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Evening star., 1943-02-23

Committee and Chairman George
Of the Seante Finance Committee
for prompt filing of income tax re-
turns. THE returns have been COM
ing in much better since then" the
Secretary said.
Representative Gearhart, Repub-
hcan, OF California meanwhile pro-
posed that all plans to abate I942
individual income taxes be discarded
and that Congress adopt a system Of
weekly or monthly deductions from
wages and salaries for the payment
OF income taxes as now computed.
A member of the Ways and Means
Committee. he submitted his ideas
to subcommittee considering pay
as-you-go proposals
Under his suggestion, taxes due In
1943 would be based on the income
of 1912 at present rates and ex-
emptions, but withholding tax
probably between 20 and Is per cent
of net taxable income-would be
levied to provide for collection at
the source by weekly or monthly
deductions against fixed incomes
paid at stated intervals.
Persons without fixed incomes
paid at regular intervals would con-
tinue to pay their income taxes as
they do now.
Mr.. Gearhart suggested that when
any person dies or becomes bank
rupt, all outstanding income tax OBJ
legations against him be wiped out.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
korgenthau Urges
Speed on Legislation
To Raise Debt Limit
Plans to Go Ahead With
Loon That Would Go
Over Present Maximum
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Congress received a gentle hint"
from the Treasury today to hurry
up and pass the legislation raising
the national debt limit to $780,
0OO, 900 900.
Secretary Morgenthau said that
although the Treasury's plans to
borrow $4,000 100000 in a second
victory loan drive this spring will
send the debt over the existing limit
lbs ,000. 900 ,000-he's going ahead
anyway and hopes that Congress ap-
proves.
Il can't imagine why when we get
this drive started and we see 1t is
getting up to the limit Congress
wouldn't get together and pass the
thing" the Secretary told report
erS.
They are not going to say to the
country that the Treasury has got
to stop in the middle of drive be-
cause we passed beyond the debt
limit"
Such action. he added. would be
like stopping an appropriation for
ammunition IF we were short of
ammunition in the middle of a
battle"
Hopes for Approval.
A bill to increase the debt limit
to s210 900 900 900 has been approved
by the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, but it contains an admin
istration-opposed rider repeating
President Roosevelt's $4,000 sal
ary limitation order. Mr.. Morgen-
thau appeared confident, however,
that regardless of the controversy
the measure would be approved.
II never worry about this debt
limit. I think If it gets close enough
Congress will want the bills paid
and if they don't their constituents
do" he said.
The Treasury reported the public
debt was $113,160, ,159,954 February
10. This amount did not include
s4290,592,118 in guaranteed obliga-
tionS not subject to the debt ceiling.
New Tax Proposal.
Mr.. Morgenthau last week made a
Joint appeal with Chairman Dough-
ton of the House Ways and Means
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Frank H. Iden Dies;
Ex-Assistant Enqineer

Frank H. Iden, former assistant
District engineer, died Sunday after
a long illness. He was 81 years old.
Before his retirement in 1941 he
lived at 6l5 Twenty-sixth street,
South Arlington, Va. He had re-
Gently returned from Winston -Sa-
lem, N. C..
Mr.. Iden was born in Manassas,
Va, and studied engineering at
Washington and Lee University.
He started with the District gov
ernment as a construction engineer
on the District Building at Four
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. He worked out methods OF
testing building materials which
have been used in the Govern
ment's building program which
transformed Washington.
He was a member of the Uni
versity Club and the Sigma Nu
Fraternity. He is survived by his
widow, Alma D. Iden, and by his
father, william G. Iden, retired
merchant, and brother, v. Gill
more 1den, industrial editor of the
Bureau of National Affairs.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at / o'clock at
Chambers Georgetown funeral
home. Burial will be at Manassas.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Hotel Man FACING
Stolen Bond CHARGE
BY the Associated Press.


The arrest of John jay O'Brien
at cumberland, Nd. Oh 4 COMPLAINT,
that he handled several thousand
dollars worth Of stolen bonds was
afii1OUfced yesterday by the Justice
Department.
Director J. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
said O'Brien, former Miami, Fla,
hotel proprietor, was the last of nine
persons arrested on charges OF con-
spring to deal In stolen securities.
The FBI director said also that
so. 600 in stocks and bonds, among
them several of a South American
issue, were stolen from the automo-
bile Of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor E. p.
Barkman at Daytona Beach, Fla,
May IL, 1942. On June 10. 1912,
stocks and bonds valued at $4,000
were taken from Robert A. Middle
ton in Utica, N. Y.
Mr.. Hoover related that FBI
agents reported the securities were
disposed OF through 4 New York
brokerage Arm by Matthew Rein
hardt. former stocks and bonds
dealer.
The others arrested previously
were listed by Hoover as AL Joseph
Contento, alias AL Howard. Broad
way night club operator; Frank A..
Miller, New York attorney; Daniel
Spencer Moran, George A. Turley,
Sigmund SAKE, Russell Safferson
and Joseph w. Grober. former stock
and bonds dealers in New York,
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Walter Reed Patients
To See Show Toniqht

Patients at Walter Reed Hospital
will be given show tonight under
the sponsorship of Cooley-McCul-
Tough Post of the American Legion,
which, according to the post, may
be the last show staged for some
time because of transportation re-
strictions.
Charles Kohen. past comma n der
of the post, will be directing his
l,00Oth show tonight,
Evening star., 1943-02-23
War Bond Buying TO Get
Merchandise Condemned
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra-
tion and the Treasury Department
joined today in condemning what
they termed "a growing practice" of
selling merchandise, particularly
nylon hosiery, on the condition that
purchasers buy war bonds.
Combination transactions of this
type, the OPA declared, violate price
regulations. In addition, the agency
said, the practice might eventually
lead to limiting sales Of scarce goods
to customers with sufficient money
to buy bonds.
The Treasury declared it strong
ly disapproves' of the plan, terming
1t questionable though undoubtedly
pursued with the best of motives"
Evening star., 1943-02-23
SpeIlmon Conference
On Church Matters
By the Associated Press.

bS the AssoclsSd Press.
The National Catholic Welfare
Conference announced yesterday
that Archbishop Francis j. Spell
man Of New York conferred with
the Pope on ecclesiastical matters
In his audience at Vatican City.
Following his audience with Pope
Plus XII" the conference state
ment said, Archbishop Spellman
said he reported to the holy father
on matters that related to the
Archdiocese of New York, to the
Pontifical Society for the Propa-
cation OF the Faith and to the Cath
olic Near East Welfare Association.
AZ military vicar of the United
States armed forces, Archbishop
Spellman also reported to his holi-
ness on the work Of Catholic chap
lains with American troops"
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Gandhi Has Quiet Day',
With No Appreeiab|e
Change in Condition.
Prayers for Release Are
Offered OF Numerous
Places in India
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. ,E,~
NEW DELHI. Feb. 73.--Mofandas
K. Gandhi, now In the fourteenth
day OF his scheduled 2l-day fast
in protest against his detention by
British authorities. passed . quiet
day yesterday and slept several
hours although he is growing pro-
gressively weaker" dispatches from
Poona said. ,.
A government conmunique issued
at Bombay today said There is no
appreciable change to record" The
communique. signed by the six doca
tors attending the Indian leader.
said he had only broken sleep durs
ing the night but dozed OF and ON
during the day" yesterday. He ap-
pears to be comfortable, 1t said. -
The crisis created by his six
month confinement in the palace OF
the Aga Khan at Poona and hts
sudden decision to fast at the age
of 73 deepened as 1t became ap-
parent he might die II the fast Is
not ended soon.
Prayers for a long life for tina
Nationalist leader and for his
unconditional release were offered
at numerous places of worship
throughout India. The Parsi COM
munity at. Karachi met and re-
quested tfe viceroy to release
Gandhi Internationally to save mis-
life for the cause of universal good
will and peace. M
A Calcutta corporation adjourned
its meeting yesterday without trans
acting any business "in view Of
the present state Of Gandhfs
health" Many students left their
classes to pray.
In London the News Chronicls
in an editorial today said that
"Gandhi is dying In captivity" and
asked Prime Minister Churchill to
free him "as an act OF high moral
courage at time when the worlds
standards Of morality are at very
low ebb."
"If Gandhi dies In detention, India
will never forgive us" the news-
paper said.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Senator Nye's Wife
Gives Birth to Son

Mrs. Gerald P. Nye, wife of Sena-
tor Nye, Republican. Of North Da-
kota, gave birth to a son last night
at Columbia Hospital The baby
weighs 8 pounds and ounces.
The Nyes had already decided to
name the child-if a boy-Gerald
Prentice. jr.
1t is the first child for Mrs. Nye,
the former Marguerite johnson,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Johnson of Iowa Falls. Iowa. The
Nyes were married December IA,
194o. Senator Nye has three chill
dren by a former marriage.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
.2,75o British Bombers
Lost in European War
By the Associated Press.

6s me Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Great Brit
ain lost 2,759 bombers over Ger
many and western Europe from the
beginning OF the war through 1912,
Wilfred Hansford Gallienne, Brit
ish consul general in Chicago, said
yesterday.
Mr.. Gallienne said his information
came through Official channels and
that he had been granted permis-
sion to release the figure.
He told a meeting of advertising
men that now all Of England is an
airport" In describing the deter
mination of workers to make large
numbers of planes and of British
pilots to fly them where they will
be most effective.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Cox Says Army, Navy
Build for 10-Year War
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Feb. 23-Representa-
tive Cox, Democrat, OF Georgia told
the Georgia Legislature yesterday
that the Army and Navy are build
ing for 10-year war.
"Of course that does not mean
the war necessarily will last that
long, but it is a wise precaution. he
said. There is much talk being
spread that the end is near and
want to say to you that it has only
just begun"
He expressed a wish that Gen.
Douglas Macarthur could be re-
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Geological Society to Meet

Charter members of the Geolog-
ical Society of Washington and 9TH
ers who joined soon after it's found
ing will speak at pm. tomorrow at
a meeting in the Cosmos Club in OBJ
servance of the society's 50th ami
versary. J. ]. Fahey is chairman of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1943-02-23

turned to the United States to head
this Nations war effort, but said of
course there were reasons this could
not be done.
Asked If his statement on Mac
Arthur meant he favored the gen.
eral as presidential candidate in
1914, Mr.. Cox said. II am for running
the 1914 political race on principles,
not personalities"
Then he added, "Im for Jim Far
ley"
Evening star., 1943-02-23

You can't pop corn over a match
flame. You can't build house with
discarded barrel slaves. And well
never win this war with less than
all we've got and the best we've got.
Buy War bonds.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Missing Persons

| Those hdDtng Information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
NTH the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Ma
| tiondl 1000. |
James Parsons, 13, 5 feet, 11O
pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, wear
ing overall trousers. blue sweater
and brown shoes: missing from 5511
Caroline place NV. since Sunday.
Mary Louise Norris, IL, S feet, 95
pounds, brown eyes, blond hair,
wearing pink sweater, blue and red
skirt and short tan coat: missing
from -Four Corners, Md, since Sun
day.
Stanley Riley, 8, colored, wearing
brown sweater. knickers and blue
polo shirt: missing from 603 Tenth
street NE. since yesterday.
Doris Gather, 13, colored, 5 feet
3 inches; missing from 1882 Twelfth
street NV. since yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-02-23

KILLED IN Magnuson Democrat of
Washington Is shown above looking at package containing
cigarettes returned to him Guadacana in the Solomon
Islands bearing the notation Ked Action package
mailed to Capt George Newgard Representative Magnu
sons roommate North Dakota University p Photo.
Evening star., 1943-02-23
Traffic Resumes.

lTamc Resumes
whether people mistook the sec
ond "blue" signal. 10 minutes later,
Tor the ell clear or had merely be-
come more used to moving In the
dark could not be determined. but
N the downtown area crowds
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
Nelson ExP plains
Gas Shortage

mittee Our only job is to beat
the Axis powers"
But, it has been claimed" he
went on, that there is a shortage
of high octane gasoline because of
decisions made last December re-
garding the synthetic rubber pro-
gram.
The fact is that it takes from
IL to Is months from the time a
high octane gasoline plant is prof.
ected until it begins producing, SO
today's shortage dates back much
farther than any decisions made
last December"
Nelson said the decision which
brought about today's gasoline
shortage was made June 16, 1912
under directives from Patterson
and Forrestal looking toward pro-
duction of equipment for the North
African invasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
ltQlion Admits
Attack ATTEMPT

Joe Abatti, young Italian,
confessed at l pm. Tuesday
to brutally beating a farm
er's wife in attempting to
attack her at her home west
of Meloland earlier in the day,
Sheriff Robert w. Ware said.
The woman, still hysterical and
frightened, identified Abatti as her
wouldbe attacker. Ware said Abat-
ii had blood on his clothing when
arrested at his home a short dis
tance from the woman's home.
Peace officers and farmers search
ed the Meloland area for the man
and located him a short time after
the incident was reported to the
sheriff by neighbors of the injured
woman.
The woman escaped from her
would-be attacker and he fled the
scene in an automobile in which
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27

American troops suffered their
first setback in the battle on the
northern front in the loss of a rocky
hill they partly scaled, but in other
sectors they forged ahead to within
iG miles of Mateur at the ap-
proaches to Bizerte.
British and French troops were
closing in on Pont Du Fahs, road
junction southwest of Tunis, and
the British First army advanced in
the Medjez Ell Bah region to within
eight miles of Tebourba and %
miles of Tunis.
SMASH BARRIERS
American, British and French
armies advanced in every key sec
tor of the semi-circular Tunisian
front, closing in on desperate Axis
forces and smashing barriers across
the approaches to Tunis and
Bizerte.
The Royal Air Force, swarming
back over Germany after a five
day layoff, pounded Duisburg in
one of the heaviest raids ever made
OH the reich. Flying Fortresses
from northwest Africa bombed
Grossetto in western Italy, and a
big force OF heavy bombers from the
middle east command attacked the
Italian Adriatic port of Bari
Lieut.. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's
British First army completed the
conquest of Longstop hill dominat-
ing the eastward road to Tunis. and
to the south knocked out 20 more
German tanks for a total of 80 de-
stroyed in great tank battle
southeast of Mediez Ell Bah.
ON RIGHT FLANK
French forces fighting on Ander-
sons right flank drove forward to
seize a hill overlooking Pont Du
FahS, strategic road junction 33
miles southwest of Tunis in an ad-
vance threatening the whole Axis
southern defense position.
Still farther to the southeast the
British Eighth army advanced
through the rocky slopes above En-
fidaville. After some of the blood
lest fighting of their 2,000-mile push
across North Africa, Gen. Sir Ber-
nard L. Montgomery's men were
Continued on Page 6, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
GEARHART DISSATISFIED

FRESNO, April 27.-UP)-Rep-
lican, California, member of the
House ways and means committee
today expressed his dissatisfaction
with the committees action in ap-
proving a three-year extension OF
the reciprocal trade agreement law
without provision for congressional
approval.
Gearhart said he was strongly in
favor of continuing reciprocal trade
agreements but did not believe the
one amendment attached to the leg
islation by the committee earlier to-
day was sufficient. The amend
ment would Authorize the Presi-
dent to suspend application of the
act at his discretion, to articles
controlled by international cartelS
II believe all agreements should
be submitted individually to Con-
gress for approval Gearhart said
The Congressman predicted that
the legislation as it now stands
would meet strong opposition when
it reached the floor.
He advocated amendments which
would protect America against
abuses of authority which have al
but destroyed our foreign trade
UNLESS we can take the manage
ment of international trade from
the gang of crystal-gazing interests
which now control it, what little
foreign trade we now enjoy will be
gone, Gearhart said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27

construction in the AleCtians as a
springboard for raids on the west
coast, he replied:
"ALWAYS POSSIBILITY"
There's always a possibility of
attack anywhere by anybody, but
it is always a remote possibility"
When he was asked to explain
why he thought the chances of
such an attack were remote, Knox
said that our defenses against such
raids had been improved; that we
are engaging the enemy elsewhere,
and that he (the Japanese) is al
ready spread out pretty thin"
There's always a chance of a
nuisance raid" he continued.
There's even a chance the Ger
mans might try a suicide raid on
the east coast, but that is highly
unlikely"
SUICIDE RAID"
Knox explained that he meant by
suicide raid that the attack
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27

would be made by the Germans
without any expectations of their
getting back, and that it would be
only in small force and solely of
nuisance value.
Knox said that the Germans have
only one aircraft carrier COM
pleted
Our own carrier building pro-
gram, Knox said, is progressing very
satisfactorily and is well aheac
of schedule"
He said that the program woulc
replace many fold our losses among
carriers.
The most important piece OF
news from the Aleutians, Knox
said, is the weather, which he de-
scribed as bad, rotten"
PLANES IMPROVED
Knox was asked about reports
that the quality of Japanese planes
has improved. He said there was
nothing sensational or distinctive
about the japanese planes, but he
did not doubt that the japanese
had made some improvements in
their aircraft.
The submarine situation, which
he has frequently described as hav-
ing ups and downs" now is in a
down" stage, he remarked.
AS for a report from Portugal
that the carrier Ranger had fought
a successful battle against subma-
rines off the African coast, Knox
said that this was the first news
he had had of such an engage
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
Committee Okuvs
Law Extension

WASHINGTON, April 27-(UP)
The House ways and means COM
mittee by a vote of IA to II, today
approved a three-year extension of
the reciprocal trade agreement law
Only one amendment was attach
ed to the legislation by the COM
mittee. This would authorize the
President, at his discretion, to sus-
pend the application of the act to
articles controlled by international
cartels.
Republican attempts TO restrict
the operations of the program were
defeated by votes of IA to II, ac-
cording to Republican members.
Committeeman explained that the
one amendment written into the
bill-adopted by Is to 10 vote
supplements Mr.. Roosevelt's exist
ing authority to suspend agree
ments if he decides that the other
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
Red Cross Helps
Victims of Fire

Members of four families whose
belongings were lost in a fire that
destroyed the Coates Apartments on
Adams street last Saturday, are be-
ing assisted in obtaining clothing
and many household necessities by
workers of the Ell Centre chapter of
the American Red Cross, Mrs. Lot
tie Meagher, executive secretary of
that organization, said Tuesday.
Seventeen persons, including a
number of children, make up the
four families who appealed to the
disaster committee of the Red Cross
chapter for help.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
Boys Held for
Attacking Soldier

Three young Mexican boys who
attempted to beat a United States
soldier N CaleXico last weekend
were held in the Imperial county
Jail Tuesday pending action by ju-
venile officials and the courts.
Angel Orosco, 16; Pete Valenzuela,
20, and Pete Alvarado, l8 were pre-
vented from injCring the soldier by
military police, who went to the
soldiers assistance, CaleXico police
said The fight occurred on Sec
ond street in downtown CaleXico
early Sunday morning.
CaleXico police said they had had
trouble with the three boys fire.
quently, and that they believed they
were connected with a Pachuco
gang but further investigation
would be necessary to determine
the status of the trio.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 27.-UP)
Chairman Donald Nelson of the
War Production Board told the
Truman committee today that the
North African invasion-not the
synthetic rubber programs re-
Sponsible for the present shortage
of high octane gasoline.
Nelson appeared before the Sen
ate committee at a public hearing
into protests by Undersecretary of
War Robert P. Patterson and Sec
retary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes that high prorities granted
the synthetic rubber program has
created a shortage of aviation gas
oline that threatens to ground
some combat and training planes.
ALSO TO APPEAR
Ickes, Patterson, Rubber Director
William M. JefferS and Undersec-
retary of the Navy James V. For
reStal also are scheduled TO appear
before the committee this week.
Nelson opened his testimony with
a protest against the fact that the
dispute had been made a subject of
public controversy instead of being
settled through established proce-
dure within the War Production
Board.
war time is no time for airing
personal grievances or public pop
ularity contests" he told the COM
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27
Stims0ll in Favor
OF Drafting Dads

WASHINGTON, April 27.-CUP)
Secretary of War Henry L. Slim
son believes that legislation pro-
hibiting the drafting of pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers this year may i'm
pede an early end of the war it
was disclosed today.
In letter to Tie Senate mill
tary affairs committee, he said;
Great opportunities are now de-
veloping for us to end the war as
quickly as possible. In order to
take advantage of developing oppor-
tunities to bring the war to a
speedy close, it is essential that the
carefully planned and coordinated
program of raising and training
an army composed of our best
equipped fighting men be not i'm
peded.'
Imperial Valley press., 1943-04-27

: said many Mexican farm workers
had filtered across the border, at
tracted by high wages and added
that as a result, cotton growers in
Lower California were threatened
with the loss of their 100000 crop
for lack of pickers."
JUST BEING PLANTED
Cotton is just being planted in
the Mexicali Valley and will not
be ready for picking until fall, :"
Vice Consul Ignacio Pesqueira said.
IF a number of farm workers
went to California until picking
time, cotton crops would not suffer
as planting and irrigation require
few men compared to the number
of picking" the consular employe
+ stated.
He said there are several hun
dred experienced farm workers in
MeXicali who are in search of work
at preset, explaining that they
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