Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1955 — Page 8

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210 Vehicles Still Unreported For Taxes One hundred automobiles and 110 trucks, registered In Adams county, still are unreported for personal

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i property taxation, Walter Koos, i county assessor, revealed todayj Motor vehicles, under the statute. are supposed to be reported 1 to the J assessor when personal property valuations are filed to make up the II annual tax amount for each indivi-

dual These reports by owners are | checked against registration certificates which are furnished by the'of-| fjce of the secretary of state. Value of the unreported motor vehicles in Adams county was set by assessor Koos at $84,110. Most of the unreported vehicles are owned by Decatur residents, the checkup reveals. The assessor said that 1 those persons who have neglected i to report their vehicles could still I do so by calling at his office in the j court houqe. Urges Abolishment 01 Tax Write-off Congressional Group Holding Hearings WASHINGTON (INS) — Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) urged today I that a 14 percent tax write-off I granted American companies on profits made in foreign nations be ' abolished. A joint congressional subcommiti tee on tax policy, headed by the i Arkansas congressman, scheduled two more of its series of round-, table discussions today, with busU nes and educational leaders at- ! tending. Depreciation allowances for tax ' purposes and levies on commodities are the twx> topics to be reviewed in the Tuesday hearings. Mills, second-ranking Democrat on the house ways and means committee, said on the write-off issue he could see no sense in encouraging U.S. industry to produce abroad when the products are not used in this eountry. ‘ He cited oil in Venezuela as an example and said U.S. oil firms which have no overseas interests strongly oppose Imports from the South American nation. Boston —In botany the name annuals applies to plants which complete their life within one ysar: biennials require two years; and perennials may live on for an indefinite number of years.

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Refuse Transfer Os SIOO,OOO State Fund Craig's Secretary Outvoted On Plan INDIANAPOLIS (INS) ana's mass-buying program exponents held a council of war today in an effort to pry SIOO,OOO tout of the state till. State treasurer John Peters and state auditor Curtis E. Rardin out; voted Horace M. Coats, the executive secretary who voted in Gov- (George N. Craig’s absence. Monday. The vote refused permission to transfer SIOO,OOO to the state public works and supply division's warehouse fund. Rardin Peters, when the treasurer said he believed the state board of accounts would rule a $200,000 transfer to the same fund by the finance board last June 30 was illegal and he ad(ded that Rardin as auditor probably would be liable for civil recovery action. Rardin voted with Coats for the transfer, June 30. State budget director Donald H. Clark, himself an accounts board director, has- backed the fund transfer on both occasions. He said he would welcome a state board examination of the transferHowever, R. R. Wickersham. chief examiner, said he doesn't plan to order an emergency check unless requested. Works-supply chief William E Clarkson said the finance board's action would mean, bids to be opened Dec. 19 on $i:J0,000 worth of food would be worthless. Clarkson has maintained, mass buying for al) state agencies and storing food, drugs and so forth at Camp Atterbury could save the state sl-million a yeariPeters said excessive buying might leave future state administrations with stockpiles of spoiled and obsolete goods. He also said “Clarkson wouldn’t be working for the state If he could make the buys he claims." Invite MacArthur To Speak At Fort Wayne FORT WAYNE, Ind. (INS) •«- Republican fourth dlrtrict chairman Roy B. Jones today announced plans for a huge political rally to be held Feb. 2 in the Fort Wayne Coliseum. Jones said that Gen. Douglas MacArthur is to be asked to serve as keyndtfe speaker for the major GOP event. He added that in the event Gen. MacArthur rejects the invitation, that Ex-President Herbert Hoover, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator William F. Knowland (R of Calif.), Sir among those to be sought for the principal speaker. Trade in a Goca Town — Decatur j

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Rush Trip Is Made For Extra Oxygen Tank At Hospital Adams county memorial hospital officials, with the assistance of Al Beavers, proprietor of Beavers Oil Service, averted what might have been a tragedy Monday afternoon. j ‘ 1 For the first time in the history of the local hospital, use of a fifth oxygen tank was deemed necessary by an attending physician. The four tanks owned by th* hospital all were in use. It was learned that the tanks could be®rented at Fort Wayne and Beavers was asked by authorities to make the trip to Fort Wayne to obtain the extra tank. He returned in ample time and today the patient, whose condition was regarded as serious, is reported to be on the way to recovery. Every available space at the hospital is presently occupied, and Thurman Brew, business manager, asked that until the crowded condition is more normal, which is predicted to be in a few days, that visits be restricted to members of the immediate families of those confined. RUSSIA DROPS (Continued From Page One) assembly vote in protest against Outer Mongolia and consequently did not attend the private meeting, blaster this as a “star chamber procedure.” Lodge ffadicated he was strongly opposed to any action by the UN which placed other delegations in a position of “bowing” to Soviet pressure and threats er ultimatums. The Soviet voted in the political committee Monday against President Eisenhower’s "open skies” plan, which drew endorsement from 53 other member governments. The committee also voted down a Soviet demand to link the uncontrolled prohibition of nuclear weapons with renewed UN efforts on the disarmament problem. The outcome foreshadowed a similar vote when the general assembly meets Wednesday to ratify the Western resolution. The adopted proposal calls for early reconvening in 1956 of the five-nation disarmament subcomniittee. representing the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and Canada. Charge Postal Clerk With Looting Mails INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Hugo V. E. Forge. 27-year-old postal clerk, was free today under 31,000 bond on charges of tooting the mails to pay gambling debts. For&e was arrested by Postal Inspector Charles Liddil. The clerk allegedly had a letter containing money and addressed to the Indiana National Bank at the time of his arrest. Trade in a Good Towd — ttecatur i 1

Soil Testing Schools Scheduled Dec. 19 Forest J. Tucker, Farm Bureau Co-op manager, announced today that the Co-op would sponsor two "Soil Testing and Soil Fertility Schools” Monday, Dec- 19. The afternoon session will, be held in th° Co-op building in Monroe, at 1 p. m. The evening meeting will be held in the Geneva high school at 7:30 p. tn. A unique feature of the schools will be a panel discussion by four winners in the 5 acre corn club contest and the top man in the large tomato acreage for 1955.‘The four “Corn Kings” are Harve Ineichen, Harold Schwarts, Walter Thieme, and Elmer Frans. The tomato winner is Lewellyn Lehman- All these men ar? Co-op directors. Cletus Gillman. farm planner for the Adams county soil conservation

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district, will demonstrate the proper methods in collecting soil samples. Leo Seltenright. Adams county agricultural agent, will explain the reading of soil testing reports. Tucker states tljat both schools are open to the public aud urges every farmer to attend. Two Indianapolis Boys Are Drowned .INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Two girtule school buddies drowned Monday afternoon when inch-thick ice on White River broke beneath them. Johpny L. Purkerson. 12, and Ollie Summers, Jr., 13. drowned while two playmates, Mike Whit tington. 13, und Henry Tilberry, 10, ran for help- Mike said he 1 and I Henry warned their two | friends not to go-on the river. i

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DR. OTTO JOHN (Continues rroin Puga One) well-known Berlin surgeon who was a Communist. The Bonn government announced his disappearance two days later, and on July 23 a recorded statftment was broadcast over the East Berlin radio in which John said his act was aimed at stirring all Germans to press for reunification. Ah allied source said John had made his decision to redefect when the Geneva conference of foreign ministers this fall showed the Russians had no intentions of budging on the reunification question. At the time of his defection, John was chief of the West German office for the protection of the constitution. The agency is charged with responsibility for* guarding against treason, espionage and subversion, it has been equated with the U.S. ' FBI.