Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 19

WASTIINGTON, D. C. MARCH 18, 1928—PART 1. * 19 THE SUNDAY STAR. 3 - — ———— e ——— w— MOTOR VEHICLES HIT BY TAX RAISE A. A. A. Publishes Figures; Showing Three-Fold In- crease in 1927. A three-fold increase of State motor vehicle taxes over automobils registra- | tions. and an average per vehicle in- crease of 10 per cent in 1927 over the | Pprecoding vear. is shown in the annual ! of the American Automobile As- | a released here yesterday. ' survey shows a total increase of | motor vehicle registration for the United States in 1927 as 5.6 per cent, while | the increase in the total amount of spe- | cial car taxes (exclusive of personal | property taxes) for the 48 States and the District of Columbia is given as 161 per cent. Cites Facts Disclosed. “The facts disclosed by our annual motor vehicle registration and taxation map show tc a eater extent than | ever before the heaiy proportion of | taxes that the motorists are bearing and afford a timely warning to the Fed- eral Government to get out of the tax- | ing field. which is already overex-| plo Thomas P. Henry. president of the A. A A. declared. “The figures should clinch the argument for the im- mediate repeal of the Federal war ex- Members of Central High School h hool Thursday, Frida at WOMEN HERE TO SUPPORT SWEET BRIAR FUND DRIVE College to Conduct Campaign for 8750.000, of Which One-Half and Saturd: Dramatic Assor Peyton Evans, supervising a canvass by teams, and Mrs. Henry Shepherd, chairman of arrangements for a cam- paign_dinner. At a preliminary meeting of the local Sweet_Briar College Alumnac Associa- tion, Thursday night, at the home of Sims announced that a Ircady had been made fon as they will appear in “T . inclusive. The play is under the dircction of Miss Anne Colm. ‘ tion upon the present broadcasting | | structure. | | Whether the controversy will evapo- | rate before the House acts on the con- | SRS Davis of Tennessee Attacks| Senate Clause Relating to |conferees, Blan License Applications. Dy the Associated Pross. Another terday, *the confer Commission The controversy springs from the re- | ntative Davis, Demo- | a to accept A proviso amendment, for allocation | equality of broadeasting service both of uponi the | transmission and reception.” al of Repre crat, Tenne h added to his |of wave lengths among States basis of population. proviso would require such allocations to be effected only “as and when" ap- ¢ Dragon.” hy Tady Gregory, FANIC AT SEA AVOIDED. ¢ NEW YORK. h 17 (#).—Pas- songers on the liner Duilio, i today. had the thrill of Wednesday night, but through the coolness of one of their sea fight over radio_legislation came into prospect at the Capitol yes- despite an announcement that ority of the House and Senate | s had reached an agreement on disputed points in n bill to extend for one year the life of the Federal Radio He sald the added | plications are made for licenses, and that, he argued, would prevent the commission from making changes in wave length assignments and would necessitate basing the proposed alloca- | ference agreement early next week re- mains problematic, however, because Davis refused to say whether he in- tended to carry his objections to the House floor. Another of the House Bland, Democrat, Virginia, In addition to the allocation proviso. | the bill as agreed upon by the conferees would restore the Scnate proposal to limit the extension of the commis- | sion’s life to one year. The House had climinated this. ‘The House amendment to limit broad- casting licenses to 90 days instead of six months as proposed by the Senate was approved, while in regard to the life of commercial licenses the Senate pro- wosal for 12 months was accepted over | the House suggestion for six months Davis said the conferces had approved declaration ot principle that “the people of all the zones are entitled to He added that the bill also would pro- | vide that in the event of a “lack of ap- plication for licenses, wave lengths, time ? DO THOUSANDS PROCLAIM HIM MIRACLE MAN? HEAR HIM! Hear the testimonials of students two vears after having taken his classes. Yogi Hari Rama MASTER TEACHER of India ! cibles in an ‘atmosphere of carbon dio: allocations and station power to which any zone is entitled, that the commis- slon can assign these facilities tem- porarily to another zone.” . PAIR HELD IN SHOOTING. €2 Bullets Taken From Non-Union Miner's Back After Attack. Turns Insects Into Metal. Insccts are being turned into copper, with all the delicate markings and structures preserved, by Dr. N. D. Zein- sky, a German chemist. The discovery of the new process was made while, making chemical analysis of certain | 51,000 bail each today. bugs. The procedure Involves covering them with copper sulphur dioxide wnd weating them in small platinum ety ide. The discovery will enable mus by to the mines. ums to preserve rare specimens indefl- | extracted by a nitely. I tim's neck. hack and legs. HUNTINGDON, Pa., March 17 (~".— Charged with shooting Walter McCon- n:ughey. a non-union miner, at Rouge. | in the Broadtop soft coal fields, Albert Rogers and Porrest Clark, were held 1n The accused are charged with I1ing in wait for McConnaughey and firing two loads of shot at him as he passed Stxty-two bullets were urgeon from the vic- ' Db Your EYES Feel Tired?| ACHE SMART BURN L Do You Have Trouble Reading With Comfort? 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