Joplin News Herald (Newspaper) - March 8, 1938, Joplin, Missouri Its Fine tor Uncle Sam to Provide Experts to Help Make Out Income Tax Reports but the Real Advice Needed Is in How to Pay It FHE cloudiness tonight and occasional rain In south and central portions and probably In southwest late Warmer In northwest and northcentral portions tonight and probably In southwest late cooler in southwest portion occasional rains tonight and Wednesday slightly warmer In east occasional rains tonight and in east and southcentral portions cloudy tonight and probably occasional rain In southeast JOPLIN NEWS HERALD Exclusive Day Dispatches of the Associated INA EDITION MARCH TEN PRICE THREE CENTS BIG SALARIES SAVED FROM PUBLICITY House 118 to Against Compelling Dis closure of Corporation Officials Pay in Excess of Gamble With Death Won By Girl Crisis Still Is Ahead Paralyzed Young Woman Under goes Operation Involving Han dling Life Cords of March house tentatively refused today to insert in the tax a provision for publicity for all corporation sal aries in excess of The standing vote was 85 to 48 and arov a teller vote was 118 to 60 against the President Roosevelt recently told his press conference he was in fa vor of such salary Debt Provision The action was a step toward re pealing the provision which is a part of the existing revenue In answer to a question by Rep In Representative Vinson of Georgia said the ponding en would not call for publica tion of corporation salaries in ex cess of The house turned down an amendment designed to give a tax deduction for money used by cor to pay The standing vote was 120 to The amendment was offered by Representative Wadsworth of New who said its purpose was to lift from the payment of debt the curse that is now placed upon Speaker Bankhead said he thought the approve a proposed surtax on closely held cor although it may be a close It sounds like a fair and equit able proposition to he added at his press Early Vote Predicting that the biggest bat tle over the would center around the the speaker said he hoped tosee some decisive ac on the tax before the end of the With it the way the house will be ready to take up the ad ministrations naval expansion The latter was right of way this morning by the rules commit j which ordered to 12 begin An amendment by Representar tive Massa to eliminate the undis profits levy was defeated 78 to The house thus stood by the sug gestion of its ways and means com that corporations having incomes below pay only a 12 to 16 per cent income undistributed profits Most concerns would pay what amounts to a 4 per cent sur tax on undistributed profits in addition to a 16 per cent income Treadway wanted to subject all corporations to an income tax graduating from 12 per cent on the first through 14 per cent on the next up to 16 per cent on all Income over Treadway assailed the iniqui tous and outrageous principle of the undistributed profits which he said had been repudiated from one end of the nation to the Representative called Treadways pro posal a weasellike amendment from which he declared the New Englander hoped to get some po Representative jumped into the debate to assert Vin son could make black look Kansas March Sylvia 20 years gambled with death today on the operating table for two and a half and The crisis on the road to still lies The paralyzed young woman un rare involving surgical handling of the life cords in the in the hope of win ning the use of her arms and She was barely breathing after the operation when placed in a There were some anx ious moments as air leaked in around the edges of the rubber col RIGHT OF WAY FOR MY IS REQUESTED Advocates of lar Program Appeal to Rules pose That It Follow Tax once it was adjusted and Miss Davis chest moving again and her pulse picked It was the first such operation performed here and surgeons said not more than 15 of such a nature have been performed in the The object was to destroy part of two bundles of nerves carrying or ders from the brain to the muscles and relieve the spastic The brain messages controlling breathing also were thus necessitating the She is the and Carlos FIVE INDICTED FOR KIDNAPING Charge Grows Out of Alleged Abduction in Which Lind bergh Case New March fed eral grand jury today indicted Ellis Burlington New chief of detectives his Ellis and three others as the Lindbergh The indictment concerned the al kidnaping of Paul former Trenton from New York the Parkers home in Mount February Issued The Parkers issued a confes sion signed by Wendel that he had kidnaped Charles the crime for which Bruno Richard Hauptmann was then under the death The confession delayed manns execution three The three indicted with the Par kers were Murray Harry Weiss and Martin all of New They have been char by state and federal prosecutors in legal actions as the tools of the Rubber Ball Diet Fatal to Sea Lions In a New York Zoo Pleads Guilty to Disorder ly Conduct Charge After Indi gestion Kills SHARP INCREASE IN ZINC STOCKS New March stocks of zinc of all grades rose sharply in while ship ments to consumers and production the American Zinc Insti tute reported Stocks on hand at the end of Feb the report totaled compared with at the end of January and in Shipments amounted to the preceding month and 943 in the comparable period a year Production of prime western slab during the month totaled tons against in March of the naval expansion program appealed to the house rules committee today for legislative of Chairman of the house naval com said he would ask that the house adopt procedure under which it would debate the controversial measure three There would be no He proposed that consideration fol low disposition of the tax Minority Report Representatives Maine Illinois New Mis filed a minority report last night contending that the new armament was Everything they that this increase in the present pro gram is not a naval program but a diplomatic The circumstances indicate that it originated in the White House for the purpose of putting into the hands of the the power to implement his foreign The majority of the which approved naval to last said it was not a matter of national pride but one of actual necessities of national de the minority contended The new construc tion even navy has not started building con gress previously The measure limits naval aircraft when the importance of this branch of armament is increasing It permits the navy to be used to follow American commerce and travelers at their own sweet and It should contain an expression on the universal desire for a dis armament The evidence before our com the report indicated that no navy afloat today can chal lenge the American navy in Ameri can Most Americans do not desire the American navy to chal lenge any other navy in Asiatic or European An expression of support for the naval came from Senator John long an a foreign policy of He said the new pro gram was necessary for adequate national Johnson said he still was trying to ascertain the administrations foreign New March ard 59 years pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge brought by Captain director of Central Park who said Grant threw red rubber balls to the sea a music also had brought along a bag of sugar and some onions to feed I like the he Perhaps I havent really grown Captain said the sea lions didnt enjoy playing with the rubber Four of them died of Magistrate Edward Brom berger gave Grant a suspended 10 day COUNCIL AIRPORT LEASE Mayor Is Authorized to Sign Contract With American UNION CHIEFS FOUND GUILTY OF EXTORTION Cleveland Court Convicts Two Labor Leaders of Extorting From Head of a Restaurant Chamberlains Peace or We FORMER HEAD Fight Declaration Brings Mixed Response in London Mayor Arthur Maher was di today by unanimous vote of the city council to execute a con tract with American whereby the air transport company will lease facilities for service at the municipal airport for a pe riod of five The council approved final de tails of the contract this after having returned the orig proposed contract to the company for certain The Mayor Maher said he was has approved the re vised All it he was the citys Service Expected i the transport leases field and hangar facilities for a fiveyear period at the rate of a The con tract contains a 30day tion clause and also relieves the city of liability for accidents for which the company or its agents might be Although the air lines officials did not state when they plan to inaugurate regular air mail and express service here on the Worth Mayor Maher pointed out that the fact the company desires now to close the lease contract is indica tive that it contemplates beginning the service The airport already is equipped to accommodate planes on a day light schedule and the light ing system for night flying is be ing The approved contract is to be sent at once to the companys gen eral offices in March com mon pleas court jury con Donald Campbell and John labor of extorting from Vernon Stouf head of a restaurant Campbell and McGee had been on trial for three weeks before a jury of six men and six They were the first of four union leaders to go trial on charges of Campbell is president of the painters district council and Mc Gee is president of the laborers district Get One to Five William defense at announced immediately he would file a motion for a new Judge Alva Corlett sentenced the men to one to fiveyear terms a few minutes after the jury re turned with its Judge Cor lett said the men would be sent to the penitentiary within five The state charged that the two union leaders received from Stouffer under threat of holding up work on a remodeling job at one of his restaurants Camp in addition to heading the painters is business agent of the glaziers 8 The trial opened February who also restaurants in New Detroit and Pitts was one of the states main Other state witnesses testified paid Campbell in directly and directly in other alleged Both union denied having solicited or received any money from Cleveland Federation of La central body of the American of voted moral and support to he two The unions which hey head are of The Indictments were the result f an investigation of labor prac ices made by Safety Director Eliot former government agent who helped gather the govern ments case against Al Capone in March Prime Minister Chamberlains declaration to the world brought a mixed response today from Londons man in the To some it seemed all Id fight grinned a bus conductor with gunpowder marked Many didnt give much thought to the parliamentary appeal for support of Britains almost terri armament program to back up peace talks with Glad Chamberlains gout is bet was a telegraphers Others thought the armament pro gram was all Look at what they could build with the price of one marveled an office Blimey An old deafened by a bomb in a world war smiled although she seemed not to understand exactly what was being There was political and public opposition to the premiers but his appeal to British fighting spirit was not without widespread Avowing that would fight for the preservation of de Chamberlain last night won a vote of confidence from the house of commons both for pursu ing peace talks with Germany and if they for step ping up an already staggering re armament OF EXCHANGE IS SUSPENDED lichard Whitney Unable to Meet Obli Charged With Resorting to Adverse Trade RESCUERS TELL OF SEA BATTLE Estimate 600 Insurgent Sail ors Died When Cruiser Went RETRACTS PART OF CONFESSION Former Head of Russian Se cret Police Is Placed in Prisoners REEVES TO PRESIDE AT 13TH VOTE FRAUD TRIAL IN KANSAS CITY Kansas March thirteenth vote fraud case will be tried in Kansas City within the next two weeks before Judge Al bert now presiding over federal court at Nineteen election cases are The 12 disposed of have resulted in 56 con four pleas of guilty and 20 of no Conversations Get Under Way March Anglo Italian conversations which may hold the key to war or peace in Europe began The earl of Britains am entered the palace late this afternoon to open with Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano the talks even before they caused a political crisis in Britain and the resignation of Foreign Secretary Anthony Lord Perth returned only Sunday from where he received iii on the negotiations by which Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hopes to achieve realistic European SECOND TERM AS COLLECTOR Kansas March Nee today began his second fouryear term today as United States collector of internal revenue for western Huge Vote Is Being Cast In Kansas City With Outcome Already Decided Kansas March certain the Pender gast democratic organization and its a coalitionist piled up a remarkably high vote today at a no contest city pri mary by way of showing each other what to expect in the elec tion March By noon more than votes had been cast and the total was expected to approximate out of a total registration of 000 before the polls close tonight at 7 Since only two tickets were on the ballot and two must be for the the outcome wae certain the minute one vote was cast for each As a tion against the possibility of death or withdrawal of some of its the Pendergast or had its forces cast a few hundred votes for council In such the candidates can be printed on the March 29 bal Headless Body Mystery Solved By a Physician Todays voting was the first held with the new permanent registra tion lists and the first under su of the bipartisan elec tion board appointed by Governor Lloyd The board was urged by the governor to guard against a repetition of the vote scandals at the 1936 which have resulted to date in 56 The voting today was with 238 special officers augmenting the regular police The coalitionist army of workers was making a good show ing in the residential wards of the east and with the Pen as running up high totals in its north side Scores of votes were cast in the early morning hours in the First where Pendergast is Investigation Corpse Is Extinct Medical College Des March Coroner Shaw said last night the headless body mystery which he had been Investigating for foui days was solved when he learned the body was a cadaver from Drake now defunct college of The coroner said St identified the body as one given by one of the professors to who later took the head to Harrisburg for study Workmen found the which Shaw said was that of a 16year old in the basement of a Des Moines The body was wrapped in the arms anc legs in one bundle and the torso in j Police had considered the possi bility of murder because of the hid Ing place chosen for the InterState Coffee MICE CANT STAND FOOD HUMANS EAT March Wanted A strain of mice that can stand up under a human diet of highly sea soned and hot foods and Maud Chicago pa said today she has been looking for such a strain for The diea of man containing these three properties kills any mouse I ever have tried it she California Again Swept By Heavy Rain Los March new storm came today to south ern plagued by heavy floods last bringing as much as of an inch of rain at Santa Unsettled con ditions were predicted for tomor Showers last night and early to day resulted from a shallow bar depression about 200 miles west of Point Arguello and moving toward the the weather bureau Lightning fired a Pasadena home during the night and ex the lights in an Alta dena Damage was Heavy hail struck Redondo Beach after an electric Engineers said flood control dams could handle average pre Estimates of damage done to private and public property by the floods of last week fluctuated around The casualty list read 69 identified 17 unidentified 88 per sons As work of repairing bridges and public property went the Red Cross contin ued efforts to raise to re lieve storm March seaman aboard rescue destroyers told today how the cruis er torpedoed in a naval battle Sunday off went down with her rear admirals flag flying when only 200 of her crew had been The admiral went down with his Members of the crews of the Brit ish destroyers and Boreas estimated 600 insurgent sailors were lost when the Baleares went to the bottom of the Mediter The two destroyers re turned here yesterday after barking the 200 survivors at Ballearic Islands insurgent Blow Stings Previously the British admiralty in London had reported 400 men from the Baleares of the insurgent blockade Stung by the which govern ment sources said would impair the efficiency of the insurgent block insurgents repeatedly bombed government naval Sunday and and issued a decree for requisitioning additional ships to strengthen their naval The British seamen related that upon reaching the scene of the destroyers flashed messages urging the Baleares crew to jump The refused to abandon their It stayed afloat more than two hours after being hit by the The 200 saved wore life SUITS ARE STOLEN MAN CANT WORK March Harvey had two Now he has none and cant go to He told police a thief stole both his his and While police sought Harvey sought a BOY FALLS INTO MILL RAILROAD RATE HIKE IS GRANTED IN PART i March Interstate Commerce Commission today granted in part the plea of the nations railroads for higher freight The commission found the exist ing rates to be PHYSICIAN ENTERS CONGRESSIONAL RACE Jefferson March Alfred Herbert Charleston filed his candidacy today for the demo cratic nomination for representa tive In congress from the Tenth in southeast The incumbent is Orville Zimmerman of March Clarence 6 years son of Swift of Many died in a hospital here yesterday of injuries suffered when he lost his balance and fell into the burrs of a grist mill Saturday HOURLY TEMPERATURES Overcast skies brought a promise of scattered showers for Missouri with cooler weath er predicted for The rain is expected to extend to the south and central portions tomor March once the most dreaded chief of the soviet police has today stood in the prison ers box where he had put so many others and retracted part of hi pretrial confession of treason am One of 21 facing probable death in greatest blood purge Yagoda admitted he ordered the deaths of Maxim th and chief of the first fiveyear plan with some of Russias most eml nent doctors following his Denies Other But he denied he had the medical murders of Gorky and laff his own predeces sor as chief of the secret police Before the trial he hag confesse guilt in these deaths Previous ly all four deaths had been consid ered due to natural Asked why he confessed order ing the deaths of an if that wera whose once roun cheeks were shrunken hollow an whose face was would only reply Allow me please not to answer that Testimony in todays the the trial traced a fan tastic story in which some of Russias most eminent physicians became the villains and science provided the distinguished with white hair and goatee and who until a few months ago was head of the Kremlin led up to Yago das One of the 21 ac Levin testified Yagoda bribed him by foreign wines and luxuries to kill He and his head of a also a swore they helped kill and under threats against their own j j Denies Another Yagoda also denied the ny of another once private that he had instructed Kruchkoff to kill because of the blow of the death of the son would be to the Kruchkoff said he caused to catch cold while Levin and Kazakoff testified Yagoda sought removal of son as a lazy good for nothing and of so he could step into his I was not a party Levin and I thought Yagoda was I had an in ner but said nothing to anyone and finally decided to New March New York stock exchange today from membership Rich ard prominent Wall street eader as its piloted the exchange through one of its most crucial A brief announcement from the merely explained that the committee on business conduct had presented charges and lons against the firm of Richard Whitney to the governing committee and that to day the firm had advised the ex change it was unable to meet Wall street veterans could not re member a similar action involving a former president of the and the announcement from the rostrum over the big trading floor RICHARD 64 WIDOW degrees being reached at 3 The mornings minimum was 52 tle Hourly temperatures 1 a 9 m 2 a 3 a 4 a 6 a 7 a 3 a 1 P 2 3 March 6s 3d 8s New March Copper steady electrolytic spot and future export Lead steady New York spot East Louis Zinc steady East Louis spot and future SUIT March married Grace Carolyn Thom claim to a widows one half share of the estate of her Hugh was dismissed yesterday by United States District Judge George The made without com upheld the contention of the estates the Na tional that her petition was without equity and failed to state a cause of Giving her residence as New Thomasson filed the suit last In 1934 she was reported to have accepted 000 in settlement of her who died in left the bulk of his estate in trust for the benefit of the public schools of came as a shock the member ship Whitney is a broth er of George Morgan Trading in the how showed no notable from the Whitney declined immediate com but Sumner represent ing attorneys for the Whitney issued a brief statement ask ing those interested to opinion until this firm has mads its Statement A statement by the said In the course of an examination of the affairs of Richard Whitney the committee on business conduct on March V evidence of conduct ly contrary to just and principles of and on March at presented to a special meeting of the govern ing committee charges and speci Hearing on the charges was set for March This morning the firm of Rich ard Whitney advised the ex change that it was unable to meet its obligations and suspension for insolvency was announced from the rostrum of the exchange shortly after 10 The suspension came as a com plete to the financial dis Whitney was president of the exchange during the depres sion years and figured in the in ternal controversy in the exchange which resulted in the election of Charles Gay in place of Whit ney two years Handled Only Large At the height of the contest be tween the Whitney and Gay in Whitney offered to withdraw from the the in terest of In ha was made a member of the gov erning committee of the a position which he still The Whitney it was handled business mainly for insti and large individual ac chiefly in the bond and had no general contacts with the investing and speculative pub Whitney was head of the change during one of its most cru cial extensive inquiry into Wall street practices which led to passage of the securi ties and exchange act in He spent many days in the capi tol testifying before congressional committees and fighting the stock exchange battle against rigid fed eral Whitney was vice president of the stock during the sell Ing panic in the historic of prices in the autumn of in the absence from the city of then Continued on page 2
