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Evening star., 1942-08-18
Mount Rainier Weighs
PinbuII Machine Tax

Bert E. Sager, corporation coun-
sci of Mount Rainier, Md, present.
ed an ordinance at a Town Council
meeting last week to levy $24 an
nual tax on pinball and slot ma
chimes. A vote on the proposal was
postponed to later meeting.
The Court Of Appealssrecently up
held State law legalizing pinball
machines.
After receiving petition from the
citizens in the area Of Thirty second
street opposite the Mount Rainier
Elementary School, the Council
voted to retain present parking
limits on the west side of Thirty
second street.
The Council voted to rezone par
of the haywood Gardens subdivi.
sion from residential C to CONNER.
cial D.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Last Witnesses
Being Heard on
Tax Exemptions
Action Expected
To Await Regular
House Sessions

The Senate District Committe
may complete hearings today on the
McCarran bill to liberalize the law
governing tax exemption for the
property Of religious. charitable and
educational institutions. Remain
ing to testify are spokeslnen for
scientific institutions and some of
the religious house of study.
The bill is intended to restore
exemptions to some of the inStitu-
tional properties placed on the tax
rolls by the Commissioners during
the last 18 months. because the Real
Estate Tax Exemption Board con-
cluded they did not come within a
strict Interpretation of the present
law.
To Study Amendments.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada, has indicated he probably
will wait until Congress resumes
regular legislative business next
month before seeking action on the
new exemption measure. Meanwhile,
the committee will study series of
amendments offered during the
hearings by organizations whose
spokesmen feel the bill needs fur
ther clarification to meet deserving
cases.
Outstanding among these amend
ments is a suggestion that the def
milton of exempt land surrounding
institutions be the amount reason
ably" used or required, instead of
the amount absolutely" required
Among the witnesses heard yes
terday afternoon were Charles v.
Inlay, for the Baptist Home of the
District; DR.. Robert l.. Lang, super
intendent of the National Lutheran
Home For Aged: Mrs. David M.
Lea. for the Episcopal Home For
Children, and officials of the Maret
School.
Inlay Reassured
Mr.. INLAY was assured by District
officials that institutions like the
Baptist Home would be exempt from
taxation under the bill as now pend
ing.
In the case of the Lutheran Home,
the District placed part of the sur
rounding land on the tax books as
not being required. In appealing to
the committee. DR.. Lang explained
that the opening of several new
streets through the institutions
property recently has cut the land
into separate parcels. He testified
also that the land came to the in
stitution under restrictions that
make it difficult for the home to
dispose of it.
In the case of the Home for Epis-
copal Children, Mrs Lea also was
appealing from the Districts deci-
sion, taxing three acres of its land
as excess.
One witness appeared yesterday
In opposition to exemption of reli-
gious property from taxation. He
was John D. Bradley, of the Free
Thinkers of America. He questioned
the propriety of such exemptions as
conflicting with the principle OF
separation of church and State He
argued that tax exemption is an in
direct contribution by the State to
the churches.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Virginia Holds Second
BIack0ut Drill Toniqht
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclateQ PIeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 18.-Vir-
ginia will hold its second Statewide
blackout-excepting Fairfax and Ar
lington Counties-from $3.50 to l
o'clock tonight.
Traffic will be permitted to move
with dimmed lights, but all non
essential lighting must be cut of
for the blackout period. Sirens will
sound for a short simulated air raid
during the night, and total black
out will be enforced for that time.
All traffic will be halted. and pedes-
trians must leave the streets.
A number of wounded" persons
will be seen in the streets in Rich
mond and some other cities. This
will give emergency medical units a
drill ->--.-,~
The Virginia Protective Force will
send up 16 planes to observe effec-
tiveness of the blackout.
Railroads were planning to black
out all trains.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Temperature Takes Dip
After 1,36-lnch Rainfall

Lower temperatures today fol-
lowed last nights rain which
brought the total precipitation for
the month to 10.48 inches. Rainfall
Yesterday totaled 1876 inches.
Precipitation so far this month
already is $50 inches above the nor
NAL for August.
The temperature yesterday
reached a high of 83 degrees just
before the rain began. The readlne
at 9a.m. today was 73 degrees.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Nv. F. Conrad Death
Called Suicide

DR.. G. E. Hawks, Montgomery
County (Md) coroner, today issued
certificate of suicide in the death
yesterday of w. F. Conrad, 5000
Wynnwood road, Woodacres.
According to police, Mr.. Conrad
was found seated in his automobile
in the garage at his home with a
hose attached to the exhaust pipe
of the car and extending into the
car.
He was found by his wife when
she returned home, police said. He
left no notes and his wife could offer
no explanation for his act, accord
ing to the officers.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Arlington Rotion Boord
Will Extend Hours

The Arlington County Ratlonlng
Board will be open from to 10 pm.
tomorrow to accommodate motorists
who are unable to call for their sup
Elementary gasoline ration books
during the day. The board is 10
Gated on the third floor OF the Medl-
cal Center Building, 1924 N. High
land street
Mrs. Grace Gaumnitz, executive
secretary, also announced that the
sugar rationing Office in the Jef1er-
son District Clinic will be open from
] to pm. August Is, September
and September 8.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
StuIin's S Son Leading
| Aerial Pursuit Group
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 18-Col. VASTLY
Stain, son of the Soviet Premier.
was disclosed today to be in COM
mand Of a pursuit aviation group
on the southern front. An article in
Red Star said he supervised the
work of fighters in an aerial COM
bat over a river crossing recently.
On June 81 1t was announced
that Col. Stain, who still is in his
2Os, had been awarded the Order Of
the Red Banner for bravery in
front-line battle.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
British Ship Survivors
Landed at Fire Port

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, Aug. 18-Eighteen sur
vivors of the crew Of SO of a British
freighter torpedoed by an Italian
submarine 750 miles off Newfound-
land have been landed at an Fire
port.
An Irish steamer picked them up
IN boat 10 days after their ship
sank. The captain had died from
exposure
Evening star., 1942-08-18
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WAR Bonds
- -

"Kamerad" was the cry Of sur
render of the Boche troops during
World War at the sight of advance
ing Yankee soldiers with fixed bayo-
nets. The bayonet is vital weapon
in hand-to-hand fighting and every
American infantryman must have
one The bayonet costs IS and the
Scabbard S1.30 each.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Made Defense Director

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. Is (SpeciaD -
Police Commissioner Thomas G..
Basil was elected city defense di-
rector at a special meeting of the
city council last night. Mr.. Basil
also is chief air raid warden for
| Annapolis.
Evening star., 1942-08-18

We need millions Of these weapons
for our rapidly growing Army. You
can help pay for them with your
purchase of War bonds and stamps.
A IS War stamp will buy one bayo-
net. So invest at least 10 per cent
Of your income in War bonds every
payday and become member OF
the patriotic Ten Per Cent Club"
United States Treasury Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29

(Continued from Page D the effect that King Victor Elm. manuel has decided to assert him- self and demand Mussolini's resig- nation as well as that of Count Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister and son-in-law of Il Duce.
 Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italy's greatest contemporary soldier who was ''purged" by Mussolini after the first big Italian defeat in Af- rica, might become premier if the king is able to bring about the coup, according to the unconfirmed reports.
 The Rome radio reported that Mussolini presides today over Q meeting of the prefectS of the Ital- ian kingdom and gave Q detailed explanation of the country's inter- nal situation, which Is said in other reports to have reached such an acute point that Q purge of high-ranking Fascist officials is im- m.nent.
 Difficulties Told
 Italy's present difficulties were described by Mussolini, according to the Rome radios version, as due to Q "series" of causes including Q lack of understanding and fraud. He promised that the perpetrators would be punished.
 Increased population, the food requirements f the Italian armed forces, aid given to the populations of Axis-occupied countries, the cutting OR of imports and trans portation difficulties were other causes cited by Mussolini to the prefectS.
 Last years nsatisfactory har- vest was said by Mussollni to have compelled him to reduce food ra- tions to an absolute minimum, par- ticularly bread.
 He was said to have promised, however, that measures will be adopted guaranteeing bread for all Italy" and that other new measures will prevent imitation.
 Tn conclusion of his speech Mus solini was said by the Rome radio to have asserted that the same dis- cipline must be enforced for work ers--known in London to be grumbling about the war--as for soldiers.
 An Exchange Telegraph Agency dispatch from Switzerland said that Mussolini has given to the Fascist prefectS special powers to take appropriate measures in re- gard to food rationing.
 Recently there have been many Italian complaints of food profit eering, to which Mussolini un. doubtedly referred in his conn plaints about fraud" in today's speech.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
FORMER PARTNER
 OF TTLDEN DIES

Pittsfaeld, Mass, April 2p--tUpI-- J. Harry Cox, SO, former business associate of oldtime presidential candidate Samuel ]. Tilden, died today ct his home in nearby New Lebanon, N. F., after 6 two-week illness.
 A native of New York city, Cox was president of the Tilden O., pioneer drug manufacturers. 10 graduated from the City College 0f New York in 1878, two years after Tilden, @ Democrat, was defeated by one electoral vote In the preB- idential campaign against Ruther- ford D. Hayes, Republican. COX joined the Tilden O., in 1880 as secretary -treagHrer and at Tildone death in iD1A became president. His wife and one Bon died several years aRo. fze leaves another Son, ". ucrdon Cox ~ cld Chatham, NsYs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
Sacrifices Must Be
 Made To Aid Soldiers
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sion to war purposes.
 'You do not have to be c professor of economies" MT. Roosevelt added, "t see that if people with plenty of cash start bidding against each other for scarce goods, the price of them goes up"
 So he urged upon the people his plan to sop up surplus buying pow- CT and to prevent the upward spiral of living costs as presented to Con- gres in his message and as partly implemented by yesterdays on. nouncement of price and rent con- trols. And he said each point. taxes, stabilizations, limitedw income and all, was dependent on each other point. But he complained of objec. tions and seemed to point particu- larly to the farm bloc where pro. posed abandonment of statutory price advantages has not been well received.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29

ing men as examples of real self sacrifice. Tn between was his ex. planation of what total war" must mean to every American man, woe man and child on the home-front. Not all can fight nor even produce the weapons or materials needed for the armed forces, MT. Roosevelt ex- plained.
 "But there is one front and one battle where everyone, in the United States-every man, woman and child lis in act!on," he continued, land will be privileged to remain in ac- ton throughout this war. That is the front right here at home, in our daily lives and in our daily tasks.
 Here at home everyone will have the privilege of making whatever self-denial Is necessary, not only to supply our fighting men, but to keep the economic structure of our country fortified and secure during the war and after the war.
 "This will require the abandon ment not only of luxuries but many other creature comforts"
 This appeal was Q direct follow. up to Mondays message to Con- gresS.
 That seven-point message asked for taxes to keep personal and cor. porate profits reasonably" low, lv. ceilings on prices and rents, s.abA liEation of wages and farm prices, greater purchases of war bonds, ratIoning of scarce essentials and checks against imitation caused by debt conditions. The price and rent control orders were issued last night.
 Congress Misled
 Congress must act. too, if farm prices are to be stabilized and if MT. Roosevelt offers c further tax program to impose limits on per- sonal and corporate income.
 He said we now are spending solely for war purposes more money than ever has been spent by any other nation. The rate is $l00, ,000,- GOO day and that will be doubled by the year end.
 Ali of that money spent for nlll- nitions goes into the bank accounts and pockets of the people while the raw materials and manufactured goods available for civilian use steadily are diminished by diver
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
FORMER GOVERNOR GROSS IS ON STAND
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(Contlnued from Page D ations entered Into the appoint- ment.
 q didn't consider that," replied pr. Gross. q appointed John Mac Donald (Ccx's predecessor who was even a Republican. Of course, MT. COX lived In Virginia for Q time. Those Virginians are Jefersonian Democrats. They imagine they vote for Jefferson when they vote the Democratic ticket. The Republi- cans here said the Democrats were worshipping false gods in the New Deal, I thought then I had Q man who would satisfy both groups"
 Experienced Man
 Assistant Attorney General Rich ard H. Corkey asked whether you considered Mir. Cox an experienced road builder when you appointed him?"
 "Yes," said the witness.
 Corkey asked whether a consult ant had been appointed in 1888 to assist Cox when he first took offlce.
 "Yes, a consultant was employed on my advice"
 Dr. Cross said he named former Highway Commissions Charles J. Bennett. to help the new conanais- sioner because he was the only one "who knows the northern part of the state best. It was on my pro- posal that Mir. Bennett be employed as an advisor for Q short period"
 ''Did you recommend to Cover nor Baldwin when he came in to re- appoint MT. Cox?" asked Berry.
 'That is my memory"
 Nambed Cox in 1888
 pr. Cross first appointed Cox in 1888 to succeed the late John A. Macdonald. The former governor was expected to be Q character witness" for the suspended cornmis- sioner.
 Chief Defense Counsel Joseph F. Berry, who anonunced Dr. Cross appearance, concluded defense tes- timony late yesterday on the Gam mino Construction company's build ing of two small bridges at Led- yard. The defense was expected to move today to the construction of Q decking on the Stratford avenue bridge at Bridgeport.
 Maj. Joseph Mariani, Q member of Governor Hurley's staff, will tes- tify as to his firms construction of the decking, and circumstances surrounding around of tn econtract to his organization.
 The defense in the trial may con. clude tomorrow or Friday and then the state was expected to produce several rebuttal witnesses.
 Testimony yesterday was highly technical and concerned mainly point-by-point details of the Gam nina firms construction of the two Ledyard bridges, and its claim for about $7,000 damages from the state for idle equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29

CContinued from Page 1) trols crippled carried out the bomb- ing of transports and returned to base.
 Mother Has Her Hopes
 "Mother says she hopes Hewitt doesn't have to fight again soon, he's been through 50 many battles, but I want him to keep on giving 1t to the Japs," the father said.
 Capt. Wheless, a graduate of the army's Kelly field, Tex, school, three years ago, went to the Philip pines last October. His father said he was now in this country "aS far as I know"
 The flyer, Q black -haired man of %, is only s feet 6 inches tall, and the father said his fellow-pilots call him shorty" In the ranch country around Mendard, where Captain WheleSs was reared, his nickname was Nun.
 "That's 6 disfiguration of the word 'none,'" the rancher said. "Hewitt's young friends around here used to cali him that because he was so small there was hardly none of him at all."
 Nun" was born in this southwest Texas County seat town but he stayed only nine years, when he was taken out of elementary school and sent to Dovecote Military Acad- emy in Mississippi for the remain. der of bis prep school work.
 He then returned to the University of Texas for two years when he eli. listed as an air corps cadet and was trained at Kelly and Randolph fields in San Antonio.
 Graduated 2 Years Ago
 He was graduated two years ago with a second Meutenant's commis- sion and began Q round of service that took him first to March field in California, then to Albuquerque and finally to the Philippines.
 That was seven Innoths ago. When his sailing orders came he was at the bedside of his wife In Fresno, Cal, where the couple e week before had become the par- ents of Q daughter.
 Here in Menard there was no other topic of conversation today on the street corners and in the stores.
 'sThe whole towns talking about t." Mayor c. R. Sanders said. "Everyone,s trying to remember something special about the little WheIeSs boy they used to know when he was growing up on his dads ranch just outside Of town.
 ''personally, I recall Hewitt as just Q normal boy with just the normal amount cg meanness and just the normal love Of fishing swimming and hunting"
 Another Parent Happy
 Little Rock, Ark, April 20-(Up) Mrs. Albert Wassell, s6, listened as President Roosevelt told cf the herOigna of her son, Lieut.. Comdr. Corydon M. Wasgell, in Java.
 'sfEe did his duty as he saw itA as he would have done had he known it would have taken the breath cg life out of his body" Mrs. WasselI said. q am satlsfied and happy that my son could De Og 70 much help to men wounded in the seEgaos Qs elw country
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
Air War Raging With Fury Through Europe
Continued from Page D

nicersary of Hirchito, the Japanese Mikado who is something more than human to his 80,0O0,000 subjects, but scheduled imperial military review in Tokyo suddenly was called off lon account of unfavorable weather" - perhaps actually in fear of another raid by American honlbers.
 American and Australian bomb CTS, continuing their hammerings of Japan's island invasion bases off northern Australia, were revealed in communique from General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters to have destroyed enemy arnmuni- tion dumps in an attack on the Port of Lac in New Guinea. The raiders braved heavy Japanese gunfire to carry out the attack, without losses.
 A Japanese fleet of 22 planes in- cluding eight bombers was beaten from another attempted attack on port Moresby, Allied advance base on the southern coast of New Guinea.
 In Manila Bay the guns of the besleged fortress of Corregidor shot down two of & fleet of Japanese bombers attacking the rock-girt bastion ct high altitude, and ex- changed fire with Japanese shore batteries.
 War COmmunique
 washington, April 29.-(UP)-The big guns on Corregidor Island and the other U. s. forts in Manila bay blasted Japanese troop and artil- lery concentrations along nearby coasts and sank e medium sized armed ship, the war department an nounced today.
 A war department comrnpunique the first in two days, reported that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters had advised that Japanese air attacks on the Manila bay forts are lessening in intensity with most of the attacks during the past 4s hours being made by dive bomb- CTS.
 However, the department said the U. s. forts were shelled heavily by Japanese batteries located ir Cavite and Bataan.
 Text of communique No. 209 or the military situation as of e:3O a m, EWT:
 "1. Philippine theater:
 Reports from Gen. MacArthur'' headquarters in Australia indicate Japanese air attacks on Corregidol and the other forts at the entrance to Manila bay are lessening in in- tenSity. Most of the attacks dur ing the past two days were made with dive bombers.
 "Our forts were heavily shellec by Japanese batteries located in Ca vite and Bataan. Our guns returned the fire, silencing some batteries and breaking Up troop concentrations. A medium sized armed vessel operated by the enemy in Manila bay waS sunk by our guns.
 Enemy attachments are advanc- ing against patrols from our units near the southern end of the Ca gayan valley in the mountains oi northern Luzon.
 "1n Panay, our troops are continu- ing their resistance in the vicinity of Alabunan and San Remigio Enemy troops have been largely con- centrated at the ports and in the coastal areas of the island.
 There has been an increase in enemy naval strength in the waters near the Visayan islands, in the central part of the Philippine archi- pelago.
 "2. There is nothing to report from other areas"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-29
wich and Bath with Its Roman ruins.
 Russians Want Invasion

Russians want Invasion
 The Russians, although cheered by the destructiveness of the RATS offensive striking at bases of supply and production for Adolf Hitler's Russian front, called again for an allied invasion of western Europe. A Soviet spokesman in Kuibyshev said that German forces in other parts of Europe have been so de- pleted in efforts to stem the Red army which, he said, still holds the initi9tive that the hour has come for an allied second front.
 The battle of Burma appeared to be nearing Q bloody climax as three strong Japanese columns, heavily supported by planes, tanks and ar- tillery, drove close to the Mandalay- Lashio railroad--the lifeline of China's hopes.
 The President, in his radio talk last night, acknowledged that the situation in Burma was grave and taht Allied resistance might be overwhelmed but he gave this coun- trys pledge to the Chinese = the first to take up arms against to- talitarian aggression = that planes and munitions vii lhe delivered to China somehow even If Burma falls.
 Dispatches were confused as to how far north toward the railroad the Japanese had driven but they were believed to be drawing steadily nearer Lashio and the railroad town of Hsipaw.
 German-origin radio reports that a Japanese motorized column had reached Lashio and that another was 62 miles from Mandalay were discredited in Allied quarters, although 1t was conceded that both centers were nlenaced gravely.
 Chinese Are Striking
 About 40 miles south of Lashio Chinese forces led by Lieutenant General Joseph w. Stilwell, U.A.A. were striking eastward from Taung- gyl toward Loilen, distance of about 37 miles, in an effort to bite off the northernmost Japanese forces and cut the erlemy's lines of communication to the Lashio- Hspiaw front.
 Today was the 4ist birthday aIl-