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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
of 25 contests this season.

The winners of the Chesterhill-Mid
value and Strausburg- West Lafay-
cite games play for the district
class B title and the right to go to
Columbus Saturday afternoon, Mar.
8, at o'clock 49,
After taking the county tourna-
ment, Chesferhill entered the sec7
tional tournament at New Concord
Their first encounter was with Co
shoctOn Sacred Heart, winning At
25; their next battle with Otsego
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

Let's get the monument fixed up in the public
square; the streets, alleys and properties in gen.
eral cleaned up; then little later when the
weather gets warmer paint up, and we will be
all set for the ever increasing number of tourists
who include the Muskingum valley on their
pleasure and sightseeing trips. aa
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
Tournam Demise
sseason

was won, 1928; and in the finals
they downed Charlottesville, 1892.
Total points scored by Chesterhill
this season, 1,048; points by their
opponents, 543 Their only defeat
was at the hands of M. & M. by two
points, in an overtime period.
The above picture, which was
taken in the locker room after their
New Concord tournament victory, is
furnished by courtesy of the Zanes-
vile Signal.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

Chesterhill 29, NJ. e NJ. 81.
County Tournament
Chesterhill 80, Pennsville 28.
Chesterhill So, Stockport Fl.
District Tournament
Chesterhill At, Coshocton SH 25
Chesterhill Sc, Otsego, %.
Chesterhill 80, Charlottesville 80
Total, Chesterhill $1,048; Oppon
ents 543.
Watch your subscription date.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

"You have right peacefully and openly to
advocate certain ideals of theoretical communism
but as Americans you have not only right but
a sacred duty to confine your advocacy of chang
es in law to the methods prescribed by the Con-
stitution of the United States-and you have no
American right, by act or deed of any kind, to
subvert the government and the Constitution OF
this nation. president Roosevelt to American
Youth Congress.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
CHESTERHILL'S RECORD

Chesterhill high school basket
ball team has played p games this
season Teams they played and
Evening star., 1940-01-19
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At THE FRONTnTAJ
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Cameron shook his head.

Cameron shook his head.
"Your mother is playing a very
dangerous game, Lili," he said.
Inevitably she must be found out.
And you know what that will mean."
"Of course. We both know, but we
are resigned to it. Even II discovery
should come today, and we had to
pay the supreme penalty, we have
avenged father. We have made the
Nazis pay hundred times over for
his murder, and when we 60 we know
that others like us will carry on the
fight from within"
Claire was thrilled by the Ger
man girls words, and impulsively
put her arm about her and kissed
her pale cheek just as the buzzer
sounded twice. Cameron and Claire
hurried to their place Of refuge, but
Lili stopped them before the panel
slid out. She had recognized her
mothers signal and the older wom-
ans cough outside the door.
Frau Weber had heard nothing
further. except that her message
had been sent to France by short
wave asking that a plane be sent
to permit her refugees to make their
escape as soon as possible.
Lii went down and stayed in the
shop during the luncheon hour, and
then returned when her mother had
eaten.
There were no further alarms
that afternoon, and Lii and Claire
had dinner prepared when the older
woman came upstairs about 6
o'clock after locking the store for
the night.
Anything new?" Cameron in
quired eagerly as she came in.
Roland Faces Trouble.
Nothing. Herr Roland dropped
In for minute on his way to head
quarters. He seemed greatly upset
at news Of your escape and blamed
the stupidity of the officers who had
you In charge. He limited very
strongly that several leaders might
suffer, and then hurried away"
Perhaps Mr.. Roland will not be
so free with his threats if he dares
to return to Paris" Cameron COM
mented. "One good thing about all
this affair is that we now have
definite proof of what counter
espionage agents merely suspected
before-that Roland is a leader in
the Nazi spy ring in France"
Don't forget" Frau Weber cau-
toned, that you're not out of this
yet. Many things may happen"
After dinner she and her daugh-
ter prepared to 60 out to a Naz
meeting in the neighborhood.
Il don't want to go and neither
does Lii,' she told them. I'm
afraid to leave you here alone, but
we dare not fail to appear at the
meeting. A careful check is made.
and those who do not attend are
Immediately placed under strict
surveillance. That's something we
don't dare to invite, If we are to
continue to serve as we have"
Go right ahead" Cameron urged
Nothing will happen. Well be all
right"
Claire and Cameron were sitting
quietly reading half an hour later
Evening star., 1940-01-19

= movement In the bedroom, and
then suddenly . voice called out
sharply, In English:
Come out Of there, Cameroni
We know where you're hiding! The
place Is surrounded, and you can't
escape this time!"
Claire stuffed her handkerchief
In her mouth to keep from crying
aloud and the fingers Of her right
hand convulsively clutched BUS
tensed forearm.
(Tomorrow-Forced Flight.)
Copyright, 1910, BY The Bell syndic.te. inc.
Evening star., 1940-01-19

when the girls keen ears heard Z
sound outside the nat. Motioning
Bill to silence, she crept silently
across the room-through Frau
Weber's bedroom and into the hide
out, with Cameron following closely
and closing the wardrobe and the
wall panel securely behind them. i
Straining their ears, Z few min
utes later both heard . key being
carefully inserted in the outside
lock. q stealthy sound as though
some one had entered. They heard
Evening star., 1940-01-19

Gynopsis Of Preceding Chapters:
Claire Dutton. private secretary to
William Cameron. American diplomatic
4aison oflcial. rushes from the. French
liner st. Crotx rs the gangplank is be:
ing lowered. Cameron has been DELAYED
ip Paris. Back in Paris. she discovers
he es oss a 0a the supnef
Embassy Welles Sanford summons
Pierre Bornet of the Surete Generate,
who nnds in the extra bag . chemical
capable Of Destroying the St: Croix: As
Claire goes to her room, to md her
overnisht bag is gone. 4 stranger tells
compact from the stolen bag. In it is
Z csrd nd, re.dine YHrE z Y" who pEGyes H,, to
kidnapped by the Nazis because he knows
the plans for an allied offensive: She
Frau Weber instruct Bill to divulRe the
plans but misstste the zsro hour: Her
note from Bill but George Roland tells
FrsT Weber es that & Sill Is to ,n es pHrged;n I
oScape and he Joins Claire
Evening star., 1940-03-31
6024 9Th St. NV.

z rooms, dinette, kitchen and
bath. Modern building. Venetian
blinds. Automatic refrigeration.
Reasonable rental.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
CHOICE APARTMENTS
The Heothesinston

wv F1.s. AV-. INV.
room, kitchen end both. EIec.
refrigerator. Elevator and secre-
torioI service.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Chevy Chase Students
TO Repeat 'Pinocchio

"Pinocchio," a three-act operetta
based on Collodi's story of the lit
tie wooden marionette, will be re-
peated by the students of the Chevy
Chase Elementary School at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Leland Junior High
School auditorium.
Most of the $50 students who will
participate in the program made
their costumes and the older girls
and boys in the Chevy Chase Ele-
mentary School made the scenery
for the play.
The performance will be the chill
dren's own Interpretation of the
story Of Pinocchio, the cast having
had q minimum of adult guidance
In the dancing, singing and acting.
Entertainment between acts will
be furnished by harmonica band
of As members and the regular
school band. A matinee perform
ance was given yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Mrs. RooseveIt's S Aid Asked
To Block Department Store

Assistance of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt in the fight to prevent
construction of a large department
store at Wisconsin avenue and Al
bemarle street NV. has been sought
by a group Of residents of the
neighborhood in a letter to Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The move was revealed last night
when the communication, signed
by Mrs. Ruth T. Vanier, correspond
ing secretary Of the Janney Parent
Teacher Association, was made pub
lie.
Contending construction of the
store would create intolerable traf-
fic hazards, the letter said, 1--WE
urge you as one deeply interested
in civic affairs to help us in our
opposition. This is a plea
from parents anxious for the safety
of their children and the welfare
of the community"
The parent-teacher group, North
west Council Of Citizens Associa-
tions and other organizations and
informal groups OF residents are
pressing for q rehearing before the
zoning Commission on the rezoning
application for the tract In ques-
ton. The commission recently ap-
proved the application conditioually.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Move 10 Lega|ke
D. E.. Horse Racing
To Be Revived
Senator Reynolds to
Conduct Hearings
Next Week

The move to legalize horse racing
in the District, under the pari-
mutuel system, will be revived in
Congress this week, with the an
nouncement of public hearing by
a Senate subcommittee at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
The subcommittee is headed by
Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of
North Carolina, author of the pend
ing bill. The other members are
Senators Overton, Democrat, of
Louisiana, and Bridges, Republican,
Of New Hampshire.
Several efforts to pass similar
legislation have failed in recent
years, however, and it is expected
the bill again will encounter op-
position in the Senate District Com
mittee. The subcommittee will hear
witnesses on both sides of the ques-
ton Thursday.
The bill would set up a racing
board to issue licenses for not more
than 54 racing days a year. The
licensee would pay the District a
fee of $4,000 for each racing day.
The operator would retain 8ls per
cent of the days wagers. The Dis.
trict government then would COL
lect per cent of the total amount
deposited on the; preceding day,
this l per cent to be paid from the
8Ha per cent retained by the track.
At the. end Of the year the District
also would collect a tax of Is per
cent of the net revenue of the
track.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Freed Slave Still Mad at the Yankees
Past 100, She Longs for PreWor Doxs When She Didn't
Have to Worry About Food and Rent

children are going to get their next
meal" she complained.
After emancipation, Mrs. Harris,
then q young colored woman, stayed
on with Miss Margaret" waiting
on table and spending spare time
stripping tobacco in the plantation
factory. Later she worked so years
as a midwife in Lynchburg, Va.
Twice married, she has three sons
living. Nowadays she spends her
hours picking up a broom and
sweeping the yard, or picking up an
apron and scrubbing it clean" Tap
ping her head, she says:
Il amt got nothing up there but
work"
Devoted Church Member.
Up there she also has religion.
She always attended church on
Sundays at the old plantation and
has never stopped. She is now a
devoted member of Galbraith A.
M. 2. z. Church.
Work has agreed with her, she
thinks. Yesterday morning she
walked more than a mile without
firing. The few teeth she has left
are originals She is a little deaf
in one ear, but the other is sound
as a drum. For the last two years
she has worn no glasses and has
done pretty WELL" but Episcopal
Hospital has decided that she ought
to see the world little better In her
last years-though it is a world she
can't quite approves they are
arranging new pair of spectacles
for her.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
By HENRY GEMMILL.

The Civil War and ensuing years
have been waste of valuable time
so far as Mrs. Catherine Harris of
$40 N street NV. is concerned. Yes
terday she advocated the return of
slavery.
Mrs. Harris thinks she Is entitled
to her opinion because she was her
self born a slave. the property OF
Patrick Hay and his wife, Miss Mar
garet." She grew up on a fertile
tobacco plantation at Rocky Mount,
Va.-and loved" it.
Age-she sets hers at more than
100-has not cooled her anger at the
Yankee soldiers who came to the
plantation and freed her, with her
family She clenches and shakes
her fists when she thinks of them.
AS she recalls it, they swept down
on the plantation mansion unexpect-
edly one day while young Catherine
was whisking tray of hot batter
cakes from kitchen to homestead.
"The horses stomped in the yard,
the Yankees broke things up, swing
ing their guns; they knocked out the
heads of the molasses barrels and
stole all our meat" the former slave
went on.
Il just run around behind Miss
Margaret crying"
Had Plenty in Those Days.
Mrs. Harris claims that the days
before that were the good days.
you had plenty to eat, plenty to
wear. You didn't find colored people
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Washington Has No Accent
Of Its Own, Speech. Tests Find
Southerners Fail to Rate High in Additions
For Vocal Appeal; Dialects Seen Passing

would get into a controversy if his
name were used. lis the one least
noticeable. A typical Washington
ian, if you could find one. could
never be identified by his speech.
IF he were in California his listen
ers might say he came from the
East, but they wouldn't know where.
If he were in Boston, they would
say he came from the West, or at
least from West of Boston. In the
deep South or the far North it would
be the same"
George Washington University
hopes to teach something of this
Federal diction" to students of
radio announcing and production u
be enrolled when radio studios are
available in the university's pro-
jected auditorium.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
BY DON S. WARREN.

Disclosure that receipts from the
Districts personal property tax on
automobiles had declined about 10
per cent between 1888 and 1889 was
made yesterday at the District Build
ing as Chairman RantA lph of the
House District Committee requested
the Commissioners to explain the
new policy on automobile assess
ments adopted for this year.
Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent di-
rected members of the Board of AS
sistant Assessors of Personal Prop
erty to 60 to work tomorrow to
search for the reason for the heavy
decline in receipts of the tax last
year, after three hours of debate
among officials left them still
mystified.
Meanwhile. officials of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, who had
conferred Friday with District off,
cials. declared they still were con-
vinced the new basis for car assess
ments was entirely unsound" and
would add an estimated $150,0OO to
the motorists tax burden. The
A. A. A. said it had referred the
question as to the assessment policy
to its counsel to determine "the most
effective means of obtaining prompt
adjudication of this controversy"
Registrations Are Increased.
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, District
auditor, yesterday reported that the
automobile tax receipts for last year
had fallen $143, 1852 below the 1888
level, although there had been a net
increase, rather than a decrease, in
the number Of cars registered in the
District. This fact had been known
to some District officials hereto
fore but had not been announced.
For the last year, which ended
June 80, 1899, the District collected
$626, ,429, whereas early in that year
Maj. Donovan had estimated the re-
ceipts would total some $780 900.
For the preceding fiscal year, ended
June 80, 1888, the receipts had to-
tailed $769 9,891, the tax rate being
the same, SITS per 500 of value.
Furthermore, it was found that
last years receipts were only slightly
more than the total for the fiscal
year 1887 when the tag rate was
$1.50. The receipts for that year
were $622, ,437. Had the tax rate for
that year been SITS the 1897 re-
ceipts would have been SIZE, ,176, Mai.
Donovan calculated.
Various reasons were suggested
for this unexpected turn in revenues
but none offered met with any gen.
eral Endorsement.
Tried to Strike Averaxe.
For some years District assessors
have been using the. National Used
Car Market Report to arrive at as
(see AUTO TAXES, Page BED
Evening star., 1940-02-25
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

The first definite move to save
Federal employees in Washington
from potential triple taxation on in
come will be made at meeting to-
morrow of the House District Com
mittee.
Representative Cooley, Democrat,
of North Carolina plans to appear
before the committee and urge ap-
proval of an amendment to the
local income tax law to exempt
those persons whose income is
earned in the District from paying
the tax If they pay a tax on in
come in their home. States.
"As a. result of a recent ruling
Of Corporation Counsel Elwood H.
Seal there is grave doubt regarding
the status with respect to the pay
ment of a triple tax on income by
those persons who work in Wash
ington and maintain domicile and
voting residence in the States" de-
clared Mr.. Cooley. II have drawn
up an amendment which provides
that Notwithstanding the reasons for
which these persons are in the Dis
trict, they shall not be required to
pay the local income tax If they can
show they have complied with the
laws in the States in which they
vote and paid that States income
tax on their salary"
Cites Illustration.
Mr.. Cooley cited as an illustra-
ki4,, of I,ou, thu lnroJ irn0poo TOW
law might work under Mr.. Seals
ruling, the case of lawyer friend
now in Washington and temporarily
employed by the Government.
my friend has a salary of $4,000
a year." he said. "He has figured
that this year he will have to pay
the State of North Carolina tax
of $58.88 on his income, the Fed
eral Government, s48.38, and the
District of Columbia, $15.11. That
certainly is triple taxation.
my friend does not object to pay
ing the local income tax, but he does
object to the principle of paying
three different taxes on his income.
OF course, he could give up his
domicile and voting residence in
North Carolina and save the $5888,
but he does not want to do that
because he doesn't know how long
he will be in Washington.
There are many other cases like
his among Government employees in
Washington. And there is so much
uncertainty about who is to pay the
(See INCOME TAX, Page B-20
Evening star., 1940-02-25
ScuIptors Models
In Jefferson Shrine
Contest Inspected
No Decision Given
As to When Winner
Will Be Selected

Steps were taken yesterday toward
choosing the man who is to execute
the memorial sculpture for the new
Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the
south side Of the Tidal Basin.
While no final decision was
reached as to the winner of the Ma
tion-wide competition for selecting
a sculptor, the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Commission conferred
with the National Commission of
Fine Arts, the architects Of the me-
mortal building, members of the Sec
tion of Fine Arts of the Public
Buildings Administration and the
three-man jury which selected six
sculptors in the first stage of COM
petition to compete In the second
and final stage.
The meeting was held in. the
Offices of the Fine Arts Commission,
those present afterward inspecting
models entered in the competition
by the six winning sculptors.
Although final decision as to
which of the six will be the one to
execute the memorial rests with the
Jefferson Memorial Commission, the
opinion Of the fine arts body, the
Fine Arts Section, the ofiice of the
late John Russell Pope, which de-
signed the memorial building, and
the three jurymen has been "in-
vited" as specified in the rules under
which the competition is being held.
VIII Get $1,000 Each.
The six sculptors with models now
before the Memorial Commission
were selected from larger group
which presented photographs and
histories Of their past work to the
three-man jury selected by the
commission. The six selected in
this way were paid $1,000 each to
cover the costs of preparing models
Of their conceptions of an appro-
pirate statue or statue group in
honor of the third President.
The six sculptors are Rudolph
Evans of New York, Raoul Josset
of Chicago, Lee Lawrie Of New
York, q former member of the
National Commission of Fine Arts;
William B. Zorach of Brooklyn, Sid
ney Waugh of New York and Adolph
A. Weinman Of New York, another
former member Of the Fine Arts
Commission. They have been at
work for some months making
models for presentation to the
Memorial Commission. The win.
uer Of the competition receives
Evening star., 1940-02-25

$35 600 for executing the memorial
sculpture in full size and super
vising its installation.
All six are men of note in their
field. Mr.. Evans, q native of WASH
ington, did the marble portrait of
Gen. Bolivar, 'the George. Wash
ington Of South America" now
located at the Bureau of American
Republics in Washington. He ex-
ecuted the statues of William Jen-
nings Bryan and ]. Sterling Morton
In the Capitol as well as the statue
OF Gen. Robert E. Lee in the Vir-
ginia State Capitol.
Josset Native of France,
Mr.. Josset, native of France,
did three of the sculptures for the
Agriculture Department in Wash
ington and number Of other sculp-
lures including the colossal Christ
OF Jussy" in France.
Mr.. Lawrie, a native of Germany.
is an architect and sculptor. He
designed the .Harkness Memorial
Tower at Yale University, the
Nebraska State Capitol, the Box
Carlton Tower in Florida, Myron
Taylor Hall at Cornell University.
the statue of Atlas at Rockefeller
Center In New York. He has taught
at Yale and Harvard Universities.
He was member of the Fine Arts
Commission from 1888 to 1897, and
a consultant of the Board of Design
of the New York Worlds Fair.
Mr.. Zorach, Lithuanian by birth,
executed the statue of Benjamin
Franklin in the Post Once De?
partment in Washington, the Spirit
Of Dance" at Radio City Music Hall
in New York and other well known
works. '
Formerly on Commission.
Mr.. Weinman, a German by
birth, served on the Fine Arts Com
mission from 1929 to 1888. He
studied under Augustus st. Gaudens,
did the exterior sculpture for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Station in
New York, the victory button for
the Army and Navy, most of the
sculpture for the Post Once De-
partment in Washington, the monu-
mental friezes for the Supreme
Court and Archives Buildings in
Washington and other works. =,
Mr.. Waugh, q native Of Massa-
chusetts, won the Priz de Rome In
1929.
No indication was given as to
how soon q decision on the winning
sculptor will be reached.
The. statuary to be housed In
the great domed hall, 81 feet in
diameter and 81 feet high, is to
be bronze and is expected to be 16
feet above its pedestal If q standing
figure or figures or about 1871 feet
above its pedestal If q seated figure
or figures. Tentative height Of the
pedestal is about . feet.