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SALE-HOUSES.

Chevy Chase Club and located between Conn
and Wisconsin aves. Splendid ,six-room.
borhood convenient to Transportation. stores
and schools. Phi. Nat. 1888 until pm
CHEVY cHAsE-BARGAIN MUST BE SOLD
at once; this comparatively new detached
ssIaee; i win sell it lar below its original
stoGss cs Sss OF of Conn and
CHEVY CHASE. 34l2 PATTERSON NV
rooms: baths price reduced; easy terms
Georgia 4363-R between and 4
FOR sALE-TWELvE-RooM DETACHED
condition. good residential neighborhood
near important business section. Lot 50xl27
ca isis Than han Terms easy
TWo-sToRY CEMENT BLOCK HOUSE. UN
nnlShed inside: one acre ground. beautiful
SHADE on State road; more acrease if de-
dress Box 4so"B Star oc. LOT builder az "a
ss;s5o-NEW. HIGHLY RESTRICTED DE-
yelopment, near Chevy Chase Club. All
brick detached. six rooms. two baths model
kitchen, Level lot over so It. wide by 100
artistic home Phi: Nat. 1883 until pm
N M; siS. CONN. , AyE-HEW sll,sso; B:ICK,
finished attic. porehes nice iet safase near
cars. stores; easy terms. Adams 47se
COOP LOCATION FOR RoOMING AND
apply ST soss 'i NJ s ss.s sl' Mt r'as
s5,75o-TERMS LIKE RENT INVESTIGATE
tbs e-room brick strictly modern home on
as7l St. Just on East Capitol Call North
AT TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE. $4,000
h Town house rooms. baths. sarase, Oil
oer aucE Excasve on posq Bndss
section. 23l6 Ashmead pl. Potomac 243s.
$3.50 :, LINCOLN PARK = FINE sEMI-DE-
I hw ses Pa s aSe Must be sold terms
ARE You LOOKING FOR REAL HoME7
d dns so yo.r sas9 sPtS
Come see this first 1905 orren st. ne.
Phone Lin. ss56. Mr. Louke /.
HILLcREsT 24le SIND ST. Sc. lNEAR ALA.
h.-w::h.. cleo. sas; large attic; Frisidaire:
&; ssss 'i Dogir to I asi ! Sf
sS,95o-NEW. DETACHED BRICK. 1 BED
arse Closets so na.n e.d a. ne
brick garage. Convenient to stores and
tMTsnspogtation; and near District line. Phi.
1886. oG.
~. eh9rmins detached home in Chevy
S Ssrx ID d e. ,r on rood lot With shrub
open fireplace. screens. garage, etc.
rare opportunity.
sllssooe
A brand-new home Of English design
IN Chevy Chase D. G. Blk lovely rooms,
room. two covered porches. two beauti-
fully tiled baths: splendid lot.
1919 KS x s.. Il NV SAUNDERS CO. B IMS.' 1918.
CORNER BRICK IN MICHIGAN PARK.
8,950-Semi-detache 1 BED ROOMS,
tiled bath with shower, open fireplace in liv-
Ing room. front and double rear porches.
Good ''a. '0'' s s!!a rs lsT EuoHs CO..
l435 K ST. NV. Ma 2345
400 @ ST SW
, rooms. AMI, 2-car gArags; vacant; Ike
paw: cost $500; sell for 1870; S366 cash,
~ ~ month. open. 2eS
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NEW s AhLigRIGK sgNsHINE HOMES I,

NEW ALL-BRICK SUNSHINE HOMES IN
BEAUTIFUL MICHIGAN PARK
s23 UPSHUR ST NE
New ideas New plans New finish siY
large rooms with windows placed to flood
them with sunshine Real open fireplace
noors upstairs and down fully equipped
kltchen with electric refrigeration Arm
strong inlaid Inoleum. pantry Concrete
porches. two large rear porches brick ga
rage, large lot. The low price Of 50 $50 for
tnls Splendid home in such a delightful COM
munlty will surely interest you.
Drive out Rhode Island ave TO I2th st.
ne. then north on 18th ST. to Upslur ct
then left to homes "
BREUINGER 4 PHIFER.
nat. 1IlS. ll03 Vermont Ave
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S.. $50.
l427 R1DGI, PL. Sc.

ANACOSTIA
Modern 5-room brick home. close to all
eonveniences and large park; completely re-
UNION FINANCE CO..
Nat. 1885. GIG Woodward BLDG
1880: CHEVY CHASE, D. CA DECID-
EDDY ATTRACTIVE DETACHED HOUSE,
well located on one of the prettIest t,e.-
lined squares in the section. ThyNe
large bed rooms and fne tiled bath.
very large living room with real A5e-
place, dining room. den and bf1oxs
sunny kitchen: complete maids r0oNS
and bath in basement completely
screened and weather. stripped and all
in excellent condition. Spacious grounds,
beautifully Handicapped: GARAGE on
paved alley. An inspection will convince
you of its desirability.
BOSS & PHELPS.
14l7 X st. Realtors National $500
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
HOUSES-FURNlSHED.

2 ROOMS. KITCHENETTE AND BATH
very reasonable within walking distance OF
downtown. Address Box ACC. Star ONCE
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Treason

The proposal to do away with squads
right. squads-left, squads -right-about
and other such intricate close-order
Infantry maneuvers. based on occult
and abstruse conceptions of drillmasters,
and to substitute therefor q "furrin"
formation which may be executed on a
command Of right face"-this thing
ought to be looked into. Somebody has
bean boring from within, and the smell
Of treason is in the air. 1t only goes
to show how Satan finds some mischief
still for idle hands to do. What is our
peace-time Army coming to, anyhow?
Millions of good American ex-dough-
boys may have by this time suffered
disillusionment as to why they went to
war. But there is one thing that can
not be taken from them, and that is
the knowledge of how to- do squads
right. That knowledge was not come by
easily. 1t was ground into them on
many a hot and dusty plain in the
Summer of 1917 and in the cold and
bitter Winter of 1918. 1t is something
their children do not know-unless they
are high-school cadets-and 1t Is some
thing that their fathers before them
who served in the Spanish
War never learned. In the Spanish
American War 1t was "fours right
maneuver later relegated to the Cav
airy and executed by dumb beasts, in
cluding horses. But your World War
infantryman was taught squads-right,
squads-left, right-by squads, etc, and
was told at the time that 1t had to be
learned or we could not win the war.
Machine guns? Tanks? Chemical war
fare? Aviation? Pooh! And yet
again--pooh! The only thing more
important than squads-right was the
salute, and If this business Of scrapping
fine old traditions keeps up. the salute
may go next, and then we win have the
mess sergeant calling the Old Man
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Gustavus V.

Gustavus V, King of Sweden, today
celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his accession to the throne. 1t was
on December 8, 1907, that he succeeded
his father, King oscar II. For a full
quarter of a century he has been de-
voted servant of the commonweal, a
crowned democrat, a good sovereign.
From Washington, as from every other
capital of the civilized world. messages
Of congratulation and appreciation viii
pour into the royal palace at Stockholm.
Humanity at large is grateful to mon
arch who has been an inspiration to
elected rulers and to ordinary men and
women everywhere.
Fifth head of the Swedish state of
the house of Ponte Corvo, Gustavus is
q great-grandson of the colorful Bern
adotse, Napoleon's marshal wf1o was
called to rule over Sweden, al Carl
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Teachers Mark Of Approval
On Popular Idioms Debated

We are law-abiding Nation so far A
the dictionary Is concerned, and feel
little guilty, usage or no usage, when
we say It's me- To offset the feeling
Of guilt, we have sense of being slight
ly silly when we use the perfectly cor
rect phrases, IT Is T or Am I not?'
To be perfectly comfortable, we should
prefer to say Amt I?' but we know
that Is wrong, even II Shakespeare
said 1t. Conscience makes towards of
us all, and the teachers give us little
help. Naturally. the line has to be
drawn somewhere with regard to usage.
Thousands OF people say, He ran like
he was a rabbit but that does not
Everybody owes 1t to their country
would be bad, even in Shakespeare,
We must have the dictionary and the
grammar books to stand Gibraltarlike
between the language and such bar
barisms. This makes it hard for the
English teachers. They would like to
keep the vernacular from being stiff
and stilted, but they are afraid to let
down the bars. 1t is going to be o
long battle"
"We are disappointed in the teachers
OF English" says the Columbia Is. C.)
State. 1T seems to us that part of
their business Is the constant, perhaps
hopeless, combating of home influences
where these are undesirable. What If
Mr.. Better Middle Class does say he
lives In a healthy location2 What If
Mrs. B. M. G. does feel too badly to
come to the school exercises? Doesn't
the teacher who has devoted her Cor
his) life to the study of that beautiful
instrument, the English language, feel
that Johnnie should have q higher ideal
OF what his mother tongue can and
should be?"
Asserting that Shakespeare was
guilty OF all the known sins Of gram
mar" offering aid to those who would
violate the rules, the Jersey City Jour-
nal states: "Such forms were conceded
to be hardly worth fighting against
when they make their appearance In
oral recitations in school, but they are
not yet accepted as good usage for
writing. The Mglish teachers ought
to be on gua-d lest they help to
create confusion rather than to sim
plify the problem of learning correct
usage; to make an official distinction
between what is well spoken but poorly
written would be sorry decision"
The Hartford Times concludes: "The
progressive attitude Of these teachers
OF English should help to destroy a cer-
tain dead dogmatism as to correct
English. There viii probably always
remain sufficient conservatism to hold
that amt haint proper"
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Persia and Her Oil.

It Is an interesting coincidence that
the United States and Spain should
lock horns over a telephone concession
at the identical moment that Great
Britain and Persia are embroiled over a
concession involving oil. In both cases
the issue at stake is threatened confis-
cation. The Spanish-American diff
Guilty for the time being is in the hands
Of the Madrid cabinet, which will ex-
anime the whole controversy and re-
port Its findings to the Cortes. Thus
the radical move forthwith to dispossess
the American corporation now operat-
ing the Spanish telephone system has
been thwarted.
A far more serious crisis has oc-
CURED with reference to Persia's oil,
the ownership Of which is virtually q
British monopoly. The British gov
errment had received note from Per-
sia branded 80 offensive" that 1t was
decided not to publish it. In it Shah
Reza Pahlavi, whose reign has been
marked by conspicuous hostility to So
called foreign commercial and f1nan-
cial exploiters warns the British that
if single soldier or marine is sent to
guard the Anglo Persian Oil Company's
vast oil fields his Persian majesty will
regard it direct provocation. London
is reminded in effect that it would
need only couple Of well-aimed Per-
sian shells or a single bomb dropped
into the vast refinery at Abadanto to
send millions of barrels of British
oil up in smoke.
Trouble arises from the announce
ment at Teheran that the cancellation
Of the Anglo-Persian's concession, which
is twelve years old, is final and that
the company, more than half of whose
shares are owned by the British govern
ment, must, cap in hand, request a new
concession to be based on terms fairer
to the Persian people. This ultimatum
follows diplomatic representations from
London that if Persia refuses to
recognize the existing concession, Great
Britain will take "all legitimate meas
ures" to protect its interests. The
British authorities denounce Persia's
action as a reputation of a solemn
contract. The Persians retort that it
Is their right to annul any concession
in their own territory. They proclaim
their willingness to take the dispute to
the World Court or any other interna-
tional tribunal
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which,
together with the Royal Dutch Shell,
constitutes the most formidable compe-
tition which American oil interests face
in the world market, contends that it has
lived up both to the letter and the spirit
Of its contrac. with the Persian govern
ment. 1t points out that in addition
to the fact that Persia has received the
stipulated amount of profits to which
the contract entities it, the country has
benefited extensively from the Anglo
Persian's expenditure for works and
wages.
Be these rival allegations as they may,
an infiamrnable situation has fiared up
In the land Of the shahs, and oil, not
inappropriately, Is its cause.
Evening star., 1932-12-08
IL MERCURIO, Santiago.-In the
i course Of the trial terminating
in the condemnation of the
French Presidents assassin al

lusion was made by habitues of
the court, including some of the at
torneys engaged on either side, but more
particularly by the superstitious among
the general public, to circumstances
ominously significant in their nature
connected with the life of M. Doumer.
Such absurd notions have exerted their
malign influence in every age; men
have sought continually to determine
their destinies more by the fortultous
conjunctions of the stars than by
earnest efforts to achieve success. And
there are actually people in France to-
day who confidently trace the tragic fate
of M. Doumer not to malice, ignorance
and impatience in some mems minds,
but rather to such phantasieS as as
trological and numerical portents.
The contemporary horoscope indi-
Gated, for instance, that the election OF
M. Doumer fell upon an tnauspic1ous
occasion; upon a stellar arrangement
fraught with dire potentialities. The
fact that million other people exposed
to the same zodiacal propensities sus-
tanned no corresponding evil Is factor
not considered in arriving at these
sophistical conclusions.
And then there is the old obsession
associated with the number 13. There
has not been lacking an army OF
arithmeticians to point out that the
slayer selected the 18th day of May
for the performance of his evil deed,
and that Mr.. Paul Doumer was the
thirteenth of the Chief Executives OF
France.
Evening star., 1932-12-08

XIV, In 1918, and who died at his
royal post of duty in 1874. Since Bern
adotte began life as q SON OF a Pau
lawyer, an infantryman in the Marines
of the ill-fated Louis XVI, 1t is mid
class blood that flows In the now
regal veins, and there may be those
who presume to entertain q prejudice
against q bourgeois" king. But a
gentle heart Is OF more consequence
than princely lineage, and the nobility
OF generous life is Of greater value
to a nation than any quantity Of i'm
peria1 ancestors. Gustavus has been
every inch king" but that Is not
all-he also has been every inch a
friend AMI benefactor of his people.
Es has been the victim Of no illusions,
has waged no wars, has provoked no
revolutions. He has been q man of
peace. He has been q patron OF
progress. What more could Sweden
ask?
Only three living monarchs outrank
Gustavlis In length of reign. Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who
came to the throne in 1890; King Vic
tor Emmanuel III of Italy, who sue
ceeded in 1900, ana King Haakof VII
of Norway, who was raised to the
throne when that country seeded from
Sweden in 1905, have been longer in
the royal spotlight. ALI have been COM
petent sovereigns, and all have earned
the respect of their contemporaries,
near and far. Honoring Gustavus to-
day, the people of the United States
salute the entire group. Kingship may
be at discount in the twentieth GEN.
tury, but there are at least four names
to be cited to the contrary.
Evening star., 1932-12-08
The Manufacturers Tax.

The general manufacturers excise or
sales tax, recommended by the President
in his message to Congress, appears to
have not the slightest chance of adoption
at the short session of the National Leg
islature, which ends March 4. The Demo-
Gratis, when they come into power in both
houses of Congress as well as in the
White House thereafter, may in the
end be forced to come to this tax as a
means of balancing the budget. But
they are not going to accept such a
proposal on the recommendation of the
retiring Republican President. That
is made quite clear by the comments
of the Democratic leaders of the Senate
and the House, following the reading of
the Presidents message to Congress.
No matter how just, how wise the pro-
posal of the President, it is nevertheless
his, and Is therefore doomed. That Is
the politics of this ridiculotlsly impotent
"lafne duck'' session of the Congress.
The comment of Representative
Rainey Of Illinois, the Democratic floor
leader and leading candidate for the
speakersliip in the next Congress, is
significant, particularly when 1t is
considered that Mr.. Rainey vanantly
led the fight for the general manufac-
turers' excise tax In the last session
of Congress and went down to defeat.
Mr.. Rainey chides the President be-
cause he made no reference to prohibi-
ton in his message. "It Is estimated"
Mr.. Rainey says, that the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment would have the
effect Of adding to our revenue possibly
s2.o00, 100000 per year." Mr.. Rainey
declares that under such circumstances
general manufacturers excise tax
would be unnecessary and that fur
ther reduction in the salaries paid
Federal workers would not be required.
It seems quite clear that the Demo-
Gratis, and certainly the proponents Of
prohibition repeal, are not going to
enact into law general manufacturers
sales tax until they have had a try at
balancing the budget through the i'm
position of Federal taxes on beer, wine
and alcoholic liquors. A balanced budget
would take away from the anti
prohibitionists one Of the arguments
now advanced by them in favor of
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
and modification of the Volstead act.
A general manufacturers tax is an
equitable and productive system Of
taxation. It has been found so in other
countries. 1t is a tax the burden of
which is spread so widely as not to be
heavy upon the individual 1t falls
chiefly on those who purchase the most,
the people with money.
Representative Collier Of Mississippi,
chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee. declares that there Is little
chance Of the Presidents recommenda-
ton for such tax being adopted. As
the head of the committee in which all
tax legislation originates, Mr.. Collier
speaks advisedly.
Evening star., 1932-12-08

The usually suave Prof. Einstein is
represented as having been slightly irri-
tated by the question raised as to his
possible forfeiture Of welcome to the
U. S. A. America has made great ad-
vances in knowledge and inventions, and
it may become no more necessary to go
abroad for scientists than it is to i'm
port musicians.
Evening star., 1932-12-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass of inquiries handled by
our great information bureau main
tanned in Washington, D. C. This
valuable service Is for the free use of
the public Ask any question Of fact
you may want to know and you will
get an immediate reply. Write plainly
and inclose cents in coin or stamps
for return postage. Do not use post
cards Address The Evening Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin,
Director, Washington, d. G.
@, In cribbage, If the last card makes
one for last card?-W. A. w.
A. Fosters Complete Hoyle says that
there 1s no count for last card II 1t
makes 81.
=, Q. Who designed the monument to
the nrst air flight Of the Wright
brothers?-N. D.
A. 1t was designed by Architects
Rodgers and Poor. 1t is a 66-foot pylon
set upon star-shaped foundation. A
revolving beacon surmounts the shaft.
Q. How large is the Forum Mus
solini?-W. J.
=. A. The stadium, which Is an clip
teal bowl. seats 10000. 1t Is built of
Carrara marble.
=. Q. Does the average boy spend more
time In reading or in sports?-R. Z.
"A: In study Of 1900 schoolboys
MADE by the Welfare Council of New
YORK City, it was found that reading
was listed as the most popular pastime'
swimming was next in order of pop-
ularity. pp
Q. Is it true that the Soviets have
turned one of their famous cathedrals
into theater?-D. M. A. '-'
A The. Cathedral of st. Isaac. in
Lenlngrad. is to be converted into a
tneater. Its first production will be a
satire on the life of the saint after
whom 1t was named. The cathedro1
was finished in 1888. after 80 wears of
iaoOr, and cost s12,0OO,O0O. II ia milf
In the shape of a huge cross ar6
high. WV Aee'
y. How old was Senator Huey Long
wnen ne was elected Governor Of
Louisiana?-E. M.
A. He is the youngest Governor ever
to hold Office In louisiana achiey,nq
that honor at the age Of "a.
Q. How many acres of forest land
are there now In the United States
-R. K 's''
a. The area Of commercial forest
still available amounts to 4g6. 600 000
acres, which represents 26 per cent of
Ine land area Of the United States
Inere were originally 0,0O0, 900 acres
OF forest land in the territory now oc-
cupied by the United States proner
which represented AZ per cent of the
total land area. ~
L. 6. W. ' O0n . feai manner
A. The name Of the British speed-
boat racer Is @. Ernest Don.
g. How should a banjo be cared
A. The banjo should be kept in a
closed case, as the head Is extremely
susceptible to moisture. It should be
Kept In dry place protected from any
dampness as well as from any great
heat. The head should be kept tight.
Inc banjo should be kept well strung
and the strings never loosened after
playing, but kept in tune as nearly as
possible. Leather cases lined with
hannel are the best. The board which
holds the tailpiece should never be
screwed down tightly with the wrench
SO as to cause the tailpiece to press
upon the head
g.. Who invented Tontine insur-
ance?--T. H.
A. An Italian named Tonti devised IL
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Destruction Of Opium
Deplored in China.


North China Daily News, Shanghai
To the Editor: The customs seizure Of
an alleged million dollars worth Of
opium affords the opportunity of draw
ing attention to the folly Of destroying
by fire such seizures of smusgled goods,
A million dollars worth Of anything
represents huge amount OF human
labor. If this labor in the form OF
kind Of goods can be utilized for any
good purpose whatsoever 1t ought not
to be destroyed but sold-possibly at
reduced rates to avoid storage. :,
If chemists can make synthetic Oil OF
wintergreen and vanillin, they can
certainly extract the morphine out OF
smokers opium at some price. For sucn
purpose the cargo held might be OF less
value than its appraisement Tor an IL
licit purpose, but still the value De very
high. The government could afford 10
sell it at a price attractive TO manu-
facturers of alkaloidal drugs.
Why waste anything, and especially
why waste government property, such
as this opium now is2 The government
always needs money, and If the money
obtained from the sale Of seized opium
would not lessen taxes, it could at least
be used for some good purpose. such as
famine relief, poor relief or aid to
victims of bombing operations or other
military destruction.
In America the Government once de-
stroyed large quantities of seized
whisky of the best grades, but the same
Government now he to license the
manufacture of WI, isky for medicinal
purposes. Another instance of the fol-
ly of destroying goods produced by
human labor.
The matter Of the crime of smoking
opium does not enter this question of
sale for legal purposes. Common sense
demands better custodianship Of public
property than to burn it. G. A. B.
Evening star., 1932-12-08
Dcomrsde." It ought to be looked into.

"comrade." II ought to be looked into.
OF course, certain proportion Of
doughboys never learned to do squads
right. They could do 1t, but not at the
right time. They always did squads
left when the command was squads
right, and vice versa. But 1t Is to mil
lions of men who did learn that ones
heart now turns. To have learned
and fourteen years later to find 1t was
all in vain! Yes, the matter ought to
be looked into!