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Evening star., 1942-05-06
House Group Weighs
Treasury Plan for
Income Tax Boost
Informal Poll Indicates
Sharp Increase in Levies
May Be Recommended
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee sidetracked temporarily today
study OF postwar tax refunds fol-
corporations and took up Treasury
proposals to raise So, 200, 900 900 more
in revenue from personal income
taxes.
Chairman Doughton said that the
committeeman believed that the re-
bate proposition, advocated by both
the Treasury and the committee s
own experts, would require many
more days Of consideration.
Secretary Morgenthau recon-
mended two months ago that indi-
vidual normal tax rates should be
retained, but that surtax rates,
which now start at per cent on the
first $4,000 of net income, should
begin at II per cent and move up
sharply in the middle and low in
come brackets.
An informal poll of the committee
showed that there was slight chance
the members would approve as
sharp increases In rates as Mr.. Nor
genthau recommended, but they said
the tax individuals start paying next
March Is would certainly be higher
than this year.
Present individual surtaxes re-
main at 6 per cent through the first
four brackets of $500 each. Mr..
Morgenthau proposed that the per-
centages in each Of those brackets
be raised to II, IA, l8 and 20 per
cent respectively.
A $4,000 net income which now
is taxed at 81 per cent would be
taxed at "a per cent under the
Treasury program.
Evening star., 1942-05-06

he said. 1T probably will not be
needed for some time"
Secretary of Labor Perkins, in
speaking on State Labor Laws in
War Time" expressed her opposition
to any lowering of State labor
standards. Many States, she pointed
out, have set up machinery for
granting exemptions from State
labor law to war industries.
Standards Speed Production.
Labor standards play a very posi-
tive role in winning the war" she
said. They conserve manpower.
They promote the strength, welfare
and efficiency of workers vitality
needed and they speed production. +"
A. w. Fuchs. senior sanitary engi-
neer of the United States Public
Health Service, urged the need, as
Evening star., 1942-05-06

part Of the war program, Of the re-
moval Of interstate trade barriers
to the movement of milk and milk
products. Lack of uniformity In
State and local milk regulations. he
said, is adversely affecting the na-
tional effort.
Others who addressed the con-
ference were Brig. Gen. Frank j.
McSherry. deputy director, Labor
Supply and Training, and NJ. L.
Wilson, assistant director Defense,
Health and Welfare Services.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
SupersoIvuaer at Work

BANGOR, Pa, (R.-Bangor's pa
triots are doing q good Job Of
collecting scrap for salvage-but
they can't keep it. Every night. the
Collection Committee complained.
somebody visited the scrap pile and
made on with "usable" articles.
Evening star., 1942-05-06

War bonds make bombers to bomb
the Axis and lower our taxes. Why
not buy some and help yourself?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
July Fourth Observed
In Defiance of Japs

7 remember as if it were yester-
day my July A celebration in a
small barrio somewhere in the
Philippines. The natives knew
the meaning of the day to America
and asked me if l would join them
in a small quiet observance. OF
course ! agreed.
We assembled secretly before
dawn in a village where no Allied
flag had been seen for months.
Five Filipinos slowly and carefully
picked out the strains of The
Star Spangled Banner" on cracked,
aged guitars while the American
Flag was raised with so e m n
pride 10 full mast. From a hidden
cache they had brought out the
American banner for their OBJ
|servances of Americas anniversary
of freedom.
Our flag fioated above that
barrio all through the day OF July
A. proudly waving in the light
Philippine breeze while only five
miles away japanese patrols were
securing the underbrush in search
of American or Filipino refugees.
In middle July, again through
the bamboo wireless" a message
came from another American Of
ficer, Damon Gause-that he was
anxious TO rendezvous with me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

We rowed for 18 hours, con-
bucking both wind and
current.
Late the following afternoon we
landed and separated our forces,
the lieutenant and l remaining to-
igether while the privates struck
out for themselves. We pushed
through the dense jungle under
growth for nearly an hour until
we found ourselves on the out
skirts of a native village.
We speedily were informed that
we had arrived there exactly 10
minutes after a Japanese patrol
of 80 men had left the village for
Manila.
Fearing that the Japanese troops
might return. we remained IN the
barrio for only a few hours. How
ever, through the lieutenant, we
were able TO secure clothes 10 re-
lplace our tattered garments, and a
jug of water. 1t was the first
liquid we had had for two days.
BY midnight. we were ready TO
move on, our plans being to travel
cross-country. avoiding villages as
much as possible, and strike for
the mountains, walking always by
night and living off the country as
much as possible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

the Filipinos detest Japan because
the japanese, as a nation, vigor-
ously reject Christianity. Almost
every Filipino is a devout church.
goer and atheism is creed he
cannot understand.
Secondly, General Macarthur
sympbolized the finest thing in
'full-blooded white people to them
and, TO the natives, l was just
the same as a personal envoy from
General Macarthur. From their
close association with him-often
only through the bamboo wire
less" but to them, nevertheless, a
close relationShip-they had a deep
respect for Americans.
Every Filipino l met during
those three months had nothing
but fearful praise for the gallant
Americans who directed and held
together the defenses of the
Philippines for so many months.
Naturally, 100 per cent of the
Filipino population is not with
America. There are japanese SYM
pathizerS. But most Filipinos APP
preciate the opportunities that
American protection offered them
and they long for the carefree
lives they led before last Decem.
Der. l know they'll be on our, side
when we start on the road back to
Toxic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

on Bataan or The Rock and they
had heard nothing from them in
months. Even as l answered their
questions l knew it was time to
be on the move again.
Under cover of darkness that
same night l left FOR a point TWO
days walk distant. My friends de-
Scribed my destination as the
safest place 10 hide out until /
could make my plans for escape.
For nearly three months l lived
in the flimsy one-room l found
when i arrived at the desig-
mated point. Ii was a dim, cheer
less place but it was safe refuge,
and that's what l needed most.
There were no furnishings OF
any kind. l slept on the floor in
spite of the lizards and huge but
harmless spiders which roamed
nonchalantly over me every night.
Each day l would walk the mile
to the nearest stream for water
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
Bamboo Wireless
BRINGS Manila News

Through the bamboo" message
system l could learn almost al
the news from Manila, from tine
various prison camps and ever
from the outside world. How II
functions, ! do not know. / dc
know that news which had taken
place a few hours before, hundreds
of miles away, reached me in ar
incredibly short time. 1t was,
have since learned, as accurate as
a daily newspaper
Through the bamboo wireless
I learned how rice and food prices
had skyrocketed under japanese
control; rice, sugar and matches
trebling in prices compared To the
prewar Philippine scale.
I heard how Philippine civi
servants who had expressed pro
American sympathieS were with
out jobs and without food--tht
Japanese prewar fifth column OF
Luzon had taken care of then
when the JapS arrived.
learned that Filipino civilians
were living under rigid military
government; that they had, il
fact, become almost slaves to the
Japs. Men and women alike were
compelled to bow TO Japanese sol
dierS of any rank on the street!
of Manila, while there were nu
merous cases reported of outrage!
against Filipino women. Inciden
tally, many of those outrages were
weli-avenged by Filipino men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

and 10 rendezvous with the other
friends who were providing me
with food.
/ had two occupations--taking
care of three chickens, including
fighting cock which was pre-
sented me. and keeping close tab
on the bamboo wireless" The
latter was, perhaps, the most in
teresting feature of my three
months as a virtual hermit in the
mountains of LuZon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
PowerIess to Halt
Traffic of De a+h

We slept the first day in a we'll
concealed ravine at the side of one
of the provinces most Travelled
roads. All day we watched as
japanese trucks rolled by, damned
with high explosive shells, techni-
cal equipment and men.
We learned later that they were
bound for enemy artillery posi-
tionS. II was this road which fed
the men and explosives to the
positions which were eventually TO
force Corregidor's capitulation. We
wished earnestly for some means
10 disrupt the traffic of death if
only for few days, but there was
nothing we could dove didn't
have so much as a cap pistol be-
tween us.
The next IL days were night
mares for both of us. With the
Exception of some cold rice and
some native fruit. we had no food
and il seemed as if we were dodg-
ing japanese patrols every minute
of every day. They were every
where in the area.
Five days of our 11-day trek TO
temporary security were spent in
scrambling up and down the rocky,
rugged, Steaming mountains of
LuZon, completely without food.
On April 26 / ate my first full
square meal since leaving Bataan
\ 16 days before. II was at the home
Iof friends of the Filipino lieuten-
Iant somewhere in LuZon." and il
was feast such as / had never
Idreamed existed.
| There were big platters Of
chicken fried in coconut oil. ma
tive fish concoctionS. chicken. rice,
lonionS and peppers cooked 10
make a Savory stew. For dessert
we were served native candy-the
first l had eaten since middle
ICember.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
FiIipinos Devout.
Detes+ Barb9rism

incidentally, co-prosperity plan
in the Philippines revealed some
strange facets of Filipino charac-
ter. Not unlike many Americans,
1 had held the idea that Filipinos
generally favored Asiatic rule and
that if they were not openly pro-
Japanese, they were at least SYM
pathetic 10 the japanese cause.
That idea, as l learned during
my three months of living entirely
with the average Filipino native,
is entirely erroneous. Primarily,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

Then a new sound came to our
Iears-the throb of a fast motor
boat approaching. We dueked
again and once more allowed our
banca TO drift. The Filipino lieu
tenant and I peered cautiously
over the gunWales4a speedy Japa-
nese patrol boat was within firing
distance of us.
We ducked again, faster this
time. The enemy vessel APP
preached within 80 feet. As its
engines idled, all of us prayed long
and fervently. The laps remained
there for about five minutes then,
apparently content, they raced of
again into the night. We had had
two close calls within 40 minutes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

and make plans for an escape to
Australia.
1t was what l had been await
ing since the fall of Bataan. i
left my hut that same night and
after nearly Is days of steady
marching through the worst jungle
country ! have ever known or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
Constant Flow of Gifts
Arrive From FiIipinos

All through the meal neighborS
with gifts for the Americans
would arrive--food and clothes
principally 1t was almost pitful
the way they begged for news of
Bataan and Corregidor. All of
them mad some brothers or fathers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

seen, I came out of a dense wood
and into a small clearing by the
side of river. Cause was waiting
for me. 1t was one of the hap
Ipiest moments in my life. 1t was
the beginning of our escape from
a made in Japan" hell.
CONTINUED tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

(CdptdlH OSb0tHe Continues ms personal St0Iy 0J
the escape from. the Philippines
We weren't than half mile away from Bataan
when a Japanese reconnaissance plane roared and
dropped flare pattern almost completely around small
boat Immediately fell fiat the bottom OF the craft
allowing it drift with the tide The plane crcled for
several minutes and apparently satisfied that craft
just drifting banca AS the Jap plane flew off toward
Manila heaved deep signs of relief and resumed padding
effort to get of the fare
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
Escape From Bataan
Yank Hides Out
I'm Native VILLAGE

zone of the most exciting sdgas in all the history
of American bravery the story of the tWo men Who
Wouldn't surrender-Capts. William Lloyd Osborne
and Damon Cause. Driven by indomtable WH and
supreme courage, these two American officers fought
their tOay of captivity in the Philippines and Won
their tOay to safety Australia. This their story
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

HACQUOTL BUICK SALES
1911 Grand River Ave.
SUMNER MOTOR SALES. Inc
t6i :. Woodward Ave.
Birmingham. Mich,
PRIEHs SALES co.
1903 Nscomb ~.
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
PLYMOUTH BUICK SALES
go Starkweather ~.
Plymouth, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
By CAPT. WILLIAM LLOYD OSBORNE and
CAPT. DAMON CAUSE
n Nrn. AAnA
Eleventh Instalment of Fourteen
CAS- told to Lee Van AT

Copyright. 1882 KING Features SYNDICATE. Inc Rep
whole part prdhioited)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

KRAMER-EBERTs. Inc.
IO22s W. Jefferson Ave.
River Rouge. Mich.
HAROLD DIETRICH
$500 Main ST., Wayne. Mich.
ROYAL OAK BUICK CO.. Inc
1918 Woodward Ave.
Royal Oak, Mich.
ALKON MOTOR SALES
1900 BiddIe 80.
Wyandotte, Miea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13

BUICK RETAIL STORE
Cass and Amsterdam
HUGH COREY MOTOR SAILS
lll6S Gratiot Ave.
ANDREWS MOTOR SALES, Inc
1890 Grand River
RINKE MOTORS
1920 Van Dyke Ave.
Center Line, Mich.
y. w. MOTOR SAILS
1i1OO Michigan Ave.
Dearborn. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-13
Row for I8 Hours,
Buck Wind, Current

We rowed for 18 hours, con-
bucking both wind and
current.
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Nozis Tighten Narcotics

one now must have an order
signed by a medical practitioner to
nuy narcotics formerly bought freely
from druggists in Germany.
Evening star., 1942-09-20
79 Civilian Pilot Troinees
Complete Elementary Course
Majority Sent to Advance Training;
Seven to Take Glider Pilot Studies

Nineteen civilian pilot trainees
from the District completed their
elementary flight and ground school
training ct Southeastern University
last week, according to District CPT
Co-ordinator Charles l.. Skarren, jr.
Because Of the urgent war need for
pilots, no formal services will be
held.
Trainees were assigned directly to
advanced schools for additional
training which will prepare them to
serve as pilots for the ferry COM
mand, fight officers for the COM
mercial airlines, instructors for the
Army Air Forces and as utility pilots
for the Army.
Seven of the elementary school
graduates will be inducted at once
for glider pilot training at the Army
Air Forces gliding school at Lub-
book, Tex.
The initial group of 10, first to be
trained by Southeastern. which has
complete charge of the CPT program
in the District, were selected on the
basis of intensive physical and
mental examinations, They were
given the opportunity to become
pilots after the Army requested the
CAA to train 1887 pilots because
Army facilities were inadequate for
the pilot needs contemplated.
Age Limits Is to 81.
Because of the nature of the work,
aviation cadet age limits of 18 to q
were broadened to allow men with
physical and mental qualifications
Evening star., 1942-09-20
National U. Will 0pen
Fall Session Tomorrow

The 1923 academic year of Ma
tlonal University will be inaugurated
tomorrow, September u, at $50
pm, by general assembly of
students, Chancellor Leslie C. Gar
nett presiding, and with addresses
and announcements by members of
the faculty.
Mr.. Garnett has announced the
appointment of Frank Smith as act
ing dean of the Junior college. Mr..
Smith succeeds DR.. Josef E. Giller-
mann, who goes on leave of absence
IN order to serve as first lieutenant
IN the United States Army. A ma
tive of New York City, Mr.. Smith
holds the A. B. and M. A. degrees
from George Washington University
and has taken advanced graduate
studies at Columbia University.
After having taught undergrad
uate and graduate English courses
for several years at George Wash
lngton University, he came to Ma
tional University in 1910 to become
chairman of the English depart
ment. He is the author of Thomas
Paine, Liberator," published in 1888,
which has come to be accepted as
the standard life of Paine, and he
has also published articles and re-
views on literature, history and
kindred fields.
Among new members of the fac
uity OF the law school are Emory L.
Grof1, who this year will conduct
the course in patent law, and Julian
|. Richards, criminal law.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

;s nrohibited under 1t. Gen. Hugh
Drums order limiting flight actlv-
tiles in the Eastern defense area 10
operational flights of the Army ana
Navy.
Wide Range of Instruction.
Under the war training program,
CpT trainees are instructed In
physics, mathematics, military drlil,
science and radio code, as we'll as IN
the navigation, meteorology, aircraft
service and civil air regulations re-
quired of private flyers.
A trainees day begins at 6 am.
when reveille is sounded. He drills
and attends classes until IL AS, when
he has lunch. At 1915 he reports
to his flight instructor for flight
training. At 4:30 he reports to mess
for dinner and at $50 to ground
school where he studies navigation
and allied subjects until 8:15. After
ward he has two hours for relaxa-
ton and study. Lights out Is at
10:15. He is allowed two weekend
leaves out of each eight weeks.
The first class, which began July
IA was composed of John l.. Boyd,
Norman E. Bliss, Charles l., Burt,
Franklin P. Gwinn, Joseph B.
Hamilton, Ernest T. Hix, Richard
w. Kelley, Bernard M. Lewis, Dunlap
Mackenzie, Joseph L. Mason, Robert
Evening star., 1942-09-20
Fishburne, Fairfax Hall
10 Open During Week
Special Dispatch to The Star.

~Seeidi DlSpatch to The Star
WAYNESBORO, Va. Sent 10
Waynesboro's two private schools
FlsnDurne Military School and Fair-
lax Hall Junior College-are antic,-
patlng capacity enrollments for
week. 'iiio
Flsnourne Military School, BEGIN
nlng Its 64th session, is expecting an
enrolment of 1876 bows with new
Students enrolling Tuesday and old
cadets reporting Wednesday, ac-
corolng to Col. Morgan H. Hudgins
superlntendent. The school plant
mas neen thoroughly renovated dur
ing the summer with the nroora n,
OF improvements now nearing com
pletion. WALL
Fairfax Hall Junior College be-
ginning Its 22nd year, will have q
capacity student body of lis board
ing pupils and number of dav
pupils from the town and nearby
points. School sessions will beoin
thursday with old and new pupils
reporting on that date and classes
beginning Saturday following one
Gay orientation and registration
schedule. WILL
w. b. Gates, president, said salts
factory replacements have been
louno for faculty members lost to
otner positions and that general
oullolng repairs have been COM
pieted. ~ eoiii-
Waynesooro public schools opened
oeptemoer 2, with approximately
l;soo boys and girls reporting for
classes, according to school officials
Evening star., 1942-09-20

18 to 81 apply. Successful appli-
cants are sworn into the Army Air
Forces Enlisted Reserve and during
their CPT training, which lasts from
6 to 10 months, are supplied with
uniforms. quarters and food. They
receive no pay.
Applicants selected for glider
training are inducted into the Army
Immediately after completion of
their elementary fight training as
flying privates with a base pay of
$50 a month. On completion of
their glider training the applicants
are graduated with a rank of staff
sergeant with flight pay of s144 per
month.
The current graduating class was
quartered at the Washington YMCA
and trained at Congressional Airport
in Maryland and Beacon Airport in
Virginia. New classes will be held
at Martinsburg, w. Va, since all
flying in the vicinity of the District
Evening star., 1942-09-20
II Students Start
Scholarship Course
At Strayer College
Winners Were Chosen
From High Schools Of
Capitol and Vicinity

Eleven students who won scholar
ships to Strayer College began day
session classes there last week. The
scholarships, each having a value
of one years free tuition in a day
session course, were awarded to the
June graduates of the accredited
high schools of Washington and
vicinity. The winners are:
Miss Zenaide Mcmillan Jenkins,
Anacostia High School; Miss Anna
Jane Billings, Calvin Coolidge High
School; Robert Hitte, Eastern High
School; Miss Olivia Jane Newly,
Mckinley High School; Miss Mar
garet Wilson Cook, Roosevelt High
School; Miss Nancy Bernice Marsh,
Woodrow Wilson High School; Miss
Mary Frances Harmer, immaculate
Seminary; Miss Zelda Warthen,
Damascus High School; Lawrence
Snider, Herndon High School; Mary
v. Laughlin, Surrattsville High
School; and Norma Joy, Washing
ton-Lee High School.
These awards were made on the
following basis: the seniors were
selected by their principals or tea
chers for excellent scholastic stand
ing. To be eligible it was necessary
for them to rank in the upper one
quarter of the graduating class.
Those selected and recommended
were then required to appear before
a scholarship committee at Strayer
College for oral and written exam
nations and personality ratings.
In addition to the classes that
these young people entered, other
sessions will begin in both day and
evening school tomorrow and Sep
tember %. Glasses in Strayer Col
lege of Accountancy will form on
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

distinct lack Of college graduates
who are able to attend law school, :"
he pointed out. Colleges must
choose between making law train
ing available earlier than they used
to, and thereby take up the slack
caused by the national emergency,
and continuing on the old basis
The accelerated program of study,
made possible by year-round in
struction on three-term basis, was
set up to meet the demands of
Nation at war. 1t will provide for
professionally and technically
trained men and women, and will
reduce the time required for the
completion of college work
Adoption of the plan to have mid
term examinations. instead Of the
usual term examinations. is also a
step made necessary by the war
and one that is calculated to keep
the Law School in step with the
rapid transition that is taking place.
Law Review on Quarterly Basis.
An examination will be given in
each class in law 71a weeks after
the beginning of each term. Un-
der this system If a student has to
leave and join the armed services
after taking the mid-term exam.-
nation, he will be given credit for
the amount of work he has accom-
phshed, providing. of course, he has
made passing grade. If he has
the opportunity, he may return and
finish the course.
The Law Review, to be published
on quarterly basis, will be under
the direction OF DR.. Saul Chester
field Oppenheim, professor of law.
he succeeds James Albert McIn-
tire, associate professor of law. who
Is now on leave to do special re-
search work for the Agriculture De-
partment.
Two new courses in war law also
nave been announced by Dean Van
Week. One is a course in mill
tary law and the other is a course
In war contracts. Military law will
be taught by Col. Archibald King
OF the Judge Advocate Generals
once, and war contracts will be
given by William Leigh Ellis, prin-
clpal attorney in the Office of the
Controller General of the United
States.
The course in military law is
schedllled to be given from $50
to 7:2o o'clock each Monday eve
nlng, and the war contracts class
VIII be offered from 7::30 to 800
o'clock Monday evenings.