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Legal Notices

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DIS. TRICT OF WATERBURY ss. PROBATE COURT, November IT.. ESTATE OF LAWRENCE MATTY, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury. hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate to exhibit their claims for set. clement. Those who neglect to pre- tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in: debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
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Business Announcements

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LiUe Stock
Cattle and Swine
Business SerUice
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Evening star., 1937-07-23
You May Not Take an Oath
On Your 1887 Income Tax

The Senate has taken steps to in
crease whatever painless" element
there Is IN paying individual income
taxes by agreeing with Senator Walsh,
Democrat, Of Massachusetts,, that re-
turns need not be accompanied by a
sworn oath Of honesty on the Part
Of the taxpayer.
In effect, the proposition, If ap-
proved by the House, as it Was yester-
day by the Senate, will save . lot Of
individuals Is cents each year and
undoubtedly make q lot Of notaries
public angry with Senator Walsh.
As Is known to those who file in
come tax returns, the present law
requires the taking Of an oath before
= notary public that the return Is
honestly made. For this the notary
public charges one-quarter Of dollar
up.
Senator Walsh contends, however,
that anybody who would lie to the
Government would Lie to . notary
Evening star., 1937-07-23
"PHANTOM PLANE"
MYSTERY DEEPENS
No Further Reports Heard Of
Craft Flying Atlantic Toward
Europe.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 23-The mystery
of the phantom Atlantic airplane
deepeped today.
Speculation among flyers as to the
identity of plane. reported Wednes-
day night to be winging eastward
across the sea 500 miles east of Cape
Cod race, Newfoundland, led nowhere,
and the Radio-Marine Corp. had no
further word from ships at sea.
The American freighter Scanmail
originally relayed report the plane
had been sighted by the British
freighter Rance. Later the ship re-
ported it was the British freishter
Coryton
Yesterday the Salem, Mass, Coast
Guard Station received word from the
Furness liner Queen of Bermuda that
plane had been sighted, but the
liner was about ITS miles from Ber-
muda at the time and several hun
dred miles south of where the ship
had first been reported.
Aviation men said the plane sighted
by the FNrness liner undoubtedly was
one of the New York Bermuda flying
boats.
Evening star., 1937-07-23

public, so he proposed to save the
honest persons rs cents or more each
and the trouble Of finding a notary
public.
As for those not 50 honest. he in
serted in tht, bill approved yesterday
the following provision:
Whoever under such written dec
laration shall wilfully and contrary
to such declaration make and SUBJ
scribe q return under this section
which he does not believe to be true
and correct as to very material mat
ter shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed for perjury rs provided In
section l25 Of the Criminal Code"
The system already Is in effect in
the State of Massachusetts,, where the
citizens are believed neither more
nor less honest than in other States
The Treasury Department and the
Senate Finance Committee recon-
mended passage Of the bill, Senator
Walsh said.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
WARSHIP OFFICERS
REDUCED IN RANK
Capt. StapIer and Tennes.
sees Navigator Transferred
After Grounding of Vessel.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Officers OF the U. S. s. Tennessee
faced court martial after the bat
tleship Dent aground in San Fran
cisco HdrbOr recently. Her COM
manding Officer and navigating
Officer haze been reduced in grade
and transferred to other naual
posts.
Secretary Swanson today approved
the findings of naval court martial
in reducing Capt. John T. G. Stapler,
former assistant director of naval in
telligence at the Navy Department,
10 numbers in grade as an aftermath
of the grounding of the battleship
Tennessee in San Francisco Harbor
recently.
The department also announced
that the navigator of the vessel Lieut..
Comdr Hayden H. Smith, has been
| reduced so numbers in grade as the
received Swanson's approval.
The department has ordered a new
navigator to the Tennessee. He is
Lieut. Comdr. Lyman S. Perry. who
was until a short time ago aide to
the commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard.
Lieut. Comdr. Smith has received
orders detailing him as executive ofi-
Ger OF the U. S. S. Argonne.
Capt. Stapler Transferred.
The department said Capt. Stapler
has been relieved of his post on the
Tennessee and is being ordered to the
Asiatic Fleet, for further assignment
by the commander in chief, Admiral
Harry E. Yarnell. His post will be de-
termined by Admiral Yarnell, officials
here said
The new commanding officer of the
Tennessee will be Capt Edwin A.
Wolleson, who will take over tomorrow
He has been chief of staff to the COM
mandant Of the 9th Naval District
and was detached from that assign
ment on July 10.
Capt. Wolleson served at the Navy
Department in 1924 in the Bureau Of
Engineering and then went on duty at
the Naval Academy He was born at
Belleville, Ill.,, October IS, 1883 and
was named from Illinois to the Acad-
emy in 1902. For his service in COM
manding a division of minesweepers in
the North Sea, the captain was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal
Formerly Served Here.
Capt. Stapler served here as assistant
director of naval intelligence from
June, 1884, until a few weeks ago, and
was in charge Of public relations IN
the Office of Naval Intelligence from
| 1924 to 1927 Then, he left Washing
ton to become executive officer of the
battleship Arkansas. He was promoted
to the rank of captain In 1881. Prior
to coming to Washington ON that tour
Of duty, he was commanding officer of
the U. S. s. Dobbin.
The Navy Cross was given Capt
Stapler for his World War service as
commanding officer of Division 8,
Submarines, operating on the Atlantic
Coast. He Is native of Wilmington,
Del, where he was born September ~,
1883. He lived here at 1920 Hillyer
place.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
Ear Lost as Truck
Hit Boy Recovered
And Sewed Back On

ST. LOUIS, July % (P).-
Twelve-year-old Ben Koska wait
ed hopefully today in a hospital
anxious to find out whether or
not he was going to have a left
ear
He was asleep on a parking lot
when truck struck the side of
his head At hospital, he was
found to be all right. but the ear
was missing Ambulance Driver
Leo Seymour was sent back to
the scene, the ear was recovered,
and physicians sewed it back on.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate Judiciary Committee
today got down to work on a new
| judicial reform" bill TO take the place
OF the now defunct Roosevelt measure.
! Taxing as nucleus the Summers
/ House bill authorizing the Attorney
General to intervene in cases involve
ing the constitutionality of laws, the
| committee determined to build on that
/ measure
The Senate committee itself decided
! tentatively to include in the new bill
provision regulating receiverships
and the fees that go with them.
Senator Borah, Republican, Of
Idaho volunteered to tackle this par
! tlcular provision. He will consult
Chairman Summers of the House Ju.
dietary Committee in regard to it.
Subcommittee Appointed.
A subcommittee headed by Senator
McCarran, Democrat. Of Nevada ono
OF the leading opponents of the Presi-
dents Supreme Court program, was
appointed to whip the new bill into
shape. McCarran promised TO have
bill ready to report TO the full com.
mittee by Thursday, if not before. Be-
ginning tomorrow the subcommittee
will hold daily sessions.
Otner members Of the subcommit-
tee are: Senators Dietrich. Democrat,
OF Illinois; Van Nuys, Democrat. of
Indiana Connally, Democrat. of
/ Texas; OMahoney. Democrat. of Wy
oming; Borah and Austin, Republican,
/ Of Vermont.
! The new bill. according to the
/ agreement entered into, will contain
no provision increasing the member.
| ship OF the Supreme Court no provi-
| slonS for proctor and no provision
/ for rowing judges in the lower courts.
| The committee will study carefully
the question of the need of additional
( Federal judges in the lower courts.
/ Where 1t is found that the work OF
| the district court really required more
| judges provision will be made for their
| appointment. There will be no pro-
vision. however. for the appointing
of additional judges merely because
a sitting judge has reached q GER
| tain age.
| House Passed Summers Bill
The Summers bill, which already
has passed the House. deals only with
the appearance Of the Attorney Cen
eral on behalf of the United States
! in private suits involving the consti-
| tutlonallty Of any statute of the
| United States. The plan is to add
such amendments to the bill as the
Senate deems it necessary and then
| to send the bill back to the House
for its approval
II the House agrees to the Senate
amendments, 1t will then be sent to
the President for his approval II the
| House fails to agree. the bill will be
| tSee LINCOLN, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-07-23
Parked Auto Is Hit
by Truck and
Overturned.
PARTY RETURNING
FROM CARNIVAL,
Child Snatched From
Blazing Machine
Too Late.

A party of seven young persons,
four girls and three boys, re-
turning from carnival at Glen
Burnie, Nd, met a flaming death
early today, when their car was over
turned and burst into flames on the
Grain highway. two miles north of
Priests Bridge, shortly after midnight.
Six members of the party. all of
Laurel, were trapped in the two-door
sedan as it was careened over on. its
side. The seventh was rescued by the
driver of the truck involved in the
accident, but died at 6l5 am. in
Casualty Hospital.
The dead are:
Bernard hammers, 81. driver of the
car; his three sisters, Pauline, 90
Mildred, 10, and Anna May, l3; his
two cousins, Frances Haker, IT, and
Francis Baldwin, IA. and David
Manning, 7, his nephew.
Truck Sideswipes Car.
Driver of the truck which over
turned after the crash. was B. M. King
of Mundy Point. Va. who was operat-
ing a IL ton trailer truck He told
Sergt Elon Turner and Officer E. c.
Cissel Of the Prince Georges County
police. that the hammers car had
stopped and was parked. partially off
the narrow road, about two miles
north of the junction Of the Grain
and Defense highways.
He attempted to go around it, but
another car was coming from the
opposite direction. He attempted to
pass between the two cars, but was
blinded by the lights of the oncoming
car and sideswiped the parked car.
turning it over on its side, according
to his story to police.
BY the time his truck upset, the
overturned car had burst into
flames, King said. He rushed back.
broke the window on the upper side
and pulled out the Manning boy who
was so badly burned that he died a
few hours later in the Casualty Hos
pital, in Washington. However, the
heat and flames prevented him from
getting near the flaming Wreckage
again. and the others, thrown into
a struggling mass inside, were burned
to death Rescue squads from Glen
Dale and Upper Marlboro were sum-
moned, but were unable to eXtinguish
the flames in time to save any of the
victims.
News Withheld From Father.
News of the tragedy was being with
held from George hammers, retired
farmer, father of four of the victims,
who is seriously i'll. The bodies were
removed to the Lloyd Kaiser under
taking establishment at Laurel after
Or. James Pruitt pronounced them
dead An inquest will be held Monday
at 8 pm. by Justice of the Peace
Percy Duvall.
King was released on $500 bond
pending the inquest. The southbound
car continued on after the accident,
and the names of the owner and occu-
pants were not learned.
David Manning was the son of Al
bert Manning, an employe of the
Baltimore Gas Light Co. Pauline
hammers was reported to be employed
by family in Kenwood.
Rodney Baldwin, father of Frances,
Is an employe Of the Hyattsville Tele-
phone Co.
Funeral services will be held at ST.
Mary's Catholic Church in Laurel
Sunday at 2 pm, followed by burial
in the church cemetery. A mass will
be said Monday at 6:l5 am. The
hammers children are survived, besides
their parents, by 10 brothers and sis
ters.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
Foes Plan
Too Narrow.
However,.
ROOSEVELT SILENT
ON SENATE ACTION
Burke, Leader of Fight
on Reform, Visits
White House.
By the Associated Press.

4'S lilt hSSObldltu f-ItSS.
A high administration official said
today that despite the Senates en-
phatic rejection of Supreme Court
enlargement, President Roosevelt felt
some of his original detectives for
court reorganization had been
achieved.
This was coupled with a hint that
the Chief Executive believed a more
complete and permanent attainment
OF his goals would require court legis-
lation beyond that which the Senators
who virtually killed his court bill
have been willing to accept.
Court bill opponents, forcing the
measure to be sent back to the Senate
Judiciary Committee yesterday, agreed
to certain procedural changes in the
lower courts. They won agreement
from administration Senators, how
ever, that there would be no change
in the Supreme Court. Enlargement
of the Supreme Court had been a
principal point of what administration
leaders called the Presidents judicial
reform program.
Executive in Good HumOr.
At his regular Friday press confer
ence, the President declined to COM
ment on the Senates action yesterday
To the reporters crowding his Office
he appeared smiling and in good
humor He parried question as to
whether he contemplated further cam
paigning for his court program by
saying he has not done any cam
paigning.
The spokesman indicated the Presi-
dent felt that as result of his fight
for changes in the Supreme Court
membership, the tribunal had altered
somewhat its attitude toward impor-
tant principles involved in several
pieces Of major legislation.
He said that before the President
submitted his court bill on February
5 the court had held the agricultural
adjustment act unconstitutional, but
afterward it upheld the social security
act. He recalled also that the court
had upheld the Wagner labor act and
the Washington minimum wage law
also. Another gain. this spokesman
said. was that the country had been
made court conscious and Constitu-
tion-minded.
Possibly indicating conciliatory
attitude between the two factions in
the court bill fight was the fact that
Senator Burke. Democrat, Of Ne
braska, leader Of the opposition,
called on the President during the
morning.
Later Burke said he was glad to
have discussed with the President
what the Judiciary Committee is start
ing to do to accomplish as many OBJ
jectives outlined by the President as
is possible under the limitations now
imposed
1T was a friendly and very inter-
esting conference Burke added.
The administration spokesman said
that it was up to Congress to decide
whether reasonable general legislation
was to be enacted There was no
indication whether the administration
would make an effort to get additional
legislation at this session.
Reviews Court Problem.
The spokesman reviewed the prob
lem OF the Federal judiciary since
1912. when, he said. the late Theodore
Roosevelt campaigned for President
on a court change program.
For IS or 20 years thereafter, the
spokesman continued. the Rooseveltian
demand for court reorganization had
an enormous effect on the court. Dur
See COURT PAGE All
Evening star., 1937-07-23
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

Construction of the proposed Camp
Springs Airport was opposed unani-
mously today by the Aeronautics Sub
committee Of the House Naval Affairs
Committee.
On motion Of Representative Melvin
j. Mas OF Minnesota, major in the
Marine Corps Aviation Reserve and an
outstanding congressional pilot. the
subcommittee voted unanimously to
sustain objection of the Navy Depart
ment to the Camp Springs Airport
and ito take all steps possible tc
block construction Of an airport a,
Camp Springs"
The District Airport Commission
made no defense of the Camp Spring.
site and was not represented at the
hearing before the subcommittee
When Representative Delaney OF New
York, the subcommittee chairman
asked whether there were any wit
nesses in the room in favor of the
Camp Springs site. the only response
came from Benjamin King. local
sportsman flyer and civil engineer, who
holds eight world aviation records.
King denied that airplanes operating
from the Camp Springs site would set
up radio ignition interference which
would seriously handicap the Navy in
operating its 81 900 900 radio research
development now under construction
at Cheltenham. Md, about 3 miles
from the center Of the proposed air.
port site.
The Airport Commission exhibited
either a lack Of judgment or negli-
gence" in selecting the Camp Springs
site without having taken into consid-
Grafton the Cheltenham development
only three miles away. Mas told the
subcommittee.
Mas testified he flew over the
site with Representative Scott of Cali
fornia. and "it was perfectly evident
that construction was in progress at
Cheltenham.
Either the Airport Commission did
not know Of the Cheltenham develop
lSee AIRPORT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1937-07-23
22 HURT IN CRASH
OF BUS AND TRUCK
Gasoline-Laden Vehicle Explodes,
Spraying Wreck With
Flaming Fuel.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 23-Twenty-two
persons were injured todoy when big
bus loaded with city-bound commuters
collided at Rockaway Beach with a
gasoline truck which exploded The
explosion sprayed the wrecked vehicles
with flaming fuel.
One passenger, drenched with blaz-
ing gasoline, was thrown into II feet
OF water in nearby Jamaica Bay by a
fellow victim. He was pulled out Of
the bay badly burned.
Many Of the victims were injured
In mad scramble to get out of doors
and windows before the rapidly
spreading flames destroyed the bus.
Several were taken to q hospital
Evening star., 1937-07-23
PLANE CRASH KILLS.5

LONDON. July 20 F.-Five per-
sons were killed last night when.
Royal Air Force bombing plane
crashed in flames on a peak in Derby
shire after dropping flares as dis
tress signal.
All the occupants were burned be-
fore . rescue party could Chamber up
the mountainside.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
BY J. A. OLEARY.


After knocking out the per cent
sales tax and adopting instead a S.
600, 900 income tax, the Senate this
afternoon was near final vote on the
District tax bill.
Other changes the committee had
made in the House bill were approved
by the Senate without debate, in
Guiding:
The heavy increase in real estate
taxes by fixing the rate on land at
$3.50 and on buildings 81 so per hun
dred of value.
The authority for Treasury loans to
tide the city over until local taxes are
collected
Prompt Action Pleaded For.
Debate began today. with Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada en-
phasizing the need to act promptly
and let conferees from both houses
work out an equitable revenue
schedule
McCarran. placed in charge Of the
bill by Chairman King Of the District
Committee, said that In view of the
emergency facing the city the best
course for the Senate to follow is to
pass the bill with the idea of the
conferees working out satisfactory,
equitable and fair measure"
One Tax Killed. One Cut.
In conference a compromise sched-
1I}o nf nd
worked out from any of the proposals
adopted by either the House or Senate
The Senate quickly approved by
unanimous consent committee amend
ments. including the following
Elimination of the House increase
in the tax on net premiums of insur-
ance companies from > to 2 per cent
Reduction Of the heavy inheritance
tax rates the House had adopted on
motion of Representative Dies OF
Texas
When the per cent luxury sales
tax was reached. however, Senator
Borah opened fight on it.
Senator Mckellar joined him. de-
claring that even il it is small in the
beginning. 1t would be increased later
II adopted.
Sales Tax Hit,
Borah agreed. citing California as
an illustration Of where the sales tax
was adopted at per cent, but with
increases now being proposed.
Senator's Tydings and King both
~ L.
tee considered an income tax, but
found 1t could not be worked in the
time available
Tydings said the committee was
unanimous for an income tax, but that
one OF the difficulties was what to do
about large number Of persons who
(See TAX BILL, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1937-07-23
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

b1 JohN L. HENRY.
Peace loomed on one building strike
front in the Capital today. while a
finish fight appeared shaping up on
second.
The peaceful prospects centered
around District projects as Engineer
Commissioner Dan l. Sultan ordered
Monday on three school jobs which
had been halted by labor controversy
AS condition Of their resumption,
the firms were ordered to obey strictly
the ruling Of the Labor Department,
that wages should be maintained
without exception at predetermined
figures for each classification of work
A long deadlock ap-
peared certain in the strife between
the local painters union and the
Procurement Division OF the Treas
ury Department.. however, as the union
allowed some 500 OF It's members to
return to private jobs but kept them
scrupulously away from all contra cts
lSI tIIOuSH lllC IIOCuIcHlSIll O.Fl-
sion.
Partial Support Pledged.
In addition, the painters local dur
ing the past "a hours obtained pledges
OF partial support fro msome half
dozen other local unions connected
with the construction industry and
filed formal charges OF discrimination
against union labor before the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board and the
Procurement Division itself
Although only the glaciers local has
agreed thus far to support the paint
ers to the extent Of striking with
them, locals Of iron workers. plaster
ers, cement finishers, hoisting en-
gineers, carpenters, building laborers
and elevator constructors have prom
ised aid In varying degrees.
Bryce p Holcombe, business agent
(See PAINTERS, Page A-4)