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Evening star., 1943-01-19
Virginia Assault Suspect
Is Granted New Trial
By the Associated Press.

6f tne hsSociatd Press.
RICHMOND, Jan. 19.-The deci-
sion in the case of Samuel Legions.
colored, convicted of criminal as
sault on q married white woman of
Leesburg, was reversed and remand
ed for new trial by the Virginia Su-
preme Court of Appeals yesterday
on the grounds that the feeble"
efforts at resistance by the woman
and her husband amounted to
nothing but a shameful surrender
and capitulation"
The whole thing" the opinion
said, does such shocking violence to
any righteous conception of human
conduct as to be unbelievable even
To the most credulous and naive"
The opinion, prepared by Justice
George l.. Browning, related that
Legions was unarmed except for a
pocketknife, and that the only re-
sistance offered by the husband was
to strike Leeions with window
shade when the latter first entered
the room.
The opinion said aid and help
were readily at hand, but no alarm
was given"
Legions was convicted by a Jury
in Loudoun County Circuit Court
and his punishment fixed at death
In the electric chair.
Evening star., 1943-01-19

himself out and dropped into doze
on the gunwale of the raft. Sud
denly there was a terrific jolt and
a roar of pain from Capt. Cherry.
MY nose is broken!" he yelled.
Never Insult Shark.
I looked around and was inclined
to agree with him. The insulted
shark had let go mighty wallop
with his tail, smacking Bill squarely
in the face and knocking him into
the bottom of the boat on top of
Reynolds. Blood was gushing from
Cherrys nose. thought we'd never
get it stopped. A month later his
nose was still sore.
I will tell the reader now just
what I told Bill Cherry then. If
you have anything insulting to say
to 10-foot shark, wait till you are
safely back in San Francisco and
write him letter.
There is no entry in my diary for
the 18th day adrift, and only one
for the 18th day.
This reads: "Still in doldrums
Water low. Hopes low"
Every now and then somebody
would go out Of his head and yell
crafty. But that wasn't novel any
more.
Rick never lost his confidence that
we would be rescued and 1 don't
think I did. Hope was low, but ]
never told myself this was the end
1t was during this period that
imagined I met Davy Jones, the
mythical keeper of lost sailors souls
I am told it is unusual for man to
remember the creatures Of his deli
rum. l know only this: That the
things I now relate are more viyio
in my memory than many that actu-
ally happened. even though these
Evening star., 1943-01-19

taxes are needed for the high pur-
poses this Nation has in view,
though some would add Othello's
comment on another painful pro-
cedure: But yet the pity OF it,
Iago! Crying over it will do no
good. There's brighter side TO the
problem" This terrific taxation is
going to be a great lesson to all of
lls. 1t was said long ago that Wis
dom cries out in the street and no
man regards it." Now we are going
to be pinned against the wall and
made to listen.
Taxation goes back to earliest re-
corded history. The Romans had a
word for it (taxatio. taxationis) and
they derived it from the root Tag"
that goes back beyond the Sanskrit
10 the first faint dawn of speech, 4"
when cave dwellers joined in COM
mon council for the purpose of self
defense and the protection of pri-
vate or tribal property. A tax-the
handing over of some part of a
mans private wealth for public
purposes the sign manual of
civilization.
Complexities and Abuse.
/ That oversimplif1es 1t. of course.
1t was that simple at the beginning
but civilization has gathered a vast
amount of complexities And
abuses have crept in, whereby arose
the dictum; The power to tax Is
the power TO destroy"
There have been individual and
collective protests against taxes
The French Revolution and the
American Revolution were mass pro-
teStS-and quite effective ones
against unjust and oppressive taxa
ton Henry David Thoreau staged
a one-man rebellion in Massachu-
setts about a century ago. He re-
fused to pay a poll tax. When he
visited town to recover a pair of
shoes he had left at the cobbler' s
shop, he was seized as a tax dodger
and lodged in Jail overnight. In
the morning some friend paid up
for him and Henry departed to the
woods again. 1t was an evasive
solution of that particular tax
problem.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Three Nazi Ships Hit
In Attack on Convoy
Off Dutch Coast
British Also Loy Mines
\ In Enemy Waters and
Attack Roll Obiectives
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 10. Light
British patrol bombers hit three
enemy supply ships last night
In an attack on a convoy off the
Dutch coast, the Air Ministry
announced today.
The Raj bomber command did
not raid Europe in force last night,
but did lay mines in enemy waters
while aircraft OF the fighter COM
mand on offensive patrols attacked
freight trains and locomotives in
Northern France.
The nights operations were car
ried out without a single British
plane being lost, the communique
said.
Informed sources said they were
unable to explain air-raid alerts
sounded at Bern and Basel, Switzer-
land. shortly before midnight
The suspension of large-scale
bombing activities, presumably be-
cause Of unfavorable weather, fol-
lowed two great aerial assaults on
Berlin Saturday and Sunday nights.
German accounts insisted that
disaster" befell the British planes
and asserted that few reached the
capital. The Berlin radio admitted,
however, that fire damage was heavy
and termed the attack "a terror
raid" 1t said 81 persons were killed,
so of them prisoners of war.
There was some enemy aerial
activity over the coastal district OF
Southeast England early last night,
but the damage WAS not extensive
and only small number of casual
ties were caused, it was stated au-
thoritatiVely.
The Paris radio meanwhile, told
its listeners that the German Air
Force carried out very big raid
on London during the night and
started large fires.
Evening star., 1943-01-19

Getting closer to home, one solemn
old stalking-horse along the trail
of taxes has been whipped into the
grave in this hard going. That's the
tax-the rich fsllacy. For one thing.
under any plan Of taxation or even
conf1scation (the S25 900 a year SAL
ary limit is start on confiscation) =,
there just aren't enough rich men"
to solve small part OF our problem.
For another thing, it's impossible to
tax the rich" as a class. They
merely pass the taxes on. If the
landlord has his taxes raised the
lodgers have their rent raised. II
the beef barons have their taxes
raised the price OF meat goes up.
It's merely matter OF beating the
devil around the bush. The poll
tician with a scheme for taxing
the rich" is like the inventor who
claims to have solved the problem
of perpetual motion: either he is a
self-deluded innocent or a willy
fraud.
In the opinion OF this ready rate
payer 1t isn't the amount of taxes
we have to pay that has the ordi-
nary citizen baffled; it's the method
Or lack OF it-in collecting those
taxes that leaves everybody in a
fine thick fog, 1t is respectfully SUBJ
mitted that any sensible person who
studies the multiplicity of tax laws,
tax forms, tax returns and tax de-
cisions now current in this country
will come up with an attack of the
shrieking horrors.
Cost Is Appalling.
There are tax experts who can
tell you how many different taxes
are included in the price of a loaf
OF bread or hitch of bacon. There
are employers who have been driven
to the verge OF insanity by the oues-
tionnaires they have been forced to
flll out for tax purposes. just wait
until some OF the millions of citizens
who never before had to fll out a
personal income tax return get a
look at those remarkable documents
this year and try to fill one out as
required by law!
Even crossword puzzle addicts
will eulp and pull back with amaze
ment. We have Federal taxes, State
taxes and local taxes OF hundreds of
kinds. The cost Of upkeep of this
confused tax program is appa ling
the paper-work diff1culties of keep
ing track Of them and making pay-
ment-even when the money is ready
and the taxpayer is as willin' as
Barkis-are almost intolerable.
1t Is the hopeful thought in this
corner that with so many added
citizens finding themselves enmeshed
in the red tape OF our tax program
this year. there will come a full
throated roar, loud enough to be
heard in the halls OF Congress. for
some simpler scheme OF extracting
from the pocketbooks of the citizens
the money that is required to carry
| forward the functions of Federal
State and local government and, In
dire days like these, such additional
sums as are necessary to preserve
our heritage OF freedom and pursue
the purposes for which this Nation
was founded.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Second Girl Accusel
To Testify Today in
Enrol Flynn Case
Motion for MistrinI
BY Stote Is Dropped
By Agreement
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-Peggy
La Rue Satterlee. Is, Hollywood en-
tertainer, was to tell today Of her
weekend cruise in August, 1941,
aboard Enrol Flynn's yacht Sirocco.
She will be among the last of the
witnesses the prosecution brings to
the stand in its efforts to convict the
film star on three counts of a statu-
tory assault charge. Her testimony
follows that of two juvenile officers,
who will be questioned on the count
involving 17-year-old Betty Hansen,
Of whose assault Flynn also is ac-
cused.
The prosecution phase OF the
hearing neared an end after a State
demand for mistrial was dropped
yesterday by agreement Of opposing
counsel.
Prolonged arguments in the cham
bers OF Superior Judge Leslie E.
Still ended with agreement by at
torneys that one of two women
jurors accused by the State of ex-
pressing their attitudes toward the
defendant should be replaced by an
alternate juror.
The juror excused was Miss Elaine
Forbes, secretary to a radio exec
utive. Three women members of
the jury panel declared in affidavits
filed by the State in support OF
It's mistrial motion that she had
expressed a determination to get
on the Flynn jury. Two of them
asserted Miss Forbes declared her
purpose was to acquit the de-
| fendant: the third charged she had
said she would convict him.
Her place in the jury box was
taken by Mrs. Alice F. Chalfant
housewife and one of the two
alternate jurors who had listened
to evidence previously introduced.
The other woman juror named in
one Of the afidavits was permitted
TO remain In the case. She is Mrs
Lorene Boehm, who was quoted as
having remarked before the start
OF the trial, Il am for Enrol Flynn
in big way"
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Traffic Suit Asks S., 900

A $4,000 damage suit against Harry
T. Bussard has been filed in the
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville by Raymond Watkins
father of Thomas E. Watkins, who
allegedly was injured when his mo-
torcycle and a car driven by Mr.
Bussard collided.
Mr.. Watkins is being represented
by Donald Bowie, jr Both parties
are Montgomery residents.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Apartment. House Fire
Routs IS Tenants

Fifteen tenants OF an apartment
house at 1910 Lamont street NV.
were routed in their night clothes
early today by two alarm fire
which caused considerable damage
to the basement and first floor.
There were no injuries in the fire,
which was discovered shortly before
l am. by an unknown person, who
telephoned the Fire Department.
Several families had to be reused
by the first firemen to appear on the
scene.
Firemen fought the blaze for more
than two hours. They said the fire
was believed to have started In a
pile Of old magazines and papers
stored in the basement. There was
no estimate Of damage.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Wide Interest Reported in Workmanship
Course to Be Given Here Next Month

Officials of the National Rifle As
sociation which, with the War De-
psrtment and The Star, is spon-
soring a course for Washington men
in rife craftsmanship today de-
scrlbed response to the program
announced in Sundays Star as ire
mendous."
Headquarters of the association
| at 1900 Rhode Island avenue NV.
has been swamped with telephone
calls, they said, as men seek addi-
tional information on the seven
week course to be given next month
in four District high schools and
George Washington University.
They requested that men-the
course is open to all male persons
is years or older-appear in person
at headquarters rather than tele-
phone.
Meanwhile The Star will make
available, beginning tomorrow, a
DOotn IN 1tS l0ODy Tor registration
of applicants. 1t will be open from
pm. to pm. weekdays and Sat-
urdays.
Beginning tomorrow men may
bring the coupon carried on this
page either to The Star booth or
association headquarters, which will
be open from 9 am. to pm. week
days and a m. to 3 pm. Saturdays
A fee of $3.50 to cover cost Of
ammunition and targets should be
paid at the time of registration.
officials stress that while priority
would be given men of induction
age, from 18 to 38 years, they were
hopeful of providing classes for per-
sons above and below this age
range. Unless the facilities are
overtaxed all will be taken care Of"
q spokesman said.
Endorsement of the program came
yesterday from Col. E. c. Endicott,
head of the War Department.
Civilian Workmanship Division,
Evening star., 1943-01-19

were delusions Of a mind set off kill
ter by heat, thirst and suffering.
On the sixteenth night, I think 1t
was. it seemed I heard voice:
This is Davy Jones, Jim. Come
on down, down to my locker. I want
to see you"
remember thinking I had MOTH
ing to lose. So, 1t seemed in my de-
lirium. I slipper over the side of
the raft. being careful that Rick
didn't see me go, and slid down and
down through the warm water.
On the bottom I came face to face
with Davy, a powerfully built man
with white mustache that curled
down over the corners of his mouth.
With him was his assistant, Jim
Blood.
"Are you ready to come down here
for good?" Davy asked.
told him no. Jim Blood then be-
gan talking to me. I like Jim better
than Davy. He wasn't so austere.
He was powerfully built also, but
clean shaven.
He was genial and suave and
treated me about like the sales man
ager of an aircraft corporation
would treat his best customer.
Were all ready for you down
here, jim" Blood told me. YOU'D
better stay. You don't belong or
land, Jim. You belong with us
You've been a sailor, and all sailor,
should be with us. Il was in thu
Navy from 1919 to 1929 How
about it?"
I thanked him, but told him
wasn't ready yet. Then in my de.
lirious fancy / went back to the raft
Voices would call Hello" to mi
across the stern. always answers.
them and asked their names, which
they always gave me.
Sees Night Clubs.
Several times 7 asked that jim
Blood come up and talk. I like thai
fellow. He always came and asked
each time If I was ready to come
down for good. On the 17th might
was sitting up in the raft and Il
seemed to me we were. travelling
down lane with roadhouses anc
night clubs on either side. WI
passed up one fine looking club, a
which I had thought we would stop
was irritated. so I turned around
to Capt. Cherry and said sharply:
bill, why didn't you stop at thai
big roadhouse with the neon signs?'
There's better one a little
farther on, Jim," he replied sooth.
ingly. At this point Jimmy Reynold.
joined the conversation.
He wouldn't have stopped on thai
Island anyway" he said. "I don't
know whether 7 should tell you fel.
lows or not, but they are secretly
drilling for oil there. saw the biz
condensers they use to get drinking
water from the sea-"
Whats that? What's that?'
This was Rick yelling over from tn,
other raft.
THE oil is secret" Reynolds tolc
him. Il think Bill Cherry knows al
about it, though"
Hes nuts" Cherry replied.
Just a. minute. now" Rick con.
tinued Lets get to the bottom o.
this. What island is this your.
talking about? l want to know al
about it,
Later, in Samoa, Rick and I had 9
good laugh over this one.
L must have been balmy, too,
he told me. But I wasn't overlook
ing any bets dealing with island,
that had water condensers on them.
tcopyright 1943. by Chicago Tribune)
CTo be continued tomorrow
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Congress in Brief
BY the Associated Press,

BY the AssOCI Ihted FreSS,
In recess until Thursday.
Senate:
Small Business Committee calls
retail and wholesale trade repre-
sentatives on wartime distribution.
Special Defense Committee hears
Grove Hill, Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, on farm machinery
needs.
House:
Considers investigation OF Federal
Communications Commission.
Rules Committee studies resolu-
ton for war program investigation.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
One Small Voice BY John Kjeron
In the TentocIes Of Tuxes

It's an i'll wind that blows no.
body good. With the huge war
budget needed for Ammo Domini
1943. all of us are going to learn
more about what taxes are than we
ever knew before. Rich man, poor
man. beggar man, thief-doctor,
Evening star., 1943-01-19
AIon Ludd TO Enlist

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (Hl.--
Alan Ladd, movie tough guy. said
today he has enlisted in the Army
Air Forces. He wife, Sue Carol. for
rner film actress and nov his agent,
Is anticipating a child.
Evening star., 1943-01-19

hood sing song
had it, are in
for it together.
They will get d
closeup view of
it-all Of them
this time. The
tentacles of tax
alton will reach
where Mr.. Every
m a n c a n s e e
them and feel
them. They will
be in his pock-
cts and at his
throat.
E V cry b o d y
a aprefS that. high
Evening star., 1943-01-19

who said the plan would go 4
long way toward making America 8
fighting forces the finest marksm.n
in the world"
The course will include lectures
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Rickenbocker's Cussing Boosts Raft Morale;
Men Swear They Will Live to Spite Him

This is the eighth inStallnent
OF the ddy-by-ddy story OF Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker and the
seDen companions NTH 10honl he
fought thirst, hunger. sharks and
the elements in the equatorial
Southwest Pdcifc.j
Evening star., 1943-01-19

on the use of firearms, demonstra-
tions of firing and actual firing
Each student will fire minimum
OF l22 rounds from standard %
caliber rifles.
Evening star., 1943-01-19
Pre-Induction Workmanship Course

Conducted the National o-oeration with
the War Department and Evening
Please enroll me in the anship course.
Days not available for instruction
All entries accompanied presented bv
the applicant at the headquarters OF the National
1900 Rhode Island between Satur
days before 3
Evening star., 1943-01-19

(To be continued tomorrow.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
Fire Vital Clue
To Solution Of
Cakes Murder

EDITORS NoTE-Th6 IL tho
sirfh in a series Of ~ articles hy
Raymond c. SCHNEIDER, fhs inter
natioaoily famous private dstse-
hus. detailing ths inside story 81
he psrsonGI inusstiRatioH into
ths Sir Harry Oskes murder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
DELIBERATE PATTERN

The Logical theory WAS that the
fire had not been started hap
hazsrdly but had been according
to deliberate plan and under
control.
l have said that there are GER
tain aspects of voodooism in the
murderer's modus operandi. The
burning LtAe-epeha4s- one
of them. In this burning, il ap-
peared that the killer had held
flame directly against one eye,
then the other.
Was il possible that in his wild
adventurings, Sir Harry had
looked upon something which men
capable of murder had guarded
jealousy? Sir Harry had been
in the jungle more often than on
city streets.
Parallel with the bed and three
feet TO the west of il, was the
heavy screen which was TO figure
so prominently in the trial OF
Alfred de Marigny.
There were no burns or smudges
on the side of the screen toward
the burned bed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
FIRE ACROSS CUPBOARD

Ny attention was attracted 70
n white paneied. double-door cup
board which stood against the
wall al this point. Now there
were no carpet burns directly
below this cupboard which could
have smoked and Jared up 10
mark H.
Yet the cupboard, As high AS a
man could reach, was hlackened
where fire had passed across II.
cou4 come 10 only one con
cluSion. The murderer had moi
thrown some LIQUID on the floor
and touched a match 10 A. He
was carrying his instrument oil
FIRE in his hand
Now / came 10 a very large
burned area in the rug which ex
tended TO where the carpetinl
ended al the door I looked 81 this
with great interest. Was II pos
sible that the murderer had beer
marking his path Of exit for some
fantastic reason?
The night OF the murder had
been stormy. Rain had dashed the
grounds about midnight. Any
body coming there after that time
70 commit murder would be almost
sure 10 have wet. muddy shoes
shoes that would leave telltale
prints on the light-colored rug.
Had the flame-carrying killer
been crafty enough to look for
such prints? His terrible work
done, had he paused 10 apply his
torch 10 the discriminating marks,
charring the whole area ?
made a note and stepped out
into the hallway where an even
greater surprise awaited me.
(Copttnued Tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
MAY SOLVE MYSTERY

Theories 1 am still building
from those clues hold the promise
of results which will GO a long
way toward clearing UP this
mystery.
Many persons are under the
impression that Sir Harry simply
was murdered in his bed and that
a quantity of inflanmable fluid
was poured over the bed. then set
sfire. That is not the picture |
obtained when l walked into the
death room.
The mattress around the out
line of the body was burned But
/ was taken Immediately by a
burn on the head of the bed Fire
had been directed against the
solid wood of the bedhead TO burn
q crescent-like pattern only few
inches from the top of Sir Harry's
head
| knew that the victims eye
balls had been severely burned.
This meant that fire had been di-
rected Just below and just above
the hairline Yet the hair of Sir
Harrys head was not touched by
flame.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
SURPRISE BURNS

But consider what l found when
i walked around the screen, and
follow closely the fiery trail i
shall describe.
The screen was burned on the
side away from the bed A
scorched and smudged line began
in the middle of the last panel,
which was closest TO me, then
swerved down almost to the floor.
The line went diagonslly up and
across the second panel II ended
in the middle of the third screen
section. making wide vertical
black area
/ examined the carpet. Half
VIA Y To the door opening into the
hall was large. irregular charred
area, IL made NO raeosv>N79sls
pattern But Il did lead roughly
in the direction Of the door.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27
BY RAYMOND C. SCHNEIDER
As Told to Fred Dickinson

NEW YORK. Nov. 26-The fire
accompanying the Cakes murder
is a vital clue. Why was IL set :?
How was il set.
Those are among the first oues-
tons asked by an investigator.
There are others equally i'm
portant. Why did the fire fail 10
destroy the house and the body
Why were flames concentrated on
certain parts Of the body?
Remember that the obvious
answers which spring 10 mind
here are not necessarily correct.
Certain physical clues found AZ
the scene Of the crime offer diff
fering answers not al all obvious.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-27

1WO DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES we're called or
= 10 establish the scientific proof Of the fact that
MuItr-Faced diamonds, cut with SO focets. have
areoter bri'sncs that 2fanarYf 5a-faoet danoods
Ur. Frederick n. POUCH, Curator OF Geology and
Mineroogy Of the American Museum OF Natural
History, and the Electrical Testing Laboratories Of
New York conducted separate tests which
resulted in documentary evidence that in every
instance diamonds with 40 estro facets showed
measurable increases in DriIionce.