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Evening star., 1939-08-23
Mrs. Marshall Asks
S23,275 Tax Refund
In Plea 10 High Court
Ex-FiIm Stur Buses
Claim on Community
Property Law

In an appeal on file today in the
Supreme Court Corinne Griffith
Marshall, one-time screen star,
sought return of $23,275 in Federal
income taxes which, she alleged,
was enormously paid under the Cali
fornia community property law.
Mrs. Marshall. wife of George
Preston Marshall, laundry operator
and owner of the Washington Red
skins, petitioned the court yesterday
to review the claim which previous
ly has been rejected by the United
States Court of Claims
Through Counsel c. Leo De Orsey,
Milton W. King and Bernard I.
Nordlinger the court was advised
that the point at issue has direct
bearing on the community property
laws of nine States, as it will deter
mine how Federal income tax iabil-
ity can be shifted under these.
The tax in question was paid on
income earned in 1880 when Mrs.
Marshall was the wife of Oliver
Morosco, from whom she was di-
Vorced in 1884.
In April, 1927, California enacted
law giving husband and wife domi-
ciled there an equal vested interest
in community property. In Novem-
Der OF that year, the court is in
formed, the actress and her then
husband entered into an agreement
providing in substance that all earn
ings of either after that date should
be the sole property of the Garner.
In 1880 each reported their income
separately, the wife paying income
tax on $283,821 and the husband on
S55,442. Thereafter the commissioner
of internal revenue held that the
income of the couple should be al
located under the community prop
erty laws of California, with one
half of the income of each attributed
to the other.
BY such a division, Mr.. Morosco
would have owed additional tax, for
which assessment has been made,
Evening star., 1939-08-23

Jennings hotel room at his invita-
ton to have some beer. King said
that while he was sitting on the bed
Jennings made improper advances
to him. Miller, who had gone into
the bathroom, returned and scuffle
followed, King stated. Jennings was
struck with beer bottles and water
pitcher.
I'VE didn't think the man was
hurt very badly" King said. 1--WE
left and I first discovered Jennings
had died the next day when Miller
came to tell me. I did not make a
report Immediately because I was
afraid. I didn't know what to do.
II had never seen or heard of
Jennings prior to meeting him that
night"
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Friend Of Royalty to Receive
Strange Burial in Atlantic

Between New York and Liverpool
the ashes of Mrs. Hope, her husband,
George D. Hope, once prosperous
lumberman, and their daughter will
be placed in a copper urn, covered
with q floral blanket S feet square
and cast off to sink to the oceans
bottom. Then the II persons will
continue to Europe on a tour at the
late Mrs. Hopes expense. The hus-
band and daughter are buried here,
and their bodies will be exhumed.
Mr.. Stewart said Mrs. Hope once
found so many diamonds on her
husbands 10,000-acre holdings in
Arkansas that she gave a bridge
party and presented the winners
with the jewels.
After her husbands death Mrs.
Hope went to Europe to live for a
time.
"She wrote me frequently during
the years she lived in England" Mr..
Stewart said.
"She was house guest of Queen
Mary. She danced many times with
the Duke of Windsor when he was
Prince of Wales. She entertained
him at her home and he gave par
ties in her honor"
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Philippine Bill Seeks
To Limit Alien Labor
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MANILA, Aug. 23.-A bill which
would prove hard blow to Chinese,
Japanese and other foreigners work.
ing in the Philippines was introduced
in the National Assembly today by
Jose Uy of Marinduqe Province.
The measure would provide that
at least IS per cent of employees in
any one firm be citizens of the
Philippines or the United States. 1t
would exclude those whose work re-
quires technical knowledge or ability
unobtainable in the Philippines.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Four Chicoeoons Drown
In Lake Michigan
Nv tho Associotad Dress

BY IEe ASSOClated PTeSS,
GARY, Ind, Aug. 23-Four Chi
cago persons were drowned and
fifth was rescued yesterday when a
strong undertow pulled them into
Lake Michigan while they were
swimming at bathing beach here
The drowned:
Mary OMalley, 35, and John Mo-
ran, go, both of whose bodies were
recovered, and Mary Moran, Is, and
John Hogan, II, being sought by life
guards.
Mary Hogan, 8. was rescued by her
cousin, Joseph OMalley, 10.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Marines Acquitted
In SaIesman's S Death
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 23.-Two 19-
year-old marines, stationed on the
aircraft carrier Ranger, were free
today Of charges of murder which
grew out of the Staying of F. r. Jen-
nings, travelling salesman of Au-
gusta, Ga, in q hotel room here
July "a.
The youths, Wallace E. Miller of
johnson City, Tenn, and Lawrence
M. King of Columbia, Miss, were
acquitted within half hour last
night by Corporation Court jury.
Both testified they had gone to
Evening star., 1939-08-23
By the Associated Pre-

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. GA
strange burial in the deepest part
Of the Atlantic, comingling the ashes
OF a woman who once was enter
tanned by European royalty with
those Of her husband and child, will
be given Mrs. Eleanor Massie Hope
Of Shreveport, La.
Sterling Stewart, Cass County
lumberman, said today he was sworn
to secrecy about some of the details,
but divulged he was one of II per-
sons asked to participate in the
ceremony.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-02-23
The Theater World.
HCCWBOY AND THE LADYu

"CONBOY AND THE LADY"
United Artists Produ directed by H. c. Potter
Players: Gary Cooper
Patsy Kelly
Merle oberon
Rating: Fair
Here is combination Park Avenue, rodeo, wild end
woody western with the best features of
This is ell right if you like to Cary Cooper
or Merle Oberon. But don't take this sample of
Cooper's best acting, for that matter MARCO
Polo" either. Either Cooper has hit period Of
drought. or else the "Plainsman" flare-up. ANY,
way, you take the Cowboy and the Lady on your own
FOUNDER IS DAY CoAEMORATED
By PARENT-TEACHERS CEREMONY
candle light ceremony in comnemoration Of
Founders Day Will be given at the regular monthly
meeting Of the Greenbe1t P.T.A. Monday evening,
February 9th at $500 Pm. in the school
This pageant will show the objectives Of
education ideals Of the parentteacher movement.
Taking part viii be Mrs. James Albert, President
the P. T. A.. Mr.. Roy Braden, Town Manager. Mrs.
Garrett Public Health Harris, Librarian
Mr.. Ho1ochwost. Athletic Director, Mrs. D. N.
Henley. Director Of the Pageant. M. Kincheloe,
Minister of the Community Church, and Mrs. c. T.
Reed, Principal Of the School.
The public is cordially invited. Refreshments
will be served.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-02-23
HTHE CITADEL


An .G.M. production directed by King Vidor.
Players: Robert Donet
Roselind Rus sell
Rex Harrison
Rating: One Of the best.
Recommendation: Family picture.
The story of the struggling young medico end hi s
deals d powerfully played by the
redoubtab1e Mr.. Donet. Here is story laid in Eng
land and Wales done wi thout frippe and fanfare
Dramatically presented to leave doubt 20
the quality of the acting involved.
For those in Greenbelt who have felt keenly the
struggle for group health plan, and for sceptics,
too, here is fine portrayal of the trials of the
cooperative medical plan both regards doctor and
patient.
BY all this picture. It is of the
outs tending portrayals of the year. It is not
preecV but logically from development to de-
velopment smoothly and with such finish to be
wholly satisfying artistically.
Rosalind Russell contributes small part as the
young schoolteacher wife and research collaborat
Rex Harrison injects the Fortnight medical man
out to improve the world by force, if need be- and
introduces the note Of cooperative medicine.
The picture is shot through with dramatic cpl
sodes, and bit parts Skill fully handl go.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
ALegislutive Problem

House bill Number 376, just intro
duced into the Colorado Assembly.
reads as follows: "A bill for an act to
amend an act entitled to amend sec
ton one of an act entitled IAN act to
provide bond issue."'" Up until
this unfortunate moment the Colo
RADIO Legislature had been composed
OF carefree individuals filled with the
Joy OF life, and taking things easy,
after the fashion of legislators-but
those happy days are gone now. The
members are wandering around in a
daze, wearing the reproachful, puz-
zled expression of shot fish. Some
are trying to work it out on their
fingers, others are using bales Of
paper and still others have given up,
and may be found humming to them
selves a strange lifting tune-"Is
it an amendment? No, no, no! Is it
an act? No, no, no! Is it bill? No,
it's just little gold bond issue"
Once in awhile a fleeting gleam Of
hope lights up a careworn legislative
visage, only to fade away as its owner
loses track three or four steps from
the end Some faint idea of the
chaos may be gained when it is con-
sidered that even the lobbyists can't
tell them which way to vote.
When floods, fire, earthquakes and
similar disasters occur, the Red Cross
rallies round-but no provision has
been made for the hideous catastro-
phe that has stricken the Colorado
solons. In the name of suffering
humanity the Nation is called on to
help them in their distress. If any
one knows what House bill Number
376 really means, he is urged to tele-
graph the answer to Denver, Govern
ment rate collect, and then call at
the War Department for a lifetime
job as chief of the Cipher Bureau.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Honor for Mr.. Never

The distinguished service medal Of
the Cosmopolitan Club has been
awarded to Eugene Meyer, publisher
of the Washington Post, in recog-
milton of his sponsorship of the Grim
lnal Justice Association, an organ
ization established May %, 1886, in
aid Of intelligent resistance to law
lessness. Residents of Cleveland and
Baltimore already had banded to-
gether to promote and obtain an
efficient administration of criminal
justice through constructive
cooperation with all officers, depart
ments and tribunals charged with
the administration thereof, and to
gather, record and disseminate the
facts regarding all criminal cases
to its members and to cit
lzens = and to keep them in
formed regarding the administra-
ton of criminal justice"
Such work was worth doing in
Washington, and it has been done
for sore than two years, under Mr..
Meyers leadership, with results ex-
ceedlngly helpful to the understand
ing of the crime problem in the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1t, therefore, was
both fitting and proper that the
Cosmopolitan Club should have ex-
pressed appreciation of the effort;
and The Star applauds the givers and
the recipient of the medal as a
symbol of public appreciation we'll
merited and abundantly earned.
Evening star., 1939-01-22

today. Unless our new and closely knit
world can be brought to obey Christ's
second great command, Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thysef," we are facing
dark and serious days ahead.
At the present time there seems to be
no governing principle, ethical or polit-
ical that determines the relations Of
nations and peoples. Everything rests
on strength of arms and the command
Of resources. There is no limit to COM
petition here. Friendship and comfy
on such basis can have no sense of
security or continuing peace. Men can
not live happily under such conditions.
There is no alternative to Christs plan
for an orderly world. 1t is either that we
shall solemnly resolve to follow His pro-
gram and follow it consistently or en-
deayor to exist through superiority Of
arms.
We stand today in the valley Of deci-
sion and the course we set for ourselves
has its inevitable consequences. Con-
sidered in its application to our indi-
vidual lives and our community interests,
each one of us is potential factor in
determining the course nations shall
take. If we are living comprehensively
it means that we do our full part in
everything that concerns the well-being
OF all those with whom we have contact.
that we share their misfortunes as we'll
as their fortunes. 1t means further that
we rid ourselves of class and racial
hatreds and that we play the role of
good neighbor to all men. 1t means
further that in politics and religion we
exercise unfailing charity and kindly
judgment. In word, it means fulfilling
literally the law of neighborly comfy
and good will. We have all kinds of
peace and other societies and their mo-
tives are excellent, but the will to peace
begins with the individual. We gener-
ate, each one of us, the spirit of good
will or Ill will. We permeate the atmos-
phere of home, Office and the society in
which we move with the one or the
other. Democracies do not make war,
they but reflect the will and expressed
desire Of the individuals that comprise
them.
We have had 20 years of i'll will and
it has issued in class and racial hatred
and created cleavages between nations.
The Golden Rule has been set aside and
forgotten. While we speak reverently of
the Prince of Peace and exalt His teach
ing, We refuse 10 obey His precepts
The time is at hand when we must
change our course or face future
clouded with uncertainty and doubt.
The increasing complexity of life is
forcing us to readjustment of our ways
of living. BY what standard shall this
readjustment be effected?
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Cotton Troubles

The New Deals cropping for an
answer to the bewildering cotton
problem emphasizes the major single
failure of the Roosevelt agricultural
program. The cotton surplus was a
beSetting question in 1888; it is even
more veXatious now, and its growing
acuteness is a political challenge to
the New Deal as we'll as an economic
problem for the whole United States.
The policy of making loans to
cotton-growers has turned the Fed
eral Government into the unhappy
owner of 100000 bales of the fiber.
This is enough American cotton to
meet ordinary demands for two years.
Its presence in warehouses is a per-
manent barrier to a rise in the cotton
market. 1t must be disposed of. But
whatever action is taken, leaving out
such simple procedure as burning the
surplus, is bound to have inter-
national consequences.
One solution is dumping, which
will arouse foreign antagonism.
Another answer was suggested by the
President at his press conference
Friday: a world agreement on re-
striction of production and imports.
This proposal, which has come be-
fore from the Agriculture Depart
ment, has already aroused domestic
antagonism.
The cotton question gives added
Importance to the visit here next
month of Oswaldo Aranha, Foreign
Minister of Brazil, a major cotton
producing nation. Mr.. Aranha is
coming at the invitation of President
Roosevelt primarily to consider the
White House program for Western
Hemisphere unity and defense. But
he may we'll talk of cotton, too, for
Secretary Wallace already has been
advised that Brazil favors inter-
national cotton control
Evening star., 1939-01-22
Getting Somewhere

Action of the Traffic Advisory
Council in approving proposal for
pedestrian protection brings the
District Commissioners to the point
where all necessary preliminary steps
to the adoption of adequate safe
guarding regulations have been
taken.
The regulations approved by the
advisory council are slightly broader
than those indicated after the public
hearing last month, but they come
much nearer the ideal to be sought
AS the proposed rules stand now,
awaiting only final adoption by
the officials of the city, protection
would be provided pedestrians when
they have the right of way and as
sistance offered them, through the
installation of pedestrian lights and
the improvement of the present sig
nal system, in determining such right
of way. On the other hand, certain
responsibilities, not now included in
the laws of the Capital, are laid upon
those travelling afoot. They must
obey traffic signals and must not
cross between intersections in such
a way or at times when to do so
would endanger their lives.
These rules are a logical solution
to major part of the problem which
took eighty-six lives last year and
five in the first twenty days of this
year. They will not be a complete
solution. Any population will always
include careless people. Some Of
these always will be driving au-
tomobiles or walking into dan
ger. But such compromise be-
tween the extremes of rigid control
and no regulation at all, as approved
by the Traffic Advisory Council, will go
long way in bringing about a better
spirit of cooperation between pedes-
trians and motorists and is bound to
breed a public sentiment for safety
and security.
The matter is now in the hands of
the Commissioners. Their early &C
ton may be the means of saving
many lives in the next few months.
That being the case, these officials
should adopt the appropriate regula-
tions without further delay.
Evening star., 1939-01-22
CAN We LIVE TOGETHER?
BY the Right Reu James Freeman, D. d. ILL., d. D. c. l.,
Bishop of Washington.

MAN is q social animal" we arc told.
The hermit life is wholly unappealing.
While we readily accept all that is i'm
piled in our social responsibilities we
are witnessing in our modern world a
tragic contradiction of their fulfillment.
We have reverted to the days of feudal-
ism and the clan spirit, where racial
animosities and bitter rivalries were the
rule. The situation is one that i'm
perils nations and peoples; unarrested
it must issue in confusion and disaster,
and change the whole course of what we
hold of ordered and orderly ways Of
living.
The first tragedy recorded in the Bible
concerned mans responsibility for his
brother and the bold declaration Of the
first murderer was: Am my brothers
keeper?" AS penalty for his sin, Cain
was condemned to life of exile from
the habitations Of men and was branded
with the mark of shame that should
make him forever an outcast.
From that remote time down to the
present this incident has been cited as
an example of the evils of unaccepted
social responsibility. Time was, and
that not distant, when the contacts be-
tween peoples and communities were
restricted by the limitations of slow COM
munication. This condition has been
changed through modern inventions
and the whole world has become verit-
able neighborhood, with no part of 1t
separate and aloof. The secrets of today
make the news Of tomorrow, and the
voices of statesmen and leaders are pro-
jected with the swift fight of light
throughout the world. Privacy is abol-
ished and seas and continents no longer
divide the peoples Of earth.
This creates a situation both advan-
tageous and dangerous. 1t compels in
timacy while it makes possible the swift
dissemination of the spirit of hate and
racial animosities. We had striking
example Of this during the critical days
of last September. More significant
than the mobilization and movements
OF armies was the proximity of contend
ing nations made possible through the
medium of the radio. That the latter
played conspicuous part in this con-
troversy is most evident. Without it
conflict was certain. That we shall have
always diverse systems of government is
certain and that racial and economic
rivalries will continue is likewise certain.
Should these conditions hinder or ad-
vance the spirit of generous and kindly
judgments and willingness to cooper
ate in the interests of peace? Can men
OF different races, temperaments and
traditions live in harmony and mutual
accord? These are primary questions
Evening star., 1939-01-22

rectly concerned in the Far East, are
invited to examine in consultation,
should this appear appropriate, with
other similarly interested powers,
proposals for taking effective meas
ures to help China, in accordance
with the proposals submitted by her
representative"
If the League had categorically
bulletined to the world that, for all
practical purposes, it has put up its
shutters, it could hardly have chosen
more informative method than the
language which the Council invoked
for sidestepping the representations
of the Spanish and Chinese govern
mentS,
Evening star., 1939-01-22

and, with another, open-handedly
selling scrap iron to nations fever
ishly arming for war savors of a
moral paradox. ..
Secretary Hull last summer by a
mere request persuaded the over
whelming majority of our aircraft
industry to quit selling planes and
bombs to countries that condone the
bombing of civilian populations. Per-
haps If the State Department were to
make kindred representations to
dealers in scrap iron, it might OBJ
viate the necessity of legislation such
as Senator Schwellenbach advocates.
If it did not have that effect, there
would be even a stronger case for an
embargo law.
The Schwellenbach bill is in line
with the efforts now being made by
a highly representative committee of
citizens, called the American Com
mittee for Non-Participation in Japa-
nese Aggression" of which former
Secretary OF State Henry L. Stimson
is honorary chairman. It was Mr..
stimson, who, early in the China war
In notable public statement, sought
to arouse the American people to the
inconsistency Of sympathizing with
China while continuing to supply
Japan with the sinews of war. In
the latest statement of the commit
tee headed by Colonel Stimson it is
asserted that Japanese shrapnel,
hurtling through the air to kill or
MAIN, is made from scrap iron gath
cred and shipped by American Junk
dealers"