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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
Eagles and A.O.U.W.
in Ringer Competition

A horseshoe tournament spon-
sored by the Eagles and Ancient
Order Of United Workmen lodges
began last evening in Wright park.
under the supervision Of DR. Allen
Emerson. high officer OF the
A. o. u. ".
In the first official game series
Of the tournament. the Eagles won
four games out of six Although
the A. o. L. W. teams were strong
and displayed ability. they lacked
the experience Of the Eagles
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
v. '. Hart Of the 4. q. 4. ".
team Of Hart and q. !. Cowiibg
showed exceptional skill.

A feature was the tossing 81
George Akin. Although little
more than beginner. the Eagle
player threw six ringers in a three
minute game. His last ringer
etnched the game
Players for the a o. l. W. were
V. v Hart. j W Norton. o !.
Cownng and Dr. Alien Emerson.
who substituted The Eagles were
supported ~ George Akin. johnnie
Cole Clyde Mslindel ard Sgd An
derson
The tournament Is open 20 ali
members Of the Eagles and A. o
u. vs. lodges Games viii be play
ed each Monday evening beginning
a. 5.f5 O'Clock ln Wright park.
weather permitting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
Open Qualifying Round for City Championship
Fate Hits at Hockey Ace

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again - the rssuIs - sn - II.
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rsrsnns' left eye. hurt whsa
struck ny . silica carries ~ GAve
echsnsrn II The chsenus Wscn-
hawks during . lsssus game. hoe
not Responded IN treatment,
smyths sald.
rss~cus wtli NJ The ffvse playse
To esasfit from ths eewly-er~ate1
n. w. L. dlssnlIisy fund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17

rORo> ust - CcWny
smyths. manager II the Toronto
Mapis Leafs ~ the National
Hockey league. announced so-fsy
that George rsF.rns. star left.
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Totals ....... 81 2 7 AZ 10 s
SCOPE BY INNINGS

Superior Dairy ..... OH 600 100
Olympic Ice Cream. Dol 900 1902
SUMMARY
Two-base hits. Kuper 2: home run,
Berg; left on bases, Superior Dairy 7.
Olympic Ice Cream 7; struck out, by
Bland S. Hall s; bases on balls. off
Bland 2, Hall 2; time OF game, ! 40.
umpires. Stave and Forsyths.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
Night Baseball
At Mack Park
PHILADELPHIA

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ball VIII Be inaggufstea here to-
night when the athletics meet ire
Cleveland Indiana The game viii
Be the first q lf niEnt games =
be played a. snlbe PARK tbs SEA
son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
former Stadium Star Hurts Well i'm City Loop
Hutch Loses
Second Game

COLUMBUS. q. - Freddie
Hutchinson allowed Is hits A.
Toledo lost to Columbus. 4 to I.
yesterday. The former Seattle
hurler struck out only one man
and walked three.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
COAST LEAGUE AVERAGES
Nv UNITED PRESS

The New York another
lineup they might buy Dom DMsgso younger
brother. from the San Franeseo Seals Just
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Zulu Stars
Here Friday

George Marshal and his "knuckle
BALI will probably be sent to dim
the ardor OF the African Zulu
Giants, who meet the league-lead-
ing Cammarano Brothers munich
pal loop tossers Friday night at
: Lincoln bowl. starting at s o'clock.
Marshall has won two in a row
thus far this season. and his come
hither-and-hit-me ball" will puzzle
the visitors as II has the local con-
tingent.
Playing in grass skirts, sans
stockings and such, the Zulus
offer one of the greatest novel
ties In baseball and the real
novelty IL manifest In their
ability 10 play the national
. pastime. Last year the eoIored
gents won ~ In a row only to
have Olympic Ice Cream smear
their record when Mary Rick
ert, now with the Tigers. laced
out two homers and a triple.
Manager Johnny Mazzucs has
not announced definite lineup.
but rest assured the Cammsrano
mentor will send his very best
array Of talent. and these self same
Zulus lost a great TO ! game TO
johnson Paint last season and
really DO dish out a swell brand Of
g ba sebsli.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-17
HandbaU Champ
Playing Tonight

SAN FRANCISCO Defending
Champion Joe Plstsk Of Chlcsgos
Lskeshore club makes his first de-
Tense Of his national handbsll title
al the Olympic club today when
he faces Fred LOhss Of San Fran
cisco Y. NJ
Feature Of the doubles play to-
day Is the appearance Of Film
Star Charlie Ruggies and John
Spalty Of the Los Angeles A. {.
against Virgins and Grooe Of the
Chicago 7. NJ G. \.
First round results yesterday
included
Paul Turner. 81. Paul. defeated
Frank Rlback, Portland. 2i-5. AT
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Hall Allows
But 7 Blows
CITY LEAGUE STANDINGS


Having all the ear-marks of
being one Of the bitterest
games Of the present City
league season, johnson Paint
crosses bats Tuesday night at
Lincoln howl with General
Motors Trucks. The Truck
men can take possession Of
second place with a win, while
the Paintmen need this one to
keep apace the leading Cam
marano troupe. The game IL
slated for ! o'clock. Gillispie
IL the guess for the Paintmen
and Maczen for the General
Motors brigade.
Superior Dairy won its first City
league game of the year Monday
night at Lincoln bowl by taking a
hard-fought 4 TO 2 decision from
Olympic Ice Cream, thanks to
brilliant hurting exhibition by
Harry Hall, ex-Stsdium star who
aided materially in bringing the
high school winning team.
Hall was In suberb form,
allowing seven hits, three
coming In the seventh when
the Creamers made their final
tally after scoring in the third
on a walk, a hit and an error.
Hall famed six and walked
two. Not bad for a high
school lad hurting his first
City league contest.
Alva Bland pitched well enough
TO win most games. keeping the
Dairymen to six scattered hits.
but the first one, in the second
canto, was a homer over the right
field fence by Art Berg. Two
hits and two walks gave the Milk
Vendors pair Of counters in the
third and two errors and a hit
did the damage for the final Su-
perior run in the seventh.
Les Bishop and Jay Russell
aided Hall materially with great
fielding exhibitions, while hitting
honors went to Earl Kuper with
two doubles.
The box score:
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EUGENE. Entries in the

EUGENE. Entries In the
18th annual Oregon high school
track and field meet here FRIDAY
and Saturday will include only two
defending champions. They are
23O-pound Chuck Elliott. Corvallis
shot-putter. and Bob Likins Jsye-
In throser Of Grant High, Port
lana.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
"Stuffed p''heads
open up quickly
by shrinking
method

With the discovery of Ephedrine,
science took a great step forward in
its fight against head-colds. When you
have head-cold, the membranes of
your nose become swollen, thus
interfering with normal breathing.
Ephedrine is used by nose and throat
specialists everywhere because it has
this unusual power it shrinks the
swollen membranes of the nose almost
instantly-thus tending to bring
relief from that stuffed-up feeling,
and get breathing back to normal.
Now comes a new and important
development in the use of this re-
markable drug. The makers of REM
for Coughs have developed an inn
proved Ephedrine prescription for
use in relieving head-colds. 1t 10
called REL.
REL combines a special form Of
Ephedrine with another valuable in
gredient. In step with advanced med
ical opinion, REL is water soluble"
-. not an oil so it mixes instantly
with the watery secretions of the nose.
That S why REL is absorbed so quick
ly. works so fast. 1t usually starts
relief in half-a-minute! REL reduces
the swelling releases the mucus -.
clears the head makes breathing
easier. So if you've got head-cold
and want to get the benefit Of this
imp,red Ephedrine formula .. you
must ask for REL!
30c and Soc sizes-at all druggists.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Westinghouse Dealers
View 1899 Models

Several hundred Westinghouse
products retailers from Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond, Norfolk and
Roanoke, planning for a banner
business year, met last night at the
Wardman Park Hotel ard viewed
the 1889 models.
More than four tons Of equipment
were used in the exhibit. Factory
representatives of the program in
cluded E. M. Binns, district mer-
chandise manager; j. H. Sullivan,
regional appliance supervisor; H. M.
Butzloh, sales manager Of the re-
frigeration department; Earl Hart
ley, sales manager Of the electric
ranges and water heaters, and j. A.
Collier, manager OF the sales de-
velopment department.
In discussing plans for the year,
Mr.. Collier said newspaper adver-
tising is considered by Westinghouse
as its foremost medium and that the
larger share Of the company's ad-
vertising appropriation in 1899 would
| go to newspapers.
Joint hosts for the meeting were
the Edgar Morris Sales Co. and the
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.
Evening star., 1939-01-17

about $4,000, 900 in the District of
Columbia. They are responsible
for some of the costs of govern
ment and would contribute through
the retail sales tax.
13. District residents are notable
for their mobility and probably ex-
ceed residents of all other tax juris-
dictions in this respect. It Is much
easier to collect taxes from such
people under the sales tax than any
other form.
IA. An income tax on all salaries
except Federal salaries would be
grossly unfair. Instead. a sales tax
will reach all according to their ex-
penditures without discrimination
as to the sources of their income.
The transient, the lobbyist. the root
less resident. the seasonal sojourner.
all these will contribute something
toward maintaining the costly or
namental features of the District,
for which they are in part respon-
sible.
15 There are few incomes Of
Federal, employees in the District
which exceed $4,000. This will per-
NIT a test of the constitutionality
of District tax on Federal salaries
without jeopardizing District reven-
ueS.
Tax on parking lOts.-Although it
appears as recommendation for
a new tax. the proposal to place a
special tax on parking lots is in
reality a corrective for a situation
which has arisen under the real
estate tax. Information compiled
by the District accessor for 1895
shows that the assessed value of
improvements removed to make way
for parking lots amounted to $l,O7O,-
900. This figure may be conserv-
atively increased by 20 per cent
In order to estimate the 1898 value
of such property. If the $l75 rate
per hundred dollars of assessed
value be applied to $l,284O0O, the
tax would now equal approximately
$22, ,470.
The gross receipts reported under
the business privilege tax by park
ing lot companies can only be esti-
mated due to their being merged
with receipts from other sources in
many instances. An estimate of
81 1926 900 total receipts by parking
lots has been based on those whose
receipts are exclusively from this
type of business. A 2 per cent tax
on these gross receipts would yield
S26,50O, an amount surprisingly close
to the estimate of the real estate
tax revenue lost by establishment
of parking lots.
Although there are other methods
Of taxing parking lots as such, the
gross receipts basis appears most
equitable. In this kind of enter
prise, they are good measure of the
privilege afforded. Area is unsatis-
factory because large lot located
in the outer regions of the District
would pay the same tax as one the
same size in the downtown section,
although its total business might be
much less.
This recommendation is not to be
interpreted as singing out parking
lots for special taxation, but merely
as remedy for restoring to the
District funds which have been lost
through the application of real
property to more lucrative uses but
less productive of real estate taxes
TAX REVISION.
The tangible personal property
tax on automobiles is in need of re-
vision as regards the taxable date
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Eastern Star Chapter
To Mark Anniversary

The anniversary Of East Gate
Chapter, Order Of the Eastern Star,
will be celebrated at the next meet
ing, according to announcement Of
Matron Elizabeth F.. Kerr. The
honored guests will be Grand Ma
tron Ruth Cromelin, Grand Patron
Richard E. TitloW, the matrons and
patrons of 1889 and the past ma
trsns and patrons Of the chapter.
Ruth Gray, chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee, announces a
card party January 27 at $3.50 pm.
at East Gate Masonic Temple,
Rhode Island and Mills avenues
NE.
The past matrons and past pa
irons will meet Saturday night at
the home of Past Patron Royal j.
Haskell, assisted by Past Matron
Anna Lambert. Past Matron Lillian
Findlay and Past Patron William
p Kerr
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Young Organist
Proves Artistry

Robert Noehren, a skillful young
organist, was presented last night
in recital by the American Guild
of .Organists at the Washington
Cathedral.
A program that challenged sound
musicianship and a perfect COM
mand of the keyboard merged the
old and the new in a logical pro-
gression of harmonies, contrasting
Bach's mighty Fantasia and Fugue
in G Minor" and his Fourth Sonata
in E Minor" with works by Hinde-
NTH, Franck, Fromm, Brahms and
Vierne.
All Of this Mr.. Noehren con-
quered with ease and fnesse of ex-
ecution. His solid technical equip
ment served him we'll in the two
movements from Paul Hindemith's S
first sonata. 1t gave him an op-
portunity to draw extra volume and
sorority in the "Phantasie," first of
the two, and to delight his hearers
with the silvery ripple of the smaller
pipes in the "Ruhig Bewegt,' second
movement of the sonata.
When Hindemith took up COM
posing seriously, one of his objec-
tives was to make music accessible
to persons in all walks of life: in
other words, to create music for
music's sake, detached from the
composers personality. Not SO with
Cesar Franck, whose style is the
reflection OF his complex inner life,
his "Chorale in A Minor" on the
program being no exception.
Carried away by Hindemith's
music, Mr.. Noehren caught the COM
poSer's mood which led him uner-
ringly through the labyrinth of
sound, making the distinctive pat
terms interesting and easy TO fol-
low. In the work of Cesar Franck
MS phraslng was not so clear. nor
was 1t rounded out in some of the
other compositions presented. AS
yet Mr.. Noehren is inclined more
toward virtuosity of execution than
toward analyses and the art of subtle
shadings. His playing is distinctive
Tor Its accuracy and pedal technique
which Is magnificent. also for the
volume which he draws out of the
instrument.
lhe second part of the program
consisted OF three chorale preludes.
Herbert Fromm's "Watchman. Tell
US OF the Night" and Wonderful
King" and 20 World I Zen Music
Leave Thee by Brahms. and Louis
Vlerne's Finale from First SYM
pIlony Tor organ. E. de S.
Evening star., 1939-01-17

be chiefly in the form of the cor
poration income tax.
Comparison with the tax burden
in selected States.-The difficulties
surrounding any attempt to appraise
the proposed tax structure in the
same manner as the existing one
was weighed are all too patent. A
comparison by precise percentages
when the amounts involved are
estimatesls more apt to be mislead-
ing than to assist in the discussion.
The hybrid tax on personal incomes
and retail sales only makes COM
parfson more difficult because it
represents the welding together of
a tax on persons with one on GER
tain retail transaction.
The reliance on property taxes
will be less than so per cent of the
total tax burden and the ability
theory will receive greater recogni-
tlon than 1T is now being accorded
IN the II selected States.
Surely there can be nothing but
praise for this accomplishment
The problem is of the future and
The trend away from property taxes
may we'll bring the average of the
IL States close to where the pro.
posed plan will place the District
Eject Of the proposed system on
taXpayers.-The effect on indiyid-
uals and corporations of the pro-
posed District system of taxation
may be viewed from two stand
points. First, is the new tax struc-
ture unbalanced and burdensome in
and OF itself? Second, is it burden
some TO such an extent that il will
dry up the sources of taxation bv
olscouraglng individuals and cor
porations from living or doing busi-
ness within the District of Column
Dla? These questions indicate the
dual nature OF the problem. Yet
they cannot be considered entirely
apart from each other. IF tho
recommendations Of this study are
followed, taxes OH real PROPERTY
tangible personal property, public
utlhtles, gasoline and motor We
hlcles, alcoholic beverages, banks
insurance companies and inheri.
lance and estates will be eouitablv
imposed. Either the amount of
money to be raised from each of
these sources or the rates to he
employed, or both, are such as to
avoid conscious discrimination.
Iaxatlon of net incomes of COR
poratlons and individuals accom-
paries retail sales taxes in Is States
This shows that there is nothing
novel in the combination of taxes
which has been put forward,
The proposed personal income tax
while its maximum rate of 7 per cent
Is above the average. will not be as
burdensome on middle class incomes
because of the high exemption of
$4,000 for earned income. The in
come from investments will be tax
able IN amounts above $500, but this
will be far less severe than the in
tangibles tax has been.
The exemption from the retail
sales tax of food and many other
items of expenditure, which bulk
large in low-income budgets, makes
the tax nearly proportional. 1t can
not be claimed that the poor man
will pay a materially higher per-
centage Of his income in retail sales
taxes, since food and the other
items for which he spends a dispor-
portlonately large share of his in
come, are not included in the tax
base. The tabulation which follows
is based on Bureau OF Labor Stats.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Realty Relief, Tapping
Ability Resources
Proposed
levies on Salaries,
Sales Linked
Under Plan
Continued From Page A-6)
(Continued From Page A-6.)

Ohio system might be followed. Un-
der this scheme every retailer pur-
chases a book of coupons and for
each cent of sales tax received
mutilates 1-cent coupon. Thus he
Is liable to the State for all the
money collected BY eXempting sales
under rs cents, the tax could be paid
to the nearest cent. A 25-cent pur-
chase and 74-cent purchase would
each be taxed cent. However, a
75-cent purchase would pay 2
cent tax. BY using the coupon sys-
tenn the merchant cannot pocket
any tax money he receives in excess
of 2 per cent of his total sales. In
the long run the number of pur-
chAses, on which one is relatively
overtaxed, will be offset by those in
which he is relatively undertaXed.
Ohio enforces the coupon provision
by field force which makes check
on retailers.
Reasons for proposing the per-
sonal income retail sales taxa full
explanation Of the difficulties facing
the solution of the District tax
problems and the necessity for advo-
eating the dual income sales tax is
now in order. The changes outlined
in this chapter are the result Of
LONG study and continued thought
In dealing with the difficulties which
confront the investigator at every
turn. The justification of the per-
sonal income retail sales tax is
based on the following propositions:
/. An ordinary personal income
tax including Federal salaries is of
doubtful constitutionality
2. For practical purposes, it is nee
essary to view the District as a State.
Regarded in this light, it follows
that the limitations placed upon
State taxing powers should apply.
This includes the restriction on the
taxation of Federal salaries. ct
Is not enough to point to Federal
taxation of District salaries as sus-
tanning the reverse situation. The
Supreme Court has never held the
Federal taxation of District en-
ployes to be constitutional, but even
If it were sustained, another decision
would be required to validate Dis
triEt taxation of Federal salaries to
settle the issue, because of the gen.
eral tendency of the Supreme Court
to favor the Federal Government in
questions of the taxation of State
instrumentalities as against the tax
alton of Federal agencies by the
States. This is due to the fact that
the Federal Government is viewed
as being supreme within the field OF
its delegated powers)
3. The largest industry in a tax
jurisdiction is usually the largest
taxpayer. In the District, the only
certain way of reaching the Federal
Government is by the manifestly in
Evening star., 1939-01-17
rect method of retail sales taxa.

direct method of retail sales taxa
ton.
4. Strenuous efforts have been
made to enact graduated income
tax on the one hand and a retail
sales tax on the other. The present
plan, by attempting to weld the two
into single tax which will approxi-
mate in effect a graduated income
tax on all income, should bring these
two contending forces together. A
conventional type income tax plus
retail sales tax would work an un-
due hardship on low-salaried indi-
viduals. Such is not the case under
the proposed plan.
5. Recent Bureau of Labor StatiS-
tics figures show that three-quar-
terS of the total family expenditures
in the lowest income groups goes
for food and housing combined. On
the basis of these figures, it has been
estimated that a ST 900 income would
pay less than SIS in retail sales taxes,
spread over an entire year. People
with earned income over $4,000 or
'SoeAlSAAV 4A1SolllS otCA pOOO Will
pay both the sales tax and the per-
sonal income tax, the combination
resulting in effective progressive
taxation.
6. The combined personal income
retail sales tax will have broad
base. Civic responsibility and tax
consciousness 60 hand in hand
Only under such situation will
there be sufficient popular interest
in taxation.
7. If the Federal Government
should permit the States to tax
Federal salaries, those Federal en-
ployes who live in the District but
maintain a legal residence in the
States to take advantage of the ap-
portionment provision of the civil
service law or to vote, would have
to be allowed credit for State in
come taxes which would curtail Dis
trict tax revenue from this source.
No Federal employe would be ex-
pected to relinquish his voting priv
ilege for the sake of paying a Dis
trict income tax.
8. For those who spend their en-
tire income, the sales tax equalizes
the differential resulting under the
income tax which reaches both saw
ings and the income from them.
9. There are no large industrial
establishments in the District and
local wealth is extremely mobile. a
fact which precludes the adoption
of an income tax with rates so high
as to discourage capital remaining
in the District. Although the 7
per cent maximum rate in the rec
commended law is above the mode
of 5 per cent for the States. the
exclusion of salaries under $4,000
and of investment income under
$500 must be taken into considera-
ton. The proposed taxation of in
dividual incomes will not discourage
residence in the District.
TO- Maryland voters have recently
rejected graduated income tax of
the conventional type and there
is no assurance that the people of
the District would not do likewise.
IL. Even the Federal Government
is forced to rely heavily on its excise
or selective sales taxes in order to
balance the extremely fuctuating
yield of the income tax which suffers
in times of depression from the de-
duction of losses. Because of its
relative stability. the sales-taX por-
ton of the dual tax commends itself
II. 1t IS estimated that arouns
| 100000 visitors annually spend