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Evening star., 1941-02-09

Monetary Phases Of the Defense
Program; Robert N. Miller, chair
man of the Excess Profits Tax Com
mittee of the American Bar Associ-
alton, whose topic was Legislative
Policies in Enacting the New Law"
and E. Barrett Prettyman, formerly
general counsel of the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau, who analyZed the
recent report of the Attorney Cen
erals Committee on Administrative
Procedure.
Praised for Record.
Il feel that over the years there is
no agency of the Government which
has made a better all-around record
than the Bureau of Internal Rev.
enue." Mr.. Peacock said. The fact
remains, however, that in recent
years certain practices have devel-
oped which have seriously impaired
the confidence which taxpayers and
tax practitioners have heretofore
had in that bureau.
1T has been nearly a quarter of
a century since the entrance of the
Bureau of Internal Reyenue into
the second era of its long life was
marked by the emphasis placed by
its then commissioner on his out
standing policy of playing fair with
the taxpayer at all times. I feel
that through the years that policy
has been surprisingly we'll adhered
to. In recent years, however, a
tendency to drift away from it has
become more apparent"
AS the first order of business"
he urged that the bureau eliminate
such practices "as insisting on some
concession even though there may
be no real question but that the
taxpayers position should prevail
on that particular point. and assert
ing phony liabilities for one tax so
as to offset and force withdrawal
Evening star., 1941-02-09
New Company Formed
To Make Autoeiros
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press
HATBORO, Pa, Feb. 8..-Organi-
yation Of a new company, the Pit
cairn-Larsen Autogiro Co, Inc, to
take over the contracts and active
business Of the Pitcairn Autogiro Co.
was announced today.
Among the contracts, the an
nouncement said, is one with the
British government for "a number
of military autogiros." Company
officials refused to give the exact
number or the monetary value of
the contract but said the entire
personnel of the Pitcairn Autogiro
Co. had been retained to speed work.
on the order.
officers of the new company are
Virgil H. Frazier, head of the Della
ware Paper Mills, Inc. of Whining
ton. Del, president; Agnew E. Lar
sen, vice president and general man.
ager; Paul Thomas, vice president,
and Robert R. Bachman, secretary
treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Elmer johnson, Michael Shaen,
Daniel Noonan, Gideon Larson and
Paul Schultz.
Public Printer A. E. Giegengack,
P. H. Herrell, his assistant at the
Government Printing Office; Repre-
sentative McGranery of Pennsyl-
vania and Jerry Walsh, represent
ing the Graphic Arts Association of
Washington, will be the speakers.
Harry Knapman, president of the
Allied Printing Trades Council;
Fred Walker, editor of the Trades
Unionist, and officials Of local
printing trade unions, will attend.
The local boasts a half-century
Evening star., 1941-02-09
EIectrotypers' Union
To Mark Jubilee Tonight

With one of its charter members
in attendance, Washington Elec-
trotypers Union No IT will observe
its golden jubilee with a dinner and
dance tonight at the Indian Spring
Country Club on the Colesville pike.
Hugh Carey. whose name appears
on the charter granted the local
February 2. 1891. will be one of six
veteran members honored at the
dinner tonight. The others are
Evening star., 1941-02-09
of possibly meritorious claims for
rofI1pdc If arothar tavD

of possibly meritorious claims for
refunds of another tax"
The excess profits tax law was
enacted too quickly and the policy
of encouraging smallness" was in
consistent with the revenue motive,
Mr.. Miller declared, in reviewing
the legislative origin of the 1910
law This sudden injection of the
anti-bigness motive into an impor-
tant tax law is a serious threat to
the success Of the law as a revenue
producer, because whenever an in
come tax law is used to prevent
something or to encourage some
thing instead of to raise money, it
becomes less productive, less work
able and much more complicated.
The mistake lay in the failure to
realize that in the absence of long
and careful preparation no excess
profits tax except an unsatisfactory
makeshift could be rushed through
in the time allowed"
Product Of Congress.
An encouraging feature of the law,
he said, was that Congress had per-
formed its constitutional function
in assuming full responsibility.
Whatever criticism may be made
of this act in the atmosphere of
confusion in which 1t was put to-
gether and enacted, its provisions
are the genuine product of the leg
islative branch of the Government" :"
he said
In his address Mr.. Prettyman
urged that the bar and especially
the administrative bar. arise unani-
mously and demand that the basic
recommendation of the Attorney
Generals Committee on Adminlstra-
tive Procedure be carried out.
Il do not believe that any ad-
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Winchester to Have
Volunteer Defense Unit
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Feb. 8.-W. A.
Baker, city treasurer, has been desig-
mated by Gen. E. E. Goodwin, COM
manding the new Virginia protective
force, to organize CONAN company
of volunteers here, subject TO call
anywhere in the State. Two lieuten-
ants are to be named later. Mr..
Baker was a lieutenant of infantry
with the American Expeditionary
Force in the World War.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Miss Sewers to Speak

Miss Margaret Sewers, director of
the Arlington Council of Religious
Education. will speak at the
founders day program of the John
Marshall School Parent-Teacher
Association tomorrow at pm. at
the school.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

record of growth without strike
or lockout, Everett A. Craig, secre-
tary-treasurer, said. V. G. Walken-
differ is president, La Vern Koop,
vice president, and William Knud-
son, financial secretary.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

consider this national verdict to
convince yourself of the fact that
Chevrolet for Al 0ut-StyleS, out-ac-
CELEBRATES, out climbs and OUT-MLUES
all other biegest-selling low w-priced
cars . and to do this before buying
any motor car, regardless of price?
1.-THE U.S.A. picks Chevrolet" And,
if you'll make your own eye it-try it
buy it test of the new Chevrolet for
Al, we're convinced that you'll pick
Chevrolet, too. And get the nations
No. 1 car-value as a result! Please see
your nearest Chevrolet dealer-today!
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Give this nation the facts, and this
nation will give its verdict on any point
in question. And when this nation
hands down verdict, wise men every
where accept it as a guide post to ralue!
Well, the U.S.A. has given it's verdict
on motor cars . given it unmiStak-
ably by awarding Chevrolet sales lead
erShip over all other makes of cars for
nine of the last ten years :. and now
the U.S.A. is giving this same verdict
again by showing clear-cut preference
for the new Chevrolet for Al!
Don't you agree it will pay you to
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Asks
Low Exemptions

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. tUP)-
Secretary of Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, jr., today asked for a
substantial lowering" of personal
income tax exemptions and urged
restoration of the tax bills original
So O000O,0OO goal.
Testifying before the senate fin
ance committee, Morgenthau declar-
ed it was of utmost necessity that
all exemptions from taxation be
reduced to the absolute minimum"
He was the first senate witness
on the tax bill, which the house
passed in a form that was about
$300,000,000 short Of the desired
total
Morgenthau asked for an "all out
defense tax program that would
tap additional sources that have
ability to pay.
His recommendation for lower
personal exemptions followed a
last-minute plea to the house by
President Roosevelt for such &C
ton a week ago. The house ignored
the suggestion. Mr.. Roosevelt ask
ed that the exemptions for married
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Military Service
Amendment Called
Step Toward War

Continued from Page One)
tween support and opposition to
the measure.
Fish insisted that the United
States needs no larger armed forces
unless 1t is the policy of the ad-
ministration to go out looking for
wars all over the world He noted
the army now has 100000 men.
This tremendous armed force
is all we need for Defense" he said,
adding that the nation would need
an army three or four times as large
to serve as expeditionary forces "to
support the interventionist and war
policies of Secretary Henry l.. Slim
son."
Fish charged that the legislation
would enable Stimson to raise an
army of 100000 soldiers or more,
not for defense but for foreign
wars
The senate approved the measure
As to 80 last night, extending the
service of selectees, national guards
men and reservists to 80 months
in all
1t also adopted an amendment
which raises the pay of all army
men $40 month after they have
completed II months of service
For selecteeS and national guards
men this would be an automatic
pay raise of $40 a month after they
complete their present one-year
terms of service. For regular army
troops it would be a raise at the
beginning of their second year of
enlistment. Officials estimated that
the provision would cost Sill 100000
additional annually. Basic army pay
now is $21 a month for the first
three months and $50 thereafter.
A final house vote is expected
on Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Japan Charges U. 5.
Joining in Move
For EncircIement

Continued rom Page One)
nese government of the safety of
japanese ships entering United
States ports and guaranteed that
they would be gwen fuel for their
return trips, but warned that car
goes would be subject to civil libel
proceedings.
Ishii said that if American ships
called at japan they would be
treated the same way Japanese
ships were treated in America. He
said the repatriation of Japanese
from the United States was diff
cult because there were so many
of them, but that the question
might become a subject for negoti-
ations between Japan and the Unit
ed States and that meanwhile, the
resumption Of shipping to the Unit
ed States depended on whether it
was economically profitable.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08

persons be reduced from $4,000 to
1880, and that for single persons
from $500 to $3.50.
Other recommendation by Nor
genthau:
/. Imposition of. more effective
excess profits tax on corporations.
2. Requirement that husbands
and wives file a single joint return
The house had defeated this provi-
sion, which had been expected to
raise about 1923 100000 annually.
3. Elimination of tax escape by
certain concerns engaged in ex-
tracing natural resources, notably
oil. He said they have been granted
unjustifiably large allowances fol-
depletion.
4. Removal of federal tax eX-
emptions from new state and local
securities. \
5. More revenue from estate and
gift taxes.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Nippon Evacuates
Manchukuo Area

SHANGHAI, Aug. 8. (UP)-Japa-
nese women, children and men not
in military service have been order
ed to leave a vast stretch of west
ern Manchuquo reliable quarters
said today.
The Japanese civilians, it was
said, have been ordered to clean out
from Manchuli, on the western from
tier. with Siberia, to Tsitsihar, $50
miles east of Manchuli on the rail-
way.
During recent weeks sporadic
clashes have been reported between
Japanese and Russian troops in
the Manchuli area and should large
scale hostilities break out Soviet
forces would be expected to drive
down the railway from Manchuli
in the direction of Tsitsihar.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Aircraft WARNING
System Set Up

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8. CUP
The state council of defense met
here today with Gov. Culbert Olson
to make final plans for organiza-
ton of a statewide aircraft warn
ing service.
There must be no delay" said
Frank w. Clark, director of public
works and vice chairman of the
council. Area organizers are to
be appointed as soon as possible
It appeared the aircraft warning
service will be the first statewide
defense organization of volunteer
civilians.
Clark explained that county de-
fense councils will distribute VOL
unteers among approximately 5000
observation posts. These volunteers
will be designated as area organiz-
erS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Strike Ha|ts Work
On AirpIane Props

CALDWELL, N. j., Aug. CUP)
"A walkout of 200 employees halted
production Of airplan blades today
at the Curtiss-W Wright corpora
tons prope::c- :.:vision plant here.
Participating in the walkout, said
by union officials to be unauthoriz-
ed, were welders and steel blade
workers whose jobs are essential to
the production of completed pro-
peller.
The walkout apparently was the
result OF inter-union rivalry.
Company officials said no de-
mands had been presented by the
men and that, as far as they knew,
no strike had been authorized.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08

Deals
Ended

All Imperial Valley deals, with
the exception of sugar beetS, alfal-
fa and flax, were virtually ended
this week, according to the monthly
report from the county agricul-
tural commissioner office
B. A. Harrigan reported that
shipments of cantaloupes, honey
dews and honeyballs dropped off
sharply during July with the sea-
son closing about the Goth. Cars
shipped by rail during the month
totaled 1881.
Watermelon shipments closed,
also, for a total of 666 cars, much
lower than last season. Prices re-
manned steady, however. and the
deal was described as good.
Grape harvest started early in
July and season shipments totaled
Sc cars, Harrigan said. Market re-
turns were described as satisfac-
tory
Sugar beet shipments will con-
tinue until early in August, with
1851 cars loaded during July. AL
falfa shipments continued, truck
movement during July amounting
to 10000 tons. harvest of the flax
crop was about complete with
yields generally good but slightly
below last year. Prices are higher,
however, and Harrigan said growers
would realize a profit.
Shipments checked through Tri-
folium inspection station included
5,606 head of cattle, 492 bales OF
cotton. 40 tons of dried milk, 1928
tons of grain hay, 1l,132 tons OF
flax, 2801 crates of grapes, 3619
head of hogs, 38 head of horses, 269
tons of junk, 1912 tons of manure,
846 head of sheep, 496 cans of
cream, 1000 lugs of garlic, AZ tons
of honey, 73 tons of gypsum, as
we'll as a dozen other products.
Similar products were checked
throughout the Boulder Park sta
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
H Centro Leads
vaheySchoo|s in
Asking Tax Hike

Continued from Page One)
Maintenance of school plant:
$3.50.
Auxiliary services transportation
of pupils and health service, recre-
alton etc.: $8,825.
Fixed charges insurance etc.
s2,95O.
Capital outlay: $165,45O.
Undistributed reserve appropria-
ton: $4,000.
Chief new item in the budget was
$4,000 included in capital i'm
provement for construction of a
new study hall building. School
authorities hoped to avoid a bond
issue b. the abrupt jump in the
tax rate to the highest legal point.
The elementary school tax rate
will be 49 cents as compared to 81
last year, expected to raise $29, ,223.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Soviet
Lists
Losses

MOSCOW, Aug. 8 CUP) - The
Red army said today it was still
lighting off German attacks in Ka-
gisalmi, Kholm, Smolensk and Be-
laya Tserkov directions, and that
IN less than seven weeks of war il
had killed, wounded or captured
100000 German soldiers.
There was no indication of Ger
man progress in today's Russian
high command communique.
cat London an exchange tele-
graph dispatch from Moscow quoted
private sources that the Russian
garrison at Smolensk, on the CEN
tral front guarding the approach to
MOSCOW, was continuing to with
stand a siege. trading blow for blow
with the Germans, and that the
Russians there had rounded I'D or
exterminated large groups of Ger
man parachutists dropped into the
city with light tanks.)
In reply TO the German victory"
communicates issued the past two
days, the Soviet information bu-
reau gave the following figures of
German and Russian losses to date:
Casualties tkilled, wounded. cap
tured or missing; Germany. I,500,-
600; Russia, 100000.
Tanks captured or destroyed: /:
5000 German, 5000 Russian.
Cannon captured or destroyed:
5000 German, 1000 Russian.
Airplanes lost: Germany, 5000:
Russia, 1000.
Discussing Germany's claim that
$4,000 Russians had been taken
prisoners the Soviet information
board said:
In occupying a Soviet district
the Fascists Immediately and fore
IDLY mobilize the population-peas-
ants, Soviet employees, women-for
various kinds of hard work or drive
them to the rear, declaring this
population to be war prisoners. Ger
tainly, in this way, one may count
not only 895,000 war prisoners al
legedly captured. but even con-
siderably more. "
The bureau said the Germans
obviously" had obtained the fig
ures they gave out on the amount
of Russian material captured or
destroyed by including first their
own losses. adding up our losses,
and then adding TO these eXtrava-
CANT figures as much as they were
able to think Of"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Ammunition Dump
Strike Called Off

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 8 CUP) -
Work was resumed today on the
U. S. Navy's $2,OOO,OOO ammunition
dump under construction at Fall
brook, 60 miles northeast of here,
following settlement of a strike
called by so American Federation
of Labor Building Trades Workers.
In lieu of their demands for pro-
vision of room and board at the
project site. the navy granted
workers 1914 cents an hour addi-
tional pay. Living facilities had
been requested because of the dis
tance of the site from San Diego
The men will receive three hours
pay when hired and a like amount
when they leave their jobs to meet
the expense of the long trip to the
project site.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
korwegians Riot
AGAINST Germans

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug.
(UP) - Reports from Bergen, Nor
way, today said large crowd hno
demonstrated against German SOL
diers and that 70 had been arrested
and sent to a concentration camp.
Others were reported injured.
A 9 pm. curfew was imposed on
Bergen, according to the reports.
Increased British air activity over
the Norwegian coast has confined
sea traffic to nights, mostly in con-
voys, and Norwegian sailors refuse
to leave port unless an air escort is
provided, it was reported
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Wages Stabilized
BySo. California
Aircraft Builders

Continued from Page II
The chief difference between the
scale established by Douglas, Vultee
and Northrop and the scale at
North American is that North AM
erican workers got blanket, 10 per
cent raise beside the minimum.
Douglas, Vultee and Northrop
have backlog of $3.50 ,OOO, 900 and,
with North American, manufacture
an estimated IS per cent of the
nations planes.
Minimum wages having been sta
bilized at Douglas, Vultee, Northrop
and North American, only the
Lockheed, Consolidated and Ryan
aircraft companies remained out
of the fold
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Mystery Bombers,
Possibly Russian.
In Raid on Berlin
BY UNITED PRESS

Enemy planes bombed Berlin
Thursday night and there was cir
cumstantial evidence that they were
Russian planes, not British. If they
were it marked the first known Rus
sian air raid on Germany proper
and the first Russian blow at the
Nazi capital in retaliation for re-
peated raids on Moscow.
Foreign correspondents in Berlin
were permitted 70 cable early Fri
Gay that weak enemy forces" had
bombed western Germany and that
"a few planes" had reached Berlin.
A few explosive bombs were drop
ped which caused damage and killed
some civilians, the German COM
munique said. 1t did not specify
whether the bombs had dropped in
Berlin or western Germany.
Royal air force planes were over
western Germany during the night,
the British announced. They bomb
ed Essen. Hanlm, and Dortmund.
The air ministry was told that the
Germans had acknowledged a raid
on Berlin. The ministry replied:
No Raj planes attacked Berlin
last night"
There was little to indicate from
the official German communique
the extent of the Berlin raid. For
eign correspondents are not per-
nitted to report air raids on Ger
many until an official communicate
has been issued and their reports
must then conform in every parti-
cular to the official version.
The airline distance between
Moscow and Berlin is more than
! 900 miles, making a round trip
Of 1000 miles. The Russians demon
strated their ability at long, distance
flying before the war by flying over
the North Pole to the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
Justice
Sale
Told

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8 (UP) i
A federal district court jury today
had testimony by an attorney that
former Circuit Judge Joseph Buff
ington did not know the contents
of a decision three weeks after hcl
signed it.
The testimony, given at the trial
of retired Circuit Judge j. War
rem Davis and Morgan S, kaufman,
was elected by the government I'M
an attempt to prove charges that
Judge Burlington did not write de-.
cisions in the bankruptcy proceed,
ings of William Fox. former movie
magnate, and signed the opinions,
without knowing their contents.
Davis and Kaufman, Scranton
attorney, are charged with conspir-
ing with Fox to obstruct justice ands
defraud the United States govern
ment. Fox, a star witness at the
retrial, has pleaded guilty to the
charges The first trial last May,
ended in a disagreement by a jury.
The attorney, William Elmer.
Brown, Jr the only witness at the
trial yesterday, testified that while
he was arguing a Fox suit in cir.
cult court in behalf of the trustee.
on Dec. 90, 1886, he had referred
to a previous decision in the bank.
ruptcy litigation handed down by
Judge Burlington on Dec. L..
Judge Burlington inquired what
that suit was about Brown testi-
fled. He said that the whole mat
ter was new to him and that he
was asking for the purpose of in
formation"
The testimony was sought by the
government to support its charge
that Davis, Kaufman and Fox con-
spired to obtain favorable decisions
for the bankrupt motion picture
producer, and took advantage of
Buffington's physical infirmities to
obtain his signatures on the opin-
ions. l.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-08
UKRAINE TREMBLES
fNEA Radio-Telephofo)
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The Germans said they have
started to crash through Ukraine
again at blitzkrieg pace. The high
command reported the capture of
Russian force of 10000 men and
the commander and staff of the
9Th Soviet army southeast of Uman,
key communications center between
Kiev and Odessa.
The Germans also claimed to have
driven a wedge through Estonia
to the Gulf of Finland, isolating
the Soviet forces defending Tallinn
from all except sea communications
with the main Russian defense arm
les around Leningrad.
The British said that the Ger
mans are moving south along the
right bank of the Dnieper toward
Odessa and Nikolaev, 10 miles
northeast of the big port on the
Bug river.
The German threat reused the
LonuOn press 10 warn OF the DAN
gers of German sweep east across
the Ukraine into the oil fields of
the Caucasus. The newspapers
pointed out that while Adolf Hitler
is courting disaster in Russia he
would be we'll on the road to world
conquest if he manages to cross
the Caucasus and plunge toward the
riches of India and the middle east.
The comment of the British pa
pers recalled hints which have been
given that the British are massing
large forces in the middle east with
a view to coming to Russia's aid,
possibly across Iran.