Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1932, Page 24

r B8 THE EVENING STAR. - WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1932. 1.5 AUTO HEAS WLLPROTESTTA Leaders of Industry to Take Plea Before Committee Saturday. Prepared to protést the proposed automobile excise tax, leading figures in the automotive world will appear before the House Ways and Means Com- mittee Saturday to present their case The proposal- before the House com- mittee provides & tax of 5 per cent on all new automobiles, 3 per cent for trucks and 2!, per cent on tires, parts and accessories 1t is estimated that this would mean an imposition of $25 for cvery car, and this tax, it is contended, is more than the budget of the average car buyer can stand Wide Effects Feared. “The grounds upon which Congress will be asked to forego imposition of the tax begin _with the inevitab'e far- reaching effect it would have upon all classes in every State,” it was explained in a statement in behalf of the Na- tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, which is in the forefront of the fight. The automobile industry takes the d, it was added, that in past d ressions it has led the way to recov Coals Coals Coals Coats Misses’, women’s (little and larger) sizes! (Coat Dent Reduced women's $98.50, § one-of-a-kind coats, with precious furs Third Ploor THE HECHT CO. | made to sell for $39.75 and $45! of fine boucles, smartly silk lined! in the newest mid-season styles! trimmed with the fashionable furs! ! | and is prepared to do so again, “unless| |the Federal excise tax which it has| | been singled out to bear is permitted | to balk its efforts.” The chamber points out that thel industry has maintained an employed | personnel of more than 4,000,000 in. ation of the new models just in- troduced and that values have been increased and prices cut to stimulate buying. . Company Heads to Appear. Among those who will appear be- fore the committee are Alfred P. Sloan, | jr., president Gener Motors Corpora- | tion: Alvan Macauley, president Pack ard Motor Car Co.; Walter P. Chrysle: president Chrysler Corporation; Roy D. Chapin, chairman of the board Hudson Motor Co.: E. L. Cord, president Aubu Automobile Co.; Charles W. Nash, president Nash| Motors Co.. Alfred H. Swayne, vice prsident General Motors Corporation; Paul Seiler, president General Motors Truck Corporation; Paul G. Hoffman, | vice president Studebaker Corporation A. J. Brosseau. president Mack Trucks Inc.; M. L. Pulcher, president Federal | Motor Truck Corporation: T. R. Dahl vice president White Motor Co., and George Graham, vice president Rockne | Motors. TWO ..ELD FOR TREASON PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, January 29 (&) —Adolf Bestak and Emil Tur- novs Czechoslovakians, have been errested on a charge of having tried to sell the ‘ormula for a gas mask filter used by .1e Czechoslovakian Army to unidentified buyer in Germany hey were taken as they tried to cross the frontier in an automobile in which police found a gas mask, but " without the filter Third Floor) F Street at 7th A Good Chance To Buy Curtains " Priscilla Style— —Sheer marquisette curtains, in dotted and figured effects—a few in pastel col- ors. Ruffied styles with cornice valance and tie backs. $1.00 pair. $1.39 to $1.98 Values Criss Cross Style— —Dotted marquisette curtains in cream and ecru colors. Regulation size with cornice valance and tie backs. $1.00 pair. Tailored Style— —Cream and ecru marquisette curtains with neat tailored hems. Regulation width and sill length. $1.00 pair. Cottage Sets—- —Scrim or marqrisette sets, consisting of curtains for lower and upper sashes of window—cornice valance and tie backs. $1.00 set. Kann's—Third Floor. For Bicentennial Visitors “Jenny Lind” Spool Beds $9.95 —Reproduction of an old-fashioned spool bed. With all the beauty and charr o” the antique model. Full and single sizes in maple finish. Inner Spring Mattresses —Luxuriously comfortable, sturdily con- structed mattresses, with inner spring encased in layer felt and covered with an attractive ticking. All sizes. Bed Springs ... $9.95 Bed Springs —Double-deck coil springs of well oiled, highly tempered steel. All sizes. Kann's—Third Floor. “Parkastan”’ Natural Lustre RUGS $39.95 Now's the Time to Buy! —The price should attract every one who knows value. * For these rugs are reproductions of real Orientals—the same soft colorings, the same beautiful patterns, the same lustrous sheen, and natural lustre that will not wear off. Kann's—Third Floor. Penn. Ave—Eighth and D Sts. You'll Like the Heavy Quality and Graceful Swing of These Striking “Duplan Du-Ray Flex” DRESSES Gay Floral Patterns on Green, Black, Navy and Brown Grounds 145 | Look for the “Flex” Label —There are short-sleeved and cape-sleeved styles for afternoon wear; dresses with little separate jackets that make an after- noon frock into one for street wear. Others have cowl neck- lines, and some have large soft bows in two-tone colorings. Misses’” Sizes 14 to 20, Women’s Sizes 38 to Candlewick Bedspreads 950 ea. —Double-bed size spreads with hand tufted designs in rose, gold, green, blue, orchid or white on white grounds. Specially priced. Kann's—Street Floor. Special! 18x36-In, Bath Towels 10 for 51 —The economically minded woman will welcome this opportunity to re- plenish her supply of towels. They are a nice weight, absorbent quality, with attractive colored stripe borders, and are towels that you will be proud to own and use. Kann's—Street Floor. Heavy Cast Aluminum Cooking Utensils 39¢ to $4.95 Formerly $1.00 to $10 —Perfect quality—and the identical ware that has been sold by house-to- house canvassers at higher prices. Skillets without covers, 59¢c, 79¢c, $1.29 $2.98 to $4.98 Covered Saucepans, $1.29, $1.79, $2.29 $8.00 Omelet or Double Fry Pans, $2.69 $2.98 Ten-inch Reversible Griddles, $1.00 $9.00 Three-piece Covered Saucepan Sets .. ..$4.95 ..$2.98 Kann's—Third Floor. Kann's—Second Floor. 42, Little Women's 161/, to 241/, Visit Our New Colonial Room An Informal Showing of the Authentic Colonial COSTUMES For Bicentennial Affairs! —Thirty-six authentic costumes of the Martha Washington period, suftable for all sorts of Bicen- tennial entertaininents, plays, pageants and fancy dress balls, are now ready on our Fourth Floor. In the Colonial room you will see a typica! setting in which several of these costumes play an interesting part. Come and see them. The costume prices range from— $1.95 to $9.98 Kann's—Fourth Floor. Leather Jackets Sizes 14 to 42. Special at —Warmly lined, made in belted styles, with straps on the sleeves, the colors are blue, brown, black, and green. Smart for sports wear. New Cotton Blouses . . . —In tailored styles, or with soft trimmed with buttons; lon~ and sleeved styles, in pink, green, blue, and eggshell colors. Sizes 34 to 42. Kann's—Second Floor. frills, short I white $ A Special Sale! 1,500 New Printed Pajamas Regular 2 for $1.00 Value 59C $1.00 —One and two piece pajamas of printed broad- cloth, percale and A. B. C. prints in gay color- ful patterns. Wide skirt leg styles. Misses’ and women'’s sizes. $1.95 vaee $1.00 ea. —The popular wide skirt leg style pa- jamas of broadcloth—printed, striped or plain colors. One and two piece models in sizes for misses and women. Kann's—Second Floor. A Sale of Kid D’Orsays With Hand-Turned Leather Soles Offers the Former $1.59 Quality at —Just think of it! Hand- turned leather soled, soft kid slippers for only 89c a air! Red, blue and black, n sizes 3 to 8. 89c pr. Kann's—Street Floor.