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Evening star., 1936-06-16
BY the hssociatecIPress.

Representatives of the radio indus
try today were told television would
not be ready for the public for several
years and home sets when perfected
would cost about as much as the
popular automobile.
These opinions were offered by James
M. Skinner of Philadelphia, chairman
of the Television Committee Of the
Radio Manufacturers Association, be-
fore the fact-finding investigation into
radio and television by the Federal
Communications Commission.
Skinner said teievision would require
much wider space bands than present
boardcasting and asked the r. c. G. to
stake out" sufhcient space In the
present unassigned high-frequency
bands to assure Its success.
The manufacturer spokesman said
at least seven channels should be re-
served for television. He said each OF
these would be six times as wide as
the present space allotted for all COM
mercial sound broadcasting.
Skinner said television must be
born full grown" and added expert
mentation carried out In radio sound
broadcasting could not be carried out
In offering teleyision to the public be.
cause of obsolescence Of expensive
equipment. Skinner said 1t took 10
Evening star., 1936-06-16
SWEEPING TAX CHANGES
ADVOCATED BY QUEz0N
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
MANILA, p. l., June 16.-Sweepng
tax revisions to place the burden
upon the shoulders of those who can
well afford to bear it." were advocated
today by President Manuel Quezon
at the opening Of the first regular
session Of the Philippine National
Assembly.
He recommended lowering income
tax exemptions; increasing rates on
excess personal income, corporate
profits, inheritances and mines: crea-
ton Of taxes on luxuries, amusements
and transportation: establishment Of
. school tax, and modification Of the
land tax.
Evening star., 1936-06-16
Thin MAN SOUGHT
IN MOORE Staying
Trail Leads to Brooklyn in
Murder of Former Edison
Associate.
By the Associated Press.


EAST ORANGE, N. J., June 16.-
Seeking to trace the thin man" OF
the perplexing D. McFarlan Moore
Staying, detectives went to Brooklyn
today on a freshly developed lead.
Detective Joseph Cocoa Of the
county prosecutors staff said the
Brooklyn clue resulted from informa-
ton given by Beatrice Moore, the
slain engineers 25-year-old daughter.
with whom he lived In his spacious
Park avenue home.
1t was Miss Moore who first gave
police the information that q courte-
Gus, soft-spoken thin man had called
to see her father Sunday night about
nine hours before the one-time In
ventor associate Of Thomas A. Edison
was found slain on his lawn.
She told the visitor her father mad
retired for the night and he left.
Later, however, she saw him pacing
back and forth in the rain in front
of the house and, disturbed, she went
up to her fathers room.
She recalled today, Cocoa related,
that her father glanced out the
window, saw the man and remarked:
"Oh, that's that nut from Brooklyn"
He also said, the young woman
recalled, that the thin man had talked
to him about inventions three years
before.
Detectives, meanwhile, started their
~ ,T -Io1~ v1xyaf 20,
papers in hopes of finding definite
information as to the identity Of the
thin man who, they believe, may be
able to shed much light on the
mystery.
Prior to the development Of the
Brooklyn lead, the authorities had
these clues to follow: A plaster cast Of
the killers footprint, two discharged
.22-caliber shells and, most important,
the description of the stranger who
was turned away from the Moore home
Sunday night.
Miss Moore, 24-year-old assistant
buyer in Newark department store
and chosen the most beautiful senior
at Wellesley College in 1884, described
the caller as about "a years old,
weighing 18o pounds and wearing
eyeglasses.
OF the four footprints In the mud
beside the body, one only produced
perfect cast. A shoemaker, ex-
amining the cast, said the maker Of
the print was tall and slender and
wore a size lie shoe.
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w. C. FIELDS RESTLESS,
BUT MAINTAINS GROUND
By the Associated Press.

By the ASsocIaLeu FTesS
RIVERSIDE, Calf, June 16.-
w. c. Fields, film comedian, spent
restless night. but maintained his
ground today against an attack Of
pneumonia, his special nurse said.
The ex-vaudeyille juggler has been
confined In an oxygen tent since he
entered Riverside Community Hos
pital last Friday, seriously Ill. His
temperature ranged between 10l and
i02, the nurse said.
DR.. Jesse Citron, the actors per-
sonal physician. consulted with Los
Angeles specialists on the case last
night, their judgment being thss
Fields was doing as well as could be
expected"
Evening star., 1936-06-16

RALEIGH, N. c., June 16 R.-
The record Of Josephus Daniels, AM
bassador to Mexico, in voting Tor
every Democratic presidential nom
inee since Grover Cleveland may soon
be broken.
Daniels for years campaigned for
o new registration Of voters in Wake
(Raleigh) County and upon his re-
cent return from Mexico City found
he had arrived too late to enter his
name in the new registration ordered
by the 1885 Legislature. He was q
victim Of the reform he advocated.
Evening star., 1936-06-16
PONSONBY AROUSED

Labor Peer Asks Arrest Of Sec
retary of War.
LONDON, June Is R.-Lord Pom
sonby, the Labor peer, today recon-
mended the arrest Of Alfred Duff
Cooper, secretary Of war, "as q delib-
crate, dangerous and disgraceful
scaremonger."
Lord Ponsonby's ire was aroused by
Duff Cooper's statement yesterday that
ut Is the duty Of those In authority
to frighten the people Of this country
out Of their wits"
Evening star., 1936-06-16

~ tAS hooOSAaSSo EACocs
NEW ORLEANS, June 16.-Nine
members Of the grand jury which in
dicted friends of the late Senator Huey
p. Long for income-tax fraud today
scored the United States Attorney
General for abandoning prosecution
Of the cases.
In . letter to Attorney General
Homer Cummings, the jurors demand
ed immediate release from the Atlanta
Penitentiary Of former State Repre-
sentative Joseph Fisher, one Of the two
men tried before the criminal cases
against others were dropped.
They said there was a gross and
unwarranted official discrimination
against Fisher, who Is scheduled to
complete a sentence Of q year and a
half on July 9. Abe Shushan, presi-
dent Of the New Orleans Levee Board,
the other man brought to trial, was
acquitted.
Fisher was tried before the death
Of Senator Long at the time Long
was waging a vigorous fight against
the administration of President
Roosevelt. ShuShan was tried after
Longs death.
"The statement was announced
here by Arthur c. Waters, who served
as foreman Of the grand jury which
returned the income tax indictments. :"
The Jurors, In their letter, said that
during the investigations which led
to the indictments it was reported
that those under investigation were
trying to make their peace at Wash
ington, by political pull or by pay
ment Of the taxes claimed, or even by
both means"
"The reported answers out OF
Washington" the letter stated, "either
from your Office. Mr.. Attorney Cen
eral, or from the office Of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, were in effect
that the Government of the United
States would not compromise itself by
condoning the commission Of crime
for q pecuniary consideration-an-
swers which wholly comported with
the dignity and honor Of the United
| States"
The Jurors said that, excluding
Fisher and Shushan. the others had
not even been brought to nominal
trial." and If the cases are abandoned
they felt they had every cause to
feel aggrieved and outraged"
Can't Understand Dismissal.
eff the evidence revealed in the
grand Jury room under the guidance
of the assistants of the United States
Attorney Generals office was suftl-
cient to indict, then we fail to under
stand under what proper theory son-
sistent with the integrity and sacred
ness of the proper administration OF
Justice how this identical evidence
has now become so weakened as to
warrant the dismissal Of criminal
charges. I"
"The newspapers seem to say that
YOU, Mr.. Attorney General, have
given o free hand in these matters to
the local United States attorney
Creme A. viosca), and We realize that
you must, in the magnitude Of your
duties, rely In large measure upon
others. But 1t Is significant that
these same press reports uniformly
give emphasis to the statement that
the department of the Secretary oi
the Treasury strongly disapproves."
District Attorney Viosca, when
criminal prosecutions were dropped
In the remaining cases, said they were
too weak" to bring to trial and added
* -
Evening star., 1936-06-16
UNITS
TOLL TO CONVERT
BONUS INTO CASH
Most of Veterans Receive
Bonds as Mail Carriers
Labor Overtime.
BURKE is "DELIGHTED"
WITH DISTRIBUTION
Former Service Men Hail Pay
ment-Morgenthau Sees Errors
Inevitable.

With most Of the veterans bonus
bonds delivered here and throughout
the Nation yesterday, attention was
turned principally today to ways and
means OF certifying" bonds Of vete-
rams who want to turn them into cash.
Throughout the city action began
early today In series of certifying
units sent out by Postmaster Vincent
c. Burke, to help veterans In Govern
ment departments and business
houses.
The only postal station open for
this business Of certifying was at the
main Post ONCE, but a number Of
postal stations will open at 8 o'clock
tonight for carriers to certify bonds
for persons known to them on their
routes.
Method Of Certiication.
In certifying bonds, the city postal
employees accept the bonds which the
veteran wishes to cash, "certihes"
them for payment, gives the veteran
receipt, sends the bonds back to
the City Post Office. where a check
Is written and mailed to the veteran
for the face value.
Certain officials of banks in the city
also are authorized to certify bonds,
but they will send them to the Treas
urer Of the United States for pay
ment. instead Of the City Post Once.
Postmaster Burke, after q final
check last midnight on his night de-
livery of bonus bonds. reported that
his carriers, starting at $50 pm,
had succeeded In personally deliver
ing 21,075 envelopes out Of the total
Of 25,833 with which they started.
This means a delivery Of about 85
per cent. This was in addition To
the 1.1o0 envelopes delivered to hos
pitals.
Leaving their stations with no mail
but the registered mail bonus at $50.
the carriers were eagerly met by vete-
rams.
Not only were the bonds delivered
at Offices and homes, but in many
cases to veterans in passing automo-
biles, on the sidewalk and street,
when met by carriers who knew
them wen.
"Got One for Me?"
One carrier In nearby Virginia,
while delivering q bond to veteran
in his home, heard the screeching of
brakes and q shout: Hey. have you
got one for me?"
Sure" replied the carrier. "Here
1t is," and the carrier handed the
bonus to the veteran in his automo-
bile. getting the necessary receipt.
In some apartment houses the car
riers went to the trouble Of attempt
ing to identify veterans before the
veterans found the carrier. Resident
managers and neighbors helped in
this. Many veterans received their
envelopes at headquarters Of veterans
organizations.
Some of the first bonds were de-
livered in the downtown section Just
outside the Benjamin Franklin postal
station, where carriers met veterans
whom they knew by appointment.
One veteran had made an appoint
ment with his carrier on sidewalk
In front of an Office building.
On the $50 delivery yesterday 408
(See BONUS, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1936-06-16
Seven Burn to Death in Plane.

OSLO. Norway, June l6 R.-Seven
persons, all Norwegians, were killed
today when an airplane crashed into
a mountain at Sognefjord and burned.
The plane was flying In fog from
Bergen toward Trondheim.
Evening star., 1936-06-16
NEW COMPROMISE
ON TAX OFFERED
Proposal by Senate Con.
ferees, However, Fails
to Break Deadlock.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate tax bill conferees today pro-
duced new compromise plan for
settling the key troubles over corpora
ton taxes, but it met with no i'm
mediate favor among House conferees.
Chairman Doughton Of the House
group. seeking to reconcile differences
with the Senate, said the Senators,
who left a morning session early, had
submitted counter proposal" No
details were given out.
The House conferees said they
wanted to study it before giving any
intimation as to whether they might
be inclined to accept.
May Meet Tonight.
Doughton said the conferees prob
ably would meet tonight in an over
time attempt to negotiate some sort
Of compromise to break the deadlock
which has gripped them q week and
q half and which threatens to delay
adjournment of Congress past the
opening Of the Democratic National
Convention.
One source intimated the new Senate
proposition called for retention Of o
corporation income tax somewhat
along lines of the existing levy. with a
superimposed tax on undistributed
corporate earnings a bit higher than
the per cent approved by the Senate.
Word came from the White House
during the day that President Roose-
welt, before he left on his Western trip
last week, had invited the conferees 10
meet with him again If their deadlock
persisted. 1t was said no request for
such a conference had been made as
yet, however.
Senate sources later said the new
proposal would place a fat Is per
cent tax on corporation income, a
graduated tax on undistributed cor
porate earnings and allow $4,000
exemption from the latter.
The undistributed profits tax would
be 5 per cent on undistributed net in
come under 20 per cent Of total net
income, II per cent on undistributed
net between 20 and 40 per cent. 20
per cent between 40 and 60 per cent
and 80 per cent on all over so per
cent undistributed.
Remains Stumbling Block.
indicative Of the desire to wind up
the Seventy-fourth Congress before
the start of the Democratic National
Convention next week was the action
Of House leaders in keeping the
chamber in session until after 1880
o'clock last night. but taxes remained
a stumbling block.
The tax conferees yesterday looked
into a dozen or more proposals de-
signed to strike q middle road be-
tween House provisions calling for a
graduated tax up to 421a per cent on
undistributed corporate dividends and
the fiat z per cept in the Senate's bill.
After q 2-heur session was over
without any indication of accord
there arose the possibility that Mr.
Roosevelt would talk again with the
conferees.
Evening star., 1936-06-16

A fatal plunge from the fifth floor
to the bottom of an elevator shaft
brought to a tragic end early today
the plans Of World War veteran to
use his bonus money to bring his wife
and two children here from Iowa to
live.
Guy Edward Hines, 48. building
watchman for National Capital Parks,
was on duty at Federal Government
offices In the Standard Oil Co. Build
ing at Constitution avenue and Sixth
(See PLUNGE, A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-06-16

(see NodoNo. Page A-s)
Evening star., 1936-06-16
Jurors DENOUNCE
FAILURE TO PUSH
LONG AIDES TRIAL
Nine of Grand Panel Demand
Release of One Convicted
in Tax Fraud.
ABANDONMENT OUTRAGE,
LOUISIANA GROUP SAYS
Letter to Attorney General Cum
mings Holds Fisher Victim
of Discrimination.

BACKGROUND
Rule OF Huey Long, until his as.
sdssindtion more than q year ago
in LouistonG bitter foe of the GG-
n,inistration, attacked By means OF
tar fraud investigation By a grand
ury In 1884. Number OF Longs
friends indicted, but only former
State Representative Joseph Fisher
and Abe Shushan, president of
Nep Orleans Levee Board, ,Dere
brought to trial. Former conptcted
and sentenced to year and a half;
latter acquitted.
Evening star., 1936-06-16
WEATHER.

%. 8, Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly
cooler tonight; moderate northerly winds.
Temperatures-Highest, "a, at $50 pm.
yesterday; lowest, 81, at 5 am. today.
Full report on page AT.
Evening star., 1936-06-16

(see MILWAUKEE, Page Asp
Evening star., 1936-06-16

1see LOUISIANA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-06-16

(See BONUS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1936-06-16
DANIELS CANNOT VOTE

(See LANDON, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1936-01-07

contract for q grand slam immedi-
ately.
Accordingly. all she did was bid four
clubs. West bid four spades, and
Mrs. Stengel bid a mere five clubs.
West had bid enough and passed, but
East decided to push with q bid Of
five spades. Mrs. Stengel continued
to small slam. West thought of
doubling, but finally decided that his
spade ace would probably be trumped,
and accordingly, merely passed. Now
East became nervous and bid six
spades-defensively, of course. Mrs.
Stengel continued to seven clubs and
this was too much for the unfortunate
West-he doubled. North and East.
of course. passed, and Mrs. Stengel
wisely refrained from. redoubling,
thereby scoring $50 points below the
line, TOO for the rubber 2,250 for the
vulnerable grand slam chat was the
scoring at the time the hand was
played), and 100 points for honors, or
a total of 1880 points. Had she bid
the hand In a slambang fashion, her
opponents surely would have defended
at seven spades at a loss OF three
tricks, not vulnerable.
(Copyright. 1936)
Evening star., 1936-01-07
Bedtime Stories
Jumper Takes to His Heels.

Now, I'm going. This is no place for
me around here"
Suiting his action to his words,
away went Jumper the Hare with
great bounds, lipperty-lipperty-lip. He
was making use of those long legs Of
his to run as only he can. Jumper Is
one of those who believes in running
away from danger. He believes that
that is what those legs were given him
for, and so he makes the best possible
use of them.
Whitefoot watched him 60. He still
remained in hiding under the wind
fall, for he was as yet by no means
certain that Shadow the Weasel had
left those parts. He had seen three
white coats, the only white coats In
the Green Forest, and how they were
used. He had seen Jumper the Hare
escape because Of his white coat. He
had seen Whitley the Snow Owl al
most catch Shadow the Weasel be-
cause in his white coat the big broad
winged hunter had been unseen by
Shadow.
"It works both ways" thought
Whitefoot. II did think that wanted
a white coat, but I guess I'm just as
well off without 1t. guess most of us
have what We really need, and that
Old Mother Nature knows what is
best for u.s."
There is wisdom, you see, in that
small head Of Whitefoot.
(Copyright 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-07
BL LILLIAN cox ATHEY


Y vAvE you ever heard the shrill
whistle Of this dweller Of the
mountain peaks? It Is q
i i pleasant call, not at all
frightful as 1t travels over the air,
broadcasting the news to Its friends.
You will see this member Of the
family, If you travel northward up
the Columbia River toward the Bar
rem Grounds. east to Hudson Bay.
Upon seeing one Of the cheerful
whistlers, you will at once be reminded
of the cousin who has day Of his
own on our calendar. The coat Is
grizzled gray that blends well with
the grass and sands about 1t. Both
sexes look alike. and the youngsters
have the same general appearance
as their parents, with the exception
Of their colors being q shade lighter.
Perhaps you have met the handsome
marmot, known as the yellow-bellied
marmo. Of Texas, New Mexico and
ARIZONA. Then there Is the cousin
in Dakota, or the one who prefers
the high places and has chosen the
Olympic Mountains Of Washington, or
the eastern member most Of us know.
You viii. find that each marmot has
colors that tend to hide him from
his foes; the gracious plan Of nature.
All members Of this family are q
hardy, happy-go-lucky lot. They
cheerfully adapt themselves to the
conditions In which they find them
selves. In the cold climates they hiber-
nate, being careful to put on a fine
layer Of fat during the late Autumn.
If you were to try to awaken one Of
the heavy sleepers, even though you
pulled his front paws from over his
eyes, where he always places them.
he would merely yawn, replace his
Evening star., 1936-01-07


HE WAS MAKING USE OF THOSE
LONG LEGS OF HIS TO RUN AS
ONLY HE CAN.
He wanted to leap out and away. 1t
was all he could do to keep from
doing so. But he kept perfectly still.
You see, he knew from experience
that the instant he moved he would
be seen, but while he remained mo-
tionleSs he was likely to escape being
seen.
Presently Shadow the Weasel, tired
of lodging Whitley, vanished in that
remarkable manner of his. You know,
he can hide under almost nothing at
all, and he is so quick in his move
ments that it takes very keen eye
indeed to follow him. This time he
had darted under a snow-covered
hemlock bough, and Whitley, after
looking about vainly, had flown back
to his former perch on snow-covered
stump.
For a long time nothing happened.
There was no sign OF Shadow the
Weasel. AS a matter of fact, Shadow
had long since gone on his way. He
is not the kind to remain in hiding
for any length of time. Whitley the
Snowy Owl sat and sat and sat. Yes,
sir, he sat and sat and sat. He wasn't
asleep, and Jumper didn't make the
mistake of thinking he might be. He
had learned long ago that Whitley is
one member of the Owl family who
hunts by day quite as much as he
does by night. Sunlight doesn't bother
Whitey's eyes at all.
At last Whitley spread his great
wings and away he went, disappearing
among the trees like little snowdrift
come to life. Hes gone!" squeaked
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse. Thank
goodness, he's gone! I hope I'll never
see him again"
You probably WILL and warn you
that you better see him before ne sees
you" replied Jumper the Hare. Il
hope Shadow the Weasel has gone, too.
Evening star., 1936-01-07

precept warning that many of our
ills we bring upon ourselves, by arous-
ing needlessly sources of vexation, dis
turbance. agitation.
The ancient line has come down
to us In the identical fgurative
language to this very day by way
Of John Heywood's compilation pub
hshed In l546. It is:
Let sleeping dogs lie"
(Copyright 1o36.)
Evening star., 1936-01-07
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.

MOST Of our hurts" wrote an old
@A philosopher. "are seli-infiicted.'
Not necessarily, Of course, by weapon
or other deliberate intention, but SELF
inflicted they nevertheless are.
Through quarrels that we pick, af-
fiictions we invite; difficulties and
misfortunes we create.
We moderns have an injunction
against 1t: Don't trouble trouble!
The Greeks had O proverb for 1t, q
Evening star., 1936-01-07
For Southern Chimes

Two and three piece suits and en-
sembles are much favored among the
new styles for cruise and travel ward
robes, also for Southern resort and
spectator sports wear. The latest
fashions reveal many versions in
tailored or swagger costumes-some
in mannish fabrics or pastel woolens--
others are knitted or use colorful
prints combined with solid shades or
white.
Evening star., 1936-01-07
Natures Children
HOARY MARMOT.
Marmota Caligata.

"hands" and 60 back to sleep. II
his residence Is In milder climate, OF
even In q very warm one, the time
Of Information is regulated, showing
that the whistler and his cousins are
quite intelligent.
This member Is extremely proud
Of his accomplishment. He is q firm
believer that practice makes perfect
so there will surely be a time when
Evening star., 1936-01-07

the hot sands or nat rocks, soaking
UP the beneficial violet rays.
Those who have made pets Of the
younger generation, find them most
lovahle and willing to learn to do
tricks. They love to roll UP like tiny
fur nuns, especially where there Is
an abundance Of heat, and can they
snore!
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-01-07
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