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Evening star., 1937-06-15
RiUaI Fisherman
Serving in Senate
In Gamers Chair
Pittman Hopes to "Out.
angle' Vice President
During His Absence.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
When Vice President Garner "ad.
1ourned" for bit Of fishing in Texas
streams he left his job here to
slender, dignifled man in white linen
who hopes to rival Gamers catch.
Senator Pittman, Democrat, Of Ne
vada, ofiiciating as president of the
Senate in Gamers absence, will try
for blue fish and croakers on week
ends at the secluded Jefferson Islands
Club not far from the Capital.
Pittman sat cross-legged on the
rostrum yesterday thoughtfully turn
ing a pair Of horn-rimmed glasses
between thumb and forennger during
debate, meditating on how much
help Majority Leader Robinson would
be with rod and reel
Robinson Is president OF the club
and is expected to be Pittmans firss
fishing partner this season. Pittman
is chairman Of the clubs board. Pres.
ident Roosevelt and Speaker Bank
head, also members, may lend a hand
toward the piscatorial undoing of
Garner
Founded by friends OF the Presi-
dent the club is Summer retreat
for Democratic leaders. situated on
an uninhab bited 20-acre island about
miles from the Eastern Shore OF
Chesapeake Bay. 1t is one and one.
half hours sailing time from Annapo-
lis.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
MURDER SUSPECT
IS ADJUDGED SANE
Alonzo Turner to Go on Trial
With Elmer Fulk in Staying
of Mrs. Mary Maier.

In sanity hearing preliminary to
trial for murder and criminal assault
District Court jury late yesterday
adjudged Alonzo Turner, 80, Of sound
mind.
As result OF the verdict, he is
expected to 90 on trial next week with
Elmer Fulk. 80. for the Staying June
6. last year OF Mrs. Mary Maier, 36,
Of 628 Independence avenue south
west.
Both men are charged with first
degree murder and criminal assault
Mrs. Maier was killed with a stick
allegedly after having been GRIM
inally assaulted in a woodshed to the
rear Of 626 Independence avenue.
Turner'S attorney. Josiah Lyman
requested the inquiry into his sanity
Evening star., 1937-06-15

OF Illinois, however, severely criti-
cized the House for "summarily" dis
posing Of the tax bill He is a MEM
Der Of the tax subcommittee which
framed the measure, and championed
the income tax plan.
The income tax plan, Dirksen
pointed out, was modelled after the
Mapes income tax bill, which passed
the House in 1891 without opposition
Il wonder why all this uproar now, u
he said. 80 little was said about
the income tax in 1881. and 50 much
is being said at this time.
THE crux of the matter is the in
come tax would tax members of Con-
gress. You can't enact an income tax
law without including members OF
Congress and Federal employees. Nom
residents who work here should pay
fair share toward the expenses OF
the District as a contribution toward
the benefits they receive"
Representative Nichols also de-
nounced the action Of the House in
failing to consider the bill
IF this bill does not pass Congress
by July l." he warned, you may
force the District to operate with halt
a police force or fire department. The
responsibility then will be squarely
upon your shoulders"
Attitude Held Inconsistent.
Pointing out that only two methods
remain for meeting the $4,000, 900
defcit-an increase In taxes or a
higher Federal payment toward Dis
trlct expenses, Nichols said:
You have said by your action today
you don't want the citizens OF the
District to pay the taxes for the main
tenance of the city and at the same
time that you are willing to take
money that your constituents pay and
give to the District of Columbia"
Representative Thomson, Demo-
crat Of Texas, joined Nichols in his
protest. Its inexeusable that men,
bers of Congress come here and take
out 81 automobile license tags" he
declared, and then refuse to increase
taxes on these cars"
The tax program not only called
for an income tax, 4 motor vehicle
weight tax, business privilege tax,
but An increase in the tax on net
premium insurance receipts and an in
heritance and estates tax. Estimates
OF the amount OF additional revenue 1t
would raise ranged from $6 5000, 900 to
$14, 1000, 900.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Sure-FIe Strategy Is Riddled
As Tax Forces Shift Generals
House u psets Plan to Get Action on
DC. Program as Palmisano Takes
Leadership on Short Notice.

Even "the best-made plans Of mice
and men often go awry."
And that's exactly what happened
in the case Of the six men who wrote
the new Inflated tax increase pro-
gram for the District-Representa-
tives Kennedy Of Maryland, Nichols
Of Oklahoma McGehee of Mississippi
and Allen Of Delaware. Democrats,
and Cole of New York and Dirksen of
Illinois, Republicans.
1nstinctively, these six men, who
constituted the Special Tax Subcom-
mittee Of the House District Commit
tee, knew the tax bill was headed for
a stormy voyage through the House.
Their service in Congress had taught
them the opponents would adopt
every approved form of parliamentary
strategy to either block or delay &C
ton.
So, like experts on military science
and tactics, the six subcommittee
members gathered In secret conclave
before the House convened yesterday
to map out an offensive. It was de-
clded that Kennedy, who served as
chairman Of the subcommittee. and
who was we'll informed on the various
features Of the 8O-page bill, should
pilot it through the Housn. The
strategy was to have the House con-
slider the measure In committee of the
Whole-a move that would have linn
1ted debate on bill that obviously
was controversial and would have as
sured some action on 1t before ad-
journment.
Palmisano Enters Plans.
The plan looked all right on paper.
But the subcommittee members over
looked the fact that Representative
Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland
was acting head Of the committee in
the absence OF Chairman Norton
Paln1isano had not been taken into
the subcommittee confidence.
And what happened? Just as the
House was about to convene. Palmi-
sano was advised of the strategy. The
plan was all right as far as he was
concerned, but he decided, as acting
chairman Of the committee, it was his
Evening star., 1937-06-15
CORPORATE PROFIT
TAX IS REQUESTED
Fair Tax Group Indorses
7I2 Pct. Income Levy
on Businesses,

A tax program designed to raise
about $7,so0,000 to cover the deficit
in the District Of Columbia budget for
the next fiscal year was recommended
last night by the Citizens Committee
on Fair Taxation at meeting at the
Y. w. c. A.
The program. presented by special
committee headed by Alex G. Nord-
holm, chairman, included a corporate
net profits tax, an individual income
tax and inheritance and estate tax.
The corporate tax would be ia per
cent on net income of corporations,
as determined on Federal income tax
returns by the commissioner Of in
ternal revenue. This would take the
place OF both the business privilege
tax and also the corporation tax Of
per cent pending in the Kennedy
omnibus tax BILL
Income Tax Up to Is Per Cent.
The individual income tax would
be graduated from l to Is per cent
on individual net income provided
no combination Of Federal and Dis
trict of Columbia income tax should
exceed IS per cent total. Exemptions
would include $4,000 for single per-
son, S3,500 for a married couple and
$500 for each dependent.
The committee defeated a proposal
1ot Benjamin Marsh, of Peoples
Lobby, to fix exemptions the same as
the Federal income tax, $1,000, $500
land s400. Marsh also was defeated in
his efforts to have the committee rec
commend a tax Of one-han of / per
scent on the "unimproved value Of
land in the District OF Columbia"
Estate Tax Indorsed.
= The inheritance and estate taxes
were approved as included in the
Kennedy omnibus bill
The Special Tax Program Commit
tee, whose report was approved with
.sout change, included Chairman Nord-
-4holm, Herbert Wood and Arthur
Bernstein.
= Sidney r. Katz, chairman of the
Organization Committee, laid plans to
extend the scope of the work by in
'Nie1A4s So-opel dIloi1 from CltlZenS as
ssspciatlons, welfare and fraternal
bodies, Government workers and or
ganzed labor.
The Citizens Committee on Fair
Taxation, it was explained. is opposed
TO the sales tax as heavy levy on
the average man, and opposes the
business privilege tax here as a gross
sales tax too easy to pass on to the
consumer.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

OR twice as much as the original esti-
mate of the Commissioners.
Z, The goal of the subcommittee was
ito raise $4,000, ,ooo," he said, and if
1.-THE business privilege tax can raise
that amount. I don't see the neces-
xty for an income tax"
Unless Kennedy's bill is enacted into
law before July / the District will be
faced with a depleted treasury and q
serious fiscal situation The Com
mlssioners have warned repeatedly
that without additional revenue to
meet the anticipated s6,000,O0O budget
deficit an increase in the real estate
tax would be inevitable. 1t has been
estimated a 60-cent rise in the levy
from sl.50 to S210 would be needed
70 onset the prospective shortage.
The only other alternatives would
be to have Congress, through recon-
mendations of the conferees on the
1888 appropriation bill, slash a sufi-
clent number of items from this meas
ure to preclude the deficit, or give the
commissioners authority to borrow
Federal funds until tax program is
approved. The Senate Appropriat
committee already has turned down
proposal to permit the District to
get advances from the Federal Treas
ury on the theory it would preclude
enactment of new tax legislation.
Senate Proposal Made.
;. A possible method of getting the
District revenue program started in
the Senate by adding it to the Federal
nuisance tax bill was suggested by
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
! homa.
rae Thomas who has charge OF the Dis
trict appropriation bill. emphasized
that he has not decided to take that
course, but merely pointed out that
he believed it could be done, from a
parliamentary standpoint. The Sen
Ate cannot originate tax bills. but It
can amend House revenue measures.
~ Senator Thomas plans to proceed as
soon as possible with conferences to
reach an agreement on House and
SENATE differences in the supply bill,
the final total of which will indicate
the amount the District Will have to
raise in new revenue. Under the
House bill the impending deficit is
IS 100000. With Senate changes It
rs close to s7,500,000.
- The revolt against the tax bill
~started soon after the House convened
yesterday and continued spasmodical-
~ throughout the day. even after its
consideration was blocked on the 227
10 IS vote. The attack was directed
ut the income tax plan primarily be-
cause Of a fear that the levy would
be placed on the $4,000 salary Of
members of Congress.
- Representatives Smith of Virginia
and Dies of Texas, both Democrats,
were largely responsible for prevent
eang consideration of the bill. Both
opposed the provision that would tax
the incomes of non-residents who
work IN the District.
- Representative Drksen, Republican,
Evening star., 1937-06-15
NUDE PROTEST FAILS

NELSON, British Columbia, June Is
t41.-Two Doukhobor women were
imprisoned yesterday after one dis
robed in the jail yard.
The women were arrested during q
brief demonstration outside the court
room where Judge w. A. Nbbett had
adjourned until Thursday 4 hearing
OF Peter Verigin the Younger's appeal
from Police Court conviction for
reckless driving.
The woman slipped into the pro-
Vincial Jail yard, threw of her shawl
and dropped her dress. She wa.
hustled back into her clothing by DO
lice.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Despite the adjudication that he is
sane at present. insanity Is expected
to be his defense when he goes on
trial. The proceedings yesterday were
concerned only with his present state
Of mind, rather than at the time Of
the crime
Assistant United States Attorney
Cecil Heflin will prosecute the case
against both men The exact date
foI trial has not been set.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
R0DEO STEERS SCARCE

GILLETTE, Wyo. (P.-The Gillette
American Legion Post found wild
steers scarce when it sought, as in
past years, to borrow some for its 4th
Of July rodeo.
The fact = steer loses about %
pounds day during rodeo might ex-
plain the reluctance Of ranchers to
lend their animals, one leTionnaire
said.
Anyway, there'll be wild steers at the
show. The legionnaires bought a car
load.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Woman Robbed of Rings.

Miss Anne Beth Harris, 1927 street
was robbed Of her purse containing two
rings worth $50 early today, she told
police. According to Miss Harris q
youth about l8 years old leveled a gun
at her in front Of her home and forced
her to give him her purse.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
STRIKE THREATENED
Street Car Mems Union Objects
to Warrant Pay.

SEATTLE, June Is OP.-The Execu-
tive Board Of the Street Car Mems
Union announced today It's members
would discontinue working on the
municipally-owned system unless paid
in cash instead OF warrants which
banks refuse to accept. Railway Supt
A. E. Pierce began impounding re-
ceipts a week ago to pay bond INSTALL
ments.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
COLORED MAN DROWNED
Robert Jcrdon, so, Falls Into
Channel From Wharf.

Channel From Wharf.
Robert Jordon, so, colored, drowned
early today when he fell into the
Washington Channel while fishing
from the Municipal Fish Wharf. His
body was recovered by harbor precinct
police.
Witnesses told police Jordon lost his
balance while adjusting his fish lines
and toppled backwards into the water.
He could not swim.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Marija Jankovitch. aged SO, who
gave birth to = daughter at Novi
Pasar, Yugoslavia, has q son aged 80.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

South Africa has many radio pro.
grams in German.
Evening star., 1937-06-15

Berlin has IA per cent more motor
cycles than a year ago.
Evening star., 1937-06-15
COL0RED PERSONS
FINISH COURSES
Nearly 200 Awarded Eighth
Grade Certificates at
Armstrong High.

Eighth grade certificates were
awarded more than ITO colored men
and women between the ages OF rs and
As at graduation exercises last night
of the District elementary night
schools at Armstrong High School.
In delivering the commencement
address, Or. J. Hayden johnson of the
Board Of Education, told the group
not to waste time seeking apologies for
ignorance where 1t exists but rather
to face the facts and reach every day
toward greater accomplishment.
Certificates were presented by 0ratz
E. Dunkum, another member Of the
School Board, and DR.. Garnet c..
Wilkinson, first assistant superintend-
ent Of schools. presided. The follow
ing received certificates:
Evening star., 1937-06-15
Taxes

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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
CORONER WILL
PROBE DEATHS
OF SATURDAY
Solicitor Rulings Will At
tend All Of Hearings
Set Here Then

Three death inqucSts will be
held here on Saturday by Coroner
Bruce A. Cox.
They are as follows:
Inquest into the death of Guy
WeeSe, who died at the Patton
Memorial hospital on August 10
as a result of an automobile &C
cident near Etowah on August ~.
F. NJ. Bray and Rick Mccall are
being held for this inquest.
Inquest into the death of Gloria
Hauser, age u, whose body was
found at high bridge on Tuesday,
August II. Her step-father, T. y.
Hardwood, of Miami Beach, is
being held in this death.
Inquest into the death of Hub
Clayton, colored, fatally shot near
Brickton last Sunday. Everett
Lynch, "a, also colored, is being
held in this death.
Solicitor G.. o. Rulings. of For
est City, will be present for all
inquests.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
MANY ATTEND
MASONIC MEET
80 Visiting Members In
clude Officers; Men
From Distance

About so visiting Masons, in
Guiding visitors from several
states, and high dignataries of the
order. attended the annual meet
ing of the 3Sth district here yes
terday.
Visiting MaSons were guests of
Kcdron lodge, and sessions were
held during the afternoon and
evening.
Among officials and visitors
present and addressing the gath
eringS were Grand Master Wat
son b. Sherrod of Enfield, Grand
Secretary John II. Anderson of
Raleigh, G.. X. Proctor, superin-
tendent of the Oxford orphanage,
Associate Justice Michael Schenck
of the North Carolina supreme
court, Roy Ebbs of Asheville, past
grand master, J. f. Shipman of
Hendersonville, junior grand dea-
con. C. Few of Hendersonville,
district deputy grand master,
Howard Ethcridgc of Asheville,
grand commander of the COM
mandery. and Post Grand Master
Webb of then Florida Grand
lodge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
Set Square Dance
Contest Tonight

Monday nights street dance
having been rained out, square
dances of Hendersonville and vi
cinity, as well as many who do
not dance but are frequent OBJ
servers, are looking forward to
the second weekly square dance
to be held tonight in the city
gymnasium.
w. B. Hodges, a member of the
entertainment committee of the
chamber of commerce, said today
that a square dance contest had
been arranged between two teams
captained by Otis V. Powers and
Tom Shepherd, and that another
demonstration Of "the big apple
will be given by selected group
of young folk.
The dance will begin at 900
o'clock, with music by Brook
shire's orchestra. Plenty of seats
are provided for spectators.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
U. S, BRITISH
DEFENSE PLAN
Being PUSHED
General Evacuation Of For.
eign Settlement Seen
in Emergency

SHANGHAI, Aug. %. .(UP).-
American and British, authorities,
anticipating a general rush of
armed Chinese troops into the in
ternational settlement should they
be defeated, prepared today to
defend the settlement barriers
with machine guns and artillery.
Plans were rushed for gen.
eral evacuation should the embat-
tied Chinese rush the settlement.
Brig. Gen. A. p. D. Telfer-Smil-
lett, commandant of the British
forces, ordered additional artil-
lery from Hongkong.
All district captains were mott
fled to eb prepared to round up
all nationals in their areas, at a
moments notice.
The American emergency com.
mittee asked every able-bodied
man whether he would be willing
to shoulder a gun and defend the
American defense sector.
The sector stretches over 1000
zigzagging yards and would be
difficult to hold against desper-
ately rushing troops facing ami
hilation on all sides.
U. S. marines redoubled guards
at the sandbag and barbed-wire
barbados closing off the Ameri-
can defense area from the CHI
nese section.
r. T. Mcdonnell, former U. S.
army officer, and head of a lead
ing engineering firm, is chairman
of the American emergency COM
mittee. He is working day and
night to safeguard the civilians
who have refused to leave shang-
hal. His assistant is Charles r.
Bennett, former New York City
banker.
The American consulate gen.
eral advised all Americans to
make an inventory of personal,
business and household property
and file the list with the consul
late in event damage claims are
necessary later.
The American embassy as Nan
king and the consulate here also
sought means of removing Amer
leans from points in interior
China, including many isolated at
mission stations.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
CLEVELAND IS
FLOWER SHOW
CUP WINNER
Many Novelties and Pic
lures in 18th Annual
Display
SHOW is BROUGHT TO
CLOSE, NOON TODAY

The 18th annual Flower Show
and ART Festival of the Woman's
club of HenderSonville, closed to-
day at noon after a successful
two-day event in the new gym
nasium.
The judges announced t h e
awards yesterday afternoon, with
G. ID. w. Colby of Asheville, Mrs.
Holmes of Tryon and j. B. lvey
of Charlotte judging the flower
exhibits.
Mrs. Ralph Erskine of Tryon,
Edward T. Draper Savage of this
city and Charles Gilbert of New
York judged the specialties.
In addition to the flowers,
there were artistic displays of
wood novelties, pottery and prod
ucts of mountain crafts, art work,
etc, all of which added to the
atmosphere of the show.
The combination of formal gar
den and water garden arranged
by Camps greenhouse and gar
dents gave the building fine
garden appearance as the people
entered the building.
The Art festival feature was
much more emphasized than here
toforc and the unusually beautiful
display Of work by professional
artists, amateurs and others lent
a most artistic touch to a large
section of the gymnasium.
The loving cup from the Hen
Jacksonville Garden club was
awarded to Poinsett garden on
the state line, owned by j. u.
Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland is a
large commercial grower and his
exhibition each year is an out
standing feature of the show. He
had a wonderful display, includ-
ing many established varieties,
some novelties and some beauti-
full seedlings one or more years
old of his own creation.
The cup for the sweepstakes
prize will become the permanent
property of the person who wins
it three out of five years. The
award was made on the basis of
total points won, blue ribbons
counting two points and the red
ribbons one point each. The Poin-
sett gardens won 80 points for 10
blue and one red ribbon. Mrs. j.
C. Heffner won second place of
all exhibitors in the matter of
points won.
Some departments of the show
Continued from page FOUR
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-08-25
PLAN VAST NEW SEARCH FOR
RED AIRMEN DOWN in ARCTIC
Jimmy Mattern Pauses in
Fairbanks After Futile
Search

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. %.
(UP)-Jimmy Mattern paused af-
ter a flight from Point Barrow
that brought no trace of six Rus
sian aviators missing IL days on
a trans-Polar flight from Moscow.
Other planes are carrying on a
search over thousands of square
miles for the fliers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. (UP)
Plans for a long, intensive search
for five missing Soviet trans-Po-
lar aviatorS were being rushed to
completion today with the Russian
embassy here closely cooperating
in advance preparations. -.
The missing filters, led by Sigis-
mund Levanevsky, one of the So
viets most noted airmen, are be-
lieved to have crashed somewhere
on the Arctic ice floes during a
1000 mile flight from Moscow to
Fairbanks, Alaska.
The forthcoming search will be
underway when the long Arctic
night descends Sept. 10, and the
rescue expedition will be fully
equipped to conduct its search in
total darkness, according to to-
days announcement.
A squadron of four planes UNI
der direction of another Soviet
air hero, Mihail Vodopyanov, will
leave from Rudolf Island on the
northern fringe of Russia and will
cover the Arctic in a fanlike for
nation. Flares, rockets and other
aids to search in the dark will be
carried.
The effort to find the airmen
will be the second since the giant
Russian plane grounded Friday,
August 10.
Convinced that the filters are
alive, Jimmy Mattern, American
flier who was rescued four years
ago by Levanevsky in the Sibe-
riar wastes, Joe Crosson, Alaska's
famous ENERGY" flier and others
explored the Arctic within cruis-
ing range from Fairbanks, but re-
ported that they could see moth
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