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Evening star., 1939-01-29
By G.. adams HOward.

For q long time District OF Co
lumbia motorists heard and read
about the heavy taxes falling upon
motorists in other States. They felt
sorry, perhaps, but still believed that
1t couldn't happen here. Maybe they
thought that the stories were some
what colored and exaggerated, but
soon just forgot about it. Only one
dollar was necessary to get the new
license tag for the new year, and,
while one was supposed to pay a
personal property tax on a car, 1t
seemed unnecessary because Of lax
enforcement. Many did pay the
dollar fee and the personal property
tax, too, but at that it wasn't so
very much, and no one was particu-
larly bothered. Also drivers per-
NIT was good for a lifetime, and
that was pretty swell, too.
All this of yesteryear was taken
as a matter of fact. The area of
the National Capital was very small,
inf1nitesimal in comparison with
some of the large States. No one
could foresee any change. Income
taxes and real estate taxes might
change, but motoring charges surely
would remain the same. A sense OF
false security wasn't it?
Then things did begin to change,
gradually at first, but how!
We won't go into dates. They are
unnecessary now. But let us see
what did happen. At first it became
necessary to renew the drivers per-
NIT every three years. A Federal
tax was imposed on the manufac-
turer of every car. You finally paid
it when you bought it. A Federal
gasoline tax came along, and then
a District gasoline tax. Then it was
found that the personal property
tax could be collected If added to
the dollar fee annually before one
could secure the new license tag.
But that was not all. A weight
tax was later proposed as sub
stitute for the varying personal
property tax. That seemed bad, for
the old car would cost as much an
nually as a brand-new one But
that was not enough, for instead OF
substituting the weight tax for the
personal property tax, it'was added
only called a registration fee in
stead, although the amount is
based upon weight. That happened
last year.
Now this year dollar extra Is
Evening star., 1939-01-29

ports jib, two courses, two topsails,
royal, spanker with two lower yards,
two topsail yards and the braces are
most interesting in their arrange
ment."
The Queen of Italy has in her
collection a nearly complete show
ing of the stamps of Belgium pre-
sented to her by the Dowager
Queen of the Belgians. Both royal
ladies are philatelists.
The Postmaster General did not
become cabinet officer until 1929
Scott's Monthly Journal in 1927
referred to Algeria as this miser-
able little country" which con-
tinues to graft on stamp collectors
and probably will keep it up as
long as the collectors yield to the
idea that they must try to attain
completeness, no matter how much
trash they buy in the effort"
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club of Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth street NV. Pro-
gram, exhibition and bourse.
Tuesday evening at 9:45-Wash-
ington Stamp Club of the Air
Station VOL. Albert F. Kunze will
present a stamp romance and dis
cuss current philatelic news.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Carlton, Sixteenth street NV
Herman Bocorselski will exhibit and
describe his complete collection of
Saar stamps.
Saturday afternoon at $50
National Federation of Stamp Clubs
broadcast, Station WRC.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

ing cards by fixing a graduated rate,
the same as is provided in the case
OF different grades of tobacco. They
pointed out the injustice of the
same per deck tax upon ow-priced
and high priced cards and the con-
sequent loss to the Government of
million dollars a year in revenue.
The solons, however, were too busy
considering levies that would raise
billions to take action which would
bring in the trifling sum of mil
lion dollars.
About IS per cent of the tax COL
lected comes from the 1st district of
Ohio, which included Cincinnati,
where the principal plant of the
United States Playing Card Co. Is
located 1t paid more than $4,000, 900
tax on playing cards during the
year.
Among last weeks winners were
the following:
:. At the Hotel Roosevelt--North and south
Mrs. Anne O. Grimes rs and william chsekS
:ns Ts% A.%I,n !:s Mss fsssy Me.Te:
Blech and Miss Mary Merrick. third.
At the American Association Of Uni.
versity Women-Miss jamie Mason anc
Miss Doris Rorhwel first; Mr.. and Mrs
Rufino Ramos. second; Mrs June Hodg-
kins and Mrs. J. r. Belt: third.
At the La Salle-Monday. c. r. Aus
tin and A. /. Westrich. first: Mrs. Alma
Byrne and Mrs. Rose Rubins second
Rush Buckley and J. A. DearinE.- third.
At the La Salle-Thursday. Mrs. Jack
Bennett and Mrs. w. Peyton Blamire. hrst:
Mrs. E. J. Koch and Mrs. Hazel I.oftin.
second; Mrs, Thomas Clark and Samuel
Keemle. third
At the Cheeks studio-Treasury Recrea-
tion Association. north and south. Alan F
Arnold.. jr.:, and John .Abramson. first; Miss
Anne E. Skinker and Miss Kathleen Nc:
Mutt. second: Miss Belle Van Hoesen and
G. H. Patnode. third: east and west Miss
Julie Browne and Ralph Touch. tied for
first place with Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Blue.
Mr.. ana Mrs. 4. T. Reed next
At the Wardman Park-Saturday eve
ming. Miss Kathleen McNutt and J. A.
Beng tied with John Donnelly and Vessel
Stewart for nrst place. broken by one:
half point in favor OF Miss McNutt and
Mr.. Beng: next. Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
At the National Press club-Mr. and
Everett watkins and @. Z. Stewart. sec
ond, 93l, points: Mrs. j. D. Mothershed
and Mrs Ida Surguy third.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

asked, not as an additional tax, oh,
no, but just to defray the cost of
the annual inspection Of cars. II 1t
is not q tax 1t certainly looks like
one. And how about the parking
meters2
So now we have reached stage
where every motorist here has some
thing really to worry about. 1t
doesn't just happen elsewhere. 1t
has happened here, and now our
motor taxes are higher than in a lot
of States. And because our area is
so small we are likely to get plenty
of diversion of motor taxes despite
the fight against such a thing by
Capt. Herbert C.. Whitehurst, Dis
trict highway director, good friend
of the city and an ardent foe of
diversion. The only answer is that
motor taxes appear easier to collect
But is it fair? One might think the
motor tax proposers had their horses
scared by the old "red devils" and
never forgave.
Baird H. Markham, director OF
the American Petroleum Industries
an authority on motor taxation, in
the following gives us the national
picture. 1t is interesting, and maybe
some bright signs can be seen:
Automotive taxation in 1888 alb
sorbed a full two weeks income OF
some 100000 OF Americas car.
owning families, and averaged near
ly one weeks income for an equally
large number Of car-owning fam
lilies.
Heavy taxes are onerous in the
best of times, but become definitely
oppressive under adverse economic
conditions. Preliminary estimates
of the total national income in 193t
| indicate a definite decline from
1887. Under such circumstances thu
automotive tax burden, averaging
! more than $50 annually, and paie
in addition to all the other taxes
assumes greater significance.
The 1888 tax bill on the petro.
leum industry and on the petroleum
products used by its motorist Gus.
toners will approximate $1,30O,OcO,.
900. OF that sum approximately
1860 900 900 represents taxes on mo-
tor fuel.
1t is evident that 1888 was a gooc
year for the tax collector. Prices O.
gasoline, except for taxes, generally
were lower than in 1887. Earning
Of companies in the petroleum in
dustry were substantially lower thar
Evening star., 1939-01-29

South's bid was bit shaded and
for that reason with a singleton
club he did not elect to play the
hand at no-trump. West opened
with small diamond, which was
won by the jack in dummy. Then
instead of leading the king of spades
and hoping for division of trumps
in the hands of the adversaries, he
played small spade. When East
showed out it was disclosed that the
four missing trumps, including the
jack, were held by West. This was
the safety play, for it enabled de-
clarer to flnesse the nine of trumpS
and then lead the king. His next
play was the ace of diamonds, fol-
lowed by the ace of clubs, and he
then trumped the second club and
took Vests jack of spades with his
queen. After winning with the king
of diamonds he cashed two hearts
and surrendered one trick in that
suit, thus making a small slam.
Had declarer led the king of
spades after winning the first trick
with the jack of diamonds, West
would have made his jack Of trumps
and set the hand one trick. for East
was always sure of one heart trick.
A six no-trump contract would have
been defeated regardless of the
original lead by East.
X X
Now comes the annual report of
Guy Helvering. Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1898, showing that
Evening star., 1939-01-29

The second meeting of the Wash
ington Philatelic Study Club will be
held at the Hotel Washington on
Thursday evening" February %. Pro-
gram arrangements are in the hands
of Alden H. Whitney and David D.
Caldwell. The subject announced
Evening star., 1939-01-29

The Information Bureau OF
the Post Office Department
yesterday released this photo
graph of the design for the
Golden Gate Exposition scent
stamp to be placed on sale at
San Francisco on February 1S.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

DR.. S. ]. Macrymichalos of Ath-
ems, chairman of the Hellenic Philo-
telic Society and stamp adviser to
the Greek government, wants the
spelling of "philatelic" corrected to
"philotelic," the change, OF course,
to include distinction in pronun-
citation.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Venezuela has released nine air.
post stamps to commemorate the
Battle of Carabobo, June "a, 1921.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Philip Gosse, in a recently pub
lished book, tells how the budget OF
the island Of St. Helena, Napoleon's
prison, has been balanced through
the sale of stamps to collectors.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
In Local Bridge Circles
MARYLAND State Tournament Opens Friday

IL master point handicap forced
them down to fourth place. Mr.. and
Mrs. E. D. Krewson were third with
lat points. East and west winners
were Mrs. June Kaiser and Mrs.
F.. G.. Vossburgh with 1861 points.
Mrs. Daisy H. Mott and Ray Gar
nett, with 176h points, were second
due to their handicap of IL match
points, and Mrs. r. A. Ridgeway and
Mrs. F. F. Toomey were third with
161 points.
Paul Golden, directing the Fed
eral Bridge League in its Tuesday
evening game at the Wardman Park
Hotel, put little speed pressure
on his players with the result that
the teams in section A and B each
went through with "a boards instead
of 18 as heretofore. In section C,
where many of the teams are new
comers to the league, only 1s boards
were played. The result in section
A with nine teams at play was that
the Arlington foursome won IA
boards and the Shutters and the
Substitutes each 131k boards. In
section B the Red Skins, with nine
teams playing, had big game, win
ming II out of "a boards for a per-
centage of more than 10. The Coast
Survey team was second with 14Lh
boards. In section C the 4 WIS were
tied with the Plants, each having 10
out of IS boards, while the Left
Wingers and the Interior team. each
having 81a boards. were tied for
next place.
Failure to make safety play"
sometimes results in disaster to the
declarer. Many players holding
nine trumps in the two hands in
cluding the three top honors will
play for two-two or three-one
division of the trumps. This is a
mistake when it can be avoided for
it not infrequently happens that one
adversary may have four trumps to
the jack with his partner void In
the suit.
| Such a situation occurred In a
hand played in a recent rubber
game by R. M. Plake Of Arlington.
This was the deal:
North.
AK9x
vAKx
<AJ
| 4AJXxX
West. East.
AJ8xx 4 None
vxx vQxxxx
>Q10xx >xxxx
%Kxx &Q10xx
South.
AAQ 10Xxx
vJxx
xxx
Ak
Mr.. Plake, sitting south. was deal
er and not vulnerable. The bidding
went:
South. West. North. East.
IA Pass "a Pass
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Charles j. Phillips, philatelic ad-
wiser to the late King George v, has
been awarded gold medal by the
Collectors Club of New York in
recognition of his services to phila-
tely.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Nicaragua, with fine disregard for
the pocketbooks of collectors, an
nounces five new sets of stamps for
release in the immediate future.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

When the Norse-American Scent
stamp appeared in 1925 the design
was criticized by sailor as follows:
1T shows two sailing craft, one
stickers. On this one mast one of
them apparently has wing-and-
wing outfit, besides two topsails.
The more prominent craft has .
wonderful rig. Her one mast sup
Evening star., 1939-01-29

During the first year of their use
1847-184O the first adhesive stamps
of the United States were sold to
the number of $50 $3.50.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

An album for religious stamps re-
Gently has been published in France.
It provides spaces for 1900 different
issues,
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Scott's Standard Postage Stamp
Catalogue was first published IN
1868. The original edition consisted
of only "a pages and sold for only
IS cents, but it was illustrated with
colored engravings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Ronqy GUYS Not Liked, Says Goldman

the whole business Eher us
strictly the barney We deduced this much
with the problem Either the fight
brand-new steamup 1t was
it's hard to
different tables at the dinner
and he seemed little
Somebody the fight coming
sinister and said: Well tell you
tall with long arms They nit
him with is
harsh and of the writing boys LOOK
$4,000 bills
publicity
operating
create doubt Benny
as the joey
regarded them coldly
the fight suggested its all very be-
nldering
know The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
White Sox 3-2Win Tossed Out
On Umps' Error, Mats Stage
Double Offering Today

All season long the Mats have
been having hard-time winning
but now they're even having a hard
time losing. Bucky Harris pro-
tested the Chicago White Sox's
3-to-2 victory yesterday, had it up
held, and today Mr.. Harris had a
double-header instead of a single
game in his lap.
Nobody, particularly, seems to
have profited by the overnight de-
cision of President Will Harridge of
the American League. who overruled
Umpire Lou KollS. 1t did the White
Sox no good, of course, for the
Chicagos are trying to beat out
Boston for second place and they
needed that win yesterday to stay
three games behind the Red Sox.
1t certainly did Thornton Lee no
good, either. The large left-hander
of the Pale Hose pitched one of his
better games yesterday, allowing
only four hits, and all he has to
show for his effort is nothing. And
it isn't entirely impossible for the
Mats to wonder if it was worth it,
because Harris, who had planned to
pitch Ken Chase against the White
SoX today, faced the task of finding
another hurler for the second game
of the double-header. And Bucky
| Just hasn't got the pitchers, unless
the new rookies-Early Wynn, Bill
Holland, etc.-are counted. The
chances were that Bucky would give
Wynn, a husky highlander from
Charlotte, starting chance.
Bucky Knows Rule Book.
1t all happened like this yester-
day. Holding 2-to-1 lead in their
half of the sixth, the Mats got
man Johnny WelaD on first base
with one down. Taft Wright then
hit a short fly to left field. Gerald
Walker caught the ball, held it
momentarily, and then purposely
dropped it. He bounced on it and
threw to second base, catching
Welaj. That, it seemed, was his
whole idea. Welaj had stolen a
base earlier in the game and Walker
obviously was trying to eliminate a
runner who might steal again and
thereby score on single.
But Umpire Kolls ruled it dou-
ble-play. He insisted that Walker
held the ball long enough to retire
Wright. When Welaj started to
run" Lou explained after the game,
''he did so at his own risk"
Harris Immediately announced
that he was playing the remainder
of the game under protest. Bucky
pointed to the rule book. THE
momentary catch was eliminated"
he said. Turning to the inten-
tionally dropped fly we find this: If,
before two are out, while first and
second bases or first, second and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Nova Seen as Chopping Golento Into Technical Koyo
Pdue Produces Quodupe Threat 4ob

Robert Matthews of Portland
(Oreg.) U. is so different he is
refreshing. He seq:
"I'd be crazy to sing the blues.
Every coach on every team on
our schedule knows we're tougher
this year. We're not trying to
hide it,"
They'll Be There.
Even if the Reds don't win,
They'll stumble, reel or stag
ger in.
Things began to happen when
the papers printed stories that
Zeke Bonura was too slow to
first base for the Giants next
year. We see where he won al
three heats in the 2:28 trot at
the South Dakota State Fair
the other day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Mai. Brown Sturs as City Greeter

A. banquet it marked the rise OF buodng young
Ernest Brown superintendent of police
selected
about boxing either Maj Brown batted for the
and hit He made the best speech OF the
night.
of the evening Mr. Dempsey, read off speech
N B. A Official
the N B. hot stuff and suggested
other States join it, He urged that all
(Tsk, Jack What will Mike Jacobs thnk
Anyway the happenings the
ArchibadJera fight OFF, Is Max
Waxman behind the actions of Glamour Boy
national
championship year?
the next episode
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Wagner, VogoneG roppIe
In Tomorrow's Show

Arrangements for tomorrow nights
mat show at Turner's Arena we're
completed today, with Bob Wagner,
massive 225-pounder, meeting Gene
Vagone in the semifinal This ranks
on par with the main bout between
Manic Singh and Rudy Dusek, in
Promoter Joe Turner's opinion, al
though he is obliged to give the latter
top billing because of the professions
code of ethics.
Other bouts include Alan Eustace
VS.. Tommy Rae; Jack Hader VS.. Ray
Brown, and Able Coleman VS.. Juan
Ologuival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
1t Seems Jack Was Kept in the Dark

coming visit
him when Jack kept
giving handshake.
laughing lis
the WE'LL a o Archibald?"
heard about the
$4,000
hads he asked.
Me WaXman. In cash it to WE'LL
houghtuly business And whose
MAXI
giggEng. Ill tell
Archibald
they'll $4,000 back
fight"
having expressed indifference to the fight
a-rolmg
Stadium when era eked out close
impressed with Harry Besides
there a his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Archie
San Romani is back home in
Kansas chasing rabbits and work.
ing harder than ever to beat the
other milers next season. Hurry
Up" Yost of Michigan will be one
of the orators at the football rules
Interpretation meeting here Sat
urday. Our guess is Nova will cut
I'D Galento so badly they'll stop
1t. AS for those wild yarns that
the fight will draw 10000 GUS
toners and a sl75.OOO gate-di-
vide those figures by two, boys.
Heart breaker: Minneapolis won
80 games in the American Asso-
citation race, but lost the pen
nant.
The Southwestern college lads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Joey Appeared u Little Bit Piqued

The question N B. A dining and
laid before of the District Boxing Com
mission. Miller expressed surprise.
fights coming off he said why not? Max Waxman
here And don't about WE'LL He wants that
$4,000, all right
This the burning question: but not
for long turned out for the dinner
gzzled little
Charley Goldman marched neWspapeman VINO
had JefraYack fight
thought Goldman quoted "Yack beats
Archibald the better fighter
his walked last night and
asked so Goldman fighter than amp joey
seemed He looked the
by control Goldman whitening glance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-13
Four-base Biffs
Settle All Ti|ts
Of Leaders
Myers Round-Tripper
Saves Day for Reds;
Cubs, Cards Win
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Way back in the good old days,
the old professor once said pitching
is 80 per cent of baseball, but the
big league managers will tell you
today there's nothing so handy as
the home run to prove it.
Fellows like Will McKechnie,
Ossie Witt, Joe Mccarthy, Gabby
Hartnett and Ray Blades will take
you no farther back than yesterday
to paint picture about what they
mean.
For it was a set of four base
knocks which cashed in on elegant
pitching all around the tits involv-
ing the leaders in the majors. break
ing up every game and leaving this
situation: Cd Cincinnati's Reds still
3l2 games in front of the National
League; 90 the Yankees American
League edge trimmed to 16 games;
80 the st. Louis Cardinals still in
the thick of the senior circuit fight,
and "a the Cubs with a slightly
tighter grip on third place.
myers Hits Big One.
Out in Cincinnati, the Reds, OPEN
ing home stand, were collecting
basketful of goose eggs from Hot
Potato Luke Hamlin and the blazing
Brooklyn Dodgers. Then, with two
out in the ninth and man on base,
Billy Myers parked his eighth homer
of the season out of the lot to tie
the score. After that, Buck McCor-
mlckS single in the 10th. sending
the winning run across for a 80
decision and Bucky Walters oath
pitching victory, was an anti-climax.
The Cards, in St. Louis. were hav-
ing tough time with the Phillies.
Johnny Mize and Ducky MedWick
hit homers in the early innings. but
Joe Marty came back with 2-run
round-tripper in the seventh to put
the Pills in front. So Terry Moore
whacked one among the paying GUS
toners with a man on base in the
last of the seventh to give the Gas
House Gang a 43 decision.
Leiber Socks 4-Run Homer.
The Cubs used the most out
spoken king of homers-one with tho
bags loaded-and they did it early.
Hank Leiber came up in the first
inning and belted it. From there it
was no trick at all for the Cubs to
! coast in with an 8-3 win over the
| Bees.
All this left the National League
situation this way: