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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
JAPANESE RAID {.
 PLANES CRASHED
Chinese Fleet Met Them in
 Battle; Five Jap Planes Sent Down
By JOHN R. MORRIS

(UnbteO freSS 0tAu C0FreSpUuueuO
 Nanking, Sept. 25.--(UP)---Jap- anese war planes, renewing tllctr raids on the National capital, met flaming death themselves today from mysterious new Chinese aiitia aircraft guns.
 Five plans of % that reached the city plunged in flames, according to oificial Chinese communiques. ThrcA blazing comets, plunged to earth in sight of observers in the Anicrt- can embassy grounds.
 (The United Press Shanghai bu- reau reported that % minutes after that raid a second air alarm was sounded at NankingD s
 Markings people. feeling thern- selves to be the chief targets iii the Japanese campaign, looked dnbu- iously upward this morning as the skies began to clear. en-. ...tt1
 Jap Planes Appear &
 At 9:50 a. m, while scores Of thounsands of people huddled to- gether in the city's new dugouts and caves, l2 Japanese bombing planes appeared from the southeast. ..
 They flew in a lazy senni-circle over the southern parts of town. Then, one by one, they plunged Into roaring power dives and began dropping bombs at 5000 feet. {',t <.
 This time though they were not to have 1t al ltheir own way. Slow ly, each shot aimed with the utmost care, the new Chinese apti-aircraft guns went into action. .} AS
 A Japanese plane was caught There was burst of gnnoke as . shell exploded. Then the eairplans exploded, It was blown to pieces pparentiy with part of It's bombs The biggest piece of 1t fell to tlR ground, a flaming streak which left
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TURN BACK YOUR CLOCKS TONIGHT

Do not forget to turn back your clocks tonight as Daylight Saving Time officially terminates at 2 a. m. tomorrow morn- ing, Sunday, Sept. 26, when all schedules will resume operations on Standard Time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Daylight Sauing
 Time WiLZ Close Sunday Morning
Change of Time Will Affect Thirty Millions of People Clocks Must All Be Turned Back One
 Hour at A .M
BY BOB MUSEL United Press Staff C0rrespondenN)

New York, September 25, = (UP) = Daylight saving, adopted in this country wartime to fuel and perpetuaed by various societies in peacetme to most successful period at a. m tomorrow At that hour most of the clocks turned ahead hour at last give the Workngman and extra hour of daylight closes it's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Laugh Comic Coming Monday!

Monday is' the day! Monday you will find the hilarious Hold Every thing!" by Clyde Lewis in The Waterbury Democrat.
 GrOuches beware! You won't have . chance when Hold EverythinS!" comes tc Waterbury, This new est bright spot" in The Waterbury Democrat will make you laugh with its unique huEnOr and robust drawings. %
 Watch for Hold Every thlngi" by Clyde Lewis beginning Monday In The DEMOCRAT
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The Weather

Showers For Tonight; Clear, Cool Sunday
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-11

tor Of the Mint, the Postmaster Gen.
eral and many others would be ex-
empted. The Commissioners bill
would tax them all on incomes.
While the Intangible tax would be
continued ~ protection against
possible loss Of revenue, individuals
and corporations paying that tax
would, however, be given a credit for
1t against their income tax.
For instance, If a citizen pays 4
$4,000 tax on Intangible property and
Is taxed $4,000 on his income, the in
tangible tax would be deducted, leav-
ing only $4,000 to be paid on income.
The total that could be raised on all
six tax bills for general revenue pur-
poses would amount, II AIDED together,
to $500 900, Of more than ample to
meet any anticipated deficit But one
plan considered now is to devote gas
tax and weight tax revenues exclu-
sively for the highway program and
other Improvements from which mo-
florists would benefit.
After deducting these taxes on the
motorists, the Commissioners tax pro-
gram would raise approximately S.
100000 toward meeting the expected
deficit in District revenues next fiscal
wear
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lions Of commoners who hold seats In
the uncovered stands.
The downpour failed to drive the
dense coronation crowds indoors.
however, and they continued their
only slightly less joyous pushing and
showing throughout the murky FORE
noon.
Irish Republicans created a brief
Juror among the crowd in Piccadilly.
Circus by hosting huge black BAN
ner in memory Of James Connolly.
the leader of the 1916 Easter week up
rising who was executed by British
troops for his part in the revolution.
The banner. inscribed May 70
Remember James Connolly" WAS
draped outside the building housing
the Office of the Irish high commits
sioner in London.
1t hung In the rain for about 20
minutes before flustered officials re-
moved it. The high commissioners
Office refused to comment on the in
cident other than to say: I'VE know
nothing about it,
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SWER|NGENS HIT
AS DEFY|NG c. c.
Senator Wheeler Accuses
Late Brothers at Com
mittee Hearings.
By the Associated Press,

6y tne AbSOElete0 SIo4S.
Chairman Wheeler Of the Senate
Railway Finance COMMITTEES charped
today that the late Van swerineeu
brothers acted directly In defiance
Of the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion" when they ret out to gain con-
troll Of tho Chicago h Eastern Illinois
Railway In January, 1890.
He asserted they planned to link
the Illinois road to their Chesapeake
q Ohio line. although only one
month previously" the commission
had worked out . national plan of
railroad consolidation in which the
c. & E. I. was assigned to . different
system.
o. P. and M. ]. Van Swerinren.
who then commanded the Nations
greatest transportation network, abb
solutely dominated" the Executive
Board Of the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Wheeler declared. when 1t voted to
purchase an option on the controlling
block Of c. g. E. l. stock.
Herbert Fitzpatrick, chairman of
the c. & o. Board and for many years
the chief lieutenant Of the Van
sweringens. protested the plan was
not in defiance" Of the interstate
Commerce Commission, because that
body later approved the acquisition.
Other witnesses scheduled for TO-
days hearing were Joseph Swan.
former president Of the Guaranty Co.
Of New York, and Francis w. Paine.
head Of the Boston brokerage firm of
Paine. Weber Il Co.
The Investigators made public yes-
terday a letter written to the Van
Sweringens by . 6s-year-old scrub
woman. pleading for them to do
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TAX COLLECTIONS
CHANGES ARE SEEN
Committee on Delinquent
levies to Report Soon.
Lodge Attacks Towers.

Somewhat drastic changes in meth
DDS and procedure in the District Tax
Collectors ONCE were forecast today
as the Commissioner Special Com
mittee on Delinquent Taxes prepared
to make its recommendation soon.
As curtain raiser" to the report.
Thomas Z. Lodge, q member Of the
committee and president also of the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
put much Of the blame for the So, 000,-
900 deficit anticipated next fiscal
year on the shoulders of Tax Collector
Chatham M. Towers.
He charged Towers, as on other &C.
casions, with Incompetence"
With q population Of about el9, 900
persons" Lodge commended, only
1000 persons paid the Intangible per-
sonal property tax"
Office Asleep, He Says.
THE Tax Collectors once is Just
asleep" he said. There Is no doubt
about it,"
While he said he had no specific
complaint" to make against Tax As
SCISSOR Fred D. Allen, the committee
member indicated that the admins
tration of assessments was not
altogether what it should be. Lodge
explained, however, that he felt the
tax assessor was working under = set
Of circumstances" over which he had
no direct control.
As indicated some time ago, one OF
the recommendations in the matter of
expediting tax collections, will be in
the form Of proposed central bill
ing Office. BY the expenditures of q
few thousand dollars the first year,
Lodge feels, billing machines could be
substituted as labor saving device.
AS it Is now he said, bills are
sent out from seven or eight ofices
That means when a taxpayer goes to
the District Building to see about his
tax bill, he sometimes must run the
gantlet OF half dozen Offices before
he finally gets to the right one. With
central billing ONCE for all forms
Of taxes, all that running around would
be saved"
Lodge contended that the arrears in
taxes are piling up so rapidly, as a
result Of Incompetence" and lack Of
systematic method, that the District
revenues are threatened with a larger
deficit than would be otherwise.
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Taxes
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NSolltAlloCN TloIIl TlISL TASC.
from both taxes would not exceed
the original estimated $2,500,O00, since
persons who pay an Intangible tax
would be given credit for the pay
ment on the income tax.
Chairman Kennedy interrupted the
discussion to inquire If rigid enforce
ment Of the present tax on intangibles
wouldn't increase its yield. Seal agreed
1t would, but pointed out enforcement
would be an endless task" because
persons now escaping the tax would
have to be taken into court
Tax Assessor Fred D. Allen volun-
teered that the trouble now is that
there is no authority for the inspection
of the books of those assessed. If we
could examine the books, he declared,
I'VE could get another million dollars"
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
OF Illinois said he favored an income
tax because it is paid after q person
has received his earnings and hits
those best able to pay" A sales tax,
he declared, is passed on and hits the
little man and the big man equally
and therefore is not equitable.
Nichols declared the proposed in
come tax presents one of the knotti-
est problems I know Of" "You don't
know where you're going" he said.
Seal agreed with him
After discussing the income tax
plan. the Commissioners formally pre-
sented their proposal for q gross re-
ceipts tax, and then went into execu-
tive session with the subcommittee.
Figures given the subcommittee by
Tax Assessor Allen showed that re-
tail sales In the District last year
totaled s330,o00,00o. Nichols re-
marked that l per cent tax on the
basis OF such sales would yield So
800, 900 In additional revenue.
The Commissioners applied the nm
ishing touches to their tax program
1t . prolonged meeting late yester-
day with their special tax committee.
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
said today he fears that If Congress,
for example, should exempt members
OF the House and Senate, or certain
Federal executives, as the Collins bill
proposes the courts would step in and
invalidate the District income tax.
In other words, he believes the Com
missioners' plan is constitutional as it
Is now drawn up and that the Collins
bill, with its exemptions, is uncon-
stitutional
Collins bill not only exempts men,
bers Of Congress but other Federal
ofncials elected or appointed for
stated terms, who are not residents OF
the District within the specific deflni-
ton laid down in his bill. For ex-
ample, the controller general, direc-
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Relief Skullduggery.
Michael Neville. . farm laborer on
relief ut Kilmurry, Irish Free State,
was found to have 81, 800 In q bank.
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BANKER CONTROL
WILL Be STUDIED
House Judiciary Group Will
Consider Remedy for Reor-
ganization Abuses,
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The House Judiciary Committee to-
day was expected to study in executive
session the Securities and Exchange
Commission report aasailing methods
OF some electromagnetic groups
IN recognizing bankrupt businesses.
Chairman Summers told reporters
that the committee at the same time
would consider a remedy for reorgani-
zation abuses proposed in q bill by
Representative SABBATH, Democrat, of
Illinois. He added that q bill might
be approved.
The SABBATH bill would amend bank
ruptcy laws to provide for appoinl-
ment OF conservators to supervise re-
organization of distressed and bank
rupt concerns. Conseryators would be
appointed by the controller of the
currency, who would be the chief
conservator
Members Of the Judiciary COMMITTEES
revealed there Is difference of
opinion within its ranks over whether
regulation should be vested in the
Securities Commission or the con-
troller. They said there Is 4 possibility
the SABBATH bill may be amended 10
vest authority in the commission.
In its 0.00o-word report to Con-
gress on two-year inquiry into re-
organization practices the commission
recommended that abuses be elm
mated through legislation designed to
1. Place control of reorganizat tons
with bona f1de security holders and
their direct representatives.
2. Give renewed emphasis to the
fact that Representatives OF security
holders In reorganization occupy q
fiduciary position"
3. Prohibit abusive practices which
have characterized the strategy and
techniques OF reorganization"
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(COnClQuSO tIOan FlISJ TdSS.)
their long wait for the throaty roar
Of the dawn cannon that will an
nounce the great day toward which
all Britain has been pointing for
months, the representatives Of empire
paraded to Buckingham Palace to pre-
sent addresses OF loyal greeting to the
King.
One by one, Indian potentates.
dominion prime ministers and Colo
NAL leaders bowed before the King
Emperor and gave assurance the en-
tire empire was thoroughly repre-
sented at the coronation.
After the ceremonial. the royal
hosts entertained the masters of en-
pire at luncheon at the residence
from which they will depart for West
minister Abbey to be Amounted King
and Queen.
Outside and along the professional
route, the sharp tap Of workmen's
hammers pulsed the roar Of the
crowds with staccato rhythm as
they put the last nails into the twist
ing, turning wilderness of grandstand
seats to serve only for day before
they are torn down
Additional Decorations Added.
Decorators clambered over tall lad
ders, adding even more bunting to the
glittering maze Of masts banners and
flags that once were the streets Of
sedAte London town.
Garlands and streamers and flower
boxes and gilded crowns and illuminate
ed royal cyphers formed an almost
impenetrable profusion.
Charing cross sported a high may
pole, festooned with banners; oxford
street shimmered with tall masts
draped and swathed in red the Mall
was q gargantuan corridor of tall white
masts topped with heraldic lions;
Piccadilly Circus was lost in blue;
Marble Arch was white and gold.
In the east end, where poverty stalks
and the amount OF the dole Is the
prime daily concern, a riotous mass Of
bunting and flags concealed the grimy
walls Of rows of bleak tenementS. Shop
windows were plastered with portraits
Of the King and Queen and streets
were blocked OF for tea parties and
dancing.
Await Pay-Off.
In the west end, cabarets, res
taurants, night clubs and bars, whose
owners have gambled hundreds Of
thousands of dollars against the
pocketbooks OF coronation visitors,
added last-minute touches for the big
pay-of1 tonight and tomorrow night
Far beyond the outskirts Of the
metropolis In quaint old villages and
lively busting towns, coronation dec
orations spread the spirit Of festivity,
but on coronation day they will hold
only those who cannot force their
way into the capital. Two hundred
long distance excursion trains were
scheduled to start pouring into London
at IL o'clock tonight
London's underground railways
were ordered to run all night long
. for the first time In history More
than 100000 passenger journeys
were expected to be made In the "a
hour period by underground, bus and
street car.
Some $4,000 police and $4,000 SOL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-11
KINGS HONOR LIST
NAMES AMERICAN
Lady Aston Cited-George
Awards 13 Peerages and
: 7 Baronetcies.
~ the Associated Press.

~ kuU AbSOSAhlC0 I1cSo.
LONDON, May 1l.-From the
Queen Of England to striking bus
drivers, from London to lonely iris
tan da cunha Island, King George
vi today honored hundreds OF his
subjects In celebration Of his corona
ton tomorrow.
The coronation honor list, one Of
the longest ever pubkhed, rewarded
distinguished and humble men and
women for service to the empire with
IS peerages, baronetcies. almost 100
knighthoods, 10 privy councillors and
many promotions or appointments in
the various empire orders.
The Queen Mother Mary and Queen
Elizabeth we're awarded the royal Vic
torian chain, high honor decreed
only on special occasions, while Queen
Maud Of Norway, the princess royal,
the Duchess Of Athol and Princess
Beatrice were made Danes Grand
Cross Of the Royal Victorian Order.
It was the first time women had
been admitted to the order.
The Queens father, the Earl Of
srathmore, received an English peer
age and the Order of the Garter. His
previous title, although ancient, was
in the Scottish peerage. and he sat
in the House OF Lords only as rep
resentative peer.
The Duke Of Norfolk, who as earl
marshal has been in charge Of ooro-
nation arrangements: the Duke Of
Beaufort and the Marques Of Exeter
were also made Knights of the Gar
ter, the highest order of British
chivalry.
Lady Astor, first woman member
of Parliament ana the former Nancy
Langhorne of Virginia, was made a
Companion OF Honor.
Lionel Logue, the Australian spe-
cialist who cured the Kings stam-
mertng, was made a member Of the
Royal Victorian Order, while Baron
Baden-Powell, chief Of the Boy Scouts,
received the coveted Order of Merit.
. distinction limited to "a members.
Literature, sport and drama were
remembered with honors for Novelist
Hugh Walpole, cricket player Plum
Warner and actress Marie Tempest.
Two menservants and a holsemaid
employed In the British Embassy at
Madrid received British Empire
Medals for service and courage dur
Ing the Spanish civil war.
Two London bus drivers, now on
strike, received the medal Of the Order
of the British Empire for long service,
and in Tristan da Cunha, in the mid
die Of the South Atlantic. Rev. Har-
old Wilde was awarded = similar
medal
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something about my life savings, /"
which abe had invested In their
sprawling network Of railways.
Chairman Wheeler said the woman
Mn. Anna Teipel Of Covington, KY,
was one of the countless" INVESTOR
who lost moro than $4,000, 900 Of
the so .000. 900 they paid In 1880 for
. Van Sweringen Corp note issue.
Her painfully -scrawled letter re-
hted that when these bonds or gold
notes were Issued, I invested 81. 600.
my life savings By hard work, wash
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ASKS $4,000 BALM
Former Ministers Wife Brings

Former Minister'S Wife Brings
Suit in Oakland, Calf.
OAKLAND, Calf, May II P.-
Mrs. Ethel NJ Pierce WAS . defendant
today in $4,000 alienation suit
hled by Mrs. c. Walter Taber In
which she accused her husband, q
former minister, OF infidelity.
The suit was brought IN Superior
Court, where last week Mrs. Taber
filed for divorce. At that tine she
did not mention Mrs. Pierce.
The Tabers were married in Pitts
burgh, Pa, in 1920, said the COM
plant. Later they came to the Pacific
Coast and Taber became minister of a
church in San Francisco. He resigned
in 1885.
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G. 0. P. BROADCAST

Bridges and Representative Case
to Speak Sunday.
Republican Chairman Hamilton an
nounced today that Senator Bridges.
Republican. OF New Hampshire, and
Representative Case. Republican. Of
South Dakota, would speak Sunday
night on the third Of the party's pro-
gram of four broadcasts.
Bridges will speak on Labor" and
Case on Social Security" They will
be introduced by Hamilton over the
Columbia network at 10 pm. The
final program of the series IS sched-
uled for May %.
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ing and scrubbing, saved by 81 and
sometimes 81 . week, 50 as to have
something In my old age"
A reply from the financiers secre-
tary informed Mrs. Teipel that the
brothers were unable to be helpful
along the lines Of your suggestion"
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diers were assigned positions along
the line OF march to control the
vast crowd Of 100000 persons ex-
pected to see q King and Queen
ride to and from their coronation.
Thousands Of f1rst-Aid workers and
ambulances were stationed every S
yards along the 6ka-mile route to
care for the casualties expected to
result from the crushing crowds.
Staggered Barriers Erected.
Staggered barriers were erected to
keep the masses from jamming the
west end area too rapidly. Wooden
barriers were held In the background
to be swung across the streets in an
emergency II the crush cannot be
broken otherwise.
Peers and peeresses and the men,
bers Of the government who will be
forced to stay In the abbey from
shortly after dawn until the King
and Queen leave made light plans
for today.
Most Of them ordered their beds
prepared early tonight and left word
10 be called at 3 am. to be dressed and
IN their places In the vaulted confines
OF Westminster at 6 am.
The Queen herself planned to be
up and ready for her hairdresser to
create the elaborate couture neces-
sary for her newly made crown by
7 am
A small indication OF the tumult
that will grip the largest city in the
world tomorrow was seen last night
when huge crowds estimated 1T more
than 100000 persons massed in the
streets while King George entertained
$50 guests at formal state dinner.
The people reared We want the
King" for hours during the banquet.
which was the greatest state function
since the coronation Of King George
v in 1911.
Gerard One Of Honor Guests.
Wearing formal court dress Of knee
breeches, James w. Gerard, special
American envoy to the coronation, was
one Of the guests Of honor, sitting at
the table at which the King personally
presided.
Other Americans who sat side by
side with royalty were Gen. John J.
Pershing, in his full dress generals
uniform, Admiral Hugh Rodman and
Ambassador Robert w. Bingham.
They ate from the famous garter
china service, served by liveried foot
men, while the crowd shouted itself
hoarse outside -.
Later 5000 overseas guests OF the
Speaker Of the House of Commons
damned the Houses of Parliament at
a reception.
1t was almost impossible for the
visitors to thread their
way either backward or forward. Only
strident shouts Of Make way for her
royal highness" cleared a path for
the royal princess.
The Duke and Duchess of Glou-
cester literally had to force their way
the mass Of humanity with
the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
at one time became separated from
her husband in bad crush near the
to the Speakers house, while
Winston Churchill was overheard to
ask a policeman to find him a quick
way out.
Rain Soaks Decorations.
AS the driving rain continued to
beat down, the no longer gay streets
became bedraggled with soggy dags
and dripping bunting.
The canopy at the entrance to
Westminster Abbey. which the peer
esses will use tomorrow, became a
saucer of water, with the overflow
dripping to the roadway.
Should the rain continue during
the ceremony, the canopy will not A.
ford much protection to the proudly
coroneted heads which will get the
same ducking that is in store for mil.
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Indian Skeleton in
Albany Museum
Has Case of filters
~ the Associated Press.

ALBANY, N. Y, May III
Pete, the Indian skeleton In New
York States museum. has the
filters, visitors declared today.
The shaking, described Is q
subtle sort Of culver. is mostly In
the left arm, they said.
Guard Bert Van Loon, however,
has . bunch that Pete's ancient
joints are hung In such neat BAL
ance that the vibration OF the
ventilating fans produce the
shakes.