Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1928, Page 23

EVENING STAR. WASTINGTON, TAX COLLECTIONS | TOTALSR251287 District Realty and Intangi- ble Levies Show Gains Over Preceding Period. - - BY DON BROWN. | Total tax collections for the fiscal| NEWARKELIZABETH =~ AIRFORT. ¢ ¢ August 15.— cr tomorrow I make ¥year ending June 30 were $32,512,871.97, my first solo flight. Today I was taken of which the gasoline tax yielded on a cross-country flight, my first one. $1.142,441.14, according to the annual | After hours of rising from an =l Teport of Chatham M. Towers. collector | Grome and then landing on the same of taxes, submitted vesterday to the |* to start off on a 15- rip District Commissioners he country, hunting small T on the collector's books 1ey landing field which ha n | I uncollected nated on & map, seems quit of this sum, €. re > instructor rode in the front cock- to check me and correct any mis- e I made in handling the controls finding my route. Otherwise 1 had whole job to do myself Ve took off from the Newark-Fliza- beth Airport. I flew over the city of Elizabeth, picking out for a guide a main street which pointed in the dire tion of the litle landing field I was | e | seeking e- | As I flew sbove this street at an | altitude of 3,000 feet I had difficulty in | keeping my course because of a side | i s < S fhiois dveas o Bl il 5 of unpaid hile the small- any year on OPPOSITE smarccanan \Liownnu' RD. a1 18 ST § AIRPORTS ALL LOOK ALIKE TO BEGINNER IN AVIATION| Finding Place to Co:;e Down More Diffi- cult Than It Appears. Student Soon Learns. an occasional possible landing spot in the pleasant. countryside had some- thing to do with that soothing, pleasing effect, 1 passed over two small towns, Fol- lowing another railroad track and a toad from my map, I found the gen- eral location of the landing field we | were headed for. The instructor, who I had been there before, then pointed it |out to me. I made my landing, coming in at a { steep angle diagonally across a row of | trees which lined the road beside the field. 1 got down with only two or three bounces, which were due partly | to roughness in the field After a few minutes I was told to take off, fly in & circle about two miles wind. Only a minute or two of paying |in diameter, find the field again and more attention to my lateral balance | land without having it pointed out. than the direction of flight and I would | The air was so bumpy and I was fly- find myseif blown clear out of the way. |ing so low I had considerable trouble 1 finally had to put the plane directly | keeping on an even keel. It made ;e over the strect and then point it a few | slightly nervous. I did not keep my degrees into the wind in order to keep |sense of direction exactly and was not ving in the right direction. | sure when the circle yias (l:omplvl(l’d i | But, recognizing the shape of the Confident in Open. | landing m\lf‘l. a long triangle with a tree-lined road down one side and a reilroad track and wires on the other, I pushed the stick over, throttled the motor slightly end started down. The field looked small, not much Passing over Elizabeth, we came to a farming ict. 1 immediately felt the soothi flect of the green ~olor- ing in the tr and fields. After the dead grass of the oily home field and the ss_of the factories rds about it, the con- 1 thought. “I guess I can make g it. Here goes.' About 300 trast was ple Maybe th that T could see|” feet up, the field still 5 Untit “Our Famous” SEA FOOD DINNER or choice of regular menu between the West Phone—Columbia 5042 TONIGHT ~ ! 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It has the usual complement of Table, Sideboard, Server, China Cabinet, five side chairs and one arm chair covered in striped silk Repp. Now priced at $1215% A Mahogany and Maple Dining Suite of Sheraton design, in ten pieces, with five side chairs and one arm chair covered in Muslin, has been reduced to $685% Early English—17th Century Jacobean — Dining Group, with a Jacobean chest adapted as a China Cabinet, and four side chairs and two arm chairs covered in Muslin, ten pieces complete, in Oak is $1260° Other 10 piece Dining Room groups Domestic and Oriental are all in the AUGUST SALE The Charles Club Chair, has deep springs end thick cushions forming the seat and back, and it is large enough to feel com- fortable to the most exacting person, Covered in hand blocked Linen, it is now $1 9000 A Chippendale Love Seat, made from Mahogany, upholstered, and covered in a denim, carries the price of $14500 High back open arm chairs, ideal occasional pieces for the living room or foyer, made from Mahogany, upholstered in Tapestry, are priced at . €. WEDN looked small. Then the instructor took the stick away from me and pulled us up. Field, But Too Small. “What are you coming down here for?” he asked through .the speaking tube, 1 blinked through my goggles as we were flying over the place I had been | trying to land. It was the same shape |as the right field, only it was about | one-tenth the size. A row of small saplings had been set | out along a little lane. The rafiroad | track_was at the other side, all right. | but the right landing field was half a | mile away. | _After this landing the instructor took the plane off for me, flew about for 10 | minutes, making several turns and half turns, and then gave me the stick to take the plane back to our port. Spotting a tall building in Newark, I had no trouble in lining myself up by it, even though he had aimed me in the wrong direction, and in a few minutes was rolling back to the home | field, making the best landing I had | done yet | Tomorrow I will get a few more |landings, and will be made to go | through " the few simple maneuvers I | now know as a final preparation for my solo flight. (Copyrisht. 1928. by North Newspaper Alliance.) There are many varieties of sharks, ranging in size from 1 foot to 50 feet, American ~ A reazt aDAY, AUGUST 15, 1928.7 CHICAGO G. 0. P. LEADER CALLED IN VOTE PROBE Galpin May Be ed to Waive Immunity Before Testifying Before Grand Jury. | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO. August 15.—The special | grand jury investigating vote frauds and | | terrorism has subpoenaed Homer K. | Galpin, Republican leader and member | | of the Thompson-Crowe-Galpin faction, | " to appear before it. The morning news- | papers said today that Galpin would be asked to sign an immunity waiver be- | fore entering the grand jury room. |~ Galpin was one of the active forces in the primary campaign of last, April, working for candidates having the in- dorsement of Mayor Thompson and State’s Attorney Crowe. ‘The general opinion around the Coun- ty Building was that Galpin was to be questioned concerning the source of funds for the Thompson-Crowe-Galpin | slate and the manner In which the | funds were distributed. | By use of the proposed transcontinen- | | tal air service between Perth in West- | ern Australia and Adelaide on the east | coast, it is expected that mail transpor- | tation time between Eastern Australia {and Europe will be greatly reduced Array of AUGUST SALE mev'e is such a diversion here of styles of Bed Room and dining room furniture that, as with living room [urniture, one can choose precisely the type that blends best with the home itself. Every suite in this Store of fine things is in the August Sale. And all of them are marked at the low price levels that everything reaches during this Event. “The House with STORE OPEN FROM 9 A.M.TO 5:00 P { . M.DAILY, CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY Charge Accounts Convemiently Arranged Sloane Endorsed Merchandise Carries An Assurancg of Satisfuction the Green Shutters” I L_IVING RoOM and OCCASIONAL PIECES END TABLES in a wide vatiety, are marked from - 47,00 NESTS OF TABLES are marked from SOFA TABLES, in Mahogany and Walnut, are BOOKCASES in Mahogany are priced from . TEA WAGONS in Mahogany THE USEFUL TWO-IN-ONE TABLE that u&cm out to double its size, nut and Gumwood, is A GOVERNOR WINTHROP DESK, all Ma- hogany, is . SPINET DESK, in Mahogar THREE-PART SCREENS, in choice designs . . $21.00 . 463.00 442,00 . 27.00 in Mahogany or Wal 5 . 489.00 and Gumwood, are $42,00 - #36.00 W. & J. SLOANE 709-711-713 TWELFTH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C. 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Boudsir Chairs, comfortable to sit in and delightful to look at, with a down cushion, and all upholstered in silk, are $4100 A Colonial suite of Mahogany has Twin Beds marked ac $84.00 each; Bureau, $108.00; Chest, $112.00; Desk, $52.00; Dressing Table, $64.00; Night Table, $30.00; High Boy, $168.00; Mirror, . $42.00; Chair, $20.00; Bench, $19.00. <=5 DINING and BED ROOM FURNITURE ' Shows the Savings of the A Rose-wood and Satin-wood Bed Room group with full complement of pieces, Vanity and Bureau with hang- ing Mirrors, and Twin Beds; eight pieces complete $25200% Full size bed, seven pieces $2375.00 Colonial Bed Room suite, with Twin Beds, reproduction Colonial Chippen- dale Mirrors over Vanity and Bureau; with_Chiffonier, Night Table, Chair and Bench, eight pieces, complete, in Mahogany it is $62500 With full sizebed, seven picces $575.00 Other cight piece Bed Room Suites from $345.00 CARPETS and LINOLEUM all show the low prices of this great SUMMER EVENT e, A full size sofa, early American Chippendale in line, with down filled seat cushicns and hair filled back, in a covering of denim, is $14800 The Skeepy Hollow Easy Chair, reproduction of a quaint and unusually comfortable chair of early American days, is made of Mahog- any, and, covered in Denim or Tapestry, 15 now $5.400 A Cogrwell chaéir of beautiful construction, Mahogany, with down cushioning and a cover of durable Mohair, is marked at $10800