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Bootlegger Is Blamed for Poor Comparison With Pre Prohibition Era. This is the second of three etories regarding the liquor burines» line« rtpenl. Br Mm Associated Press. The country Is drinking far less legal liquor than It did In pre-prohi bition years. Estimates of consumption since re peal range from one-third to one half of the volume in the old days. Federal officials, disappointed in revenues from the revived Industry, assign most of the blame to the bootlegger and-his customers. Beer Holding Its Own. Beer has held its own fairly well. In one pre-prohibition year, 1,924, 000.000 gallons of beer and ale coursed down American throats. In the first 10 months after repeal, taxes were paid on 1,044,000,000 gallons. With hard liquor the case is differ ent. Experts figure that consumption of legally distilled spirits, including pure alcohol, will total about 45,000. 000 gallons for the poet-repeal year •nding December 5. In the first fiscal year, 1811-12, the Government received taxes on 82, 000,000 gallons of spirits and 56,500, 000 gallons of alcohol. During recent months, however, distillers have noticed a better-than seasonal pick-up. Their spokesmen attribute this mainly to the Treas ury's efforts to stamp out the illicit ♦ r· r> Tax Cut Demanded. The situation nevertheless has brought a demand In some Govern ment quarters for reduction of the $2 a gallon excise tax and $3 a gallon Import duty on distilled spirits. Joseph H. Choate, jr., director of the Alcohol Control Administration, fa vors this move to make legal liquor available at prices nearer those quoted by illicit dealers. The new Congress may be called upon to settle this con troversy. The period since repeal has answered partially the questions as to what prohibition did to America's drinking Dabits. Native rye and bourbon whiskeys withdrawn from warehouses for sale from December 1 last year to August SI this year, totaled 22,000,000 gal f Ions. Gin amounted to 2,813,000 gal lons and brandy to 973.000. Before repeal some officials contended gin had gained a lasting upper hand. Stocks of distilled spirits ageing In bonded warehouses have been built up in a year to more than 73,000.000 gallons. This is the basis for distillers' predictions that prices on better liquor will be lower in the near future. Tax payments indicate that during the past year 20.000.000 gallons of dis tilled spirits have been "stretched" or "rectified" by the addition of water, flavoring and other ingredients before being placed on the market. Columbia Educator Resigns Job a* Aide To Treasury Head Secretary of the Treasury Morgen thau yesterday announced the reslg natlon of Dr. Iloewell Magill of Co lumbia University as special assistant to the Secretary in taxation matters. It was announced that th· work of co-operation with Congres· In tax legislation will continue to be carried on by the staffs of the Treasury and the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the direction of Robert H. Jackson, assistant general counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and under the geqeral supervision of Herman Oliphant, general counsel of the Treasury Department. THOMASd! WALSH DIES IN NEW YORK Capital Real Estate Han Had Been at Stran&c Lake Sine· Firat of July. Thomas D. Walsh. 80, prominent Washington real estate man, died Monday night at 5a.«nac Lake, Ν. Y., where he had been since the first V» W . Born In Caatle Ireland, County Kerry, Ireland. Mr. WaUh «is « graduate of Black Rock Col lege. Dublin. Well known In businiu here for the last 37 yean, to· mad· tote home at 1041 Tjvr»nr· northeast. H e τν as an active member of the Holy Name So Thtmu D. Waltk. ciety of St. Anthony's Church. HI* widow, Mr*. Annie M. Walsh, and six young children. Daniel, Anna, Thomas, Edward, John and Francis, survive. He also leaves a brother, Michael Walsh, his business partner, and a sister, Miss Mary Walsh, both of Washington: another brother, Father Daniel Walsh, now In South Africa, and a sister, Slater Albrie, In Ireland. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. C. A. BRUMBAUGH, 37, VICTIM OF ACCIDENT Former Waihinjtonian'e Skull Fractured When Car Skids Into Tree. Charle· A. (Dutch) Brumbaugh, 37, athletic director at Caldwell High School, N. J„ and well-known foot ball official, died yesterday at the Mountainside Hospital, Glen Ridge, N. J., of injuries received Saturday night in an automobile accident, ac cording to the Associated Press. He was a native of Washington. Brumbauih had acted ai an official In the Princeton-Uhi|h ioot bail ι game Saturday and was on his way home when his car skidded Into a tree at Caldwell. He was treated at ! the hospital for a depressed fracture oi the skull. Brumbaugh was a graduate of the local schools. Shortly after his grad uation from Penn State College In ι 1931 he became affiliated with Cald well. His ability as catcher on the Penn State base (all team earned him a tryout with the Washington Sena tors. After being farmed out, he gave up professional base ball. ι Besides his widow, he Is survived by his father, Dr. Q. M Brumbaugh, 1954 Biltmore street, and a brother, Elliott Brumbaugh, a high school teacher or 4309 Elm street, Chevy Chase, Md. FUNERAL THURSDAY FOR COL. C. Ε. T. LULL Chemical Warfare Officer Will Be Buried in Arlington After Cathedral Bites. Funeral services for Col. Charles îdward Terry Lull, 54, who died yes *rday at Walter Reed Hoepital, will je held Thursday at 10 a.m. In the Washington Cathedral. Burial with :ull military honprs will be In Ar ingtcn National Cemetery. Chaplain Julian E. YatM will officiate at the [rave. The honorary pallbearers will be tfaj. Gens. Paul B. Malone, George }. Simonds, Claude E. Brigham, Wil lam F. Hase, Upton Birnle and tfaj. Kussell B. Patterson. Col. Lull, who served in the Chem cal Warfare Service, waa born here ind educated at Lehigh and Colum 3ia Universities. He entered the Krmy aa a second lieutenant of In 'antry In 1902, and during the World iVar was with the eeth Division, of vhich he served for a time as acting •hief of staff. He was transferred to he Chemical Warfar· Service last fear, " He is survived by his widow, Fred reka Ε. E. Lull, and a son. Edward 5. Lull, a graduate of the Naval Acad emy. FORMER AGRICULTURE EMPLOYE SUCCUMBS Dr. W. W. Long, 73, head of the Clemson College Extension Division, died suddenly early today at Clem· son, S. C., following a stroke of apo plexy, according to the Associated Press. Dr. Long had been head of th· ex tension division for 32 years. Prom 1893 to 1007 he was employed here in the Agriculture Department and ever since had served as a departmental agent and collaborator. His widow, Mrs. Mary Pettit Long, survive·. AUTO STRIKES GIRL, 6 Child Receive· Fractured Collar bone in Street. Six-year-old DorU 8chott.roff, 1S15 Κ street southeast, suffered % frac tured collarbone yesterday afternoon when «truck by an automobile m «he was running across Fifteenth street southeast in the 500 block. The child was treated at Oalllnger Hospital. Clmer Phillip·, 43, colored, of 1333 South Capitol street, was knocked down by an automobile lut night In the first block of M street southwest. He was treated at emergency Hos pital for a broken elbow aAd ankle. Gray Hair Best Remedy is Made at Home You can now make it home * better gray h*lr remedy than you can bur by following this aimple rtcipe: To hall pint of waiter add one «unce bay rum. a small box et Barbo Compound and one-fourth ounce of glycerine. Any druggist can put thif up or you can Six it yourself at very little coat. Ao y to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. 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A General Electric refrigerator is juit as convenient ia the winter as in tha summer—and just as thrifty, too! It's e!u>ayt sum mertime in the kitchen, and even in winter there are very few days when even the outside temperature is low enough to keep foods from spoiling. Çt A Seven Day Dem onstration of VALUE in O'COATS COAT ι Week/ At Grosncr of 1325 F Street and nowhere else in Washington will you find "The Three Aristo crats" of the Overcoat world, side by side pre senting the best that over coat money can buy. * The BURBERRY Great Britain's Oldest and most famous Overcoat house only supplies Washington thru Grosncr of 1325 F St. O'COAT ★ The Kuppenheimer Over half a century ago this famous brand started with Overcoat» only...and the leadership continues today. O'COAT ★ The C R Ο Μ Β I Ε Scotland's most famous mill sends the Crombie.. .only to be found here in Washington at Grosner of 1325 F Street. O'COAT of 1325 F Street Experienced Advertiser sP refer Τ he Star air enou WE tell you that Chesterfield Ciga rettes are made of mild, ripe tobac cos. We've told you about the paper — that it's pure and burns right, without taste or odor. We have said that Chesterfields are made right. The tobaccos are aged, then blended and cross-blended, and cut into shreds the right width and length to smoke right. These things are done to make what people want — a cigarette that's milder, a cigarette that tastes better — a cigarette that satisfies. You can prove what we tell you about Chesterfield. May we ask you to try them — that would seem to be fair enough· the cigarette that's MILDER à the cigarette that TASÏES BETTER