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Evening star., 1940-12-10
Settled Tax Policy
For u. 5. Urged by
Accountants Head
WeIIineton's Program
Calls for Bose Thut
Makes All Pay

Declaring there is mo head or
tall to the methods by which the
Federal Government goes about
raising taxes. c. Oliver wellington,
president of the American Institute
of Accountants. last night outlined
a nine-point program of tax reform.
Mr.. Wellington spoke before nearly
500 persons attending dinner meet
ing of the District of Columbia
Institute of Certified Public Ac-
countants at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Robert V. Fleming, president of
Riggs National Bank, was toast
master. and Henry S. Owens, pres
ident of the local institute, was
presiding officer.
Congress could do no one thing
of greater Importance today to as
sure future economic stability" Mr..
wellington asserted, than to set
itself seriously to the business Of
adopting a consistent and perma-
nent policy of Federal taxation.
Fixed principles of taxation are
urgently needed to give businessmen
all taxpayers, in fact-the neces-
sary confidence to face the future" I"
Tax For Revenue Only"
Defining what he considered to
be the purpose of taxes, he con-
tinued:
Tax legislation should be de-
signed only to produce revenue on
a basis equitable to those of our
people who must, ultimately, bear
the burden thereof and should not
attempt to accomplish social re-
forms. however desirable they may
be. The prime purpose of revenue
laws is to produce revenue to pay
for the service of government. When
they seek to accomplish other re-
suits, both efforts fall short of the
mark and neither goal is attained"
Asks Labor Racket Check.
Mr.. Wellington urged that men,
bers of labor unions should be pro-
tected by careful audit work to
guard them from what may be
''racketeering officers"
Mr.. Fleming told the accountants
of the particular Importance of their
role in relation to national defense
and asserted "the business leaders
of the country do realize the great
efforts you are making to aid the
country"
Oscar I. Koke, chief of the ac-
counting and auditing branch, con-
struction division, quartermaster
generals Office, War Department,
said that "the battle of preparedness
is now on, and toll and sweat is the
price that will save us from blood
and tears"
To achieve greatest accuracy, he
said, there must be control of dol
lars" and to that end the role of
public accountants is an important
one"
Other speakers included Baldwin
B. Bane, director of the registration
division, Securities and Exchange
Commission; Francis w. Hill, jr.,
president of the District of Colum-
bia Bar Association, and Edwin l..
Davis, chairman Of the Federal
Trade Comnnission.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Truman Gibson Named
SeIective Service Aide

Truman K. Gibson, jr, Chicago
attorney, began new duties yesterday
as assistant to Judge william H.
HASTE, civilian aide to the Secre-
tary of War in personnel matters
relating to selective service of COL
ored men.
Judge Hastie said the induction
of more than 10000 colored selectees
and volunteers, to be accomplished
by July, required the services Of
an administrative assistant. Mr..
Gibson, whose appointment was an
nounced only today at the War
Department, was formerly execu-
tive director of the American Negro
Exposition. He is q graduate Of the
University Of Chicago Law School
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Women's Welsh Club
Sponsors Concert

The Womens Welsh Club of
Washington will sponsor a concert
tomorrow at pm. at the Foundry
Methodist Church, Sixteenth and P
streets NV, with proceeds to go to
the British War Relief Society to
be used for the purchase of mobile
kitchen unit for Britain's air raid
victims.
The society announced also that
Miss Ethel Barrymore Colt. star of
ID. C. Melody" this weeks Property
Club presentation, would visit the
groups Christmas card sale at 1918
Connecticut avenue NV, at 3 pm.
today. She will be met by Mrs.
Neville Butler, wife OF the counselor
Of the British War Relief Society.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Death of Marine
In Hotel Is Probed

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
today was investigating the death
Of Robert L. Hutchins. "a. a Marine
who was found dead in hotel here
last night.
DR.. Macdonald ordered an au-
topsy today at the District Morgue
A can of poison was found in the
room. The Marine was missing
from Quantico, Va. His body was
discovered by maids who went in to
clean the room.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Three Gunmen Get 1872
In Liquor Store HoIdup

Robbers who held up liquor store
In the 1400 block of New Jersey ave-
nue. NV. were sought today by
police
Jacob Klivan, $50 Shepherd street
NV, clerk, said he was alone in
the store last night when three COL
ored men entered the place, dis
played a gun and took $192.
Harry J. Grossman, %, of Hyatts-
Vile, Md, reported to police a pas
senger in his cab held him up and
robbed him of $11 near Forty third
and Brandywine streets NV. last
night.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Suffrage Association
Reflects Finch in
Vote Drive Effort
Commissioner Failure
To Heed Ballot PIeo
Hit in Report

With Wilbur S. Finch reelected
president for a fourth term, the
District Suffrage Association today
began a new years activity with
the objective of bringing before the
next session of Congress measures
that would give Washington a 10
! cally elected municipal legislature
and primary election setup.
Encourage by the Democratic
platform placing the party on rec
ord as favoring extension of the
right of suffrage to the District of
Columbia, Mr.. Finch said that the
association hopes for real progress
next year in achieving local self
government for District citizens.
In addition to Mr.. Finch. officers
elected at an association meeting
last night at the Thomson School
were Harry N. Stull, first vice presi-
dent: Mrs. Clara Wright Smith,
second vice president; William A.
Maio, third vice president; Harry
S. Wender, fourth vice president;
C. Herbert Marshall fifth vice presi-
dent, and William j. Bartle, treas
urer
Finch's Report Commended.
The association received and COM
mended Mr.. Finch's annual report,
in which he asserted that the Dis
trict Commissioners failure to heed
the pleas of local residents for some
form of self-government is further
evidence of our contention that the
Commissioners are not representa-
tives of the people of this COM
munity and should be replaced by
others chosen by the ballot. who
could and really and truly speak for
the community
Mr.. Finch asserted that District
residents ought to be glad that the
Senate District Committee has not
imposed Seals former Corporation
Counsel Elwood SeaD so-called Dis
trict reorganization bill upon them
- 1t is not a real reorganization
bill. 1t has one or two desirable
features, but its primary purpose
seems to be nothing more than the
deif1cation of the Office of District
Commissioner, the permanent pres
ervation of present jobs and the
creation of new ones. all without
the control of the Districts citizens
and taxpayers.
Says Randolph Plans Farley.
He said that Chairman Randolph
of the House District Committee has
promised to arrange meeting with
District suffrage leaders soon to
formulate new legislative pro-
gram designed to obtain District
suffrage.
Mr.. Finch commended the work
of Mrs. Arthur D. Condor and Mel
win D. Hildreth for their part in
having the District suffrage plank
placed in the Democratic party plat
form. Both Mrs. Condor and Mr..
Hildreth were elected to member
ship on the associations Board of
Directors last night.
Others named to the Board of
Directors were Kenneth P. Arm
strong, Russell M. Balderson, Ulysses
j. Banks, William NICK. Clayton,
Henry L. Colman, James A. Crooks,
Seton Darr, Orrin j. Davy, George
E. Dieffenbach, Karl Gerber, Rama
S. Gibson, Ernest F. Henry, T. j.
Houston, Sidney R. Katz, Mrs. Frank
E. Kells, Adelbert w. Lee, Judge
Robert E. Mattingly, James McNa-
mara. Miss Helen J. Moore, Mrs.
Sarah V. Montgomery, Mrs. r.
Kirkpatrick Noble, William A. Rob-
erts, Samuel Schmerler, William L.
Tancil, Fletcher S. Tilton, William
j. Tucker, George A. Warren and
James G. Yaden.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Colleges Urged 10 GET
Students in Proper
Draft Classification
Association Of Business
Officers Hears Opposition
To Blanket Deferment

Colleges should organize inme-
diately to obtain proper classical
ton of their students under the Ma
tional Selective Service Act, a group
of college officials were warned this
morning by George F. Zook, presi-
dent of the American Council of
Education.
Reminding the closing session of
the Eastern Association of College
and University Business officers
that deferment of college students
from being drafted during this aca-
demic year had to be requested by
the individual student, Dr. Zook
recommended council by college Of
fcials with each student eligible
for the draft
Deplores War Hysteria.
Proper classification of students
preparing for technical services to
the Nation also should be taken as
the colleges responsibility. he de-
clared. He also advocated that COL
leges look after their faculty men,
bers whose teaching is defending
democracy" especially those of
technical occupations.
Banning of the teaching of any
foreign language and distortion of
text books because of war hysteria
was deplored also by Dr. Zook.
Blanket deferments of any kind
make selective service officials see
red" Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey, as
sitant director of National Selective
Service. stated to the group He
agreed with DR.. Zoook that blanket
deferment of students should not be
extended beyond this academic
year.
Harmful to Morale.
Blanket deferments are harmful
to morale by fostering public feel
ing that there are white haired
boys" Gen. Hershey said. College
students should not miss an oppor-
tunity to lead in this crisis, he added,
when their intelligence and training
are needed.
At the annual banquet last night
Eugene Meyer. publisher of The
Washington Post, emphasized the
need for reappraisal of the Nations
colleges with an eye to modern con-
ditions.
Fewer colleges. higher academic
standards and smaller attendance
were recommended by Mr.. Meyer
Colleges which mushroomed all over
the country because of public de-
mand for a college education will be
closed down as outlay for arms be-
gins to pinch purses. he predicted.
Those which survive will need to
readjust their financial affairs, he
said. He proposed the employment
of common financial advisors and
common investments by the 124
member colleges of the association
Also greeting the group were Cloyd
Heck Marvin, president of George
Washington University, and Msgr.
Patrick j. Mccormick, vice rector
of Catholic University. George D.
Crofts, treasurer and controller of
Buffalo University and president of
the organization, presided.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

tended Western High School and
while she studied at George Wash
ington University. Lee. also study
ing at Western, plans to be an archi-
tect.
Foundation Stone" will be re-
leased in England the first of the
year and Mrs. Warren will donate
so per cent of the l94l British roy
alties to Britain's war relief.
The book she is now working on
was suggested by her daughter. and
will deal with problems Of modern
youth.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Bond Concert

BY the Soldiers Home Band Or
chestra. in Stanley Hall this after
noon at $50 o'clock. John S. M
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant.
PROGRAM.
March. "The Rockies" Drumm
Overture, "Innesfallen"
(Scotch -Koppitz
Entr'Acte-
(a) "Roguish Eyes" Gruenwald
CD "A Darkies' Patrol" (requested)
Lansing
Excerpts from musical comedy
The Debutante" Herbert
Popular numbers
Angela Mia" -Rappee
big City Blues" Goetler
Waltz suite from
Her Little Highness" De Koven
Finale, Royal Australian Navy"
Iithgow
THE Star spansled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-12-10

Ringling's world famous art COL
lection, valued at $500 900, is open
to the winter visiting public at
Sarasota, Fla.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

Regarded as the worlds finest COL
lection of dolls, gathered from every
nation on earth, more than 600
make up the exhibit shown at the
Doll Palace Ia et. Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, Al.
Motorists injured, 10.
Motorists arrested. 4l2.
Pedestrians injured. 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 3.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
trians, 2.
Killed in 1910 traffic, ST; by
December 10 In 1899, %.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
Adams Replies to
Attack on State
Debt Commission

Charges that the California Farm
Debt Adjustment commission has
proved to be sorry aggregation
of incompetent nobodies, chronic
malcontents and fellow travellers, =
brought a swift and pointed reply
Monday.
The statement, made by Alfred
Aram, general counsel for the Cali
fornia Farmers Educational and CO.
operative Union at a meeting of
the Union, was answered Monday
by J. d. Adams of Ell Centre, COM
mission member.
"Aram is a disgruntled attorney
who drafted the state Farm Loan
act that was to be administered by
the commission. He was promised
the job of running that agency.
The loan program was found im-
practicable after investigation by
the commission That explains
Aram
Aram made the charges in Paso
RobleS late last week, the United
Press reported. Harold NJ. Sawyer,
legal advisor for the commission,
was forced to leave the meeting
when he sought to defend the COM
mission from the floor
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
Child Suffocates
In Burning Home;
Parents Absent

BRAWLEY. Dec. 9.-Tony Marie
Glass, 17-months-old Negro child
suffocated to death early today be-
fore firemen succeeded in rescuing
her from the flames which destroy
ed her home while her parents
were away at work.
"The baby is in there!The baby
will burn" screamed the baby's
older brother, who had to leave
her alone while he went to a near
by grocery store.
Assistant Fire Chief Frank Car
Isle and Fireman Amos Jones risk
ed their lives in carrying the baby
from the flaming building. They
said the fire started from a defect
i've flue used by the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Gus Glass. in cooking on
woodburning heating stove.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
Olson Fires SRA Director Who Put
Patronage Dispensing Board Our Of
Existence; Names Acting Successor

suited from the SRA administra-
tors alleged alignment with anti
administration forces Of the state
legislature.
It was pointed out that Rubinow's
action in diSmissing the SRA board
of personnel standards and appeals
may have led the governor to dis
pense with Rubinow
At the time he dismissed the
appeals board, RubinoW informed
joint legislative interim fact-find-
ing committee on employment and
relief that the board had no legal
status and served only as a club
to control patronage of SRA adj
ministrative Jobs
RubinoW said he last saw the
governor three weeks ago and there
was no discussion at that time of
any impending change in SRA
executives.
RubinoW pointed to his record as
evidence of the Job he has done
since he took over the administra-
tors job last July, citing the re-
Quoting in the SRA case load from
$4,000 to $4,000 at the present time
and the drop in administrative per-
sonnet from $500 as of last Febru-
ary to 2686 workers now
I would have entered the new
calendar year with a S500,000 sur
plus Rubinow said at his press
conference, and that would have
been the first time the SRA ever
has been out of the red
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
18th LifeLost 10
1910 Traffic Here
During Weekend
Brawley Resident Dies
When Thrown From
Truck After Blowout

During the weekend I'M
perial county traffic claimed
it's 26th victim this year and
brought injury to three men
and a woman.
Charles Walker. 52-year-old Braw-
ley resident, died Sunday from in
juries suffered when he was thrown
from catapulting milk truck just
outside the city limits on Brawley's
East Main street.
Alton Davis Thornton, 26, Impe-
rial, suffered a cracked vertebra
when his car overturned on West
Fifth street, Imperial, shortly after
noon Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Conner of
El Centre were injured when their
car crashed into a truck driven by
Charles Sellers, 81, Los Angeles,
north of Imperial Saturday after
noon. Bob Conley riding in the
milk truck with Walker, was slight
ly injured
A blowout was blamed for the
accident in which Walker lost his
life, Highway Patrolman Lewis
Mitchell said. A rear tire blew out
and the truck went out of control.
Too much speed, Highway Patrol
man Tillman Daley said, was to
blame for the Thornton wreck.
Thornton, he said, was driving too
fast when he attempted to make a
left hand turn. The Conner car
collided with the rear of the Sellers
truck in attempting to pass, officers
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09

Santa Claus, who became the
center of a near-riotous celebra-
tion Saturday when he was greeted
by boisterous FL Centro children,
Monday was slowly recovering from
bruises and fatigue in preparation
for a return to downtown Ell Centre
next Saturday.
The red-clad visitor from the
north pole. who lost everything but
his costume when 200 children
tried to reach him all at once
Monday completed reading letters
he received Saturday. He turned
the letters over to the Post-Prass
to be judged for the prizes c b.
awarded for the three best letters.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
Fighting Bishop
Leads Greeks in
Mass for Victory
Legion of Death Units
Perish in Valiant
Defense of City
BY PAUL PALEOLOGOS

ARGYROKASIRON, Al
bania, Dec. 9. (UP)-Black-
bearded Archbishop Spiri-
dion, the fighting churchman
of Janina, celebrated ThankSgiv-
ing mass today in this mountain
fortress town, captured yesterday
after a Fascist LEGION of death"
unit fought almost to the last mar.
Rain fell on the hundreds of civ
ilians and mud-stained Greek troops
who knelt before the cathedral to
receive the blessing OF the tall
churchman who performed legen-
Diary feats of heroism in Greeces
war for independence.
The rain washed down on the
town as it did yesterday when I
followed Greek storm troops into
the city where the Italian LEGION
of death" fought without surrender
until almost every man had been
killed or wounded
Three times the Greeks tried to
storm the town as l watched from
the hills outside. They swept up to
the white washed walls of the town
only to be driven off by the desper-
ate fire of the Italian garrison
After the third attack the Greek
commander called on the Italians
to surrender. He told them that Ar
gyrokastron was surrounded, that
they had no chance to escape. The
only answer was salvo of fire from
the light Italian guns in the towns
fortress.
Early yesterday the fourth as
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09


Europe.
A sudden renewal of the war in
Egypt, with Britain on the Often
sive, was reported in communique
issued at Cairo, where it was said
that Fascist troops had been con-
tacted ION a broad front" in the
western desert facing Libya and
that 500 Italians had been taken
prisoner.
In London, experts said that the
Egyptian operations appeared de-
signed to test the Italian morale
at a time when Greek victories
have raised a demand in Britain
for a big-scale offensive in an effort
to knock Italy out of the war. The
possibility Of a knockout blow, how
ever, was considered doubtful in
neutral circles at present.
Experts pointed out that the Brit
ish operations in North Africa, in
cluding new air attacks on Italian
targets, might serve any number
Of purposes, including an attempt to
weaken reported Axis preparations
for an "an fronts" offensive in the
spring. On Saturday, the London
Times suggested the probability Of
such spring offensive, in which
German troops would move into the
Near East
The British attack also may be
designed to determine whether any
of the big Italian forces in North
Africa have been shifted to Greece,
where frontier dispatches today re-
ported the Greek troops pushing
forward toward Tepelini in the south
and Elbasan on the north front.
Dispatches from Rome said that
Premier Benito Mussolini might
coon make personal inspection
tour on the Albanian front, where
Mondays Italian communique ad-
mitted the loss of Argyrokastron. i.
War action-centered on London
Sunday night by one of the heaviest
bombardments of the War-extend-
ed into American waters as a result
of British and German naval oper-
ations
While President Roosevelt cruised
off the West Indies, there were per-
sistent but unconfirmed reports that
the British cruiser Enterprise had
closed in on German sea raider off
the South American coast. The
raider was presumed to be the YES
sci that battled and damaged the
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09
Drunk Driver
Fined S15O Here

A $3.50 fine was ordered Monday
for Kelso Barrett, 30, of Imperial,
tWo-time loser on a drunk driving
charge.
Barrett was arrested Sunday in
Ell Centre after his machine col
lided with another driven by Will
liam MaLauchlin of Yuma. Bar
rett was fined 500 on a similar
charge in September.
you're a dangerous driver =
Judge Lee Nuffer said in passing
sentence. Il don't know about your
driving license . e. 1t may be
revoked 1t probably should be. =
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9. UPl-
Sydney J. Rubinow announced today
he had been dismissed as state
relief administrator by Gov Cul-
bert L. Olson who appointed Ralph
J. Wakefield of the SRA bureau of
camps as acting administrator
The governor also appointed Ed
win j. Cooley, San Francisco bay
area director of the SRA. as acting
assistant to Wakefield.
The dismissal of Rubinow was
said in political circles to have re-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-09


Three separate parties of holiday
mixers were herded together and
marched toward Mexicali after tres
passing on Mexican soil
The first party picked up was
group of Is led by H. E. Taylor,
Sunday school teacher at the State
Street Christian church in Ell Cen
tro, and j. D. Muncill of Ell Centro.
In their charge were 13 boys, men,
bers of Sunday school class, who
were Oh the desert to practice rifle
shooting. The boys whose ages rang
ed from II to 16, were: Ray and
James Muncill, Carl and David
Maupin, Frank Jones, Richard
Larry, Marvin Haun, Bobby Taylor,
Austin Olson, Joseph Brinnon, Da-
vid Knights, George Bolt and Wen
Ole Roach
The second party was made up of
three girls and two boys of the
Calexico district who were not iden-
titled.
Third party to be arrested was
made up of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Soper and Mrs. Robert o. Patter-
son of Ell Centro and Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. E. Richardson of Holtville. They
were on gem-hunting expedition.
All three groups had wandered
across the international boundary
unwittingly, thinking that part of
Mt. Signal was in the United States
The line, however, runs just north
of the mountain, border patrolmen
explained Monday.
All 25 were released without fines
shortly after 10 pm. following sew
eral hours of frantic negotiations
between Mexican authorities and
friends in Ell Centre and Calexico.
First word of their plight was
brought by U. S. border patrolmen
who saw the arrests but were un-
able to warn the Americans in
time.
Taylor managed to call to officers,
who brought his automobile to CAL
exico Automobiles belonging to
others in the three parties were left
on the desert and not retrieved un-
til later when the group was re-
leased at Mexicali
While they were marching toward
Mexicali District Attorney Elmer
Heald, the Rev. Mr.. Edwin Carter,
pastor of the Christian church in
Ell Centro, Ephraim de la Vega of
Ell Centre, Phil knights of Ell Gen.
tro, U. S. Consul Horatio T. Mooers,
and Vice Consul Willys Myers were
negotiating for their release.
I'VE walked about five miles,
Soper said Monday. "The soldiers
were courteous but we suffered from
the cold, We went rather slowly.
Finally we reached a small ranch
and convinced the soldiers that we
should get transportation, particu-
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