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Evening star., 1939-03-19
Heavy Corporation Taxes
Revealed by Survey
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatcn 10 Ine star.
NEW YORK. March ia dollar
for the tax gatherer to match each
65 cents of net income seems to have
been the rule in 1898 for a large
cross-section of American industry
according to a compilation by the
Standard Statistics Co. In the case
of 80 corporations. taxes totaled
$203 ,682 ISL, and net income $780,
685 202.
Only a small proportion of cor
porations segregate their total tax
payments, Federal, State and local
in their public income accounts, and
those which do so report have no
means of even estimating the huge
amount of hidden taxes concealed
in the costs of raw materials or
equipment purchased. With these
limitations, however. the following
table compares total tax payments
and net income for 1888 for a rep
resentative group of 80 companies
picked at random:
.o ..,,. 1898 Taxes. 1895 Income
II large indus
&c trials - s3.563,3l5 41,7O69ss
size indus
TRIALS ------ S315.a14 1.2Ia341
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Fuirs Help Tire Sales

AKRON, Ohio. March 18 (Spe-
ciay) Twin world fairs in New York
and San Francisco will stimulate
business Of this rubber center with
to 7 per cent increase in re-
placement tire sales, according to
J. J. Newman, vice president of the
B. F. Goodrich Co., who estimates
1000 900 fair-bound cars will roll up
l6 billion extra miles of tire wear
this summer,
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Roof-Top Mail Depot

PHILADELPHIA, March 18 (Spe-
ciaD Use of the autogiro type of
aircraft to shuttle airmail from
thickly populated urban areas to
large transport planes at suburban
airports may be tried shortly here,
according to postal officials. The
autogiro would operate from the
roof Of the Philadelphia post once
on . schedule Of i've trips . day.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

ton OF the Dis
trict Bankers
Association, S e t
for Hot Springs,
Va, June 8-11,
President Hill
larry G.. Hoskin-
on announced
yesterday.
Stanley D. Will
lis, trust officer
of the National
M e politan
Bank, has been
appointed vic e
chairman, t h e
q n n o uncement
said. The other
Evening star., 1939-03-19

c h a p er, Ma
tional AsSocia-
ton of Cost Ac-
cOuntantS, at the
Kennedy = War;
rem Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. WerntZ will
speak on Prob
lens Before the
Securities a n d
Exchange Com
mission with
which he has
been associated
since 1885. His
present work in
Evening star., 1939-03-19

SATURDAY eve
ming at the May
flower Hotel, will
draw more than
500 m e m b e r S
and guests. The
annual affair is
becoming more
popu | ar every
year.
Martin A. Cook
Is general chair
man and Fred A.
Smith chairman
of the Entertain
ment Commit
tee, which has
planned a fery
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Pennsy Cuts Accidents
ID Per Cent in Year
81 ecial Dispatch to The Star.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1s-Sub-
stantial advances in safety were
recorded by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road in 1898, when accidents to en-
ployes per million man-hours work.
ed were reduced by IA per cent,
President M. w. Clement revealed
today in announcing the winners of
the thirteenth annual safety contest.
The entire system showed only
5.88 accidents per million man
hours, as compared to 6.S4 in 1887,
Each million man-hours is the
equivalent Of 400 men working full
time for Q yoaS.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

forms and regulations will be OF
special interest to all accountants.
A graduate of the Yale Law School,
he taught business law problems
at Yale for some time after his
graduation, in 1881. Wednesdays
meeting will include dinner, begin
ming at $50.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Automobile Ownership

SOUTH BEND, March 18 (Spe-
ciaD Only one-quarter of Amer
lca's 24,000,000 automobile owners
have incomes Of $50 week or more,
according to a survey reported by
the Studebaker Corp.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
". W. Werntz 10 Address
D. {. Cost Accountants

William w. Werntz. chief account
ant of the Securities Exchange Com
mission, will be the guest speaker at
the monthly meeting of Washington
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Brunswick Bake Collender Co.
1898 common share earnings were
$191 against $l.4l.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Federal Lund Banks

NEW YORK, March 1S R.-Closing
Federal Land Bank bonds:
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Check Transactions
WASHINGTON CLEARING HOUSE.
telephone Service in District

CHESAPEAKE 4 POTOMAC TELEPHONE C(
Number Of Telephones in Service.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Stocks Reduce
Losses After
Fresh Slump
Foreign Tension Brings
Early Recession Of
81 to S. q Share

WHAT STOCKS DID.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

80 or 20 ra
tions 500 6s2.75l S133 6s5. .2Oe
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

WOTK lOT lOlB B-TalSc program
by which city properties could keep
step with increasing demands by
steady additions, rather than by
spasmodic enlargement that would
require expenditure Of large sums
at widely separated intervals.
The l939-4O budget, which under
went final arrangements this week
before councilmen fix the new tax
rate, disclosed these proposed allo-
cations:
For street improvement: $4,000
For park development: $500.
For sewer extension: $500.
For new water mains: $3O,5OO.
Speaking for the city council In
the absence of Mayor H. w. Faw-
cett, Gordon Scriven commented
lei Centro is rapidly outgrowing
it's Clothes ..
More Homes
"A steady expansion in new
homes means there must be an
expansion in city equipment to
service them. To finance such ex-
pansion the old method was re-
course to bond issues. Fully real
izng the dangers of this method
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Attack Started
On Testimony Of
Ex.Communist
Bridges Defense Assails
Statement Made By
Former L. A. Red

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
18. (UP) - Attorneys de-
Tending Harry Bridges, west
coast CIO leader, against de-
portation began new attack
today on the testimony of John
Leech, former Los Angeles commu-
mist who has testified Bridges was
a member of the Communist party.
Today's attack centered on re-
pudiation of statement accredited
to Leech in which he denied Bridges
belonged to the party for which
Leech had been Los Angeles county
organizer. Leech has insisted he
made the statement under pres
sure" and that certain interline-
ations in it were not his.
Directing their attack on this
phase of his testimony, Bridges ca,-
led Miss Crany Goldman, secretary
to Attorney Spencer Austrian OF
Los Angeles, as its witness.
Miss Goldman said that she ac-
companied Austrian Ito a poor Sec
ton of Los Angeles" one Sunday
in July, 1887, to obtain statement.
Austrian went into house there
and came out with a man she ident-
flied as Leech.
Austrian and Leech sat in the
front seat of the automobile and |
sat in the back" she said. Aus
trian asked questions and Leech
answered them, knowing was TAX
ing notes. Leech showed no hesitatlo
in talking and didn't appear under
terror of any kind. Taking his state
ment required about two hours
At this point the defense intro
duced a 25-page statement they
said was the one made by the for
mer communist.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
NLRB Accused Of
Denying Ford
Free Speech
Spokesman Says Order
Against Propaganda
A Violation

DETROIT, Aug. 18. (UP)
The Ford Motor company
notified the National Labor
Relations Board today that
it would not comply with an
order which the board issued against
it week ago and charged that
the right of free speech was being
denied to Henry Ford.
In reply to the labor board which
last week reaffirmed its earlier ruiz
ing that the company was guilty
'of violating the Wagner Act, p. E.
Martin, Ford vice president, denied
that the company had discharged
members of the United Automobile
Workers union or otherwise inti-
Undated them
Martins statement addressed to
Frank Bowen, regional NLRB dir
ector, dealt principally with the
boards order directed against state
ments or propaganda" issued by
Henry Ford.
1T appears to be the purpose
of the board to prevent Mr.. Ford
and the Ford Motor company from
expressing any opinion which may
'disparage' or criticize any labor
organization, Martin said.
The right of free speech which
is accorded to advocates of Com
munism or any other ism is de-
MED to Mr.. Ford and the Ford
Motor company"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Ranger Loses Life
In Forest Fire
BY United Press

Joe Calandra. a state ranger,
was belived to have burned to
death in a blazing redwood forest
today, as flames licked through
bone-dry California timber and
brushlands in half dozen places.
Calandra was cut off in a canyon
by a forest fire in the Little Sur
area. A fleeing companion last
saw him falling between two blazing
redwood trees. A rescue party did
not find him and officials feared
he perished in the flames. His
companion, John Murray. IS. Oak
land, Cal, was burned severely on
MS face and hands in fighting his
way to safety with trees ablaze
around him. More than 1000 men
were fighting the blazes which were
strung out in mountainous regions
from Little Sur, near Carmel in
central California, to San Diego at
the Mexican border.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
AF0L Offers New
Peace Proposal

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. IL
CUP)-The executive council OF the
American Federation of Labor
submits another report today in
tended to restore peace in the Ac-
tors union. The report will an
swer some questions asked by the
Associated Actors and Artists OF
America about the status of one
of it's branches, the American Fed
Grafton of Actors, which it expelled
and which it has been advised by
the AFL council to reinstate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

iSoi hioiiiClle SOoPCi Ill SdulOIIlld
for the last few months and die
not think it unusual when Miss
West invited him to her luxurious
apartment to discuss his views.
The stocky English cleric, how
ever was somewhat surprised when
he entered Miss Vests apartment
to find her reclining on a coucn
while a press agent and a photog
rapher sat waiting for his arrival
Taking the situation in stride
DR.. Buchanan agreed to pose witr
Miss West on the couch just under
an oil painting of the actress in the
nude. g.. 81
Give him a come hither look
Mae" the cameraman prompted
her and Miss West rolled her. eye:
at the slightly fused cleric while
flash bulbs exploded.
The picture-taking business fin
ished, Miss West sat down with
Dr.. Buchanan for their discussion
OF moral rearmament.
II owe all my success to the kino
of thinking moral rearmament is,
Miss West said as she beamed al
DR.. Buchanan. "At heart I practice
moral rearmament myself. I learned
that was the right way to think q
long time ago." -
you are q wonderful woman
Miss West" DR., BIchman informed
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Hunter, Dogs
Injured in Battle
With Lion :a

FRESNO, Cal, Aug. 18. tUP)-
State Lion Hunter Jay Bruce and
three valuable dogs today were
nursing injuries suffered in subdu-
ing a wounded male. lion near Dun
lap, 40 miles east of here.
The 135-pound beast was treed
by the dogs, and as it leaped from
the tree was shot by Bruce. The
bullet, however, did not instantly
kill the lion, and it took refuge in
a nearby rocky crevice.
Ranger w, Diana and Pardner
Bruces three dogs, attempted to
dislodge the wounded lion, but in
the tussle, Ranger was badly mauled
Diana probably will lose the sight
of one eye and Pardner was nearly
choked to death when the animal
struck his collar, tightening it.
Bruce received decorations on his
hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Night CIubber
Held in ScaIdinu

NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (UP)-
James Hazard, 30-year-old night
club figure, was held on a charge
of homicide today in connection
with the death-b -scalding of his
friend, Thomas Martinez, 80, of
Miami, Fla.
Martinez was found in a bath
tub in Hazards apartment in Kew
Gardens, a district of Queens, last
Wednesday and died the same night
in Queens general hospital. Detec-
tive Patrick Small charged that
Hazard was responsible for the
scalding,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Bridges Threatens
New 1ieup Of
Coast Shipping

SEATTLE, Aug. l8. UP)-Harry
Bridges, west coast CIO leader, said
that unless Pacific coast shipowners
change their present attitude"
western shipping would be tied up
after Sept. 80 when present con-
tracts with dock and maritime un-
ions expire.
Bridges, comforting here and in
Portland with units of the Inter-
national Warehouse1nen's and Long,
shoremen's union which he heads.
said, however, he was hopeful Of
obtaining several concessions from
the employers In a new contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

the wage dispute. Negotiations
with Huerta were near an end, it
was believed here, when he became
i'll. His illness was followed by
transfer, and the appointment
of another man to assume the
duties of mediation. Negotiations
were resumed at their starting
point.
j. Torres, leader of a delegation
representing the union of water
system workers in Mexicali Valley,
remained in Mexico City to pre-
sent the unions side of the ar
gument.
The union had threatened to
strike unless its demands were met
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

organization, IOlQ tne committee o.
her experiences with the Bund af-
filiate. She was born in Germany
but is now an American citizen.
Asked by Chairman Martin Dies
D., Tex, to tell of conditions in the
girls camp which was adjacent to
boys Bund camp, she said:
THE boys and girls did things
they shouldn't do"
She said she quit the movement
because "the leaders wouldn't lei
me alone"
THE immortality of the entire
movement appalled, you" suggested
Rep. Joe Starnes, D., Ala, ito such
an extent that
1T disgusted me- she said.
Became Leader
Miss Voorlos testified that she
became leader of the girls youth
group after the death of Tillie
Koch, the former leader.
Miss Koch died, she said, o.
pneumonia contracted because she
stayed up at night to guard the
girls camp which was near thu
boys camp.
She said complaints about thi
caused the leader of the you'll
movement. a Mr. Dinkelacher, +
hold meeting s5#5
Mr. Dinkelacher told us to g,
where people couldn't see u.s. sh
said
But Hitler, in 'Mein Kampf,' il
against immortality" Dies said.
But that's what they call pure,
Miss Voorlos said. when two
people go together and don't curl
Continued on Page 6, Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

was in Mexico CITY. presumably
comforting with a representative OF
Gen. Antonio Villalobos, Mexican
minister of labor, and an agent
of the labor union representing
employees of the Mexicali subsid-
iary company
Bowker's efforts to checkmate de-
mands of the Mexican workers for
payment on a basis of United States
rather than Mexican currency were
delayed week ago when one labor
department mediator was replaced
by another. Since then nothing has
been heard from Bowker, President
Evan T. Hewes of the district said.
Gen. Villalobos originally as
signed Cardenas Huerta to mediate
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Grapes Of Wrath
Banned in &c.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. l8. CUP)-
The board of education today Or
dered copies of John Steinbeck' S
best selling novel, The Grapes of
Wrath" removed from the shelves
of public libraries.
Four members of the board voted
the action at special meeting
last night on the grounds the novel,
portraying the hardships of Okla
homa Dust Bowl farm folk, their
trek to and experiences in Califor-
mia, was obscene.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Japan Boycotts
British Goods

SHANGHAI, Aug. l8 (UP)-A
new and more drastic turn In
Japan's anti-British campaign was
indicated today by Japanese
Domei news agency dispatch report
ing that an "anti- British commit
tee" at Kaifeng had announced a
boycott of British goods and said
that all British goods not sold be-
fore September 30 would be confis-
Gated,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Marble, Fabyan
Annex Again

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass, Aug. lS
(UP)-Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
and Alice Marble, who form the
most formidable womens team in
the world, gained the final round
of the national tennis doubles
championship for the third Sue
cessive year today with 6-3, 6-l
victory over MN. Sylvia Henrotin,
France. and Mrs. Dorothy Andrus,
Stamford, Conn,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
County AAA Staff
To Move Offices

The agricultural conservation as
sociation staff will move into new
offices one week from Saturday, ac-
cording to Roland Ballou, county
secretary.
Remodeling of the new offices
at 430 State street will be COM
pleted by Wednesday or Thursday,
Ballou said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
.Ariz.May Give
Thanks Twice

PHOENIX, Aug. l8 CUP)-A con-
stitutional amendment appeared to-
day to be the only thing to prevent
Arizona from celebrating Thanks
giving day twice this year
Shortly after Gov. r. r. Jones
indicated he might follow President
Roosevelt's suggestion for a Nov. %
turkey day, someone found that the
state constitution designated the
last Thursday of November--in this
case Nov 30-as Official Thanks
giving day in Arizona.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

SID were Sdlu w iidSc UCcIi idiiSACO
at Koenigsberg.
The reported new troop move-
ments coupled with earlier reports
OF activity on the Silesian border,
place additional troops close to the
northern and western frontiers Of
Poland.
BERLIN, Aug. 10. (UP-The
Essen National zeitung, personal
organ of Field Marshal Hermann
Goering, Nazi No. 2, said today Of
reports OF atrocities" by Poland
against minority Germans:
Reports from those frontier dis
tricts make it clear that the Polish
government is no longer in posi-
ton to control the situation in
upper Silesia.'
Goerings paper admitted for the
first time that part of the frontier
was closed on the German as well
as the Polish side
WARSAW, Aug. l8. (UP)-Politi-
cal quarters, echoed by newspapers,
answered German demands for a
solution OF the Danzig problem to-
day with the reaffirmation that
Poland was determined to fight in
event that she was attacked or in
event of German violence to take
Danzig. .,.#
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Baseball Scores
BY United Press


AMERICAN LEAGUE q.
Philadelphia .. 900 900 000-0-5-O
New York ............ 600 2O2 10x-5-9-0
Pippen, Beckman & Hayes; Ruff
fling & Dickey.
Boston ....... 600 OIL 143-6-l2-O
Washington -. 900 900 0l1-2- 81
Ostermuller 81 Peacock; Carras-
quel, Palagyi, Masterson g. Ferrell.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York ...... 010 100 000-2- 5-3
Philadelphia - 80 0l0 O0x--5-12-0
Lohrman, Salvo 81 Danning; Higbe
and Miles.
Brooklyn 100 900 200 600 OO-3-1O-2
Boston Zoe. O1O 1Ol 900 900 01-4-l2-2
Fitzsimmons, Hutchinson a. Hay
worth, Todd, Phelps; Sullivan and
!, Mast.
st. Louis ....... 100 100 001-3-l0-l !
Pittsburgh ..... 900 900 000--0- I'll
r. Bowman and Padgett; Bauers,
j. Bowman, Sewell and Susce.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Supervisors
Anticipate Tax
Rate Hike
Heavy Withdrawals Of
State Funds For
Relief Noted

Imperial county supervis-
ors Friday began their Off
cial budget hearings prepar-
atOry to setting the county
tax rate next week. -.
The hearings are intended to
equalize items in tentative budget
already printed. The tax rate will
be based on corrected figures taken
in connection with utility taxation
figures furnished by the state.
Supervisors anticipated the prob
ability of an increase in the rate,
largely because of withdrawal this
year of state funds for relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

her. You have done wonderful
things
Have you met w. C. Fields yet?'
the blonde actress asked her guest
You should. Moral rearmament
is Just the thing he needs. Give il
to him in a bottle and he'll go for
it"
And with that the slightly puz-
zled Englishman was escorted to
his car by Miss West.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
JAPANESE WARSHlPS IN
NEW CONCENTRATION.

HONG KONG, Aug. l8. CUP)-
Chinese sources said tonight that
concentration of japanese war;
ships and transports at Pakhoi, ON
the gulf of Tongking near Indo-
China, indicates that a landing is
imminent and that foreign resi-
dents have been warned to evacuate.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Bill Hart Cleared
On Old Charqe

HOLLYWOOD, Aug is. CUP)--
William S. Hart. two-gun star OF
the silent screen, today was Vndi-
Gated by the courts ON 20-year- r-old
charge that he was the father of
an illegitimate child.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

No. l Fan
Softball has no more ardent fan
in Ell Centro than young Jimmy
Carson. AS far as RR knows, he's
never missed a softball game this
season. 1t practically breaks his
heart when two games are played
the same night, because he can't
go to both of them. Lately, Jimmy
has made himself an institution.
At each game he "caddies" for three
or four players, keeping the gloves
warm while the players are at bat.
handing them out again when the
side goes into the field.
When the seasons over, RR's
willing to bet Jimmy's average Is
about the best in the league-for
attendants.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Threat Of Water Strike Held in Allegiance
As Negotiations Continue in Mexico

Silence out of Mexico City Friday
officials to believe the threat of strike that
Mexca Imperial Valleys
negotiations conducted by the Mexican
Walter Bowk superintendent
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
BUND immoral, GIRL INFORMS DIES
Germany Moves
Troops as Donzis
Crisis Grows

PARIS, Aug 18. (UP)-The French foreign office
received information tonight of further German military
preparations including the landing troops in East Prus
sa Troop movements the Siesan frontier of Poland
also reported The troops by to East Prus
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
d AMBLING
X EPORTER
BY Grapevine

BY Grapevine
Reports filtering up from the I'M
perial Valley special train to Mex
leo City include:
M o. Simms is having a lot OF
trouble explaining how come he
got his pocket picked.
Bridge players on the train are
about ready to turn around and
come home. They can't play In
Mexico. It's gambling-according
to the Mexican officials. mot the
way RR plays it, it isn't. It's
Suicide)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Puzzled English Cleric Poses for Photos
With Mae West Beside Nude PAINTING,
Then Discusses Moral Rearmamenf

HOLLYWOOD Aug 18. (UP)-Mae West, blonde siren
OF the films, today announced herself firm believer
in moral rearmament after spending half hour in the
company of Dr. Frank Buchanan founder of the religious
movement DIR. Buchanan has been spreading the moral
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
E| Centre on''Pay-As. .You.Go' BasisAs
More Than $40, 900 EarmarkedFor
Improvementof City Properties in Year

Firmly implanted "pay-as-you-go' platform and
against bond issues Ell Centros city Friday
proposed capital improvements of more than $4,000 for
the coming fiscal year. ~. '.-.-
Contrary to past policy the city council laid ground
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18
Former Member
Describes Life in
Youth Section
Quit Because Men Leaders Wouldn't
Leave Her Alone; Charges Government
Criticized as Led by Jews

WASHINGTON, Aug 18. (UP)-Buxom Helen Vooros
49, told the Dies committee today she quit the German
American Bund girls youth organization because she was
disgusted with immortality of the movement
Miss Vooros, former Brooklyn leader of the youth
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

Fritz Kuhn above GermanAmerican Bund leader testified
Washinqon D. c. before The Dies Committee investigating
American activities August Is that he ordered membership lists
destroyed keep Congress and the New York state Legislature
from learning Of them During the hearing Aabamas RePreen
tse Sarne eaped his feet and started for Kuhn when the
Bund leader shouted Liar at him. The Aabaman had asked
the purpose of kuhn organization not 70 establish in the
US Naz form Of That's flat e Kuhn shouted
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-18

They All DO It
Sometimes RR runs across some
thing that makes him feel little
better about the typographical err
rors that occasionally pop UP in
this column. There was one IN
the Arkansas Gazette, for in
stance, that said:
About 600 persons attended each
night. The Rev. Leland Clegg con-
Quoted the meeting, assisted in the
shining by the Rev. ....
Now. II only the printers don't
make an error in this item