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Evening star., 1941-05-18
Hatch to Speak in Forum
Author of 'CIeon Politics Law to Discuss
Americas Effort for War Production

Americas battle for supremacy
in war material production will be
the subject OF an address by Sen
ator Hatch, Democrat, Of New
Mexico in the National Radio
Forum at $50 pm. tomorrow. The
National Radio Forum Is arranged
by The Star and broadcast over
the network Of the National
Broadcasting Co. 1t Is heard locally
over Station WMAL.
Senator Hatch is a member OF the
special Senate committee engaged
in investigating the administration
and progress Of the national de-
fense program. President Roose-
velt recently has called for tre-
mendous effort on the part Of in
dustry, with plants working "a
hours a day and seven days
week. Only by such concentrated
effort can this country provide ade-
quately the weapons it needs for
its own defense and to enable Eng
land to continue its fight against
the Axis powers.
The New Mexico Senator has a
reputation for devotion to public
duty, irrespective of politics. He
served as q member Of the Senate
Campaign Investigating Committee
in 1888, which revealed the political
use, which was being made Of the
w. p. A. AZ q result Congress put
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Visitors Find Family
OF Five Wiped Out
BY Mysterious Killer
Bodies Are Scattered
On Indiana Farm;
Deoth Gun Is Missing
Star Staff Photos.
BY the Associated Press.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind, May
1.-THE bloody bodies of five per-
sons slain with a large-gauge shot
gun were found today scattered over
a farm in the Laughery Greek bot
toms IA miles southwest of here.
Coroner Harry T. Moon identified
the dead as:
Johnston Agrue, about IS, who
lived on the farm and worked on
the jefferson ordnance proving
ground construction project at Mad
ison, Ind.
His wife. Nantha, about so.
Their son Leo. %. who lived on
the farm with them.
Another son, William, 29, of Law
renceburg.
A granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth
Breeden. II, child of William Bree-
den of Lawrenceburg.
DR.. Moon said neighbor, Joseph
Smith, heard five shots from the
Agrue place during a windstorm
about 5 pm. yesterday.
This morning two other persons
living nearby, Harvey Sellers and
His son William went to see the
Agrues. They passed a team of
horses roaming in a field, their
harness dragging.
In the kitchen the table was set
for six. Nearby lay Mrs. Agrue,
shot in the head. She had been
cleaning lettuce when she died.
The last of the bodies was not
found until almost seven hours
later.
The grandchild was found in the
barn, shot in back and face; Agrue
a quarter of mile north on a road,
his dinner bucket beside him; his
younger son in a roadside woods
and the elder in a nearby field.
The three men had been wounded in
the back of the neck.
DR.. Moon learned, he said, that
Leo Agrue had gone yesterday to
get his brother in Lawrenceburg
to help with the farm work. The
coroner offered no theory as to the
killer or his motive. The shotgun
was not found.
Evening star., 1941-05-18

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fourth; The Bear, owned and ridden BY
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Evening star., 1941-05-18
Tax Program Revision
Plan by Treasury
Is Discounted
Sullivan to Present
Excess Profits Levy
Proposal Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

Reports that the Treasury would
propose a substantial revision of its
$500 100000 tax program this week
circulated in congressional quarters
yesterday, but were discounted by
some administration leaders.
John L. Sullivan, assistant Treas
ury secretary, is to appear before
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee tomorrow to present sugges-
tions for increasing the yield of the
excess profits tax.
Some legislators said there was
talk that Mr. Sullivan woulc make
a number of other proposals at the
same time as a result Of a sharp
controversy within the administra-
ton over the original Treasury pro-
gram. These legislators said Presi-
dent Roosevelt had sided with the
opposition to some Of Secretary
Morgenthau's program in behind
the-scenes discussions.
Informed sources said in that
connection that White House infiu-
ence had been brought to bear on
Chairman Doughton to invite Leon
Henderson, price control admins
traitor, and Mariner s.. Eccles,
chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board, to give the Ways and Means
Committee their tax views, which
confiicted sharply with the Treas
ury proposals.
Both Mr.. Henderson and Mr..
Eccles recommended much lower
individual income surtaxes than did
the Treasury, which proposed to
start them at II per cent on the
first dollar of taxable income.
Mr.. Eccles proposed, among other
things, that the excess profits tax
be stifened so as to yield between
$500 100000 and $1,000, ,000,0 900 ad-
ditional, whereas Mr.. Sullivan
tentatively had suggested a $400,-
100000 increase. The levy is ex-
pected to bring in about 81 900 ,00o,-
900 this year.
Some Republican legislators pre-
dicted Mr.. Sullivan would propose
a compromise between the two
figures and also indorse higher
taxes on durable consumer goods,
such as automobiles, as a means
of preventing imitation. Mr.. Hen
derson and Mr.. Eccles suggested
that automobiles be taxed 20 per
cent of the sales value to discourage
competition for the new model
years reduced output.
One administration spokesman
forecast that the Treasury would
stand by its proposal for higher in
dividual income surtaxes.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Drive Is Launched
To Wind Up Last D. {.
Bank Receiverships
Final Sales of Assets
By Auction Scheduled
Before End Of Summer
By HAROLD b. ROGERS,

A concerted drive has been
launched to close all remaining re-
ceiverships of Washington banks
under supervision of the controller
of the currency, and pay final
dividends to depositors before the
end Of this year.
Details of how much more money
the thousands of depositors in
these banks may expect during the
rest Of this year were not available.
Nor is 1t possible to predict Just
when the final payments may be
made in the various receiverships.
But, it was learned, a policy OF
intensive liquidation" has been de-
cided upon, and will be carried out
by the receivers in charge.
Final sales Of assets by auction
will dispose of the rest Of the prop
erty and securities held in the re-
ceiverships. Proceeds from these
sales will be added to assets al
ready on hand, and q determination
will be reached as to how much
can be paid out to depositors.
Among these sales will be that Of
the remaining assets Of the Com
mercial National Bank, which
closed February e, 1888, on the
eve of the bank holiday.
Valuable Building Sold.
Receiver of this bank, Frederick
]. Young, will dispose of all the rest
Of the assets of the institution at
public auction at 2:30 pm. Monday,
June 9, at his Office, 1885 New York
avenue NV. The sale will have TO
be approved by District Court. One
of the biggest pieces Of property
owned by the receivership was re-
Gently sold, the bank building at
Fourteenth and G streets NV, and
the sale approved by court. Final
settlement is being made Of this
deal.
Another closed bank whose re-
naming assets probably will be dis
posed of about the same time will
be the Seventh Street Savings
Bank, whose receiver is Justus S.
Wardell. No definite date for this
sale has been announced.
One of the next in line will be
the Federal American National
Bank and Trust Co., the largest of
all the closed institutions in Wash
ington. No date has been fixed, but
1t may be between July Is and
August IS.
other banks in the hands Of
Receiver Warden and Receiver
James r. Moran probably will fol-
low suit with final sales during the
year, and plans viii be made to
terminate all receiverships here be-
fore January 1, 1912.
Commercial Paid 10 Per Cent.
Since the Commercial National
Bank closed 1t has paid to deposi-
tors 10 per cent of deposits on date
of closing, totaling $3,s3s,171. The
estimated value Of remaining assets
in this .receivership on March Is,
including the building, since sold,
was listed at $681 ,521.
Since the Federal-American Bank
closed, depositors have received Is
per cent of their funds, amounting
to $e,3o7,o40. Remaining assets in
March were estimated to have q
value Of $187,012.
Among the other closed banks in
the city, whose receiverships have
not yet been terminated, are the
District National Bank, which has
paid IS per cent to depositors; the
Potomac Savings Bank, which has
paid 7511 per cent: the Seventh
Street Savings Bank, which has
paid 95 per cent; the Park Savings
Bank and North Capitol Savings
Bank,
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Washington doctors Office and do
ing the chores at home.
Both Browns were of a single
mind when plans for The Stars
snapshot contest unfolded. They
captured all likely looking subjects
and were rewarded by having four
pictures+two taken by each-pub-
ished. All the time during the con-
test Mrs. Brown was alive to any
possibilities, and it was during a
session at the piano that she con-
ceived the idea for the still life that
won her $50.
AS she relaxed she gazed down
at her hands. Here, she thought,
was something worth exploring.
Young hands were not expressive
enough, and that's how Mrs.
Browns mother-Mrs. Mary E.
Hemsley-entered the picture. Since
amateurs get their models in catch
as-catch-can fashion, Mrs. HENS
ley, up for a visit from Loudoun,
Va, came within range of her
daughters lens.
Hands Made to Look Ancient.
Mothers hands," as Mrs. Brown
put it, had a certain appeal-maybe
because they showed evidence Of
toll. Anyhow, she was willing to
pose for me and we went at It,"
To make Mrs. Hemsley's hands
look like those Of an old, old lady,
Mrs. Brown tried a long-sleeved
black blouse. But even this was
not the right touch" The some
thing lacking" proved to be a rem
nant-a piece of dehcately flowered
lace salvaged from Mrs. Browns
first evening dress. Some careful
stitching-and Mrs. Hemsley's hands
looked ancient.
You might think the rest was
easy" said Mrs. Brown, but it
wasn't. Mother and I spent practi-
cally the whole day trying to get
just what I wanted-and even after
I got it I wasn't sure"
There was an interminable period
of posing, with Mrs. Hemsley's hands
being placed first this way, then
that, with the camera tilted at one
angle and then another, with the
lights frightened and then softened.
Finally from the dark room
emerged a picture that caught the
eye and held 1t, study of old
hands on the keyboard Of piano.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Two Sets Of 0uadruplefs
Born, One Child Survives
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May 1.-THE Mid
west witnessed a medical parity
today-two sets of newborn quad
ruplets-but seven of the eight in
fants died.
Two boys and two girls were born
to Mrs. Joseph Baker today at her
farm home in Fidelity, Kans. Three
of them succumbed a few hours
after their birth. The surviving
child, a boy whose 2-pound g.
ounce weight was about average
for the quartet, was reported in
good condition.
Four girls were borne by Mrs.
Frances Adams, 20, in the Mercy
Hospital here last night. Physicians
attempted to keep them alive in a
respirator and incubators, but they
died early today within 10 hours of
their delivery. The babies, three
months premature, weighed less
than pound and half each.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Food and the War

DR.. Thomas Parran, jr, surgeon
general of the United States Public
Health Service, will discuss Food
and the War" at a luncheon meet
ing of the Overseas Writer'S Club
at l pm. tomorrow in the Willard
Hotel. DR.. Parran has recently re-
turned from a Government mission
in England.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
rising temperature.

Barometer readings are rather low over
the Atlantic States and stormy weather
prevails along the middle and north At
lantic coast. The lowest barometer read
ing Saturday evening was 994.2 milli-
bars SO inches) at BanSor, Me.
Meanwhile. much cooler weather. originat-
ing over Canada, is spreading south;
Valleys and the Eastern States, accom-
panied BY rising pressures reaching
inches) at Chicago, III. A new disturb
ance has moved inland from the Pacific
Ocean and was centered oyer Montana.
bars 1884 inchesl. Since Friday night
there have been showers in the middle
and north Atlantic States. the Ohio VAL
ley and the lower Lake region.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Star Snapshot Contest Opens;
1910 Winner Set Fine Example
Mrs. Robert Brown,
Hobby 'Crosher,'
Won 3 Prizes
(Rules of Contest on Page A-6.)

AS The Stars Amateur Snapshot
Contest swings into action, Mrs.
Martha H. Brown of 6720 North
Central avenue, Chevy Chase, Md,
is a shining example of success in
amateur photography to spur other
camera fans.
Mrs. Browns appealing photo
graph of her mothers hands on a
piano keyboard won three prizes
last year. 1t won first place and a
S. prize in the weekly contest; it
won first place and SIS in its class
and finally won $50 when it was
entered in the national contest and
hung at the National Geographic
Society.
The same opportunity is open to
amateurs this year, as The Star will
award prizes of IS for the best pic
ture submitted each week, and 81
for each picture published. Pictures
will fall into four classes: Babies
and children, young people and
adults, scenes and still life, and
animal life. At the end Of the con-
test, winners in each of these four
classes will receive S25 as victors
in The Star contest. and will then
enter the national contest in COM
petition for awards totalling more
than $4,000. 1t is possible for one
picture to win more than $500.
Last year the grand prize winner
was Thomas Stanton of Gary, Ind,
a young man working his way
through school. The picture was
Of doctor answering a midnight
call.
Crashed" Husbands Hobby.
This is the story behind Mrs.
Browns prize winning picture:
1t might be said that she
crashed" her husbands hobby by
accident rather than by design.
Robert A. Brown, the husband, is
first an X-ray technician at Emer-
gency Hospital, and second, a cam
era fan. In his spare moments he
collected odds and ends and built
a laboratory and darkroom at home.
1t seemed to his wife at times that
he was "frittering away" money.
But that was before Mrs. Brown
took a trip to England three years
ago to visit the birthplace of her
father.
Bob" she recalled, decided at
the last minute that 1t might be well
to record some of the things saw
on film, and he suggested I take
along his Leica. He spent nearly a
day showing me how to get the best
results-and apparently he was a
good teacher, because only Of
the 200 shots I made were really
bad"
And Then There Were Two.
After that there were two pho
tographers in the Brown family
with Mrs. Brown being confronted
at times by quizzical husband
who wanted to know who is going
overheard on this thing now?"
Possibly to insure harmony, the
Browns acquired another Leica-it
being a gift to Mrs. Brown from her
husband. From then on her leisure
hours were divided between picture
taking and improving her piano
playing Both pastimes, however,
had to be sandwiched between work.
ing intermittently as helper in q
Evening star., 1941-05-18
DR.. Reilly to Lecture

The Rev. DR.. John Reilly, director
Of the National Shrine of the I'm
maculate Conception, Brookland,
will lecture at Sis pm. Tuesday
under the auspices of the Study
Guild Catholic Library at 1725
Rhode Ysland avenue NV. His sub
ject will be What We Live BY"
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Pepper Says Red Sea
Blockade Will Bring
Convoy Showdown
Opponents Leove Next
Move in Controversy
Up to Administration
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
With congressional opponents OF
conveys leaving the next move up
to the administration, Senator
Pepper, Democrat, Of Florida, pre-
dicted yesterday that a showdown
on the question Of using the Navy
to guard war shipments would fol-
low any Axis attempt to block the
delivery of American equipment to
Red Sea ports.
Asserting that the outcome on
the war in Africa might hinge on
the prompt transportation Of tanks
and other materials to the British
in that area, Senator Pepper told
reporters he personally had no
doubt that this Government would
take the necessary steps to see that
supply ships got through.
President Roosevelt recently lifted
combat-zone restrictions from the
Red Sea, thus opening it to Amer
lean shipping. Germany later
countered by including the area in
its declared blockade zone and
warning it would attempt to sink
any shipping that entered.
Navy's Duty Pointed Out.
President Roosevelt said at the
time he threw the area open that
it was the Navy's duty to protect
American shipping wherever 1t went
legally and the inference was that
this would hold true in the Red Sea
as elsewhere.
While Senator Pepper emphasized
that he knew nothing of the Presi-
dents plans, he said he considered
it to be Mr.. Roosevelt's duty" to
assure protection of shipments via
the Red Sea to Egypt's back door"
1T is the Presidents duty to see
that our ships and our commerce
are not driven of the oceans OF the
earth" he said. And 7 believe that
it is the intention of our people that
the President shall see to it that
Britain gets the goods wherever she
needs them"
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota differed with Senator Pep
per regarding the public's attitude.
The North Dakotan said in an in
teryiew that recent trip through
the Middle and Far Western States
had convinced him that there was
a rising tide of public sentiment
against conveys.
Willing to Wait for Decision.
For that reason, Senator Nye
said, he and other opponents Of con-
voys were quite willing to wait for
President Roosevelt to make the
next move in the controversy.
Senator Nye was one of those who
prevailed on Senator Tobey, Re-
publican, of New Hampshire not to
seek a Senate vote last week on a
resolution to put Congress on rec
ord against conveys.
Senator Tobey served notice that
he would offer the resolution at an
appropriate time. However, Sena-
tor Nye said he did not believe such
time would arrive until there were
definite indications that the Presi-
dent had made up his mind what
course to pursue.
Senator Pepper, declaring that
delivery Of mechanized equipment
to the British in Africa was vital,
said:
IF we can get conveys through
to hard-pressed Britain at Suez, we
may save. Suez. Gibraltar, the Dar-
danelles and Africa-we may save
England herself.
What Is much more important,
by saving England we may keep the
United States out of war"
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Weather Report
Furnished by &

FURNISHED United
District Of Coumbia-Far and continued today tomorrow fair
Vngnia-Far today;
temperature.
MayandFar and continued cool today tomorrow fair with slowly
rising temperature in the interior.
Vigna-Far and rather cool today fair with
eipp forppor rofrre
Evening star., 1941-05-18

president and secretary, respective
ly. Board members named were
Ed Hoyne, Dayton, Ohio, former
president, chairman; Robert G..
Harris, Detroit; c. N. Fonda, Troy,
N. Y; Leo Gorny, Broomfield, N. j.:
Maytor Mckinley, Los Angeles, and
William Lain, Chicago.
The 1912 convention will be held
in Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1941-05-18

lea at the closing
session of the
or a nization's
three = day con-
vention at the
Mayfower Ho-
tel.
Mr.. E c h o l S,
who was vice
president la S t
year, has been
W ith Chambers
for many years.
william Cook,
Baltimore, q II d
Robert Hanley,
Erie, Pa, were
Alaa4l MA
Evening star., 1941-05-18
PART FIVE.
EchoIs Named President
Of Advertising Morticians

G. c. Echols, manager of w. w.
Chambers funeral home, yesterday
was elected president of the Adver-
tising Funeral Directors of Amer
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Shanghai. China, has adopted
daylight saving.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Readers Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, May Is, 1941

Foreign.
II Britons fleeing Greece hid on
lava-spouting volcano. Page AS
r. A. F. bomber waves pound Nazi
bases on French coast. Page AS
Nazis contradictory on treatment Of
Hess family. Page AS
National.
Dies promises showdown on Com
munist u S. workers. Page Al
Roundup of aliens overstaying leave
in U. S. launched. Page Al
Eliot favors prompt U. S. move
against Dakar. Page A-10
o. P. M. studying labor needs in re-
lation to CONSUMPTION. Page A-1s
Washington and Vicinity.
City heads send liquor act changes
to Budget Bureau. Page Al
Underground streetcar terminal
project being planned Page Al
Drive launched to close bank re-
ceiverships here. Page Az
Scouts honor head, DR.. West, at
Hillcrest ceremony. Page A-9
More than 1000 enjoy Trace Board
shad bake. Page B-I
Hearings start this week on Virginia
bridge-tunnel proposal. Page B-1
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Record Until 10 PM. Saturday.
Highest, "a at 1880 pm. Yesterday year
Lowest, 90 at 10 pm. Yesterday year
ago, SO.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, "a, on April 20.
Lowest, Is, on March is.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
River Report,

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry today.
Precipitation.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Record Temperatures This Yea

FURNISHED By United States Coast and
Gxtvu
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Monthly precipitation in in
ranftaJ (current month to dat
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-11
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Lloyd, of Sea-
ford, visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. M.
Dickerson on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Esther Peterson spent July
Fourth at Ocean City.
Mrs. w. B. Conaway spent few
days recently with her brother,
Harry Short, of Wilmington, who
is very i'll.
Charles O'Day has purchased a
new car.
Dewitt Dickerson has been sick
with Iagrippe.
Doris Hearn, of Cannon, is
spending the week with Mary and
Anna Smith.
Mrs. Ida O'Day is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Smith, of
Greenwood.
Hazel Murphy, of Glendale. is
spending some time with Mrs.
Frances Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ellis and
family, of Philadelphia, have been
visiting Mrs. Bertha Ellis and chill
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wiley, of
Dover, spent July with Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Harris.
Don't forget, Sunday School at
Chaplain's next Sunday morning.
Leroy Moore, Supt. Won't you try
to attend as often as you possibly
can?