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Evening star., 1944-01-28
|Conferees on Tax Bill
Near Showdown ON
Renegotiation Act
By the Associated press.

~ ''e AsSoeIAtSu fress.
Conferees on the s2,275 800, 900
new tax bill approached their
most controversial ground today
after approving boosts of more
than 81 ,000, ,000, 900 in excise taxes
and postal rates. rt
Only few miscellaneous points
remain to be resolved before the
committeeman tackle the amend
ments modifying the War Contracts
Renegotiation Act. Those sections
aroused the greatest heat when the
bill was being drafted.
Stiff wartime luxury" rates were
approved in yesterdays fast-moving
session. The increases included,
Cabaret and night club checks. 80
per cent In place OF the present S
per cent The Senate had voted
to hold the increased rate to 20 per
cent. The Senate also attempted
to temper the tax by excluding
servicemen from its application.
but the conferees decided any cele-
brating soldiers should pay on the
same basis as civilians.
Cosmetics Levy Raised. Sc.
Cosmetics and toilet articles, IS
per cent instead Of S.
Admittances to theaters, ball
parks. ETC., / cent for each 5 cents
OF charge. The present rate is a
cent a dime.
Furs and jewelry, 20 per cent in
stead OF 10. (Silver plated fiatware
is excluded from the jewelry tax.)
Luggage, now bearing a 10 per cent
manufacturers tax. becomes subject
to a 20 per cent retail rate. Wallets,
ladies' hand bags and toilet sets, not
taxed at present. become subject to
the 20 per cent rate
Tax on pool tables and bowling
alleys doubled-$20 a table and $25
per alley.
The conferees were not required
to bother with long list Of rates on
which House and Senate were in
agreement. Those included a rise In
the liquor tax from So a gallon to So
sharp boosts in the levies on beer
and wines; An increase from 10 to
Is per cent in the tax on local tele-
phone service, and the same per-
centage boost in the tax on railroad
bus and airplane fares.
Air Mail Rates Increased.
The committee also voted to IN
crease air mail postage from 6 cents
to 8 for each ounce. Locally deliv-
cred letters would be required to
carry full 8 cents postage, same as
other first class mail. Special
handling charges went up, too, but
the House conferees agreed to strike
a proposed doubling Of the Third
Glass postal rate.
A proposed per cent tax on pari-
mutuel wagers. voted by the House
and removed by the Senate, still il
open for consideration.
The Senate's schedule Of invested
capital credits for computing cor
porate excess profits taxes was re-
tanned.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Bolivia Stands Firm
After Nonrecognition
By Is Republics
By the Associa.eS press

d! tne Associated Press.
LA PAZ, Bolivia. Jan. 28.-Com-
menting on the action Of 10 Ameri-
can republics which have refused to
recognize the villarroel regime, For
eisn Minister Jose Tamayo declared
today that Bolivia had received their
decision with calm firmness and
conscientiousness of freedom from
The Foreign Minister'S statement
was issued in the form OF message
addressed to the peoples OF the
Americas. The message emphasized
Bolivia's right to rule her own des-
tiny according to her own will and
said her sister nations would have
been equally quick to assert that
right were their positions reversed.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Escort Carrier and Destroyers
Sink U-Bout in 27-Hour Eioht
p. Wirephoto.

depth charge. Again the enemy YES
sci submerged and again contact
was made and into the night the
battle continued, the sub fighting
back vigorously with depth charges
dropping around 1t.
At midnight the sub surfaced to
recharge its batteries. and another
series Of depth charges sent the
vessel down and covered the water
with oil. Not until after IL O'Clock
the next morning did the final blow
blast the sub to the surface, then
nose it finally below the water, no
longer mareuverable.
In all. more than 200 depth
charges were dropped in the more
than day-long battle.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
|nterned Japs Persecuted
By Allies, Toxic Says
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-The Toxic
radio said last night that Foreign
Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu told
the Diet yesterday interned Japa-
nese were faced with all kinds OF
persecution in enemy nations" and
declared Japan was demanding an
improvement in their treatment.
The broadcast, recorded by the
United States Foreign Broadcast
Intelligence Service, quoted Shige-
mitsu as saying, "The fact that our
brethren, who have been making
strenuous efforts on the front lines
Of overseas expansion, are faced
with all kinds of persecution in en-
emy nations is truly beyond mere
words of sympathy"
He added that Japan was investi-
eating through the Red Cross. and
neutral nations acting as repre-
sentatives OF Japanese interests
abroad.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Maghan Trial Slated
To Resume TODAY

The trial of Robert J. Maghan,
1r, was scheduled to continue today.
One witness, former defense
guard, testified yesterday he saw
Maghan in staggering condition
December S. Maghan, charged with
intoxication. has been suspended
from the police force.
Donald c. Edens, %, who resigned
as Metropolitan defense guard on
January Is and is now whisky
salesman. told Judge Brice Clagett
that he saw Maghan stagger from
his car at Thirty-fourth and Banks
streets NV. at am. December 5.
Mr.. Edens said he offered to get
Maghan cab to 60 home in. When
Maghan refused to 60 home, Mr..
Edens said he drove the defendants s
car onto parking lot nearby, and
left Maghan in it. Mr.. Edens ex-
planned he called police scout car
after he saw Maghan try to start
the car
Defense Attorney James J. Laugh
lin asked Mr.. Edens to demonstrate
the manner in which Maghan stag
gered. Judge Clagett consented to
the demonstration despite objections
of Assistant Corporation Counsel
Edward c. Thomas.
Lewis Ezle. 4542 Macarthur boule-
ward, counterman at the Little
Tavern Hamburger Shop, 1891 M
street NV, testified Maghan en-
tered the Little Tavern and asked
for double hamburger about am.
December S. When Mr.. Ezle told
Maghan he was not allowed to serve
them, Maghan, according to Mr..
Ezle, became irritated and started
'scolding him"
Mr.. Ezle, in answer to a question
about Maghan's appearance, said
Maghan looked red around the eyes
as though he had been out of doors
or asleep. Mr.. Ezle said he went to
No. precinct later in the day in a
scout car, and identified Maghan.
Spencer Diamond, an employe of
the Eagle Liquor Store at 3345 M
street NV, testified the parking lot
where Maghan was arrested was for
the use of patrons of the store. Mr..
Diamond said the lot formerly was
licensed for parking, but the license
expired October 81.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

grandchildren 4 bond If you can
- II you cannot at present do
that, start a stamp album with q
25-cent or even, . l0-cent stamp.
Let the aunts and uncles and other
members Of the family help NIL UP
the stamp books, and before you
know it. your grandbaby will have
a bond" She started the campaign
by buying bond for each OF her
three grandchildren.
The s545,o00 bond purchase
aboard the Mariner was made bv
A. j. Snow, sales manager here for
Carnegie Steel Corp, and H. F.
Knapp, sales manager for United
States Steel's Washington ONCE.
The American Mariner Is open to
the public from 2:30 to S pm. and
from 7:30 to 10 pm. daily. Feature
event aboard the Liberty ship to-
morrow will be a visit from Mrs,
Roosevelt at 2:30 pm, when she
will be guest Of the officers and
crew.
A special memorial service aboard
the vessel will be held at $50 pm
Sunday. when tribute will be paid
to the 5,566 dead, missing and pris-
oners Of war Of merchant marine
personnel. Its. Thomas A. Fay
Ralph o. Horpole and S. Joshua
Cohn, maritime chaplains repre-
senting the Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish faiths. will participate In
the service.
Comdr. Joseph H. Masse, ships
captain, will preside. The church
pennant, only nag which may be
flown above the American nag, will
be unfurled and the Stars and
Stripes will be at half mast. After
the benediction, wreath will be
thrown from the decks into the wa
ter, and taps will be sounded by the
assembled Sheepshead Bay IN. "
Band. The church pennant then
will be lowered, and the American
flag raised to full mast as the band
plays the national anthem.
Reports from city groups indicate
the bond drive is gathering momen-
tum. Moses Bord. War Bond chair
man for International Workers
Order No. 1856. reported that a bond
rally held at the organization's s
headquarters, 4402 Georgia avenue,
raised $35 1000 in sales and 5000 in
pledges to obtain the groups quota
Of $4,000. Mr.. Bord said the group
has established s5new goal Of $780,
Evening star., 1944-01-28
By the Associated Press.


The Navy has plenty Of time and
patience when the sinking Of an
enemy submarine is concerned.
The Navy reported today that an
other U-boat has been sunk in the
Atlantic, after ~ hours Of strike
and-duck tactics by an escort car
rier and her planes and destroyers.
The undersea raider was discov-
cred about 8 o'clock one morning by
a plane flying far in advance of its
little task force. The submarine
went below too fast for immediate
action, but other planes swept up
and two destroyers joined the hunt.
Three hours later one destroyer
made contact and dropped the first
Evening star., 1944-01-28

and supervised Maj. W. d. Stevenson.
installations so as to maintain large
scale areas with a minimum of
equipment" In action against the
enemy, "he demonstrated outstand-
ing ability as leader even in the
rapidly changing situations Of jungle
warfare; his facilities were always
available for use within a short
time after the area became stable.
His courageous conduct was in keep
ing with the highest traditions Of
the United States Naval Service"
Maj. Stevenson is stationed at
Quantico as communications oficer
in the Marine Corps School.
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Dentist Protests Stories
Of japanese Brutolity
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, JAN,
28.-Dr. v. H. Spensley last night
protested that the story of Jap
anese cruelties practiced on pris-
oners taken on Bataan and Cor
regidor will only produce uncalled
for torture Of relatives, especially
mothers
The Albuquerque dentist, head Of
the Bataan relief organization in
New Mexico, lost his son in a jap
anese prEon camp. He was among
l.875 New Mexico boys serving with
the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment
when the Philippines fell.
The protest was sent to Gen.
George c. Marshall, Army Chief Of
Staff.
War is causing q rapid increase
in railway freight In Indie
Evening star., 1944-01-28

1Or "exceptlonAI-
ly = meritorious
conduct in the
performance of
ou t S t an ing
service as COM
m u n / c a t ions
of I icer Of q
Marine Raider
unit during the
period ro m
April / to Oc-
tober 8, 1943."
The citation
said Maj. Stev-
e n on trained
t he personnel
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Mrs. Roosevelt Visits
Louisville Air Bose
By the Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 28.-Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt paid a surprise
viNt to Louisville and Bowman Field
yesterday, inspected flyers. nurses
and equipment at the air base and
hurried on her way to an unan-
nounced destination after pronounce
ing both the field and its personnel
excellent" !.
The Presidents wife arrived alone
yesterday morning by train from
Detroit.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

OlSt1 nguDne0
Service Gross
and the Legion
Of Merit, respec-
lively, for out
standing serv-
ices while par
ticipating in the
seizure of Mum
da, 1t was an
nounced yester-
day at Marine
BarrackS, GUAM
tico, Va. Brig.
Gen. Clifton B.
Gates, comman-
dant Of the Ma
Evening star., 1944-01-28

CHECK FOR $545ooo IN WAR BONDS-This large was
vested by United States Steel Corp subsidiaries
Loan bonds at ceremony aboard Liberty ship
Mariner here John Reilly eft District
mee chairman shown receiving from Andrew
Snow sales of Carnegie Illinois Corp
Comd Joseph Masse captain Mariner writes
areceipt Star Stan Photo
Evening star., 1944-01-28
AZ D. {. Inductees
10 Report Tomorrow

Forty-two District selectees now
on postinduction furlough will enter
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps to-
morrow.
Those reporting for active duty
include 10 for the Army, 81 for the
Navy and 2 for the Marine Corps
The list follows:
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Two Marine Officers
Get Decorations in
'Quantico Ceremony

1t. Col. Samuel B. Grimth Of
Frankfort, KY, and Maj. william
D. Stevenson Of Titusville, Pa, both
Of the Marine Corps, received the
Evening star., 1944-01-28
Congress in Brief
b the Associated Press.

b6 IHe AssOClAteO PreSg.
Senate:
Considers s35 900 900 appropriation
to finance farm labor recruitment :;
continues servicemen's vote bill de-
bate.
Banking Committee calls OPA
witnesses on proposal for temporary
suspension of meat rationing.
Labor subcommittee continues
hearing on white-collar workers.
House:
Continues debate on $500. 900 900
independent offices appropriation
bill.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

No one goes "broke" buying War
Bonds. The Fourth War Loan is
another profitable opportunity for
you to serve yourself and your coun-
try.
Evening star., 1944-01-28

Army.
Goodwin. James c. Kelly, Maurice r
hammond, #. W. Wilson. William n
SIasso' John Matthews, James L.
rneips. Garland w. Wood. David r.
McGraw, Richard r Brooks, Arthur II
Almono, hairy L. Heath, Albert G.
fHuknorn, ONE J. EDWARDS. Elmer L.
JOnnson, .. A. Evans. Hudnall D.
rrs,senpsum, J. w. Rice, Bishop M.
Navy.
5oliand, Robert J. Cooper, Chauncey A,
rsck koDert T., Johnston, Robert L.
Woodward, Joe b. Levi HaroId II
Curtis, Robert L. Noon, Eizia
Miller, Edgar A. Boskct, henson
Lotus, Riley O.. Broadvay John
Nolan. Thomas 2. Simpkins. Cddie
OHM. William r. jannes. Oan
Violin, Frank 4r1nche Wiiiian. r
DAwSon. Noief n. -
Marine CORPS.
Del veechie. Charles Hunter. ?. e. ..
Evening star., 1944-01-28

War is causing q rapid increase
in railway freight in India. :
Evening star., 1944-05-13
E-Boafs Scattered
By French Warship
British Naval Forces
Attack Germun CONVOY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May ia strong force
of German E-boats concentrated
In the English Channel about Is
miles southeast of the Isle of Wight
was scattered by the French de-
stroyer La Combattante early to-
day after an engagement in which
one E-boat was sunk and another
damaged, the admiralty announced
The remainder of the enemy
force escaped at high speed under
cover of smoke" the announcement
said, adding that the DESTROYER
which suffered neither damage nor
casualties, picked up q number of
survivors.
British light naval forces in Of
fenslve sweeps off the French coast
early yesterday attacked a small
German convoy and set fire to two
enemy vessels and damaged two
others, the Admiralty announced
today.
An Admiralty communiuue said
all the British vessels returned
safely though there were a small
number of casualties and superficial
damage"
The communique said medium
size ship WAS hit by a torpedo and
left enveloped in flames and a sup
ply ship of medium size was
damaged by gunfire.'
In addition, the Admiralty said,
an armed traWler was set af1re and
another damaged.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Fine, Warm Week End
Forecast for District

The Weather Bureau has pre-.
dicted good weather, in fact, fine
weather." for today and tomorrow
The afternoon temperatures on both
days will be in the middle Dos, and
possibly the years heat record will
be broken, Forecaster Donald Cam
eron said.
The high so far this year is So
chalked up on April 80. Mr.. Cameron
anticipates 88 or SO today or to-
morrow. He sees no ain in the
oflng-just clear cool rfIehts and
warm, sunny days. =
The highest temperature uester-
day was "a degrees. The teI@per-
ature at 8 am. today was 10 de-
greeS,
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Refusal Of More Funds
For SIum Clearance
Predicted by Lusk
IhIder Says Work Won't
Be Done Unless Public
Agencies Participate

A prediction that public hous-
ing for slum clearance would get
no further appropriations was
made today by Rufus Lusk,
president of the Taxpayers Asso-
citation, speaking at the city
wide housing conference at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. MIR. Lusk said he was
opposed to public housing and
thought private enterprise
should do the whole job under
a plan now proposed to Con-
gress.
He told a large audience, COM
posed mostly of women, that Con
gress is sore" over results of public
housing here.
In reply, John Ihlder, executive
officer of the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority, declared that un-
less public agencies participate in
housing construction here, "the
Mr.. Ihlder stressed the need of
adequate Negro housing, declaring
constantly diminishing sites which
could be used constitutes a major
problem.
Hopkins Court Project Mentioned.
Mr.. Ihlder pointed to what he
claimed was the success of the pub
lie agencies in constructing homes
here with economic rents" which
people in low income groups could
afford to play.
From the floor, a colored woman
questioned Mr.. Lusk as to why pri-
vate enterprise had not done any
thing here for the Negroes in any
way equivalent to the Hopkins
Court project, an NCHA slum clear
ance project.
He replied that private enterprise
did not have the right of eminent
domain which public agencies have
nor could it borrow money at the
low rates of interest available to the
public agencies.
In colloquy with another col
ored questioner in the audience, the
question of what public housing has
done for colored residents was dis
cuSsed.
Mr.. Lusk was asked what private
agencies have done to get rid OF
SlumS.
Tells of Objective.
That's what we want to do" he
said, pointing to the private enter
prise proposal which the builders
hope will be approved. Mr.. Lusk
said he went over list of 400 per-
sons living in new public housing
and found that only one out of the
400 formerly had lived in an alley.
Il work in the southwest area" a
colored woman said, and I know
hundreds of families who now live
in better homes because of the slum
clearance program"
Explaining the program of private
enterprise, Mr. Lusk insisted that
private builders do not propose rent
certificates, to which he said he
understood stigma" was at
tached. Neither does private en-
terprlSe propose taX-eXempt bonds,
he added. He outlined at some
length a private enterprise plan to
tSee HOUSING, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Packard Plant
Closing Makes
$4,000 Tale
WLB Won't Promise
To Assure Workers
Prestrike Status
BY the Associated Press.


DETROIT, May 13.--One big
war factory-Packard, makers of
Rolls Royce aircraft engines and
PIT boat engines+stood idle to-
day as the strike of $500 Detroit
warplant foremen began to have
more serious consequences.
The Packard Motor Car Co. plant
was closed by the management last
night virtually at the very hour the
War Labor Board refused to 60 on
record with assurance to strikers
that they would be protected from
any. management reprisals If they
returned to work.
The Foreman's Association Of
America had demanded such assur-
ance from WLB before resuming
work, and Board Chairman William
H. Davis limited himself to a PROM
Use that the board would inquire to
determine the management atti-
tude.
Army Refuses Products.
Mr.. Davis said fatty that the
board would accept no conditions
from the union to ending the strike.
WLB earlier had ordered the strike
to cease before it would attempt to
negotiate the dispute.
George T. Christopher, Packard
president and general manager, said
the company was forced to cease
production because the Army Air
Forces had refused to accept Pack
ard products in the absence of "in-
spection supervision to guarantee
quality"
The company has not made public
its employe total, but the Packard
local of the United Automobile
Workers (CIO), in a statement de-
elaring the Importance of the FORE
man-management. dispute "exag-
gerated," said $4,000 persons were
made idle by the closing.
Oni0n Expresses OOncern.
The UAW-CIO local took no stand
in the dispute itself, although ex-
pressing concern over failure to con-
tinue producing for the. armed
forces.
Companies affected by the strike,
which has involved 13 plants, have
refused to bargain with the fore
mems organization over grievances.
The union, an independent, has been
refused recognition as an appropri-
ate bargaining unit by the National
Labor Relations Board. but afi1liated
foremen have been assured Of pro-
lection under the Wagner Act from
discrimination because Of union
activities.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
First Captured Nozis Are Group
OF SurIy Youths, Dour Veterans

threw themselves on the ground be-
hind the barbed wire and dozed In
the midday sun, seemingly oblivious
to the cannonading.
They were motley group wearing
lll-fltting and baggy uniforms, with
one OF them in a pair of Italian
Army pants. Many of the Germans
had fought in Sicily.
One complete patrol of 10 Ger
mans was captured. They had been
sent out to seize a number of Allied
soldiers for Identification purposes
and wandered into trap.
The fighting was particularly in
tense today around the town of San
Angelo, Just across the Rapido.
Enemy guns were active and
troublesome and Nazi mortar fire
along the river line caused some
casualties.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Germans Report
.U.S.Raid asDeep
As Berlin Area
Heavy Air Battles
Fought; French Roll
orgets Bombed
Ry the Associated Press

BY tne Associated Press.
LONDON, May 13. German
broadcasts said strong American
bomber formations thrust as
deep as the Berlin area amid
heavy air battles this afternoon
in the 29th day of nonstop aerial
offensive.
Waves of medium and light air.
craft began the new days assaults
behind the Atlantic Wall in pre-
clsion attacks at French rail CEN
ters-the same targets against
which the RAF threw about 750
bombers last night in raids on the
Belgian railway cities of Louvain
and Hasselt and other objectives
in France and Northwest Germany.
German broadcasts said today's
bomber formation attacks developed
Unto heavy air battles over North
and Northwestern Germany.
Heavy Opposition.
RAF crews said the Germans put
up more night fighters last night
than they had seen in some time.
Fourteen British bombers failed to
return.
The night attack was quick
follow-up to a daylight assault by
1000 American bombers and fighters
on five big Nazi synthetic oil plants.
A United States Strategic Air Force
communique said 40 heavy bombers
and 10 fighters were lost and
claimed destruction of $50 enemy
aircraft. The Germans claimed the
Americans lost 95 aircraft, includ-
ing 81 bombers.
Berlin claimed today's heavy
formations were hit particularly
hard over the Baltic coast with Ger
man fighters ''infiicting serious
losses"
The enemy's broadcast charts on
the formations progress said the
bombers and their escorts came in
over the Schleswig- -Holstein area of
the North Sea and thrust as far as
the Brandenburg area so miles west
of Berlin.
Marauders and Havocs in Raid.
The morning attacks on airfields
and other military objectives in
Northern France and Belgium we're
made by Marauders and Havocs in
considerable numbers, escorted by
Thunderbolt fighters.
The attack on Louvain's rail yards
was the third since Thursday night
RAF bombers hit the city then,
followed by fighter bomber day.
light attacks yesterday, and the