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Evening star., 1936-04-10
TAX LEGISLATION
| HANDED DRAFTERS
Doughton Sees Little
Chance of Bill Reaching
House by April IS.
By the Associated Press.

ny tQe ASSOcldteQ FIeSSs
Rolling up their sleeves, four mem
bers of a House Tax Subcommittee
confronted today the long and COM
plex task Of putting the new $780,
000. 900 tax program into bill form.
After finishing their discussions Of
what they believed the bill ought to
contain, Democrats on the House
Ways and Means Committee turned
the plan over to the bill drafters
last night.
When 1t would reach the floor Of
the House was problematical, Chair
man Doughton said:
SIT won't be there by April Is. I'm
sorry to say. We are going to work
with our coats of and sleeves rolled
I'D, but we don't want to come out
with any half-baked, undigested bill. J"
Plan to Scrap Bill Defeated.
A battle by Representative Lamneck.
Democrat, Of Ohio to ditch the whole
plan met defeat among the Demo-
Gratis of the Ways and Means Com
IulLLcS. Will q t-GO-z fOVC, bl1Cy AS
jected his proposal to scrap the pro-
gram and apply, instead, a nat 20
to "a per cent tax on corporation
income.
The committee program calls for
a tax on corporation income. gradu-
ated according to the percentage OF
profits withheld from dividend dis
tribution. It also contemplates in
come taxes, both normal and sur
taxes, on dividends; "windfall" levy
on professors who escaped paying
A. A. AS old levies and other taxa
ton.
Exemptions to Process Losers.
Democrats on the full committee
were reported to have told the tax
drafters to provide for 221a per
cent levy instead of graduated one
ranging as high as 421a per cent on
income which corporations must use
to discharge debts.
It was also reported that exemp-
tions from the proposed "windfall'
levy would be granted to professors
who suffered q loss in their business
In commodities to which the old
processing taxes applied.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
Refrigeration Congress Set.

Refrigeration experts from all parts
Of the world are expected to attend the
International Refrigeration Congress
at The Hague and Amsterdam, Hol-
land, In June.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
GRAND JURY PROBE
OF TRADE FORECAST
Cummings Makes Prediction as
Ickes Hits Bids for Boulder
Dam Materials.
gv the Associated Press.


A grand jury investigation in the
Middle West of charges of price
fixing and other unfair trade practices
by the large oil companies was pre-
dicted yesterday by Attorney General
Cummings.
At the same time, Secretary Ickes
attacked what he described as 'iden-
tical bidding" by cement and wire and
cable manufacturers for materials for
Boulder Dam.
! Cummings said an investigation by
the Antitrust Division of the Justice
Department developed enough evi-
dence to justify a grand jury inquiry.
With regard to the identical bids,
1ckes told reporters 20 Of them had
been received on q $104,48l cable
order, and the contract was awarded
Boston concern because it was far
thest from Boulder Dam in hope
"that additional employment would be
opened by transporting the material
to the site"
Ickes explained he would like to
reject all 20 bids, but that would en-
tail a long delay. costly to the Gov
eminent and to the city Of Los Angeles
Evening star., 1936-04-10
LIBERALS REGRET
COST|GAN'S MOVE
Withdrawal From Race by
Colorado Senator Sur
prises Friends.
BY the Associa ted Press.

by EkIc ABSOCI&Ccu FteSSs
The unexpected announcement that
Senator Edward p. Costigan, Colorado,
Democrat, would not seek reelection
brought expressions Of regret today
Evening star., 1936-04-10

servers believed Gov. Ed c. johnson,
Democrat, who has been antagonistic
to certain of the administrations re-
lief and agriculture policies. might
be a candidate to succeed Costigan.
Colorado's junior Senator. Alva B.
Adams, expressed his surprise at the
forthcoming retirement, said he re-
gretted the decision, and added that
Costigan "has a national reputation
and Colorado will be sorry to lose
such an outstanding leader"
"Recovering" From Illness.
Costigan was reported to be in
Florida where he was recuperating
from a bad cold and siege of over
work which prompted Capitol Physician
George w. Calver to order him to rest.
Calver discredited reports that
Costigan's illness was extremely seri-
Gus and said he was recovering
rapidly"
Senators had these praises for the
61-year-old legislator:
Senator Norris, Republican, Of Ne
braska: "This news Is surprising and
shocking to me. I don't think it's
going to be possible to replace him. "
"Too Useful' to Be Spared.
Senator Wagner, Democrat. Of New
York: HE is too useful to be spared
during these critical times. He has
made distinct and useful contribu-
tions to legislation that Is bringing us
out Of the depression. hope the peo-
Evening star., 1936-04-10
LANDON BEST BET,
CAPPER DECLARES
Kansan Is Strongest Man
Party Can Nominate,
Senator Holds.

Senator Capper today confidently
predicted a Republican victory in No
vember, and declared the party's
chances would be best with his fellow
Kansan, Gov. Landon, as presidential
nominee.
"Landon Is the strongest man the
party can name" the Senator told the
League of Republican Women, meeting
at the National Capital Republican
Club, Sixteenth street and Scott circle.
"He Is conservative enough to support
the Constitution: liberal enough to
supply all the social security the Ma
ton can afford"
While devoting most Of his address
to national affairs, Senator Capper
spoke Of the need for District repre-
sentation in Congress, mentioning the
bill which ne is sponsoring to that
end. The need Is never more neces-
sary than right now," he said, when
Congress is considering appropriations
for health and educational facilities In
Washington.
Schools, Hospitals Lack Support.
1.-The schools and hospitals of the
District are not getting the support
they should have" he declared. "Ap-
propriations for them are being ruth
lessly slashed because there Is no one
in Congress to complain on behalf of
the taxpayers. If some one could get
up and voice the feeling OF the people
and fight for the interests Of the Dis
trict. the schools and hospitals could
get more"
Hitting at New Deal expenditures
Senator Capper declared Gov. IAndor
has proved by budget-balancing per.
formances in his own State that he
would be able to balance the national
budget.
mo country can continually 60 ir
the hole without facing ultimate bank.
ruptcy," the Kansas Republican con-
tinued. Expenditures will have to be
reduced and the surest way to reduce
them is by election of Republican
President"
"SpoiIs System" Denounced.
Senator Capper was especially crit.
ical of the "spoils system" he charged
had grown under the Roosevelt Ad-
n1iristration.
"It has demoralized the Fedora
Government" he said. Jobs now de.
pend on political pull"
Protesting there were aliens on relief
rolls that should be shipped back to
the nations whence they came" the
Senator said it was vital to the country
that more drastic restrictions be placed
on immigration to put an end to
alien representation in Congress"
He also advocated legislation to take
the profits out of war, stating tina,
was the only insurance against United
States ENHANCEMENT in European con-
8licts.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
Siam 0utnumbers Texas.

Siam, three-quarters as large az
Texas, has u million people, Just twice
the population Of Texas.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
$50,O 0,O00,0 900 FLOOD BILL
IN HANDS OF CONFEREES
Sum for Repair Work Was Passed
by Senate Yesterday-Control
Measure Advances.

BY the Associated Press.
The $4,000, 900 loan bill for food
and storm repair work was In the
hands of conferees today after 1t was
rushed through the Senate yesterday
Meanwhile. the slower paced general
measure for food control appeared q
step nearer final consideration.
At the same time the Red Gross
announced new contributions had
swelled its flood and storm relief fund
to $5,s30,726 as hourly reports came
in from new flooded areas along the
Ohio River. Headquarters for relief
will be established at Memphis should
the need develop.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
DOCTORS TO SPEAK
Medical Society to Hold Annual
Assembly May 6 and z.

With q score of prominent doctors
scheduled to speak. the District Med
ical Society will hold its annual scien-
tific assembly May 6 and Z at the
Medical Society Building, l71S M
street. DR.. Victor r. Alfaro heads the
Committee on Arrangements.
Prominent out-of-town speakers, as
well as local physicians, will be on the
program. They include DR.. James p.
O'Hare, assistant professor Of medicine
at Harvard University; DR.. Walter
Clarke, director Of the Bureau of
Social Hygiene in New York City; DR..
Wayne Babcock, professor of surgery
at Temple University, and DR.. Chev-
alier L. Jackson, professor Of broncho-
scopy ct Temple University.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
After Closing Hours.

AKRON, Ohio (R.-Police Capt. Rae
Williams might have remarked that
love did not laugh at the locksmith
who fitted the door Of a downtown
drug store.
At midnight he was telephoned
from the pharmacy.
II was telephoning my girl and
the proprietor locked up his store. "
came in the perturbed voice of a
youth.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
MISS REMON TO BE WED
IN SEATTLE TOMORROW
Daughter Of Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Manager to Be Married
to John George WenzeL

Ruth Anne Remon, 24-year-old
daughter Of John A. Remon, general
manager Of the Chesapeake d Po-
tomac Telephone Co., will be married
in Seattle, Wash, tomorrow to John
George Wenzel, George Washington
University graduate and Treasury
employe.
The couple obtained their marriage
license in Seattle yesterday, accord
ington the Associated Press. Their
engagement was announced here
March by Miss Remon's parents, who
are in Seattle for the wedding.
In 1888 Miss Remon was graduated
from Sweet Briar College and her
fiance from George Washington. He is
from Irvington, N. j., but his work
has taken him to Juneau, Alaska,
where the couple will live after to-
morrow's ceremony.
Evening star., 1936-04-10

from Senate lib
erals.
At the same
time. speculation
arose as to the
effect Of his re-
tirenent upon ma
tional as well as
State politics.
Costigan's Of
fee, in an an
nouncenent last
n ! 8 n Z, reported
Ill health would
prevent his en-
tering the Colo
RADIO primary.
n11s%inol 4h
Evening star., 1936-04-10

pie Of his State will induce him to
change his mind"
Senator La toilette, Progressive Re-
publican, Of Wisconsin: II learned OF
his voluntary retirement with great
regret. He Is q distinguished public
servant"
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, OF
Montana: "He Is o great Senator and
I am exceedingly sorry to, hear this
news"
Evening star., 1936-04-10
Republican Women Hear Capper

Senator Arthur Capper OF Kansas Is shoson
yesterday addressing some 200 members OF the
League OF Republican Women at the leagues head
quarters, Sixteenth street and Scott Circle. Nert
to hin, are seated left to right Mrs. Enoch Shase,
,pho presided. and Mrs. Virginia White Speel,
league founder and honorary president.
Star Stat Photo.
Evening star., 1936-04-10
Sterne Was Eccentric.

Men do strange things and act In
curious ways. Laurence Sterne, one
Of Britain's greatest humorists Of the
past, could be sentimental and weep
over q dead ass, and neglect his liv-
ing mother,
Evening star., 1936-04-10

Choose from fannis Moy's Famous
Butter Green's, coeoanut end Fruit
and Nut csntsrs. Remember,
Fannis Nay Easfss EGGS ore made
FRESH DAILY.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

J. r. K. McCrary, %; Emily, 10;
Alice, IA, and Elinor, IL. The great
editor never awakened.
Probably no one knows how many
millions of persons read Mr.. Bris-
bane's verse, analytical comments
upon the news of the day. 1t is esti-
mated that Is millions read his daily
column. Additional millions followed
with satisfaction the weekly column
syndicated by Western Newspaper
Union to this and many other lead
ing weekly newspapers.
Mr.. Brisbane was wealthy. It is
reported that his yearly salary at
the time of his death was $3.50, 900.
In addition, there was the return on
his extensive real estate holdings.
Arthur Brisbane was born in Buff
falo, N. Y, in 1864. He attended the
public schools and then, forsaking a
college education, he became a re-
porter on the old New York Sun at
10. Yet his rise to the position he
held in the world of journalism at
the last was not the Horatio Alger
type of success story, with glory
GROWING the hero after countless
tear-jerking tribulations. He was
good and he was successful from the
start.
1t was not long before he was the
Suns London correspondent. After
five years, there was shake-up on
the paper and the management
cabled him to return. He said he
would if they made him managing
editor. Managing editorl He was
just %. They made him managing
editor. And so well did he execute
his job, Joseph Pulitzer took him
over to the New York World, which,
under the Brisbane dictatorship,
soon became the most influential
organ of public opinion in America.
Greatest Journalist of Day."
When William Randolph Hearst
came from California and bought
the New York Journal he hired Mr..
Brisbane-at a reduction in salary
of almost SO per cent. But there was
an agreement that as the circulation
increased, so would his compensa-
ton. His earnings on the World
were multiplied in almost no time.
The association with Hearst be.
came a lifelong friendship, and Mr..
Brisbane soon became regarded as
next to Mr.. Hearst in importance in
the chain of newspapers. When he
led, Mr.. Hearst said: 81 know that
Arthur Brisbane was the greatest
journalist of his day."
1t was Arthur Brisbane who was
credited with bringing the trend of
newspaper style down to earth"
He believed that newspapers should
be written for the ordinary man, not
the intelligentsia. He wrote that way
and his columns appealed to col
lege professors as well as to mer-
chants and farmers.
He dictated his 1000 to 1000 crisp,
unwasted words daily in half an hour
to an hour. There was dictaphone
beside him wherever he went. He
would even wake up in Pullman
berths and begin dictation at two or
three in the morning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31
DOg1'f Es,Fifafe
Gas BLOafiEnGl

" you want to really GET RID OF
GAS and terrible bloatfna, don't expect
TO do IL by Just doetorinn your stom.
ach with harsh, irritating aiISaiies and
saaas tablets" Most GAS Is lodged In
the. stomach and upper Intestine and
le due to old poisonous matter in the
constipated bowels that are loaded
with Ill-causinu bacteria.
u your constipation ls Of long stand
ing, enormous quantities of dangerous
bacteria accumulate. Then your dlaes.
ton 70 upset. GAS often presses heart
and lungs, making life miserable.
You can't eat or sleep. Your head
aches. Your back aches. Your COM
Plexion is sallow and pimpIy. Your
breath L. foul. You are alex, urouchy,
SYSTEM is uH PoIessSNEPS sr'0"' YOUR
!. Thousands Of sufferers have found In
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A AZ. .k; rlds you Of gas and cleans
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

Her Voice Was Soft and Musical,
But PassiOnately Desperate.
his strong clasp. And suddenly she
went limp in his arms, and cried
against his shoulder. He took off
his overcoat and wrapped it around
her, for she was shivering. "Why
did you come off without your coat
and hat?" he chided, and stroked
her soft hair.
Behind him, bells and whistles
proclaimed another year. Happy
New Year, lassie," he said gayly.
She dried her eyes. "I'm being a
fool" she apologized.
"Not at ALL" he answered, gal
lantly. "Methinks l behold a res
taurant across the bridge. How
about some coffee?"
She let him lead her, and he
found a corner table. When their
order had been placed, he turned to
her.
"Why should you love a man
like that?"
She looked up quickly, studying
him. "How did you know"
"Why else should a lovely girl
like you be spending New Years
eve that way? You should be dane
ing"
She smiled. 81 don't know. It
seemed terribly important half an
hour ago. But I'm all right now.
1t doesn't matter any more"
"Of with the DID," he quoted.
ION with the new. This is the sea-
son for lovers as well as years.
The old is Off"
eyes"
He took her hand. "The new
would like very much--to be on /"
His gaze caught and held hei g.
MAY / take you home now?"
She nodded her thanks. Outside.
1t was showing again, but II ey
: scarcely noticed. At her door, re
kissed her, and this time she did
not resist. ION with the ne,g.
she murmured gently.
"That's OK. this time" he a..
swered, "but / won't let /. har per
next New Years"
oWsstsrn NswSpspsr UniaA
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31
Arthur Brisbane,
Editor, Dies at Il
Work Known to Millions;
Column Popular in This
Newspaper.

New York, N. with the
death of Arthur Brisbane Christ
mas morning, the world lost it's
most widely known and most
widely read newspaper writer
and editor. The veteran COM
mentator, whose column ''This
Week" appeared regularly in
this newspaper, died of heart
disease while he slept. He was
Seventy-two.
True to the Brisbane tradition, he
kept up the terrific pace of his work
to the last. When he was stricken
late in the afternoon of Christmas
eve he had almost finished his col
umn, Today" which appeared in
many large daily newspapers, prin-
cipally those of William Randolph
Hearst's string. He was forced to call
upon his son, Seward, %, to complete
it. 1t was the first time in his life
Arthur Brisbane had not finished
what he had set out to write.
Millions of Readers.
1t was only few hours afterward
Mr.. Brisbane fell asleep in his Fifth
avenue apartment. At his bedside
were his physicians, DR.. Leopold
Stieglitz and DR.. Frederick Zeman,
and a nurse. In the apartment his
entire family had gathered-his
wife, Mrs. Phoebe Brisbane, whom
he had married in 1912; his son,
Seward, and his four daughters, Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

on burning too freely, turn the
damper another sixteenth Of an
inch. Repeat this operation I'M
til you find the correct adjustment
One that will deliver the great
est amount of useful heat with the
least chimney loss"
Once you have found this ideal
adjustment of the damper, mark
the position on the smoke pipe
with piece of chalk or something
that can be plainly seen, and leave
the damper set at that mark.
Bear this in mind: The nearer
the turn damper is set to the
closed position the smaller the
chimney loss" and the greater
the volume of useful heat" that
goes to properly heating your
home. And, of course, the lower
your fuel bills.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31
Black Walnut

Black walnut stumps are used
in the manufacture of veneer. To
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wavy or irregular grain called
figure" which is most often pres
ent in the wood at the curved por-
ton at the base of the tree where
the roots extend out from the
trunk. This figure, is discernible
in the standing tree, is generally
indicated by irregular bark ridges
or by rigid surface under the
bark. Figured stumps are re-
quired to have a minimum di-
ameter of 81 or % inches at the
upper end and a length of at least
3 feet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31

MENTION DUMONT was bored
n with the party. All right wei
= coming in the New Year so
smugly for people like these-but
he was an adventurer, a cavalier,
and the formal drawing room, the
lovely ladies so ready to smile upon
him, the classical music, the slow,
pompous talk of the men suffocated
him. He stepped to the balcony.
It had stopped showing. In an
other hour the year would be dead.
A grand year. But another would
be beginning. He slipped over the
balustrade, wound his leg around
pillar, and slid down to meet it.
To the east, far away, the year
was already new, and so he set
off in that direction.
He was almost half way across
the bridge before he noticed the
girl, but then he strobe quickly to
her side. "Please DON'T" he said
gently. She started. 81 should only
have to jump in after you, and
can't you imagine how cold I'd
be?" he ended, and shivered with
clown-like intensity. 81 might even
catch my DEATH" he continued
lightly, but the girl looked back to
the river, and he realized his err
ror. "You may want to die" he
said earnestly, ''but don't.
Pleased"
Then leave me be-" she an
swered. Her voice was soft, mu-
steal, but passionately desperate.
He gathered her in his arms and
kissed her. She struggled fiercely.
He kissed her again, and again,
pinning her arms to her sides with
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-12-31
Uncle MiG'
Says: ~
Tomorrow Disappoin+s

Tomorrow Disappoin+s
Tomorrow always promises
well, but remember there is rea-
sonably certain to be one disap-
pointment.
One loves even a precocious lit
tie boy with his front teeth out.
He's meeker for the time being.
Some men have great patience,
but Henry d. Thoreau put it an
other way by saying they lived q
life of quiet desperation.
Bills that you run fall due and
fall due and fall due; but if you
pay as you go, you forget all about
your expenditures.
We have to go along from day to
day, even when we know we are
frequently treading on toes. Some
become Indifferent.
No matter how good your advice
Is, others will first measure it
with their own judgment.