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l431 EYE ST NV
lrustees's Sale of Valuable
improved Property, Con-
sisting of a Brick Apart
ment House Containing
Fifty nine Apartments,
Known as the Pershing
Apartment, Situated 3701
Sixteenth Street North
west

BY virtue Of certain depd OF trust.
duly recorded in Liber No. $3.50. folio $40
et SEQ. of the land records of the District
OF Columbia and at the request of tile
party secured thereby, the undersigned
trustee will sell at public auction. in
front OF the premises on FRIDAY THE
NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH AID 1937
AT THREE O'CLOCK PM the following
described land and premises situate in the
ano being lot thirty-two C!) in square
IN the subdivision made by Jacob Roberts
and Herbert W T. Jeuner of parts of the
tracts of land called Pleasant Plains"
ana PadSWorth as per plat recorded in
Lloer No. 50 folio l" of the records of
the office, of the surveyor OF the District
:, Terms Of sale: one-fourth of the pur-
chase money to be paid in cash balance
In two equal inStallments payable in one
and two years with interest at five per
centum per .annum. payable Semi-annually
from day OF sale, secured by first deed of
trust upon the property sold or ell cash.
at the option Of the purchaser a deposit
or t1Ve thousand dOIars1 81 OON will he
required at time of sale. All ConveyanciHg
Terms Of sale to be complied with within
20 days ftom day of sale. otherwise the
trustee reserves the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost of defaultinC
purchaser. after five days advertisement
OF such resale in some newspaper published
In Washington. D c
THE WASHINGTON LOAN
BY ALFRED H LAWSON
te12,15.17lo,G % % 7-mh@ 4G,3,II'i3.
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AUTOMOBILES WANTED.
CASH FOR YOUR CAR.

HIGHEST PRICES PAID
Whether Car is Paid for or Not.
SEE MR.. BARNES, 1929 14th st.
CASH FOR YOUR CAR-Highest
prices paid. Superior Motor Cars.
Inc, 1920 18th st. NV. De. 1900.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

SIUDEBAKER 1888 Royal standard cab
riolet; rumble seat; excellent condition;
only S169; terms $50 down Evans
Palmer N Y. and Fla. aves- ne.
STUDEBAKER 1894 sedan; built-in trunk,
black and chrome finish best care; only
$3.50. Evans Palmer. N. Y. and Fla.
STUDEBAKER 1895 Dictator "6' coupe;
and appearance; $3.50. terms guaranteed
Barnes Motors, 1929 18th st. NV De-
catur 1880.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

TERRAPLANE 1893 business coupe, eight;
beautiful light tan with red wheels and
trim: good tires, excellent motor Try this
for snap. economy and class. Gold Seal
Guaranteed and personally indorsed Only
S2g5. FLEMING MOTOR CORP. Cham
plain st. at Kalorama rd. NV. Col 1920.
TERRAPLANE 1887 demonstrator super
tive automatic shift. New-car warranty
and service. A substantial reduction.
FLEMING MOTOR CORP. Champlain st.
at Kalorama rd. NV. Columbia 1920.
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TRAILERS FOR SALE.
TOMORROW.

LUGGAGE TRAILERS. for rent or sale, by
day. week or month
s. j. MEEKS SON NATL. 21qS.
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AUTO TRICKS WANTED
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

WANTFD-Small trucks. to haul bag ct
Alaska Hufnagel Coal Co
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THE WASHINGTON LOAN
AND TRUST COMPANY
trustee.
BY ALFRED H. LAWSON
mh12 ,d&ds. .exSu Vice President.
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS. PER-
SONAL EFFECTS, ETC, FOR STOR-


G. G. SLOAN & CO. INC. AUCTIONEERS
115 18th St NV.
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WATER FRONT PROPERTY.

BEVERLY BEACH CHESAPEAKE Bay
-LotS, bungalows; terms. Geutiles only, Send
Ior booklet. Address MAYO A. A. Co. Md
80 ACRES ON CHESAPEAKE RAY WITH
900 feet OF wide sand beach land slop-
.Isct ihs to beach, half mile off state highway
e.ectficHS, $4,000. w. @. WILLIAMS
Metropoltan Bank Building lg%
SALE-FA1RHAVEN MD = FuRN1sHED
n.room waterfront cottage city conven-
FENCES, kelvinstor, electric range, built-in
Call Atlantic 6SS7 after pm
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1897 STUDFRAKER DICTATOR ST.
REGIS SEDAN. The famous spotlight
car of the season. STYLED by Helen
DRYDEN in the modern motif, pow
cred by a magnificent engine that in
corporates speed, safety and economy
with amazing success. See this car
at once: 1t is your Oppor GzS ~
tunitN TO own "New" .
car at a substantially DE
lower price
1896 STTDEBAKER CRUISING ST.
DAN. car that by any comparison
Is one of the finest on the market to
day. An all-Steel body. low center of
Gravity. hydraulic shock absorbers. Ru-
tomato choke. Mus the mNA us
ss f$sis iss'S;; Of sns e'''si sS9
1898 CHEVROLET COUPE, Radio
equipped. Solid steel top. knee-aCtion
wheels, shock proof steering. hydTar-
lie shock absOrberS front cHAP
and back. This car is EEk
in wonderful condition EOs
and Butler Bonded
1894 HUDSON SEDAN All-strel
body. road Ieveler shock absOrbers. oil
cushioned clutch silent second trans
mission. Unusually high ratio Of
power and weight make ca nT
this car performer of AX
great merit plus real VI
economy
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER q SON. Auctioneers.

fe26,mh 12.15.16,1T1s.19.e6.@ 6.@2'22;3S,'
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Wholesale today and tomorrow: SD down.
bal, S4 per week Cars In trade. 1922
Pa ave Sc
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1881 STUDEPAKER DICTATOR ST
DAN. Ail-Steel body. triple head
lights, positive mechanical brakes, and
clear-visiOn ventilation. all combine to
provide complete safety and ease in
driving, Always very
economical car to oper- n>A-
ate. Compare this price; NTDX
It is amazing. Butler
Bonded and right -
1888 DODGE 2-DOOR TOURING
SEDAN. Bult-in trunk. All-steel body.
hydraulic brakes. floating power. ride
Stahili7er. One of the
high lights of the pres ~.-
ent uSed-car market
Tires. interior and motor
excellent GH
1888 PLYNOI TIL SEDAN Built-in
trunk, all-Steel BODY, hydraulic brakes,
floating power, ride sta n 1
biiizer other features. SEHUE
Clean upholstery, motor in ~HEE
perfect condition EM ~
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dan; 8 wheels trunk etc; looks and
runs fine; sacrifice S97; terms. Evans
Palmer 14th and L SITS. NV.
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AUCTION SALES,
TOMORROW

HOS. J. OWEN 81 SON AUCTIONEFRS
1881 EYE ST. NV,
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4 Of them show q larger tax burden
and Q Of them . smaller tax burden.
OF the 26 largest cities In the United
States, Washington exceeds II Of them
in tax burden and Is exceeded by
only 8 Of them.
What Is an Adequate Tax Burden?
The Citizens Joint Committee EN-.
phasized its belief that 1t Is not neces-
sary to show Washington's tax burden
as high as the highest or as low as
tie lowest: that average tax burdens
are of little value In determining a
correct tax burden. In comparison
Of z selected cities-St. Louis, Balti-
more, Buffalo, Minneapolis, New Or
leans, Indianapolis and Richmond
detailed comparisons were made which
showed that Washington's total taxes
and total revenue receipts-less SUBJ
ventions, grants, donations, gifts and
assessments-were relatively high:
that in per capita taxes and special
assessments and per capita revenue
receipts with or without interest
payments) Washington exceeded them
all. Similar comparisons were made
in governmental costs to show the
relatively high cost Of government In
Washington.
Comparison With Baltimore.
A detailed comparison between
Washington and Baltimore was made
on the theory that If Washington's
tax burden can be shown as compar.
ing favorably with that Of Baltimore,
it should follow that Washingtou's
taxes are adequate.
The results of this comparison show
that Baltimore exceeds Washington
in population by ~ per cent and in
area by So per cent. In both total and
per capita real estate assessment and
total property assessments, Washing
ton exceeds Baltimore. In total taAes
and special assessments and in total
revenues-less subventions, grants,
donations, etc.-Baltimore naturally
shows an excess, although less. in per-
centage, than the population excess.
When populations are equaliZed by per
capitas, Washington exceeds Baltimore
in both items, with no deductions on
account of Maryland State taxes or
Baltimore's annual interest payments,
approMmating 100000 annually.
Such comparisons have a greater
basis Of accuracy as indicating gen.
orally the burden of taxation than the
theoretical tax rates used In the fiscal
reports comparisons, based largely on
guesses and estimates.
INERT article: The sources OF the
National Governments obligation
to support its Capital.)
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HOOVER MEETS HYDE
FOR SHORT CONFAB
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHANDLER, Ariz, January 29.-
Former President Hoover left yester-
day for Chicago following a confer
ence here with Arthur M. Hyde, his
Secretary Of Agriculture.
He declined to comment on the de-
vastating Ohio and Mississippi valley
floods except that the situation seems
to be in the hands Of good persons
who appear to be taking care Of things
in good shape"
Also registered at the hotel where
Mr.. Hoover stopped were Frank Low
den, former Governor of Illinois, and
Gardner Cowles, ST., publisher Of the
Des Moines Register and Tribune.
Hyde said he and his former chief
just had q friendly visit"
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FOUND.

W1RE-HAIRED TERRIER. white nose tar
1ead. black spots on body; Mclean Va
CAL Brinkley. District 22OO. br. 635'
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having an average cost for snstruc-
tion, reconstruction and maintenance
Of but $412 per mile. In the District,
he said, the cost is $2,740 per mile
and would be increased to $4,119 by
the proposed increase.
As an example Of what occurs when
gasoline taxes are diverted, flanagan
pointed to Maryland, whose roads. he
said, have been steadily deteriorating
during the three years since part
Of these taxes have teen diverted
He quoted speech by District Traf-
fic Director William A. VanDuzer in
Baltimore yesterday in which the local
official declared all highway funds
must be used for that purpose to pre-
vent q general collapse Of the roads
In this country.
u. s. Tax Elimination Aim.
In another resolution the associa-
tion adopted the policies of the Ameri-
can Petroleum Industries Committee.
Included in the objectives are elimi-
nation of the Federal taxes on petrol
cum products, opposition to further
increases in gasoline taxes, use of
such taxes for roads and streets only,
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1884 census reports financial sta
tistics of cities.
This comparison reveals that nine
cities have lower tax burden for city
and county maintenance. exclusive Of
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local income tax Virginians working
in Washington may be liable to three
separate taxes on their incomes-by
the Federal Government, by Virginia
and by the District-and that Mary
landers working in the District would
pay local income taxes to the District
while continuing to pay taxes adopted
| in Maryland in lieu of income tax
alton; that members o. Congress- cabi-
net officials and other Federal en-
ployes exempt from payment of local
income taxes at home would be liable
to an income tax in the District,
the nature Of the difficulties in enact
ment and collection of this tax be-
comes apparent. Such difficulties. Of
course, are due to the peculiar nature
of Washington's population.
Population Effect on Per Capitas.
The large population for Washing
ton recorded on the census rolls
but not on the tax rolls-has the
effect of showing Washington at a
disadvantage in comparison Of per
capita tax burdens. Especially Is this
true when the comparisons include,
as they must, the most recent years,
when local population estimated by
the census experts includes the great
number of employees brought here to
nan the emergency and permanent
agencies Of Government. Without dis
putting the accurs cy of the census
estimates, it is nevertheless important
| to mention what tn census officials
admit themselves, namely, that esti-
mates are made for the District by
one method and for other cities by
another method, and that the esti-
mates do not necessarily take into
account the number of people en-
ployed in Washington but who live
outside the District.
But even with these and other dis
advantages which affect actual or
statistical comparisons Of Washing
toms tax burden. local citizens are
prepared to refute the claims of drastic
under-taxation reflected in the recent
fiscal relations report. Previous articles
OF this series have pointed out the
disagreement among experts as to
the best and most accurate method
of comparing tax burdens. Some of
them. including those who made the
comparisons in the fiscal relations
study, have preferred a method Of ad-
justed tax rates which depends chiefly
for its accuracy on estimates and
guesses Of individuals. The preferable
choice Of figures for comparison, 1t
would seem, should be the official
census statistics, gathered and in
terreted by the statisticians Of the
Census Bureau.
Reasonably Accurate Index"
The fiscal relations report uses these
statistics in some of its comparisons,
but discards them in others. Ger
i tainly it Is safer to depend on actual
| figures. in totals or expressed in per
| capitas to equalize differences in
population, than it is to depend on
guesses and estimates and their trans
lation into theoretical rates Of taxa
! ton that exist only on paper.
The fiscal relations report admits
that "the tax levy per capita
furnishes a reasonably accurate in
dex of the relative property tax load on
! the average property owner" Let us
examine such comparison, using the
same cities compared in the fiscal
relations report and making the
equitable deductions (for Indebtedness
and State taxes) explained In q pre-
| vious article.
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reduction Of gasoline taxes dispropor-
tionately high, and to combat gaso-
line tax evasion by coordinating the
committees efforts with those Of State
and county tax collection officials.
B. D. Friedman Is chairman Of the
association.
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w YASHINGTON'S phenomenal
NA/ growth in population un-
wv der the spur of New Deal
v governmental employment,
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|0|L men TO FIGHT
|H|GHERAUT0
D. c. Petroleum Association
Hits Jacobs and Mapes
Increase Proposals.

A determined fight against proposed
increases in gasoline taxes and i'm
position Of taxes on motorists based
upon the weight of vehicles Is to be
waged by the newly organized Dis
trict of Columbia Petroleum Asso-
citation.
This action was unanimously ap-
proved at a meeting last night at the
Willard Hotel, attended by represent
atives Of every branch Of the gasoline
and oil industry.
In one Of two resolutions adopted,
the association protested to the
Commissioners and all members of
the congressional District committees
against both the proposals for in
creases Of 1 cent, as advocated by the
Jacobs report. and 2 cents, sought in
the Mapes bill.
Need for Boost Here Denied.
It was declared in the resolution,
as well as by the two speakers-E. A.
Kyhn and j. P. flanagan, secretaries,
respectively, of the Virginia and Mary
land Petroleum Industries Committees
that there is no need for additional
highway taxes here There Is already
a surplus Of $535,000 in the District
highway fund and the only possible
use that could be made OF additional
funds would be their diversion to
other purposes, 1t was asserted.
flanagan declared the Jacobs report
with respect to automotive taxes was
based upon records of several cities
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debt, than Washington and that eight
Of them have higher tax burden. The
average tax burden thus shown, ex.
elusive Of Washington, Is 37.33, com.
pared with Washington's 1919.
Contradictory Results Shown.
This method Of comparison Is said
by the fiscal relations report to afford
q reasonably accurate index" Of the
relative property load. Is it not q
more reasonably accurate index than
that CHOSEN by the fiscal investi-
gators?
The fiscal report does not give aver
age tax rates for cities, but does give
a theoretical average rate for five
separate types of property in each
city. But the report indicates that
the tax burden in New Orleans, for
instance, is more than twice tha. Of
Washington. Let us test the accuracy
of this statement by a comparison Of
q few totals.
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--ARTICLE w.
The New Fiscal Issue
Population and Beauty of Washington Not Com
plete Blessings in Paying Taxes-Conrp PARSONS
Refute Claims That Citizens Here fire Under
taxed COMPARED With Other Cities.

This Is the fifth of of editorial articles discussing
some parts of the fiscal relations suggested by the recent
report of the so-caed Committee Yesterdays article
discussed the elimination from city tar burden comparisons OF
interest State arS TodayS article discusses
tarburden comparisons made by the Citizens Joint
Committee on Fiscal Relations.
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How can New Orleans have a tax
burden of over twice that Of Wash
ington In view Of the above compare
sons of actual totals? The difference
l. population between the two cities
Is less than $1,000. But Washington's
real estate and total assessment Is
more than three times that of New
Orleans, its real estate levy is about
81, ,000, 900 more than New Orleans and
its total tax levy is about $5,000,0 900 in
excess of New Orleans.
In the light Of such a comparison
of actual figures. can any dependence
be placed IN method Of estimating
ia burdens that pictures the citizen
OF New Orleans twice as heavily taxed
as the citizen of Washington? It Is
to be remembered that the totals given
above include, for New Orleans, both
State taxes and interest payments,
and about $5,000,000 of New Orleans
tax levy goes for interest alone.
Other Comparisons Made.
II the tax comparisons are mislead-
ing in the case Of New Orleans, little
dependence, it would seem, can be
placed In the comparisons Of other
cities.
The Citizens Joint Committee on
FISCAL Relations Between the United
States and the District of Columbia
submitted extensive tax comparisons to
the Fiscal Relations Committee last
october, the results of which can
be only summarized here. Among the
showings of these comparisons were:
l. OF the 81 cities of the United
States exceeding 125,000 in population,
washington stands fourteenth in pop
ulation, seventh in total of real
property assessment, sixth in total
property assessment. with little over
3. per cent of its real estate exempt
from taxation. In per capita assess
ment, real property, Washington was
second in the United States; In per
capita total assessment, first.
2. In real estate tax levy Washing
ton was exceeded by larger cities and
by only four smaller cities-Minne-
apolis, Newark, Rochester and Jersey
City. In per capita real estate levy
Washington exceeded 81 OF the 63
cities. In total tax levy Washington
was exceeded by the larger cities and
b, only three smaller cities-Minne-
apolis, Newark and Jersey City-while
its per capita total tax levy was greater
than 50 of the So cities.
8. When State taxes are deducted,
along with interest payments, WASH
ington's per capita total tax levy is
exceeded by Is cities and exceeds 48.
OF the 13 larger than Washington, S
Of them show larger tax burden per
capita and 8 Of them a smaller tax
burden per capita. OF the 13 cities
that follow Washington in population.
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Tungsten Boils at $3.50.

It requires temperature Of $3.50
degrees cersigrade to cause tungsten
to boil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-18

Once a man from Colorado won
a thousand dollar prize with a
short story about lion hunting in
Africa. When reporters asked him
what he was going to do with the
money he said: take my first
trip to Africa"
Turn that tale exactly back
ward and you have Richard
HoFmann's way of writing. He's
hunted leopards in India and
assorted animals in 1ndo-China;
done terrifying things in air
planes; crossed the Atlantic in
small sailboat; after all of which
he came back to Massachusetts,
and wrote a quiet story of which
a little boy is the hero - one
which would have won a prize if
we had been holding a contest.
It's a story of how the fate of
three grown people happened to
hang on the chivalry Of ten
vear-old. Ned was forced to play
part in a grown-up game of love
and hate, but it wasn't explained
to him what the game was all
about, and he had nothing but his
boys judgment to guide him.
How he worked it out and what
he did makes one Of the tensest,
most moving stories we have ever
run. Look for it next week:
"THE BRASS BELL"
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Dvswiss BY }. T. 0ysss

first skirmishes. Yet in the end, Eco
Monies must triumph.
The first question that you must
solve for yourself in time of uncer-
tainty is the question of your own con-
duct. How will you behave as you face
this changing world You must acquire
quietness Of the soul and mind. You
must resist every temptation to rock
the boat You must give up the intense
desire to save yourself at the expense
of the common welfare. Finally, you
must realize that all the good of the
past is still good and that its evil will
destroy itself.
History is full Of the records of mans
struggle to bridge these periods Of fog
which accompany the march of civil
cation. In the two greatest crises which
have confronted the American people.
we have been supplied with leaders of
dignity, character, humility, wisdom.
When, in the middle Of the last Gen.
fury, we had to decide two great and
confusing issues - slavery and states
rights-many were fearful and shaken.
Some men even talked as though the
differences of opinion between the
North and the South meant the end of
civilization itself Yet great and noble
and farseeing leaders appeared on
both sides: Lincoln and Lee. And
forever after, when men speak of that
great crisis, they speak of the wisdom
and the nobility with which its leaders
faced and solved it.
So it was in l776, when the colonists
had to choose between war and slavery.
Then, too, the times produced Wash
ington and Jefferson.
The wise man knows the necessity
for constant movement in world that
must constantly change or die. He
knows that he must adjust himself to
these changes. He knows that the only
time for encouragement is when the
mind ceases to work: and that there is
never an excuse for this so long as there
is work to be done. A new world means
new jobs, new work and new thinking.
The very fact that wisdom, energy and
ambition are needed is cause for opti-
mism and courage.
Therefore we need not fear either
for ourselves or the future of the world.
We shall 60 our way, doing our job.
This is Progress.
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In the heart of southern will
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a cabin by the rivers bnm. Here
are ancient oaks festooned with
Spanish moss; here are flaming
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Here also - most OF the time
is Elmer Ransom. Here he
hunts and fishes, dreams and
writes - and revels in the gIorlcs
Of his garden in the wilds.
Not far away are some OF the
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Mr.. Ransom, who lives amid
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