Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 286, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1936 — Page 4

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Don’t forget to put Christmas seals on your holiday packages. That means more than any other insignia you can use. New license tags for your automobile will be on sale Thursday of next week and it is necessary that you provide these before January Ist. Christmas shopping has started here and every where and it will be ahead of any thing in a half dozen years and may even surpass the days of the middle twenties. The Good Fellows club is ready for your contributions to insure every boy and girl in this community a Merry Christmas. Don’t wait until the last minute, please do it now. Send the folks the Daily Democrat for a year as a Christmas gift. You will find it brings them more real joy and comfort than any thing else you can do. It's only three dollars by mail. The distribution of sugar beet money was over 3400,(»00 and averaged fifty dollars an acre. What I other crop can you do that with and remember the farmer still has an interest in any additional profits? If the Cincinnati Reds get Dizzy Dean on their rumored offer of 8200,000, a lot of fans here will be pulling for them. It will take a lot of extra quarters on the bleachers to make up that investment, but it may be w’orth it. So many trades and swaps and sales are being made by the baseball magnates at the Montreal convention that the fans will hardly know their old favorite nine by the names of the players. About every team is trying to add strength or make some easy money by disposing or exchanging old timers. Being a good neighbor is after ail about the biggest and finest job any one can do and we don’t have to be president to do it. Os course its fine that the president does make a good neighborly trip and that his leadership is inspiring, but! we can all be good neighbors right here at home and in so doing, make ourselves and others happy, i The Chicago Times which supported President Roosevelt, gained 220,000 circulation during the campaign while other and older papers i CHANGE OF ADDRESS Subscribers are requested to give old and new address when ordering paper changed from one address to another. For example: If you change your address from Decatur R. R. 1 to Decatur R. R. 2, instruct us to change the paper from route one to route two. When changing address to another town, always give present address and new address. I

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of that city were losing. The same thing is reported from many other cities over the nation and it might lie wise for some of those newspapers which claim to be independent, to really get down to brass tacks on the problem. The newest word is "aik", pronounced “Ike”, coined by the sec-! retary of a Chicago motor club and calls attention to “accidents, injuries and killed." It has struck I a popular cord for there has been a demand for such a word for the past number of years since the era of speed began and as a result the total casulaties each year’ are more than we lost in the World war. It is believed the word will be found in the next publication l of Webster's unabridged. Joan D. Sweeney, Jr., employed' by “e Royal Eastern Co., a wholesale electric house, received account No. 1, in the vast system, including 26,000,000 workmen in the United States, being set up by the Social Security board to administer the federal old age pension program. Sweeney is a Republican and voted for Landon but says he is in accord with the security act. It is also reported that ihe doesn't need the protection badly as his father is chief owner of the business and the young man himself is very well-to-do. Any way Sweeney is No. one and will be for some time. The old Flint & Walling Company of Kendallville announces a new streamline wheel that will revolutionize the windmill industry. We are going into a new era' where whatever you have can be improved upon by buying the new model and whether its wise or not, its going to be mighty interesting. The visit of President Roosevelt !to South America is one of the ■ most popular ever made by an executive of the United States. Every where he goes, he is heralded as a peace envoy and given signal | honors. He is sincere and will fight as hard and as long as he can ( to prevent this nation engaging in war. Three cheers for a President with that attitude. o ARRI\ ALS Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Roe, east of Monroe, are the parents of an eight, j pound baby girl born at 3:15 o’- | clock Wednesday afternoon.

Series Os Stories Reviewing Gov. McNutt’s Administration

| (Editor's note: This is the third 1 of a series of five stories reviewing the administration of Gov. Paul V. McNutt). By Allen Dibble, •I (UP- Staff Correspondent) Indianapolis. Dec. 3. —tU.R) — A balanced budget, decreased prop- ’ erty taxes and maintenance of the : state's high educational standard i by partial diversion of gross income and excise receipts into that channel were chief fiscal accomplishments claimed by the admin- . istration of Gov. Paul V. McNutt. J On Jan. 10. 1933, McNutt appeared before the 78th general assent- ■ bly and said of the state’s current I fiscal affairs: | “I realize that to balance a budget, not of your own making, is an ; undeserved hardship, but in this instance it is an imperative duty.” I Predicting a minimum deficit of $3,416,424 in the general fund at the end of the fiscal year, Oct, 1, , . 1933, unless remedial measures were taken, the governor proposed three ways to balance the budget: 1. Drastic elimination of specific i and deficiency appropriations, as well as statuatory appropriations not budgeted. 2. Reduction or elimination of . certain budgeted appropriations by consolidation or elimination of various activities, and retention ini ■ the general funds of some revenues' now credited to specific funds. I 3. Adoption of new sources of 1 revenue. With the legislature geared for i emergency action. McNutt began r to move toward his objective with induction of the gross income, inI tangibles, auto license, liquor and ■ other tax receipts and with the I pooling of the state’s resources in the general fund. 'j The 78th general assembly heard i McNutt express his views of mainI tenanee of the school standard in this fashion: ’i “Roads and buildings may wait i but not the children. The care of . the state's wards and education of its chudren is an obligation the state cannot deny, even in times of .greatest stress. “Where county adjustment boards have declared no emergL ency under the $1.50 minimum tax i law, many school corporations will . be compelled to reduce the school | term to three months. ' “Some will not be eligible for s state aid and others will have bare--1 ly enough to meet bond requirej'ments.” With that warning. McNutt urg‘■ed the legislature to consider a J plan to divert state tax I into the school system, as practiced by 27 other states at that time. I When the gross income tax law l.was enacted, the state administrajtion said it hoped the payments |bveniually would reach S6OO per [teaching unit. During the 1936-37 [. fiscal year the payments will be lssoo per unit, increased $75 per unit over last year's payments. ’ With the diversion of funds, the igovernor immediately started an I

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attack against local boards in an effort to reduce local property tax levies. He contended funds awarded school corporations should aid 'materially in the effort to lift the tax load from property owners. I In his last fiscal accounting. McNutt reported an unobligated ba'ance of $10,892.21*5 in the general fund, and budget director Edward P. Brennan a few weeks later estimated that the balance at the end of the 1936-37 fiscal year would be $11,833,000. with the $5,000,000 social security program and increased teacher payments totaling $lO,100,000 included in the $28,888,000 of liabilities. McNutt further reported that there was just $2.47 less than $30,000,000 in the treasury at the last accounting. He said property taxes for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1930 were $7,169.897 and the next year they were more than $8,000,000. Dropping only slightly in 1932. the property tax levy fell to $4,612,747 in 1933, the governor reported. He predicted property taxes for the current fiscal year would not far exceed $2,000,000. ■ Total state income from new sources for the fiscal year 1935-36 was $24,385,000, as compared to $17,905,733 for the previous year and $1,055,542 in 1933, according to McNutt s figures. ! A break-down of the report of .new income for 1955-36 showed the intangibles tax contributed $1,240,000; gross income, $16,600,000; liquor. $5,600,000; motor vehicles. $205,000; and weight tax for trucks [ and buses $740,000. A record total of $25,924,816 was I distributed to local governmental , units during the last fiscal year, McNutt reported. The amount, he said, was nearly $2,000,000 more I than distributed in 1934-35 and nearly tripled the distribution made t in 1932-33. I The gross income tax. chief sis- ; cal issue of the 1936 campaign, f will lead in contributions to the i state treasury during the 1936-37 • 1 seal year, according to Brennan's f! estimates. The tax will produce i pproximately $16,600,000, of which t a little more than $10,000,000 will J e used for teachers’ salaries. Liqt uor will bring in $3,236,000 accoxd--1 jig to the estimate, and property 1 ax completes the “big three” with n estimated $2,263,000. r McNutt will leave the state on solid financial foundtaion but . with problem of rehabilitating its institutions, both as to personnel . and buildings, in the immediate j uture. j Speaking on the radio recently, . he retiring governor declared: "... They (state institutions) ,■ ave been neglected and the prop- . o ition of properly maintaining the s J istitutions. both as to personnel i- jnd maintenance, will be put ; | quarely up to the next general ; assembly.” r | Meeting the state's emergency brought by the depression era 3 ’necessitated diversion of funds j which might have been used for

an institutional building program i o other sources. In making its report to the governor, the budget committee for the 1935-37 biennium pointed out that the 73th general assembly i made "practically no provision 1(339.222) for capital outlay at the! various state institutions,’ and added: "Your committee has carefully! ! investigated all requests for such outlays and hqs recommended only, such as were, in the opinion of the committee, absolutely necessary." The committee proceeded to recommend appropriation of 31.577.,300, while the various Institutions had asked tor more than 34:000.000. | Favored with a budget balanced |by the McNutt administration and a promise of increased revenues j from the state's tax program, the newly appointed budget committee tor the 1937-39 biennium has set i itself to the task of providing for the much needed building program ami personnel rehabTWhtion. (Next: The Political Record). o Answers To Test Questions Delow are the answers to the Test Questions printed on Page Two I 1. Lake Ontario. 2. A striped agate in which white layers alternate with black. 3. A formal accusation in writing laid before a grand jury and by them presented on oath to a court of competent jurisdiction. 4. Charles Robert Darwin. 5. Inch. 6. Italian sculptor. 7. Any system of breeding which involves the mating of relatives. 8. Zane Grey. i 9. Illinois. I 10. West Point, N. Y. o Modern Etiquette I By ROBERTA LEE Q. Should the donor’s card always accompany a wedding gift? A. Yes. always: it is usually enclosed in a small card-envelope. Q. When a party is dining in a restaurant, who should make the first move to leave? A. The host or the hostess. Q. Would it be all right for a HAPPY REUeF FROM PAINFUL BACKACHE Caused by Tired Kidneys Many oi those gnawing, nagging, painfu backaches people Ha me on colds or strain! are often caused by tired kidneys—and niaj Le relieved when treated in the right way. The kidneys are Nature’s chief way of takinf excess acids and poisonous waste out of th< blood. Most pe pie pass about 3 pints a day « about 3 pounds of waste. If the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filteri don’t work well, poisonous waste matter stayi in the blood. These poisons may start nagging backaches, rheumatic pains, lumbago, leg paina, loss of pep and energy, getting up nights, ewelling, puluness under the eyes, headaches and dissineas. Don’t wait! Ask your druggist for Doan’i Pills, used successfully by mi Hi ns for over 41 years. They give happy relief and will help th< 15 miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonoui waste from the blood. Get Doane Pills.

Schafers Suggest CEDAR CHESTS AS AN IDEAL GIFT FOR “HER” CHRISTMAS I any woman will appreciate a beautiful new f cedar chest for her Christmas. | no * on b’ are they beautiful in appearance /X <'/ffA hllt P ractJcal and serviceable as they protect woolens, blankets and furs against moth and dirt. _ if you do not have the ready cash use our liberal layaway plan ... if you choose one - now •• • you can P ay along as you like and when December 25th rolls around—it will be completely paid for. Ba* $12.95 to $39 BR|M! SCHAFER’S THE STORE WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. ——————————— - . ;

i girl to ttud a ChridTtaat card to |a man with whom she works, the . relations being friendly, but never . having been out with this man? t A. Yes The purpose of Christ-1 ’ mas cards is to send them to i friends. 11 o Scrapbook || By Roberta Lee ♦ ——♦; To Remove Varniah From Mett I Old varnish can be removed

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Ifrom metal by dipping the Hiticlej in equal parte of ammonia and alcohol (95 per cent). Sweeping the Rug Try putting a teaspoonful of gasoline into a bucket of water' land wetting the broom in it, when] 'sweeping a rug. This alisorbs the I dust and also restores the colors. Fruit Punch A delicious punch can be made Iby mixing one cup of pineapple j Juice and one and one-fourth cups |of white grape juice. Add two cups of water and sweeten to taste, i

Then pour Into a | arg „ .. ....«...... — —— ___ r twenty years' A,i,)Tn < December Richard Suu„ ll a „ (1 ' J rid Alan, of Vandalia, visiting tn the city with 1 datives. ’