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D. G. Taxes
Continued From First Page.)

ducing the Districts revenue pos
sibilities.
In addition to Chairman King and
Senator Overton, the conference to-
day was attended by Senators Cap
per of Kansas, Austin of Vermont,
McCarran of Nevada and Hughes of
Delaware.
Others in Conference.
Others taking part we're Commits
. sioners Hazen and McCoach and the
following members of the Commits
sioners' Advisory Committee: Dis
trict Auditor Donovan, District AS
SCISSOR Allen, Corporation Counsel
Seal, 10 v. Morgan, tax appeal Off
Ger; Public Utility Commissioner
Keech and Robert " Fleming, L. A.
Carruthers, John Locher and Prof
Charles M. Thomas.
In its original form the high
bracket income tax in the Pond re-
port was designed to bring about a
test of the right of Congress to tax
Federal salaries while acting as a
State Legislature for the District.
After the Supreme Court settled this
question few months ago by hold
Ing the States may tax Federal SAL
aries, a House subcommittee broad
ened the income schedule to apply
above $4,000. Before the bill
reached the House floor, however,
the full District committee killed
the sales tax feature.
Then the House itself proceeded
to rewrite the remaining income
levy by bringing it down to $4,000,
but with an accompanying exemp-
ton for members of Congress and
House and Senate employees.
Hearings Next Week.
The conference of Senator King
and the advisory tax group today
is preliminary to formal public hear
ings next week. Meanwhile, the
committee already is beginning to
hear from many organizations and
individuals on the House bill.
The Overton plan is given ap-
proval by the Voteless District of
Columbia League of Women Voters,
which also indorsed the principle of
graduated income tax, in the fol-
lowing letter to the committee:
"As previously stated, the Voteless
District of Columbia League of
Women Voters approves the prin-
ciple of a graduated income tax
based on ability to pay, and opposes
the business privilege tax and the
tax on intangibles. Particularly, we
wish to state our opposition to the
limit of a $5,00O,OO0 Federal con-
tribution to the District of Columbia,
as passed by the House on June IL.
We approve the Overton formula, as
stated in Senate bill No. 1190, as a
permanent policy for fiscal rela-
tions. At this time we heartily in
dorse the Federal contribution of
$7,750,000 as recommended bv the
Senate Subcommittee on District
Appropriations and passed by the
Senate"
The letter was signed by Mrs. M
O. Lorenz, president.
The United Federal Workers of
America, through President Jacob
Baker, advised Senator King the
organization favors the income levy
as more equitable than the sales tax
or business privilege tax, but asks
some changes in the exemptions for
the lower salary brackets. The let
ter urged that credit be allowed for
dependents.
Evening star., 1939-06-16
Embarrassing Moment

DULUTH, MINI. R.-The COL
lective face of St. Louis County's
taxing body was red today. For IS
years it taxed a section of timber
land in the Lac La Croix district.
The trouble was that the land actu-
ally was in Canada. Three COM
panies are seeking a refund of
$4,1l6-58 in taxes-plus interest.
Evening star., 1939-06-16
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY JUNE 1e 1885,
Eagle Badge Awarded
To ! Boy Scouts
Al Ceremonies
Many Other Honors
Given at Exercises
Last Night

Scoutdom's highest award-the
Eagle badge-today is worn by seven
District Boy Scouts who stood last
night before the Court of Honor in
Mcfarland Junior High School and
received the coveted honor and con-
gratulations of troop members,
scoutmasters and executive officials.
Recipients Of the Eagle badge were
Vincent Verplanck, Troop 3; E.
Gibbs Sharkon, Troop s; William
Armstrong. scoutmaster, Troop 10:
Nelson Shelledy. Troop So; John I.
Cumberland, jr, and William H.
Orsinger, Troop 81, and Richard
Rule. field commissioner, Rover
Crew No. !.
Star awards were given so Scouts
and eight received life badges.
Bronze, silver and gold palms were
given eight others and the presen-
tation Of veterans and Scout train
ing awards brought the program to
close.
The award list follows.
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COLBERT COOPER PLAY
SOPHISTICATED COMEDY
ENDING AT COLISEUM

MIR. Deeds gets taken to town by
gal who met him in Parish
That, in a nutshell, is the new
Claudette Colbert-Gary cooper
comedy, "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife,
a Paramount picture, which ends
tonight at the Coliseum Theatre.
Set against the background of
Europe's gayest pleasure spots, the
picture tells the mad story of an
American millionaire who runs
through a series of seven wives in
rapid succession. He meets his match
in a lovely French aristocrat who
frankly marries him for his money
and tames her "shrew' with the
most unexpected success.
Cooper, in his role of the blase
Croesus who does not become inter-
ested in his wife until he almost
loses her, is a new person and bears
out the predictions of many of his
admirers that his ideal part would
be that OF a man-of the world Miss
Colbert, playing the urbane and re-
sourceful daughter of the French
aristocracy, tames her one man as
she tanned her two in Il Met Him
in Paris
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FORMER JUNEAU
GIRL RETURNING
HERE FOR VISIT

Louis Neiderhelman and wife are
passengers aboard the Aleutian,
coming here from Cincinnati for q
visit of perhaps several months. Mrs.
Neiderhelman is the former Fran
els Messerschmidt, wellknown in
Juneau and she and her husband
will make their home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Messerschmidt, during
their visit.
Other relatives In Juneau of Mrs.
Neiderhelman are her two sisters,
Mrs. George Shaw and Mrs. Jack
Schmitz and brother George Mes
serschmidt.
Enroute to the coast, the Neider-
helmans visited the International
Exposition at San Francisco and also
Mr.. and Mrs. X. X. Kyler, former
residents of Juneau.
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BERLIN Tunes
FEATURED IN
CAPITOL FILM
Ginger Rogers and Fred
Astaire leaned in Musi-
cal Film "Carefree"

The endeavors of a psychiatrist
to play Cupid and marry off his best
friend to a noted actress is the
theme of "Carefree," RKO Radios
latest musical romance with Fred
Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the
stellar roles, which ends tonight at
the Capitol Theatre.
However, the scheme runs into
unforeseen difficulties when the pa
tient falls in love with her doctor
instead of with the man she's sup
posed to marry. Hilarious compli-
cations involving hypnotism, a
skeet-shooting match, legal injunc-
lions, breaking into a church and
the wrecking of a nationwide radio
program, are among the comedy
highlights of the Astaire- Rogers We
hicle.
Woven through the story are a
group of tuneful melodies by Irving
Berlin, and four notable dance rou-
tines-Astaires solo Golf Dance, a
fantastic Dream Dance, the roman
tic Change Partners" number, and
the Yam" the new popular ball
room step that is expected to re-
place most of the current dances.
Ralph Bellamy heads the brilliant
supporting cast, which includes the
Broadway favorite, Luella Gear;
Clarence Kolb, Franklin Pangborn
and the new find" Jack Carson.
Mark Sandrich directed the Pandro
S. Berman production.
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CALVERT CASE SALES
SHOW BIG INCREASE

NEW YORK, May 16.--Another
sales record has just been set by CAL
vert Distillers Corporation, accord
ing to an announcement made by
j. M. Wyatt, director of marketing,
who stated that Calvert case sales
in April were the largest of any
similar month in the company's
history
In making this announcement,
Mr.. Wyatt also stated that not only
did April sales reach an all-time
high for that month since the COM
pany has been in business, but that
case sales on a fiscal year basis are
also running ahead of those for
the same period of last year.
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now
JUNEAU BOUND
Rofarians, Also Other Pas
sengers Aboard Liner
for This Port

Steamer Aleutian, sailing from
Seattle Sunday midnight, having
aboard several hundred Rotarians
to attend the District Convention
starting in Juneau Thursday for
three days, also has the following
passengers aboard for Juneau;
j. B. Marin and wife, Everett CAL
houn and wife, Frank Nelson, Louis
Neiderhelman and wife, Dorothy
Carlson, B. A. Sweet and wife, A.
w. Quist, r. c. Penrose, A. Erick-
son and wife, Helen Davis, Harry
Burrell, c. w. Hillman, NJ Shei-
man.
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KRAFT ABOARD LOUISE

Edwin Kraft. of Seattle, operator
of Station KINY, is aboard the
Princess Louise coming on his an
nual inspection trip. He is accom-
panied by his wife and two daugh-
tiers.
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ingness in rendering her services
when ever needed.
First class awards were given
Laura Jean Clithero, Gordon Gil
there, Sylvia Davis, Isabel Parsons,
Dorothy Fors and Susie VIM.
Merit Badges
The following awards were pre-
scented for work accomplished dur
ing the year, including the merits
won during the summer camp OF
j 1887 t9g
First Aid-Irene Williams, 3ever-
ly LEVERS, Maureen Lovett, Mar
garet Femmer, Esther George, Dor
othy Ricketts,, Grace Berg, Marian
Cas-. A&c ~
Health WInner-Margaret Fem
mer, Esther George, Beverly Lew
ers, Irene Williams, Gordon Gil
there, Adrienne Glass, Dorothy
! Ricketts,, Grace Berg, Marian Cass
Junior Citizen - Esther George,
Irene Williams, Maureen Lovett,
Margaret Femmer, Beverly LEVERS,
Laura Jean Clithero. Gordon Gil
thero Barbara Hermann, Dorothy
Ricketts,, Marian Cas-, Dorothy Fors.
Girl Scout Aide - Laura Jean
Clithero.
Bugler Sylvia Davis, Grace
Berg, Laura Jean Clithero.
Needlewoman-Susie Winn, Char
lotte Soule, Laura Jean Clithero,
Gordon Clithero.
World NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Her
mann.
Cook-Dorothy Fors, Charlotte
Soule, Laura Jean Clithero, Adri-
enne Glass, Patty Schaffer, Winona
Monro, Shirley Davis, Mary Tubbs.
World MISREPRESENTATION Her.
mann.
Observer-Adrienne Glass, Lois
Standafer, Nathylie Bailey, Peggy
Houk, Dorothy Fors.
Home Maker - Gordon Clithero,
Laura Jean Clithero, Adrienne Glass,
BARBARA hermann.
Journalist-Barbara Hermann.
Laundress - Barbara Hermann,
Laura Jean Clithero, Gordon Gil
there.
Home Nurse-Grace Berg, Sylvia
Davis.
House Keeper--Dorothy Ricketts,,
Betty Nordling, Grace Berg, Marian
Cas-, Shirley Davis, Lorraine john
son, Marilyn Merritt, Laura Jean
Clithero, Gordon Clithero, Patty
Schaffer.
Minstrel-Beverly LEVERS, Sylvia
Davis.
Hostess - Mary Tubbs, Esther
George, Barbara Hermann, Laura
Jean Clithero,s Adrienne Glass.
Troop Scribe Beverly LEVERS.
Craftsman-Laura Jean Clithero,
Dorothy Fors, Sylvia Davis.
Scribe-Barbara Hermann, Laura
Jean Clithero.
Troop TreaSurer-Patty Schaffer.
Scholarship Man Humphrey.
Photographer-Shirley Davis.
Second Glass Maureen Lovett,
Jean johnson, Jean Butts, Nan
Humphrey Nathylie Bailey, Lois
Standafer, Peggy Houk, Pat Davis.
Attendance Awards
Girls receiving gold stars for per-
feet attendance at all meetings dur
/ ing the past year include:
Laura Jean Clithero, Florence
Hawksworth, Nan Humphrey, Doris
Jean Norman, Mary Sperling, Peggy
Houk, Gordon Clithero Jean
Thompson, Barbara Hermann, Betty
Lou Haired, Nathylie Bailey, Jeanne
Butts. Fl
Charlotte Soule, Irene Shirk, Dor
thea Hendrickson, Betty Nordling
Dorothy Ricketts,, Marian Cass
Shirley Davis, Shirley Mae Kle-
weno, Ruth Talmage. Beverly Lei.
vers, Irene Williams. Esther George
Connie Davis, Margaret Femmer
Lorraine Johnson, Pauline Hudor
and Maureen Lovett.
Scouts winning silver star awards
for a 80 percent average attendance
were:
Peggy Houk, Jane Williams, Heller
Anderson, Astrid Holm, Anr
Thompson, Laura Jean Clithero
Erna Meier, Mary Tubbs, Winons
Monroe and Mona Everett.
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MERITS PRESENTED
GIRL SCOUTS AT
COURT OF AWARDS
Barbara Hermann Wins
Five-Year Stripe for
Outstanding Work

In the High School gymnasium
the latter part of last week Girl
Scout Court of Awards was held, at
which time Barbara Hermann was
given the five-year stripe, for out
standing work as first class scout
and for her cooperation and will
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NOTICE

From this date, May 16 1889, I,
Margaret Lindsay, formerly of the
Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe, will not
be responsible for any debts con-
tracted by anyone unless authorized
by me.
(SigneD MARGARET LINDSAY
adv
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Your Screen I esll-

I Paramount is producing Aln
Sc called Million Dollar Legs"
What actress (shown in picture)
has been selected for the leading
role?
, The following m owl 9 stars
@s are married to men who are
not in pictures. Who are the hus-
bands and what are their profess
sions? (a) Irene Dunno, (b) Clau-
dette Colbert, (c) Madeleine Car
roll, (d) Dorothy Lamour.
> Where did these stars get
- their acting starts; (a) John
Garfield, (b) Robert Taylor, (c)
Joan Crawford, (d) Gary Cooper,
(e) Luise Rainer?
n What actor, in his last three
- pictures, has played taxi
driver, an inventor, swashbuck-
ling soldier-a dventurer.
E The following actors have
- occasionally, broken into the
news through participation in their
favorite sports, Name the sports.
(a) Spencer Tracy, (b) Clark Ga
BILE, Co Bing Crosby, (d) Enrol
Flynn.
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DR. STEVE SAYS

Comfortable feet are the key to
happiness" Valentine Building =
phone CAB adv.
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Laundry and equipment m $4,000
General and aircraft store
house Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Souadron's storehouse ........ 10000
Paint and oil storage build
ing ........,...............,............. $4,000
Gasoline storage and distri-
button 100000 gall in
underground storage ..... 100000
Power plant and equipment $4,000
Fuel oil storage 10000 bar
rels) underground ........ 10000
Electrical distribution sys-
tenn ..................................... 100000
Water-supply and fire-pro-
lection systems ..................... 100000
Sewerage systems ................. 100000
Roads and walks ...................... 100000
Small-boat pier and boat
house ....'............................... $4,000
Pier for tankers and ten
ders 100000
Gatehouse and fence ..-........ 10000
Magazines CD, underground $4,000
FirehouSe and garage ........... 10000
Station maintenance building 10000
Cold storage and commisary 100000
Machine-gun range .............. 1000
Heat-distribution system -. 10000
Bombsite workshop and
storage ................................... 10000
Telephone system .................... 10000
Torpedo workshop and stor-
age ....................................... 10000
T,otal SQ741 oOo
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OUTLINES WORK
FOR BASES AT
KODIAK, SITkA
Construction Plans at AL
dska Stations Are An
nOuneed in Detail

CONTINUED nom Page One)
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Delegate Dlmond states that With
the constantly increasing evidence
that Congress is becoming more Al
aska-minded in planning for the
nations defense, he expects that
the full amount of money required
for the bases at Kodiak and Sitka
will be set up in the appropriation
bill. The fact that the Navy De-
partment Is sending two survey par
ties at this time for work at Sitka
and Kodiak indicates that they too
expect construction to be UNDER
taken soon in both areas.
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Shows You How To Get A Business Position
Also Good Government Jobs

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Evening star., 1939-01-29
Automotive Hints
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

There seems to be popular-and
angerous-tendency toward trying
to judge speed by the sound of the
engine, the rumble of the tires or the
whistling of the wind around the
windows. Sounds can throw you far
off in judging speed. One owner
of g new car tells me that, from
the sound of the car, he thinks he
is travelling about 40 miles an hour,
whereas the car actually is doing IS.
An error in judgment of only miles
per hour is bad enough. There are
other cases, too, where it works just
the reverse. The new car may have
noisy tires which give the driver the
impression that he is going faster
than he really is. With such error
he won't be able to make good time.
In these days of shifting stand
ards of noise it is necessary to rely
upon the speedometer. Manufac-
turers have made the dials large
enough to justify frequent glances
at the only reliable guide to rate Of
travel,
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Automotive Brief

Ofhcials of the Pennzoil Co. were
hosts recently at the Hamilton
Hotel to a group of regional Pennz-
oil representatives and members of
it's distributor organizations. Rep
resenting the company were Victor
Benson, sales manager; 3. S. Philips,
sales promotion manager, and E. F.
Johnson, advertising manager.
Merchandising and advertising
plans for 1889 were explained in an
ticipation of an upswing In business
during the coming year.
The Firestone Auto Supply and
Service Stores announce the ap-
pointment of Harley M. Thomas as
manager of their completely re-
equipped, newly reopened station at
Thirteenth and K streets NV. Mr..
Thomas appointment to this new
position follows a successful career
with Firestone in youngstown and
Warren. Ohio, and New Castle, Pa.
His staff also has the benefit of in
tensive factory training by the Fire
stone Tire g. Rubber Co. at Akron,
Ohio.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
NEWS OF THE MOTORING WORLD
Washington Drivers Now Getting Sadly Wise High Motor Taxes
Prevalent Throughout the Nation

in 1887. Levies on the industry and
its products gave the tax collector
substantially more than the indus
try's own workers received, and
greatly exceeded earnings.
Since automotive transportation
has become an essential part Of
American life, with approximately
two out of every three families own
ing and operating motor vehicle,
automotive taxation now consti-
tutes no inconsiderable factor. With
gasoline taxation alone increasing
the cost of motor fuel by one-third
or more, automotive taxation Is be-
coming decidedly a public problem.
In fact, continued national enjoy
ment of the valuable social and eco
nomic contributions of the motor
vehicle and the highway depends
to a large degree upon the satisfac-
tory solution of that problem.
Fortunately, signal progress toward
the correction Of some inequities Of
automotive taxation was made in
1888. The trend of public senti.
ment augurs further progress in
1889. At the November, 1888, elec.
tions the voters of California, Michi-
gan and New Hampshire adopted
constitutional amendments dedicat-
ing the income from automotive
taxation exclusively to highway
financing. During 1898, also, the
Legislatures of Nevada and Indiana
initiated constitutional amendments
prohibiting diversion of the motor
lists tax funds to non-highway pur-
poses.
Such dedication, now assured In
seven States, presages the develop
ment of adequate highways, financed
largely by the users thereof, and
permits the maintenance of auto
motive tax rates at reasonable levels
through definite limitation of the
purposes for which the money may
be used and the proper planning
and economical construction of nee
essary roads.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

the card players of the country paid
Uncle Sam total of $4,052, ,567 .33 tax
on playing cards during that period.
Although there is no way of de-
termining how much of this amount
was collected from bridge players
alone, it is believed that the major
portion was paid by those who play
bridge.
The report shows that during the
year there were manufactured. re-
packed or imported Al 900 961 decks
upon which the internal revenue tax
is 10 cents pack, regardless of the
quality of the cards. Those which
sell for so cents a deck, and even
those retailing as low as Is cents
a deck. of which there are a few,
pay dime per pack to the Govern
ment, the same as those retailing for
$3.50 and SO, of which there were
several millions sold during the year.
There were IS manufacturers, re-
packers and importers of cards
registered. The number of cards
imported is very small, nearly all in
use being of domestic manufacture
At the beginning of the year there
were on hand 12.432,471, and at the
end of the year there remained H.
737,1S5 unsold decks The number
of decks reported by the commits
sioner increased almost two millions
over the number reported in the
previous IL months, but was some
seven million less than the number
produced in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1886. The reason assigned
for the marked decrease in 1887 and
1888 Is the extensive production of
patented process card which long
outlasts the ordinary pasteboard
card and which retails for $3.50 and
50, yet pays the same tax per deck
as the cheaper product.
Members of the Washington
Bridge League and others who play
contract and have no pecuniary in
terest in the matter endeavored last
year, when the revenue bill was
before Congress, to induce the law
makers to revise the tax on play