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District Of Columbia BY the Federal
Government.

District Of Columbia BY the Federal
Government.
Privately Owned Tax-exempt
Property.
There Is another factor which is
now figuring prominently In remov-
ing taxable property from the tax
rolls and that Is the acquiring of
property by foreign governments
In addition to being the National
Capital, the District Of Columbia is
rapidly emerging as the capital Of
the United Nations, and whereas In
the past foreign governments pur-
chased only small pieces Of property
the trend now appears to be toward
purchasing much larger properties
estates. which have been the
sources Of much revenue. When so
purchased these properties go from
taxable to q nontaxable status.
Services
Due to the close association Of the
Federal and District governments,
many services are exchanged be-
tween them for which no reimburse
ment is made. This Is as 1t should
be, as the time and expense neces-
sary TO compute the cost Of such
services and to effect reimburse
ment therefor would In many in
stances more than Offset the original
cost. A list Of such services will
therefore not be included in this
report.
However. there are several services
rendered the Federal Government
by the District government without
reimbursement that are Of such
magnitude and Importance that they
should be called to attention.
% Water furnished the Federal
Government.-During the fiscal year
1895 there were furnished 1885,
986, ,345 gallons, having a sale price
OF $407, ,376.90, whereas during the
fiscal year 1945 this had increased
to 7,674,271,132 gallons and a sale
price OF S717,543.10, an increase of
rs per cent. AS no part of the an
nual payment made by the Federal
Government to the District govern
ment goes to the water fund. the
water furnished is a 100 per cent
gratuitous service.
CD The Federal Government paws
no assessment for the paving of
streets or sidewalks abutting prop
erty owned by the Government.-As
the cost of paving streets and side
walks Is paid from the highway fund.
which Is comprised Of taxes on gas
olne sales and fees for the regis
tration Of automobiles, etc. from
all OF which taxes and fees the Fed
eral Government is exempt, and as
no part of the annual payment goes
to the highway fund, this service
also Is 100 per cent gratuitous.
Suggested Recommendations.
1t is believed that 1t is the desire
OF the Federal Government to as
sumo its proper share of the
expenses for the upkeep and opera
ton OF the National Capital. This
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area or taxable property has shown
q steady decline from $50 per cent
In 1898 to sos per cent In lo45 and
that the holdings Of the United
States have increased in exactly the
same percentage, from 34.s per cent
In 1885 to 414 per cent in 1916.
The percentages of property owned
by the District of Columbia and the
privately owned exempt category,
while showing slight variations dur
ing the period, were exactly the
same in 1945 as they were in 1885.
The full extent of this trend Of
property going from ! taxable
status to q nontaxable status
through purchase by the United
States cannot, Of course, be foreseen.
That the trend is definite and GER
tain, however. is evidenced by the
fact that at the present time plans
have been developed for the acquisi-
ton of considerable additional prop
erty for Federal purposes, as follows: ::
l. Property lying north and south
of East Capitol street, between the
Capitol Grounds and the Anacostia
River.
2. Property lying south Of indie
pendence avenue, bounded on the
west by Twelfth street and on the
east by Delaware avenue.
3. Property in the Northwest Sec
tion bounded on the north by r
street, on the west by Potomac drive,
on the east by Seventeenth street,
and on the south by Constitution
avenue.
4. Square No. 167, bounded on the
north by H street, on the west by
Seventeenth street, on the south by
Pennsylvania avenue, and on the
east by jackson place.
The assessed value OF property in
the above groups, exclusive Of prop
erty now owned by the Federal Gov
ernment, is $50, 1858, s,l93, broken down
as follows:
PProperty Pr,I...y now taxable s33'4ssS,5222
PROPERTY owned BY District Of ''' 90
Soluinple ---------- lt4oU, - 10
The tax ultimately to be lost by
the District on the property now
taxable amounts to approximate tely
$500. 900. In addition, there must be
considered the fact that located
within the above areas proposed to
be acquired are 20 churches of diff
ferent denominations. three Dis
trict OF Columbia public schools and
two parochial schools. Many of
these will be moved to other loca-
tions, which will then become tax
exempt and thus be removed from
the tax rolls.
Loss Of Taxes.
The assessed value of land owned
by the United States within the
District of Columbia fiscal year
ls45) is $363,715,166. At a rate of
s175 per hundred Of assessed value,
taxes on said land would amount to
s6.365,0l5 which is in excess of the
10 100000 lump sum paid to the
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This ratio would work out to make
the Federal payment about sl2.-
900 900.
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s plan have varied as follows:

The 1880 basis Of appropriatlng
was repealed by the provisions OF
the District OF Columbia Revenue
Act, approved May Is, 1888.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Navy Filler
Home on Leave
Tells Of Close Escape
in Chino SEQ BIost

For SO days A.O,M. Second
Class Donald c. Menge, U.S.N.
will breath the good free air OF
America and look with wonder
ment at striking war workers.
For the war struck mighty
near to Menge on January IA as
the shadow of the grim reaper
passed over him in the storm
tossed China sea. On sub patrol
in a TBM. Avenger plane the
engine cut out and as they hit
the waite d pth charges explod-
ed the gallant fighting ship.
Struggling valiantly he fought
his way to the surface and
waited for a destroyer to pick
him up nearly an hour later.
Both the pilot and radio oper-
ator were killed in the crash,
but Menge was rescued and
lives on to avenge his brother,
Cpl. Richard Menge who met
death in New Guinea in 1912.
No, the war isn't over for
this stalWart young seaman, for
he's goirg back now, and Mrs.
Teckla Menge, his mother who
lives at 1911 Grunow in Center
Line will think with pride of her
son who won't strike at his part
of the job until Victory is won.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Speciol Graduation Honors
Given Boys Entering Army

thrugh their high school course.
The program closed with the
benediction by Rev. Oswald.
Staff Sgt. Charles Burden of
the 18th Air Force, who has
been in the South Pacific Area
the past year is spending 81
day furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Burden.
Mrs. w. c. Bull, Mrs. Albert
Schlinder and the Rev. and Mrs.
l. E. Weigand attended the Luth-
eran Layman Conference of the
ST. Clair District at Marine City
on Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. James Montgom-
cry of Detroit were Thursday
evening dinner guests of MIR. and
Mrs. Clyde Jones.
Friday evening visitors at the
home of MI. and Mrs. William
Will were Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie
Wilkinson of Mount Clemens.
Sunday callers at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Kinch
were Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Kinch
and daughter of Detroit and Mrs.
Anna Kinch of Owen Sound,
Ontario.
Guests Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Karl Ramin were Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Juengle Jr. of Walden
burg, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Kruger of Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Kruger of Macomb and
Robert Kruger of Mount Glenn
ems.
A group of relatives and
friends helped Mrs. Walter Will
lert celebrate her birthday an
niversary on Thursday evening.
Cards furnished the evenings
diversion.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

NEW HAVEN-A graduation
assembly program was held in
the school auditorium Friday
Afternoon for Robert Doanne and
Paul Radashaw who leave this
week TO enter the armed service.
The program opened with the
invocation by Rev. Carl Z. Os-
wald. The musical portion in
cluded numbers by the high
school band and vocal selections
by Louise Codner.
The Rev. B. A. Warren of
Richmond addressed the as
sembly and Supt. +. F. Siefert
presented the students with ath-
letic medals they had earned
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Holy Name Society
Names New Officers
Albert Jackson Heads
Utico St. Lawrence Group

UTICA - Holy Name Society
of st. Lawrence Catholic church
held their annual Communion
breakfast on Sunday, March H.
The Mass was at seven o'clock
and the breakfast followed i'm
mediately.
President Albert Jackson pre-
sided and introduced John o.
Hara as POSTMASTER for the pro-
gram. Principal speaker va S
Judge Maher of Recorders
Court, Detroit, who reviewed the
court set-up in a most entertain
ing way.
At a business session officers
were chosen for the year as fol-
lows: Albert Jackson, president;
Reed Powers, vice president;
Leonard Ma ! burg, secretary;
Jack Russell, treasurer.
Breakfast was served to more
than 125 persons by the ladies
of the parish under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Jack Russell, Mrs.
Anthony Ptach, Mrs. Henry Ire
ger and Mrs. A. L. Farwig.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
More Nexi.oi-kin
10 Accept Medals
SeIfrids to Be Scene
Of Stirring Presentation

Ten next of kin of Michigan
Army Air Forces heroes have
been invited to Selfridge Field,
Saturday, March II, to receive
decorations for feats of their
fighting men.
The ceremony is scheduled for
$3.50 pm. in the office of the
base commander, Col. Bradford
A. Shaw. Col. Shaw will pre-
sent the decorations to the rela-
tives of the officers and enlisted
men who are prisoners of war,
killed or missing in action.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

The more than 1000 women Of
the CWAC's, Canada's equiva-
lent of the WAC's, wear a small
duck as part of their insignia.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
Mrs. Ambrose O'Malley spent
Monday in Mount Clemens.

In honor of Mrs. Phillip Peters
of Pontiac, Mrs. Joseph LaGraff
was hostess Friday evening to a
group of ladies at bridge lunch
con at her home in New Haven.
Those present were, Mrs. Elmer
Sears, Mrs. Ambrose O'Malley,
Mrs. Paul Blair, Mrs. Jessie Fer
ris, Mrs. Nick Socia, and Mrs.
Rose Marsack all of New Balti-
more. Prizes were won by Mrs.
O'Malley and Mrs. Ferris.
Mrs. Peters was former resi-
dent of New Baltimore.
The New Baltimore Library
Commission held their regular
meeting Friday evening. Mrs
A. Manser was elected to fill the
unexpired term of Harold Eng
Gilman.
Judy Aurand celebrated her
fifth birthday the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Burk-
hardt have received word from
their son Pfc. Albert Burkhardt
in the Philippines.
Donald Arnold son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Arnold celebrated his
third birthday on Friday March
g.
Miss Matilda Hamon OF New
Haven visited Miss Catherine
Klein the past week.
II is about so degrees colder
10 miles above the equator than
it is at the same altitude above
the polar regions.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15
New Baltimore

NEW BALTIMORE-The New
Baltimore School Association
will meet at the high school
Thursday evening March Is.
The program will include the
showing of motion picture en-
titled Better Schools Make Bet
ter Citizens.
The meeting will start at eight
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heine-
mann and Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Fuerst and Mary Gay returned
home after visit with Pvt. and
Mrs. William Heinemann and
family at Buffalo, New York.
Ed Corby of Pontiac, son of
Mrs. Mary Brackmiller was in
Quoted into the army Monday.
Mrs. Brackmiller has two other
sons, Lanny and Vincent in the
armed forces.
Misses Clara Louise Schnoor
returned home after spending
three weeks in Detroit with Mrs.
E. Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Fenton of
Detroit spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Trimplar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Turner
who moved to Ephrata, Wash
ington several months ago, have
purchased a home in Tacoma.
Washington where Mr.. Turner
is employed.
Mrs. Ted Graves is spending
few weeks in Detroit with re-
latives.
Dinner guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sears Sun.
DAY were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Craney of Crosse Pointe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Marsh and
family were guests of Mrs.
Marsh's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Schmidt in Detroit.
Pvt. Charles Marsack is spend
ing a 21-day furlough with his
mother Mrs. Rose Marsack.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

II is about so degrees colder
10 miles above the equator than
it Is at the same altitude above
the polar regions.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

Miss Matilda Hamon Of New
Haven visited Miss Catherine
Klein the past week.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-03-15

Grond for chopped honds
and skin. Tokes the snort
and sting out OF really
chopped skin almost like
magic. A snowY-whits
s,:sn ..53s&84s
Evening star., 1945-05-27

their guards; stuck close to their compounds
They knew what it meant.
Most psychological warfare is fought with
words But words can have high explosive
power. When Macarthur finally returned
with men and weapons, his landing craft also
brought portable printing presses, radio equip
ment and loud-speakers ashore.
A unit of the Office of War Information
came in with the first wave, moved into Tao
loban with the infantry. The Owl boys
hunted up the local printer re-opened his
print shop while Jap planes still roared over
head. Within "a hours the first Free Philip
pines leaflets were being dropped with the
banner headline:
Americans Land in Philippines
Underground workers placed a copy on
the desk OF Jose Laurel, puppet president.
In less than day the Voice of Freedom
went on the air and Macarthur was broad
casting to the people of Mindanao. Leyte,
Luzon;
II Hare Rsfuvned!'
This was part of growing general often
sive against the pillboxes of the Jap mind.
In Burma psychological warfare combat
unit penetrated the jungles with Merrills
Marauders. They set up loud-speakers pos
sessing great range and volume, in defiance
Evening star., 1945-05-27

w" PSS SAOloShSoA "sA Aoi = AA~A1
trained its loud-speakers on
the Japs. Here's the story ..
TINE watchers on shore, the tall, bearded
Il American the squat guerrilla chieftaln,
heard the submarine before they saw it. A
long drawn-out mhtsh in the darkness that
was almost a sigh; the sound of dripping
water. A huge sea monster Wallowing out of
the Deep Then silence again. Finally the long
awaited signal A light blinking cautiously.
Three times and then three again. Close to
shore. Incredibly close.
The bearded man rose from his hiding
place shifted the salt air 1t carried sounds in
land, and the Japs were less than three miles
away But it drove from his nostrlls the sick
stencil of rotting corpses in the village where
the Japs had been before him. He moved
toward the shore, greeted brisk young
Ensign who had stepped out of rubber boat
What did you bring us?'
Tommy guns and ammo" the Ensign
answered. ''k-rations. Radios. Also chewing
gum, cigarettes, matches and lead pencils
Good Lordr' exclaimed the bearded man.
DO they think I'm opening up cigar store?'
Evening star., 1945-05-27

of Jap snipers. Soldiers have nicknamed these
speakers hog callers.
One reached bunch Of Japs in hiding:
"Soldiers Of Japan mhsn did YOU last hear
from home''
When the commander deserted. the hog
caller broadcast the news of his CowardiCe
to the Jap troops in the jungle. A number sur
rendered Words proved as potent as bullets.
Movies Did the Trick
AMERICAN planes dropped leaflets - Where
is the japanese ndry'" - and safe-conduct
surrender passes, as we'll as bombs, on Guam,
Saipan, Two Jima Okinawa. Results were
spotty Two thousand Japs, an unprecedented
number. surrendered on Saipan almost none
on Two Jima, but no planned leaflet campaign
was conducted there. Jap prisoners were taken
on Okinawa, and civilians there proved sur
prisingly doclle The leaflets had done good
job.
In China Owl movies played large part
in enlisting the labor that built the huge Big
and fighter bases around Chengtu. Five hun
dred thousand workers were needed Because
80 per cent of the Chinese are llliterate, they
could not be reached through newspapers.
Motion pictures turned the trick.
These pictures were mainly United
TW-.-27-45
Evening star., 1945-05-27

Its psychological warfare, sir. The En-
sign held up a package of chewing gum,
turned on tiny f1ashlight 50 the bearded
man could see the printed cover.
Three words MacArthur's stirring slogan:
Il Shall Return''
This was at Mindanao, March. 1943 -
the first of many contacts made by Amerl-
can pigboats with Filipino guerrilla forces,
some of whom were led by former American
Army and Navy men. This was the beginning
of psychological warfare in the Philippines.
Psychological warfare has scored notable
triumphs 1t influenced the surrender of tens
of thousands of prisoners, the shortening of
the war in Tunisia by 30 days, the capitula-
ton of fortified cities, the yielding of an enemy
fleet, without the firing of shot.
Explosive Words
| HE lob in the Pacific is more difficult: AS
this is written, We have yet to breach the
invisible "Hirohito Line" which protects the
japanese people from Western truths. But
our beginning in the Philippines and Jap-held
islands shows promise of important results.
On Leyte, Filipino guerrillas rsked their
lives to sneak past Japanese guards and chalk
Macarthur slogan on the walls of Jap head
quarters. The Japs, filled with fear, doubled
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
Congress Will Get Hand
In U.S.. World Decisions

ocrat, and Representative Eaton
New Jersey Republican, OF inc
House Foreign Affairs CommI}'re.
All four worked closely IN 'hc
past with former Secretary OF STATE
Hull ON preliminary plans lor IN
tcrnational peace cooperation.
Hull. named by the President IN
= White House statement as a mem
her and senior advisor to the Amer
ican delegation. generally Is expect
cd TO become the presiding officer
of the higher level United Nations
conference.
For the other two members, Mr.
Roosevelt picked 1t. Com. Harold l.,
Stossen, former Republican COVER
nor of Minnesota, and Dean NIr-
gjnia Gildersleeve, OF Bernard Col-
lege. ~
LEGISLATORS Immediately interpret
ed the choice Of Stassen as a preSi-
dental recognition Of the so-calIea
"one world wing of the Repuoilcah
party that was represented prlmar-
ilv bv the late Wendell Wlllkle, SUP
s~euuently by Stassen ana Senator
Bail. Republican, Minnesota.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
Debt Limit
To Fit
$500 Billions

Nlshinaten, lcb it.-(Af-
Congressional usc.i leaders bit
THEN lip, tod, IL ;t'"y c'n"rd"d
that the national debt !init will
have to he $50 s>tau TO $500 bill
lions very sheItiE.
But they icGesgW a CHARGE to
start W!llttltu@ il doNn n"t iatcr
than two wear, after tne war,
provided. as ut" a from rut II,
1.-The people wake Up,
Confronted win legislation I"
odd another SIC billion %sir'tch
to the present Ur0ui limit 81 $3.50
billions. the chairman N the
ranking Republican mtith"r q
the House APPROPRIATIONS TOM
mittee, Joined lit demanding
sharp euriailmrnt 81 all gov
eminent spending.
The deb. naW stands at Ssh
billions. \ month before earl
Uarhor il wa, 500 billions.
Chairman Cannon, Missouri
Democrat, who head, tne group
through which ali a~pproprla-
ten hills must pass, said 1t was
a matter OF regret that the DEBT
limit must be booslcd. 2, was
proposed yesterday IA a bill by
Chairman DCughton, Democrat
North Carolina, oi The hf"se
Ways and Means (oniAisl'c'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14

Washington, Feb, IA (Al) -
congress found itself in a poSl'ioh
Coday to exercise an early n pos
S'olE d decisive voice about Amer
lean participation IN a p~roJccle'
word security organization.
tour legislators we're deSl2ha'cu
by President Roosevelt as members
OF a delegation of eight to attend
the San Francisco United Nations
conference opening April %.
These four apparently have IT IN
their combined fower to veto at me
outset any arrangement they De
l!eVe might stall Senate approval
OF a forthcoming treaty setting up
a world league to keep down future
aggression.
There is every reason to pelleVe
that President Roosevelt had inns
thought in mind when he chose
lhem as members of a group heaoeo
by Secretary Of State Stettlnll'S'
They are Chairman Connally, eHa
Democrat, and Senator Nandenoere'
Michigan Republican, of the Seha'e
Foreign Relations Committee; II
Chairman Bloom, New York Dem
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
Annexation
From Wilkes
Is Rejected

H.. Ugh. Feb. li-tAP)-Pro-
p.- annexation of n township
aeo . portion of two others +
" county by Caldwell county
oas, .ni headed for the Legislative
W.'. Doshct today as the House
C~.u...t,cc on Counties, Cities and
TaHa- voted to report untaVo" ably
d U.# providing such annexation.
Tie committee also voted II IL
pel' nt4yarably a substitute Hlil to
leave HE matter to a vote o! the
pei IN the areas affected.
TIE ~sU-called House gag rue
Wo.aa require a tWo-thirds vote to
.e. o. ne bills from the untaNpf-
aa.. "alcndar.
' =. G.. c. committee approved
an .uor dmCnt increasing the mini
u'u. weekly benefits from 50 10 81
q H'..., and the maximum from SD
70 sea. On motion Of Representative
Taylor If Wayne, a proposed amend
ms,f 10 extend the number o! weeks
trom IG TO 30 was deferred.
TIE House committee on l. I. (.
als' sfg,ck out prop"sef amtnG-
mcl'- 10 the U. c. G. laws to provide
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
WEATHER

Partly cloudy and mild to-
night. Thursday partly cloudy
and little change III temporal
ture.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
Approaching
0nCoch,NoW
0utflanked
Gains Virtually
Flank Siegfried
Lines North End

Paris, Feb. 1f.-(AP)-The
Canadian first army charged
behind massed guns and flame
throWers today t. within a "ile
and a half Of G0ch. eleVen-Way
German traffic center between
the Rhine and Meuse, and out
thanked it On the northeast by
capturing IIas>eIt and Bedburg.
The Canadians, Scots and
Britons of General Henry Gre
rar's army advanced two m'lrs
CT so. leaving behind all the
forty-fivc square mile Reichs-
valid after breaking the corps
of resistance offered by seven
strongly armored German divi-
sions. They virtually turned the
nGrthcrn end ci the Siegtried
line.
Canadian ia.antey closed up
firmly t. the line C.. the Dude
Rhine, q tributary of the main river
northeast of KIerc, d d cent d strong
raldlng force from captured kellen
almost to the Rhine ferry crossing
facing the industrial center of I'm
mCriCh.
Tanks, huge sky fleets and
parachute troops powered the
British empire assault steadily
rolling UP the Soggy German po-
si,innS between the Rim" and
the Mouse, and threatening de
fenScS on the Cologne plain be-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-02-14
Meekiins To
Retire., He
Writes FDR

Elizabeth city, Icb. li-(AP)
u :. District Judge |. VI.
1icehin, said here today he had
decided to retire. but would
make no 0tl;er comment.
Il have definitely decided to
retire and have so written the
President tndaN," he said.
,IudEr h.rvkins became cIis-
ihic for retirement when he be
came 20 years old yesterday.
In the recent past his health
has not been the best.
President Coolidge appointed
AicekinS district judge in 1928.