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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-13
SENSE OF HUMOR

Representative william P. Con-
merry, jr., former actor and "the
man who makes Presidents laugh" "
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The International Settlement
Scholarship, nationally organized,
with headquarters at the Univer.
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WANTS FACTS

Senator Pat McCarran. who Is
conducting public hearings on the
abattoir bill in the Senate, Is
carrying on the matter in his
best judicial style. Having been
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Washington Needs

National Representation in Congress
Local Government Elected By and Responsible to the
People of Washington
Rapid Transit Street RailoOdy System With SubUuys
More and Better Schools
An Airport Necessary to and Worthy of the Nations
Capital
Rebuilt Waterfront With Proper Channel
Modern Sewage Disposal System
National Guard Arnuory, Auditorium and Stadium
Adequate Automobile Parking Facilities
Sufficient Public Buildings to House the Government
An Increase in Public Library Facilities
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Income Tax FOllies

tax law for the District of Columbia is only one of
the many reasons which should prompt Congress to cast
aside this legislation both as proposed by Representa-
tive Ross Collins of Mississippi, and drawn by the
District Commissioners at the request Of congress
sional committee.
AS pointed out before the Kennedy subcommittee Of
the House District Committee nobody can tell in adj
vance how much money such tax would raise because
no one can tell in advance whether it could be made to
apply to employees of the Federal Government
TO BUILD THE NEW TAX PROGRAM FOR THE
DISTRICT AROUND SUCH DOUBTFUL BILL AS
THIS WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A HOUSE ON
SAND.
But suppose workable income tax bill for the city
would be enacted, what would happen7
If it repealed the intangible personal property law,
which it is proposed to do it would that the city
would give up its efforts to lay tax the owners of
stocks bonds and huge bank deposts-the persons at
whom the intangible personal property tax is directed.
Taking the burden off these persons, the income tax
law would shift it to the shoulders of the average man
and woman earning an average salary.
That is not equitable and is not in line with all the
talk that has been going on about broadening the
base" of the local tax system.
There is also considerable talk among those who want
to increase local taxes to the effect that the small home
owner and the home buyer must be protected.
That in fact is the principal for the vigorous
fight which is being made to avoid increase in the
tax real estate.
BUT THE REPEAL OF THE INTANGIBLE PROP
ERTY TAX AND THE SUBSTITUTION FOR IT OF
LOCAL INCOME TAX WOULD NOT BE A BENE-
FIT TO THE REAL ESTATE OWNER AND BUYER.
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railway service was resumed today on
the Hongkong-Canton line after in
terruption by Japanese air lombard
ments.
Shell fragments showered Shanghai
early today when japanese naval
vessels and anti-aircraft guns tried to
down Chinese raiders. Bullets and
shell splinters fell about the United
States cruiser Augusta.
New Aid Indicated.
Heavier Chinese raids tended to sup
port unconlrmed reports that China
was receiving new aircraft from Russia
and France.
The Chinese foreign Office at
Marking announced acceptance of an
invitation to attend conference at
Brussels Of signers of the nine-power
pact of 1922 which guaranteed China's
territorial integrity.
(The japanese foreign Office spokes-
man at Toxic announced Japan had
received an informal invitation to
attend the conference. to be held
October 80. Reliable sources said
Japan would not accept the invita-
tom
Ambassador johnson sent $4,000 to
Shanghai on behalf of the American
Red Cross for medical relief. At the
same time johnson was informed that
$4,000 worth of medicines contributed
by Chinese in the United States were
en- route to China.
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sector of the international area
guarded by United States Marines.
One squadron raided the Chinese air.
drome outside Marking without sue
cess.
Strike at Railroad.
Japanese also struck at the Nam
king Shanghai railroad and Chinese
Yangtze River defense position at
Kiangyin. 80 miles west of Shanghai.
The japanese reported considerable
property damage and 10 wounded in
the Chinese sbombardment of Hong
kew and Yangtzepoo. Major damage
occurred at an isolation hospital, an
unoccupied Chinese hospital and
Adventis, mission houses. All of the
wounded we're patients at the isola-
ton hospital, the japanese said.
On one North China front heavy
fighting was reported at Yuchensung,
80 miles north of Tsinan, capital of
Shantung Province. Residents flee
ing Tsinan stampeded the railway
station when the first train in "a
hours departed for the south.
Capture of Town Reported.
japanese dispatches told of the
capture of Paotowchen, $50 miles
northwest of Peiping, completing the
conquest of the Peiping-Suiyuan rail-
road In northern Shansi Province
Chinese attacked Yuanping and fierce
fiphtinp was repOrted in the area IS
miles north of the provincial capital,
Taiyuanfu.
At Hongkong the British crown
colony government started its official
inquiry of the recent sinking of fishing
junks by a Japanese submarine. The
Japanese consul formally was notified
of the inquiry but did not attend. The
attorney general said 10 junks were
sunk with the loss of many lives.
Fourteen survivors were to testify.
Reports from Hongkong were that
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She Had Been on Run Two Weeks;
Pilot Had Long Record.

fllOt f1au LUX hCCOlus
SALT LAKE CITY, October IL (P)
Blond Leah Derr, petite hostess of
the huge United Airlines transport
ship missing with 10 persons since
last night, came here only two weeks
ago.
II asked her to come from Califor-
mia and live with my wife and me be-
cause I thought it would be better for
her." her brother, Richard Derr, 90
year-old United Airlines passenger
agent here. sal today.
Il wish to God now I'd never asked
for her transfer"
Miss Derr had been with the COM
pany two years As stewardess on the
Burbank run.
Her brother-in-law, Byron @. Van
Colt, pilot for Western Air Elk
press here, and her brother joined the
search.
Pilot Woodgerd, 80, learned to fly
with the United States Army Air
Corps in 1917. After serving with
the Army five years he took up private
flying. He joined United Airlines in
1929 and has flown the Cheyenne
Salt Lake City route since. He has
flying record of 1890 hours in
the air, the equivalent of more than
100000 miles. He is married and
the father of two children.
Co-Pilot Adams, 81, also received
his air training in the United States
Army Air Corps, where he served
three years He became co-pilot
with United Airlines four years ago.
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equally prominent in the business and
industrial world and, at the time of
his death, was a director in many
corporations, including the Bethlehem
Steel Corp, Goodyear Tire e. Rubber
Co., United Cigar Stores and Anaconda
Copper Co.
Associate of Anaconda Head.
Murphy was a close personal friend,
as well as business associate, of Cor
nelius F. Kelley, head of Anaconda,
and had been identified with all of
the Anaconda interests, including the
Chile Copper Co., the Andes Copper
Mining Co. and the Chile EXplora-
ton Co.
He was active in the New York work
of the Association Against the Prohi-
bition Amendment.
In 1906 Murphy was married to the
former Maud Donaldson of Philadel-
phia. who survives with two sons
Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy, jr.,
and Robert Donaldson Murphy.
Decorated by Foreign Countries.
Before the entrance of the United
States into the World War Murphy
was active in relief work abroad as
the European commissioner of the
American Red Cross.
For his war activities he was deco
rated with Distinguished Service
Medal by the United States Govern
ment. with the Order of Leopold II
by Belgium and was made an officer
of the Legion of Honor by France and
q commentators of the Order of the
Crown of Italy.
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LAND0N TALKPLAN
ST|RS SPECULATION.
May Comment Tomorrow on
Roosevelt Speech and Air
G. 0. P. Program.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
Alt M. Landon's announcement OF
radio speech tomorrow night aroused
speculation today on two questions:
/. Will the 1886 Republican presi-
Dental nominee comment directly on
President Roosevelts talk Of last Tues
day outlining his program for special
session of Congress?
2. Will he discuss Republican
preparations for the 1888 campaign,
including the proposed off-year con-
vention?
Landon gave no clue to his subject
in announcing the address. His state
ment in Topeka last night merely said:
"As the Republican standard-bearer
in the 1885 campaign, desire to call
a Nationwide mass meeting over the
radio at $3.50 to 9 O'Clock Central
standard time) over the N. B. C. blue
network, Tuesday, October 49,
Il wish to discuss with you certain
questions Of the day"
Landon said his address would be
picked up by the network at Topeka.
Political observers here considered
it likely that he. might take issue with
the President on some legislative rec
concentrations, or at least outline the
Republican viewpoint.
Mr.. Roosevelt said there was i'm
perative need for crop control. wage
hour. regional planning. Government
reorganization and antitrust legis-
lation
The speech also will give Landon
an opportunity, if he wishes, to review
Republican party affairs, particularly
the suggestion of former President
Hoover and others for national con-
vention next year to formulate policies.
The Republican National Commit
tee will meet in Chicago November
To consider a convention call. Landon
and some of his lieutenants have not
shown particular enthusiasm for such
meeting.
The speech, in any event, will be
regarded as another step in the early
Republican campaign to increase the
party's seats in Congress in the 1888
election.
Organization for the campaign has
been under way for weeks, but no
major figure in the part. has yet
discussed publicly the issues on which
votes will be asked.
Some indication of which way the
political winds are blowing may come
in scattered off-year elections next
month. Leaders of both parties are
watching the gubernatorial contests in
Virginia and New Jersey, several spe-
cial congressional races and mayoral
contests.
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TROOPSPREvENT
OPENING OF TRACK
Narragansett Officials Call
Off Program-Impeach-
ment Threatened.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PAWTUCKET. R. l., October 18-
With National Guard machine guns
set up at the entrance of the Maria
gansett Park race track, officials of
the track today called off this after
Moons racing because of martial
law"
Armed National Guardsmen pa
trolled the area about the Million dol
lar racing plant to enforce Gov. Robert
E. Quinn's command that the plant
be closed.
Patrick Horgan, secretary OF the
association operating the track an
nounced:
"Today's races have been Cancelled
because of martial law. Entries are
being accepted for tomorrow"
Asked if track officials would fol-
low the procedure of accepting entries
daily for the following days racing
program during the track officials at
tempts to open the park for racing,
Horgan declined to answer.
Three hundred Guardsmen. under
command of Adjt. Gen. Herbert R.
Dean and Col. Earl c. Webster. moved
into the area yesterday after Gov.
Robert E. Quinn proclaimed "a state
of Instruction" existed at the million
dollar track.
The troops had hardly taken their
positions when Henry F. Curyin, direc-
tor of public safety in Pawtucket and
Democratic majority leader in the
Rhode Island House. announced he
had sent a letter to the Governor
threatening to bring Impeachment
proceedings against him for ordering
out the militia.
The Governors proclamation. issued
Saturday night, declared the danger"
of attendance of "gangsters, criminals
and persons of Ill repute" at the Fall
meetings, scheduled to open this after
noon, would cause injury to our citl-
zens" which civil authorities would be
unable to compete with"
The proclamation followed State
Supreme Court decision setting aside
an order of the State Racing Division
suspending the tracks license and
ordering removal of Walter E. O'Hara
as managing director.
The divisions order came as the
result of series of moves made by
the chief executive to remove O'Hara.
Curvin said that his letter warned
the Governor that IF you carry out
YOUR threat and inflict the law martial
upon the peace-loving people of Paw
tucket and the town of East Provi-
dence, in wilful violation of the con-
stitution and laws of the State and in
defiance of the repeated decisions OF
the Supreme Court of the State" he
would bring Impeachment charges
forthwith"
Informed of Curvin's letter, the Gov
ernor said he had not received it and
had no comment. Curvin said he was
sending copies of the letter to every
member of the House.
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Radio
(StOru on page ALL
Continued From First Page.)

Bureau of Air Commerce, the commits
sion said it was only necessary to pro-
vide "a limited number of frequencies'
for radio beacons, airport traffic con-
troll and navigational and landing de-
vices.
Designed primarily for use in in
structing student pilots, the commits
sion said, four frequencieS from 10000
to 10000 kilocycles were allocated.
For airport traffic control the COM
mission allocated to aviation the fire.
quency band from 10000 to 10000
kilocycles
In this frequency band the commits
sion made provision for six airport
frequency assignments separated by
about 500 kilocycles.
Aircraft Telephone Service.
The commission allocated IL fire.
quencies in the band from 10000 to
$4,000 kilocycles. designed primarily
for radio telephone service for aircraft
in flight.
For use by all persons authorized
to carry on research in development
of radio technique. the commission
assigned frequencies throughout the
bands from 10000 to 10000 kilocycles
and from 1872, 900 to 14e 900 kilocycles
1t said these frequencies are for
shared use"
Teh commission set aside for coastal
and ship harbor service frequencies
in the higher range similar to that
now authorized in the 2,100 to 1900
and from the $500 to the 1900 kilo-
cycle bands.
Other classes of service included in
the commissions ALLEGATION order in
cluded forestry, mobile press. geophys-
ical motion picture. special emergency,
marine fire and special service.
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Continued From First Page.)

American and foreign consuls are ask
ing their home governments to pro-
test to both China and Japan against
war planes flying over the foreign
areas.
United States Consul General Clar-
ence E. Gauss was understood to have
emphasized the potential danger in
his dispatches TO Ambassador Nelson
r. Johnson at Marking and to the
State Department at Washington.
Japanese, failing to break Chinese
resistance in the Chapel sector Of
Shanghai in 81 days of continuous as,
saults, resorted to air bombardment
of all Chinese communication lines
and supply bases behind the lines.
Chinese Planes in Forays.
The japanese bombardment followed
Chinese raid which ended at dawn.
Chinese planes made six forays over
the International Settlement and
French concession to drop bombs
along the Whangpoo River front and
japanese Yangtzepoo and Hongkew
sections of the International Settle
ment.
The bombardments were said to
have forced Japanese to abandon
their landing field in the Yangtzepoo
area and transfer equipment to
Woosung, IL miles downstream.
During the Chinese raid and the
Japanese counter Smelling, shell fell
- into the hitherto comparatively safe
French Concession, where most Ameri-
cans in Shanghai live. 1t struck in
the Salvation Army refugee camp, a
half block from the American Com
munity Church, and injured a child
refugee.
Another shell plunged through the
roof of foreign house between resi-
dences of Maj. E. G. Hagen, assistant
United States naval attache in China,
and DR.. A. M. Dunlap Of Savoy, Ill.
It failed to explode.
Casualties Among Noncomhatants.
Casualties among Shanghai non
combatants since the warfare started
we're estimated today to total 1000
dead and 5000 injured.
American military experts said they
believe that as long as SoochoW Greek
and countless tributary canals anc
small rivers are kept open Chinese
soldiers probably will be able to hole
Chapel
One American officer predicted thai
only an additional 100000 troops
would enable japanese to force Chi
nese from their Chapel district
trenches. Chinese have bombprool
dugouts. countless machine gun nest.
and sandbag barriers scattered about
Chapel. They hold several Japanese
outposts captured in last weeks raids
Japanese naval planes dropped
bombs on Chinese concentrations
along Soochow Greek, opposite TIT
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8 HURT IN FIRE

YORK, Pa, october Is (P).-Eight
hremen were injured yesterday in a
fire that destroyed the international
Chain Works of York. causing a loss
estimated by Plant Manager George
Campbell, jr. at half million dollars.
Four of the firemen were injured
while fighting the fire and four others
were injured in an automobile &C
cident on the way to the blaze
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MANVILLE TO TAKE
FIFTH TRIP TO ALTAR
Will Marry Miss Nina Pierson,
rs, Dimpled and Blond, When
No. 4 Gets Divorce.

n
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 18-Tommy
Manville, who says he can't withstand
blends or dimples. is ready for his
fifth trip to the altar-as soon as his
divorce from the fourth Mrs. Manville
is final.
The asbestos heir said No. wife
would be Miss Nina Pierson, rs. of
Duluth, MINI, former entertainer,
who, true to the Manville tradition, is
both blond and dimpled.
Miss Pierson. the former Mrs. Paul
Lewiston, said she returned here from
England three days ago because the
English wouldn't recognize her Mexi-
can divorce and permit he: marry an
English manufacturer.
But Miss Pierson has forgiven them
already.
I'm going to marry Tommy within
10 days" she said.
Miss Pierson said her father was
Andrew Pierson. a Duluth banker.
who had retired to live in California.
Her uncle, she said, was Martin
Christensen. president of the Duluth
Iron, Marine g. Shipbuilding Co.
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Patterson BANQUET Set.

The annual father and son banquet
of the Mems Club of the Church of
Our Saviour will be held tomorrow
night with Clark Griffith, Walter
Johnson and a member of the Red
skins foot ball team as speakers. Dim
ner will be at $50 o'clock in the
parish hall, Sixteeth and Irving
streets.
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Plane
Continued From First Page.)

scattered, providing comparatively
clear day for the search.
HOSTESS NEW ON ROUTE.
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FISHERMAN DROWNED,
TWO SAVED BY BOXES
Improvised Craft Used by Pair
After Launch Is Burned in
Lake Erie.


KINGSVILLE, Ontario, October
18.-Two fishermen, using empty
boxes for buoys after leaping from a
burning launch, escaped death in Lake
Erie yesterday, but a third, whose box
failed to float, drowned in rough sea.
While James Goodhue, 38, and
Orval Mccormick, 35, both of Kings
vile, chung safely to their improvised
RATS, Henry Kissner, 80, also of Kings
vile, drowned when his box, filled with
fish nets, stank in 40 feet of water.
A can of gasoline on the pitching
boat had upset. A spark from the en-
CINE ignited the fluid, and the launch.
q 35-footer, was shortly in flames. All
three men, throwing the boxes ahead
of them, leaped overheard.
A passing fishermens boat, the
Silver Swan, captained by Arthur
Brown, rescued Goodhue and Nc
Cormick after they had chung to the
floating boxes Is minutes. Goodhue
suffered severe burns on face and
hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-18

Our Mems Department scores ogoin!
Prices for the Anniversary Sole ore
lower thon even we thought possible!
Renowned Hart Schoffner & Marx
and RoIeieh clothing with all
the fine toiIorine detoiIs and the
quality fobrics thot these homes
represent ore yours in this event
at worthwhile sovines. There's q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-18
c. MP. MURPHY,
BROKER, D|ESAT@
Wall Street Leader Was
Decorated for Service in
World War.
Ey the Associated Press.

81 The ASsOclateu PTeSS,
NEW YORK, october 18.-Col.
Grayson Mp. Murphy, prominent
Wall Street figure and head of the
brokerage firm bearing his name, died
today after an illness of bronchial
pneumonia.
Murphy was So years old.
Col Murphy, a native OF Phila-
delphia. was graduated from West
Point in the class of 1903. Adam
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doning a mill
tary career--after
serving in the
Spanish = Ameri-
can War as a pri-
vate and in the
World War as a
lieutenant colonel
of the 42d Di-
vision in charge
of erations-
Murphy became
head of one OF the
largest and best
known brokerage
houses in Well
Street.
II e b &c m e
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ST0RM 5
BOARD HEAD
IS NAMED
International News Service


Appointment of Roy I. Kimmel,
Resettlement Administration di-
rector for the Southwest, Is Co
ordinator for Federal agencies
combating dust storms Of the
Southwest, was the first step IN
carrying out recommendations Of
President Roosevelt's Great Plains
area drought committee, Under
Secretary Of Agriculture M. La
Wilson said today.
Kimmel was named chairman
Of a committee composed Of repre-.
sentatives Of other Department OF
Agriculture agencies, to coordi-
nate all work in combating the
drought and dust storms Of the
"dust bowl area Of Colorado,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and
New Mexico.
The committee will cooperate
with State agencies and local COM
mittees set up in the 103 counties
of the dust bowl" in developing
a land.use program for the entire
area.
Rain Below Normal
Secretary Wallace pointed out
that, while rain had fallen over
much Of the Great Plains area In
the last fortnight, the rainfall still
was far below normal over most
of the Great Plains, from Texas
to Montana and Western North
Dakota. Rainfall in April and
May Of this year has been less
than it was for the same months
last year, when a severe drought
covered the Great Plains, in Mon
tana, western Nebraska, western
Kansas and the Texas Panhandle.
While there has been more rain
in the last two months than in
1896 in eastern North Dakota.
South Dakota and Oklahoma, 1t
is still far below normal, Wallace
said.
Wallace declined to estimate
damage to the wheat crop, point.
ing out that the crop reporting
board is scheduled to make an eS-
innate June 10, on conditions as
Of June l. He cited forecasts Of
five Chicago crop reporting
agencies, however, indicating
$4,000, 900 winter wheat crop, and
a 229, 000,0 900 bushel wheat crop
a total Of 879, GOO, 900 bushels.
Urges Granary Plan
Urging the necessity for farm
legislation, he declared that "the
smart thing to do would be to
launch his ever-normal granary
plan. taking the surplus Of this
years production for storage. Aver
age annual consumption Of wheat
in the United States is 630, 600, 900
bushels, which would leave more
than 100000, 900 bushels for the
"granarieS."
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Gordon to Speak

The weekly IuncI~Vn of the
Reciprocity Club will be held at
1880 D. m. today In the Lafayette
Hotel. Harvey Gordon, head Of
the Boy Scout Jamboree, will be
guest speaker.
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Offer Scholarships

Four full scholarships will be
awarded victors of competitive ex-
aminations in English and arith-
metic to be held at Gonzaga High
School tomorrow at 8 a. m.