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Evening star., 1949-07-24
Explanation of How Sales Tax
Will Affect Consumers Given
Continued From First Page.D

the official answers to your ques-
tions. For many of the ques-
tions there are no official answers
yet, and there will not be until
unresolved issues have been
tested in court. These articles
will contain, however, the best an
swers the Star can pass along,
based on lay study of the law and
regulations, and on the unofficial
opinions of city officials and law
yers familiar with the statute.
List of Exemptions.
First, a word about the things
to which the tax does and does
not apply.
The tax applies with certain ex-
ceptions, to all tangible personal
property sold at retail in the Dis
trict. These are the exceptions:
/. Things sold to the Federal
State or District Governments, or
to "semipublic" institutions GER
tilted by the Assessor.
2. Food sold to people who take
it away to eat somewhere else,
and, food sold in restaurants
where the bill for the individual
buyer comes to less than S1.25.
8. Medicines, pharmaceuticals,
drugs. crutches, wheel chairs, ar
tificial limbs, artificial eyes, hear
ing devices, false teeth or eye
glasses prescribed for an indi-
vidual.
4. Cigarettes.
S. Motor vehicles and trailers.
Gasoline for motor vehicles.
Newspapers Exempt.
7. Newspapers; publications OF
the Federal and District Govern
ments and of "semipublic' insti-
buttons.
8. Livestock, poultry. seeds, feed,
fertilizer, etc, to be used for agri-
cultural purposes.
9. Natural or artificial gas, oil,
electricity, solid fuel or steam
when these are sold for use in
manufacturing, ASSEMBLING, proc
essing or refining.
10. Things delivered by the
seller to a place outside the Dis
trict; also things which are to be
used only in interstate commerce,
if applying the tax would burden"
commerce.
II. Casual and isolated sales
made by somebody who is not Or
idinarily engaged in the business.
II. Food and drinks sold on
trains, airplanes or boats passing
through, across or out of the Dis
trict.
13. Property bought by utility
or public service company for use
in furnishing taxable commodity.
Consumer Pays.
Many of the questions which
arise about the application of the
tax grow out of attempt to pin
down definitions in the above list
of exceptions. These and other
points will be enlarged on in the
questions and answers which fol-
low in this and subsequent
articles:
@. Who pays the sales tax the
merchant or the consumer?
A. Technically, it's the mer-
Evening star., 1949-07-24

sired by those engaged in an in.
dustry. We believe In collec-
tive bargaining and the right to
strike. We believe in independence
of the trade union movement from
government policy"
Mr.. Churchill reiterated the
platform pledge that Socialist
plans to take over the steel, ce-
ment. sugar and insurance busi-
nesses would be scrapped if the
Conservatives were restored to
power.
I'VE shall return to system
which provides incentives for
effort. enterprise, self denial. ini-
tiative and good housekeeping"
he said.
Mr.. Churchill wished a speedy
recovery to Cripps. who has in
this grave new crisis temporarily
broken down under the strain he
has been bearing of having his
errors and those of his predecessor
Laborite Hugh Dalton come
home to roost." Cripps is at q
Swiss clinic for treatment of an
intestinal ailment.
Eden Joins In Fight.
The Conservatives No. 2 man,
dapper Anthony Eden. Joined the
political fight tonight with a radio
address lambasting naturalization
at home and Communism abroad.
Communism today suppresses
the freedom of worship and every
other freedom wherever it can
seize power" he said.
Communism is ruthless in its
methods and world wide in its ac-
tivities. We in Britain have a
special opportunity to guide and
keep the world in the true path
of freedom.
"We have to solve our problems
at home if we are to fulfill our
responsibilities to the world. Un-
less we can build in the world a
strong front against Communism
there can be no sure defense for
our way of life at home"
Mr.. Eden accused the Laborite
government of being far too
much given to control for the
love of control"
Recent industrial disputes, he
claimed. whether actual or threat
ened, all occurred in government
controlled industries.
Ground was broken for the first
New York subway in 1900.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Man Arrives Here TO Meet
Relatives After Long Search

Years of searching for rela-
tives ended here yesterday for
Alva Mann. Amarillo, Tex. radio
news commentator, when he ar
rived at the National Airport to
meet his half-sister and half
brother.
They are Mrs. Dorothy Beavers
Matz, 1905 South Pollard street.
Arlington, and Staff Sergt. An
drew Beavers, stationed with the
Army here.
Mr.. Mann, %, was placed in q
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Military Aid
Continued From First Page.)

peated his previous call for Mr..
Truman to take up the other OBJ
iectives of the Vandenberg reso-
luton passed by the Republican
80th Congress.
The Michigan Senator said that
these call on the President to
work for Cd voluntary agree
ment to remove the United Ma
tions veto on settling world dis
putes peacefully. (2) an arms re-
duction agreement. or, if these ef-
forts fail, 80 an amendment to
the u. N. charter under provisions
permitting a review by general
conference.
Several Senators who voted for
the Atlantic pact when it was rati-
fed last week, as we'll as most OF
the 13 who opposed it. have indi-
Gated they will fight any large
scale arms outlay at this time.
House to Push Hearings.
Chairman Kee of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee said
that he would begin hearings on
the highly complicated measure
at once. He expressed confidence
that it would be passed by the
House after considerable debate.
Secretary Acheson probably will
be the first witness at hearings
expected to start Tuesday.
But the House committee. like
the rest of Congress. appeared to
be deeply split on the issue of
supplying arms to other govern
ments in peacetime even with a
cold war" going on.
In fact some experts doubted
whether the administration would
succeed in getting it through both
branches of Congress before the
hoped-for adjournment in early
September.
One possibility is that Congress
may authorize the arms program
but run out of time to consider
appropriating funds for it. If that
seems likely as debate progresses,
the administration probably will
try to enlarge the sum in the bill
which could be advanced by the
Reconstruction Finance Corp. to
finance the first months of the
project. This sum is now fixed at
$125, 100000.
Flexibility Desired.
The Truman proposal for the
100000 emergency fund is de-
signed at least in part to answer
the desire for fexibility as the
Presidents advisers in the State
Department see it. For example.
should one of the countries in the
southeast Asia area become deep
ly involved in threat from Com
munism, Mr.. Truman might en-
ploy some of this money in an
attempt to help block that threat.
Another kind of possibility.
speculatively at least, would arise
in the Netherlands and Indo-
nesian native political groups
were able to agree in the next few
months on a political program
for Indonesia and then were to
seek American assistance in or
ganizing the security of the is
lands. ~
The European arms production
fund, on the other hand, is aimed
at stimulating the output of At
lantic pact partners so that even
tually they will no longer require
any help from the United States
To build up their armament in
dustries without hurting their
general economic recovery. in the
opinion of State Department
planners. they must be given
some additional dollar help.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

CARLSTADT, N. J-RUB- A DUB-DUB ONE MAN IN TUBA
speedboat builder chugs happily along the
Hackensack River these hot daysin bahtub Emil Meyer
its driver and designer said the tub which Sears
Roebuck to who sold $40
worth of the firms The galvanized tin bahtub is mounted
supported basa ponoons powered
horsepower supporting the
outboard suppants the usual faucets Wirephoto
Evening star., 1949-07-24

District government. But the mer'
chant is required to reimburse
himself by collecting the money
from his customers. so ultimately
it's the consumer who pays.
@. How much does the mer.
chant pay?
A. He pays 2 per cent of his
gross receipts from taxable sale.
that is. 50 on every 500 col
lected for selling goods subject
to the tax.
Merchants Collects More.
Q. How does he collect from his
customers?
A. They pay l tax cent fol
purchases costing between from
IA to 63 cents: 2 cents for pur-
chases from 64 cents to $1.13-
and l cent for each additional Sc
cents Of sales price, or fraction
thereof. On purchases costing less
than IA cents. there is no tax to
the consumer.
@. Doesn't this scale mean the
merchant collects more than he
pays out?
A. Yes. almost always-but the
difference is very small. The ex-
perience in other communities
using this scale has been that
most merchants gain about l cent
as a result of the tax. on every
$10-worth of taxable business
Against this must be balanced the
additional trouble and expense OF
bookkeeping which the tax i'm
poses on the merchants.
@. The tax starts August I
Does that mean it applies to all
taxable sales concluded after that
date? ~
A. Yes a sale is subject to the
tax on or after August /, unless
it is the result of an absolutely
set contract entered into before
May 81. the day the President
SASIlCo lCfCIluC dCG.
Legal Debt to Merchant.
@. What can happen to a mer-
chant who does not file his re-
turns or files false ones?
A. Plenty. He is liable to an
interest penalty of S per cent of
the amount due. plus l per cent
a month for each month of delay
in paying up. If convicted OF
failure to file. he can be fined up
to $500. If his failure is deemed
"wilfull," the fine can be as much
as $4,000.
A. What about a consumer who
refuses to make tax payments to
the vendor? Suppose he has a
charge account, and will not pay
the tax portion of the account
due?
@. This is a legal debt owed the
vendor by the purchaser. and may
be collected by the vendor like
any other debt through court ac-
ton, if necessary. But because
the District tax is imposed on the
vendor rather than the purchaser
the best opinion is that the city
could not step in and fine the pur-
chaser for wilful violation of the
law. The situation is different
in Maryland. where the tax the
oretically is imposed on the pur-
chaser.
(Tomorrow: How the sales ia,
may affect the buying habits Of
Washingtonians.)
Cincinnati children's home wher
he was 21a years old after thu
death of his parents. BY the time
he was Is, he had been boarded
in nine different foster homes.
All his attempts to find any
members of his family were
thrwarted by the misspelling of his
grandfather's name. Finally, how.
ever. he obtained his mother.
death certificate and from thai
he learned the correct spelling
which led to the discovery of hi
two relatives.
Evening star., 1949-08-27

merton, architect, Forest Glen,
Md: to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling, 1853 Primrose road NV;
to cost $4,000.
William L. and Eunice c.
Thomas, owners, 129 Rock Greek
Church road NV; builder not
selected: Clifton B. White, archi-
tect, Silver Spring; to erect one
two story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 5424 Twenty-seventh
street NV; to cost $4,000.
John J. Donnelly, jr., owner and
builder, 4012 Nineteenth place
NE; Marcus Hallett, architect
6525 Piney Branch Road NV; tc
erect one 2-story brick and cir . oi
block dwelling, 3210 Patterson
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Jacob and Mildred Hoffman
owners, Baltimore, Md; w. H
Bacon, jr.. builder and architect
Annandale, Va; to erect one l.
story masonry and wood dwell
ing, 1906 Roxanna road NV; tt
cost $4,000.
Edison A. Edison, owner anc
builder, 5026 Tilden street NV;
William H. Shoemaker, architect
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Cadets
Continued From Page BID

aid cord into an outlet, then turn
the pointer on the Commute dial
| to the desired time.
The timing aid can be used as
an appliance timer to shut OH
any electrical appliance auto
matically after a preset time-a
heater in a cold bedroom at night
or a fan in summer. 1t may be
used as a reminder timer. for it
has a built-in signal buzzer which
signals continuously at the end
of any interval. thus it is valuable
as a safety device in the kitchen,
particularly with pressure cookers.
It may be used as a utility timer
for it will both shut off any elec-
trical appliance and signal COM
pletion of the elapsed time. This
precision timing aid Is made with
long lasting, quiet clock motor
and is obtainable in choice
of three finishes. maroon with
white, white with red and white
with blue.
For information on where to obtain
products mentioned please write to
| Room 724, The Star Building, inclos-
ing stamped, self addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Upper
PetWorth
s12,s5o
III GolIotin
Street NV.

Sturdy row
brick home in
one of the
cityis most con-
venient and de-
sireable neigh
borhoods. Close
to all best
sc h o OILS and
transportation
Six room S.
bath, full base
ment, double
re ar porches
q enc 10 S e d,
scr e en- e d.,
front porch,
gas hot-water
heat.
OPEN SAT 81;
SUN. ~
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Chevy Chase, Nd.
sos Meo dow Lone

OOVo VsCuooW sobS
A stone home of indescribeable
charm ideally situated in that
beautiful and exclusive section
THE COUNTRY CLUBS
AND NEAR ROSEMARY SCHOOL.
Six large rooms and two baths.
Features a bedroom and bath on
first floor and a delightful step
down studio living room approx.
15x23 with beamed ceiling and mas
sive stone fireplace. Two large bed
rooms and bath on second floor.
Screened living porch of living
room overlooks one Of the most
picturesque lots imaginable with its
many huge oaks and beautiful
shrubs. Total street frontage OF
274 #.
OWNER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA
SAYS SELL. OPEN SUNDAY, ~.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
REAR Estate Financing
Declines in Hah-Year

Real estate financing in the
United States dropped by 8 per
cent in the first half of this year
from the same period Of 1948,
and was / per cent below the
figure for the first six months
of 1947, the Home Loan Bank
Board said today.
Compared with the first half of
last year. only mutual savings
banks and miscellaneous lending
institutions reported gains In fl
nancing volume for 1949, increas-
ing their totals by about per
cent.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Frederick Opens Office

N. G. Frederick. we'll known in
real estate circles as former sales
manager for j. Garrett Beitzell,
has opened his own real estate
brokerage Office at 2151 K street
NV. Mr.. Frederick's firm will
be known as Frederick Real Es-
tate. George Frederick, a son
will be associated with the Office
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Permits
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Connecticut avenue NV; to
erect one 1-story cinder block and
concrete salesroom and Office. 63
K street NV; to cost $4,000.
Simon Broder,> owner. Mclean
Gardens; Karl r. Mirkes, builder,
Silver Spring, Md; John SWIM
Evening star., 1949-08-27

WestmoFeIand Circle Area
Within 8 blocks Of the
populor Westbrook Public
erode SCHOOL,
53O3 Massachusetts, Avenue
Beautiful Colonial home containing
nine rooms and 3h baths. Inciu-es
den or bedroom and lavatory on
1st floor. Three bedrooms, baths
on 2nd floor. Two bedrooms and
bath on 3rd floor. Richly panelled
recreation room with bar and fire.
place. Two-car garage. Excellent
lot, gently sloping and very ex-
pensively handicapped. The wide
sweep Of front lawn UP to the
beautiful front entrance. with It's
stately two-story Colonial columns
affords . most appealing enect:
Highly convenient and restricted
location in an exclusive area OF
fine homes. $32,50O.
OPEN SUM-, II
Directions: ont Mass ADe. De.
yond Westmoreiand Circle to 5s0S
On right.
Evening star., 1949-08-27

1929 Vermont avenue NV; to
erect one 2-story brick and Gin
der-block dwelling, 1858 Foxhall
road NV, to cost $1,000.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
2l0l North Courthouse Rood

210l North Courthouse Rood
Detached all-brick Cape Cod
home conveniently located
two blocks off Lee Highway.
Level lot 60x100. Full base
ment. Excellent closet space
and large rooms throughout.
Only 2 years old. Gas heat.
Garbage disposal. Accessible
to new George Washington
Highway to be opened
this fall. $12,800 FILA loan
available.
OPEN SUM-, ~
Directions: Over Key Bridge, ott
Lee Hiohway to N. Courthouse Rood
(frst traffic light past Colonial
VILLAGE. right to residence.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Answer to BR@CADE
Natures Children
By Lillian Cox Athey

climbing gear. Downys toes are
arranged so the front pair face for
ward and the back pair face toward
the rear. The strong claws grasp
the bark so that the climber does
not skid and the stiff tail feathers
serve as a bracket. His bill is a
combination pick-ax and drill and
his tongue a harpoon; its hard,
sharp tip is barbed with projecting
spikes. When he probes into the
tiny hole with this tongue, he is
sure of his breakfast. The handy
tweezers hold the fat grub tight
as it is pulled from its place under
the bark. He rarely misses his
target.
Downy is the fruit-grower's friend
and ally. Being extremely fond OF
the juicy flat-headed apple-borer
and coddling moth, the consumer
puts on much weight so that by cold
weather he is amply protected from
the cold by layer of fat under his
feather coat.
The only fault we have heard
against Downy is that he is very
partial to poison ivy seeds which ne
transports to new places.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

West Union: There is a beautiful
Christmas story titled THE Littlest
Angel" by Charles TazeWell. Dur
ing the Christmas season I often
read the story before civic and
church groups. I'm uncertain how
to pronounce littlest. Helen Hayes
and Loretta Young say "lit-el-est"-
three distinct syllables.-H. H K.
A. Littlest and littler are not pro-
nounced by most dictionaries. But
in a few I find LIT-lest, LIT-list,
LIT-l-est, LIT-l-ist; LIT-ler, LIT
1-er. My own observation is that
the customary pronunciations are:
LIT-1-ist, LIT-l-er.
Aside to a certain radio PERSONAL
ity: The word Vassail is not pro-
nounced "wah-SAIL." It's WAH-
81 Ito rhyme with jostle); or
WASS-1 Ito rhyme with "castleD.
North Wilkesboro: Can't you get
after people who enjoy themselves"
at a party?-G. r. c.
A. To enjoy oneself is quite
proper English idiom. See enjoy
page $50, Webster's New Interna-
tional.
Miami: What is the correct pro-
nunciation of Appala n p
Reader.
A. These pronunciations are listed
and are heard: AP-uh-LATCH-ee-
un; AP-uh-LAY- -chee-un; AP-uh-
LATCH-un; AP-uh-LAY- -chun.
Aside to radio announcer: There
is no mash" in the word machina-
ton. The first syllable is mack" "
thus: MACK-i-NAY'shu See any
dictionary.
Venice: Recently, in discussing the
pronunciation of the word cerebral,
YOU stated: The American College
Dictionary lists suh-REE-br'l as sec
ond choice" Sorry, but that die
tionary does not indicate preference
for the first of several listed correct
onunciationS.-P. K.
A. Sorry, but it does. See "Ex-
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Points for Parents BY Edy'h Tho"os Wallace

Encouraging solitary children to find Others '0ho haOe STINT
lar effective OF helping them become
more social
Evening star., 1949-03-05
c ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
Goren on Bridq,

The sirens of bridge are the ten
ace positions. The ace-queen and
the king jack hold a strange fas-
cination. They have lured many
contract mariner to his destruc-
ton by inducing illnesses where
straightforward methods of play
were available. Many of these dis
asters could be avoided if players
were to adopt a different attitude
toward the finesse. The flnesse
should be looked upon as a means
of gaining trick rather than an
effort to capture an adverse card.
In other words, when finesse is
made to an ace-queen, one should
not consider that he is trying to
capture the king, but rather that
he is trying to win trick with the
queen. A
Lest I offer offense to some of my
readers by engaging in a disserta-
ton so elementary in its nature,
let me hasten to offer today's hand
as an illustration of an optical il
lusion that beset player of more
than average talent. The final con-
tract of four spades, which it will
be seen is virtual "laydown," may
be looked upon as a cold steal, per-
petrated against an over -timid East.
When West took his life in his
hands to overcall at the level Of
two, his courage should have been
accorded greater recognition than
a mere single raise. East should
undoubtedly have jumped to four
hearts, whereupon West would have
been in a position to realize that
sacrifice bid would not be too ex-
pensive. East explained his reti-
cence on the ground that he was
vulnerable, apparently losing sight
of the fact that his partner was
too, so that the two-heart overcau
could be relied upon to be sound.
The king of hearts was led and
ruffed by declarer. Two rounds of
trumps cleared up that suit and
then the 10 of diamonds was
finessed. East won the jack and
returned a heart. Declarer now
finessed the queen of diamonds.
The king won and heart took de-
clarer's last trump. Dummy was
entered with the ace OF diamonds
and the jack of clubs finessed. This
lost to the queen and school was
out. The air was filled with the
usual complaints about the in
famous luck that caused three
illnesses to go wrong.
The hand could have been rem
dered foolproof by simple arith-
metic. Five spade tricks, one dia-
mond, two club tricks and two dia-
mond ruffs in dummy. No matter
how the adverse clubs were dis
tributed, declarer could afford to
lose to both the ace and the queen
and still have two tricks for him
self. This would provide discard
of one of dummy's diamonds, and
Evening star., 1949-03-05
DOWNY WOODPECKER


Tommy Woodpecker is winter
guest. He wears jaunty red cap
we'll back on his head, black and
white coat and a pure white shirt
which never seems to look soiled
AS he goes up the tree trunk In
search of his eggs and meat wood
boring grubs) he meets face to face
the quiet little nuthatch which is
policing the bark for eggs, too.
Her greeting of "yank, yank' is
not answered as the two pass. On
the same oak tree he may be
startled by the sight of the small
screech owl blinking in the bright
sunshine and he has been seen
idling when the loud-voiced blue jay
screamed from across the way.
These winter guests are on fairly
good terms. ALI are good neighbors
All make their living by keeping
down the number of pests destroying
valuable property.
All doWnies have specialized
equipment for earning their living
You will notice how he bitches
himself upward in a jerky fashion
like . steeplejack adjusting his
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Take Nv Word for 1t
Fronk Colby

planatory Notes." page xxx: 1.-THE
first pronunciation shown is, as a
rule, the form in widest general
use"
This is customary with practically
all dictionaries. Kenyon and Knott's:
g. it is intended to give first
the more usual pronunciation" ="
Webster's New International: There
is usually a slight preponderance OF
evidence in favor of the first pro-
nunciation which may be regarded
as the preferred form"
For COPY of Mr.. Colby's leaf1et. .C5,
listing the 200 hardest-to-Spell words IN
English. send 5. cents in coin, and a
stamped. sell. lf.addressed envelope 6 70 e., MN n
New York 10, N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

other heart. Declarer ruffs and one
more club lead establishes that suit,
and the remaining diamond is dis
carded from dummy.
Where hand can be made with
out the hazard of a finesse it is fire.
quently good policy to play it that
way.
(Copyright, 1949, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Word Game
Find 40 or more words IN
NSIL.

meaning, "a useful tool or imple-
ment." Average is 36; limit SO
minutes.
Rules-1. Words must be of four. OF
more letters. 2. Words which acquire 1oui
letters by the, addition OF 5, GniY suGh oas a.
form of a word is used. 4. Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
Monday.