Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1925, Page 35

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY. MAY 14, -1925. . iecks in payment of adjusted com- nsation. The War and Navy De- urtments get the applications ‘as iey come in and from their records 0w dhe length of service which is e basis for computing how much d_commensation each former T bookkeeping. For every item his or~| fice must go to the law and see what | the law authorized regarding that par- ticular appropriation. The investigation work is a new feature. The Controller General can | prescribe and install a new system of | accounting, if investigators find it will | be more efficient. Recently the Con- troller General had a new system of | bookkeeping installed. Instead of the old bound ledgers he now has at work a system of sheets on machines which is an outgrowth of the system used by banks. In this way it is possible in each account to teli what the bal- ance is each night. This was first in- stalled in the office of Recorder of = B 7 TaY N YOU AND UNCLE SAM Series of Educational Articles Telling How Federal Govern ment Is Organized and How It Functions—Written Expressly for School Children. o) man should receive. Then the Veterans’ Bureau figures the amount each should receive and makes out the check. Before these checks are sent out the Controller General's Of- fice audits each case. They are now handling about 20,000 claims ‘a_day, running from $50 td $2,500 each. It is job ever done in_the the Government. They ing on it and the au- force is right up with the terans’ Bureau force, each day re- irning or rejecting the cases the | *terans’ Bureau handled the day be- | 3CC! No. 55—How All Our Expenditures Are 0. K.d. atlantic in the Department of Commerce He is also standardizing forms for Where ‘here were for- different forms there are e beauty of this pre-audit is that 7 pere o forther Caveston. bt | 11N GO oal ayment, or reviewing balances— lelnC vhen the checks go out the case is ood I 3 % ON SAVINGS ates three independent audits and he harder clean-up work when dis- bursements have been improperly ON TIME CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT “Every Banking and Trust Service” The Controller General’'s job is real. 1y legal rather than auditing and District National Bank of Washington 1406 G STREET N. W. OFFICERS Robert N. Harper, President. _Joshua Evans, Jr., EKixecutive Vice President. tention « orporation oa] ———= ition of the pre en in the issuance of ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILBING ASSOCIATION 643 Louisiana Ave-N.W. 54th issue of stock now open for subscription. Money foaned to members on casy monthly payments. James E. Connelly, President James F. Shea, Secretary 0 . P. Lipscomb, Vice' President. C. J._Gockeler, Vies President. N. L. Saasbury, Viee President. Hilleary L. Offutt, Jr., Viee Presidest and Cashlor. William C. Looker, Assistant Cashier. Theodore 8. Mason, Assistant Cashier. Barnard & Johnson, Attorneys. ‘Wharton E. Lester, Counsel and Trust Officer. B. L. Coiton, Assistant Trust Officer. Branch Offices: Comn. Ave. & K St Nisth 8. & N. Y. Ave. N.W. Nearly a million people a day are eating it! Must be good! Sink your “sweet tooth” into a bar. . . now! Oh Henry! A Fine Candy 10c a bar! Auditin: @) renc i il IR il S REMINISCENT OF SALE PRICES Eventful Repricing of Lifetime Furniture Bringing Prices Down to a New Low Level An Eventful Repricing of a great portion of our stock that has made prices now as low as any sale has afforded. Hundreds of fine suites and single pieces remarkably under- priced. Suggestive Values Crotch-mahogany A $450 Gay Dining & Ten pie Gay Suite, Eli ; walnut and gu le-pedestal refectory ta AT 475 Reduced to.... walnut and gum finish: tapestry- oblong table =825 o Carved Dining Rapids make. Ten $ Walnut and Gumwood Dining Suite, 250 Ten Consistent with its policy of but two sales a year, Mayer & Co. holds sales only in the months of February and August—even though something unusual takes place at another time. e Suite Duco, piece Yet, with a knowledge of these values, we feel that you, too, should know about them. Distinctly different from February and August Sales, this “in-between” repricing does not include our entire stock. Duco finish: 66-inch buffet. Ten picces. Reduced to Grand Rapids Made Suite, in walnut i sod; ‘bt r l-walnut ts. Ten pieces, Lifetime Furniture Is Meore T han "4 ‘Name MAYER & CO. \ Between D-& E 2 Seventh Street o o TR t‘??‘H!llfl!|!|!!!'!!l!!!ll'v!llll;l!!l!l!lllIfl!lllll!l5!?]EH!llllll||I!IIll!llllllll!fi“!l‘. Y —— now three. He is also working on a uniform system of travel regulations. There were previously. 54 sets provid- ing for departmental allowances and now there is the one sheet, uniform for all. The Controller General also fur. nishes to the Bureau of the Budget, on | request, information relating to ex penditures and accounting. (Covyright. 1925, by Will P. Kenneds.) The fifty-sixth article in this series will be on “Our Big Public Play- grounds.” It will be printed in this paper next Sunday. | Deeds in the District of Columbia and | [f I1405 H St. N.W.I Dethox ... Prevento: . .. .42c¢, 59c¢, 95¢ 59¢, 95¢ Scott’s Emulsion 1l ' Special { 69c 50c Mothozone Kills Moths 15¢ Puritox Kills Moths Moth Balls, pound Moth Flakes, pound 40c Prophylactic Toothbrushes | Redex Red Cedar Bags, 5 Djer-Kiss Talcum Special Candy—Big Three Specials for Friday and Saturday Milk Chocolate Cherries and Nut Clusters, Tom Thumb Cuts, Chocolate - covered Malla-Mels. All three pounds for . .. STATIONERY 39c box Chateau Linen . .23c Highland Linen, pound. . .59¢ | Kara Linen, pound Elam’s Irish Lawn, pound . 59¢ Signrite Paper, large cab- inet, box | Papier Distingue, a beauti- ful box of stationery, sold elsewhere for $1.50, special Cigar Values for Friday, Saturday and Sunday These 10c Cigars 4 for 30c; $3.50 box of 50 Jose Diaz, J. C. Edmund Burke, Norwood, Perf. Rancho, Roth. Lord Baltimore, Sub. Natural Blume, M. P. Adolon, Perf. John Adams which disclosed cation due to larynx I was fro g of food in the FIRE RAZES 2,000 HOMES.“ EXPLAINS YOUTH’S DEATH.! Casualties in Japanese Blaze Are\l’clice Drop Inquiry ,Concerning Not Estimated. Syracuse Freshman. = ToKkY0, May 18 (A.P)—More than| SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 14 (A.P.. | F = 2,000 houses and buildings were de.| —Police offic 1ast night | | Teach Children stroyed by a fire at Kunrajaya, a cen- | there is no need for futher investiga- | To Use . Cuticura ter of the silk industry, some 40 miles | tion into the of William Johnson, | northwest of Tokio. Several casual-|freshman at acuse University, who | Soothes and Heals Rashes and Irritations American toys are sold in ties have been reported, but no esti J\\us found dead on the porch of the mate of the damage has been made. | Phi Delta Theta house early yester- 5 | day Australia is unifying its raillways.| This decision followed an autopsy DRUG STORES J PAY-DAY SALE | ;- —AT ODONNELL’S FOUR CUT-RATE DRUG STORES SOAP SALE Well Known Soaps at Lowest Prices Diapepsin Special $1.00 Bed Bug Killer. . . .35¢ Roach Doom . 40c, 75¢, $1.25 25¢ Mavis Talcum, 17¢ 3 for 50c 6¢c Goblin, dozen cakes 15¢ Palmolive Company’s Sa- von Colosse, dozen cakes — Gum Camphor, pound . . $1.25 10c Colgate’s Coleo, with 4 .10, small cakes FREE—dozen Gum Camphor, ounce . . 95¢ 10c¢ Colgate’s Big Bath, dozen cakes Odorono Liquid Special 10c Jergen’s Violet Glycerine, 20c 59c¢ 59c 10c Stern’s Bath Blocks, per dozencakes.............. I Soap Flak: 10c Olive Oil Skin Soap, pe ——— ‘dozen cakes. . ... Listerine Life Buoy Soap, 4 cakes Gt $1.50 5-lb. Bar of Imported Castile Soap, special . . . .. 1.9 Buy one and lay it aside—it improves with age. Ammonia, for househoid Limit, 4 to a Customer 50c Hospital Cotton Roll containing one pound Special 99cJ FACE POWDERS Hsubigant’s Java Rice ... Azurea ... Florayme . Le Trefle . .. La Blanche Princess Pat Three Flowers . . Ayer’s Luxuria . . BATH SALTS 4711 45c, 85¢, $1.80 Harriett Hubbard Ayer's 25¢, 65¢, $1.50 Hudnut's Violet Sec. .50c, $1 Hudnut’s Three Flowers . .$1 BATH DUSTING POWDERS Houbigant’s Ideal and Quel- ques Fleurs April Showers Cappi - d5¢ $1.00 And These 10c, 2 for 25¢ Cigars—our price while they last 3 for 25¢ $3.90 bux of 50 El Palencia, Cab. La Bertana, Royals Island of Cuba Regular 8c value. Extra special 5c $2.50 box of 50 Lon. La Palmol Bundle of 10, 25¢ $2.39 box of 100