper Park
last summer, and the reason for
this is now revealed since Mr..
Mu1son is a mining engineer
stationed in that adventurous
country of the Canadian Rockies
in and about Edmonton, Alta.
The Washington times., 1934-01-15
Tea for Mrs. Gam

Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.,
entertained at a tea yesterday
afternoon, in his apartment at
the Shoreham in compliment
to Mrs. Edward Everett Gam.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
Master Mills entertained at a
luncheon yesterday. in honor of
Prince and Princess Christian
of HesSe, and Mrs. Frederick
Gould, of New York and New
port, who is a house guest of
the hosts Among the other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman and Maj.
Gen. Blanton WinShip.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Marks, of
Hartford, Conn.,, are making a
short visit at the Shoreham en-
route to Daytona Beach. Fla,
where they will spend the win
ter.
The Washington times., 1934-01-15

Robbins. Their charming old house in
Georgetown, at 28th, and Que, was
center of gayety for the ultra-sm set,
made up as it is of married folk, many
of whom reside in this quaint portion
of old Washington, port in the early
days for ocean-going vessels which
we're not as large as they are now, and
could sail up the Potomac to dock at
the foot of its winding streets.
Many famous mansions of that day
still endure, and in recent years the
fashionables have become more and
more enamored of this picturesque part
of Washington, where life seems to
take on a more leisurely trend At
least there is an air of quiet and repose
about it which strengthens that i'm
preston.
The Washington times., 1934-01-15
Dinner Tonight

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney will entertain at din
ner this evening, in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Atwater Kent,
of Philadelphia. and Mr.. and
Mrs. William McNair, of New
York. Additional guests have
been invited for the musicale
which will follow the dinner.
The occasion for the party
is the thirty-second wedding
anniversary of both the Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sweeney.