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Evening star., 1943-05-27
Relief for Low
Incomes Kept
In Tax Bill
levies Up to $66.67
To Get $50 Credit
And Pay Balance
Hy the Associated Press.


Senate and House conferees,
winding up their work on a pay
as-you-go tax system. recon-
mended additional relief today
for some smaller taxpayers.
The joint committee, whose tax
bill the Senate and House are eX-
pected to act on next week. stuck
to its plan of granting lC0 per cent
abatement of years taxes for
persons with bill of $50 or less
and IS per cent for those in the
higher brackets
Then it added this provision; Per-
sons with an abatement year bill
of I'D to S6667 get a fiat $50 credit,
having to pay only the difference,
The idea was to prevent too much
discrimina lion between those. for
example. who owe Just under $50
and those who owe Just above $50.
After the conferees announced
compromise agreement Tuesday.
some conference members said they
understood the compromise Stipu-
lated not only that persons owing
more than $50 would get a IS per
cent abatement, but also an addl-
tional abatement of $50 - which
would mean complete cancellation
for persons with a tax liability OF
5000 or less for the abatement year.
The Conference Committee. head
ed by Chairmen George Of the SEN
ate Finance Committee and Dough-
ton of the House Ways and Means
Committee. was called back into ses-
sion to decide exactly what had been
decided on.
Meanwhile Secretary Of the
Treasury Moreenthau said enact
ment of the compromise tax bill.
which il is estimated will bring in
an additional So 500, 100000 in the
next two years. will not meet the
Treasury's needs for additional
revenues
More Funds Needed.
He told his press conference TODAY
that he still is of the opinion the
Treasury must get at least another
$4,000 900 900 in taxes this year.
I'VE need it very. very bad, he
added.
Senator George had declared the
compromise provided only IS per cent
cancellation for persons with tax
bills over $50, but Senator Vanden-
berg. Republican. of Michigan,
conference member, said he under
stood the taxpayers first would de-
duct IS per cent from their abate-
ment year liability then subtract $50
to arrive at the amount to be paid.
BY such a mechanism. person
owing s40O would deduct $500 rs
per cent and another $50, leaving
under today'S agreement.
While the conferees are in session
they probably will polish up wind
fall provisions and other phases of
the pay-as-yoU-go legislation. which
will come up for vote in both
House and Senate early next week.
Meanwhile. House Minority Lead
or Martin. who directed three un-
successful battles for the modified
Ruml plan to bypass an entire tax
year. threw his partys House
See TAXES. Page A-22l
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Maryland Park Soldier
Dies in British Raid
Others Also Killed When
Bomb Smushes Hotel

b. The Assoc! !sted Press
SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN
ENGLAND. MAY 26 Delayed
Six American soldiers were killed
last Sunday in a German raid on
a southeast coast town when bomb
smashed a hotel, it was announced
today.
The dead included Pvt Harry L.
Parker, Maryland Park, Nd, a sub
urb Of Washington.
Pvt. John Tworyczczuk of Hill
side N. j., was injured, but is re-
covering.
The Americans were spending
period Of leave in the town.
Pvt. Twovyczczuk snatched a
woman out Of danger from falling
debris and took his machine
eunned Comrade to hospital be-
fore discovering that he himself
had been injured by falling wall.
1t. Col. William Perry OF Balti-
more, battalion commander, rec
commended Tworyczczuk for a SOL
diers Medal.
The dead will be buried in the
United States military cemetery at
Brookwood tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
De Gaul|e Pledges Early
Unification Of French
Earlier Story on Page A-l1.)

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 27.-Gen. Charles
de Gaulle told the French people in
a radio broadcast tonight. on the eve
of his departure for Aleiers, that
forces of the empire soon would be
unified and promised the liberation
Of France herself
we have paid heavily enough for
our absurd division to be convinced
We will emerge from the abyss only
by uniting in solid bloc" the
Fighting French leader said, This
modern edifice can be built only at
the cost of orderly and fraternal
effort,
Union of the empire will be ac-
complished When it is realized how
this is done in the face of difficulties
then ones respect for France
and ones faith in her destiny will
become even greater"
Evening star., 1943-05-27
war Plans NOW Complete ROOSEVELT SAYS
Germans Admit Falling Back
From Kubun Front-Line Area
Violent Upsuree in Land and Air Battle
For Enemy-HeId Sector Is Disclosed

Soviet rifle divisions and three tank
regiments
DNB said the main attack was
delivered against German positions
between Moldavanskoje and Kijev-
skoje, in the area of Krymskaya, v
which lies 20 miles above the port
of Novorossisk. Other attacks were
reported pressed to the south in the
Novorossisk sector and to the north,
along the banks of the Kuban.
Both Russian ana German reports
had indicated violent upsurge in
the land and air battle for the Ku-
ban River zone held by the Ger
mans from Novorossisk northWard to
Temryuk, on the Sea of Azov.
The Russians announced in their
midnight communique last night
(See RUSSIA, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Late News Bulletins
ID Indicted in Sale of Army Medicine

PHILADELPHIA 1Pp-A Phadephia nhvsician seven
druggists and six other indicted by Federal
grand jury today charges helping dispose privately
$4,000 suadazine tablets manufactured for Army use on
battle fronts The physician Leonard Brill ST. was
charged specifically with conspiracy receiving stolen
tablets
Jury Asks Carnegie Steel Indictments
PITTSBURGH t'-A Federal grand jury today rec
commended the United States attorney prepare indictments
against the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp employees
In connection with its into charges substand
ard steel having been sold the Government.
Strike Closes Ball Bearing Plant
JAMESTOWN N. Y. lp-Producton the Marlin Rock
well Corp, Jamestowns largest plant has halted
petely company official said today
thorzed strike of members of the United Automobile
Workers The plant manufactures ball roller bearings
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Order by President
Ends Strikes in Akron
Rubber Factories
Workers Employed OF
Three Major Plants
Comply With UItimotum
BULLETIN.


AKRON, Ohio lP,.-Spokes-
men for Akron's four largest
rubber companies reported
virtually normal shifts re-
ported for work at 2 pm. to-
day as CIO unionists. COM
plying with a presidential
ultimatum, ended a five-dav
production stoppage involving
more than 10000 employees.
By he Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio, May 27.-CIO
unionists ended strikes at three
major Akron rubber companies
today. complying with the noon
deadline set in a presidential ul-
timatum concerning a fve-day
production stoppage that threw
more than $4,000 into idleness.
A small shift returned to war joos
at the B. F, Goodrich Co. just as the
deadline approached after United
Rubber Workers unionists there de-
cided to observe the President S
orders.
The back-to- work movement start
ed earlier as Goodyear and Firestone
Tire & Rubber Co. employees .trag-
gled into the plants throughout the
morning Six hours after the first
men reported on the m shift
Firestone guards estimated so per
cent of the force was on the Job.
General Co. Crews Back.
Previously General Tire & Rubber
Co. reported a full working force on
the JOB
Earlier. when virtually no en-
ployes had entered the gates at
Goodrich. United Rubber Workers
Union members there said their
president, George H. Bass. had called
on them to meet at 10 am and
pm. Workers were instructed not
to remain away from jobs just tc
attend the sessions.
MI Bass and presidents of locals
at the other companies MADE radio
addresses late last night, urging
their members to observe the noon
deadline
The President. acting as Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy, termed the work stoppage a
fragrant violation of the no-strike
pledge" and asserted in his telegram
to the unions last night:
Deadline Was Set.
If this strike is not ended by Il
O'Clock noon Thursday, May q, your
Government will take necessary
steps to protect the interests of the
Nation -
Executive boards of URW locals
at Goodyear, Firestone and Good
rich promptly adopted a resolution
urging immediate resumption OF
war work and their presidents then
made radio appeals.
The rubber plant walkouts started
spontaneously, union leaders de.
clared-with news last Saturday
that the National War Labor Boarc
tSee STRIKES. Page A-22D
Evening star., 1943-05-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 27.-Attacking
nearly 100000 strong, Red Army
infantry and tank men have
forced the Germans to fall back
from a front line sector of the
Kuban bridgehead several miles
long and kilometers l.24 niles
deep, DNB announced today in
a dispatch broadcast by the Ber-
lin radio
The German news agency said
Nazi defenses all along the delta
stronghold were battered. The
broadcast was recorded by the AS
sociated Press.
The attacking force. which struck
after thunderous artillery prepara-
ton. was reported made up of six
Evening star., 1943-05-27
1000 Reported Killed
In Disorders in Holland

By he ASSOCIATED Press
LONDON, May 27-Aneta. Meth
erlands news agency. said today
that more than 1000 persons we're
reported to have been killed in Nail
occupied Holland early this month,
when disorders resulted in procla-
nation of martial law.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Fertilizer Pay Studied

ATLANTA, May u IP.-Argu-
ments, high lighted by union de-
mands for general 10-cent- hour
pay raise for more than 500 fertilizer
plant workers in five Southeastern
States. will continue today before
a tri-partite panel of the fourth
regional War Labor Board
Evening star., 1943-05-27

NEW YORK. May q (Pl.-
Stocks higher: blue chips extend l..
advance Bonds improve; rails;S
active. Cotton quiet; price fixing
absorbs offerings.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At BOstOn-First Game
Cleveland - 900 600 OOO- 50
Boston -- 600 O2O COX 2 50
Battcries-Naymick. REYNOLDS, Hcvinr
and Rosar; Hughson and Peacock.
At Boston-Second Game
Cleveland - 0Ol 0l0 DOL 20
Boston ~ O40 600 OOy-4 so
Batteries-Bazby and Rosari Judd and
Partee.
At New York
Detroit - 600 300 0
New York 900 200
Baueries-Newhouser and Richard; pon-
aid and Hemsley.
St. Louis at Washington-Night.
Chicago at Philadelphia-Nigh
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Cincinnati
Philadelphia 600 600 OOO- o 40
Cincinnati 600 212 2O.- Is 0
Battsries-Johnsen. Podsajny and Liv-
ingston; Riddle and Mueller.
At Chicago
New York. 100 |
Chicago - 90
Batteries-Wittir and Lombardi; War.
neke and Hernandez.
At St. Louis
Boston --- 200 900 0
St. Louis 100 900
Batteries-Tobin and Mast; Pollet and
Odea.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh-Night.
Todoy's Home Runs
American.
Cullenbine, Cleveland. 9th inning.
National.
Marshall. Cincinnati, 6th inning.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Early Results
Tomorrow's Entries on Page A-20
GUIDE FOR READERS

Page.
After Dark B-12
AmuSementS,
B-18-19
Comics B-22-23
Editorials A-l2
Editorial
Articles - Alb
Finance -A-22-23
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Weather Report

From the United States Weather Bureau Report
Moderately warm tonight. Temperatures to
day-Highest, 83, at $3.50 pm; lowest, 81, q
$50 am. Full report on page A-22.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Home Runs

American.
Cullenbine, Cleveland. 9th inning.
National.
Marshall, Cincinnati, 6th inning.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Markets at q Glance

(See BROWN, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Industry and Papers
Praised for Efforts
In Salvage Campaign

The District Salvage Committee
paid tribute yesterday to the public
utilities, department stores and
larger industries Of the city which
have been quick to realize the
urgency Of the Governments appeals
for cooperation in the salvage pro-
gram"
The committee also had praise for
newspapers and radio stations, COM
menting:
"The constant appeal through
newspapers and radio and by men,
bers Of the entire committee has
gradually brought to our citizens the
one important fact that salvage
program is not a drive limited to
any set time but Is program that
must be carried on daily in our
homes, business establishments and
industry"
The shortage Of available workers,
together with shortages Of gasoline,
tires and trucks, has imposed consid-
cradle obstacles to the carrying on
Of salvage efforts, ofncials said.
Nevertheless, the committee said,
ut is fact that millions upon mil
lions Of tin cans, waste fats. paper,
clothing and rags, collapsible tin
tubes, rubber tires and scrap metal
become available every day, and for
this reason salvage must be daily
operation"
Of1icial War Production Board fig
ures indicate that Washington stands
we'll up among the States in the ma
tional salvage program, the commit
tee stated
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Nations Zinc Stock Pile
Reported at 1888 Tons
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-An I'M
proved zinc supply situation was dis
closed this week with release OF
monthly trade statistics for the first
time since May, 1912.
At the end of last month stocks of
slab zinc had risen to new high Of
l59,o53 tons. When censorship was
clamped down May 81, 1912, supplies
had reached a low peint of 18,447
tons. Slab zinc imports and zinc in
concentrate form owned by the Gov
ernment were not included in the
total
Refined copper stocks at year end
are expected to aggregate about
100000 tons and probably will be
augmented substantially In January
Trade sources said lead demand
remained good and Is more than
sufficient to take care Of domestic
and foreign production available to
the United States.
Current output Of plates, sheets
and light structural shapes is vir-
tually all furnished to the ship
building and construction concerns
for landing barges.
Many in the industry observed
the Christmas holiday this year for
the first time since Pearl Harbor
This will result in fairly substantial
decline in the rated capacity opera
tions this week.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

been placed under ALLEGATION, along
with a number of hardwood species
that go into truck bodies and naval
craft. Port Orford cedar, used in
storage battery separators, is rigidly
controlled from stump to finished
product.
Furniture Makers Hit.
WPB has announced a is per cent
reduction for 1914 in the board foot
age Of lumber which furniture man
utacturers can use, together with q
prohibition on nonessential furni-
ture such as ferneries, home bars
and cellarettes, magazine racks, tea
wagons, juvenile bookcases and toy
chests. . =
The order, limits manufacturers tc
a three month inventory supply Of
plywood, veneer and dressed lumber
and a six-month supply of rough
lumber.
The final furniture restriction
limits December use of seven crit
ical hardwoods-ash, beech, yellow
birch, hickory, hard maple, oak and
rock elm-to 80 per cent of the
amount used in the third quarter
of 1943.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

a hat store in downtown Washing
ton. It had fewer than 600 mem
bers and its assets, President Mont
gomery recalls, were nothing to
shout about. When, on his birthday,
William Montgomery became the
society's directing head, he also was
its sole employe.
He was not only an officer. He
swept out the Office in the morning.
He wrote letters. -re filed the pa
pers. He collected ~remiums.
He interviewed new Its. He
supervised the invest.
The young man who = Y in
County Tyrone, North Ire-a. as
insurance executive, clerk. s. :
rapher, field representative and
financial adviser rolled into one.
He was. literally, a one-man busi-
ness.
The story of his success is a saga
Of America nenterurise.
Charter Amended.
From the start, Mr.. Montgomery
envisioned Acacia as an institution
devoted for all time to the service
and welfare Of its policyholders and
their benefciaries. In 1922 he had
the company's charter amended to
provide that "the company shall
forever be conducted for the mutual
benefit of its policyholders and their
benehciaries and not for profit" "
Thus the company is owned by no
individual, but by all Of those 1t
serves.
Mr.. Montgomery's worldly assets
were confined to a small steamer
trunk and its contents when he
came to America. But he had a
vision; today his dreams have come
true.
Chartered by act of Congress in
1869, the company had been started
by local men to relieve individual
distress after the Civil War. On
December 26, 1893. Mr.. Montgomery
was elected president. The owners
decided to give him a chance to put
his ideas and energy to work.
Ridiculed at First.
Mr.. Montgomery was ridiculed in
his early years for endeavoring to
build life insurance company on
the legal reserve basis rather than
the assessment plan. His company
was the first to change over.
He created for Acacia the first
contract with field men under which
they were compensated not so much
upon the volume of business they
sold, but rather upon the amount OF
business they serviced and kept in
force. This was done to imple-
ment Mr.. Montgomery's conviction
that "a lapsed policy is a loss to
the policyholders, loss to the COM
pany and loss to the agent who
wrote it." 49,
Mr.. Montgomery says he has q
"one-track mind" to the )xtent that
Acacia has been uppermost in his
thoughts for the past half century
AS an indication of his civic
minded spirit, Mr.. Montgomery gave
an entire floor Of the Acacia home
Office building to the District Red
Cross for utilization as a blood donor
center.
1t was in this spirit that Mr..
Montgomery, on the eve of his
golden anniversary with Acacia, told
Evening star., 1943-12-26
States Of Union Prospered,
Paid Many Debts in 1913

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-Prosperity
and thrift high-l lighted the fiscal af-
fairs Of the States OF the Union
during 1913. Frank Bane, executive
director Of the Council of State
Governments, reported today.
He said State administrations in
vested total of $1,5O0, 900 600 of
surplus funds in Federal bonds dur
ing the year, and reduced their gross
Indebtedness by almost 81, 900 O00, 900.
with surprising uniformity" Mr..
Bane set forth In a statement, "the
States have followed recommends
tions first made by the councils
Tax Committee in December, 1941,
which urged that States pay of
debts. restrict new expenditures to
essential war activities, invest sur
pluses in War Bonds, maintain tax
rates and economic by improving
State administration"
He also reported that in 1943 every
State had an agency or commits
sion at work on programs of post
war development and reconstruc-
ton.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Christmas Express
Volume Here Hits
New Record Peak
BY EDWARD-C. STONE,

In the first "a days OF Decem-
Der, Christmas express business In
the Capital exceeded all previous
records, as the rush of holiday trade
continued, Supt. w. O. r. Hannah
of the Railway Express Agency an
nounced yesterday.
In this period 247,944 shipments
were handled, while 232,970 pack
ages were dispatched In and out
of Washington in the comparable
% days year. ago. an increase of
14,974, or ga per cent, Supt. Han
nan added.
The December figures compare
with period last year when the
express company was collecting a
great many tires for the Govern
ment, shipments running abnormally
high. This makes the present gain
the more significant. Shipments for
the year to date are also far ahead
Of 1912.
While the company still has lot
Of Christmas business on hand, this
will be disposed of very shortly.
The branch in Arlington, Va, and
the new Office in Brentwood, Nd,
have greatly facilitated deliveries
In those areas, Mr.. Hannah said.
Weeks Sales i'm Slight Drop.
Department store sales in the
Capital for the week ended Satur-
day, December ID, were per cent
below the corresponding week a
year ago, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond reported yesterday.
However, sales were per cent
ahead OF the previous week this year.
Cumulative sales in Washington
In the four weeks ended December
18 were not quite up to last year,
revealing drop of per cent, the
survey disclosed. In this period
sales in the fifth district were up
per cent, in Baltimore per cent
and a group of other cities, per
cent.
In the week ending December 18,
sales in the whole fifth district were
Oh per cent from last year, in the
group of cities were up 2 per cent,
while Baltimore sales were even
with 1912, the report said.
Trade in the Capital for the full
holiday season is believed to have
equaled and probably exceeded last
year or any other year, merchants
said yesterday. Trade was very
heavy up to the last day
Passenger Traffic Scars.
Revenue passengers CARED by the
Capital Transit Co. in the first II
months of this year numbered $751;
516,696, an increase of 68, ,198,23S over
the same l942 period, or a 1877 per
cent gain.
Revenue passengers in November
totaled 33,488,064, which was 2,489,-
Evening star., 1943-12-26

F F $3.50 . Extra r % s sf special ru 80 cents extra
Evening star., 1943-12-26

1852, or per cent more than were
carried In November q year ago, the
report to the Public Utilities Com
mission reveals. November net Of
$l34.244 was off $5,483, due to in
creased operating expenses.
The net income Of 81, ,463 1892 In
the II months was decrease Of
$232,447. While operating revenues
of $25 5,640,752 were up $3,943,015,
operating expenses Of $23,63l 1866
were $4,201 1921 heavier than last
year. Revenues were up 18 per cent
and expenses 81 per cent. Earn
ings per share have been highly
favorable, the report shows.
Building, Loan Assets Mount.
Combined assets of the Is build
ing and loan associations In the
District Building and Loan League
amounted to $194,914,316 on Novem-
ber 30, gain of $15,o25, ,889 over
the like 1912 period. F.. Wilson
Camp, League secretary, reported
yesterday.
Real estate loans held by the
associations amounted to S165, ,486, 1886,
a decline of approximately 81 ,100, 900
under last year, but a small improve
ment over mortgages in the port
folios a month ago. Holdings of
United States War Bonds and other
Government securities total $18 $780,
585, unchanged since October, but
up SIS 100000 against a year ago.
Share money continued to rise,
climbing SIS, ,303 1854 during the year
to new high of $173,243,804. Re-
serves also hit new levels, reaching
S17,497,157 although some of this
money will be distributed in, the
shape of dividends at the close of the
year.
While advances for construction
have practically reached the vanish
ing point, loans on new houses and
refinancing were satisfactory, falling
only slightly under year ago. New
accounts continued to maintain
1925 excellent record, with close
outs decreasing. The associations
had III, 1880 customer contacts on
November 80, the analysis concluded.
Lazo Joins Loose-Wiles.
Hector Lazo, assistant director of
the Board of Economic Warfare and
administrator of export control, will
join the executive staff of the Loose
Wlles Biscuit Co. in New York on
January l, it was announced yester-
day by Hanford Main, president.
Mr.. Lazo is a former special agent
OF the Latin American division of
the Commerce Department. was with
General Motors for four years,
served as commercial counselor to
the Governor of Puerto Rico, and in
1888 was assistant chief of the Com
merce Departments marketing serv-
ice, later being assistant chairman
OF the Foods Code Authorities of
the NRA. He is former president
of Cooperative Food Distributors of
America.
Agents Win Special Honors.
In an eight weeks national con-
test, the Washington Office of the
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co.
led Sc other Offices, agents writing
more than $500,OOO in new business.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

associates that while all Of us who
have worked together to build
Acacia can look backward with
modest pride to what we have been
able to accomplish, this is time
to be looking toward the future. For
what has gone before Is only an in
dication, an outline, Of the greater
goals which lie ahead. 1t is toward
those goals, of ever greater commu-
nifty and national service, that We
all must devote our thought and
energy"
Evening star., 1943-12-26

Cuauy notnlng,
the asse is Of
that company,
Acacia Mutual
Life Insurance
Co. have been
b uilt to over
$120, 5000 and
! n sura nee in
+ orce totaling
totaling more
t h an $510,00G,-
600.
All of the firms
business so years
a 60 W a S con-
Quoted from a