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Evening star., 1939-03-29
By Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March o.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy last night presented a
united front to save the Confederate
Monument from sharing a tiny
triangular parkway opposite the
courthouse with the towns new
clock.
Aided by some of the Confedera-
cy's sons. nephews and friends, they
persuaded Mayor Douglas Bland
ford to name a committee to select
site for the timepiece formerly
at Twelfth and G streets NV. and
estate to the town. The commit
tee members were not unanimous
on where the clock should oe
erected, but were agreed it should
be returned whence it came rather
than stand beside the monument
erected more than Is years ago In
memory of the thin gray line"
Mayor Blandford opened the
meeting in the firehouse by an
nouncing the Town Council wanted
suggestions as to where the clocl:
should be placed. Silence an
swered him, and to start discussion
he declared:
well, if nobody else has any
ideas about it. III say I'm in favor
OF putting it on the parkway next
to the Confederate Monument be-
cause everybody wants to know
what time it is and when they look
at the clock they will see the mon
ument. Unless there is objection
by the Confederate statue it goes.'
Then the discussion began.
Objection Follows.
Mrs. j. Frank Wilson, who was
corresponding secretary of the Ridg-
ley Brown Chapter, U. D. c.. when
the statue was erected, objected
THE dedication of that statue was
a notable OCCASION" she declared.
"and I believe I am speaking for
the Daughters of the Confederacv
when I say that clock shall not 90
in that triangle beside the monu-
ment."
Amid applause Mrs. John C..
Brown, present head of the chapter.
echoed Mrs. Wilson's sentiments and
chided the Mayor for his levity on
this important subject. She said:
1T would be detrimental to the
monument. which we all respect, to
Evening star., 1939-03-29
District Taxes Lowest
In Glass, Survey Shows
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 29.-The
average" American urban family
paid $1s7.72, or 7.s per cent of its
income, for the support of State
and local governments in 1887, the
National Municipal League reported
yesterday.
The report was compiled from a
study by J. M. Leonard of the De-
troit Bureau of Governmental Re-
search, OF the $50 cities of more
than 10000 population. The "av-
erage" family was assumed to con-
slst of two adults and two children,
with an annual income of $4,000 and
owning a $500 home and an auto
mobile.
Such a family, the league said,
paid the highest State and local
taxes-$330,1l-in Pueblo, Colo, and
the 'lowest-$8325-in Jacksonville
Fla.
OF the cities with population of
100000 or more, the report said, the
family paid the highest amount in
Boston, $25190, and the lowest in
Pittsburgh, $172.64. The high and
low given for cities of between 300, ,OOC
to 100000 population were Jersey
Cltys $27782 and Washington's s128
Evening star., 1939-03-29
W.R. McC|oskeyW Wins
Poster Contest

Walter R. McCloskey, 1876 Thir-
teenth street NE, captured first
honors in the annual poster contest
OF the Arts Club for it's Bal Boheme
Paris au Printemps," to be held
April 10 at the Willard Hotel, the
club announced today
Alice La Rogue, a student in the
National Art School, received second
prize and the winner of the third
place award was Charles H. Sero-
dino, 3407 Twenty-ninth street NV.
A special prize will be given to
Brooke B. Todd, jr., who was the
winner in the group of three-dimen-
sional posters, submitted for the first
time this year.
The entire group of posters, 125
in all. will be on display at the Arts
Club through Sunday. Judges were
Joseph F. Douda. Robert L. Fred
erick. Louis Janof, Norman Kal and
Rex Weaver.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
President Sees Mitchell
On Co|ored Aid Bill
Representative Mitchell, Democrat,

Representative Mitchell, Democrat
of Illinois yesterday explained tc
President Roosevelt legislation he has
prepared for Federal-aid program
to resettle destitute urban colored
people in Southern rural areas.
He said he told the President that
the carrying out Of such a rural re-
settlement plan for colored people
would 60 long way toward over
coming their economic plight.
The Illinois Representative the
only colored member of the House
said that in his extensive trips about
the country the only really happy
colored people he found were those
who were able to make satisfactory
living in rural communities.
He said that the President "ap-
peared Interested in his plan.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Committee Named to Solve
Rockville Clock Dilemma
U. D. c. Stonds United ond Firm
Against Sharing Monument Site

put that old four-faced clock be-
side it.
Here the Mayor interrupted to
explain that five of his brothers
fought with the Confederacy, his
mother made the first Confederate
flag in Washington, ne married the
daughter of one of Col. Moseby s
guerrillas, and had always consid-
cred himself a Southern sympa-
thiZer.
Clifford H. Robertson pointed out
that it was understood when the
monument was erected that it was
to be used for nothing else.
"Now what is q clock for?" asked
Mr.. Robertson.
We'll, I'll tell you, Mr.. Robertson, !"
interrupted Mayor Blandford, "the
Town Council is going to pass cur
few law and blow the fire siren at
9 o'clock. We wanted everybody to
know when it was time to start
home"
"A clock is for telling time" con-
Evening star., 1939-03-29
| |SheU-Pierced
Embassy Awaits
American Envoy

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. frances soldiers, pouring
into Madrid today. found she'll
pierced American Embassy that has
not been occupied officially in two
and half years.
The stone, three-story, French
style edifice in the fashionable Cas-
tellana residential and Embassy sec
ton has been kept under lease by
the American Government. 1t will
be the seat of United States repre-
sentation whenever President Roose-
velt recognizes the Franco regime.
The last American foreign serv-
ice officer, Eric C. Wendelin, left
there in November. 1896, with a
large group of American refugees
in his charge. All the files are now
in France.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

was a clamor at the door, and Mrs.
Crounse was there and said she
hadn't meant anything by what she
had done and begged him to go on
with the marriage. He assented,
he said
Contradicts Chauffeur's Testimony.
The husband contradicted fatty
the testimony of his wife's chauffeur
and of others who were at Bar
Harbor that she had appeared i'll
and in a daze during the brief time
they were there.
Mr.. Stinson said his bride appeared
perfectly normal during the wedding
and made the responses promptly
and clearly.
Mr.. Stinson, whom the complaint
accuses of conspiring with Miss
Shoemaker to ply Mrs. Crounse with
sedatives until her mind was clouded,
denied that he saw any medicines
given her while they were at Bar
Harbor. On the other hand, he tes-
titled, he took medicine for his
nerves on one occasional preScrip-
ton which had been given him by a
physician at the Nova Scotia resort
that summer when he collapsed
after one of the scenes with his
finacee.
Weeps While Testifying.
At one point during his testimony
yesterday afternoon, while he was
reading a love letter from his affi-
anced, Mr.. Stinson broke down and
Wept.
This happened when. the husband
was reading g letter sent shortly be-
fore the marriage. 1t ended. God
bless aud protect you-Josephine P"
He quickly regained his composure,
though the hand with which he held
other eiters trembled.
These letters were written by Mrs.
Crounse after Mr.. Stinson had left
Nova Scotia, and gone to New York
on business.
when I left Chester" he said, Il
was very doubtful whether 1 would
return"
His departure had followed by four
days quarrel with Mrs. Crounse.
Tells of Happiness Doubts.
Il doubted" he added, whether
there was happiness in this mar =
riage. But I received these various
assurances of her love for me. And
want to say very emphatically that
after reflection I decided, without
influence of any one or earth, that
knew she loved me and I loved
her, and I then determined that
there could be nothing hut happiness
ahead"
After each of their disagreements,
he related, Mrs. Crounse begged him
not to leave, telling him he was all
she had and apologizing profusely
for her conduct. One OF these
times, he said, she struck him, but
he overlooked these outbursts as not
fundamental enough to affect their
future, he explained.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Ito|y's Conscripts Bear
unis, Djibouti Signs

By the Associated Press.
ROME, March 29.-Young Facist
conscripts of a new army class re-
ported for their regular military
service today carrying placards in
scribed "Tunis, Djibouti, Suez' as
Italians awaited a French reply to
Italy's claims.
The new troops, most of whom
showed up in Fascist uniforms, are
mostly 20 years old.
The government has called all
born in 1918 and those born in the
first four months of 1919. They
are expected to add more than
250,000 to the army. Italy's army
at home and abroad totaled 100000
men in 1898.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Seder for Veterans

Assisted by various local Jewish
groups, the Jewish War Veterans of
Washington will hold a public seder
for veterans in local hospitals and
service men in nearby posts Monday
at 7 pm. at 1900 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV. Rabbi J. T. Loeb will re-
tell the story of Passover and ex-
plain the symbolic foods which will
be served.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Brightwood Group Asks
Budget Cut Restoration

The Brightwood Home and School
Association was on record today as
urging that Congress restore items
cut from the 1910 school budget by
the Bureau of the Budget. especially
those pertaining to painting the
school buildings and Americaniza-
ton work.
Fred S. Lowell, president of the
association, said today that the
board had taken this action last
night at meeting at his home, 1913
Nicholson street NV.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Mrs. Emmett Dove. Mrs. Margaret
Welsh. Mrs. Rasolie Bullard, Paul
Brunett. Townsend Howes, Val VIII
son and George Lamar, 10 ad-
wise the Council where to put the
tlmepiece. Mrs. Brown announced
the committee would meet Saturday
at 8 pm. to consider all sites but
the one now occupied by the mon
ument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21

planes up above, and the artillery
and naval vessels were firing shells.
Twice Mr. Lehrbas was in the MOI tn
Station at Chapel when the Jap
anese bombed it, He could sit in
the pillbox Notifications on the edge
of the International Settlement and
watch the Chinese and Japanese
fight each other.
1T was panorama of battle for
Mr.. Lehrbas. II don't think there
ever was modern war before where
you could watch it so closely. The
pillbox had observation Sits. One
slit would show you the Chinese, the
other the japanese, about 80 yards
away, firing at each other and going
at it hand to hand"
Observing the Chinese war and
the the Polish war in quick success
sion has led Mr.. Lehrbas to the con-
clusion that war is very little diff
ferent anywhere in its general as
poets" But he feels that the Chi
nese war is not getting it's due in
public attention. 1t has had more
casualties than the whole of the
World War. And whole cities have
been annihilated, where only viii
lagos were wiped off the map in the
World War.
Outstayed Polish Government.
From China Mr.. Lehrbas flew to
Italy, where he toured with Musso-
lini. II Duce had nothing to say
personally to foreign correspondents.
From Italy he went to Warsaw and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Navy, Marine Memorial
SCULPTOR Dies

Ernest Begni del Patti, 65-year-
old sculptor of the unfinished Navy
and Marine Memorial on Columbia
Island in the Potomac River, died
yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, after brief illness, &C
cording to word received here today.
The Italian-born sculptor was
commissioned to do the Navy and
Marine Memorial in 1924. However,
the memorial, which was to have
cost S35O,0OO, remained uncompleted
because of the lack of congressional
appropriations
Some months ago it was disclosed
that Washington residents had con-
tributed approximately $4,000 to
the fund for construction of the
memorial. According to records of
the Marine Memorial Associa-
ton, total of $4,000 had been
donated by last October from all
parts of the United States and its
possessions.
The service magazine Our Navy
recently commented editorially in
urging completion of the memorial:
IF matters continue as they have
in the past, 1t will take a Byrd ex-
petition to unearth this almost lost
monument in the Nations Capital"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
CopituFs Christmas Events
A Daily Schedule Of City-Wide and
Community YuIetide Celebrations

lis pm-Volunteers Of America
party for needy families, 2319
Eighteenth street NV, Mrs Roose-
welt expected.
200 p.m.-Annual Salvation Army
party, 606 E street NV, Mrs.
Roosevelt to give out the first of
600 baskets to needy families.
Bishop Freeman to speak.
500 p.m.-Carol-singing children's
chorus, yard of Southeast House.
500 pm-Lighting of tree in Chevy
Chase Circle by Chevy Chase Citi-
zens' Association, community sing
ing of carols.
SUNDAY.
$3.50 pm.-Program at Banneker
Junior High School under sponsor
| ship of Pleasant Plains Civic
Association and PIT. A. of Mon
roe and Bruce Schools.
4:3o p.m.-Concert by U. S. Marine
Band, Ellipse.
500 p.m-Natio Community
Christmas Tree. Ellipse, President
Roosevelt to light tree at dusk and
deliver Christmas message to Ma
ton at Sill pm.
500 pm-Conduit Road Citizens
Christmas message to Nation,
broadcast from Ellipse.
$50 pm.-Conduit Road Citizens
Association party, Palisades Park
playhouse, near Sherrier and Ed
munds places NV.
500 pm-Celebration of Pleasant
Plains Civic Association, Banneker
Recreation Center, Georgia ave-
nue. and Euclid street NV.
500 pm.-Tree lighting, Michigan
Park Citizens Association, at
Twelfth street and Michigan ave-
nue. NE.
500 pm.-Community tree lighting,
entral-Northwest Citizens Asso-
citation, Vermont avenue and U
street NV.
7p.m. Residents of Wesley Heights
and Spring Valley will hold their
annual Christmas celebration
about community tree at Forty
fourth street and Cathedral ave-
nue. NV.
7:30 pm.-Michigan Park Citizens
Association party for children at
Children's Country Home, Eight
zenith street and Bunker Hill road
NE.
MONDAY.
1870 am.-Christmas Dutch Treat"
breakfast-luncheon for lonely Dis
trict residents or travellers. At the
Shoreham Hotel, with Mrs. Paul
Elliott as hostess.
2:30 pm.-National Cathedral Amer
lean Legion Posts party for chill
dren at Washington Home for
Fouudlings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21

when war came he was prepared to
stay in the Polish capital six weeks.
Instead. he departed two days after
the Polish government left. He ex-
pected to return Immediately, but
the lack Of communications made
him decide to push southwark to-
ward Rumania. He rode most Of
the wav across Poland in a midget
car carrying six passengers. In two
days it had seven breakdowns and
five blowouts.
Mr.. Lehrbas is staying at the
Wardman Park Hotel with Edward
Roddan of the Democratic National
Committee, with whom he used to
work in 1926. He joined the Asso-
ciated Press here in 1888 after being
news editor of a motion picture
newsreel.
This morning he visited the State
Department to see some old friends
who know what is going on. At noon
he made q speech on his experiences
in Europe at the National Press
Club. Then he buckled down to
work in q capital far from war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
DC. |nconleTax
Blanks Being
Prepared
$4,000 to Receive
Forms; Payments
Due March IS

Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent to-
day was completing arrangements
to mail to prospective taxpayers,
under the Districts income tax law,
blank forms on which returns must
be made. He said he expected all
the returns would be mailed out by
January Is. They must be filled
out, and payment must be made
on or before March IS.
Upward of 10000 persons are to
receive the forms. District officials
have obtained a list of such a
number from the Internal Revenue
Bureau of those Washington resi-
dents who last year made returns,
either taxable or otherwise, to the
Federal Government. Returns to
the District will be checked against
the Federal returns
Dent Warns of Penalty.
Mr.. Dent warned that the law
provides for penalty of Is per cent
increase on the tax for delinquency
IN filing returns, unless reasonable
cause can be shown for the delay
and unless it was proved that the
delinquency was not due to "willful
neglect"
The law also provides a fine up
to $500 for failure to keep records
or to make required returns, or for
failure to pay the tax.
Taxpayers who are in doubt as to
wheVher they will be considered to
be "domiciled" in the District, and
therefore subject to the tax, are
advised to make their returns and
payments under written protest, so
as to safeguard their interest, Mr..
Dent sal.
A tax of / per cent will be as
sessed ainst the first 5000 of tax
able income Of an individual; ~
per cent against the next $4,000; 2
per cent against the third $4,000:
2l2 on the fourth $1,000, and a 3
per cent tax on all taxable incomes
in excess of $4,000.
Basic exemptions are provided for
single men whose incomes are 81 900
or under, and for married men, sup
porting wives, with an income of
$4,000, or under.
Exempt Estimated at 30 Per Cent.
District officials have estimated
roughly that perhaps 30 per cent
OF the prospective list of income
taxpayers may be found to be ex-
empted if they can prove they are
not "domiciled" in the District, by
reason Of maintaining legal resi-
dence elsewhere, but officials of the
assessors Office warned there has
been no legal test of the question
of who is domiciled here under the
meaning OF the act.
Several hundred business con-
Germs, whose fiscal years have al
ready ended in 1899, already have
made their returns. For persons
who receive their income on the
calendar-year basis, however. the
payments will not be due until
March Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Lehrbos, A. P. War Reporter,
Finds q Haven in DC.
After Dodging Shells
In Orient and Europe
He Works in Calm

Because all is so quiet on the
western front, Lloyd Lehrbas. As
ISOLATED Press writer. returned to
work in the calm and bombless at
mosphere of Washington today. He
left here in August, 1887, and since
then has lodged japanese bombs
in China and German bombs in
Poland. He expects to go back
abroad after the winter'is over.
Mr.. Lehrbas was in Warsaw the
day the Germans went to war on
Poland. That was less than four
months ago, but since then he has:
Witnessed the evacuation of
thousands of Poles along the Hun
garian border
Scooped the world on the assassi-
nation of Premier Calinescu of
Rumania.
Covered the signing of the
Ankara pact between Great Britain
and Turkey
Watched the world go by from
Greece and Turkey.
Found Ocean Almost Vacant.
Late in November he boarded q
ship in Naples and sailed for New
York. He saw only three ships on
the way over.
THE ocean looked deserted" he
said today. He doesn't like deserted
place. Instead:
Il like action. Now the western
front is pretty dull. There's Moth
ing doing in the Balkans. The
Polish war has been over a long
time. We have good men already
covering the Finnish war. So for
me there was nothing going on"
Life in the last two years wasn't
always like that for Mr.. Lehrbas.
He arrived in Washington one day
in August, 1887, from a vacation in
his home city of Pocatello, Idaho,
ready for an assignment In Europe.
Instead, he was ordered to China
and he took the train westward
again.
When Mr.. Lehrbas reached China.
the war was conferred around Shang-
hal.
Seats on the Aisle, rs It Were.
II lived at the club" he tells the
story, land each morning I would
take rickshaw out to where the
fighting was going on that particular
day, around the outskirts Of Shang-
hal"
Bombs were dropping from air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
The Prince Of Peace
Will Be Presented

1.-THE Prince of Peace" by Mrs
Minnie Frost Rands, will be enacted
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the audi
forum of Mount Pleasant Congre
gational Church, l410 Columbia
road NV
The cast that played at the New
York Worlds Fair will appear and
the Nine. Mountford collection q
Holy Land costumes will be used
Mrs. Rands, who recently bought
the collection, will direct the players
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Two More Are Dead
In Traffic Accidents:
Several Injured
Man Is Killed
When Auto Hits
Bridge in Virginia

Two were dead and several others
injured today as a result of traffic
accidents in or near the city. Both
OF the dead we're injured outside of
Washington.
Carol Montague, colored, Is, of
1872 First street NV, was killed in
stantly and Kermit R. johnson. COL
ored, So, of Az N street NV, was
| hurt slightly when their automo-
bile crashed into a bridge abut-
ment one mile south of Triangle,
Va, yesterday.
Lights Failed.
The two men were en- route to
their families homes at Brooke, Va,
Whel the lights on the automobile
went out. Mr.. johnson, driver of
the car, told Virginia police that the
fog and mist blinded him and the
machine struck the abutment. He
was treated at a Fredericksburg
hospital
Walter j. Smart, IS, of 7O49 East
ern avenue, Takoma Park, Md, died
at the Washington Sanitarium and
Hospital last night of injuries re-
celved in an accident at Silver
Spring, Md, Friday night.
Montgomery County police said
that Mr.. Smart was struck by
motor cycle operated by Edward C.
Allen, 80, of the 800 block Oglethorpe
street NV, while walking across
Georgia avenue.
The operator of the motor cycle
was charged with manslaughter
following Mr.. Smarts death.
Hit-and- Run Accident.
Nathan Gaberman, So, of 1909
Eighth street NV, was in Freed
mems Hospital today with serious
injuries received last night when
struck by a hit-and-run driver at
Georgia avenue and Howard street
NV.
Edison Whitney, Ball lakewood
terrace NV, was in Emergency
Hospital today for treatment of in
lurleS received when struck bv an
automobile at Sixteenth and Mon
roe streets NV. last night. His
condition was not believed to be
serious.
John R. Massie, SIS, and his wife
Jessie, 50, were in undetermined
condition at Casualty Hospital today
following an accident on the Balt1-
more boulevard near Beltsville. Md.
yesterday. Their automobile COL
llded with a streetcar which was
crossing the pike, police reported,
Ihey come from Charlottesville.
Va.
Head-on Collision.
Two Montgomery County mo-
torlsts escaped with minor injuries
last night when their automobiles
colllded head on in an accident on
the Seventh street pike near
Wheaton, Md.
Aaron w. Hersburger. q of
Poolesville was removed to the
washington Sanitarium and Hos
pltal at Takoma Park, while Fred
u. Martin, 20, of Rockville was taken
10 the Montgomery County General
Hospital at Sandy Spring.
The death of Edgar Thomas
Brown, IS, of 4704 Georgia avenue
NV. on December 10 was declared
accidental yesterday by a coroner's
jury. Mr.. Brown, veteran printer,
was struck by an automobile at
Ninth and Taylor streets NV.
The driver of the car, Lacy N.
Schumacher, 80, of the 500 block of
Shepherd street NV, was exon
Grated by the jury.