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Evening star., 1941-08-20
Cleveland Park-S12.75O.

baths (6 bedrooms, Q freplaces, oil heat
and garage; To settle an estate; The
house has lust been renowned and is in
excellent condition. Quiet street, very
little trafic. safe for children. BOSS 4
PHELPS, Ma $500
Evening star., 1941-08-20

Is only ! "a blks. from this fine. newly dec
back porch; $3.50; $500 down. payments
like rent. JOS. A. HERBERT b SONS.
516 Z. Capitol st. LII. 0129. After ONCE
hours call RA. 1890
Evening star., 1941-08-20
BRICK. Sc. 45O.

BRICK, Sc, ,45O.
and b., ger; automatic heat, elec. refrg.;
illness demands immediate sale; vacant.
GRAHAM & OGDEN,
MA. 36So. 313 Woodward Bldg.
Evenings WI 1924
Evening star., 1941-08-20
BERKSHIRE,

ARLINGTON VA.
II you haven't visited this development
of 225 proposed new homes, you haven't
seen the most for your money. We are
large living rm., dining rm. and kitchen,
spacious bedrooms with ample closet space,
large fully equipped kitchen, large side
bath. furred walls and rock wool insulated:
n bath IN basement: priced at only $3.50,
and selling fast: l0% cash, balance like
Lee hwy. 4 $40 miles to North Potomac
St. right I square to furnished model home.
Open daily, am. to pm.
N. C. HINES & SONS, Realtors.
1920 Lee Hwy Chestnut 2440.
Evening star., 1941-08-20
LINCOLN PARK

:, 8 rooms, fireplace, side porch, large lot
Open Out Pa. ave- se. left on Minnesota
ave. right on B st., l blk
BAKER REALTY CO., INC DI 1912
Evening star., 1941-08-20
FINE BUILDING.

Excellent downtown location: gross annual
income. $4,000. To settle an estate. this
excellent property is priced low. A splen-
DID investment opportunity Call MR..
NOR VIIE for appnint tmert. EN- 6I2T
Evening star., 1941-08-20

APT SITE, BETHESDA AREA. / BLOCK
from business district; sacrifice by owner.
Evening star., 1941-08-20
OWNER WILL SACRIFICE,

DOWNTOWN, VERMONT AVE. NV, 1920
"A completely equipped and fully rented
flee entirety, 13 rooms, kitchen 4 baths
laws, laundry room, storage room; oil
heat; 2-story brick gear garage $4,000
Evening star., 1941-08-20

White Cape Cod Corner,
IDEAL FOR DOCTOR OR DENTIsT.
201 AnacOStia Rd. Sc.
Evening star., 1941-08-20

Groom frame bungalow, built-in garage,
ETC. $500 down sma monhy
H. BROOKS PERRING,
1884 Colesville Road SH. 1865.
BEDROOMS BATHS.
$10,950.
Silver Spring, Md-New brick Colonia
home. living room. dining room, de luxe
2nd floor. 8 huge bedrooms and bath;
insulated, future recreation room, nre-
places, oil heat. garage. large wooded lot;
st. osf afhesS sns DHs to s so
asft eE 4fss S1s'ffs "a 0psR ss5o till $50 m OWNER
Chevy Chase, D. C.-$1O,250.
sh Sco very sTg large large ynE
in basement: oil heat; all of the rooms are
large: Fire location, blocks Chsyy Chase
$11,750.
Nearly new Cape Cod, large lot 75x
200 ft, trees; 3 bedrooms, 1st-hoor
layatory, playroom; be sure to see
this home.
$11,750.
New home. 8 bedrooms, 2 baths,
attic; good lot: reasonable terms.
$10,95O.
Close to Chevy Chase Circle: not
2 baths. oil heat. good lot: terms;
Call to INSPECT these and other
EDWARD H. JONES & CO.,
$3.50 Conn. Ave wo. $500.
Evening star., 1941-08-20

Beautiful wooded Sligo Park section OF
Silver Spring. Have several. Call Sllgo
1914 after 5 pm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Dodge Reaches
NewHighM Mark
Cor No. 5000. 900
Comes Off the Line

The Dodge custom of staging a
family celebration every time the
plant delivers the last of each mill
lion vehicles has just had its fifth
repetition. with factory depart
ment heads and company officials
meeting IN a brief ceremony mark
ing the completion Of the five
millionth Dodge.
In the party were VIM. J. O'Neil,
president Of the Dodge division /:
Fred ]. Larnborn, vice president
In charge of manufacturing
George b. Allen. chief engineer,
and other prominent executives.
Chief Body Inspector Ed T.
Perry. acting as spokesman for
the assembled department heads,
recalled how the factory's origi-
nal production line was started in
the year OF the Lusitania sinking
when everybody talked war. when
workers on military vehicles and
artillery were dealing with army
inspectors-as many Of them are
doing now. on a vastly greater
scale. Giving credit to production
men and workers for the quality
output that made Dodge the SYM
Dol of dependability. Perry paid
honor TO the efficient efforts of
the companys merchandising de-
partments without which, he said,
the men might not now look upon
the Dodge that was the five-mil-
lionth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Independent Tire
Dealers TO Meet

Independent Tire Dealers Of
Washington will hold a state con-
vention in Seattle at the New
Washington hotel on Thursday,
May 20. The meeting is being
sponsored by the National Associa-
ton of Independent Tire Dealers,
who recently moved their national
offices from New York to Chi
eago. Those tire dealers interested
in the recapping and retreading Of
used tires will meet at 10 a. m.
At 1880 p. m. a luncheon will be
held for those attending the 10
a. m. meeting and for other tire
dealers selling only new tires. I'M
medistely following the luncheon,
a session will be held for new dealer
operations.
Robert Nelson Of Seattle. who
will preside at the meeting. states:
This meeting for Independent
Tire Dealers will be the first op-
portunity tire dealers of this area
have had to meet Clifford C. Simp-
son, the newly appointed executive
director of the National Associa-
ton of Independent Tire Dealers.
Nelson said that the program
for this meeting would be of in
terest to all Independent Tire
Dealers, and that he anticipated q
fine attendance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
LET'S Get This STRAIGHT!

Display the National Colors correctly
This suggestion together with detailed information on
he correct methods of displaying the American Flag has
Just been released to personnel and dealers by the public
service bureau of the Gilmore Oil company preparatory
national observance of Memorial Day May 80 and Flag
Day on June ID
One rule to be followed in hanging the flag against
wall is that the blue field and stars is always to the right
Of the flag to the observers left This true whether
the flag displayed in the vertical horizontal positions
On Memorial Day. flags flown from a staff set at
hafsta in the forenoon and then raised to full staff at
noon. Motorists who may decorate their automobiles
these two patriotic days cautioned to attach flags
small staffs radiator caps right lenders. II is not
correct TO drape the flag the top hood of
automobile.
Also contained in the Gilmore bulletin is information
concerning the salute due the National Coors when
ing in parade Those in uniform deliver the right hand
military salute while in civilian clothes their
hats and hold them at their left shoulders. Women place
their right hands their hearts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Drivers Face New
Taxes on Autos

Uncle sans 90. 900 900 automo-
BILE owners. vho already foot one
eighth Of the nations tax bill. soon
vin have 10 dig deeper into their
lesns and produce S3ss 900 300 in
additional revenue-if the new ds-
Tense levies proposed BY the treas
ury department become Law.
nat vhen figured In terms Of
the individual. IL an increase Of
approximately sf2 per year for
the average notorist and a sub
stantislly greater amount for those
who drive their cars more than
10. 900 miles q year.
Gasoline - perennial target Of
federal and state sales levies-once
again mainsprinTs the govern
ment's luxury tax" plan. which
calls for a boost from Ia cents
per gallon 10 IA cents. or an es-
timated total OF S255, 900 900.
Other proposed leviss include a
total increase Of $4,000. 900 per
year on the price Of automobiles
and parts. and a total Of So. 900, :
900 on tires and tubes. Another,
and more recent proposal, comes
from Control Administrator Leon
Henderson, who advocates boost
ing the federal excise tax on auto
mobiles from 81 to 20 per cent.
which would be an estimated in
crease Of nearly a quarter Of a
billion dollars.
The bulk Of this burden, observ-
ers point out, will be shouldered
by the low income groups. since
81 per cent OF all automobile own
ers make less than $50 per week.
This fact, according to one auto
mobile manufacturer, Joseph w.
Frazer. president OF Willys-over-
land, IL bound to alter automobile
buying habits in every section of
the country.
Since q large percentage of
these people depend upon their
automobiles for business and liter
ally millions rely on them as their
sole method Of transportation" he
said, 'it il only logical to assume
that these car owners will put
greater emphasis on economy Of
operation In an effort TO balance
their budgets"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Saving All
Unsafe Tires
Firestone Launches
Conservation Plan

Sometimes II looks like the end
Of the trail for those old, smooth
tires we trade In on new ones but
not no at the Firestone Auto Sup
ply and Service store at oath and
A sits.
c. A. Mitchell. local manager Of
the store. reports a national Fire
stone rubber conservation program
Is In force and all worn automo-
bile tires which are traded In on
new Firestone tires during the cur
rent Rubber Conservation" sale
will be salvaged for use in rubber
products other than tires.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

taxes are diverted by the states.
When the United States enter
ed the first World war. congress
utilized the revenue-producing pos
sibilities of the automobile by i'm
posing an excise tax This was
discontinued in 1929. restored
again az an emergency measure in
1882. and the rate boosted for de-
Tense purposes in 1910.
Thus an emergency automobile
tax remained as a permanent tax
for nine years, producing approx
mately $1,000, 100000. Proposals to
increase 1t from to rs per cent
seek to continue II in effect as a
source of revenue for defense ex-
penditures.
What does taxation of automo-
bile transportation mean to the
motorist? 1t means that on a per
car basis. the average new car
purchaser has to pay $40 in taxes
OF various kinds before he il al
lowed to use his car on the high
ways.
Add to that. 80 cents of every
dollar he spends for gasoline, to-
gether with taxes on any Access
SORES he may install in his car, or
parts replaced. and he may be
near or well over the 1888. which
has been estimated as the average
tax for the 81. SOC. 900 cars in oper-
alton in 1910.
ITO the tax-producing value of
the automobile industry should be
included more than 10000 automo-
bile dealers, thousands of gasoline
stations. and suppliers, all paying
substantial sums from their bust
ness operations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

economy and national defense.
THE automobile In a source Of
huge tax revenues for both the
federal and state governments,
the NADIA. study points out.
The federal government imposes
taxes on the automobile itself. and
the parts and accessories that 60
with 1t. In addition, both the fed
eral and state governments derive
taxes from gasoline. and many
states add a sales tax to the auto
mobile purchased, while all of
them charge registration fees.
with the exception of 1888.
taxes on the automobile have in
creased every year since IL was
first singled out for government
revenue. In the last 10 years
taxes per motor vehicle in use
have increased so per cent. so
that today the percentage of mo-
tor user taxes to all taxes, from
all sources. Ia IL per cent.
Based on the increased activity
OF the automobile last year over
1899. when a new record was set,
estimates of tax collections in 1910
are made as follows:
State Gasoline Tax. 1855. 900. 900
state Registration
Receipts .......... .S450, 600. 900
Federal Gasoline
Taxes .............S SPAS 900. 900
Federal Excise Taxes $134. 900. 900
Personal Property
and Tolls ....... $50. GOO. 900
Municipal and County
Taxes .............x1 SIG, 00O, 900
These separate sources aggre-
gate the record-making sum of
S1.772, 0O0. 900 without including
an estimated amount Of sos. 000.-
900 in general retail sales taxes
in 25 states. When compared with
the 1899 automobile tax bill of
81 $50. $40. 900. the 1910 estimate
appears surprisingly conservative.
"Thirty-eight per cent of all tax
revenue OF the IS states is paid oy
motor car operators. and gasoline
taxes constitute the largest single
item OF revenue Originally the
state gasoline tax was imposed TO
help bear the burden Of building
roads, but the huge amounts OBJ
tainable from this source supplied
the first opportunity to use motor
car taxes for general purposes.
Thus about is per cent Of these
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

WASHINGTON-The house late
Tuesday defeated a Republican at
tempt to nullify President Roose-
velt's power further 10 devalue the
dollar.
IL rejected BY Isl to ll6 an
amendment TO the sterilization ex-
tension bill which would havV re
stricted the president to paying not
more than SIS an ounee-the pres
ent prioe-for foreign gold. Mr..
Roosevelt has power 10 raise the
price up 10 Sal. thus oheapening
toe dollar commensurately.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

TO continue getacquainted Tacoma automo-
PIE dealers we turn the spotlight s. E. Munson better
known Is Ed of the hardest working dealers in
captivity and Of the best loved by those associated with
him In his Oldsmobile franchise in South Tacoma
used the word loved" deliberately because there are
many on mis- staff who feel just that about him and
Tor very good reasons he's that kind of boss.
Ed born in Duluth. Minnesota and spent his
early years farm. When he but IL years Of
age his folks moved 10 Grays Harbor. Cinging his
experience farmer he obtained work in a dairy
and divided his thought between butter and cheese for
years
while he lived in the harbor country that ne met
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

from Alaska, would you?" she
says and we say "Noooo"
:. and take up where we left
off
Helen was born in Nome,
Alaska. sometime between the
close of the Civil War and the
German invasion of the Island
of Crete and her first taste
of transportation was snow
shoes and her first knowl-
edge of horsepower, q dog
team.
Helen hasn't forgotten
Alaska and never will.
She served for five years as
secretary Of the Sourdough
club and Is at present one of
its active members.
She began her hitch in the
automobile business as q MEM
Der Of the staff Of the Stimp-
son Motor company and her
present boss, Max Kraus, says
she is the best secretary on
auto row which is quite
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

! tn 10 educated to travel at a slow
CT rate.
IF the function Of any one Of
thousand rubber gsdgets can be
performed with reasonable salts
faction BY a substitute. then the
public may be required to use the
substitute.
These are Just a few simple
examples. But they convey the
idea Of what may come.
In making these candid COM
ments. I am quite conscious Of the
fact that they may be interpreted
in various ways.
ITO some the fact Of a six
months supply of rubber on hand
might encourage complacency.
To others the fact Of a six
months supply might be regarded
as cause for alarm.
MY objective herr Is 10 en-
courage sensible middle
ground view. As l 49, II,
America can get along quite
nicely. We have q supply Of
crude rubber on hand-we
know how to make synthetic
rubber, although many months
would be required TO provide
sufficient productive capacity
I'VE have large reservoirs Of
scrap from which reclaim may
he made. We can, 80 far n
II h possible To foresee. con-
tinue the production Of rubber
goods which are essential.
We cannot. however, indulge in
waste. We must learn, probably
soon, to operate with reduced and
simplified inventories and, above
all, we must take every precaution
against boarding.
The big idea today il TO make
the very best use of available
facilities and supplies.
Tire dealers, the country over,
can contribute important aid to
Britain as well as assistance to
our own naional defense needs by,
first, understanding the true stu
alton and, second, counselling
their customers in the ways of
patriotic conservation.
As matters now stand, it Is
Goodyesr's purpose to maintain
its relative competitive position.
But the needs of national defense
must take priority over every
other consideration and we trust
that the rubber industry as
whole will take proper steps to
meet the situation"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

According to Mitchell. the con-
servation program Ia no indication
Of an imminent rubber shortage
and Is not intended TO disturb the
public peace OF mind on that score
However. there Is a possibility that
our rubber supply may be eut off
due TO future war developments
and II is high time America was
learning to save as well as spend
its national resources and supplies
With the announcement Of the
Firestone May tire sale came the
knowledge that many old tires
would be traded In on the new
Firestones. The national conser-
walton program viii divert these
old tires into useful channels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Goodyear President Calls
For National Cooperation
Asks Deolers and Public to Aid Factories
In Program for Adequate Rubber Supply

AKRON ON letter to Goodyear dealers all over
America today P W Litehfeld chairman Of the tire
pans board called upon the rubber industry 10 naugurae
program which will free additional ships for the Of
Great Britain and available supplies Of rubber for
essential purposes His letter which received by r. f
Shaub Of Shaub-Elson company, local representatives,
follows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

Amy Holbourn, then assistant
deputy treasurer of Grays Har-
Dor county, whom he married.
Some where along about 1916
the Munsons moved to Tacoma
and Ed began looking for a job.
He crashed the front of a line
of men waiting for work at the
old car barn on Puyallup avenue.
A big guy didn't like the idea
q bit and gave expression to his
indignation by showing Ed so
hard he landed on all tours right
in the superintendent office.
BY the time he could pick him.
self up, he had been hired as a
conductor. And that was Eds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

order and should make Helen feel very happy
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Barney Rolando anc
resides at the family home 1863 So 54th She grad
uated from Lincoln high school and attended several of our
local business colleges.
music and dancing the preferred positions as she is
m accomplished vioInist She has q live turtle at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
Survey Reveals the Automobile Is
Uncle Sans Biggest Tax Producer
Editer's Nofe: This Is the fourth
Autorrobils in Nasional Defense"


Au'omobiIs in HshonsI Defense"
The automobile industry, which has been the most DOM
inant influence in raising the standard of living in this
try also the nations largest producer of tax
Statistics the widespread of the automobile industry
raise furnish the basis of the fourth study made by
the National Automobile Dealers association in its
show the importance of the automobile in the national
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

f IOIloWS.
while not actually At war
America il proceeding quite rapid
ly 10 place her internal affairs or
= real war footing.
This means sharp readjust.
ments in all phases Of domestic
activities.
Particularly important will be
the adjustments we must make In
the use OF strategic materials and
facilities and, of course, this in
cludes rubber.
AS have stressed in previous
messages, rubber In basic and
vital requirement In Americas
peace time economy. In time OF
national crisis it becomes increas-
ingly important.
so 1t would appear high time
that we take a square look at the
rubber situation with especial at
tention TO factors bearing up ad-
justments which the tire dealers
Of America may be called upon to
make.
we have in the country today
what amunts to a normal six
months supply of rubber. Half OF
this Ii in the hands OF manufac-
turers and dealers while the other
half 10 government-owned and sub
ject to use only a. national
emergency needs may dictate.
"our major source Of sup
ply lies half way around the
globe where plantations Of the
British and Dutch East Indies
produce approximately 85 per
cent Of all Of the rubber re-
qulred by the whole world.
Currently these estates are
producing rubber In sufficient
quantity 10 meet all possible
needs. And. as this In written,
rubber Is being received In
America in greater quantity
than our rate of consumption.
Production of crude rubber is
not now and is not likely to be a
problem-the problem which we
will be called upon to face in the
very near future is that of getting
the rubber from the East Indies
TO America.
I'VE need not look beyond to-
days newspapers to learn that the
shipping situation is complicated
by two major factors:
First, British ships are being
destroyed by submarines and raid
ers more rapidly than they are
being replaced;
Second, to replace blitz losses
and to meet the need for almost
limitless supplies of munitions and
food, England must import all
manner of essential goods in larg-
er quantity than ever before.
This means that more and
more ships must be taken out
of normal service and utilized
for vital defense needs. The
impact of this stern fact will
make itself felt far into the
pattern Of our normal way of
life.
For example, II some Of
the bottoms now used In
transporting rubber 10 Ameri-
ca can be released for Brit
aims pressing requirements,
they undoubtedly will be so
transferred.
This in turn will mean that
non-essential uses of rubber here
at home will be sharply curtailed
or completely stopped. II white
Sidewalk tire requires an additional
two pounds Of rubber as compared
with standard black tire, and it
actually does, then the white side
wall may be spotted as one of the
things the American public can
do without II a net saving in
ru b Der can be accomplished
through the process of recapping
used tires. and il can. then the
practice of recapping may be
forced into much wider use.
IF American motorists can gain
substantial additional mileage
from their tires by reducing the
speed at which they travel, and
they can. then the public may have
-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29
home as pet and her desk at the office there is
a stuffed wild duck

What association the turtle and the duck have with
Heens past present future known but this reporter
has bunch that sweet day all three of them will have
address Nome Alaska. Max won't like that
and neither viii her host of friends but for Helen Alaska
the Shsngri-La of all homeands and ii calling calling
callingl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-29

II you're not using 1t. sell IL with
a Fast-Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 1851.