Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1929 — Page 7

DEC. 27, ito.

TREASURY PAYS $190,727,887 IN TAX REFUNDS U. S. Steel Will Be Largest Beneficiary, Receiving $25,847,250. BY HERBERT LITTLE United Pres* Stall Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Twentyfive tax refunds of more than $1,000,000 each, Including one of $25,847,259, which is believed to be the largest ever made, w’ere made by the treasury in the fiscal year 1929. The treasury reported to the house committee on executive expenditures all refunds of over SSOO. and the committee made these refunds public today. The total refunds for the year were $190,727,887, several millions more than 1928. The largest refund went to the United States Steel Corporation, on behalf of taxes paid by its subsidiary, the Carnegie Steel Company f New Jersey. The tax was paid in the Pittsburgh district. No explanation of the refund w r as given by th 1 treasury'. The next largest was $6 456 829 paid back to the William Waldorf Astor trust. New York, mostly ior estate taxes. Other Big Refunds Tire other refunds of more than 11.000,000 each were: W. R. Grace & Cos.. New York <subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel), $3,510,449. Mrs. Alice G. Kales, Detroit. $3,143,780; Prudential Assurance Company, Newark, N. J . $3,788,128; Standard Oil of Kentucky, $2,614,522; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, $2,461.795; Ohio Oil Company. Columbus, O. $1,789,340; American WindowGlass Company, Pittsburgh, $1,800,215; Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Pittsburgh, $1,729,436; Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. $1,590,574. P. Lorillard Company, New York, $1,627,601; Carl Duisburg, care alien property custodian, $1,087,422; Christian Hess, care alien property custodian, $1,087,422; Rudolph Mann, care alien property custodian. sl,087,422; estate of Mary T. Hill, St. Paul. Minn.. $1,221,968; estate of William P. Clyde, Brooklyn, $1,404.930; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Youngstown. 0., $1,234,155; Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston. $1,117,347 Botany Worsted Mills, Passaic, N. J., $1,007,770; Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, N. J.. $1,073,042; estate of James W. Cannon, Concord, N. C., $1,081,560; Central Leather Company, New York, sl,104,849; Maine Securities Company, Evanston, 111., $1,054,295; National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, Vt., $1,000,578. Refunds Over Half Million

Refunds of more than SSOO 000 included: Senator James Couzens. Detroit, $989,883; Estate of John J. Emery, Philadelphia, $656,742; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Phila- , delphia, $804,907; Philadelphia Stor- 1 age Battery Company, Philadelphia, $668,901; John B. Semple & Cos., Pittsburgh. $633,388; estate of Charles Deering, Chicago (paid in Florida), $728,090; Crimmins & Pierce Company, Boston, $783,106; estate of Helen C. Bostwick, New York, $675,218; American Locomotive Company, New York, $925,698; Atlantic and Pacific Steamship Company, New York, $514,678; Atlantic Transport Company of West Virginia, $788,373; Equitable Life Assurance Company, New York, $575,611; Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York. $813,048; Mutual Chemical Company of America, New York, $860,000: New York Life Insurance Company, New York, $530,621; Mortimer L. SchifT. New York, $506,302; Visayan Refining Company, New York, $669,446; Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, New York, $939,406; United States Industrial Alcohol Company, New York, $670, 164; estate of Ambrose * Monell, New York, $702,188; Maude M. Monell. New York, $702,188; Standard Gas and Electric Company, Chicago, $901,722; Schmidtsche Heissdampf Gesellschaft, care alien property custodian, $556,345. Many clubs obtained smaller refunds of sales taxes paid. The Chicago Tribune and the New York Times obtained sizable refunds, and the countess of Donoughmore. a New York taxpayer, received $31,650. Mary Pickford Gets $147.90 D. W. Griffith, Inc., Mamaroneck. N. Y.. got $55,588, and Sir Harry Lauder, also a New York taxpayer, $1,454. D. W. Griffith. Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, each obtained * $147.90, apparently from some transaction of a company in which they were partners. Mary, as “Mrs. Mary Pickford Fairbanks, trustee for the estate of Mrs. Charlotte Pickford Smith." received $10,214 in another item. Ann Pennington received $997 and Mrs. Bessie Lasky, $B,lOl. Martin J. Insull of Chicago got $9,834, Senator Deneen, $1,338; Congresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormick, $3,082, and Mrs. Florence Pullman Lowden. wife of the former Illinois Governor. $3,085. Mrs. Ganna Walska McCormick, the singer, received $17,286. Senator Kendrick of Wyoming received $1,936. W. L. Mellon of Pittsburgh of Secretary Mellon's family, received $2,174, and Mrs. May T. Mellon, $1,671. Former ambassador to Germany. James W. Gerard, received $8,432. The treasury estimates that only $151,541,000 will be needed for tax 1 refunds in the current fiscal year, and $151,511,000 in the next. Perpetual Motion By United Brest ATHENS, Ga„ Dec. 27.—Miss Madge Moore has trained her 9-year-old poodle dog Nickie to play a piano and thus accompany his own howling, which, in turn, always accompanies his playing.

Shocking!

It’s enough to make one’s hair stand on end when a charge of 200,000 volts hovers over one’s head. Dorothy Perlman, Portland, Ore., student of electricity, show's here how it’s done without danI ger Notice that her chair is well insulated so that the high voltage can not pass through her body. Instead, it raises an electro-mag-netic field that attracts the hair to it. The w'ire carrying the heavy charge is above Dorothy’s head, not in the picture. M’NAUGHT HOT SURE Letter Indicates Chance of Refusal. Possibility of Sam McNaught of Des Moines not accepting the super- | intendency of the Indiana Anti-Sa-loon League was indicated today in a letter received from the lowan by Frank (Bone Dry) Wright. McNaught pointed out in the letter that two members of his staff | at headquarters of the lowa AntiSaloon League have been injured in ; an auto accident and effort is being made to have him retain the post of I superintendent there. Wright, formerly a league speaker, who quit after a split w-ith the Rev. | C. H. Winders, acting Indiana s-uper-i intendent since the death of Dr. E. ! S. Shumaker, has been a staunch champion of McNaught. j Headquarters here do not expect j definite word from McNaught until after the national meeting at Detroit Jan. 17.

GOULD BANK BUCKED 2,000,000 Francs Won by Greek at Baccarat. Bn Uv led Press NICE, France, Dec. 27.—Two powerful gambling syndicate were waging perhaps the greatest gambling ! duel of all time today within the palatial halls of Frank Jay Gould's $5,000,000 casino overlooking the Mediterranean. A French and British combination and a Greek syndicate, headed by M. Zographos “the coldest little man who ever dealt a hand of baccarat,” started plunging against the Gould millions Christmas night. Within twenty-four hours of continuous play they had taken the bank for 2,000,000 francs. Gould was summoned hurriedly from his chateau near Paris, where he was spending Christmas with his family. COMMUNISTIC UNIT IS FORMED IN MANCHURIA Hailar Is Seat of Government for Young Men’s Party. Bn United Press HARBIN. Manchuria, Dec. 27.—A communist government supported by the Soviet has been established at Ilailar, Manchuria, an official Chinese announcement said today. The announcement said the government had been established by the Mogolian Young Men's party with hope of realizing the independence of part of Western Manchuria. Recent reports from Hailar and other towns of the western district have told of efforts to establish some form of independent government, which Chinese officials charged was instigated by the Soviets. THREE DIE IN FLAMES Two Children Perish in Fire: Mather Also Is Hurt Fatally. Bn United Press GREELEY. Colo.. Dec. 27.—Two small children and their mother were dead today from burns suffered when their ranch home near Briggsdale was destroyed by fire following explosion of a cook stove in the kitchen. While Claude McKee attempted to save his wife from the flames, his 2-weeks-old son and 3-year-old daughter, who were asleep in the house, were burned to death. McKee was burned about the arms and hands. His wife ran from the burning home, her body seared, and died in a hospital later. Two other chi]dred escaped uninjured. TALK CHILD WELFARE American Legion National Group in Session Jan. 24-25. Department representatives and national chairmen of child welfare of the American Legion will attend a meeting of the national child welfare executive committee of the Legion at national headquarters here. Jan. 24-25. Heading the committee are Sherman Child, state senator of Minneapolis. Minn., national chairman; Edwin Hollenback. Philadelphia, national vice-chairman, and John D. Crowley of Cambridge, Mass.

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