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PERSONAL LOAN COMPANIES
Operating Under Uniform Small
Loan LQWS.
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OLDSMOBILE 1898 4-door trunk sedan.
less than 600 miles like new; only $500.
Pohanka Service, 1926 Goth st. NV.
District G13I
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HOUSES WANTED TO RENT.
HOUSES FOR SALE,

hOUSES FOX SAle.
S6.95o-NFAR FOXHALL VILLAGE, ON
vide paved street. schools. stores. church
es and transportation convenient: semi-de-
tached frame: rooms: reception hall, n; n;
electric refi Iteration pretty lot and ga
rage: price includes floor scrapng. paper
Ing and irte5o5 pantpE Tesy an eXss
aaoo; ssas 0uY; EvEsfNe. SH PHONE Mr. r. RAsY. %
CLEVELAND $50. sa2.---------
s7950-DET.. 2.sToRY, BIB. r.. AIR
cond. homes, 45O0 blk. Chesapeake st. NV.
American Univ. PIX. Open 20 daily. Drive
out tonisht and select yours. yours 10 under
ss5o25s ssa5oa5s ,S eAsH IS saS MoSTa gHTl Il
rage; front and back porches; this house
needs some repair and Y bargain on
these terms. E. A. GARvEY., d DIST 45os;
eve. and Sun. Geo. $500. 1l2o Vermont
1900 KANSAS AVE. NW.-vACANT; s
rooms. 2 baths, built-in garage; price re-
aqeed MI. LLoXP }S1z R. TURNER 600 III Jo. ST.
A SUBSTANTIAL BRICK DWELLING OF
1arse rooms. cellar; hot-water heat; ga.
Northeast Market: priced under value and
on easy terms If you are willing to do some
painting and paperng. Box 436-D. Star.
BUNGA GALOW WHITE STUCCO. FIVE
large rooms and bath. large closets; rock
wool insulation; gas heat: beautiful trees,
shrubbery; lot 50x100; paved alley. 1902
River I'd NV.
NEAR CAPIToL. ON EAST CAPITOL ST.
hardwood floors: only SIS, $50 quick sale
+ W. BAILEY. Adams 47s6.
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3-ROOM BUNGALOW. ON SALT WATER,
81 miles from Washington; bathing boat
ing. fishing. clubhouse. stores; house deliv-
cries OF groceries and ice; free school bus.
Total price, including two lots 1925. Easy
terms. Box 39S-B. Star.
6 ACRES WITH S-ROOM DWELLING d.
rectly on South River near Mayo. Anne
Arundel Co. VIII accept first mortgage
for 5Oc of selling price. J. r. BRUINS
MAN 227 ST. Paul pl.. BALTIC, Nd.
BEVERLEY BEACH. ON CHESAPEAKE
Bay-Send for free booklet. Phone West
River 22l-F-2 Post ONCE. Mayo Md.
NORTH BEACH. 3 OAK ST-WATER.
electricity: toilet inside. Sl5 weekly.
Sell for 81 500 Dupont 1916
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OLDSMOB1LE 1887 coupe. low mileage and
like new: mechanically perfect: bargain
price. SG15. Pohanka Service. 1928 20th
st. NV District a14l
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OLDSMOBILE 1887 5-pass. sedan, driven
only 1000 miles and looks like q new
car; guaranteed; only $685., Pohanka
Service. 1l26 20th ST. NV. Dist. Q14l.
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OLDSMOBILE 1896 convertible roadster:
radio and heater; the beautiful green finish
is original and this car runs like new:
] 1"6 2Oth 81. NV. Dlstrict 9l41
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OLDSMOBILE 1896 two-door sedan. 6-cyl;
trunk. low mileage by Chevy Chase owner;
S45O, See dealer, Mr.. Flood. 1921 Conn.
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OLDSMOBILE 936 IS" sport coupe. green
finish. medium shade: exceptionally clean
Throughout; verv good condition mechan-
cally; good tires. Oldsmobile de luxe radio;
attractive price. See Mr. Bowles. 1880
Conn. ave Dealer
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FORD 1891 de luxe sport coupe: fine con-
dition; sacrifice. 500. Mr.. Roper, 1880
r
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LIQUIDAT1NG LARGE EsTAIE-sEV-
eral hundred detached rented houses
purchase balance 50 Let the tenant pay
off the trust. The fact that Washington
is the fastest per capita -growing city of
its kind in the United States makes this
your opportunity to invest. Box 372-H.
Star
2-sTORY BRICK HOUSE NEXT TO COR
VIII: priced for Quick sale. $3.50. Dis
trict O36S or Randolph 3212.
LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING =
Builder-owner retiring. desires to sell
Excellent condition. Splendid investment
Priced, $4,000. No agents. Box 13s-D,
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PLYMOUTH. 1888. sedan. This car in
perfect mechanical condition. used for a
short time as a taxi. but is excellent trans
portation. Only Sl25.00 cash, or terms
to suit Union Service Center, 22nd and
N SITS NV Met. O40U.
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LINCOLN-ZEPHYR 1887 2-door sedan.
SS65; finish, interior tires and motor
1906. Your 1895 Ford in average condi.
ton and easy terms on balance will buy
$3.50 Hill g. Tibbitts. Il14 Vermont ave.
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.

COLUMblA dEl(iH is.
Three-family apt. apts rented for
$3.50 each; 3 baths. 3 kitchens. with 8
elec. refrigerators furniture goes with 2
apis. Oil heat, summer and winter hook
UP. New-house condition. Owner leaving
town Will sacrifice for So 800. Have a
home and income. Call Mr.. Partlow.
WAPLE g. JAMES, INC,
1924 14th st. NV. Dist. 3346.
A GOOD INCOME WITH SAFETY!
$4,a50-Six-room brick. hot-water heat
cleo; hardwood floors, garage. Conven-
lent white Northwest section. Income
$500 per year.
one-story brick building. leased to ma
tional grocery concern. In heart of
thickly populated white residential area
Income. 81 500 per year.
sos .OO0--CORNER APARTMENT building,
containing 20 units. In excellent con-
dition and 1907 rented White tenants.
Rentals are very low. Gross. S1O,5oO
per year. A splendid investment oppor-
SHANNON l. IUcHs CO..
1908 st. NV. National .234b.
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FORD 1887 de luxe 2-door sedan CUSTOM
built Ford radio. fine heater; new-car con-
dition and appearance in every detail; re-
duced to S525: top allowance for your car.
Call r. w. Thompson. Hill & TibbttS. Inc,
1l14 Vermont ave NV National $3.50,
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NASH 1894 trunk sedan. very smart look.
ing. quiet motor. clean interior five hne
tres excellent finish. Before buying any
Nash be sure to see this car at our low.
Honest Price of 1910. Money-ssving Gen.
eral Motors terms. Owens Motor Co., 6323
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PLYMOUTH 1884 de luxe two-door sedan:
clean as a pin inside and out. Check this
car against any in town. Check our low
Honest Price of $3.50. Be sure to check our
finance charges against what others charge
II We cannot save you at least 500 do not
deal here. Owens Motor Co. 1923 Ga ave
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PLYMOUTH 1886 two-door touring sedan
black, 6-cyl.. trunk. low mileage. perfect;
S3a5. See dealer, Mr.. Flood. 1921 Conn.
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onlV s1S5 90 cash bsiance easv terms
Union Service Center, 22nd and N SITS. Nv.
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FORD 1897 S5-hp. de luxe bus. coupe;
radio; driven less than $4,000 mi: in ex-
cellent con6ition: by legation ofncial lesy-
until > d m Col 4nS5 after O.
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STUDEBAKER 1888 4-door touring sedan
and club sedan, driven less than 500
miles: discount $500 cash; balance easy
terms. Union Service Center, 22nd and
sts NV Met O40O
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PLYMOUTH 1886 4-door de luxe trunk
sedan; a verv excellent car throughout,
and only $3.50; fully guaranteed: terms
Barnes Motors. 1923 14th ST. NV. De.
Catur o3QO
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SUMMER CAMPS.

CAMP wooLSToN. ON THE PATUxENT
River. for girls Swimming. boating. sailing
and tennis. Riding extra; Sic week OF
SIS--n weeks for August only. Prince
Frederick 4l-F-1l MRS 8 w LIPPEN-
COTT. director, Barstow P. O., Calvert
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FORD 1887 S5-hp. sedan; gray finish
with red trim and red wheels: spotless
whipcord interior: new-car condition and
performance in every way: $465. Cali r.
w. Thompson. Hill & Tibbitts. Inc, 1114
Vermont ave NV Natl $3.50
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FORD 1884 coupe: custom seat covers.
blue finish. cream wheels ok. motor. very
clean interior: only Sls9 for this flne car.
Call Warren Sanders. Hill Tibbitts. Inc.
l114 Vermont ave. NV. National $3.50.
LA SALE 1888 sedan: built-in trunk:
straight motor smooth and eficient;
cloth interior clean and bright: modern
styling will please the eye; tires excel
guaranteed Steuart Motors. 9th and N.
Y ave NV Natl 5000
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PONTIAC 1894 IS" 2-door sedan; per-
feet paint. clean upholstery and excellent
guaranteed: terms. Barnes Motors. 1929
l4th st. NV. Decatur 1890.
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sTUDEBAKER 1884 de luxe 4-door
streamline body steel body, hydraulic
brakes and many other fine Studebaker
features motor and rubber excellent; re-
duced to 1928: full trade allowance for
your old Studebaker or any car. Call
Warren Sanders. ll14 Vermont ave. NV.
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE.
THOS. ]. OWEN a. SON, AUTIONEER6,
143l EYE ST NV. -

TRgsTEEs SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
Brick BGEbfNG aMEbHxsP RsowH so As sRpM
NnSrlIWesF ,sEs l5Se RHODE ISLAND AVENUE
nv N0hMwffic yirtue of certain deed o, trust dulv
recorded in Liber No. 1850 folio 345 ct
seq. OF the land records OF the District Of
Columbia. and at the request Of the party
premises, on, on FRIDAY. THE FIFTH DAY
TE1RAY 2s AYoes eoscLoekp pM ass the AT foo1ns poHR
described land and premises. situate in the
District Of Columbia. and designated as and
being lot numbered. thirty-three t33l in
numbered one hundred and sixty Il 60j. as
e yysSyoI iSF i ths District Of Columbia in LiOer
r! sSd sSpsst to prior deed es
of. which will be announced At time Of
REQUIRED. Examination Of title. convey
ancing. recording, revenue stamps, etc, at
with within. 80 days. otherwise deposit
forfeited and the property may be adver-
tised and resold at the discretion Of the
NATIONAL SAVINGS AND
s,i rfpsT r. sREsG1R!H S3mRANY; HATTHy' TIHStee.
tseal) Attest: 0'A''
A. J. FAINT.
Assistant Secretary.
Jy25,26 27.29 80; aul .2,3,4,5.
sSTHE ABOVE SALE HAS BEEN POST
8Y OF an as At aHF he TEsna ssms
n0uf a"f by s"e oRDes sfGf efesi oF THE TRUSTEE.
au8.s.9
THOMAS J ias1 2YrH E4E 4 Y1s. 81 NV: s4ge71osFFRs:
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PONTIAC ] 935 "S' 4-door sedan: this car
has been eiven exceptional care and atten
tion and is priced very low at 1925; fully
guaranteed: terms. Barnes Motors. 1929
l4th st NV Decatur H39O
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OuI-oE-IQWN REAL ESTATE.
WATER FRONT PROPERTY.

NEW YORK FARM BARGAIN--S3 CASH
So monthly buys four acres farm land
price Sl92 for all: nice nelghbors. David
off, $50 Broadway New York l2'
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FORD 1897 Tudor sedan: original black
finish appears new; spotless inside: mo-
tor and tires excellent look no farther for
a low-priced. economical-to-operate family
car; S495; guaranteed. steus6t t. Motors
9th and N. Y. ave. NV. Natl. 5000.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

20 ACRES. COLUMBIA RD NEAR BUR-
louisville. Montgomery Co.--1-room house
ami, outbuildings, berries and fruit
S1500. terms.
30 acres on Fort Meade rd; 81 500 cash
j. H. FETTY. LAUREL. MD.
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SUBURBAN PRoP.-sALE OR RENT.
INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE,

HYATTSVILLE MD, 74O FOREST DR.
| New brick 5-rm. bungalow. h.-w.h.. refg.
ch.w.; rent S55 sentiles. Greenwood 12a5
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PACKARD 1887 "I2O" convertible coupe;
900 miles; cost S1,415; sacrifice for
SID. Consider trade Box SCH Star
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PLYMOUTH 1884 de luxe convertible
coupe. 6-cyi., naval officer car. immaculate:
$3.50. See dealer, Mr.. Flood. 1921 Conn.
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FORD 1898 Tudor trunk sedan; heater
blue nsn o09 mieS nc
tically new car; price $645. Warfield Mo-
tor Co. 2525 Sherman ave. NV. Adams
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WILLYS 1897 sedan: radio; low mileage:
excellent condition: real economy at a
be worth SIS of the down payment Du-
pont Motor Co. Conn. ave and N 81. NV.
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR RENT.
3 BEDROOMS. . DRESSING ROOMS
sunroom. lear garage; oil heat: all cleo
trio: large Handicapped lot: $50 unfurnished
or will furnish extra. Also rooms. 500
Phone Greenwood 2445.
LARGE. 8 r., BATH: DRY BASEMENT
garage. paved ST.. large lawns; refined
Ravenswood ave. Hyattsvile; close stores.
school; SAL. Geo. c. Walker, Green. 1899.
%
TAKOMA PARK, $40 BALTIMORE AVE
5 rms. oil burner. refrigerator.
COZY BUNGALOW; . RMS, KIT, BATH:
cleo. run water; stone fireplace: S25
adults. LINDSEY EST. Lanham Md o.
8 ROOMS AMI; 2 PoRcHEs: LARGE
lot; garape. $50 90 Bladensburg rd.,
9O6 BALTIMORE BLVD.
RIVERDALE. MD.
rooms. kitchen and bath------S47.5 80
Small. modern apt. bldg containing all
latest eauipment-20 minutes miles
from downtown Washington.
Convenient to school and bus.
MT. VERNON MORTGAGE CORP.
2O1 MachiniSt Bldg Natl 5536
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PLYMOUTH 1897 4-door de luxe trunk Sc.
dan. This car is absolutely perfect in ev.
cry detail end the price is low. S515. fully
guaranteed; terms. Barnes Motors. 1929
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WANTED-ONE OR TWO ACRE TRACT
for building purposes, nearby Virginia or
Maryland. Give price. location. Box 39-H.
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ACREAGE FOR SALE.
ATTENTION,
BUILDERS.
CHEAP.

We have a tract OF land suitable for
immediate subdivision or loW-cost housing
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$50 sth St n.w.-Detached, 6 rooms.
II baths . attic rooms, fireplace. modern
slate roof; large lot. gar; open. Also 5
more new homes in this section. Builder
will consider trade. small house or lots.
VIM. r THOROWGOOD.
.0"4 r. I. Ave NE Dec. O317
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PONTIAC 1895 4-door sedan. S325: very
low mileage: beautiful finish and excellent
mechanically: fully guaranteed. terms.
Barnes Motors 112a Nth St NV.
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PLYMOUTH 1887 de luxe coupe. 6-cyl.;
beautiful blue, low mileage by expert
driver: S495. See dealer, Mr.. Flood. 1921
Conn. Cleveland S4Ol
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-
D. c. TO ASK TEETH
FOR LOAN SHARK ACT
Seal to Ask Limit of l Per Cent
Per Month Charge on Small
Loans Here.

An effort to put teeth" in the Dis
trict's Loan Shark" Act will be re-
newed at the next session Of Congress
unless . compromise plan is offered
meantime, Corporation Counsel El-
wood H. Seal announced today.
He said he would seek approval of
an amendment to the 1918 Loan Shark
Act TO limit all charges for a small
loan within the District to ! per cent
per month on the principal. including
all charges for The procurer of the
loan. insurance, investigation and all
the rest of the fees.
The subject has been considered at
the past sessions of Congress without
conclusive action. Former Corpora
tion Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman
once offered a bill to permit q charge
of per cent per month, but when
this failed Of action he then suggested
such bill as now championed by Mr..
Seal.
The effect Of the substitute plan,
it is said, would be to drive out of the
District any and all of the small
loan companies. 1t has been argued,
that legitimate small loan concerns
cannot operate at profit if they are
limited to per cent q month, in
cluding all charges for investigation,
the pay Of the procurer.
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INQUEST ORDERED
IN DEATH OF MAN
| HIT BY STREET CAR
virginian, 73, Dies After
Accident at Pennsylvania
and 18th Street.
3 ARE SLIGHTLY HURT
AS AUTO OVERTURNS
Couple and Child Narrowly Escape
Serious Injuries in Mishap
After Collision.

An inquest was scheduled at noon
today in the death of James P. Pugh,
73. retired Southern Railway System
employe, who was killed by a street
car late yesterday on Pennsylvania
avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets NV.
Mr.. Pugh, who lived at 220 South
Fayette street, Alexandria, Va, died in
Emergency Hospital shortly after the
accident. His head was crushed.
T. N. Byrd, 1914 D street NE, op-
orator of the one-man car, which was
travelling east, said Mr. Pugh walked
out between two automobiles in the
middle of the block and into the front
OF the street car. His statement to
police was corroborated by passenger.
The motorman was released by
police in the custody of Capital
Transit Co. attorney pending the ver-
dict Of the coroner's jury today. Mr..
Byrd, new motorman, was receiving
instructions from E. w. Hartman, 664
B street g. E.. an experienced operator,
at the time of the accident.
Auto Overturns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wallace. 1914
Twelfth street Sc, and their IL
month-old daughter, Elaine, narrowly
escaped serious injury last night when
their automobile overturned and
crashed into a parked car at Thir-
teenth and v streets Sc, after collid-
ing with an automobile operated,
police said. by Roger J. Dunmore, 26,
colored. 3O03 Stanton road Sc.
The three received minor cuts and
bruises. but refused hospital treatment.
The other driver was uninjured.
Struck by an automobile near Col.
orado avenue and Kennedy street NV.
Elra c. Palmer. 80, and his wife
Minnie, IS, of 5608 Fourteenth street
NV, were treated by private physi-
clan for cuts on their faces and legs.
Girl Struck by Car.
Florence Dixon, IA, colored, 4500
Washington place NE, was struck
by an automobile at Forty-fourth
street and Benning road NE, when
she walked from behind a bus she
had just left. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital for a possible leg
fracture and brain conclusion.
Frank Kemper, 40, of AIT Sixth
street NV, . watchman for the Public
Works Administration, was treated at
Gallinger Hospital for severe scalp
cuts and shock after he was struck
by an automobile near First street and
Atlantic avenue Sc.
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ID GUARDSMEN TAKE
WEST POINT TESTS
Winner of Highest Standing to
Compete With Those of Other
Units Over q. S.

OultS OVeT y. ..
Examinations Of II members of the
District of Columbia National Guard
for the selection Of a candidate for
appointment to the United States
Military Academy were conducted by
the Civil Service Commission today.
The man with the highest grade
in the competitive examination, which
consists of flve parts and includes
a difncult theoretical test, will enter
into competition with winners from
National Guard units from all parts
of the country. In addition to a writ
ten test, the men are subjected to q
rigid physical examination.
District National Guardsmen who
took the examination included, by or
ganization, 121st Engineers-Pvt. Will
liam G. Walker. Headquarters and
Service Company; Pvt. John Gregory
Hoyt, Company A; Pvt. Francis B..
Saul. Company C; Pvt. (First Glass;
Robert M. Conlyn, Company c.; Pvt.
Ernest c. Raulin, Company F. 260th
Coast Artillery (AA)-Pvt. Edward
Mclean Lyman, Battery c.; Pvt.
George S. Blanchard, Battery D:
Sergt. Edgar L. Casey, Battery D; Pvt.
(First Glass; Norman L. Botsford, Jr.,
Battery E, and Pvt William M.
Calnan, Battery F. Special troops
Pvt. Mitchell Goldenthal, heaquar-
ters detachment 104th Quartermaster
Regiment-Sergt. James w. Buch,
Company B.
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purchase the land for the i've sites.
The architects have contributed their
services and expect to be paid only In
the event the application Is approved.
Mr.. Ihlder has seen to 1t that al
construction costs are estimated con-
siderably below the $l,250 per room
limitation ior sities the size Of Wash-
ington. Most Of the contemplated
houses will consist Of four rooms and
less, although Mr.. Ihlder said . few
five or six room houses might be In
eluded for families In the upper Ia.
come Racket.
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CHARGE FOR GARBAGE .
COLLECTORS PLANNED
Reduction Plant Operates Only
Part Time, 30 Any Added
Drain Is Opposed.

Farmers from Maryland and virf
ginia will have to pay for the privilege
Of collecting garbage from the Dis
trict, under q proposed new regula-
ton, to be considered today by . COM
mittee Of municipal oficials. Is
The Districts garbage reduction
plant, at Cherry Hill, Va, 1t was
disclosed, is operating only part time.
because of insun3s6ent amount Of
garbage delivered there. The waste
Is reduced to grease and sold to soap
manufacturers.
The District now disposes Of abou,
100000 tons Of garbage annually,
about 40 per cent Of which is taken
away by farmers as feed for their
swine. It Is planned to impose .
nominal fee for permit for such
private collections and to prevent any
additional farmers entering the Dis
trict garbage market" 20 as to pre-
vent any further lessening Of the
operations Of the Districts reduction
plant.
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RUSHEES TO Be GUESTS
OF LEGAL FRATERNITY
Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter
of Sigma Nu Phi Holds
Smoker Tonight.

The Oliver Wendell Holmes (Theta)
Chapter Of Sigma Nu Phi, interna-
tional legal fraternity, will entertain
rushees with a smoker tonight at
the fraternity's national house, 1855
@ street NV.
Faculty members Of Washington
College Of Law who will participate
include DR.. Edwin A. Mooers, Maj
J. Garfield Riley, Prof. j. Edward
Burroughs, jr.; Elwood H. Seal, Paul
J. Sedgwick, Daniel Partridge, Sd;
Michael j. Keane, George Stoner and
John j. Malloy.
On3cers of the chapter are Harold
I. Baynton, chancellor; Raymond r.
McWhirt and Francis T. O'Donnel,
first and second vice chancellors, re-
spectively; Paul F. johnson, master
of rolls; Curtis w. Burlin, register
of the exchequer. and Alexander McC.
Dunlop, marshal.
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PUTS RAIL WAGE
NEAR 1920 SCALE
Jewell Heard as Labor
Opens Its Case Before
Fact.Finding Board.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press. -
Present railway wage levels, labo,
leaders testified today, are nearly the
same as in 1920.
Bert M. Jewell, president Of the
American Federation Of Labor's Rail
way Employees Department, made this
statement in opening labor's case be-
fore the Emergency Fact-finding
Board seeking to avert a Nation wide
railway strike.
Almost l,000, 900 rail workers voted
to strike recently when their employ
ers ordered is per cent wage reduc-
ton.
Mr.. Jewell told the board, appointed
by President Roosevelt, that present
pay scales ARE substantially the same
as those established in 1920 by Gov
ernment board"
Comparisons Challenged.
J. Carter Fort, counsel for the rail-
roads, contended- rail wages were ad-
vanced in 1920 because OF large in
creases in the cost Of living after 1915.
Mr.. Fort also challenged comparisons
Of wage averages IL years ago with
those of today, because they were
computed in a different manner"
Earlier George M. Harrison, speak
ing for group Of railroad brother
hoods, contended the workers had pub
lie opinion behind them in their oppo-
Sition to the wage cut.
Il think We have public opinion on
our SIDE" Mr.. Harrison said shortly
before labor's witnesses began their
testimony before the board This pay
cut would start wave OF wage slashes
that would send business into . tail
spin"
Senator Wagner, Democrat, Of New
York has assured the labor group Of
his whole hearted opposition" to the
cut. In a telegram, he asserted 1t
would be particularly inopportune at
this time when every effort is being
made to maintain purchasing power. '
Mr.. Harrison told reporters either
Chairman Wheeler Of the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee or Sen
ator Truman, Democrat, Of Missouri,
who jointly conducted an extensive
inquiry into railroad finances, would
appear before the board of inquiry.
To Finish Hearing Soon.
The board must report to the Presi.
dent by October ~, and it has asked
that evidence and arguments be com.
pleted by October II. Spokesmen fol
railroad management completed theil
direct testimony yesterday.
H. A. Enochs, last Of the manage
ment witnesses, told the board the
carriers were willing to be bound by
arbitration under the Federal railroad
mediation law to settle the wage con-
troversy. while the brotherhoods had
declined.
In response to questions from Dean
James M. Lands of the Harvard Law
School, a board member, Mr. Enochs
said rail executives had not considered
the relation of railroad wages to those
in other industries when they decided
on the wage cut.
Other management witnesses have
contended that the industry faced
collapse unless 1t could cut wages
for an estimated annual saving OF
$3.50, 100000. They described railroad
wages as being at the peak in q
period Of declining living costs and
insufficient operating revenue.