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Evening star., 1941-03-16
Record Tax Payment Is Seen
In EIeventh-Hour Rush Here
More Than 10000 Jam Revenue Bureau;
Lines Fill Corridors for Seven Hours

figures before doing business with
the cashiers.
The doors had been closed about
five minutes when Raleigh w. Daw-
son, 38. of 6819 Barr road, Bethesda,
Md, approached window and was
accosted by reporters as the last
man"
Dawson said. I'm always one of
the last. I don't believe in letting
the tax bother me-"
Mr.. Dawson, garage operator and
magazine writer, explained he made
it point never to think about the
annual task until about Z pm. March
Is, at which time he opened his
books and spent about an hour figur-
ing.
A wife and one child brought him
deductions, but Mr.. Dawson said he
had no objection to the levy, even
with addition of the defense tax.
I'm going to frame this one.
though" he declared, displaying a
copy of his return. After this,
they're going to be so much higher
we won't be able to recognize them
All Walks of Life.
Bureau visitors yesterday were a
cross-section of every walk of life.
Laborers rubbed elbows with fur
clad ladies; tottering old men saun-
tered through the corridors along
side fancy dressed youths. Many
of the latter, incidentally, brought
their girl friends along last night to
wait in the building lobby while they
visited the cashiers window.
Lines continued at money order
windows in two of the city's postal
stations well into the night. The
Benjamin Franklin Station, Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, and the city post office, North
Capitol street and Massachusetts,
avenue, remained open until mid
night. Post-marking machines were
Kept busy all day stamping thou
sands of envelopes directed to the
Baltimore collector.
From a national standpoint, OH
cials estimated that the number of
returns by individuals was expected
to reach Is 600 900, about double that
of last year. Indicative of the out
look, payments during the first 13
days of March reached $l75,809, ,319,
an increase Of 10 per cent over =
similar poT1ed yeox 80.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Bond Concerts
TUESDAY.

2:30 p.m.-United States Army
Band, band auditorium, Army War
College.
$50 pm-United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall,
Soldiers Home. -.-
8:15 pm-United States Navy
Band Symphony Orchestra, Marine
Corps Auditorium, Eighth and I
streets Sc.
WEDNESDAY.
8:15 pm.-United States Marine
Band Symphony Orchestra, band
auditorium, Marine Barracks.
THURSDAY.
$50 p.m.-United States Soldiers,
Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall,
Soldiers Home
,r SATURDAY.
1:30 a.m.-United States Army
Band, band auditorium, Army War
College. .-
$50 p.m.-United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hail.
SOLDIER Houas.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Citizens Federation
Disapproves Plan for
Municipal Assembly.
Delegates Prefer Stronger
Fight for Local and
National Representation
BACKGROUND


Last January a call lUds is
sued to all organizations inter
eSted in the ciUic Welfdre of
Washington to form municipal
assembly to represent all shades
OF thought and opinion on i'm
portdnt District matters. A con-
Uention ,Das held and the assem-
big set up. Since then many
citizens associations haze con-
demned the assembly either be-
cause it duplicated work of the
federation or because OF objec-
ton to some Of the members OF
the assembly.
The Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations last night voted unanimous
disapprcSal. of the municipal as
sembly and urged instead strength
ening of existing organizations until
local and national suffrage for the
District become reality.
The delegates loudly applauded
the long report of the Law and
Legislation Committee read by
Chairman Harry S. Wender, which
the proposed assembly
primarily because:
l. Its functions would duplicate
those of the Federation of Citizens
Associations and the Federation OF
Civic Associations. .-
2. Virtual absence of quaHfica-
tionS for membership.
3. Preponderance of social and
welfare objectives, possibly to the
exclusion of other important mat
tiers as shown by the proposed COM
mittees of the assembly.
Tax Exemptions Assailed.
Mrs. Roosevelt's interest was
projected into the discussion but
delegates who attended the OPEN
ing convention of the proposed as
sembly insisted she was only an
observer and had not placed the
tSee FEDERATION, Page B-6D
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Recreation Board
Plan 10 Be Studied
By School Committee
Group Meets Tomorrow
To Consider Proposal
For-kine-Mon Agency

Whether a recreation commission
is to be set up for the District may
depend on action of the Board OF
Education this week.
The boards Committee on Legis-
lation will meet at II 80 am. tomor-
row at the Franklin School to con-
slider report of Chairman Charles
D. Drayton on the proposed bill to
unity all recreation in the District
under nine-man board.
For the last 10 years efforts have
been made by various District officials
and civic groups to obtain such con-
troll of recreation instead of the
divided jurisdiction between the
Commissioners, the Board of Educa-
ton and the National Capital Parks
Office. Principal stumbling block to
the commission control has been the
championing of unification under
the school board because of the large
number of school buildings and
school Fairgrounds involved.
Mrs. Doyle Backs Plan.
Despite anticipated opposition to
the bill from Supt. Frank w. Ballou
who has served notice he will present
proposals for amendments, it is un.
derstood several members of the
School Board are favorable to a
separate commission provided the
proper safeguards to school proper
ties are assured. Mrs. Henry Grat-
ton Doyle, president of the board
is a supporter of the plan.
Action of the committee tomor-
row will probably be taken up by
the full board at its meeting Wed
nesday.
At present control of supervised
recreation is in the hands of the
Commissioners and the Board OF
Education under a proviso in the
appropriations bill, while unsuper-
vised play remains with the parks
office. The salary of the co-ordi-
nator is carried in the parks budget
and the actual appropriations for
oiAS ASSASchSAoki ~ oE1 dlll OIL Sd1 tlCO
in the school budget, thus creating
complications in jurisdiction.
Supporters Hopeful.
The plan for a recreation board
vested with full control of recre-
alton facilities has long had the
support of the parks Office and
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. and though
the Commissioners at one time
agreed to sole school board control
of the supervised program, it is
considered likely they would support
the revived recreation board plan
Hence supporters of the plan feel
that it may 60 through if DR.
Ballou and the school board can be
won over.
Under the plan, the recreation
board would consist of represent
atives of the school board, the parks
office, the Commissioners and the
Park and Planning Commission and
f1ve citizens to be appointed by the
Commissioners.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
picture on Page B-2.J

tfULuTC OIL fugC Dr.
Washingtonians have made a rec
ord-breaking payment to the Fed
eral Government in 1910 income
taxes from all indications last night
as thousands hurried to the Bureau
of Internal Revenue offices and
postal station sto beat the midnight
deadline for declaring compulsory
dividends with Uncle Sam.
Corridors of the revenue building
at Twelfth street and Constitution
avenue hustled with taxpayers-lines
of them-all day yesterday and long
into the night.
Hundreds waited until after dinner
last night to call on the clerical staff
on duty at the No. l tax port-of-call
for assistance and place their money
over the counter. Last years last
day total of bureau paying visitors
7,497, was passed shortly after
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and al
midnight 10,317 had been clicked off
on hand-talliers punched by guards
at the cashier lines.
Tops Bank Holiday Rush.
This total eclipsed by more than
/ 900 the last day swarm of taxpayers
who made q run on the bureau in
March, 1888, when the bank holiday
forced many who ordinarily would
write checks to appear at collection
rof1rfa ARG uyifI, co1I coch
A. Parks Rasin, assistant chief
field deputy, said that the check and
cash payers were about equally di-
vided among the bureau visitors yes
terday. Mr.. Rasin said the record
breaking rush should be credited
to the lowering of the personal ex-
emption from 81 900 to $500 for sin
gle persons and from $500 to 81, 900
for married taxpayers. andto the
city's population increase.
More than IS experts were on hand
all day at the bureau to give advice
on filing returns. Four cashiers
took the money at windows, while
notaries and clerks were all over the
place. In all. more than 100 workers
were on duty.
Last Man" Doesn't Worry.
More than a score of late-comers
entered the Office during the 10 min
utes Immediately before midnight,
but almost all of them had filled
out the forms in advance and need
ID cnH To take . dnal look at thar
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Dromo at Falls Church
VIII Benefit Britain

The Villagers, a dramatic group,
will present George Bernard Shaw's
Candida at the State Theater,
Falls Church, Va, tomorrow night,
with Bernard Shultz and Mrs. Ber-
nice Schultz portraying the leading
roles Of Rev. James Morell and
Candida
The performance is being staged
for the benefit of Bundles for Brit
ain ->-....
Evening star., 1941-03-16
CherryduIe PIT. A. Meeting

Mrs. j. L. May, jr., will speak on
''Know Your Money" at a meeting
Of the Cherrydale (Va) School
Parent-Teacher Association at 8
pm. tomorrow in the school. A
fashion show, bingo and card party
Will be given Thursday at 8 pm.
m the Chsrrydals Firemen's Hall.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Cos Defense Lecture

Snyder Farmer Post, No. 3,
American Legion, of Hyattsville, will
have as guests at its meeting
Wednesday night at the National
Guard armory 1t. Comdr Wetherill,
chemical warfare officer at the
Washington Navy Yard, and his
staff, who will lecture on gas de-
fenao.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Broad Changes
In Montgomery
Setup Urged
Brookings Survey
Proposes Sweeping
Government Shuke-up
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Movement for an impartial
scientific surrey OF Montgomery
Coantys government was started
in the Montgomery County Civic
Federation in 1888. Both Demo-
cratic and Republican parties
promised to haze the surrey
made. After 1888 election, the
Board OF County Commissioners
contracted lDith the Brookings
Institution to make the surrey,
the county paying $4,000 totDard
the cost. 1t ,Uas the first surrey
made by the institution OF
governmental unit as small as q
county.
Evening star., 1941-03-16

In March. Beware Of:
l. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Four
pedestrians were killed doing
this in March, 1910. Three of
these were over SIS years of age.
2. Standing in the street. A
93-year-old man lost his life do
ing this in March of last year.
The sixth traffic victim during
March, 1910. was a passenger on
a truck who was crushed be-
meath a spool OF cable when the
truck overturned.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
tuberculosis
Seal Director
Replaced
Eight Others Resign
From Association
Following Request
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Plendry committee DGs op-
pointed to reorganize District Tu-
berculosis Association shortly
before DR.. A. Burklie Coulter,
Health Department tuberculosis
bureau chief, charged GSSocia-
tion's administration costs ate too
far into groups funds. Board OF
Directors has not met since hear
ing plenary committee recon-
mendationS ttDo t0eekS ago. Har-
aid A. Lund took oDer as eIecu-
the secretary shortly thereafter
but plenary committee has con-
tinued at helm.
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Mrs. Meck|ey Faces
Mrs. Stokes in NJ. A.
Golf Tournament
Betty Fovored to Win
Back Title She Held
Six Seasons Ago

Firmly esconced as a favorite to
win the title she annexed six years
ago, Mrs. Betty P. Meckley Of Ken
wood, Maryland State women's
champion, clashed today in the
second round of the Middle Atlantic
championship at Lutherville. Md,
with Mrs. Walter r. Stokes of
Manor, who defeated her in the
final round of the District cham
pionship in June
Mrs. Meckley is ranked as the
favorite in the mid-Atlantic by rea-
son Of her par -shattering golf yes
terday, when she played the first
nine Of the Five Farms course of
the Baltimore Country Club in IS
in the process of beating Mrs. L. G
Pray Of Manor by 9-and-8 mar
gin. Mrs. Stokes also played bril-
liantly in beating Mrs. G. NJ Hop
kins of Baltimore, but did not score
as well as Mrs. Meckley.
Mrs. Myron Davy, victor yester-
day over Mrs. H. j. Beech of Man.
or, clashed in the second round
today with Jeanette Myers Of Bal
timore. Remaining in the second
flight were Mrs. j. T. Powell and
Mrs. l.. H. Hedrick of Manor and
Kenwood. who drew first-round
byes yesterday. Mrs. r. Thornbure
of Kenwood fell in a first-round
match in the second flight.
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Bogart and Jennings
Meet in Exhibition
Links Matches
Amateur Stors Booked
At Army Navy Club
And East Potomac

There is no title involved, or any
thing excepting a good golf match,
but Ralph Bogart and Dick Jen-
nings, a couple of huskies with links
championship tendencies, are going
to meet in a brace of exhibition
matches over the next two Sundays.
Bogart, as every one connected
with local golf knows, is the 81
year-old Chevy Chase lad who has
won the District amateur cham
pionship three times in a row and
this year has added the Chevy
Chase, Congressional and Pine VAL
ley invitation Journeys to his win
ming list. Jennings is less known
around town, but he will be better
known as soon as he joins a private
club, which he intends to do, and
starts playing in some of the big
ger tournaments. He holds the
public links championship and Is no
ordinary linksman. He can become
a winner in fast company.
The two lads will meet Sunday
at the Army Navy Club in the first
of their two-match series, which
will not be a challenge affair, or a
contest to determine just who is the
better. The second match will be
played October 10 at East Potomac
Park Tommy Doerer arranged the
matches and wants to make plain
that there are no challenge angles
involved, or any betting angles.
"Its simply a couple of champions
and good golfers getting together
to play two matches" says Tommy.
Evening star., 1941-10-08

The National Capital Kennel Club
is making a special effort to en-
courage the showing of locally
owned, pure bred dogs at their an
nual show to be held at Meadow
brook, Chevy Chase, October 10
There are special awards in all
breeds in the local classes.
Another special feature of this
show is the emphasis being put on
the obedience test trials. which will
be judged by Charles LIE Boutillier
and L. Wilson Davis. Since there
are two training classes in Wash
ington and a very active organiza-
ton in Baltimore, it is felt that the
entry in these classes and the per-
formances by their dogs and masters
should be of exceptionally high
caliber. There is a long list Of spe-
cial prizes offered to winners in the
five obedience classes.
Children's handling classes will be
judged by Howard Grimm. In these
classes the ability of the children
in showing their dogs, rather than
the merits of the dogs, are judged.
In order to compete in these classes,
dogs must be entered in one of the
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Modern Golfers Use Much Time Shots Complains Mcleod
Unseeded Poiriings With Stars
Facing in First Round Take
kick F rom Columbia Golf

They've always been sticklers for
the unseeded draw in tournaments
at the Columbia Country Club and
there's a lot to be said in favor of
the draw without seeding the play
ers according to medal scores. On
the basis that the best man even
tually will win that undoubtedly is
true, but some of the kick was to
vanish from the tourney today just
the same
In the first match play round for
the title held by Martin F. Nc
Carthy, the defending champ. and
the lad some people have chosen
to dethrone him-young Earle
Skinker - clashed, Tommy Webb,
winner of the title a few years back,
met P. j. Frizzell in another match
scheduled to touch off some fire.
works. while Comdr. T. o. Bran
don, the dark horse of the boys in
the golf shop, met Gene Krewson.
Young Skinker was runner-up at
Congressional in the invitation
tourney of that club last week, and
has been playing very well Nc
Carthy, always "a tough hombre in
any golf competition, won the
medal in the Columbia champion
ship yesterday with 2-over-par
72. And last night more than 100
men attending the club champion
ship dinner made Mccarthy and
Skinker co-favorites in the betting
as they sold mutuel tickets on the
first fight.
Here Is the way the first flight
draw worked out:
Maury Nee (so) VS.. Roy H. Pickforc
ls2), Comdr. T. o. Brandon t7a) vs.
Gene Krewson ts4). George Miller Cs2
vs. Luther c. Steward (s2l. Craig Mckee
Evening star., 1941-10-08

Special Adjustment bowlers of the
long organized Income Tax League
today reveled over an all-time rec
ord team game of Sal.
Paced last night at Hi-Skor by
Joe Rutan's 148, Paul May hit for
IA and Charley Owen, Joe Lynch
and Dan Steers added respective
counts of 121, ia and ia to put
over the record-smasher.
Other highs for the evening were
c. c. CWimpy) Orme's 149 and
William S. Schultz's 376.
Merchant Leaguers Hot.
Three 400 sets were registered In
the Merchants League, with Oliff of
Atlas Liquor Store tops with 428.
His 158 also was the best single Bob
Wallach and Phil Heffelfinger added
to the heavy firing at Convention
Hall with 408 and 407. respectively
In an upset Multigraph pinmen de-
feated Washington Gas Light, 81
1t was the Gasmen's first trimming
| in four matches.
Sandford's. Inc, pinettes gained
the spotlight in the Maryland
District Ladies League at Silver
Spring with a season record of SO;
to climax high score of 1880. In
dividual honors we're shared by two
veteran pinwomen when Mercede
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Marine Pistol Victor
By Best Rapid Fire
In Police Shoot
Prize Given Roettineer
After Tie in Totals
With Pennsylvania

A better score in the rapid fire
class gives Philip C. Roettinger of
the United States Marine Corps the
Dyer Trophy, top prize in the Metro
politan Police pistol shoot, after he
tied with T. E. Jones of the Penn
sylvania Motor Patrol with 295.
Roettinger scored 98 rapid fire to
the 81 registered by Jones. A better
rapid fire score, 81 compared to 96,
also decided third place with w. A
Stile. also of the Pennsylvania Motor
Patrol, nosing out Bert Cline of the
Treasury team Each had 294
total. William Cook in eighth place
with 289 topped the Washington
Police.
Team honors were captured by
the Pennsylvania Motor Patrol over
Metropolitan Police Team No. /.
The matches were fired yesterday
at Terra Gotta.
Summaries:
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Celebration So Wild,
Dayton Bans Night
IaybySehooIs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. Might
football games between scholastic
teams here were banned today in
the wake Of boistrous downtown
demonstrations by an estimated 5000
rooters Saturday night.
Emerson H. Lands, superintendent
OF schools, said the demonstration
was an enlargement of one which
occurred a week ago. After i'm
posing the ban, Lands said he
would confer with police on means
OF preventing any recurrence.
Police Capt, w. G. Colvert said
several students were taken into
custody to break up the latest dem
onstration and released when order
was restored. A crowd of young
and old" rooters threatened to in
wade police headquarters during the
celebrating, he added.
Four Dayton high school teams
played Saturday night. Chaminade
beat Roosevelt, 26 to 6, and Fairview
defeated Stivers, 13 to 0.
High school students were not
entirely responsible" Lands said.
There were lots of hangers-on-
persons several years older than
students-mixed in with the crowd"
Evening star., 1941-10-08
OUTDOORS
With BILL AcKERMAN
Strper Still Without Foir Protection
MARYLAND Curb on Meters Needed

There is another dominant brood,
that of 1910, in bay waters now.
These undersized fish have been sold
openly in the fish houses, allowed to
die by the thousands because there
is no enforcement of culling at the
nets and caught in almost equal
numbers by anglers fishing in the
creeks and coves.
Outdoor writers from one end Of
the bay country to the other are
doing their best to publicize the fact
that not only is the catching Of
these small stripers against the
law, but that it also is a destructive
practice. If the Tidewater Fish
cries will do their part, the present
brood easily can be made the basis
of a commercial and sport fishery
that will produce a finer product
with larger monetary return than
commercial men ever have known
and sport for the rod and reeler
comparable to that of the fall of
1898.
Dogfish Routing Trout.
Fishing off the mouth Of the
Patuxent on the edge of the steam
boat channel, J. l.. Sherwood and
| w. T Kaufman were doing right
well with a school of trout until a
school of dogfish come along. And,
as usual, when this poor cousin Of
the shark takes over there Is little
use in fishing for they'll wolf any
thing resembling fish or bait. The
final count was 35 trout averaging
pounds and six dogfish better than
10 pounds each.
We've had everything else in bay
sharks only add to the variety.
There is no doubt but what they are
more desirable than the great
schools of rays that ravaged the
early run of trout and spot for
many weeks.
In upper bay waters, the Norfolk
spot are increasingly hard to find,
but that is equally true of trout.
With the spot it is natural at this
season of the. year to drop down the
bay before going oAlt to deep water
in late November, but the trout do
not leave until the water tempera-
ture drops. They are well distrib-
uted everywhere. Try and catch
them, though, and they appeal as
scarce as the spot.
Evening star., 1941-10-08

The planting of striped bass from
New Jersey stock in the Pacific back
in the 8OS and the growth OF the
species until today their catching
provides the finest sport fishing in
the country is an old story. There
Is no need to repeat it again.
Most every one knows, too, that
Maine also has set aside the striper
as a sport fish and that most States
north of Maryland have restrictions
of some sort so that the species
never again will reach the low ebb
of 20 years ago.
1t is not generally known that
the original stock that repopulated
Maine rivers, Rhode Island bays and
Jersey inlets were Chesapeake Bay
migrations; that the fresh water
tributaries of the bay are the real
spawning grounds of all the striped
bass along the Atlantic seaboard.
This cradle of the species lies al
most wholly in Maryland, for al
though Virginia tributaries do
hatch broods they are not COM
parable to those Of the Chester, the
Susauehanna or the Potomac. Yet
Maryland treats the striped bass as
a commercial fish, and affords 1t
slight protection.
The minimum length of 16 inches,
which Federal experts have set as
the smallest that should be netted,
Is nearly a third more than the ii
inches set by Maryland law.
Pact Needs Support.
The new Tidewater Fisheries
Commission is made up of intel
ligent, far-sighted Marylanders.
With the signing of the mutual COM
pact authorized by the Seventy
sixth Congress by Gov. Herbert R
O'Conor last month, their first step
in fishery management should be to
bring size requirements up to a
level of those of the other States
that are part signatories and en-
force those State laws governing
netting and sales, so they will be
able to meet with other members OF
the pact on an even footing
In 1884, there was a dominent
brood of stripers In the Chesapeake
which in 1888 and 80 produced a
fishing such as the present genera
ton never had experienced. In the
past two years they practically have
disappeared, due to uncontrolled
netting and marketing. -
Evening star., 1941-10-08
Field Trial Test Won
Bv Beou Essio Don

ROUND HILL, Va, Oct. s.-Beau
ESsig Don, a blue and white licked
setter owned by Virgil p. Hawes of
Staunton, Va, holds top honors fol-
lowing annual field trials by the
Loudoun Gun Dog Club yesterday.
Son of Beau Essig, winner of the
aI-age stake at the National Capital
Field Trials Club trials last spring,
Beau Essig Don added to the family
reputation by taking yesterdays all
age stake.
Phillips Less, pointer handled by
Herman Smith Of Salem. won the
members shooting dog stake, with
Rappahannock, white and black
pointer owned by A. K. Frank of
Washington, finishing second.