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Evening star., 1939-03-08
Revision Recommended
In Philippine Taxes

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, March 8.-Revision of
the entire tax structure of the Phil
ippines was recommended to the
National Assembly today by Presi-
dent Quezon.
He said the changes, based on a
study made by a tax commission he
had appointed, would result in a
more equitable distribution of the
tax burden and increase national
revenues at least $4,000, 900 annually
Increases in income, estate, in
heritance, gift and luxury taxes
were proposed, as we'll as boosts in
goods and service levies on business
and occupational incomes.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Reciprocal Taxation
Legality Doubted
By Frankfurter
Uncertain Whether
Congress Hos Power
To Permit Levies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Supreme Court Justice Felix
Frankfurter suggested yesterday
there are serious doubts" whether
Congress has the power to with
draw immunity and permit Federal
and State governments to tax the
income of each others employees.
The House already has passed the
the Senate Finance Committee fav-
orably reported the measure per-
mitting the reciprocal taxation.
President Roosevelt suggested the
legislation.
Justice Frankfurter's remarks were
made during arguments over an
attempt by the Tax Commission OF
Utah to impose a tax on the income
of w. @. Vancott, Reconstruction
Finance Corporation attorney at
Salt Lake City.
Congress May Lack Power.
Justice Frankfurter also suggested
there was an imputed dignity at
tached to the Office of cabinet men,
ber and President" and that Con-
gress might not have the power to
end the tax immunity attaching
to such offices.
These officials are now immune
from State taxation, but must pay
Federal income taxes.
Solicitor General Robert H. Jack
son previously had told the court
he hoped to see an end to all tax
immunity for government employees.
including the Attorney General and
the President, and said there was
nothing undignifled about paying
an income tax"
Justice Harlan F.. Stone suggested
the court might have to correct"
its previously expressed doctrine of
immunity even if Congress did not
act to permit the reciprocal taxa
ton.
I'VE have held said Justice
Stone, that a tax on an employe
of the Government is a tax on the
Government itself. If we find that
this isn't true, should we not cor
rect this doctrine whether Congress
does or not?"
Mr.. Van Cott, arguing his own
case, did not try to answer the ques-
ton.
reconsideration Asked.
The Government, appearing in
the case as friend of the court" has
asked the tribunal to reconsider the
old case of Collector VS.. Day, from
which sprang the doctrine of re-
ciprocal immunity.
Mr.. Van Cott contends his case
does not depend on the immunity
doctrine; that Utah State law eX-
empts Government employees specif-
ically, and that the Utah Supreme
Court based its decision on the State
law. This view is contested by the
Utah Tax Commission. which argued
that the State court considered the
Federal question.
The Federal Government takes
the view that no immunity really
exists, and that the silence of Con-
gress on the subject cannot be in
terpreted as permitting the i'm
munity.
Along with the Van Cott case, the
high court has under consideration
the right of New York State to tax
the salary of James B. OKeefe,
lawyer in New York for the Home
Owners Loan Corp.
Evening star., 1939-03-08

This cat, known as Tiger at
headquarters of the Hotel and
Restaurant Employees Alli-
ance, took up the role of mas
cot, with one of the strike
signs.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Pilot Dick Merrill Admits
Marriage 10 Toby Wing

3, the Associated Press.
NEWARK. March 8.-Airplane
Pilot Dick Merrill admitted last
night his long -rumored marriage
to Toby Wing, the dancer.
The marriage. he said. was per-
formed last June at Tia Juana,
Mexico.
Quizzed on his arrival at Newark
Airport on his regular fight from
Miami, he parried all other ques-
tions.
Details of the ceremony will be
announced lin due time Mr.. Mer-
rill told newSmen.
I'VE took a trip to Mexico last
summer" the airman said, adding
that further information would
have to be obtained from the girls
mother" He refused to discuss his
plans for the future.
Evening star., 1939-03-08

who lives at the Wardman Hotel,
drives to work each morning, gets
his car at the hotel garage and
therefore did not pass through any
picket line today. AS he goes home
the same way chances are he will
not be annoyed, unless the strikers
place pickets at the rear entrances
to Wardman Park.
AS head of the largest print shop
in the world, and Government in
stitution, Mr.. Giegengack himself
runs an open shop-but he carries a
union card, as he said this morning.
Naturally, it would embarraSs him
to face picket line.
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Star Symphony Records Used
In Alexandria High School
Campaign Indorsed by
Head Of Virginia
Institution
Booth Schedule

The special Music Apprecia-
ton Campaign booth in the
lobby of The Star Building is
open from 8 am. to 6 pm. each
weekday for distribution Of the
sets of recordings of Schubert's
Unfinished Symphony" and
the electric record players. The
booth will be closed Sundays.
Evening star., 1939-03-08

to take up their places on the picket
lines shortly after S am.
Garland P. Webb is business agent
for Local 781. Charles E. Sands
represents Local IS and James
MacNamara represents Local 80
Negotiations Broken Off.
Negotiations were broken off
shortly after pm. yesterday, when
union representatives left meet
ing at the Willard Hotel. They told
the hotel men that they would wait
until pm. for an answer to their
demands.
At 8 pm. the following telegram,
signed by Joseph c. McGarraghy.
attorney for the hotels, was sent
to the unions:
Answering your request for an
answer by pm tonight, am in
structed to advise you that the
hotels continue willing to give the
union a preference shop under
which union members will be chosen
to fill vacancies if the union has
qualified applicants. The hotels
are unwilling to require their pres
ent non-union employees to join the
union as condition of employment
when the union is unable to furnish
qualified union applicants for the
vacancies being filled"
Another point on which the man.
agement and union could not agree
centered around methods of firing.
The union insisted upon veto power
either by its officials or an arbi-
tration committee-over any f1rings.
Position Is Unchanged.
Hotel spokesmen said their posi-
ton was no different from the one
taken a week ago when their re-
fusal to grant the union shop
caused union representatives to walk
out of the negotiations.
Mr.. Roberts of the Mayfower
Hotel, acting as spokesman for the
hotels involved in the strike, said the
hotels considered membership in
the union as a condition of en-
ployment would be contrary to
the fundamentals of hotel operation
which is so closely allied with the
public interest"
Refusing to consider the hotels
offer of a preferential shop" Mr..
Levine said this concession was no
concession at all because it meant
the hotels were willing to use the
union to get skilled workers at a
moments notice but that otherwise
the hotels were working toward
ultimate elimination of the union.
The union also proposed the set
ting up of an impartial board OF
arbitration which would review the
question of unjustified discharges.
Mr.. Roberts asserted, however,
that the union had been offered the
right to consult with the manage
ment on firings as a protection
against the "capricious acts" of de-
partment heads, and I'VE thought
that was sufficient arbitration"
Until last fall, he said, the union
had a working agreement including
the preferential shop" At that
time the management thought
everything was harmonious. No
question of working conditions,
hours, or wages is involved in the
present dispute, he pointed out, add
ing that in the negotiations for new
contracts the closed shop was Article
l and the negotiations never got
past that point.
Mr.. Levine, in explaining the pro-
cedure followed by the union before
the strike was called, declared 1.-The
union, in expending every effort to
reach an amicable and peaceful set
tlement, feels that the responsibility
for the further spread of strikes and
the consequent inconvenience to the
public now rests entirely on the
shoulders of the hotels and not the
union"
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Hirohito Names Douohter

TOXIC, March Up.-Emperor
Hirotito named his new daughter
Prince Takako Suganomiya-Prin-
cess Noble Precious-in a cere-
mony at the palace today in ac-
cordance with ritual that has been
unchanged for thousand years.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
Holmes Junior COLLEGE
Has Baseball Fever

When spring gets into the air, one
gets some kind of fever. With the
students at HUG, it is baseball fever.
Coach Thomas has four regulars to
build his tears around-Tiny Bowen
LIST base; Albert Lefty Dicken, pitch
er; Norwood, CT; and Lovette, IF.
Tiny" led the junior college with .
batting average of 400; he collected
IL hits in A trips to the plate. Tiny
made first base on the a~ll-state team
Lefty" Dicken was selected for
all-state pitcher; he had a record o,
five wins n one set back. He gath
cred s hits III of 81 tries for a bat
ting average of .238.
James Buck" Norwood made Sc.
cond all state center fielder. Buck
gathered 10 hits cut of as times At
bat, for a batting average of .282.
Lovette gathered 0 hits in 40 attempts
for 200 average.
This year, 25 candidates will try
for various positions; Coach Taomas
VIII devote his full time TO baseball
IS DON as basketball is over. A can
tain has not been elected. but on
will be selected before the first game
Last year, there were runors he.
the EJC student body didn't seem in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

us get up in the morning at the alarm of a Connecticut clock,
button o a pair of Ohio suspenders to a pair of Chicago pants.
Put on a pair Of Massachusetts shoes, wash in a Pittsburg ba-
sin, using Cincinnati soap, sit down to a Grand Rapids table, eat
pan cakes made from Minneapolis flour spread with Vermont
syrup, and Kansas City bacon fried on a st. Louis stove.
Buy fruit put up in California, seasoned with Rhode Island
spices and sweetened with Cuban sugar. Then w put on a hat
made in Philadelphia, hitch a "Detrot-Made- Mule" fed on Ok
lahoma gasoline, to a Ohio pillow and work all day on a Mis-
s.ssippi farm covered with a New England mortgage, and send
our money to Ohio for tires and then wonder why we pay $275
in taxes to the Ohio farmers $1O0 tax and he drives on paved
roads.
Then at night we crawl under a New Jersey blanket to be
kept awake by a bull frog, the only home product on the place,
wondering all the time where the sam hill all the money went.
Then we spend half our time complaining abou
hard times.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
Meaning Of Meter-Miser
Is Explained To Public

Over a period of several summers
there has appeared in a great many
published advertisements the phrase
-Miser, in connection with
specific make of electric refrigera'
tor. At first, taken to be just an adj
vertising phrase, it has appeared so
persistently and has made such a def
mite impression upon the public mind,
that it has stimulated a more COM
plete inquiry as to just what lay be-
hind the idea. Some interesting facts
were brought to light as a result.
The term Meter iser is the trade
marked name of a wholly new de-
sign in refrigerator mechanism. The
conventional types of electric refrig-
orators are nearly all equipped with
compressors that transform the ro-
tary power of an ordinary electric
motor to a vertical compression stroke
very much like the automobile en-
CINE, except that instead of general
ing power from gasoline, the refrig-
orator uses the power from the cleo
lric motor to compress the refrige-
rant, gas in the course of providing
refrigeration. Mechanically, however,
the compressor is made of cylinder
blocks, pistons, connecting rods, crank
shafts, valves and other minor items
all quite similar to the automobile
engine. In fact, it takes a fairly good
motor just to keep all the parts nov
ing before any refrigeration work
is done at all. This function is CON-
parable to a train without freight.
The Meter Miser unit is a complete
departure from the conventional.
There is no transformation of rotary
motor power to vertical power stroke,
requiring all the mechanical parts al
mony with the modern trend in build
ing great ocean liners, and also
modern electric power stations. These
now use the rotary principle directly.
and are not only exceptionally pow
erful and smooth in operation, but
the power plants themselves are fal
more compact and even neat look
ing.
In the new refrigerator design, the
compression stroke is not vertical, OF
straight, but is actually rotary. This
means that the entire mechanism
which moves is built on the shaft Of
the motor itself. Instead of working
back and forth like ar engine pis-
ton, the Meter-Miser simply spins
with the armature shaft of the mo-
tor. Everything is simplified. Many
power consuming parts are eliminated
altogether. There are no more belts,
gears or pulleys.
All this means tina the smaller
motor on the Meter-Miser will pro-
vide the same refrigeration as that
furnished by it's larger predecessor
of the conventional type, or the same
size motor will furnish a greater
amount of refrigeration. In either
event, considerable economy is affect
ed, II long life is assured, since the
entire mechanism, including the mo
tor is Theoretically sealed forever from
outside contact, away from dust, dir
and moisture.
The Meter-Miser is truly an innova
ton in modern mechanical design.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
Letters To The Editor
Durant, Miss
February, 25, 1859

Hazel Brannon:
/ think the readers of the News
and the citizens of Durant in general
appreciate the stand you took this
week for the publications in the News
of the minutes of the meeting Of
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
While the people of Durant have
not spoken of this subject to the
Board or Mayor, / do not think that
it is necessarily the opinion of the
citizens OF our city hat they do not
want it. Residents of Durant are
lacking in public spirit and conse-
quently are slow to speak for them
selves.
If the people of Durant do no
change their attitude and ways, Du-
ant will never be any more than
it is now. On the other hand, if a
radical change were made in atti.
tude and opinion, it could become a
very modern and desirable munich
palty in which to live.
1 personally am interested in ev-
e~rything concerning Durant and what
| could concern the voters and electors
of Durant more thar to know what
the officials, whom the people elect
ed, are doing in the way Of govern
ing our city? The meetings of Ma
yor and Aldermen are held behind
closed doors. But we have a right
to know what is going on in there
and I think / express the opinion of
a good many citizens of Durant.
Thanks for Aldermen Harrington
and McCune, who stood up and said
what they thought, instead of wait
ing around for someone else to make
the first move.
Why not print a ballot in the
next issue of the News to let the
Board know how the people feel about
the issue? Put a locked box in front
of the city hall and let the people
drop their votes in it.
Print this if you want to, if not
throw it in the trash basket witt
the rest of the rubbish.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

man ana woman VINO drives an autOmODNe IL appeared
recently in the Eufaula (Alabama) Tribune.
To-day my daughter, who Is seven years old, started to
sctcol ss ysrsl. she vf1e a dark bue dress with a white collar.
She had on black shoes and wore blue gloves. Her cocker span
il whose name is Coot, sat on the front porch and whined his
canine belief in the folly of education a she waved goodbye
and started off to the hall of learning.
Tonight we talked about school. she told m about the girl
who sits in front of her, the girl with yellow cuns, and the boy
across the aisle who makes funny faces. she told me about
her teacher who has eyes in the back Of her head, and about
the trees in the school yard, and Gbout the big girl who doesn't
believe in Santa Claus. We talked about a lot of things-te-
mendousy vital, unimportant things and then we studied spell
ing, reading, arithmetc-and then to bed.
rsAes back there now-eack in the nursery sound asleep.
with Princess Ehzabeh" Chats a doD cudded in her right
arm.
You guys wouldn't hurt her, would you? You see, I'm her
daddy. Vfnen her doh is broken or her finger is cut or her
head gets bumped. l can fix it-but when she starts to school
when she walks across the street, she's in your hands.
shes a nice kid. She can run like a deer and darts about
like a chiEmunk. she likes TO ride horses and to swim and
hike with me ON Sunday afternoons But I can't be with her all
the time; 1 have TO work to pay for her clothes and her educa-
ton. So please help me look out for her. Please drive slowly
past the schools and ntersecuons-and please remember that
children run from behind parked cars.
please don't run over my ntue girl"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
Pitkens News


The World Day of Prayer was OBJ
served at the Methodist Church on
Friday, February 24thth. The theme
was Let Us Put Our Love Into
Deeds-and Make 1t Real" Mrs. f.
j. Spengler was leader, she was as
sisted by Miss Josie Burton, Mrs. j.
e. Maxwell, Miss Matte Mai Hart,
Mrs. James w. Anderson, Mrs. f. C.
Buford, Mrs. Annie l.. Guyton, Mrs,
Joe Hamlin, Mrs. w. +. Marlborough,
Mrs. John Wentworth, Mrs. FELTON,
Worthy, Mrs. Jack Farabee, with Mrs.
Hoover Maxwell, soloist. Miss Ernie
Mae Thomas was accompanist. The
benediction was pronounced by Mrs.
Guyton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
H. J. c. And Raymond
Split Double Bill

The II. j. c. girls dropped a game
to the Raymond lasses Thursday
night with a sore of 1927. Early in
the game the Raymond sextette took
the lead and held it throughout the
entire game. Several times the H. j.
c.. girls climbed up nearly to a tie
ing score but they never gained the
lead. Fast clean breaking with plenty
of ball-handling ability was displayed
by the invaders and was q deciding
factor in the garae. Fumbles and
bad shots were repeated time and
again by the H. J.. c. girls, Ind they
never hit the stride that ey have
displayed in the last few games.
The III. ]. C. quintette sought re-
venge after the girls game and romp-
ed owe the Raymond lads to the
u n of 37-18. In the opening sec
onds of the game they piled up a
score of II points to the invaders J..
This lead was strengthened all thru
the game until the final whistle.
Adair did outstanding playing with
Toczvlowski, Hudspeth and McDon-
aid following closely. Lovette's fast
footwork accounted for several goals
md the whole team showed skill AT
hitting the basket from any angle
on the court. Toczvlowski sank four
long shots in his stay from the half
IN through the game, not counting
The crirs. In the last few minutes
q comolete new tear: was run on
+hn fhNnr ord N~To~uccd e~rt two nm
der tine goal shots in his short plav-
~ ti~'e. As the final whistle blow
Nord dropped the bali in the
N"sl,ot To raise their score TO IS,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
"Whot's Wrong With Mississippi"

The answer to this question was made eloquently
many years ago by a Mississippi editor who might well
have written it only today. We quote:
Nothing is wrong with Mississippi, except entirely too many of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

'o~oeto1 i, this vo~r va
--in oil he h~cr-'ro no teor1 - +ha
ut ~,~vNo ~ cor'A ~ o~ronoed for
TIE hand to rlav ~ home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

The Presbyterian Auxiliary met
in the home of Mrs. FELTON, Worthy
Monday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock for
a lesson from the mission study book
that was ably given by Miss Mat
tie Mai Hart.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

Thomas Walter Landrum, Chris
Pepper Haynes and Stuart Holder
Bridgeforth, students of Miss. State
spent the weekend in their respect.
i've homes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

The AS You Like 1t Club held its
annual business meeting February 81
in the lovely home of Mrs. II r
Varnado on Yazoo Street with Miss
n Montgomery as co-hostess. There
were twenty two members and three
honorary members present. During
the business session which was PIE.
sided owe by the president, Mrs.
Annie l.. Guyton, the officers ard
committee chairmen gave their re-
ports. The new officers elected We're
as follows: Vice president, Mrs. II. p.
st. John; recording secretary, Mrs.
j. F. Wilburn; Mrs. c. V. Maxwell
was program chairman for the after
noon and led a very entertaining stu
dy, George KAISER" a German play
wright. Those taking part on the
program were Mrs. A. NJ. torrance.
From Morn to Midnight; Mrs. J. II.
Davis, Gas; Mrs. E. H. Maxwell sang
two solos.
AT the conclusion Of the program
the hostess, assisted by Miss Mary
Elizabeth Varnado, served a delicious
plate lunch. The favors were sinai
red hatchets, in reminders of Wash
ington's birthday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
P O l. I'll 6 A L
Announcements

The Durant News is authorized to
announce the following candidates
for the below named offices, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
maries to be held this year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

sons Edward and Charles, spent
Wednesday, of last week with MS
mother in Jackson.
Willie Boiling, Mrs. Mamie Jones
and children. Julia Frances and Kath-
'een, Mr.. and Mrs. O'Neal Mcdaniel,
notored to Clarks. La. Saturday for
q visit with j. Y. Weeks and family
~topping in Monroe enroute home sun.
day afternoon for q short visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. o. Mills and Mrs. j.
NJ. Mills. They enjoyed a most
pleasant trip.
w. L. Davidson represented Plckers
Drug Store at the Pexel conacn on
he'd ct the Robert f. Lee Ho-el IN
Jackson Thursday.
Mrs. Tom Iardrr0n hos ro*u-n~l
home from her mothers, Mrs. Mcdo-
m Counts of Jackson. Mrs. L,andrum
IS recunerating from an operation
which she underwent at the Baptist
LISP tai in February.
Bob Thornton and Bill Presley, en-
p~l0vops Of P~o~'ov Cr~~-+ =
attended a school 4 n Memphis last
week.
T. J. CaHihan Of Jackson spent .ha
weekend with his aunt, Mrs, Susan
Morton.
s-r. G r Wallace. sales rapreseata-
Of U. s. Hoffman Machloes9
Corn, was q business visitor in Pick
ems Friday.
We are sorry to know that Ann.s
T7y is on tae sick list.
Mrs. Zouella Bacon of Durant was
= recent business visitor to our
town
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hawk of Canton
spent the weekend with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Davis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

Miss Nell Davidson was sent as q
delegate from MSCW to the Presby.
terrain Collegiate Fellowship Confer
ence held at Holmes Junior College
from Friday through Sunday mora
ing. Nell spent some time with home
folks before going by bus to Good
man.
Miss Grace Ingram, a Senior of
MSCN, spent the weekend with her
paren s, Dr.. and Mrs. c. II. Ingram.
Mrs. Floyd Patton. Miss Minnie
Pearce, Miss Sybil doom and ". a.
Hanna were bus ness visitors to
Jackson Friday.
Mrs. ]. r. Maxwell end IT'S. 9yat.
Davidson attended the Presbyterian
Collegiate Fellowship Conference at
HJc Friday night.
Mrs. Emma D. Murtagh is visiting
relatives at Hattiesburg.
Mrs. j. T. Lever is spending a few
days with Mr., and Mrs. Frank Simp,
son ard son at Flora.
Mrs. ONeaI Mcdaniel Of Way spent
Fridey with her mother, Mrs. II.
Jones.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02
Dent Run Over Ny Little Girl"

The following editorial should be read by every
man and woman who drives an automobile. 1t appeared
recently in the Eufaula (Alabama) Tribune.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-02

The Adult Circle of the Metho-
dist w. M. S. met al the church Nor
day afternoon for a Bible study led
by Mrs. c. V. Maxwell. The Esther
Cast Circle held it's meeting Monday
evening at 8 o'clock in the lovely
home of Mrs. E. J.. Spengler of Lex
ington Street.