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Evening star., 1942-05-20
House Committeeman
Predict Surtax Rates
OF 11to 85Pct.
Agreement Reached to
Increqse Normal Levy
From 4 to 6 Pct.

By the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means
Committee put the finishing
touches today on new individual
income tax rates increasing the
normal levy from 4 to 6 per cent
and graduating surtaXes steeply
upward.
Chairman Doughton announced
that the committee had agreed
both to increase the normal tax rate
and to strive for an additional 81
100000, 900 in revenue, but he re-
fused to disclose what the surtax
rates might be-
Members indicated that the pres
ent per cent surtax on the first
81 900 Of net income probable would
be jumped to IL or II per cent, and
that the maximum would be 80 or
IS per cent.
Payments on IL Pct. Basis.
On the II per cent basis. a mar
ried couple with two children and a
So, 900 net income who now pay $58
would have to pay Sl62 next year. A
single man with the same salary,
who now has tax bill of 1921 would
be faced with a tax OF about $437
next year, depending on the second
surtaX bracket level.
Present law calls for a per cent
normal tax and Surtaxes starting at
per cent on the first $4,000 of net
income The Treasury had recon-
mended breaking that $4,000 into
four equal parts and imposing rates
of r. Is, 18 and 20 per cent, respec-
lively.
The committee has followed rec
concentrations of its own staff of ex-
perts more closely than those Of the
Treasury in corporation tax rates
and in raising the normal individual
rates. Members said they probably
would do the same in surtax rates.
Colin F. STAN, head of the Joint
Committee on Internal Revenue
Taxation, had recommended not
only the to per cent increase in
the normal rate, but surtaxes start
ing at IL per cent on the first $4,000
of net income.
New Tables Asked.
Mr.. Doughton said yesterday.
however, he had asked for new
tables based on "a little higher"
rates.
1t was learned that the commit
tee probably would decide also today
the question of giving Secretary
Morgenthau discretionary authority
to collect up to 10 per cent Of a
persons taxable income in advance
through salary deductions.
Mr.. Morgenthau told the COM
mittee publicly that such a scheme
probably would help retard imitation
and members agreed. arguing, too,
that it would help those persons
whose taxes might be doubled or
trebled. They said that it would
amount to monthly or weekly in
stallment payments Of the big tax
bill that otherwise would have to be
met in quarterly inStallments begin
ming March Is. ..
Evening star., 1942-05-20
BY the Associated Press.

bs the AssOclAtko Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Aus
tralia, May 20.-The crew OF the
Australian sloop Yarra was praised
today by survivors Of the bomb
stricken troopship Empress of Asia
for rescue operations which saved
more than 1000 British imperial
soldiers and seamen under Japanese
fire in mine-infested waters of
Singapore February S.
The 1,060-ton sloop. subsequently
sunk in the Allied withdrawal from
the Netherlands Indies, was reported
so tightly packed above and below
decks that the men were ordered
not to shift positions for fear Of
capsizing her.
w. H. Macarthur, Empress engi-
neer. said that II the Yarra's COM
mander had not takN enormous
risks close to a mine fed most of
the troopship's crew and Hundreds
OF soldiers would have lost their
lives, instead of 40 or so.
The Empress was in sight Of
Singapore when Japanese dive
bombers flew over in force, the en-
gineer said.
Bomb Crashed Through Deck.
"One bomb crashed through the
deck and exploded in the first-class
dining room. setting it afire," he
said. "The fire was uncomfortable.
A second bomb burst just astern.
Speed dropped of. We were in a
bad way. The Empress was drifting
and ablaze, moving toward q mine
field. but that did not deter the
commander Of the Yarra.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Lists
Sites for Proposed
Dormitories Here
Bus Service Is Assured
For 1900 Room Units
OF U. S. Women Workers

Mrs. Roosevelt listed at a press
conference today the locations Of
proposed women's dormitories for
Federal workers here, revealing that
$4,000 room units already have been
decided on definitely and that $500
more are under consideration
She said she had been assured
lighting facilities and bus service
in connection with these buildings
would be adequate" and that police
protection would be carefully done"
She added that the first group of the
dormitories are expected to be COM
pleted in three months and indi-
Gated that money to begin the work
may be obtained from special funds
until the appropriation bill now be-
fore the Senate is passed.
Seven Sites Listed.
Sites listed by her included those
for 1000 units at Suitland Md; for
Census Bureau employees; 1000
units, reception center near Union
Station; 300 units at Constitution
avenue and Third street, $500 to
1000 units in West Potomac Park
Immediately south OF the rejecting
pool; 1000 units at Arlington Farms,
100 units south and opposite the new
Navy Building near Arlington Gem
etery, and 600 units for colored per-
sons at Langston Terrace
Dormitories still under considera-
ton are 600 units near the Capitol,
which Is being discussed with the
Capitol Architect, and LOO to 500
units near the ship channel and
next to the tennis courts in West
Potomac Park. This dormatory Is
under negotiation with the National
Park Service.
Some OF the rooms will be equipped
with double decker beds for two
girls. Courts and other game sites
will be placed between the wings of
each dormitory, Mrs. Roosevelt an
nounced. and some of the larger
units will be equipped with a movie
theater. There will be laundry
facilities in each wing.
Discusses Auxiliary Corps.
In discussing women's wartime
activities, Mrs. Roosevelt said she
believed women OF all ages should
be able to serve in the new Women S
Army Auxiliary Corps instead of
just those between the ages of 81
and As.
She bases her assertion that en-
liStment in the w. A. A. c. should
be open to women Of all ages or
the fact that older women may bt
able to do certain assignments bet.
ter than younger ones Women en-
rolled in the Army should BE Sc
lected on the basis OF special ability
rather than on age and physical
condition, she said. Many women
Evening star., 1942-05-20
81 Marine Captains
From District Area
Given Rank Of Major
F. c. Thorin, Believed
Prisoner Of japanese,
One of 3l0 Promoted

Twenty five Marine Corps cap
tains from the District, including
Capt Frank c. Tharin. Pill Con-
necticut avenue NV. who is pre-
sumed to be q prisoner of the jap
anese, were in a list of 80 captains
who were announced as selected for
temporary promotions to major to-
day. Four from nearby Maryland
and two from Virginia were also
promoted
Capt. Tharin, with Capt. Henry
E. Elrod, is credited with sinking
a Japanese light cruiser with 100
pound bombs in the vicinity OF Wake
Island, where they were a part OF
the defense force.
Capt Roosevelt on List.
The list of 3l0 also included Capt
James Roosevelt, oldest son of the
President. Capt. Roosevelt was re-
ferred to recently as major in an
Associated Press dispatch from
abroad, and at that time. the Ma
rine Corps said he might have been
promoted in the fleld and that the
records might not have reached
here.
Washington men in the list are
Walter Asmuth, jr., 1901 Warder
street NV; George A. Brace. 1900
F street NV; william J. Burrows,
5420 Connecticut avenue NV: JUS
tice M. Chambers. 92l Nineteenth
street NV; William r. Collins, 5000
Forty-first street NV; Robert L.
Denig, jr., 2l22 California street
NV; Reed M Fawell, jr. 1921
Klingle road NV: John E. Fon-
dahl, 2204 Evarts street NE; James
G. Frazer, no street address; Ed
ward R. Hagenah, 1861 Crescent
place NV, and Patrick J. Haiti
gan, jr.. Vermont avenue and L
street NV.
Reynolds H. Hayden. 1890 N street
NV; Earl E. Holmes, 9lo Webster
street NV: John T. Irwin, 225
Quackenbos street NV: William A.
KengIa, 1925 Sixteenth street NV;
Frank L. Kilmartia, 1924 Euclid
street NV: David s. McDougal,
1746 X street NV: Henderson A.
Melville, 2O25 i street NV: Clifford
l.. Nelson. 20l0 Pierce Mill road
NV: Frederick A. Ramsey, jr., 3642
Jocelyn street N w: Ohio L. Rogers
2025 I street NV; Thomas M. Ryan
no street address; Elmore W. Seeds
3050 r street NV, and Samuel F.
Zeiler. 1755 Lanier place NV.
Maryland Four Win Rank.
Four captains from Maryland
were promoted. They are Lewis F
Fields. Salisbury; Harry o. Smith
jr.. Chevy Chase; Hamilton D
South, jr., Annapolis, and Julian F
Walters, Rockville.
Winslow H. Randolph, jr, of Be
Haven, Va, and Alfred H. Marks
Alexandria, also were in the list.
Capt. Tharin is a native of Wash
ington and was commissioned q
second lieutenant in the Marines
on his graduation from the Naval
Academy in 1884 He was graduated
from the basic school in Philadel-
phia the following year.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
D. {. Hero Gets Silver Star
For Action = Years Aqo

Cited % years ago for "conspic-
uous bravery under fire" in action
on the Marine, William A. Shoemaker,
2219 Kearny street NE, last night
was presented the Silver Star he
never even knew he had been
awarded until recently.
Mr. Shoemaker, now an employe
of the post Office here, already was
the wearer of the Purple Heart,
the Army's reward for combat
wounds, when he received the
Silver Star,
Stationed overseas with the 10th
Field Artillery of the Sd Division,
Mr. Shoemaker at one time led five
groups of stretcher bearers and
wounded to a place Of safety, &C
cording 20 the citation which has
gone undiscovered from one war to
the next.
Shortly after his meritorious &C
ton, Mr.. Shoemaker was detached
and sent to one of the occupied
areas in Germany. Later he was
transferred to another unit and
separated from the official channels
through which the citatian should
have come.
The award of the Silver Star to
Mr.. Shoemaker was discovered about
three weeks ago by Harry Cedar,
secretary of the Washington branch
of the Sd Division Society, A. E. F.,
in book listing citations to mem
bers of the division. Members OF
the society arranged with the War
Department to have the medal pre-
sented last night at the monthly
meeting of Bunker Hill Post, No. 81
Of the American Legion.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Communist Revo|ts
Reported Peri|ing
Bulgarian Monarchy
Uprisines in Lost Half
Of April Suppressed,
Traveller Declares
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Assoclated Press.
ISTANBUL, May 19 Delayed .
Reports that the regime of
King Boris III OF Bulgaria was
threatened seriously by Com
munist uprisings in the Bull
garian Army, rejecting wide
spread discomfort throughout
the Axis-aligned nation, were
received here today and given
considerable credence in in
formed Allied quarters.
A neutral traveller reaching here
from Bulgaria said the uprisings
developed into a distinct threat to
the government during the last half
Of April and, although actual out
breaks were suppressed. considerable
fear was felt that there might be
further disturbances.
This informant said that after
the April uprisings. repeatedly car
rico out by definitely identified
element within the army, 140 officers
were arrested and some of these
later were shot.
(The German radio broadcast
a D.N.B. dispatch from Sofia
that So Bulgarian soldiers at
Sliven were being tried by a
military court on charges of
having formed a Communist
organization and participated in
Communist propaganda. The
broadcast said the death penalty
was asked against most of those
accusedD
Other reports have been received
here during the past few days that
widespread Gestapo arrests and an
increasing food shortage in Bulgaria
were causing strong unrest In the
country whose people have a deep
rooted sympathy for Soviet Russia.
These reports said there had been
uprisings by troops garrisoned in
the capital and other large cities.
Such outbreaks, 1t was said. were
aimed specifically at the overthrow
of the government which led Bull
garia into the Axis camp against
Russia.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Charles N. Godfrey Dies
AT Daughters S Home

Charles M. Godfrey, 78, retired
building contractor, died yesterday
at the home OF his daughter, Mrs.
Ethel Rabbit, 1910 Warder street
NV, where he lived.
Mr.. Godfrey. a resident of the
District for about SIS years. was
born in Catlett, Va. Besides Mrs.
Rabbit. he is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. Frances Ryan and
Mrs. Pearl Skillman of Sterling, Va,
and a son, Ralph Godfrey.
Prayers will be said at the home
at $50 am. tomorrow. followed by
mass at st. Martins Church at 10
am. Burial will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1942-05-20

between the ages of so and so. she
said, are capable Of doing some Of
the activities planned for the w. A.
A. c. This would free younger wom-
en- for work in factories, she con-
tended.
Asked to comment on the joint
income tax return, Mrs. Roosevelt
explained that. though she has "a
natural disinclination" for manda-
toary joint returns, such system
must be followed If the Treasury De-
partment deems 1t necessary.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Automatic Elevator
Much Too Risky for
Jimmy DooIittIe
Nv the Associatsd preS.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, May 90
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle,
intrepid leader of the United
States air raid on Japan, is a
brave man in a plane. But he's
afraid to ride alone in an auto
matte elevator.
Herbert Dahlke, an apartment
manager. recalled that when the
flyer visited him several years
ago, he asked Mr.. Dahlke to
accompanying him upstairs in
the lift.
He said he once got stuck
between floors, and had to
spend the night there" Mr..
Dahlke said land that he was
just plain scared of the things"
Evening star., 1942-05-20

The war we're in Is the war to
win! Buy War bonds!
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Death While Cleaning Gun
Is Held Accidental

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
yesterday officially listed as acci-
dental the death of Capt. Robert
B. Fisher, Marine Corps, who was
killed by charge from 45-caliber
revolver he was cleaning
Capt. Fisher, As, was shot in the
head while cleaning the gun in his
quarters in the Marine Barracks at
the Navy Yard.
A native OF New York City. Capt.
Fisher had served previously in the
New York National Guard, the Army
and the Marines. in which he last
saw service in 1881. In February OF
this year. he was appointed a cap
tain in the Marine Corps Reserve
and served for a time at Miami
Beach, Fla. His widow, Mrs. Adele
Fisher, lives in Miami.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
KIeberq's Sister Dies

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. May 20
(P.-Mrs. Sarah Kleberg Shelton, A,
Of Kingsville. Tex, sister of Repre-
sentative Kleberg, Democrat, of
Texas. died In a hospital last night
of injuries suffered in an auto-truck
collision early yesterday near Clark
wood.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Purse With $500 Snutched

Mrs. Mary I. Spaulding. 3125 Mill
tary road NV. reported yesterday
that while one colored youth asked
her street directions. another
snatched her purse containing $500
from the seat of her auto which
she was parking in the 1900 block of
Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-20
Man, Now IS, Who Carried
Message to Garcia Honored

early In the morning. There arrived
a striking figure in civilian clothes,
showing signs OF great fatigue. The
man was Rowan.
He had arrived in a rowboat
from Jamaica, and then came by
horseback to his rendezvous with
Gen. Garcia. 1t was good to see him
because his message was one from
the United States pledging its full
cooperation in Cuba's fight for
liberty. And the United States kept
its pledge"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21

CHATTER-Ars. blanche N7nor.
author of the Sunday column, "Chat-
is responsible for tins one which
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21
AROUND
CAPITOL SQUARE
Ev BCE THOMPSON
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In The Sir Walter HOtel-Raleigh

DEATH EOW-There are only 1--WE
prison-the smallest nImDce III more
than ten yc-rs-und the case OF
every one of them is Oh appeal 10 the
supreme court.
In the meantime the total prison
population during the lir-t hall vi
April was reduced al the ave. aye
rate OF approximately ten d day.
Criminal dockets in most counties
are smaller than they have been in
years. Tn supreme court is getting
fewer cases on appeal. Whatever else
ne war might have done. it has 70
duced crime and lit.gat,on-unlcss
the whole thing is Il strange com
cidence.
Three Of the five men waiting on
the courts to say whether they die n
the gas chamber are white men
charged with murder. Two are Ne
groes charged with rape. Three Of
the five We're sentenced i'll Januaty
and two in February. Although i've
is the smallest number on the row
IN the memory Of Prison Director
Oscar Pitts. who has been with the
prison System for over eleven years,
il seems well within the cards that
the number will be smaller in the
near 'uture.
The white men sentenced To death
are Herman Allln Of Johnston coun-
ty. John S. Baldwin of Durham cCtCl-
tv and N31ts, C,Oitb nf WANNA cs1D .
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21

with more electric power than Germany,
Japan and Italy combined. They We're able
to meet sudden military and industrial
demands all over the map.
Here is a business built the American
way by local enterprise and individual
investment - dedicated to defending the
American way until the last bit Of air-mail
has been delivered to the last dictatorl
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21
REPUBLICANS ADOPT


Chicao0. Anri' '1.-(Apl-7hr
Republican National Committee last
~ioht demanded that the nation pro-
secute an offensive. uncomDromisinP
war until peace with victory is at
famed and declared that the United
states should assist in Bringing about
cooperation among the countries Of
'ho world in the postwar era.
\ resolution embodving those sen~
'iments was approved by the COM
mittse at its first meeting since Pearl
Harbor and Wendell Willkie, the
o~arny's 1910 Presidential nominee,
commented quickly that it represent
ed an abandonment of isolationism."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21
PUBLICITY

PuBLICITY-Morc evidence that
the States advertising and publicity
campaign is a casualty Of the war
came this week. Mrs. Ruth RobiN-
son, who has been assistant to
Charles Parker. manager Of the State
news bureau, has resigned to take
a job in New York. She will not be
replaced, although d former half
time employe Of the bureau will
now work full time. With the resig-
nations Of Bill Baker, the bureau
photographer, and Mrs. Robinson the
staff Is reduced TO tWo-and Parker,
himself, is deVotlng most OF his time
to puDIIcising civilian defense actlVi-
ties. A few years ago there Wera
eight people on the job and they al
had plenty to do.
Though the sch duIe has been cur
tailed greatly. the State will bu'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-21
IN RE: i

IN RE: WARD-The stat has a
mcrCenaIy interest as well as other
interests in the trial Of Bob Ward.
former accountant Of the State De-
partment Of Revenue, who is one o.
those now on trial for embezzlement.
The various deputies involved were
bonded for only $4,000. But Wards
bond was much larger. If the charges
Of collision between Ward and
Deputy Clarence Sneed, for instance.
are proven to the satisfaction OF the
jury. the State can collect Sneed's
alleged ~"oVerage' in the matter Of
embezzlenent from Wards bonding
company.
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Continued from Page -
day as a witness, because New ork
got too hot" for him after Federal
Bureau Of Investigation agents had
arrested SO persons in Brooklyn or
espionage charges last summer.
Subsequently, the witness said
she conferred with Ludwig at a
meeting attended by Mrs. Mayor,
Hans Pagel, and Karl Mueller, all
defendants, and Lucy's uncle, Oscar
Huttenlauch, who is not defcn-
dant.
Mrs. Mayer told Ludwig, the wit
ness said, that she considered New
York TOO hot" for her also and
wanted to go to Japan, to join her
husband, Walter, who had left the
United States in April, l94l, TO re-
turn TO Germany.
Ludwig Agreed
Ludwig, agreeing that Mrs. Mayer
had letter leave the country, gave
her information to be memorizad
about army camps and defense fac
tories and technical details OF the
BID, the witness said. He cautioned
Ms. Mayer not to write down any
ci the information but TO mcmorize
AS much as possible and turn it over
to the proper persons" Miss
Bochmler said.
Miss Boehmler also told of receiv-
ms from Germany letters written in
secret ink by Heinz Hillebrecht,
named in the indictment as a CO.
conspirator, advising that he had
reached Germany safely, had re-
ceiVed much information, but need
ed more about the Sperry Gyroscope
Co., manufacturers of a U. S. bomb
sight, and such airplane manufac-
turers as the Gruman, Douglas and
Brewster companies.
The witness testified yesterday
that Ludwig had sent American
secrets directly TO Heinrich Hmm
Ter, Gestapo chief, addressing the
information to Manuel Alonzo, Ma
Grid, Spain" whom she identified as
really Himmler.
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Suspended.
Says Hurley
TOCOm.COx

Following Is the text Of Gov.
Robert A. Hurley;s letter notifying
Commissioner William j.
Cox OF his suspension and direct
Ing him to appear at a hearing next
Feb. IA:
Hon. william J. Cox
State Highway Commissioner
State ONCE Building
Hartford, Connecticut.
Dear Sir:
From various information SUBJ
mitted to me, I have reason to
believe that you have been guilty
of material neglect of duty or In
competence in the conduct Of your
ONCE as highway commissioner Of
the state OF Connecticut.
The charges Of material neglect
OF duty or incompetence In the
conduct Of your office as highway
commissioner concern your con-
duct as highway commissioner
with respect to the following
matters:
I. Your conduct with reference
to the performance Of the con-
tract to the M. A. Gammino Con-
struction Co. in the construction
Of the long cove bridges in the
town OF Ledyard and your conduct
and attitude with respect to the
claim of the M. A. Gammino Con-
struction Co. arising out Of said
contract, as outlined in a letter
from the attorney general to me,
dated FebrAanry 4, 1912, a copy
of which Is hereto annexed.
2. Your conduct in concurring
In the propriety of the furnishing
of information to the A. !. Savin
Construction Co. as a bidder on
the proposed riverfront boulevard
In the town Of Hartford, which
information was not given to other
prospective bidders.
3. Your failure to exercise
proper supervision over the con-
duct Of your subordinates and en-
ployes In the carrying out of the
duties Of your department.
Pursuant to statute (section
12E Of the 1889 supplement to the
General Statutes) I hereby give
you notice that will give you a
hearing on said charges at 10
o'clock a. m, eastern standard
time, at the governors Office in
the State Capitol, Hartford, Conn,
on February IA, 1912.
hereby suspend you as state
highway commissioner pending
my decision on said charges.
ROBERT A. HURLEY,
Governor.
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over the island coast.
AS the Singapore guns opened up
and the small Japanese field pieces
made their Intellectual retort on
the defense lines in the strait side
of the island opposite Johore, Japa-
nese plane fleets, increasingly
larger, darted over to intensity
their attacks on all areas.
Jap Planes Get Busy
The planes bombed and machine
gunned civilian and military targets
and started an attack on shipping
in the harbor.
British Hurricane fighters, hur-
rying aloft to intercept them, shot
down one and probably two planes
of one big Japanese formation
and damaged q third.
Aside from the intensifying ar
tillery action, the air raids con-
tinued to be the main feature of
this opening phase Of the siege, but
the enemy planes, respecting the
anti-aircraft guns and the British
fighters, usually flew high and
bombed Unfortunately.
A general headquarters COM
munique said:
"Our artillery again engaged en-