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Evening star., 1936-05-28
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Evening star., 1936-02-29

were brought into the bureau really
to do things about the inspection serv-
ice and they want to do them. The
departments attitude is that I'VE
don't do things as fast over here a.
they did at N. r. A.. but we last
longer"
Jones and Adams are not the first
ones to misunderstood the conserva-
tiveness of the Commerce Department
When Ewing p. Mitchell went out as
Assistant Secretary of Commerce he
proclaimed loudly that he thought
this was a New Deal" He was an
impulsive fellow who, 1t was pointed
out. should have been with the N. r. A
or the A. A. A. Neither did John M
Dickinson, hailed as one of the
brainiest Of the brain trusters," last
long. Over to the Department OF
Justice as antitrust prosecutor he
went when there were no important
antitrust cases pending
And there were indications as late
as Thursday that the slow. plodding
sure way will win out over "brilliancy'
every time. This was when Roper'a
Business Advisory Council. the men,
bers Of which have frequently CON-
planned that no one would pay any
attention to their advice. were invited
to luncheon at the White House. That
was a real triumph.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

rebels rifles were seized, but they were
not treated roughly.
United States Ambassador Joseph
Grew and other embassy officials
watched with field glasses from the
embassy roof the movement Of tanks
climbing the hill to the premier's
residence.
Later they saw tanks and trucks
drive away from the residence, ap-
parently loaded with surrendered in
surgents.
A spokesman for the martial law
headquarters declared the rank and
file of the insurgents were misled by a
group Of radical officers"
The spokesman disclosed that for
all three days Of the siege, before force
finally was resorted today, divisional
and regimental commanders reasoned
with these soldiers personally by means
Of leaflets, balloons trailing writing,
and telephone calls"
The martial law headquarters an
nounced in q communique. after the
rebels were rounded up, that normal
railway trafac was restored at noon.
Street cars and taxicabs were still for
hidden to run. The ban which had
prohibited all domestic kilograms ex.
cept those In the japanese language
was lifted. t
Evening star., 1936-02-29
ITALIANS FIGHTING
FURIOUS BATTLE
Meet Ethiopian Hordes in
North--Rome Celebrates
Amba AIaji Victory.
BY the Associated Press.

ROME. February 29.-Marshal
Pietro Badoglio, Italian commander on
the northern front, telegraphed his
government today that the second
battle of the Tembien has arrived at
its decisive phase"
1.-THE situation of the armed forces
Of Ras Kassa and Ras Seyoum. caught
in a wise by our troops, Is becoming
hour by hour ever more critical"
His communique was the second de-
scribing a ereat battle In the Tembien
sector between the 3rd Army Corps of
the Italian force and the Ethiopian
defenders.
Rains Due Soon.
The advancing Fascists encountered
this resistance just as their sentries
mounted guard over historic Amba
Alaji, the point occupied yesterday
and which for several months to come
may be the high-water mark of the
Italian invasion. Soon Ethiopia's cit
tie rains"-the term Is a modest de-
scription Of their severity-will make
quagmire Of the road to Quoram.
Premier Mussolini today saluted
students celebrating Italy's victory
yesterday.
Concentrating in the Piazza Vene-
zia, the students were rewarded with
the appearance Of II Duce, arm out
stretched in the Fascist greeting.
Reports circulated Emperor Halle
Selassie himself was hurrying from
Dessye, his field headquarters, north
ward in an effort to check the Fascist
advance. which has penetrated some
81 miles since the start Of the Feb
ruary 10 advance.
Immediate Task Completed.
The victories, Italian officials said,
virtually completed the task the army
set for itself before the start Of the
rains.
The capture Of Amba Alaji, scene Of
crushing defeat for an Italian army by
Ethiopians 40 years ago, occurred just
three months after Marshal Pietro
Badoglio assumed command Of the
Fascist armies in Africa.
After the rains are over Quoram,
some IS miles from Amba Alaji. pre-
sumably will be the next objective.
REVOLT REPORTED QUELLED.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

trouper, one had to be a pedestrian.
Before they asked you whether you
could act, they found out what kind
Of a walker you were. But how many
Of those sure footed California be-
ginners counted cross-ties as they
trudged into enduring fame? Belasco
aud Tom Wise and Frank Bacon and
Holbrook Blinn and Dave warfield
and many another.
We also welcomed some new mem
bers. We're very exclusive. There
are groups here that'll take in people
who even failed to make the Book
of-the-Month Club. But to join up
with US, you must have written some
thing Observation-Disclosures or prom
issory notes or booster slogans-any-
how, something. We're angling now
for a distinguished new figure In the
field Of literature. He does skywriting,
by the way.
Here's wishing everybody many
happy returns OF February 2si
Copyright. 1885. by the North Amsrisan
NEWSPAPER Alliance. Incl .
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Your Income Tax
Automobile Deductions,

With the number of automobile
owners registering in the millions, the
question of deductions for the cost of
operation and maintenance Of motor
car frequently arises. The purchase
price of an automobile, whether 1t is
to be used for business or pleasure,
cannot be deducted from gross income.
If used for business, 1t is a capital
expenditure; II used for pleasure, it is
q personal expenditure-both deduc-
tions being expressly prohibited by the
income tax law.
Several deductions, however, are al
lowable in connection with the cost Of
maintenance and operation of an au-
tomobile, used either for business or
pleasure. If used exclusively for busi-
ness, deductions may be taken for the
cost of gasoline, oil, repairs, garage
rent and other necessary operation and
upkeep expenses. Depreciation, based
on the cost Of the car and its esti-
mated useful life, also is deductible.
Other deductible items are as fol-
lows: Sums paid during the taxable
year for registration fees, drivers
licenses, personal property tax and
municipal taxes; interest on money
borrowed for the purchase Of q motor
car, either for business or for pleas
ure; loss sustained by reason Of DAM
age while car Is being used for busi-
ness, provided such loss is not COW
cred by insurance or otherwise; dam
ages paid for injury to another, pro-
vided that the car was being used for
business at the time and the damage
was not covered by insurance or other
wise. and the amount paid for insur.
ance on motor vehicles used for busi-
ness purposes.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

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he did not look for major move In
this direction.
L. G. Markell, chairman of the Ma
tional Bus Traffic Association de-
clared in Chicago that he did not
expect a major move to meet the
effect of the rail cuts. He said the
order probably will attract more
passenger traffic to the rails, but the
busses won't lose any business"
A. w. Franklin, supreme secretary
of the United Commercial Travellers
of America, said in Columbus, Ohio,
that the cut would send the sales
men back to the rails"
Tariff Increase Sought.
The action of the commission in
lowering rates was taken in belief
that it would tend to increase rail
traffic and, consequently, boost reve-
nues. Southern and Western roads
have uniformly reported gains since
they started laying their wares on
the bargain counter.
One prominent rail official said in
regard to this argument, however.
that these roads have been more OF
less filling up trains that they would
have to run anyway and which other
wise would be going empty, and that
this condition did not prevail in the
East.
The commission itself was sharply
divided on the issue, however, as the
5-4 vote indicated. Commissioners
Eastman and Tate did not partici-
pate, but Eastman has been a con-
sistent advocate Of low fares and Tate
is believed to have been in sympathy
with the majority.
Evening star., 1936-02-29

But the railroads took advantage Of
the lull in auto demand for steel.
They placed a few big steel orders
which kept the steel business from
suffering at all from the cold.
All this leaues US today Just
about tDhere ,De ,Dere ,uhen the Fail
bulge lifted US up last october. In
dustrinl production Uiu Average
this month about IS per cent of
normal. the same as last October.
The other important indices are
also near their October leuels, as
you ,pil see from the tollouing
chart.
Note-All figures represent percent
ages of normality existing at the
times designated, with normal being
computed as the 1923-25 averages for
everything except prices, which are
based on 1925. Seasonal variations
have been eliminated, so that the fig
ures do not indicate the volume OF
business but only the relationship OF
the volume to normal.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
What's What
BehindNews
il, Capital
Winter Injured Several
Industries but Aided
Many Others.
BY PAUL MALLON.

BY PAUL MALLON.
T r Is popular now to say that what
has been wrong with business
lately is the weather. The cur
i rent economic picture is supposed
to be right outside your window
under the snow.
The accepted theory is that few
persons buy autos when the roads are
covered with ice. Few 60 any farther
than necessary beyond the corner
grocery in the snow and muck cover
ing most Of the United States, OF
and on, during the last go days.
1t is a sound theory, but the
point of it nlelts perceptibly in the
glare of monthly balanced bust
ness chart. Weather damage to
one industry has been Offset sta
tistically BY ,ueather benefit to an
other. While autos, general sales
and building acttuity haze been
hurt. coal, railroads and Winter
goods haze been helped.
The sum total of it is that Nature
has complicated everything, but the
net national effect is nearly negative.
Nature Balances Scales.
To see how Nature evens up, look
into the net effect of the improve
ment on railroads alone.
The increased demand for consumer
coal naturally caused the railroads to
haul more Of it, but also caused the
railroads to use more of it. Their
operating expenses always jump in
cold weather. This may explain the
item carried the other day in a
finance journal indicating that the
net loss Of an outstanding coal-carry-
ing road was probably as great this
January as last, despite the increased
traffic.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
MEDLEY IS VICTOR
IN GAS TAX FIGHT
Gains Defeat of Bill Discon.
tinuing Rebates to
AirpIanes.
BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, February o.
Delegate william D. Medley of Ar
lington County yesterday fought and
won the stiffest battle of his legisla-
tive career when he succeeded in
having voted down a motion to
discharge the House Roads Committee
from further consideration of the
bill which would have discontinued
rebates of gasoline taxes used in
airplanes. The vote was Al to SO.
The bill, which had already passed
the Senate, was passed by indefinitely
on Thursday by the House committee,
after a fight by former State Senator
Frank L. Ball and representatives
Of the Washington Airport and the
four transport lines operating out
of the airport against it, Opponents
claimed that the 100000 to be thus
gained and used in the construction
of municipal airports would be paid
in large part by the airlines operat-
ing from Washington.
Without warning yesterday, Dele
gate John Spiers, member of the
legislative commission which evolved
the idea, moved to discharge the
committee. He was joined by Chair
man King Harmon Of the Roads
Committee and Chairman Samuel D.
Rodgers Of the Finance Committee
Medley alone spoke against the
motion. Asserting that 80 per cent
Of the taxes derived from aviation
gasoline is collected from the Wash
ington Airport and af1iliated lines
and that to discontinue the rebate
would cost the airport and lines
approximately $4,000 a year.
The airport. he explained, is just
over the boundary line in Virginia
and, while it operates for the sole
benefit of Washington. it pays large
sums in taxes to the State.
In any event the State would lose,
he declared, for the airlines can
quickly find another field outside OF
Virginia. thus driving the airport out
Of business, If the State imposes an
additional $4,000 a year upon them
in gasoline taxes.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
GOv.H0FFMAN HITS
AT SCHWARzKOPF'
Denies "Threats or Prom
ises" to Police in Haupt-
mann Inquiry.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. r., February 29.-
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, in q sharply
phrased letter to Col. H., Norman
Schwarzkopf, head Of the State police,
denied today he had any knowledge of
threats or promises" made by his
representatives to State troopers who
worked on the original Lindbergh kid
nap investigation.
The Governor wrote Schwarzkopf
after reading the superintendent S
fourth weekly report on the reopened
investigation of the crime for which
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is under
sentence to die the week Of March 80.
In his report Schwarzkopf said some
Of his men had been secretly ques-
toned by men who said they were
representatives of the Governor.
Refers to Old Incident.
1.-THE third paragraph of your letter"
the Governor wrote. reveals that
you have learned of an incident that
occurred a month ago when your
finger print expert Frank Kelly, was
contacted by representative of mine.
This was done at my direction
although have no knowledge of
threats of promises'-for the purpose
of securing certain information that
believed to be important and involving
an activity of which am quite sure
Kelly has not advised you."
When the proper time" comes. the
Governor said. he will lay the facts
before Schwarzkopf.
If YOU have knowledge Of any con-
tact other than the one above re-
ferred to. please give me the details
Immediately"
The paragraph in Schwarzkopf' S
letter. to which the Governor referred,
follows:
1T has come to our attention that
persons representing themselves as
your agents or representatives are ap-
preaching members of the State police
with promises and threats. I feel it
is my duty to bring this to your at
tertion.'
Declared "Bungled Case"
The Governor reiterated his belief
the crime has not been completely
solved and said the "Lindbergh mat
ter is quite generally referred to as
the most bungled case in police his
tory"
The Governor reminded Schwarz-
kopf of the long list Of questions he
submitted to the police head on jan
uary 26, including references to the
magazine articles written by DR.. John
r. (Jafsie) Condor, ransom inter-
mediary.
He also mentioned the "other per-
sons" besides Hauptmann he has
often said might have been involved
in the crime.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
NOT BAD @

Steel business insiders do not know
whether all the good things coming
their way mean q permanent turn or
fictitious one. All kinds Of ma
chinery business Is taking steel now
and structural steel orders have
picked up.
Good estimates about ,uhai to
erpect In the building pickup are
hard to get. The Dolun1e ,Dill be
much higher than last year, but
there Is an Increasing question
about building boom. One trou-
BILE seems to be that building costs
F.. are not IN line Nth rental returns.
Publicly financed contracts awarded
in 1885 amounted to IS per cent Of
the total Of all contracts awarded.
A national real estate group re-
Gently put out the most optimistic
statement Of conditions 1t has been
able to offer since the collapse. It
surveyed 257 cities and found real
estate prices rising in 60 per cent,
sales increasing In IS per cent and
two out Of each three cities reported
. shortage Of single-family dwellings.
tcopyright, 1896,
Evening star., 1936-02-29
POTOMAC WATERS
BEGIN DROPPING
River Navigation Is Resumed
as Threats of Flood Are
Removed,

Flood threats were definitely re-
moved today as the Potomac began
to calm down.
Ice piled up along the shore was
sliding of and being slowly carried
away. No further damage was re-
ported along the riverfront.
Jams were few and of slight conse-
quence, with Washington Channel
clear enough to permit the Norfolk
boats to continue regular service,
which had been disrupted since Feb
ruary I.
r Capt. Frederick Posey, veteran pilot
for the Norfolk d Washington Steam
boat Co, who brought the District
of Columbia up from Norfolk this
morning. reported the ice was pretty
we'll broken up all down the line"
At shallow points. however. ice has
been piled up and 10 feet high, the
captain said. These jams offer no
danger to craft, since they are out
of the channel. Small boats might
have trouble navigating.
A navigator on the Potomac for So
years, Capt. Posey says this is the
worst Winter he has ever seen.
An official bulletin issued by the
rivers and foods division of the
Weather Bureau said:
"A steady fall in stages now pre-
walls throughout the Potomac River
system. It will continue indefinitely
There is still some floating ice, but
the amount is decreasing"
The river rose more than feet
above normal in Georgetown at high
tide last night, but dropped steadily
thereafter.
Continued fair and moderate
weather was in prospect over the week
end. The mercury dropped to 20 al
5 o'clock this morning. 1t then began
q steady rise. climbing close to 40 by
10 o'clock. Yesterdays maximum was
As, reached at 4:30 pm.
Evening star., 1936-02-29
JAPAN'S EMBASSY
QUIET IN UPRISING
State Department Also Is
UnWorried by Toxic Gov.
ernment Coup.
BY BLAIR BOLLEs.

Does the Toxic crisis excite the
Japanese Embassy or the Division of
Far Eastern Affairs Of the State De-
partment? Not much. Coups d'etat
5000 miles away are all in the days
work. DR.. Stanley Hornbeck, chief
OF the Far Eastern Division, said
today:
1T makes little difference to us.
There is no more to perspire over
than usual. This is problem of In
ternal Japan, not of Japan and thu
United States. The Far Eastern Di-
vision is just going along tending to
Its own business, and it always has
more business every day than 1t can
| finish in that particular day."
We're not working overtime
Seijiro Yoshiwaza, counselor of the
Japanese Embassy since July, reported.
We had a lot Of telephone calls
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and
they cost Ambassador Saito a little
sleep.
Gables Arrive During Night.
"But there's nothing we can do
here. The cables come in during
the night; the ones that need de-
coding are decoded in the morning
and we are ready for the days work.
you see, when we hear of q coup
d'etst in Japan, we are not disturbed
as the diplomats of some other coun-
tries might be. For coup d'etat in
Japan can never mean a revolution.
The government is based on the i'm
perial house, and that goes on for
ever. No matter what happens, the
Emperor continues"
DR.. Hornbeck refused to be ex-
cited about the crisis, which he dis
missed as the work of "a group Of
assassins."
This might develop into some
thing, but it hasn't yet What's the
story? Just this: One thousand SOL
diers get up early in the morning.
They go to various places while the
rest OF the world sleeps, and call GER
tain persons out of bed and shoot
| them.
Americans Are Safe.
There is no disorder, no fighting;
1t is a matter confined to the center
OF Toxic and affecting, so far, only
| Japan. There is no anti-foreign
demonstration: Americans are safe.
"A lot of persons have called us
up and asked what instructions we
are sending to the embassy. We're
not sending any Instructions. The
embassy knows its business.
/ Suppose there was a disturbance
| IN London. Do you think the Di-
vision of Western European Affairs
| would get excited. Suppose there was
disturbance in Washington. Would
the British foreign Office work I'D a
sweat?"
Counselor Yoshiwaza's desk was
piled high with messages from his
home Office acquainting him with the
trend of events.
No Apprehension Now.
We have no apprehension now"
ne said. But We were puzzled until
Wednesday morning. when the first
cables from Toxic reached us here.
All we knew of it were accounts tele-
phoned us by newspaper men asking
for our reaction.
The Ambassador was givig a din
ner when the first query was tele-
phoned, but because the first dis
patches came from Shanghai. we were
inclined to doubt their veracity.
However, by Wednesday morning
We were convinced something had hap
pened. The news We have from home
is reassuring. We are somewhat wor-
ried, but there is nothing we can do.
Foreigners are safe. We are going
along in our routine
Evening star., 1936-02-29

CldI ScS. l II 1 .
week we had with
us the leading hc-.
tion writer Of the
Pacific 81 lop E.
Mr.. DANGER
field, the local
weather fore
caster.
Another guest
was William A.
Brady, the grand
old man of the
American stage,
with great tales
of the ancient
days, when, to
M alify aS a
Evening star., 1936-02-29
Equals 100
Whole
December Abnormal.


December Abnormal.
The few sharp decreases in Janu-
ary and February percentages mean
only statistical reaction from an alb
normal December. They really do
not reflect any general change of busi-
ness trend.
What happened was that the sta
tistically influential automobile in
dustry produced heavily during De-
cember and January instead of in the
Spring. So also with building con-
tracts. The law required the Gov
ernment to let lot Of contracts in
December and January. when few
contracts are awarded ordinarily.
Thus the November December
January figures really represent a
statistical bump rather than any &C.
cumulation of muscle or fat.
The Ueather has brought some
hesitation Dithin the automobile
industry. As soon as the roads
clear up, they ,oill get good test
OF ullat kind OF market to expect.
EfOAUCGtVFS LStSTk Gull OC ptUuttCU
more tntelligently. No one knoUs
any more than that about it notD.
The extent to which production has
dropped is shown by unit production
of 408 for December and 367 for Janu-
ary, while February was figured un-
officially few days ago around 265.
That would put February under .
year ago, when the figure was 336.
Short Chances at Record.
Every major index Of business for
January and February Except autos)
will be above those Of q year ago.
Officials are worried about the en-
ployment decrease during the last 60
days.