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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Stand
Is Maxweu's
Candidate Is N O t
Promising Reduction
in Taxes, Because of
School Needs.
Daily Dispatch Eureau.
:" th" Sir Walter Hotel.
nv HENRY tVERuL.
By HENRI

Raleigh, April 5.--CommiSSioncr Of
Revenue Allen J. Maxwell is the first
candidatc for Governor to admit
frankly that he is not promising amy
reduction in taxes, nor the lmnc-
date repeal Of any part Of the States
'I* schedules.
Rather he boasts, nc has chosen
tho "hHrd pr.ti"n" as ~ candidat":
and explains he has been led to this
Wow by his deep interest in the pub
lie schools.
Il I'm the only candidate who is
unc1uvocaIiy pledged to maintain
or tax structure until its increasing
yields have provided adequate sup
port for this great cause, and other
causes that reach every home in the
Stale" says Mr.. Maxwell in an ar
ticIc entitled We Must Go Forward,
which will soon be printed in the
April issue Of "North Carolina Edu-
catiOn.'
''In my judgment these are Of vast
~ more importance to the people
than any nibhling reduction in taxes
that can but weaken our capacity to
support them. The cause Of public
educat;on requires maintaining a tax
structure to support it, and the man
who appeals to the popuIace by
promises Of tax reductions is not
pursuing the course Of d friend Of
public education.
You cannot maintain progress
siVc school program on reduced
taxes. We must remember the fact
That AycOck's zeal for public educa-
ton Was not limited to glorified gen.
cralitics, but that he constantly APP
pcaled to the people TO pay taxes to
sustain it,
Copies of the Maxwell article were
lCnntinLed ON pann ,rh roo 1
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Arbitration
OF Mexican
Dispute Asked

Washington, April 5.-(AP)-Sec-
rotary Hull said today the United
States had proposed arbitration to
Mexico to settle the tWo-year old
dispute over MeXico's appropriation
of American oil properties.
Hull said d note had been delivered
by the state department to this eff
feet to Mexico.
The State department head said
he could not say whether any OBJ
ServatiCns had been received from
Mexico on the subject.
II is understood that the arbitra-
ton proposed was under the 1929
inter-Americap treaty Of Cancellation
and arbitration.
The United States proposed the
same method in 1888 to Mexico to
settle the controversy over the eX
preparation Of American agrarian
properties. Mexico replied then by
suggesting that a joint commission
evaluate the claims and fix the COM
pensation. The State department
agreed to this.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Girl, Il, Confesses
LOS angeles Murders
Morrison Girl
Being Tried On
Murder Charge

Wilmington, April 5.-(AP)-
The state he@an an attemnt in
New Hanover juvenile court today
to show that Zeiia Deloris Nor
rison. Is. shot and Killed ner fath-
or, William II. Morrison. wealthy
64-year cid Canadian last January
u while he was sitting in 4 chair
in the bedroom of his rural home
near mere.
The defense contends the slim.
curly haired girl Sho. her father
while he and her mother, Mrs.
Grace 4. Morrison. were Strus-
CLING after quarrel.
The prosecution Swore i'll 20
witnesses at the beginning Of the
trial.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Negro Executed
At State Prison

Raleigh, April 5.-(AP) - The
State executed Zeb Page, 29-year-
old Negro, today for the rape Of a
white woman in Johnston, county
last year.
The Negro had admitted his guilt.
He entered the death chamber at
$50, the gas was started two min
utes later, and after it was ad-
ministered eleven minutes and 81
seconds he was pronounced dead.
Sheriff X. L. Rose and Deputy
N. M. Maroon, who arrested Page a
couples Of hours after he had at
tackled Mrs. Elizabeth Stancill, moth
er of three children. witnessed the
execution.
Chaplain L. A. Watts quoted Page
as saying he acknowledged that he
committed the crime. He says he IS
sU.Iy To- all Of his SINS
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Democracy Must Be
Revised, BabsonSays

prcs,jOnal district ha; only ON" vote,
irrcsucciivC Of It's acreage, 81 Il poll
tical unit should have only one vote,
irrespective Of IT. population. ny CIV
ing city voters freedom from state
interference in running their own al
fairs. they would quickly agree TO
such a constitutional amendment.
Another plan and one which IS
creating much interest in southern
Caljrornia-Our national political Ia
bOratory--is the double voting Sys-
TEN. This gives ono vote To every
citizen over q and two votes 70 all
citizens who pay taxes. This new
plan is being pushed hard by con-
servative elements in those states
suffering from ham and eggs and
similar economic diseases. Without
doubt. this plan has merits il 1t can
legally be put into effect.
Religious Test Proposed.
There are other ideas today. Yes
terday. a letter came 10 me from a
group Of ministers suggesting sort
of religious test for the voting prl-
vilege. Their plan is wholly unde-
nom;nationaI. FrOtcstants, Catholics,
and HebreWs-all would get the vote
if they were members OF the church.
Yet. in the same mail | received a
letter from candidate for governor
Of a nearby state which shows clear
" that a church membership test
for the vote would not necessarily
solve our troubles.
This candidate promises So auto
mobile license tags. $40 monthly TO
the aged, free medical aid, no toll
roads nor toll bridges, protection for
small business men now losing
money" higher wages End lower
prices. Among his qualifications for
being governor. this man says he is
AN active member Of the Methodist
church.. With due respect to Meth
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
AMERICAN IIfCA FAILS
IN STFEPLF WINS

Dublin. April 3.-lNPl-Nm@rlCan
luck suffered c0mpictc bIackout
today in the running OF the Grand
National StecDicchaSc at Aintree. Not
a single American ticket in the Irish
hospitals sweepstakes was held on
Bogslar. Mac Moff0t or Gold Arrow.
and therefore none Of the big prizes
of 10000 pounds, $4,000 pounds and
10000 pounds went TO the United
States.
Twenty Americans who had tickets
on horses watch failed to show or
did not run will receive 625 pounds,
about S2.23t each.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Policy Loses
Court Tilt
Federal Judge Denies
Right 7 O Question
Chairman Dies About
"Conspiracy".

Washington. April 5.-(AP)- a
federal district judge ruled today that
William Dudley Pelley must return
to Asheville, n c.. to face possible
revocation Of his probation granted
after his conviction about six years
ago Of violating North Carolina blue
sky laws.
The ruling was made by Justice
Jesse c. Adkins after he had barred
admission Of testimony which T. Ed
ward O'Connell, defense counsel, said
would show existence Of d plot to
railroad" Policy TO jail.
Immediately after Adkins decision
O'Conncll sent notice that he would
carry the case TO the court Of APP
peals here.
Justice Adkins continued Pelley's
$4,000 bond pending the appeal.
O'Connell referred repeatedly in
his argument to what he called a con-
spiraCy inspired by mysterious
forces" to send Pellcy to prison.
They want to bring him back to
the chain gang which was designed
for Negroes and Yankees" . Lon
nell SAID. "Thats a matter Of COM
mon knoWIcdgG.'
r. kdward OConnell, attorney for
Pellcy, cCntended that with te5ti-
mony from Dies, chairman Of the
house lm-Americanism investigation;
Robert Is. Barker, Dies committee
l..cstigator: Representative Dick
stein, Democrat, New York, chair
man of a former inquest; and some
others he could show that plct de-
signed to "railroad' Pelley existed.
Justice Adkins, however, ruled that
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Communists
Arrested

Washington, April 5.-(AP)-The
Dies committee announced today the
arrest of two Boston communist
party leaders, Philip Frankfeld and
Thomas F. P. O'Dea, who had been
cited for contempt because of their
refusal to answer committee ques-
tons.
The two were taken into custody
outcidr committee rooms in the
House office building.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Carolina Playmakers Are
Celebrating Anniversary

publishers as dead statc-so lack
ING in dramatic interest that the en-
tire state had been struck from their
mailing list as not being worth the
price Of postage to carry their
catalOgS.
THE immediate success of our first
Carolina folk plays suggested to Us
that perhaps we might create here
an cGSi;: in the South which then was
called ~ II 7 Mcncken the Sahara
u The Eozurt.'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05

Chapel Hill. April 5.-(AP)-I:htee
drama of the small things OF lie
is being demonstrated before an au
djence from all the nation IN Chapel
Hill this week. The occasion IS the
DIST anniversary OF the Carolina
Playmallers, Frederick H. koch'S Ia
nous organ. cation at the University
of Norm Carolina.
In those d.stant days of Il years
ago" said d. kocn today North
L...lina u.s. Regarded - Ills F-3J
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
Buchalter Lets
80 Years-Life

New York, April 5.-(AP)--Louis
NcpkC) Buchaltcr, notorious racke-
tccr, TO-DAY was sentenced to 80 years
to life in state prison for eXtortion
in the bakery and trucking racket.
General Sessions Judge John treS-
CHI urac1eu that the sentence should
begin after Buchalter had served a
l4-year sentence recently imposed in
federal court for conspiracy 10 violate
the narcotics laws.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
C3'r aveIy Is
Optimistic
Rocky Mount Man
Says He Will Be In
Second Primary -
And Will Win There.
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In the Sir 1Ta!tr" Hotel.
~ HENRY AFERILL.

t,a.-ig;.. april 5.-Rocky Mounts
CUISINES man" candidate for Gov
..u,~. Lee Gravely. isn't at all dis
outraged or disheartened by the Tact
'.a; in the current campaign prac-
'cH.y alt observers have selected ).
b. Broughton. Lieutenant Governor
Wilkins p. Horton and Commissioner
%. RevenUe Allen j. Maxwell as the
Big Three" in the race.
Henry. I'm absolutely confident
+. going 70 be in the second prI-
.-a.y", h" told your Raleigh reporter
and added:
And ! don't care who else gets
into it, can beat him III the runofl.
Which, according to all the rules
a., logic ought to make Mr.. Gravely
'-a next governor of North Carolina
provided, always, that he hasn't
.'ra led just Il bit astray by Il brand
,Cgr,,r..a-: M PAGE Tt,SSJ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05
HIQaHQh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Fair to partly cloudy tonight
ard Saturday: cooler tonight and
in east and south central pOr-
tons Saturday: possibly light
frost N mountains tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-05

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Evening star., 1940-04-15
Film Believed 10 Have Led
Boy, IS, 10 Run Away

Fifteen-year-old James Arthur
Weiselogel Macfarland Junior High
School student. has disappeared and
his mother said today she believed
he ran away from home after see
ing a motion picture depicting the
early life of Thomas A. Edison.
Arthur was supposed to meet me
at downtown theater at pm.
last Wednesday to see Young Tom
Edison" declared the mother. Mrs
Jayne E. Weiselogel, Department
OF Agriculture employe. Il missed
him at the theater. but I'm certain
he saw the show He was interested
in radio and things like that rather
than school, and thing the picture,
which showed Edison leaving his
home at an early age, must have
induced Arthur to do the same
thing.
HE was behind in his school
work and he always preferred his
extracurricular interests, which in
cluded a newspaper delivery route.
He had often expressed a desire to
return to Oklahoma, where we used
to live, or to revisit North Carolina" F"
Arthur is 5 feet 9 inches
tall, weighs l40 pounds and has
brown hair and eyes, she said. The
Weiselogels live at 1443 Spring
road NV.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Visiting Motorists
Plea Of Short Funds
Scraps Traffic Ticket
Mid-ApriI Snow
Another Reason
For Leniency

A Detroit motorists plea that he
was unfamiliar with Washington
traffic regulations and that, if fined,
he would not have enough money
to get home softened the heart of
local police. So Henry H. Neisner
was one of IS persons ticketed for
traffic violations last week who was
let off with warning. He had
parked in to 6 pm. restricted
zone. Eighteen tickets were can
celed.
An overtime parking ticket given
Irving Caplon, 1923 Upshur street,
was rescinded because of mistake
OF officer" Neither the officer nor
Mr.. Caplon's residence revealed the
nature of the mistake.
Warning Signs Removed.
AS In the case of another car op-
orator week before last, Arthur L,
Rollins, 1875 Boulevard avenue Sc,
was dismissed with a warning for
restricted zone parking when it de-
veloped that-the warning signs, fixed
to trees, had been removed.
Strange mid-April explanation
was dismissal with warning for
Charles A. Bosses parking in load
Ing zone Friday. Mr.. Bosses, who
lives at 1916 Blaine street NE, said
ne was forced to stop because his
windshield wiper failed to work in
a binding snowstorm.
Diplomatic Immunity.
Carlo Sartori, attache of the
Italian Embassy, ticketed for park
ing in an Embassy restricted zone
had the ticket Cancelled because of
diplomatic immunity.
Six motorists in the first block
OF Buchanan street NE, charged
with parking abreast and on the
wrong side of the street, were let
of with a warning when it was ex-
planned that they lived on an un-
improved, dead-end street.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

ing here" said one, ''but the ques-
ton Of settling the argument is out
of our hands"
Asked If he was making any plans
for other work, Millard Taylor, the
orchestra's brilliant young concert
master, replied:
Eyes, under the situation, I'm
forced to. but I hope something
can be worked out to continue the
National Symphony. I would much
rather stay here"
The concert was Is minutes late in
starting because of the last-minute
rush for tickets at the box Offices.
Inside the hall before the concert
and during intermission, long faced
patrons stood around in groups talk
ing about the situation and asking
each other whether anything had
happened to change the picture.
A Thunderous Ovation.
There seemed to be . feeling
Evening star., 1940-04-15

among some that, by miracle or
otherwise, the threatened end Of
the orchestra would vanish before
the concert ended.
AS the lights dilmmed and the
musicians stopped their tuning, q
hush settled over the audience.
Then, as DR.. Kindler-conductor Of
the orchestra since its beginning
nine years ago-appeared in the
doorway at the right of the stage,
the audience arose as one and ac-
corded him thunderous ovation.
DR.. Kinder was called back time
and again by the applause and
cheers of the audience after the
performance of Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony" by the orchestra, and Of
Brahms Song of Fate" by the
Washington Choral Society and the
orchestra together.
Then, after playing Strauss TALES
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Dead|ine Nearing
But D. T.. Tax Office
Has Few Customers
Rush to File Before
Midnight Expected When
Federal Workers Get Out

With the deadline for filing local
income tax returns only few hours
away. the Districts tax Office was
doing only moderate business
today.
BY noon only a few more than
200 persons had arrived to file their
returns. However, Tax Assessor Ed
ward A. Dent said he expected the
days biggest rush to come after
Government Offices close this after
noon, because today is payday.
Mr.. Dent said the income tax
staff, which today included about
Is workers. will remain on duty
until midnight tonight to aid late
corners. Tax returns postmarked
before midnight will be acceptable
Mr.. Dent said.
Everybody who is inside the Dis
trict Building before midnight will
be considered on time, even though
their return has not been filed by
that hour" Mr.. Dent explained
"The workers will stay here until
every one is taken care Of"
The tax assessor said it was i'm
possible to make an estimate of the
amount Of revenue received from
the personal and corporate net in
come levies at the present time be-
cause OF the great volume of mail
still unopened.
He said, however, that he believes
the collections from the personal net
income tax already had passed the
81 1000, 900 mark.
A large return is expected at the
last minute from corporations, many
of whom are believed to be waiting
until the deadline so as to have the
use of their tax payments until
then.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
g Ovation, Feels Symptoms Venture Cannot End Now

National Symphony Orchestra be-
cause of the failure of the orchestra
management and the Musicians
Protective Union to agree on con-
tract for next season. Some one
asked DR.. Kinder If he had given up
hope that the dispute might yet be
settled.
Ovation for Symphony's Meaning.
Absolutely not" the conductor
said, slapping his knee for empha-
sis. After that demonstration to-
day, I don't see how this venture
can end now. That ovation was not
just for me and the orchestra, but
for what the symphony has come
to mean to Washington these last
nine seasons"
Other members of the orchestra
were dubious about prospects for an
agreement that will keep the SYM
phony alve-and keep their Jobs
going. I'VE want to keep on play
Evening star., 1940-04-15

er Suite" the orchestra ended its
farewell performance" on the SOL
emn notes of the Sibelius symphony.
At the end, the applause burst
forth with new fervor. Time and
time again DR.. Kinder was called
back to the podium. The audience
never gave up until he had been
brought back IA times.
In the little back room afterwards
scores of music lovers crowded
around to shake DR.. Kindler's hand.
One youth, who looked as though he
might be reporting for his high
school paper, asked the conductor
what orchestra he was going to con-
duct next year.
II hope I'm still here" DR.. Kin
dler said. smiling. If not, guess
I'll take a long sabbatical leave
and maybe my cello and I will have
some good times together. My cello
often looks at me with longing eyes." "
Evening star., 1940-04-15
National Cathedral
Association 10 Hold
Annual Session Nav 7
Meetings Of Council and
Women's Committees
Also Scheduled

The National Cathedral Associ-
alton of Washington Cathedral will
hold its annual meeting on Ascen-
sion Day, May 2, the Very Rev.
Noble c. Powell dean of Washing
ton, announced yesterday.
Presiding at the meeting which
will open at 3 pm. in the Great
Crossing and North Transept of the
cathedral will be the Right Rev.
James E. Freeman. Bishop of Wash
ington. He and Mrs Freeman later
will receive the association members
and other guests in the Bishops
Garden.
A choir festival, conducted by DR..
T. Tertius Noble, organist and COM
poser of New York. will be held in
the cathedral at $3.50 pm. on Ascen-
sion Day. The participating choirs
and their directors will be those of
Washington Cathedral, Paul Call
away: the Church of st. Stephen
and the Incarnation. Sherman ].
Kreuzberg, and st. Johns Church,
Georgetown, E. William Bracket.
The festival program will include
compositions by DR.. Noble and Mr..
Galloway.
Meeting in Washington also on
May l and will be the Cathedral
Council in its semi annual conclave
and the Women's Committees of the
National Cathedral Association, of
which Miss Mary E. Johnston of
Glendale, Ohio, is the national
chairman.
The program for the Cathedral
Council meeting on May / will in
clude celebration Of the holy COM
munion at noon, luncheon in the
refectory of the college of preach
ers at l pm. semi-annual meeting
of the council in the memorial read
ing room Of the Cathedral library
at 2 pm. and participation in the
appreciation dinner in honor of
Bishop and Mrs. Freeman at the
Sulgrave Club at 8 pm.
In continued observance of Bishop
and Mrs. Freemans GOLDEN Wedding
anniversary season this dinner will
be under the auspices of the men,
bers of the chapter and council
of Washington Cathedral and the
visiting committees of the National
Cathedral Association.
Approximately 800 invitations
have been sent out to committee
members in 80 States where the
associations committees are To-
Gated.
Holy communion will be cele-
brated in the Chapel of st. Mary in
Washington Cathedral at 10 am.
May for the visiting regents and
women's committee members. The
annual business meeting and lunch
con of the women's committees will
follow in the parlors of the National
Cathedral School for Girls.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Constitution Hall was almost
deserted. The concert stage was
dark, the musicians had left and
musical scores had been packed
away in their jackets.
But in little room in back of the
concert stage a half dozen persons
fingered last night, their attention
centered on a man idly Tipping a
baton against the palm of his hand.
Only short while earlier the
man with the baton, Hans Kinder,
and his National Symphony Orches-
ira had received a tremendous ova-
tion-probably the greatest ever ac-
corded a group of artists in Wash
ington-from a throng Of $500
wildly enthusiastic music lovers.
But the little group in the back
room was wondering about the
future-and for a reason. The con-
cert they had just enjoyed was
scheduled as the last concert by the
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Hotchet Sports Section
Is First in Competition

The George Washington Univer-
sity Hatchet, student weekly publica-
ton, was awarded first place for Its
sports section and fourth place In
news and advertising at the Middle
Atlantic States intercollegiate news
paper convention held last week at
Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa.
Awards were announced at final
banquet Saturday.
Four Of the Hatchet's editors at
tended the convention. They are
Sue Burnett, Bruce Skaggs, Ira
Brown and Irwin Nathanson.
It was the first time the sports
section Of the Hatchet won first
place. Tom Mccall is sports editor.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Of the Vienna Woods" following the
internlission period, DR.. Kinder
turned to the audience and said:
IF this is to be our last concert,
I don't want to end 1t with more
light music, and I'm going to ask q
favor. I'd like to play something
more in conformity with the occa-
sion and more worthy Of the times
in which we are living. You have
been so good, SO sympathetic and
generous, and I want to thank you
ALL"
The conductor said he'd like to
play the second, third and fourth
movements of Sibelius' Second
Symphony" The audience voiced
Its approval with loud applause.
Called Back IA Times.
So, instead Of the nght-hearted
dance Of Tscahikowsky's ''Nutcrack-
Evening star., 1940-04-15
BY JOHN d. LEONARD.

BY JOHN ID. LEONARD.
The telephones ring almost in
cessantly and the mails are heavy
at the Office of the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission in Hyattsville these
days.
In addition to completing the
task of remaining streets and re-
numbering houses in the Metropol-
itan Area of Prince Georges County,
the commission has become an IN
formation service in connection
with the new plan. Questions like
these pour into the Office:
Is it true that the project will
cost the taxpayers $4,000?
Who Pays for Numbers?
Who is going to pay for the new
numbers that must be placed on
almost every house?
Why must Bunker Hill road in
Mount Rainier be changed to RAN
dolph street?
Why do we have to copy WASH