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Evening star., 1942-10-19

The Congress is in the process Of passing the most dis
honest and the most disastrous tax bill in history.
1t will take money directly from 900 people and,
directly or indirectly, from 130,00O,000,
1t not understood in the least by the people who to
pay and, with certain exceptions; NOT AT ALL by the
members OF Congress who are passingit,
1t is Senator La Toilette says the worst tax bill in
hstory-and HE, La Toilette has helped to make it
1t evie taxes against rch which they cannot pay and
against millions of poor" which they cannot pay.
1t will make thousands of people taxdelnquents honest
people who pride themselves paying their debts
1t will compel thousands of working people to stop pay
Ing nstaments War bonds-or default their taxes
1t takes "al of certain income today-to guarantee
there will be no such income to tax tomorrow
It hydraheaded monster, half tax and half REFORM,
which will dry up future revenue-by destroying incentive
1t npinges initiative and the freedoms for which
fight this
BUT TT WILL NOT PAY FOR THE WAR.
For the BILL drastic and unwse as it is does not produce
enough revenue to pay the PORTION of the bill
sary to avoid the threat of bankruptcy.
In country at for existence the basis of this bill is
class warfare and not revenue.
THIS TAX BILL DOES NOT PAY FOR THE WAR
BUT 1T MAY LOSE THE WAR.
Evening star., 1942-10-19
A Disastrous and Dishonest Tax Bill

An EdtorinD
BASIL BREWER Publisher The New Bedford ass Standard
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Montgomery Defense Work
Is Praised by Barrett

The Montgomery County Civilian
Defense setup was praised last night
by Col. Henry S. Barrett, Maryland
AFRAID precautions officer, who
spoke at a civilian defense dinner
meeting Of the Silver Spring Lions
Club at the Indian Spring Country
Club.
Declaring that the county defense
units are fully prepared to cope with
bombing attack, Col. Barrett said
Montgomery's program is one of the
most efficient in the State. He
praised the personnel of the various
services.
Short talks were given by Albert E.
Brault, county defense director, and
Arch Mcdonald, chief afraid war
den, who Is also a member of the
Lions Club.
DR.. Kermit F. Smith, club presi-
dent, announced that So 1850 A raised
by the Lions at a recent carnival,
is available for equipping afraid
sector posts in the Silver Spring
area.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Magnuson Predicts Early
j. ). Action in AIeutjans
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2.-Representa-
tive Magnuson, Democrat, of Wash
ington assured a throng at a War
bond rally yesterday that "in the
next few weeks you'll be reading
something about the Aleutians, and
it will be the same kind of develop
ment you're reading about in the
Solomons."
Recently returned from an Alas
kan inspection trip, the Naval
Affairs committeeman and Naval
Reserve of11cer said the American
people must get tougher
'The have-nots are desperate, and
we've got to get desperate" he said.
THE Japs are living on fish, rice
and tea to win their war.
This war is just in the beginning.
The people don't know what they're
in for, yet. They've got to learn to
get along without gasoline and meat
and to pay more taxes.
THE United States Army, Navy
and Marines are getting pretty
damned tough, and 1 think the
United States people are going to
get damned tough, too."
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Mother, 5tepfather Held
In Death Of Beaten Bow
sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PONTIAC, Mich, Sept. 2.-Mur-
der charges today confronted the
mother and stepfather of 2-year-
old Jack Creech, whose death be-
came a subject of investigation
when the parents brought his
bruised body to hospital.
The baby's mother. Mrs. Mable
Drake, 20, and his stepfather,
Selden Drake, 81, were held without
bond after pleading not guilty to
flrst-degree murder charges at a
preliminary hearing and being
bound to Circuit Court.
Jackie's body, described by Cor
oner Leon F. Cobb as "a mass
of welts and bruises" was brought
to st. Joseph Mercy Hospital at
l am. yesterday by the brakes. The
coroner said liver rupture had
caused death. Jackie also had a
fractured skull.
Coroner Cobb, who signed the
complaint against the brakes, said
the child had been dead 10 or IL
hours when brought to the hos
pital and that the liver rupture
was apparently the result of a
beating"
The brakes were married in Hazel
Green, KY, last spring. Jackie was
Mrs. brakes son by a previous mar
riage.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Mrs. Lillian Robertson
Dies in Rockville

special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. 2.-Mrs
Lillian Keiser Robertson, 62, wife
Of Clifford H. Robertson, died at her
home here today after a long illness
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Friday at the funeral home
of w. Reuben Pumphrey, Rock
vile, the Rev. Herbert O. Cooper,
pastor Of the Rockville Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial will be
in Rockville Union Cemetery.
Besides her husband, lawyer and
former member of the Maryland
House of Delegates, she Is survived
by a daughter, Miss Elizabeth K.
Robertson, principal of the Poto-
mac School; son, Adds Robertson
of Marshall, Pa: a sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hollidge. Washington, and
two brothers, John P. Keiser, Mon
trose. Md, and Cyrus Keiser, jr..
Washington.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Prince Georges WCTU
Re-eIects President

Mrs. James Severe of Hyattsville
yesterday was reelected president
of the Prince Georges County
Womens Christian Temperance
Union at the organizations annual
convention in the Mount Rainier
Methodist Church.
Other officers named are.
Mrs. C. c. Wilcox, Camp Springs,
vice president; Mrs. Henry Jones
University Park, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Herbert Roby, College
Heights, corresponding secretary
and Mrs. William Bondurant, Wash
ington, treasurer.
Principal speaker at the evening
session was DR.. Sinclair Bowen,
Washington physician, who de-
scribed the effects of alcohol and
nicotine on the body. Other speak
ers included Miss Bertha Tyson,
president of the Maryland WCTU,
and Miss Susan Davis, secretary OF
the State Youth Temperance Coun-
cil
Devotional services at the eve
ming session were directed by Mount
Rainier Youth Temperance Council.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Engineers Study
For Passengers
Gasoline Powered
Equipment Proposed
To Renew Service

Representatives Of the ONCE Of
Defense Transportation, the Vir-
ginia State Corporation Commission,
an engineering firm manufacturing
power units and the Washington &
Old Dominion Railroad today
studied results of an inspection tour
OF the line to determine feasibility Of
passenger service
between Rosslyn and Purcellville.
Va.
Leaving Rosslyn shortly before II
am. Yesterday, the party spent the
next six hours inspecting the road
bed, grades and other conditions to
determine whether the road is still
useable for passenger service. Their
trip carried them through Cherry
dale, Lacey, Falls Church, Vienna,
Bluemont Junction. Herndon and
Leesburg to Purcellville.
"Used Auto Railer."
The trip was made in an "auto-
railer," formerly owned and operated
over the rails of the Arlington 81
Fairfax Auto Railroad Co.. The
w. & o. D. uses this type of equip
ment only to transport train crews.
Those making the tour were mill
ton E. Diehl of Arlington ODT,
Northern Virginia administrator Of
defense transportation; A. B. Cole.
ODT engineer; N D. Ballentine, pri-
vate engineer retained by the Rabey
Engineering Corp; George Bas-
come, representing the State Cor
poration Commission; c. O. Bailey.
w. & o. D. electrical engineer. and
G. D. Corneal Of the w. e. o. D.
Powered by Gasoline.
The Rabey Engineering Corp.
owns patents on railroad equipment
using heavy-duty truck motors pow
cred by gasoline.
The engineers will study data
obtained by the survey to determine
whether passenger cars and the
converted power units can be used
over the railroad.
Other studies will include the de.
mands for rail service by. communi.
ties on the railroad line. The surveys
were ordered as an outgrowth of q
public hearing held several months
ago by the State Corporation Com
mission on petition of a number
Of Northern Virginia residents for
q resumption Of passenger service by
the w. & o. D.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
D. C.. Raid Drill
Stops Traffic
In Baltimore
Py the Associated Press.

FS the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-Washing-
ton had a practice air raid alert
yesterday and it tied up traffic in
Baltimore, 40 miles away.
Northwestern district police sta
ton reported receipt of a number
of telephone calls which said a man
was holding up traffic at the inter-
section of busy Clifton and Fulton
avenues.
Patrolman George Unger, dis
patched to the scene, said traffic was
halted for eight blocks and that a
crowd of more than 500 persons
had gathered. Air Raid Warden
William A. Toole, "A, was trying
to herd the crowd into doorways
and vestibules.
Unger took the white -helmeted
warden to the station house where
he told police he had heard on
his radio what he took to be an
air raid alarm. He admitted he was
listening to Washington station.
Police released Mr.. Toole.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
D. c. Youth Is Awarded
Colorado Scholarship

Floyd Brigham Brookens, l8, son
OF DR.. and Mrs. P F. Brookens, 420l
Colesville road, Hyattsville, Md, has
been awarded full tuition scholar
ship to the Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, Colo.
Mr.. Brookens, who was graduated
from Eastern High School in June,
1912, is the first student to win the
award in the District area in seven
years. The Colorado School gives a
scholarship to one man in each
State and the District every year on
the basis of academic merit and
general activities in school. Mr..
Brookens, who was in the upper
10th of his class at Eastern and
track star, arrives at the Colorado
School of Mines this week, where
he will begin four years of study
leading to mining engineering
degree In geophysics.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
County Workers Use
Of Recops Restricted

By Staff Correspondent of The Star
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Sept.
2.-County employees are eligible for
retreaded and recapped tires only
If their cars are used for official
business, Howard H. Conaway, State
rationing attorney, has informed
Linden Briscoe, clerk to the Prince
Georges County Board OF Commits
sioners.
Driving to and from work is not
classified as official business" Mr..
Conaway said in a letter read by
Mr. Briscoe at the commissioners
meeting yesterday.
DR.. w. Suit Ritchie, physician to
the county almshouse, notified the
commissioners that he has resigned
after receiving captains commits
sion in the Army Medical Corps.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Montgomery 10 Order
$4,000 in Equipment
For Air Raid Posts
Expenditure Authorized;
Stirrup Pump Buying
Delayed, However
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Sept. I'm
compliance with request of the
Executive Committee of the Mont
gomery County Council of Civilian
Defense, the county commissioners
yesterday authorized Frank l. Davis,
county purchasing agent, to order
equipment for the 400 defense sec
tor posts of the county.
1t was understood, however, that
in no case was the cost to exceed
prices submitted by Mr.. Davis,
which totaled $19,17589 as follows:
10000 feet of rope, $1,759.89; 400
32-foot extension ladders, 1890;
400 18-foot straight ladders, $1,768;
300 crowbars, S784; 1900 lanterns,
s1.584; 400 wrecking bars, SIP:
1000 fire pick axes, $4,528; 1900
blankets, $4,720.
The Executive Defense Commit
tee also requested the purchase of
2,400 stirrup pumps at a total cost
of $9,112, and demonstration of
these devices was given by factory
representatives before the meeting
of the commissioners. Action on
that part of the program, however,
was deferred pending additional
information.
The demonstrations were wit
messed by Arch Mcdonald, chief
county AFRAID warden and other
defense aides.
To meet expenses during Septem-
ber, the Montgomery County We'll
fare Board asked for S6,30710, as
follows: Old age assistance, 1922;
aid to dependent children, $1,251:
aid to needy blind, SAB; general
public assistance, S1,100; boarding
home care for children, 81 $50. The
amount was made available.
The commissioners accepted the
resignation Of A. j. Boyd as sani-
tary inspector for the Montgomery
County Health Department and
that of Upton Curtis as special
emergency policeman. 1t was stated
that Mr.. Boyd has enlisted in the
Coast Guard.
A contract for constructing con-
crete curb and gutter on Thayer
avenue, Silver Spring, was awarded
to Eyre & Smalwood of Silver
Spring, the lowest of three bidders.
The price was S3,435.50
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Ex-Gov. Davis
0fVirginia Dies
In Baltimore
83-Yeur-OId Former
Official Taken to
Hospital Sunday
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.-West-
moreland Davis. 83, Governor of
Virginia from 1918 to 1922, died to-
day at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The wartime Governor came here
Sunday. He worked all last Sat-
urday and was taken ill on Sunday
morning and was brought here for
treatment.
An unusually vigorous man, Mr..
Davis was publisher of the South
ern Planter and the Loudoun Times
Mirror, and served on many boards
and commissions. He had attended
a meeting of the Board of Visitors
OF Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg only few days ago.
Mr.. Davis, scion of two dis
tinguished families of the old South
made his fortune by the practice of
law in New York City and settled
in Virginia to become Governor of
the State and founder of the budget
system on which State finances are
still operated.
He won the nomination in 1917
aaginst the bitter opposition of the
State Democratic organization then
headed by the late Senator Thomas
H. Martin, and until his death had
frequent and sharp tilts with its
leaders and their policies.
Was Born at Sea.
The future Governor was born
at sea, August 81, 1859, while his
parents were en- route from Boston
to Liverpool, England. His father
was Thomas Gordon Davis of South
Carolina, Harvard graduate and
plantation owner. His mother was
Annie Lewis Morriss of Gloucester
County, Va, a daughter of Christie
pher Morriss and Agnes Thruston,
the latter daughter of Col. Robert
Thruston of Lansdowne, the old
Thruston homestead in Gloucester.
He was married in London to Miss
Marguerite Inman of Atlanta, mem
Der OF socially distinguished Geor-
gla family. There were no children.
Born to wealth, Mr.. Davis as q
youth knew the hardships of pow
erty, the family fortune having been
swept away when the Confederacy
fell. He obtained his early educa-
ton at the famous Gwathney
School for Boys in Hanover County
and Virginia Military Institute.
A course at the University of
Virginia was followed by graduation
from the law school of Columbia
University. He. practiced his pro-
fession in New York.
Returned to virginia In 1902.
In 1902 he returned to Virginia,
and, with Mrs. Davis, purchased
the Morven Park estate In Loudoun
County and made of it one Of the
handsomest country seats in the
South.
He served as master of fox hounds
and was one of the founders OF
the Loudoun Hunt at Leesburg.
Mr.. Davis. term as Governor stood
out as one Of businesslike admins
tration. He made the budget system
the leading plank in his campaign
platform. Prison reform and the
establishment of State lime grind.
ing plant at Staunton were other
achievements of his administration.
While Mr.. Davis was Governor,
Senator Martin died and Davis ap-
pointed to succeed him Carter Glass,
then Secretary of the Treasury un-
der President Wilson.
Mr.. Davis was a member of the
old Westmoreland Club in Rich
mond, the Metropolitan in Wash
ington and a number of New York
clubs. In recent years he had to a
large extent lived the life of a
country squire.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Fairfax Court Hears
aIIsChurch Officials
In Annexation Action
CounciImen Take Stond
As Suit for County Area
Enters Second Day
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, Sept. 2.-Three
members of the Falls Church Town
Council were to take the witness
stand today as the annexation ac-
ton brought by the town to acquire
2100 acres from Fairfax County,
entered the second day.
J. H. Mccarthy. chairman of the
Sewer and Water Committee and
Acting Mayor; John Pendleton,
chairman of the Police Committee,
and Lawrence E. Laing, chairman of
the Law Committee, were the coun-
Gil members to testify on various
phases of the town government.
First witness to take the stand
for the town was P. r. Rupert of
Arlington County. who surveyed the
area of approximately 1928 square
miles sought for annexation by the
town. Mr. Rupert said he had laid
out the line after consultation with
John A. K. Donovan, of counsel for
the town, in it's action.
Other witnesses to testify for Falls
Church Church were John F. Nc
Cauiey. town clerk and treasurer.
and Mrs Ada E. Fowler, member OF
the Town Council. Questioned by
Former State Senator Frank L. Ball,
who represents number of citizens
opposing the annexation, as to the
large increase in the amount OF
water purchased by the town from
Arlington County during July, Mr..
McCauley said one of the town
pumps was broken down at that
time
However, Mr.. McCauley stated
that even had the well been in work.
ing order, the town would still have
been compelled to purchase some
water from Arlington. Answering a
question by Robert J. McCandlish,
jr., representing the county, he said
sixth we'll has been sunk, but in
stallation Of pump is being held up
until priority for the equipment
is obtained
The three Judge court hearing the
case is composed of Circuit Judges
Walter r. Mccarthy Of Arlington.
j. r. H. Alexander of Leesburg and
Philip Williams of Winchester.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Oldest Inhabitants Group
Honors Heurich Tonioht

Christian Heurich, who will be 100
years old September IL, will be hon
ored tonight by the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants of the District of
Columbia, of which he is a vice.
president
At its meeting at Old Union En-
gine House, Nineteenth and H
streets NV. the program will be
devoted principally to paying trib-
uteS to the centenarian, a few days
before the anniversary.
Among those to take part will be
John Clagett Proctor, vice-presi-
dent, presiding; Charles H. Bates,
chairman of the entertainment
committee. and Fred A. Emery, on
whose motion the celebration is to
be held.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Six CounciImen Take
Oath at Alexandria

Six members of the Alexandria
City Council took the oath of Office
yesterday before Elliot F. Hoffman,
clerk of the Corporation Court.
Two of the councilmen are serv-
ing for the first time. and four were
reelected. The new members are
John Ewald who represents the
third ward and 1t. Col. Everett He'll
muth from the fifth. Mr. Ewald
replaces Ernest Mankin. Col. He'll
muth, who replaces James Arm
strong, is commanding officer of the
11th battalion Of the Virginia Pro-
tective Force.
The reelected council members
are j. D. Matter from the first ward !;
Paul Delaney. second; George X.
Bender, the fourth; and Charles L.
Burgess, the sixth.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Oyster longing Season
Opens With Good Yields
BY the Associated Press.

by tHe ASS0ElAbcQ fIeSS.
ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 2.-The oys-
ter longing season opened yesterday
in Anne Arundel, Kent, Queen Anne
and Talbot Counties. and Depart
ment of Conservation officials here
said isolated reports indicated the
yield was good for this time of year.
The longing season will open
September Is in Somerset County
and on the Potomac and Patuxent
Rivers. The Chesapeake Bay dredg-
ing season does not open until
November !.
A good price is anticipated by the
department for oysters this year,
but the number of people engaged
in catching them is expected to be
very considerably less" than that
Of last year.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
0'Conor' sRe-eIectionDrive
Opened With Radio Talk
3, the Associated Pr.es


ANNAPOLIS, Sept. Gov.
O'Conor will open his campaign for
reelection today with a radio adj
dress.
The address viii originate at Sta.
ton WFBR, Baltimore, and will be
carried on Cumberland, Salisbury.
Hagerstown and Frederick stations.
Gov. O'Conor announced yester-
day his campaign will consist of q
number Of short radio speeches be-
cause OF his pre-occupation with
Maryland's part in the war effort.
He said his work with the State
Guard, Minute Men and other de-
tense organizations had shortened
the time he could devote to the cam
paign.
The Governor added, however, he
felt he owed it to the voters to pre-
sent the platform on which he would
stand at the primaries September 8.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Vacancies Reported
In Welding Glasses

The Montgomery County Board
of Education today reported vacan-
cies in afternoon and evening classes
in arc and acetlyene welding being
conducted at the Montgomery Blair
High School in Silver Spring.
Candidates will be accepted in the
ll:30 am.-to-3:30 pm. and $3.50 p.
m.-to-7:30 pm. classes, the board
said. Any man or woman, II years
or older, is qualified to enter the
classes,
Supplemental classes are offered
from 6 pm. to midnight every
Saturday.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Accident Injuries FutoI

John Thomas Awkard, colored
about 40. of 1886 Thirteenth street
NV, died last night at Casualty
Hospital of injuries received in an
accident in gravel pit near District
Heights, Md. According to reports
received by DR.. James I. Boyd,
Prince Georges medical examiner,
the workman was run over by a
dump truck.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
ODT Opens New Office
To Assist Truckers

Truck operators, confronted with
wartime regulations, had a new
source of information and aid to-
day-an office opened by the Office
of Defense Transportation at 1924
Sixteenth street NV.
This is the third Office which ODT
has opened in the Washington area.
Like the others, it will help the
truck men comply with ODT prac-
tices.
John Reed Scott is manager of
the new Office. Supervising it is a
Board of Governors consisting of
w. B. Doster, E. Harold Tolbert,
John w. Slocombe, r. l.. Tinnin, S.
G. Massey. G.. M. Cumming, w. C..
Woodward and l.. B. Powell.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Party Clubs Call OFF PorIeys

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 2 Ap.-
The annual conventions of the
Young Democratic Clubs of Vir-
ginia will be suspended for the
duration of the war; and the pres
ent State officers will continue to
serve until the first postwar con-
vention, members of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee agreed here yes
terday.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Manassas Pastor Joins
Army Chaplain Corps
Special Dispatch to tn. Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS. Va, Sept. 2.-The
Rev. r. NJ. Graham. pastor of the
Manassas Baptist Church for the
last five years and secretary of the
local Kiwanis Club has been ac-
cepted by the Army as a chaplain
and will leave today for Harvard
University, where he will attend ths
Chaplain Training School for five
weeks before being assigned to duty.
DR.. H. H. Hemming of the Manas-
sas State Vocational School will be
guest speaker at the Baptist Church
until new pastor is obtained.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Dog Given Legal Bite
In Defense of Puppies
Ry tie Associated Pres.

Ey tie Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE-A mother dog is
acting within her legal rights when
she bites a person who molests her
puppies, Civil Judge A. J. Hedding
has ruled.
Judge Holdings decision was
made in a case against the owner
of Paddy, wire-haired terrier, who
was charged with permitting a vi
cious dog to run loose after Paddy
had bitten three children and a
woman.
The case was dismissed, with
Judge Hedding holding that Paddy
had been motivated by mother love.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
independence RoIIy
Turns Out the Vote
q, tie Associated Press

B, tie Associated Press
INDEPENDENCE, Calif.-Every
voter in town marked a ballot in the
recent Primary in Independence.
Only five of the 3ll registered failed
to vote, and all five were out of the
county on election day.
One voter sent his absentee ballot
from Hawaii, and another travelled
more than 200 miles in order to vote.
Evening star., 1942-09-02
Files Suit for Divorce

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. 2 (Spe-
ciaD Mrs, Frances B. Waple of
Cabin John, Md, has filed suit here
for an absolute divorce from Frank
S. Waple, charging she was deserted
more than 18 months ago, She also
asks to be allowed to resume her
maiden name of Baker.