The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 4

THE COMMERCIAL MEMPHIS SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 23 1917 SECTION I Best At The Keyboard possessed personal charm and was seclusion In Atlantic City Sho papular with women Nearly all waa rf ported to have called- a his troubles had a feminine bsck' newspaper asking about fun Thaw was popular with chorus girls and other entertainers He Miss Ncsbit la believed to be in condition earlier Saturday M'CORD REVENUE PUN MAY MEETOPPOSITION Governor Marshals Forces To Push For Enactment awarded 75000 and received 25000 Thaw took a flyer In the motion picture business as a producer and this too led to court when two scenario writera sued He tried sponsoring would-be feminine stars and escorted two from New York to Hollywood but gave up when his efforts seemed unsuccessful soon afterward one of his charges achieved stardom as Anita Page Thaw was barred from England when he went there in 1928 to re plenish his wardrobe Police in Paris were forced to come to his PLAYBOY HARRY THAW DIES AT MIAMI BEACH (Continued from Page One) she said Thaw had proposed He denied the allegation A damage suit by Mae ehowgirl who used the name of Marcia Es tardus who accused him of paddling her with a hair brush at a New Tear' party She was Leo Kahn Fum Co TO ADDRESS ASSEMBLY DR RUSSELL JOHNSON Registered Optometrist Glasses Accurately Proscribed and Fitted to Suit Your Individual Needs Correct Examination Mt Classes" 803-806 Farnsworth Hdg Phono 5-8362 Main at Union Avoouo Genuine 3-Pc a Bonnie Wood Bedroom 10995 One of the beat bargains of the year Beautifully designed Bonnie Wood bedroom with full eize poster bed large roomy 4 drawer chest and handsome vanity with large genuine plate mirror Be convinced Come and see for yourself I VEIL Marquisette EXCLUSIVELY AT THE CURTAIN SHOP Fine quality PERMANENT finish (requires no starch) cotton marquisette Made with full mud wide ruffles foe a more graceful appearance Ben Whitten 17 son of Mr and Mrs Whitten of 1702 Overton Park' won the second annual Youth Piano Contest of the Memphis Symphony yesterday He will be guest artist with the Symphony March 23 Photo by Rudolph Vattar All Mefal Rocker For durability conMwinC fort and weather re-X8T8jg sistant this all metalYB rocker is the beet buy nw of summer furniture All Chairs induced surprisingly low Wood chairs 395 5-Pc Chrome Dinette Set Phone 5-9688 Let Us Show You How Music Can Help Your Business! Business Music Dorp I WOOTEN Jr VIS-14 Famawartk Rnildisg A ALBURTX i MYERS Breakfast at your house will lie a cheery affair with this sparkling chrome set Porcelain top refectory table cutlery drawer 4 washable leatherette covered chairs With this breakfast aet jr receive fieri an ameied all metal ntility a binct while they laat) (Continued from Page One) of the Senate Finance Wayg and Means Committee Indicated tbat It would not be given rubber stamp approval If the voluminous bill i subjected to Item-by-item scrutiny other proposals may run into trouble Already the Senate committee has recommended the elimination of a provision which would have given Governor McCord sole authority to raise and lower the salaries of 26 top state officials Frank Hobbs legislative spokesman for the Governor said increases in many of the Items were for pay raises to state employes The Governor's plan for this project has not been announced to the legislators A possibility loomed that State Personnel Director Bain Stewart may be summoned before the committee to supply the number of State employes and other information on the subject Committee approval of the bill will be a prerequisite to Senate consideration and the measure may not mme up before Thursday and probably will not reach the llouse before the following week Also looming in the financial field is the heralded introduction of an administration bill authorizing the state to issue 21000000 in bonds which would have the effect of increasing the state debt from 76000000 to S9900000a The new bonds are proposed for state buildings: S6000000 for state colleges 600000 for the University of Tennessee 5000000 for State institutions and S3000000 for a new State Office Building in Nashville The sales tax act will provide an estimated Sl000000 per year for retirement of the bonds Firat Increase Since 1937 Increasing the state debt would be the first substantial move in that direction since adoption of the Browning Debt Retirement Plan in 1927 although 8000000 in new bonds were approved during Governor McCord's first term in office and S2000000 for tuberculosis hospitals already has been indorsed by the Legislature Approximately 4500000 of these bonds have not been issued Their issuance would jump the State debt that amount making a possible total of S103500000 The debt was approximately S132000000 when the retirement program went into effect July 1 1937 Two actions already have been taken which will weaken the retirement plan Freeing the toll bridges deprived the sinking fund of about 1000000 per year and approval of a gasoline tax refund according to State Highway Commissioner Phillips will reduce sinking fund revenues another l600000per year Other estimates on the latter action run much higher Five cents of the seven-cent gasoline tax is pledged to debt retirement with that amount which is not needed going for maintenance of the state highway system Increasing the costa of debt amortization automatically decreases the amount of funds available for highways Assembly Work Reviewed The Legislature completed action this week on four measures affecting the working man One banned cloned shop agreements another made unions responsible for strike damages and two others liberalized the state programs for compensation and unemployment compensation Amendments to the Judges' Retirement Act also were approved In addition the legislators voted to increase the salaries of all Tennessee judges effective in 1950 The five Tennessee Supreme Court justices will become the highest paid employes of the state The chief justice will be paid S12600 per year and the other four 12000 The salary is 8000 annually Department heads and constitutional officers now receive 6000 per year but they are expected to be increased before the Lerialsture adjourns The third proposal for "legalized closed shops' was defeated when the Senate tabled a measure to create a licensing board for real estate agents Previously defeated w-ere similar proposals for funeral directors and beauty shop operators Others are still pending including one for plumbers The administration's General Appropriations Bill is the final piece of major legislation but the legislative machinery is jammed with a multitude of iesa important proposals During the week both houses tabled a resolution which would have fixed final adjournment for March 7 and thus left the way open for a session which may run the full 75 days or until March 21 The state Constitution does not limit a legislative session to 75 days but it says that the members can be paid for only that length of time Lawn Mowers $2595 thosi all metal lawn mowers been looking for Rubber tired blades and all metal handle 6 Sized To Choone From SINGLES BEN WHITTEN WINNER OF PIANO COMPETITION Entries From Four States Are In Youth Contest The second annual contest for 14 to 17-year-old MidSouth pianists was won by Ben Whitten 17 son of Mr and Mrs Whitten of 1702 Overton Park yesterday The young pianist through winning the contest will appear in concert with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Sunday afternoon March 23 He won the contest with his excellent playing of the 1 first movement of Concerto in A Minor The youth is a senior at Tech High School where he is a member of the Key Club and recently was voted "most talented He is a student of Miss Susie DcShazo of the DeShazo School of Music Second in the contest which drew entries from four states was Johnette Jackson 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs John Jackson of El Dorado Ark Third prize was won by John Shelton 15 son of Mr and Mrs Shelton of Murray Ky Thp fourth pize went to Margaret Anne Ellis daughter of Mr- and Mrs Ellis of 583 Perkins Road The winner was also awarded a 25 prize provided by Arts Appreciation Second third and fourth place winners won prizes of 15 10 and 5 respectively The contest was held at the Good-wyn Institute Auditorium Mrs Jordan waa chairman of the project assisted by Mrs George Clsrke Houston Judges 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