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Show PAGE TWO Kara Device of Current Events ROPER HITS TAX SETUP Says Profits Levy Has Not Fulfilled Expectations Building Boom Plan Is Offered Congress by President Bus Strike Settled INCREASED pay for driver but no closed khop were main feature of the agreement by which the strike of 1.300 drivers of the Greyhound Bus line was brought to. an end. The strike had disrupted transportation In the northeastern section of the country and was accompanied by numerous Incidents of violence. The wage Increase, effective next July I, will be of a cent a mile, and no minimum mileage is guaranteed. The union bad demanded a flat rate of 8.S cents a mile with a guarantee. th for 1937 Toys Go Realistic Cleopatra Palm-iea- toys QHR1STMAS and girls of this modern age must be as near the real thing as possible. Christmas "babies" are more real than ever, not only in dress (this one wears a knitted yarn Gertrude) but in other ways, as the name rte-- - - i t - , - ' f , ' i t,. , J vl Ni. J X her csnqneat si Chins not sn)y is the Tu(tM Talley alas, especially, In tbs northern province. Ilers Is seen Jap-a- n cm tank anlt rambling aloof tho road to Taiyuan. Is poshing Jtpu and hot I V N VMM Wiww Vaka, T. Remove the July 1. 1939, limitaTax Setup Needs Revision tion on the $2,000,000,000 permitted TANIEL C. ROPER, secretary of to be outstanding in mortgages, with commerce, says the entire tax congress eventually limiting the instructure of the United States should surance of mortgages prior to the be revised. , He was speaklnf at a of construction of Individbeginning banquet of the Bual-nef ual projects. Advisory coun-c- il t. Permit Insurance for repair and In Chicago, and modernization loans as provided his statements previous to April 1 of this year to meet with when this provision of the housing general approval. act expired. . ss ap-peer- ed O Will-kle- Building Boom Wanted REVISION of the existing housing order to facilitate a building boom was asked by President Roosevelt In a special message to congress. He said such legislation would ease the flow of credit and open great reservoirs of idle capital to fight the business slump. The responsibility tor the success of such a program he placed squarely mi iaborand"lndustry; Specifically, the President recommended changes in the housing act 'which would: L Reduce from 8H per cent to 5 per cent the Interest and service charges permitted by the Federal Housing administration on loans made by private Institutions. 1 Authorize the housing administrator to fix the mortgage Insurance premium charge as low as H of 1 per cent on the diminishing balance of the Insured mortgage instead of on the ' original face amount, and to Ik of 1 per cent on the diminishing balance of an insured mortgage where the estimated 'Value of exceed $8,000 and where the mortgage Is Insured prior to July 1, 1939. the insurable limit from 80 to 90 per cent in cases where the appraised value of the property does not exceed $8,000. 4. Facilitate the construction and financing' of groups of houses for rent, or for rent with options to purchase, through blanket mortgages. ft. Clarify and simplify provisions for the 'construction of large scale rental properties through facilitating their financing. 6. Grant national mortgage associations "explicit authority te make loans on large-scal- e properties that are subject to special regulation by ,the federal bousing administrator." -- X -- -- V vx x ad- T ' v . ' vxs' - 'V , ,fJ X X So Reported ARVIN JONES of Texas, chalr-- V man of the bouse agricultural . pr-gsubmitted the houses farm bill together with a majority : ' report defending the measure and so enactment for that calling speedy the rise of mounting crop surpluses which are depreising market prices may be offset The house bill la less drastic than the senate version, but it was denounced vigorously In a minority Young transportation tycoons will have a real Christmas this year. report which declared it was "un- Miniature trucks airliners tractors and buses are faithful copies of the constitutional unsound, likely to "work to the detri- real thing. ment of American agriculture, and threatening to "dislocate" foreign and domestic markets. Both house and senata bills, it was j7 yrt "pay-as-you-g- anti-tru- VX V h X ' v, V'v Music lessons can be tun even on Christfoot-power- time-honore- d ao simple two-sta- pieces can be played. ff t X y tX y -- $ i ) Streamlining tor sidewalk motor cars" u more advanced than ever s and now includes radiator caps and headlights. Added innoval Uons are the enclosed "rumble-trailer- " and perforated disc wheels on what children are already terming, very, very professionally. the tractor " door-grip- far-flun- litior Patten grand thrill is of tah pillow. Pattemisiji plete, simple instnjj ting, sewing and er with yardage of quilt to help anSi lor single and doubjt and a diagram i serves as a guide the patches and sugna 1 ing materials. Send IS cents infiX (coins preferred) fort to The Sewing Grckt Dept., 82 Eighth Are N Y, 1 Please write yoa dress and pattern nac Increased Use Between 1919 Using increased of, and g the g soap consumption k $ States 50 per cent They1 consumption in the Cm, is 24 pounds a year, rij it is 4 pounds. WOMEN 131 lNDlC NEVER LETTE a to N backmatter achei icC ymt cream, yew hiatal to la only a maa, oamr stand why yoe vesta vrlth one week la ewj v Too often tin hoaev press Is wrecked by Us a tocguecfatiwe-quKv- a woman newr tabrt vise know by oatwvddrifc. victim of periods pta For three Helvetic has told anotbvhoekp Ing through whk la&l barn's tax Vegetable helps Nature toot thua lessening thedX functional dtata women must mdmtt ordeals of tUta I girlhood to wonantati paring tor awtatta Broaching middle ta Don't be a three the i I VEGETABLE LYDIA take o C0MR-G- Vouu this year are almost as perfect as real wooden Lea and Innumerable awitchea. 0n.e most bor m through Amer- Icaa front parlors during Christina week I Si S?uE one-tent- months. cross-sectio- n ) s x X X a A' Y V Li i CopyrljM. Marriage Custe ma ha Japan The Japanese live more as members of families than Individuals. That is to say, every Japanese is under the moral obligation to perpetuate the family line Inherited from his ancestors. The coaly son must take a vile; he cannot "become a husband". In other words, he takes his rife to his home and she shares with him the name of his ancestors. The only daughter, cn the other hand, must take a husband to the home of her fathers and share with him her family name. -- e . Oil A tor the wheel, another realistic note L'iSIST a Cv Were you in a strsz' ly WNU Service. it 9th nei bur Hi lae ton Is tl h almost as great as the average number of persons who will be wiped out in traffic fatalities on American highways during any giv- 12 ion )rd Read not to contnis d. fute, nor to believe to find b nor granted, course, but to ve$l aider. Bacon. tigers slay such an incredible host of natives that the yearly mortality is proportionately In India, owing to the refusal of those benighted Hindus to destroy any living creature. 20,000 Inhabitants annually are killed by venomous serpents, whereat. In this country, in 1938, we spent only IS billions for crime, or 18 times as much as we spent on national defense, yet managed to let many poisonous human snakes go tree to build up murder statistics. l In Japan, geisha girls are licensed and protected, which Is Indeed an affront to the principles of an enlightened people who patronize worlds fair that are dependent unabashed nudity for popular favor, and shows dependent on foul lines and nasty situations. IRVIN 8. COBB. 1 (S foil 'dla Bead ta t trie ton t 1 toil H BmUlng Throctl TN BORNEO, govern-mental- ct 4 I - n rs Cemetery Salesmen. RECEIVED a letter from one of We our plushiest cemeteries have some of the plushiest cemeteries on earth; ita a positive pleasure to be dead out here. I was urged to invest in a highly desirable lot, for only a few thousand smackers; or buy a perfectly lovely crypt slightly more expensive, hut most luxurious. Through some private whim or pique, I failed to answer this temptToday I reing communication. letceived an appealing follow-u- p ter. I gather that, if I neglect this splendid opportunity. Til live to regret it Or maybe I wont Such thoughtful attention merits response. Fm replying as follows: "Dear gents: Space in a graveyard Is the last thing I shall require. When that time comet, somebody else will do the shopping. Trusting these few lines may find you the same, youra gratefully. But If a representative calls in person as he will Im a gone gosling. Those slick talkers always do get me. You Just ought to see my collection of oil stocks. Now, theres something that does need burying. en : wage-earne- ket Western Superiority. forty-seve- n A ,310 ;n or ( his majesty, or his worship, or his honor, as the case Irvin S. Cobb may have been, said: Let the older brother apportion the property into what he regards as two equal shares and then let the younger brother have first choice of the aharea." But, of course, the lawyer couldnt have favored the plan. It was too beautifully simple to suit any lawyer in any age. The American Bar association would just naturally despise it. . Making Juleps. soul seeks to disputatious SOME the ancient debate over the proper recipe for mint julep. I decline the Invitation. Since the Dred Scot decision nothing has stirred up as much bitter controversy south of the Ohio river. North of the Ohio river doesnt count. The Yankee conception of a julep la calculated to make a host of sleeping Kentucky brigadiers rise up from their respective Bourbon casks and start giving the rebel hiss. Naturally, the only perfect julep la the Paducah julep. Just drop in next summer and sample the real product on Its native heath not at a saloon, where the bartender is likely to have heretical ideas, such as using preserved fruits and even putting the sugar syrup In first, which amounts to downright crime but in the private home. mas day if a girl can learn on her own little true-to- n organ. Keypiano or board diagrams and real songs supplement the exercises of Czerny and scale practice nowadays Most of these miniature instruments cover three full octaves st Borah-O'Ma-hone- ' 77 , PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTS pro- posal that a single administrator be substituted for the three-ma- n civ Q service executive board was severely criticized by the Brookings Institution as tending to "invite encroachment of politics rather than No Tima for Tax Revltion to repel It" The institution report drafted by M'T'HERE is do use kidding the A country," said Senator Bark- Lewis Meriam, questioned the feasmajority leader of the senate, ley, ibility of the plan and doubted whether it would achieve the Presi- as ha gave out the sad news that it would be impossidents purpose of taking the civil ble to formulate and service commission out of politics. pass a tax revision Religious and political affiliations bill in the brief time would present difficulties In selecto the exremaining tion of a single administrator, the session traordinary report pointed out adding that the of congress. The proposed plan would represent too senator had Just much centralization of power in an been conferring with Individual the President, and his statement dashed the hopes of those For Corporation Control BL2 who believe ailing Sea. Barkley business is In t dire SENATORS OMahoney of Borah of Idaho Intro- need of such assistance as revision duced a new federal licensing bill or repeal of the tax on undivided for all corporations engaged In incorporate surpluses and capital terstate commerce. gains. Mr. Roosevelt had said ha It la designed by Its was in favor of tax revision as soon authors and other as congress was ready for it But senate "liberals" as auch legislation must originate in an answer to the ad- the house, and the subcommittee of deministrations the ways and means committee that mand for revision of has been studying the subject bad the laws not yet reported. So it appeared to curb monopolies. almost certain that action must be The postponed until the regular session scheme is de- which starts in January. signed not only to eliminate monop-olisli- c Be Judge practices but Vinson to to abolish child laPRESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent to bor, prohibit discrimination against nomination of Repwomen employees, guarantee collecresentative Fred M. Vinson of Kentive bargaining, serve as a basis tor tucky to fill a vacancy in the United further legislation dictating the States court of appeals for the Diswages and hours of labor, and reg- trict of Columbia. The post carries ulate the financial policies of cor- a salary of $10,000 a year, the same as paid a representative, but the apporations. The measure would require the pointment is for life and carries retirement privilegea. Mr. Vinson, Immediate licensing of all corporations doing business in Interstate who has been an outstanding tax commerce and would direct the fed- expert of the house, it eral trade commission to submit years old and serving hit seventh term. His home is Ashland. Ky. statThe President also nominated Asporation law. Under existing utes corporations are created only sociate Justice D. Lawrence Groner i of Virginia to be chief Justice of the by the state. court, creating another vacancy. Croner will be aucceeded by Henry Farmers' Grain Corp. Quits White Edgerton of New York, RESOLUTION calling for diswhose nomination also went to the g solution of the farm senate. the Farmers marketing agency National Grain corporation will be Small Town Spending put up to stockholders at a special O. next Me 24, J. meeting January A UTOMOBILES, more food and Qintock, vice president, announced. better clothing are the most According to the proposal mar- urgent desires of araall-towfamiketing operations now conducted by lies. That was the Implication prethe national group would become sented in a matter-of-faanalysis the independent functions of the in- of surveys of the spending habits of dividual state groups probably ren- families Ja. 48, villsges.lo Pennsylte redVrounathe" ll' regional' offices vania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. of the association. Illinois and Iowa. The federal government has furThe made by the bureau of nished most of the monejrto finance borne stuy, economics, showed that when the corporation activities over the Income Increased among these last eight years and will be the prin village families. It was cipal loser through the dissolution of usually followed by a rapid rise In the corporation. expenditures for food and clothes and even more marked Jumps In Pact. the proportion of Income spent on Helps Anti-Re- d automobiles. the formally recognized ITALY of Manchukuo, pupIn Income ranges from $230 to pet state set up by Japan, and To- $2,499. food expense for families Jumped from an averkyo was delighted. It was expected that Manchukuo would now join la age of $180 to an average of $539; the pact clothes from an average of $23 to against communism, and its geo- an average of $188; expense for graphical location would make ruck the family car from an avenge of action of considerable importance. $14 te' an average of $313. tU ;ClllA a ruler upon the throne or a Judge upon the bench who handed down this But two ruling. brothers fell out over a proper division of their father's land. predicted, would be modified because of the Presidents Implied threat to veto tho legislation unless It was put on a basis. Ha insisted the farm bill must not interfere with his plans to balance the budget Civil Service Plan Hit srtft s? possessions Accordingly, they carried the dispute to a higher court of the committee, SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK "A general revision is necessary to simplify determination of tax liability, to distribute the burden of taxation more equitably, and to See. Roper broaden the base of taxation to include a larger per- cents ge of our earning population.' Secretary Roper said. He asserted that the undistributed profits tax bad not entirely fulfilled Its proponents' expectations that It would "bring about a higher velocity of money through larger and Wore widespread distribution of corporate earnings." Mr. Roper expressed confidence that a "constructive approach will bo found to the solution of the utilities dilemma and that significant results will be forthcoming." That this confidence has a sound basis was Indicated by two announcements made the same day by prominent utility executives. 7 Floyd L. Carlisle, chairman of the Consolidated Edison company, told the New York state public service commission that his company plans a $23,000,000 expansion program. The development came during hearings concerning a proposed $30,000,-00- 0 bond Issue. Back from submitting to the President a formula for better understanding between utilities and the administration, Wendell L. Willkie, president of Commonwealth and Southern corporation, proposed a general truce between business and 's the Roosevelt administration. company has been Involved In some of the bitterest controversies with Washington. Bill You SANTA time the heirs to an b",U'Y undivided estate start litigatxr--r ing, I think of a decision which had in It more wisdom, more common sense and more fairness than even King Solomon's inspired justice. strings. Farm . 4 F Wi I cant remember whether twas vantages from the proposed trade pact with the United States was indicated in an address by the earl of Derby before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, of which he is president He told the Chamber that America cannot keep out of European entanglements and predicted that the trade pact would tighten the links between the United States and Great Britain. Derby's speech followed one given by Herschel V. Johnson, American charge daffaires in London, during which Johnson warned indirectly that the Americans would not permit the pact- - to have political A S2blivttul IV ftudauul Fair. MONICA, CALIF.- - . f these that Hew to Bo -- 1 Snaring Uncle Sam Britain is seeking THAT Great as well as economical - A doll y Betsy-Wets- 1 I T7liat aix-da- y one-four- . Thursda THE WEEKLY REFLEX dtpPfi iir,uw r?,1 Irat Alone In Even manyot J00. HendSn U tier. U warthlnft'XX For--ar , |