Evening star., 1934-04-08
Only 81 of 900 Here Have
Filed Reports on Pur-
chaSes Last Month.
TUESDAY is DEADLINE,
0FFUTT WARNING SAYS
Delinquents After That Date Will
Be Called Before A. B. C.
to Explain.

Although the dealine will be reached
at midnight Tuesday, hundreds of
licensed dealers here have failed to
submit sworn statements of the
amounts of beverages purchased dur
ing the past month, as required by
the District liquor law, George w.
Ofutt, chairman of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, revealed last
night.
Records of the board showed that
but 81 dealers, out of more than 900,
had submitted statements by the close
Of business yesterday. Officials antic-
ipate there will be a frantic rush
during the last two days of grace.
The fact that but 81 reports had
been received, however, brought q
stern warning from Offutt last night
that the board would insist upon
strict observance of the law.
Will Call Delinquents.
In keeping with plans announced
some days ago, he said list would be
compiled next Wednesday of all de-
linquent dealers and that all these
would be called before the board to
show cause why their licenses should
not be revoked. The notices will be
sent out by registered mail.
Offutt emphasized that whether a
dealer will have to pay any sales tax
is not test Of whether he must sub
NIT a report of beverages purchased
for sale. The purpose of requiring all
dealers to submit reports. he said, is
to enable the District to check on
those who must pay taxes. A section
of the law provides:
Each holder of a wholesalers or a
retailers license shall, on or before
the 10th day of each month, furnish
to the board on a form to be pre-
scribed by the Commissioners. state
ment under oath, showing the guam
tity of each kind of beverages, except
beer, purchased by him during the
preceding calendar month, and also
showing the date of each such pur-
chase, the name Of the person from
whom purchased, giving the license
number Of the vendor. If licensed
ICiCuiiOei, uuO t2lC QudAleity uAiu hiAio
Of beverages in each such purchase" +"
Jobbers Must Pay Tax.
Wholesalers purchasing stocks from
out-of-town manufacturers or dis
tributors must pay the District sales
tax on their purchases, and retailers
must pay the tax on any purchases
imported to the District from out-of-
town concerns, but not on purchases
from wholesalers licensed here. The
taxes must be paid by April IS.
A score of establishments which
have been selling 80 beer under beer
law licenses will have to stop sale of
beer temporarily because the dealers
delayed too long in applying for beer
licenses under the liquor law. Offutt
reported. While these dealers have
applied for new licenses. their applica-
tions must be published over a period
Of two weeks. Meanwhile, their beer
law licenses expired.
New Licenses Issued.
Retail beverage licenses were issued
yesterday by the A. B. c. Board to
the following:
New York DelicatesSen, 925 New
York avenue; Daniel A. O'Connor. 214
Sixth street; Susan Virginia Miller,
1900 U street; William Cleveland
Bowes, 442 Fifteenth street northeast;
Morris Rosenfeld, 114O Nineteenth
street: Samuel Bernstein. 108 M street
southeast; George H. Simons, 3448
Fourteenth street; United Food Stores,
Inc, 5427 Eighth street; Joseph Ca
vadi, 2426 Fourteenth street; Bruno
Fischer, 1900 Water street southwest;
Vincent D. Burns, 1882 F street;
Weaver's Lunch, 5914 Georgia avenue.
Elizabeth McQueeny, 1855 Bladens-
burg road northeast; William B. Will
cox, 1925 Georgia avenue; Mueller's
Sea Food, 3817 Georgia avenue; Little
Tavern Shops, Inc, 3031 Fourteenth
street; Samuel M. Jeweler, 23o1
Champlain street; Simon Potts, 1147
Twenty-second street; Commodore
Hotel Corporation, North Capitol and
F streets; Berens Cafe, 626 E street
Florida Avenue Fruit Store, 16
Florida avenue; Silver Star Market,
BIT Massachusetts, avenue.
Nicholas Prodramon Jimroglou,
11O1 Fifth street; Boyd H. Enke, jr.,
1924 Wisconsin avenue: David Slack
man, 1877 First street; Franklin Meat
Market, 2411 Franklin street northeast