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Evening star., 1938-03-04
EXPERTS CALLED
TO HELP NEW D. c.
INCOME TAXPLAN
Aides of Joint Committee
Summoned by House
Subcommittee.
SPECIAL SESSION is SET
FOR MONDAY BY NICHOLS
Taxation Specialists Help Sought
to Perfect Graduated
Scale System.
By JAMES r. CHM

Tax experts OF the Congressional
Joint Committee on Taxation were
called on today by the Fiscal Affairs
Subcommittee Of the House District
Committee TO assist with the prepara-
ton OF a new income tax plan.
At the same time Chairman Nichols
scheduled special session Of the sub
committee Monday at 10 am to coz
fer with the tax experts.
The origin tax plan contained in
the 1899 revenue bill, on which the
subcommittee recently completed pub
lie hearings, provides fiat per cent
levy on all incomes earned in the
District. The subcommittee now has
under consideration a plan proposed
by the Citizens Committee OH Fair
Taxation providing for a tax equal
to one-sixth of the Federal income
tax.
Proposal Held "UnworkabIe."
Several members of the subcom-
mittee who have seriously studied the
proposal of the Fair Taxation COIL
mlttee, however, are said to oe Of the
opinion it is "unWorkable" For that
reason the tax experts were asked to
aid the subcommittee in perfectirG
a plan based on a graduated scale.
The new plan, Chairman Nichols
intimated, will be designed to produce
about s2,500,000 a year, or aboTt one
sixth of the amount paid by District
residents in Federal income taxes.
I'VE hope to work out an income
tax formula that will be fair and
equitable said Mr.. Nichols. And
we aim to write it so its ccnstitu-
tionality cannot be challenged in the
courts"
Mr. Nichols also indicated that the
action of the Senate Appropriations
Committee in increasing ti,e 1899
District supply bill s2,OOO000 above
the House-approved figure had jeo-
pardized his move to have the real
estate tax rate cut from Sl.75 to S1,60
in the coming fiscal year.
Deficit Now 100000.
The budget deficit now is estimated
at s4,000,000 and probably will be in
creased to s4.700,O0O if the revenue
this year from the business privilege
tax does not reach S3,000.oC0. Latest
reports from the District Building
place the business privilege tax YIELD
at $4,000. 900, or 100000 short of its
original estimated figure.
I'VE bring you bad news" Capitol
reporters told Mr.. Nichols in inform
ing him of the increased budget deficit
| figure.
Its not bad news for me-" replied
Mr. Nichols That's bad Jews for
the people of the District"
On the basis of the new shortage
figure, it was pointed out, an income
tax producing s2,50O,000 and continua-
ton of the SITS real estate tax rate
would raise sufficient revenue to meet
all deficiencies.
Evening star., 1938-03-04

The Imam OF Oman. fourteenth in
his line OF Arab rulers of a distant
bit Of grass and desert, awoke this
morning in the most royal bedstead
available in the willard Hotel and
called for = breakfast of bananas
and eggs to fortify himself for a day
which would bring . conference with
the press and four 2l-gun salutes.
At II am His Eighness Saiyid Said
bin Taimur bin Faisal, whose an
cestors once drove the mighty Portu-
guese from their rich possession Of
Zanzibar, sat calmly on a plush sofa
in his native dress and automatically
answered the questions Of newspaper
men. who wanted to know:
do you think American women are
beautiful?"
The Imam thought and thought and
finally said in his serious and gracious
manner:
THAT Is 4 very dificult question to
answer"
Then the master of q Mohammedan
royal harem bowed to his interrogators
and was whisked down the elevator,
put into = limousine and hurried to the
navy yard, where he got the BOOM
BOOM m-boom reserved for the President
and sovereign royalty, when he arrived
and when he left. From the navy
yard he was taken to Fort Myer. where
twice the 81 guns doomed again.
Robes and Dagger.
The Imam, or Sultan, who arrived
here yesterday, was born August 13,
1910. He stands feet 2 inches, weighs
157 pounds, Is said to be of pure
Arabic descent. has . dusky, desert
Drowned complexion, a Semitic nose
and talks carefully in English, learned
in India, which lies across the Gull of
Persia from his own imanate, which Is
the worlds chief producer Of franklin
cenSe.
He falls thoroughly into the spirit
Of being the guest Of the Nation in
Washington by appearing in the brown
and gold and white robes and red and
blue and yellow turban associated with
his part Of the world, but beneath the
toga peep gray pin-stripe trousers
and black Oxford shoes.
The broad, curved dagger he keeps
handy in the bosom of his brown
wool robe is an Arab hanjo, with in
tricately worked silver handle.
1T Is the customary thing in my
country" he said. You see IT is of
silver because We cannot use gold"
Gold and Silk Barred.
Gold is tabooed by the Sultan's re-
ligion. He is = follower Of Islam,
which bans silk, 50 that the royal Wis
itor's clothing is of wool or cotton.
When he leaves the Capital Sunday,
however, togas and daggers will be
put away. He will become once more
incognito as Mr.. Said and see the
country from q sack suit.
Where the Sultan goes, there 60 H
B. Bader. his aide de camp, and A. M
Zawahi, his secretary, tall Arabs who
wear horn-rimmed spectacles and who
are dressed exactly as the Sultan, ex-
cept that more Of their Occidental
trousers show beneath their Oriental
gowns.
While his highness and his retinue
are shown the city, two dark servants
remain behind In ths dve-roona royal
s,aits at ths Astsl Ths1 atesHa h II
Evening star., 1938-03-04
DC. THEFTSL|NKED.
TO CAPTURED MAN
20 or 30 Recent HoId-Ups
Believed SoIved--Suspect
Taken in Philadelphia.

Twenty or thirty recent hold-ups
OF liquor, grocery and drug stores
were believed solved today with the
arrest in Philadelphia of a third
suspect sought since colored bandit
was shot five times while attempting
to rob liquor store at 2901 Sherman
avenue NV, on December II.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson
announced that two of his detectives
are in Philadelphia seeking extradi-
ton of the prisoner. Ulysses Robinson,
19, believed to be brother Of George
Robinson, "a, who was shot in the
hold-up attempt by Precinct Detective
Robert v. Murray.
Robinson probably will be brought
here tonight or tomorrow after a re-
moval hearing. The other suspect is
Bernard Butler, 19. also colored. who
has been held at No. 10 precinct for
several days.
Answer Descriptions.
The three are said to answer the
general descriptions of a bandit trio
who robbed Washington merchants
for several weeks prior to the night
OF the shooting. The liquor store
where the bandit was shot had been
robbed several times previously and
Detective Murray was assigned TO
guard it,
An employe Of the store. Jacob
Stearman. was slightly wounded when
the bandits fired back at the detec-
tive. The wounded robber was taken
to Gallinger Hospital, where he is
recuperating under police guard
Police hope to get the three pris-
oners in lineup soon to be viewed
by hold-up victims. The three ban
dts were said to have robbed a store
at 909 Quincy street NV. shortly
before the shooting.
Allegedly Drove Car.
Butler allegedly drove the car in
which Ulysses Robinson escaped after
George Robinson was shot down.
Amateur cracksmen made a futile
effort last night to force q safe in the
Offices of the Hutchins Mutual In
surance Co., 1910 Fourteenth street
NV. They hammered the handle OF
the strong box, but were unable to
open it. The burglars then tried to
open an electric cash register, failing
in this attempt also.
Detectives thought they were the
same men who tried to break open a
safe at the Savoy Theater on Four
teenth street NV. Wednesday night.
This attempt was another failure.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
CHANGE IN D. c.
SET-UP PRESSED
Kennedy Ready to Renew
His Fight for Study of
Reorganization.

Preparations were made today by
Representative Kennedy, Democrat, Of
Maryland to renew his fight for an ap-
preparation of $4,000 to finance the
study of plan to reorganize the Dis
trict government.
The House provided the $4,000 in
the 1889 District supply bill at Mr.
kennedy's request, but it was elimi-
mated by the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Laid to Misunderstanding.
Mr.. Kennedy said the Senate COM
nittee removed the item because of a
misunderstanding of its purpose, and
he would seek to have it restored to
the bill either on the floor Of the Sem
ate or in conference.
1t is Mr.. Kennedy's intention to
employ an expert on municipal gov
ernment with the $1,000 to develop a
plan that will increase the efficiency
of the municipal services and at the
same time reduce the cost to the tax
payers.
Studied d. c. Set-Up.
Overhauling the District govern
ment has been advocated by Mr.. Ken
nedy for more than a year. He is the
ranking majority member of the
House District Committee, and last
year made a serious study of the pres
ent municipal set-up and drew up a
plan OF reorganization. Another re-
organization plan was developed by a
special committee appointed by the
Commissioners, headed by former Cor
poration Counsel E. Barrett Pretty
man.
Mr.. Kennedy wants an expert to
analyze these plans, select from them
the best features, and draft bill pro-
viding for reorganization, which he
proposes to sponsor.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Kilowatt Club to Dance.

The Kilowatt Club, composed of the
malt employees of the Potomac Electric
Power Co.. will hold its annual ladies
night" ball tonight from 10 until l
at the Wardman Park Hotel. Reser-
vations for more than 500 employees
and their guests have been made, and
officers Of the Board of Governors OF
the power company and the Capital
Transit Co. are expected to attend.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Card Party Is Tonight.

The Order of the Eastern Star, Fed
eral Chapter. No. SO, has completed
plans for its midwinter card party and
dance to be held tonight in the dragon
room OF the Wardman Park Hotel ut
$3.50 O'Clock. Mrs. Laura c. Gainey ID
chairman Ia charge Of the arrange
mentS.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
Boy Wounded by Pistol.

Carroll Mcdowell, IA, colored, 73s
Second street NV, was wounded in
the right wrist by q playmate yester-
day while the two boys were examining
. .22-caliber pistol found in the woods
behind Phelps Vocational School. Po-
lice said the gun went of accidentally
in the hands of Ernest Nelson, IA,
colored, 1242 Six-and-a-Half street
NV.
Evening star., 1938-03-04
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira, at $50 pm. today in Stanley
Hall; John s. M. Zimmerman, band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, Worlds Progress"
Victor Herbert
Overture, "Summernight's Dream"
Won Suppe
(a) by the Brook" (Au Bord dun
RusSeau) -Boisdeffre
CO. IA Fanciful VISION"
Rubinstein
Excerpts from musical comedy, "The
Beauty Spot" -----De Koven
Popular Numbers, with My Guitar
and You" Snyder
whats the USe?" Newman
Waltz Song, when the Clock Is Strik-
ing Twelve" Wayne
Finale, You're Grand Old Flag"
Cohan
The Star 1pangled Danner."
Evening star., 1938-03-04
New Johnson Essay Found.

An unrecorded Essay on Vanity"
By Or. Samuel johnson has been
found ia Bath, England.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20

stood below the tracks, and when
he looked, he saw the little red
brick house was gutted by fire.
The people next door told him
three had been carried to Bellevue,
the girl on the top floor and two
others. Rose Mitchell was her
name, and she worked in the white
goods factory over on Fourth Ave
nue.. She had been burned getting
the Pollani children out from the
rear apartment.
Suddenly life took on great i'm
portance and meaning to Dan. He
'phoned the office to say he would
be detained on a dental appoint
ment.
He walked straight into the
office and asked to see Rose
Mitchell. He said he was a close
friend of hers, and when they
wouldn't let him see her, he sent
the roses UP, with q scrap Of paper
he had written a message on.
Dear Rose, I'm sorry you're
hurt, and I'll be here tonight. Dan
(Sixth Avenue L."
When they let him up that
night, he found her in a ward.
mostly in bandages.
She could not even smile at him.
but her eyes thanked him CRATE
fully, and she turned her poor lit
tie bound-up mead to the pillow
and cried when he held her hand
in his, stroking it, and telling her
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
AT THE HOSPITAL

AT THE HOSPITAL
"It was my fathers, Dan." she
said, weakly. II was born in it..
Then he died, and we lost it, but I
loved just to live in it. He was a
fine man and he had three lighters
Of his own down the bay"
BY the third day she had told
him more Of herself, how her fam
lily was all gone but for two mar
ried brothers upstate. and she was
worried about the shop holding
her job till she was well and where
was she going to live now? It must
be cheap and handy.
Dan told her he would find her
a room, and by this time he was
kissing her fingertips surrepti-
tiously behind the nurses back
The day they let her out. five
weeks later, he was waiting fol-
her down in the office. He had hall
day off again. Dental appoint
ment. And he took her in a taxi
over to the room he had found for
her. She seemed so relieved that
she had a place to go, and she was
laughing and happy, and wonder.
ing where she was to buy some
clothes right away, because every
think she had was burned.
She let Dan hold her hand all
the way across town till they got to
West Eleventh Street over toward
the Hudson, and an old-faShioned
section with red brick houses not
unlike her own. These had window
boxes though, and a patch Of green
in front Of the basement windows
Its a garden apartment in the
basement" he told her. And you
have to share it, but it's a cozy
spot"
"Its's lovely, Dan, but what is
she asking for it?" said Rose
doubtfully.
81 have to be figuring from now
on, you know"
Dan made believe to find the
landlady for her upstairs, and she
rambled out into the back. Kitchen
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
'Suez'Cominq
To Palace

Romance, adventure and
Splendor Of background are the
elements Of which great pic
lures are made. Occasionally
history itself supplies the in
gradients from which a thrilling
film may be made.
"Suez," the huge Daryl Ia
muck spectacle recently COM
pleted after two years Of work,
is believed to be such an in.
stance. This highly dramatic
story, with Tyrone Power, Lo-
retta Young and Annabella head
ing an enormous cast, will be
shown at Loew's Palace after
"Too Hot to Handle" has com.
pleted it's current run.
With the story of the Sue1
Canal and its intrepid builder,
Ferdinand de LessepS, as a cen
tral theme, its story provided for
spectacular film highlights be-
lieved never before to be pre-
sented on the screen. A typical
case is a desert storm sequence
In which is reconstructed the
partial destruction Of the Suez
Canal by the roaring SIMEON
the devil wind" Of the Egyptian
desert. Four months Of work
and a half-million dollars went
into production of that sequence
alone. The cast numbers more
than 5000, and there are no end
Of dramatic thrills in "Suez, "
which the Palace management
believes to be one of screendom'S
oreatest entertainments
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
Music Helped
Movie Stars
ToFome

Mr.. Winchell may not think
Ben Bernie il an actor. The
colunnist may not even think
OF Massa Yowsah Is q musician.
There have been words printed
IA the Winchell pillar to that
effect.
The point Is that Bernie holds
q musicians union card and has
worked In the films. That leads
to the thought that q number
Of other musicians (sic. Mr..
Winchell) found their path to
q screen career by way OF trum'
pets, .fiddles and other instru'
nents calculated to produce
melody. Bob Burns bazooka is
IN q special classification OF its
own.
Bernie started with a viol1n'
which he supplemented by in
creasingly amusing patter. Dick
Powell began as a multi-instru-
mentalist, playing practically
anything handed him. Fred Mac
Murray played a saxophone and
worked with bands, too, before
he became q popular screen
star. He still retains his Virtu-
oSity. -
John Payne, who gets his
break in Garden Of the Moon"
the Warner Bros. musical open
ing Friday at the Earle Theater,
In which he portrays a nano
leader, started his theatrical ca
reer as q band leader around
Roanoke, Va, during high schol
days. He still plays the piano
creditably, and in the picture ne
sings his bands numbers, lead
ing is soloists and former band
leaders through the musical &C
tion of Garden of the Moon"
That same picture sees also
the debut of several other 'legitl-
mate" musicians who are begin.
ning their careers as full-fledged
actors. Joe Venuti, called by au-
thorities on swing the greatest
hot Jazz violinist Of the country
(rf Hugues Fantasies lie JAZZ
Hot" a Paris classic on swing),
is playing his fiddle. speaking
lines and going through regular
business like 8 regular actor.
Jerry Colonna, who cataputeo
60 film prominence after ne was
seen in q funny bit in college
swing" is another member OF
the Garden of the Moon" Or
chestra embarked on an acting
career, Colonna is an expert IN
doubletalk and an experienced
comedy vocalist, as well as an
authority on the trombone,
which started him indirectly on
his acting jobs.
Already established as . fea'
tured player is Johnnie Davis,
who started blowing q trumpet
In Brazil, Ind. at the age Of
four or thereaboutS. arriving
in Hollywood with Fred Warnings
Pennsylvanians to play in war.
Gity Show" Johnnie stayed on
under contract to Warmers.
From the same aggregation
came Rosemary and Priscilla
Lane. who thus join the COM
pany Of band folk who are max
ing good as film players.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
DESIRE UNDER THE EL~~~~~~
Daily Short Story

and bath and q large bedroom
opening on an enclosed garden
space, private, with flower pots
and green deck chairs and an avn
ing, even climbing vines on the
trellis walls.
How do you like it out here?
Dan asked when he came back
Don't you be worrying over the
price. The old lady's out, but I've
already talked to her about 1t, ano
I settled with her for a couple OF
weeks anyhow. so as to give you
time to make up your own mind"
THE NEW HOME
"I have to share it, you say? Do
YOU know what kind Of q person
she has in here now, and could ]
have this back room? I'd love 70
be near the little garden. Dan. It's
so handy" - :.
Dan winked sagely. "I'l fix 1t
for you, don't be worrying, dar'
ling" he said.
and now you sit out there, and
I'll make some tea"
BY the time the tea was ready
she was half doing away in one
of the low chairs, with a gray
kitten on her lap, and the sound OF
Dams whistling in her ears. he
stood on the threshold, tea tray
balanced, to look at the two OF
them. All, but it was wonderful
what YOU could do with life II you
Just put your mind to it, he
thought. Here they had been, the
two of them, lonely youngsters
working in New York, and only
glimpses Of each other from hef
window to the L train, and now
look at them!
She cuddled the kitten close 70
her while he poured the tea :!
must see the landlady myself
Dan. And I think I'll call the kit
ten Lucky. It's been a lucky DAY
for me today,
Dan hesitated, seeking t h e
proper words, then, all at once as
he looked at her, maybe seeing
how her eyes sparkled when they
had tears in them, without warn
ing, he was saying it all.
ALL SETTLED
"And why shouldn't be telling
you now, Rose" he poured out
eagerly. you've got to know the
truth. I found this place and ]
rented it, and If you're sharing 1t
with anybody at all, it will be my
self.
II thought we might be married
any time you say so, and every
thing is here ready for us, and
you don't have to be worrying
about your job if you're Mrs
IOFerrall. Don't be hasty, darling
but look into your heart and see
what you find there about me
I'm not pushing or hurrying you
q bit, I just had to tell you SC
you wouldn't be wanting to see
the landlady, because I've already
told her the probabilities are al
in my favor. guess I must have
fallen in love the very instant my
eyes caught sight of you stand
ing there by the window"
Rose laughed. 1.-THE impudence
of you staring in at me-"
Life is funny in New York. The
garden space was small and Sc
cluded. The whole town seetheo
and hummed about them. And the
landlady happened to glance
down from the top floor window
at the new basement tenants, got
her first shock.
They're kissing away for deal
life under the awning" she told
some one in the room behind her
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
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The Washington times., 1938-10-20
Bv Izo1A FoRREsTER

DERHAPS, because he came
l. by the name CT O'Ferrall
from a long line that started
back in what they call Fire to-
day, Dan was unusually gifted
and forearmed when it came
to getting what he wanted.
1t happened on an early Monday
morning, when he was spinning
downtown to work on the Sixth
Avenue, all the way from Morning
side to Dey Street, where he had
a job with the telephone COM
pany.
He had been riding the L now
for over a year, catching the
train regularly around 7:15, read
ing his paper on the way down,
sometimes killing time by gazing
out the window If he was lucky
The Washington times., 1938-10-20

enough to get. Q seat. But the
very last thing in his mind was
seeing the girl he was to fall in
love with at sight.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
FLEETING GLIMPSE

Then just as the train left the
Eighth Street station, and slid
around the corner from Sixth to
Third Street, he happened to look
straight into window Of a red
brick house.
Only a fleeting glimpse did he
catch Of her, but there she stood,
half dressed, an old faded silk
dressing gown about her, scrub
bing away for dear life at some
underpinningS and things in q
washbowl, and q tidy little line
fixed up as neat and handy as
could be with some stockings al
ready dangling from it.
But it was the rare sweetness Of
her that caught his eye. She
looked glowing and promising to
him.
The mop of reddish gold hair
twisted in knot and tumbling in
little curls around her blessed
white throat, this he saw when
she turned her head to watch the
train go by, and for the space Of
a second she looked straight into
Dan O'Ferrall'S eyes.
Dan drew a long breath, set his
lips firmly. stretched out his long
legs and made a mental note Of
the location of the three-Story
brick under the L.
The Washington times., 1938-10-20
A FEW DAYS LATER

For weeks he had to be satisfied
with the glimpse Of her In the
early morning. She was never
home early enough for him to
catch her. but, after a few days, he
had her so she would be watching
for him.
Then Fate set its alarm clock.
and the thing happened without
his doing at all. One mroning as
the train turned off Sixth Avenue,
he knew there was something
wrong There was a drifting smell
ot smoke still in the air and dis
order below in the narrow street.
A couple of fire engines still